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Privy Council has for a long time been source of irritation to extreme Nationalists, who view with suspicion any tribunal that is not wholly South African.
Dr. D. F. Malan has threatened to make the abolition of the ap- peal to the Privy Council a party issue, and in discussing this aspect of the matter with a Reuter cor- respondent Mr. O. Pirow (Minister of Defence and Railways, and formerly Minister of Justice) pressed Important opinions.
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Emphasising that the matter was a purely a legal one and not a political one. Mr. Pirow said that It would be highly regrettable to drag it into the political arena.
"My own feeling, both from ex- perience at the bar and as Minister of Justice is that the appeal to the no useful serves Privy Counc!} purpose," said Mr. Pirow. considered opinion English judges
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The Magic Of Hussein
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English law are of the highest value and on constitutional ques tions are not to be lightly ignored. But on questions falling to be de cided according to Roman-Dutch, law, their views, of necessity, musti be of less value than the judg ments of our own Appeal Court.
"No, no. He will have me as a Roman-Dutch Law, "Quite frankly, on questions of son-in-law but he would have no less than two camels and one gemaks for 18 such commercial law,
his Habuba. Two camels and one doctrine of penalty and liquidated damages, in respect of which leaves," the young man repeated to appeal was granted recently, with all the emphasis of indigna shudder st the idea of Roman- Dutch law being laid down by the Privy Council.
the
deference to "With the utmost the very learned judges sitting on
tion.
Hussein stroked his chin.
of Kabuba I would change, 0 Hussein, not the stomach of Habu-
x."
El Sayed nodded. "And the mind of the father of Habuba will change as surely as the trampled scorpion will sting."
"But how, O Hussein, if it i Habuba who swallows the powders?". Hussein smiled. "My friend, the "It is a good figure irt these
magician were no magician if he times," he admitted thoughtfully explained his magic." "though I have heard of us much
With a puzzled look on his face
15th Apr. that distinguished body my own jas four camels. This Haboba. thou the young man began to fumble be-]
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hast seen her?"
The
other nodded. "1
have
low his galabeah for his purse.
"How much do I owe thee, O
24th Mar. issue, I can say that I can imagine/poken with her often. She would | Hussein?" he inquired, almost reluc-}
6th Mar. 3rd Apr.
Mon., Thurs.,
5th Mar.
Tue.,
no more lop-sided position than make a good wife.”
"But not so good as two camels sitting in juds and one gemuse?! Hussein aug- these gentlemen ment on Roman-Dutch principles, as expounded by Sir James Rose-gested. Innes, the late Sir W. Solomon and the late Jacob de Villiers."
Shortly after Mr. Pirow had ex- pressed these views "Die Burger", Dr. Malan's organ, announced that
"I offered him two camels but he is stubborn as the ass whose head is turned from home at sunset."
tantly.
Hussein stopped his hand. "Let it be my pleasure to clean' off the rust of misunderstanding and oil the works of matrimony.”;
The young man's hand abruptly "And what wouldst have me do "eased its fumbling, his face broke
Into a smile of relief. inquired Hussein.
ས་ have heard. O Hussein-1
that would restore the mind of the
to
& bill abolishing the appeal to the wondered if thou hadst something Privy Council would be introduced at the next session of Parliament.
The attention of General Smuta unhappy Ibrahim, her father,
sanity." 5th Apr. Minister of Justice) was drawn to this report by Reuter's Pretoria 6th Mar correspondent, and his brief com- 18th Mar.ment was "there is no truth in the
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"When doubtless he would let then. have the excellent Habuba for two!
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The young man nodded vigorous- ly. "Something that would not cost very much," he added cautiously.
Hussein slowly inciined his head, sucked his cheeks in against his teeth and began to pace meditative- Pretoria. ly up and down the room. Sud- The State has received £27,600 denly a wry smile touched the cor- through the recent discovery on Buer of his lips and he turned ab 18th Mar. farm near here of the Jonker dia-ruptly to the other.
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"Does even Allah, in all his con-, sideration, my friend," he answered "Thou canst nee this Habuba without difficulty? Speak with ptically, "look with pleasure on the man who weighs a wretched This figure represents super-tax her?"
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The young man nodded. Hussein mud-wallowing gemuss against that most marvellous and rare of his than one-third of the sum (£75,000) el Sayed waved his hands.
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| den into a still smaller room, where
"Some of the wisdom of Allah
A month later the young man re- has fallen on my unworthy self turned to the shop of Hussein el Wait here awhile. A cigarette?
This time there was no Sayed. That box beside thee."
hesitant approach, no nervous pass- Hussein raised a carpet hanging ing and repassing. He entered, on the wall and passed from the walked straight up to Hussein.
Hussein did not seem to see the a strange assortment of glassware grim look in the young man's eyes. lined the walls, almost hiding them He smiled on him. took him gently from floor to ceiling.
by the elbow and led him through Bottles of crystal were there and the curtain into the hidden den. jars of glass tinted blue and green "And the `hard heart of Tbrahim and orange, and phials of slenderest softened, my friend? And, the shape, filled cach with its own pow-brain cleared so that, he saw that der. And as he weighed out care-two camels for his Habuba was only fully first from one bottle then from reasonable?” (B Another the smile that "had"-been "Yes. O Hussein," returned - the | flickering round his lips spread intɔ young man. "After seven days his an unconcealed grin. When he had mind changed as swift an iu the finished he passed silently into the kick of an ass. I took Halipba an den, seven small paper packets in my wife for two camels, quickly lest his hand; his face once more bland he change his mind agein. Į re and inscrutable,”
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The young man looked at the wits packets, locked at Hussein,
"But it in the mind of the, father
El Exped's Lace expressed": "fland
not, then, the excellent thou hadst thought she would
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