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see again the once seen. Does this not suggest that there may be much more to see that we have never yet seen and cannot sce now! That death itself is, perhaps, a climacteric !
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Canton teahouse boys' strike remains unsettled.
The E. & A. ss. "Victoria" will not sail for Australian ports until August 27.
A private collection of valuable antique China and curios of various periods will be sold by Messrs. Lam- mert Bros, 10-mcrow afternoon.
The death is announced at home of the Rev. Bernard N. Miles, M.A.. formerly of Japan and Singapore. He died of pneumonia at the age of
40.
A meeting of the Hongkong Water Polo Association will be held at the Victoria Recreation Club tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at six o'clock.
At the V.R.C. bath, yesterday. the R.G.A. defeated the United Athletic Club at water polo by 4 goals to 2 Lewis (3) and Reddick scored for the winners.
The Java Bode reports that trial trips have taken place between for the Batavia and Saurabaya establishment of a regular aerial postal service in Java.
Helpful information in regard to Canadian travel facilities is contained in the July bulletin of the Canadian Pacific Railway, a copy of which has beer forwarded to this office.
SPECIAL CABLE.
U.S. COURT FOR CHINA.
INVESTIGATION REPORTED
ORDERED.
[China Meil SPECIAL. }
SHANGHAI, Aug. 16. It is reported here that President Harding has ordered an investigation into the United States Court for Chisa. Judge Lobingler is leaving He next Saturday for America. is expected to be away for three
manths.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Patrolling the barbour yesterday, Lance Sergeant Brett picked up thei badly decomposed body of a 14-year old male Chinese from the top of the breakwater wall at Causeway Bay.
A fine of $500 or 3 months' hard labour was the smart sentence passed by Magistrate Lindsell this morning on a Chinese charged with having in his possession 1,000 illicit lottery tickets.
Mr. Grunsell of Holt's wharf reports that during his absence from the office between noon on August 13, and 8 a.m., yesterday, a drawer in bis desk was forced open and a silver wristlet watch stoler..
BILL O'TAVISH LOST.
BY ROT YARDE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921
A PUZZLING CASE
INVOLVING POLITICAL
DECISIONS,
"The sun
was shining when I awoke, but it was low, and I couldn't] tell whether it was coming or golog, My hunger and thirst was so great that I didn't worry much about it "What's happened, Bill?" I queried, just then, as I naturally supposed
Argament as to the powers of the of my old friend, Bill O'Tavish it was coming. The first thing "Don't see you playing golf much! did was to pull in nine inches Magistrate in extradition cases, as of my belt, then I saw a pigeon that compared with cases for committal lately."
"No-o," he drawled, elevating his bad managed to get into the rough to Sessions was offered in Magistrate brows
"Not being a talpan or a and couldn't get out. I found Lindsell's Court yesterday when the government servant. I can't afford stone but the growth was so thick hearing was continued of the Canton could not throw it. Then my in extradition case in which Mr. T. M. to the fore. Hazelrigg, Assistant Crown Solicitor, Fanling."
ventire genlas came I got my driver, took the lashing off applied for the surrender of a Chinese it and made my kaile securely fast man and a woman to Canton on 2 to the end of the club. Ten minutes charge of having stolen $1,100 worth spearing the of jewellery from a Chinese hanker later I succeeded
of that city. fluttering manna.
Neither can I but what's wrong "Oooh! I don't go out there much with King's Park?" lately. Too hot!"
Alibi!" I saapped. "Look here, William, do you think I go about with my eyes and ears closed?" There I stopped and leered knowingly at him.
He howled: Dan't you dare to mention that damned trackless waste to me, son, or I'll take you out there, and
"No, you'll not take me out there, You haven't the nerve.".
you're
Why haven't I?" he snapped. "Because." I grinned. afraid you'll get lost again."
over two
After I got it cleaned, I tried to Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton opposed make a fire but the rank growth was the application, and raised the point too dank to burn. There was only as to which is the legal Govemment one thing to do and I did it. It was of China as recognised by the Powers one Lucullian feast, believe, methe Peking or the Canton one.
