THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1931.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES
Manufacturers & Exporters of ALL KINDS OF
SWATOW DRAWN
WORK
AND
ART EMBROIDERIES
SHAWLS
UNDERWEAR-
PYJAMAS
KIMONOS.
SWATOW TRADING CO.
6, Pedder St. opp. Hong Kong Hotel Phone. 23303.
ATTRACTIVE TAILORING
The Latest In Gentlemen's Outfitting
AT PRICES TO
·SUIT ANY PURSE. PERFECT FIT AND
RELIABLE SUITINGS.
WING HING CO.
Gentlemen's
Outfitters 04, Queen's Rd. C.
Tel. 21417.
DENTISTS.
HÁRRY FONG, Denflat,
lat floor, No. 74, Queen's Road
Central.
Tel: 21255.
TĂNG YUK DENTIST
Successor to
the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Aguilar Street.
TERMS VERY MODERATE Coninitation Free.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., LTD. 72, Queen's Road C. Tel. 23270,
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Kowloon Bay. New Work & Bepairs. Call Flag “L”. Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
FRUITS.
AIRSHIP SUNKIST
ORANGES
Also Grapefruits and Lemons Direct from the Growers' Exchange. LOWEST PRICES (in Hong Kong). Wholesale and Retail.
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'WING"
BRAND
Coffee, Tea, 'Hawanan Jams, Jelly and Fruit Preserves. WING COFFEE CO.
139, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 25889,
HAIR DRESSERS
ONLY
TWO
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TO
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You
MADAM KATIE'S
E BEAUTY PARLOUN. -- 81, Wing Lok Building, Kowloon,
Tel. 58842.
LEE YEE,
Tel: 58841
Ladies and Gentlemen's Hair
Dressers & Boo No. 125 D'Aguil (opposite Queen's Ther
Bring Your
INTING
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Entirely Redesigned.
The most enjoyable mininture golf course imaginable
In the fresh air too!
There will be no more "What Shall We Do To-night?".
KING'S MINIATURE GOLF COURSE.
On the roof in the fresh air
50 cents a round.
LITERATURE
BOOKS for All
Bibles, Packet Testaments, Prayer Books and Stationery.
General Literature Presentation Books Children's Books a Speciality, THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT Wyndham Street.
Next to King's Theatre. Agents for
British & Foreign Bible Society and The Religious Tract Society.
SWATOW DRAWNWORK.
JUST OPEN 111
··LAI YANG EMBROIDERY CO.
2. Wyndham St.
(above Book & Biblo Depot)
Direct Exporters of Swatow Drawn Work, Embroideries, Silk Shawls, Irish Linen & Grass Cloth, Handmade
Laces & Ladies' Underwear.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
OPTICIANS,
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY, 'Phone 22232.
53, Queen's Road Central,
SHOES.
Black
or
THE CHINA MAIL.
FACTORY TESTS OF WHERE ITTO' MEANS MAN WHO CHEATED
POISON GAS.
Animals Used for Experiments.
DELHI REVELATIONS.
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SEX APPEAL.
Modern Words Display in Japan:
CARTOONS AND DOLLS,
DEATH TWICE.
But Lure of Gold Proved Fatal.
ROMANTIC STORY.
Mrs. Lassiter, who lives in Orient Street, Ramsgate, with her three children, Bobbio, aged 62. Betty two years younger, and a baby, said that, lack of work in the building trade hud forced her husband to undertake the search for the reef.
In the Delhi conspiracy case
One of the most astonishing Though twice before he had the 'accused B. P. Jain made a exhibitions in the history of the almost lost his life searching for statement before the Special Tri- Orient, no less than an "Exhibi-gold reef in Central Australia, bunal expresssing lack of con- tion of Forty Modern Words," Mr. L. H. Lasseter, whose body fidence in the justice of the has recently been held at the was found after a three months' Tribunal and dissociating him- Matauya Department Store on search in Peterson Ranges, ven- self from further proceedings of the Ginza, in Tokyo.
tured there a third time because the case.
