“ As I have always understood it, the bankruptcy law is intended primarily for the protection of unfortunate lenders, and secondly for the protection of the commercial community. The penal clauses are to prevent persons misrepresenting their positions to traders,” commented Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., at Hamilton, in sentencing Samuel Mallett, aged fifty-five, a confectioner, of Taumarunui, to one month’s imprisonment on each of three breaches of the Bankruptcy Act, the sentences to be concurrent. The charges Avere of failing to keep proper books and of contracting two debts at a time when defendant had no reasonable prospect of paying them. , Gentleman ; “Hoav’s your mother today? ” Small Boy of Five; “ She’s not well. She’s in bed.” Gentleman: “ What is the matter with her?’ Small Boy: ” Hoav should I know? I’m *u>t a. 4octos,l ”
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Evening Star, Issue 19782, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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132Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 19782, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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