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139 of 2020 and January of 2021, under the name One Nation Under God?

I'm unaware.

So why do it now?

I think I've described why we did it.

So to disperse the crowd is why you did it for January 6th?

We had political and spiritual considerations, that's first. And the second is I did want to share the love there. There were other organizers. There was an anti-CCP group, there was a Defend Medical Liberty group. And these people needed people and bodies, and we possibly could not fit all of them. And we had lost a third or a quarter of our schedule when we moved the event at the behest of the Ellipse rally.

So it's your testimony here today that you weren't trying to mask the involvement of "stop the steal" when you filed this permit?

Not in any meaningful way. And I—

It doesn't have to be in a meaningful way, just in any way. Were you trying to mask "stop the steal's" involvement when you filed this permit on December 21st?

I don't recall that. What I recall doing is following the advice of my consultant. And I do note there was an exchange between the officer and my consultant in which we disclosed that "stop the steal" and Ali Alexander involved in One Nation God, so I would not call that hidden.

Okay. So going back to this—

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Mr. Alexander, I need to you look at exhibit 34. And I need you to look at the second page because there are ramifications to some of your answers today. And I need you to read your text, "I will have the team make separate One Nation Under God


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140 graphics in case the cops ask you for a copy of promo so you can being deny Wild Protest being totally affiliated or whatever." And we're going to ask you again, was it your intent to put the permit under One Nation Under God to mask WildProtest being affiliated with "stop the steal"?

My intent was what I have stated, which was there is a political and spiritual consideration. There was a consideration—

I'll make it even easier, because maybe there's some confusion. Did you put the permit under One Nation Under God so that, if the cops ask for a copy, the person receiving this text—let me just make sure, Nathan—could deny that Wild Protest was affiliated with "stop the steal"?

That was—

Mr. The group chat with Mr. Nathan Martin, Mr. Stephen Brown, and yourself.

Mr. McBride. What page is this on?

Mr. It's on the second page of the exhibit—

Ms. The second page in the middle.

Mr. McBride. Sorry. The second physical page?

Ms. Yes. I'm sorry. The second physical page.

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There is like a tweet, and then it says, "I will have the team make separate One Nation under God graphics in case the cops ask you for a copy of promo so you can deny WildProtest being totally affiliated or whatever."

So I will make this as clear and simple as possible, did you put the permit under One Nation Under God so that, if the cops asked for a copy of the promo, they could deny that Wild Protest was affiliated with "stop the steal"?


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141 The text message does not deny a relationship between Wild Protest and "stop the steal." Wild Protest had outdated information on it that was no longer true and we could not update in time because of the, you know, the moving the events. My intention was to do the right thing with the expert advice of my consultant. I do not have an expertise in permitting or the process. I am only informed of that process through my consultant. And I could only approve recommendations that I was given.

And the last consideration that I'd ask you to make is that—is that there are a lot of isolated things and, you know, that could look damning. But it is my understanding 9 from what my consultant told me and then what I've later read in congressional testimony, that even if it was—if we said, "Oh, this is "stop the steal." and we wanted to keep out the Christian groups and the Jewish groups, or we wanted all the people, that they couldn't deny it, they couldn't deny the permit. So I wasn't scared of getting denied a permit, if that's the question.

My question was about this text. But you actually raise a really good point that it doesn't actually say affiliated with whom. It doesn't say affiliated with "stop the steal." But the next two texts say: The application's under the name One Nation Under God. I also included Nathan's name on it. I kept yours off so you're below anybody's radar.

Was there concern that the affiliation with you would be a problem and so you didn't put you on the permit for that reason?

Not that I'm aware of.

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So, if I ask Mr. Stephen Brown whether you directed him to put Mr. Nathan Martin's name on the application instead of yours, your testimony is that you did not direct him to do that?


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143 it.

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What was the concern—who were you afraid the cops would think that it was affiliated with?

That's a good question, because I can't imagine what the concern would be.

I think you can; your "stop the steal," you change it to One Nation Under God.

We did not change it. That did not happen. That's factually incorrect.

Your organization was called "stop the steal." At the time that the permit was obtained, One Nation Under God I don't believe previously existed, and then it suddenly exists for the permit.

That's the event name, which is synonymous, and this is what I am telling you. My consultant says—and my own observation and experience tells me that this is true. So my consultant is not lying to me. If someone throws an anti-CCP, pro-Uyghur event, then in line one what they put is yadda, yadda, yadda. Now, I don't it even know what the applications look like the permit applications look like, and it is a working process until the day of. So it's not a permit. It's an application, and there are all kinds of amendments or whatever. I'm not really concerned about that. There are some things that you can't do, and then there are other things that are political considerations. And I'm not worried about that because to me what I have heard from my consultant based off his conversations was they were aware, based off of Trump's tweet, that hundreds of thousands of people were going to be on the Capitol. My consultant told me that based off a conversation that he had with the U.S. Capitol Police.

So I'm not worried that we're disguising anything. And that we are following the rules. We never changed the name. We have an event to accommodate people.


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144 And that is a one time, one shot—we weren't going to continue One Nation Under God after that.

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So, to point, the application has 50 people as the number of attendees. There is a text message on page 1 of the same exhibit 34 that we've been talking about where you say, "What's your say 500 people." So whose decision was it to put 50 people as the number of attendees on this permit?

It was based off consultation. I don't know that I ever, you know—I was told that—I was told that these lots are allotted 50 people. If more people show up and it is not a problem, there is no disbursement order. If more people show up, there is either a warning or for those people to disperse and that the event itself could continue.

Was it you or Mr. Stephen Brown's decision to put 50 people on the application for the number of attendees?

Oh, I think that was the U.S. Capitol Police.

So it was the U.S. Capitol Police's idea to put 50 people on—

I didn't talk directly to them. But my understanding is that the advice that they give to anyone who is applying to the permit is that if you say for—this is what I heard, okay? This is total hearsay. But it's like if you say, "Oh, I'm going have 200 people," then they say, "well, you can't apply for 200 people. You can apply for 50 people." So we made sure that we had under 50 speakers so that we could comply. And I made sure that we had a camera man so that if we had no crowd and everybody is at everybody's else's event, we would still have our speakers, our camera, and we would get our moment.

So, I mean, kind of what said, I thought this would be kind of a layup here. Go back to page 4 of exhibit 35. Estimated number of participants, it says


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142 This message says that he directed—

I asked you, if I were to ask Mr. Stephen Brown whether you directed him to put Mr. Nathan Martin on the application to keep your yours off of it, he would say no?

I don't recall.

You do not recall giving Mr. Nathan or Mr. Stephen Brown any directions about putting Nathan Martin's name on the application instead of you?

I don't recall. I'm reading this text message and—

I'm not talking about the text message. Is it your testimony that you do not recall giving Mr. Stephen Brown any directions to put Mr. Nathan Martin's name on the application instead of yours?

I do not specifically recall giving direction. I got consultation with my expert consultant on this matter, and he sends me a text about it. And I acknowledge it right here.

Ms. So it's your testimony that your consultant told you to put the permit under One Name Under God?

Mr. McBride. I think that's an unfair characterization of what he said. I also feel like we've answered this question several times, several different ways.

Ms. I will be candid with you.

Mr. McBride. Sure.

Ms. I am really concerned. This one spoke for itself. We thought we were just clarifying what they were trying to mask. I really didn't think we were going to be debating the masking. So I want to be really careful that we are not mischaracterizing, because this one I thought was a softball of it says what it says. It's pretty clear they are masking. We just wanted to get what is it that you're trying—what are you afraid of the affiliation will be if the cops ask. Maybe that's the best way to ask


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145 50. Date of application—

Sorry, exhibit 35. I will give you a second to get there.

The Witness. 35 or 34?

Mr. . 34. No, no, 36, 36. Sorry. 36, page 4, it is your application that was filed on December 21st, 2020.

Ms. I'm sorry, hard copy 4 not—

Mr. Hard copy 4.

Ms. I'm with you.

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It says: Estimated number of participants, 50. You're saying that's the Capitol Police's idea to put that down?

That's the guidance that the U.S. Capitol Police gave everyone that they talked to is what my consultant and other people told me, and I was informed of it.

Is it advice, or is it that you only can hold an event with 50 or less people?

That's not true. And that's not been my experience at all.

So, again, when you put 50 down on this application, it is not the U.S. Capitol Police filing this application. It is a fake entity called One Nation Under God, instead of "stop the steal." Why did you make the decision to put 50 on this application?

I didn't make that—I didn't—I didn't fill out this application. I don't have the expertise to fill out this application. I don't have originating information that would enable me to fill out this information. And One Nation Under God is not a fictitious entity, as I've described here before. It is an event name. And that is a norm that honors our First Amendment in the application process for decades.

