BANKRUPT NATIVE.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1922, Page 6

BANKRUPT NATIVE.

LIABILITIES £308; ASSETS NIL. MEETING OF CREDITORS. j A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Riki Kahui, a Maori, of Rahotu, was held at the office of the D.O.A. (Mr. J. S. S. Medley) at New Plymouth, yesterday. Creditors represented were: Messrs. M. G. Hughson (for Hughson arid Sons), R. Julian, and S. Teed. Bankrupt had as his legal representative Mr. A. R. Standish. Unsecured creditors totalled £3OB 13s, made up as follows:—R. Moorcock, taxidriver, Opunake, £5 15s; Quikenden Bros. k butchers, Rahotu, £.3 4s Id; T. P. Hughson and Sons, storekeepers, Rahotu, £4O; Geo. W. Rogers, accountant, Opunake, £l5 10s 6d; Wm. Lovell, solicitor, Stratford, £ll 17s; Govett,- Quilliam and Hutches, solicitors, New Plymouth, £2 0s 6d; Jury, draper, Hawera, £l5 15s; O’Reilly, hotelkeeper, Wellington, £l6 2s 6d; Sam Pivac, restaurant-keeper, Hawera, £7 7s 6d; J. C. O’Rorke, farmer, Opunake, £7; A. E. Magon, taxi-driver, Taumarunui, £3O; Taranaki Hospital Board. £3O; estate of C. Lyttle, motor garage proprietor, Opunake, £25; L. Fischer, farmer, Rahota, ' £l5; H. Gibson, solicitor, Opunake, £1 Is; • R. Jury, hotelkeeper, Rahotu, £27; J. Loo- . ney, farmer, Rahotu, £10; Warburton, settler. New Plymouth, £10; Dr. Walker, New Plymouth, £2; Dr. Home, New Plymouth, £2; Feaver, chemist, Opunake, £2; Berry, storekeeper, Pjcton, £3O; total, £3OB 13s Id. Bankrupt had no assets to offer. | His written statement was us follows: “I am a native living at Rahotu. I have five acres of native land there, on which 1 I reside. My wife had a serious illness 1 seven years ago, and she has been an ;n- [ valid ever since. In consequence of my I wife’s illness, I got into debt and I have ‘ never been able to get clear. My wife’s f illness is such that frequently I have j remain at home to look after hFr, and con-

j sequently my earnings have been reduced, i I am onh r a laborer, and, as I have no I fixed employment, I necessarily lose a . .I good deal of time on that account, and I also on account of wet weather. I have ! done my best to clear off the back debts I and pay my way, but have been unable to do so, and as some of my creditors have taken proceedings under their judgments, I have been forced co file. My wife is solely dependent on me. I also have to support my mother, who l is an invalid, and two children, aged 13 years and three years.” In answer to the D.0.A., the bankrupt said: “I have interests in various blocks | of native land, and have five acres free- ■ hold myself. I have no cattle or horses. I only get £8 or £9 a year rent from the public trustee on native land.” Further action was held over with a view to seeing if any of the native land could be sold.