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INTERNATIONAL URBAN COUNCIL

LAW

Interesting Lecture By Miss A. Cryan

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

AS EXAMPLE

An interesting and educational Lecture was given by Miss Cryan Professor of English at the Lady Harding Medical College, New Deihl, India. yesterday even fag at the St. John's Cathedral Hall.

ctn Lecturer

CHOP

Forged By Pork Dealer

:

Characterised as menace to. public health. Làu Wong, 46. pork coolle, was sentenced to three months' fiard labour by Mr. Mac- Atadyen at the Kowloon Police Court yesterday when he was charged with the possession of a forged Urban Council slaughterhouse pork stamp.

Detective-Inspector A. H. Elston said that defendant was stopped and searched by an Indian co- stable who was making his routine search in Reclamation Street, and found the chop wrapped in paper. concenied in his pocket. A bottle or purple ink resembling that used by the authorities was in his hand. On being questioned, he said that someone had given it to him to carry, but later on admitted that by means of this chop he had been selling tainted meat to different pork shops.

Miss Cryan was for many years Assistant Commissioner and Om- of the National Savings, Committee, at the Trea- sury, England, and for eight years she toured the United States of America from east to west giving lectures

on international affairs She later became Director of the Students International Union aq Geneva,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937.

NO LICENCE FOR POISON

CHINESE FINED AT CENTRAL

Solicitor's Pleas

BIG SEIZURE

OF OPIUM

Sarpan Master Charged

Court yesterday afternoon Mr. Hin Shing Lo represented the first defendant, and Mr. G. 8. Hush Jones appeared for the two de- tendants

WASEDA

LOSE AGAIN STYLE AND QUALITY

Army Scores 4-1 Victory

GARTHWAITE

BRILLIANT

There is a growing conviction among hockey enthusiasts that losing hins become a permanent habit of the Waseda University hockey team who suffered yet an- other defeat in their encounter with a representative Army side

on the Navy ground, King's Park, yesterday aftemioon The score should have been a bigger one in- stead of the four-one victory re- corded by the soldiers."

Charged with possession of 1,150 Ko Lou-ning. of the World taels of non-Government prepared Drug Company, appeared before opium on board a simpan, Chan Mr. J. A. Fraser at the Central Sze-mai, 45, master of the craft, Magistracy yesterday to answer Lai Tat-hee, 42, and Tang Tat. 40. gummonses, on four counts of pas-fokis, were brought before Mr. E session of paison without a licence, Himsworth at the Kowloon Police

Mfr. D. McCallum, who was for the fence, pleaded guilty to (1) pos- session of 7 the of carbolic acid; (3) possession of an admixture or preparation of poisonous alkaloid

Inspector K. W. Andrew said that bearing the trade name of Vegata- ble Laxative; (3) possession of on December 12, Det-Sergt. Haynes

bearing the trade accompanied by Chinese de ephedrine.

of Ephedrine Inhalant,tectives seting on antes

Information. Ephretix. Ephradrol and Rhinebal; went to Crist Rock, Hunghom Bay.

The Japanese played a fairly On reaching there he saw two sim- good game but they were no match and (4) possession of Ergot bear-

pans, and of their approach one for the soldiers who had the bet- Ing the trade name of Ergonpiol.

Mr. M. J. Abbott, Acting Crown of the craft escaped. He halledter of the game throughout but Solicitor, was for the prosecution. the other satman to stop, and on displayed weakness in putting the Mr. McCallum said the batch of nearing the place he saw the oc- finishing touches. Onizuka, the cases in which arms were sum-cupants throw a wooden box over- Waseda custodian, brought of The Urban Council, represented moned for possession of poison, board. Sergt. Haynes retrieved the some brillant saves during the by Mr. Allen, urged His Worship which came before Mr. W. Scho- bax which was floating on the game but he was rather guilty of In opening her talk, Miss Cryan to take a serious view of the case, field at the Magistracy last weet water. He found that there was being 's Hittle slow In clearing the

and said that the Council Tse were the first for a long period of rope itled to the box, and at the to law of any kind until the people several chops for dierent daya, time if not the rat under the other end of the rope another box ball. Again the Intermediate ne but Lau had managed to discover Ordinance and quite rightly tached with a weight, submerged of comparatively larger size at- the correct one to use.

