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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1890.

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THE NEWSPAPER LIBEL CASE,

NOMINAL DAMAGES,

The Supreme Court to-day reminded one very much of Bagdad broke loose, during the conclusion of the libel suit brought against Mr. Fraser-Smith editor and proprietor of the Hongkong Telegraph, by Oscar Brandt. The Acting Chief Justice and a special jury heard the case, and Mr. Robinson (instructed by Mr. Dennys) appeared for the plaintiff£í

What did I say? There is only one sting in this article, and that is when I accuse him of sellingshares that, if the market had gone against nothing else, as his lordship will tell you. him, he could not have produced. There is

has particular reference to the Grimble case.

His lordship-Lapall tell them that the article

Mr. Fraser-5.fillThe article is neither inore nor less than an illustration showing what the plaintiff is accused of. His lordship will tell you that of you id that he did what he was accused of, "welsher" is a very proper term.

His lordship-I don't want to interrupt you, but you have not pleaded justification, and I' don't see how the truth can be a defence, even if you prove it..

His lordship-I don't think so.

Mr. Fraser-Smith then entered the box, and said-I wrote this article without malice, after investigating the circumstances. Idd not know Mr. Pitman in 1882-he had never been in my office, or in my house,

when we were writing abusive letters to each others. I may have it, in one letter, that he knew I did not race simply for what I could make, but that I believed in the axiom that hard work deserved to be paid for, and that I was trebly anxious to winnithe approaching meeting, is the whole of the "tinkers" in the Colony had been rowing vengeance because of our success (Brandt's and mine) the year before Brandi was not a tinker" who upset a lot of other "linker." We had bad a prosperous meeting, thanks to Mr. Hatchies. I got Brandtigride for me, not because I could not get anyone else, but it is difficult to get jockeys. He was not a "last resort” he was a partner.

Yes, but you say he could not ride-why didn't you stipulate that he should not rid~?—I wish had. If Mr. Bidwell had been on Highland Fling there would have been a different tale to tell. He and I were racing friends. There was nothing irregular in Brandt and I entering into aracing partnership-it was a legitimate con- federacy then. The consideration for the use of Highland Fling was a good deal more than $10, Those confederacies në not allowed now,

His lordship pointed out that these were not the issues.

You prosecuted Mr. Brande for libring you, didn't you? Yes, I had no option but to do so, You admitted that you knew nothing, personally, about the share transactions ?-Personally I knew nothing.

Your opinion was formed from reports in the ton. papers 7~1 said it was, and on private informa-

Your informants were Mr. Webber, Mr. Toeg, and Mr. Danby P-1, think I said Mr. Toeg and Mr Gubbay.

You have said in this article that Brandt deserved the "ducking" that a welsher would get?-Probably I did-1, don't deny it.

But apart from that?-I don't know, You referred to him as "Broker Brandt," I think? No, I did not-it appeared in my paper, I don't deny the responsibility.

His lordship stopped the questions, andealing with matters subsequent to the libel.

There is a report headed "The Slugger- Broker Again." What is a slugger -I don't know; if it were "slogger " I could tell you.

There may be a Yorkshare dialect about it, perhaps.

His lordship-We all know what "slugger" means, go on. -

Mr Fraser-Smith, in opening his case, said that he might with the utmost confilrace have left the issue to the judgment of the jury, without saying a single word, for he was perfectly certain that they were unanimous in the opinion that the plaintiff Mr. Fraser-Smith-1 will leave you, geatle had ignominiously collapsed in the attempt men, to say, after you have heard the to prove his case. He had not taken that un- erience, whether you think the plaintiff usual course, but he would be brief, as their is entitled to a verdict. I think I may safely say valuable time had already been taken up far too that, however mistaken I may be in my views, 1 long. The suit was a most simple one-it have done good-a very great deal el good-in need not have taken more than three or the articles I have written again, the enormous four hours at the outside, if the plaintiff amount of share gambling which has proved so had confined himself to the matters at issue, disastrous in his Colony. Time after time I have but by introducing a lot of extraneous matter warned the public, through the colunins of my Kowtoon, Irland Lot No, 52a, in eight sections, for the purpose of proving express malice-paper; I have almost invariably been right, and levelled and laid out, was offered for sale by although he was not seeking special damages 1 think I have some claim on the public in this unline today by Mr. G. R. Lammert, and—and unearthing a lot of muly, evil-smelling matter, and some claim on your nitention as to bought in at 38 cents-a foot,

