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IBt Tslkgbafh.l | united pbkss association .l Auckland, This Dat. In the oase of Hull and Co. v. Alexander Cross, shartfbroker,- of Tnvoroargill, the Resident Magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiffs. The claim was for .£l9 7s 6d, oosts, being the difference ra the sale of 50 Bank of New Zealand shares bought by telegraphic order, and which tho defendant refused to acoept. The parties communicated by cypher, according to a mutual code. The question was whether the words used denoted that the defendant was tho purchaser, or merely that he was making enquiry with a view to instructions. His Worship held that the defendant was instructed to purchase, and the contract was completed according to tbe nsage of tbe Stock Exchange. Leave to appeal waa granted.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1894, Page 2
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129A SHAME TRANSACTION. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1894, Page 2
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