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HOMELESS HISTORY
Mr. Josiah Wedgwood, who is compiling a History of Parliament which the Government have under- taken to publish, is in a dilemma, He has a staff of seven working in two rooms in the House of "Lorda He has 1000 reference works," and innumerable files.
Last month he received...notice that to be The rooms
BRANDED BY THE CORONER
SYSTEM WHICH SHOULD BE ABOLISHED
ONE-MAN TRIBUNAL WITHOUT
APPEAL
(By A. P. Herbert)
proceedings may be reviewed and
coroner was making a reversed by a superior Court. The
are wanted for clerks of the Lord Titane
A One-Man Tribunal
London himself at the coroner is not. Chancellor's Department, who time of Magna Carta. The curt
The elaborate structure, of our have to leave their own offices bo- Seventeenth chapter of that work cause of the repair work on the insists that the coroner (among appellate system is based upon the Palace of Westminster.
others) shall not "hold pleas of our cautious assumption that the best Mr. Wedgwood has no place to go. Grown that is, hold trials in of judges and lawyers may make mistakes. Only the House of No other rooms are available for criminal matters. him at Westminster.
The main charge against the Lords is presumed to be always. If his difficulty is not solved the coroner to-day is the same that right: and that is a tribunal con- matter may become a Parliamen-
too often he does, in effect, hold sisting not of one pompous doctor. tary issue. Members of both trials of criminal cases, touching but five eminent jurists, who have Houses have contributed to the the business of the King's courts the opportunity to consult to coat of compiling the work. They without proper authority, com-gether. will endeavour to see that Colonel petence, or procedure. Wedgwood is not homeless.
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SILVER GREYHOUND ORIGIN
The Coroner's Court, in short, is
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It is not necessary, I hope, to the only one-man tribunal which Bay that coroners are not to be la able to de so much damage with. spoken of in this way, The many a little control or fear of correc And to whom do we entrust The King's Messengers carry a who do their work modestly and tion
not talked about. But
extraordinary powers silver greyhound as their badge of well are office.
the Inquests which cause public these The greyhound dates from the disquiet and private distress are which include the power of finding time when Charles II. was in exile no numerous that, with due respect as a fact that a fellow-citizen has must be a barrister, a in Holland. His messengers to the to the good coroners, it is fair to committed murder or suicide?.. A. a "legally qualified Royalist Party in England were condemn the whole system, and coroner two skippers of Dutch fishing necessary, in my opinion, to abolish solicitor or
medical practitioner" of five years" standing in his profession.
Why Medical Men?. Though I like and admire doc
often wondered why, if it was:
The silver greyhounds
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A System At Fault- ringer, on the lid of which were four silver greyhounds. As a For when we examine the system The China Mail proportion of Postal Revenue, or check against agents-provocateurs we perceive that it is bound to pro-tore, and owe them much, I have
even the whole of it, it was his he gave two to his Dutchmen and duce the evils of which we com ambition to send all ordinary pos- sent the other two to is agents in plain. What we object to is the necessary to go outside the ranks Hong Kong Saturday, March 9. 1935. tal matter by plane without any England.
inquest which is too Inquisitive, of the law for coroners, a "medi increase of charges.
were, the trial which is not a trial, the cal man" was considered to be the In the meantime we have therefore, the credentials of the court which is not a court, able only alternative. Why not, for ex- Imperial Defence
full report of the speech made in men who carried the King's mes- to pass judgment but not reapon- ample, a banker or schoolmaster, a South Africa by Mr. Oswald anges.
sible for passing sentence, not sea-captain or colonel?
I always supposed that limited in scope by the rules of The visit of Air Commodore Pirow, the Minister of Defence.
Your Daily Smile!
evidence or the traditions of the "legally qualified medical practi on a tour of in- Mr. Pirow is an able young
tinner" dld mean at least a doctor W. L. Welsh
Minister belonging to the Na-1
Bar, not (in practice) controlled or spection sets
wondering
tionalist wing of the present Lost-Friday night, between Mar corrected by any higher tribunal, had made some slight study of the Teore than E medical man legally what will be the future of Hong Coalition Government. He holds ket Square and Dimsdale Avenue, Black and thus exposing innocent per-law. I now find that it means no
and White Terrier. Finder rewarded. sons to the ordinary perils of a as a Defence Advanced one very unusual in fact a unique Name and address en collar of owner public court without the, ordinary qualified to be a medical practi- Base. The Home, Government record, in that when he became-London Paper.
one
This Motor Era
Doffers.
