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BEG TO ANNOUNCE !

NEW

CONSIGNMENTS OF

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IN

ALL DEPARTMENTS

YOUR INSPECTION

IS

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Money And Moods

Here There and I Everywhere.

ANTI-ROOSEVELT

The chain-letter mania in Amer ica has assumed a new form "It is now being used by Re publicans as a political weapon to undermine President Roosevelt's popularity. This political chain- letter is drawn up with the axme appeal and the same warning to the superstitious as other chain- letters

MAGNA CARTA FOR THE MARRIED

LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WIVES

TRULY MEMORABLE DATE IN

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

(By Helena Normanton)

HE date when the Royal As- logical framework for reform

Tsent transforms the Law Re-could doubtless have been deviseds

form (Married Women and Tort-But the Committee's terms of resta The text sets out Mr. Roose feasors) Bill into an Act of Par-¡ference were narrowed to parti- Felt's promises side by side with liament should become as mear-cular portions of the law, and it orable to English husbands as has followed that the "portions- his record of unfulfilment

¡now excluded still await consi-

THE PRESIDENT'S RIPOSTE

"

Husband Against Wife

One of

With a split infinitive American 1215, the year of Magna Carta.

By the new Act they will findideration and amendment patriots are urged "to patriotically make copies of this letter and to their liberties at last enlarged-

two major difficulties feend it to fire other men and ask! The outstanding feature is that

husbands will no longer be liable call for attention, and probably The Commit- Ithem to do likewise."

damages because their some minor ones. ito, pay

wives have committed those legal tee were asked to deal with "the among liability of the husband for the Copies have come into the hands wrongs known as torts -- of Mr. Roosevelt's advisers. They them libels, slanders, negligence torts of a wife," but not with the take a serious view. They think in driving motor-cars, or in the question of torts committed by that the chain-letter may play an management of other dangerous sponses against each other.

Owing to the Common Law important part in the Presidential things.

jidentification of the wife with election campaign of 1936. After

Prison For Debt consultation with Mr. Roosevelt Tradesmen will observe new the husband, it has always been they have decided to launch a pro-possibilities for sending married impossible for spouses to pro- Roosevelt chain-letter.

women debtors-to prison if they coed against each other in tort, do sajexcept for the fact that the Mar Their letter pleads for a charit-can

pay and refuse, to able view of any Presidential sins Hitherto it has only been for ried Women's Property Act of of commission or omission in view non-payment of rates that married 1882 gave a wife (under Section of Mr. Roosevelt's deep-rooted

incurred imprisonmen:12) certain limited rights for the sympathy with the under-dog and for debt. If they failed to pay protection of her separate pro- his humanitarian aspirations and Inland Revenue taxes, it was perty. The husband did not then achievements.

their husbands who had to go to obtain reciprocal rights

The new measure expressly The Democrats have gone one gaol, and still will have to go better than the Republicans. Their For refusal to pay ordinary preserves the position thus creat

Suppose a chain-letter urges readers to make debts, the spinster, divorcée, or ed. What follows? six copies, sending one direct to widow could be imprisoned. Not wife is malicious enough to slan-

the President.

women

so the married woman, judges have dubbed "the darling of the law."

whom der her husband so that his pro- spoilt fessional or business life becomes impossible, what remedy has he? brought He cannot even, obtain an injune- At the change now

but tion against her in tort. But the about, not only tradesmen wives may rejoice, for the com-fact that a wife may ruin her hus- pleter their load of responsibility band does not relieve him of his before the law; the more accept-legal liability to maintain her if able do they become as partners she becomes chargeable, or if s "If Shakespeare were here to-day, in important commercial enter-court so orders, although conceiv- he would be looked on as a remark-prises. Hitherto they have been ably it can affect the amount pay.

*

- Outstanding

The China Mail starved market, for any sale by the American Treasury, even of a small amount, would send the Hong Kong. Saturday, Aug. 17, 1935. price down out of all proportion, and a large amount could not

Your Daily Smile! be sold at all without a commer-j- cial slump worse than the last Considering that Washington do repairing bere?

Driver of Collegiate Car: "Do you

we Garage Owner: "Yeah, but It is sad to think what would has had the benefit of the best have happened to Ice House possible financial advice, one is don't do manufacturing Street if the long fit of quiet justified in assuming that apart resignation or despondency had from more or less minor conces- not been relieved by "a certain sions to the demands of the

financial Division Lobby, the effect problem the

dubious propositions, because in able. {liveliness" on front. When silver was on the duced has been the effect aimed

certain circumstances they be

A wide bas a slightly better The devaluation of the old."

came unamenable to the die pro-1 crest of its wave we warned our at.

Sold!

cesses of law to which all men chance of remedy if her husband readers that there were, other] American dollar indicated that

are sub-tortiously injures her in respect interests in American politics the policy, was, while avoiding

On a busy Saturday a lady tele-and all other women

of her separate estate, but not Silver State the obvious; cure for a high dol- besides the

otherwise. He may slander, or "Very sorry-not a seat left," said mitted Senators and at the time lar of reducing the tariff, to phoned for three theatre seats.

Bankruptcy Law when India and China were get the desired low dollar by the box office attendant, "but we have

Married women will also now libel her as an individual to his drew purely financial methods. The one private box" still buying hotly we

"Oh!" said the lady, "that's no use!! attention to the fact that devaluation did not send the

ey law of the land in general and jures her personally. realising dollar down as far as was hoped, I can't see anything from a private become subject to the Bankrupt heart's desire if it merely in

box! the "insiders” were their profits A new note ap- and there were caustic accusa-perhaps not, madam," retorted the not merely as traders. This again,tleman actually put up a tomb- peared in Mr. Morgenthan's tions against the British Equali diplomatist, "but everybody can see at first sight a penalty is in stone to his wife during her life- communications to the roomfulsation Fund of depressing sterk your

ounce

"Yes, he'd be more than 300 years)

The box was sold immediately.

