MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8209, 14 June 1888, Page 4

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

■ . • , ;. ■♦■ : —- ..• . ■ ;-. - • In Re D. F. Ross. An'aajourned meeting-in the estate of D. F. Ross, baker, of, Roslyn, was held.in the official assignee's office yesterday afternoon. Mr Wilkinson appeared on behalf of Mr R. C. Moore, a creditor; and Mr Mouat for the bank--1 The' Baukrupt, examined on oath, said to went bankrupt four years ago in Oamaru. He had not yet received his discharge from teat bankruptcy. Ho was also bankrupt before this about three years, when ho.got his a'scharge. He carried on business ■to Oamaru till 1885. Since then he hid worked when he could get work, but had been 12 months out of work. _ To Mr Wilkinson :My w»geH went topay for • housekeeping and' illness in my family. ■ Idid not spend more than Is a week mdnnk. ,Ih»ve a wife and three children. It was owmg to my •wife's illuess that I gave'up businessm Oamaru. IpaidDrNiyen, of Oamaru,'£2o. ■■; „. To the Assiguee: The reason of my getting behindhand was because of tho illness m my family. I have sold tho bed from under us to geiI he>Assiguce said he did uot see that he could do anjithiug; There did not seem to -be.any actual fraud, but there had been great carelessness on the part of thfi bankrupt, who had.flled . threetimes. . ' ..:;: ■;.., ' Mr Mouat: You ought to think very highly of him. Ho h'fts been one of your best.custom The Assignee: We fire not here altogether to make revenue for the Government. . . . , Mr Mouat: The Government has got £15 out of him. . .■■■■.■ . ~ ■'■■' The meeting was adjourned sine die. m »im News -Dr Souie's American Hop Bitters mendeOiTJiobo afflicted should Rive thenra fair S| and will become thereby-enthusiastic in the . So of tlieir curative qtmllties.-Portland Argiu. 9 -