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DIFFERENCES IN LAW REVEALED

Conflict Between Chinese And U.S. Codes

Shanghal, June 17.

A point of difference between Chinese and American law

States ocoupled most of the morning in the United

Court for China yesterday in the casë, of Chen Wong-shih against Mr. Charles H. Raven, Jr., who is the defendant on a charge of kill- ing a Chinese in an automobile accident. Mr. FB. Davies, at-- torney for Mr. Raven, fled a demurrer against the proceedings.

Mr. Davies contended that un- then it wai

unnecessary for the less the plaintif was actually the Court to act. the relative auto- administrator of the deceased's | matically becoming the adminis- estate, she was not entitled to que. | trator. His point was that if the wife of the deceased could sue"successful-

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ABYSSINIA'S PRESENT SITUATION

NO ONE TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY

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London June 22.

SCHOOL FOR AIR PILOTS

Finishing Courses For Empire Airmen

WIRELESS-METEOROLOGY- ENGINEERING-NAVIGATION

Seventy aeroplane pilots have gone back to school again. They sit at their desks in class-rooms, just near London's busy air-port at Croydon and, while they listen "to lectures, big air-liners go droning past overhead,

Questioned in the House of Com- mona regarding the present akua- tion in Abyssinia, Foreign Secre- tary Mr. Anthony Eden sald he had no news of recent Italian military movements but according to the estimate prepared about three weeks ago, the area in Italian mili-

All these men are already quall, operating; while the mileage of iary occupation is less than half

Bervices nas fled plicts, holding their official the European air. that country but represents the This was in direct contradistinc-most important part of Abyssinia, licences as commercial aviators. All tion to American law which re- including two principal cities. of them bave spent long periods up quires that the administrator or Addis Ababa and Harar, and within the air. But the work of art air the deceased be appointed by the one exception, all recognised chan- Court and that the administrator nels of communication with the alone might sue or be sued.

outside world. With regard to the Mr. Davies made the point in other area, he could only speak of the administrator of the decensed reply that all who came into the western Abyssinia which included could sue, thus giving the defen-US. Court must comply with Ame-one remaining channel of dant the protection of being sued i rican law, to which Mr. Weiner munication. only once should, the suit be suc- stated cessful.

ly, then all of the relatives of the deceased could also gue. He cited a number of cases in the Court of Appeals in the District of Colum- bia, where it was unbeld that only

In the present-case., however: he went on, the wife of the deceased. was not the duly appointed ad-

ministrator of the estate under American law, and thus could not sue his client until she had made herself so..

that the Chinese Court

appoint

the Chinese Civil Code.

DEMURRER OVERRULED

In his judgment the judge sald to write an that he would like

were

200 towns and

reached a total of just over 80,000. From London, by the summer schedules, there will be air con- line captain grows more exacting nections to nearly every day. Far more is required of cities on the continent. Among him than just sitting at the con- places abroad now linked with trols and flying his machine and Croydon by regular express air ser! as air-liners grow bigger, and more vices may be mentioned:-

Amsterdam, Antwerp, Basie, com-powerful, the work of their crews

becomes "correspondingly

Leipzig, more Copenhagen,

Budapest Berlin, Bremen, Brussels, Cologne, According to the recent reports responsible..

When civil nying began, pilots | Hamburg, Le Touquet. Le Zoute.. would not nullify its own law duly from .the acting Governor at

flying small single-engined i Malmo, Ostend, Paris, Prague, to

an administrator. Khartoum and Consul at Gore, the Judge Helmick asked several ques-country was in hands of the Gaila Pianes. Then came big 3-engined Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.

Also within the European net- tions on this point and consulted population who were hostile to the craft which first merited the des-

and Emperor's Government.

