A NOVELIST’S HUSBAND

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6623, 12 September 1908, Page 15

A NOVELIST’S HUSBAND

APPLIES FOR A BANKRUPTCY DISCHARGE. An application for an order of discharge was made at the London ruptcy Court on Tuesday, July by Mi Arthur Stunnard. husband of John Strange Winter,” the authoress the bankrupt being described as of West Kensington Mansions, 1\ . Th© Official Receiver reported that the liabilities amounted to JIS37, and that tho assets would realise 30s, a sum insufficient for the expenses connected with the bankruptcy. By profession Mr Arthur Stenna-rd was a civil engineer, and he attributed his failure to the loss of .24000 in connection with "Winter’s Weekly,” the publication of which ceased many years ago. to stoppage of income through his wife’s serious and prolonged illness, and to his own ill-health. The bankrupt added that his wife, whoso affairs he managed, was at one period very successful, and for a time earned -21200 a year. . The only offence reported was the insufficiency of the bankrupt’s assets to pay 10s in the -21, and the discharge was suspended for two years.