MONDAY, MAY 30, 1927.
Phone C.22
FOR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Twenty-five Words three inser- tibus prepaid $1. Every addi- tional word four cents for three insertions.
WANTED.
WANTED.--A Chinese Clerk with good knowledge for an Import and Export Offee. Apply in hand- writing stufing age, experience, and salary desired, to P.O. Box 180,
TO LET.
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
MANIAC FARMER.
THE CHINA MAIL:
TEN PERSONS KILLED NEAR NATAL BORDER.
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London, May 8. Cape Town-The death roll in
IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that, JUSTICE MINISTER'S SECRECY. Mr. LM WING YAN and Miss MYRA CHANSON have both BESIGNED from the undersigned | Company as from May 26th, 1927. the Swart affair is now put down at Their Power to sign for and on be- ten. half of the Company is therefore revoked na from the above men- tioned date.
THE UNIVERSAL MOTOR & SUPPLY CO.
61. Des Voeux Road. Hong Kong. May 26th," 1927,
S.S. TJILEKOET."
Latest reports indicate that it is doubtful whether Swart committed sulckde, for three civilians fired at him. He was found shot through the temples,
appears that Swart, while en route to Charlestown, visited an- other farmer, and laughingly stated that he had killed five policemen and was going to Charlestown to shoot three more people.
A pathetic feature of the trage-ly TEN
TENDERS are invited for the was that Captain Ashmen, the DiR- purchase of the wreek of theriet Superintendent of Police, who was one of the victima, before Forepart of the s.8. TILEBOET" ROOM TO LET.--In a Private as it now lies at Ling Ting Island.aving with the posse of police to Family, with or without Board. Full particulars from the under-private papers, saying that they
arrest Swart, honded over some: Can be Rented for a Short Time" if [signed, wantel. Cameron Road, 2nd floor,; No. 284. Kowloon,
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE:-Chefoo Stamps. Un- used. Set of six alumpa:-2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cents:-Apply 'Box No. 490, e o "China Mail.
were undertaking a tough job, and; JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, |it anything unforeseen occurred
York Building,
the pepers should be given to his
HONG KONG FOOTBALL.
` ASSOCIATION.
Ron.
The theory is current that na tives armed by Swart participated in the affair, and is supported by the statement of a constable that be was wounded by a native with a
LL proposed alterations to the shot gun.
rules, of the above Associa-
of
tion, the Challenge Shield Competi-Charlestown. in his official report,
The Police Commissioner tion, Lai Wah Cup and Sunday expresses suspicion that Swart can FOR SALE. One brass "Hung Herald Charity Cups Competitions not have done all the damage him- Ming pan of the Chinese Han must be forwarded to the under-self. but the Minister of Justice, in Dynasty with automatic springs, signed not later than the 31st May Price $1,000,00 Apply Box No. 487, | 1927. e. o "China Mnil”
MISCELLANEOUS.
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed-"China Mail Office. No. 5. Wyndham St.. Telephone Central 22.
W. E. HOLLANDS.
PO. Box 233,
Secretary.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING .COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
reading the Commissioner's report
in the House of Assembly, refused to read that portion of the report giving reasons for suspicions,
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Meantime, reports from New castle state that Swart was notorious desperato and had proused some of his native farm- hands, who, apparently, partici pated in the firing on the police.
An earlier message from Cane THE FORTY-NINTII ORDINARY Town stated:—An extraordinary THE
ANNUAL MEETING of their occurred at Charlestown, Shareholders of the above Company against whom a warrant had been the Natal border. A farmer, Swart, LAMMERT BROS. will be held at the Offices of the issued on a charge of attempted
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVIVORS,
-Public Auctions
HE Undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Publie
Auction
ON
TUESDAY, the 31st May, 1927, commencing at 11 am.
at No. 7, Queen's Garden
-(Ground-Floor-)-—-----
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
Comprising:-
General Agents, Fedder Street, on murder, cluded the police, who TUESDAY. 7th June, 1927, at were attempting to arrest him, and Soon, for the purpose of receiving shot dead fire policemen, his wife. the Report and Statement of Ac daughter-in-law, and the farm counts for the year ending 31st manager, and wounded three other December, 1926.
persons, He then committed sui
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be. CLOSED from 26th May to 7th June, 1927, both tinys inclusive.
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO., LTD..
General Agents. Hong Kong: 16th May, 1927.
cide.
SUNDAY TRAFFIC..
"DEATH. DANGER DUST
·AND DIN."
Mothers!
Polar CAKE
Have Your Kiddies.
Had Their
POLAR CAKE
TO-DAY!!!
