FOR CHINA?

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17409, 6 November 1930, Page 11

FOR CHINA?

GUN-RUNNING CASE BANK WINS LONDON, Oct.*2B. Holding that there was no contract between plaintiff and the defendant hank, the jury stopped the suit in the King's Bench division, known as the “gun-running case," and judgment was entered for the bank, with costs William ltowntrec Horoml claimed £92,083 from the National Provincial Bank, on the'ground that he had been commissioned ’to acquire rifles and ammunition “for a customer abiond.. Horoml's counsel said that, in plain language, it was a, gun-running exploit, the arms to be drawn from Ulster for shipment to China, and that Horend was unaware of the tact. Mr. W. G. Cordy, former assistant manager of the Cardiff branch of tho National Provincial Bank, gave evidence on behalf of the bank, and said that when lie first met Horend, in iFebruary, 1928, the bank held a credit of £92,900 on instructions from the Hank of China to pay the money to Messrs Sutherland and Sons, Cardiff, shippers, against, shipping documents covering 10,000 cities and 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition. Horend explained that he could supply the rifles, which were the property* of the Northern Ireland Government. , , Witness told Horend that the hank had no instructions to deal with him. In March the bank notified the Bank of China that their requirements were outside tho scope .of banking business, and terminated the credit.