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IRISH PEOPLE TO DECIDE
Future Relations
With Britain
MR. DE VALERA AND NEW CONSTITUTION
Dublin.
Mr. De Valera, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, discussed the proposed new Free State Constitution at the annual Convention of the Fianna Fail party here last month.
He announced that the govern- ment would be on the two-cham- ber system.
The second House would be established on the basis recommended in the minority re- port of the Senate Commission.
Referring to the appointment of a State ceremonial head, Mr. Da Valera said he would have certain responsibilities of his own and certain responsibilities that he would exercise on the advice of the government.
Fundamental Iden
"But." he added. "fundamental in the new constitution is the idea that all powers of government emanate from and lie with the Irish people. The
man to be chosen for that position to repre- sent the Irish people will be chosen by the Irish people and will act for them and for no one else."
Mr. De "Valera said that unila- teral action was not going to endj the partition of Ireland or get the British warships out of Irish ports.
"We will do everything in our! power," he said "to solve these! problems as time goes or. but they cannot be solved by unilater al action now. Therefore, I will not be forced to take up a posi- tion which I cannot hold."
He further announced that the introduction of the Constitution would be postponed for about
WORD
This novel sports cost, by Patricia Ellis, film player, is of black wool crepe. It is tri- med with black patent leather braid and features peaked shoul- ders. With it Miss Ellis wears
black patent leather shoes and bag.
MISSING HEIR MYSTERY
Son Who Was Left £7,000
BELIEVED DEAD
A reader of The Evening News
THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1936
KEROSENE TEST LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
CASE
EXPERT WITNESS
IN COURT.
MR. T. H. G. BRAYFIELD
* GIVES EVIDENCE
Important evidence was given in the kerosene test case which was resumed before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yester day. Mr. T. H. G. Brayield was in the witness box as petroleum expert for the defence.
The case is a re-hearing of the charge against Lai Yu for illegal possession of dangerous goods and is of importance to firms engaged in petroleum dealings, as it will decide the legality or otherwise of junk and other small traders' operations.
At a previous hearing. Mr. F.. H. Loseby suggested that the Fire Brigade abused their power by using it against the small traders in favour of a “combine”. of the three big petroleum firms in the Colony,
· THE - SERGEANT-MAJOR SAID “! * 1 * 1*.
Paris. Maurice Baille, a conscript in the 32nd Artillery Regiment at Vincennes, reported for, duty after receiving his calling-up papers-accompanied by his wife. and four children.
When the sergeant-major came to, Maurice said:
"Thave no money. · I was fores ed to bring my wife and children along so that they may be given shelter.
Eventually the colonel solved the problem by getting a special allowance from a military fond.
"OUR MISS GIBBS'
Secret Romance Of Flowergirl
E. Hasche, residing at No. 296. Wanchai Road, was admitted to i the Government Civil Hospital: sa) the result of injuries received when he fell of a team car yes- terday.
1
The Monthly Notes of the Euro- pean YMCA for December con- Įtain a special Christmas message and a full record of all the sport- ing and social activities of the Y.
Leung Ping-hong was this! moming charged before Mr. · K. Keen at the Central Magistracy with unlawful possession of a re- volver and four rounds. of 2011- munition without a licence.
De- tective-Sergeant Pilkenton asked for 48 hours' adjournment and İsaid the defendant was arrested ļat the Shamshuipo Ferry Wharf [last night. When searched he had
the revolver on him.
Yue Kaia 70-year-old, female. { was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital in a serious condi- SOLD POSIES TO THE FAMOUS [tion yesterday. She was suffering A number of tests were carried
FOR 50 YEARS
|from, an abdomen wound caused out by Mr. Brayfield in the Court
Romance has come to "Our Miss when she fell on a stump of a grounds with oil which formed Gibbs."
tree while collecting, wood at Tai the subject of the charge. The
For 50 years Miss Emily Gibbs Wan. Gap. final hearing of the case will be has chosen buttonholes for the held this afternoon.
The action was the re-hearing
famous and supplied bouquets to
The REO.CA Dance,
which i
of a charge brought by Mr. Fitz-Royalty, the nobility, the "backs," was to have been held on Wednes
and Society hostesses behind the day, has, owing to unforeseen cir-f Henry. Deputy Superintendent of windows of Solomon's, in Picca- cumstances, been postponed until the Fire Brigade, on September 3
Wednesday, December 16. dilly, against Lai Tu for having in his
A few weeks ago, unknown to possession dangerous goods, with-her hosts of friends in the West
The ss. Rajputana left out a licence. The alleged dan End, unknown even to the rest of pore on Saturday and is due here gerous goods. 270 tons of kerosene the staff, she was married at Ful-on Thursday morning, carrying distillate and 347 tins of kerosene ham Town Hall to an old friend, the outward English mails. and/or kerosene distilate.
were Mr. John J. Porrette an Irishman,
Singa-
found on a lighter in Cheungsha-who became a successful business The SR. Scharnhorst leaves for
Shanghai at 2 pm sharp to-day.
wan Bay on September 2.
