Under a Deed of Assignment
Re: Joseph George Chapman, Chemist, Rushden.

Notice is hereby given, that the above named debtor has Assigned all his Estate and effects to me, as Trustee, for the benefit of his creditors. All persons having claims or demands against the said Joseph George Chapman are desired to send particulars to me at once.

J J Coulbeck
Trustee, Wellingborough

MEETING OF CREDITORS—A private meeting of the creditors of Alfred Rogers, boot and shoe manufacturer, Rushden, was held on the 30th ult. at the office of Messrs. Sharman & Jackson, solicitors, Wellingborough. The statement of affairs showed liabilities £169 2s. 7d., and assets £14. By the assistance of relatives the debtor said he could pay 5s. in the £ on December 1, and the creditors present agreed to accept this offer.

Rushden Argus, 10th March 1893, transcribed by Kay Collins

In Bankruptcy
Re: J W Proctor, Grocer &c.
Rushden, Northamptonshire

Henry H Bletsoe

Instructed by the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, will SELL by AUCTION, in convenient Lots, on Thursday next, March 16th, at Twelve o’clock, the whole of the Grover’s STOCK-in-TRADE, Fixtures, and Trade Utensils.
Further particulars in bills, to be had of the Auctioneer, Thrapston and Oundle

A Newsagent’s Bankruptcy—At Northampton Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, before Dr Faulkner, Registrar, George Clayson, of 42, Glassbrook-road, and 5, Church-street, Rushden, came up for his public examination. His statement of affairs showed a liability of £340 13s. 7d., with assets £22 3s. 7d. only and a deficiency of £318 10s. 0d. The debtor, in reply to the official Receiver, said that he commenced business on October 1st 1898, with £50 borrowed money. He had unfortunately indulged in land speculation, with the result that he had lost £258 10s. He purchased two plots of land at £30, and built eight houses on them. The end has been that the houses had been seized, and he had been landed in the loss. The cause of his insolvency was land speculation outside his legitimate business. He borrowed the £50 to start with, and paid back £10. Last October debtor executed a bill of sale and received £40 which went to pay off the £50 borrowed.

A First and Final Dividend of 3s. 6d. in the £ is announced by Mr A C Palmer, the trustee, to be payable to the creditors of L West, boot manufacturer, Rushden.

Bankruptcy—Mr Harry Sharpe, musical instrument dealer and tobacconist, High-st., Rushden, has filed his petition in bankruptcy.

A Meeting of the creditors of Messrs Hockney Bros., drapers of Bedford, and formerly of Rushden, has been held, the unsecured liabilities being £5,872 and the net assets £3,723 including freehold shop and house in High-st, Rushden, valued at £1,500.