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THE CHINA MAÏL.
SATURDAY, JULY 31; 1920,
CABLE ADERINE
"BEACHES" HONGKONG.
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PICTURES BY WIRELESS.
NOT WORTH WHILE.
"A simple process for sending pic tures by wireless, the invention of a young Dane named Andersen, is reported, from Copenhagen. It car he used-so the story goes-by meats of any.wireless telegraph or telephone apparatus at very small cost, The Copenhagen Politiken (accord ing to the Exchange) publishes a wire- less picture of a young girl sent from Jutland, and a portrait of Chancellor Baver sent from Berlin.
West Party BRANCH 1563 WORK STOP
VIOLENT DEBT
COLLECTOR.
OLD WOMAN THREATENED.
FURNITURE SMASHED.
Before Magistrate Smith this morn fag, Sergeant Murphy charged an un- employed Chinese with unlawfully demanding money by menaces from an aged boatwoman at Yaumati
The complainant said that a long time ago her grand nephew, used to work on her boat, and she still owed On Thursday him $60 as wages. night he came to visit her,
Bader's Service to the China Mail] ·
NAURA ISLAND BILL.
DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
"A COMPLETE MISTAKE,
LONDON, July 29.
In the House of Lords, Lord Milner, in the course of moving the second reading of the Nauru Island Agreement Bil, contended that it was a complete mistake to suppose that an agreement such as this needed to be submitted to the Council of the League of Nations Article 22 of the Covenant was never intended to be applied to Nauru
Lord Emmet refuted
of Lord Milner argument that the Government was equally entitled with a private individual to make a purchase, painting out that the latter could not be a member of the League. He asked why Ranada, India, and South Africa were debarred from getting any deposits. He condemned the policy 24 con- trary to the "open door."
.the
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the ex-German Colonies arose there was very strong opposition in Australia. Lord Milner, replying, said that when the question of the disposal of
New Zealand, and South Africa to mandating territories in the immediate neighbourhood.
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ATTITUDE OF THE COLONIES.
Lord Miner said that the Dominions showed very good reasons why contiguous territories should simply be incorporated with them. The only point on which everybody was agreed was the justification of depriving Germany of territories because of the manner in which the natives had been
"By no means the first project of
Soon this kind; hitherto it has been found
afterwards, the defendant came to be quite Feasible-in theory."
on board and demanded from her wireless expert informed The Globe her grand nephew's wages. When
In practice, however. the difficul ries are numernes, and from the She told him that she had no money economical and commercial point of to give him, he threshed to stab view the scheme has been dropped her to death and to sink her boat. "One of the greatest hindrances to Defendant then broke all the furniture treated. The Dominions replied that if the Allies were only concerted with
on the vessel, and struck her on the head with a piece of wood. She cried our "Save life and the people from sither from another wireless station neighbouring boats came to her assist. ance. Police whistles were blown and or opposing atmospheric conditions.
the defendant jumped ishore, but was The most important point, however, is: At enormous expense and by care- intercepted by a constable. ful research this scheme can he put into practice--hat commercially is it worth while?"
the scheme is the fact that, in order to chrain any atom of success, there must be no disturbance of any sort.
THE LAUGHING GHOST.
AN UNSEEN VISITOR.
STRANGE STORIES.
Some "ghostly experiences were told in the twilight in a long, low room in Greyccar-buildings, Westminster. to a small and highly favoured and ence. The ratton was Mr. Ellier O'Donnell, the well-known writer on the supernatural and his stories.ranged from the gruesome weird to the down right comic, says the Daily Chronicle Touching the latter type was the tale of a lady without the ghost of a sense of humour. Who telegraphed to Mr.; O'Donnell as an expert investigator. "The spirits have just snatched off my bed clothes: please come at once. There was an instant roar of laughter.
after which Mr. O'Donnell added. "The Indy was perfect stranger to me and I did not keep the appoint- ment."
Another personal experience was concerned with the death of Mr. 1 O'Donnell's faner, an Irish vicar who was murdered or the frontier o! Abys. i sinia. For six weeks after the mur- der the banishee was heard screaming! in the family mansion in, the County!
Limerick and on one becasion prehistoric sort of face was seen peer- ing over the head of the banisters and terrified everybody in the house." The above nappened when Mr. O'Don-
Her
and nephew had disappeared since ice affair. The defendant, she said. had demanded money from her on no fewer than three occasione previous to Thursday night, and had obtained from her altogether $7.50. AU of witness's takie wäre in cuck terrha af the defen dant that they slept ashore.
The defendant said that both the complainant's son and gond nephew were friends of his. When her grand? nephew was out of work, he hefriend- ed him, gave him shelter in his house; and led him. He thought that it was Galy right for him to try and get back his friend's wages.
The Magistrate said that he did not know what to do with the defendant: in view of the fact that the woman had
admitted that she was owing her grand nephew a large sum of money, and the defendant had housed and fed the Brand nephew all the time he was out!
of work.
dant had no right to demand the money The Sergeant said that the defen- the way he did, and to threaten the Complainant and break up her Furni ture. The money, was not owed to mim.