letters of years gone by-letters that had nothing having been inspired by malicious motives in to do with the case he had not only mixed up writing this article. It was based, as has been the issues but had wasted a good deal of valua-, shewn, on the reports in the newspapers and an able time and also compelled him (Mr. Fraser, information I received as to the plaintiff's reck- Smith) in self-vindication, lo deal with the less dealings. By accident I was in Court and matters which he had brought forward-He heard the final speeches and summing-up. You then read the pleadings and answer, and, con- know the widespread ruin and misery which tinuing, said that the question really was exists here at the present time. Don't you whether he was justified, in his position as a think men like Brandt are to blame for it? I have TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 journalist, in writing as he did of the plaintiff's no hesitation-saying that men like Grimble and 'clock the steam-launch carrying the Bethel connection with the Grimble case. The other Brandt have been the principal causes of it fing, will call alongside any vessel hoisting code

side had endeavored, by the production of the When a man without means, without standing pennant C. to convey men ashore to 11 letters referring to former racing associations, almost without character-goes and employs Bervice at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning and by introducing the names of Mr. Fiuman brokers wholesale to sell shares he does

Since the publication of your article on this case you have made frequent reference, to and Mr. Bidwell, to insinuate that a combina- not possess I have no hesitation in saying | Brandt ?—He has been in Court three or four tion, or conspiracy, had existed for a number of that it is a thoroughly immoral practice, and times a week, and I suppose my reporter has years between them and him for the pur- one which is dishonest and opposed to the noted it. pose of injuring the plaintiff's reputation and public good. We saw the brokers come in prospects. They had attempted to make the one by one yesterday -one of them apparently jury believe the most extraordinary proposition fresh from the nursery, who told us in piping ever put forward in a court of law. They tones that he had done business to the extent of had endeavored, first, 10 make it at pear that $50,000 for the planitia most disreputable state Brandt had lost the putting through of the loan of things, which deserved to be thoroughly shewn of Ts 700 000, through the Lum Hot up and exposed. I leave the law to his lordship paragraph. That paragraph was a simple state to deal with, simply urging that a fair and ment of fact, in which there was nothing that honest comment on a judicial proceeding, in open could be called into question, and, if Brandi feit Court, if not strictly accurate in detall, is not a injured he had only to write correcting the libel report and it would have been at once rectified. But he did not do so. With respect to the "Prize- fighting" paragraph, it was simply a ridiculous piece published in the Weekly Despatch, tiken from the New York Sun. After those two widely-read papers had published it to the world how could its republication by an obscure piper like the Hongkong Telegrajk injure the plain- tiff? Yet he had the audacity.10 ask the jury to believe that through that he lost his connection with the Canton Government! They all knew how the London comic papers lampioned public, men, depicting them as pugilists, etc., and yet they never daimed enormous damages for it. It was sheer nonsense. The references in the paragraph to Brandt's parents, if meant or taken seriously, were very wrong. but, read with the rest of the paragraph, they had no more weight than the serio-comic solemnity of the learned counsel » ben descanting on them, With respect to the leader of the 9th Oct., the chief subject for their consideration, the plaintiff's allegation was that it had runed his business as a share-broker-or rather share speculator, a trader. He ha tried to patch the three things denler in "differences" rather than a legitimate

