A BANKRUPT'S STRANGE LOSSES.
[BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Thursday. Some strange things were told at a meeting of the creditors of William Henry Uttley, contractor. The liabilities were £273 and the assets £73. The bankrupt said ho had made no losses on his contracts, but had lost £142 which was tied up in a parcel ready to take to the bank. He did not know how he lost it. £42 was afterwards found under the sill of the workshop door by another man a fortnight later, the bankrupt having been ill for three weeks. He lost £40 in a similar manner about twelve months ago, and, being further questioned, he said he lost £23 some time before that. He denied being in the habit of going to publichouses. It appeared that at a private meeting a few days ago the bankrupt said that he nad lent £100, but as it was a family affair he refused to divulge the name. He strenuously denied saying so to-day, and when closely pressed pleaded that he had been ill and insensible for sixteen days. The meeting adjourned to get more evidence on the subject.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9075, 8 June 1888, Page 5
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