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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947.

"THE LAW DOES NOT CARNIVAL

CONSIDER TRIFLES!"

position to be authoritatively

In the course of a poll, held the Old Balley, or the Police were not satisfied with being! recently under the aegis of a Magistrate who forces upon them well meaning: they wanted the newspaper, A representative His Majesty's hospitality. cross-section of the public was asked in effect whai were la opinions on two questions --

Jungle Of Rules

defined by the Ministry so that they might sleep' c' nights. They

it face to face. rushed upon their fate and met

The Ministry said:

VAre all men equal before the There remains then the vast law?" and "Is there one law bulk of the people to whom "The for the rich and another for the Law" means not so much civil 8 months..

"The Ministry are advised poor?" montby

If put in puble, such questions or criminal law in the Abstract that this supply by way of gift One year ..... H.K.$72.00

addressed to a lawyer who as the vast jungle of minatory of a cake by the producer of orders having the the cake is competent by virtue ............ | should be qualified to answer rules and

would be futile. To the first force of law in which modern of Article 8 (1) vi of the Food question every orthodox lawyer legislation compels them to Rationing (General Provisions)

Order 1947 but that the handing from the Lord Chler Justice wander. down to the tyro with a brand

When speaking of the law to. over of the cake to the winner

4 (an new wig, and

the gown, would of day all depends

well in a competition. without The accompanintent of B

appropriate course reply in a tone admitting known professor would say) on aurrender of the twelve per cent. dividend for of no possible probable shadow what you mean by the law. jnumber of bread units would be Telephone Company shareholders of doubt "Yes" nevertheless, to

The disquieting fact is that to a breach of the Order."

people "The Law" with a warning that representa-such a question "off the record" most

However, to do the Food tions have been made to Govern-in the smoking room of his club nowadays means not so much Ministry justice, it added,

of doubt to save the face of its ment with a view to an increase he might very well reply only the general administration in telephone charges must seem, with a cynical and non-committal Justice and equity in courts as official, that it would not with- the irritating Intricacies of the draw his concession but that it to the average user, a somewhat smile. peculiar combination. Nor will To the second question put forma and orders prescribed by should not be regarded as a

in public he would reply just

beaucrats. There in indeed precedent and that no he find it particularly easy to accept the arguments advanced in club he might be wisely mute.

emplytically "No." In the tile in daily life which is too concessions would be given.

small and petty to engage their Now let some-one quote, the justification. Agreed the Tele-

legal_maxim that "The law does On the other hand, such attention. phone Company's profits arc

questions, put to a Jayman,

In that sense, "The Law" is no not conskler trifles. on ศ much lower scale than would produce different reae longer a public benefit: It has they were prior to the Pacifictions. It is indeed difficult for War. Half a million dollars, a member of the lay public to pettifogging nuisance, nevertheless, still represents a reply without bias. Ha, reply] very substantial sum. It is true, however honeatly given, would]

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become n public and personal! Anglo-French

Take such an instance as this one out of hundreds and re-

(also, that labour costs are con- most likely be an ungongelous markable only in in incidence Talks On

tinuing to rise and the recent in- expression not of opinion but of but not in principle:

annual creases in pay of artisans general-prejudice coloured by his own

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known facts,

some increase

in

Different Images

A lay litigant who loses his case is usually in full accord | with Mr. Bumble in his convic

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Lunthon, Sept. 26.

COPA. 1947 BY HEA SERVICE, MRC, T. M. REG, U. §. PAT. OFF.........

By Dick Turnar

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Okay, Pop, but you know what they say-thia'll prob❜ly

hurt you worse'n it does mo!'!

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

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a-anybody blso. So when the heart was lod he refused to take the trick twice," but played his 10. His A had to take the heart lead, however, blocking the sult permanently. Later he got to diamond tricks, but no more, and he could never put West in the lead again to run hearts. If East-had-overtaken the heart K with the A, the first seven tricks could have been run.

