FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927.
WORLD FLIGHTS.
*INADEQUATE SUPPLY STOP- PED BROCK AND SCHLEE.
POOR OIL DENIED.
Tokyo, Oct. 2.
MATTERS INDIAN.
LADIES AT DEBATE.
HELENA MAY AS GUESTS. OF Y.M.C.A.
PREVENTION OF CHILD' MARRIAGES.
A GREAT SOCIAL EVIL.
A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
ter session
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THE CHINA MAIL
THE PIRACY.
(Continued from Page 1.)
tion Company. She left Shanghai for Amey on Wednesday with six European Officers and between 80 and 90 Chinese crew! There was in addition to between 130 and 140 passengers a large mixed cargo on board the vessel, There were no European pas- sengers on board.
One of the greatest social: Rather unique in that for the Inadequate supply of gasolene evils in India is the marriage of first time locally ladies and men and not a poor quality of fuel was children amongst the Hindus: met on a common debating platform responsible for the forcing down of literally, babies are offered in holy was the opening night of the win- the European the globe-circling Alfers Brock and matrimony. And inevitable re- Schlee at Omura recently, investi-sult was that a stunted genera Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating
Suspects Detained, gation has disclosed,
tfon nrose; the number of widows section.
The three suspected pirates are: A message sont from Omura in increased by leaps and bounds; This took place in the lounge of Japanese was translated into Eng-and a vicious circle was at once the building at Kowloon, well over being detained at the Water
Mexicans Celebrafe.
crew and three passengers have
Shadows Before.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL."
Entertainments.
To-day. Mr. R. Salisbury's "Quaints" present "One Dam Thing After Another at the Theatre, loyal, 9.15 pm.
Cat and The Canary.":\
To-day-Queen's Theatrò;" "The
"The
To-day-Star Theatre; Golden Bed."........"
To-night-Navy League Concert, Queen's Theatre, 80 p.m.
October 23-24-World. Theatre;
October 23-24-Star Theatre;
October 23 to 25-Queen's Thea-
tre. Sir James Barrie's famous story, "Peter Pan."
October 23-26--World_Theatre;| "Man Lee Chun" (part II) Chiness Picture.
October 25-26-World Theatro;
"North of 86." "Souls for Sale."
October 25-26-Star Theatre;
October 26-27-Queen's Theatre; "Lets Get Married.
lish to read that the descent was formed with its tentacles ever seventy attending among them be.Police Station whilst one of the Kiss Me Again.”
Native ing many ladies. due to the fact that "the gasoleno spreading out rapidly.
The motion was "That Women/been sent to hospital. The whole the Prairie. King.. was poor." Brock and Schlee them- States like Mysore, Buroda and selves later explained that the gaso Bharatpur had, however, courage- have not Justified Themselves in of the remainder of the crew and re-Business," the affirmative being passengers are being detained at lene was of excellent quality but ously introduced measures there just wasn't enough of it.gulating the marriages of Hindu taken by two speakers from the the Central Police Station where bona fide passengers will have the The only poor thing about the boys and girls in their territories, YM.C.A. (the Rev. H. A. Witten- opportunity of identifying any of situation was the Japanese trans-but in British India the evil was bach and Mr. C. Terry) and the the pirates who may be among fanatic Hindu negative by two ladies from the their number. The pirates were lator's knowledge of English, they rampant and declared.-United Press.
fathers continued to sacrifice Helena May Institute (Misa Couch in control of the ship for twelve hours and it should be easy for the their girls by marrying them and Miss Birt).
Mr. P. S. Cassidy (Chairman of passengers to identify them. Mexico City,, Oct. 12. early. In 1921 the Indian Gov- ... In holiday garb and as carefree ernment was asked to bring in the Literary and Debating Section) It is not belleved that any of
as though no revolt had ever oc-legislation effectively to put a stop prealded.
the pirates succeeded in making curred here, the Mexican capital to to the practice, but the author- Mr Wittenbach argued that whilst good their escape. The ship, al- day celebrated the Fiesta de Raza, ities, who apparently wanted to it might be possible to point to though in comparatively shallow. feast of the Spanish race. Vart-move in the matter very cautious- individual cases of women succeed-water at the time, was some way entertain-ly, stated that the initiative for ing in business the subject under from shore and all the passengers -OUB institutiona rave ments in commemoration of
the auch legislation must come from consideration was whether women it was possible to pick up were the non-official side of the Indian as a whole had succeeded, and he rescued up by the British cruiser day-United Press.
