The Official Recciver—To how many clubs do you belong?
Witness—The French Club, Cricket Club, Golf Club and the Lawn Bowls Club.
The Official Receiver—You do 4 certain amount of entertaining at the French Club.
Witness—Very little. I have my chits to show what I do.
The Official Reeciver—Do you not think that you ought to resign from these clubs?
Witness—My lord, there is an entrance fee of Tis, 50 to the French Club. Why should I re sign. If I am_ economical it doesn't matter. T am not extravagant. I do not drink. I have not many chits.
The Official Receiver—Do you not know that if you were in England, yow would have to resign from these clubs?
Witness—I_do not know.
The Official Receiver—You lived quits comfortably on Ti. 400 a month and yet you managed to belong to four clubs?
Witness—My wife has an additional income. T live with her assistance.
The Official Receiverr—Do not vou think that when you got Tls. 1€0 more a month you should have handed the money over to the trustee?
Witness—He might have had it, if he had asked.
The Official Recciver—Do you think that once having been made bankrupt, you have no further obligations to your creditors, can sit tight and just ask for your discharge?
Witnecs—No, I have been attempting to get my discharge for a year, so that I might get some thing for my creditors.
Mr. Wright asked the witness how he could explain the statement made by Mr. Turner that tha books were to a great extent unintelligible.
Witness—Even an expert on fist looking into the books would reaziro some explanations. Mr. Turner asked several questions and was perfectly satisfied. I told him that at any time he might want me, I would come round.
With regard to the debt outstanding to Messrs. James Morrison & Ca., witness said that Mr. Birch came to clear up the position. As a friend he urged witness to settle up. Both went to tha Hongkong & Shanghai Bank and asked the Bank's opinion about exchange. Witness disagreed that, there were orders outstanding to Morrison's involving £300,000. The orders amounted to £200,000. Very few of the goods covered by this order had come forward. About August, 1920, ha was very At the afternoon session, Mr. E. S. Wilkinson, of Messrs. G. N. Thomson gave evidence. He stated. in revly to Mr. Mac-Donald, that he had audited thie" bocks for ai period of threa years. Witness thought Mr. Thomson had
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