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A Legal Precedent
From The Straits
If his exits were spectacular, at-law, who was appointed a cadet some of his entrances were
in Hong Kong on July 2, 1921.
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trans
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METALS TO WORLD
On A
ext-
tremely valuable. He was, for in- (By T. A. Crerar, Canadian Minister of Mines) His latest Colonial Office apstance, chairman of the Com pointment is that of Attorney-mittee of Three which had charge TN the first of a series of radio General, British Guiana. Eitherto of the Saar plebiscite question talks, siven recently, Mr. H. that wheat did for Canada-how You all know the story of what he has been Solicitor-General, League success which has been A. Crerar said: In this first talk the grain ports of Fort William Uganda.
forgolten.
I propose to go rather far afield and Port Arthur were developed: Although Mr. Nihill did not
He was Vice-President of the and ask you to see with me certhe influence of wheat on the com- spend many years in Hong Kong Assembly at the time of the dif-tain changing aspects in the economercial he gave early promise of a bril-ficult Manchukuo situation, and mic life of Canads and their effect the growth of Montreal to
development of Toronto; liant career and there was no sur-was permanent rapporteur on all on our development as a nation of the world's greatest seaports; prise when in 1927 he was
juridical questions.
To begin with, I think we should and, following the opening of the conded for service in Iraq.
Indeed, at one time last autumn go back to the first decade of this Panama Canal, the benefits derived After studying Chinese
he was rapporteur of so many century, when the filling p of by Vancouver from handling = A judicial ruling of consider-passing the usual cadet examina- able importance to all owners tions in Hong Kong. Mr. Nihill commissions and committees that, the West by agricultural settle share of the bountiful grain
what with the Italo-Abyssinian ment exerted a profound influence ports from the Prairie Provinces. of motor-lorries (and inciden- served in a few of the junior
dispute, it was physically impos on the general development of the tally the general public) was cadet posts but was soon
Domestic Outlets sible for him to cope with them Dominion. handed down recently by Mr.ferred to the legal offices by rea-
You will recall that in those But even as one"who has always Justice Adrian Clarke in the son of his qualifications, being in all, and their work was held up in Police Magistrate Singapore High Court. It was turn
and consequence.
days the settlement of the Prairie had the interests of the agricul- Provinces attracted to the Dominion (tural industry at heart, for the vast amounts of outside capital | greater part of my life has been In his resignation some have for the construction of railways spent in the West. I am convinced seen his own wish to be relieved and other transportation facil-that while the future of that basic of the post, and Signor Mussolini's ties, the building up of such cities industry must depend mainly upon desire to threaten the League. as Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, foreign markets, every possible Others see in it the Duce's in-Calgary, Edmonton, and Yan-domestic outlet must be developed. tention to make a clean sweep of couver, and for many other pur-There is no gainsaying that one all those connected with the un-poses connected with the needs of of the effects of the period of population. This money economic stress through which happy past of his dispute with the a new League, preparatory to bis re- was spent very largely in the East the world has been passing has entry into the European Concert for materials the steel and roll-been the demonstration by s loaded that the sum of the TNDIANA has a small town of axle weights exceeded the sum about 100 people that has four Baron can
JE is difficult to see how the ing stock for the railways, agricul-European countries, formerly our
the view his resignation tural implements for new customers for wheat. that they of the registered axle weights names-Tailholt, Carrollton. Reed-with pleasure. There is little farms. home-furnishings of the lorry by 6 cwt. 3 qrsville, and Finly.
and can themselves. for the time be In 1854 an ad chance at the moment of an Am-clothing. Thus we had an era of ing at least, largely *row the 4 lbs." The relevant portion of mirer of General Carroll gave the bassadorship for him. The list of factory building that contributed wheat they require. the judgment ran as follows: town its original name, Carroll-candidates for such positions iz greatly to the growth of popula
The Governor in Council canton, But James Whitcomb Riley "make orders restricting the parti liked the name Tailholt, and made cular or general use" of vehicles:
EXPLANATIONS OF TO-DAY'S CARTOON
to the effect that it is no offence Assistant Attorney-General. (in Singapore) to run an over- loaded lorry on the road, and the judgment was given on a special case submitted by fifth magistrate. In his judg rent His Lordship reversed the conviction of one Ong Boon Huat on a charge of "per- mitting to be used on a public thoroughfare a lorry which was
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Town Of Four Names
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NEW BROOMS FOR THE DUCET
some
But though economic nationalism growing,
tion and prosperity in the Eastern has changed for a time at least The verb "to resign" in Italy is Provinces
the wheat map of the world it when it appears to him that the the village famous in his poem both active and passive. Usually
has not visibly altered the sources ise "of any particular descrip- called "The Little Town o' Tall-
Great Expectations lit means to be resigned" Fre-
from which the world must draw tion of vehicle is likely to cause holt." Then the railroad came
Well do I, as one of the pioneers its metals. excessive wear and tear to the and, for
I hardly need to re- quently the first intimation a Mining, some unknown reason.
that Western country, recollect mind you that the metal require
public thoroughfares or to be dan ramed the station Reedville. Wher brief note from the Duce thanking the great expectations we had of ments of the nations
ter has of his departure is
gerous or inconvenient to the public.