Imported
Guaranteed
100% NOURISHMENT.
-12% BUTTER-FAT.
'GET THE POLAR CAKE HABIT"
ICE CREAM KIOSK Queens' Theatre Building, Tel. Central 3456. ICE CREAM PAVILION Kowloca.
Tel. K. 874.
THE VOTING 'AGE;
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S. VIEWS.
Sole Distributors.
"FORPRODIST" China Building. Tel. Central 9888.
CLOSER TIES.
BEST ENGLISHMEN ONLY FOR INDIA.
London, May 7. General Sir Charles and Lady Harington, on their departure from York, were presented by Mr. B. S. Rowntree with a magnificent Milan casket,
London, May 28. Mr. Baldwin, addressing a meet- ing of Conservative women at the Albert Hall yesterday, made refer- ence to the proposals for giving the vote to women at the age of twenty- The unprecedented popularity of one, thus putting-thom-on-an-Mr-Rowntree who has just re- HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. motoring threatens to make the equality with men.
FOURTH EXTRA RACE
THE MEETING will be held (wea-
Chesterfield Couch and Chairs, ther permitting) at Happy Valley "Teak Bookense, Glass Cabinet, on SATURDAY, 4th June and Carpets, Pictures, Ornaments, etc.. MONDAY, 6th June, 1927. com- mencing at 2.45 p.m. on both days, Teak Dining Table, Chairs, Side-The first bell will be rung at 2.15 board. Dinner Waggon, Glass Ware. p.m. Crockery, Ice Chest, etc., etc., etc.
etc.. ute.
Teak Bedstearts, Wardrobes with Bevelled Mirror. Dressing Table, Chest of Drawers, Chairs, Wash-i stands, etc., etc., etc.
ALSO
A Few Picres of Blackwood Ware.
Catalogues will be issued,
On View from Monday the 20th My 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers.. Hong Kong, 25th May, 1927. -
ON
WEDNESDAY, the 1st June, 1927 commencing at 10.30 a.m.
at No. 12B, Mody Road, Kowloon A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Hatstand,
Chesterfield
London, May 9.
turned from India, dwelt on the need for sending out the best Englishmen to India, and said that the people of India were more sensitive and more responsive to kindliness and good feeling than people anywhere else in the world. Lord Irwin told him that so graat feelings that he had seen audiences was the need for appreciating their "shrivel up" nt a careless word; uttered by a speaker, or put in the wrong way:
ronds round London and other big! The Premier said he was aware cities impassable at week-ends. that there was a strong feeling congestion of the general atrite.
The scenes yesterday recalled the that the franchise for both sexes should be given at the age of Queues three cars deep and be- twenty-five rather than twenty-one. tween two and three miles long It might well be that if the were counted at road junctions and Government were giving the fran-. at various points 20 miles outsidejchise to-day to people of this coun- London yesterday evening. Every try the first time. the proposal main road was blocked.
would he under consideration. The charge for admission to the As it is estimated that 4,000 new Public Enclosure will be $1 per day cars will appear
He did not believe that it was on the roads practical politics to take away the for all persons including Ladies, weekly, the chaos in future is likely vote from men of twenty-one in de
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform to be intensified.
mocratie country where that fran- half price.
Eleven deaths in motoring ac-chise had existed for centuries. He Members are advised that they idents were reported during the for one not only looked with no must show their Badges to obtaik week-end, showing that the Hamp-apprehension at enfranchisement of admission to the Members! Enelo-he wrote in his parish magazine welcomed it.
shire.vicar did not exaggerate when hath sexes at the same age, but he
The Lord Mayor of York present- Ench member has the right to death and danger, dust and din."
that "Sunday is becoming a day of It was inconsistent to open pro-ed Sir Charles with a gold-mounted introduce 2 non-members to the
fessions to women at the same age
fountain pen on behalf of the as men and yet refuse them equal police force.
ating rights. He pointed out the
sure.
Members' Enclosure, tickets for
whom can be obtained from Messra, Linstead & Davis at $5 each per day up to THURSDAY. 2nd June.) 1927.
..
LONDON UNIVERSITY
A PERMANENT HOME IN..
BLOOMSBURY.
in all the British Dominions ex- rent South Africa and in the United States. that was to sa" in practi- aily all countries inhabited by the English-speaking neople, the full franchise was in fore at the age Each member can London University was marked by Service.
A new epach in the history of of twenty-one.-British Wireless obtain, upon application to the the University's. decision to pur- Secretary, Badges for admission of chase a site of 11 aerea in Bloome-
Ladies free of charge.
The charge for admission for Ladies to the Members' Enclosure will be $2.
Hong Kong, 28th May. 1927.