The female fugitive was, according Hereafter Leat all my pigeons rZW.
"About now I was feeling a lot to the prosecution, the banker's They had lived better, but awful thirsty, so after concubine. putting a bunch of ten cent pieces in happily
together for my mouth-to start the saliva-i had years, and then the male fugitive life. woman's Ye Gods came into the another look at the sun.
# It was almost gone. Letting slide a They had many meetings on stentorian bellow I cre into the sampan on the river, and then one He groaned. His secret was out.
That's all right, old man," jungle, sure now, that I was travel-day they disappeared from Canton, the woman taking with her the soothed, "don't feel badly about it, jing West.
"Pretty soon I saw one of those jewellery which the banker alleged you're not the only man that's been,
after stalking it for half an hour I only when presiding at dinners given or will be, lost in ibat howling wilder-beautiful fourteen inch lizards, and he had only loaned to her to wear nes."
managed to harpoon it, then prepared by him to his friends. Detectives my evening repast. I'd never eaten a raw saurian before, bet this one was all.
"What the--are you blinking at, Joe?" he broke off and barked.
"Nothing." I answered, "Ard then?
When the livable days come, some months bence, and the tall un- cut lays down, dies, and is blown away, many mouldering skeletons of bardy golfers shall be anvelled.
traced the couple to the servants pital, where to their possession was quarters of Government Civil Hos found several pawn tickets relating to part of the stolen jewellery.
The defence was that the banker had kept the liason secret from his kit fat wife, and when she eventually discovered it she behaved angrily. The kit fat wife gave the concubine
as an insult. That it was alleged, was the real reason for her leaving the banker. As to the jewellery, the woman proved to the Magistrate that
"I see many new faces among the caddies, therefore I assume that the 'trackless waste' has taken its toll of
"And then, I continued on to the Captain D. C. Macintyre, Her-them. I have my eye on three of bour Master, Penang, who retires at them whose ball stealing days are west'ard. I noticed I was going the end of this month on pension, numbered. All I want is to get 'em down hill, and was almost certain of
fourth. into a hole. will, it is understood, be succeeded by on that flat on the left of the Grand my position when I went headlong a new name which the latter resented
When I came to it was pitch dark, Commander C. A. Peal, RN.R., Canyon, going to the
and I saw luminous shape ferninst Singapore, as acting Harbour Master. Nothing'll ever find 'em there-not
even their Satanic Master. Entrusted with $105 in notes "In the old days, when the geniale, I lay and shivered like a wet
the hefty Commander deg on a doorstep. It was my first some she had had made or adapted Surgeon-Lieutenant-Commander and silver, and a pair of jadestone Major, or
the rest was given to her by the E. Hefferman has been appointed to bangles to deliver to his master, a presided over the welfare of the Chinese ghost, and a female one at by a firm of jewellers in Canton, and "As you know, Joe, whenever any banker during the time he was the "Tamar," Depot ship at Hong fishing junk foki absconded. A war course, people very rarely got lost that kong, This medical officer was rant has been issued for his arrest. out there, unless they got into the
At the beginning of the hearing recently serving on the battleship He is believed to be in hiding on the cactus growth that used to be along thing scares me it always makes me courting ber.
mainland.
the upper left hand bank of the mad, so I jumped out of the hole and Royal Oak,"
G. C, or floundered into the morass, made for the spookess. It was use yesterday, the Magistrate said that Injuries to the face and stomach going to the first. In those days less, she simply floated through that he had decided to discharge the mile An attractive programme has been arranged for the Victoria Re- are alleged to have been received by one had to slice badly to get bogged. awful raze as though it didn't exist, fugitive on the ground that no case She'd wait till I was close Evidence having been completed creation Club's fourth night swima wpman daring assault by a man but since the recent alterations the while I had to fight every inch of the had been made out against him,
enough to grab her then she'd fit both for the prosecution and the de ming fete to be held at nine o'clock in the course of a household quarrel'pest hole is part of the fairway. way. ELECTRIC
on Friday night. Entries for the at No. 103, Second Street.. The wo That change was a brilliant idea.
