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Talographie information has been moosived in Utente one and I thlak it undonirable it should) of which complaint is made by the hou, member stoday would not have any operation whatever King and rash apscalation which the hon, member [“contributions from them for expeditious
Canton effect that H.E. Ying wing, be published procent
who has introduced this Bill and the other per- and would not interfere in the slightest degros who intendaged the Hill in most anxions to "which never have come off, and never were a ton to the of ons klang, dod mi the 10th lust such treat or COOL AND THE oder bhi arthout this Cannoll, to stop speolation. There is only one evil is and which the Frasier proportion of the road. "likely to come off, he being the wosk vacilat Yang-chow while on his way to Paking
support it. The evil it is desired to stop is what is alriken at, shart selling, and it is contrary to clients of the Colony aut stopped, has been BAYATABY BOLED Hon. J. J. KEEWICE-Your Excellency, pars commonly known as rolling short, that is a man orperience that the selling of what a man has the want of any law regulating sharobrocars. "Iating creature he is." There is just on expiration of his term of con. The dead possibility that with the assistance of the native of the Pan-yü district and was 78 suant to uoties I beg to ask the following ques going into the market and selling shares ho has not got has boon the cans of all this gambling, One of the gasstent evils is that many men who Fears old. He bava sopro sixty desmoulants to tion:—Whether it is a fact that members of the pot in his posuasion and not under his control sponlation, and serious loss. That wo rospect all thomysives brokers are not only brokers French, or nader their "benevolent neutra. kitaro his despass.
Legislative Comet ars precluded from either at the moment, and which when the time comes tally deuy. No man acquainted with share and bat alas jabbors and dealers, sat that perhaps For Heartburn and Koadrohelity," the weak rasillating creature might
voting for or nouating any candidate for ales. be raust go into the market and bar. We are cork dealing can assert li to be fras in the past as azuch as ything else, a thing wrong in For Gont and Indigestion.
We have recival a copy of a capital repretion to the Sanitary Board, affhough anna me quits willing to admit this Bild as it stands will majority of 94359, and our submission to this itself, has given rise to a very great deal of the succeed in making a flash in the pan. Wo duetion, by kotolithography, of the Ise bors are ratepayers? It is not a matter of very probably do a great deal to prevent selling short. bor. Couail is this that the Bill can do as gambling and cast sporulation that has gone The Broker' INNEFORD'S FLUUD MAGNESIA.
The best. Wild Apurimat for Daliate Cousin cannot think, however, that the French of the Sydney Zain Tal graph of the 2nd Marosarious importance. I know it is a fact that a Bat is that the oil that is really complained of possible good, osanot in any was provent or su in the Coloay in shares
Fast, confinlage full arount of tas Fedeention metabor of the Legislative Council sanctae vole The oil that is complained af is that gambling comedy the aril at which it is aimed. It it Asanctation are most sazione the Government wise in Wacom Culmates, Anle Intrant the old would do anything but discourge designs movement, with portraits fail the Australian oven although he be a mate gayet is probably and speculation are rife in the Colour and cannot remody the avit that alous is suficients should assist them in purifying the profession
throughout World.
49 in this direction. To foment disorder in statesma ougaged in the Federal Convection an oversight, but it is right it should be altered, my are desired by it. With your xool- I should think, to disinoline this hon. Council to of benkerala this Colony, and so far as they The inlaisture la in royal octavo mise, and is no The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY Boy's paradision I will real what has been pass it. But there is another arrument, and can see the only way in which that can be done HONGKONG TRADING CO., LV.culated to hasten the suppression of dacoity ont diffeulty by these possessing goat sight.
csighbouring countries would not be calmirably dons that the type as he road with-awer to the question of the hon member I have published, although I think it was scarcely we submit it for the consideration of the is by liosasing braktors, compelling every broker to state that is Excellenoy the Officer Ad intended to be be published, the mamarudum Council that not only will the Bill do no to take out a line and pay a fee for it and At the Police Court yesterday Wong Miri, minlatering the Government is advised that written by the doting Attorney General at the good, not caly will it not interiore with refusing to lisenss say broker who is not a married woman, and Ho Bung, schoolboy, wery members of Cound who pro orompt from serving time the Bes intradaod (The learned the spirit of scalation and gambling, not member of an Association with rates and re- Counsel road the memorandum. which has al only will it not deprive the gambiars of their gulations approved by the Government and Tax antagoulun exissing against the Chi.harged with naniting a schouinaator named 93 jurors of being members and ready been published.). Now we are perfectly implements, has it will de ruischief. Without which provids that he shall gudertake, an oath
Shui Yen Wai. The schoolmaster stated that count of their professional avocations pr JAPANESE WHITE CREPE SHIRTS. Dose in every country where there is a Can- the boy had shuted his wife and nad altholedad in the present state of the law from either wiling to admit that the ovils which the late providing the notary means to ready the possibly, not to ant as jobber but to conne casian working population has hitherto boon language to her. Ou being sold this he wanted roting for er nominating candidates for the Acting Attorney-General points out in this or. It will de substantial mischief by tying the himself to his legitimate business as a broker. far less acute in the Dominion of Canada to give the buy in charge, but sa ha refused to Sanitary Boued thong's such manses are memorandum do exist, and exist to a serious ex-kands of many honest and repsctable dealers If this Bill would interfere to prevent bant
foot that a great many young men have been in shares. It will plass an impediment in the exoassive speculation and gambling go to the station, he stopped bim and let him ratoERTOM.
