THOMAS NILAND'S ESTATE.
« TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I see a report in your paper of a meeting of the creditors of Thos. Niland, and whoever supplied the report seems to have done so in a very one-sided manner. I would therefore ask you to give me space for a few remarks ro the same. The bankrupt gave as the principal cause of his failure grass seed that he purchased from me not growing, stating the amount he purchased to be about £14 worth. This was proved at the meeting to be false, the amount being £8 14<, the balance being for oats and chaff supplied him when he was at work for Mr Fallon. This grass seed was Bold in March, 1887. On the 31st January, 18S8, the bankrupt wrote to me that he would come over and pay mo in full if I would wait a little time. No word of bad grass seed in the letter, which was produced and read at the meeting. No pay ment being made in April following I sent him a summons. He then offered 3s in the £ and then first stated that his grass seed did not grow. So much for that statement. Then again your report states " The immediate cause was pressure of Souter and Co., a warrant being out for his apprehension." Any one reading this would suppose I had got the warrant issued. At tho meeting the bankrupt stated clearly that it was issued by Mr Alloy, of Hikutaia. Now for my pressure. The bankrupt is a single man in good health and in good employment. Ho stated "that he had been at work on the permanent way for six or seven months at lis (jd a day." No broken time stopped there, I believe, and that ho had also been at wotk for Mr Fallon with four horsos and three drays belonging to himself, getting 10-i per day for each horse, and also being at Te Aroha where he got 7s per day for himself besides 30s per week for his horses, taking contracts. Besides all this as a single man earning money in this manner I failed to see why I should take 3s in the £, although I otfered to lake 10s. —I am, &o.
W. SOLTEK, For W, Souter and Co. I'.S. —I have just mad a up the amount of grass seed tho bankrupt must have put in. At the meeting he stated that he sowed about 50 acres and got no seed except what he got from me. According to that he put in 1 l-sth lb per aero, the usual amount being from 20 to 25 lbs. Comment is needCambridge, April 2Sth, 1889, [An omission occurred in our report as printed, which should have read that the warrant had been taken out by the Alleys. —Ed. W.T.I
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Waikato Times, Volume 2620, Issue XXXII, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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474THOMAS NILAND'S ESTATE. Waikato Times, Volume 2620, Issue XXXII, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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