The Oshawa Times, 24 Mar 1960, p. 26

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Witchdoctors Swindling Africans PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) -- "Lawyers" who consult eharmed bones instead of law books and chew '"'magie sticks" in place of cigars are swindling superstitious Africans in Port Elizabeth, They are witch doctors claiming to have power to aid clients who } have fallen afoul of the law, Ac- | cording to one lawyer, these : OUR ads AND ill 2 eres Yulnen y ne --will accept a 'brief' for crimes GRANDMA 18 HAVING , BUT I ABSENT d [ranging from petty offences to PINNER OUT... 1 PORGOT. | rape or murder. have incantations and black magic recipes for every shade of legal distinction. And there is a schedule of charges to match, A serious echarge--one tried in the supreme court, for instance--might cost a client as much as £25, but terms are ar- ranged to suit all pockets, SIMPLE PROCEDURE An African who has had deal- ings with witch doetors explained the procedure: the client in i trouble attends a consultation Ei with the witch doctor of his i - choice and sets out the case r y 7 17 Pm RA R A against him. The witch doctor & OMT, 00 174 f ANY Wiss 72 WANT TO listens impassively. As soon as ; ' he has gleaned the basis of the charge, he stops the client's ex- planations and announces his fee, If the client thinks it too high, hé can take his case to a quali | fied legal practitioner--at his own | risk, naturally. i If the client agrees to the fee, A Era Te LI'L ABNER JULIET JONES N DONALD DUCK MUGGS AND SKEETER HELLO... UH.» JUST A MINUTE, TWINK... HE'LL BE RIGHT BACK! ered. RK THE LONE RANGER cate, Tne., World vights r the witch doctor questions his advisory spirits Finally the client is given an herbal brew in which to wash and is assured that he now is immune from convie- tion, If the case is important enough i to warrant the witch doctor's i persofial attend, at the trial, he will sit well back in the publie gallery, chewing a twig, watching APPARENTLY THE +: AND THEN THE ROCKETS HAVE Meanwhile, at Point Panorama, A the process of what, he has Said NUBBIN SO FAR WEVE SAPOTEURS HAVE BEEN Jl ) To BE pESTROYED BEFORE THEY { | Val Forge has begun surveillance... | |, Prove OF FER fo 80T FOUR E1eLs NOTHING + FOULING THE ROCKET= ft Wo, pet eK hy y If the prosecution proves supe i WELLJUST © / 3 ,DADD WE BE HAVING HN TREE Jae MW ONE OF THEM rior to mumbo - jumbo? 'The AND CAUISING THEM To 16 THE FOULING DONE.~AND 3 AN = spitits. were angry." SUCH A TIME THAT MORE J? WHO's POING IT § Wy |, ey | ' wa 8 |. Eye re | Rio Tinto Rw | President Criticized OTTAWA (CP)--Former works minister Robert H. Winters, now president of Rio Tinto Mines Lim ited, was accused in the Come mons Tuesday night of not tak- For The Best Value... Choose A GOODWILL USED CAR |: =" | | GIVE HARRY DICK A CALL AT Filo Lake where wempiomeni | | ? wom the CLIFF MILLS MOTORS LTD. RA 3.4634 AND LET HIM ASSIST YOU Ra AC | Joties (PC-Baskatoon) speaking in a trade debate, sald Me, Winters was aware of the lack of safeguards in the con- tracts worked out under the for- mer Liberal administration, "Yet, upon his involuntary re- tirement from this House whes he accepted the presidency of | Rio Tinto, no steps were taken, as far as I have been able to see, to make provision for the day which would surely come when these contracts would expire." Mr. Jones did not mention Mr. Winters by name. URGES MORE ATTENTION Earlier, Armand Dumas (L-- Villeneuve) accused the govern. ment not giving as much atten- tion to uranium markets as the question deserves. He sald the problem of Elliot SECRET AGENT X.9 iv ------ _---- YES, 1 KNEW IT VAS WRONG, "OF HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED, | | BUT T JUST COULDN'T MARRY oI PEPPY, WHEN RANON LET \ COURSE, DARLING! THEN I SNORE S0 SOFTLY, MAN WHO SNORED / YOU'RE AND SOMETIMES NOT SAW S41 | ANOTHER YER! { |LIKE Fuzzy, I JUST : x COULDN'T! TO MARRY, AND, py J BUZ SAWYER a Lake called for the personal in- Oo tervention of Prime Minister Pie Diefenbaker with President = Eisenhower. KNOW, Replying to Edwin W: Bruns- Sy 3 EVER P= den (PC--Medicine Hat), who KNEW Mm" had interjected that the contracts 3 ue FL Na were signed while the Liberals [7% were in power, Mr. Dumas a oh 2 tquoted: 'We built an industry NA oy eo and ou destroyed it." n iT As by government whip re Ji John Pallett (PC -- Peel) what Ba Ruri recommendations he would -] LOOK mil, Mt. Dumas replied an- FORWARD grily: ~~ALBERTA TOLD : COMIN' =A T HEAR MRS, LONE LEAVIN, | BUT HEAR MY NAME | § ME 0 GO UPSTAIRS AND : ES Ayo eS. SALLY'S SALLIES ZERO AN IT SOUNDED LIKE | MENTIONEDAN' MAYBE | ft TLL JUMP INTO.BED AN' MAKE 1} SHE WAS QUARRELIN' WITH A . or? © || QUT LIKE I'M ASLEED - THEN MR.GRIPP A LITTLE = ' ol AMTTLE KID Yeo MAYBE UE'LL GO AWAY = | LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY MICKEY MOUSE Open Now... B UT [AN J WATCH FOR OFFICIAL OPENING oF ROSSLAND SPORTS CENTRE Prop: Rigi Johansen 62 ROSSLAND W. RA 3.7462 pa On [iF renie | Distribiited by King Peattires Syndicate. ROY ROGERS 3-24 "I'l say ane thing for you, stranger -- you have nuighty protiy ears!

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