HOME TUITION.
London, May 12.
bury, from the Duke of Bedford, to provide the University with a permanent home in the centre of London.
General Birdwood was doing splendid work spreading goodwill mong the Indians, and England was doing the right thing in send- ing out such men as Sir Charles Harington.
PARTY FROCKS 2s.
PAPER CREPE NOVELTIES IN LONDON.
"CHINA MAIL" CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
[SECOND SERIES.]
NO. 5-$50 MUST BE WON
FIRST READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY THROUGH.
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ON MERIT.
2. Each solutión sent in must be made on the coupon cut from the
"China Mail" Any number of solutions may be sent in.
3. An entry fee of Afty cents must accompany each coupon. Three entries, however, may be sent in together for one dollar, Letters sent through the post must not contain coins as they will not be delivered by the Post Office.
4. No entry will be considered under any circumstances whatso
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5. Entries must reach the office of the "China Mail" not later than
the time and date for closing announced on the coupon.
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letters should be registered and/or sealed;
7. The prize of 850 must be won and will be awarded for an all correct or nearest correct solution. In the event of ties the $50 will be divided. No competitor may win more than one share of the prize in each competition.
8. The coupon must not be defaced in any way. All attempts
must be in plain block letters and legible.
9. The Editor's decision wBI be final and binding in all matters of dispute, and he reserves the right to enter into Correspondence regarding the Competition.
10. Solutions will be published with the results, in this paper, every
Thursday following the Closing Date.
11. Coupons will be kept for four days after the results of the com-
petition have been published.
12. All letters must be addressed, "China Mall" Cross-words, c/o "China Mail" Offices, No. 5, Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. 13. No member of the staff of the "China Mail" will be allowed to
compete.
14. Solutions are held under sealed cover and in no way will be
opened until the close of the competition.
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CLOSING DATE FOR COUPONS, MONDAY, JUNE 6.. [Coupons received at the "China Mail" Office after mid-day on Monday will not be included in the competition.]
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London, May 12, Fashionable party frocks for two shillings, and the latest kind of pull- on hat for one shilling and four- pence, made of paper crêpe, are among the novelties displayed at the Stationers' Exhibition at Laling-
It is stated that the garments 13. NH. N. (Actual).
ton.
1. Folded,
6. Want of Rectitude. 12 Sun God.
GENERAL SHOT DEAD.
Tenk
The President of the Board of
Washington, May 28. Couch and Chairs. (Upholstered
Education, at the annual Graduate
Details of the shooting of General with Fine Silk Brocade) Teak;
Dinner, in announcing the prae-Richards, in order to remonstrate Cabulia show that Captain Bookcase, Glass Cabinet, Screen. WESTOVER - STEVENAGE, tical completion of negotiations, with Cabulla, entered a house in will land almost anything except 14. Girl's Name.
W within an hour from London, said that the purchase was made with a had gone after terrprising washing Carpets, Curtains, Pictures, Orna- ments, etc., etc.
In healthy neighbourhood. SCHOOL possible partly by the limited grant the town, in Wild West fashion. A Teak Dining Table, Chairs, Side- for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A made by the Chancellor of the Ex-woman threatened Captain Richards board. Community Plate Cutlery, few Boarders received in the House chequer in, July, 1906, and partly with a machete and the General Glass Ware, Crockery, Teak Ice of the Principal. Individual care from a contribution from the sprang from a bed for his revolver. Chest, etc., etc.
and attention. For Particulars Rockefeller Found:.tion."
MISS RUTH CULLEY
Brass Mounted Bedsteads, Teak apply to: Wardrobe with Bevelled Mirror, Dressing Table, Rattan Furniture, etc., ete.
ALSO
1 Plano by "Morrison"
1 "Sonora" Cabinet Gramophone
AND
Several Pieces of Blackwood
Ware.
Catalogues will be issued.
On View from Tuesday, the 31at, May, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, th May, 1927.
ON
WEDNESDAY, the 1st June, 1927, commencing at 5.16 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION
OF POSTAGE, STAMPS (Particulars from Catalogue). On View from Tuesday, the 81st May, 1927.
Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., MAMA VIISAuctioneers. Hong Kong, May 27th, 1927.
(Camb. Higher Local). (Camb, Teachers' Diploma). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER (National Fredel Higher Certificate)..
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Our men are employed by the leading passenger lines. We guarantee satis factionin
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Captain Richards, in self-defence, shot the General: and then, to save his own life, was obliged to shoot
both..
COOLIDGE'S HOLIDAY.
15. "That Is" (Abbreviated).
