MORE BANKRUPTS
[Special io the * Star.’] CHRISTCHURCH, December 29. The number of bankruptcies in the North Canterbury district continues steadily to increase. The year 1928 contributed a total of eighty-six, compared with eighty-two in 1927, and sixty-five in 1926. In each of these three years farmers had been the most frequent sufferers. Thirteen fanners were forced to file in 1928, fifteen in 1927, and eleven in 1926. Labourers, seven of whom had to face their creditors in 1927, have been more fortunate this yekr, only three filing. Salesmen, however, have suffered through the tightness of the consumers’ purse, and seven have had interviews with the Official Assignee, compared with one in 1927. No clerks appeared on the list last year, whereas three are mentioned this year. The same remark applies to butchers and carriers. Bankruptcies have shown a steady increase in the last ten or eleven years,
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Evening Star, Issue 20062, 31 December 1928, Page 3
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147MORE BANKRUPTS Evening Star, Issue 20062, 31 December 1928, Page 3
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