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fur the general welfare of the commu¬ 
nity, or for the reform of the laws in 
general unconnected with Government 
achnmistral ion in some furm." Thus 
we find the law on such a vital ques¬ 
tion as bankruptcy allowed to remain 
for all these years in the- archaic, in¬ 
adequate and harmful state in which it 
is to be found at present. Company 
law and the laws relating to Trusts and 
partnerships are similarly antiquated 
and lax. It is high time that Govern¬ 
ment asked the Attorney-General's 
Department to undertake the task of 
revising and bringing up to date all 
laws affecting the welfare of the gene¬ 
ral community as distinct from those 
connected with administrative work. 
At any rate no time should be lost 
in taedding laws which are as noto¬ 
riously out of date as those we have 
mentioned. 
LONDON COMPANY RESULTS. 
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. J. 
FIELDING LISTER. 
From Cerebral Haumorrhaol. 
The news which circulated this morn 
vug in 'N u war a Eliya 'that Mr. I. Field¬ 
ing Lister had suddenly died created 
a profoi.mil impression at the iSanita. 
man and was later received with equal 
consternation In Colombo. Mr. Lister 
who was not known to be ill. though a 
few who saw him on Saturday thought 
he was not looking us well as usual, was 
taken ill in his bath at 0 o clock on 
Sunday morning and was just able to 
reach his bedroom. Dr. Ireland was 
called in and found Mr. .Lister in an 
unconscious state, having burst a blood 
vessel in the twain. He regained con¬ 
sciousness in the evening, but his case 
was pronounced hopeless and it was 
doubtful whether he would pass the 
night. Death took place this morning 
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“Times op Ceylon” 27, Mincing Lane, 
London, May 26tb, 12-35 a.m. 
The following final dividends have 
been declared 
The Nagolle (Ceylon i Rubber and Tea 
Plantations, Ltd., 9 yer cent., making 
14 per cent, for the year. 
The Rubber Estates of Ceylon, Ltd., 
5 per cent., making 10 per cent, for the 
year. 
The, Colombo Ele trie Tramway and 
Lighting Co., Ltd., has declared a divi¬ 
dend of 10 per cent. 
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PASSENGERS. 
’.[’he following passengers have left for 
Hr- Mid and Far Fast :—Mr. V\ . A. 
Hirst Mr. and Mrs. E. Dunionhu. Mr, 
and Mrs, E, E. White, Mr. and Mrs. T. 
K. Bennett. Miss B. A. Kurtz. Mr. and 
Mrs. 0. H. Lee and two children, Mr. 
A E Braun, Mr. E. Rummer. Mr. and 
Mrs H d Pashman, Mrs. James. Miss 
S Alschuller. Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Peter¬ 
son. and Air. and Mrs. B. P. KadomtzefF. 
The following passengers have arrived 
from Marseilles ;■—Lieut. Lanvoison, Mrs. 
Pannetrat and two children. Air. and Airs. 
Morin, Mr. and Mrs. Le Portois, Mr. and 
Airs, Plnvoriot, Mr. and Airs. Ropert, Mr. 
and Mrs, Rchoul. and Mr. and Mrs, Con- 
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’ Ds Career 
Mr Lister came out to Ceylon iroin 
Lancashire in the late nineties, and team l 
planting under Air. E. E. Nicol on Ragalla 
estate. RagaJa, remaining oil that estate, 
(iil 1901, when he went Home. In 1902 
he was on Cottagunga, Ra-ngalla. and iu 
lUp.j and .1004 on AJousakellie. Deltola. 
Re retired from planting ‘ shortly after. 
taking up 
residence in Nuwara Eliya. 1 1 
\t the Sanitarium lie played a large part 
in social life and the sphere of sport. Ho 
was a member of the Committee ot the 
Kennel Cluh. and his name will be tong 
as-< sc in toil with the activities of that body. 