You just said one One Nation Under God is not an entity; it is a name of an event. So it's not an entity. And I want to ask you so we're clear on the record, is it


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146 your testimony here today that you did not direct Mr. Stephen Brown to put 50 on this application for number of participants?

I could not have independently, to my knowledge, directed him to fill out something in accordance with rules and conversations I wasn't having.

All right. So, if we ask Mr. Stephen Brown, "Did Mr. Ali Alexander tell you to put 50 on the application for the number of participants," your testimony here today is that you did not?

[Discussion off the record.]

The Witness. Yeah. Based off my recollection, I provided with—with how I understand in hindsight that number was come up with. I have no recollection of that number, you know, previously except for to say that me and the consultant had conversations or the consultant had conversations with other people, and I hadn't seen this application until months after January 6th.

. I'm sorry. That first part was word salad for me. I think we got to go back. Can we reread question, and then just ask him to answer it? And I apologize that may have just been—

The Witness. No, it's my fault.

. It did not just register with me. I'm so sorry. I hate to ask you to do that.

[The reporter read back the record as requested.]

The Witness. I apologize for making the answer more complicated than it needed to be. The short answer is I do not recall.

Ms. Okay.

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Who am myself attach'd with weariness,

To the dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.

Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it

No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd

Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks

Our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go.

Ant. [Aside to Seb.] I am right glad that he's so out of hope.

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That you resolv'd to effect.

Seb. [Aside to Ant.] The next advantage

Will we take throughly.

Ant. [Aside to Seb.] Let it be to-night;

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Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance

As when they are fresh.

Seb. [Aside to Ant.] I say to-night: no more.

Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, hark!

Gon. Marvellous sweet music!

Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?

Seb. A living drollery. Now I will believe

That there are unicorns; that in Arabia

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 of choice on the pupil's part; but it should not be open (except as a matter of courtesy or privilege of visitation) to those who have not satisfactorily finished the secondary stage. To this subject, however, I shall return later.

A word is pertinent in this connection as to the much-debated question of the amount of optional courses to be allowed in the present college curriculum. The American college was formerly a secondary school, pure and simple, and properly, therefore, did not admit the university method and the university idea. The American college has now developed out of the stage in which it was strictly a means for secondary education, without having yet developed into the higher or university stage. It contains, however, certain elements of the university idea. These elements are to be welcomed as existing in the place of something better but as yet unrealizable. In so far as the college can wisely admit into itself, for a time, the elements of a university education, it may have, and should have, so-called " optional " courses. But the education which most American colleges give is still chiefly of the secondary order and kind. 'This is necessarily so, because the opportunity for such an education as should already be possessed by every candidate for matriculation in university courses cannot be obtained in this country outside of the colleges.


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 The chief part of the present college curriculum, therefore, cannot wisely be made optional, for it belongs on the other than the university side of the college; it belongs to the secondary education. It is an indispensable part of that training which enables the youth, where universities do exist, to exercise such choice of subjects and teachers (Lernfreiheit) as belongs to the university education. To make this part of the college education optional would not advance us one step toward converting the college into the genuine university. My objection—and it is an objection which seems to me unanswerable, except by raising greatly the standard of secondary education outside the college—my objection to making the entire college curriculum elective is the necessary sequence of the facts. The freshman in the best American college, irrespective of his age and his wisdom, whether in his own eyes or in the eyes of others, has not had (except in rare instances) a secondary education of sufficient extent or thoroughness to fit him to enjoy the privileges of the university idea. Place the average Harvard or Yale student who has just passed his entrance examinations beside the German student who has just gone through with his Abiturienten-Examen, and compare the two. The latter is greatly superior to the former in respect of "general scientific culture;" he is even superior to the average Harvard or


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was once upon a time a sheep-dog whose master was so unkind that he starved the poor beast, and ill-treated him in the cruellest manner. At last the dog determined to stand this ill-usage no longer, and, one day, he ran away from home. As he was trotting along the road he met a sparrow, who stopped him and said: ‘Brother, why do you look so sad?’

The dog answered: ‘I am sad because I am hungry, and have nothing to eat.’

‘If that’s all, dear brother, said the sparrow, ‘come to the town with me, and I’ll soon get food for you.’

So they went together to the town, and when they came to a butcher’s shop, the sparrow said to the dog: ‘You stand still and I’ll peck down a piece of meat for you.’

First she looked all round to see that no one was watching her, and then she set to work to peck at a piece of meat that lay on the edge of a shelf, till at last it fell down. The dog seized it ravenously, and ran with it to a dark corner where he gobbled it up in a very few minutes.

When he had finished it, the sparrow said: ‘Now come with me to another shop, and I will get you a second piece, so that your hunger may be satisfied.’ When the dog had finished the second piece of meat, the sparrow asked him: ‘Brother, have you had enough now?’

‘Yes,’ replied the dog, ‘I’ve had quite enough meat, but I haven’t had any bread yet.’

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 Yale junior in this respect. However, we are rapidly approaching the time when we may make the secondary and relatively compulsory education end earlier than it now does—unless, alas! we lose our fast-ripening fruit by plucking it prematurely.

Into the question of the means by which to secure and guide the pupils' choice, I shall not attempt to enter. To permit the student who is really in the secondary stage of education to make up from term to term, or year to year, whatever potpourri he will of elective courses, is perhaps of all methods least likely to prove satisfactory. It should also be noticed that the effort to secure the right kind and amount of work in the secondary stage of education solely or chiefly by insisting upon "pass" examinations results in making "crammed" men instead of "formed" men. Perverse studet qui examinibus studet, Wolf used to declare. "The country of examinations," says M. Laboulaye, speaking of Austria, "is precisely that in which they do not work hard." But the remedy does not consist in abolishing all examinations, but rather in stimulating thorough teaching and in requiring from the pupil the preparation of daily and organically ordered tasks.

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206 baker’s shop, and pecked so long at two rolls on a shelf that at last they fell down, and the dog ate them up.

But still his hunger was not appeased; so the sparrow took him to another baker’s shop, and got some more rolls for him. Then she asked him: ‘Well, brother, are you satisfied?’

‘Yes,’ he replied; ‘and now let us go for a little walk outside the town.’

So the two went for a stroll into the country; but the day was very hot, and after they had gone a short distance the dog said: ‘I am very tired, and would like to go to sleep.’

‘Sleep, then,’ said the sparrow, ‘and I will keep watch meantime on the branch of a tree.’

So the dog lay down in the middle of the road, and was soon fast asleep. While he was sleeping a carter passed by, driving a waggon drawn by three horses, and laden with two barrels of wine. The sparrow noticed that the man was not going out of his way to avoid the dog, but was driving right in the middle of the road where the poor animal lay; so she called out: ‘Carter, take care what you are about, or I shall make you suffer for it.’

But the carter merely laughed at her words, and, cracking his whip, he drove his waggon right over the dog, so that the heavy wheels killed him.

Then the sparrow called out: ‘You have caused my brother’s death, and your cruelty will cost you your waggon and horses.’

‘Waggon and horses, indeed,’ said the carter; ‘I’d like to know how you could rob me of them!’

The sparrow said nothing, but crept under the cover of the waggon and pecked so long at the bunghole of one of the barrels that at last she got the cork away, and all the wine ran out without the carter’s noticing it.

But at last he turned round and saw that the bottom of the cart was wet, and when he examined it, he found that one of the barrels was quite empty. ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’ he exclaimed.

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 ‘You’ll have worse luck still,’ said the sparrow, as she perched on the head of one of the horses and pecked out its eyes.

When the carter saw what had happened, he seized an axe and tried to hit the sparrow with it, but the little

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 but in the case of authors not born within the Colony, the point is not always easy to determine. The number of books written about Australia, or on subjects connected with it, is very great. Some have been written by men who have spent their lives in it, others by men who have been only casual residents. The rule which has been acted on in these pages is, to exclude all works not written by men who have identified themselves with the Colony, or who have made it, in the common phrase, "their adopted country." An exception may be found here and there, when the interest of the subject warranted it. Observing this rule, it makes no difference whether a particular book was published in Sydney or in London. The place of publication is merely a matter of convenience, and in most cases it will be found that books not intended for strictly local circulation have been published in London. It must be recollected that there are two very strong reasons against publishing in Sydney. The first is, that the expense is nearly twice as great; and the second, that no work published in the Colonies has any chance of finding a sale in London. Everything of importance that has issued from the local press has been included,—the only exception being where the work could not be found.

