MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12866, 26 July 1907, Page 3

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

. JL— A mooting of creditors in tho. estate of \\. l>. JJavitUoii, ot Cheviot, cabinet maker, wa.-> held \e>terd«y afternoon, the Oifioial (..Mr ii. L. Cmtoiin<X!i!i [HTsiiliiiy;. J)< l;t')is .statement showed unsecured lialiiuiu .■> u> tlie. ;:;nount of £-127 11is l<i. aiiU assets totalling ill"), comprising stock-in-ir.ido a , , Cheviot and bimi,. <i<M.-., <-.-.tiiiiatt"! To produce JJICi. leaving a lifiicii iR-v of L'iVi l< is 1(1. .1 hi> principal unsecured creditors tvert?:— \\. 'J. Hobiii.son (Cheviot) £9« \->i Sd,.T. Hayes (Cheviot) l'i';i, W. 11. A 100 r<. , (Ciicviot) £ - i 0 15s Id. Cyclo niui Motor C(nii]v:uiy (YYollin.nioii) JL'lti "\s 3d. I.mas firos. ((. hi i>tt l.iiivh.) Clo. J. J. Jculvir.s (Chi viol) .UO 17:> !M, iSuu:nt und Co. (\Volli:igtouj i.'!U lo.s 10d, lilac!;, lifottie an<l Co. (C!ui.stchuiT.li) £10 18b Id, Jiiiscuo and Co. (Wellington) £10 Vs Id. Ashby, liergh and Co. (Chri.stdnm h) 9a Ud. J. .W. Mitclioll (C'liristciiuivh) JL'J. G. Truman (Ch<-viot) £8 Kfe (kl, A. F. Bonn (Pleasant Point) A 8 17s 'Jd, »Strange and Co. (.Cliiiitolnnch) £7 VJ* B<l, .Mason, •Stinthers and Co. (Christchurch) Li 5U od. L. E. («."hcvioO ~" <fe 3d. ;ind G. Tayler (Christchurch) £7 0 10J. Jn his evidc-ncp, bankrupt stated th«t owing to his neglecting to file a dei'eiH'o to an action brought for possoision of his housu by his wite, lih hud to pay £50 damage, and had boon, ovictotl. ilo ha<l made an arrangement with his creditors to pay 10s in the. £, but 3lr Ilobinson had locked up the .shop in tho interests of the creditors generally. Debtor .had hoped his brother'in Timaru would help him to pay 10s in the £, but Jiis brother wonl<l not do so. IMr Xeavo Jtientionrd that deotor confessed judgment to <i debt of £U8 on Jiiiio 11th, tlie. roprcsentativo of, .Messrs Black, Beattio and Co. pointing <-ut th«t four days later (debtor being then practically insolvent) he piac.'iased gnc.ds from that firm to tho valuoof £10 18s -Id. rtes • , .Haukrupt, replying to the Officiol Assignee, said ho knew at tho time he was practically insolvent, but hoped Ins. brother woukl come to" his assUteiu-o. He had been dealing ivith, JHack, Bc-attio «nd Co. for fourteen years. It was resolved to invit-o tenders for the, purchase of the stock-in-trade, and tiio meeting then adjourned.