BANKRUPT ESTATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18455, 19 July 1923, Page 11

BANKRUPT ESTATES.

FAILURE OF AN IMPORTER.

COUNTRY BUTCHER'S AFFAIRS.

A meeting of creditors of Alfred Quirk Harrison (Mr. Hore),. importer, of Auckland, was held yesterday, the official assignee, • Mr. W. S. Fisher, presiding. Bankrupt was adjudicated on a creditor's petition. . Bankrupt's schedule showed £2583 lbs 6d owing to unsecured creditors. There were no other liabilities and no assets. The statement of causes of bankruptcy occupied 17-sheets of closely- paper, which bankrupt afterwards reduced to a, summary of four pages. He stated that a dispute over a business venture formed the basis of a legal action which led to his filing. , bankrupt said he was now In evidence, bankrupt said he was now working ;as salesman at £6 a week. , tie had no banking account for the last six months. He had four children whose ages ranged from 17 to 23 years. The meeting adjourned until bankrupt has produced his pass books and accounts as promised. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by William Thomas Baynton, butcher, of Maungaturoto. The - debts amount to £749 4s 3d, all owing to unsecured creditors. . The assets, estimated at £559 7s 9d. are made up as follows:— Stock in trade, £350; book debts, £197 4s 2d; furniture, £10;• cash, £2 3s Yd. The deficiency is thus £189 16s 6d. Bankrupt has made a statement and the •first meeting of creditors will be held at Maungaturoto on Wednesday. A petition has also been filed by George Annear Creeth, agent, of Auckland. The first meeting of creditors will be held next Wednesday.