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AUSTRALIAN STRIKE DEPORTATION AND THE LAW.

1926

NG IN 1926.

CHESS PLAYING. THE P. & O. S.S. “RAJPUTANA.”

A SOLICITORI

LONDON BOY BEATS CAPABLANCA. A NEW INDIA MAIL S STEAMER.

Capablanca, the world's champion chess After this year the law will provide, a The judgments of the High Court at The twin screw steamer Rajputana, built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Sydney in the Walsh and Johannsen very reasonable distribution of properly player, who was recently twice defeated Greenock, to the order of the Peninsular cases are unanimous in, stating that for those who do not make wills, and the in a Moscow tournament, played forty- December 19th, states the Daily Express. and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., was person domiciled in Australia before the ordinary man may find that, without any six games simultaneously in London on Federation cannot be classed as an im- effort on his part, it makes the will he won 34 game lost four, and drew delivered to the Owners on the 30th Demigrant for the purposes of the section wants-unless, of course, he wishes to eight. Rivkin, one of the pinyers who cember after, running very satisfactory of the Immigration Act under which the give legacies to charities or persons who uerented him, 19 ́ a boy of fifteen."

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The vessel is a sister ship of the Rawa! pindi, which was recently completed by the builders for the F. & O., and which

to the exercise, of other powers;

are not relatives,

abolished.

Capablanca oaly arrived in England the previous morning, but he immediate ly accepted the challenge of the Mac cabean Society to play forty-six games. at once. A few hours later he met his army of opponents at the Newman. Galleries.

Forty-six chess players-old, middle- aged, and young, all looking solemn and most of them nervous-sat down in forty- six gilt chairs in front of forty-six chess-

rectangle. boards on tables arranged in a hollow

Tho master walked into the centre, and there was a sudden silence Play had gun Capablauch, with his left hand in his trouser pocket, gare a hurried glance at opponent No. 3, quickly made" his opening move, took two steps to the right and repeated his performance. He

this forty-six times. The Erst moves were finished in less than eight minutes, and the next as quickly.

This went on for more than half an hour, until the master defeated the first

sound was made, not even the cry of of the forty-six at the fifth more. Not Check." The master checkmated the king in his stride and passed on the next board.

deportation proceedings were taken. Sir Adrian Knox, the Chief Justice, agreed On the whole though, even if the new with Mr. Justice Starke that the section rules of intestaey are quite satisfactory, was aimed at immigrants and not men it is better to make a will, for executors a short time age concluded a most success-bers of the Australian community, and can deal with property more quickly and did not extend to persons who had made easily than administrators. In such case ful maiden voyage to Bombay and back.

This latest acquisition to the P. & C. homes in Australia Parliament had the mere appointment of excentors by a Reet is a magnificent vessel of 10,000 tons authority to deport a person not belong properly attested will is sufficient, and gross and of imposing dimensions-ing to the people of Australia, but it it will be their duty to sell the estate ST0ft x 7ft. x 47ft 6in-and is in- was impossible to maintain" that either and distribute the proceeds as directed Mr. Walsh or Mr. Johannsen are im-hy the new alatute. This, of course, tended for the owners mail and passenger migrants. The section was valid as to includes all the land, and the heir is service between London and Bombay. She the exercise of power to make laws dekl has been built with cruiser stern, and to ing with immigration, hut invalid as

Wills settled By lawyers are likely to Lloyd's highest class, and complies in

Mr. Justice Isaacs said deportation become much shorter and simpler, because all respects with the requirements of thes within the competency of Parlia some of the long clauses now found in ment. Once an immigrant, always an International Convention for Lifesaving immigrant, was his view. Immigration them can be incorporated by reference to at Sea. The Rajputana is the ninety was not obliterated for ever by the mere a statute or statutory forms issued by the Lord "Chancellor. Take the case of a first vessel delivered to the F. & O. Com. Fassage across the frontier and the mo- mentary leap of a barrier which magi- pany from the builders' Greenock yard, cally and instantaneously transformed a testator who had a son whom he regarded Hinda er a Kanaka into an Australian as a spendthrift, and wished- to benefi a record which is a striking testimony to It such, was its meaning, the cherished without allowing him to take his legacy the community of interests existing be uational policy of Australia was in and squander it, or even to charge it.

perilled. The peril was only nominally Unce the lawyer would insert a lengthy The stalwart forty-six were not all to tween the two concerns.

lessened if the Hindu or Kanaka by im- provision enabling trustees to retain the be taken lightly by the master. There. Accommodation is provided. in lofty mediately adopting Australia as his home capital and, in certain circumstances, to was a little group of four in one corner!

who made him pause occasionally. Riv and spacious state-rooms for 307 first claimed the rights of a native Australian. pay the income to the son's wife or child

If a person settled in Australia in 1995 ren cr other persons. Henceforth the kin, J. Birnberg, all the brothers" saloon and 299 second saloon passengers engaged in terrorist and treasonable ac trustees may simply be directed to hold Goldstein are class players, and The Erst saloon accommodation is ar- tivities and Parliament prescribed deon protective trusts" for the son, and Capablanca was

portation, an immigrant arriving a section of the whole formula complete.mate them. In fact they checkmated ranged in one, two and three-berth rooms after 1924 and engaging in such pras on the Promenade, Bridge, Shelter and tices immune This was the first time in the history of British jurisprudence that Upper Decks, a prominent feature being such a doctrine had ever been pressed To uphold that ruling the relatively large number of single-upon a Court, berth rooms. Four cabines-de-luxe, each was entirely foreign to the theory and

practice of the British Constitution. with two berths, have been arranged on the bridge deck hear the first saloon entrance and main stairway, two being on the port and two on the star-beard side. These beautiful rooms have been specially designed, the treatment being carried out respectively in satinwood, sycamore, greywood, and light oak and The silver, with finely figured panels furniture and other appointmentà havé been most carefully thought out to give the greatest comfort, ccarenience, and sense of beauty.

