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TUESDAY.

FEBRUARY 15,

DAY BY DAY.

Trade Disputes Act offends-the sense of propriety of every lawyer.. The funds of a trade union are

POWER OBEYS REALITY AND NOT immyno from actions for tort, and appearances; FOWER, IS ACCORDING the Act gives an immunity to trade TO QUALITY, AND NOT QUANTITY,.---

Emcreon. Punton omcials in the sharpest

possible conflict with the general Yesterday, three cases of small- principles of English law. The pox and one of diphtheria were

notiled. All were Chinose. flogal sanction given to "peaceful persuasion" is tântamount to lega-

lisation of intimidation. Trade

The B.I, as. Talma is to leave Amoy on Saturday and is dus here

ou Sunday.

$

"KOCHOW" CASE.

LAST ACCUSED NOW

DISCHARGED.

The Very Idea!

An old maiden lady, who was removing to another, house, went Twenty men having been dis-to a carting contractor to get charged on account of the lack of a horse and lorry to convey her sufficient evidence proving their furniture to her new abode. connection with the arms found She was very particular about. under suspicious circumstances the kind of man she wanted to on board the West River steam-asked, "Could you not sond a man handle her belongings, and finally boat Kochow, the police were who is a tee-totaller?" compelled to withdraw the case against the last of the accused

The contractor scratched hi

Unions are possessed of a for- midable power which they have The Laisang, arriving from wielded other than wisely "and it Singapore with 378 deck passeng at the Central Magistracy this head in perplexity for a moment, should be laid down in the Statute.ro, reports the death of one from morning. The position, as ox and then, brightening up, he re

natural causes. book that the general strike is an

plained by Mr. T. H. King, Diroc-plied, "Weel, no, Miss, I canna dac top of Criminal Intelligence, was that. But I'll tell yo what I'll illegal crime against the Stafe.”

Pleading that ho was only that there was not sufficient evi-dae. I'll send yo a man yo cannot Such are bie" arguments of those cerriór, a Chinose arrested on the dence on which they could pro-fill fu."

waterfront yesterday was fined ceed against the remaining ac- who urge revision, not because of $20, or two months, on a charge of cused on a charge of possession, hostility to trade unions, but possession of two tails of Wuchów because they want to remove

oplům.

glaring normalita.

The argu- monta for the other side are not so definite. The trade union world has a distrust of law revision, no

Mr. Lindsell accordingly dis charged the accused, but ordered Twelve vessels arrived and ten the eleven revolvers and a quanti departed during the twenty-foury of ammunition, found lu a hours up to nine o'clock this mor basket of eggs, to be confiscated. of each. The total number of ships received a great deal of attention ning, the British figures being four The case was one which had from the police authorities, as the citcumstances pointed strongly

in harbour was 70.

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The operator got bawled out For loafing.. That was

wrong

For anybody knows that she Keeps plugging all day long.

vous complaints are becoming so

Sun baths as treatinent for ner-- popular that the leading hotels in Mayfair have Installed several.

A warning received from the to a contemplated piracy having Artificial sunlight is switched off Manila Observatory at noon to-day been nipped in the bud through automatically so the tenant of the states that, there is a typhoon prompt action taken by the police north-west of Yap, moving north-following a report received from oom can fall asleep while having west.

the ship's compradore and officers, his sun bath and suffer no ill The former had remarked on the

offect.. unusual circumstance of Hakkas

Willesden woman: What can I

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Force of

matter how fairly framed. Trade unlonists admit there are anoma- lies in the law, but it must be remembered that trade unionists are shy of litigation because they remember the Taff Vale Judgment and the Osborne Judgment which A Chinese telegram from Shang- they regarded (rightly, or wrong-hat states that Mr. Liang Shib-yi, and Hoklos purchasing first-class Nottinghamshire judge (to a ly) as flagrant miscarriages of known пs "The God of Wealth," passages on the steamer, having musician who owed £1,000): Com- is again mentioned as likely to regard also to the general poor-pose juzz, and you will soon pay justice. They do not want the succeeded Mr. Wellington Koo and ness of their attire, their com-it off.. Unions subject to litigation be to form a new Cabinet.

parative scarcity of personal lag- EDWARDS.-On February 12th..

