A BANKRUPT'S JEWELLERY.
(k>er Press Association.) ROTORUA, last night. At a meeting of creditors or J. Dobias, restaurant-keeper, bankrupt was sharply questioned as to the purchase of jewellery valued at £42 by his wife at a time lie owed £39 ; also as to the payment to the jeweller of £15 on that account at a time he knew he was insolvent.
Bankrupt declared that his wife had a private income, but ho disclaimed any knowledge of the amount or source.
His wife, in evidence, made an affirmation, and said she had no private income. All she had was money saved for a rainy day from moneys occasionally sent to her by her father in England. She had given bankrupt a gold watch valued at £22 as a wedding anniversary present, for which bankrupt paid all but £3. ,The meeting passed a resolution expressing dissatisfaction at the state of affairs revealed, antj that the system of bookkeeping Avas such as to constitute a breach of the bankruptcy laws, and requesting the Assignee to make further investigations.,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13602, 6 February 1915, Page 7
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175A BANKRUPT'S JEWELLERY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13602, 6 February 1915, Page 7
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