MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 6, 1 May 1880, Page 2

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

A meeting of creditors hi the estate of Mr. F. G. Taylor, boarding-house and storekeeper, Stratford, was held on Thursday, in the Courthouse, Hawera. There were only three creditors present — namely, Mr. J. R. Lever, Inglewood; Mr. "Albert Peters ; New Plymouth, andMr.Barleyman, who represented Messrs Curtis Bros., storekeepers, Stratford. Mr. Barleyman was voted to the choir, and Mr. Lever was appointed trustee, the usual 5 per cent, being allowed. A resolution -was passed, authorising the trustee to employ Mr. Taylor, if he should think fit, to collect the book debts, and to look after the estate ; the remuneration not to exceed £2 per week. Mr. W. Humphries, of the firm of Humphries and Son, New Plymouth, put in a claim for the full amount due to them, stating that they held a mortgage and bill of sale over the goods and chattels of the debtor. The following is a statement of the assets and liabilities : — Assets. £ s. d. House and land at Stratford 275 0 0 Do. do. Mountain Road ... -30 0 O Stores ... ... ' ... 150 0 0 Furniture & cooking utensils 50 0 0 Horse, cows, and cattle ... 80 0 0 Tools 3 0 0 Book debts ... f 196 8 5 Fowls 10 0 Cash ... 7 2 1 £742 10 6 Liabilities. £ s. d. Humphries and Son, merchants, New Plymouth ... 340 0 0 Veale, ironmonger, New Plymouth 5 0 0 Retford, tobacconist, New Plymouth 5 0 0 Foote, draper, New Plymouth 5 0 0 -Abbott, tinsmith,- „ • 415 0 Williamson, chemist, „ 2 18 0 Uncles, gentleman „ 143 0 0 McVicker, miller, Sentry Hill 15 10 0 Lever, storekeeper, Inglewood ' ... 10 0 0 Franklyn, storekeeper, Inglewood ... ... ... 2 0 0 Curtis Bros., storekeepers, Stratford 35 0 0 Hamerton, solicitor, New Plymouth - - 217 10 Peach, bootmaker, Inglewood 1 0 0 Tisch, hotelkeeper, Stratford 4 0 0 . • ' . 2*75 35 j