THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927.
OF COURSE.”
LOCAL WEDDING."`
SECRET TUBE.
MAN WHO "WENT TO THE COUNTRY."
POPULAR CHINESE COUPLE UNITED.
WHERE TREASURES WERE HIDDEN IN WAR
INTIMIDATION SENTENCES.
LEE-LEONG.
Two members of the Blacksmiths' St. Stephan's Church Culld were this morning sentenced sconce
was the
THE CHINA MAIL.
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THE MENTO. BE.
DIPPING INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE.
chinery, will carry out all his' de- wires. By simply pressing a button, nis car will arrive, transport him to It and lower nim gently into a | super-comfort vunicle which will jmow mia mind to be in touch, by ineznanical means, with every part vi pno woria waere his business
ayne.
A FASCINATING QUESTION.
What will be the development of ine people of those days will One of London's quaintest spots mankind in the future? A remark- took our times wita something of # pretty wedding fully equipped Underground able German flm "Metropolis," or the same contempt inat we retain 17 Mr. R. E. Lindsell to six months' | yesterday afternoon when Mr. call and 20 strakes of the birch each Lee Yuen-tsaan, son of Mrs, Lee station with a fully-sized track 70 suggests that the world will become for the traders who first visites our "robotised"; men and women wilt saores in search of tin. What a or intimidating three fekis of the and the late Mr. Lee Yuet-lam of feet in length-lies hidden from become the slaves of machines and pleasant thought it will be for the Kwong Cheong Woo blacksmith's 20 Hing Hon Road, and Miss Leong public eyes at South Kensington, mechanical devices. In the follow-women of the ruture in a mechani- shop. No. 151, Queen's Road East. Suk-cheng of No. 10 Ring Fai Ter-
ing article, exclusive to the "Sunday) cai world to know that the glimuner- with the view to forcing them to race, were married by the Rev. Lee says "The Daily Chronicle."
Mall," Professor A. M.-Low, the ings of invention that we gathered join the guild.
Kau-yan.
When you are in this station; well-known scientist, discusses the male nechanical warning-maca The story for the prosecution as
The bride, who was given away from which trains never run, you fascinating question.
possible in 1927, walie they, a few. outlined by Sergeant McTernan by Mr. Leong Yip-ying, was at-Fan hear the trame of under- Before one can visualise the pos- thousand years hence, have been was that the two necused went to tended by Misa Winifred Kew na ground London arriving and depart-sibilities of the future one must totally emancipated from the mind- the shop on May 8 and asked the Mald-of-Honour and Miss Amy Ma Ing and you marvel that of the ten consider the changes that have destroying labour women are now three complainants to join the as bridesmaid. The pretty little of thousands using "South Ken," taken place in the past. The only expected to enjoy. Blacksmiths' Guild. This the com-flower girls were Miss Leong, the every day probably not one knows reat difference between life to-day
Children can be incubated with- this retreat a few yards away. plaints refused to do or the ground bride's sister, and Miss Gloria Yec. In war-time it stored from nir- and life in the past, when we used out very much diteulty, and an in-
The groom was supported by raid peril some of the nation's
ta cheerfully burn our ancestors cubator is no more than a machine. Messrs. Ma Hin-wing and Lee Pul-priceless pictures from the National alive because we thought it might Food can de prepared by innumer-i The way tong.
Gallery, as well as jewele from the be for the good of their souls, is able electrical devices. Dr. Fok Wing-tan rendered ap-Tower. They were kept in alcoves that we now think and act, much for the electrification of life a be- Propriate music at the organ.
ing begun in our own little country, off the little piece of platform which more quickly.
