THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927.
THE CHINA MAIL.
CROCS IN BORNEO. ROMANCE REVIVED. FAMILY LIMITATION.
$2,500,000 BONDS.
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BATTLES WITH MAN-EATING .REPTILES.
FORMER "FOLIES" STAR AND A PRINCE.
IRISH FREE STATE'S CLAIM DISMISSED.
DE VALERA ALSO LOSES.
New York, May 11, The State Supreme Court has dis- ased the suit of the Irish Free tate which claimed to be the suc cessor to the Irish Republic and to
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES.
A crocodile recently killed in North Borneo measured 22ft. in length.
brute was This enormous
DIVORCE SUIT WITHDRAWN.
romance,
A famous Pariston which was shattered last summer, has just been mended again. The former Liance de Pougy has forgiven her husband Prince George Chika,
LORD DAWSON AND DIRTH CONTROL.
SOCIETY'S WORK REVIEWED,
Support for the work of the So. eiety for the Provision of Birth Control Clinics has been developed steadily through the agency of the several centres which, according to the last annual report, now num- ber
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Shadows Before.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL."
Entertainments.
May 12-Queen's Theatre; Buster Keaton in "Seven Chances"; Raffles, the Man of Mystery,
May 12 Star Theatre; "Soul Mates."
May 12-World Theatre; "Too Many Kisses."
be entitled to the $2,500,000 worth caught in the Padas River by for running off with another woman, alne-three in London, four in Helena May Institute, 8.45 p.m. of bonds subscribed for in the Malay "pawang" (magician) not withdrawn her divorce suit and the provinces, and two in Scotland.]
May 12-H.M.S. "Titania" Dance, Irish far from Beaufort, a Government one to the Riviera with him to In support of the movement a well-taurant Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Dinner United States for the
May 12 Ten Dance, Cafe Res-1 Republican cause.
station about 25 miles up-stream start their lives all over again. The Court alag dismissed thefrom the sea.
One night, eighteen years ago was held by permission of Captain
attended drawing-room meeting Dance, & p.m. claim of de Vale.a and his Co- The Malay who had been tour-Liune, who was the queen of the
May 12-13-14-Occult Demon- Trustee to the bonds, auf ruled that;
Service,
Eamonn de Valern was leader of the Irish Republican movement.]
A GREAT FORCE.
BRITAIN AND VATICAN LEGATION.
officer with much pride,
The Pudas crocodiles had for some time past been playing havoc in the villages all down the river, and this beast had been a perpetrator in raids of pillage and death such as the following: Near Beaufort they had been making nightly depredations on a Rugby, May 11. Sir Austen Chamberlain, For-Bisaya village for cattle, and in eign Secretary, was asked in the House of Commons whether the maintenance of a Legation at the Vatican was now regarded as a matter of permament policy He replied yes.
The Government had no in- lention of withdrawing mission from the Holy. See.
decided to stay there
A few minutes later the owner arrived, and the ushers, who did not recognise her, told her she
must go.
"You'll have to drag me out," she replied angrily.
The ushers threatened to call the polles, but the man who had the ticket for the box stepped up and bowed politely.
disconsolate.
girl named Manon.
street, Mayfair.
at Lee Theatre, East Pt., 9.16 p.m. of Mystery.
May 13-Special May Dance at St. John's Cathedral Hall, 8.30 p.m. May 13-Smoking concert at Volunteer Headquarters 9.15 p.m. May 14-Opening performance of Isako's European Circus.
May 17-Star Theatre; The Wil- dics and dramas. bur Players in their intent come
Sporta.
May 14-Eighth Tournament of): the H.K. Boxing Assen., Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m.
May 18-Postponed Exhibition: Tennis Match in aid of M.CL., 4 p.m.
May 24-Meeting of Fanling Hunt Steeplechases.
an ab- Rros.
