Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-04-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE AFFAIRS OF MR JOSEPH  DODDS.  • The first meeting of the creditors under this failure was held at tho London Bankruptcy Court on Thursday before the Assistant Receiver. It will be remembered that Mr J. Dodds had a receiving order made against him on the petition of Mrs Jane Meynell, a creditor for £16,241, on the 22nd March legit, cud adjudication in bankruptcy foliowed. Owing to the absence of the bankrupt, no statement of affairs was submitted to the creditors, but prools to the Court of upwards of £60,000 were tendered, amonest which were the following ;-1. Baragh, Stockton, £6,209 6s Id for money lent: H. Birtie, £2.31 8s 2d; the Coatham Hotel, Yorkshire, £659 190 3d; F. L. Dodds, £4,00 for money lent ; the Coatham Pier Company, Limited, £5OO ; C. Harrison, London, £6,000; G. J. Scurfield, Herworth-on-Tees, £3,863 36 : Win. Gray, £4,548 14s 9d for money lent; Mrs Meynell, the petitioning creditor, £16,241 7s Id, moneys received by the bankrupt on her behalf and retained by him in the years 1887 and 1888 ; and Mrs Ann Vaughan, £7,240. The last-mentioned proof was stated to be in respect of an annuity of £1,440 left to that lady under the will of her late husband. The Chairman stated that he bad ascertained that Mrs Vaughan was left a sum of .82,400 a vier by the will of her late husband, and under the will the bankrnpt was appointed one of the trustee.. The whole of the funds were left in the hands of the other trustee, the eon of the lady, and bad been lost, and by an order of the Court the bankrupt had been called upon to deposit the sum of £25,000 in court, and to enter into a deed to pay an annuity of £1,440 a year. The proof was objected to by a creditor. on the ground that Mrs Vaughan ought first to go to the funds in court before a proof could be made against the estate ot the bankrupt, and eventually, after a snort discussion, the Chairman ordered the proof to stand over, it not being admitted for voting per. poses. The proofs having been gone through, the Chairman stated that the only asset that had been discovered up to the present time was the furniture in the debtor's Image at Ragworth, and that was at a rough estimate of the value of £2,000. Inasmuch as the bankrupt had absconded, and therefore no offer was before the meeting in ins behalf, the only thing left to be done was to appoint a trustee and committee of inspection to wind up the estate.—Resolutions were then passed to wind up the estate in bankruptcy, with Mr William Barclay lest, accountant, of London and Middlesbrough, and Mr F. Brown, of Stockton, joint, trustees, to act with s committee of inspection composed of the following :—Mrs J. Meynell, Colonel Scurfield, Mr J. Barite], Mr Wm. Gray, and Mr C. Harrison. The public examination is fixed for the 2nd May next.  We who drink Tees water sometime. ought to be grateful for our privileges. If we lived in Paris we should drink the watere of the Seine, and out of the Seine last year were recovered 2,021 dogs, 977 cats, 2,257 rate, 507 chickeLs and decks, 3,066 kilos of butcher's refuse, 210 rabbit. and hares, 10 sheep, 2 horses, 71 pigs, ,19 geese and turkeys, 10 calves and goats, S monkeys. 1 snake, 2 squirrels, 3 porcupinee, 1 parrot, 609 birds of various kinds, 3 foxes, 131 pigeons and partridges, 3 hedgehogs, 8 peacocks, and 1 seal. Thie iecord doe" not take account of suicides.