ESTATE OF A. J. JACOBS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5096, 6 August 1895, Page 2

ESTATE OF A. J. JACOBS.

The first meeting in the estate.of A. J. Jacobs was held to-day, the Deputy Official Assignee (Mr W. B. Chennells) presiding. There were no creditors present. The debtor, in a written statement, said that on acconnt of being tlireatetied with a distress warrant, and having been sued by several other creditors, rid in the face of scarcity of employment, ho was unable to pay back debts, and felt compelled.to file, Examined on oath byjji D.0.A., debtor said he had beeuTjj Masterton about four years. At the time lie came here ho owed about ten pounds in Carterton, a small portion of which he believed had been paid. In Masterton, ho had followed the business of a taxidermist, filling up spare time in painting and paporhanging, but had not been . employed half . his time. The debts incurred were principally for living oxpenses. His wife had kept a Registry Office since they came to Masterton,but made nothing out of it. Sho had no property, fcto fowls she had were purchased to her own money. He had no - stock of stuffed birds of bis own at present. He bad tried to arrange the debt owing to C. Hughes, for which the latter had promised to give him . work to do. He had not kept any account of what money be bad earned in Masterton. He lad not tried to make any arrangement with his credits. TMiy were round liim likaSTpack of wolves, and the money ne used to file would not have satisfied one tenth of the debts. About eighteen months ago lie went, to Wellington, and took a shop in winch to carry on , the taxidermist business, but, had bad luck—through sickness iri liia y family—and the venture did not pay. He had nine children.'. He haa no . offer to make to bis creditors, Ho became bankrupt about nine yeara. ago in the South Island for abodt -r the same amount as he now owed,