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BRITISH COURT.
EXTRAORDINARY BHANGHAI"
INCIDENT.
PROSECUTION DEMANDED BUT
NOT SUPPORTED.
An extraordinary state of affairs arose in H.M. Supreme Court, Shanghai 'on' December 3rd, in connection with the trial of Jagat Singh on a charge of having murdered a Chinese, Nes Ching Zung. The alleged poisoning of the de- ceased took place in Chiness territory, where the preliminary investigations and the 'arrest of the accused" were carried out by the Chinese authorities, there be- ing no light delay before the accused was handed over to the British Consulate and the Settlement Police were allowed to make inquiries.
In such cases a Chinese official nomince is allowed to attend the Court to watch the proceedings and, if of sufficiently high rank, even sits with the Judge on the Bench Mr. Wu Shou, Kung, secre tary to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. had been nominated for this purpose, bus though the Judge delayed opening the Court until 20 minutes after the appoint- ed the Court until 20 minutes after the appointed time, Mr. Wa' did not attend and Judge Grain 'therefore went on with the hearing. All the more important wit nesses were Chinese living outside the Settlement and their attendance also,hád been promised, but not one came to the Court. Therefore it was impossible to try the case, although, as a matter of fact, the acting Crown Advocate (Mr. H. Lipson Ward) dropped the prosecution on the ground of insufficient evidence, and the accured was discharged.
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On being charged, the accused pleaded" not guilty."
Crown Advocate's Explanation.
The Judge:-Mr. Crown Advocatë, I have been looking at the depositions and I want to ask "if you have any more evidence.v
The Crown Advocate:-No, my Lord. The Judge:-It apears to me that there is very little evidence to go before the Court.
:. The Crown Advocate agreed and said:
In the ordinary way I should have entered a nolle prosequí, but having regard to the fact that the crime took place in Chinese territory, that the de- ceased was a Chinese subject and that the prosecution was commenced by the authorities at the express wish of the Chinese authorities, I thought it better that the matter should be brought before you in open Court After what your Lordship has said, and having regard to my own views, I cannot öffer "any evidence on behalf of the prosecution.
Chinese Default.
There is one other matter I should like ta-mention. I understand that, as for as the witnesses who reside outside Settle- ment limita are concerned, the Chinese authorities have been requested to take steps to ensure their attendance this morning and I understand that none of them are present now, so even if we wore satisfied that there was a case to go before the jury, we could not proceed with it. Therefore, I offer no evidence on behalf of the Crown.
His Lordship reviewed the evidence and the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." The accused was at once dis charged, the fudge stating that he left
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"The number of idle, useless women HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE. ↑ Cemente (combined) ...
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in
MOSING QUOTATIONS.,
DECEMBER 81x, 1926, ..$1,185 rom. London......£115 nom.
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has increased enormously during the past" sixty years, and not only that, but their influence has increased enormously.".
This is an extract from a scathing in dictment of the present-day woman of longrong Bank leisure as a grave menace to society Chartered Bank.....1 sal. which appears over the signature Can Mercantile Bank, & & B......£30 nom..
"Time and Tide," the feminist
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10...£134 mom weekly review controled by Lady
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Chits Underwriters.$1.55 com. North China
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ebay. C. & M. Steamboats....3271⁄2 nom.
Tugs.
WORLD.
The pseudonym of "Canada" the identity of Lady Rhodds, who main. tains that the average leisured girl of to-day tends to become much the same kind of creature that the leisured girl of 1870 became idle, without self-control or self-dependence, over-catimating the
sexual side of life, and giving half of Hangon (Pre).
her time to thoughts about her clothes.
The notion that this type only exists Indo-Chi among a small section of the wealthy "smart set is decried.
Dus
(Del.),
"There is a smart set or its equivalent Star Ferr........... in every suburb and in every provincial Waterbopta.....
China town in England, a set which spends its
Malabon time playing bridge in the afternoons, Benguet motoring round to see its friends, plays Kailan Mining Ad.. a little tennis, dances a good deal, keeps
Langkata (combined) the most fashionable kind of dog it cano (single) afford, spends a large proportion of its Bhangha xploratio time and more of its husband's; or Shanghai LoanS JAME father's money than he can easily spare Raabe ..................... —st ita dressmakers, spends all it, enn Tronoh Mixes w squeeze on jewellery,
Ural Caspians
Candida contends that the idleness FK & K. Wharf...... that breeds decay, was, in earlier times, H.E. &
W. Docks confined to the unmarried or to the middle-aged, whose influence was negli. New Kagiseeri gible, whereas to-day idle women are Bhanghai Docks
BAR.& 8. Hotels listened to by men as they were not sixty years ago. A
Hongkong Lands There is danger that their unhealthy,
Realtys immoral and corroding attitude towards |
· Humplireys Betates life may spread through the community,
Prince's Buildings.. she continues, and she charges the womenral Lands of leisure with teaching the inen and young women of their set to value idlewo Cottons
Cottons (old) comfort, personal adornment, and social my De, o (now) advancement, to judge people on how China Buses E they dress, and whom, socially they Hongkong Tramways Enow; and since sex is their profession, Peak Trama (old) they put an enormous emphasis op sex,
ness, to dislike work, to value materials correnteberi
on discussion of sax, on consideration of Bingspare
sex problems, on the importance of Tangažiavuusi sexan attraction, on the methods of Amusementa keeping feverish sexual desire.""
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OPENING." QUOTATIONS.
December 8th, 1926,
LORDON
Telegraphie Transfer...1/10 Bank Bills, on demand :...1/10 15/15 Hank Bills, at 30 days' sight Bank Bills, nt/4" months
1/11
364 months' sight 1/11 16/16 Documentary Bill,
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Bank Bille, on demand
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„Ta. 14 noth.-"
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Telegraphie Tranates Bio
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Bank Billa, at sight
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£183,000,000 LOAN..
ITALY'S
J
FORCED CONVERSION
SCHEME.
One of the biggest financial operations evar attempted in any country, accord- Ing to Count Volpi, the Finance Minis- ter's own definition, has been applied in, Italy with the consolidation of more than twenty and a half billion lire (about £183,000,000) of fluctuating debt. The -King has signed a decree authorising the Treasury to issue a new loan bearing.6 per cent. interest, which will be given in éxchange to bearers of Treasury Bonda. The new loan will also be offered to the public at 873 for each nominal 100 lire
A syndicate has been formed composed of the Bank of Italy and all the savings', banks and insurance companies to pro vide a market for the loan, these institu- tions being obliged, between November Ifth, the date of the flotation, and December 31st, 1927, to invest in it at least half, the auma at their disposal. The money thus raised will be employed in credit operations on the security of the new loan or in redeeming short term Government debts
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIELIAS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, December 7th
1280
3188 4 -12,15
90,39 18.21
[34:40$/
192
217/32 45.15/16
2/0 1/16.
Paris
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Lisbon
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OF MARIA On demand 2
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