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› WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,

BETTING

AND LOTTERIES

BILL IN LORD'S

Drastic Measures

To Be Adopted.

UNEXPECTED AMENDMENTS

London, To-day.

A new betting and lotteries bill was read for the first time in the 'House of Lords last evening.

The purpose of the measure is to amend the law with respect to betting on tracks where sporting events take place, including the law with respect to totalisators on horse race-courses, to author-1 ise, subject to restrictions. the es- tablishment of totalisators on doy race-courses to prohibit betting on tracks with young persons under seventeen. and pari-mutuel bet- ting, except by authorised totalis- ators, and to amend the law garding lotteries.

The Second Kaif.

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The second half of the bill deals entirely with lotteries and prize corapetitions, and is of

drastic

character. Every person will be

Nazi Air Queen

Antonie Strassman

Aviation experts and woman air pl. lota of the United States are swap. ping yarns with Antonie Strass- man, lending aviatrix of Germany, who just arrived in New York. She came from her native land by boat rather than by plans......

guilty of an offence, who, in con- APPEAL ARGUMENT

nection with any lottery either in Great Britain or elsewhere. prints.j sells, distributes. offers, or adver-

CONCLUDES

tises or has in his possession for Judgment Reserved By sale or distribution any lottery

Full Court. tickets. British Wireless Service.

If he prints, publishes, or dis-

DUTY

tributes, or has in his possession, MR, SHELDON ON SOLICITOR'S for distribution, any advertise- ment of a lottery, any matter de- scriptive of the drawing or intend-

.

NETHERLANDS QUEEN

LAID TO REST

Cortege Passes Through Thronged Streets.

CEREMONIES OF SIMPLEST CHARACTER

THE CHINA

MY

flyfw: Short Story

LIBERTY

HALL

husband is in Atlantic whom I will call the Buckleys. Wei City, where they are trying liked them and they like us. We The Hague, To-day.

out "Dear Dora," the musical had dinner together at least twice The funeral cortere" of the]

week, and after dinner we play Dowager Queen Emma of the Ne version of "David Copperfield." ed bridge or went to a show or therlands proceeded through My husband wrote the score. He just sat and talked.

***Ben never turned down, ther noted them up himself and suggested invitations and often actually call-

| thronged streets yesterday, to the used to take me along for these

Palace Royal Mausoleum, at Delft, out-of-town openings, but which contains the remains of the Dynasty from, William the Sixth any more.

parties. Finally they moved to |to the present day.

He, of course, has to spend al-Albany on account of Mr. Buck- At the request of Queen Wilhelmost all his time in the theatre, ley's business. We missed them s mina, the ceremonies were of the and that leaves me alone in the great deal, and when Mra Buck- simplest character, involving the hotel, and pretty soon people find ley, wrote for us to come up there absence of foreign Royalties-Res-out whose wife I am and intro-for the holidays we were tickled ter.

duce themselves and the next pink. [thing you know they are inviting)

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.

Compulsory Levy Urged In Commons,

us for a week or a week end at: Dobbs Ferry or Oyster Bay, Then, it is up to me to think of some legitimate-sounding гербор why

we can't come.

In lots of cases they say "Well, If you can't make it the twenty- second, how about the twenty-

London, To-day. ` Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in the ninth?" and so on, till you simply House of Commons yesterday, pro-mad. and stays mad for days,

have to accept. And Ben gets

consideration mised sympathetic

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Mystery On The Train." by Dagny Kjarsgaard,

Well, their guest-room was ter:

to the proposal, that a compulsory He absolutely abhors visiting, ribly cold; It took hours to fill the reading levy for financing Industrial reland thinks there ought to be a law. bathtub; there was no search should be placed on indus-against invitations that go beyond lamp by the bed; three reporters dinner and bridge. He doesn't called to Interview Ben, two of

tries.

It was stated that there was an mind hotels, where there is a de-them kittenish young girls; the inerenang support for such a pro-cent light for reading in bed and breakfasts were just fruit and posal among the industries them-one for shaving, and where you cereal and toast; coffee. was not selves. British Wireless Service. can order meals, with coffee, any served at luncheon; the faucets in time you want them. But I really the wash-basin were the kind that NEW SOLICITOR

believe he would rather spend a won't run unless you keep press week in the death-house at Singing them; four important keys on ADMITTED.

Sing than In somebody else's the piano were stuck and people home.

were invited in every night to Mr. William Keith

hear Ben play, and the Buckley Robinson.

family had been augmented by a tremendous police dog who WAR "Just a puppy and never growled or.snapped at anyone he knew," but couldn't seem to remember

The conclusion of the appeal ed drawing of a lottery, or any against the judgment of the former list, whether complete or not, of Acting-Chief Justice, Mr. J. R. prize-winners or winning tickets Wood, on June 22, 1933, in connec- in a lottery, or any other matter (tion with property at No. 73, Bon- relating to a lottery, being matter ham Strand West, was reached this of the nature calculated to act as morning at the Supreme Court be- Mr. William Keith. Robinson an inducement to persons to par- fore His Lordship the Chief Justice,

ticipate in that lottery or in other Mr. Justice A.D.A. MacGregor, and the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell.

lotteries.