16. To Elect
18. Labour.
19. N. P. (Actual).
21. A Violent Storm.
Washington, May 28. "JOAN OF ARC" of Druses,
President Coolidge hopes to leave 24 0. L. (Actual). the woman, instantaneously killing on June 13 for his summer holiday. 25. River in England. London, May 9.
Blackhills, South Dakota, twelve 27. Consumed. Jerusalem. A Druse "Joan of Cabulla is reputed to have killed miles from the railway amid pine- 28. The Boss of a Shield. Arc," a young warrior maiden who, over fifty people.-Reuter's Amerf clad mountain: peaks, was the 80. Frequent. during the past two years, kas An earlier cable from Chinan- the tempestuous Presidential cam 34. Thin Narrow Boards.
can Service.
President's own choice. Before 32. To Spread Abroad. ridden sword in hand, at the head dega, Nicaragua, statedCaptain paign of 1928 he will have ample 85. T. A. (Actual).
38. Prefix Expressing Priority. of a troop of 50 boraemer, is among Richards, of the United States opportunity for peaceful considera- 85. 0. A.. (Actual). the 1,500 Druses evacuated by the British forces from El Azrak, Marines, has shot dead the Liberal tion of the pros and cons of his 38. Elvish.
General, Cabulia. It is alleged that third term. Reuter's American 40. A Place. of Shelter. Voisinage Agreement with the Cabulla was drunk and was Bring Service, French..
on people in the strects.]
in
pursuance of the "Bon
Indications are not lacking that the rebel chief is content with the arrangement: which restores to the aaffected tribesmen their own land.i
The heroine in question vowe that only death can end her mission of the deliverance of her country.
GEORGE FREE)
OLD CHINESE ECZEMA REMEDY
Fir. Entical Va isti
BRITISH PAINTINGS.
London, May 28
68. Paid Publicity (Abbreviated).
Stendy Seriousness.
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48. A Bank or Causeway Along a River to Prevent Inondation. 45. A Heap of Stones. COLORADO MINE DISASTER.
47. Individuals. 48. Long Narrow Sall: Cances. 13h 52, To Eject. New York, May 28. Five were killed as the result of Under the auspices of the Anglo-an explosion in a mine at Delague, 57, Hebrew Deity, Austrian Society. It is proposed to were below at the time-of the ex-00, Sante as 67 Across
Colorado. About a hundred miners 8. A Heavy Stick or Club. hold-in Vienna this autumn are plosion and nearly all escaped.
59. Period. presentative exbibition of English Reuter's American Service, paintings from Hogarth down to the present day. HM the King bas conveyed his good wishes for the success of the schome, and Sir
For Sale Fake Pimps Austen Chamberlain, the Foreign!
THE DEN 184, CESTO SE I SHAL
GEORGE-Y. LEE PO. Hoi No. 1647. Hong Kong
Becretary has expressed the hope that owners of pictures who may
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Los Angeles, May 28, A rection of the steel tube supply
be approached for loans will res- ing water to the city has been pond generously so as to make the collection as representative and a damaged by an' plɔn "believed No. 40. Queen's, Ed. C.. high in quality "as" possible, Brf to have been caused by dy, amite.
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6. Before Christ (Abbreviated).
68. Appalled.
07. To Weaken.
Down,
1. Word Used Instead of a Noun
or Nume.
2. Lock; Seo; Behold.
3. Indefinite Article.
4. Personal Pronoun..
5. To Serve to the Use or Benefit
7. A Double Notching or Jagging.
8. River in England,
B. V. A (Actual)..
10. T. I. (Actual).
11. Bright Golden Colour (Plural).
17. Region.
18.
18.
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Unit.
20. Matter,
21. Cruel
22. Impersonal Pronoun.
23. An Easy Death,"
24. British Decoration (Abbreviat
ed).
26. To Sip.
29. Abbreviation of "Mistress.” 31: To Desert
32. An Apathetic Person
37. Grown Turgid,
38.
33.
Evening
Level: Flat
41 To Pinch,
*** Century.
42. Short Dagger Worn in 14th
44 Finish.
46. To Sorrow.
48. Thin Sheet of Metal
49. To Soak Flax.
50. O. M. (Actual).
61. An Enticing or Alluring Woman 65. Death,
56. A Small Lako Among the Moun
taina.
DURY
61. Same as 2. Down
62. Same as 8 Down 64. E. E. (Actual).
65. B. V. (Actual),
Competitors are reminded that the prize is to be awarded for the correct solution, or if nobody succeeds in getting the correct you have not done the cross-word puzzle in full, send in what yea solution for the NEAREST correct solution. Therefore, even jf| have done it may prove to be the nearest correct solution.