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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927.

JURY'S CENSURE.

AUSTRALIAN RICE.

Sleeping Draught From Thought a Commercial

Chemists.

POISON CONTENTS. Acted "Without Due Regard To Public Safety."

Proposition.

PRODUCTION ESTIMATES. Country Could Raise More Than Home Requirements.

London, Yesterday.

AN "ULTIMATUM.”

U.S. Hit By French Tariffs.

REPRISALS MENTIONED.

France Gives "Most Favoured Nation" Treatment.

Washington, Yesterday.

The verdict of the jury con-

It was announced in London The French tariffs, which are cerning the case in which a sleeping draught was supplied to that the Australian Tariff Board described as an "ultimatum," are a Chinese who later died (accord-had reported that rice growing in greatly exercising White House ing to the medical evidence) from Australia is a commercial proposi-officials, who point out that the the effects of narcotic poisoning tion and points out that 2,000 Administration would be within was delivered at the Magistracy acres at Murrumbridge last year its rights in invoking Presidential this morning after Mr. R. E. produced over 1,500 tons, where powers to impose duties up to 50 Lindsell had summed up the posi-as at least 40,000 acres of this per cent. on goods from those aren alone could be utilised and countries which, like France, tion.

tariff discrimination The jury, consisting of Messrs. was capable of producing an ex-practise

against the United States. It A. W. Eastman, H. L. Schultz cess over home needs.

The Board recommends the is said that if France persists in and A. R. F. Raven, found that Messra, A. S. Watson and Co. provision of a deferred duty on her demand that treaty negotia- (from whose Chinese department uncleaned rice in order to provide tions should be based on complete the sleeping draught was bought) protection and assures growers of reciprocity, the United States acted "without due regard to the whole Australian market; also would probably reply that they public safety, in selling the to provide machinery to enable were unauthorised to negotiate medicine without adequate warn-growers to compete in the East- tariff rates, which are fixed by

ern markets. It thinks a duty of Congress. ing that it contained poison."

The Magistrate expressed 74s. 8d. per ton not unreasonable. agreement with the verdict.

Messrs. A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd. were represented at this morning's proceedings by Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Messrs. Deacon)

At the outset, His Worship ad- dressed the jury as follows:

No Manslaughter.

-Reuter.

WHITE SLAVERY:

DISCUSSION AT LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.

MEMBERSHIP. VOTING..

In the meantime it is semi- officially announced from Paris that France is to enforce a gen- eral tariff equivalent, to Your! times the minimum rates against those countries which had not con- cluded a commercial agreement with her, but in order to demon-i strate her goodwill she had de cided, pending negotiations, to grant the United States imme- for an agreement between all treatment and grant the unpre The German delegate pressed diately "most favoured nation" Governments, whether members cedented advantage of a rebate man of the League or verdiet of

otherwise, in of 50 per cent. on the new rates. slaughter, but after bearing the favour of the abolition of houses Reuter's American Service. evidence of Mr. Wilson to the of ill fame during the discussion effect that the chloral mixture by the fifth committee on the has been on the local market with white slave traffic. the same label for fifty years and

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GREAT DISORDER IN JAPAN:

About 400 bodies have thus far been recovered.

A total of 500 fishing boats is reported to have been wrecked off Nagasaki. Twenty-five fishermen were drowned.::.

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Dr. Brookes, South Africa, that no previous,case of poleon-wholeheartedly concurred in the he said ing thereby has been heard of, I suggestion although

Tokyo, Yesterday. am now satisfied that there is South Africa no evidence of any criminal ed, as such houses

According to despatches from He favoured the Kyushu, 2,000 troops are assisting negligence such as would justify unknown.

man-"complete suppression of com- the local organisations to search you in bringing in a slaughter verdict against any mercialised vice" which was an for the missing and clear up the member of the firm of Watson anachronism and ought to be debris.

abolished like slavery. He re- and Co.

