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"DEPORTEE” WINS CASE

MOSCOW PRISONERS THAMES

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made validly was duly and issued against the person named In auch order." His Lord ship had formed the opinion that the limitation placed. on that section upon the proceedings of the Court could only apply if the terms of the Ordinance had been complied with on the face of the proceedings. The section was in- tended to prevent any question from arising as to the operation of a Deportation Order In respect of which the Ordinance had been complied with, or, in other words, on the face of which no defect was to be observed.

TWO TYPES OF PROCEDURE.

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at Windsor Castle for the purpose of authorising a Proclamation under the Russian Goods Import Prohibition Art-Reuter

Brict Meeting.

London, Apr. 19. A meeting of the Privy Council was hold at Windsor Castlo at 9.30 am. to-day, It was attended by Mr. Baldwin and Sir John Simon who motored from London and were immediately ushered into the King's presence.

The meeting of the Counell was very brief, and terminated in about 15 minutes.

Reuter.

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933.

ROWING FREE STATE LEGAL

TRAGEDY

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL BOAT SWAMPED

MASTER DROWNED IN SAVING BOY A pupil teacher of St. Paul's was the School, Hammersmith, who coaching a crow of boys on Thames, was drowned when the boat overturned.

MUDDLE

MAINTENANCE OF ORDER IN A TANGLE

Dublin, Mar: 14.

RADIO BROADCAST

PROGRAMME OF RECORDED MUSIC

0.-7.15

A disclosure made In the Dail last night by Mr. John Costello, At- From Z. B. W., on wave length of torney-General in the Cosgrave ad-1355 metres (84.5 k/c.). ministration, that the Do Valera The programme between Government have been guilty of ap.m. will, provided reception proves

their natisfactory, bo replaced by first-class legal blunder in

Daventry programme, dismissal of General O'Duffy from the post of Chief Commissioner of the Civic Guard has created a re- markable situation.

the

11-11.00 a.m. Stock and Exchango Quotations, Weather Report.

11.30 am, Chinese recorded pro- gramme.

12.30 p.m.

He was Mr. Lawrence Huxton Sconce, aged 24, and was in ths eox's neat of the skiff, which set off from the school boathouse atvernment's power to dismiss Gen-Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

There is no question of the Go-

oral O'Duffy, but, as Mr. Costello pointed out, the nection of the Act which they used as their authority has been repealed for the past 8

Mr. Baldwin and Sir John Simon later returned to London by car-Upper Mall, Hammersmith. The four boys of the crew were be tween 18 and 15 years of age.

Conditions #001 became un-years.

Proclamation Insyed.

The Ordinance provided two separate types of procedure In deportation for allens and British

London, Apr. 19. favourable, the water being Subjects. In the case of an alfen It has been learned that the choppy and rough, and they reach- No. 7A form should be used proclamation prohibiting the im-cd the Stork Training Ship with and in the case of a British Sub-portation of Russian goods. has difficulty. The skiff then got into ject a form 7. The two forme been signed and will be issued in a very rough patch of water and resembled each other closely and

a special Aupplement of the overturned. the form of Order with which the London Gazette to-night. present Indictment was concerned

was Form No. 7. The two forms the form of Order with waich the present indictment was concerned was Form No. 7. It was not open to the Court in the present pro- --egedings to inquire whether the

resembled each other closely and

The proclamation prohibits the The teacher and the boys were importation of about 80 per cent carried swiftly upstream. The of imports from Russia, including boys, who were clad lightly for butter, grain, raw cotton, petro-rowing, managed to swim to the leum and timber and comes into bank near the Metropolitan Water effect on April 26 giving respite Board's premises, and were helped for shipments is transit.

out of the water by people who

The reason for the choice of

Section 11. of the Civic Guard

удв al-

European programme of Columbia and Regal records kindly supplied by

1 p.m.

Local Time and Weather Report. 1.30 p.m.

Rugby Press News, Selected London and New York Stock Quotations, etc.

2 p.m. Close Down.

Band of H.M. Royal Air Force. 6.18-6.10 p.m. Instrumental.

(Ponce-Heifetz).

Jascha Heifetz, Piano Solo-One Lives But Once

(Strauss-Tausing),

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Cello Solo-Mazurka (Popper).

Pablo Chanls. Violin Solo-Valse Bluettu

(Drigo-Auer),

6-8 p.m. European_programme. 6-6.18 p.m. Band Selection, Act of 1924 gave the Government power to remove the Commissioner La Marselniac.

La Gardo Republicaine Band. at any time, but in 1925, when the Policeman's Holiday (Ewing). Police Forces Amalgamation Act Wee MacGregor Patrol (Amera).

