MONEY FOR CREDITORS.
ASHBURTON BANKRUPTCY. CLAIM FROM AUCKLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Monday The official assignee at Ashburton stated to-day that in the estate of George Wilcox, who was sentenced in Christchurch to three months' imprisonment for obtaining credit in Ashburton without disclosing the fact that he was an undischarged bankrupt, there is a credit balance of £BIO. In addition, the assignee hopes to realise £250 on the book debts, leaving about £IOOO for distribution among the Canterbury creditors, to whom debts amounted to £6354. Wilcox was declared bankrupt in Auckland in 1922, six years before ho filed in Ashburton. In making the announcement at a meeting of Wilcox's creditors this morning, the assignee said that the Auckland official assignee claimed £756 of tho £IOOO. If that claim were met there would be only £250 for distribution to the Canterbury creditors. Mr. A. S. Nicholls was appointed to represent the Canterbury creditors at the Auckland meeting. "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20072, 9 October 1928, Page 9
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157MONEY FOR CREDITORS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20072, 9 October 1928, Page 9
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