MELBOURNE GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2894, 31 January 1891, Page 4

MELBOURNE GOSSIP.

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hi wmalors. Such ii proviso lie-orpo-,l will. til l ' < - ....l. u>y S Matute would : .c! a* a det.Trent. At present 1!,,. 1!11111 ;. ■:*i'*ll "f sl; ile 1"'"' vuli'.-i thai where ••any past or v.il anvriui' or L '''l • ': ll "' li ' 1 f or 0i1,,'.' liin'i'liito;'. o.' any olhcer of a ,„vlm' .nisappbed or returned in h.s.iWH hand-, or has become liable accountable lor any moneys ..t tiniM Vor inr. been xmlty mist,-ii.vine" or breach of trust m reliition tlx- company, the C-jurt. maj on tin' iipj>n of any liquidator, tIIIV creditor or contributory ot tli-5 ,■,',1111)1111 v. and lint withstanding tn:it tin; olV'mc.c is one for which the ntVender is criminally responsible, exnininu into the conduct ot such dirceor other othcer, and compel him to repay iiuy misapplied or retained. or for winch lie lnw becomo liable or acccuntabk, L, with intorcjt at such lsite as the court thinks just, or to contribute sum> of motley to th- assets o | ii... ciuiiiany by way ot i in p.sprct of Mich misapplication, 10" t,i„,.r iiiistVasanc or l.iva.-h ot trus ' , curt thinks just. '1 Ins is al vitv Well. ISut here is tb- 'h'tcrui't I 'I'lluih' to: - "Niiii' hundred \c.ns . elapsed sine thu last fnilmvot a ISwii recorded in Cfc Dp tliereiii-n of the lMupcror Hi mi edict was published cnai tin^_ « diat ii the case ot a similar t.nuif. lhl , h,'iids of the chiuniiMii. easlnei, a,:,d the directors sliould be rut ..ft, • iu d piled up alon- w.tb tl»- . »>' »--• -j"',. J'lict has never b--.. revoked, and Ilie capital of Chinese banks luis eve. Hiico been above par and be}ond

suspicion. Penile—awl they :nvleglon----whose n ,„s<itirs cornel then, to study those iu'lvi'i'tisinic columns in thonewspapers " iloii. v to Lend, and tuI such gushing and alluring tonus ' us to almost imply tnat tin novosr.l tender will 1.0 laid under obligations to the nun, who * kindlv borrow his cash, will to well to study !1 Clise leieiitl} _ rided liy iiu English Com I. It t „„t vcrv difficult to discovel euuine and fnir-iWiiiK moneyfrom the blood-sucker, andluin who pockets your "tees without miming to Icnd ataU aud . th,. benefit of thoso who have the misfortune to full into the c atches of the last-named class that J give the following': - ft has been decided bj an IU , English Court that money paid b> i would-be borrower must bo ret.urned if the loan is not granted. The judge held that " the consuleraii.>ii for which the money ed been laid had wholly failed. He dnected the jury to return a verdict against defendant, and they not only did so hut told him they saw the case as he did Tho plaintiff wes a Hindoo, of all peisons. He applied tor a loan of 1-ouu to an advertising lender, who Hunounced that he lent money without security. The plainhtt I»> ld v ••uinefts down for expenses, and then iho leu.lcr asked for the surety of a householder. Ho did not get it, and thought the transaction ended, lie «'is v,ion-. 'Hie Hindoo sued for the return of°the cash, and got it, and moreover the decision and now forms a precedent to wlneh sharp practitioners may tmd it well to give consideration. General P-oolli lias been promised n;;o ()0(> up to date for the carrying out of his great experiment in raising the sunken thousands ot om gitat cities, and converting them into honest, industrous citizens. io de-i-hu'cs, jfiivs a oontoniporurj , that lie has been offered an extensive tract of territory on British soil for the pinpose of his " over>t he-sea coloiij, und there is a good deal ot gue ? sing us to the part of the world in which it is situated. Either Western Australia or some remote district ot the Canadian Dominion is supposed, on the best authority, to be the scci.c of operations. Should this tormel be the sjot, Ihe eastern colonies wil have uvury reason to closely v.atc.i .he do velopment of the scheme, as 111 the event of it not realising the sanguine anticipations ot its promoters, they may luivc two New Caledonias on their hands instead of one as at pieSC A]'l honour to ilr O'Connor, the I'ostniaster-General of New South AVales, who refuses to permit;a hlthj print, called the "3W l-' -d. to be carried in the mad b;igs. 1,0 l? n , th . some thing h only • de;nl. bn it's absolute llioial snnkincss 1. übominable in the nostrils ot al. self-respecting people. The man wli. prints Iho paper, the man who publishes it. and the men who write it. have a. perfect right to foul their owl nests as much as they like, but tin disgusting overflow must not bi

allowed to filter into the premises ot their neighbours, and more especi illy llmrosli l'ost-oftu-c channels. Ihc fact that the Dead liird pays expenses of publication is proof that there is M sufficient number of appetites depraved enough to feed upon Hindi carrion. .Hut the putrid stutt ought not lo be conveyed to their ItiLlca ut an expense of respectable lux-payers. It' they g° r S c themselves upon moral filth, let them <ro to the literary sink-hole and draw the stud' for themselves. V\c have people here even in Victoria who iippear to enjoy it.