BANKRUPTCY.
' ■ ESTATE OF JOHN STEVENSON ' PEARSON. The affairs ? of- John Stevenson Pearson, jslesman ; of Wellington, who has filed his > petition in bankruptcy, wero investigated by Mr. A. A. Siinpson, -Deputy Official - Assignee, yesterday morning. appeared for the:'bankrupt;.There, were no /creditors, present •, The statement of. assets.- ' and liabilities;^ ls '" 3s ' follows:— ' ; ' -> ■ ..Unsecured creditors, £237 Os. Id.; secured; creditorsj 'nil. There, were no assets in the estate, and'tho deficit was' therefore set- d6wn at £237 Os:,-Id. ' The principal unsecured. creditors ■ were:—J. Radcliffe, Tiinarui : £27 1s: 6d. ; E. A. Le Cren, Timaru, • . £50;, E. Begg.aiid Co., Dunedin,'. £23; IT. J. Grace, '£38; and A. S. Pike, Wellington, £25 The bankrupt,run-, his . swornstatement, attributed his financial difficulties to speculation in gold-dredging about fouir years ago. At that time -he was earning about £5 : : weekly,r but lost his position,- and since then hadidone different work on commission,; his weekly earnings - averaging about £2 10s Bankrupt - was'- married," and. had' a family . of»tWo;k Mr. Buddie intimated that an application for ■ immediate .dischargo. would bo mado at ...the .■.'next..-, sitting of ;the Supreme Court in Itonkruptcy. . ' .' •'■•. ".V.V'Y , 'The: proce^ings v were .adjourned sine die.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 5
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187BANKRUPTCY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 5
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