LONDON AND GLOBE FIJNANCE CORPORATION.
♦— — — DEBATE M THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. T»le«ra.pli— Oopyri^ht. (Received (Feb. 21, 0.1 <t.m.) LONDON, Feb. SO. A ft?rce debate took p1f1.66 in the House of Commons on Mr Lambert's (Liberal) amendment to the Address-in-R«ply *e£retiiibg the Government's lailute td J>f69eftute the director* of the tendon and Globo Finario* Corpofatlon. Members tvlth legal experience supported. Sir Roberii Finlay, the . Attorney-General, in hiA dedaratiftn thftfc undef' the existing law the State Was potrerlesa. The Hotiad expreefted dissatisfactton wiirli such ft condition of things, and Mr Balfoilf promised to introduce a Bill to remedy this grare dmisfiidn and adequately : secure the prosecution of the authors of ' any fraudulent prospectus. Mr Lambert's amendment tras negatived by 166 votes to ' 115; 'Thetfe ar& indications that the Government was debarred from prosecuting Mr Whittaker Wright, t>M 6f the directors, 1 unless it prosecuted the directors oolled* ' tively, and ib Wa* satisfied that there were no prospects of securing & conviction in iBUoh. A case.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7637, 21 February 1903, Page 4
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