Hi Zip - for Mrs. Zip. Wodonga Court of Insolvency - 12.4.1894 John James Crowe, of Jingellic, applied for a certificate of discharge and for a dispensation of the usual condition of paying 7s in the £. His assets consisted principally of 2 grazing runs, known as Jingellic and Noorongong, which were mortgaged to the Perpetual Executors and Trustees Agency Company Limited for the sum of £7500. Executed a second mortgage to William Wilson and John Dougharty for the sum of £5000. At the time of sequestration of the estate there was due under the first mortgage the sum of £7950 or thereabouts, and due on the 2nd mortgage £1750. His inability to pay 7s in the £ was due to the fact that his property was absolutely unsaleable. (Find that hard to believe in the beautiful Upper Murray!!). Mr. Emerson on behalf of the bank of Australasia, sought to oppose the application, and handed in a proof of debt for the bank. Mr. J. Ryan, official assignee in the estate, said that he could not admit the proof until he had an opportunity of perusing it. His Honor ruled that Mr. Emerson had no locus standi, owing to the proof of the debt not having been received in time. He therefore granted an unconditional certificate of discharge. Chris reporting from Corryong Courier.

Thanks for that Chris. Somehow, Jingellic Station stayed in the family after 1894 and it would be interesting to know how John James Crowe got out of the hole! Actually in 1894 the place was very likely hard to sell, even "in the beautifull Upper Murray!", as there was a severe depression with banks foreclosing all over the place. Hopefully Wilson & Dougherty got their money back though. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine <wildmob@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 6:46 PM Subject: [HC] CROWE > Hi Zip - for Mrs. Zip. > > Wodonga Court of Insolvency - 12.4.1894 > > John James Crowe, of Jingellic, applied for a certificate of discharge > and for a dispensation of the usual condition of paying 7s in the £. > His assets consisted principally of 2 grazing runs, known as Jingellic > and Noorongong, which were mortgaged to the Perpetual Executors and > Trustees Agency Company Limited for the sum of £7500. Executed a second > mortgage to William Wilson and John Dougharty for the sum of £5000. At > the time of sequestration of the estate there was due under the first > mortgage the sum of £7950 or thereabouts, and due on the 2nd mortgage > £1750. His inability to pay 7s in the £ was due to the fact that his > property was absolutely unsaleable. (Find that hard to believe in the > beautiful Upper Murray!!). > Mr. Emerson on behalf of the bank of Australasia, sought to oppose the > application, and handed in a proof of debt for the bank. > Mr. J. Ryan, official assignee in the estate, said that he could not > admit the proof until he had an opportunity of perusing it. > His Honor ruled that Mr. Emerson had no locus standi, owing to the > proof of the debt not having been received in time. He therefore > granted an unconditional certificate of discharge. > > Chris > reporting from Corryong Courier. >

Peter hi, Thought perhaps you may be interested to meet your 'kindred' friend again. We are visiting Beechworth in March 2005, for well over 40 (numbers to date) descendants of Hiram will hit town, to view and enjoy the Crawford Exhibition. I will be in town a week at least, this time bringing my children (of course adults) to show them around the area I've raved about for 6 years now. Finally they are showing some interest (g). "He who isn't interested" is now "he who is interested" and is coming also. Peter you may remember I went to USA in September 2001 to meet many Crawfords at a day put on for us. I wrote to a unknown person in 1999, and this was the result, all I wanted was some information on Hiram's parents and ancestors. Now it is our turn to play host. Next week we have the second lot of Americans to come to visit us, cousins we met at Crawford Day in Hiram's birth place. And at this point it appears there may also be a few Americans joining us in Beechworth in March, even tho some of them are not direct descendants of Hiram but cousins nevertheless of some degree. regards Denise