BANKRUPTCY CASES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 10 August 1935, Page 16

BANKRUPTCY CASES

MOTIONS FOR DISCHARGE OPPOSITION IN ONE CASE Motions for (litharge from bankruptcy were moved before His Honour, the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in the Supreme Court at Wanganui yesterday. Orders were made granting discharge to Henry Dawson Arthur (Mr J. Hussey) and Ida Emma Hedgenian (Mr C. F? Treadwell), no opposition being made in respect to either. Mr R. A. Howie and Mr A. D. Brodie, however, appeared to oppose the motion for discharge of Frank “I oppose the motion on the ground that this is the second bankruptcy, the first being in 1927,” said Mr Howie, who appeared on behalf of a woman client who had lent bankrupt money. Bankrupt had been speculating, counsel stated. His Honour observed that nJ! men in such business as bankrupt would speculate. Mr Howie: But he speculated with my «c.lient’s money. His Honour: She chose to lend it to him without security I suppose? Mr Howie: That is so, but she did not lend money on mortgage that he might, use it in speculation. There is a further ground on which we oppose the motion, and that is that bankrupt did not keep proper books. It was only after some difficulty that we have been able to establish proof of debt. His books showed nothing of the loan transactions. Mr Brodie opposed the motion on behalf of an aged client who had lost £250, which represented his life’s savings. Mr C. F. Treadwell, who appeared for bankrupt, said that all these matters had been raised at an adjourned meeting of creditors, and apparently the D.O.A. had not seen fit to carry them further. His Honour: I will adjourn the application until such time as the assignee can put that information before me. It is not before m e now and I think it is the proper course to adjourn the matter until it island I will direct that the assignee enquire into these matters and report. Even if bankrupt gets his discharge at the next sitting, and I make no comment on that at all, it will be bettor for him to wait until then. The motion was adjourned to the next sittings and, in the meantime, the D.O.A. is to enquire into the conduct of bankrupt generally, with regard to his bankruptcy since discharge in 1929.