A PLUNGER.
PROM £150,000 TO BANKRUPTCY.
Received 11.48 p.m., Feb. 27,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Feb. 27. John Phillip Lawson, examined in bankruptcy, stated that at one time be was worth £150,000. In 1896 he arrived in New Zealand from London, as a mining engineer for three companies, at a salary of £3OOO per year for three years. The mines proved worthless. In connection with one of these companies he paid £I6OO as wages, and did not get tho money back. He came to Sydney in 1901. Miss Kate Gallagher got judgment against him for £l5O. Ho had been speculating for her in New Zealand and lost the amount. He did not enter a defence because he expected to be able to pay the claim. The matter was adjourned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 828, 28 February 1903, Page 2
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129A PLUNGER. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 828, 28 February 1903, Page 2
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