Nothing To Be Sent

It is also made an offence to

Judgment was reserved by the bring or invite any person to send Court and the hearing adjourned Jottery tickets or an advertise. Įsine dis. ment Into Great Britain for sale

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was admitted to practice as solicitor in Hong Kong by His Lordship the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice A. D. A. MacGregor at the Supreme Court 'this morn- ing.

The Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. C G. Allabaster, in introducing

The appeal is on a point of law Mr. Robinson, said that he was born or distribution, to send, or at-and a point of fact against judg-in 1910 at Newton Willows, Lan- tempt to send, money received, or ment in respect of property at 78 cashire, and was educated at Brad- any document recording the sale Bonham Strand West, or distribution, or the indentity of slightly under $100,000. a holder of any lottery ticket out of Great Britain. or to uac

tery.

terlen incidental to certain enter- tainments where prizes are not in money and are not only an induce- ment to persons to attend the en- tertainment.

valued

Three or four years ago we went around quite a lot with a couple

POPULAR PHOTO t Ben was not 'an uttar

COMPANY'S REMOVAL

{stranger.

awful day Ben

On the fourth gave out the news-new to him and to me as well as to our host and

Messrs. A. Tack Now hostess that he had lost a filling

Opposite Old Site.

which he would not trust any bat his own New York dentist to re- place. We came home and we never seen the Buckleys

The popular photo supply store, have at field. He was articled at St. Leo-Messrs. A. Tack & Company, which since.

nards-on-Sea, and first practised as has been such a land-mark in Des Mr. H. G. Sheldon and Mr. Leola solicitor in March last year. Helyeux Road, has been forced to re-feldent. They will hardly ask⋅ to|

It we do see them it will be ac-

WHEELER WOOLSEY HIPS, HIPS. HOORAY

HOLD

PRE-EMINENT LEADERSHIP BY THEIR SUPERLATIVE QUALITY

STATE EXPRESS

CIGARETTES

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ALBARDATH TOBACCO CO., LTD., LONDON.

any D'Almada Junior, instructed by Mr.was admitted to the Supreme Court! premises or permit for their use, M. K. Lo, appeared for the appel-of England in May 1933.

move as a result of the failure of there unless we ask them here, for purposes connected with a lot-fants, while Mr. F. C. Jenkin and

the Wembley Chinese Restaurant, and we won't ask them here for In acceding to the petition. Hin

fear they would ask us there. Exemption is given to amali lot-E. Davidson, appeared for the resa a member of a very honourable

Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. Lordship said that he would practice which formerly occupied the upper

floors of the building.

And they were honestly the most congenial people we ever met. pondents.

Fortunately Mesirs. A. Tack & profession, and that he must be

It was after our visit to the Appellant was Li Tee-shi, widow aware that his professional brethren Co., have been able to secure a suit-Craigs at Stamford that Ben ori- of 71 Shantung Road, Mongkok, ad-in the Colony had invariably shown able store just oppoalte, at No. 2ginated what he calls his "omer THE CODEX

La very high standard, and he hoped Des Voeux Road Central, recently gency exit". We had such a hor ministratrix of the estate of Woon-nam, who died in 1925. ► that Mr. Robinson would live up to vacated by the Sunfreeze Ice Cream rible time at the Craigs and such No Private Enterprise.

Respondent was Pong Taoi-ching, this standard.

Company, near the Radio Office, In worse time getting away, that Private Jotteries, conducted by of Shatin, New Territories, in The Chief Justice said that he'

Patrons will be pleased to find Ben awore he would pay no more members of one Society establish- whose favour the final judgment was very happy to accede to the peti-the new store so near the former visits until he could think up a ed for other than geming, and respecting, the property was made tion and wished Mr. Robinson every location, looking very much the same graceful method of curtailing: among persons who work or live by Mr. Wood.

success in his profession.

on the same premises, are also ex- Addressing the Court, Mr. Jen-| empted.

kin mid that in case of an appeal British Budget Surplus Contained The Bill also contains restric-,it was always presumed that be In Treasury Statement tions on prize competitions con-trial judge is right and that it' was] ducted by newspapers or in con- the onus of the appellant to displace moction with businesses' success, that presumtion, In which it does not depend to a To do that they would have to substantial degree on skill. Offen- show that the learned trial judge) ders under the measure would be failed to use or mis-used the oppor llable, on conviction, to a heavy tunity of giving a hearing to the fine on the first offence, and to witnesses; that he had neglected to

as the old one with attractive show-them in the event they pround un- cases and the familiar artistic win-bearable.. dow displays,

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Cameras, Films,

Plates Papers atc.

