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SUPREME

REME COURT

CHANGES.

TEMPORARY JUDGES PROVIDED FOR.

JURISDICTION POINT ALSO

CLEARED UP.

Gazette.. J:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

BANKRUPTCY LAW CHANGES

TWO, AMENDMENTS IN THE

LOCAL ORDINANCE. I

IMPORTANT POINTS.

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The Gazette contains the, draft, of an Ordinance to amend the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891.

This short Bill is to introduce two provisions of the English bankruptcy law which do not ap- pear in the Hongkong Bankruptcy Ordinance, No. 7 of 1891, though they did appear in the English Act, which that Ordinance was founded, ei, the Bankruptcy Act, 1890, 63 & 64 Vict., c. 71 These two provisions appear also in the present English Bankruptcy Act, 1914, 4 & 5 Geo, 5, c, 59,

AN AMENDING BILL.

Provisions whereby the Governor will be given power to appoint a temporary Judge for the Supreme Court are outlined in the draft of Co to antend the Supreme Court Ordinance of 1873, contained in the The question of the jurisdiction of the Court is also dealt with

It is explained that at present the power to appoint temporarlly a

They are (a) a provision that judge of the Supreme Court is con-whey, a bankrupt comes up for his fined to the following cases:

discharge the court shall take in- (a) Where the office of a judge to consideration a report of the has become vacant by death or

Ofeial Receiver on the bankrupt's otherwise.

(b) In case of the temporary I-conduct and affairs, including his conduct during the bankruptcy ness or absence of a judge.

proceedings, and (b) a provision that the Official Receiver's report shall be prima facic evidence of the statements therein contained. The Amendements are mado applicable to pending bankrupt

c) For the purposes of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912.,

There is no express power to np. point a judge to relieve from or in his judicial duties a judge who may be engaged at the time in other public work, or to appoint an add-cles.. tional judge for the purpose of deal-

ing with, a pressure of judicial ITALY'S NEW CRUISERS.

warki.

The chief object of this Bill is to

give the Governor power, tó appoint,

a temporary judgo in any case in TOTAL WILL REACH SIXTEEN

which he considers it desirable for any reason. This is effected by clause 4.

IN 1933..

Rome, Jan. 26.

Clause 2 of the Bill deals with a

The Cabinet to-day, after a four matter which has long been await hours discussion on the Naval ing a convenient opportunity. Sec- Hon 6 of the Supreme Court Ordl-rme already fixed, as from nance, 1873, provides in effect 1921 to 1928, decided "on account much of the practice of "terior necessities of the the English Courts as existed on the tion of two 10,000-ton cruisers, two military Marine" on the construe- in the Colony," except so far as the tilla leaders of "Condottiere", the said practice may have been pe, four destroyers and five modified by local legisation.

506 App!!!, «ball' be in fares

English Practice Modified. L The former English ractice had

been a modified in the following banches of the law:

(b) Probate jurisdiction.

(c) Bankruptcy..

(d) Admiralty

(e) Companice,

(f). The practice of the

ils criminal jurisdiction."

() Magistrates appeals.

Crown Office Matters,

gubmarines,

The work of laying down the keels will be started in Jung and

the costs inscribed in future Budgets.

Following Others' Lead.

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THE IRON

SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY 23 1929

STEEL THE KING MAKES

PROGRESS.

INDUSTRY.

DESIRE FOR A COMMISSION" PRINCESS MARY UNABLE TO

OF INQUIRY.

MAKE VISIT.

PREMIER DECLINES.

London, Feb. 22,

The Very dea! GLYN'S HATS

A story of a kiss that was follow ed by a collision between a lory and a motorcar, was told at Burn- ham (Bucks) when a Limehouse lorry-driver was fined £5 or a month in default of payment for driving a lorry in a dangerous manner, His licenco was suspended until November.

HAS SLIGHT COLD.