But
tioner registered Section 84 of the aafeguarde and protection..
But scandals are sure to follow Medical Act, 1865, that is, an or-
dinary doctori from time to time if you give more This explains much. I love doc- than judicial powers to an officer of
tors, but we must admit that the later less than Judicial calibre, and peworst inquests are generally doc
mit him, although in many cases tora inquests. And why not? not even a lawyer by professfod, They need know ne law and their be n law unto himself.
the
gora:
Principal Dangers
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Kong regards the withdrawal of Ja-a Minister of the Crown he was pan from the Naval Agreement the Amateur Boxing Champion as inore or less of a gesture in- of South Africa. The imagina-
Tiny Tot: "You're better. tended. to demonstrate the com-tion boggles at the picture of the than your daddy 11.
or grey. Ditto: "Course I am- plete independence of that Pow-ordinary middle-aged
Department model." er from any vestige of control haired Head of a by any other Power or combina-taking his chance in the ring!
Mr. Pirow is a very downright
special training and habits give tion of Powers. But the expec-
Two men who were spending a holl
them no obvious claim to speciā tation is that after the require-speaker, but as we pointed out a day together thought they would like ments of amour propre have been couple of days ago, it is impossi-to try their skill at golf. In the
fitness for judicial duties. I shall be reminded that the satisfied, Bome other Agreement ble for anyone who has his rea-middle of the game one of them lost
Consulting-Room Technique will be made. Such a possibility ponsibility for the national de his ball. After searching for about High Court has power, both at
British justice (in theory) would obviously be jeopardised fence to overlook the fact that 10 minutes and holiday up all if any departure from the old the white man in Africa is only other players, a golfer shouted: "Common Law and by statute, to sumes that everyone who comes: quash a coroner's inquisition and into court is lanocent until the Why don't you use another ball?" were made before lone in five of the population even Agreement
Oh, but, we've found the ball" call-order a new one. There was such contrary is shown. The doctor's the date when the notice of in the South, and sometimes one ed back one of the mon "We are now a case in 1980. But these powers inclination is to assume that all
The in twenty further North. Not looking for the club."
are rarely used and do not cover those who come before, him have withdrawal takes effect: statement by the Air Commo- only so, but the Union Govern-
the whole mischief."
something wrong with them, and There are three principal dan that it is his business to put them dore that he is not here in con-ment has already undertaken templation of any increase of big obligations beyond its own
right. (This is the only charitable aerial armament is therefore borders, in fulfilling which it
(1) That by reason of the explanation of certain coroners' of high only what was to be expected; would render service.
coroner's queer proceedings a
treatment of innocent parties and! and the opportunity of looking value to the Imperial Govern
person may wrongly be accused
witnesses), During the whole, of the around for the best site for aiment.
of crime; separate aerodrome for the century up to the time of the R. A. F: arises out of ordinary Great War, the Home Govern- convenience. The extension of ment had to pay the whole cost civil aviation is the immediate of a large garrison to keep order task in hand, and a busy drome in its territories; or at any rate with casual passengers coming to act as a reserva, which was and going is contrary to all the always called upon in case of military preconceptions as to trouble. In 1914, General Botha ties have received a petition from utility and security. At Sing-undertook to raise enough; men Cantonese residenta in Panama, re apore the same requirements in the Defence Force to relieve questing assistance in affecting some have been already noted and all the "Regulars and allow revision of the stern Chinese im- dealt with, and it is only natural them to go to the Western migration regulations, which the that Singapore. should have first Front. Long before the end of petitioners say, are very unfavour- attention as the Far Eastern the war much more had actually able to Chinese, Base.
