BANKRUPT’S DUTY.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. April 15. “Unless bankrupt submits some satisfactory explanation of his absence from this meeting, I intend applying to the Supreme Court to have him dealt with for contempt of Court,” declared the Official Assignee when George Frederick Drury, engineer, failed to appear at a meeting of his creditors this morning. “Bankrupt must be well aware of his duty and he has been notified of the meeting,” added the assignee. . • , The meeting of creditors was ad'journod until after Easter. The deficiency was £1615. Bankrupt,, in, his statement, said that his financial failure was the result of a contract for the "Waimakariri River bridge having been accepted at too low a figure.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 6
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116BANKRUPT’S DUTY. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 6
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