In re Ueroa Ngarewa (A Bankrupt): Ueroa Ngarewa v Deputy Official Assignee - [1931] NZLR 577

Bankruptcy — Native adjudicated on his own Petition — No Assets at Time of Bankruptcy except Interest in Native Reserve — Interest protected under West Coast Settlement Reserves Acts — Application for Discharge — Subsequent Sale to Crown of Interest in Reserve — Payment made by Crown to Bankrupt by Cheque prior to Discharge from Bankruptcy — Whether Cheque or Proceeds protected against being Asset in Bankruptcy as being Property acquired before Discharge — Meaning of "other Moneys" in s 20 of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892 — Ejusdem generis Rule not applicable — Official Assignee held entitled to Cheque or Proceeds thereof as being After-acquired Property — Bankruptcy Act, 1908, s 61 (a) — West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892, ss 12, 20 — Native Land Act, 1909, s 424 — Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, ss 109, 125.