seriously injured and nined by thair share apu-way of homes and straightforward bus-which the brokers in mummon with others have CREPE dan in the adjoining Republic or in the Au-ge. Shortly afterwards the first defendant, the
colatious, and that there has beau a great deal meas, which 1 think 7 au salted to asante suffered, they would be glad to be bound stralian Colonies. The reason for this is not mother of the boy, came to the hona with a The following Bille were read Erst time:-of rash speculation sad what might ovan he call-it is not the wish or intention of this in support of it instant of against it, but with and of peaple. He was dragged down atsira A. Bill entitled An Ordinance to Haense the pre-o gambling. But the question arises, and it is Conudil te place. I must apologies for the thoir knowledge of clare desling in this oclony fer to sook: the Chinaman has not overcrowd-and beaten with finis and ambrolles antil he was sont Church of the Immaculate Conception for the main question I vists to submit for your indefiniteness of the language I am using be believing if it had been in operation during the cd the labour market, and has not to any ap-insumible. The first defendant said she saw
the selebration of striages from the time of consliteration, can it be shown that all that rain, causa in one so it is almost impossible le last three years it would not have prevent- preciable extent invaded the great centres of the complainant strike her son and she went to its opening and Bill entitled An Ordine all that rash spatioa, alt that gambling, or define what is legitimate dealing in shares, what od the ruin of one wean, they come here to on- him and pushed him away. The bay man dis to amend the Women and Girls Protection any portion of it, has been sand by short elle legitimate appealation in shares, and whare you deavour by my mouth to pat that state population. Thus in Montreal, the comme charged, the woman being bound over to keep Ordinance, 18:M.
ling? Can the supporters of this Bill point are to draw the line betmoon such spopulation and of these before the Council and ask you cial capital of the Dominion, there are, ac- the pesos for six months.
to any clause which will interfere with it in blog. But may I be permitted to remind not to pass the B). If any, Bill is intro [cording to the consus just taken, ouly 38
The following Bills wore read thing is the toast Reges or tend to stop it. There is no this hou. Council of the obarastor of companiesduced which will fairly remedy them stils Chinese out of a total population of 211,302.
man who knows anything about the share mar limited and their shares. Since the institution Lb sharabrokers will be most happy to 00. to give the entro valldity to Ordinanobs Nox. 18 ret here or what goes on theuy who could say of these contains mormons works hars boor operate, and they offer that as suggestion to the CALCOSTÀ PITH HATS HELMETS Gned thoir exergies to British Columbia sud For the most part the Obiness. bare con--
and 19 of 1884 on if they had been proclaimed to positively that there had bona any great amount began and carried ont enormous aggregates of Legislative Council. They are most an inst comia inte forms on the 3rd day of September, of short selling, or that any man has bean saling capital collected for industrial parposox which un soma Ordiganes should be passed to regulate 1884; the Hill entitled The Forts Protection to any very great extant stock which was not in dar the old system of private partnerships would brokers and to restrain them from soting both as Ordinenes, 1891; the Bill outilled An Ordin his poetes190, or which bo had not entered into over have been brought together. There were brakes and jobbers, for they semly believe some zona to provide against abuses connected with contracte for, or which be had not under his certain inconveniences under the old law which of the evil has arisen from the fact that there the section of Patio Latrines; and the Bill control. Ous a possibly, and only que so far this limitat ability has sabied the company are many men who in violation of the duty as entitled An Ordinaros to further amend the as I know, hea sufleted and been ruined to obrinte. Ons great diflenity was that brokers, noting sa ngrats betweed prizelpals, Public Health Ordinance, 1887,
by short polling, & rasu whone one is now in the there pould only be a far partnere. Esch part convert themselves into principale ao i bay and Bankraplay Court. The bulk of the transactioneer wasdpposed to take an setiro part in the bue ull shares without informs their principals HIS EXCELLENCY-The art order is the that go on here do not involve short salon, sad itness; they onfered tate partnership because they In that way a door has been opened for what second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinarea is not the short soilers who are rained them had knowledge of sach other and anafidence may be called trandalon foaling and rash and lo amend the law in respect of the sale of shares selves or who cause the rein of others. The in each other, and if ons partum woat out the spoolative dealing of the most barefeed charze in aompanies registered under the Companies missiof is not causat by baaring operations; Grms had to be wound up stad reconstituted. If ber. Ithank your Foliency and the Council tar Ordinances 1856 to 1886 sad in nibur Joint it is caused by pulling operations. The per that had continued nano of the great works of the pations and kindness with which you have Hook Companies.
sons who are ruined ATH Lut those whe modern tim old have been carried out. listened to me, and I thank you again on bɔhalf Ron T. WEITHRAD-I rise to move are selling their shares-for the fall, ostonlating Therefore the Company Law was introduo-d of the Sharebcosera Ansociation for permitting that Counsel be heard on the BUL
they can go into the market by and by and buy and after all those companies are partnerships them to be heard today.