Band of II.M. Coldstream Guards. was passed, amalgamating tho Dublin Metropolitan Police with the Faithful and Bold (Rust). Civic Guard, Section 11. and other The Happy Warrior (Kah!). sections of the 1924 Act word re- pealed, and a provision inserted that the Commissioner of the amal-Violin Solo Petrellita gamated force could be removed at any time by the Government.

General O'Duffy, who ready Commissioner of the Civic accused before the Order was apecific important imports ls that seen the accident.

an embargo thereon la infinitely Mr. Sconce, though wearing an Guard under the 1924 Act, became, than a overcoat and heavy clothes which the first Commissioner of the more simple to operate complete embargo on all imports. hampered him, had almost auc-amalganinted force, and has since It is learnt that diplomatic im-ceeded in renching the bank when held the post under the 1925 Act. munity granted the three chief he disappeared.

GILBERTIAN SITUATION, members of the Soviet Trade De

Police Constables Eucott and lagation has definitely lapsed, and

When the Government decided on they and their office will no longer Baldwin ropeatedly dived into the

enjoy this protection.

river in an effort to save Mr.the dismissal of General O'Duffy, The Soviet Ambassador M. Sconce but failed to locate him. through some extraordinary over His body was recovered several sight they forgot that the powers Maisky saw Sir John Simon at

under the 1924 Act had been taken the Foreign Office this morning.kours Inter.

away the following year and fresh Reuter..

powers given. Not only did the Government proceed to act under Section 11, of the 1924 Act, but the notice of dismissal sent to General O'Duffy specifically stated that he was being removed from offleo un-Chorus-The Bells of St. Mary's.

insued against him was afforded all the facilities provided by the Ordinance to protect the liberty of a British Subject. If the De- portation Order in question was rightly to be regarded an Order made against a British Subject the objection must prevail. It had been contended for the defendant that the Order ao regarded was invalid on the face of it for two reasons the first being that an allen before he may be deported

EFFORT TOO MUCH. must have been "convicted in the Colony" of an offence, whereas

Mr. Rates, the father of one of Mr. Sconce in the Deportation Order no con-

London, April 19. the crow, said that viction "in the Colony" had been

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who is died in trying to save one of the alleged. The second reason was aboard the Berengaria, bound for boys. that there had been a material and New York, refused to comment on "Three of the boys could swim fatal departure from the Form the sentences, which were wire- very well," he said, "but the der it. itaolf. Both contentions had com-leased to him from London. fourth could not, and Mr. Sconce

Hence it is clear that the dis- 'mended themselves to his Lord- Sir John Simon, when leaving was supporting him while swimm-missal of General O'Duffy was ut- the Foreign Office, alno refused to ing to the shore. The boy wasterly illegal, and that as the Go- make any comment.Reuter Mora able to swim the last dozen, yardsvernment acted under an authority ing Post Special.

but the effort had been too much that was non-existent he is still for Mr. Sconce and he sank."

Commissioner.

ship's judgment.

No question here arose affecting the exercise by the Governor-in- Council of a discretion under the Ordinance. The officers charged with the duty of giving effect to the decisions of the Governor-In- Council had omitted to comply with the Ordinance and their omission was apparent upon the face of the Order itself.

His Lordship held-there was no case to go to the Jury.

BRITAIN'S HEAVIEST MAN DEAD

WEIGHED MORE THAN 40 STONE

Refusal To Comment.

AMERICAN HOSTILITY. Non-Recognition Of Russia Urged At Mass Mecting.

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Consequently, everything done by, or under, the authority of the new Commissioner in that capacity in dtra vires.

Jascha Heifetz. 'Cello Solo-Musette (Bach-

Pollain).

Pablo Casals, 6.40-8 p.m.

records kindly

A programme of loaned by a Listener. Vocal Duct The Same as we

Hned to Do.

Layton and Johnstone. Vocal Duet-To-morrow is

Another Day.

4

Layton and Johnstone. Orchestral Someday--Somewhere. Orchestral-Neapolitan Nights.

The Troubadours.

Chorus-John Peel.

Associated Glee Clubs of

America.

Orchestral Cheerful Littlo

Earfel Orchestral-The Little Things

In Life.

Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Humorous Song-Mountain.

Greenery.

Frank Crumit. Humorous Song--The Girl Friend. Organ Solo-The World is Walling

for the Sunrise. Organ Solo-Just Cottage Small. Officers of the Civic Guard hold ́

Jack Courtnay. their posts directly from the Go-Song-I'm Waiting for the Ship

That Never Comes In... but non-commissioned officers and the rank and file are SongLittle Mother. appointed by, and draw their au- thority from, the Coronilestoner. five

Commandor Grant, of the Stork Training Ship, who heard the shouts of onlookers when the skiff overturned, immediately sent one of tho ship's boats to the rescue. Washington, April 13.

