BANKRUPT FARMER.
JUDGE REFUSES DISCHARGE. [THE PEESS Special Service.] DUNEDIN, May 6. "The conclusion one comes to is that you are unable to resist committing yourself to expenditure and imposing on your creditors," said Mr Justice Smith in the Supreme Court to-day when Thomas William Robinson, farmer, of Milburn, applied for discharge from bankruptcy. Applicant was not represented by counsel. "The Official Assignee has made a. report in your case," said his Honour. "Have you seen it?"
. Applicant: No, sir His Honour said the Assignee had pointed out that. bankrupt estimated his liabilities at £325 and his assets at £9Ol, yet only 2s 5d in the £ had been paid. Bankrupt had filed previously in July, 1919, and had obtained his discharge in 1920. The Assignee had reported further that in view ot his finances at the time bankrupt had entered a hopeless venture at Milburn. "I think it would be a good thing for you to learn to work hard on wages for a time," "commented his Honour. "What is the pressing need for your discharge?" Applicant said there was no pressing need. He that the bankruptcy had been hanging on too long. "You should realise you are not a man to enter into business on your own account," said his Honour, who adjourned the application for a year.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19612, 7 May 1929, Page 5
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