The Slide Trombone

-

The one-ring circus was in town,

Ceros.”

EN

i

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

*Better Chance

One gen-

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Police Puzzled By Mystery

Taris

reality a boon, for the fuller the time, but the court refused to responsibility the higher is the award her any damages.

No doubt it would be a dis- of pressmen who attend upon ing by speculative sales. How-

grade of freedom attained.

husbands all these tressing thing to see him every morning the note ever that may be, the Silver

The passage of of apology. He enlarged upon Purchasing scheme was adopt- the big total of ounces of silvered as second string to the Trea- and the band was playing. The coun-changes through both Houses of and wives not only washing but. that he had bought, without sury bow, and has been very try folks recognised all of the instra-Parliament has been accomplish-drying and airing dirty linen in giving any pledge that he effective It spends dollars on ments except the slide trombone.

An old settler watched the playered without one word of protest our courts. The prospect is cer-- would go on buying at the buying a metal which does no-

for a time, and then turning to his from any of the women's organ-tainly unpleasing. But far worse- The official figures thing to send up the value of a son he said, "Don't let on that you isations, or any individual wo is the denial of justice brought same rate

of amount

which is based on notice him. There's a trick in it; he man. All, indeed, are welcome, about by the present state of the mar-currency of the

as being long-demanded reforms. law. ketable silver available were a gold. It has depressed the is not really swallerin it.”

Bat there is one change brought Modern Age surprise when they were pub-dollar price of the pound by lished; it seemed incredible that fully 20 cents per dollar a

Little Johnny: "Look at that thino-about in this Bill on which there

has been some variance of view. all the statements made by fin- very big proportion, if it is

Little Willie: "That's no rhinoceros;

Discussion has surrounded the ancial writers for years past borne in mind that the aim is to should have been such gross establish- 2 "de facto stabilisa- that's a hippopotamus. Can't you see gradual and partial abolition of the legal device known as the exaggerations. It is now clear tion" at $5 to the pound. The it's got no radiator cap?”

Restraint upon Anticipation, a that the attractive force of a present rate is only one cent

method invented by an ingenious half-crown

has been and a small fraction above that,

Lord Chancellor in former days enough to unlock the boards and the Treasury can afford to

whereby a married woman who and bring out shiploads of the go slow. A quick fall is always

A strange tragedy is puzzling metal that had escaped enu inconvenient to traders, and the meration. The consequence has Treasury is satisfied so long as The China Command issues a had money or land settled upon been that in the eternal battle the stream is going in the right notification that blank ammunition her could not encumber or dis-the police of Hantlieu, near

will be fired from the artillery depose of it by way of anticipation. Avesnes.

At the height of a violent than between bulls and bears it is direction b the bears that have secured The stabilisation ideal is, of fences at Hong Kong between the Only by decree of a Court could

then only in special circumstan-roof of a house occupied by as sentiment as an ally; and so far course, an excellent one, whe-hours of 12 noon and 12 midnight the Restraint be "lifted, and derstorm flames burst out in the insurance agent named, Henninot as markets are concerned it is ther de facto or de jure and on Tuesday next.

his wife and two little children. A whist drive in aid of the

Piecemeal Tactics once again proved that there is there is no reason to quarrel

Some of the feminist organisa- Husband Demented no greater fallacy than the old with the ratio of dollar to pound maxim that sentiment and as five to one, so long as policy Shek Lang lepers will be held in

different remains consistent. Our inter the Seamen's Institute, Wanchai, tions would have liked a total The house was burned out, the business

are two

est is in the means of attaining on Monday next, commencing at and immediate abolition of this charred bodies of the woman and

Others, upon careful children were things.

the object.

That there will be 9 pm For the convenience of device. There is no difficulty in äc- counting for the change if we any serious effort to reach the patrons the launch Dayspring consideration, have seen the wis-their death was attributed to fire divert our minds from the daily maximum amount of 25 per will leave the Kowloon public com of doing it piecemeal caused by lightning. - transactions to look at the cent of the gold reserve, or an pier at 8:30 p.m. and make a re respecting the provisions of ex Later the husband was dis- isting documents, but making the covered in the woods, demented. situation in the round." The open-market price for silver of turn trip at 11.10 p.m.

device illegal in fature doen-He declared that he had killed his first thing to take note of is that $1-29, need not be considered the terms of the Silver Purchase at all; it would mean the pur- His Honour the Chief Justice, ments. The difference of opinion wife with a hammer, but he

chase of four times the amount Sir Atholl MacGregor, and Lady has been upon the rate of effect. denied having set fire to Act were so vague and left so much discretion to the Treasury of silver already held, and such MacGregor who are at presenting the reform, and not upon the house. that the wording must have a depreciation of the dollar as on vacation in Japan. are expect principle. been very carefully drafted would cause retaliation abroad ed to return to the Colony on Praise having been bestowed, The maximum fixed-a quarter and panic at home Limited August 30 by the 8.8. Empress of certain criticisms of the total metal reserves, that purchases will continue to be Japan

of the pound is below five

is, a ratio of one to three to made as long as the dollar price gold is itself a moving boun dary. Since the Act was pass. After that American- alver

led the total amount of gold been larg Increased an value has inere

fallen

classed as "domestic”

tinue to be bought to employment in the the foreign

pe

HE WOULD LIKE TO ABOLISH HOLIDAYS

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be made.

These are relevant not to the able and learned Law evision Com mittee, which has so Lys kid int

the

recovered. and

CHILD FALLING FROM WINDOW

Caught By Woman

child

the