DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1932, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

V N.Z. RAPID LICENSES, x (Per Press Association— Copyright.) V; A ' WELLINGTON, August 9. • 'New radio licenses .and renewalstaken- opt in ; June totalled >4330 ing : total to • 74.812. - Thus the .- t : year’s figure- of .74.741, has’, been ekr ceeded. for the first time aiid there ar«v‘ : stiill ' Renewals and nbw Ucenses until the end of the financial-jyear ,to come. Of the totaj.of 7;4.812 lidenses,' 72,977..:. are for. receiving" sets, of which-31,299 are- in'the- Wellington district, the ; • other •totals"being i• Auckland 20,650 j\;;'V Canterbury, U,592; Qtngo, 9,490. -V:

; . - A BANKRUPT. -■] -v AUCKLAND, August 9. £s; - ' A deficiency of £6035 in Aho .estate Vof Alfred -J- , Bryant-contractor, was >. shown at jneeting of ereditofs .tb-V. day. Hie started as a carrier and ®up-'./ plier of coal; firewood, lime nnd eement and in 1929 his balance,ishect showed y a turnover of £68,989 . and a pirofit of £2289/ . ; V > ' l ' \ & ' m ) In January last ho was owed £l99*, but had already written off £lßl4, duo ■ < . to . the practical cassation of building in the city. jHe assigned hie estate in 7 March and about three Shillings in the pound has heen paid out. He-it 4 trfibuted his position. the almost complete collapse of the building trade. - The creditors appointed- a-. opmmittoo to make r further inquiries..