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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936.
THE FACULTY OF THE RISE OF THE SUPREME COURT
ADVOCATES
LABOUR PARTY
Mr. James Keith, K.C., 30 YEARS AGO AND NOW
Elected Dean
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London, Feb. 10.
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Mr James Keith, K.C., was at a special meeting of the Faculty of Advocated in Edinburgh yesterday, unanimously elected Dean of the Faculty in succession to the late Sir William Chree, K.C.
Dean was afterwards The new introduced to the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Session
In the First Division the Lord President said the Court had learned with pleasure and satis faction that the Faculty had elect- ed Mr. Kelth to the great office of Dean, and assured him that the Court would have in him the same confidence which it had had in his predecessors.
Reunion Dinner Iu The House
RULING
Coal Industry N. R. A.
Washington, Mar."10, A decision
As to whether, the "Little Roosevelt Government's N.R.A." for the coal industry is constitutional will be made by the Supreme Court to-morrow, when it hear simultaneously met for the } will
London. Feb. 16. Thirty years ago the Parliamen- tary Labour Party first time in the House of mons, and last week the present members attended an informal dinner to celebrate the birthday.
Com
The movement was still in its infancy in 1906, and there were but. 29 M.Ps present when the purty met on February 12. Only two of these pluneers at the din- ser on Wednesday are still mem- alwaysbers of the House, and because of the absentees the gathering was a charming. litle sad as well as
much to Four men who did so bring about the extraordinary rise of the Labour Party were not pre- sent Keir Hardle, who astonished the House by wearing a cap and the most
In the Second Division the Lora Justice Clerk said the Court con- gratulated Mr. Keith on his elec- don, and said he had worthily eamed the high distinction by his qualities as a lawyer and by his devotion to his profession. They who was were confident that the right and liberties of the Bar would be safe it his hands.
Mr. Keith is a son of Sir Henry Keith. Hamilton, whose interest in well local government matters is known. Born in 1886. he was edu- eated at Hamilton Academy and where he Glasgow University. graduated MA (with First Class Honours in History) in 1906 and LL.B. in 1908.
formidable miember of the 1900 group, is dead, So, too, is Arthur Henderson, con. sidered by many people" to be the ablest political organiser of recent And M. Ramsay Mac- years. Donald and Lord Snowden are no longer in the movement.
cases
from five American States asking that the Guffey Coal Act of 1935 that be upheld, on the ground Federal Government action is the only possible way of regulating the industry
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The Court will also consider the cares of two coal companies who oppose the 15 per cent. ad valorem tax per ton imposed by the Act. the greater part of which is re- turned to mine-owners who com Ply with the code for fair com- petition and regulating wages and conditions drawn up by the Coal Commission. The companies argue the tax is not a true ax, ou a method of securing compliance with the "Little N.R.A." Code to be established for the industry under the Gugey Act
If the Government wins, Bill will most likely be introduced in Congress establishing similar Little N.R.A.'s" for all major in dustries, while if it loses, it will probably be necessary to impose new taxes to make up a loss of re- venue totalling "£1,120,000 in 1936 and £2,460,000 in subsequent in years, while the Social Security 1906, when the Conservatives lost Tax, which is similarly used to per- sents all over the country, Mr. suade Stales to pass uniform Un- Clynes was returned by a two to likely to go the same way as the
employment Insurance Acts,
TWO OF THE OLD GUARD The two campaigners that are still in the House are Mr. Wil Thorrie and Mr. J. R. Clynes.
one majority, for the North-East Division of Manchester- seat which was, inter attered a lttle and renamed the Platting Division. It bas, always been a difficult seat to hold, and indeed in the 1931 elec- Lion Mr Clynes was defeated. Mr. Vin Thorne was the only man present on Wednesday who has sat in the Eouse without a break.
Called to the Bar in 1911, Mr. Keith specdily built up one of the largest practices in Parliament House He "took silk" in 1926. His services are much sought after by burgh and county authorities for, the promotion of Provisional Orders, both here and in London. Last year he was chosen chairman Com- of the Scottish Poor-law mittee of Inquiry. He has repre- sented the Faculty of Advocates on the Board of Trustees of the
What is the chicf diference National Library of Scotland since
between the House then and now? the transfer of the Advocates' Library to the nation, and he re. The old Liberal Party, which was returned to power in 1906, is dead, cently succeeded Lord Normand as
or at least is dying, and the Labour convener of the Standing. Com-
Party has taken its place. Mr. mittee of the Board.
During the war Mr. Kelta held a Clynes says that there has also of question that is asked. There Service and 8th landers (10th
are far more questions dealing France in Battalions), served in 1916, was attached to the Egyptian with the social and industrial life of the community, and the House, Army in 1917, and served
coal tax.- Reuter
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Association for Oriental Affairs, was recently organized at Manila among the Filipino intel-
the Soudan Government from 1917) he thinks, is no longer an "acade | lectual leaders, inchiding Messrs.
to 1919
FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS AFRICA ON FOOT
London, Feb. 17. Mrs. Mansfield, traveller and authoress, wife of Lieut.-colonel W. R. Mansfield, died at her home in Tulse Hill, S.E, 10-day after a long illness.
