BANKRUPT’S ADMISSION
DOUBTFUL TRANSACTION. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, May 7. Under further examination, Hector Thirkell (who was reported as drowned at New’ Brighton), admitted he was an undischarged bankrupt in New Zealand, and had changed his name several times in Australia, “because I found Thirkell was not a good sales name.” He left New Zealand because he was sick of being pestered by his w’ife, from whom he was separated. He established the Manhattan Cafe at Sydney by borrowing £623 from the British National Trust. He gave a mortgage over a property of 1987 acres near Wellington, although he had no equity in it. Thirkell added he was prepared to take the consequences. He said he was at present employed as an advertising salesman at a salary of £5 :t week, with £3/10/- expenses. He undertook to pay 40/- w’eekly for the benefit of his creditors. The examination was adjourned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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