"It remains therefore for you gretted that the question of merely to decide whether this is women's wages was outside the suicide OF mis- scope of the present inquiry, be be no cause these were often insufficient doubt from the medical evidence to enable women to keep honest.

League Voting. that the deceased's rapidly ap-

Geneve. Yesterday. proaching end was accelerated by choral hydrate poisoning which was the actual cause of death.liminary voting, Belgium failed The evidence of his wife and to secure the requisite two-thirds father goes some way towards majority to decide her eligibility negativing the possibility of for election for a non-Perma suicide in so much as it shows ment seat on the Council. There that deceased never gave any were 20 votes against 19 in indication of contemplating such favour of re-eligibility but 32 votes are needed for a two-thirds a step. But on this point you majority. will no doubt already have made up your minds.

Was It.Suicide?

At Kawachi hot spring, twelve of the thirteen hotels were swept away by floods, and the thirteenth In the Assembly League prewas seriously damaged. Reuter.

It is now expected that the successful candidates will be

STORM IN MEXICO.

THREE THOUSAND FLEE FOR REFUGE.

New York, Yesterday." There are still only very meagre reports of the 'Mexican storm

Three thousand persons are report- ed to have fled for refuge to high ground over-looking the west coast. Canada, Cuba and Finland will into the towns demolishing plera, ceased, being in full possession hold their seats for three years, buildings, wharves and taking A of his faculties, deliberately took Greece ran Canada close in ob-heavy toll of life-Reuter's Aemri- a large overdose of this chloral taining 23 votes, Portugal had 16. can Service... mixture with the fixed intention Few votes were cast in favour of

"If you are satisfied that de/Canada, Finland and Cuba. - Mountainous walls of water rolled

MR. FORD PURCHASES

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of taking his life, your verdict the other countries, namely, TO GROW RUBBER. would be auicide. If you find Uruguay 3, Denmark 2 and Spain, that it was derangement of-in- Switzerland and Haiti one each. tellect due to physical debility Canada Not Elected. that led him to take an overdose, Cuba and Finland were elected then it is a case of suicide whilst to the other non-permanent seats, of unsound mind. If, in your Canada received 26 votes, Fin opinion the overdose was taken, land 88, and Cuba 43. as seems more probable, in the hope of securing a long and un- disturbed sleep, your verdict

Bélgium's Stand.

London, Yesterday.

New York, Yesterday. According to a report published in the "Now York World," Mr. Ford has brought 1,200,000 acres of land in Para, Brazil, for At the preliminary voting in G.842,000,000 and is endeavouring would be death by misadventure. the League of Nations Assembly to obtain an additional 2,800,000 Promiscuous" Selling this morning Belgium failed to acres, all of which will be used as plantations Reuter's

"Whatever your verdict, it is secure a two-thirds majority re- rubber

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duty to put on record in the re-election to the non-permanent form of a rider your opinion on seat on the council. Twenty-nine

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the action of Messrs. Watson votes were cast in her favour and mission for the disarmament con- in selling promiscuously to the thirty-two were needed ference despite the fact that Bel- Chinese a drug which two After the result was announced glum automatically ceased to be a 9.30 am. medical officers have told you is Mr. Vandervelde, Belgian Foreign member: owing to her not being 1.30 p.m. a dangerous one and one which Minister mounted the tribune re-elected to the Council 4.30 pm should only be taken under and said he was convinced that It is understood that after medical supervision, and giving Belgium had been defeated only leaving Geneva on Saturday Sir no more warning of its nature or a question of principle. There Austen Chamberlain, the British PRINTING than a notice on the label of was, he was sure, no animosity Foreign Minister, will go for a each bottle: Take a tablespoon shown by any one, and he could yachting cruise in the Mediter fal, not more, at bed-time. This assure them that Belgium would rancan and will visit the Balearic continue to collaborate with un- Islands British Wireless Ser mixture should not be given to diminished ardour in the work for vice. Children:

world peace for which the League Health Organisation, 10.80 sm is not your province to stood. It is understood the Coun Geneva, Yesterday

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