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A TOBTM CCO JUBILEE.

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JANUARY 18TH, 1998,

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It was in 1878 that lesers. W. Mercantile Bank, A. &,.,£32) nom.

Do Protests against the excessive D. & H. D. Wills introduced the P. & C. Bank. costliness of lawsuits were made in brand of Three Castles" sigar East Asia Bank

Clanton Inauraros the House of Lords by Lord Buck-ettes now known all over the work, Onion lusurance master, an ex-lord Chancellor, and so this is the golden jubilee year North China Ins by Lord Suinaer, who has been a of this famous brand. Cigarette Yangtate Insurance

Chini Underwriters...... $2.40 Lord of Appeal since 1983.

smoking was then in its infancy. China Fire furnose....$15 but their success immediate Hong

Hong Kong Firm Ins...860 635 13.

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T. 148 Boto.

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2000.

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of judges and ex-judges to assist and has been progressive from that tambonts20 buy.

in the discussion of the Landlord and Terang Bill. Ten distinguish- member with jutelat ex- rd perience contributed to the debate. This is what two of them said about this, east of justice :.

day to this. The triumph. of H.K. Toga ...

Three Castles," their founders Indo-Chinas (Fret)......$30 nom. D (Liat.) *****$48 aum. clailu, is, a shining example of Shell Transporta... nom. British enterprise, and British cou mercial integrity.

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These results have not "been ob Lord Buckmaster: If there is tained by chance and Messrs. Willa one thing that is a reflection upon ascribe them to:-(a)" The our system of administering justice used in selecting only the best and that hitherto we have lasti unable brightest of Virginia Tobacco Leaf: to remove, it is the cost of litiga (), The preparation of the Leaf sion. Inment litigants have frer to manufacture; (e) The quently to hard the whole of making of the Cigarette (4) The their savings to get, justice frum packing to ensure it reaching all the Courts of law. In the case of parts of the World in perfect con smail Brigants under this Act the dition; (e) The marketing to en fers of the expert witnesses 'nnd sure "fresh" cigarettes being obtain the pressary, irden of the cost of ab'e in both large cities and out Cosel may be such na to rob vig of the way hamlets in India, China. tory of all its spoils.

Affien, Australia and Amerien- fact all over the World where to becco is smoked..

The firm have made most careful

Kalan Mining Ad. Langkata(combined).. Dej (single) ba Explorations Shanghai Loss Raub

Trouob Mines.... HK. & K. Wharf... KW, Docks, China Providents Songke

Lord Sumner: In izigation. rosta like the poor, are always with s. Font know how cost3 can be cured except by the ablatudy of their business, they K. Lands tion of fitigation Do not be led ploy highly skilled manufacturers astray by the mirage of theap and have a world wide gales or justice. In this country justice is ganization. never cheap. It is difficult enough to get it at all.

"Denying Justico."

The Lords were discussing a new clause which it is proposed to add to the Bild dining the procedure to be adopted for settling disputes. This mensfre is designed to pro- vide compensation for tenants of Lusish prenses from landlords for improvements and good-will-at] the end of a leave, or. &ternative- ly, the grant of a new wase ou reasonable terms. Originally it was provided that matters in dis pute should be settled by a referee chosen from a panel of experts.

There were faicus protests from Legal Londe. To deny access to the King's courts is to deny justies to the king's subjects," said Lord Carson.

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firm cireplats-

bay, a. Says A World,"

10. (old) 3101 buy., 10.10. Throughout China this brand is

Do. (now).....$7) buy distributed by the British-American.K Eletrics

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From Macao Electrics

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Lord Summer pipposed that aditjen tribute to the enre disputes chaald be tried, according which Messrs. W. D. & II. b. Wie to the amount involved, oither by have kept up their reputation for 4 County Court or High Court the high quality of their products. judge, sitting with FL11 expert The duty Al 1 Basessor," he confided to the House, As to point out to the learned judge when he reed not take to

uch notice of the evidence of yx hert witnesses"

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Gold Flak: Fictures In China. The Wills brand of "Gold Take" have also had a great vogue in the Far East. Their popularity in England, and especially among Service men is proverbial. quantities were shipped out here to

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neet the requirements of the

"Lord Cave (the Lord Chanceller) "proposed, on behalf of the Govern-

st, that, in general, & dispute hanghai Defence Force. At the same time the firm. re-introduced should be referred first to the the series of picture cards, ont unty, rourt, the judge of which being supplied with each packet should then appoint a referes frou Everyone knows the craze at home a patel of experts to hear it and for collecting these cards and the report on it to him. Parties to the importunities of children of all dispute would then be at borty classes from uke's sons to cook's to object to the report before the sons nmd "street arabs" for court judge, who would cigarette cards. This is spreading ultimately give a decision. with Shanghai and Hong Kong, and right of appeal to the Divisional in due time the whole youth of

China may be emulating that Great Britain in making up their uniteries of enrde-which are of very real artistic merit anil fux of information of a zoological, co- mercial and historical nature, etc.

county

Churt.

Flis oljertinn to Lord Summer's plan was that the ordinary courts of the land were too busy already to find time to deal, at length with all these new cases an argument ПП which Lord Carson poured 55.12 ¡* L.

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This delate set up one new re cord to which Peers draw annoyed attention. There are no fewer than 164 amendments to the Bi on the Order Paper, and 80 of them were in the mare of the Lord Chancellor un behalf of the Government.

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