She was the first woman to cross Central Africa" on foot from the Cape to Cairo
With a native escort, she tol- lowed the route planned by Ceril Rhodes, and underwent severe prt- vations. She has told the story of her journey in many books and
lectures.
She was bitten by insects and snakes, and it is believed that the !ness from which she had suffer- ed for many years' was the result of what she went through.
colonel Mansfield, whom she mar- ried in 1910 on returning to Lon- don. He was then an engineer in the diamond mines, and after the wedding they returned to Africa and lived at a mine.
mic Institution." The present Education Bill is a case in point. In 1906 a Bill of this kind would immediately have raised religious Issues whereas what chiefly in- terests us now is its effect on the domestic conditions of families,
BRILLIANT FIGURES
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was by far the most powerful in-
the
Jorge Bocoba, President of University of the Philippines, Manuel A. Alzate, Member of the
National Assembly, Mr. M. Farotan,
manager of DM.HM. newspapers. and other prominent figures in various circles, reports the Central News Agency.
The Association will hold month- And, of course, many of they dinner meetings for the dis- Digures of the 1906 Parliament cussion of Oriental affairs, either have gone. Mr. Clynes vividly re- among themselves or with others members Balfour, who he considers that may be invited for the pur- pose, according to Mr. M. Farolan, tellect in the Conservative Party director of activities of the Asso- of those days. Balfour, he says, ciation. "had a good deal of sympathy with
A monthly publication reporting us, and always listened with in-
discussion, Its
studies. reports. terest to our early speeches." "Oficer, and such material as is the Liberals, Campbell-Bannerman pertinent to the study of the pro- and Asquith are dead, and Mr. Wild just being Lloyd George spoken of as one of the rising His recollection of young men.
Mr. Churchills of somebody very alive, very active, very boyish in appearance..
blems of the Far East will soon be issued. Mr. Farolan added.
An executive committee of three is responsible for the organization This com- of the Association. mittee is composed of Mr. Pedro Aumario, of the editorial staff of Mr. Clynes's thero wag Kett
"La Vanguardia," Attorrey Plo of the It was while she was in South Hardie, with whom he did a great Duran, Professor of law Africa that she Arst met Lieut-deal of propaganda work in York-University of the Philippines, and
shire and Lancashire. Keit Har-Mr. Farolan- die, he thinks; was one of na- ture's first gentlemen." whu to politics the religious brought passion of a missionary. His cap was not in the least a pose, and he did not wear it for purposes of HANDWRITING EXPERT
display or because he wanted to Colonel, Mansfield is now well bring himself down to the level of known as a scientist and hand-the working class. While he was writing expert. In his laboratory a collier, he had worn a cap. and at Tulse Hill, a few years ago, ne he went on wearing one because
altrate had become used to it. discovered that by using violet rays he could photograph writing long after it had, to the naked eye, been erased.
On one occasion during her tra- vels in Africa Mia. Mansfeld found her progress barred by swamps caused by heavy rains. In order to continue, she was classed as "mall." and with native bearers sent "by post" across the SWAMPA.
Mrs, Mansfield's last work abroad was in 1928 when, with her hus band, she toured Northern Spain and carried out researches into the history of Columbus.
was
A few months ago she began work on her memoirs, but just before Christmas she was forced to stop owing to her illness.
Considerable material has been prepared, it is learned, but her work was far from complete
GRANDDAUGHTER FOR KING ALFONSO
Anglo-
Rome, Feb. 14. The Infanta Dona Beatriz, wife of Don Alessandro Torlonia, Prince of Civitella Cesi, gave birth to daughter to-day at the American Nursing Home. The Jat est news is that both mother and child are doing well.. Queen Vic- toria of Spain, who arrived at the nursing home this, morning, was present at her daughter's bedside when the baby was born, and King Alfonso reached the home not long afterwards. It ta under stood that the child is to be called Alexandra Victoria
UNCONQUERED VERDUN
London, Feb. 25, Verdun, where the 20 anni- versary of the battle has just been commemorated, lives to a large ex- tent upon tourist trade, but there is no note of exploitation.
The inhabitants can never have the war very 'far from their minds, for there are still patches of ground, near the town so poisoned that only a sort of green slime can grow on them.
The
assault
greatest German on Vercun was launched in Febru-
the Germans had had 500,000 ars, 1916. Before the battle ended casualties and the French 270,000 The town itself was so wrecked by bombardment that there are hard- ly any buildings now standing' more than two decades old.
"I note an American has claimed a delayed a world's record" for parachute jump.”
"Mine will be delayed longer than that."
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