IN BANKRUPTCY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4479, 25 July 1893, Page 2

IN BANKRUPTCY.

' Estate of Geo. Langton. A meeting of creditors in the above 1 estate was onlled for yesterday after* f noon, but no creditors were present, f Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for the f debtor. . I. The debtor,examined by the Official p Assignee, staled- that the statement | put in was a correct one. The tome- f diate cause of filing was an execution | on behalf of the W.F.C.A. He had > found it vetv difficult to got work for the past two years, /and had offered Mr Oaselberg to worMfthe'liabttityiv-'" The debts} were.tall' incurred during the last three and a-half years. During that period he had been suffering from bad health and had very little work to do. Had been unable to work from June till September in last year; through sickntss. '. Had incurred the debts for actual necessities of life,.aud in the hope that he would,be able to pay; The£l6-due to the Trade Auxiliary CoJjij&.was for account current. ■ Mr Pownall on behalf of thedebtor asked that th° Trade Auxiliary account be excepted from the statement. The debtor, continuing, said he had no offer to make to his creditors at present but was quite willing to let a certain sum go towards payment of his debts if lie could get lucrative employment, The work he had ■ had during the past three years had been quite inadequate to keep his family. . Three of his children were dependent on him and three were keeping tiietiw selves and had assisted him. He' had uo other property and his wife had none. Was sure he had not earned £IOO in the last three years. Hie wife had kept hoarders to help them to keep on during the last year. Since that time had paid obiifly oasli at the t; stores, Had incurred most of the debts before they kept boarders. His \ wife, received the money from the ti boarders and paid cash for what she { bought. !.