Lai Yu was fined $150 at the man in America.
At the end of the Year "our earlier hearing and an order was Miss Gibbs" will leave the fiorist's |
Tree cases each of diphtheria made for the confiscation of the
shop to live with her husband and enteric fever were reported to 347 tins of kerosene. He was,
(now retired) on the outskirts of the local Health authorities dur however, granted a re-hearing on London.
ing the 48 hours ended on Sunday. the grounds that the offence was
Kept Her Young Mrs. Porrette said to a press
I
day.
a technical one and that he had
The sa. Jeypore is now expecÍ- four weeks. It would deal, he has probably solved the mystery no legal representation. said, with the internal affairs of of a "missing" soldier whose mo- Mr. M. J. Abbott, the Assistant representative: "Though I have ed here from Moji at 6 pm to the Free State, and later on the ther died recently leaving him a Crown Solicitor, assisted by Mr.been here so long I feel young.
customers through relationships between the Free half share of her £14,000 fortune. Fitz-Henry, prosecuted. Mr. F. H. Suppose my State and the Crown and the other The Evening News last month Loseby appeared on behalf of Laithe generations have kept me so. "I have met a great many fam- members of the Commonwealth told of the search for Mr. Arthur Yu. would be dealt with as a separate lande Hamilton Haslam, who had After Acting Station Officer Cash ous people, but I don't believe in
Mind you, not been heard of since he joined and Mr. Braydeld had given evid-mentioning names.
ence, the hearing was adjourned will say that the young men of to-
matter.
the R.A.S.C. in 1916.
Oath Abolition After referring to the abolition' His mother. Mrs. Jane Haslam till this afternoon. of the oath of allegiance, the right of Onslow-square, South Kensing- of appeal to the Privy Council and ton, left £14.284, which after the introduction of the Citizen- several bequests, was to be divided; ship Bill, Mr. De Valera said: equally between her two sons, Mr. -We propose to complete that Harold Haslam and Mr. Arthur work by the hill which will give Claude Haslam.
Is a Constitution which the Irish Her will added that, if no trace people would themselves freely could be found of Claude in 21 choose. even if Britain were years his share should go to 1,000,000 miles away. I am cer- brother. tain that it will not injure the British people.
ESCAPE FROM POLICE
Story Of Jump Into The Thames
his
CHASED MAN APPEARS IN COURT
Died In Hospital Mr. T. A. Michell, a retired taxi "We propose to bring in Con-driver, aged 82. who lives in Denny- stitution as if there were no re-crescent, Kennington, said later. lationship between the States of
day are not like the young "bucks jof my day.
|- “Tearing in here just before the theatre, almost knocking me over. buying pounds' worth of beautiful flowers, perhaps for one of the lovely Gaiety girls.
"They did spend in those days. A pound to-day seems a lot of money, but I have known young fellows spend £20 on the rarest flowers they could find for their lady loves.
Hansom Cab Races "Hansoms, growlers
how
URBAN COUNCIL Agenda For To-day's Meeting
NEW BY-LAWS GOVERNING
CEMETERIES
At to-day's meeting the Urban Comcil the Chairman, pursuant to notice, will move:---
"That in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 (1) (xxiv) of the Public Health (Sanitation) | Ordinance, 1935, the Urban Coan- eil makes the following "amend- The story of a man's escape
ments to the by-laws under the "Mr. Claude Haslam served with from the police by jumping into the memories come back to me beading "Cemeteries contained ne in the RAS.C. during the war the Thames
a very different in Schedule A to the Public told at Mar-Piccadilly was nd died in a hospital in Fulham-borough-street. Police Court last place when I started here, and we Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, about 1920..
were the only florists for a long 1933, with effect on and from the "He and I were lorry drivers dur- Aubrey Ernest Williams, aged way. I should say every man of 1st January, 1937- by the Irish people freely, just as ng the war. He was a taxi driver 130, motor dealer, of Marius Mani lote about town came here. they would decide to participate and he returned to cab driving ions, Marius-road, Balham, was
the British Commonwealth.
The question of our relation- ship with them is going to be a subsequent one, to be determined
in a League of Nations or in any after the war. other group of States for mutual interests or for, the advancement of civilisation."
HE SQUANDERED £16,000
Money Gone In Two Years
C
In the London Bankruptcy Court hist month, the public ex azzination was held, before Mr.
mouth.
WRS.
three
ed therefor
Amendments “I can remember the hansom
and (1) By-law 3 is rescinded and cab, races along Piccadilly "He became ill with gastric or of being concerned with
remanded in custody on a charge he man who used to drive here by the following by-law is substitut- bronchial trouble soon after 1918 other men,
not in custody, in and was in hospital for a long breaking and entering a ware- house in Mortimer-street, W, and A member of the firm of solici-stealing 17 fur coats, 22 fur capes tors acting for the beneficiariesand 35 fox fur ties, value £1,310,.
time."
oach from Hatchett's to buy fowers before starting the day.