CDR-
May IS-A
May 14-Messrs. Lammert Bros.
they should be sold and the pro.fing this river in search of man-Folies Bergere, went to the Moulin Gerard Leigh, at 10, Grosvenor-atration by Prof. Harry Pister| ceeds should revert to the original eating crocodiles turned up at the Rouge in Montmartre to ace a new
Lord Dawson of Penn, who pre- subscribers. Reuter's American station quite unexpectedly one revue and, as the management had
day with this uncanny trophy and sold her seat by mistake, she swept sided, urged the necessity of the re- displayed it before the district majestically into an empty box and gulation of families. He believed There was something approximating lies as very rightly existed in days to unanimity that such large fami- gone by were now no longer prac- ticable. There was a genuine op- ment, which should not be ignored, position to the birth control move. but unfortunately the opposition bad been specially true of the conscientious objectors who belong- ed to the Roman Catholic Church. During the past three months there a few months had taken a very "I am Prince George Ghikn, and bad been a somewhat cautious ad- heavy toll in goats and buffaloes. I shall be charmed if you will he mission that it was possible for The natives complained that my guest this evening," he smiled.honest people to belleve in birth the chief culprit was a monster The Roumanian's politeness control, and yet be worthy citizens, erocodile which they had often pleased Liane, and within a few Another feature of the opposition seen at dusk floating just awash weeks she had married Prince was either a refusal, or a total
Auctions. in his usual haunt-a deep hole Chika, leaving a score of suitors inability, to face the realities of
May 13-At Messrs. Lammert the position. There was in a bend of the river near their
She abandoned her career, and Rence of frankness in all disputanist gooda, etc., 11 a.m.
sales room, miscellaneous the village.
for a long time their married life of birth control. Until they could A Man-Eater.
Last get people to face the question with postage stamps will be auctioned by collection of was one long honeymoon. They found it convenient to This same best had pursued summer, however, she made
frankness their opposition could be the establish this legation at a time with fell intent people in boats mistake of adopting into her home trol had grown up not only with the Salea Room, 5.15 pm.
of but small account. Birth
Messrs. Lammert Bros, at their, of international trouble and to as they paddled past his den after in Brittany an eighteen-year-old desire to limit families, but also will sell by public auction at 5, withdraw it now would, he nightfall.
with a desire to give those who thought, be a mast offensive Farther down stream the The Prince, who had been an were born a better chance, a better Carnarvon Bidg., Kowloon valunble action to adopt.
Brunei Malaya also had not absolutely irreproachable husband life, and better care, He thought household furniture, 10.30 am. Apart from that, whatever escaped without their little mis- for all these eighteen years, fell in the movement should take steps to May 19-Auction' of household views they might hold
in-haps. For early last year a man love with Manon, and, as Liane destry and identify itself with the care furniture by Messrs. Lammert dividually about the Roman while fishing from his canoe was cribed this tragedy to her friends and nurture of children, and should Bros., at 23, Humphreys Bldg., Church, there could be no doubt knocked overboard and drowned.
in Deauville last summer, he came make it its business quite as much Kowloon, 2.46 p.m. that the head of that Church He was in one of a fleet of to her one morning and confessed to deal with adequate parenthood as
Meetings. represented a great force in the small dug-outs engaged close to that while he adored her he was with the overburdening of parent-
In love with "the little one."
hood.
May 13-Legislative Council world and was venerated by the shore in throwing the casting- maity millions of British sub- net (jala) for prawns,
"Killing Me,"
Mrs. Margaret Sanger (president
Finance Committee Meeting, 2.30 "What are you saying? You are of the American Birth Contral .p.m. jects. British Wireless Service., While he was standing up and killing me," Princess Liane cried. League), dealing with the woman's Lane, Crawford. Lid, Exchange May 14-Fifth yearly meeting of preparing his net for a cast, a "I must think this over carefully, side of the question, remarked that Bldg., Des Voeux Rd., 11.30 am. crocodile swimming under the and I aball go on a long voyage.“ in the United States only one-third May 14 Chinn Provident Loan The girl Manon-then ran into the of the women were really free-Two- and Mortgage Co., Ltd's thirtieth hout deliberately capsized it with LABOUR CONDITIONS an upward blow of its head, thus room. She was also sobbing.
thirds of the women in that coun-meeting, St. George'a Bldg., noon. precipitating the Brunei into the "I adore both of you, and I shall try were bearing children 50 per
kill myself if you wish," she cried, cent, of whom did not live to ma- the Hong Kong General Chamber May 16 Meeting of Members of water, net and all.
flinging herself at Liane's feet, and turity. They were anxious to wipe of Commerce, City Hall, 4 pm.
out wasteful, exhausting, and use- kissing them..