Tomorrow's Problem

I must cut further into the Com-gorance or misunderstanding horticultural society it has long

of the principles and the proce.been the custom (except during Terbnical discussions have been pany's revenues. It is a fact, 199, dure of the law and by his own the wara) for members to con: held recendy hetween the British and that of all the charges for vari- experience in some case or other tribute the ingredients of a cake: French authorities on arrangements

services provided for this

the enke a baked: the visitors by which In which he had been concerned

the French Government

elded to steer the contract into n community, 25

Kuesa its weight and the best will provide asylum for all the compared with Com-

"takes

declaration which might not he the Telephone

*guesser Hilerally

the 4.310 Jews from the illegal immigrant preswar,

cake" or does he?

ship President Warfield, who wish

reached at any other table. pany has increased the least, the

jto avail themselves of it,

After North's diamond opener, present rates being no more than

Detailed arrangements för the Stoli players cften fail to see he reckoned the side strength 50 per cent, above those of 1941.

srampore of such Jewn an accepted the advisability of playing a might be in the ether rod sult, the offer have been worked out with higher card on their At a period in local commercial

partner's thereby plugging up all four with This year, the Committee, the French Government, while the honour which in patently a win-song kind of stopper. But when history when profits generally on that "The law is a hass"

whereas auch litigant, if a being a nervovaly law-abiding eening of Immigrants is going on ner of the current trick if a low he hid his first No Trump. West. are greater than ever before, it i

card is played. It is absolutely ledveed what he was up to, as The French not unnatural that the directors winner, will agree wholehearted body, knowing that nearly every at the camps near Lubeck.

Government.

with ha essential to successful defens he was fomillor

South's ly with a Judicial and shareholders of the Telephone dictum

obiter darned thing the people want to

agreed in principle to keep it offer against many contracts, however, weird technique. West therefore of years ago that do is 'verboten' by one or many open in reply to the urgent British Failure to do it can result in the passed to conceal his heart auit, Company should find something"Law is the perfection of com- of the thousand-and-one

rules request

made shortly before the blocking of, y sult and presenta-hoping there would be more No anomalous in a position which so

which govorn Us,

thought It Jews on board

the three British tion of his contract to the de- Trung bidding, as there · was. seriously restricts their own capa- { Again, the words "The Law" safer to make enquiries about transparts which took them back to clarer. Such inept defenders, how- East, an unimaginative player, city to climb up on the band bring different images to the the legality of the cake business. France from Haifa reached Ham-ever, probably will never learn to was not in West's class in any spot the times when it is neces- respect except that of speed. He wagon. And possibly, an the lay mind. To one man it may It carefully drew official atten- burg earlier this month,

The only French stipulation in mean the black-silk robed and tion to the fact that all the in-agreeing to keep the offer open after a trick twice."

sary to do what they call "takin could play his cards as rapidly ere given the immigrants reached Germany the rate would be fitting. It is, white horse-hair wigged figure gredients of the cake

of the Chancery free, gratis and for nothing was that none of them should he however, strongly to be hoped of a Judge that in making its decision

Division interpreting a document) An official of the Food Ministry, forced to go to France.

Earlier, the possibility of landing or deciding a partnership action: apparently semi-human, went so this case, Government will to another it may bring a picture} far as to look the other way and in France had been rejected by all adopt the principle

very 'small minority of the that the of a scarlet-robed Judge of the permit the competition.