Legislature. Last month a non-contended that the number of and submarines. If any of the Lisbon, Oct. 13. official bill was at last brought those who had not succeeded and seventeen pirates are unaccounted Plans of the crew of the Junkers forward before the Indian Legis- of those who had sacrificed their for it may be presumed that they passenger airplane en route to lative Assembly proposing the home happiness in their attempts are either burnt or drowned. America were changed this morn-prohibition of marriages of girls to carve out a business career for ing, and instead of stopping at the below the age of 12, und of boys themselves was greatly in excess Azores and Newfoundland the plane below the age of 15. The Assem- of those who had made good. is now expected to fly direct to New bly, accepting the principle under- lying the bill, has referred it to a
York.
here .Press.
Actress Passenger.
flight to-day.
Press.
SUPERMEN NEXT.
CALL FOR TALENTED CHILDREN.
Girls and "Pin," Money.
The Force Behind.
October 27-Muslenle at the Helena May Institute, 5.90 p.m.
October 27-20-World Theatre; "Madame Sans Gene."
October 27-29 Star Theatre; "Call of the Canyon.".
The Tower of Lies,"
October 28-29-Queen's Theatre;
Sports. To-day-Local Hockey H.K.H.C. University at University Ground,
5.15 p.m.
October 22-Billiards exhibition match at the European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 8.30 p.m..
October 22--Annual swimming sports of the Hong Kong Branch of the Boy Scouts Assen. at V.R.C., from 3 to 5 p.m.
October 28-Cricket match at the
October 23-Lawn Bowls match between teams of No. 6 Platoon H.KV.D.C. and Armoured Car Ca at Kowloon Dock, 3 p.m. Meeting of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley.
University Pavilion, 2 p.m.
November 5-Seventh extra Race
p.m.
p.m.
noon.
!
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Four In Hospital, The four men who were sent to Hospital consist of an engine room boy, who appears to have Although granting that there been shot by the pirates when Miss Lillie Dilliemz, the actress select committee, and it is hoped who flew here with the Junkers that after deliberation the pro- were many cases where a girl en- they took control of the engine from Germany, continues onthu-visions thereof, with any neces-tered into business as a mears of room and three of the passengers, sjustic over the, flight and will ad-sary modifications, will become suporting herself and rendering and three of the passengers who
law.
herself less of a burden on the are suffering from burns and the to the now plan.-United
Fire-walking Ceremony. family exchequer, Mr. Wittenbach effects of immersion.
a girl On returning to Hong Kong, at And Another One.
That the Tamils of Singapore argued that in most cases Brunsbuettel, Ger., Oct. 13.
cling tenaciously to their religious went into business for the purpose 3 a.m. today. L4 went to Buoy 9 The second Junker airplane which practices is brought out by the of obtaining "pin" money. Having and a party of Police officers, also will fly to America on a trail-blaz-fact that on the occasion of their an assured home she was not in the Dr. Dovey to render medical assis-
November 9-Eighth bi-annual ing trip to open the way for regu- festival day the various ab need that a man was of a salary tance, went on board.
The "Irene," when L4 left Bias "Trevessa Trophy" race for ship's sufficlent to keep herself entirely Jar passenger service resumed its normalities connected with their and was thus an unfair competitor Bay was badly burnt, almost to lifeboats, 4 p.m.
weird -ceremonies Arc gone
the waters' edge.
December 3-Autumn meeting of of man whom she was in many The ultimate destination of the through with an almost rigorous
The motive of the pirates in the Fanling. Hunt.