gago, and their buying of tickets cause they distrust litigation. at Bangkok, Robert Campbell

Two unemployed coolies, who in two's and three's. Edwards, of the Hongkong &And they will belleve, no matter were found on board the Emprese

Twenty-one Hakkas and Hokios do about a railway portor living Shanghai Banking Corpora- how many assurances to the con-of Sectland without permission,were taken from the Kochow and in the flat above me, who bangs

trary are given, that the Govern-days, by Lieut. Commdr. G. F. Hole, Central Police Station, and fail house?-Magistrate:

were each fined $15, or fourteen detained for examination "at the doors all the time he is in the ment is taking away some of their at the Marine Court this morning-ing the substantiation of a more habit, I suppose, I don't think necessary protection If it removes.

serious charge, It is going to be foggy later, ar before the Magistrate on a charge

were produced the court can do anything. their immunity from litigation. If

cording to to-day's weather fore- of possession of the this Inw revision is proceeded cast issued by the Royal Observa account of certain technical dit- arma. On with, the rank and file of organised tory, for the 24 hours ending at ficulties presented in the

case, workers will be more disposed to noon to-morrow. The local for even this alternative charge had

east is: "North-east or variable to be listen to the agitators who are winds, light; generally fair, fog above.

withdrawn, as indicated

telling them that the Government | later." and the employers are in a conspiracy to break the power and Late papers arriving from Home reduce the standard of living of are freely sprinkled with re- the working classes. Would it not

QUESTION OF TRADE ferences to the impending intro-be better to leave the present

RELATIONS. duction of legislation by the anomalies alone and aim to build Conservative Government to tür-up a constructive system of co.

London, Feb. 14. ther control the Trade Unions and, operation? The new year Kegan

A number of questions were The health return for the past asked in the House of Commons bearing out what was sald in this hopefully that the great disputes of week shows four cases of small- about British relations with Rus- column on the subject last week, 1926 were being forgotten, but pox (three fatal), five fatal oc-sia. there are many forebodings of they will be revived, and intensi-currences of typhoid and one non- fatal case of puerperal fever. serious industrial trouble ahead fed in 1927 if the Government is The list-named sufcier was a Chilian and all the rest Chinese, excepting one small-pox.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927.

TRADE UNION LAW.

if the Government persists in its not careful. For this reason we attempt-bona fide and worthy are inclined (on the ground of ex- though that attempt might be,pediency) to favour Mr. Arthur Mr. Arthur Henderson, than whom Henderson's, appeal to leave the there are few more moderate men

trade union inw alone-at least for

in the whole of the Labour move-

the present. ment, has said that legislation, such as the Government was being preased to undertake, would be

"A Disastrous Sham,"

"not only a political blunder, but In the course of an article

a fatal mistake." It would be

The following vessels are ex- pested to be in wireless communi- cation with Hongkong to-day:--- Nanning, Porthos, Mongolia, Ho- sang, Tango Maru, Menado Maru, Bornes, Changte, Helikon, Hai- hong, Svale, Kiungehow, Tjikandi, Franken and Koehun Maru.

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UNINVITED VISITORS.

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA,

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The owner of the original hog, from which this model was hewn, owes his fortune to the Immortaliz- ed animal.

Five years igo, while seeking food, the hog led its master to a galt deposit, which later proved to be the surface of a valuable mine,

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In a railway carriage a yout). had disturbed and annoyed all the other passengers by loud and foolishly-made remarks during great part of the journey.

One was whether any communi- cation had passed between the Soviet Republic and the Foreign

As they passed a big lunati Ulfice on the subject of China?

Mr. Locker-Lampson. Under think how nice the asylum looks asylum, he remarked "I often Secretary for Foreign Affairs, re-from the railway." plied in the negative.

"Ch, cheer up," growled an old

A Conservative Member asked gentleman, "some day you will for a statement regarding the pre-probably have occasion to remark sent position between, this coun-how nice the railway looks from try and Russia in regard to Rus- the asylum!" aia's obligations under the Trade Agreement to abstain from hostile propaganda."

any

In the class-room:---

and very genteel.

Johan of Arc was rather pious.

MAN CAUGHT AFTER. CHASE.