'Oh! pardon me, Bil. I know away she hadn't forgotten any of fence at the previous hearing, the principal argument turned on the PLUM
man is now in hospital, the man în open events close to-day.
police custody.
you're pining to tell me how your the wiles of her species.
Several times I sprang for her precise degree of probable or possible wonderful powers of wood craft
guilt that would warrant the Magis brought you out of the primeval but she always eluded me.
hours of this beguilement I managed rate in granting the application for forest alive."
"Your observations very to get good and handy, and jucaped, extradition.
Both solicitors addressed the Court moderate, Joe," he remarked. "You but I encountered nothing, except appear to know whereof you speak. space, and into that I whirled. While at length, Mr. Hazlerigg sail that That being so, I sball impart the hurtling downward I heard the most it was a case of oath against oath, whole barrowing tale.
hideous shrieks, howls and groans, but having regard to the fact that for masculine wear, he submitted "You see, since May-day I have exactly as though murder was being some of the jewellery was essentially Found in Connaught Road West never ventured out there on a cloudy done.
You really should change your that the balance of probability was in favour of the banker. Commen- yesterday afternoon apparently in-day. As long as I could see the sun
ting on the photographs of entries in "Shut up, you wor-rm. After a
produced by sane, a Chinese, aged about 25 years, I managed to keep my bearings and brand, B1," I inurmured.
time I landed the fall hadn't hurt the jeweler's books proport of her who was unable to give the police get along after a fashion till icy balls any information concerning himself were all lost." excepting that he was a ratite o! Wuchow, has been taken to the hospital for medical observation.
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POPLAD SERVICE."
IRUTA, ¿CETICE,
HORONG, TREsday, Atetst 10, 1921.
Among the passengers who
No. 1A, Caine Road, the resi- sailed by the Blue Fennel steamer
Teresias" to-day was Mr. F. F.dence of a Chinese merchant, was Duckworth, of the Electric Light Co., entered on Saturday night when watch worth $40, accompained by Mrs. Duckworth, a gold wrist Miss Joan L. Duckworth, Master and $36 in money were stolen. John R. Duckworth and infant. There is no clue as to how the thief
gained admittance to the house.
An interesting wedding took place at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on August 9, when the contracting parties were Mr. Charles Alired Henderson, son of the late Mr. John Henderson, of Tilehurst, Berks, and Lulu, daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Scott Cezad, of Montana, USA
The death has occurred at the RN. Hospital, Chatham, at the age of 73, of Com. Edward Phillips Statham, RN. (retired). Entering the service in 1861, he had held the rank of commander since September 18, He served in the corvette Earrosa" in China. Com Statham was te historian of the "Britancia" training ship.
people heard to say where are my glasses? I cannot see without my glasses." To the normal-eyed youth such speeches are nearly meaningless. If he analyse then at all. le concludes them to be exaggerations, over statements, for he thinks, if at all, 1969. of aged eres looking through glass as of young ones looking through a window. It is a shock to Forty-odl when, after years of strong sight.