been done, there was a division The authorities of Panama, ac- England, however, is not the in France; the conquest of the cording to the petition; have order- whole body of the Empire, South-West Protectorate; a Died the Chinese merchants in that though it is the heart of it; and vision in German East Africa. country to employ more native it is natural to look round to see The Union is also responsible for labourers and less. Chinese, what policies are being follow-the landward defence of the Na-Two-thirds of the labourers em- but rarely in (2), and never in (8), ed by the Dominions that are in-val Base at Simons Town. The ployed by Chinese merchants in for the mischief is done. More- aside for the development and as terested in this part of the arrangement about the Native Panama must be natives while one-over, as in a recent case, the sistance of the country's world. The Defence Committee Protectorates is another liability. third can be Chinese, the petitioners, coroner may do much damage withing industry.
CHINESE RESIDENT IN PANAMA
Say Immigration Laws Too Harsh
PETITION TO CANTON
The Kuangtung provincial authori-
has
been
consulting these There is a mutual agreement, allege.. Governments, and the increase which under the circumstances
(2) That a person may be pro- perly accused and tried but un- justly hampered and endangered by a cloud of inquest-generated prejudices; and
(8) That, without being tried, wholly innocent persons, wit- Desses orrelatives, may be blackened for life with mud of the coroner's throwing the kind of cotoner who forgets that it is his duty to investigate the death of the deceased and not the lives of the living, "
Where High Court Fails
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Following protracted discussion,.
It is now reported that the Ministry:* of Finance has approved the The High Court's powers may scheme sponsored by the Ministry avail in an extreme case of (1), of Industry for the issue of bonds. to the value of $20,000,000 to be set:
coal-min--
out doing anything of which the. It is understood that the difficul High Court could properly take ties in raising this sum are causing
some hesitation in financial circles? Inotice.
"COLONY'S'WATER RETURN.
in the British Estimates Is the has very little mutuality that [outcome of discussions and nego in case of trouble too serious for
In practice, then, it is true to and the banks are not eager to un- tiations of which the tenour will the local Police, troops will be European community. The fear say that the coroner is a law unto dorwrite the whole amount so that, become more apparent, when de-supplied on condition that the felt by what is called "the older himself. He may be quashed-it is considered possible the total finite proposals are laid on the extra cost will be repaid. In ad- population/in other words, the but he is not. A finding of fact by Issue of the bonds will be reduced. fable in the different Parlia-dition to all that there is a simi- Boers, is that their men might his court is not binding on anyone; ments of the Australian Com-ilar mutual agreement with Rho-be called on for service outside but the mud which is flung, about monwealth and New Zealand: desia, and there is the direct of Africa when they were needed in it sticks. If upon his advice a Several proposals have been dis-responsibility for the Mandated at home, It cannot be said that Jury censures a citizen there is no cussed; but it is at once a great Territory of the South West, the fear is unjustified. The de-effective appeal from that censure. A 10 hours supply of water was convenience and a great danger Can it be wondered at that the cision must almost necessarily If he takes upon himself to deliver allowed to all districts during the of air machines that the know question arises whether there is be left to the Government and an Irrelevant lecture on the pri- month of February, except OR ledge acquired of air conditions, not even now too much hay on the Parliament of the day when vate life of the living or dead the February 2, 8, and 4, when a con- the construction of dromes, the the Union's fork? For after all the emergency arrives, though victim is branded for ever, to no stant supply was maintained, owing training of pilots, and even the the whole population is only a co-operation subject to that con-purpose and without remedy, to the Chinese New Year. The total machines themselves can be million and a half of white men dition is assured by the fact that. A judge may err; may even be consumption on the Island for the used for civil purposes when they in an area that takes a week to British planes are used, and the tempted, into irrelevant and un- same month amounted to 242.14 fre not required for defence. The traverse by train, and quite a training of the men is in the just censure. But he is bound by milion gallons, while Kowloon, and Postmaster General in Parila- lot of potential sources of troue hands of British Instructora who
ditions and always the districts consumed 145.98 million: ment recently stated that if he ble in reative tribes, apart from have learned their work in the aware of the possibilita that ais gallons. were allowed to keep a larger differences dutlook in the R. A. F