Lammert's Auctions, ship is New York by way of Ams precision. Earlier in the year, on cases keeping out of a job. terdam, the Azores or other points the occasion of Taipusam, we
Miss Couch, in opening for the pirating the "Irene" is not clear
October 26-Office and household Room, 2.30 to be selected at the discretion of witness devout worshippers jab-negative, declined to accept the as there was little cargo of any furniture, etc., Sales the aviators, it was said.--United bing through their flesh and principle that individual cases of great value on board, no bullion,
October 27-Household furniture limbs, their cheeks and tongue, success by women were to be de-and passengers appear to be of
at 15, Humphreys Bldgs., Kowloon, Plane Wreckage Scen.
arrow-shaped pins and glistening barred from the scope of the dis-the poorer class.
Ship's Personnel,
10.50 a.m. Washington, Oct. 14. spears, and sometimes fierce cussion and procedeed to quote a The Captain of the "Irene" is a
Meetings. A wireless message from the hooks caught in back and chest formidable list of women who had Norwegian named Jahnsen of the October 22-Sixth annual incet steamship Lamp says that the U.S. and attached to a burdensome made good in business and profes-other five Officers three were Bri-Ing of the Hong Kong & Canton Coast Guard has passed the wreck cart. Later in the year the fire- sional careers including the directish and the others Scandinavians. Ice Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 2 age of a hydroplane with a yellow walking ritual. takes place, torahip, of large hospitals and The L4 arrived at Hong Kong Lower Albert Road, noon. bottom and red cabin, about 200 when
bed of coals schools, even in one notable case of harbour at about 10 o'clock last October 22--Meeting of the New Agricultural Show and miles off Nantucket.-United Press. some twenty feet long and about a big engineering concern, busi- night
returned to Bias Territories three feet wide is made and de- nesses devoted to ladies apparel, Bag A few minutes after Committee, at Sheung Shui, 2.30 votees walk over it barefooted. etc., politics and authorship.
wards with Mr. T, H. King,
October 29-Twenty-fourth an Some with wet garments, some
Director of Criminal Investi-naal meeting the Grand Hotel Des with dry, and some with saffron
Although women might not have gation, Mr. L. H. V. Booth, A.S.P, Wagons, Lite Ltd., Exchange Bldg., smeared upon their bodies, run through the glowing embers and been so much in the limelight they and a party of police.
Cinema audiences last night had afterwards plunge into a shallow were behind many successful busi- Vienna, Sept..11. pool of water mixed with milk.ess ventures and scientific dis- an inkling that something was "I call for children--the children in all these ordeals the Tamil coveries. It was a well known fact amiss when an announcement was of genius," exclaimed Professor faces torture and(pain with im- that Mme. Curie had contributed flashed on the screen at about 11 Vorenoff, the famous rejuvenation punity and freedom. To the greatly to her husband's success in p.m. for all men from the destroy- specialist, at the conclusion of a Westerners, these manifestations the discovery of radium and Mrs. or "Stormcloud" to return immedi- series of lectures at the Budapest may appear barbaric, yet one can- Carnegie had had a great deal to ately to their ship. This ship left
not help but marvel at the ultim-do with the business success of the for Bias Bay at about 11.30 pm. "Give me such children, and I will ate faith of these people who go well known millionaire.
No Valuable Cargo. create a new super-race of men of through any tortures for their Mr. C. Terry. In seconding for The three suspected pirates are genius."
God, in whom evidently they have the affirmative, stressed the neces-being detained at the Water Police, The professor exclaimed that un-Implicit faith.
sity for subordinating everything station. They were all dressed in til now It had been commonly as-
to one's purpose if one was to sue- European costume and spoke the sumed that his treatment was ap
The Dowry Curse.
ceed in any walk of life. Women's Punti, Hakka and Shanghal dialects. | plicable only to aged people search- A year or two back, the tale interests were divided far more The entire batch of refugees ing for their lost youth, but without was reported of a Hindu girl in than man's between the home and numbering some 130 passengers and depreciating the importance of this India who soaked her clothes in oil any business life which she might 84 members of the "Irene's crew side of his work, he wished to draw and burnt herself to death to rid enter and it was fundamentally im- are being interrogated at the Cen- attention to new possibilities not her parents of the burden, all too possible for her to succeed in reach-tral Folice Station where they are yet considered.
heavy for their means, of providing the highest positions. For being housed for the time being. "Monkey glands, which have re-ng a dowry to secure her a pro-women to have succeeded in busi- These are all Chinese, and include stored life to the fading faculties per bridegroom. The tragedy was nesa it was necessary to show that many women and children. It is of the aged, will intensify the de- one that ought to have made the she was capable of reaching pesi- not anticipated: that any of them velopment of the mental and spiri- educated youths turn their minds tions of trust and responsibility in will be released until to-morrow. tual facilities of youth," he said. " to some introspection. Unhappl the directorship of large concerns. The "Irene" which runs between am initiating a crusade for thely, however, this dowry system is
Men As Mormons!
