Newspaper Art. - William & George Jeal (1)
Insolvency
Applicants were adjudicated insolvent on their own petition on 7th August, 1903, the liabilities to unsecured creditors being set
down at £159 4s. 4d., and assets whioh were estimated at £29 4s. realised £18 16*. 50., enabling a dividend of Is. 7d. in the £1 to be paid. The causes of insolvency were stated as losses owing to long continued drought and pressure of creditors.
The cited information was sourced from Newspaper This citation is considered to be secondary evidence, data officially recorded sometime after event.
Source Notes
This info is corroborrated numerous times in various papers around the country, including Sydney Morning Herald.