Speed and comfort are the only and it will be adapted to more and working,
in the world, and now that science 1 do not believe that motor-ears school where everything relating
To-day the station is a night has discovered that facts as auch will be steered for long distancea do not exist, it is becoming quite by weary mankind In the future, but signalling is taught to apprentices and linesmen, and where the ex-common for technicians to produce rather that they will be automati- perienced can come for "refresher" a curve of progrcas and to examine cally guided along the roads by lessons and practice.
thereby the probable tendencies of wireless before they take off to leave our Britain, or before they At the dead-end of the platform the future.
The Line of Demarcation.
are garaged in the underground. is #black-board, desks for 60, A We used to be taught that there) Mechanical cities of the future, screen on, which lantern diagrams and pictures are shown and other was a sharp line of demarcation be- with moving staircases, moving Jifts, or mechanical schoolroom furniture. At the other tween inanimate and living objects, Hoors and end is a signal cabin with control of cut a slight knowledge of the atom hands to obviate the necessity for the devices on the 70-feet track. and the common origin of matter the slightest physical exertion makes it very clear that life exists) which may interfere with man's Toy Trains.
throughout the entire universe as mental concentration, are no mere Along the edge of the platform, one unending stream. All that the uream pictures,
of lack of money, whereupon the accused said "You will be killed if you don't join." Later in the day the three complainants' went to ten, When they came out of the teahouse two of them walked in front while
the other was a little behind, Suid-was held at the groom's' residence now holds paraphernalia of railway two changes that have taken place more services,
After the ceremony a reception
where many friends gathered to denly the two heard their foki cal!offer their congratulations and best out "save life" and looking round
wishes. sw he was bleeding from a wound over his left eye. They also saw second seeused running away. He had an umbrella in his hand. First accused was standing outside the teahouse. He did not attempt to ron. On the evening of the 9th the two accused again went to the Kwong Cheong Woo shop and fur- ther pressed the complainants jom the ruild saying "If you per sist in your refusa) to join we will erally kill you."
to
After all three complainants had enrroborated this story, neeused
FIVE YEARS.
STAR STREET ROBBERS SENTENCED.
and
VIOLENCE TO WOMEN.
on a bench, is a miniature track best of us can do is to attempt to Everything points to such a deve- Sentence of five years hard with toy bogeys, so arranged that visualise the manner in which this lopment, and it does not require a were asked what they had to say, labour was passed by Mr. P. Jacks all-electric and electric-paeumatic stream will flow.
vast stretch of the imagination to First accused admitted that he at the Criminal Sensions this morn-signalling are demonstrated. The I have said that speed and com- picture a happy couple of the fu- did ask the complainants to joining on two men who were convict day of the sema-phore-arm signal fort are the governing facts of pro-ture so entranced by their imagina- the guild but said he did not use ed of entering a house at Star has almost passed.
gress. That speed is all-important tion that they will ask no greater. any threats.
Street, near Queen's Road East. It would be a dream of a spot for} is very obvious. In one century we enjoyment than to sit down while; Asked why the complainants had gagging the women inmates
boys, old and young, interested in have progreased from the time when the floor is moved, relatively, to brought the case ngainst him ne-making off with articles of jewel railway working, but the object, is twenty miles an hour was consider their feet by machinery, instead of ensed suggested that they werelery, clothing and money.
severely practical, and plays an imed dangerous, and when doctors their feet having to perform thej frightened.
Sweet potato was used, together portant part in the safe and elli- told us that sixty miles an hour antics of the Charleston. with wire, as a gagging method; cient working of Underground and would prove fatal to human life. Now we do not hesitate to look and the women in question were tubes,
So perfectly has signalling deve-forward to the near future when also threatened with daggers and
und. This did not prevent aue of oped, so mechanical is the control, we shall fly to India and talk and the women, from extricating herself that it is possible to visualise the see those at home by means of wire- shortly after their departure and day when trains can be run with less. All these simple facts would out drivers; when even mechanical have seemed no more than a 'mad- giving the alarm to the Police.
