BANKRUPT CHINAMAN

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 28, 2 August 1923, Page 2

BANKRUPT CHINAMAN

A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Wong Chee Kee was called for this morning, but lapsed for the want of a quorum. The affairs were ■", eMn^ s of Mr- S. Tansley, Ofncial Assignee. ■ .■. . r.^o ii i l7 pt CJ showe, <1 unsecured creditors £312 14s 6d, and assets nil. The unsecured creditors- were : A. B. Donald and Company, Auckland, £54 17s 3d ■ Slater and Company, Hastings, £12 7sii' S,'r « Collills > Palmerston North, £6 16 Si ; Wong. She, Auckland, £65 10s; Goon Hill!;, Wellington," £.97 10s 6d ;' Nestles Milk Company, £27 13s, : f' iJ Jfi' per}f ,al?d GomPany, Wellington £5 145,.; Hoberts Trading Company. Wellington, £18 135,; Hop° Sang and Company, Auckland, £23 13s 7d •i 1 n'4n t *t/ meflt he s!i°«-ed that lie paid £250 for a fruiterer's shop j n Palmerston Isorth in 1918, £100 b e in" paid in cash. For two "or three;years he paid his way but bugiuess'lhen declined. His landlord terminated his lease kfe in 1922. His stock only realised £60, and this had been used for living expenses. He had since lived on charily,, having been unable to get work. His failure was due to lack of revenue.-to carry him over a hard