"The mishap happened about Non-recognition of Russia be-300 yards ahead of us, and by the cause of her inability and un-time we got to the spot the boys willingness to perform inter- had reached anfety," he said.

Mr. Pierce, a former holder of national obligations and conform to the usages of accepted civilized Doggett's Coat and Badge, said

mass that the master got within | nations", was urged at a

meeting, addressed by the yards of the wall before he went President of the U.S. Federation under.

of Labour, the Commander of the "If I had had a long pole I could American Legion, and others.have got to him," he said.

Mr. Sconce, whose home was at Reuter Morning Post Special.

N. Y. Opion.

Chester, had been at the school Now York, Apr. 19. nine months. "If the resident agents of a Mr. George Lovatt, reputed to great British engineering firm,

vernment,

INDEMNITY ACT PROBABLE.

A legal authority told me to-day that it was even doubtful if the Guards had, at the moment, the right to arrest anybody.

So far na General O'Duffy in concerned, the Government will, doubtless, proceed to rectify their! order under the 1925 Act.

Franklyn Baur. (Tenor). Octed My Inspiration is You. Octet A Kiss Before the Dawn.

J.. Squire Celeste Octet. Vocal® Duet Never Swat a Fly. -' Vocal Dust-Old Fashioned Girl. Layton and Johnstone. Orchestral-You Have Become so

Terribly Blondo Lately, Orchestral Oh, Donna Clara,

Del Dauber's Tango Orchestra. Chorus Sing (A Happy Little

Thing).

bo the heaviest man in England. under full diplomatic protection,{SWIMMING FOR HOURS [error by issuing a fresh dismissal Chorus Here Comes the Sun

who for nearly 12 years had been are to be terrorised and run into unable to leave his house because of his size, has died at the age of gaol like Moujoks to make a Red Holiday, then Rusala is no place 64 at his home at Brierley Hill,

Staffordshire.

The last time he was weighed ho turned the scales at 38 stone, but just before his death he claim ed to weigh more than 40 stone.

Although his mother weighed 22 stone, his father was only of medium size.

Mr. Lovatt was one of the finest examples in support of the general

belief that fat men are always

jolly men. His appearance, and

AMID SHARKS

for Americans," declares the New REMARKABLE ADVENTURES what has been done York Herald-Tribune, dlacussing the Moscow trial-Reuter.

DEATH PENALTY ON MUSK RATS

GOVERNMENT ACTION

AT LAST

OF A SHIP'S BOY

This is the remarkable diary of an eighteen-year-old apprentice of the Blue Funnel Haer Dolius, ho arrived at Liverpool on board the ship.

"Washed overboard from liner near Singapore into shark-infested Fica;

"Carried away by current and

It is believed that an indemnity act will be necessary to validate under the authority of the new Commissioner. The position is occupying the at- tention of Mr. de Valera's legal advisers.

National Cavallers. Band-Wonder Bar-Elizabeth.

Band Wonder Bar-Tell Me I'm

Forgiven.

Deboy Somers Band..

8 pm. Local Time and Weather Report ·

B.3.10.30 pm- Chinese 'programme. 8.3-8.30 p.m.

A rolay from the Hop Yat Church Hall of the Speech by Doctor H. S. Tho Tai, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.) on Science of Children's Health."

8.30-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studio Con- Rugby Mid-day Press 10.35 p.m. Close Down.

ecrt.

10.30 p.m Nown.

PROGRAMME. EMPIRE To-day's brodacuat from G.S.D., Daventry transmitting on a wave- length of 26.28 metres (11,865 k/c), The on 31,20 metres (9,686 k/c). and G.S.C., Daventry, transmitting programme will be relayed by ZBW

4 TRAGEDIES ON SAME LINE

WEEK-END SERIES the jokes it provoked, apparently The Minister of Agriculture and swimming about for several hours gave him as much enjoyment as the Secretary for Scotland have in darkness;

Brighton, Mar, 17. anyone.

issued an Order prohibiting the "Landed on desert island devoid

The strange series of tragedies Politics were of special la-keeping of musk rats in Great of life:

Britain.

"Plunged again into shark-in-jon the railway line near Brighton terest to him, and it was to en- able him to visit the polling Regulations made last year allow-fested sen towards another island, was continued this afternoon, when

if conditions are satisfactory. a train as it was passing through booths during an election that the keeping of music rats under fit on way picked up by Chinese man was killed in falling from

licence in pous of approved design dhow:

Claytor Tunnel he had built the special outsize and subject to stringent conditions.

rescuers to chase hour. "Persuaded trap which he always used

Delius; afterwards in the town

Doilus "Later taken on board Another Interest which claimed much of his loisure was the breed. ing of pigeons, and he won many prizes.