Such cription of air-liner. These were work, with connections to

followed by 4-engined air giants from London, are cities such as Amharic officials as remained were

developing 2,000 horse-power. And Belgrade, Dantzig, Leningrad, Mos- not he understood, in a position to exercise authority. He could not

now to-day Imperial Airways have cow. Rome, Salonica, and Sofia, in construction a great fleet of fly-

Throughout the summer In- DIFFERENCE ELUCIDATED

estimate the strength of armed

Iandplanes, the perial Airways will be operating In reply Mr. Myron Weiner, at- opinion on the point in question Abyssinian forces. His Majesty's g-boats and

crews of which will have to take four services a day in each direc- torney for the deceased.

as he found it very interesting. Government could not allow arma

Western up into the air machines weighing tion between London and Paris. that in Chinese law the nearest but that he was sorely pressed for to

go from Sudan to

approximately 18 toms, and driven There will also be three services ön relative, in his case the wife, auto time. In his opinion, he said. he Abyssinia so long as there was no

by abgines developing a total of weekdays to Brussels, four to Co- matically became the administray found that the wife of the de- probability that they would be re-

3,000 horse-power.

logne, and two dally (except Sun- tor of the estate without the ap ceased, being the nearest living received by any constituted author-

days) between London and Swit- pointment

Helative, met the requirements of the lty or serve the Court.

any purpose

In addition to 29 giant flying-zerland. The Swiss service will brought Chen Wong-shih to the Chinese Code as for her capacity than promoting crvil war. He bad

boats "Imperial Airways have in fly non-stop between London and stand to explain his point.

to be the administrator of the de-

informed the Ethiopian Minister

construction 12 huge land-plapes Baste, and there will also be non- Chen Wong-shih a Chinese at- ceased's estate. Although, he went in London to this effect.

between for use on their main routes. These stop services torney, explained when and when on, it was difficult to harmonize

to a further question great machines will be flying night and Cologne. pot it was necessary for the ad- the laws of two different countries.

whether in the event of there be and day across the Empire. And Citles such as Prague, Vienna, ministrator to be appointed. If he overruled the demurrer, and the

ing a Government in Western Abya-not only is there the question of Budapest., and Brindisi will be the living relatives of a deceased wife of the deceased was entitled

sinia responsible to "the Emperor providing crews for them, but the brought within a day's journey of man were not known or if there to sue in the U.S. Court.

Judge: Helmick there would be any objection to who handle them will need. London by air express. "If, however." was no estate then the Court ap-

addition to their work as pilots to pointed an administrator, although said, "I find that I have been mis-arms going in,, Mr. Eden said that in the latter case, where the de taken in this decision, then I will would create an entirely different ceased left no estate it was usually take steps to correct 1" He stated unnecessary for the Court to take in conclusion that he did not con- action. But in the case of the sider the demurrer well taken, and nearest ving relative of the de- that the plaintiff had a right to reased being known to the Court, sue.--(N.C.D.N.)

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Replying to another question, His the Foreign Secretary said Majesty's Government had no in- tention at the forthcoming meet- ings of the League of proposing ur assenting to recognition of Italy's' annexation of Abyssinia. British Wireless,

AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT

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LAND-PLANES

be experts also in navigation and wireless; while it will also be ne- cessary for them to be qualified in such matters as ground engineer- tng, maintenance. and overhaul.

London

The British internal airway syz- tem will establish connections at Croydon with the continental ser- vices. A passenger, for example, who leave Manchester In the morning will be able to change to Hence the "school" which In a Paris-bound plane at Croydon, perial Airways is now operating. Junch in the air while flying to It is really a "nishing school"", for the French capital, and reach the pilots and 16 13 something Paris air-port of Le Bourget be- more even than that, because the fore three o'clock.

pilots leave their class-rooms, at

An hour's flying will take holl- various stages of their tuition, and daymakers from Croydon to Le carry out practical experiments in Touquet, while the dally air ex- wireless in special test-rooms, press to Switzerland will þring while they also go over to the big that country within three hours of sheds at the alr-port 80 as to London. In aerial holidays last- come to grips with airway engi- ing about a week it will be pos- neering under its everyday aspects, sible to make flights right round Another interesting branch of Europe, with ample time on the An unusual accident occurred in the expansion plan lies in training ground for incidental sightseeing. Cowes Roads to-day when one land-plane pilots to handle big of the several Royal Air Force flying-boats. This is done at Ham- seaplanes" returning from bom- ble, near Southampton, the air. bing exercise crashed on to craft used for instruction being of the forecastle of French liner the 3-engined "Calcutta" type. Normandie.. In coming down it

