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CHINESE LEGAL EXPERITESTIFIES Dignified Fishing? IN OPIUM CASE

Chinese barri

House

London, To-day.

Common

Labour

George B Strauss, rat law of the

member for N. Lambeth, asked

Imer Templ Mr. Loo Hing-yun, formerly Chief Justice of the High Court and the Special Criminal

of Kwang Court of the Provinc tung, gave evidence in the capacity of an expert on Chinese law at the Supreme Court this morning when the civil action, in which Messrs KSMR Kazeroom and Sons and the Taiwan Bank Limited claimed £10,000 from Messrs. Rockmers Khederai, AG. for the loss of 100 cases of opium, was continued be- fore the Acting Chief Justices. Mr. Justice C G Alabaster

Plaintiffs were represented

Mr. Eldon Potter, K. C and

H. C. Macnamara, Mr. HG.

if the Government considers it “dignified and adequote that the portrait of the Prime Minis ter Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the British pavilion at the Paris Exposition, shows that eminent statesman fishing hook and line-Havas

BRITAIN GIVES UP EXTRALITY

don, K. C. and the Honourable Mr. RIGHTS IN MOROCCO

Leo D'Almada, junior, appeared on

behalf of defendants.

The plaintiffs alleged that negli

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London, To-day.

Convention between the Unit- gence on the part of defendants ed Kingdom and Fran contributed to the confiscation by from the abolition of

Claus Rickmers.

his committed

themes of the law of

of

the Shanghai Chinese Maritime in Egypt and from the obligation Customs authorities of the 100 of His Majesty's Government

der the declaration between cases of opium which board defendants sel, the BS United Kingdom and France

1904, relating to Egypt and Moroc This morning Mr. Potter quotedco will be signed in a few days. several

in support The Convention has already been that defendants initialled by the two delegations.

The effect of the Convention is of China and of the to abolish British capitulatory regulations of the Chinese Maritime rights, including British post off- Customs, and as a result the opium ces, in was confiscated.

Before giving evidence on Chin-tected persons and British ese law, Mr. Loo, in reply to Mr. panies will become subject to Macnamara, admitted that he was jurisdiction of the safe tribunals

the Inner a barrister-at-law of

and will enjoy the same personal French citi- Temple.

and private rights

the French zone of Moroc

Berish British subjects,

Since the year 1920 witress zens and companies. served the Kwangtung Government French capitulatory rights in the capacity of Presiding

of the Supreme Court of

the Administrative Counge Zanzibar are also abolished-

the

and Commercial matters are not cover- Attored by the Convention and will form

Iney General of Canton, Chief Jus- the subject of separate negotiations.

tice of the High Court and Special British Wireless Criminal Court of Kwangting, and

was during 1927 and 1928 Presid ent of the Shanghai - Provisional Court and Appeal Court He is now practising law in associated with (Solicitors)

was

Witness testified that since 1449 there have been laws enforced with regard to importing, exporting and selling opium. "Import"- in Chinese language was equivalent in the English lan

in from foreign count

“bringing

BRITAIN DEFENDS EVACUATION OF SPANISH REFUEGES

The deg

effect the

An offence is munitted imme blockade diately opium is brought into

ese territory or Chinese territorial depend upon the waters.

According to the Opium Suppr

Act, transportation

was also prohibited

Customs an must be writing

ese territory

at

inging

to prevent anggling of opium. The case

BRITISH LABOUR

BAGGAGE TRANSFERS LEADER PASSES

Efficies

PROVIDENT

ORTGAGE

that particula

London, To-day.

uch the removal besieged or might or might not

nation, must

tam

His Majesty's Governmen in the

evacuation of

Dom Spain

conflict

motives"

not com

ation

the

have

greement or is olicy of non- have

ester-

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