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being opened up. As the country became more settled on the completion of its main highway and a working population travelled gradually from the east, a change came over the attitude of the colonists towards the Chinesa. No longer welcomed, the constant farrival of increased numbers of these in- migrante begun to excite hostility, which at length found expression in demands for the [licaitation of the influx, and the poll-tax levied was raised to a high figure. By re- sent telegraphic adviess it would seem that
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The Chilian insurgent and loyal dels has had a battle at Talparaiso. There was one anndred men killed.
CUBA,
In the Catan tantos azon are imposed on the inbouring classes in the eastern pro-cultivated lands and ou tobacco wanafastories vinces are still aggrieved at the number and sugar worke.
taxea.
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SUPREME COURT,
19th Juss
IN SUMMARY JERIGDICTION.
BEFORE ME. E. J. Ackzoia, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.
BILLS PAGEZD.
and passed :--The Bill entitled An Ordinance
THE BALE OF SHAKES REGULATION SILL
HOD. HO KAF seconded. Carried.
them back at a lower pries. That is hardly: People are invited to put their money in Hon. J. J. KWICK-Your Excellancy, in done at alí. The persons who are ruined me them and take shares e haadred rising to propose the scant reading of the Bill, Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, Q.C.-May it plouse your person who have bought shares for the rise or half a million, according to the magalbade to around the law in teapest to the seis of shares, Exellency and this hon. Connott, I appear in. Any can scquainted with the business of the of the company and his own means. Erary I wall like in the first place to offer a few re- strusted by the Shurebrokers Association to salony could enumerato hundreds of cases of cow could have a share in the profits of flee markte upon the very alls ubicass wat by the present to this hou. Caunil certain arguments young men who have suffered lose. Why? Bo great enterprises and ore of the greatest induce facand Connel who has just sat down. I feel which in their opinion, as an organised boty and exuse they have entered into a contract to bay meals to a poor man was the knowledge that the greatest satisfaction as the promoter of this persona largely interested in staro-dealing in are forward. delivery is one month, or two couldutany moment soll these shares and gabback ill with the free discussion it has icon Fine this Colony, are of vary graat weight as opposed months it may be, or three months, et a prios the mousy sud possibly more than the money to in the Colony, and In particularly glad that to this Rill and which they bollere wil if nearly always in advance of the market rain xi which he and invested. It was that very freedom the Starebrokers' Association has been heard fairly proscated before this Couusil, probably the moment, but of course bearing some propor conferred by law on these shares that easbied by Counsel before this Council, as in the stent induce the Council to refaze to paw the tion to it. They bought these ares not having these companies to do as much as they have done of the Bill being passed it will at all eronts. planta fondo of the Bill have in the first the means to tates than up and pay for them Now a free market for the sale of sharce be alone that the opinions of all concerned to fender their hearty thanks to your calor thay may be able to take them up and yot ho i sential to the maintenance of this have been fully represented. It is a remarkable lency and to this Cougall for pozmitting them to in sach a position bhot ba da so wind soricasly system of companies sul companies' law, thing to me in rusestion with all the discussion babeard horeto-day by Corrusel. The Billbaforetha bampar them. They may have been in such a sad anything that interferes with that from that has taken plats on the subject of this Bil of Chinese who ful their way into the
Council is ontled "Au Ordines to natend cks position as to be able to say, "Yes, when the dom is a disadvantage and will interfers to that is no instanso have I heard of any one who colony. A.. deputation from the Canadian The Cubsus are probeating against the now Law in aspect of the Sale of Shares in Com-line comes we have sur oradit at the Bank, or graster or lesser extent with the prosperity of ents from the priciple which it issolved in Trades sad Labour Congress waited upon
panies registered under the Companiga Ordine nu sell some property and gat enough to ful those companies, and it is a consideration where it. It apposes to be adrafted by the learned auces (865 to 1936 and in order Joint Stock Com-fil our contracts. Shoh men are sericualy you are proposing to legislate for the protection | Counsel and by every one whom I have heard the Dominion Government at Ottawa recently and urged that measures abould be taken
poisy," and the preamble is as follows:-Where-grippled. Other men have bought know. of ahareholders that you should do nothing that that a blight exists to Hongkong, blight which immediately to prohibit the Chitiene from
as it is expediout to make provision for the pre-ing they could not posibly take up the shall interfere with or deprecista the value of has done gat injury loa arge proportion of the vention of contrasts for the gals and puruhaur of shares and that they would Love to sell the property of the holders of these tharos community, and I think it must be generally shares and stock in Joint Stock Companies of the and pay the differencs or give a prom & I think I med hardly way that the tendancy smittel that all partios are far anxions competing with the European portion of the
which the callers are act possessed or over which sory nola for it, Those are the class of cases of this Bill now holora Council je or that some remedial messure should be passed population. The late Premier, Sir Joan
they are no central, be it enacted ses fellesre" and the only cress to which the bon mover of seriously to interfere with the market for which will remove the very quatisfactory state Machonala, Tefused very smphatically to
The object therefore of the Bill as stated in thatais Bill oat point in support of it. I omnot shares in Hongkong and that it has gone a lear of affairs at present existing as regards dealing. comply with the leras of the petition pre
preamblo is to prevent the sale of shares of say there may not have boons for case it may already to dull that warket by rander in stocks in this Colony. I have hean very which the vendor is not in possession at the time which persons have been rained by selling short. ing people unwilling to water into transas much struck, while listening to the gentleman sented by the congress, and did not hesitate
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he enters into a contractor which he has not I don't think there are many such, question tions and purchase shared which they do not who has just sat down, with the foot that be This way claim for $1.000 damages in eos- der his control, and the masus by which it in whether one orald be shown, but hundreds of know whether they will be able to sell or repostoly stated that tuis Bill it passed would made, which becharacterisedos tyrannosand for some time near the pialutiff's premiens.
