Besides the smuggling referred to the "recent "editorial article on "Tariff Revision" attention is called to another form of underhand eom= Petition. At all times In Shanghai there have been people engaged in the fabrication of liquors which eonstitute a grave menace to public health, but since the increased tautts have come into effect this nefarious trade has been given such an imtus that it has assumed dimensions far more imposing and serious than they have ever been before. Bottles, labels and corks are in many. Ins stances' made In exact copy of original good liquors and it is a wary buyer In this'day and age who can readily discern the difference between the genuine article and. the spurious, The authorities, who can assist in putting a stop to these re-grottable practices, are doing all that they possibly can, but in the long un the public can aust themselves in this matter, Jgroup of a million and population, the tunnel is a long over-Jdue civic improvement which will greatly facilitate communication befbween tne two areas. At present, it takes Afteen or twenty minutes' to Jcross the Mersey by the ferry system Jand all motor cars must cross in this Jmanner. When the new tunnel li Jopened it will have a capacity of 14.000 cars an hour in four lines moving lat twenty miles an hou if such a eapajolty is ever necessary, In this way a Jerossing will be made in about six minutes. Liverpool has always been [progressive in its civic development. A railway tunnel under the Mersey has been in existence for many years: an [China "lest the revolts of Western dence should be imposed on people without due regard to the Jempirical observations which form the background of the old Chinese medical practice. It is essential that this background be. selentifcally Janalyzed before sclentife medicine Jean be established in China." The ]writer emphasizes the great need for [what may be termed applied research for which a definite organization is necessary. may be that we know the tite history of schistosma japonicum, but tts necessary that the details of this te history should be worked out again and again inthe areas where it occurs, 20 that advice can be given with Fegard to the prevention of disease Lord Derby has escaped a dire fate through the knowledge of par-Mamentary history displayed by Lord Hailsham, the Secretary of State for War. Summoned as a witness before the Committee of Privileges of the House of Commons which is investlgating the charges made by Mr. Winston Churchill against Sir Sam-vel Hoare and Lord Derby, it was Aiscovered that according to a stand. ing order dating back 200 years, Lord Derby could not do so without the consent of the House of Lords. If hho defied this consent he was" liable to be committed to the custody of the Black Rod or the Tower" of London for his presumption.
House of Lords, of course, this permission but the incident does direct attention to the tradition. and. pageantry of the Mother of Parllaments, especially in the person of the Black Rod, or to be more precise, the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod," an office in the King's Ifousehold and the House of Lords at present filled by Lieut-Gen. Sir William Pulteney. The office was. instituted in 1350, and his appointment is by royal' otters patent, his title being due to his staff of amice which is an ebony stick surmounted with a gold lion." On him falls the duty of arresting poers guilty of breaches of privilege, which techni. cally would" have involved Lord Derby had he not approached the House. His most prominent duty is fo summon the House of Commons and their speaker to the Upper. House to hear the speech from the throne. The attempt of Charles I to arrest five members of the House of which are being charged by repute able firms dealing in these lines of foods the purchaser is naturally put upon his guard. The goods may "be genuine and the price low because of their being smuggled, but there is definite danger in buying goods which are quoted below prices ask: ed for by the importer of the Genuine article. And if the question of price Is not a sufficient guide, the buyer can always obtain. the "best possible protection by purchasing from firms who have their reputa-Hons staked upon the quality of their goods. In this matter it. appears to be very much a case of where the public can best protect itself.
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