together by bringing before the jury a mass of fles. The truth was pretty well obtained in the cross-examination of the plaintiff and his army of brokers his stalus as a share speculator, and as a merchant aid commission agent, was pretty clearly shown. He had falsely and knowingly gone into the witness box and perjured himself half-a-dozen times. For instance, he said that when living with the speaker in 1882 he saw Mr. Pitman in the office reading proofs and writing articies, whereas he (Mr. Fraser-Smith) actually did not know Mr. Pitman until 1884. · Plaintiff also said he saw Major Palmer there. Major Palmer was never in the speaker's office in his life, It was said that he (the speaker) had expressed malice against Brandt-he had sworn it because Highland Fling lost the Derby in 1883, Liars should have good memories. A few weeks ago, in that Court, Brandt had sworn, before his lordship and a special jury, thai | he (Fraser-Smith) bore him malice because he (Brandt) would not give him Second Violin, Not a word was did about Highland Fling in Brandt's ingeniofly-worded defence, although he had been generously allowed to plead justification at the last moment; He thought something else would be required, so. he put in one leiter-a letter read in this case also-taking particular care not to read a previous letter which let the light of day is on bis nefarious plans and schemes,

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the others has been lost, and as the entire male population of the island to which they belonged is only something like two hundred, one fourth have been lost by this misfortune.

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A JAPANESE paper says:-As a rumour has been current since the last two or three days that there has been a disturbance at Seoul, we $1.10 made some enquiries and find the facts of the care to be as follows: It is well known and has 1.25 already been reported that the Corean merchants had made arranagements to expel out of 150 Seoul all Chiress and Japanese merchants in consequence of these aliens having entered into commerce with success in their country. 1.00 They have now again brought forward the question and are pressing the Corean Foreige Office to expel them, a report of which was 075 received by the authorities on the rat ins. Further pirticulars received are to the effect that the Corean merchants took the advice of 0.75 their Foreign Office and agreed to entrust to their Government the task of advising the Chinese and Japanese to withdraw, This 0.75 restored quiet for the time being.

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Mr. Fraser-South then spoke at some length on their racing associations, but we are unable to give the details for lack of space.

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You are the "Old Sportman "?—Yes. His lordship asked what that had to do with the libel, and at his bint the question was dropped.

Defendant continus- My paper circulates in the coast ports and England. We exchange with the London and China Express, the Daily News, Standard, and Telegraph-not with the Weekly Dispatch. We used to: 1 dare sy I could point to a lot of paragraphs taken from it, if I looked through the files. If you are referring to the "prize-fighting" paragraph I can tell you where that came from. It was not from Bidwell. It was sent to me by the chief engineer of the Namoa; one night he was dining with me, and he promited to send me an amusing paragraph about a local celebrity." I think it was amusing, although perhaps if 1 had thought over it 1 should not have put it in. Brandt was A friend of mine at the time; 'I considerėd nothing had happened recently between us.

Mr. Fraser Smith then left box, and called his witnesses.

residing in Canton. I have been there since Mr John Pitman said-I am a merchant,

1884. I first became acqualated with you when I returned from Tonquin, at the end of 1883.. I knew you by sight before. I never was in your office or printing office before. I had sent one article to you in 1881. If the plaintiff says be saw me there in 188: he is mistaken. I knew him by sight..

Cross-examined-I use Mr. Fraser-Smith's office as mine now-have done so for the last eighteen months

Achmet Ramjahm, broker, said I have been a broker about four years. I have known the plaintiff five or six years. We were asociated in share transactions in July and August last. He came to me, and sold me some Sugars. He asked me to sell Sugars for him, not saying how many. I sold about 650 shares between July and August. They, were all sold on time, for delivery at various dates. Some of the contracts were not completed, Brandi settling with some of the principals.

His lordship pointed out that all this was evidence of justification.

Mr. Fraser-Smith therefore ceased to examine. Mr. Archibald Stewart, sub-accountant at the Chartered Bank, sald-I produce the ledger behewing that the plaintiff's balance on the 29th

June last was $9-9-90.

Mr. Robinson-That is not the date Mr. 'Brandt mentioned, and I object to its being mentioned.

be against him, he asked them as business men, recollecting the evbience given by brokera like Mr. Jones-Hughes, to award simply nominal damages.