The Police arrested the first pri- forces can check any tendency to man's dream fifty years ago. soner some few days later and he err on the part of the signalman The world can only continue in Serond acensed admitted he told them on their arrival that if
The human element has been a virtue of changes, and it is ridicul- saulted first complainant and anid he did as because the intter owed they waited, they would "get the most eliminated, and signalling is ous to imagine that greater altera- other man.” The "other manns near fool-proof as can be. It is tions will not take place in our turned out to be the second prison possible for a signalman to stop any mode of life in the far distant fu or and although the women could train at any given point; if a train ture when our proud buildings of May 19-Queen's Theatre; "Blue- not identify the first prisoner. Mr. driver falls ill, or accidentally re- to-day have become mud and clay. beard's 8th Wife," Holmes, who prosecuted for the lenses his hand from his wheel, is The factor "comfort" is of equal May 19-Star Theatre; Wilbur Crown submitted that the fact that train automatically halts.
very excellent reason that mankind 9.15 p.m. importance to that of speed, for the Players present "Cappy Ricks" at is improving its mental capacity and is seeking how, by means of
Mr. Lindsell: Out of your own mouth you have condemned your
You must have used some self. threat for them to be frightened.
Accused: I mean that they be came frightened when No. 2 as saulted one of them, I don't know why he did it.
his friend $8 for wäies dne.
Magistrate: What business is
that of yours?-My friend authoris- ed me to collect the money and com- plainant refused to pay.
What is his name, and where can he be found?—He has gone to the country.
Magistrate: Of course of course, he can't be found now!
Sentence was passed as mention- ed above.
COMET COMING.
RETURN OF PONS-WINNECKE IN JUNE.
3,500,000 MILES AWAY.
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they had no doubt as to the second As the signalman of to-day works
prisoner having been one of the his little levers-net the large ones ang taken in conjunction with the of popular conception-he has in first prisoner's statement to the front of him an illumniated chart Police proved number one prisoner which by dark patches shews the to have been a confederate.
progress of every train.
After hearing evidence of iden- tification, the jury returned a ver-| dict of "guilty" and sentence was passed accordingly.
TRANSPORT PROBLEMS.
SUGGESTIONS BY COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
Shadows Before.
COMING, EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL"
Entertainments.
May 19-Star Theatre; "How scientific and mechanical dovicos, it Baxter Butted In." can avoid the physical disabilities May 19-World Theatre; "Forbid- handed down to us by the genera den Paradise." The Safety Margin.'
tions of animals who have gone be-
May 19-Tea Dance, Cafe Res- feet between all trains even during
There are a space of 500 to 600 fore.
That this animal life is still only Dance, 8 p.m.; exhibition dancing, taurant Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Dinner rush hours, and it is automatically a few moments of scientific time impossible for one train to come 600 years ago that the Pacific Ocean
away is easily proved. It is only 8.30 p.m. within a given distance of the pre- was first noticed, and 300 years ago Hunghom, Kowloon, 9.15 p.m.
May 19-Isako's European Circus, ceding one.
The signalman's lever is locked in England we were burning in-
May 19-Smoking concert for until the train he has passed on has offensive old women at the stake be members of Easma Asen., Club pre- gained a certain distance. Ile cause children stated
that they mises, Queen's Road, 9 p.m. changed themselves into horses or
Dance May 20-Hong Kong Club' next dance, Lane Crawford's Cafe, B.30 p.m.
cannot make a mistake.
Even the signal lights themselves rabbits. are proof against accident. Should
a fault by any chance develop in
the
Creation of Cellular Life.
May 26 Matinee performance by the "Squeakettes," Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m.
Sports.
May 25-Race for Brown Rowing
5.15 p.m.
The earth, on June 27 next,
As yet science has only been able London, May 18. will make an extremely close ap-
the signal-say. the breaking of the to continue growth of cellular life Transport problems were dis-green lamp the danger signal of and not to create it, and as we can proach to a comet's head; on that
put only accommodate parts of our body night we shall be only three and Cussed at the colonial conference red shines until things are
to certain forms of labour by years a half million miles from the the increasing competition of motor
which especially drew attention to right.