of the Government to stop the sale he found the oplum inside. Counger observed. it was the policy in the water. On opening the box / every clearance from the Japanese

of these proprietary articles which

The case was adjourned to Mon- contain polson. They had been widely advertised and widely sold. day at 2.30 p.m. but, in some cases, there was not

Mas Cryan arrived in the Colony at the end of November, and has lectured constantly. She will be leaving Hong Kong of Sunday.

stressed the point that there was

Living in the same community

understood that they must live within restrictions Laws were not imposed from above, but was purely a matter of right thinking and decency.

"

The most important thing to re- member was that the support of the whole community was needed. After the development of trade, intercourse In commerce

and travel, quarrels were not intre- quent naturally, and restrictions came in.

Dutch

A famous old Dutch lawyer. Grotius, wrote a book on laws, in which he emphasized that orders were not from Providence but merely suggestions to ive peace. fully.

A hundred and frty years later. George Washington formed the arst Supreme Court of America based on international law which appertained to the different states, In any clash with the states the same provocation was involved in International law. There was but only one failure in the existence of this Supreme Court, and that brought on the Civil War:

ARBITRATION

BOARD OF

EDUCATION

Meeting Held On Tuesday

The 105th meeting of the Board of Education was held at the Education Department on Tuesday, the business of the meeting. being to consider further the question of the appointment to the vacant senior Inspectorship of English schools in its relationship to a pro- posed scheme of re-organisation of the Headquarters Staff of the De- partment.

The scheme was remitted to a sub-committee to examine and re- port, those attending the meeting being

Director of Education, Mr. G. In 1905, President Roosevelt and Sayer, B.A., chairman; inspector of the Czar of Russia invited ali English Schools. Mr. J. Ralston nations, to The Hague for a con- M.A: Inspector of Vernacular ference on arbitration: So suc Schools. Mr. Z. P. Law, B.A. Mr. cessful was it that, as most learned. el Arcully Rev. Fr. G. Byrne, people of the time said, it stopped: 8.3., Ph.D.; Mr. L. D'Almada e Ces over 70 wars.

Two years later, this Court of international law drew up a plan after the court in America with one exception; it was decided that no trials would be heard before it unless both parties agreed to ar- bitration

In forming the International Court for the League or Nations. it was decided to ask all nations in the League to submit their most learned judges to sit for election into tribunal Keven judges. were elected and all Hearings were to be given in public. In the case of a dissenting judgment, the whole verdict was published with the judge's reasons for dissession,

tro. Jr., B.A.; Rev. J. R. Higgs, B.A.: St W. W. Hornell. Kt, CIE, MA, LL.D.: Captain G. W. P. Kimm, AE.C.; Rev. C. B. R. Sargent, M.A; Rev. F. Short; Hon D. B. W. "Tso, G.BE. LLD Mr. B. Wylle and Secretary, Mr. E. J. Edwards.

MR. BERG IN COURT

Dog Summons Heard

S. Berg, of No. 11, Villa Maria, Was summoned before Mr. K. Keen

.

the slightest indication to show

that they were poison. This was RETURNED

so in the case. cf. Ephradrol and Ergoaptol both of which were of

American righ. Ephretix, how-

ever, did have the word "Poison" at the bottom of the package.

Popular Demand

The substances continued coun-

BANISHEE

part with the result that nearly. and the forwards played too far

end found the Army in possession of the ball.

Brcellent Leader

Lt. Garthwaite was outstanding for the Army side sind worked-hard to keep his forwards together. He proved an admirable leader in the attacking machine and liberally Ted His front-Kne neigh- bours Both Narain and Partab

SENT TO GAOL Singh displayed brilliant stickwork

Arrested On

Information

and the pair were prominent to- wards the closing stages of the game.

