MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2043, 11 August 1885, Page 3

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Thk fii>t meeting of the cieditois in tho estate of .Fame-, Goodwin, bo.arding-hou-.c kecpci. Te Au.inuitu, was held at the ofh'eo of tlio Deputy Olhti.il Assignee, The Wai kito Tiling Buildings, Hamilton, on Thuis day. The following u editors were p'esent, and l^pie-cnled liabilities amounting to l'U(> 12> r'.fl . - Me-srs Glass, Gibs.m, H Koelu\ 'JY.isd do and Bndprnian (To Awa niutii), J. Haikor and T. Tiowhoell.u (Ilimilton.) Mr O'Neill appeared for tho TX'put\ OHicnl A^ignec and ceitam of tho ucdi toi^, and the bankiupt w.^ lopiofrinted by Mi Greshani. Tin* binkmpt w.is cc.uui.icrl mi lutl) a-, follow-:— Mv nuno is .lanu-. Goodwin, not •Tames (Joodt mn. I h.uc been keeping; a j boarding house Jit To Awainntu for about uiiic weeks. I had no mo.icy to htart bu^uiP'.s with. Me IMb Metcalfeand Coates. I built the hoarding-hmiso foi me. I asked | Mr Coite, if he was going t> build :i b Mi-dmsf lunisu. Hi? said, "No." 1 asked him if lie would let me put one up, and he s,nd " Yi"»."' He asked me if I had capital. L replied, if I hvln't th- 10 wis a man at To Aw.miutu who would put it up for me. MrCoatis pa\e me a tcU-^r.un to Hond to Me^sis Monin and Co. foi the iion for the house and an older to Mr Ellis to send down the tnnbro ; the place was built, and I had to pny for the election. I took boarders at I.*, per w eek. I not the b dance of the money for the boaidois' keep, after deductions foi proceiiesby Metcalfo. I ha\e no othei piopeitv but that 1 have discovered to you. I had a sum of money (£8) w hen I hied. I paid Mi (Jieshain £7 for ice* in bankruptcy and cash out of pocket. T ottcied a sewing machine for sale befoie Mi (iicsham had told me I could not hell it. By Mi O'Neill: On the loth of July I received a cheque fiom Mr Coates for 4!14 Bs. I paid Mi Uic-ham £7 on the 30th July and Ist of August, and my niothei, for attending on my wife, £4, and Dunn £3 10s. Elimination continued: T iecei\od no money other than the cheque fiom C".ite-> (£l4 8s). I had no other money w hen 1 received the cheque. I kept no books at all. There is no arrangement, eithei duectly or indirectly, between Mr Gresh.un and myself tli.it Mr Grcsliam is to got any further benefit from me in the matter of my bankruptcy proceed ing-«. I drew my money e\ery fouitli Satiuday, and at othei times. Some of the Roods I got from Mr Tcisd lie I .supplied to the men, and they nevei pud me foi them. T got a meerschaum pipe from Mr Tea-dale and raffled it a week after. I did not sell any meat that I got from Gibson Bros. I made a present of a suit of clothes to mv father and a woollen squiiie to my mother. By Mr Bridgman : I kept two men at the boarding-house to cook— J). mo van at 30s per week, and Sam at l~w per week. I did not understand cooking. I do not hmiipiiiber telling Messrs Biidgman, Tea-dale, (lias's, and Gibwn that I cvei cooked foi Mi Coates. By Mr Roche : I told Mv Roche that I would make £1 a day out of the business. I said to Mr Kennie that "if the cieditoii, aie willing to take the place at £30, I date s.iy I can find £15. By Mi Trewheellar : Snino of the creditors wished me to call a meeting before I filed. By Mr Roche : I offered the building and contents to Mr Gibson for his account. I paid Mr Coates £35 10s for tho matei ul of the boarding-house. The examination having closed, the following resolutions were carried :— (1.) "That Mr Goodwin be requested to file a statement of debts owing to him by peisons employed on the lailuav and rl-c-where, whuh he has not furnished; {'2 ) That the Deputy Assignee dispo-o of tho buikiupt's. Diopeitv to til" b'st advantage.