Tupper and Co. Ltd.: Largely attended Creditors’ Meeting in Birmingham: Position of Affairs Defined: … … … (continues) … … After some questions, Mr. Pinsent explained the position of the bank in the matter, and Sir Walter Fisher, who was appointed receiver for the bank, that endeavoured to carry on the business, but found that in order to do so he should have to buy iron and spelter and the like, and the sum of over £30,000 would have been necessary. On behalf of the bank h« would welcome the appointment of committees of creditors to go into the matter with him. There ought certainly to be a surplus for creditors in Tupper and Co. Several creditors expressed sympathy with Mr. E. C. Lewis. Were he to be made bankrupt it would be a calamity for the district. Two committees, each of five creditors, were appointed, one conferred with the Receiver as regards the business of Tupper and Co., and the other as regards the other businesses.
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