WESTERN PACIFIC HIGH COMMISSIONERS COURT.

Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 2, Issue 173, 4 April 1896, Page 2

WESTERN PACIFIC HIGH COMMISSIONERS COURT.

(ISfforeOiiwulT. I!. Cmack Smith.) Wednesday, April Ist. 1K0«. R. IV 11. Chntfiold liM :i schedule ■ to bo adjudged it bankrupt. ,'".''' ''i . .-■ v -\ r .m ' uud X. Meredith. !I. P. B. Chatfi.-U. sworn.—ln r ply ; in February, ISO I, us stun ki eper or license. Arrived kero in June IKOS. working as a L-,>.ii;...-i"t:,r. " 1 ha,l £lO ! I when i commenced business l.osides ■ • £lO per month salnrv un.l £3 per ■ : month for night work book-keeping. 1 [ was eonip-irutivelv free from debt, j I 'omdcsnfew pound's for housekeeping ] ' couiuiTMii.il aml'"llms L 5t..,,(l L i!„'n-sks! I j Did not leave the "Times" employ, I \ still worked for the same wages, which ! continued until -Tun... 1803, whou I I went on half-time. In January pre- ■ j vinns to tlint 1 lost mv position with 1 Frings and Co., of £3 per month owing I

In their failure. J have not received ; mvthing from tho "Tin en" siucu ; I.inuury Ist, ISOO, u.i work was nut brisk. " There was actually nothing j loing in my -I.■i.iftm. at. 1),. not rl.-iim anything from tho " Sumuan Times." At thu onil of the tirst vonr of ujv business I was solvent. 'My drawings frmn the first year from the There was nt onil i.f the year u credit j l..;i.ri. f '.' I. 12s. 3-1. At tl nil of i lH'.t.j ihc balan .-sheet show, mi tube I UtO t.. the -ikiJ. Thcro were some ' few private ur-a.nuts which would have nlm.)st absorbed that surplus, hilt 1 I did not drawn statement of my private | ncouuts. Statement now submitted ■ shows dol.ts about £ 130. in'lusivo of I Pines account. My cash book wilUlmw the difference. 11m! also a promissory I noteof my father's to Mr. Daviil. The I

ilifferoncu has been expended pnrtlv in -,,.,11 eurreiit accounts ami partly in siiii'i rtmp ii'.v wifj and fumm m Ailekhmd. There irm a hill i.f sale to secure Dillo's account. Sal n a.lod mu to senile his .1, l.t iir far as possible, no 1 took tho bill of sale, bid not up iv'iv Salmon slumH li ive all the security'..ml me nm e, Mv neeoimt with Dines at that time' was about £l3O. I was Salmon - - a-feat tit the time and ho asked mo to Ret tho Kccurity. The bill of solo s cuil £230 and 'further ndv.noos. 1 thinl: at that time Dim •> ow.s) Salmon £2OO. Can't say from menu rv, but think so. I believe a promissory note of £.V) was to come off. It was not because 1 endorsed the promissory rote that I beenme a party to the hill o« wile. Tin. bill of sale was OXCCIIM in .Tulv. At that time Dines owed Salmon CJIO lew tho current promissory note of C3O. At that time the bill was taken to »e | euro I'lies indebtedness 1 vol „ 1,11 j of sale for as leiteli as 1 could. I was to K et I>iiws collection., for tho purpose ..f hnyim- stork and i innkinir romittnnro. The amount i owimr bv lliuosto Salmon and myself ! was IMTo. loss £3O promissory note j Dine, necmint was tint ilrarmiinl nfti r I IMKIlitlB the bill of siilo. One shipI ment his tineo 1 It l ivml end not iwlil for. lit) of the iiiiiotint due mo by Dines was for Bowls; e M , ;„, f „ r liquor, and tlm hnlancii for rash for fiviirht, &c. At tho .nl ..f ih.. firm year Dines and I owed Salmon n Joint i oifitof about GtSst; eoiill separate , 1be.,1 at tho end of las' \v ir . A.'ud , Sabnou 1...',.,,. t„ render" me ...,,,r.t.. ' a..••Hints for Lfood. inipiete 1 foil.. ,|i'e Salmon ii nt the a.i.iunS tn me. Mo t

,« th. goons !iav« l.eon paid for. ! 1:..-.. bad : . mil for cash lor nt ; times, Sulinou has i.cived most of the cash tor good*. I have used cash from both parties, buyers and sellers. Paid monevs from time to time on account of Dines. The money I received was what should have been Bint to .Salmon. One amount of £SO I wrote to Salmon about and asked him to credit me and debit Diues with that amount. They (tho cattle) were sent to Dines older through me. The £SO ivonffor those cattle and sheep. 1 did it to save return freight. That was my private money and I hnve charged Dines with it. Received freight from Dines on that occasion. At end of April paid £:!i>. (is. 8.1. on account of Dines for freight. I paid c.-,(j „,! account of Dine- in Mav which was borrowed by Dines. I backed tin- bill. Have not had to pav the £SO. Dines paid it to me. In" Mav Bird June received about IXI7I from Dines. Cannot recollect perfeetiv about the amount of £SO, ! may have got it from Mr. David on " Dines promissory note. .•..- i dorsed bv mo, but cannot recollect. I I told Salmon on Septemberlast that ; Ihad£s!K>book debts, of whichlcould

oi.lv collect £5. I considered 1 lines owed me as Salmon's agent. Salmon did not hold me responsible for Dines account. I was not misleading Salmon. In October tho debts owing to mo w.-iv over £«00. In a letter of November 12, I said "I have secured Dines, .'J IST and that another of £1 If., was niso secured. That was on account of note for £7(5 or £77. I 'gave it to Moses David as security for a cash advance for Dines busineis. The word "secured" was written instead of •'secure." The debt of HlSiras not secured. It has since been liquid.;: :d bv my father. I had the ship's papers" over the Waratah, not a : bill of <-.]-. 1 had a promissory no'.o

from ID-her which 1 gave to Mr. David. This was for copper procured bv him. Do not think I told Salmon that I had made myself a piivly to the bill »f sale of Dines to secure tho gave' me 'an order '".m" ]tlaeklo.-k''f.'.r £1 Hi. which he would not 'ash as there was hut a small amount tf. Diues civdit. 1 1-M Salmon ho was well aware that it was Mnckloek's faul'. it was a promissory nine of Do.es which the monev 'was wanted to liquidate. Dave lately disposed of mv household furniture; it lielongcd mostlv to mv wife and she has received most of the proceeds for her sustenance ; son.,, was used to pav small debts. Sickness in my family since 1 S'J-I lias cost mo over £ 150. 1 a the last three months I have paid sevcrnl small account-, locally. Have not paid Sc'non anything lat■■!-,-liank now"to mv" credit." 1 claim mi interest under "tho bill of sale given bv Dines.

"To 'Joint.—l have accounted Cor all that is duo to my estate. Account referred to in iournel is squared by promissory note of mv fathers for eiiiii. Ss. 9d." which is now held by Moses David, to whom my father is responsible. Owe David mora than the amount of that note. Liot tho note in January last. In reply to a question l.y Mr. Meredith bankrupt stated he had paid accounts with proceeds of sale of sheep bought with Dines tuonoy. ii wort through tho books of Dines in the or Liabilities Debts proved— T.ives £B. .(.2. T. Meredith 12. IK. 0. is.ih.iuu a..,l Co. 132. ■>. ti. MKKTIXO OV CREDITORS. T. It. Cusuck-Sinith in tho chair. Mr. Westhrflok was appointed Trustoo and instructed to wind up the