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SENSATION

IN LORDS

LORD HEWART ON

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DISGRACEFUL

MEASURE"

Supreme Court Bill

Denounced

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

NOT CONSULTED

London, To-day.

A sensational outburst by the Lord Chief Justice Hewart elec- trified the normally calm atmos- phere of the House of Lords yes- terday evening when he attacked the Lord Chancellor on the Su- preme Court Judicature Amend- ment Bill, which provides an ad-| ditional two judges for the King's Bench Division and for the ap- pointment of the Vice-President of the Court of appeal from the ex- isting Lords of Justices without regard to seniority.

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After Lord Sankey moved thei second reading, Lord Hewart complained that, as Lord Chief Justice of England, he was not shown the draft Bill nor sulted beforehand on the terms of reference, and that the per- sonnel of the Royal Commission was appointed behind his back, to investigate the congestion of the King's Bench Division.

AFFRONT SUGGESTED, As regards the clause ap- pointing the Vice-President of the

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Mme. Luisa Tetrazzini, world famous 'soprano, has disclosed in Rome that she will press criminal charges against her youthful hus band, Pletro Vernati, 25 years her junior, shown above. Vernati, who married the opera singer in 1926, and was separated from her two years later, assertedly has been st tempting to place her financial af. faire in the hands of a trustee.

Court of Appeal, Lord Hewart ARMS PROBE

suggested that this was an af-

front to the Lord Justice Slesser, DISCLOSURE

former Labour Solicitor-General,

on account of his political views. Lord Hewart concluded:

"The Bill is a disgraceful measure and unfair to the Bench, the Bar and the pub- lic.

"If the odious features are not

removed I shall adjourn my Court every day of the committee stage of the Bill to attend the House of Lords to fight its ob- noxious features, not clause by clause, but line by line and word by word."

The House of Lords immediate-

Reuter. ly adjourned.

AMMUNITION

FROM-U.S. ARMY

SOLD TO JAPAN

CONFIRMATION IN DU PONT FILES

CHECK ON ENGLISH SUPPLY

Washington, To-day.

to

An amazing revelation that the firm-of-Du Pont de Nemours ar TIME NOT YET ranged with the United States War ob. Department in 1922 RIPE FOR WAR tain from the Army reserve stocks, DEBT PARLEYS 160,000 rounds of ammunition le sell to Japan, was made yesterday BRITAIN'S REPLY TO at the Senate armi enquiry.

· AMERICA'S NOTE

OPPORTUNITY AWAITED

London, To-day.

The information was contained jin a letter from the files of the Du Pont Company, which stated] that it was not "regular proce; ? dure" but was not contrary to Army regulations.

A representative of the firm A white paper issued yester day evening contains a note from stated that when the War De the United States Government partment realised that Japan to the British Government trans-would get material from England mitting the statement of amounts they were glad to help us many- due under the provisions of the facturers."

1928 funding agreement and the moratorium agreement. of June

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4, 1952, together with the Bri-JAPANESE NAVAL DELEGATES

tish Government's reply thereto.

'The American note conveys the

Assurance that the United States

Government is fully disposed to

AWAIT TOKYO ADVICE

London, to-day. In regard to

BURMA DISCUSSED AT

INDIA DEBATE TORY ASSAILS POLICY

OF GOVERNMENT

OTHERS WARN AGAINST DRIFT

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE POSITION OF BURMA WHEN SEPARATED WAS CONSIDERED WHEN THE INDIA DEBATE" CONTINUED IN. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY. THE UNDER- SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, MR. RA. BUTLER, POINTED OUT THAT THE SAME GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE APPLIED AS WITH INDIA.

He described the constitution for Burma as a form of respon- sible Government subject to certain safeguards and reservallons, THE GOVERNMENT'S GENERAL POLICY WAS LATER VIGOROUS. LY ATTACKED BY BRIG.-GENERAL SIR HENRY PAGE-CROFT, WHO CONTENDED THAT A SMALL PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION OF INDIA, CONSTITUTING THE POLITICALLY-MINDED CLASSES, WERE DEFINITELY HOSTILE OR FRANKLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE POLICY AND URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO DROP THE SCHEME, DECLARING THAT THE RECENT ELECTIONS SHOWED THAT THE ELECTORATE WAS DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO IT.

