WHICH IS EIGHT?

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1752, 14 August 1874, Page 2

WHICH IS EIGHT?

In yesterday's Advertiser Mr. Horton gave an '.? emphatic " contradiction to Mr. Brown's statement, made, at the City of York meeting, that Mr. Horton's shares in the company, and a seat in the directory, were offered to him for £25. Mr. Clarke followed suit denying that he had so offered the shares. .This morning, Mr* John Brown repeats the statement, mentioning Mr.' Clarke as the broker who had hawked about the shares and a seat in the directory for £25; also that the shares were " the balance of shares held by Mr. Horton, and that there would be no difficulty in arranging about the seat." To which the Editor of jfee Advertiser appends the following; note :-— "As Mr. Clarke has already denied Mr. Brown's statements, it is not worth while referring to the subject further than cto ( point out that they must have misunderstood each other. If Mr. Clarke had said that a seat on the directory "went with the shares," a little consideration would have shown Mr. Brown that he was talking nonsense." We can very well understand the feeling which suggested this note. It may not 'be worth the Advertiser's while to refer to the subject again, but the public—especially the small shareholders in the City of York, whose eye's have been opened by the disclosures made at the recent meeting—would like to know who is to be believed —John, Brown, A. G. Horton or J. L. Clarke; and how often the influence of " the office " has been exerted to sell shares and secure the "election ef directors.'