Looking at this catalogue of our performances, it will probably be considered that more has been done among us in the way of literature than might have been expected. We have not suffered ourselves to be discouraged by the difficulties in our path, and we have not neglected the few advantages we possess. In every department of letters we have produced something of more or less value—something to shew that original intellects have been at work. In more than one instance, there is evidence of undoubted genius to be found. It is natural that our energies should have sought a field rather in newspapers and other publications of the kind, than in more permanent forms. Newspapers are matters of commercial necessity, and consequently there is always a demand for them. Our list of these publications


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 bird flew up into the air, and the carter only hit the blind horse on the head, so that it fell down dead. ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’ he exclaimed again.

‘You’ll have worse luck yet,’ said the sparrow; and when the carter drove on with his two horses she crept under the covering again, and pecked away at the cork of the second barrel till she got it away, and all the wine poured out on to the road.

When the carter perceived this fresh disaster he called out once more: ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’

But the sparrow answered: ‘Your bad luck is not over yet,’ and flying on to the head of the second horse she pecked out its eyes.

The carter jumped out of the waggon and seized his axe, with which he meant to kill the sparrow; but the little bird flew high into the air, and the blow fell on the poor blind horse instead, and killed it on the spot. Then the carter exclaimed: ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’

‘You’ve not got to the end of your bad luck yet,’ sang the sparrow; and, perching on the head of the third horse, she pecked out its eyes.

The carter, blind with rage, let his axe fly at the bird; but once more she escaped the blow, which fell on the only remaining horse, and killed it. And again the carter called out: ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’

‘You’ll have worse luck yet,’ said the sparrow, ‘for now I mean to make your home desolate.’

The carter had to leave his waggon on the road, and he went home in a towering passion. As soon as he saw his wife, he called out: ‘Oh! what bad luck I have had! all my wine is spilt, and my horses are all three dead.’

‘My dear husband,’ replied his wife, ‘your bad luck pursues you, for a wicked little sparrow has assembled all the other birds in the world, and they are in our barn eating everything up.’

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 is a very lengthy one. During the last thirty years, there seems to have been a great amount of activity in this way, scarcely a year passing by without some new competitors for public favour. Many of these, no doubt, displayed but a moderate share of ability; but on the other hand, there were many in whose pages may be found evidence of very striking talent. The present state of our periodical literature, it must be confessed, does not adequately represent the great advance made by this Colony in wealth and refinement. We have two daily papers, but their attention is necessarily devoted more to matters of business than anything else: nor is either distinguished by the splendour of the editorial intellect. We have several weekly newspapers, but they address themselves to particular sections, and none of them can be read for anything beyond the intelligence it supplies. We have no magazine; the last died eight years ago, and there is little probability of another. We have one comic periodical, and that is the only publication that attempts to exist as a purely literary production.

Turning to other fields, we may say that the rough groundwork of a "national literature" has been laid. Poetry has been diligently cultivated, and, in some instances, not in vain. One or two volumes display the unmistakeable hand of genius. The splendid scenery of our native land has not remained unsung; something distinctively Australian has resulted from its worship. In prose Fiction, more than one creditable effort has been made. The History of the Colony—in a great measure, of all Australia—has been exhaustively written. Our narratives of Exploration have been read with interest in circles far beyond our own firesides. Much has been done by us towards elucidating the great mystery of Australian geography, and the Chronicles that have been written on the subject possess a lasting value. Nor have we been inattentive to other problems that concern us. The dialects of the aboriginal tribes have, to some extent, been reduced to


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 sands and thousands of birds were eating up the grain, and in the middle of them sat the little sparrow. When he saw his old enemy, the carter cried out: ‘Oh! what an unlucky fellow I am!’

‘Not unlucky enough yet,’ answered the sparrow; ‘for, mark my words, carter, your cruel conduct will cost you your life;’ and with these words she flew into the air.

The carter was much depressed by the loss of all his worldly goods, and sat down at the fire plotting vengeance on the sparrow, while the little bird sat on the window ledge and sang in mocking tones: ‘Yes, carter, your cruel conduct will cost you your life.’

Then the carter seized his axe and threw it at the sparrow, but he only broke the window panes, and did not do the bird a bit of harm. She hopped in through the broken window and, perching on the mantelpiece, she called out: ‘Yes, carter, it will cost you your life.’

The carter, quite beside himself with rage, flew at the sparrow again with his axe, but the little creature always eluded his blows, and he only succeeded in destroying all his furniture. At last, however, he managed to catch the bird in his hands. Then his wife called out: ‘Shall I wring her neck?’

‘Certainly not,’ replied her husband, ‘that would be far too easy a death for her; she must die in a far crueller fashion than that. I will eat her alive;’ and he suited the action to his words. But the sparrow fluttered and struggled inside him till she got up into the man’s mouth, and then she popped out her head and said: ‘Yes, carter, it will cost you your life.’

The carter handed his wife the axe, and said: ‘Wife, kill the bird in my mouth dead.’

The woman struck with all her might, but she missed the bird and hit the carter right on the top of his head, so that he fell down dead. But the sparrow escaped out of his mouth and flew away into the air.

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there was a woman who had no children, and this made her very unhappy. So she spoke one day to the Sunball, saying: ‘Dear Sunball, send me only a little girl now, and when she is twelve years old you may take her back again.’

So soon after this the Sunball sent her a little girl, whom the woman called Letiko, and watched over with great care till she was twelve years old. Soon after that, while Letiko was away one day gathering herbs, the Sunball came to her, and said: ‘Letiko, when you go home, tell your mother that she must bethink herself of what she promised me.’

Then Letiko went straight home, and said to her mother: ‘While I was gathering herbs a fine tall gentleman came to me and charged me to tell you that you should remember what you promised him.’

When the woman heard that she was sore afraid, and immediately shut all the doors and windows of the house, stopped up all the chinks and holes, and kept Letiko hidden away, that the Sunball should not come and take her away. But she forgot to close up the keyhole, and through it the Sunball sent a ray into the house, which took hold of the little girl and carried her away to him.

One day, the Sunball having sent her to the straw shed to fetch straw, the girl sat down on the piles of straw and bemoaned herself, saying: ‘As sighs this straw under my feet so sighs my heart after my mother.’

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276 Sunball asked her, when she came back: ‘Eh, Letiko, where have you been so long?’

She answered: ‘My slippers are too big, and I could not go faster.’

Then the Sunball made the slippers shorter.

Another time he sent her to fetch water, and when she came to the spring, she sat down and lamented, saying: ‘As flows the water even so flows my heart with longing for my mother.’

Thus she again remained so long away that the Sunball asked her: ‘Eh, Letiko, why have you remained so long away?’

And she answered: ‘My petticoat is too long and hinders me in walking.’

Then the Sunball cut her petticoat to make it shorter.

Another time the Sunball sent her to bring him a pair of sandals, and as the girl carried these in her hand she began to lament, saying: ‘As creaks the leather so creaks my heart after my little mother.’

When she came home the Sunball asked her again: ‘Eh, Letiko, why do you come home so late?’

‘My red hood is too wide, and falls over my eyes, therefore I could not go fast.’

Then he made the hood narrower.

At last, however, the Sunball became aware how sad Letiko was. He sent her a second time to bring straw, and, slipping in after her, he heard how she lamented for her mother. Then he went home, called two foxes to him, and said: ‘Will you take Letiko home?’

‘Yes, why not?’

‘But what will you eat and drink if you should become hungry and thirsty by the way?’

‘We will eat her flesh and drink her blood.’

When the Sunball heard that, he said: ‘You are not suited for this affair.’

Then he sent them away, and called two hares to him, and said: ‘Will you take Letiko home to her mother?’

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Rh the Mouth ome Matter of a weet Scent, which perfumes the whole Sea; and by this Means it allures and draws all Sorts of Fihes and Animals, even the Whales to it, who in whole Droves flock thither, and run into the wide opened Swallow of this hideous Monter, as into a till its Belly be well Fihes and Animals, and then it huts the Swallow, and has for the whole Year enough to diget and live upon; for it is aid to make but one large Meal a Year. This, though a very illy and aburd Tale, is nevertheles matched by another Story, every whit as ridiculous, told by my own Countrymen, Fihermen in the Northern Part of Norway. They tell you, that a great gaftly now and then appears in the Main Sea, which they called Kracken, and is no doubt the ame that the Inlanders call Hafgufa, of which we have poken above. They ay, that its Body reaches everal Miles in Length; and that it is mot een in a Calm; when it comes out of the Water, it eems to cover the whole Surface of the Sea, having many Heads and a Number of Claws, with which it eizes all that comes in its Way, as Fihing Boats with Men and all, Fihes and Animals, and lets nothing ecape; all which it draws down to the Bottom of the Sea. Moreover they tell you that all Sorts of Fihes flock together upon it, as upon a Bank of the Sea, and that many Fihing Boats come thither to ketch Fih, not upecting that they lie upon uch a upon the Surface of the Water in the Year 1734, off our New Colony in 64 Degrees. This Monter was of o huge a Size, that Rh


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 ‘Yes, why not?’