expresss forcible opinion on the proposals sequence of defendant permitting an open drain proposed is the Biti to give effect to this objest man uld be points to who have been ruined of. It bas luda cartsin effect while in bave an offauent sl spit naturally the question in are very simple, namely, to compel the rande te by buying for the rizs and because wires has been here before the Council, and it wil saggested to ma's mind that if tao Bill will unjust to a degree, the Chinese being already Hastings of Waters. Wotton and Deacon's) into for the sale of shares and stook the mambore delivery of the shares and pay for them those if it is passed. It will involve a considerable position to it. more expecially when it i Mr. Holmes appeared for the plaintiÆ and Treater on the focs of any contract he may enter the day on me on which they were bound to take have a very grate effect on the market have no effect, why should there his auth Berkong sufficiently handicapped by the poll-tax they for the defendant.
or other marke by which theaharagarate be idanti sawson had fallen in price instead of going up. amount of trouble, extra trouble, on every dealer in d'aitt d that its dagu is worthy of on- whenever practicable, are despicked by first had to pay. Bat the veteran atatesman has the ground that his client, Ead been obliged to and in default if his doing so to render the contract far in excess of their market valuu or also has is passed, are wanting to sell his bares must the opposition show's to this Bill in chiefly Mr. Holmes applied for an adjonezwent on fed in the registers of the ropeative companies, and they either had to take them up at a prics shares, every broker and bank olark. If this Bill mondation? I must say that I believe that FOR COAST POSTE, Waters are packed since joined the majority, and thore can be leace the Colony or account of ill-bacich Howull sad void; secondly, to roader any person had to allow the shares to be sold on the market ond to the Bank and find out the number of the restrictive character it would and the onboard ship at Hongkong price no doubt that the attempt to secure further was instructed by fetter from him that he would table sea criminal who shall insert in sy ansh for whatever they would fetch and go into debt then these must be inserted in the contrast, kad have nu the sale of shares by these perso and the full amount allowed for Paakagos and rostrictive legislation against the Chinese in return in about nine weeks and hê asked for an contract false numbers or false marks; and third- 1 Bor the difference. Will this passing of this Bit perhaps by this time he has lost the chance Empties Thea reosiped in good order.
who do not poiss them, and I n watisfied. Counterfail Order Books supplied on applica
adjournmont for that time.
ly, to render mall and void any contract which interfere in the last with that class of business selling. Or he may have a lot of shares in the that I am right, I sa convinced I am tion.
Mr. Hastings strongly opposed the applion- fails is complying with the requirements of the Why did thoes gentlemen goiate that yooulston Bank and have sold's number of them on orders right, in saying fast the tulimited sale of Our Registered Telegraphio Address is,
tion. No affidavit had been flat and there was Ordiowe. It is a rule of-legislatarsa in on is speculation, god legitimate business. It is for delivery, but through some carelessness the hares without any numbers or marks apen DISPENSARY, HONGKONG,"
no evidence to show that plaintiff had left the Co-sidering the pssing of new measures that they vary hard to draw the line and say what in legi- wrong shares ass delivered and when a contrant them has bad the effect of raining & For And all signed messages addressed thus
long or if he had that he would over return The thall take into consideration, first the state timate business and what speculation or gm- comes to be fulfilled, he finds the shares to fall large parentage of men in this Colony. 1 plaintiff had shown the Court very little courtesy of the law they propose to amand, sending. Strictly speaking legitimaste basiness it are gons and he met go and parsham will receive prompt attention.
abe unable to call to mind the precise words in leaving the Colony without wanking any ap by the ovil, which oxins and which is purses of 1076stment. If a man buys with the again, a man has plenty of capital, bo to thing to the offset that no harm tad been would be when a man is buying sharea for the particulae shares to faid this contract Or ued by the learned Cɔmusel, bat he asid soms- posed to be remediot, and thirdly to consider nication for adicarament.