Jews when the three ships were $74 test of a fair rate is the ability of King's Bench Division giving

Still the horticulturalists were lying off Port de Bouc, on the south HKQJT the Company to earn profits at the judgment in a case of tort or not-mentally at rest. They coast of France-Reuser-

-----0.54 --- DJ exceptionally high pre-war level, what not. To yet another it may Shareholders have a right to ex-suggest the President of the pect a reasonable dividend: the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty ability of the Company to main-Division declaring a will to be tain its service at a high pitch invalid, or dissolving a marrlage of efficiency should not be im- obviously not made in heaven or | deciding a dispute between those paired. These are the only con- who go down to the sea la ships, siderations: and on them the

To people of the underworld Company should he expected to "The Law" may conjure up make out a good case before an vision of the "Red Judge' at increase in rates is authorised. No hint was given by the Chair- man of the amount of increase that has been urged on Govern- ment, so that discussion of the; equity of the clain is rather in the dark. It must, however, be apparent that tho Colony has recently been losing ground ra- [pidly in the fight to achieve a more stable economy, and that every addition to general costs will further postpone a return to sane price levels.

the Chinese position as solidi-Americans that under the FEC Whatever is finally decided, Į Two

ago Commodore fiell during the past week bas and other agreements 'China however, it is at least to be Biddle of the American Navy made it necessary to open has a major role in Far East-

visited Japan in the United Chinese-American negotiations crn decisions. new provisions

States ship "Columbus" of 74 will not include the introdue guns, having the, stoop "Viu looking to some agreement on tion of the message rate system, cennes" in company. On the re- the question. about which there has been

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The hero of this duplicate deal DQJ703 Japan to insist that the Far Eastern should have been West and the CO2 preliminary nation

Commission autup with ita pro-villain South. But ne it developed exe peace conference to meet visions for the veto be used to South was the here and East the

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Unit-write the treaty. Ong school goat. South was one of thoug ed Nations General Assembly of thougat holds that the Chi- smart-Alecky chans whose tourns has been knocked awry by theese, stung by Lt. Gen. Albertment scores are, always full of Chinese "décision to aide with Wedemeyer's criticism of the tops and bottoms-unbelievably the Soviet Union in insisting Central Government and re- terrifically bad orex on the Big Power, veto being sentful of the United States He is always shooting for ex-South of 6-No Trumpa on this applied to the conference deciso freely expressing its opin-travagant tops and therefore de deal after the diamond Q lead?

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(From the files of the "China" within a few days. However, weight around to remind the Mail).

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London, Sept. 25. Britain has proposed to the United States, France and the Soviet Union that the London meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers should be held at the end of November to avoid a clash with the General Assembly of the United Nations, a Foreign Office spokesman stated tonight.

involving. as it does a conincurring the slightest personal France, Netherlands, Philip at the weekend be stated with ber

con-

a turn

of the good deal of rumour. There Macaoher officers made no this point to reveal exactly The other school professes to secret of the reception they met what official statement of the read in the Chiese action are distinct advantages in the with at Yedo, mentioning that Chinese position has been made some intention to use their system, from the Company's Commodore Biddle had been push to the United States Govern- position to bargain with the viewpoint, at a time when presed or struck off the gangway in ment, it can reliably be report Americans for economic ald.

exchanges is as attempting to visit a

Japanese heavy as it is in Hong Kong Just Junk. This might have occurred ed that Chinese Foreign Minis- The highest sources here ad- were they still to the Commander of any foreign ter Wang Shih-chich's state-mitted that now. One of the immediate vessel, and there appeared a ment to the United Press was without definite indications as effects, it can safely be assum-reason to disguise the fuct not the first word the State to just what the Chinese were ed, would be a reduction in the Commodore Biddle's countrymen. Department had received on aiming at. They expected,

however, thought differently and the Chinese attitude. number of calls, and consequent-threw discredit on the report.....

however, that the situation Authoritative sources said; would be clarifled within the ly far fewer complaints about Commodore Biddle acted with

He added that the proposals "I see no reason why Ger- crossed lines and other such great forbearance-forbearance, the United States would at- next fortnight by conversations

were then modified, by, the many should not be able to fm- idiosyncrasies of overtaxed equip considering the force under his tempt to clarify the situation with Dr. Wang and the Chinese French and United States Gov-prove her cenomic life ment. Telephone-users, on the command, which can only be at-with the Chinese before taking Ambassador to

crnments to postpone the considerably in the next few years tributed to the purest feelings of any further steps.

