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ON
THURSDAY, the 9th June, 1927, commencing at 10.30 am. at No. 7. Torres Buildings, Kimberley noad, Kowloon A Quamity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD-
FURNITURE.
Comprising:-
Tenk Hatstand, Chesterfield Couch and Chairs. Easy Chairs, Tak Bookcase, Carpets, Pictures, Ornaments, etc.
Large Tenk Dining Table, Chairs. Teak Sideboards, Large Teak Flat Desk, Crockery, Glass Ware, etc. etc.
p.m.
W. J. STOKES,
Branch Secretary,
KARANJIA & CO., LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation).
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·HOAXED ARMY.
AMAZING EXPLOITS OF
"TEER'S HEIR."
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Not even in the pages of fiction have more amazing adventures, or more daring masquerades ever
life history of John McDonnell, been narrated than in the real
upon whom a suspensory sentence ́of 12 months' hard labour was passed in the Central Criminal Court, Dublin, in mail week. He had pleaded guilty to uttering. forged cheques for small nmounts, but urged in his de-1 fence that it was an "insane im- pulse" which prompted him to commit the offences. He asked for leniency on the grounds that pursuant to Section 181 of he had, for two and a half years, the Companies Ordinance, 1911, been trying to earn
an honest that a Meeting of the Creditors of living, having for some weeks Karanjia & Co., Limited, will be swept the streets of Dublin, held at the Offees of Messrs. Perey The police corroborated his state- Smith, Seth & Fleming, No. 6, Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong ments in this respect, and Insp. Kong, on TUESDAY, the 14th day O'Connell declared that McDon- of June, 1927, at 4 o'clock, for the hell had tried to keep away from purposes provided for in the suid crime since 1923. A man in Section.
court offered to give prisoner J. HENNESSEY SETH, work immediately, and Mr. F.S.A.A. Justice Hanna released McDon- S. HAMPDEN ROSS, nell on personal ball. Reference A.C.A., A.S.A.A. was made in court to a sentence Liquidators.of five years penal servitude passed upon McDonnell in 1918, after as startling a masquerade as has ever been known. He stole and misused the stationery and seal of the Archbishop of Dublin, and thus obtained a large sum of money; posed as the son or Lord Antrim, and car- ried out wholesale frauds. He had not long been out of prison when he carried out this, his most daring, exploit, having been sentenced to three years penal servitude in connection with a rifte-smuggling escapade. While in prison he found, writ- on the slate în his cell morning, the following mesange:After fair and impartial trial, you have been
Hong Kong, 7th June, 1927.
BASEBALL.
OPENING GAME OF THE LEAGUE. AT THE HAPPY VALLEY DIAMOND.
SATURDAY, 11TH JUNE. HONG KONG BASEBALL CLUB
VS.
JAPANESE BASEBALL CLUB
SUNDAY, 12TH JUNE THE FILIPINO CLUB
DRAGONS (S.C.A.A.)
V8.
Games start at 4 pm.
Admission to Stand:
Covered Uncovered
50cts. 20cts.
Soldiers & Sailors in
Uniform & Children 20cts.
. Ladies by Courtesy.
Bedsteads. Tenk Wardrobes, Teak |PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, Dressing Table, Chest of Drawers, Washstands, etc., etc.
ALSO
A Few Pieces of BLACKWOOD FURNITURE
AND
One Plano in Good Condition Catalogues will be issued.
Eth June, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
··LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 2nd June, 1927.
THE Undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Public
Auction
IN
LIMITED.
ed 30th April, 1927..
clusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 30th May, 1927.
ten one
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BRAINS AND DEMOCRACY.
Over 2,000 delegates, repre- bled at Margate, for the fifty- seventh annual conference of the National Union of Teachers.