‘What will you eat and drink if you should become hungry and thirsty by the way?’

‘We will eat grass and drink from streamlets.’

‘Then take her, and bring her home.’

Then the hares set out, taking Letiko with them, and because it was a long way to her home they became hungry by the way. Then they said to the little girl: ‘Climb this tree, dear Letiko, and remain there till we have finished eating.’

So Letiko climbed the tree, and the hares went grazing.

It was not very long, however, before a lamia came under the tree and called out: ‘Letiko, Letiko, come down and see what beautiful shoes I have on.’

‘Oh! my shoes are much finer than yours.’

‘Come down. I am in a hurry, for my house is not yet swept.’

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 ‘Go home and sweep it then, and come back when you are ready.’

Then the lamia went away and swept her house, and when she was ready she came back and called out: ‘Letiko, Letiko, come down and see what a beautiful apron I have.’

‘Oh! my apron is much finer than yours.’

‘If you will not come down I will cut down the tree and eat you.’

‘Do so, and then eat me.’

Then the lamia hewed with all her strength at the tree, but could not cut it down. And when she saw that, she called out: ‘Letiko, Letiko, come down, for I must feed my children.’

‘Go home then and feed them, and come back when you are ready.’

When the lamia was gone away, Letiko called out: ‘Little hares! little hares!’

Then said one hare to the other: ‘Listen, Letiko is calling;’ and they both ran back to her as fast as they could go. Then Letiko came down from the tree, and they went on their way.

The lamia ran as fast as she could after them, to catch them up, and when she came to a field where people were working she asked them: ‘Have you seen anyone pass this way?’

They answered: ‘We are planting beans.’

‘Oh! I did not ask about that; but if anyone had passed this way.’

But the people only answered the louder: ‘Are you deaf? It is beans, beans, beans we are planting.’

When Letiko had nearly reached her home the dog knew her, and called out, ‘Bow wow! see here comes Letiko!’

And the mother said, ‘Hush! thou beast of ill-omen! wilt thou make me burst with misery?’

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 Next the cat on the roof saw her, and called out ‘Miaouw! miaouw! see here comes Letiko!’

And the mother said, ‘Keep silence! thou beast of ill-omen! wilt thou make me burst with misery?’

Then the cock spied, and called out: ‘Cock-a-doodle-do! see here comes Letiko!’

And the mother said again: ‘Be quiet! thou bird of ill-omen! wilt thou make me burst with misery?’

The nearer Letiko and the two hares came to the house the nearer also came the lamia, and when the hare was about to slip in by the house door she caught it by its little tail and tore it out.

When the hare came in the mother stood up and said to it: ‘Welcome, dear little hare; because you have brought me back Letiko I will silver your little tail.’

And she did so; and lived ever after with her daughter in happiness and content.

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 tural calamities, similar to those described, have taken place, almost in every century through which Christianity has passed; and this fact of itself is sufficient to show that such natural events never could have been intended as the prelude to the predicted advent. The circumstances that they have been so regarded; that persons, on the occurrence of such disastrous phenomena, have been led to expect the Divine coming, and the destruction of the universe; and that such interpretations have turned out to be mistakes,—may be taken as very strong evidence touching the uncertainty of such a view of the subject. The fact is, the calamities predicted refer to the spiritual afflictions of the Church rather than to the physical diseases of men, or political convulsions of the world. This may be clear from the introductory clauses, "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." Thus it is of the recognition of Himself that He discourses; consequently of the Church in which He is acknowledged, and not of the world by whom He is but little cared for. This, also, was the conclusion which the Apostles drew from the Lord's teachings upon the subject. John writes, that when antichrist is come we know that it is the last time; and Paul strikingly observes, "Let no man deceive you by any means: for the day of the Lord shall not come unless there come a falling away first." In general terms, then, the occasion for the Lord's second coming, as described by Himself, is to be found in the corruption of the Church, and in the spiritual disasters they would bring about. These spiritual afflictions are described under the figures of natural calamities, because such outer phenomena are the representations of such inner experience. This we will endeavour to illustrate.


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 By "many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many," is meant the introduction into the Church of false doctrines concerning Him, by which the faith of the people would be led astray. Wars and rumours of wars, denote disagreements and disputes concerning those truths which belong to the Church, from which falsifications will arise and be established. And by nation rising against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, is signified evil contending with evils, and falsehood with falsehoods. In the perverted Church evils are as a spiritual nation, and falsehood as a spiritual kingdom; among these there cannot be any concord, and this is the reason why the Church has been divided, and why so many heresies have existed. Famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, denote the deprivation of truth and goodness, the presence of falsehood, and thereby the disruption of the Church. Hence those particulars are described as the beginning of sorrows. It is also said that the disciples are to be delivered up to be afflicted and be killed. By the disciples are meant all the principles of genuine faith and life which lead a man to acknowledge and follow the Lord; to afflict them is to pervert them, and to kill them is to deny their efficacy and use. The Lord said they should be hated of all nations for my name's sake, because of the aversion and contempt with which spiritual truth and goodness would be treated. For many to be afflicted, to betray one another, and hate one another, denotes the enmities which would exist on account of such perversions of the Word. To be offended, means to turn away from true doctrine concerning the Lord: of this it is expressly written that it would be "for a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel. To betray, denotes the teaching of what is false; and to hate, the manifesta-


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 tion of what is evil. The raising of many false prophets and their deception, signifies the invention of numerous false doctrines and their seductions. The abounding of iniquity, is the multiplication of falsehoods in lieu of faith; and the love of many waxing cold, is the cessation of charity. Each keeps pace with the other, and they live or expire together: where there is no true faith, there can be no genuine charity; and when there is not this charity, there cannot be that faith. Hence it is so strongly written, "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." He, however, "that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved;" that is, those who resist such temptation will be blessed with all that light and virtue which may be necessary for their salvation. The declaration, that when "this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, then shall the end come," denotes that when these truths shall be made known to the Church and be brought home as a testification of the evils which prevail therein, then shall the Son of man be revealed. Of this revelation we shall treat in another place.

From this summary of the signification of that first group of events which the Lord described as the occasion for His second coming, we may easily perceive that they refer to conditions which would arise in the Church, and which would aid in the overthrow of its genuine teachings. We might have dwelt upon those expositions, and extended them to a considerable length by ilustration and argument, but we think there is sufficient evidence in the summary which has been adduced, to carry some conviction to the minds of the thoughtful. We shall, therefore, pass on to that other group of circumstances to which the Lord also referred as the occasion for His second coming, and treat them with an exposition equally brief.


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Rh Time as long. It had a long pointed Snout, and pouted like great broad Paws, and the Body eemed covered with  its Skin very rugged and uneven. The under Part of its Body was haped like an enormous huge Serpent, and when it dived again under Water, it pluged backwards into the Sea, and o raied its Tail aloft, which eemed a whole Ship's Length ditant from the bulkiet Part of the Body.

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90 care for it; its Fleh being of a munch coarer Grain than that of the This Fih has two Fins on the Back, and fix under the Belly, the two foremot are the longet, and have the Shape of a Tongue. The other two middle mot are omewhat broader than the ret, and the hindermot Couple near the Tail, are alike broad before and behind, but horter than the middlemot. His Tail reembles that of the There are no Bones in him, but Gritles only. He has a long Snout, under which the Mouth is placed like that of the he has three Rows of harp pointed Teeth, his Skin is hard and prickly, of a greyih Hue; his Length is two or three Fathom; he has a great Liver, of which they make  the bigget of which makes two or three Lats. 'Tis a Fih of Prey, bites large Pieces out of the Whale's Body, and is very greedy after Man's Fleh. He cannot be caught with Lines made of Hemp, for with his harp Teeth he naps it off; but with Iron Chains. And the larger ort are taken with Har-


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Meanwhile, the last course, and the dessert, past by. When the ladies had withdrawn, young Crotchet addressed the company.

There is one point in which philosophers of all classes seem to be agreed; that they only want money to regenerate the world.

No doubt of it. Nothing is so easy as to lay down the outlines of perfect society.


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84 trust in him. Ramoth, high or exalted, for him hath God exalted with his own right hand. Golan, joy or exultation, for in him all the saints are justified, and shall glory.

Lastly, Beside all these, the horns of the altar, wherever it was, were a refuge to those who took hold on them, if the crime were such as that sanctuary allowed. This is implied in that law, Exod. 21. 14, that a wilful murderer shall be taken from God's altar and be put to death. And we find the altar used for this purpose, 1 Kings 1. 50.—2. 28. Christ is our Altar, who not only sanctifies the gifts, but protects the giver.

