MEETING OF CREDITORS
The second meeting-"of the creditors of' Thomas Torpy, .bankrupt, was- to have been held yesterday, hut there was no quorum.' Bankrunt presented a statement in which he said_ that lie had bpen the lessee of the Kilbirnie Skating Rink,, which was destroyed bj; fire in September, 1913. "In connection with the insurance," the bankrupt continued, "I received about £380, out of which I had to pay debts then amounting to about £150." He subsequently went to Melbourne with about £70, and carried on the business of bootmaker. Ho arranged tho ?als_ of a property at Lvall Bay, and received about £125, with which he continued his He borrowed money from his brother-in-luw, but not doing any good in the business had to cablo for money to come back to Wellington, where he had to borrow further money. He "was at present not able to obtain employment, and corild make no offei _ The meeting wis adjburned sine die.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 7
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160MEETING OF CREDITORS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 7
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