BANKRUPTCY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 5

BANKRUPTCY.

AN AGENT'S FAILURE. - ■■ f -- - .The. sworn statement -- of Francis' Berry* : 'man. Kelty, of Wfaangarei, agent, who ■ Was adjudicated a' "bankrupt on i Tuesday : last •: on a : creditor's petition, has been ■ filed with, the official assignee (Mr. W. S. wFisher). The i. total debts in bankrupt's ' estate are shown ; at- £806 Is 'lid, : and - assets £494:19s ,sd, leaving a deficiency • of -£311 2 6d. There are 43 unsecured creditors, 'of whom the principal claimants ,v£' "are :—Millars' Hardwood Co. (Auckland), >rA ; £144 8s 3d ; Lux - Light Co."; ? the; petitioning | creditors (Auckland), .£BO 17s | lid ; Le Grove Laurence, Ltd. (Wellington), £89 lis; 'Andrews and 7 Beavan (Christchurch, £ £63 ''15s V 'and- Briscoe'and : Co. - Auckland, "about £50," 'One creditor (H. T. Hill,' Whangaroi), for £26105, is'secured, The .assets *are : : Stock-in-trade at Wha- . ■ngafrie," £330 2s 2d ; book.-' debts,- estimated ;to ; produce £30; cash held by W. A. * • : *CairutK,' £3 17s 3d ; cash- held by Ocean Accident, and Guarantee Corporation, £111? and'■furniture, £20/ - . -< 1 || . The first ■, meeting •of creditors in ? thai r . v -j . bankrupt estate of !; G. Wra. t» of Waihi r called fc-r yesterday at the oxfjn® of' the official assignee, lapsed : for wan| of a quorum. . - ' > 7