SOLICITOR'S EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS.
It is stated by the Fielding "Star" that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Oliver Noel Gillespie, of the legal firm of Prior, Gillespie, Miles and Co., of Fielding, who is at present missing. His financial affairs are, it is said, being investigated by a firm of Wellington auditors, who will inquire into the position of a large sum of trust moneys. Mr Gillespie is very well known in the Rangitikei and Manawatu. In Wellington it is being stated that his defalcations are in the vicinity of £20,000. Two of the sufferers are said to be widows, one of whom is a well-known resident of Fielding, and the other a Wellington lady. The amount allegedly "unaccounted ;for in each instance is £ 5000. A prominent Legislative Councillorr is also understood to have placed a considerable sum of money in trust with the missing solicitor.
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Northern Advocate, 4 October 1913, Page 4
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