the means by which it is proposal that that ides of selling again within a short time and mila home sed bays shares ou the Lau done by the short selling of shares,bai that all this it may It ranulied. Now in the first place, peksting the profits it is not investment, it is don market. A good market for them occurs harm had been done by persons who bought the state of the law in this Colony and ir Ring-speculation. It is impossible to draw the line here and he wants to sell those shares, but ba for the rise. I would beg to point out to the and at the present moment leaves it perfectly where that speculation becomes rach speculation sinuot de so until he has got hold of the aura- awful for any man to enter into a contract for mud gambling. I varies for story man aconding bers of them, to pat them in the contract, and the sale of any property whether he passes it to the length of his pures and the strength of his in the interval he loses the market, With regard rageons that it should be legal for any person, or not, sed the only pessity imposed up tiu backing. What might be prfectly fair space-o legitimate share dealing and logitimato share no single person, to sell 150,000 of those shares. by the present law is this, that if when the timeation for one man would ha rash for another transactions it will be the cause of additional La principle that is done every day. I havo OE- potan and he is uustle to carry out bly ooo- Can the legislatura To anything to stop that delay, of additional and many times of Tory tggerated, perhaps. I will be more muderate and tract because he has not been able to procura Can it do anything to prevent a mau. if he thinks serious lows. It will present many legitimate sy & Company of 5,000 shares, and it is possible that which be undertook to procuro; be is subject he sees his way to make a profit by a little game transations which would in the absence offer an upscator to sell, without bolding a single to an acting at law and tray be made to pay bling in shares, siguing a contrast to take up the Bill be put through and carried out one, to the extent of 15,000 shares, three times whatever damages, if any, have been gaffered by the shares three months heuns at extravagant No man, as I have said bofore, who is the arbor in existence in the Colony. Such a the other party. In most cases the ascertain-Arlos Can it propant this abares falling in soquainted with the details and mathoda in thing is perfectly possible and is done in priu- mout of the amount is very simple and easy. Falat? That man will do precizely the same which the share market is ascried on will deny ciple every day. I observe at that the learnsd If the vendor fails to delfror when the time thing oven though the ambers of the shares that it will involve additional trouble and addi- cassel stated that the evil obiady existed in the The Legislative Council met yesterday afters. She pureisser goes into the market, buys are mentioned in the contract as siges. It han tional expense to every person concerned in the fact that people bought for a rise, but as I point- what was contracted to be divered, and been ancgosted that he would at least have a transaction. It will interfers. seriously with ed out when speaking before on the sms enbjant. claims from the vendor the difference in the gurauan, that the sexisted and that the business, sa 305 man with experienne will the man who buys for a riss, who hopes that THIS EXCELLENCY THE ACTING GOTHENOR, price if he has to pay more the buyer falls vander was in a position to toliver them. Perfect-tall yon. It is an absolute fast that in the a rise will take placa three months after he lisa Major General G. Dieur BABKSU, O B. to take delivery the vendor takes the article he trae; but no mischief has arisen from the Banks and other institutions of basinsss bore, shought his hope is vain, his hour over Mom Se Hon. W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Seas for eals into the market, sells it, and if thorn bon existens of that greaantoe. There are great is the pressure on their time, that many ira. The learned donus! as the seller has the shares is a bass on the transaction olsims it from the be very fes cases of men wao Lave portant precautions which should be taken in the and that it is the boys whotia the koll. Not at
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This was a claim for 3011 for arrears of salary dan
Mr. Gedge (of Johnson, Stokes and Ma.for's) was for the plaintifi
Mr. Grant Smith, Chairman of the Company, admitted the debt, the amount of which lo by lisred to have been correoliy stated.
Judgment for plaintiff.
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I will suppose, has 59,000 shares, it is but-
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sa who failed to take delivery. Of course thers failed to deliver the shares they hare sold, or tranmotion of basinens are not taken. I have all. It is the seller who balls the shares, and he are axtsaardinary onse what that rub aunot if they have, it is bass we ons failed behind brought in me nearly every day, I may say, paste plants them hare, there, and everywhere and be applied, of which we had one recently in the thom; baoause there are so many ramifications, in which whan the fasts are laid before us I was wait till the time comer for them to be Colony, when it was left to a jury to say what were so many men interssted, that the failure of any "If you had done so-and-so this could not has taken up, then-dowe go the shares and the damages and asse them. That is the state main make good his esotrsot preventa| cocurred." "We have no time" they say, the man who sold them buys back at A of the low here and it is the semo in England others from fulfilling their contracts. Those bosinors is an brick, we have to risk it' depreciated fizine the identinal pharsa and has been for many years part. There was men who have saared during the last Well I can only tell them, "You have sold three months previously without parting formerly an aot of George II. aited the Stock three years will suffer equally offaninally taken the risk and you must bear the losa' with a single dollar. That is what I call com Tobbing Act, the preamble of which recited that whother this Ordinance passes or not. It has Every one knows test many of the most ordinareial immorality and that at the presant ma "Whereis great incusventences have arisen been pointed out in the peblio newspapers, and a prosautiona are naglected because the meat is a recognised system in this Culony, The and do daily arise by the wicked, pernicious, I think I am antitled to rafar to it for the par-pressure is so great in these banks and learned enured referred to an Act of George II. sad detractive pruction of stock jobbing, where pases of argument, that there are two or three offey. It is prasiesly the sms to the shareItrual that not being a lawgar I may be accused by usng of His Majedy's gund subjecte hava big speculatore in the Colous, extremely wealthy business. There is no doubt, emali se it may if I display a little guarance an the question. baan and ara diverted from pushing and exeroismen, who carry on bearing operations, lowering appear in detail, in the aggregate the amount - should like to know if that Bill, which I esting matter, including Botentiße Miscellany and confirmed.
