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Lof the very soll of Amerten,
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Jaughter...the love...the pal
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Precious..in the remembering! Enasted
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sembled in one picture!
FRANK CAPRA'S'
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
ing
Jean ARTHUR Jantes STEWART
Ex
RADES - ARHOLD · KIBES - MITCHELE • BONDI Druded by FRANK CAPER
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A ROUBEN MAMOUAIAN PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY WILLIAM FERLEFRO Barnen play by Lewis Maltzen, Özalel Tarpdan Sarah 3. Keven, Victor Hostett Hand span the Grong Thondra pler by
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Tuesday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPHE
March 26, 1940.
TOMMY
TO THE CIRCUS
Canadians Ban QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
Privy Council
Soldiers At Circus
Men wounded in the last war were among the soldiers entertained at Empress Stadium Circus, Earl's Court. Mlks Olive Ayres had little difficulty in getting someone to lace ker
`boola, before her skating aci.
SYLVIA TO GAG PEACE TALK
Court Rules Parliament May Abolish Appeals
OTTAWA.-Canada took
A
long step toward final indepen. dence of Its courts- step toward breaking the remaining link which bas bound the judicial system of the Dominion to that of Great Britain.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian Parlia- ment has the right to abollsh appeals to the Judicial Commit- tee of the Privy Council, in London.
The present system-which makea: the Privy Counell the court of final appeal in many important Canadian actions has been the subject of de- bate for many years. Criminal casen are no longer appealed to London, bui constitutional enses have been subject to the review of Westmins- ter.
Abolish Alf Appeals
At the last session of the Canadian Legislature, a bill was introduced by C. H. Calian (Conservative) which would abolish all appeals. Its pur- pose would be to make the Supreme Court of Canada the final authority, just as the Supreme Court of the United States acts south of the bor- der.
One dissension marked the Supreme Court's decision on the legislation. Justice O. F. Corckett held that alteration of the British North Amerlea Act-the Canadian Constitution to abolish appeals to the Privy Council, was beyond the authority pt Parlament, The majority of the court, however, held the action to be within parliamentary compelence.
The entire question is interpreted in Canadian circles as readjusting (rather than loosening the bonds of
Empire. There has been a
progres- sive effort to place the Canadian
MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST, FAMOUS SUFFRAGETTE courts in on autonomous position-a AND FORMER PACIFIST (SHE WAS FINED DURING THE LAST movement paralleling the political WAR FOR MAKING ANTI-WAR SPEECHES), IS CONSIDERING | independence of the individual mem- THE FORMATION OF A CITIZEN ARMY TO WAGE WAR ON bers of the British Commonwealth which was signalised in the Statue PEACE-MONGERS.
of Westminster in 1931,
But hor army will not be started unless she is first assured of considerable civilian support.
She said: "I believe that-the war with Germany is going to be Britain's greatest task.
Rulings Criticized
One major reason advanced for the abolition of appeals has been "At first it seemed that the whole country was united to that the Law Lords who serve os face the great struggle. Since then considerable disaffection the Judicial Committee of the Privy has shown itself.
Council have been far removed from Canadian judicial practice. Many
"I believe that some sort of organisation is urgently required decisions, it is charged, have been to educate the people on the great issues at stake, and the great reached without intimate knowledge struggle we shall have to make to stop the spread of aggression of Canadian condiilons and of the and tyranny."
evolving practices which have had the effect of materially modifying of the Dominion's law.
Recently she advertised her aims
She resigned when the Federation
anonymously in the personal columna endorsed Stalin's suggestion of an un-con
of the national Press, And corre- sponded with many sympathisers.
Resigned
Until November last she was Vice- President of the London Federation
of Peace Councils.
conditional peace conference with Hitler.
The provinces of Canada, how- ever, have not been unanimous In their attitude toward the projected Soon afterwards she wrote a sharp Manitoba, for example, supported abolition of appeals to the Crown. note to Stalin, which he did not the Dominios Government's conten
tion that Canada had the right to abolish the
Ontario, on the
answer.
NELSON EDDY
in M-G-M's "BALALAIKA” anjoys his loisura hours with
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COMOY'S GRAND SLAM
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C. INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES "La Pozla dol Orlonta" and other tobacconists
other handpeal that the mea- i
sure
was a direct attempt to invade fields of legislation, assigned to the Provinces. A factor In this opinion
Is that some of the
the most Important legislation of recent years, involving division of authority between the Provincial and Federal Governments, has been decided by the Privy Coun- ell in favour of the provinces.
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