Mr. Robinson, in closing the plaintiff's case, submitted that the evidence of Mr. Jones Hughs simply shewed that the plaintiff's fatture so take up the Punjoms was largely due to the discredit throst on him by the article, and that he had had no trouble previous to the oth October. It was not obligatory for him to pay. cash for the 100 Punjams, as they had not only not been tendered-whatever Mr. Isnac Hughes; might say-but it had been previously arranged that they should be carried over. But although Mr. Brandt, had a legal defence, when he found that the seller was in difficulties he took up the shares. With respect to the other hundred, he did what was frequently done, and paid to have them carried over. He had to pay opetty heavily, it was true, that was because of the discredit and prejudice attaching to him through the article. With respect to the argument that the plaintiff had delayed bringing an action about the 1886 libel, it was self evident, that he could not brought it at the time without greatly injuring himself The same explanation held good with regard to the prize-fighting" pamgraph. Plaintiff did not come into Court and spread the matter far and wide until be was compelled to do so in. self-defence, but he was still entitled to damages for the injury to his feelings. Its publication was evidence of the defendant's malice. He had consistently slandered plaintiff ever since he wrote "IfI don't receive cheque for the $200 old look out"; and "you had better settle up if you want to avoid trouble you will never get over." He had the power, and the plaintiff was the victim. How was the $80,000 made by the plaintiff By judgment and courage, buying at the right time and selling at the right time. He exercised bis brains, and risked his money, why should not he be let alone? He only asked that right-he gave no provocation to the defendant. Yet he was brought into publicity on the pretence of a small share transac tion, and libelled in the most malignant way as a welsher." a pariah, not only in his social and family relations, but in his character as a ΠΑΠ, Throughout that case the defence, who had not set up justifica- tion, had cast every passible slur onthe plaintiff. They had even descended to the low pettiness of the spying "Old Sportsman," bringing a copy-book to show that the plaintiff had defrauded the Race Fund out of $5 ago. With this point the learned counsel unex- pectully resumed his seat.

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His lordship then adjourned for tiffin, and, on resuming, proceeded to sam up. He spoke for an hour and a quarter-sometimes, inaudibly-- but the lateness of the hour precludes us from reproducing the address here. It will appear in the mail issue, however, and we may say that its chief characteristic was the ruling that be alleged libels were not privileged.

The jury were,, absent for three-quarters of an hour, and on their return,

Mr. Dick, the foreman, stated that they found as follows:-That the first libel was proved--$50 damages.

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That the second libel was proved--$ı dam- That the third libelwasprozed--$zoodamages. His lordship then gave judgment for $251,. and coats.

THE ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.

The ninth annual meeting of the shareholders of the General Managers-Jardine, Matheson of this Company was held to-day, at the offices & Contr

The Hon. J. J. Keswick, who presided, said:- Gentlemen, the report and accounts have been in your hands for some time and with your permission we will take them as read. Tho General Managers are glad to place such excellent accounts before you, which show the best return to the shareholders the Company has ever made, amounting as it does to 24 per cent, for the year, and I have no doubt the result will be considered highly satisfactory. There are no rema ks with which I can usefully supplement the report. You will observe that the old Diy Air Machine, which is obsolete, must be replaced by a modern one, and the order is in the hands of McBain, the late Manager. It is to be hoped that this improve. mente, will enable the Company to meet the steadily increasing demand for ice, during the summer months, for it in very important malter that our machinery should keep pace with the calls upon it, as any neglect in this direction would open the door to competitors. I think we may consider ourselves lucky in retaining the. monopoly so long, and we must not be blind to what is transpiring around us, and to the fact that the high price at which this Company disposés of its products compared with all other com. pantes. in the East may tempt others. At this polat I think I should mention that the General Managers bave received a letter signed by a number of shareholders requesting them to calf an Extraordinary Meeting with the object of in-. creasing the Company's capital,' which is my opinion would be a mistaken measure, and one which, I may as well say at once, would meet with no countenance from the General Man- agers. I think there is nothing I can usefully add to these remarks, but before moving the adoption of the report and accounts I shall be glad to answer any questions which shareholders" may wish to address to me.

