MEETING OF CREDITORS.
[Pee Piiess Association.]
AUCKLAND, April IS.
An adjourned meeting of creditors of D. F. Evans, auctioneer, was held to-day. Mr Waymouth, accountant, rtad a statement of the debtor's accounts, which showed that the assets would yield threepence three farthings in the pound. The Official Assignee explained that he had been informed that nearly all the accounts •set down in the assets were disputed, and the returns from tbem would probably be nil. Mr Waymouth said that the statement of affairs from December 31, 1887, showed a debit balance of ,£3llO 6s Bd. Mr Wilson when he joined the business' put in .£'2so, and took that sum out when he left in February, 18S9. At that date the business was .£356 Ms to the bad. Mr Evans in ISBB, had received and had the use of it free of interest. In reply to questions, Mr Evans said the -fiIOOO "belonged to two Trustees, and he had handed it to the credit of hi3 own account. On the motion of Mr. -Alexander, it was resolved to recommend a public examination of the bankrupt.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6831, 19 April 1890, Page 4
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