Dr. Tang recommended that the! judicial system be reorganized along Anglo-American lines, the procurator system, which "only made for delays being abolished and judieal powers being. vested in the district magistrate and branches of, the Supreme Court should. be established in various parts of the country: The Ci Code must re-' Chang lower portion and artificial granite above.
At the corner of these two front ages is placed a clock tower some 200 fect in height, which forms s dominating feature of the design. On the north and south' sides of this tower 110 feet from the ground, mammoth groups of statuary, sym-tical of the postal services will be placed. These groups are approximately 21 fect wide and 14 feet high. The group illustrated rill be placed on the south side.
agstaff (of Arts & Crafts) an of sculpture at the Royal is the sculptor who model-Ted these groups, and the infinite pains he took in the work show up in the finished work.
The ground floor is occupied by the Import and Export Parcels De partments, and the walls, counters and floors are treated in a simple and hygienic manner with encaustic tiles and terrazzo. On the first floor is the postal public hall along the Soochow Road front with mosaic floors, marble and teak counters and ornamental plaster wall and ceiling treatment. It is approached! by a double staircase of Italian marble from the Soochow-Szechuen Road Corner and auxiliary. staircases at the west end. The remainder of this floor is occupied by the sorting, despatching and other offices.
On the second floor are the administration offices and on the third floor residential flats and quarters for' members of the staff.
The architects are Messrs. Steward son and Spence, F. R. 1. B. A.
'A, whd obtained the award in cognize the variations in local customs and traditions in China and the authority should be vested in local officials to determine the relationship the Law to local practices. Only in ease of conflict between local jeustoms and national enactments should the power of the national government be applied. Dr. Tung' also favoured arbitration instead of constantly rushing to the courts on every occasion. In the—Ching Dynasty, he said that there had been a form of compulsory arbitra-. tion.
Bachelor degrees were conferred by De. J. A. G. Shipley, Chairman, of the Board of Trustees of the: University, upon the following eandidates:
Ching-twen, William'
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