"Brains. cannot be mined like dermined, said Mr. F. Mander, of coal, but they can easily be un- Luton, in his presidential ad- dress.
he said, "nor can they be made "Children are not born equal, equal and the claim for equality of opportunity does not mean a demand for similar instruction for every child, but that the State
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Government, ness, having attained the rank and are by & just judge of sergeant before taking to his sentenced to die." This was a criminal career. Among the ap-senting 121,000 teachers, assem- threat from the I.R.A. After plicants for leave that day was various other offences, in which a man who had been a trooper he was partnered by
with McDonnell in the 5th Royal An American Confidence Trickster Lancers. Uncertain whether he McDonnell entered the gates Donnell granted the request, and had been recognised or not, Mc- of the Archbishop of Dublin's palace. Immaculately dressed, decided it would be best to leave TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN carrying a heavy gold-mounted He had arranged for an elaborate the camp at the earliest moment. that the ANNUAL ORDINARY cane, and wearing a monocle, he wedding feast, and gave the GENERAL MEETING OF SHARE- told the secretary that he was HOLDERS of the above Company the son of a wealthy man who manager of the hotel where it will be held at the Hong Kong had left him a fortune, and was was to be held a free hand. The Hotel, Hong Kong on THURSDAY,
latter spent hundreds of pounds. 5th June, 1027, at 11 am. for the going to hand £1,000 to the poor on the decorations and provision On View from Wednesday, the purpose of receiving the report of of Dublin. He displayed the of the necessary refreshments. has no right to discriminate in the Directors together with. State- cheque, when the secretary went This was another reason why it its gifts to children of a similar ment of Accounts for the year end this windfall, McDonnell took should make an early departure. that a child's right to. educa-
to acquaint the Archbishop with.
was urgent that McDonnel!
bodily and mental fitness, and The TRANSFER BOOKS of the several sheets of crested note- He was genuinely fond of the tion of this or that kind-so long Company will be CLOSED from paper and the official palace seal. girl to whom he was engaged, as it is provided by the State- SATURDAY, 4th June to FRIDAY, He suggested that a receipt be and it was the greatest regret of shall stand or fall on. Its own 10th June, 1927, both days - given, and this was gladly agreed his life that he had behaved so ability to learn, and on no other Armed with the signature, badly to her. Before he could ground, such as its parents' seal; and crested
notepaper, make his escape, however, three ability to earn." McDonnell forged a note to the stern-faced men forcibly entered manager of a local bank, asking his room, and, with revolvers him to cash an enclosed cheque held at the ready," told him for £200. The money was ob- they wanted him for espionage, HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS. tained, and he next went to a He was a German spy, they in garage, selecting a car in which sisted, and it afterwards tran- TESTOVER STEVENAGE, | he was driven to Drogheda, spired that they had been put on Wwithin an hour from London. from whence he took a train to his track by the ex-trooper of New and Old Porcelain, Bráss, for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A started out on his amazing im- and disillusioned fiancée was a
In healthy neighbourhood, SCHOOL Belfast.
here that he the Lancers.
His heartbroken Bronze, Wooden and Bamboo Ware, few Boarders received in the House posture, having cards printed witness of his arrest. It was Old Jade, Pekin Lacquered Tea of the Principal. Individual care "Lord. McDonnell, Foys, Stools, Hanging Screens, and attention. For Particulara Castle," and ordering a quantity before Lord Chief Justice Gordon Antrim not as a spy that he was tried. New and Old Embroideries, Mah apply to: Jongs, Jade Trees, Chinese Pain-
of clothes, including the uniform in Dublin, but in connection with of a staff captain in His Majes- the series of frauds: he had com ty's Forces. As the "heir" of mitted. The scene at his trial Lord Antrim he put up at a was one of the most sensational first-class hotel, called at, Vic- toria Barracks, where he inter ever witnessed. McDonnell was viewed General Hackett Payne,,
defiant, and and passed himself off as a staff officer engaged in secret service
Dared Judge or Jury' work. Thus he did not have to to try him. He shouted confide his business to those who struggled with the jailers, fling- were his superiors in ranking them about the dock like McDonnell dined, in. the mass, children. There is more than was invited to the house of the mere suggestion of truth, în most exclusive people in Belfast, McDonnell's plea of "ideane im- and entertained royally. He re- pulses, for his behaviour. on sponded by reviewing garrisons, that occasion was like that of a going the round of hospitals, and raving madman. He threw his Wilson, S. S. Weng, G. Wragge, 20. To deliver.
Mesars. E. P. Williams, T. B. 18. A genus of palms. having a thorough good time. legs over the dock, and would Mr. and Mrs. E. White.. He became
have made for the judge's bench.
ON FRIDAY, the 10th June, 1927, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
A Fine Assortment of Curios comprising:-
tings, etc., etc...
AND
A Few Pleces of Blackwood Furniture.