Crowds of young and old of of lack of work. He said the fate of himself both sexes and of all conditions! and-the-other-accused persons of life have been flocking day was sealed before their trial be-after day to the exhibition. gan, and probably the judgment | The modern words are recent had already been written and put acquisitions of the Japanese nside.
language, mostly from English, The evidence of Kailashpati,and are illustrated by cartoons the chief approver, mainly con-or dolls. cerned a bomb factory in Delhi. Most of the modern words, Witness stated that he com- points out a writer in the Japan menced purchasing acids and Advertiser, have to do with love, other things required from either directly or indirectly, prob- Baburam Gupta after his own ably because the movement to stock had been exhausted. Inward modernity which charne this way he bought 80 pounds of terises the young Japan of to sulphuric acid, about 100 pounds day is more concerned with the of nitric acid, 10 pairs of rubber attraction of the sexes than with gloves, a pound of chloroform and any other factor. one pound of potassium cyanide. He paid Baburam Gupta Rs. 600 for the goods. In addition to these things they required car bolic acid for the manufacture of picric acid. This he had stocked at his house and he brought it to the factory when there was need for it.
Picric acid was made in a room next to the kitchen and they used electric fans in order to drive out the gas fumes. They had been making picric acid for three days when one of the drains of the house became choked and water accumulated in the lane outside, Activities were then temporari- ly suspended.
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Love's Language.
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A romantic story lies behind) Lasseter's finding of the reef. Thirty years ago, when he was only 20, he was exploring Central Australia on horseback, and dis- covered a gold reef, which he followed for over 10 miles. Then his water ran out. He was in a dying condition when found by a camel man.
Four years later, with a sur Why do Japanese youths, asks veyor named Harding, he return the writer, use foreign words to ed to the reef, and they obtain speak of love,, words which their ed samples from it, which assay. elders cannot understand? Per a at 3 ounces to the ton, On haps, he answere, because they this trip, too, the couple almost do not want them to understand. starved to death,, and his two ex- Many of the visitors, judging periences decided Lasseter, from the enthusiasm with which who was an experienced bush they rushed from one exhibit to men, not to make the the next, were not sure of the trip again. However, last meanings of half the words illus-year his 'unemployment worried trated, although they have been him so much that he decided to current in the newspapers and search for the reef again for the magazines for months and in Central Australian Gold Explora. some cases-years. Many were tion Syndicate, Ltd. seen copying the explanatory
In his last letter on November notes.
G Lasseter told of many hard- Below, says the writer, are ships. The main party had re- As the progress of manufac some of the words which made arned to Alice Springs and he turing picric acid with one set of up the exhibit, with translations had gone back to make a final apparatus was very slow they of the more interesting explana- search for de mine. "I have too purchased some more flasks, rub-tions. All these words are in much at stake to come without a bar tubing, measuring glasses free everyday use and have be- great struggle," he wrote. and separating funnels. At the come more or less completely
He referred also to the rough- beginning of August, they 10- "Japanised."
nees of the country and joking. sumed the manufacture of picric "Itto" (It)-This is the Engly promised to take Mrs. Lasseter acid. They succeeded in making lish "it." It means sex appeal. for a holiday there next year, the acid, guncotton, nitro-When we speak of "100 per cent.
Enclosed in another letter is a glycerine and picro-chlorine gas, it" we mean that a girl has more aimple little will. It is written in and attempted but failed to than her share of attractiveness, pencil on a tiny scrap of paper, manufacture hydro-cyanic acid “Jazzu" (Jazz). —
and leaves everything. "To my Maddening gas a very poisonous gas; and melody or the decadent music of dear wife, whom I fully trust. as they could not discover any the Negroes of America, which Unfortunately, he had little to antidote to prevent injury to in general refers to things noisy leave, and Mrs. Lasseter is in themselves during its manufac- or superficial.
poor circumstances. ture they gave up the attempt. They had also intended to manu- facture a poison from cotton seeds but did not do so.
"Kill Outright.”
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"Demo" (Demonstration).
An official report states, how. This abbreviated form means a ever, that Lasseter pegged out a demonstrative movement, but our claim and if this comes up to ex- general understanding of it is as of gold to the ton it will be worth pectations by bearing two ounces. a presentation of showy beauty, Thus, when an attractive girl, £15,000 to the sad little family. dressed within an inch of her life, parades the Ginza, we say was so determined and powerful, "I can hardly realise hie death," Mrs. Lasseter said.. "He that she is making a "demo."