CHAP. XXI. It had been often said that the tribe of Levi should have no inheritance with their brethren, no particular part of the country assigned them, as the other tribes had, no not the country about Shiloh, which, one would have expected, should have been appropriated to them as the lands of the church; but though they were not thus cast into a country by themselves, it appears, by the provision made for them in this chapter, that they were no losers, but the rest of the tribes were very much gainers, by their being dispersed. We have here, I. The motion they made to have their cities assigned them, according to God's appointment, v. 1, 2. II. The nomination of the cities accordingly, out of the several tribes, and the distribution of them to the respective families of this tribe, v. 3..8. III. A catalogue of the cities, forty-eight in all, v. 9..42. IV. A receipt entered in full of all that God had promised to his people Israel, v. 43..45.

HEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2. And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3, And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the, these cities and their suburbs. 4. And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5. And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6. And the children of Gershon had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7. The children of Merari, by their families, had, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8. And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the commanded by the hand of Moses.

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I. The Levites' petition presented to this general convention of the states, now sitting at Shiloh, v. 1, 2. Observe,

1. They had not their lot assigned them till they made their claim. There is an inheritance provided for all the saints, that royal priesthood, but then they must petition for it, Ask, and it shall be given you. Joshua had quickened the rest of the tribes who were slack, to put in their claims, but the Levites, it may be supposed, knew their duty and interest better than the rest, and were therefore forward in this matter, when it came to their turn, without being called upon. They build their claim upon a very good foundation, not their own merits or services, but the divine precept. "The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities, commanded you to grant them, which implied a command to us to ask them." Note, The maintenance of ministers is not an arbitrary thing, left purely to the good-will of the people, who may let them starve if they please; no, as the God of Israel commanded that the Levites should be well provided for, so has the Lord Jesus, the King of the christian church, ordained, and a perpetual ordinance it is, that they which preach the gospel, should live of the gospel, 1. Cor. 9. 14. and should live comfortably.

2. They did not make their claim till all the rest of the tribes were provided for, and then they did it immediately. There was some reason for it: every tribe must first know their own, else they would not know what they gave the Levites, and so it could not be such a reasonable service as it ought to be. But it is also an instance of their humility, modesty, and patience, (and Levites should be examples of these and other virtues,) that they were willing to be served last, and they fared never the worse for it. Let not God's ministers complain if at any time they find themselves postponed in men's thoughts and cares, but let them make sure of the favour of God, and the honour that comes from him, and then they may well enough afford to bear the slights and neglects of men.

II. The Levites' petition granted immediately, without any dispute, the princes of Israel being perhaps ashamed that they needed to be called upon in this matter, and that the motion had not been made among themselves for the settling of the Levites.

1. The children of Israel are said to give the cities for the Levites. God had appointed how many they should be in all, forty-eight. It is probable that Joshua, and the princes, upon consideration of the extent and value of the lot of each tribe as it was laid before them, had appointed how many cities should be taken out of each; and then the fathers of the several tribes themselves agreed which they should be, and therefore are said to give them as an offering, to the Lord; so God had appointed, Numb. 35. 8, Every one shall give of his cities to the Levites. Here God tried their generosity; and it was found to praise and honour, for it appears by the following catalogue, that the cities they gave to the Levites, were generally some of the best and most considerable in each tribe. And it is probable, that they had an eye to the situation of them, taking care they should be so dispersed, as that no part of the country should be too far distant from a Levites' city.

2. They gave them at the commandment of the Lord, that is, with an eye to the command, and in obedience to it, which was it that sanctified the grant. They gave the number that God commanded, and it was well that matter was settled, that the Levites might not ask more, nor the Israelites offer less. They gave them also with their suburbs, or glebe-lands, belonging to them, so many cubits by measure from the walls of the city, as God had


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 There wants nothing but money to set it going. I will explain myself clearly and fully by reading a paper. (Producing a large scroll.) "In the infancy of society—"

Pray, Mr. Mac Quedy, how is it that all gentlemen of your nation begin every thing they write with the "infancy of society"?

Eh, sir, it is the simplest way to begin at the beginning. "In the infancy of society, when government was invented to save a percentage; say two and a half per cent—."

I will not say any such thing.

Well, say any percentage you please.

I will not say any percentage at all.


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"On the principle of the division of labour—"

Government was invented to spend a percentage.

To save a percentage.

No, sir, to spend a percentage; and a good deal more than two and a half per cent. Two hundred and fifty per cent.: that is intelligible.

"In the infancy of society—"

Never mind the infancy of society. The question is of society in its maturity. Here is what it should be. (Producing a paper.) I have laid it down in a diagram.


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22 August 2023

Strategic Communications Office

The routine follow-on Rotation and Resupply (RoRe) mission to the BRP SIERRA MADRE (LS 57) was successfully conducted today, August 22, through the combined efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). This latest RoRe mission was able to deliver fresh provisions to our military personnel stationed on board BRP SIERRA MADRE.

Notwithstanding attempts by China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels to block, harass, and interfere with the supply mission, the Philippine supply ships Unaizah May 1 and Unaizah May 2, escorted by PCG vessels BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) and BRP Sindangan (MRRV-4407), successfully completed their RoRe mission. Philippine Navy vessels were also on standby during the mission.

Routine missions to Philippine outposts on various features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will continue on a regular basis. These missions are part of the Philippine Government’s legitimate exercise of its administrative functions over the WPS, in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the 2016 Arbitral Award, and domestic laws.

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), chaired by National Security Adviser, Secretary Eduardo M. Año, commends the unfailing valor, determination, and professionalism exhibited by the men and women of our armed forces and coast guard. The Filipino people owe them a debt of gratitude, for their commitment to place their lives on the line daily to defend our sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction throughout the expanse of the WPS. # # #


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Before we proceed to the question of government, we must nicely discriminate the boundaries of sense, understanding, and reason. Sense is a receptivity—

We are proceeding too fast. Money being all that is wanted to regenerate society, I will put into the hands of this company a large sum for the purpose. Now let us see how to dispose of it.

We will begin by taking a committee-room in London, where we will dine together once a week, to deliberate.

If the money is to go in deliberative dinners, you may set me down for a committee man and honorary caterer.


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 Next, you must all learn political economy, which I will teach you, very compendiously, in lectures over the bottle.

I hate lectures over the bottle. But pray, sir, what is political economy?

Political economy is to the state what domestic economy is to the family.

No such thing, sir. In the family there is a paterfamilias, who regulates the distribution, and takes care that there shall be no such thing in the household as one dying of hunger, while another dies of surfeit. In the state it is all hunger at one end, and all surfeit at the other. Matchless Claret, Mr. Crotchet.


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 Vintage of fifteen, doctor.

The family consumes, and so does the state.

Consumes, sir! Yes: but the mode, the proportions: there is the essential difference between the state and the family. Sir, I hate false analogies.

Well, sir, the analogy is not essential. Distribution will come under its proper head.

Come where it will, the distribution of the state is in no respect analogous to the distribution of the family. The paterfamilias, sir: the paterfamilias.


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22 October 2023

At around 0604H this morning, while conducting a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission to BRP SIERRA MADRE (LS57), dangerous blocking maneuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 (CCGV 5203) caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat Unaiza May 2 (UM2) approximately 13.5 nautical miles (NM) East Northeast of LS57. The provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action of CCGV 5203 imperiled the safety of the crew of UM2.

During the same RORE mission, Philippine Coast Guard vessel MRRV 4409's port side was bumped by Chinese Maritime Militia vessel 00003 (CMMV 00003) while it was lying to approximately 6.4NM Northeast of Ayungin Shoal.

The RORE mission is still ongoing, with Unaiza May 1 (UM1) reaching BRP SIERRA MADRE to successfully resupply our troops and personnel stationed there.

Relevant authorities are briefed of the incident and developments in the ongoing RORE mission.

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) condemns in the strongest degree the latest dangerous, irresponsible, and illegal actions of the CCG and the Chinese Maritime Militia done this morning, in violation of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction and in utter blatant disregard of the United Nations Charter, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and relevant international maritime conventions, and the 2016 Arbitral Award. # # #


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 Well, sir, let that pass. The family consumes, and in order to consume, it must have supply

Well, sir, Adam and Eve knew that, when they delved and span.

Very true, sir, (reproducing his scroll,) "In the infancy of society—"

The reverend gentleman has hit the nail on the head. It is the distribution that must be looked to: it is the paterfamilias that is wanting in the state. Now here I have provided him. (Reproducing his diagram.)

