CAST SEEN SAILING NORTH.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 7

CAST SEEN SAILING NORTH.

• ': , MISSING MOMK-TXBNDER. -. ,' ;'•'.■ 'ißy-.MeEraisli.T-ft'esa AswclationJ . '; Bwredin, November 29.' _2: rooeting of creditors in the estate hTWm. Miller, money-lender, who disappeared last October, and who was subsegueirfly declared". bankrupt, was •■ •. lekl to-day, and 'was-attended by about creditors. The ■ statement •'■:•" )™ regard to the bankrupt's estate fa. the- assets >to be approximately - 51282 95., and the liabilities £4207 11s. : xhe amount in the Assignee's-hands was '. 18s. Id. •' ■■ i. • - The Assignee reported that the task' ... of trying to unravel Miller's business transactions was most difficult. ' There ■were soyeial properties carrying first, [Second, and third- mortgages. The ■''-'■■■principal.' assets consisted of an equity. . pf redemption onrcmortgagee. ,'. Miller. : tad been seen on a .steamer sailing ■ jnorth from Lyttelton. on October, S, but •;■■■ Dot since. 'Bankrupt had collected all ! , the moiiey--he : '-possiblycouia7--ho''liad '. ■ Jeen at.it day and night.'' Ti Kβ asked ■'■ -a man'to', pay a.debt, and-the man re- ' plied that he had only lOs., on him,' Miller would say: ,r \Vell, give me.9s.';' : was the, way ho,had been conduct-! ; \anghis business. ........ ~! .' :;•: After discussion it was decided to ; spend a sum, not exceeding' £60 ■ in : vinquiring as to bankrupts whereabouts r ■: l In. referring to the- estate, .the Aβ- ■■ said that there were twenty-seven houses with rents ranging from 15s ■ or J6s. : per week down to 2s. ■