The minates of the last myeling were reading their lawful trades and vocations, to the atter the price of earos, Lot as think of any ons of trouble, soufusion, and delay that will be think the learned gentleman stated oxistad HONGKONG, JURE 20ru, 1991.
cule of thumsalves and families, to the great of these men. Will the parsing of this Oclin-assed tp legitimate share business, define that for 180 years or thereabouts ge the law dissgurtgement of industry, and to the mancat nace interfere in the least with his operations legitimate share business how you please, will be of Fingland and was not repeated till the Tas report curent at Saigon to the effect of the Daily Pre consists of forty-two-eport on the Blue Book but Departmontaithe many meeting which that Act contained in possession or sapable of getting possessionDatiques would provant or seriously impade Lehenld ke to know whether when that Bill was The following papers were laid on the table; detriment of trade, and commeres. And of He is supposed to be extremely wealthy and to be vary great if this Ordinance is passed. If the 23rd year of the reign of her present Majesty, closely priated pages.. that the Meingoon Prince is to be allowed
Keports for 1390, the Educations! Report for there was one, the sighth, which was specially to-morrow, of thousands of shares of any company share spesn'ation if it could prevent a man by repealed in England it was repealed because to accompany the French expedition to the
From Mr. Pestling, the basinass manager; we
1-9, and despetohos resposting the increase of directed to the particular mischief aimed at he thinks it to deat in. He goes into the markot ing for the rise or provide him with money to some other enactment rendered it more or less Upper Lass way possibly be true, but it is understand that Mr. Geo. . Mile and company salaries of public offers letter had been by thus Bill now befows this Council," And la-zorrow and buse as any as he lay less moot a lose when it occurs, as one could com.shnecessary, and I should like to ask the Action
left Nagsenki early yesterday morning in the asked for by the Hon. T. R. Whitehead.
where it is a frequent and mischievous prae on, let us say 3,000. He enters into contrasta, plain, but all that diffonlty is pat on him Attorney General whether when that Bill was scarcely credible that any intention shoulder, whiob is ine in Hongkong on Monday
WATER SUPPLY VOR MAGAZINE GAP. tice for persons to sell and dispose of anks after the passing of this Ordinanco, for the sale and yet the Ordinance could affect no good in opaalad, the Act pealing was made operative be entertained of assisting him to gain the next. His Exoolloney the Acting Gorsuor has
A nunte by the Apting Gloverunr ewood-or allur securities of which they are not pos of 2000 on line, to be delivered three months stopping rash or hazardous speculatios in aanres in this Colony. I should not be surprised to find Burmese ironger. This would be a die extended his patroange and has taken seats for mending the Council to rote the sum of $3,000 ressed, be it constel, &e. Now, sir, in the hence, at largely enhanced prices. By his own it may be said and probably will be said that at the Ant of Ripeal corar applied to thu the opening performance of "Julius Cmour." to provide for the cost of extending the Peak twenty-third one of Her praat Majesty operations in baying and any other moans at short selling auras very violant fluctuations it dolong and that at the present moment their tinctly unfriendly act on the part of France,
maler sapply to Magasins Cap was aforrod to this was found practically so inconvenient bis disposal he has raised the price of the the value of shares, that no man can know transactions in shares which I desire to put ́a for which there seems no suficient motive.
and to bamper The Band of the lat A. & 6. Highlanders will the Finson Committee.
so exceedingly dealings stook, and in every one of the contracts socurately what he is doing, Again I say stop to by tha excusdingly modest Bill ars after The presence of the Prince in Barmal play the following programme in the Pablic Gay THE CRIME AUTHORITIES AND THE "NAMOA in the Stock Exchange, and dealings in he enters Into ke species the unbors of the it is net short solling Short selling enano: all illegal and the people who make them liable to
dens this eveuing, Trans 8.50 tl 10 p.m. -
PIRATES; GAMBLING ÅT KOWLOON. shares that that Act was repealed in its entirety, shares. He has them, they are lying in his be proved to ist bere. Balling on Citas prossoution. I have not received any reply to might give some little anmayance to the Goverture...
Hon. T. H. WarERTAD gave notice that and 23 Victoria o, 28, by which that repasi was safo. And these shares, in lots of 25 or 50, are shares that a man posesses or has control of that questior. I believe the Bill which was re ...Zanebta"
Auber at the next masting he would move, the follow-offected, reoites that Whereas an Ack was sold to the same sites of meu as before, whe although he may not be able to give the poiled in England in 1859 was called An dot vernment in that country Band possibly lead VolThine wine to an attempted rising in his favour, but amet dole "The Ustter Land" Cowen.
