TIMARU LAWYER'S SMASH.
BANKRUPT'S STATEMENT DISPUTED. (By Telegraph.—Preea Association.) Tiniaru, May 16. Tho first ncljourned meeting of creditors iu the bankrupt estate of Walter Show, solicitor and land speculator, was largely attended to-day. Tho bankrupt presented an amended list of his creditors, making his total indebtedness of .£11,117, reducible surplusage from securities to .KI.MI. J ho assets veto put at .£42,000, leaving a surplus of over .£12,000. Theso figures have not yet bcou checked, but tho solicitor for one party declared that they were not worth the napcr Uiey wero written on. Iu one case, 110 j/Oinleu out, £ 15,0110 was put down as profit irom one set of properties handed back to tho estate by recent purchasers who had not expected to make more than .£SOOO out .of them if prices had kept np. Another solicitor said ho knew of largo creditors who had not yet proved and tho debts would bo more like .£50,000. Three supervisors and an accountant were appointed. The meeting agiecd to give Atvs. Shaw her wedding presents am', the furniture. Tho meeting broko up without fixing a date for the adjournment.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1752, 17 May 1913, Page 4
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186TIMARU LAWYER'S SMASH. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1752, 17 May 1913, Page 4
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