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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 1913.
THE INDIAN SPECIE BANK. REMARKABLE PROCEEDINGS IN
THE BOMBAY COURT,
The latest mails have brought Indian: papers containing reports of the proceed. ings in the High Court at Bombay in the matter of the petition for the wind- ing up of the Indian Specie Bark. This was prior to the sudden death of Mr. Chinital, the manager. The petition was filed on behalf of Manoki Romanii Sellina, interpreter to the High Court. Mr. Justice Dayar heard the petition. Petitioner said he was a shareholder in the bank, which was started by Chuerila! Saraiyn with the sole object of carrying: on his own speculative designs at the expense of the public. Chunilal, accord. in to the petitioner, had ever since the commencement of the bank's business i 1007 entered on the silver market and during the years 1007 to 1910 as m subsequently during 1910 to 1911 as a purchaser of very large quantities of silver, both ready
and forward. Petitioner alleged that the result of tie operation of Chunilal was that as a seller he lost about fifteen Jakhs of rupees. The result of his cornering perations during the period between 1010 and 1912 was that the bank incurred a further loss of fifty Takts of rupees. Petitioner had also discovered that the bank had advanced pver sixty lakhs of rapers to some jewellers and pearl mer- chats on the security of pearls, the present value of which had gone down by ifty per cent. It was not at all probable that the bank would be able to recover the Two of the balance from the debtors jewellers had already been adjudged inselvents. The bank had suffered a loss of nearly fifteen lakhs in mill shares.
Mr. Sitalvad for Chunitat addressed the Court, stating that ac had never speculated in silver or won silver. Mr. Sitolvad said
that it was absolutely untrue that the
bulk of the capital of the bank was lost, The paid up capital of seventy-five lakhs was intact, Counsel then denied the other statements in the petition.
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His Lordship said he was extremely reluctant to accept a petition for winding up the bank. An inquiry into the matter the might throw some light as disturbed condition of the Bombay money market. The Court no doubt had an unpleasant duty to perform, but it would not ignore the gravity of the allegations contained in the petition. It seemed to his Lordship that petitioner had derived his information from some reliable sources. The Court accordingly accepted the petition for winding up the Indian Specie Bank, His Lordship said he would obtain the permission of the Chief Justice for the appointment of Mr. Basil Lang as official liquidator of the bank.
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petition. Counsel for Chunilal pleaded that the result of the order would be most disastrous and ruinous, and while they did not want to burke inquiry, but distinctly desired their financia position to be examined by two competent accountants, they asked his Tordship to dismiss t potition if the result of the investigation was favourable.
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malicious one," petition was of a conspiracy of a rival bank, and was intended to blackmail Chunilal,"
Mr. Chunilal at this step, addressed the Court. He said be had several enemies. If he was allowed to go into the box he would depose that he had been pestered for certain loans for the last twelve months. Because he refused them this
petition had been got up,
Mr. J. David, who represented the! petitioner, said that if the petition was a malicious one, having for its object extortion, the parties had legal remedies. They were welcorpe to take steps in the matter.
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His Lordship said that, leaving aside the allegations in the petition, there were certain grounds for believing that, first of all, out of a capital of seventy-five laking twelve lakhs had been advanced to directors with or without security. directors' names were not disclosed. the balance sheet the liabilities of the directors were shown as zil. The share holders had therefore been kept in Further, ignorance of the real facts. said his Lordship, it was admitted that the dealings in Government paper had resulted in a loss of three lakhs. It was also admitted that sixty lakhs had been advanced an pearls.. Two of the pearl merchants to whom large advances had been made had since become insolvent. Out of the reserve fand fifteen lakhs securities had been sold to meet the bank's ereditors. Then again fifty-five lakhs had in badla transactions. beer used There was a slump in the market now and it was not known how much of this fifty. Referring to five lakhs had been lost. the silver transactions, his Lordship said a sam of three crores of rupees of the hank's money had been utilised in the This state of affairs silver gamble. showed that matters were gravo enough. In view, however, of what had been heard the Court would allow the question of appointing a liquidator to stand over till after hearing the petition.
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spite of the allegations of very hazardons : trading not one single shareholder, cus-Played at Happy Valley on Saturday, tributory or creditor, has come forward Kowloon winning easily by four wickets to support the petition. That seems to and 39 runs. Scores: mo to be a very remarkable circumstanc in the history of Bombay banking and trade. The petition will stand dismissed.
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KOWLOON.
P. W. A. Wilkie, b Alexander
1. D. Evans, b' King
L. M. Whyte, b King
A. R. F. Raven, b Kelly
J. Stalker, not mut.
L. J. Blackburn, o Bunker,
Crimmett ne
D. J. Mackenzie, `b King
Extras
Total
alaco Sa
H. E. Goldsmith, L. 0. Collins, P. R.. Wolff, and H. Overy did not bat.
A. C. Elborocgl, e Bowen, h Heath. 0 F. E. Pearce, e Margregor, b White. 4. A. Cluston, e Crawford, b White. 18 C. C. Clarke, Heath
Kelly
5
9
Alexander Kent King
R. Hancock, Raufell, b Heath ......
Mclennan
Grimmett
R. Kennedy, not out .................
R. P. Thursfield, e Heath, b Bagnall. 30
A. L. Gace, u Pyn, b Bowen.
H. M. Maas, st. Pym, b Bowen....
D. E. Donnelly, Macgregor, b
Bowen
P. H. Cubb, e Tya, b Bowen
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
M. R.
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Lieut. Heath Lieut White Lieut. Bagnell Major Bowen......................”
* 5.3 0 *Each bowled one wide.
THE GARRISON.
e Claxton, b Capt. Robertson, **Donnelly**** Capt. Matthews, b Donnelly Capt. Crawford, b. Donnelly Lisa Pym, R.G.A.. and b
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Macgregor, e Kennelly, b Hancock...? Raufell h Hancock
Lieut. Bagnall, C Pearce, b
Donnelly1.....
Major Hawen, not out
Capt. White, b Cobb
Lieut. Heuth, not out Lieut. Wiltshire, did not bat
His Lordship said: In view of the development that has taken place in these proceedings this morning. I am unable to say how this resuls has been brought about, but I am not concerned with that. If the petitioner abandons his petition, it must be dismissed. But before this chapter in the history of the Specie Bank closes, should like to say that it struck ma as a most remarkable circumstance that shareholders, representing a capital of three-quarters of a crore of rupees and creditors to the extent of a crore of rupees, should come forward together to the sup port of the directers and, managing. director in the manful fight they have made for the existence of the bank. In
Extras
Total (for 8 wickets) Bowling Analysis..
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3. M. Maas .*Bowled one wide.
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E. L. Braga, b Morgan
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