Cross-examined-fle was not there in 1831. His lordship did not think it was material. Defendant-I do not recollect the case of Pitman v. Keswick except by hearsay. That was is 1880 or 1881. I did not know Mr P tm10 at that time-1 bad seen him. The Telegraph was started on the 15th June 1881. Mr. Pitman was not in my printing office in 1881; I had none. He might have been in the office where my paper was printed-in da Souza's offices Some of the I. O. U.'s I referred to are included in the account I sent to Brandt. I could prob. ably have sued on them. I told him in my letter that if he didn't pay he was to "look out." I did not “back out” of my threat to "make trouble which he would never get over--I simply dropped it, on second thoughts. I particularly referred to his getting the money from Mr. my house that he would get the money. from Mr. Chater and Mr. Murray. He told me before he left

Chater and send it up to me. He was collecting it because he had acted for me in the transaction. charge him with obtaining the money under false pretences. Inthe report of the criminal action brought against Brandt my letter was quoted and reported in the. Teigraph. 1 did not correct the proofs of the report. In one sentence of it the words "without evidence" were omitted from the letter. It continues that his (Brandi's) enemies can do nothing." I have produced some of that evidence-enough to get him expelled from any Race Club. I say that the letter was, not a black-mailing "Ictier. I wanted Second Violin to be my properly for the next race meeting, Do you know that Brandt bad raced in my colors the three previous meetings? It is a legal point whether the pony could have been seized if I had become bankrupt during the meeting. He had been my partner and rider during the previous three years on the same terms, as I then offered-half the winnings. Į was not going to produce my evidence, and get him tarried out of the Club, because my affairs were not public matters. It would have been a nice thing to have turned round on had been living in my house to turn round and have him ostracised-turned out of the Club, cause of angry feelings that had passed away. It did not affect my conduct even when he did not come down to me. I heard that he was coming down to Mr. da Silva. It was rumored at the time that Brandt would not be allowed to ride again. said "I must have old Fiddle,some-one else has under-lined it. (The jury examined the letter). I did not nolice that at the trial of the criminal action, or I should have pointed it out. In my letter of the 28th March I said "I think 1 can promise you that when I lay a statement of my case, with the necessary documentary evidence, before the public through the médium of the Telegraph and before every racing tribunal in China, your racing career has finished. A good excuse has been waited for for some time by the racing autho rities not only here but in Shanghai tojustify your being "warned of" for life-Į saved you in Hong. kong after you had been condemned as a livery stable keeper and unft to race with gentlemen,

band." and I have what they require ready to my I referred to racing matters. You are probably as well aware as I am if that is the way that editors usually collect their accounts. It would be a most unusual way, I bad me latention of carrying it out. As I am not a "black-mailer" I cannot say that that is the black-mailer's way. I had then, and havestill, a good deal of influence in racing circles. He owed me money, and I wanted its there was no public interest in the brokers, said-In July we had transaction wish to ask The Company has been very maller to justify my showing him up. It was with Brandt, as stated by the last witness, unfortunate in having so many unexpected diffi not that I did not want to cleanse the Augean Drandt told me on the 30th that he would culties to contend with during its first year and Benedictine Maraschino Curaçon

Herting's Cherry Cordial Tuz Tokyo Koron observes that the names of

stable." I have not, to my knowledge, since not take up the shares, as he had been though difficulties are, it would asem, insepara Japanese journals have been, borrowed directly

written regretting that indiscriminate entries disappointed by Chinese buyers. The day after ble from the early stages of all planting Com Chartreuse Dr. Slegert's Angostura