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the first crash, the sudden stop, and the terrified cries, a silence followed that was almost as startling and nerve-racking as the accident had been.

Then benumbed senses gradually came back to their owners, and the passengers began to take stock of themselves and their surroundings.

"Is anybody hurt?" demanded Mr. Pertell, as he surveyed the interior of the car.

"We seem to be all right," replied Mr. DeVere, hoarsely, as he noted where his two daughters were standing together, their arms about each other.

"Py gracious, dot vos a smash, all right!" exclaimed Carl Switzer, the comedian of the company. "I pelief me dot I haf busted"

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12 little girl, was crying, from having bumped her nose against the back of a seat.

"No, t'ank my lucky stars I haf not broken my leg. It iss only my shoe-lace!" exclaimed Mr. Switzer, triumphantly, as he held it up, dangling.

"Luck!" grunted Mr. Sneed in gloomy tones. "Is there any such thing as good luck? I knew something would happen when we started out on track thirteen. This company is doomed—I can see that."

"Well, then, please keep it to yourself," requested Mr. Pertell, sharply. "You are getting on the nerves of the ladies, Sneed!"

For Miss Pearl Pennington, and her friend Miss Laura Dixon—the two rather flashily-pretty girls mentioned before—were crying hysterically.

"It doesn't seem to be a very bad smash," went on Mr. Pertell. "Suppose we go out and see what caused it? I hope none of our baggage has been damaged."

"Oh, let's go out and see Russ taking moving pictures of the wreck!" proposed Alice, as she brushed off her blue suit.

"Are you sure you're all right? " asked Ruth, anxiously.

"Oh, certainly! Not hurt at all. Just jolted up a bit. Come on. You too, Daddy!"


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 endowing an opera house, where the ancient altar of Bacchus may flourish, and justice may be done to sublime compositions. (Producing a part of a manuscript opera.)

No, sir, build sacella for transcendental oracles to teach the world how to see through a glass darkly. (Producing a scroll.)

See through an opera-glass brightly.

See through a wine-glass, full of Claret: then you see both darkly and brightly. But, gentlemen, if you are all in the humor for reading papers, I will read you the first half of my next Sunday's sermon. (Producing a paper.)

No sermon! No sermon!


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Rh Indeed the whole theatrical company, as well as the other passengers, made for the doors of the car. And while they are going out to see the extent of the damage I will take just a moment to make my new readers somewhat better acquainted with the characters of this story.

To begin with the moving picture girls themselves, they were Ruth and Alice DeVere, aged seventeen and fifteen respectively, the daughters of Hosmer DeVere, formerly a well known actor. As told in the first volume, "The Moving Picture Girls; Or, First Appearances in Photo Dramas," Mr. DeVere's voice had suddenly given out, when he was rehearsing for a part in a new play.

This came particularly hard, as he had been without an engagement for some time, and finances were low. The DeVere family lived in the Fenmore Apartment on one of the West Sixtieth streets of New York City. They were, in fact, about to be dispossessed for non-payment of rent when Mr. DeVere experienced a return of an old throat affection, making it impossible for him to speak his lines.

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14 brother, Billy. Russ learned of the distress of his neighbors, and suggested that as Mr. DeVere could act he might get a place with a moving picture company that produced picture dramas. In this work he would not need to speak very much.

At first Mr. DeVere would not hear of it, as he was an actor of some reputation in the "legitimate." But finally he yielded and became a member of the Comet Film Company. How his two daughters joined the company, through a mere accident, and how they made fame for themselves, you will find set down in the book; also how they aided Russ greatly when it seemed as if a valuable patent he had perfected, for an attachment to a moving picture camera, was in danger of being stolen.

Toward the close of that story you may learn how Mr. Pertell became acquainted with a young farmer named Sandy Apgar, who was working a large farm for his aged father, near Beatonville, in New Jersey. It happened that Mr. Pertell was contemplating the filming of a number of rural plays, and he made arrangements with Mr. Apgar to use the farm as a background for the scenes. The company would also live and board at the farmhouse, which was a large, old-fashioned home.


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Rh The players were on their way there when the accident occurred.

To go a little more into detail about the two girls, and the others, I might say that Ruth was tall, with deep blue eyes and light hair. She was rather inclined to be romantic, too, as might be suspected.

Alice was just the opposite—plump, jolly, always laughing or joking, and with a wealth of brown hair, and eyes like hazel nuts. She was very like her dead mother, while Ruth was more like her father in character.

Mr. Pertell was the manager and owner of the Comet Film Company, and I have already mentioned the principal players. Ruth and Alice were the newest members. Miss Pennington and Miss Dixon were from the vaudeville stage, and you could see this without being told. They were a bit jealous of the DeVere girls.

Mrs. Maguire, who was billed as "Cora Ashleigh," was generally played in "old woman parts." And she played them well. Her two grandchildren, Tommy and Nellie, occasionally had small parts in the plays. Mr. Switzer was the comedian, and, opposite to him, was Pepper Sneed, the "grouch." Wellington Bunn seemed always to have a grievance because he had not made a success in Shakespeare.


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16 Pop Snooks was the "Old Reliable" property man of the company, and what he could not manufacture in the way of "props" at short notice was hardly worth mentioning.

The company of moving picture players and the other train passengers found a scene of desolation awaiting them as they alighted. But it was not as bad as might have been expected, and no one had been killed. In fact, no one was hurt, save the fireman and engineer of the passenger train, and they only slightly.

What had happened was this: A freight train, on a siding, had overrun a switch, and one of the cars encroached on the main line tracks. The passenger engine had "side-swiped" it, as the railroad term has it. That is, the engine had struck a glancing blow, and had been derailed. The baggage car, directly behind the engine, had been smashed, but a quick survey on the part of Mr. Pertell showed that the company's baggage had not been damaged.

The wreck was bad enough, however, and meant a delay until the track was cleared. The members of the company, and the other passengers, gathered about, looking on while the railroad men held a consultation as to what was best to be done.

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Rh claimed Ruth, pointing to him. The young operator had gone to the baggage car and obtained the tripod of his camera. This he had set up in an advantageous position, and was industriously grinding away at the handle, taking pictures of the wreck on the moving strip of celluloid.

"This will be all right for our newspaper service!" he called to Mr. Pertell.

"That's right! Good work, Russ! But this will mean a delay in getting to Oak Farm."

However, there was no help for it. One of the trainmen went to the nearest station to telephone for the wrecking crew. Fortunately it was not necessary to bring one out from Hoboken, since at Dover, a station some miles down the line, such an equipment was kept. And a little later the wrecking crew was on the scene.

"I'll get some fine pictures now!" exulted Russ. "I'm glad I'm here, though I wouldn't want a railroad collision to happen every day. We might not get off so lucky next time."

"Luck! Don't mention luck!" grumbled Mr. Sneed. "The idea of starting out on track thirteen! I told you something would happen."

"Den you vas not disappointmented alretty yet!" laughed Mr. Switzer.

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18 track was comparatively easy, and it was found that the train could proceed, since the running gear of the baggage car was intact.

The train was almost ready to go on again, when a woman, flashily dressed, and wearing many diamonds, came bustling up from the parlor car.

"Is my dog safe?" she inquired of the baggageman. "Is he hurt?"

"No'm, he's all right; or he was a little while ago," the man answered. "He was tied in the corner, just where you told me to put him. I guess he's there yet. His end of the car wasn't hit. But he howled a lot."

"Poor Rex! Let me see him." The lady went to the open door of the baggage car, and looked in. "Why, he's gone!" she cried. "My dog—my darling dog—is gone! "

"Can't be!" exclaimed the trainman. "He was tied right there a minute ago."

He jumped into the shattered car and looked about.

"Is he there?" cried the woman.

"No, ma'am, he's gone," was the answer. "But I don't see how it could be."

"Did he break loose?" the lady asked, with much eagerness.

"No, the strap is gone, and he couldn't pos-


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 Then I move that our respective papers be committed to our respective pockets.

Political economy is divided into two great branches, production and consumption.

Yes, sir; there are two great classes of men: those who produce much and consume little; and those who consume much and produce nothing. The fruges consumere nati have the best of it. Eh, Captain! You remember the characteristics of a great man according to Aristophanes:. Ha! ha! ha! Well, Captain, even in these tight-laced days, the obscurity of a learned language allows a little pleasantry.

Very true, sir: the pleasantry and the obscu-


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Rh sibly untie the knot I put in it. Someone has taken him, ma'am."

"Then this company is responsible, and I shall sue it!" the lady cried, bristling with what might be righteous anger. "My dog was a valuable one. Rex III has taken prize after prize, and I was on my way with him to a dog show now. Oh, Rex! Who could have taken you?" and she seemed genuinely distressed.