Terms: Cash on Delivery. Catalogues will be issued,
On View from Thursday, the 9th June, 1927.
LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers,
Hong Kong, 7th June, 1927.
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1926-7
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PRICE. $15.00,
It was
Engaged to the Daughter of a Colonel
for
June 7, 1927.
Name
Mre. E. Arcus, Mr. R. C. Acker-
man.
Address
Messrs. S. Brown, Ed. A. Benisch. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cannon.
Mrs. P. M. Davies; Mr. A. Danjon. Mr. and Mrs. F. Gundossi,
Messrs. S. H. Gray. A. Gandosei.
Mr. A. F. Henry. Mr. J. E. Joseph,
Leopold Kahn.
Mr. H. A. Keller, Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. M.R. Lieven, Mrs. H. Laffond, Miss H. Lillie, Mr. W. Ludowice.
Mrs. T. Miller, Mrs. P. A. Meyer, Mr. H. G. McNeary, Mr. T. E.] Murphy.
solution (8) which are attached.
[Please Write in Block Letters.].
CLOSING DATE FOR COUPONS, MONDAY, JUNE 13. [Coupons received at the “China Mail” Office after mid-day on Monday will not be included in the competition.]
Across:
Major G. W. Olivercrona. and
1. A mermaid, Messrs. E. Powell, A. P. Powrio. Messrs. T. Storey, T. E. Slingsby 11. Prayer
4. A very wicked person. C. H. dos Santos, S. Sarenson, G18 To afect in any way. Servantn
Mr.A., Hị Talt, Mr. and Mrs. E. 15. R. I. V. (actual), Thompson, Misses R. E. and E. M. 16. A native chief in Hindostazi.
Mr. Volkera 17. Sen eagle.
Taylor.
The trial was delayed whilst he
H.
was taken below to quieten down. SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG When he entered the dock again and in order to buy her en- he was naked, except for a pair
KONG FOR JUNE, 1927, gagement ring passed a bad of torn and tattered, trousers.
cneque, obtained from the Town After listening to the evidence Date
Clerk at Bangor. In company of a few witnesses McDonnell with his fiancee, and her sister, shouted that he was not going to McDonnell motored to Cork, but hang about whilst they went on on the way nearly had his identi- with the trial, and they could ty discovered: By dint of cool"get on with it without him" daring, he saved the situation, He was again allowed to go bey and eventually arrived at Cur-low, and the trial proceeded/in ragh, Camp, where he demanded his absence. There had been h to see the G.O.C. While there violent struggle in the dock be he was asked to take "Orderly fore he was taken below, and Room, and he dealt, leniently above the din of his defiant voice with defaulters, knowing full could be heard the shrieks of
THE MEW FRENCH REMEDY.”
ON NL 13 RARION NI? ON N3
many women in court. At length, McDonnell was brought up to re ceive sentence, and, after hearing the term of five years, he was escorted below. once more, aing- ing "I'm going back to my shack." Whilst in Mountjoy Prison he assaulted one of the warders, and was given 25 lashes: ́of the'
22. Sediment
23. A messanger,
25. Stand at l--a word used to town.
20. Contraction for "over,"
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ao. A genus of birds of the kite kind. 82. Thus,
Sunset 34. A relation of degree.
35. Any loud and continued noise. 17.0637. To venerate.
7.07 44: That which is exhibited to the
Sunrise
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40. Alternative:
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4. A portcullis.
5. Assist.
6. Russlan emperor."
7. Indefinite as to past time.
8.. N. N. (actual).
9. The Yak.
10. To kindle,
12. R. LO.(xetual).
14. A variety of feldspar. 19. A bat.
21. A pannier or basket.
24. The head.
27. State of equality.
28. The open hand.
29. Bone.
31. Pertaining to contagious da
-orders,
38 Triumphant in.
degree.
34. To read.
35. To censure.
30 Cross-bow...
38. Printer's measure.
42. 'Sacred songs.
4
moderate
48. Anglo-Saxon money of account."
45: Masculino pronoun
46. To suppose.
47. Compass point.
48. To employ.
49A The nostrill
50. To, grind with the teeth...
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5.39 7.10 50. Compass-poin
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67 London district (abbreviated)
2.10 Competitors are reminded that the prize is to be awarded
5.40
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7:30
5.40
5,400
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21 have done it may prove to be the nearest correct