"You must have a button hole. Button holes are back again. Violets, carnations, sometimes during the terrible years of the war, they went out.
"Before the war every man
under Mrs. Haslam's will said: the property of Harold B. Per-gardenias...
"There is little doubt that the liner. Claude Haslam referred to by Mr.
Detective. Inspector Edward Michel is the same Claude HasierGreeno said that at 12.40 pm on about town wore one," and many for whom we began to search. We the previous Tuesday he saw Wien thought nothing of paying! have now begun a search at Somer-liams in a car in Upper Thames-4s 6d if they could,sport one set House to establish death de
which was distinctive. finitely."
Registrar Parton, of Reginald DRUNK AFTER
George Desys Wyndham, late of New Bond-street, W. retired· ns- val officer.
A DANCE
Cinema Manager
Fined
street. Later, when the car stop- ped, Inspector Dance came into (sight, and Williams ran away.
"Hold Him" Shout
"As Inspector Dance opened the near side door of the car the car immediately shot forward and turned left into Dark House-lane, +2 cul-de-sac," said Inspector Greeno. "I heard Inspector Dance -shout “Hold him!" 1 hurried tó he scene and followed the car, Hubert Amold Walker, aged 25, and just saw it on the, rebound cinemaz manager, of Kensington fter having collided with a trol- He said that in two years and Gardens-square, W., was fined £12.
His statement of affairs showed liabilities of $3,349 and asseta $64, apart froen interests, of un- known realisable value, under wills.
“Now, perhaps, the old days are coming back again. At any rate the button hole is.”
LONDON TUBE BREAKDOWN
Four Stations Cut Off For Hour
A tube train failed because of
two months, he inherited $16,600 and ordered to pay £3 58. costs, aty on the road in front of a ware- *shoe" trouble between East Ac
Thouse
3. A mouthly register shall bel kept in the English language at or Dear each cemetery by the person or persons ju change of
each! cemetery, and the date of burial. name, sex and age of each person shall be entered therein against the number of the grave in which the corpse it interred The regis- ters shall be deposited at the office! of the Council after a period of two years and shall be filled there..
Every such register shall be open to inspection by any member of the public at any reasonable hour.
(2) The following additional by-law is inserted in the by-laws) under the sub beading “B. Chinese Cemeteries” immediately after by- Law 21
21A. No monument or enclosure of land occupying an area exseed- ing nine square feet shall be erect ed or made over, upon or around zay grave or run space without the written permission of the Council. which permission` may be granted on anch terms as the Council thinks fit.
·
Various applications and the Asked by the Official Receiver Westminster last month, for hav-
“I looked over into the river and ton and Wood-lane stations dur-petal returns will also be consi whether he had squandered the ing been under the influence of saw the man who has been driving the morning "rush hour" last dered. money. Mr. Wyndham replied that drink while in charge of a car. that was what it came to.
His driving licence was In his statement of affairs hpended for a year. estinated his household and "per- It was said that Walker was
ing the car on the mud of the mouth. sus-river bed, and he disappeared to Current was cut off, and, there was more than an hour's hold-up the right out of my view.”.
Detective-Sergeant Glander de on part of the Central London
sonal expenditure at £18,000 in found by a constable at 2:10 ammeter ive Serzeaut Ganollowed line.
two years.
FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS
The examination was adjou-ned, the driver's seat. A young wo-car in Balham, and arrested him North Acton, and East Acton Wylie Clark Shewan, of the Pab-
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in a stationary car He was Williams, when he was driving a man was with him. He had been at Streatham. to a dance."
TOO THIN?
ETON FIRE TENDER
Two forthcoming weddings have
· Ealing Broadway, West Acton, been announced of Mz. A William
were. Sent off" from the rest of lie Works Department, and V. Miss the line Bases and trolley-boses|Christiana Helen Angus, attached took" "passengers ? from – Ealing to the staff of the Colonial Secre Broadway and adjoining stations(tarist, residing at No. 8, Himma- to Wood-line.phreys Building, Kowloon; and to increase the salary of the
A motorist summeoned fo
A new motor fire tender, pre The service to Liverpool street Mr. William-Johni Ferron Heslop, Mayor, Alderman S. Paliam, from struction at Willesden mid he sented to the town of Eton by Eton from Wood-lane was not affected an artificer attached to HMS. £350 to £500 for Coronation year went to the dentist and had more College was handed over recently The train which failed was re- Dorsetshire, and--Misa - Eugenis has been withdrawn. The Mayor teeth out then be expected. by Lord Hugh Ceci Provost of paired, and current was switched] Mezzvisuus,/ef_No:828/22, Linda) would not accept the increase.
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on at 935 s MG
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A motion by Finchley Comal
Fined twenty shillingsity
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