BANKRUPT PLUMBER.
CASE FROM WHAKATANE. " I do not see that anything can be done; the principal creditors apparently allowed bankrupt, to carry on," said the 'ieial assignee, Mr. G. N. Morris, yesterday, at a meeting of creditors of Jubilee ,'alph Whitfield, plumber, Whakatane. hero was not a quorum present, and no resolution was passed. Tho schedule showed £242 as owing to unsecured creditors, with assets amounting to £2l. In a statement, bankrupt said his failure was duo to bad luck and scarcity of work. He commenced business as a plumber with £SO capital in 1926, and had gone back since 1927. In January, 1928, his books were destroyed by fire, and ho had not kept any since. He >vas not permanently employed, and could not see his way clear to make payments. The official assignee said bankrupt had not incurred any debts since ho took creditors into his confidence. The meeting was then adjourned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20162, 24 January 1929, Page 14
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