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Woodville Examiner, Volume VIII, Issue 868, 10 February 1892, Page 3

HAWKE’S BAY TBADE PROTECTION SOCIETY. RoucitoßS —Napier, Messrs Guy and Dinwiddle ; Waipawa, Mr E. H. Lee ; Wcodville, Mr E. J. Gothard. Secretary— D. N. Adams. Offices- Hawke’s Bay Chambers, Emerson Street, Napier. SIR, —W 7 e have much pleasure in laying before iou a short account iif the work done by tin's Agency since it- inervtinn twelve menUr; ego. VCht:. u was decirit d to establish the Agency hopes were expressed dial, throng:, its instnimentality the social pest whom we term the “ circular debtor ” would be discovered and, to a certain extent at all events, qarred from further preying upon the too trusting man of business. In a measure this hope has been realised by means of our “ Bad Marks Register,” and that it lias not been almost wholly i cahsed is mainly owing to the apparent reluctance of business men to udop : nr asnres for their own security until they have suffered at the hands of the systematically dishonest. If shopkeepers and others would only take the trouble to inquire as fully as possible as to the honesty of their customers or would-be customers before giving them credit they would find it irnm to their benefit and the dishon person and fraudulent adventurer would, ere long, awake to the fact that professional men andtradespeople expected to bo paid for their goods and advice. Those who have madcmquines have benefitt'd.

A smr. of over £SOOO owing in Hawke's fey—-chiefly old accounts — lias iifccu recovered through this Society during the twelve mouths just closed, which fact speaks for itself. In addition to this promissory notes representing a sum of over £9OO have been accepted from debtors unable to satisfy the whole of the claims against them a - once, and which are being paid by instalments. Summonses for claims aggregating over £7OO have been issued, of which 92 per cent, have been recovered. This satisfactory result is attributable to the fact that before recommending clients to take proceedings we make careful inquiries as to the ability of the debtor to pay, and when once we are convinced that he is in a position to liquidate Ins liabilities we f How the case right up through all the processes of which advantage may be taken, and the chief reason that the whole of the amounts sued for have not actually been recovered is because several clients have, against our advice, insisted upon action being taken, “ for the purpose of show'ng the debtor up,” a somewhat unsatisfactory proceeding to our mind. The Society has proved itself useful in many cases where debtors were owing several amounts, individually small but aggregating a fair round sum, in such cases the system of accepting weekly or monthly payments on behalf of the joint creditors has been adopted, and by these means a considerable amount of money which would have been lost has been recovered.

Agencies have been established at Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, and the Society is able to follow debtors to any part of the colony, and has already been successful in tracing and recovering from pesoes who have ta J en up their .-exult nee in other centres.

•Mi \V. liickercon been ap pointed Woouvdle agent, and clients iiavirg accounts to collect, -a- who require will please i.'oiutr>nni< ate s-.i(,’• linn.

ACOIDK.'-TS 1 ACViBi&N l’S ! I AtCIBBNTb!! IN every newspaper you talm up ■< read you wiil find that S'-un- no fortunate person has met with accident. Before you get hurt, the- e an Accident, I’ .f y from yTANLE’t \i. SO • U'( nt — N.W.- ■■ ■ On . ■A :ln . i .(!••■ v- r ‘ n - . V- !■.. . h ir.-i-. On j>;ji3 .ij- to the above .you wi’-t recine w’but .von Un nut act iroiu many Agents, and that is 11 civility.”

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