A Rather "Thin" Story.
(CNITED; PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ItfVEROARQILL, Feb. 14. At a meeting of the creditors of Bich-, ard Bourke, farmer, at Wyndham, yesterday, the bankrupt accounted for his position by the statement that; he had gone to the township on the 24th December, for his Christmas stock of liquor, having m his pocket £-205 m sovereigns. On the way home he sat down on a hill, and drank most 6f '"a bottle of whisky. He got drunk, and fell asleep, and when he woke at 4 o'clock the nioney was gone. , He had taken it from his trousers pocket because of its weight, and laid it beside him before going to sleep. He had not informed to police of his loss, nor told anyone of his loss for a fortnight after. The Deputy- Assignee said this . seemed to be a new departure among bankrupts. They got large sums^' of . money together, and then told their creditors they had lost it. For his part he did not believe a word the debtor had' said, and his affairs would be thoroughly investigated. This is the second case of this kind within a few weeks, and, by a coincidence, the men are fellow-country-men.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 64, 17 February 1885, Page 2
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201A Rather "Thin" Story. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 64, 17 February 1885, Page 2
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