IN BANKRUPTCY.
ESTATE OF J. 11. BLOCKLEY. The first meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of John Henty Blockley, cabinet-maker, of Masterton, was held at the Courthouse yesterday morning, before Mr W. B. Chennells, D.O.A. Mr 0. Pragncll represented buukrupt. Bankrupt's financial statement was as follows: —Unsecured creditors, £320 Ss; secured creditors, £167 Is •"id. Assets: ' Stock-in-trade, estimated at £130; book debts, estimated at £25 ; cash in hand, £lO ; machinery and tools, £5 10s 6d; furniture, £4O; surplus from securities in hand of creditors, £132 ISs 7d; total assets, £343 9s Id; estimated surplus, £23 Is Id. After examining bankrupt, Mr Chennells stated that it was evidently a case of going into business with insufficient capital, at a period when times were bad. It was resolved that the stock-in-trade be sold at auction, the matter being left in the hands of the Deputy Official Assignee, and that bankrupt's tools and furniture be returned to him.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10141, 19 January 1911, Page 6
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156IN BANKRUPTCY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10141, 19 January 1911, Page 6
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