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After
me in the least, but the sudden stop "Stolen, you mean," I corrected.
to* their objected. had not "As you like, Joe, but you know did. About the last I remember was story, Mr. Hazlerigg said that he because he real- production it is
poor workman the smell of brim-stone, and just be always that quarrels with his tools. My fore I went off I wondered bow longised the difficulty experienced by the it would be before James Lucifer defence in extradition cases, in gell- Parisians have been much touch-balls are never stolen.".
ing witnesses down from Canton. The junk belmsman whose terri-
"Yet-you-bloomin' four-flasher!" Squarefoot would arrive. ble experience adrift in a small native ed by the Lumane act of a Japanese
A big "Well, this day the sun shone A century or two later I revived. But, he reminded the Magistrate, it canue for sixteen days was described gentleman now in Paris. in yesterday's China Mail was taken black mare, drawing a heavily laden brilliantly and I pregressed in re and found that I was in a rock-bound had not been shown by the defence to the Government Gvit Hospital wagon through the Place de la markable style. Only had 73 to the pit, and day appeared to be abort that the books themselves could not yesterday. His small craft has beer Bastille, slipped and fell, and imme seventh, so I was feeling great, as I to break. Yes, the stone that puts have been produced, In the circum the steamer diately a crowd surrounded the un- could see nothing to keep me from the stars to fight' had been hurled, stances, the photographs were in removed From "Phranang" which rescued him to fortunate animal, making vain at doing the nine boles under the 100. but as yet it hadn't struck anywhere admissible. He submitted that the "As the light grew stronger, and evidence of the prosecution raised a tempts to help her to her feet. A well- True, I only had five balls left, but the llarbour Office.
dressed Japanese was standing at the with a streak of joss they ought to things began to assume shape, 1 strong presumption of the woman's
slowly realized that I was in the guilt.
Mr. Brulten said that if the case edge of the crowd, and when he saw last two holes,
***I ambled along the brow of the GC, just above the second bridge. what had happened he made his way
he submitted that it was entirely on to Black Bess's side, and, taking off hill to the eighth tee, erected my There was water in the bottom, but revolved on the credibility of evidente, "Yes," said I. water always runs his side. "Here you get a man," his coat, spread it under the animal's little sand dome, took my stance, it was running uphill," hoofs to give her a foothold on the addressed the ball, closed my eyes slipping roadway, and then, gently and enumerated the twenty-three uphill when you're lost. Its a good he said, "who says he is wealthy-a encouraging her. helped her to commandments that must be follow thing perhaps, that that Chinese backer the owner of two other struggle up. That done, he picked ed if one would have a decent drive, woman was murdered there four or shop:. He liked to see this girl well- up bis dusty coat and left before the Opening my eyes, I fixed 'em on the five years ago, otherwise we shouldn't dressed when she acted as hostess. astonished driver could thank him.
bail-it was the only thing on earth, have had the pleasure of listening to and yet in the same breath he says: this tale of tales. Go on William,'She has no jewellery whatever; I and I had to drive it a mile.
never gave ber any. He asks the The Silver Wolf magazine, the "She went off, fine, and landed and don't scowl.".
"I got up on my bind legs and Court to believe that, enamoured as The police have recovered $370
official organ of the Boy Scouts' well across the Grand Canyon-as To ascertain which: it is necessary to so on. he pays his first visit to an
room No. 16 at the Repuisé Bay
out to her £3.60 and $1.80 when it rio arithmetical tricks with the factor oculist. He bas gone probably after Hotel, occupied by Mr. Harrington. its second appearance among our down the hill, crossed the bridge, didn't raise in the West where I never did anything more than dole
"Well, the sun, the qullah and the had been earned in a brothel." sevez. The age of 63 is called the being so advised, and after some No arrest has yet been made. Mr. periodicals. It is a natty and attrac swung around to the right a piece, expected it would, ***
running water almost convinced me Continuing, Mr. Brutton suggested grand climacteric. What important worrying about mysterious mists and Harrington's room was entered dur- tively compiled little volume, and then bore away to the Eastward and change in the man then takes place blurrings that have come to trouble ing Sunday night, and $500 worth of contains a wealth of interesting in- started looking for the ball.