Developing Printing ind

** Enlarging,

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'PHOTO TAKEN DAY & NIGHT, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong,

Tel 22170,

SANAITICUS

MYSTERY

Claim By Sinai Monastery.

BRITISH MUSEUM DENIAL-

NO TOBACCO. LICENSE.

Mr. Wilkinson Fined $30 For Neglect.

Appearing on a summons, 'Mr. Here is the scheme he hit on?;

Wilkinson, of Lane, Crawfords, He would write himself a telegram

was fined $30. by Mr. E..W. and sign it with the name Ziegfeld

Hamilton at the Central Magis- or Gene Buck or Dillingham,or

London. tracy this morning, for having Was the famous Codex Sinal-sold tobacco without an appro- George M. Cohan. The telegram: would say that he must return to ticus, recently purchased from priate license. con- New York at once, and it would the Soviet Government by Great Mr. Wilkinson pleaded gui

Britain for 100,000. originally saying that the license, had been regive a reason. Then, the day we stolen by Professor Tischendorf overlooked. of started out he would leave it with from the Sinai Monastery?

Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt

imprisonment for subsequent of-have regard to some material cfr./set revenue so far collected amount. 187aft in the awarding of the con- Irene. the girl at Harms's, his Archbishop Porphryles, the said that the license should have:

U. S. AIR MAIL CONTRACTS (Continued from Page 1.)

(Continued from Page 1) sources the total ordinary revenue is now ameunting to £713,450,129 as for the whole year of £698,777,000 cently, following allegations compared with the budget estimate tracts, which were cancelled The return of the air-mail

Including self balancing, the bud-|

tracts, was proposed by President publishers, with Instructions to present Archbishop of Sinal, been renewed at the end of last year. fences-British Wireless Service. cumstance of the evidence; that he

to £795,180,129.

Booseyelt in a special message to have, it sept to him twenty-four claims that it was He has sent The tobacco license costs $80 | failed, in his cross-examination" of]

"expenditure_last" - week; Ordinary

Congress on March 7. the evidence, to notice inconsistency arch 26 was £674,682,240, which was £11,187,000 and the total up to

hours later on w

a cable to the British Museum S He recommended that contracts When it arrived at whatever authorities demanding its return fund such a friend and patron. or some undisputable fact, and

should be granted for a period not town we were in, he would either The British Museum officials You know that this famous finally, to show that the evidence compares with the budget estimate

of expenditure for the whole year exceeding three years "on full, fair have the host or hostess take It Batly deny this claim. They Bible manuscript has now been was untruthful.

competitive bidding, with a limita-over the telephone or ask the tele-have Issued the following state- presented to the exalted Em (of: £700,865,000,

When self balancing expenditurstion on the rate of compsasation, graph company to deliver it so he mentor su

peror", and antocrat of all -- the Is included, and special issues out above which no contracts will be could show it around. We would

"In view of the allegation that Russians as a testimony of our put on long faces and say how the monks of the monastery were and the Sinai monasteries eternal of the Exchequer referred to above, are accounted for the total expendi- The President proposed legislay we were, but of course basl dissatisfied with the arrangement gratitude. ture 14 2767,041,729,-British Wire- tion to protect the public interest nae was businesa, no good-bye and Chan Tent, a married woman, of Mr. Sheldon in his Anal address Service

by prohibiting the award of com- 19 forth. There was never

· No. 1, Tai On Street, first floor, contended that the appellants evi-

tracts to any companies whose breath of suspicion Safwanho., was fined $20 by Mr. denes was not accepted by the trial Introduction because, Li could not officers were parties to obtaining tolkeram wis ridiculou E. W. Hamilton, at the Central judge merely because the evidence and anyone else to take him and the former contracts in circum-ong Ba Magistracy thin morning, for keep in the case did not support her was obliged to risk exposure of stances which were contrary (40 ing two unregistered mui tesis, Li story. He submitted that her possession, of the deeds, which he good faith and public policy, Yuet, aga 21, and Laung Tsol, age story was "not disbelived and thai knew belonged to his mother,

TWO MUI TSAI OFFENCES,

Nominal Fines On Mistresses.

If on the other hand, he added;} the Court had any doubt at all, it would not disturb the finding. junder appeal.

Mr. Sheldon's Address.

M

fact made her story.........a- credible big dat Solicitor's ¦ Duty, Mr. T.F. K. Kemble, on behalf one,

of the defendant, pleaded guilty | Mr. Sheldon said that it was on a teclinical offence.

{known; what Li Kai-lol had:

Bub Inspector, W. B. Fraser said with the forged deeds duri that the girls complained that they 15 months and might,

were not allowed to leave unless one knew, have borrowed mone

their parente

redeemed them.

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married woman, of

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that

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