Probably some testators may not like him. this kind of legal shorthand and will pre- fer that the effect of their wills should appear clearly on the face, rather than have to be sought in statues or printed forms. Such people can continue to have long wills as before, but the new scheme will be advisable if a will has to be made in a great hurry.

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The master never hesitated for more than ten seconds, however. Once of twice an intrepid member of the forty-. six made his answering move at once. Capablanco retaliated as quickly, and as he moved on cast a sharp, amused glance at his opponent as much as to Bay That will give you something to think about."

bottom extends all fore and aft, and is

A Daily Express representative asked divided into compartments for the car-that marriage revoked a will riage of oil fuel; fresh water, and water "The old law still holds good of a will him at the też interval what his secret ballast, while the fore and after peaks made in the ordinary form, but it is now was, and how he memorised all the are also constructed for water ballast. provided that a will made in contempla-games at once. Capablanca merely smil All the watertight doors below the load tion of a particular marriage shall noted and shrugged his shoulders.

"I am still the world's champion waterline are electrically controlled from he revoked. But the fiancé may note that the navigating bridge by the Harland and marriage to a lady other than the one until I have been challenged and beaten,' Wolf system, in addition to the usual mentioned in the will revokes it as hefore, he said. England will never produce hand operated control geår.

so that if he has the misfortune to be a real master until many chess tourna- jilted, and quickly consoles himself, whichments are organised in this country." sometimes happens, his death will not send his money in the wrong direction:

The wireless installation of the vessel ecmprises a long distance transmitting and receiving set, and a direction finder by the Radio Communication Co., while the motor lifeboat is also equipped with a set haring a radius of one hundred The second saloon accommodation is miles

The cargo handling appliances con situated on the shelter and upper deckssist of fourteen hydraulic cranes of the aft, and is arranged in two, three, and intest type and capable of lifting loads four-berth cabins, the two-berth rooms predominating. Here again the comfort of the passengers has been a primary con- sideration, all the fittings being of a most up-to-date character, and carried out on somewhat similar lines to those described for the first saloon accommodation. Wash-basins with fresh water laid on are provided in each room..

The public rooms in connection with both first and second saloon accommoda tion have received special attention, the treatment being' on different lines from that of the sister ship Rawalpindi, and have been executed under the direction of Viscountess Inchcape and her daugh ter, the Hon. Elsie Mackay..

The beating of public rooms, passenger and crew spaces throughout the vessel is carried out by means of electro-vapour radiators.

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The new iatcstacy makes fair division in the normal case between surviving spouse and family, but in a special one it fails to do so. This is where a man who bas saved a few hundred pounds, being left a widower with a young family, mar riea again and dies shortly after. In that case his wife takes everything and was send her stepchildren to the workhouse A man in such circumstances should cer- in her turn soon mar again and his tainly make a will, for his widow might The electrical installation is of a very successor might wish to get rid of the In the converse case a mother nced net complete and extensive character, the children. supply of current being obtained from four 150 Kilowatt steam driven generating sets be aneasy, for the law imposes the same located in the engine room, and a 235 burden on her husband in respect of her Kilowatt paralin emergency generating children by another man as of bis own.. set situated at the boat deck level Over Daily Afall. * three thousand lights are atted, including the emergency lighting which is available in case of necessity.

The Rajputana has been built from the designs of Mr. C. G. Deane, the P. & 0. Company's Naval Architect, and like her sister vessel, the Rawalpindi, exhibits. unusually graceful Knes and nobility of appearance.

The propelling machinery which has been constructed at the builders Belfast Works, consists of two sets of quadruple expansion engines of the balanced type. developing about 4,000 LH.P., supplied with steam at. 215 lbs. pressure by 4 doubled-ended, cylindrical boilers, fitted with forced draught and arranged for burning oil fuel.

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SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA. "Notice is given in the London Gazette. that the taking effect of the Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914, has been postponed from July 1st next until January 1st, 1927. The aperation of the Art, which is based on the International Convention for the Safety of Life. at Se has been postponed periodically. The Act was originally to have come into force on July 1st, 1515. Some of ita pravisions have since, in the light especially of the war experience, been much criticized in various quarters.

SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN “HONGKONGA

FOR FEBRUARY, 1928.

(STANDARD TIME OF THE 120TH MERIDIAN," KAST OF GREENWICH).

Date.

Sunrise. February 3rd.....7.09 1.

5th ..7.01 6th.

13th......6.57

Sunset.. 6.13 p.m. 8.13

21

4th.......7.02

8.14

7.01

0.11

Tthi...7:00

6.15

8th......6.50

8.16

9th......5.59 ",

8.18

10th.....8.59

-6.17

11th.......6.58,

6.18

19th.......6.57

8.19

6.19

14th.......6.58

8.20 25

15th......6.68 18th.8.55

6.20

17th......6.45

18th.......8.54

6,21 6.21 11 0.21

Inth......8.53

6.2.17

20th.......8.52 21st 851

6.23

22nd.6.50

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23rd. 8.50

6.24

24th. 1.6.49

6.24

25th.

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26th:

6.25

27th...

6.26

28th........46

6:26

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