SCRIPTURE, arrive in the Colony about October 16. The present long vacation ends October 17 and if the month's Cri minal Sessions start on October 20
Me. Justice Gollan will' probably have his first case in the Supreme Court then. Mr. Justice Gompert who has acted as Chief Justice for a period of well over six months, Twill again resume hig duties as) Puisne Judge. Mr. Justice Dyer, Ball, who has very ably carried out the arduous duties of Puisne To the Euitor of the "Nonrn-Cnisa, Darby News."
Sit,—Your many correspondents who have given their opinions abet the way the Bible ought to be interpreted, oF understood, have shown none point only, and Judge during a time when the number of Summary Court cases has been exceptionally high, will then proceed on leave, sailing by the Morea for England on October Uxiication will come after three'
Most civilized "countries have a "fundamental law" upon which their legal systems are paved, and. these "fundamental Tavs" are 30. simple and lear that anybody possess even rudimentary' intelligence ea understand them.
Nevertheless, when these laws are to be applied, it often requires the combined efforts "of many highly intelligent and highly trained lave yers to arrive at a right interpreta. tion of one single phase of one of the patasraphs of one of these laws, Frequently cases are appealed from curt to court until they reach the chest court of the land, from vhich there is no appeal and which therefore pronounces: supposedly infallible judgements.
On their way to the highest court thave cases have been explained by perhaps a dozen learned lawyers years, according to a statement made by Marshal Wa Pei-fu in an interview with a foreign editor of the "Yishihpao." This year will see the complete subjugation of Chekiang and the Three Eastern provinces, while next spring Marshal Wu will deal with Hunan. From next autumn to the spring of 1926 he hopes to settle the situation in Kuangtung and Kuangsi. With the latter two provinces brought into the fold of the Peking Government, it is easy to deal with Yunnan and Kueichow, which task he expects to be consummated in the autumn of 1926. Marshal Wu, however,—does not consider the' country united until Mongolia and Tibet are also brought to acknowledge the authority of the Central Government, but he is confident that with China proper swearing allegiance to a central authority the task of dealing with
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