SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 9

SUPREME COURT.

IN BANKRUPTCY. [ ■ '• >'A sitting of the- Supreme - Court in Bank-' -. Tuptp^'-:was:he|d:-yi^erday;-aftfirridori''by:^liis.: : „ Honour Mr. Jiistifco. : Chapin,m.' ; . Mr; S. Tansoy represented '• the OfCcial. j. -Assignee.':';'',;'^ , i- Applicationfor :• a \ discharge was -made •:by :Freuerick; ; E^e^;-£uiS^Haiold-^.Yfeaio?-'ISa.de, oflbirn iej'build^risi'y.for/J.wlioinSlr'.O l Yon Haast; appeared, d-lis - Honour, remarked' <■ .the -;tp£bcial , ' v/afiv V MEavo«ra|>lo^*f'as; Jhe.-oremtorf ihad; ?.' givsii': credit'with Ith'eir v oyte. open and. with'-' out makiii'g: fuU inquirie3/. : >-t!iereV ; .was-. ;no 'reason why. bankrupts should not '.bo . dis°j charged;'. 1 Ari 'order ,was' niadd actordingly'?''- = - In applying for. the discharge of William J M'Alloy, clerk, of Wellington, Mr. Lcvvey *, -said .'.that -tho;/debts'-, .tad /been /'contracted r '.fou'rt'eeii ycars '.ago", 'when''.tho- applicant' liatl : .been 'ehgaged. in sheepfaraing. In evidence, /. .bankrupt stated that he had given up sheepfarming in 1900, and had > since'' been engaged e . as a, commission agent and as the manager of a san'milLHislJonour, saw no reason to "; L'vvitbliold t-he/disohdrgd, inasmuch as. there; was. yho; -.adverser report, -. and; no';/opposition wasi' : ofFered.i''- ; :. 7 j' , ...t;-. ■■ ii -. 1 An ; Unfavourable report .ffaa .made, by -the Official. in the case of. ; Chr'istian * Conrady Augustus- Wilkenniiig,.'. builder, - of £ (Wellington.- Mr. Hindmarsb,-in applying for >• a-discharge, said, that'the. "report of . tho. n Assignee arose from tlic fact . that befbw !-■ ;bankrupt' engaged in. land speculation, his n wife'had saved a little money, and ..had 1? bought a section at Island Bay, and visa id purchased a horse. and cart which had be-; »;, longed to ■ the bankrup.ti,; Tho .-bankrupt, der-. posed 'that his' insolvency, had./been'largely; ir .br.ought about by the. ; .stringency .' of . .the' labour. laivs,; . which. compelled an employer » ,to pay,; full stages:to,'incompetent men.. Ho li' had' hand«l: the' ivholo of his : land and i- other to the Official-Assignee. The. 16 application,was,adjourned,for'a' report from, 'd 'ihd >-Assignee. . r ■"" io ' 'At tho' request of the "Official Assignee,, li- ( bedring of tho .motion -: for 'a .discharad.isubit -mitted 'by/' John -/Morris Scliipird, trading as j Id John Morris and Co.; bankrupt- 1 it- o'.liary), ; ;was adjourned for a .report.: ; to ' In the case of the 'Wellington Fresh Food >r and Ico Company, Ltd., v. George Morris, it milk vendor.'Mr. Brandon appeared in sup-,

port of'tho' summons- issued by ■ the company' for tho.adjudication of the .debtor;as a bankrupt. ; Counsel asked'' for a short adjournment; tho debtor had made an offer,, and settlement was prQbable; His Honour agreed to hear an application in Chambers in Friday;.,,/ _. .: - '- /.' ', An order of adjudication was inado against William_Hondri Walker, milk vendor,;on tho application of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, Ltd. ; Mr.-'Brandon appeared for the petitioning creditor, and Mr. T. Neave for the debtor.'' ■' . : ' >