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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3125, 9 February 1889, Page 2

Louse he _ lived in) the one that was mortgaged in bis daughter's name. It was, liis daughter's see- ' tion; she had . bought it about'three v: t years ago for '£6. He owhed the l^^ > house. Built a shop to start butchering. There was only about £6 worth of timber used for building' . the shop;, the house came to £IOO. Sold the:'business in November last .v > to Hans Olsen, who had been working for him. Had been unable to pay him: his wages, so handed the; • whole . business • over to him, selling - Jiim the book debts. Olson, who .was ,v. his brother in-law, took the oyer, and lie (bankrupt) had dono , nothing: since. Had to file because . Mortenseu put the bailiff in, com- . polling him to seek the. protection of the Court. His wife had some property, a 1-acre- section at Norse-. wood; thore was no building on it. - The section had been> transferred Glnistian Hansen; she got in return 1 a transfer of a forty-acre , section at v ' iNorsewood; mortgaged for £l5O. ' ;\ Did not know the value of< # Ho had adopted a boy, .who owned ■ half-au-acre of laud nt Norsewood. The section was bpiiglit by his ••• . daughter for. the hoy, and she gave , ; £6 for the land.—Mr N Gould, on % . behalf of a creditor, examined the bankrupt at some length, He said he could prove that, notwith- :. standing the agreement consigning ■ the goods in the store to thedaughter, the property could be seized for the benefit of the creditors.—The Assignee thought the bankrupt should be brought up for public examination. —lt was moved bj a creditor. that the Assignee be authdrised take possession of the stock-in-trade', buggy,'furniture, butchering business,, and the drapery in the store.— •• The Assignee stated that' lie could '. ' not'do what the resolution proposed. ' ' The resolution" might be so worded that he (the Assignee) bo requested* • to take proceedings to obtain sion of these goods in: the apparent possossion of the debtor, and if the . daughter refused to part with the goods', then she might be summoned before the' Court to say why.—After some discussion, the Assignee was. 5 . > requested to take proceedings to Mjy obtain the goods in tho apparent possession of {he debtor,