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SAFEST TYRE
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ASSAILS GOVERNMENT
UPPER HOUSE ELECTRIFIED
"ODIOUS FEATURES" OF SUPREME COURT BILL
“I WILL FIGHT IT WORD BY WORD"
London, Dec. 11.
German Experiment Abandoned
SHIPPING POOL
A FAILURE
INDEPENDENCE REGAINED
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Dy Telegraph, Cauyright. Telegraphia Mas- More Ordinance, 14BL Rasvived, December
Berlin, Dec. 11.
The authorities are dissatisfied at the result of Germany's cen
Dissolution
A sensational outburst by Lord Chief Justice Hewart tralised shipping policy, pursued electrified the normally calm atmosphere of the House of since 1930, and have apparently Lords last night when he attacked the Lord Chancellor decided to scrap it and return to a on the Supreme Court Judicature Amendment Bill, which system of independent operation. of the pooling provides for an additional two judges for the King's agreement, originally concluded in Bench Division and for the appointment of a Vice-1930 to remain in force for half President of the Court of Appeal from the existing Lords Justices without regard to their seniority.
4 century between the North |German-Lloyd เก Hamburg
Amerika lines, may be expected threw into world shortly. The combined companies |
commerce nn
28,600,000 organisation, but ac-
cording to Herr Essberger, State
After Lord Sankey had moved the second reading, the Lord Chief Justice complained that in his official capacity as Lord Chief Justice of England he was not shown the draft Bill nor had he been consulted before-Councillor, and leader in the Ger
man Shipping world, they failed | hand on the terms of the reference and the personnel of to operate successfully. the Royal Commission, appointed behind his back, to The new project which is to be! investigate the congestion in the King's Bench Division.ual decision shortly provides for Regarding the clause of the BI appointing a Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, the Lord Chief Justice suggested that this was an affront to Lord Justice Slesser (former Labour Soilcitor-General) on account of his political viewa
The Lord Chief Justice concluded that the Bill was a disgraceful men- sure, unfair to Bench and Bar and public.
"If its odious features are not removed I shall adjourn my court every day during the Committee stage of the Bill in order to attend the House of Lords and fight the obnoxious features, not clause by clause, but line by line, and word by word," declared the Lord Chief Justice.
When he had ceased speaking, the House of Lords immediately ad- journed.-Beuter.
EVIDENCE OF TRAGEDY
WRECKAGE OF CHINESE SHIP
Shanghai, Dec. 12. Several feboats and lifebelts with the name "S.S." Taishan" on them, as well as other wreckage. were sighted by Chinese vesicis in the vicinity of Lienyun harbour to-day.
The Taishan vanished in a galej on December 4 and HLM.S. Bridge-| water, which went to hunt for her, found
only
bodica of mon thought to have belonged to, her, crew. One more body has now been found by 8.8. Haichow, and It is recognised that there can no longer be any hope held out that any of the crew of 45 survived. Renter.
RIGHTS OF PILOTAGE
Nanking, Dee, 12.
that
TÍ
AIRWAYS TO RESUME
Shanghai-Canton Services
Shanghai, Dec. 12.
The China National Air- ways br-weekly passenger service between Shanghai and Canton will be resumed in January, it was announced 10-day.
submitted to the Government for
the
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, photographed together recently, when there was talk of a' reconciliation between the couple,
FAIRBANKS TO BE DIVORCED
DOUG TO
Hamburk VISIT FAR
division of the Amerika ne into three groups, each independent, one to operate.
in the North Atlantic and another EAST SOON
in East Asia and Australia, and a third in Central America, South America ind West Const of Amerien trade.
The North German-Lloyd, at the same time, will be divided into two groups, or for the North Atlantic and the other for the Pacific service.
DID NOT PAY
All thier other smaller shipping companies which had been victims of the centralisation system starej the pouling agreement, are to be made independent again.
Herr Essberger says that cons |centration did not pay and actual-
BUYING OWN SCHOONER
MAY MAKE FILM' IN CHINA
_(Special_to_"Telegraph"}
ily Telegraph, Copyright. Teleprezhio Mem per dinner, 94. Reaalsed, December
un m
Hollywood, Dec. 11.
It is learned on the best
NEW. FIGHTING AEROPLANES
Six Hundred In Three Years
(Special to "Talograph”)
(By Trigraph, Copyright, Telegraphia Mus sager Ordinance, 1884. Received, December 12, 1.29 .m.)
Washington, Dec. 11.
The United States Army contract for 110 fast attack planes has been awarded to the Northrop Corporation, of Inglewood, California.
