WHITTAKER WRIGHT'S SWINDLE.
THE LIQUIDATOR'S REPORT,
Received February 25, 4.48 p. m
LUNDON, February 24
The Official Liquidator in Whittaker Wright's London and Globe Finance Corporation, reports that the assets estimated at £2,901,020 realised £515,000. One nundred and ninety-foui unsecured creditors, representing £2,591,675, received £184,317; the shareholders nothing. Thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty four pounds was improperly paid to influence the press, of which there has been recovered, as follows: £1,954 from O. E. Rose (Daily Mail), £4,000 from 0. D. Macrae (Financial Times), £4,000 from H. Marks (Financial News), £3500 from H. Voules and Brousson (Truth) and (The Citizen.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7973, 26 February 1906, Page 5
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101WHITTAKER WRIGHT'S SWINDLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7973, 26 February 1906, Page 5
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