Clerk: Do you think you could recognise the man again? Woman: No, he was smoking.
Letter to Bench:. 1 am enclosing herewith my signature to the letter Iam going to send you Man: One of my, wife's funny ideas was to Suggest we should go and live with her mother.
Constable: I: told the defendant he would be reported for a summons, and he said: "Where's all this courtesy I've heard about?"
Magistrate: Was the defendant a man or a A boy; he was only 21, Solicitor at Wood Green: Did you say that the car was travelling in a southerly direction? No, sir. T said it was going from forth to south.
Solicitor at Wood Green: We are suggesting that it was lemonade you saw being served after time.
Police officer: I asked for three pints of ale and got ale.
Magistrate: And we may take it, officer, you know the difference between ale aid lemonade,—¥es, sir, China at Shanghai will' commence on August 1 and terminate on September 30, during which time the offices of the court will be closed at 12 noon and no civil eases, except those for amounts not exceeding £10, will be heard unless by leave of the Judge.
Member Lines of the China Homeward Freight Conference are considering the question of fixing a time limit for the availability fof the flat Fate of 185, Gd. per ton fixed for forwarding distressed cargo from ports of ro~ fuge. Consignees are therefore advised to take advantage of the flat rate at present available and to make arrangements for dealings with such cargo without delay.
Messrs, Siemssen & Ca. state that the Shanghai Portland Cement Works, Ltd, at Lunghwa, has been legally assigned to them by a Deed of Transfer, and they are therefore the rightful owners.of the cement works, including land, buildings, machineries, tools, materials, goods and other movable and immovable properties They state that it has come to their knowledge that (aking advantage of the fact that they have been prevented by force of circumstances from remaining in actual possession of the works some party" is taking and offering for sale cement stored and manufactured by this plant, They issue a warning that anyone pur chasing or receiving such cement will be pro secured according to law.
A. Shanghai Municipal Council Proclamation, dated July 19, reads:—Wherens, despite the warnings and penalties prescribed in the Emer~ xeney Proclamation of January 1, 1938, a period of grave emergency still continues ' to exist; whereas, also armed outrages continue to occur fon an aggravated—seale in the International Settlement; whereas, accordingly, it appears jeeessary to the Shanghai Municipal Council to accord to the Municipal Police wider emer gency powers, in furtherance of its firm resolve to suppress these armed outrages. it is hereby proclaimed:—(1) That any person committing fan offence against armed forces in the Interna tional Seltlement will be liable to be handed fever to the armed forces concerned; (2) That any person committing armed crime in the International Settlement will be refused the sanctuary of the Settlement and will be liable to expulsion therefrom; (3) That the Municipal Police are authorized to search all premises, public or private, for unauthorized arms; GQ) 'Phot a reward not exeeediny $5,000 will be paid to any persons giving information that' leads to the apprehension of ter-Forists; (5) That a substantial reward will be paid to any persons Wf information that leads. to the seizure of unauthorized arms; (G) That any person found in the Inter~ ational Settlement in possession of arms or explosives without a permit from the Settle. ment authorities, or engaged in or connected terrorist activities, will be liable to be expelled from the Settlement.
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