BANKRUPT STOREKEEPER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12175, 26 November 1917, Page 6

BANKRUPT STOREKEEPER.

ESTATE OF E. F. CAMPBELL

MEETING OF CREDITORS

An adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of E. F. Campbell, storekeeper. Avoca, was held in the rooms of the Official Assignee this morning. Mr T. O. Kendall, Official Assignee, presided. The Jirst meeting was held a few weeks ago. and it was decided + o adjourn in order to enable the Official Assignee to make inquiries as to some of ihe debtor's nooks, which were not produced. The debtor's statement showed a deficiency of £.300.

'J he Official Assigneee said that he had obtained the assistance of the police in searching for the missing books, but the result was the production of only a day-book, which did not give much help. Debtor stated that he had kept an order book to begin with. When he delivered art order, he .entered, the item from the order book into the daybook', and from the day-book into an account, book. Those were the only books he, kept. Mr T. W. Rowe, who appeared for debtor, stated that he did not keep a separate cash book because, he did not know how it should lie kept. He did not have the remotest idea, and simply gave it up, and relied on his bank book. Debtor said that the business was very irregular, the receipts varying from week to week. His father died when he was twelve months old. and his mother conducted a, farm of 280 acres at Sprcadcsglr, near Springfield. Mis brother was In Iping his mother, hut his brothei 1 had been called 'p a ballot. He had no interest in the farm.

Mr TT. D. AcTand said that no explanation had been given as to how debtor had spent his money while ha conducted tho store at Avoea.

Debtor said that goods had been taken out of the store during his closure for four days. That was the only way in which he could account, for tile shortage. Tfe believed that he could rerovei bad debts valued at. £3O. Mr Acland said that the sum of about i'.'lOO. apparently, had disappeared in thin air. Debtor stated that after harvest he would pay a certain sum each month until the estate was clearMr Rowe said that, the turnover of the business was about, £2OOO a. vear, and there would have been a good living in it if debtor had not been so lax. It was decided, on the motion of Mr TT O. Godfrey, seconded by Mr C. U Eraser---" That the estate should be left in ihe hands of the Official Assignee, and that he should take such proceedings, cither civil or criminal, as he considers the circumstances of the case may require." WHAT A 'IONIC IS FOR. The word tone, as applied to the human system, implies that the various organs of the body are performina; their functions naturally and well. "When any of the functions are impaired th'ev are said to be "out of tone." tonics are those medicines which restore tone. There are various tonics to act on particular organs, but undoubtedly the favourite tonic of medical men, the one suitable for the greatest number of eases, is one which acts upon the blood. The blood reaches every part of the body, and when it is built up the whole system quicklv benefits. Dr 'Williams' Pink Pills are a. nonalcoholic tonic that builds up the blood, making it rich and red and able to supply to the tissues of the body the nourishment they need to keep them in health.

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