"After searching about an hour II was wrong, so I followed the fow that the trath of the case was that
concubine contents is a suddenly realized that the sky bading water, uphill, under the bridge. the backer had lost face because
had we do not know, except that his him. Can it be that he is going jewellery was stolen from the dressing formation for scouts and ex-Scouts.
left him. local of the
Associa
Getting After a time I crawled under another his histery mind is probably from then on more blind? The professional reassures table. The police are confident of Included in
become heavily overcast.
extradition law be formed a few
back tion which was
panicky, I bowled for the caddy but bridge, then after several miles the Under the
nct Ret her and more coloured by thoughts of him somewhat. and gives him the recovering the rest of the property.
war, but
he was gone, so I started off-didn't alley turned to the left, and half an could the full stop tEat must wind up all comforting news that whatever it
Captain Ralph Eliot, CBE, months before these periods. The fact that bisis, it is normal, and natural to his age from command of the battleship owing to the conflict, had to remain know where I was going, but I was bour later I came to another bridge. for leaving him, so he made up the After due consideration I crawled up criminal charge against her. The are has nine sevens in it, if in all He has not (as his vivid imagination. "Hercules," has been appointed to
"Some time later I struck a sort on this bridge and viewed the sur whole case was one of revenge. If
OF MISLAYING ONE'S SPECS,
There are some periods in the life
of a man that are cailed climarteries, much reading. horizon gazing, and worth of the jewelery stolen from Association of Hongkong. has made you call it. Feeling better. I hiked waited for the sun to raise, but the must have been of this girl, he
the
the
inactive until now. Other items of Weather," by the Commissioner, Lt.
alleged, his wife's property, why was "Yelping for joy I tore out among she not produced to prove ownershi 2
other things he feels as fit as he did spurred by egotistic affection, first the command of the river Runboat interest are "A Thought for the Hot on my way. at fifty, is not likely to affect his thought) been picked cut from other)"Bee," China Station, which carries Col. F. J. Bowen, photographs by Me of a trail, and followed it for several rounding landscape. The Waste some of the jewellery mentioned in character beyond that possible mental men as the victim of a tragic blow with it the appointment of A. O. Brawn and Mr. R. Hancock, miles. It didn't seem to lead me spread away to the North'ard, but to the charge, was, as the banker had beat. Medical aen. of course, do from Fate. Here, before, during, caplain to the rear-admiral command-
Association, respectively). Troop it was getting better all the time. I not regard Revens or. Lines as rungs and after this visit, you will perceive ing the Yangisze foliila. Captain (Hoa, Tress, and Vice-Pres. of the anywhere but I followed on because the South and I saw people passing. or steps in the ladder of lile, though room for remarkable soul adjust- Elliot saw much hard fighting in ipe Noter, "Deeds of Naval Daring," and was getting tired by this time so I them and frantically shook them by Mr. Brutton submitted that no jury they use the word for less frequently ments. The weating-out of a nerve Great War, and was mentioned in Nature Notes. The magazine also sat Decurring changes. The climacterics in or about the eye is, with the possible despatches for his services. He got contains particulars of an interesting and a smoke..
competition, "Answers to Puzzles," arse they recognise are physical; there exception of decaying teeth, a warzing his captaincy in June, 1918, and are psychic climacterice that must lightly regarded, probably his first whilst in command of "the Hercules" be far too numerous to wait on seven pointed intimation of murtality, the was flag captain to Rear-Admiral and a Merry Thoughts department.
Crawford Maclachlan, C.B. or nine year periodicity. The modem first that sacreeds in impressing him.