Liane finally told both of them to less suffering of women and chil-meeting of the Canton, Insurance May 17-Forty-sixth Annual leave her house, and, after helping note of a new social evolution and a
dren. Birth control was the key Co.. Mesars, Jardine Matheson's to pack her husband's baggage, she called Manon and gave her a strict new social order. (Hear, hear).
offices, noon. lecture.
Mr. Harold Cox spoke from the rational aspect of the question, and "I want you to take good care of mentioned that there was also an George," she said. "He is in poor international aspect. Now many health, and he needs the most care nations were increasing their popu- ful attention. And remember that lations so rapidly that they were he cannot drink, amoke, stay up threatening war against others, late. or let himself become excited." With regard to the national aspect, Then she turned to her husband, he contended that the question was who was piling the baggage on one of fundamental importance to their motor-car.
England. This country was over- "There is no use in looking ao populated compared with others. gloomy," she remarked. "You are In proportion we had twice # roing away with the girl you love. dense a population as Germany and Be happy and gay. Cheer up!"
THE VIEWS OF AN INDIAN DELEGATE.
The net was attached to his wrist by a long string, and as Geneva, May 11.
he floundered in the water with *Speaking before the Indus- the crocodile, his companies trial Committee of the Economie quickly paddled to his help, but Conference, Sir Nusserwanje were only in time to grab the net Wadia declared that the as the brute dragged its victim Japanese memorandum dis-
under water by the head. tributed during the conference A tug-of-war ensued for quite referred to a big reduction in ten minutes until the crocodile profits but omitted to refer to let go.. But when the man was hours of labour, female night brought to the surface he was work, and the fact that the cot dead and his head was horribly ton industry in Japan is run on lacerated. two shifts totalling twenty hours) daily.
re-
of
Sir Nusserwanje Wadia final- ly submitted a resolution cording the desirability greater co-ordination in formu- lating and applying labour con- ventions, and other measures' de signed to raise the physical and mental standards.-Reuter,
SPECIAL FEATURES.
OLYMPIA TO CELEBRATE JUBILEE,
Rugby, May 11.
On another occasion at the mouth of the river a Brunei was standing waist-deep in the water digging oysters off the rocks when he was attacked by an eighteen-foot crocodile.
Cry for Help,
The beast, got him by the thighs, but let go its hold and disappeared when the man stab bed it in the eye with the short knife he was using in collecting the oysters.
He called for help and his comrade arrived and palled him out of the water just as he was fainting from less of blood.
The unconscious man, with both thighs terribly mangled, The King, necompanied by was taken back to his village, the Queen, will open on May 19 but died the next morning before the annual Royal Tournament at medical aid could arrive.. Olympia.
After they had left for the prince's estate in Roumarin Liane calmly thought over the situation for some weeks. and finally-filed a divorce suit in Paris, charging her husband with desertion:
It caused an enormous sensation in the French capital, but the case has now been dropped.
Repentant.
The prince, who is a nephew of of the former Queen Nathalie Serbia, tired of his adventure, and returned like a prodigal to Liane's handsome country home in Brittany. "He has returned," Liane has
just written to all her intimate friends. He is repentant, unhappy. and sick, I am caring for him. Tragedies such as these, of have sent him to a good nursing
of war.
"He sent the clergyman who mar. ried us to secure my forgiveness. and I gave it willingly.
