SERVING A PETITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1911, Page 9

SERVING A PETITION.

The difficulties of serving a, debtot; with a petition of bankruptcy and ia summons in uupporfc of it wero related in an affidavit before tho Chief Justice, who sat in bankruptcy yesterday. Mr. C. R. Dix aeked for leave to serve R W. Allen, a debtor, by eubstdtuteil service. Counsel outlined tho facts briefly. In reply to his Honour, Mr. Dix eaifli Allen's whereabouts was not known, bub he was believed to be somewhere in Wellington. Hie Honour dircted that a notice bo inserted in the livening Poet. Following are some extracts front 'tha affidavit of Mr. C. R. Dix, solicitor for the petitioning creditor : —"I hatfo upon numerous occasions personally endeavour, ed to serve the above-named debtor with the petition in bankruptcy and summons in support thereof, but without succeee. I have several times asked debtor's soHci* tors for his address, but without success. Upon more than one occasion, I met tha debtor in the etreete ot Wellington and informed him that 1 dwsired to serve him with the documents, and arranged that he should call at the office for the purpose of being served with the same,' bat ho did not call at & time when ther»ervice could be effected. I informed tha debtor that proceedings in bankruptcy were pending and aeked hinv to «nabla mo to serve him with the necessary docu. monta with as little publicity as ■possible, and he promised to call at tho office for the earn©. He called with hi* solicitor, Mr, Perry, within two days after the service of Iho bankruptcy notice, but 1 have not seen him since.; . . I have had a constant lookout kept for the debtor by persons constantly about the streets and hotels of the city of Wellington, who know him intimately, but my informants state that they hava not seen him sinco tho date of such eejrykfr."