SPY SCARE IN SAN DIEGO
SERIOUS FLOOD JOBLESS
IN PORTUGAL
Lives Lost in Fierce Gale
Lisbon, Dec. 11. The lower districts of Lisbon, Oporto and other towns have been seriously flooded owing to the heaviest rains and gales in recent history which have- swept the country.
The ports of Leixoes and Oporto are now closed to navigation. and mány trawlers
endangered. The crew of four of a sloop which broke adrift was drowned-Reuter,
are
POLICE ACTION CRITICISED
JUDGE'S SHARP
COMMENT ·
MURDER TRIAL PROCEEDS
JAPANESE ACCUSED
MYSTERIOUS NOTE-BOOK
MAPS OF HARBOUR DEFENCES
(Special to "Telegraph")
fly Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphie saves Ordinance. 1884. Rroalved. Detember.
San Diego, Dec. 11. Police to-day arrested a Japanese, Teruo Murameto, ged 29, who was allegedly found in a parked car near Fort Rosecrans gun emplace- 4ments with a note-book in his possession filled, so police believed, with maps and de- scriptions of the San Diego harbour defences. San Diego. is one of the most important of the American naval stations.
At the police station Muraméto. maintained a stolid allonse.
An interpreter, however, said the mysterious noto-book was simply a diary of an unemployed gardener.
The action of police in obtain ing a banishment order against, a
The drawings, he explained,. woman for her alleged complicity were really aketches of gardens. in a crime which had not been Muramats had drawn pictures of tried, called forth sharp comment allora la-his-garden skotches-for- by Judge and counsel at the decorative purposes, he said, and Criminal Sessions this morning to "the in the San Diego locals.”
Accused was Pun Cho-on, who The drawings ara extremely
is standing his trial on a capital clover, and police do not know for charge of murdering, by arsenic certain whether they have their poisoning, his late employer, Chik hands on a spy or an artistic Wing, a vegetable
of genius—United Press, gardener Tai Hom village, on August 6.
Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Instructed
The machines will cost. the Government U.S.$189,- 640. The planes will be part of the fleet of 600 which will be added to the air force within the next three years.United Press. JIMENEZUELAEZ MEN SURINAM He adds that it is essential that divorce her husband, Mr.formation that a divorce is only a the Government continue giving Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., be- matter, of days away. financial assistance to shipping in fore the end of the year.
Douglas, cinema adventurer ex-Johnson, Stokes and Master, ap- orded to make good the losses sus-
traordinary, arrived in New York peared for the defence. tained through currency fluctua Rumours to this effect have been to-day and announced that he
Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant CUKLARITIE HOSTÍNOM CENTRUDERÄT tons.-Reuter Special.
abroad before, but Mrs. Mary has would continue globe-trotting. He Attorney General, appeared for
The Communications Ministry, has appropriated $250,000 for the Airways' trial flights between Shang- hai and Yunnan points. These trials will be made next spring. Reuter,
BIG LOAN OFFERED ··
GERMANY?
OIL INTERESTS DENY REPORT ·
BERLIN RUMOUR
(Special to "Telegraph")
[lly Telegraph, Congright. Telegraphis Mess ges Ordinance, 1286. Haveived, Desember 12, 3 a.m.)
Berlin, Dec. 11.
ly brought the total German Ren-authority that Mrs. Mary going tonnage from 4,200,000 tons Pickford lo.3,400,000 tons.
Anti-Nazi-
Fairbanks will
| by Mr. D. B. Evans, of Messrs. Two Freeze
invariably, denied them. She sug- is in New York to inspect the the prosecution, and was assisted In gested to newspapermien recently schooner "Whenin" in which he by Mr. V. J. Lockhart-Smith that any misunderstanding she may plans to visit the Dutch East Assistant Crown. Solicitor. have had with her husband was Indies. forgotten. It was taken that a
Ila He says, too, that it is quite
Now comes the authentic in- in China.-United Prest.
issued Lordship
his
Demonstration reconelllation had been effected. possible that he will make a picture | customary warning to the jurora
In
In Vienna
POLICE FORCED TO INTERVENE
REMARKABLE SCENE AT OPERA
Vienna, Dec. 11.
A demonstration unparalleled in the history of Vienna State Opera occurred to-day when Pro- fent Directs Kraus, the pro
fensor Clemens The recent visit of Sir
It is learned in Nanking Foreign Henri Deterding to Berlin appointed by Dr. Goering, Premier of Prussia, to succeed Professor
•Office
elreles
informal has been associated with the Furtwangler as Director of the negotiations have been in progress for sime time with the interested rumour that the Royal Berlin State Opera, conducted Powers for the resumption of the Dutch, combined with the Verdi's "Falstaff."
