The Troubles of a Showman.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1649, 4 March 1886, Page 3

The Troubles of a Showman.

•v b-ftztJlitr* I'THOMPSO1 ' THOMPSON 1 AND HIS iih'v ; a ii:l CREDITORS: • ;

Y>yt\fSh4adrfouWed meeting of of editors m ; > !(3ie«eßtatei6f WilliHtxi Henry iThomp'son, :-j. pfoprietoy'of thev'Zulu Wai? Dionima, y,,.^as;^ld to-day d[b.o . representative^ :of' ! creditors 'bejng, present jn addition ; -''&'Me^fficiarA"ss^nee ( an(i the debtpr. u Ji S Mr ! '^Hbniijs'on ymade r *W following B %tatemeß*^ram"'a" r ma'rrien msp (and iq bave^wa^hiMrefc'^About'-tliree an;d a-«,-Sihalf iHrbiigh here,|and o j^he f Matiaggs ofijthje,; B^nk, of lAustralasia |1;1ia4;.,4;2500 to )mj '" credit m. tfjatßanlc. Jt f .was. on deposit 1fl 'at 7^ ; p^ ; c&^"''lihen"we.n]b i to Sydney ''^ifcd'b'dfi^fitlaW'Blj^'ialih^ew theatre building *in>tWatcify at'dßlO^.per sliai;e,| >d -and altoghter I paid -ftOO m dallst * I > r.( .*was- advised to selLout <■ andvdid soj for ..£2,5P, thiis dropping; £35.0.0»"t»© shares. : , I "bought from; Mr (?eqrge Gordon, of the ' ■ 'Thjeatre . Epyal, .^lclbourne^ for £spfi s '* ipasn, th'e' panorama di tlie 'Egyutian War 1 Mich I bxliibited m! %dnqs. There t * ! ''l&tf j£7so, : 'o\vihg r *to and! the 'MiisHowfnot being as successful ; as I expect .f fed.; it I i then went* to Mauritius, taking a ;j> qompanj^pi? njne ;^.people ;lwith mcl I ' .paid^3so for passages . alone. I paid " t J6wO to Sabqrand.Sons .for .gooda ,and ', ;.^bt ; dr6dit for '^400, wortii of goocfein liil! aclditipn, and I liad 600 sovereigns in'my • H 'pbftket: '! arrived 'in 1 Mauritius in;the v <v_eight of sumindr, 4 and- consequently had witabad season, and^ Mrs .Thompson had to pawn her diamonds to; pay our farek to o get.aw,ay,,.asil had ipst all : n)ycfiaslii I v ha^ D'e'eh six wGeks t . |n Mauritius, andf spent about^E^OO d yf'^ expenses. rThen' j ';l wenfc ; t'6 ;^urban ? South'. "Africa', and ; ; •w^sifmilaWy unsuccessful m consequence ii bfithe depressed Estate bf thee'duntry.: I ,! then: performed "at Gape townj and had . „,£9O |efb;out of the w.holei ; of any capital ( . r and'goods^ust,fiuffici§nt tppay the f^res • ' oiinyself and wife to Melbourne. I was Jvl tfnsui6bessrul thrbughotit the whole of my- '•; /'Africatf totir, ' I arrived m '", Melbourne ;i''iwith'_;s'arid^\^ent to Sydney 1 andreorgasihisedithe. company 'the Bank' of Ausljra- <; >ifesia,'leDding,ine-i2OO on 'some land I had at the ]S[ort_h iShpre;. ; I:[ went |up r?/ oquntry.with that, inpne.y. .and , k)st it all. r .jwitli'xb^ 'more which the Baiakjent Ine iiil l WentiEo^lKfeTOourne anS :> lost 'again, atpd had to sell my diamonds to" 1 pay my lia*>rbiiitierf/ r Then I 1 went to Ballafat' Where Jitb^ishowowas^seizedi' I 'purchased: it ioiiback.withiElO.o imy ; iwife.-lenti ine'butiof t . M gh9£&wp > _>ri3%t%i purse^money left ftex^ -< 'i st *iss-M*%*)§ v % 9W^ B : &-• '^ ew Zealand, 4 * '"] ' ah'ct m'Dunedin^f made..£6s.af^er payipg v; all 'expenses.',' InChfistchufcbrdidnoth- . . " v ' ing^Md 'th'a't! was^ the '- cause Jof all my ' S.istrouble^as 2 '! loijt'ieyerytfiing: 1 Then! I jiUJiwentitoißlenheitfti'tne" West ' Coast, and" Wanganui and struggled through till lOi. to day 8 a SP the ibailiffs; took .possession !of-i f !rt ihe, i cUprama pn ; account >qf. a^debt owing;, 'to'av.hnstehurch firm... Then,. I filed. Have 'paid' everybody in" '.Wellingtons. Saber and Son's books will' show that for;' 'VyS&k'i have«paid fb'eni '"abdut, ' <; Jg&bOJ a b I utye&r fbr-goods. ■ I'aMays -paid'ihe board & ;jpf.mjsricbmpanyj ahd their wages werei . r jpaid r eyery Mqnday. ? I did, not think :ifc necessary to ,keep v books. « : I.bjad goodj ""' nouses here| but the, Athenceum HallJ. c will only hojd about. ilßrpr '£l9. a ( tr,my ■^teil li '^W; Zulu' War sPanbrama copf ' iv. inef^OOO/^Th^re^b'euig W'ojtiorum of ' fc'*ioredi€ors no 'resolution-was -passed, and* the matter; was. left m 'the o hands of the. Official Assignee,, who will call for tenders for the;_)urc^aseo4 ( the two panoramas'. ;