EPITAPHS ON EMINENT STATESMEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7926, 18 July 1887, Page 3

EPITAPHS ON EMINENT STATESMEN.

No. 111,

Silt GKOUCrTC GKEY. Under this swelling Icnoll the Giiiiat Pitocoxsvr,

lies; A knight sans penr. unrivnll'd on the stum]). When tjie great Doomsday 'angel calls him to the skies, In eloquent Sir fjeorge ho'U find a trump.

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JilC CiKull.^B DAVIDSON. \ meelin" n! creditors in tho estate of Clo.nne Davidson contractor, Le.i(.h Valley, was held at the ulliciiil usHi"neefs ollice on I'Vidfiy allcnionu. The ta,,k-.i|)U smtemewl showed Hi. liabilities 1,0 lie JCHI 15s lUii, ami his assets (coubibUiik ul stuek-in-trado and furniture) JCil 10s ; leaving v deficiency iiUlWOnslOd. IIThe following are the principal unsecured credi-tors--James Uihnour, lizti 2s KM; A. Tapper i"'J Co £islii;iaf>Ui James M'Honaul, £18 18s lid; A. Hunter and Son, iii) Us 7(1; 11. Davldson.sen., JWOlli. ikw A.iuiiiT.uua,j;ir>; t. siuuiwoii, jew n»-, it. Davidson, JCl'.i 15s ; O. Arnold, JL'B 7s lid. Mr Hiusell (Dunedin Iron and Wooilwaru Co.) was votod to tlio clialr, in tho absence, of tho n«bimiee through illness. Mr Thornton wail present on behalf of tho bankrupt, and Mr Webb lor the ' l6Th«l)iuilirupt deposed that he had been in luisineas us a contractor for ol|(liL moiitliii. His only eunilal was some. Limber, which would !« worth about J£M>. Hi) liailimu other contract, <liiriii« Llns time. Jin whs not In a position to Bay whether he. lost or not on tho lirsl contract. He thought it came out about straight. Ho ow eil about AUO when he Btarted the lirat contract, but no one was pressing him. His second contract was to build a house for Mr Given in Mnitland street. The amount was JBtil) 1. Ho made a mistake us to the price, tho labour eoßtlim more than ho anticipated. He received JBKM, and tho contract was taken out of his hands becauae he could not finish it. There was no mor.! money to come to him from the contract. Out of that money lie paid JL'lllite 2cl for wbros, and took £W for himself. Tho balance was expended in payments for material. The creditor K. Davidson, sen wns Ida father, and the claim was for timber. He never represented that he whs a partner m Mm firm or Davidson and Sons. He owned a plan ng machine viiliiml at JCa.% which he sold to his lather for rent He owed him more than that for rent, but he took'the machine for pa.vmeul. in full. Other machines lie hud belonged lo the old linn ol David""'Vlie Chairman usked the bankrupt if ho had any offer to make. He would get it very rough if he had to no beforutliujudHOVfitlitliat. statement. The JJnnkmpt said that as to making an oiler, he was out of work, and had no offer lo make. The meeting adjourned sine die.