"What kind of a dog was he?" asked Alice, for she loved animals.

"A collie—a most beautiful collie. He had a pink bow on, and here it is! Oh, how I loved him! We were inseparable! And now he is gone!" and tears filled the lady's eyes.


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 rity go together: they are all one, as it were;—to me at any rate. (aside.)

Now, sir—

Pray, sir, let your science alone, or you will put me under the painful necessity of demolishing it bit by bit, as I have done your exordium. I will undertake it any morning; but it is too hard exercise after dinner.

Well, sir, in the meantime I hold my science established.

And I hold it demolished.

Pray, gentlemen, pocket your manuscripts; fill your glasses; and consider what we shall do with our money.


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 Build lecture rooms, and schools for all.

Revive the Athenian theatre; regenerate the lyrical drama.

Build a grand co-operative parallelogram, with a steam-engine in the middle for a maid of all work.

Drain the country, and get rid of malaria, by abolishing duck-ponds.

Found a philanthropic college of anti-contagionists, where all the members shall be inoculated with the virus of all known diseases. Try the experiment on a grand scale.


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 Build a great dining-hall: endow it with beef and ale, and hang the hall round with arms to defend the provisions.

Found a toxicological institution for trying all poisons and antidotes. I myself have killed a frog twelve times and brought him to life eleven; but the twelfth time he died. I have a phial of the drug, which killed him, in my pocket, and shall not rest till I have discovered its antidote.

I move that the last speaker be dispossessed of his phial, and that it be forthwith thrown into the Thames.

How, sir? my invaluable, and, in the present state of human knowledge, infallible poison?


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 Let the frogs have all the advantage of it.

Consider, Doctor, the fish might participate. Think of the salmon.

Then let the owner's right-hand neighbour swallow it.

Me, sir! What have I done, sir, that I am to be poisoned, sir?

Sir, you have published a character of your facetious friend, the Reverend Doctor F., wherein you have sketched off me; me, sir, even to my nose and wig. What business have the public with my nose and wig?

Sir, it is all good humored: all in


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 bonhommie: all friendly and complimentary.

Sir, the bottle, la Dive Bouteille, is a recondite oracle, which makes an Eleusinian temple of the circle in which it moves. He who reveals its mysteries must die. Therefore, let the dose be administered. Fiat experimentum in animâ vili.

Sir, you are very facetious at my expense.

Sir, you have been very unfacetious, very inficete at mine. You have dished me up, like a savory omelette, to gratify the appetite of the reading rabble for gossip. The next time, sir, I will respond with the argumentum baculinum. Print that, sir: put it on record as a promise of the Reverend Doctor F., which


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 shall be most faithfully kept, with an exemplary bamboo.

Your cloth protects you, sir.

My bamboo shall protect me, sir.

Doctor, Doctor, you are growing too polemical.

Sir, my blood boils. What business have the public with my nose and wig?

Doctor! Doctor!

Pray, gentlemen, return to the point. How shall we employ our fund?

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 exploring rivers. Send a set of steamboats down the Niger, and another up the Nile. So shall you civilise Africa, and establish stocking factories in Abyssinia and Bambo.

With all submission, breeches and petticoats must precede stockings. Send out a crew of tailors. Try if the king of Bambo will invest inexpressibles.

Gentlemen, it is not for partial, but for general benefit, that this fund is proposed: a grand and universally applicable scheme for the amelioration of the condition of man.

That is my scheme. I have not heard a scheme but my own that has a grain of common sense.


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 Gentlemen, you inspire me. Your last exclamation runs itself into a chorus, and sets itself to music. Allow me to lead, and to hope for your voices in harmony.

We are not disposed to join in any such chorus.

Well, of all these schemes, I am for Mr. Trillo's. Regenerate the Athenian theatre. My classical friend here, the Captain, will vote with me.


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 I, sir? oh! of course, sir.

Surely, Captain, I rely on you to uphold political economy.

Me, sir? oh! to be sure, sir.

Pray, sir, will political economy uphold the Athenian theatre?

Surely not. It would be a very unproductive investment.

Then the Captain votes against you. What, sir, did not the Athenians, the wisest of nations, appropriate to their theatre their most sacred and intangible fund? Did not they give to melopœia, choregraphy, and the sundry forms


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A2176 '''24. Trustee’s covenants in respect of governing rules'''

Where the governing rules of a registered scheme do not expressly contain covenants by the approved trustee of the registered scheme to the same, or substantially the same, effect as the implied covenants specified in Schedule 5 as to the discharge of the fiduciary duties of approved trustees, the performance of their functions and the exercise of their powers in relation to registered schemes, those governing rules shall apply as if the implied covenants in that Schedule were expressly contained therein and any contrary provision in those governing rules purporting otherwise shall be void and of no effect.

25. Duty of corporate trustees’ directors

The covenants by an approved trustee whether expressed in the governing rules of a registered scheme or implied under section 24 shall, in the case of an approved trustee, being a corporate trustee, be construed to require each of the directors (however described) of that corporate trustee to exercise a reasonable degree of care and diligence to ensure that the approved trustee carries out those covenants and complies with any standards that may be specified in the regulations referred to in section 21(4) in the same manner as if those directors were bound personally by those governing rules, covenants and standards.

26. Limit on indemnity

A provision in the governing rules of a registered scheme is void and of no effect in so far as it purports to exempt an approved trustee from, or purports to indemnify that approved trustee against—
 * (a) liability for breach of trust where the approved trustee—
 * (i) fails to act honestly in a matter concerning the registered scheme; or
 * (ii) intentionally or recklessly fails to exercise, in relation to a matter affecting that registered scheme, the degree of care and diligence required of a trustee in exercising powers (whether express or implied) in relation to a trust; or
 * (b) liability for a fine or penalty imposed by law.

27. Duties of approved trustees to comply with regulations

(1) An approved trustee shall comply with such duties in relation to a registered scheme as may be imposed in regulations made under section 46 and those regulations may provide for the imposition of financial penalties in the event of non-compliance.


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 of didascalics, the precedence of all other matters, civil and military? Was it not their law, that even the proposal to divert this fund to any other purpose should be punished with death? But, sir, I further propose that the Athenian theatre being resuscitated, the admission shall be free to all who can expound the Greek choruses, constructively, mythologically, and metrically, and to none others. So shall all the world learn Greek: Greek, the Alpha and Omega of all knowledge. At him who sits not in the theatre, shall be pointed the finger of scorn: he shall be called in the highway of the city, "a fellow without Greek."

But the ladies, sir, the ladies.

Every man may take in a lady: and she


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A2178 (2) The duties imposed by the regulations referred to in subsection (1) may include the following, namely—
 * (a) the duty to collect or receive statutory minimum contributions;
 * (b) the duty to exercise sufficient and adequate control over the investment of accrued benefits in relation to a registered scheme, including the control and supervision of persons responsible for such investment;
 * (c) the duty to make arrangements for receiving and dealing expeditiously with inquiries and complaints by scheme members in relation to a registered scheme;
 * (d) the duty to keep and retain records in respect of scheme members in relation to a registered scheme;
 * (e) the duty to give to the Authority any information or document in the approved trustee’s possession or under his control as may be required by the Authority;
 * (f) the duty to report events of a significant nature to the Authority in relation to a registered scheme;
 * (g) the duty to keep accounting records which record and explain the transactions and financial position of a registered scheme at a current date;
 * (h) the duty to prepare at regular intervals a balance sheet and statement of account in relation to a registered scheme.

(3) Any duty to which an approved trustee is, was or would normally be subject shall be construed as modified or adapted in so far as is necessary to accord with the regulations referred to in subsection (1).

28. Authority may publish guidelines on forbidden investment practices in relation to registered schemes

(1) The Authority may, after consultation with the Financial Secretary, make and publish in the Gazette or otherwise guidelines, for the guidance of the trustees of registered schemes, specifying which investment practices (“forbidden investment practices”) shall not be undertaken by approved trustees of registered schemes because, in the opinion of the Authority, the forbidden investment practices may or are likely to prejudice the financial soundness of those registered schemes.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the guidelines made under that subsection may be expressed to apply to all registered schemes or to a class of registered schemes specified therein.


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 who can construe and metricise a chorus, shall, if she so please, pass in by herself.

But, sir, you will shut me out of my own theatre. Let there at least be a double passport, Greek and Italian.

No, sir; I am inexorable. No Greek, no theatre.

Sir, I cannot consent to be shut out from my own theatre.

You see how it is, Squire Crotchet the younger; you can scarcely find two to agree on a scheme, and no two of those can agree on the details. Keep your money in your pocket. And so ends the fund for regenerating the world.


