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TO-DAY'S DEBATE ON THE MOTION -ESTABLISHING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO ENQUIRE INTO THE CIRCUM- STANCES OF THE CASE PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE BY MR. SANDYS ON MONDAY, HAS AROUSED GREAT INTEREST, BOTH IN PARLIAMENT AND IN THE PRESS, AND MR. SANDYS. APPEAL TO THE SPEAKER TO-DAY AND THE DIS- CLOSURE OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN SUMMONED TO GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL IN AD- VANCE OF THIS DEBATE, AND OF THE REPORT OF A SELECT COMMITTEE, CAUSED A MARKED SENSATION IN
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Mr. C. R. Attlee, and Sir Percy Harris, for Liberal Opposition, both
Ng Wah-lun, was this morning called attention to what they re- sentenced to three months, impri-gard as a curious circumstance, sonment by Mr. H. R. Butters at that while the House had taken the Central Magistracy when he cognisance of certain incidents and pleaded guilty, to the theft of a
on the motion of the Prime Minis- ton of serap iron from No. 164, ter himself, was to set up a select
•LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY The Peak, which is being demolish-committee to enquire into these matters, the Army Council for Mai Pui, who was found. guilty which the War Secretary and the of receiving, was sentenced to a whole Government must take re- similar term.
sponsibility, had set up a Tribunal Sergeant Moran said that on to enquire into cognate questions Monday night, first defendant hired and had summoned a Member of a lorry and took the metal, which the House to appear before it in. was stored on an open space, to his military capacity. Wanchai, where second defendant agreed to sell it. This was done at No. 147,, Belchers Street
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The Prime Minister contended his appointment of a Military Court of Enquiry was almost man automatic proceeding and he and
THEFT OF CAKES Mr. Hore Belisha argued there was
Mr. D. Bluementhal, the pro- prietor of Marcel Cafe, No. 70, Nathan Road, this morning appear ed as complainant at the Kowloon Police Court when two employees, Yip Ching-chow, aged 24, a clerk, and Cheung Wa, aged 26,, a de- livery coolie, were charged with the theft of ten boxes of fancy cakes-from the cafe yesterday...
Yip was fined $200 or four months hard labour and Cheung was fined $25 or one month.
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no question of a Court of Enquiry trespassing upon the privileges of the House or interfering with the enquiry of the select Committee which was directed to quite a dif- ferent question.
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"The purpose of the Court Enquiry," the Secretary said was to ascertain if, and if so how, a Officer in the British Army had |committed: a breach of trust.
It was in the public interest that such an enquiry should be held at once, because it could not serve any purpose that a leakage of secret in- formation should be allowed without proper investigation being made.
GUIDANCE TO MEMBER Mr. Churchill and other members Li Pun was this morning fined drew attention to the need for im- $25. or one month by Mr. H. R.mediate guidance to Mr. Sandys, Butters at the Central Magistracy, who was under military orders to when charged with possession of a attend the Court in the morning. bird's nest, three birds and an egg. He appealed to the Premier to can- Sergeant H. Goldie ... said defen-cel the order and said otherwise he dant, when arrested, stated that he presumed the House and Mr. Speak- picked the nest up in Wong. Neier would see that privilege protect- cheong gap. The birds were al-ed Member for Norwood, in ready feathered and were due to complyng with the order. leave nest shortly...
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The Prime Minister later an- nounced that the War Secretary: had agreed to ask the Army Coun- cil to suspend the summons to Mr. Sandys, as a Territorial Officer, un- til the Committee of Privileges had reported on the prima facie case of a breach of privilege which Speaker ruled had been made out.
Several Members recalled incid- ents on the lone struggle of Parlia- ment to establish its privileges against the Crown and Executive. and insisted that an issue of com- parable gravity had arisen, but Sir Arnold Wilson, Conservative Mem- bor for. «Hitching, suggested the country as opposed to the House, was mainly concerned to see that, if any servant of the Crown | had acted in dereliction of his duty, he should be brought before "Com- petent court-British Wireless
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