Professor Krauss was received right of pilotage and that negated Shen Company, had offered with loud cries of "Shame!" as he singe. According to a Foreign the Gman Government a followed by counter-cheers from approached the Director's desk,! Omice official, Britain and the United States have shown ten-loan, of 40,000,000 Dutch another part of the audience. dencies of compromise in respect guilders.
ions have reached an
advanced
of this matter. while Japan is
still adamant.-Central News.
OSTEOPATHS' BILL
The report
loan will be advance
Eventually, the police, with drawn truncheons. entered the that the auditorium in order to intervene 60
clash between the rival de- in cash and 40 per ce per cen. in a
in patrol. monstrators, a large number of Confirmation is not juable. arrests being made. -Reuter Special. London, Dec. 11.
Professor Krauss, who was ap- The House of Lords carried
REPORT DENIED
parently unmoved by, the de stration, Lord Elibank's Bill for the regis-
conducted tration and regulation of osteo-
The Hague Dec. 11. without farther Reports from Berlin that the uter 35 to 20 paths. The vote against the Government's opponi Royal Dutch-Shell interests had tion. Lord Elibank explained offered a loan of 400,000,000 that the object of the measure was guilders to Germany are described the Poor to remove disabilities attending here as the greatest possible and recaly The work of genuine osteopaths. nonsense by one of the Royalent.
Dutch directors-Reuler. Keuler.
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FEDERAL AID TO ARMS EXPORTER
U. S. GOVERNMENT WAR STOCK SOLD TO JAPAN
Washington, Dec. 11.
to the effect that he would con- sider the exemption of any of them whose principles conflicted with capital punishment. There were no objections from the jury which was comprised of Messrs. R. H. Waller (foreman), and C. Kew, E. 1. Rozario, U Tat-chee, A. H Roberts, A. M. Rumjahn, and F. Tolle,
LEGAL POINTS
To Death
New York
CITY CAUGHT UNPREPARED
AMERICA IN WINTER'S GRIP
New York, Dec. 11. Death, destitution and an epide mic of fires in, the various parts of the United States have followed severe blizzards which swept from coast to coast
The Jury left the Court whilst
New York suffered acutely In Mr. Sheldon raised a legal objectwelve degrees below freezing tion. Counsel said he understood weather.. Two deaths have oc- that Mr. Fraser intended to refer curred. Meanwhile, the authori to a statement made by accused tins, who were not prepared for the in reply to the original charge of cold snap, have hurried to prepare attempting to murder.
The rellef for out-of-work nomelesa charge of actual murder was pre- in the citymately house 10,000 rst of shelters The amazing revelation that the armament manu-
forred when Chik Wing died two which been opened. facturing firm of Dupont de Nemours had arranged with days after taking the poisonFire caused damage estimated at Counsel submitted that the canilet U.S.320,000 at the Stealing Ship the United States War Department in 1922 to obtain given to accused to trial, meant building plant at Somerset, Massa- from the army reserve stocks 160,000 rounds of the state or attempted mur
chusetts. ammunition to sell to Japan, was made at the Senate against. fot
the present trial for
A new low record for the season. Patter On that Arms Inquiry to-day. '
was established in the neighbour ground, for hood of the Adirondack Mountains, which, however, he could find no the temperature dropping below authority, he denied the ad-zero. from a mild, autumn lovel evidence, of certain, interjentious been a ten inch snow fall
A second objection was against
almost overnight. the inclusion, in the deceased's central Maine lake and there has
Six Inches of foo made after the words "examina Chicago-Pruter
not
A letter from the files of the Du Popt was contained this information, and it at the procedure was not "olim stated that when the contrary to army resed that Japan could get these A reppescróm England "they were glad to help us Warers."
Another letter, dated 1932, also, taken from the Du Pont files, stated that the Navy Department considered it not only permissible but desirable that American firms should sell equip. ment and material to Japan. This opinion was based on the fact that it was desirable that the Navy should be informed about the nature and amount of the Japanese purchases, which information would be lacking if the purchases were made in
urope-Router:
missibility of the statement.
tion completed.'
cover the
CHEKIANG CHIEF
Nanking. Dec. 12. General Huang Shao-
Mr. Fraser said he wished for fon, which he felt confident, could time to reply to the first submiss- not be maintained.
His Lordship unid he would The Executive Yunk has ap on which was just such an one halung Chairman of the Cheklang allow time to answer the submiss-pointed as he himself had had to oppose Government, succeeding General ruled against him Mr. Sheldon's Chairman and military adviser of once. In that case the fudge Lu Ti-ping, who is made Vice-
(Continued on Page 5.) the Council, Reuter.
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