Bitters, &c. from foreign titles in the majority of cases. Thus

were allowed in the Jockey Club. I did not seek the settlement he called and offered $1,000 to panics, still this Company has perhaps had Nicht Night Shimbers and Mainichi Shimbun

toestablish a racing confederacy with him when I have the shares carried over. There was a rather more than its share. The work of clear. are literal transitions of Daily News" as

wrote about Second Violin, I wanted him to ride difference of $3,400 dut. He afterwards arranged ing the Estate was commenced in December. Yubin Hocktis of "Mail," Derpool "Telegraph,"

Second Violin for me if I bought him for the with the seller of one 100, and the other 1001888 and Mr. Kennedy and his assistant took *Fiji of "Times," and so forth. Some papers Mr. Fraser-Smith-No, this is more a question meeting, and it would be necessary to have a were carried over to October, at fifty cents a charge of the place in January 1889: In March are called after the names of the places of their of fact than of law. The plaintiff in this suit joint account for that purpose. I thought that share interest. He did not take them up in of that year, progress in the general work was Advertisements, Sc., be addreased to the Manager, fengkong publication, whiis ethers, again, have titles his actually confessed that when he began he was then deserving of being "warned-off." October. Of the 2nd November he paid $1,000 being made, and the manager then expressed intended to indicate the nature of their contents to sell these bundreds of thousands of dollars and he afterwards was warned-off-it is a and the rest afterwards by instalments. It has himself as well satisfied with the soil, and to kulu İmake sure of a crop for 18 9 asked for a full or their aphere of circulation. The Nippon is worth of Sugar shares he had not one, so that, notorious fact. He came down after my letter, all been paid now.

Mr. Fraser-Smith; in closing his case, said labour supply, which was given to him, but supposed to be the exponent of Nipponese views, apart from the legal aspept of the case, there is to race with da Silva. He did not let me par excellence; the Ye-ird Fiyu, or 4 pletoriala moral and business point of view which must have Second Violin-I would not have had that he had only to add a few words, on the in consequence of unseasonable weather and independent" conveys its own meaning the appear to you as business men. Yet he comes bim at gift. I don't believe bis assertion question of damages. There was no evidence other cames the coolfes suffered riverely from here and asks you to vindicate his character and that Mr. Herman Melcher offered him $4,000 to shew that the plaintiff had been Injured in sickness. There were many deaths and desers Stiron (political discussion) is supposed to be devoted chiefly to affairs of government; the award him a modest sum of fifty thousand for the pony after the races. He never paid me any way nothing to shew that his credit had tions, and the physique of the coolies themselves Koron, or public discussion," is nominally dollars damages, and costs. Is it not true that my accounts-I never asked him, I did not been impaired, or his business, reputation seems to have been inferior, consequently...a independent of all parties; the Femi-ar this man went in and if the market had turned lose on the $3,Do sweepstake for the Derby, injured to the extent of a single dollar. The large portion, sy one thiid of each of the fielde, Shimbun, or "sell and read news,” represante a a dollar or two dollars against him he could not because Mr. Guedes won it, and was not in the coaxamination to the plaintiff had sanibi had to be left unplanted. This loss of coolies journal sold here, there, and everywhere the pssibly have paid? His learned counsel said pool. In my paragraphs about "hard lines" in ixied all that talk about his losing the commis entailed a serious expense to the Company, In Shogyo Shimpo, or commercial news, is presume something yesterday about If he were bank sporting I did not refer particularly to my ill- sion on the $700,000. As to the alleged injury October, when the crop was about half grown, a ably uintlnged by political views, the Chuya Tupt, what would be late assets don't know luck with flightand Fling or Bottles. I did not to his reputation by the "weisher nicle his severe flood took place and destroyed the plants (literally, morning and rustic), signifies Journal but I do know that if he had been bankrupt and mean Brandt when I wrote of a race being same had been shews to be as readily accepted on 64 fields; this may be looked upon as corting that d als equally with govemment (cho) and that statement of his dealings had come before thrown away by a tinker. I have called ever allowing for the unusual depression the Company some $25/30,000. I am glad to people (ya); the foral (cast and west) means the Court, he would have gone to gaol I have him linker many time he was that bad existed during the past few months. say that these foods, we are assured, are of quite finiversally circulated journals and the Ark no hesitation in saying that. And that is the biggest linker ever av... was The plaintif had not established a single claim exceptional occurrence and inasmuch as one (morning sun) is simply the "Japan,"

the man who says I have slandered him, never on unfriendly terms with him except i to damages in any way, and, if the jury should "plating" having been commenced this year