The game opened with both. sides waiting for the other to set the pace and it was the Army who Received took the intiative by launching a

sel, are in very extensive demand, and he asked that an extremely lentent view be taken, owing to the fact that they were the first

outcome of the policy of the Gor batch of cases ti ken. It was the

ernment to stop the sale of these

raid on the Waseda goal, though drugs, which might not injure asum, unemployed, was sentenced the Japanese took the ball over to An 18-year-old banishes, Ng Wai to no avall. A few minutes later

proportion of people, but might be to three months' hard labour when

the other side of the Beld and, infurious to a certain class of the he appeared before Mr. J. A. Fraser following a scrimmage before the population,

yesterday afternoon at the Central Ariny goat Masamura opened the Magistracy, on the charge of re-scoring. turning from banishment,

The Anny came near to scoring Sergt. A J. R. Crossman, of the soon after when Onizuka," ap-

...

Since the summonses had been taken out, defendant had managed to get the service of a suitable

chemist, who is licensed. Counsel hoped his Worship appreciated the fact that it was only of recent date that the substances had been sold for years without any action being taken.

anger-print department said that on January 11, he took the anger prints of the defendant and com pared them with the previous ones, and found them to be identical.

Cheng Tak of No. 2 Police Mr. Abbott, in reply said he Station, said that he arrested the greed with Mr. McCallum that defendant on information received the cases were the first group to

"I found the defendant sitting on be brought under the Ordinance, the pavement of No. 35, Hennessy but he wished to correct one thing Road on January 2. át 8.15 p.m. said Mr. McCallum had said that I suspected him of being a banishee it was the policy of the Govern- and when I questioned him he said ment to stop the sale of these that he had nothing to do and had articles, but he thought that what to come to Hong Kong for a job. Mr. McCallum had meant to say When I spoke to him I made it was that it was the policy of the clear to him that I was a police Government to stop the sale of officer said the detective. these drugs by unauthorised per- BONE

Persistent Carelessness

Ma Sin Kwong another inter- preter said that on July 20; be ex plained the meaning of banish- It was a rather serious offencement to the defendant. not to label the poisons in either English or Chinese, bût Mr. Abbott aald he did not wish to suggest

parently thinking that the ball was out of play, allowed Khuda Bux to run in and it wa with an effort that he succeeded in saving the shot that came from his op ponent's stick. In a subsequent attack L. Garthwaite managed to break through the Waseda defence:

and scored with a brillant shot

that left Onizuka standing.

The Best Goal

A furtare goal was scored by Lt Garthwaite as he snapped up a pass from Narain Singh, the lat ter cleverly tricking the defence away from the right tank Short- ly before the interval Tara Singh let loose a terrific drive from the corner of the semi-circle and scored the outstanding goal of the game

Waseda strave hard to reduce the score after half-time but the Army 'soon put them on the de-.

weighing the heady be made ROBBERY CASE nesto, utan ut that

weighing the penalty against the defendant.. It arose through the ignorance of the parties concern-

become carelessness carelessness that had persisted over a period of years. Counsel was not asking for

LAW DIFFERENCES/ The speaker commented on the differences of law-in various nations. England and America at the Central Magistracy jester contended that an accused was day morning for keeping a blacked, but that ignorance or lack of Innocent until he was proven dog without a licence and for unknowledge had gone so far as to guilty, whereas in França everyone lawfully allowing it to run around was guilty until proved otherwise. in the Botanical Gardens Also in France, a defendant did December 28, last. not appear in Court to answer any Defendant said the dog belonged charge he was immediately found to a man who was now at sea and guilty,

who asked him, to keep it for him. Before Germany entered into He thought at the time that he the League she submitted two had a licence but now he found cases to the International Court out he had not. On the day when to be tried,

the dog was found in the Botanical The fact that this. Court is Gardens. It had a leash on.. functioning successtul" was proved Sergt. Dewar, who prosecuted, recently when France's Agricul- said that no dog was allowed in the tural population did not agree to Gardens, whether it had a leash

had a leas His Worship imposed a fine of $5

to the problem of shorter hours on or not.

for "their" labourers. ~ In, dame" be-

Man Turns King s Evidence

of during which Tara Singh netted once more following a tussle with Onizuka, Except for one or two sporadic raids, the Japnaese really never succeeded in threatening the Army goal dur ing the second half of the game.