London, Feb. 22. In reply to the request of the It was officially stated at Craig- Iron and Steal Trades Confedera-well House, Bogor, this evening It was stated that while driving tlon for a Commission of. Inquiry that H.M, the King had passed a along the Bath Road ho put hi into the conditions of the industry, good day. The sun shone bril-arms round a girl companion's neck the Premier, while expressing sym-liantly throughout the day, and and kissed her. His lorry ran into pathy with their difficulties, says ho His Majesty spent several hours a telegraph pole, smashing a car thinks a long roving inquiry would at the window.

and injuring the occupants. not be helpful to the industry.. It is understood that the fine He points out that the Commit spell of weather during the last teo on industry and Trade, now alte two days has already had a bene- ting under the chairmanship of Sir ficin! effect upon the King's pro-was in ruation, one car shooting Arthur Balfour, has already progress. sented a detailed report on the fron

and steel industry, and says it is visit Craigwell House to-day, but Princess Mary was expected to obviously unnecessary that any in did not arrive. It was later stated quiry should traverso again the! ground so recently covered by the Her Royal Highness - was

Balfour committee,

Moreover, in framing the rating

to the

Buffering from a slight cold-i British Wircices.

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and immediately the trame stream Down dropped the policeman's arm

out in front of the other vehicles. made an indiacrect dash for an is- At that moment a pretty girl land in the centre of the roadway.

She would have been knocked down by the swiftly-moving car had not the driver jammed on his brlikes. in the way!" he shouted furiously "Women and donkeys are always

nt the girl.

"Glad to see you've the manners

reform scheme, the Government had

An earlier report stated: It was stated at. Craigweil needs of iron and steel, and the House this morning that the King paid particular attention reliefs under that scheme, both passed a good night,

The weather in the locality was from the viewpoints of rates and railway freights, are designed and sunny, with little wind, and early calculated to be of special benefit to-day the King was sitting at the to put yourself last!" retorted the to this particular industry. open windows enjoying the sun-kiri coolly.

It is the policy of the Conserva-shine and air. tive Government, if returned to It is anticipated that the King The family nurse-that brisk, power to allow the iron and steel will remain at Craigwell House competent, cheerful little personal- industry to make an application for about three months, but noily is a national institution.-— tries procedure, and it will then been discussed. British Wireless. under the Safeguarding of Indus-plans beyond that period have yet Ladies' Paper.]

have an opportunity of stating its case before an independent tribunal.

The Executive of the Confedera-: tion, in reply, express disappoint- ment al the Premier's decision. They say the course suggested by the Premier would involve unneces sary delay, and as it would be de- pendent on the General Election it would effect a political contraveray-arresting ways, but to say once They add that the Balfour Com- niore what must be said in. mittee's general survey would not every age, with justice, polsa and the iron and steel industry. be sufficiently complete as regards sobriety.

feas.

LITERARY COM- PANIONS.

(Continued from Page 8.)

This is a literature, one may na The Executive hope that the Pre-well admit, not quite on our own mier may find it possible, on re-level. These men do not rush into consideration, to set up the Com-our arms; they make no effort mittee they propose.—British Wire-whatever to charm us; they do not seem to care whether they are read or not. They have préserved their selfrespect, never making them- selves "a motley to the view." They move along the heights, and if we are to associate with them we must climb. And so we have to face the question whether such climbing is worth the effort....

"THE EMDEN,"

TO BE SHOWN AGAIN AT QUEEN'S.

modern times,

How is it that wo have come to

The nurse might well have more

to do;

.

I do not know your point of view; But are these Pams, these Per-

cles,

These embryos, these toddling

brats,

These hovling little democrats— Are they enough for nurses? "Too much," most nurses will re-

"ply;

That may, of course, be so, but I, In struggling with these verses, Have hit upon the startling

thought

That many older peopla ought To be controlled by nurses,

In Parliament--where every day There's rage 'and Infantile dia-

play,

At calming Clyde-sido curses Westminster Nanna should be

Food:

Though I've my doubts if M. P.'a

would

Be thankful for small nurses.

formation.