"COME AND FETCH ME"

In view, however, of the risk of esenpe and of the danger caused by those animals when at liberty,

It has been considered necessary to just in time to stop captain of the prohibit entirely the keeping of vessel sending out message of my

death." musk rats in this country.

After April 1 any person who The boy is James Miller, former- imports or attempts to import ny of the Mersey Training Ship musk rat or keeps a musk rat will Conway, who lives at Ashbourne, His alze made service with the be liable on conviction to a penalty Derbyshire. Miller refused to be

Interviewed.

im-of $20.

Army during the war an

was possibility. He

bed in following an accident to his leg when he was summoned to appear before a medical board. He nont a message that if they wanted him they must go and get him-a mea- sage that was appreciated more by the local residents than the mom- bers of the board, who had never neon him.

Mr. Lovatt always told with great gleo of a visit he paid to London where he wont to theatre.

DOES NOTHING FOR Goethe.

at 60 miles An

Ho wan the fourth man to be kill- ed on this stretch of railway, the since yesterday morning. newly-electrified line from Victoria,

The first was Frank Stoerl, of Arundel-place, Brighton, who fell to death, Ilkowice in Clayton Tun- nel, when the midnight train from Victoria was passing through it at 1 a.m. yesterday.

Just before à

a.nl. William Dewdney, a formar rallway work-

6.30 p.m. Big Ben: The Nowe. 5.45 p.m. Dance Music,

"Man voraus Talk: 6,10 p.m. Microbo" and "Drugs and their Uses."

6.30 p.m. The Sea In Music. George Cunningham at the Organ: A. D. 1620 (Sea Pieces). -

Jack Collings (Baritone): Fover.

Sen

Elizabeth Ohms (Soprano): Ocean, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,: thou mighty Monster.

Overture, The Flying Dutchman.. Reginald Foort. At the 7 p.m. Organ of the Regal, Kingston-on- Thames.

conducted by Bruno Walter:

7.30 p.m. Cloao Down.

KZRM PROGRAMME. To-day's Broadcast from Manila: 5.00 p.mStudio Munic.

5.40 p.m.-Health talk by Mrs. 6.00 p.m.-Studio Music.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF WHO DOES NOTHING FOR OTHERS A Chinese attempted suleido byer, of High-strant, Three Bridges, HMHELF. Jumping from the seawall at Kennedy was found dead on the lino near Town, yesterday, but was rescued his home. An hour later an un- by another Chinese and daikto to known young man was found dead the Government Civil Hospital. on the line at Patcham. All laun. dry marks had been torn from his A wound in the leg of a cargo underclothing, and the only pos Period. coolle admitted to Hospital yesterday sible clue to his identity was an caused enquiries which revealed that inscription in his hat, "Nigger to Porod. his alleged assailant was a woman Pat, 1920. with whom he came into, conflict

A package containing six rounds of revolver ammunition was found in a West Point this coolie latrina at morning.

Adams.

6.10 pm-Spanish Informational 0.30 pm-English. Informational Programme 7.00 p.m.-Chrysler Lunola Motor Co. Chrysler Enacm- 7.80 p.m.Reater Soap Programme. 7.45 p.m.Rockne Programme. 8.00 pm R. Aguinaldo Bpon- 8.13 p.m.-Instrumental Recital 8.80 p.mpo Cement Programme Apo Cement Orchestra.

8.45 p.m.Stock Quotations.

60 p.m.Onara Night. 10.80 p.mClose down.

of unusual interest to all com- Unable to find a seat large munities in Hongkong is the film now while both were working on a lightor The fourth victim has not yet ble enough he ant down in the gang showing at the Oriental Theatre, at the Kowloon Godown yesterday been identified, but papers bearing way, to the despair of the attend-which Mias Lai Ming-fai, one of the

a London address were found in ante, and refused to move until a leading figures in the Fung Murder

Another case of a person being at his pocket, and he is believed to chair of suitable proportione wna trial is starred. "The Love Debt," as

atory of tacked and bitten by a dog came to have been John Dryden, aged 30,hip. provided. When he left the the picture is entitled, la

the eternal triangle, and it affords the the notice of the Polion yesterday of Putney, S.W. theatre he engaged a cab. It was

talented actress plenty of scope. The when they sent a girl, damed

The discovery was made after a not constructed for such faroa. production creditable in every Lock, to the Kowloon Hospital for

and the bottom respect,

yesterday the way

capacity precautionary treatment. The dog cyclist had informed the police that and on

dopot at noted throughout the wan removed to the

tho had seen a carriage door open. dropped out.

Mataukok. Mr. Lovatt was, unmarried,

houses were

day:

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