POLICE TAKE

CHARGE DURING

The Liberal member, Mr. H. Graham White, and the Conser- ¡vative Member, Lord Eustace Percy made rejoinders warning against a policy drift, and argued OPERA FRACAS that risks might be involved in the Select Committee's proposals DEMONSTRATION IN but the abandonment of the pro- posals would entail not risk, but

Reuter. certain disaster.

VIENNA

Cries Of "Shame" Greet Clemens Krauss

...

GOERING'S NOMINATION CONTINUES UNMOVED.

Vienna, To-day.

A demonstration unparallel-

na State Opera occurred yes-

ed in the history of the Vien-

terday, when Herr Clemens

Krauss, the present Director. who has been appointed by the Prussian Premier, General

EXILED HUNGARIANS TO RETURN SOON

Budapest, To-day.

(MERCHANTS URGE

SUSPENSION OF

Worn and disheveled after their gruelling fight, Roscoe Turner (left) and his co-pliot, Clyde Pangborn, pose at the Melbourne air- port after Anishing third in the epic air race from England to Aus. tralla!

MAJOR-GEN. BRINDAS

IWAR OFFICE

NOMINATION

MRS. VANDERBILT FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL

Child Heiress Case To Be Fought To Bitter End

New York, to-de}} Mrs. Vanderbilt has filed no-' '' tice of appeal at the Supreme Court against the decision of Judge Garew in awarding the

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FOR SAAR AREA

East Lancashires In Contingent

1,500 BRITISH TROOPS

London, To-day.

As a result of the League Council's request that a' British

10,000 ARE HOMELESS

TWO PERISH IN

NEW YORK IN 12

DEGREES OF FROST

10-INCH SNOWFALL AT CHICAGO

$20,000 FIRE

New York, To-day, - Death and destitution and an epidemic of fires in various parts of the United States have fol-

lowed the severe bliz-

of

zards which are sweep- ing the country from coast to coast.

Twelve degrees frost were recorded in New York yesterday, where two deaths occur red. Shelters are being opened for 10,000 home- less.

A fire caused damaged

---・・・ CANTON SURTAX custody of her 10-year-old child Officer should be the Comman-at. U.S.$20,000 at the

EMERGENCY LEVY

· · NOT REPEALED

· REQUEST TO MINISTRY

[From Our Own Correspondent)

Cantón, To-day, Merchants who have been pay. ing many taxes to the Provincial Department of Finance are await- ing replay to their petition for cancellation of the surtaxes Im- ported agricultural products and other goods.

These surtaxes were collected to

A Yugoslav authority has informed be used for stabilising the notes Reuter that most of the Hungarian of the Kwangtung Provincial Bank, recently expelled from Yugoslavia will probably be allowed to return in the then valued at 85 or 90 per cent. In making of their face value. near future.-Reuter.

these additional taxes of 20 per cent., the Provincial Department of Finance undertook to suspend col- lection as soon as the Government notes reached par value.

Georing, to succeed Professor Furtwangler as Director of the Berlin State Opera, con- ducted Verdi's "Falstaff."

Herr Krauss received loud cries of "shame" as he ap

proached the Director's desk, followed by countercheers from another part of the au-

dience.

Police with drawn trun- cheons entered the auditorium: in order to intervene in the clash of rival demonstrators. A large number "were arrest- led."

Herr Krauss, apparently un- moved, conducted the opera without further interruption.

Reuter.

HUGE DUTCH LOAN TO GERMANY

Described As Utter Nonsense

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TERRORISTS MEET DEATH

Nine Executions In

Soviet

Minsk, To-day."

hetress, Gloria, to the child's cunt, Mrs. Whitney Res

PORTUGUESE COAST LASHED BY GALES

Lisbon And Oporto Areas Flooded

TWO PORTS CLOSED

Lisbon, To-day. The lower districts of Lisbon, Oporto and other towns have been flooded owing to excep tionally heavy rains and gales which have swept the country.

The ports of Lefroes and Oporto have been closed, to navigation.. Many trawlers are endangered by a sloop which is adrift. The crew of four have been drowned.-Reuter.

TAI SHAN WRECKAGE DISCOVERED

One More Body Picked Up

Shanghai, To-day.