When there is fog about of concentration, we have natural- comet Pons-Winnecke (writes the transport with railways, The con- signals are increased and streng-ly determined not to wait for evolu- Astronomical Correspondent of sensus of opinion emphasized the thened, so that a driver is "met in tion but to control our physical dis- Cup, starting from Channel Recks, the Morning Post.")
necessity of maintaining railways the eye" with lights at certain abilities by machinery.
We do not hesitate to wear There was much excitement in as the backbone of the transport points which tell him whether or no
May 24-Kowloon Cricket Club! glasses to-day: we do not hesitate. the early days of 1921, just be-systems and road programmes car-all is clear. In this way trains can to realise that before inog our teeth hold function in aid of Hospital fore the last visit of this comet. ried out in consultation with the almost defy fox.
The school is open two nights a will have gone, and we understand Comforts Fund. Its calculated motion indicated railway administration would as-
May 28-29-Second extra Race ure of motors being auxiliary to week to all men of the department that the possibilities of bio-chemia- that its path round the sun railways instead of competitors. who wish to prepare themselves for, y may permit us to feed children Meeting at Macao, 2.16 p.m. almost intersected the earth's, Reuter.
examination and pass out for in order that certain peculiar facul-
June 4, 6-Fourth extra race and that the earth and comet-
vacancies us they arise.
ties of the mind may be developed. meeting. of H. K. Jockey Club, In the near future we shall prob- Happy Valley Race Course, would arrive at the point of inter-
ably nourish poets differently from section within about two hours of
engineers. We shall probably treat one another.
children before they are born by May 21, 23-Ladies' dress wear, MME. DE CASARES. ultra-violet rays of a nature yet to and sundries. Messrs. Lammert
LOTTERY FINES.
It was hoped that this would result in an extremely fine dis- play of meteors, for it is pretty
Sub-Inspector Shaftain of the certain that meteors are thick S.C.A. this morning charged, four and heavy immediately in the with printing po niu lottery tickets Chinese before Mr. R. E. Lindsell wake of a comet's head. Unfor- at No. 160 Third Street, West Point. tunately, when at last the comet They were caught red-handed and was discovered, it was found that wisely pleaded guilty." the planet Jupiter had consider- ably disturbed its path-that no longer and its path intersect the earth's orbit, and that the two bodies would pass each other at i distance of rather more than twelve million miles.
Meter Showers Likely. Nevertheless, in 1921 a few bright meteors, undoubtedly the! debris of Pons-Winnecke's comet, were seen. This year, passing as we do within a distance of only three and a half million miles,
The ringleader was fined $250 or
THE TRADE UNION BILL.
con-
LAST HOUR HITCH OVER £125 DEBT.
SENT BACK TO AMERICA.
Beautiful Madame. Gloria
on
be discovered.
Auctions.
Bros. Sales Room, 10.30 a.m.
The time may come when sunlight May 23-Household furniture, 4, will be replaced by some etheric Armend Bldgs, Kowloon, by Messrs. artificial oscillation, and our cities Lammert Bros. 2.46 p.m. will be so created that the huge con- glomeration of buildings will look]
May 25-The whole of Messrs.
like one huge houre. It is incon- Sheriff Bros. Shop fittings, and ceivable that the labour to which sundries will be auctioned by
de millions of people are now subject Messrs. Lammert Bros. at 69, ed would be permitted, or would be Queen's Road, Central, 2.90 p.m.
Meetings.
four months, two of his chief assis Casares, who, eighteen months ago, possible for the physical weaklings
ants were fined $50 or three became famous as owner of the months each, while the fourth man "whisky" ship "General Serret of the days I envisage. was ordered to pay $25 or go to jail which was held up in the Thames for one month.