(a) Civil proceedings generally, I am Informed that this new exelusive of (1) matters tesla- | complement will not be ready for mentary, (2) bankruptcy, (3) Ad- canniission until 1932. It is in miralty, and (4) companies, addition to the ships of the 1923- 1928 programme, which, as already announced in the Morning Post, become effective in 1931, when the The famous German production

Dr. A. V. Domm, of Chiengo Uni- total will reach 14 cruisers, 16"The Emden," which was recently think of reading us primarily versity, claims that he has found a Supre-flotilla leaders, 20 destroyers and shown to crowded houses at the laxation, an escape from thought? way of changing roosters into hens. me Court acting in the exercise of 25 submarinen,

Queen's, will be screened again at All the keener joys of reading are He has not yet, however, induced that theatre on Tuesday and Wed fatrenuous, like those of mountain-them to lay egga. In his report to neday next. The picture has cering, and to secure them we must the American Society of Zoologists, (h) Summary Court appeals, In 1923 therefore-granted there aroused favourable comment whon-daro something and learn to endure.

is no intervening adjustment of ever it has been shown and cer- Reading worthy of the name is not Dr. Domm explains that transplant-

building It would seem that all the ground the

programme-the tainly there is nothing in the film a lazy pleasure but a discipline, ing of gland effected the trans-

which might injure British in-bracing to, the mental thews, of the jurisdiction of the Supreme grand total of Italian naval

terests. It is a clean, accurate and deepening the breath of thought; Court is covered by local legiala-strength in modern ships will be thrilling account of one of the but as mattera stand with us at A woman travelling recently tion with the exception of such 10 cruisers, 18 ttotilla leaders, 24 greatest, muval engagements of present, icarly all our commerco northward from Banbury pulled the Crown 0ẞce matters as are not destroyers and 30 submarines,

The Daily Express with hooks is of the feeblest, communication cord when the train 'Instances of the exercise by the Save for the addition of one says:The German Naval au- softest-linnded kind........ How long is had left the station some distance. Supreme Court of its criminal submarine, the actual building thorities with characteristic genero-it since Dante or Lucretius, those The train was stopped, and jurisdiction. Such matters in-programme announced this year sity of good seamen, have seized rock-ribbed poets, came down from when the guard made enquiries the clude habeas corpus, mandamus, although extra, tallies exactly with the opportunity to hand Britain our shelves? Hume, Gibbon, De woman stated that she tendered a and perhap Home wrlis of that of last year.

a large naval. bouquet. They give scartes, Leopardi, Aristotle-wliat | boy sixpence for an apple on Ban- certiorari. The only reference to Press comment points out that the full marks to the Australian Navy do these names now mean to us? hury station platform, and sho the Crown. Office is in Section 4 new, unval construction programme for its promptitudo, seamanship If one aspires to call himself a wanted her change.

comes as no surprise, In view of and gunnery. They make no effort render, it is such company as this naval armament competition to minimise the terrible punish-that he must keep. Huxley must among other nations, and it is ment that fell on the Emden. The be a greater name to him than emphasised that the Italian pro-British, Navy needs no testimony, Kingsley, Defoc muat stand far grimme has followed, and notut, there is something not unwel above Goldsmith. preceded, those of France, Eng- come in this unexpected compliment In such a readjustment of critica] land and the United States.

from our late enemies,”

standards there is no doubt that "The Emden" will be shown dur-fone will set himself against the ing all shows on Tuesday, and at main literary current of our time, 280, 7.15 and 9.20 only on Wednes- but he will be able to endure this day. On Wednesday at 5.00, Miss when he sees that he is entering Violet Capcil's Dancing Display will the mala-current of all time.-0. S. hold the bill.

in the Christian Science Monitor,

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1809, and that does not help in any way on the present point.

If the practice in these Crown Office maftors la not provided for by. Incal legislation, the position is that we are thrown back on the practice of the 5th April, 1843, which is a most inconvenient state

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of affairs. Accordingly, clause HAMPSHIRE CRICKET. 2 of this Bill provider that the practice with regard in writs of certiorari. babens corpus. and mandamus shall he, the practice LORD TENNYSON RE-ELECTED from time to Ume for the dime 'being in force in England. 14 in unnecesary to provide for any pending matters because there are none of any of these three classes at the moment..