Hotation... Los Cloches de Carneville" augustio ingresalati
pase, Georga II, to pravout stook jobbing, will be just as agrar after this Bill is passed to numbers of thashares, does exist, pleaty of it, but to prevent the infemons praction of stock job 1)That the services rendered by the Chinese and was made perpotaal by another Act. 1o make a little profit as they are cow. And when salling what a man does not posssas or has mat bing That was the title applied to the Bill for what interest France could have in foment-otection... "Rem, of Bullivan... Wisterboston. Admiral (Fong) and his oftoers in tracking and George 11. and when nach Antainga an- the day comes what will be their position I control of or has not abundant means of get which I have substituted this very modest Or ing disorder it is difficult to conceive. The
bringing to trial and candiga punishment the necessary restrictions on the sale and transfer of chipanda upon this big operator. It may have ting, there is very little of that. The stil neizas dinance. The learned Control mil the law Shanghai papers to the 15th inst, were reason pirates are deserving of story no-store and abores, and it is expedient to repeal sulted his purposs to allow the market to son not from short selling bat, from bas spirit provided for tomages bat it is a remarkable Mongoon Frince, we may remind those of seived fast sight. The N. C. Daily Newa nyovledgment and that the Government be re the sume." therefore it is enanted to nos line tinue to rise and the buyers may here bees of gambling which exists in almost every breast thing that you very seldom hear of a case our readers from whose memory his came it is no doubt premature to say that the riots quoted to convey to Admiral Fong and is that that took Jobbing Act and the Act able to well in advance and great their profite; to same extent and induce men to bay for the hero of any claim for damages. Almost in- has slipped, is a preteader to the Throne of reassuring. An accomat from hochew of the haarty thatka of the community and of this submit with some exaldeuns It is a very case he has this 1.00 shares in rear state of the market will simply be contral.ment of the difference or giving promissory sroover, but what fresh news there is in sertainly officers through the oratomary channels the making it perpotnel should be repealed. I or it may not have muited his purpose in which rise. Supposing this Ordlasace is passed the variably the matter is settled priestsly by 389. Bernal, who was sent by the British Au- Wasleb affa'r seems to discredit the idea that Council for the exertions.
strong argument in itself to present to this which he sells out in lots of 25 at a time, so There are ten classes of operations going note, or se the learned Counsel said going into the incendiariam there was the work of the (2)That the existenos of gambling houses Connoil that legislation did exist in England time at a deltar under the markot rats, and in Chorities to Calcutta for enfe keeping. From same band that burnt at Tangang; it appears in Chinese Kowloon and the toleration of gam- for usuv yoors to presisely the time affect the course of a month or two the market might you will or gambling-balling and bearing, sirable state of things that there should esiet a ຄ່າ in the market, spssalative operations | dabt for the amount. I do not think it is a da. Caloutta he escaped to Pondicherry, and to have been a local disturbance, which may bling by the mathorities there is and has been ae the Bill now before this Council, to provant drop sixty or seventy points. He has dots a deliberately operating with a view to a low which will outble parsons while exery. From thence transferred himself to Saigon, possibly have been led by one or two Chinklang for some time past a very serious one an- the same mischief, and applying the same yet, not by playing with baded dios, net rise, men deliberately operating with a view lag & business that rains where he has lived in political obscurity. At Soonhow the authorities ware will ucyance and injury to the inhabitants of this only amongst others, ant that in the twenty by walling short. To zastifice purtion to a fail What recedy will you introdas por cont. of the persons who engage in it. ing and able to prevent auy 'overt sot, and we Colour and tends to render operativa zadent third year of the present rewital to the each of khu 1,000 shares in the hops of making into the market for his own purposes and i the partian themselves. This is to 'grost ex. that Act was his property and lase a dollar or two on to prevent belling, to prevents man going to settle by privata arrangement between though doubtless he has been keeping up gather that the Viceroy at Nanking is able legislation in Hongkong against gambling. deliberately, repealed, and in the secret communication with his partisane. was to be expected there are reports of the far more the Chinesa sathorities with a view to the unnecessarily impeded the free transfer and 2,000, does that deserve to be stigmatissot rate buying again to-morrow at a litts Conosed also made the remark that many great to present any further outbreak thers. Aa (3)-That the Government be requested to repesling Act the sun giron was that it twenty or thirty dollars on each of the other baying almres at a little advance on the mar tant how the raid take place. The learned His return to Burmah would catarully ther destruction of Roman Catholic property, entire suppression of public gambling and gam-mie of stocks and shares. Briefly that is playing with loaded diet? Is it not perfectly farther advance, and doing the same again the enterprises could not bo nadertaken and carried rause » Alutter of excitauient amongst the but these properties ar must! bolated chapels bling houses at Kewlion.