Noticing a man moving surrep-

The London policeman is the dealing with Marshal Chang Tso.titiously about his garden shortly Mr. Locker-Lampson replied finest example of a Christian I

answer no change have met; he will looked upon, he said, as a serious China Daily News has some in-ese farmer residing in one of the since the situation was last dis- foolish question that any fool asks

lin's recent manifesto, the North before midnight yesterday, a Chin- that there had been challenge to the trade union teresting remarks to make on villages near Kowloon Tong be-cussed in the House, but the Gu-him-Dr. Norwood.. movement. "It would be regarded the danger of negotiating with came suspicious and went to make vernment were keeping the matter under review. There was amplo as class legislation of the worst Mr. Eugene Chen and his asso-investigations, The kitchen door

evidence of hostile propaganda by type, and could only be described posite in view of to-day's news on going inside, the farmer was this country and he had often com- ciates. These are particulary ap-was seen to have been opened, and,

the Soviet Authorities against as a profound error of judgement, from Hankow. The journal scized by another man who was plained to the Soviet representa

named says as it would certainly have a

that to give any in the kitchen. material support to Marshal Chang

tive here of sich breaches of the The alarm was raised and the serious effect on the restoration of would be contrary to Britain's man's wife went to his assistance.

Trade Agreement. our social life." And almost at policy of neutrality, but suggests In trying to rescue her husband

Mr. A. M. Samuel, Secretary for the same time, in another part of that the time has come for the from the intruder, the woman was Oversons Trade, stated that, the eggs of other birds in it's own Powers to consider closely whether stabbed on her. left hand. The roughly speaking, this country sold the country, Sir Douglas Hogg, they are not actually and de-ninvited visitor then rar eway to Russin in 1925 goods worth the Attorney General, was saying monstrably helping the South, and was chased by the house- about £19,000,000 and in 1926 cie with a red cross on it.

The van 'of an army is the vehi- that trade union legislation was a "Every time the 'Nationalist holder's son. After pursuing the goods worth about £14,600,000. vital necessity. "I have no doubt," Government is mentioned with man for about a quarter of a mile, British figures of trade with Rus- out the necessary quotation marks two villagers who had joined in sin were down all round-British

the chase caught the fugitive and Wireless. handed him over to the police.

he said, "that we are in for that indicate the falsity of the dimcult, prolonged and it may name," anys our contemporary, even be a bitter fight" and most "its prestige is raised a little bit people are beginning to see that by foreign envoys to a representa- higher. Every interview granted

The man frst seen in the gar den made good his escape.

EXCHANGE RATES.

The arrested man was charged the contemplated legislation might tive of that Nationalist Govern- before Mr. T. W. Ainsworth, at the very easily have the effect of des-ment, gives it fresh 'face. The Kowloon Magistracy this morning, troying the present probability the Hankow party helps to per- bodily

whole attitude of the Powers to with (1) causing grievious Paris

barn; (2) unlawful Brussels of improved relations between petuate a disastrous sham and to possession of a knife; (3) being Amsterdam, Capital and Labour, in dividing bolster up the authority of an found without any visible means of Berlin

utterly allon and un-Chinese subsistence; and (4) being a rogue Copenhagen conspiracy, the existence of which and vagabond..

Helpingfors The defendant was remanded labon of China it has touched and will until to-morrow afternoon. destroy still more unless it is speedily stamped out." These pro

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society sharply and bitterly along class lines and in atrengthening extreinist agitation.. Many of the serious, journals are arguing that

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Bombay Hongkong the Government,' in tackling this pointed observations, but they are ing so many foreign observers to Geneva

Now York question of revising trade union based on a recognition of the take the "Natlönalists" at their Milan law, is on the point of committing truth of the situation. In no real own valuation. The plain truth Stockholm n gravo error of statesmanship. Chen and his colleagues a National are in no position to speak for the

sense of the term are Mr. Eugene is that the so-called Nationalists Oslo That view is based on the follow-Government. Unhappily, the out-whole of China, and the know- Athens ing review of the position:

aide world thinks otherwise, thanks ledge of that fact should temper Buenos Aires There is no doubt that the manifestoes of Mr. Chen and failure of the latest Hankow nego Silver (spot)

largely to the adroitly worded any disappointment felt over the Shanghai,

Yokohama present position of the trade union the Russian-inspired propaganda.tiations. At last we get back to Silver (forward)

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