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Action Taken by F.M.S. Bar Committee.

PREHISTORIC MAN OUR EQUAL ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE THE

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Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. "Overwhelming evidence" that The return of H.R.H. Grave allegations against an ad the human race had virtually stood Purachatra of Kambaeng Bojra, vocate and solicitor of the F.M.S. still for many thousands of years in Minister of Commerce and Com. Supreme Court were made to-day the many phases of its intellectual munications, should .remove the before Mr. Justice Mudic, when Mr. and physical development was quot-last vestige of E. D. Sheran on behalf of the ed by Professor Sir William J. Pope, for further delay by the Gov- Committee, made an one of the world's leading chemists, ernment in taking those construc- application under Section 8 of the in a lecture to the British Science tive steps to save the rice Industry Advocates and Solicitora Enact- Guild.

of Siam from ruin-those steps ment that Mr. M. S. Mahendram, of Prehistoric man, he declared, was which progressive, people, both ex- Teluk Anson, be asked to show a creature practically indistinguish-perts and laymen, have advocated cause why he should not be struckable physically and mentally from and which have been shelved by a

roll or suspended from his descendants of to-day.

polley of never-do-to-day-what- practice for such period as the Thousands of years ago languages may-be-put-off-until-to-morrow,

were hivented which were probably policy which unfortunately guides Mr. Shearn explained that amore expressive and flexible than the minds of some of the high statutory inquiry had been held by any modern tongue. In many of the officials who should be devoting the Bar Committee the notes of arts no progress has been made for themselves to action. which were exhibited to an affidavit many centuries past, and the only of Mr. Madge, and drew attention change consists in the representa to the following finding of the tion of the age-old material.

"This absence of progress," ho said, "seems to force upon us the "We accept the evidence of Ong conclusion that certain forms of Chuan Lee and find on the evidence intellectual expression were worked that Mr. Mahendram signed trans- out thousands of years ago to the fer No. 1263/26 at some time after utmost limit of the capacity of the its execution by the parties thereto human intelligence." and that he was not present when i they executed it."

Committee:-

Alchemy in 1930.

His Royal Highness has travelled far and wide since he left Bang-

kok. He has been to Saigon and Singapore, Manila and Japan, and the principal cities of China were included in his itinerary as well. The main purpose of the trip, it is generally admitted by now, was to gather rat Hand

information about trada_conditions in these countries, how they affect our own trade, and what can be done by us to bring our principal industry back to life. We may safely ex- pect that His Royal Highness, being the active and intelligent man that he is, has returned to us full of new ideas. But may we expect with any certitude that the

Mr. Shearn continued that the

Sir William revealed that City matter

of a transfer financiers even arose out

in the year 1930 which bore the thumb impression still dabble in alchemy. of a Chinese as transferor and bare

Pointing out the value of a broad the signature in Chinese of the scientific education in modern in- transferee. It appeared from cer dustry, the professor declared that tain criminal proceedings before business men were continually being the magistrate that the same perhoodwinked by clever charlatans, progressive reforms which he will aon had executed the transfer as "I gather," he said, "that some

transferor and as transferee.

suggest will be speedily carried scheme or other for converting base out? That is the big question to- Mr. Mahendram was the attest-metals into more valuable ones a day and for the present the answer ing witness of the signature of both practically always under considera-lies over the hill in the future. transferor and transferee and after tion by one or another City group inquiry and hearing the evidence of of Ananciers."

Position of Responsibility.

One thing is certain, however,

the man who had signed as trans- He was naked by a City firm to feror and transferee the Bar Com-Investigate one of these schemes and that is that Prince Parachatra mittee had come to the conclusion after the firm had already spent a has assumed a position of immense that Mr. Mahendram was not pre-considerable sum on testing the responsibility, that in the minds of sent when the signatura and the thumb impression were made.

process.

the people to-day he is the man

He immediately declared that the who is to bring back prosperity. In view of this they considered process was a fraud, but the firm While His Royal Highness was that Mr. Mahendram had not car was not convinced so he interviewed travelling, the reality of hard ried out his duties as an advocate

the inventor, who poured out a flow times and solicitor and had given a false of alchemistic fargon.

was impressed upon the certificate of transfer. The Col lector of Land Revenue relied upon alchemist willingly accepted the tion have carried with them the At last he proposed a test: the public mind and the delays and procrastinations of remedial ac- the certificate of an attesting wit conditions. That was the last that half-spoken excuse that something

neas.

Mr. Mahendram had, however, maintained on oath before the magistrate and Bar Committee that

they saw of him!

would be done as soon as the Minister of Commerce and Com- munications returned,

he had seen both the thumb print opportunity if the rule were made. When money is scarce, people doj made and the signature written. to give any explanation he might not think very clearly. They will The Bar Committee did not belleva desire and to establish this defence. forget that a Government official) thia evidence and considered the His Lordship made an order as who tries to put over a progres- matter of a nature which should be asked, returnable on December 17 sive programme has almost in- reported to the Court.

before the Chief Justice and one superable difficulties to contend Mr. Mahendram's defence was judge and gave directions as to the with. It is, indeed, not an enviable that somebody was guilty of im- dates when the affidavits should be position in which His Royal High- personation and he would have an filed.

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