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A2180 (3) Where a trustee of a registered scheme undertakes any forbidden investment practice as may be specified in guidelines made under subsection (1), the Authority may exercise any of the Authority’s powers under section 33 in respect of the trustee of the registered scheme.

29. Restricted investments

(1) Trustees of registered schemes shall comply with such limitations or prohibitions in respect of the investment of the assets of registered schemes in any restricted investments as may be specified in regulations made under section 46.

(2) In this section “restricted investments” (受限制投資項目) means any investments in respect of an employer (or an associate of an employer) who is employing scheme members comprising—
 * (a) loans to that employer or associate, as the case may be, other than loans made by way of deposits with authorized institutions within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155);
 * (b) shares or other securities of, or issued by, that employer or associate, as the case may be.

30. Report of auditor

(1) If the Authority reasonably believes that circumstances exist or have existed which may prejudice the interest of any scheme member in relation to a registered scheme, the Authority may by notice in writing served on the approved trustee of that registered scheme require the approved trustee to cause to be prepared by an auditor (approved by the Authority) a report into those circumstances and such other circumstances or matters as may be specified in the notice and to supply the Authority with the report when prepared within such period as may be specified in the notice.

(2) The Authority may publish the report or supply the report to the scheme member referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Any approved trustee who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a notice in writing referred to in subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2.

31. Information and documents

(1) The Authority may by notice in writing served on an approved trustee of a registered scheme require the approved trustee to give to the Authority within such period as may be specified in the notice any information or document in the approved trustee’s possession or under his control as may be specified in the notice and which relates to the registered scheme.


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A2182 (2) Any approved trustee who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a notice in writing referred to in subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 6.

32. Investigation

(1) If the Authority reasonably believes that—
 * (a) a contravention of this Ordinance by any person has occurred in relation to a registered scheme;
 * (b) circumstances may exist which may be prejudicial to the interests of scheme members; or
 * (c) the trustee of a registered scheme is or has been in breach of his duties in relation to that registered scheme,

the Authority may by notice in writing served on the approved trustee of the registered scheme notify him that the Authority intends to conduct an investigation into the circumstances or other matters the subject of the notice, and forthwith shall conduct an investigation into the affairs of the registered scheme.

(2) The Authority may appoint one or more competent persons to be inspectors to carry out the investigation referred to in subsection (1) in accordance with rules made by the Authority under section 47.

(3) For the purpose of conducting an investigation, an inspector appointed under subsection (2) may—
 * (a) subject to paragraph (d), if he reasonably believes that it is necessary to enter any premises or place or part thereof which may have some connection with a registered scheme he may, at any reasonable time, enter those premises or that place or part thereof and inspect and make copies of any documents or records found on those premises or in that place or part thereof and which he reasonably believes may relate to the financial or other affairs of the registered scheme;
 * (b) require any trustee of a registered scheme or any other person who he reasonably believes has custody of any documents or records relating to the financial or other affairs of the registered scheme to produce to the inspector those documents and records;
 * (c) require any trustee of a registered scheme or any other person who he reasonably believes may have knowledge of or information concerning the financial or other affairs of the registered scheme to—
 * (i) give all reasonable assistance to the inspector in connection with the investigation;


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 Nay, by no means. We are all agreed on deliberative dinners.

Very true; we will dine and discuss. We will sing with Robin Hood, "If I drink water while this doth last;" and while it lasts we will have no adjournment, if not to the Athenian theatre.

Well, gentlemen, I hope this chorus at least will please you:


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A2184 ::(ii) appear before the inspector at a time and place the inspector may specify in writing or otherwise for an examination of circumstances or other matters relevant to the financial or other affairs of the registered scheme and answer any questions that the inspector may put to him;
 * (d) in the case where the premises are, or the place or part thereof is, being used for the purpose of a private dwelling, apply to a magistrate for a warrant for the purpose of conducting a search of those premises or that place or part thereof which may have some connection with a registered scheme and on or in which the inspector reasonably believes documents or records relating to the financial or other affairs of the registered scheme to be located, and in such a case he may take possession of those documents or records.

(4) If an inspector is satisfied that any person has, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with any reasonable request in respect of his investigation or any requirement made under this Ordinance in respect of that investigation he may by complaint to the court certify the failure of that person to so comply.

(5) On the receipt of a certificate made under subsection (4), the court may inquire into the case and, after hearing any statement that may be offered by way of an explanation by the person the subject of the complaint, may accept that explanation or alternatively punish that person in like manner as if he had been found guilty of a contempt of court.

(6) A person is not excused from answering a question that may be put to him by an inspector under this section on the ground that the answer may tend to incriminate him but, where such person claims, before answering the question, that the answer may tend to so incriminate him, neither the question put to him by the inspector nor the answer of the person concerned shall be admissible in evidence against that person in criminal proceedings other than in such proceedings in relation to a charge of perjury in respect of the answer.

(7) Any person who fails to produce any document or record required to be produced under subsection (3) with the intention of obstructing, delaying or otherwise frustrating the commencement, progress or completion of an investigation under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(8) On the completion of an investigation by an inspector under this section, the inspector shall prepare a report setting out his findings concerning the circumstances or other matters investigated by him and any other relevant matters arising out of the investigation that the inspector reasonably believes should be included in the report and shall submit that report to the Authority.


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The schemes for the world's regeneration evaporated in a tumult of voices.


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A2186 (9) The Authority shall, on receipt of the report referred to in subsection (8), provide a copy of that report to the trustee of the registered scheme in relation to which the investigation was conducted, may provide a copy of that report to any scheme member or to any other person that the Authority may determine to have an interest in that registered scheme, and may publish the report or any part of it.

(10) Nothing in this section shall require disclosure to an inspector appointed under subsection (2)—
 * (a) by a solicitor of any privileged communication made to him in that capacity, except as respects the name and address of his client; or
 * (b) by an authorized institution within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155) relating to the affairs of a customer unless—
 * (i) that customer is a person who the inspector has reason to believe may be able to give information relevant to the investigation; and
 * (ii) the Authority is satisfied that the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of the investigation and certifies in writing that this is the case.

33. Suspension or removal of approved trustees

(1) The Authority may suspend or remove an approved trustee of a registered scheme in accordance with regulations made under section 46 if—
 * (a) it appears to the Authority that the conduct of the approved trustee in relation to that registered scheme has, had or may have an adverse effect on the financial position of the registered scheme; or
 * (b) the Authority has revoked the approval of the approved trustee in accordance with section 20(8).

(2) The suspension of an approved trustee of a registered scheme may be for such period or periods as the Authority may determine, and in such a case approval in respect of that approved trustee shall also be suspended.

(3) The Authority shall by notice in writing served on the approved trustee of a registered scheme who is suspended or removed under this section state the decision and the reasons for that decision.

(4) Upon the suspension or removal of an approved trustee of a registered scheme (“original approved trustee”) under this section the Authority shall appoint another approved trustee to take his place and act as the approved trustee of the registered scheme (“replacement approved trustee”) during the period of the suspension of the original approved trustee or until the vacancy created by the removal of that original approved trustee is filled.


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A2188 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Ordinance or in the governing rules of the registered scheme, the Authority may determine the terms and conditions of appointment of a replacement approved trustee appointed to act as such under subsection (4), including the payment of any fees to that replacement approved trustee.

(6) The Authority may terminate at any time the appointment of a replacement approved trustee appointed to act as such under subsection (4) but, if the original approved trustee has been suspended and the period of his suspension has not expired, or the original approved trustee has been removed, the Authority may appoint another replacement approved trustee under subsection (4) in the place of the replacement approved trustee whose appointment has been terminated.

(7) A replacement approved trustee appointed to act as such under subsection (4) may resign at any time by notice in writing delivered personally to the Authority but such resignation shall not take effect earlier than a day which is not less than 7 clear days after the date of delivery of the notice to the Authority.

(8) Upon the appointment of a replacement approved trustee appointed to act as such under subsection (4) the Authority shall make an order vesting the legal interest in the property of the registered scheme in that replacement approved trustee.

(9) Upon the replacement approved trustee appointed to act as such under subsection (4) ceasing to hold office as a replacement approved trustee the Authority shall make an order vesting the legal interest in the property of the registered scheme in the original approved trustee whose suspension has ceased or alternatively in another replacement approved trustee as the Authority may appoint.

34. Winding up

The Authority may initiate the winding up of a registered scheme in accordance with regulations made under section 46 or apply to the court for an order for the winding up of that registered scheme in accordance with those regulations. PART V '''35. Appeal Board'''

(1) Any person aggrieved by any decision specified in Schedule 6 may appeal to an Appeal Board to be known as the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Appeal Board.


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