BANKRUPT EXAMINED.
NEW ZEALANDER IN SYDNEY. CHANGED NAME SEVERAL TIMES WHY HE LEFT DOMINION. SYDNEY, May 7. The central fTgure In the case of supposed drowning at New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand, in February, 193, Hector George Thirkell, was further examined in the Bankruptcy Court, Sydney, to-day. Thirkell admitted that, he was an undischarged bankrupt in New' Zealand and that he had changed his name several times in Australia because he had found that Thirkell was not a good sales name. •Continuing, bankrupt said he had left New Zealand because he was sick of being pestered by his wife, from whom he w-as separated. He had established a cafe in Sydney by brorowing £623 from the British National Trust, to which he had given a mortgage over a property of 1987 acres near Wellington although he had no equity in it. He was prepared to take the consequences. Debtor said that at present he was employed as an advertising salesman at a salary of £5 a week and £3 10s for expenses. He undertook to pay 40s a week for the benefit of his creditors. The examination was further adjourned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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190BANKRUPT EXAMINED. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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