Nine persons charged in accor- dance with the recent terror decree, Several lifeboats and lifebelts before the Military Tribunal, for with the name's.s. Tai Shan, and wreckage have been organising and committing terorist other acte against Soviet officials in White sighted near Lianyun Harbour Russi were yesterday sentenced by Chinese vessels,

One more' body has been re- to death and immediately shot; while three others were detained covered by the B.s. Haichow.

Reuter. for further investigation.

It is stated that the majority of the accused entered Russia through Poland, carrying revolvers and hand grenades.-Renter.

WEATHER FORECAST

ง

OSTEOPATHY

Lord Elibank's Bill Carried In Lords

London, To-day. Pressure has decreased consider-

The House of Lords yesterday discuss, through diplomatie chan- the London Naval conversations,

ably over north China and Man- nels, any proposals which the Bri-exchanges of view in technical and

churia and is now highest to the carried Lord Ellbank's Bill for the The Hague, To-day. tish Government might desire to other matters have beon proceeding put forward in regard to payment/from time to time during the last The report from Berlin that the north of the lower Yanrise The registration and regulation of], of this indebtedness, adding that few days, and it is understood that Royal Dutch Company has offered anticyclone has weakened consider- osteopaths against the Government such proposals would receive the Japanese representatives, have a loan of 400,000,000 gulders to ably and appears to be moving east-by-35 votes to 20 careful consideration with a view now asked their Government for Germany is described as the great ward. The local forecast, as issued Lord Elibank explained that the moties attending the work of genuine to eventual submission to the further guidance as to some method est possible nonsense by one of by the Royal Observatory, this object was to remove the disabili

Josteopaths American Congress.

for getting round the present diffi- the Royal Dutch Company direc-morning, is north east winds,

derate; cloudy.” culties, British Wireless Service, tors-Reuter....

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der-in-Chief of the International Steeling shipbuilding force in the Saar, the War Office

have appointed Major car plant at Somerset, Mas G. E. S. Brind to that post, sachusetts.

The British contingent, which

will number approximatey 1500. New low record tem- will consist of Headquarters 13th peratures are being re Infantry Brigade, Commander gistered in the neigh-

Brigadier, J. H. T. Priestman, 1st

Battalion East Lancashire Regi-bourhood of the Adiron ment, 1st Battalion Essex Regi-dack Mountains......... Six ment, together with a small de-

services.

tachment of other arms and inches of ice covers the Maine lakes, central while a 10-inch snowfall has blanketed Chicago.

(Continued on Page 12) LEAGUE TRIUMPHS ACCLAIMED

Wins Battle Against“ Revisionism

Prague, To-day.

HOTEL FIRE DRAMA AT MICHIGAN

MISSING

The recent session of the League 100 GUESTS STATED Council will have a most salutary- effect on international politics in 1936, declared Dr. Edouard Benes, the Czechoslovakian Foreign-Minia ter, in an interview.

"

TEMPERATURÉ JUST ABOVE ZERO BUT MANY DIVE

INTO GRAND RIVER "We can be satisfied that the League of Nations has settled such far-reaching problems as the Saar! Lansing, Michigan, To-day.

hundred out of ap and the Hungary-Yugoslav dispute One

at We have won a battle against Hotel, which was

re-proximately 200 guests visioniam," he said.-Reuter

missing people will be found

SHANGHAI-YUNNAN destroyed by freyesterday,

AIR LINE $250,000 Grant Made

have been accounted for, though It is anticipated that many of the missing people will be found safe.

The police opine that between Shanghai, To-day 20 and 50 bodies are buried in The China National Airways the ruins. Seachers will start Corporation bi-weekly passenger digging to-daynardus li

Canton will be resumed in Jan-

service between Shanghai and The guests at the Hotel includ- ed 20 State legislators, five of uary, The Communications

whom were found dead. One is Ministry has appropriate, $250,- missing and another is belleved 000 for the C.N.R.C. for a Shang to be dying from his injuries. hai-Yunnan air line. Trial fights will be hade next Spring-Reu

ter.

CHINESE CUSTOMS MAN SHOT IN FOOT

Some of the victims were found in the ruins and others In the icy waters of the Grand River, into which they jumped to escape the raging Inferno.

Ho Lai, of the Chinese Maritime

survivors escaped in

runshot wound in the Customs, has been admitted to the night attire and fled through the

tained at Kwa Nin Stanley Tung: Wah Hospital sun

Lula tem- few degrees

from live cove

jire

zero.

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