Tic acted as secretary of the Hill Club 
occasionally and was a member of all 
social and sporting clubs and Masonic 
Lodges, where his'genial presence wilj be 
very much missed. He counted a host 
of friends, and it ean well be said that 
there is hardly a European in Ceylon that- 
was not personally known to him and 
there arc many .who will cherish the plea¬ 
santest of memories of the hospitality of 
“DuIf House, 
A Non-Shirker’s Dilemma. 
q lu .—While heartily in agreement with 
your contributors. Mr. II. 0- Combe a.nd 
“Indignant Woman ' in that any excuse 
seems” to serve as a reason for some men 
now out here not making an attempt to 
get to the front-, I should like to quote a 
specific case in Which a man (relieving him- 
self lit does not know what to do. This 
man through a sudden curtailment of ins 
income was left in debt- and is now endea¬ 
vouring to s-juate off same out of his 
none too munificent salary. What f should 
re do? Try to get to the front now 
lprovided his creditors will let him) and 
let his creditors run the risk of his being 
killed * and losing their money, or wait 
until he ean pay them up in full and 
then go? I enclose mv card and sign my- 
ScU <WJ “PROBLEM.” 
K. V., May 27 th. 
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THE COPRA MARKET. 
Eight parcels of copra weie brought 
into (tie market this morning, and the 
highest price fetched was Rs. 57.25 per 
candy. There is a very large quantity 
df copra in Colombo stores which 
cannot be shipped owing to want of ton- 
Estate owners are also hold¬ 
ing 
large stocks which they will have to 
dispose°of shortly as the ‘ big mid-year 
crops will be coming in early next- month. 
BETROTHAL. 
Van Rooyen—Glassborow. 
A marriage bus been arranged between 
Lieutenant tieginald Glassborow, 1st 
.Seaforth Highlanders, son of Mr. Walter 
C, Glassborow, of Eltharn, Kent, and 
Mrs. Glassborow, with Miss Thelma 
"Van Hoove n. daughter of Mr. T. C- 
Van Rooyen. of Ha item, and Mrs. 
A T an Known. 
SUSPECTED CHOLERA IN 
BADULLA. 
A Badulla eooly died suddcfilv on 
Thursday night and sonic anxiety was 
felt as his case was suspected to be 
cholera. Another case in similar circum¬ 
stances is reported from the third mile on 
the mad to Pus.saru. Sonic sudden deaths 
arc also said to have occurred on Hinguru- 
gamuwa estate. In some instances bodies 
have been exhumed and post mortem 
examinations * held.—B-adulia ( or., May 
27 th. 
Defective Sight and War Service. 
Sir. i aui a young unmarried man arid 
am still at large in Ceylon. 
M \ reason for being so is that 1 wcai 
glasses, or rather that extreme short- 
sight renders it necessary ter me to wear 
glasses. . . , . . 
For this reason I was rejected by Major 
Nicoll, R.A.M.C., for the Ceylon Con¬ 
tingent and have- subsequently been given 
a,certificate- by Capt. Mathew, R.A.M.C. 
“Unlit For Active Service.” on applying 
I'm- a medical certificate to enable me to 
go Home- 
read Mr. H. Orloff Combe's letter in 
your issue of 25th instant and sympa¬ 
thise. with the indignation expressed in the 
following paragraph of his letter, Hz : 
“ ‘But I wear glasses. 'Well, what if he 
does? Plenty of men joined up in the 
first week of the war at Home and were 
accepted wearing glasses. And what of 
the thousands ‘out there' still wearing 
glasses.” 
Why shouldn’t I be at the front? Can 
you or any of your readers kindly in¬ 
form me 
(J) How- to get there? 
i-2) If I can’t, get’there, why should I 
ue classed (as I undoubtedly shall be and 
probably -un) with the skunks and 
“excnse- mongers' ’ so deservedly held in 
contempt by Mr. Combe and every right- 
minded Briton in Ceylon? 
It is up to someone to organise a 
“Sightless Brigade'' which, on getting to 
the front, would prove themselves useful 
in some capacity or other. 
T honestly believe, if someone were 
sporting enough to do this, there would be 
a sufficiently large response to justify 
his efforts. I am not so hopeless, but 
with glasses am a 2nd class shot, latest 
('j, p, TL C. Musketry Course.—-Yours. 
WILLING; 
Alay 26th. 
(Non; .by Ed.- Mr. Combe ought to 
have known that the degree of defective¬ 
ness among those who wear glasses ran¬ 
ges from nearly blind to very slight iyre- 
gbia rity.] 
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