Shanghai, Amoy and Swatow," "Waa treatment of talented children by places, while it has also permeat still followed in India in some
Seconding for the negative, Misson & voyage from the first named ed, to a very small extent, of Birt asked how it was that if of her. Her cargo was of a gen- port when the pirates took charge. "I am determined to apply my treatment in the future only to course, into the social life of the woman had not justified themselves eral nature and not of any great TO LET A Flat of Five Living
Hindus in Malaya. Amongst the in business they held so many bugf- of exceptional gifts, who unlettered masses, however, the mess positions to-day. It could value to the pirates. Her passen Rooms Separate entrance and will fater marry and create a won- dowry curse is practically un-surely not be suggested that the gers, too, were mostly of the poor verandali, bath, servants quarters, derful new type of mankind. The known.
It is only the educated heads of business concerns were fill class so that the pirates must have and cook house. Rent $30.00. Im- mother who will first hand over her section of society, especially, the ing their offices with inefficient and received wrong information when mediate Possession. Apply Box talented children to me will become proud possessors of university de incompetent people. The census they decided to raid her.
No. 508, care of "China Mail the mother of a marvellous new grees, that turn matrimony into showed that there was a large sur- market to sell themselves and plus of women over men. If womeni
Medical Congress yesterday.
my method.
children
race of mankind.".
*
Women seeking rejuvenation, said fleece others. "Singapore Free were to be debarred from business
Professor Voronoff, showed better Press." sense than men. They considered their youth past at an earlier age, .and thus sought rejuvenation while the work for the glands to perform was less hard.
100 SHOT A MINUTE.
NEW AUTOMATIC RIFLE INVENTED.
Bucharest, Oct. 1. Newspapers state that successful tests have been made with a new automatic rifle invented by Lieut enant Oritza. It fires a hundred shots a minute.
It is claimed that it is simpler and safer than other automatica.Va
POLAR CAKE
CINEMA NOTES.
THE BLACK PIRATE.”
October 29-Half yearly meeting| of members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the Jockey Club Room, Hong Kong Club annex, 12.80 p.m.
November 4-Meeting of the: Licensing Board, in the Council Chamber, noon.
Miscellaneous,
To-day-Exhibition of Japanese Art at Messrs. Komor and Komor's. October 24-Kennedy Town bath- ing beach will be closed at 7 p.m.
October, 25-Closing of entries for the seventh extra Race Meet- ing of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, noon.
October 26-Sixth reel practice of the Scottish Co., Helena, May November 12-St. Peter's Church Institute, 5.30 p.m. tap Young Men's Club garden fete.
November 17-Vice-President and Committee of the Victoria Diocesan Association "At Home" to members and their friends at Helena May Institute. .
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what were these extra women to do? The only solution in that event appeared to be Mormonism (laughter). In conclusion Miss Bookbinders. Birt gave examples of women who had made good and said that al- though the numbers, might not be comparatively large the feminist movement was still in its infancy. Douglas Fairbanks" great adven- The movement must be given time Dentist.. ture dim in natural colours, "The to justify itself more fully. Black Pirate,” continues to draw
Several ladies from the audience large audiences at the World Theatre. The picture will be spoke and on the motion being pat screened again to-day and to-mor- to the meeting it was defeated by row, after which it will not be a large, majority. shown again in Hong Kong. The
orchestra plays at the 5.15 and the A railway official, aged 40, who 9.20 performances, and a Chinese was visiting Milan Cathedral, threw 7.16 performances. Interpreter attends at the 2.30 and himself from the balcony of the
THE GOLDEN BED
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