BANKRUPTCY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1205, 5 April 1895, Page 30

BANKRUPTCY.

RETURNS FOR THE DISTRICT. We are able this week to give full details of the bankruptcy transactions in each of the districts for which the Official Assignee at Wellington is appointed. , The particulars are as follow:

A sitting of the Bankruptcy Court was held on Monday morning before Mr Justice Richmond. Wm. A. Turner, boilermaker, was granted a discharge. Hugh Wilson, bacon curer, who was represented by Mr Jardine, applied for his discharge. Under examination, the debtor said that money which he had received for the sale of pigs sent to him had been spent in necessary expenses. He was now employed at his trade in Canterbury. Mr Jardine informed the Court that Mr Kirkcaldie had put about <£sooo into the business on Waterloo quay, and the debtor sank his all, about <£looo, in it. The debtor lost everything, and Mr Kirkcaldie about <£7oo. His Honor thought that on the whole the debtor had been unfortunate, and he granted the discharge. Thos. W. Andrell, tobacconist, for whom Mr A. S. Paterson appeared, Jacob T. Woodmore, tailor, and James Briggs, hotelkeeper, were granted their discharge. Andrew Carnegie,

formerly keeper df tlid Western Hotel j restaurant, applied for his discharge. Mr j Boynton appeared i'or the applieantj I 'frho stated that he was ndw earning ! jgjj a Veek as eooki The .£BO dtte tb . Mr J. Rod was for meat) the debt having been incurred while he had the . restaurant. His Honor granted the dis» ! charge and advised the debtor to stick to wages in future. Emma H. Maule, grocer, who was represented by Mr Wilford, applied for her discharge, which was granted. His Honor remarked that the' case was not wholly satisfactory to the creditors, but some allowance. must be made for the debtor, as\she was a-widow. George 0. Wills, clerk, was also granted his discharge. Mr Wilford applied that the costs in the case of Albert Delaney, amounting to .£24, should be paid. His Honor made an order for <£lo 10s and fees out of pocket. The Court adjourned, till May 27th.

Seven bankruptcies have taken place in this district during the present month as against seven for February, and 10 for March of last year. There have been 18 bankruptcies for the first quarter of this year, being one more than the number for the first quarter of last year. At the sitting of the Bankruptcy Court on Monday, Mr Quick applied for the approval of the Court to a deed of composition of 6d in the pound in the case of Andrew Young, coach proprietor, and for the annulment of the bankruptcy. Mr Hislop, who represented the National Bank, raised an objection that the notice of the proposal to apply for a confirmation of the creditors* resolution re the composition had not been given to the Court within a month after the confirmation of the resolution. TTi« Honor said he did not see how Mr Quick was going to get over the objection. The application for the Court’s approval to the deed of composition was struck out. The whole proceedings in connection with the deed of composition will now have to be begun de novo. In his statement to the Official Assignee, Frederick William Beale states that he left the National Bank in March, 1885, to travel for an insurance office, but finding it did not pay, gave it up after a few months. From then until 1889 he only secured temporary engagements, and then entered the service of his brother, a solicitor at Dargaville, at a very small salary. His expenses were considerably augmented by his wife’s illness. When he came to Wellington he was served with a summons, and had to file his petition. His only assets are his furniture, which he should value roughly at about .£2O. Jonathan Bidniead, bushman, Tinakori road, was on Monday adjudged bankrupt. His total debts are put down at «£72 16s 9d, and his assets at nil. His chief creditors are H, Pritchard, grocer, <£l6 13s ad j Thomas Dickson, grocer, <£ll 5s sd; M. Hawthorn, shoemaker) £l2 10s 3d ; Dr Anson, .£6 ss; Chittenden, butcher, Kaiwarra, £5 10s, s Dunedin, March 30. Charles Gamble, a bankrupt who had served six months for failure to keep books, had his order of discharge suspended for two years by Judge Williams.

Names of Districts. Petitions by debtors. Immediate discharges granted by Court. Assets as per statements. Liabilities as per statements. Amount of assets realised. Amount of debts proved. Amount paid in dividends. ft Wellington 59 32 £ s. d. 9,328 18 9 £ s. d. 23,977 15 2 £ s. d. 6,333 14 7 £ s. d. 19,018 3 0 £ s. d. 4,280 3 0 Eh <1 M Reefton 7 5 1,884 11 9 2,489 12 6 390 13 8 2,006 16 5 267 12 3 & Greymouth 15 15 2,868 18 11 8,199 6 3 1,739 5 9 5.105 18 10 349 4 5 m Wanganui 21 4 5,621 2 7 12,262 11 4 2,592 10 0 5,741 15 10 2,166 3 3 H Blenheim 24 18 4,966 12 6 21,140 1 10 1.179 1 2 21.035 14 5 513 5 3 & Palmerston N. . 44 3 10,724 1 8 17,929 11 6 3,569 10 6 14,754 13. 2 1,811 4 2 Westport ... 5 6 1,780 13 6 6,095 6 5 273 10 1 2,495 6 2 117 0 8 M o Napier 24 12 15,594 1 1 7,262 39 1 2,549 16 5 5,384 4 6 6,286 0 3 Hokitika 19 9 9,105 3 4 13,024 0 4 8,006 15 4 9,440 17 8 4,723 18 9 xn Wairarapa 10 0 5,653 4 11 7,067 5 1 2,307 6 2 4,371 15 3 1,133 17 6 ft Nelson 17 9 5,190 7 8 5,623 14 10 1,499 5 4 4,717 10 2 866 13 1 Totals 245 113 72,717 16 8 125,072 4 4 30,441 9 0 94,102 15 5 22,515 2 7