It is fifty years since the almost everyday occurrence, had home, and I go to see him every tournament was instituted and made the crocodiles the terror of afternoon, I am glad he has re- a programme has been arranged the riverside, so that the natives, turned, but I shall always feel worthy of the jubilee celebra- at last aroused from their chagrin over this experience. tion.
apathy, held a council An outstanding feature will and decided to take revenge. be a pageant of Scottish arms Thus it was that an expert dating back to the time of James crocodile hunter' in person of a the First.-British Wireless Ser- "pawang" had been specially And now the two lovers, who are vice.
called over from the neighbour-almost fifty, have gone to the ing State of Brunei to rid the Riviera to let the breezes blow old Padas of some of the monstrous memories away. saurians that lurk in its deep
TORNADO HAVOC.
BIG MIDDLE WEST DEATH ROLL.
New York, May 11.
and murky waters.
"I wonder, after all, why he re- turned."
His services were to be paid instead, as sufficient evidence of
for from house-to-house collect-his prowess and as proof for ions in the villages,
Claim fer, Bounty.
claim of the bounty.
The portion displayed had been
The hunter's sudden appear-cut off juat behind the fore-legs,
ance at Beaufort, however, with hecause here the body was softer
The killed in the tornadoes in this hideous "lump of meat" was and easier to hack through than
the Middle West during the week-to claim the Government bounty at the point where the huge skull
end mentioned yesterday, now for killing crocodiles, the reward joins the spine. total 225, while a thousand people for which is 10 cents per inch for Miscellaneous Articles.
are homeless.
Eight States were affected by the tornadoes.--Reuter's Amer!- dan Service
have been injured and hundreds length of head. He stated that The inside of the belly revealed this had been his first really big nothing to show that this "haul," and that he had caught crocodile had been a man-eater. the animal alive in the usual way All that was found was 4 with "rotan" line and bafted hook. collection of deer, goats and Having landed it safely on a buffalo hofs, dog collars and large sandspit he had tied up its snout stones-suficient evidenco, how- and tail, intending there and ever, to satisfy the Bisayas that then to bring in the beast to the at any rate their village marauder station by boat.
had been nabbed.
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MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT,
A Chinese boy was knocked But in trying with the help of Careful measurements. taken down yesterday near the polo the villagers to load his trussed- with a tape were as follows: ground, Causeway Bay by a up "catch" into a 80-foot Circumference of body just be- motor cycle driven by Mr. A. "pakarangan" or native boat, the hind forelegs, 72 in, length of Xavier of No. 4, Humphreys latter had been capsized by the head, 83 in width of top jaw at Building. The boy was only slight-animal in its struggles.
widest part, 28 in; girth round ly Injured and was treated at the All frther efforts at getting closed jaws half-way up, 48 in.; Chinese riding on the back of Mr. ly unsuccessful, the idea of The total weight of head and Xavier's machine was badly in- bringing it in allve had to be shoulders was 540 lbs., and the jured in the left hand and was abandoned.
www.whole beast, it was reckoned, taken pelto the Government The pawang killed it, there weigher very nearly a ton. Civil Hospita
fore, and brought in the bend Skinner in The Field.2
May. 20-Fifty-fourth meeting of Union Insurance Society of Canton, Union Bldg., 11 a.m.
May 20 Fifty-eighth meeting of the China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Union Bldg., 11.20 a.m. '
May 20 Sixty-first meeting
of
British Trader's Insurance Co., Ltd.. Union Building, 11.15 a.m.
May 21-General meeting of shareholders of Douglas Co., Ltd., Co.'s Office, roon.
Miscellaneous.
May 12 Dinner at Govt. House
May 12-Weekly lecture of the four times as dense a population as Hong Kong Lodge, The Theosophi France. It was the least competent cal Society, 7, Duddell St., 6 p.m. people that were increasing most rapidly. The work of the society had brought gratitude to many wo- men who received practical help. He made an earnest appeal to all supporters of the movement for continued and increased financial assistance.
LOD O
honour of Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G.. LL.D.
May 16-Moonlight picnic of St. Peter's Young Men's Club.
May 17-Last deba': of St. Peter's Young Men's Club, at Club;
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