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CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
ALLEGED PURCHASE - OF INFLUENCE.
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1926.
WRECKED TUG.
(Continued from Paga 1).
CANADIAN POLITICS.
PARLIAMENT
DISSOLVED.
Ottawa, July 2,
Parliament has been dissolved. :
AN UNEXPECTED HAPPENING
in the engines." : The seas were terrific, and as there were no ships in the vicinity to render help, and as the water was by this Although uncertainty prevailed LEGISLATION NEEDED. time up to the furnaces, the' akip in a most complex parliamentary per decided to make a dasporate situation in Canada the announ- Legislation designed to safe-attempt to save the lives of every- |· cement of the dissolution cáma guard official morality and estab- body on board. He therefore order with dramatic suddenness and Hish rigid standards of profession-ed all hands to go on the fo'castle before the sitting of the Commons al conduct for higher ometals of head, while he himself went fixed for two o'clock in the after- on the bridge and took, the wheel.noon expectant crowds were the insular Government, especial-.. The 'engines at this stage were awaiting admission to the gale ly members of the Legislature, is gradually stopping, and as the tugleries. now an imperative necessity in the was inside the heavy
Capt. Malm headed the tug for the islande. Without such legislation bench, which Was very stoop. corruption is likely to grow in the Waves were breaking over the ves Government service in a manner sel with tremendous force. The › vessel struck first once and thon that would make its uprooting took a sheer but the Captain still nearly impossible within the next managed to keep her head on by few years, This is according to throwing the wheel hard over. an outstanding director "whose He then shouted "Everybody for
himself now-jump!” Bureau daily comes in contact with legal practitioners whose conduct and methods leave much to be desired, says the Manila
Bulletin.
breakers. Mr. Meighan and Mr. King are preparing statements for, publica- tion. As Parliament does not exist supply was not voted and as Legislation passed has not re- ceived Royal assent, grants for supply and necessary expenditure will be made by Warrant of the Governor General
CAPTAIN INJURED., The crew then jumped into the water one by one and when they had all left the ship the Captain himself jumped ashore, but in do- There has been an increasing ing so fractured his right arm and number of cases in the various hand. Within ten minutes of the Government offices which evident-little craft being left the waves ly involved the purchase of official heavily pounded her and she later and political influence, it is under-
became a total loss. Afterwards, Blood. In administrative cases friendly natives rendered what and in cases where final decision help they could in recovering lies in the hands of executive off some of the effects of the crew cials, officials of influence who are who, with Capt. Bfalm subacquent hiwyers, mostly members of the ly left for. Tagudin, where they
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THE MAIN ISSUE.
Lord Byng'a rofusal of the dis- solution to Mr. Mackenzie King and his granting of the dissolu tion to Mr. Meighen, will be the main issue in the forthcoming general election, according to a statement made by Mr. King, de claring that "the issue which above all others is now before the peo- Ple is whether or not the govern ment of Canada is to be carried on in accordance with the ex- pressed will of the people'a repre- sentatives in Parliament under a system of responsible self-govern- ment."-Reuter,
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26. Capt. Malm and his crew were BOARD OF CONSERVANCY able to reach Manila.
selves to be placed in a position.thorities as shipwrecked seamen. where it became evident that their The Police took charge of the services were being engaged for wreck, äfter the exhausted mercenary purposes, it is stated.riners had left her and on June
In certain cases indiscreet and unscrupulous conduct has been shown by certain legislators by Happily, no lives were lost in appearing in government offices a the disaster and we understand lawyers. The unconcealed aim of that the crew of the tug have some clients is to use such legis signed a written statement to the lutor's official influence over the effect that they owe their lives to officials concerned to obtain a the seamanlike action taken by favourable decision. it is also un-Captain Malm under stress of ex- derstood.
tremely hazardous circumstances.
In the United States such prac- tice is not permitted and convic- tion for it is punishable by law, but in the islands there is no law that restrains or regulates it. The temptation on the part of mem- bers of the legislature has always been great and it should be re- gulated, it is stated. The only adequate remedy is believed to be the passage of a law restricting members of the legislature from appearing as counsel in adminis- trative cases or in any other cases before executive officials where discretion. in final decisions is in- volved.
COLONY'S FINANCES.
BIGGER CREDIT BALANCE.
The Gazette publishes a financial #tatement showing that at the end of, March the Colony's credit balance was $8,466,447,
As against $8,897,141 at the end of February.
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The revenue for the first three months of the year was $4,869,638, as against $8,404,078 last year, the corresponding expenditure figures being $4,516,668 and $5,643,240.
MASKED BALL..
AUDITED STATEMENT OF.
ACCOUNTS,
The accounts
MARRIAGE LAW.
(Continued from Page 1).
he was liable to a hundred strokes of the bamboo and so
forth. "Whatever the law in China may be," counsel added," the law in this Colony is that if you' do take two kit-fats you have not committ- ed the offence of bigamy.
RETURNS.
The latest returns issued by the. Board of Conservancy works of Kwangtung shows the wator levels at the various ports on July 1st to be:-
Shiuhing Tsingyuen Samehui Shoklung
་
Plus 3.4 ft.
8.9 ft. nil.
17
+1
4.3 ft.
CLAIM TO MILLIONS.
CONTESTED WILL IN £6,000,000 ESTATE.
There was a dramatic develop. ment recently in connection with the fortune, estimated £6,000,000, left by the late Sir Robert P. Houston.
