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PRESIDENT LINER

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

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S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Sails Saturday, Mar. 5th-8.00 A.M.

SEATTLE AND VICTORIA

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S.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Sails Monday, Feb. 14th. Midnight.

MANILA

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Sails Friday, Feb. 25th.-9 P.M. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

CANADIA

RAILWAY

12, Pedder Street.

8 DAYS

10 DAYS

5 DAYS

GoEMPRESS to America, Europe

Empress

Hong Shang: Naga-

Kong

Leave

Yoko-

Baki Kobe

Arrive Leave Leave

hama Honolutu

Leave

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Feb. 25 Feb. 27

Mar. 10. Mar. 20 Mar. 22

Mar. 1 .Mar. 3

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 10, 1938.

[PRISON TERM

REDUCED TO FINE

REVISION OF

FARM BILL

Represented by the Honourable Mr. Leo“ D'Almada, junior, #

Washington, To-day, Chinese junk-master, Leung Kam- The principal provisions of the tai, successfully appealed before revised Farm Bill were announ- the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac-ced yesterday. Gregor, at the Supreme Court this Firstly, continuation of Soil Con- morning against the prison sen-servation Act payments to farmers tence imposed on him by Comman-who are substituting soil conser- der G. F. Hole at the Marine Court ng crops. on January 24.

Secondly, control of the market- Appellant, pleading guilty to a able amount of cotton, tobacco, rice, charge of making his junk fast to corn and wheat, if the Secretary the m.s. Chile while the vessel was for Agriculture estimates prospec- under way, was given the maximum tive supplies as dangerously high, sentence of two months hard la-and disposing of the penal tax for bour after he had admitted five pre-sale of over quota production. How- vious convictions for similar of ever the quota will not be operated if one third of the farmers by re-

fences.

*3*

Appellant's Counsel pointed out ferendum reject. this morning that the maximum Thirdly, acreage withdrawn sentence for such offences was a soil depleting crop must not use fine of $50 or two months' impri-crops beyond farmer's normal needs, sonment, but influenced by certain otherwise threaten daily croppers. circumstances the learned Magis- Fourthly understanding that the trate saw fit to impose the prison programme need U.S. $500,000,000 : sentence without the option of a although it is not specifically men- fine.

tioned. It had since been discovered, con- Fifthly, a US $20,000,000 - ap- tinued Counsel, that the learned propriation for wheat Magistrate made a mistake by tak- ing into consideration, to which ap- péllant contributed by admitting, five previous convictions, whereas the appellant had only two pre vious convictions the other three being his wife's,': recorded in his náme.

Appellant was last convicted on March 18, 1936, and not on January 5, 1938, which was the record of ap- pellant's wife's conviction recorded on appellant's licence.

ance programme. U.S. $100,000,000, Authorisation

insure other crops.

creation

ation

Sixthly, individual payments limited to a maximum of $10,000.

Seventhly, establishment of ha- chinery with which the Secretary of Agriculture will try to develop new use in the markets for major farm products. — Reuter. ⠀

Counsel also pointed out that

LOCAL DOLLAR the sentence was too heavy- The The demand rate on the Hong offence, he said, did not warrant a Kong dollar. this morning was prison sentence.-

1/2

award at 19-15/16.

for-

Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant "Spot" silver was quoted in Lon- Attorney General, said the Magis-don yesterday at 20-5/16 and trate was perfectly entitled, as warning to others, to impose the The London on New York rate maximum sentence.

was quoted at £-US:$5,0112 and the New York on

U.S.$5.01-3/16. G

London rate

Reducing the sentence to a fine of $30 or four weeks' imprisonment the Chief Justice remarked that Court would not pass a maximun sentence unless there were aggra- vating circumstances, of which there were none in-this case.

Singapore Raw

Rubber

Messra. H. B. Joseph and Co., have received the following quota-

Rubber...

A house boy, employed by Misstions in Straits Currency for Raw Gray, of No, 2, Conduit Road, who was entrusted with $51 with which Van- to pay some bills has absconded, couver. according to a report made to the Victoria

Police. Arrive

Mar, 12

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