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THE AUSTRALIA AIR ROUTE

A visit to the pilots' school while Trattle experts on Singapore-

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fouled a crane which snapped but it is in operation, and a chat with the seaplane landed on the deck some of those in charge, gives one | Briscane stages of the England- without causing any serious dam- a remarkable. Insight into the Australia route-operated by Qan-

the ship: The pilot amount

tas Empire Airways in conjune- "knowledge. expert which the air-line plot has now tuon with Imperial Airways-have The Normandie was homeward acquire before he is qualified to been making some special notes as bound from New York and trans- take his place as a member of the to the passengers who fly in the

air-linerg ference of passengers and

operating over these cargo crew of a. great Empire-flying

pections. The result throws an 10-. to tenders was proceeding when plane. the accident happened.

| teresting light on the diversity of The Normandie salled later for some of the matters with which Dire air routes.

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One theory advanced as the cause of the accident is that the seaplane was so close to the great. vessel as to be affected by draught from her funnel.-

·British' Wireless,

NEW MINISTER AT SOFIA

London June 22.

THE SUBJECTS

the plot has to concern himself as noted recently have been:

A Dutch consulting engineer fly- he goes through his course at his

naishing sencot...

ing to inspect West Australian gold-felda.

Theory of Aeronautics, Maps, Navigation, Cloud formation, Winds, Airway beacons, Mainten- ance and rigging, Electrical instal- lations, International Air, jegizia- tion, Compasses, Wireless, Homing devices, Course and distance cal- culations, Aero-engines, Overhaul of aircraft and Control gear.

It probably takes a plot 12 to 15 months to pass through all the va- rious classes of his "school" Then, when he has absorbed all this spe- The King has approved the ap-¦cialised instruction, he is not only pointment of Maurice Peterson. an expert in flying and controlling Counsellor in the Foreign Office, to į modern air-liners, but he has gain- be Minister at Sofia in successioned a grasp of navigation which in- to Charles Bentinck who had been cludes meteorology, wireless, and appointed Minister at Prague airway engineering which will British Wireless,

"HELIGOLAND'S ALLEGED FORTIFICATION

London June 22.

In reply to a Commons question. Mr. Eden said he was making in quiries regarding the reports that Hellgoland was being fortified in contravention of the terms of the Preaty of Versailles--- British Bireless.</

prove invaluable to him in his routine work on a network of Im- perial air routes which already ex- tends over 28,000 miles.

SUMMER SCHEDULES ON THE AIR-LINES High-Speed Tours By Express Air Liner

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A retired boot manufacturer from America on an air tour of the world.

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A party of mixing engineers on

leave from Siam

Bome New Zealand farmers fy- ing to enjoy a holiday in Europe,

Two Australian jockeys engaged to ride in race-meetings, in Malaya.

A Chinese tailor trom Darwin on a, visit to relatives in the Ma- lay States.

A Sydney cotten-spinner flying to England to buy new ma- chinery.

The manager of an Australjan circus making arrangemente for a tour in the East.

An Australian radio engineer re- turning from a study of tele- vision progress in Europe. Engineers flying to Koepang to Investigate oil and mineral possibilities.

The export manager of an Ame

rican pen company. Inspecting agencies

Ex-all-

An American and his wife en- The summer time-tables of 1936 Joying a honeymoon by air.

Many residents in Malays avail will bave come into operation on the airways of Europe by the time themselves of the air service to Visit Austrails on leave, and the this Bulletin, has been issued...

On the network of continental names of civil servants, surveyors, routes, at the present time, ap and rubber planters ngure pro- proximately 30 companies are now | minently on the passenger lists.

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