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At the Jersey Royal Court, Mr. Cecil Houston Skinner, of London, and his special attorneys asked that a legal inventory be drawn up of the Houston estate in order to safeguard the assets.
This re- quest was made under Jersey law, which applies to all persons" of Jersey domicile.
Mr. Braddell said that the evidence about Chinese marriages was hopelessly confused. Every one of these so-called experts gave different evidence, and Mr. Stir ling himself put in an article of his which appeared in the Royal Asiatic Society Journal in which he contradicted in effect his own evidence. If they were in the Mr. Skinner alleges that he is position that nobody could say ex- principal heir, and that it is ques- actly what was the essential of a tionable whether the late million- Chinese marriage, and if it was aire's personalty was a true ex- the fact the different Chinese pression of his wishes; also that tribes had different customs, then it is doubtful if he could have pre- how could it be said that this mar-pared a will. riage was improper and bigamous in the eyes of the Chinese?
THE PROBLEM,
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The advocate for the executors opposed the request, alleging it was merely an attempt to abuse Jersey law. The Court, however, set aside the executor's plea and granted the applications.
Through the judgment of the Jersery Royal Court the whole of the Houston estate will be made
Mr. Johannes, in opening his address, said in order to prove the legitimacy of the plaintiff, Mr. Braddell had to prove a marriage between the deceased and plaintiff
Mr. Justice MacCabe Reay re-known, marked that "union" was the pro-
per one..
£50,000 to Employees. Mr. Cecil Houston Skinner is a grandson of the late millionare's sister. »
Mr. Johannes agreed, and said that there was no evidence whist
The amount of the eatate leit of the "Masked eyer of a marriage with the plain- Ball" held recently at the City Hall mother. Mr. Braddell re- by the late Sir Robert Houston; have now been audited and a copy were then met with the difficulty not disclosed when his will was lied upon presumption, and they the millionaire shipowner. wis of the receipts and expenses may be seen at the offices of the Adver- of the deceased's marriage with proved in Jersey, but it is under- tising and Publicity Bureau, Alex-respondent as a principal wife. stood to
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The statement shows a deficit of $23.32.
The receipts were $2,227, sale of tickets realising $1,610 and sale of coupons $617.
The payments
amount to about
If plaintiff's mother was, mar-£6,000,000 would have been guilty of bigamy ried an 'a principal wife, deceased. .The beneficiaries are:
Lady Houston, the widow, under Chinese and English law.. four-fifths of the estita.
Replying to their Lordships, Mr. Johannes said he had heaps
of authorities to prove that a were $2,250.32 Chinese could only have one prin- comprising catering and refresh-cipal. wife. ments $972.45: advertising, ex-]
Mr. Justice Deane: Nobody' penses $318.29; Incidental ex- knows what the law is. How are penses $909.58 and $50 reserved we to make this boy illegitimate for prizes which was donated to on
a thing we know nothing the Hongkong Benevolent Society. about?.
The Incidental expenses were Mr. Justice McCabe Reay sald coolle hire $84.55; decorations; in- he was sure that counsel had a cluding wiring, $120.22; printing mass of evidence in support of his and stationary $93.23; commission proposition, but there was a mass in sale of tickets $22.40; hire of of evidence on the other side. pianos and band $245.70; hire of The Hearing was adjourned. hall and furniture $198.45; organl sation and publicity foo $125; According to a report made at audit fed $25.
the Harbour Office, the ateamer Yamagata Maru, of the N. Y. K.,
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rescued three Japanese from a de relict boat, which the steamer sight- ed on her way from Moji to Hong kong. The boat was in a disabled condition.
Mr. George HenryAppleton, a friend and partner of Sir Robert Houston, one-fifth;
Mr. Walter Francis Koch, *£15,000;
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authorities have taken extra- ordinary measures, and the BATTLES WITH TROOPS. capture of arms and ammunition Information has been recolved the veracity of the statements of op"various occasions. has proved
at Canton that scattered troops of those arrested. the Yuot Kwan are gathered" at
Both Generals Ho Ying-yum and Tamsul, to the number of over a Ching Chim are
now conducting thousand strong, and four Reg!-extensive operations against the ments of the 20th Division bave bandits. Several severe engage- £5,000;
bean despatched by the Cantonntents have been fought, with the Mr. John Herbert Cornford, Kowloon Railway to Ping Hu, and
result that the bandits have $10,000;
from there, the force will march to been defeated with heavy lossde. A sum of £50,000 was lost to Tamsui with orders to round up Three bandit chiefs are stated be divided among the employees the Yeut Kioan. **
to have been killed in action. in Sir Robert's companies
No quarter is to be given in
The largest band of brigands, Since the proving of the will, case of resistance. *)
under the notorious brigand Chief,
however, the Jersey Royal Court Taking advantage of the present being four or five thousand strong authorised the appointment of a military situation, the bandits in Yuan Har kow, whose sphere of curator responsible for the person the East River districts have been activity embraces Tung Kom, Wel and property of Lady Houston, committing depredatory raids with Sien, Pok La, Kyai Sin, Walchow who was found incapable, mentally greater intensity. Lately, the and Chengeen districts, are giving and physically, of taking care of Police have arrested a consider most trouble to the Government able number of misantics wat troops. These bandita never
herself or her fortune"
Sir Robert claimed Jersey confessed that they were in col night when outnumbered, but domicile in his will, which has led lusion wita fuego bandits, and when they do offer battle, the to the raising of the question us have been supplying amraunition Government troops are invariably to whether the British authorities to them. All result, the military
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