IMPORTANT STRAITS
CASE.
RUBBER RESTRICTION BILL REVIEWED.
THE
Mr. Davies then passed on to Ordinance of 1923, but Mr. Whitley objected on the grounds that they could not "look back"
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CHARLES I'’S TRIAL: CHAIR.
“DISCOVERY IN A COTTAGE
HOSPITAL,
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MARCH 2, 1928. ·
· THE "TREASURE" ON-
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Mr. Davies then left the point for the time being, and went on to suggest that the legislatura must have had some reason for making specific mention of Province Mr. A. V. L. Davies and the De- Wellesley, the Dindings
and It is hoped that there will shortly nuty Public Prosecutor (Mr. N.Malacca. If they had intended to be an addition of great interest to 4 remarkable story of treasure, 11. P. Whitley) appeared before include Singapore and Penang they the furniture section of the Victoria believed to have been buried on the Chief Justice (Sir William could, he said, have done it much and Albert Museum, South Ken- the slopes of Kilimanjare by King Murlson) for argument in a case more simply by using the words, sington. In the Cottage Hospital Monolik, Negus of Shen, and son
BATTAMBANG his Straits Settlements. They had at Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucester of King Solomon and the Queen carefully avoided doing that and shire) has been found a chair which of Sheba, Is revealed in a letter Sinclair, of they must have had some reason for figured in the trial of Charles I., from Mr. P. J.. doing so, although he know of pone. and it is hoped arrangements will Marangu, Moahi district, Tan-
His Lordship said that he thought be made for its transfer to South ganyika territory, y the Govornor had power to mako
Kensington. rules under
heading of "general"
which had been referred to Lordship for a decisión,
The accused in the case were a lorry driver and a lorry attendant, who, it was alleged, brought rubber into Singapore over the Johor Causeway, concealed in a false bol tom of the lorry.
At the hearing, Mr. Davies made two submissions, one that the article found in the lorry, did not come within the description of rubber, given in the Ordinance, and the other that the rule declaring that such importation was illegal, was
ultra vires.
the
His Lordship: I don't want to extend the ambit of the Ordinance. understand it to apply to all parts of the Colony.
Mr. Davies: That cannot be so. The Governor cannot make rules under an ordinance to extend to
Mr. Sinclair's story is based on the traditional bellefs of the Abys Binians.
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An official of the Museum safd that negotiations for the purchase of the chair were not quite com- The Abyssinians holleve," pleted. The final signatures for writes, Mr. Sinclair, "that the first the sale hnd still to be appended. Menelik, Negus of Shon,
The chair," he said, "is reported down and conquered the whole of to have very interesting and Im-this country to the Rufil river. portant historical associations. When he was old, he brought the Thy story is that it was the chair whole of his army to the slopes NEW YORK:-J. P. Morgan & Co.
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On the first point, the magistrata any, place other than that for which actually used by King Charles I. of Kilimanjaro, and there he felt meed Deposits according to Arrangement.
found that the article imported came within the description of rubber, but referred the second point to the Supreme Court for a decision.
When the hearing commenced Mr. Davies opened with the point that the article imported was not rubber.
The D. P. P. objected on
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at his trial. We have made careful his time had come. He ascended inquiries and are quite satfelled, the mountain with all his gen-classe transacted and we have no reason to doubt theerala, officers and slaves, carry authenticity of the story.
ing his treasure, which consisted "There is, in fact, every indica-of stones and gold, and Solo- tion that the chair is a genuine one mon's ring, which he had on his and well worth acquiring by the finger. Museum. We understand the chair
SHARE PRICES.
Division of the Colony.. The point of whether Mr. Davies could be permitted to review the past Ordinance was then dealt with. consulting is Lordship, after authorities decided that he could
"They saw him reach the snow- the and Mr. Davies aaid that in 1923 was left to the Moreton-in-Marsh line on the summit, where clouds grounds that the magistrate had the Ordinance was divided into two Hospital not long ago, to be pre-hid the view. In the evening, the not referred this point, but had parts, one of which referred to served there, but the authorities generals and officers came back
Singapore and Penang and the fare selling it, since a found against Mr. Davies,
national without the king, who, they His Lordship upheld the objec-other to Province Wellesley, the museum is regarded as a more fit stated, had been left by his own tion and Mr. Davies then dealt Dindings and Malacca. The part ting place for its preservation. orders in the crater on the aum-sharo quotations issued to-day:
he said, was not to come into force shall acquire It." referring to Singapore and Penang, There is every prospect that wemit. They then went back to until an order was made, and soch
with the question of whether the Powers of Governor-in-Council,
rule was ultra vires,"
Mr. Davies said that, briefly, his
an order was in fact never mude.