States, Dr. Wellington Koo,

of by hard work and determing other hand, where they have be humanity. He might have swept

both of whom are attending the feratices of special deputies come accustomed to the flat the vessels with which he was

United Nations. sessions in the Big Four Foreign Ministers lon," Mr. Snyder was reported. tate basis of charging, heartily surrounded from the face of the

New York...

for Germany to open on Oct as having salā: V

"It looks quite clear to me dislike the alternative system, water, destroying hundrede, por-

The only thing which could to the beginning of Novem haps thousands of lives without

that her production should be These proposals have been put into force for the general- tinuous check upon calls, the risk. Under the circumstances pines and India already had certainty was that no peace setting up of office regulations many foreign Commanders would signified their willingness to conference invitations would go communicated to the Soviet recovery-of-Europo

with an 11-nation out until the United States and Government whose view is not Meanwhile, 21 more former covering the use of telephones have done so. In refraining from proceed

German war planta were relena. all of it adding up to one more avenging a personal, and it would conference with decisions to be China had a showdown on the yet known.

"appear, unintentional assault, by reached by two-thirds majority | question.

The French and United) ed, for distribution through the point of exasperation among the Indiscriminate slaughter, Com and no veto power, for any na. Meanwhile, American officials States Governments, It is un-Interallled Reparations Agency petty difficulties of life,

modore Biddio "seta, an example

derstood, have suggested that in August, which, I wore desirable other tion, Until China sprang her were said to be studying the if the Council of Foreign MinTwo of the war, plants have Naval officers should imitate in surprise, Russia was the only American press and publle reisters does not open until the end been handed directly to the thole: Intercourse with amination which had insisted on action to Secretary of State barbarous nations.

the veto power and also con-George Marshall's announce of November, it is unnecessary Soviet Union by the Agency in tended that the writing of the ment of his intention to seck to hold the Conference of de Brussels which distributes the putles six or seven weeks, in plants to the states entitled to Cairo, Sept. 25.

treaty, should be the preroga United Nations' decision on

receive them as "reparations Badr Pasha, Egyptian Finance Juit landed ox-"Crown" and tive only of the Asiatic Blg the Korean deadlock Quad- advance. Minister, commenting on preds reports that Egypt.could not af for Private Sale at the Auction Four-the United States, Rus fled sources said that the Unit-It was reported. From Berlin Rouler

sia, United Kingdom and China. ed States, will decide on a basis that Mr. John W Snyder United Mart, Waterloo “ Curry i-combs, ford to remain outside the Hunting whip: thongs Hunting

The Americana. and British of such reaction whether the States Secretary of the sterling area, déclared today whips, superior Olk and Carriage had decided that the urgency time in ripe, to reveal Ameria Treasury, left Berlin for Paris

Catre, Sept. 2 that Egypt might reenter the whips, basted. Wobbed farne of the question made it worth can Intentions to give long this afternoon, He has been on Egypt on Thursday (Channed sterling area. If she cannot ob- Brushes, Tanned Leather Fores while to risk proceeding with term sonomic aid to Korsa a brief visit to Berlin for talks further pilgrimages to store the tain sufficient dollars under the ten Leggings, best Polished twist our Russia white, at the same whether, the United Nations 11 with American financial experts, so because of cholera out present

Much depended on the out. Dik and cure for Pony time hoping for a last-minute successfully

vory heat suporter. Weymouth in Beldins, come of the current Anancial spas do, Horse Collars, Rena talks with Great Britain, he Stall Collars and Chains, acadar Bald Reuter,

EGYPT AND STERLING

change of heart by the Soviets country or whether. It continges Observers herein close to be divided into American touch with the Far Eastern and Soviet songs of cocupatio Mituation - are divided, in their United"Press.

Serious

break About" ' 6,500, Moslems Mr. Büyder, declared that the afrgelly, had-leff for the shrine, in'" Germany.. was. The opentog of schools, sche but a coumi

had und "for next month was post #Its recovery;

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