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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1932,

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By W. E. McKenney

COUNCIL MEETING

FIRST READING OF BILL

ON COMPANY LAW

DIVORCE LAW DEFENDED

ATTORNEY GENERAL

At the meeting of the Legislative | REPLIES TO MR. BRAGA Counell yesterday afternoon. the

At a bridge tournament you Attorney General, moving the may often hear a pair remarx, second reading of "A Bill to secure "Well, we were in the right epoljan fncreased trade between the Colony and other parts of the Bri: on that hand."

Arriving at the correct declaratish Empire," said: tion, and putting in a bid that will throw the opposition off the This Bill and the Resolution re- right track, Is the favourite pas-lating to a preference on Empire time of Mrs. Dorothy Rice Sima.brandy which was passed last week contribution the represent the Mrs. Sims

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either accord no preferences, or accord to some other part of the Empire preferences not accorded to the contracting Domfalon.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Bill passed through Its final stages.

Other Bills which passed their final stages were "A Bill to amend the Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Ordinance, 1896" and "A Bill to amend Marriage Ordin anec, 1875".

Company Law.

Moving the first reading of "A Bill to consolidate and amend the Inw relating to Companies", the Attorney General said;

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Bragn found no support in his opposition to the Divorce Bill at the Legislature Council yesterday.

Hon. ir. Paterson: I don't think a very gront deal of the Bill' my- self, to be quite candid, but from different motives from those my honourable friend

has just re- I feel, as one of the vealed. newspapers in an editorial hns stated, the Bill merely perpetuates all the abusos of the Divorce syn- tem in England. I think it does not go nearly far enough, but under the circumstances it is pro- bably all we are going to get and therefore I am quite prepared to accept it..

I have listened very patiently and with a great deal of interest to what my honourable friend has sald, and I have been unable to understand the meaning of it. His arguments Illustrate the enormous difference there is between the Churches and the ordinary lay unfortunate, but I cannot for the

It is perhap thought of to-day,

fo of me see how anyone making an unfortunate contract cannot get out of it.

Government Replies.

The Attorney General:Sir- The first honourable member to address the Council has done so at considerable length. without real- ly dealing with any of the four points mentioned in my speech on the first reading and which I will now enumerate, restate and slight-

Firstly a Bill to deal with divorce has been suggested to us by two successive Secretaries of

State who must be presumed to be aware that, until implemented by an Order in Council under the Indian and- Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1926, it will affect very few persons.

Secondly

Bro, Sims held the North cards. Sir, I rise *to* move the first South opened the bidding with reading of a Bill to consolidate and amend the Jaw relating to Com- one spade. West passed.

Many players would now over-panles which has been prepared call with two clubs, but what is with a view to bringing the Comly elaborate. the real advantage in North's puny law of the Colony into line hand? It is in having the hand with that prevailing in England. led up te rather than through.

Mrs. Sims realized that with This is in accordance with prece

dent. There have boon thres great her holding there was not a prob consolidations of the Company law able game in clubs; therefore,

in England in 1862, 1908 and 1920. rather than disclose this club The Acts of 1862 and 1908 were holding, she bid two ne trump followed in 1865 and 1911 by Hong-

East passed, and South. who kong Ordinances which correspond did not feel that his hand wased generally with their provisions. suited for no trump due to the As acting Attorney General nearly doubleton club and the doubleton twenty-one years ago it fell to me diamond, bid three spades, as his to move the Third Reading of the partner's overall of two no trump latter Ordinance. The Act of 1920 did not necessarily deny spades. repealed the Act of 1908 and the Mrs. Sims again refused to dis-Acts amending it particularly the elose her trump holding and de-Act of 1928, and re-enacted their cided to try for game at no trump, not result though not exactly in and therefore bid three no trump.the same language or according to which became the final contract. the same arrangement. The object

The Play.

an Alsatia in Hon kong for persons domiciled here has become an anomaly, owing to the development by Civil Jurisdic- tions throughout the world of means of giving relief from Christian marriage, regarded as a civil contract. It is only with marriage Bo rewarded that the ill denis. The honourable mem- ber has pointed out that the de- finition of Christian marriage or of the Act of 1929 us stated in its civil equivalent, recognises the East and ine opening Jend. Lord Hailsham's edition of Hals-status as that of a voluntary union Without a club bid by North, ne bury was to present the whole body for life of one man and one wo- has no reason for not wishing to of the subject in a complete form.man to the exclusion of all others open his tourth best club, so the This Bill has a similar object. It Whilst stressing the words "for Uiree of clubs was led. It was follows the Act very closely; but, life" the honourable member has HOW

егіну mutter for Mrs. un stated in the Memorandum of missed the point that the deflul- Sims to make four no trump, Objects and Reasone on page 187tion cannot be split into its co- which was the best score made on it has been necessary to incorporate ponent parts, but must be taken us the board.

special loent provisions taken from a whole and that the introduction the existing Ordinances,

of "others" into the exclusive

that

If she had bid her clubs and then later gone to no trump, East

The introduction of this Ordin-unlon of two destroys the fundn- might have opened a diamond and then the best that North and ance will necessitate considerable mental civil conception of that South could do on the hand would study by auditors and company sec union. With the religious concep- retaries and directors. But, speak- tion of indinsolubility of the union De tree no trump--and would require two finesses. ing generally, any one of Buch per- we are not concerned.

sons who is provided with a text book on the Act of 1929 should have little difficulty in ascertaining his duties under this Ordinance which, under section 867 on page 140 of the print, will not come Into force until the 1st July next year. I now move the first reading.

PRINCESS ILL. INFANTA BEATRIZ OPERATED

ON FOR APPENDICITS

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The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was carried.

Straits Law Followed. Thirdly-In its essentials the Bill follows a Straits Settlements precedent which is open to every one of the objections. If objections they be, which have bean stressed by the honourable member. the Straits Bill, which went fur- ther and required, what this Bill does not require, that petitioners should profess the Christian religion, has been ap

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In Council under the Act of 1926. Lastly. This will not come in- to force until His Majesty's plea- aure is known,

With regard to the remarks of the honourable member who re- condly addressed the Council, 1 think that is all are likely to get and that any attempt on be- half of this Council to move in advance of the legislative thought In England will not result in the Ordinances being allowed.

Mr. T. V. Soong, on being shown asatement made by Sir John Simon in the House of Commons that the Manchukuo Government had remitted certain aums to Shanghai for the Foreign Loan service, stated categorieally that move the second reading.

Mr. Braga: May I be allowed to none of the revenue collected in any a few words in reply?

Manchukuo since the seizure of the Customs had been remitted to the Inspector General of Customs, or indirectly. Renter's Special.

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