Mr. Davies referred his Lord-be carried out. It was necessary submission was that the rule applied ship to the judgment of the learn to have provisions for the importa- only to Province Wellesley, theed magistrate in which he said that tion of rubber into Singapore and Dindings and Malseca, and that the if the Governor in Council had been Penang, otherwise it would become Governor in Council had no power empowered to make regulations un-exceedingly simple to smuggle rub- to make rules under the Ordinance dor the Ordinance for Singapore, bar into either of those places. He except for those Settlements; auch power would have been ex-submitted that the word "general"
His Lordship referred to the pressed in unequivocable terms, most obviously, referred to hending of "general" and said that, it was in fact in the Ordinance of whole of the Ordinance and that in In his opinion, the heading indicated 1923. that Penang and Singapore were His Lordship remarked that this cases where it was desirable to re- included.
reference to the 1923 Ordinance strict an Ordinance to one parti- made Mr. Davies' case very much cular settlement, it was specifically stated ng in, for instance, the Malacca Customary Riglits Ordin- The Deputy Publle Prosecutores. It hind to be taken that an submitted that the meaning of the ordinance referred to the whole of Ordinance was perfectly clear. The the Colony unless legislature opening section had no heading at all. Then came part one in which plainly showed that it was desired Province Weilealey, the Dindings to restrict one certain part. and Malneca was mentioned and His Lordship gave judgment, finding that the convictions
correct, were
and remitting the case to the magistrate for the imposition of sentences.
Mr. Davis said that that would be reading something into the Ordinance that was not there and referred to section 20 in which the Settlements to which the section applied were specifically mentioned. He also referred to section 26 which dealt with the subjects for which the Governor in Council could make rules and carry out the purposes of the Ordinance. The Governor in Council could not extend the pur- view or ambit of the Ordinance.
stronger.
then the heading of "general.".
Under the heading, he said, cer- tain provisions were made so that the pifrposes of the Ordinance could
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Abyssinia.
"There is a general belief to- arise who will possess the old day that a king will eventually king's spirit, and who will recon- quer this country, which they still call Ethiopia."
told an
The Only Treasure, Miss Sheila Macdonald, a 22- year-old London girl, who has climbed Kilimanjaro, Evening Standard representative that she had not heard of the
"1. climbed Kilimanjaro in July of last year," said Miss Mac- donald, "but I certainly did not look for any buried treasure. did not know that there was any rumour of any being there.
story.
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"The only treasure I know of on Kilimanjaro is an empty wine bottle, which we left with a messe, age attached to it recording that we had climbed to the summit."
A London man who knows the country well, however, said that he had heard of the story of King Menelik.
"I believe that there is also a tradition," he said, "that Menelik's spirit still haunts the slopes of Kilimanjara, and that through- out the ages he has been on guard over his treasure."
|SPECULATIONS AS TO
KRAKATAU.
PEOPLE RECOVERED FROM THEIR TERROR.
Batavia, Feb. 9. The population of the village of Laboean is gradually returning to its homes, the people evidently having somewhat recovered from, their first terror. Speculation 18 rife as to whether the present quiet state of the Sunda Straits will continue, or whether it is only a temporary phase before grenter activity is evinced.
In the Nieuwablnd of Wednes- day last an article began "What will the Krakatau do?”*
The general opinion in that the recent submarine disturbance is responsible for the most unusual weather Intely experienced in Batavia, An authority, however, states that this theory is without foundation,
On Saturday and Sunday "last the K.P.M. ran two steamer trips to the acene of the Krakatau, Many people enjoyed a delightful craise but returried to Batavia' only to confess that they saw nothing at all of the submarine explosion. Other people made the trip by road, to: Lobocan, but they also returned disappointed as far as their quest was con- cerned..
A film of Krakatau taken from one of the boats in the vicinity, and shown at the Drea Park Cinéma, reminded one of the great Yalmanga geyser that
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twenty-five years ago suddenly appeared in the thermal district of New Zealand about half way between Taupo and Rotorua.
The geyser, which ejected black mud, played intermittently for many years to a great height.
Yalmanga was always cap. ricious and clusive, I know of one party of people who camped there for a whole week, and dur- ing that time Yalmanga" did not choose to "play" by day or by night. About five years the ac- tivities of what was the world's greatest geyser, suddenly became Jabnormally violent, with the re- sult that an eruption, demolished the comparatively new village and town of Yalmanga. It, therefore, appeared and ended with a drama- tic suddenness leaving only desola- tion in black surroundings.
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b.
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Shipping. Douglanos, $43 b.
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Kailans, GG/- Langkats, Tis. $18. S'hal Exploration, Tls.' 2.70 b. Raubs, lib.
Tronohs, 17/6 b. ".
Docks, etc.
Kowloon Wharvos, $125) b. Whumpos Docks, $18i 4. China Providonta $5.90 0. Hongkowe, Tls. 166 b. New Engineerings, Tis. 4.60 b. Shanghai Dooks, Tls. 98 b.
Cottons." Ewo Cottons, Tls. $8.45 n. Orientala, Tls. 2.10 b. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 51 (old) b.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
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H. and S. Hotels, $8.70 b. H. K. Lands, $647 sa. S'hai Landa Tis. $137 b.
b Humphroys, $141 Realties, $8.90 b. Territorials, $1.
Public Utilities.
Tramways, $25.45 b. Ponk Trams, (old) $14 n. Star Forrion, $531
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China Lights, (Camb.) 16.40 b. H'kong Electrics, $721 b. Macag Electrics, $21 b Telephones $4.25 b. China Buses, Tls. 6 n. Singapore Tractions, 11/9 b.
Industrials,
China Sugars, $10 40 b. Malabons, $271 . Canton Icos, $i b... Coments (Comb) $11.30 b Ropes (Old) $9} sa. United Asbestos $10
Etores &c. Dairy Farms, $:0 b Watsons, 812.40 b Der A. Wing, $5
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