Af Uriel Johnston (professionally known as Muriel Starr), the actress, voluntarily sequestrated her estate on February 7 last. Her statement of affairs disclosed that the unsecured liabilities were £3427 : assets Gash til hand), 12s 1 Del. and 2o stagedresses. valued at £3O. She considered the cause of her bankruptcy the failure of the public to srpyimi her \ arions theatrical ventures. That position, she said, was caused parf.lr through the advent of flu talkies, and ilie general depression. At one period she was receiving £ot: r> week i’ro.m .T. C. W'lli- tu-.on, ltd Her last season at the Palace (Sydney) was a failure, and at the end of that season she owed J. Williamson, Ltd., fFJoRO. “I have no prospect of theatrical engagements,’ she added, “and when opporhmitv offers.. I intend to return to the U.S.A. 1 am the wife of AVilHam Hartwell Johnston, and 1 was mar ri(-d in |f)!8. 1 have no family, and 1 am living apart from my husband. Ho is not making me any allowance.’’
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11175, 7 April 1930, Page 3
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