Following were the teams: Waseda: Onizuka: Kawahara, Yamamoto: Tomita, Yamada,

Four men, La neuk-zam, auks for such a penalty ar would show la Chol, 39, and Leung Tam ap a heavy penalty in the case, but Lo Pak, 52, Cheung Lain-xlu, 32, that the requirements of the Or-peared before Mr. QAA. Macfad- Kawashima: Shimoda, Masamura, dinance had to be properly ob- yen at the Kowloon Magistracy Tonemaru, Kawai, Sugawara, served. Mag

yesterday charged with the larceny og

Army:- Howlett: Kishen, Singh, Mr. McCallum asked that if a two gold neck chains, two peces ne be imposed, it should be auf jade, and six Hong Kong River Jingender Singh Brown, Staple nominar one, and suggested that a dollara, from Blu Sze-nang of Beko, Tara Singh: Partab, Narain Singh. Tara Singh Garthwaite, caution might meet the case. Kip Mi Streeti, vai arenen

Khuda B

Mr. Abbott said the fact that cases had been brought to Court in two succeeding weeks, would be sumcient warring for the pub

the prosecution, applied for with

Detective Inspector Elston, far

crawal of the charge against La

Chenk-kam who had

turned whistle was heard and the robbers

fore the Court at The Eagle and on the first summons and $1 on. He would be very reluctant King's evidence. The application took fright an escaped.

It was found that the workers the second..

(should have shorter hours. France

agreed to the verdict and added

that it was Just hearing

in subsequent cases of this nature was granted. ***** not be ask for a heavy penalty.

Counsel, mentioned that in 1933 a

Arm

Inspector Elston deposed that In the witness box, the for the men were arrested between in Kowloon City had been plainant told the Court that on December 19 and 20 by a Chinese Miss Cryan concluded by saying Mr E Himsworth proposed a fined $2,000.

November, 23 aoout 7 pm, while detective. An identification parade that there was International law, vote of thanks on behalf of those

On the first three counts, his resting after his evening meal, he was held at the Yaumati Police that neighbouring nations could present, adding that the one worship said he took into const 1 heard a knock at the door and Station on December 31 at which not exist without some sort of re-reason, he thought that hoderation what counsel for the de- someone outside said that he had the complainant falled to identity gulations. Not all wars could be League was not more popular was 'tence had said, and would impose come to settle an account any of the defendants AR DATE stopped, human nature being what because it had not been immedia nominal fine of $10 on each of opened the door and the gelen L Chenk-kam, who had turned He said that we had laws, and them. On the fourth summons, dants forced the their way into King's evidence, stated that he courts to enforce those laws, and however, he could not see his way the room. They took him to a went with the other defendants it was up to Higanta to use them to making the fine a nominal one small room and demanded the from Nanchang Street to the more

only, but as the offence had been key of the safe. He told them staircase of the complainant's of such a nature and condoned in that he did not have a safe and house and saw them coming down past years, he would not make one of them, armed with a knife, after, the robbers. He did not.

heavy r perhaps he should do stayed in the room with him participate in the affair.

It was, but some of them could be ately successful, y Audiolog

stopped.

The fact that a law was broken did not mean that it did not exist What was sadly lacking was public knowledge of law.

He felt sure, he concludes, that they would popularize interns tional law, what it had done and

Questions were fired on Miss Cryan at the conclusion of her talk and she answered them very its possibilities, and that it was a ↑ If the Ordinance had been strict-walle, the others ransacked the Six months' imprisonment was willingly and decried the fact that secondary duby to insist that all ly enforced Defendant would be house. They were there for a traposed on each of the three de- there were not more of them governments have courts.

fined $250 on this count.

considerable period when a police fendants.

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