SUICIDE OF SOLICITOR
TRUST ACCOUNT SHORTAGE.
NO RECORD OF TRANSACTIONS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 8 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 8. Arthur Bernard Davies, a city solicitor and company director, committed suicide at Hunter’s Hill, near Sydney, in April last. An investigation in bankruptcy began in his estate to-day, when it was revealed that trust funds totalling £26,000 were unaccounted for. Davies’ private secretary said he kept no books —not even a trust ledger. The only record of transactions relating to trust funds comprised cheque butts and pass books. Th© examination was not concluded.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1932, Page 6
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