ACTRESS KILLED IN AIR FILM "STUNT.”

HOLLYWOOD PARACHUTE

TRAGEDY.

Hollywood, Jan; 25. Tragedy has marked an air film ing "stunt" here.

Lena Wichart, a professional sub. stitute for aviation "stunts," took the place of Miss Ruth-Elder,, the Atlantic flyer, who is to be featured in a new film.

The plot calls for the heroine to leap out of the 'plane, equipped with a parachute, and so escape her kid- napper. But Lena Wichart, for some unexplained rosson, falled to pull the rip cord that opens the parachute.

Jim Granger, who plloted the 'plane, made a desperato effort to nosedive and catch the body in the cockpit of the machine, but without succosa. When picked up the actress's body was crushed beyond recognition-Reuter.

CAPTAIN.

"At the annual meeting of the Hampshire County Cricket Club Lord Tennyson was re-elected cap- tain and Mr. A. J. L. Hill was nominated to succeed Sir Francis Lacey as president.

Speaking of Hampshire's cricket performances, Sir Francis said he did not believe there was a captain in England who played in such a fearless and attractive way us had Lord Tennyson. What Hampshire needed was more bowlera. That, he was afraid, was a problem with every county; it was a problem which even the seléctors in Australia were finding somewhat difficult, and Hampshire must do the best it could. The position was due to the evolution of the game, The batsmen had got on top, but something could be done with re- gard to the training of bowlers.

Of cricket generally Sir Francis said it rather looked as if they were beginning a new chapter in cricket history. A committee had been formed of experts, and they had been asked to consider and re- port on the position of cricket with regard to the ascendancy of the bat over the. ball and with regard to the number of days which appeared to be required to finish big matches, A great many cricketers had been talking about those matters and writing about them, but he had not seen anything very inspiring so far.

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“Adam's Apple" was the name given to the proprietor of the Yee Fat bicycle shop, of 25, Canton Road, by a Portuguese youth on Thursday night" when he hired a Mr. R. M. Dyer has consented blcycle. The machine has not yet to distributo the prizes of the been returned and a report has Hop Ying Free School and Hung- been made to the police. The bicy-hom Public Free School at Mea

Chiu Theatre on Sunday, cle is valued at $30.

OING BY PEA SERVICE INC

REG. U. B. PAT. OFF.

"Take a bite of this and you'll see why I've been married for twenty years,

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Woman at Westminster County Court: She is quite a sophisticat ed person.

Judge Sir Alfred Tobin: What's that?

The Woman: She is travelled. The Judge: We had better have plain Anglo-Saxon.

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To-day's Dog Story."Here is the story of Queenie, an all brindled bull terrier of saturnine counten- ance, but loving heart and gentle ways. She lived in the nursery, but when her puppies were about to be born she went to our · barracks' atable. They died, and she was supposed to have destroyed them.

"Time passed, and our white bull terrier had a litter. Queenie al- ways played with these pups a fact which did not bear out her cruel reputation; so once more she went to barracks, but her pups did not live..

"Qucenfe came, sadly home, she went to the nursery. The toy ted- dy bears were sitting in a toy cart, their limbs sticking idly through the bars. She carefully nosed those froo, and carried oño at a time down three flights of stairs to her basket in the basement. When sho had three, the number of her dend pups, she snuggled in with them, heaving a sigh of satisfaction.

ENGLISH BOOTLEGGER FINED $350.

no.

...Morris Levy, wine, and spirit merchant of. Manchester, fined £350 and twenty guineaa costa, at the City Police Court for having an illicit still on his premises, and for making spirit on which be had not gaid duty. Mr. Fisk, from the. Collector's Depart ment of the Customs House, Lon- don, said the mirit was of such a character that it would be positive, ly injurious to anyone consuming It Levy could make a very hand- some profit by avoiding the duty, for an outlay of a shilling would probably bring him. 41,

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