BUSINESS METHODS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 7

BUSINESS METHODS.

■\ ■ BANKRUPT TAXI PBOPBIETOR. TO BE PROSECUTED. ' (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ABSOci\T-CN ) WELLINGTON, June 9."< In bankruptcy proceedings against Charles Edward Donnelly, taxi proprietor, whose estate showed a deJciency of £317 with the assets practically nil, the debtor was reverely cross-examined as to his method of jiving and his failure to keep proper books. He admited that he went Tip £i* c nd and ordeied a suit costing Alb; also that he attended a Race Club ball here, and that he had made trips to IJotorua.. He could hot g/.e any explanation as to not keeping books,' but could see his mistake now. The Official Assignee thought that, the only way to compel business people* to keep books was to prosecute them, and a motion to that effect waTpaised by the creditor* - y