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He continued-With regard to the real matter at issue the share business, you have heard from Brandt himself that he started with a capital of $5,800. We shall see presently whether that is THE following is an extract from a letter true or not. He said he had $10,000 worth of received by Capt. Deane, President of the Hong-land at Shanghal I have no hesitation in 1.ro kong Cricket Club, from His Excellency Sir asking you not to believe it. He confessed that in Cecil Clementi Smith, K. C. M. G., Governor of a few months he did business in "differences "mem the Straits Settlements There is no doubt that not legitimate share deali-g-to the tune of 6.75 your cricket was better than ours, but still our $1,800,000 Now you must know that with a fellows ought to have made a better fight of it. margin of $5,800-or four times that no I used to know something of that sort of bowling honest man could safely go in and sell of Coxon's, and if it is only played back instead to that extent. But his business was not of forward it is quite possible to save your wicket, buying and selling when he made a little and even to make runs. I doubt, however, if our money he went and "squared up with 1.00 men were physically fit, change of climate from the unfortunate victims; he would take any

hot to cold-makes an 'immense difference. It thing, and glad to get it. I think I may say, 0.40 is impossible to exaggerate the feeling of subject to his lordship's conection, that it has enthusiasm for Hongkong and hearty apprecia; been laid down that a grievance between buyers tion of all that was done for them, which was respecting "differences" are gaming contracta, exhibited on their return here by the Singapore His lordship-It is a question-If the stock team. You could not, I gather, have done more was to be delivered it is considered a legal con- for them. The whole thing has been a tract, if it is a mere matter of differences" it tremendous success. Personally I am very is gaming. Although this may be legal it does grateful, and specially so to you as President of not really affect the question of honesty and morality, because although the Courts do not entertain gaming contracts, for the reason that it is thought better to leave the parties to settle them in their own way, yet if the contract is far the delivery of stocks, although there is a gambling element in it, they do take cognisance of theo. But I don't think that has any hearing on this issue.

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Witness-Up to the 4th June the balance was only $9.56. The fint entry is on the 4th, $4.499.56. On the 13th it was $4.742.57 There ii no balance of $5,800 at any time in the month,

Cross-examined On the 11th $1,150 was paid out. The credit balance before was $4.257-36. On one occasion there wana balance of over $5,400,

Joseph Samuel, broker, said-I have known the plaintiff since May last. I met him in the Hongkong Hotel. He asked me to sell shares for him. I sold shares to the value of $123,000 only $400 were cash transactions. He settled most of contracts directly with the principals. He had one loss of $600, and wanted to give a promissory note, I have qued him for braker- age, and got it,

Cross-examined-There were profits on the

transactions.

The report having been adopted, Mi. T. Arnold was re-elected suditor, and the pro- ceedings terminated.

THE SONGEI ROYAH PLANTING CO., LIMITED.

A meeling of the shareholders of the above Company was held at the Hongkong Hotel at: noon to-day, vị. Present-Messrs.· B · Leyton Mr. Isaac Hugher, broker, said—Last July 1 | (Chaliman) H. L. Dalrymple, W. Wotton, H. P. was acting for Hughes and Ezra.. I sold Brandt Tennant, f. Mollat, A. G. Stokes and C, F. 200 Pusfoms on time for August-100 at $39, | Harton, and 100 at $40. I tendered them on the grat, The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, the report. and he refused them, saying he could got take and accounts have been in your hands for them up. He did not offer any compromise, some time and before proposing the adoption I Mr. Jones Hughes of Hughes and Ezra, shall be glad to answer any questions you may