The Magistrate passed sentence of one month's hard labour. -
MAN OVERBOARD.
ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE?
INCIDENT ON VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE.
The s..."Kaga Maru" arrived in
nell was è boy, and later in life he port yesterday, with one passenger had a much more terrifying experi- short. The Captain reported to the ence in Dublin. "I was sitting on local authorities that a Japanese fell the corner of my bed. and had just overboard soon after the "ship left blown out the candle when I became Singapore.
It appears that no one on board was aware of what had happened until the splash was heard and the
aware of a very dark shadow-in the The vessel was stopped and boats room. It halted, and then moved lowered, but the man was no where again and I felt a hand clutching as to be found. After circling about in my throat, and went through all the the vicinity of the accident for about sensations of being, choked, In the half an hour without any result, the morning I was told that the room was vassel continued its voyage to Hong- periodically haunted in this awful kong. fashion. This form of haunting is not 2 so uncommon as some people might think. I have investigated the same phenomena in a Piccadilly Ha:, and in another case in Maida Vale. În the Wes: England. is one of the worst haunted houses in the whole country, The ghost is never seen, but it raises; a laugh-full of a positively diabolical malice. I have heard this laugh-t
man overboard" alarm was given, consequently it could not be ascer tained whether the tragedy was an accident-or' a case of deliberate suicide.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board
is simply terrifying. Sorie 12 years will be held on Tuesday.
ego z Army major was driven from
a beautiful house near Bath by an extreme case of complex haunting. Footsteps were heard tramping in and
The Leyland Hodgson Company concluded its season last night with Persiana." The threatened typhoon
Gut of a room, up and downstairs; a interfered with the attendance. child saw a vision of a lady and a little boy; a cold and clammy haadi was laid on sleeping foreheads; and weird moving lights were seen.
PEAK TRAMS.
HW ROPE HAS COME. |
The new wire rope for the Peak Tramway has arrived, and the usual service of trams will be restored with in a dy or two. There has been a curtailed service since June 25th.
Fake 1" WALLA-WALLA
According to the Canton Times this year's rice crop is good, about eighty per cent. of the crops in the several districts of Kwantung having been successfully harvested. Conse quently the price of rice is gradually decreasing.
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR FAMILY, WHEN you fail to provide your
family with a bottle of Chamber lain's Colic and Diserbus Remedy at this sasson of the year, you are neglect ing them, as bowel complaint is rare to be piatalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be trifled with. This is co- pecially true if there are children in the Zamily. A doso..or two of this remedy will place the trouble within control and BOAT perhaps save life, or at least a doctor's
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KINEMA NOTES.
(HONGKONG THEATRE.)
At the matinee and evening per- formances to-day at the Hongkong- Theatre the fourth series of the film "The Seven Deadly Sins will be shown. This is entitled "Pride." and | features Halbrook. Blinn So far the serial has mặt with great sucAS and it is confidently expected, that patrons of the theatre will be as appreciative of "Pride" as they have been of the preceding "Sins." The programme will be lengthened by the inclusion of comic pictures.
Picked up from the harbour near the Kowloon Star Ferry wharf by the police, the body of a male mortuary where it was identified 29 Chinese was removed to the public
that of the saloon boy of the s.s. "Liangshow" who jumped overboard after wounding a cabin boy of the same ship. The wounded man is still in the Government Civil Hospital, bat is progressing very favourably.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
HELENA MAYAINSTITUTE.
NOTICE.
UNTIL further notice the Weekly Religious Meetings will be held on WEDNESDAYS.
On the 1st, 3rd, 4th Wednesdays at 5.30 p.m.
On the 2nd. Wednesday at 10a.m. Address by Rev. G. J. WILLIAMS, Hongkong. July 31, 1920
WANTED.
the proper treatment of the natives, they would be quite willing to accept a mandate to that extent. It was on no technically that Nauru Island and South West Africa were deliberately handed over to- mandatories with provisions clearly drawn that their sovereignty was unlimited except regarding the protection of natives. He déclared that the question as regards Nauru Island would never have arisen if difference LADY STENOGRAPHER. Apply to had not existed between Australia and New Zealand regarding which should The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.) be the mandatory state.
Led.. King's Buildings. Connaug Road.
The Bill passed the second reading.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!
are
About 60% of SELECT PICTURES absolutely TIPTOP productions.
This 60% are to be seen at
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Last week it was
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
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A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS
TO-NIGHT IT IS
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"THE PROBATION WIFE"
The Frobation Wife! Do you get the idea?"Be good now, girlia, or 1 send you back to mother!"-
And girlie stays where she is put and decides to be good! It hardly works out that way THIS time, however, for girlie has no mother to go home to and the man is a good sport and a gentleman,
THE STORY.
The Probation Wife is a play that you will long remember with pleasure. The all star cast are ALL old friends. and the photography is beautiful, has many a surprising turn in it and is full of the laughter that is akin to tears. In addition, the Coronet programme includes an interesting Gazette ZZ Snub Pollard's latest Comedy.
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