The Archive · 1930

FOREIGN LAWYERS TO REGISTER Unable to Pratice in New Court Without Obeying Order

Nanking, Mar. 21, All foreign lawyers who wish to practice in the Special District 'Court of the Shanghai International Settlement.and also the Second Branch Kiangsu Provincial Court, which will both be officially' inaugurated on April 1, must immediately apply to the Ministry of Judicial Administration for certificates granting them the privilege, according to a proclamation issued yesterday by the Ministry. Applicfants must state thei nationality, and qualifications to: gether with their diplomas and such ther documents as may testify to their competence. Th ications Fight. The cauSe of the trouble was Hu Ak-chang, the No. 1 boy, who was accused by his juniors of treating them in a high-handed manner fand of "squeezing" money. from them. Our informant says that this apparently angered Hu who, together with 19 of his friends, demanded an explanation, quarrel arose, Which led to a, ree-for-all fight, other boys, joining in, The passengers were awakened by the shouting, yelling and the smashing of chairs, ete,, which wore used as weapons, Two steerage passengers were injured in the melee and they had to be taken to hospital upon the ship's arrival in Ningpo on the following morning. Likewise, three of the boys were severely man-handled and they are in hospital in a critical condition. The fight ended after it had been in progress for about an hour, the foreign officers of the vessel finally succeeding in settling the affair.

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