· CAPTURE OF KWE LIN.
and
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down for a bit of a blow the hand that is, the few I could would believe a part of the man's After a time I get hold of. Then came an empty story when the other was not con-
on ricshs, which I immediately comman- vincing. staggered
On this point the Magistrate de forgetting my driver. deered, and was yanked home with again.
cided to take time to consider his Just before dark I saw a club lying the frightful velocity of a snail" across the path. Tottering up to it Solemnly taking off my toupee I decision, and Mr. Brutton intimated that in the event of a decision being and cbserving it closely for a time I tendered it to Bill
"Go to blazes," he snarled, and laps-given against the defence, be would suddenly realized that it was the for recognition of the interdependence The physical relief of well-designed As announced by our special cor-
gotten driver. Then the whole awful ed into silence, but after a while he ask that the question bè considered of mind and body seems to involve and well-made spectacles is apparent respondent, Straits Government a further subdivision of these stages. enough; but what or who shall re-
Gazette Extraordinary contains or ANOTHER KWANGSI MILITARIST Thing dawned upon me. I was hope-brightened up and sald; "I suppose whether the Conten erthorities were lessly test, and like all lost people you think that hele stunt bas finish recognised by the British Government and had power to apply for extradi- Let us consider only, as a suggestion lieve the painful feeling of helplessness ders under the Tobacco and Liquors
REMOVED.
had been travelling in a circle ed my golf for life, eh 2"
"Oh no, Bill, but I suppose in don. On that point he desired to sub- for possibly more extended medita and humiliation when, after getting Revenue Ordinances, increasing the
Heaven alone knows how many Under Tobacco, tion, the climacteric which calls used to then. (which means that duties payable.
News has been received from Gen- circles I had described while making future you'li only play on a billiard poena the Registrar of the Supreme- for aids to vision. The intelligent they have become indispensable) the cigars and snuff are $1.20 alb:
maze of tropical the same." optician dates that, we understand, man mislays his spectacles, or forgets tigarettes and manufactured tobacco eral Chen Chiung ming at Nanning of my way through that almost table, or Happy Valley-they're much Court to give evidence.
"Look here, you poor fish!" he somewhere about the age of forty to bring them to office The pay-80 cents per lo; unmanufactured to- the capture of Kwellin, which was in impenetrable If there were makers of spiritual chological effect of the discovery that bacco and native tobacco, other than the control of Shum Bung-ying, one undergrowth. Men de
all right."
"Look here, Bill, will you take me spectacles or "pince-ame the age he too, like his more aged friends, cigars, cigarettes and snuff $20 a of the defeated Kwangsi militarias, My sympathy for myself was no roared "I'll take you out in that
How to get lost." would be younger than that. Indeed, cannot see without his glasses, spicul. Spirits Arrack or silent spirit who severed relations, with the form great that I tell down and wept the howling wilderness any day you like same most likely, but we'll get out ach clairvoyance as ever comes to closely related to that of the first 30a gallos; brandy, whisky,rum,gin, er Warlord La' Yung-ting at the last bigges: and saltest tears I ever wept, and show you........................
"No! No more getting lost for Bill out some day soon?" said I, tey liqueurs, bitters, Japanese saki and minute, when the fall of the latter except the time mother birched me
O Tavish. If the sno's out I'll play seriously. He agreed like the sport So I'm elected for a little men comes between adolescence and discovery of the enormous part of Chinese samsoo. $9 per proof gallon, was imminent Sham Hana-ying for throwing a ben in the rain barrel.
game before the North-east monsoon prime, if such a generalization may the universe, revealed by the high- if less than 85 proof $7.20 per gallon, together with his gang of minor to see li she could period he fly isked. But the optician's power microscope, which must be lower grades in proportion, sparkling militarists have fed and the city is When the sob period died away the nine holes in fire hours, or maybe me of oui cumacfest the one gre shock to every man of imagination. wines $450, all wines $3; ale, beer now in the Bote control of the I slept, regardless of landlords and less are to contemplate for a little while. It is to see the unseen, as the finding &c., 93 cents. Increases are also made Cantonese troops, reports the Canton lesser-evils, such as tigers, réptiles How often up to that date are older of those mislaid spectacles will be to for Labusu tobacco.
Times
and caddier,"
"If it's not out you'll go astray." again buries King's Park with dust
Not on your life. W stop the from the cement works.