the argument I havw.tu lay before this Confegitimate use to make of his wealth, his next day? That man dres as much mischief in ont 1 these limited ability companies could natives, who, according to the Ranyponers EL.B. Chang Chib-tang has advised the forence to the notice that has been given by the if it has any effect, the only effect it can takes up the position of a bear to run up on the stock market. It is the undue apprecin many persons were enabled to invest their money apparently undefended. According to the native HIS EXCELLENCE-I may mention with rooil today, that if this Bill is passed, and position, and his credit? Every person who his way as the greatest bear that ever figured not be formal, but by means of these companion Ganctis, a to go beyond all other Orientals misionaries to give up collecting organ fox the hon. member that as regards the first subject sad will bave will is to sarinly impede the shares and afterwards your them down, must be tion of shares that does the mischief and the in and take akares, and thas great enterprises in their appetite for the marvellous, no present, but there seems to be little doubt of his the Government has already sotus time ago taken (xale and transfer of riocks and shares and in a wealthy man; na men duen it who is not; and story being tos absurd for the ordinary will and ability to put down any hostile movement the sation which he suggests, they should do so far to impair the operation of the Coassaics nothing in this Bill will stop that man or any ducement to men to buy fair the rise in the hope were enabled to be carried out with profit, and he
in the three cities of the junction of the Hen and the Lenks of the Hongkong Bovernzaent here | Ante, which have han of the prostest 19 mon in his position from doing what bsa heen that they may be able to sell out before the day pointed out that it would be a very serious m
for satamant.comes and ponket a small pesât, for if the disposal of those sheros should happen uneducated Burman villager to believe the Yangisse, and Mr. Boden, the last Warask already bees tendered through the proper throughout the world and without which done in the past. Nothing in the Bill will pra- If this Ordinance is passed the market will be left to be interfered with and restrictions placed on Those who were in the country during the resident, has come safely into Husky. The restaunel to those Chinees anticrition wisserist many great enterprises could not have been want those, whether young or old, who are infact without its natural protection. The very prin freedom of contrast and free operation in the
silente af lankow beld a defense meeting on ed so wellin paoiabing the Noma piregy. A cemressed and carried not. But beyond thee with the gambling spirit and who are instia chird Burwese war, says our contemporary, tha 10th fost at which they concluded that regards the second subject, it has already bean argument otisaævenience it Ebers to me I here ed to deal in sheese in the hope of visking/ mple of free trade is that oan ovil corrects an-sharee. I disent entirely from that view as re- can remember the ridiculous tales which they were perfectly able to defend them under the consideration of the Government, and a much stronger, argement, and who che share profit on the result, entering into contracts, other. Balling is an evil, bearing is an oril, but yards this Bill, Loomaso it is not my wish to so
tho ano counteracts the other, 'and there say restriction placed on the free sale of shares. circulated everywhere thoa. King Tanaw selves, and to send stance parties to although no action has been taken--I won't say brokers are clearly entitled to put hefore this Therefore the arguments we put before the sult in that though individuals may after It is my desire asicly to benefit share dealing was to arise in bis oight and use his super Shangbai a German company of Volunteers Consul at Canton has been communicated within this colony and that thoas evils arise out of been a great evil in the past that the principle depreciation, and taking the year round alres the sie can only take place of shares which ex- the neighbouring stations, if noorssary. At no sotion, Boasuso steps have been Lakes: the Conteil. They admit very great vlinde exist Cospeil are these: Admitting that there has still there is no general appreciation or by using the numbers to be affixed so that Latural powers to drive the British into has been formed and the residents of the French as to the boat means of bringing the question of trapasotions in shares and stocks, sut, not to of rush speculation and gambling in sad has been maintain their valute Your Exodianoy sous ist and to place a restriction on disposing of tipe sex. Even after his surrender, many of zion bare formed a Home Guard and the gambling at Kewlosu City forward. The make any bones about it, out of erosies spoon- rife in the Colony, admitting it is moet desirable that briefly the position taken up by the chase shares which are not represented in the company.
arranged the measures to be taken in case of matter, le exorcising the serious attention of lation and gambling in shares and stocks; in the interests of the general trade of the pisse Luo people refused to believe that he was covergenor. The German men-of-war had rethe Government and therefore the bos. mem- and they are perfectly willing to adult before and of Individual preaparily to put an end to brokers and the case they wish to pat forward I believe the suggestion made with regard to really a captive and possibly some of them caired orders that they were to suppres y riot ber's resolution some hardly necessary. this hon. Connell by me that if any effective that speculation, our contention to the Connnilt it is cansed by stort kalling. The evil is grant deal of good, and I think səh an ad- in this, they admit the evil, but they do not admit | share brokers lisenser might do a very still think that the prisoner at Rutuagherry deeree ardering the efflainis to acre protection selloney lay a copy of the papers on the table
with the free use of their guns. Fire Emperor's Hon. T. H. Warrentio-Will" your "Ez-} measures osalt be taken o stop this gambling is this that this Bill will noi in the lasst Interfere
in shares and stocks it would be not only im with it, that gambling and speculation will exposed in Mr. Ackroyd's memorandum. It is ditional measure to the Hill now submitted 13 not the real THE SAW at all. For very to the property and lives of foreign missionariss HIS EXCELLENCY-Notice must be given of mensely to the advantage of the Colony bat go on the same, and any man who sainly and gambling and rasi apsonlation. There is one to the Council and which it is propond to read any years, too, proosad the quedia, the and merobante and to promptly settle all claims that question in order that it may be condered, niso to their particular advantage as an assola apassionately looks not at the general cults suggestion I am instructed to make and that is a second time would have a very excellent effect. Mingoon Prince has proyed on the ore has bown published. It is not sorrept that the In fact I may say that loita pement stage Ition and as individuals. Their complaint is rent at the details of there speculation in one this, that probably one of the causes which I should be very pleased to be the Govern Viceroy Chang Chih-tuag attended the funeral this it is peelings Landsible that the papers ference to this Ordinance is that it will not to hong will sue tost in alpety-gine Osca out of sparated met in promoting gambling out exdevour to sannt macha msasa ay dality of the Burraces, sid has zalved 'of the Womel violini
nkoskid ka pähkinäod. The question is a very das 'thu Ionst dogess shock, much leniniog, the sylla avery hundred that cour the Eli were bad radha spogulities in the Colony, that gumb. would be likely to give office to the suggestion
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