{a quarrel came up about a post-
cam
come
Clearly, therefore, such restriccffice, Congressman Finly Gray him for his services, and accepting it. We thought that it would pro- only from these countries that are tions can only apply to "particular was appealed to, and by popular
duce wheat and other cereals for endowed with the geological for.. his "resignation.”
which there would be world mar-mations in which such minerals "descriptions" of vehicles.
kets.
are found.
Can a lorry be called a "parti-Consent the post-cfice was named cular description" of vehicle when Finly.
it is overloaded? In my opinion it cannot. A lorry cannot have a "description" different when it is carrying 3 tons of stone from its "description" when it is carry- ing three tons of store.
"description"
The Strangest Lake
Your Daily Smile!
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But the actual results were away Happily. Canada is a country REMARK
beyond the anticipations of our exceptionally endowed with broad whe girl who
volumes most prophetic visionaries. speaks
I re-territories where not only have generally ends up on the shelf. member how gratified wê were the metals of mankind's use been
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when the West first attained an proved to occur. but where their PROBLEM
Joutput of 20,000,000. · bushels of concentration is in such richness What is the name of the wheat. That was around 1900. that, they can be produced more largest diamond 7
Little did we realise that Canadian cheaply than in most competing A: The Ace.
finitiative in developing spring countries. This fortunate situa-
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"BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley
The 'Lake of Cerknica, province of Banovina, Yugoslavia, covering The term
must
an area of 10 square miles to a have reference to some dimension, tare or other characteristic of the depth of 60 feet and very rich in vehicle which remains constant. fish, suddenly empties in the Clearly this decision is of spring, leaving its bed completely "A knight in mediaeval times gen-wheat of a quality not excelled in tion is in no small part owing to water- paramount importance to the dry. Fodder and grain are raised erally carried a short, heavy ham- any part of the world would re-the Dominion's splendid law as applied in Singapore,jon the bottom of the erstwhile mer at his saddle bow," asult in these western arable lands power resources, which produce
writer. In addition and by implication, to all legal sea. After the crops are harvest handy weapon at close quarters, it bushels of wheat a
to being producing upwards of 500,000,000 the cheapest hydro-electric energy "descriptions of lorries ined the lake fills out again in the could be used very effectively to beat
little more in the world.. ordinances in other parts of autumn and the waters return as a nice crease in his iron trousers be- than a quarter of a century later. the British Empire-Hong suddenly and as mysteriously as fore retiring. Kong included. Whatever the they had previously vanished. legal aspects of the matter may be, it is a fact that hitherto LUXURIOUS FLATS the overloading of lorries, here
FOR WORKERS as elsewhere, has been held to be an offence; and there is no doubt that the framers of the Hammersmith Scheme relative ordinancé were seeking to safeguard other users of the Hammersmith Housing Commit- roads as well as the roads them-tee have approved plans for the re- selves when drafting it. If development of the Emlyn-road overloading is now to be ruled site at an estimated capital cost as no offence, it is high time of £146,982. Their proposals pro- the ordinance were amended so vide for the erection of 269 flats, that it is. Whether Mr. Jus-making accommodation for 1,242 tice Clark's decision applies in persons.
Hong Kong we are not aware;] One bedroom in each flat will but it is quite possible that provided with a gas fire and a some ingenious lawyer, defend power point for electric fire, ing a client here, may cite the and power points for electric fires judgment as a precedent and will be supplied in the second and insist that it represents a legal third bedrooms. The tenants will interpretation of the local ordinance relating to this mat-city for cooking. Each flat will have the choice of gas or electri- ter, and do so successfully have a bathroom. Mr. Justice Clark's decision has cleared nullified the attempt of),
Heated drying rooms, equipped
the authorities to regulate the with drying racks on pulleys, and matter in Singapore; there is
hot water radiators in 28 cubicles, apparently no reason why some will be provided in a separate such ruling should not be hand-building at the rear of the flats for ed down here, when it comes to drying tenants" washing.
the matter of a legal decision.
The offence of overloading (whatever the strictly legal
THE OLDEST CONTINENTS
aspects of the matter may be Which is the oldest continert7 we shall continue to call it an Geologists assert that, according offence) is to be seen here at to rock and other evidence in Aus- practically any time of the day tralia, that land antedates both or night. Furthermore, the Europe and America. They hold occasions on which lorries keep that it was once linked to Asia within the statutory 15 m.p.li. and Africa, and thus it and those speed-limit to which they are continents are of equal age. supposed to conform could
quite conveniently be counted other users. The spectacle of on the fingers of one band in lorries doing so is as common any given calendar month. (as mud. We invite the Lorries are, in fact, speaking authorities to take the appro-| generally, the most dangerous paiate action; and at the same. users of the road, at all times, time perhaps a local ruling on Lorry-drivers are as a race the point raised in Mr. Justice apart; their principal form of Clark's judgment might also amusement is to come hooting be decided by a test case, and, down a road at an excessive if necessary, steps taken to! speed, completely oblivious of alter the ordinance accordingly. I
WET
LAKE
10 SQUARE MILES -60 FEET DEEP
SUDDENLY EMPTIES EVERY SPRING LEAYING IT'S BED COMPLETELY DRY -SO THAT CROPS CAN BE RAISED...
Cerknica, YUGOSLAVIA
ALTHOUGH TAS TOWE HAS 4 OFFICIAL MANES
IT'S STILL
ТАДНОСТ
CARROLLTOK RELORUS FINLY
PECAN TRIPLES
THE FULL DEVELOPED PECVIS GROWN FIRMLY TOGETHER
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