IN BANKRUPTCY.
A meeting of the creditors in the estate of Edward Smith, hotelkeeper, was held on Wednesday at Patea, the D.O.A. Mr C. A. Budge) presiding. The bankrupt was till recently licensee of the Masonic Hotel. Patea. Liabilities were shown at £564, and assets at £35. Mr Fleming, solicitor, Patea. represented several creditors, and the bankrupt was represented by Mr P. O'Dea. Hawera. At the outset Mr Fleming put in three special proxies from absent creditors, which the D.O.A. refused to accept as being informal. Mr Fleming and several creditors thereupon left the meeting. A resolution was carried that the estate be wound up as speedily as possible,.and that the bankrupt's discharge be facilitated.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 24 February 1916, Page 4
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115IN BANKRUPTCY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 24 February 1916, Page 4
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