The Celebrations From now on, HM." Consul-(General. will consider exercising Ais power under the China Order-in-JCouncit which provides for the with= Jdrawal of recognition or protection, welles the infliction of a. fine, from those, who fail to gulf. their obligations," announced Mr. RS. Heaney, Passport Ameer, during the course of two cases Involving non-Fogistration by British subjects HM. Police Court on January 5, Mr. C. H, Haines, Registrar, said that the Fegistration of British subjects was not only necessary, but under the [Order-in-Council was obligatory for every one.
Mr, Heaney said that he had been instructed by the Consul-General 10 say It was essentially in the interests of the British subject himeelf that he should be registered, apart from the [consular requirements, The register ion requirements extended to every British mon, woman and. child. Registration of an entire family could bbe entrusted to one individual, but tone person's registration did not re-Tigve the other members of the family from their obligations "to register under Article 218 of the Order. A registration by a husband or a father was not suMgient to cover the wife oF family.
Another popular misapprehension, said, was that inability to pay the registration fee released people from the necessity to register, This was quite erroneous, and failure " to register on this ground would not be taken as an excuse. He was further Instructed to say that no efforts had been spared to bring the registration requirements to the notice of British subjects resident in this district and that from now on the Consul-General might consider exercising his power to withdraw recognition of fines, from fs well as the infliction of fines, from hose who had failed to register, ays he has not enough money to pay the fees, you will ister him wlth-
"Mr. Fairbairn, did you take any steps to see what the fees were? don't think T ald."
"Someone don't' think you did eltheit—When T only had $30 a month, there was no use my looking for it, Som One of Italy's most up-to-date and finest cruisers, the Raimondo, Monteeuceol, Captaine A. da Zara in com-mang, failed from her mooring off the Hoosevelt. Terminal on January 3, bringing to an end her extended slay in the Whangpoo River since the Jearly- days. of the hostilities. The Raimondo Monteosccoll_ was a_welcome addition' to "Battleship. Row" month."
told me it was six dollars a when'she arrived here, for in size Sir "Heaney said that the consular Primauguet and the British 10,000- Ig comparable. the Augusta she authorities were not pressing for a fine to be inflicted, they just wanted "to impress on him the essential requirement of being registered,"
Mr. Haines: think T can bind him over under rule 62 to come up. for sentence later. Tt is inexpedient to award any punishment other than a nominal one and Tam going to di charge you on condition you give a security {0 appear for sentence it toners.
She arrived in Shanghai after the remarkably quick passage of seventeen days {rom Venice, but her trip south Will be a more leisurely affair. will be a welcome change for her off feers and crew, 100, for she is bound for Australia, where she is to attend the celebrations held in honour that commonwealth's sesqui-centenary. After that, she will probably sail for Africa and eventually home joes that mean 4 pay' you something
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