NAPIER NOTES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 9

NAPIER NOTES

A' statement has been bankrupt estate of James Beagley { con* tractor, oi Napier, which shows liabilities amounting to £4381 12s. 2d., and assets £2975 14s. Sd., leaving a deficiency of £1405 17s. 9d. Among thai secured oreditors are Ballinger 8r05.,.' of Wellington, £46'105. Bd. The unsecured oreditors include the following Wellington firms: Carrara Oeiling Co.> £81 17b. ; J. Dawson, £30 10s.; Mayer and Kean, £19 10s. ; W. A. J. Dutch, £98 14s. 3d.; Ballinger Bros., £34 oa, 5d.; Briscoe and Co., £207 Bs. lid.; On and A. Odiin, £9; Smith and Smith£3l lis. 2d., W. Orabtree and Sons! £173 3s. 9d.; Hutchinson, Wilson ami Co., £2 os. 6d.; Driller and Co., £15 ss. 3d.; Hague Bros., £5 os. 5d.; Foosfcoa and Murie, £4 9s. lid.; R. Morton and Co., £2 145.; A. M'Millan, Ltd.. £4 lis.; W. Hayward and Co., £7; Tolley and Son, £4 2s. 9d. 11l Ms personal statement, the bankrupt states mail eighteen months ago he was worth! £2200. and be attributed his failure to the loss of £1340 on the Hastings Bank contract, taken over as an asset at dissolution, and the adverse decision of the arbitrators on the same, as well as. pressure by his late partner. The Hastings electric light systeni is rapidly spreading, and the demand fop current is now so great that the ough Council are considering tho que*, tion of installing another engine. The Hastings Borough Council bag. decided to give all its fire insurance-io the State Office. Mr. W. E. Gilmour, of_ Els thorp©, ihas been admitted as a solicitor of tha.. Sth premo Court.