May 20-Fifty-fourth meeting of The point of my argument is that, Union Insurance Society of Canton, A complete printing press and a back to America on the "Caronia" place in the past few years, the ten- Union Bldg. 11 a.m.
for illicit liquor-running. aalled since great changes have taken large quantity of type were
May 20 Fifty-eighth meeting of dency is likely to continue in the from Liverpool. fiscated.
She was refused permission to future. Mankind is, on the aver- the China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., land at Liverpool by the aliens off- age, losing its desire for physical Union Bldg., 11.20 a.m. cer when she arrived the strength, and it is only logical to May 31--Fourth yearly meating. Cunard liner Alņunía.**
imnging that. as we still further of Prince's Bldg. & Land Co., Ltd., The officer, it is stated, received develop our brains and extend our Prince's Bldg. 4 p.m.
knowledge of atomic movements, we hie instructions from the Home shall reach such a pitch that physi-meeting of shareholders of the June 7--Forty-ninth annual Office. London, May 18.
Mme. de Casares left the Northeal actions will have become impos-China Sugar Refining. Co., Ltd..
sible.
Messrs. Jardine's Offices, noon. wish to see them should be on stage of the Trade Union Bill have on parole since her arrival, for the tively soft and will require protec- Our heads will have become rela- Several days of the committee Western Hotel, where she had been
Miscellaneous. the lookout during the nights concluded with the adoption of landing stage in a private car, ac- tion. We shall have developed
companied by two detectives and
May 19-Sale of Works of St. preceding and following Monday, clause one by 295 to 156 votes com-
chemical means of nourishing, our Andrew's Church Mothers' Union, June 27,
prising several Government einrify an Immigration official, · ·
brains, and of further developing 4-6 p.m. There was a last hour surprise es Even if we ever did come in tion amendments had been previ- without her luggage, which had tainly, we shall never trouble to use Tong Restuarant in honour of Sir ing amendments. All the Oppost- Mma, Casares declined to leave them by electrical treatment. Cer- May 23-Party given at Nam direct collision with a comet's ously rejected or guillotined. been attached under writ for a debt our own strength, but we shall ex 3. H. Kempa head I do not think we should Reuter. suffer much harm. There would
**pect to sit at a desk in a condition undoubtedly be a fine shower of
it seems likely that we may have meteor showers; and those who
meteors, and some of them might
do a little damage in falling; but
of £125.
May 27-Kowloon Chess Club re-
"Hermes," B p.m.
At the last minuta the money was of physical coma while machinery turn match: Kowloon v. H.M.S. guaranteed by a: Liverpool man, who, it was understood,' was a pas-
carries out all our wishes.
Inventions of Future.
Attempting to cross in front of senger on the "Caronia," and the Even to-day, with electrical the risk taken in watching would a tramcar yeaterday afternoon, a luggage was brought to the vessel knowledge in an embryonic state, be well repaid if the shower com- motor car met with an accident, twenty minutes before the ship was we can control movements of sero- pared in magnificence to those in running into the tram: Fortunate: dua to sail, ''
planes by wireless; we can press Mrs., Bing: "Oh, I wish these 1838 and 1866. On those two only the motorman had applied the When she was stopped at Liver buttons and receive lighted cigars recipes would be more definite." casions many thousands of shoot emergency brake, otherwise a more pool, Mme. de Casares declared or carefully prepared meals in res- Mr, Bing: "What's the difficulty,
serious accident would have result "It is all too ridiculous. I can ponse to our touch. I am convinced my deart ing stars were seen in an hour, Tha collision occurred opposite only conclude, that I have one or that the business man of the future Mrs. Bing: "This one tells how radiating from a point in the sky the Officers: Mess in Queen's Road two enemies in London. I was born will scarcely use his voice, for hir to use un old potatoes, but it does like the spokes of a celestial East, and the driver of the motor in London and lived in London until desk will be covered with switches not say how old the potatoes must "brolly."
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