The picro-chlorine gas was in. tended to render people senseless during raiding parties while the hydro-cyanic acid was intended to kill people outright. The effi- "Shan" (Schoen)-From the and such a good bushman." cacy of the picro-chlorine gas was German word for "pretty." Lasseter served during the War "Toteshan" means a very beauti- on a mine-sweeper in the navy, ful gir! "Doteshan" has the and had been around the world exactly opposite meaning.
Ookei "O.K. Similarly, potassium cyanide'] Other words was tested by injecting small Esu" (S.O.S.); "Sumaato" Idoses into a pair of rats.
(Smart); "Furappa" (Flapper)
tested on two hares which were shut up in a room in, which the gag was liberated. The hares.be came unconscious.
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several, times.
are: "Esuo
EX-KING HUSSEIN'S
DEATH.
Kailashpati stated that nitric "Dokei" (0.K.); Aramodo" (A
and sulphuric acids and ice were la mode); "Jaanarizumu" (Jour- To Be Buried in Shadow needed for the manufacture of nalism); "Randebu (Rendez- gun-cotton. They manufactured vous); "Rizumu" (Rhythm);} about 30 pounds of picric acid.
"Supat" (Spy); "Yumoa" Witness stated that with the (Humour); "Nansensu (Non- exception. of Parkasho the party sense); "Rebyu" (Revue); living in the factory consisted "Hyaku paasento" (100 per Brown entirely of males. This, they cent.); "Gosshippu" (Gossip);
Pair
Shoes from $6.00.
Black or Brown
Boots from $9.00.
Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00.
Beat styles, most complete stock of all sizes. Repairing a specialty. WONG SIU WOON
11, Pottinger St.' 'Phone #1424.
SPORTING GOODS
ATHLETIC
GOODS
AT
THE LIANG YOU CO..
'70, Queen's Road C.
INTRODUCTORY
HISTORY
OROOK, O.BE, MA.
WWW.KAY, MAR
W. HANDYSIDE, M.A., B.Sc.
PRICE $2,00
THE
of Famous Mosque.
"DOME OF ROCK."
Amman, June 4. The body of ex-King Husein
felt, might create suspicion so "Torikku" (Trick); "Senseis- (of the Hedjaz) will be taken to B. P. Jain was requested to bring hon" (Sensation); "Kamufuraju" Jerusalem this afternoon for his wife to the factory which he (Camouflage); "Jiremma" (Di-burial in did. Subsequently Didi, the lemma); "Surogan" (Slogan); under the shadow of the famous special enclosure adopted sister of Bhagwati-Tero (Terrorism); "Fuan" Mosque known as "the Dome of the Rock," which has been set aside for the burial of famous Mohammedans
charan, was brought there by (Fan, as "baseball fan"). Azad to learn how to manufac- ture explosives.
"PINS & NEEDLES."
Pavement Comedy at West Bromwich,
Saluted by British..
Jerusalem, June 5. A detachment of British troops stationed at the historic Damas- cus Gate this afternoon saluted
Oderland China` Mail.
A WHOLE WEEK'S NEWSPAPERS IN ONE.
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After a five-day hearing in which some very dramatic evidence was given by three women and a small boy, for the. prosecution, the jury in the trial of a Chinese for murder disagreed, after three retirements. The first time they re- tired they were out for nearly three hours, and were unable to reach a verdict afterward, They were discharged, and the prisoner remanded. Full details of this extraordinary case appear in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL,
Demonstrations by prisoners in Victoria Jail again occurred during the week, the convicts disturbing residents in the neighbourhood by night-long moans and groans. No official statement has been made, but the personal experi- ences of those in the vicinity are related in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL,
Eight weeks' hard labour, was meted out to a seaman who threatened the manager of the Seamen's Institute with a chopper. It was stated that arrangements would be made to send the man, back to his native country, Holland.. The OVERLAND CHINA MAIL contains a full report.
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The OVERLAND CHINA MAIL also contains particulars of a case in which a Post Office employee was sentenced to four months' hard labour for stealing letters whilst on duty.
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A fatal motor cycle accident involving the death in hospital of a Chinese girl, is reported in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL. Full details of the tragedy are at present not ascertainable.
In the world of sport, the OVERLAND CHINĂ MAIL contains a special account of the opening of the Hong Kong baseball season, together with the usual notes on, and news of local sporting activities.
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BLOOD TRANSFUSION OF GREAT VALUE.
Regulations to Protect Patients.
·COMMERCIAL AGENCIES,
"
transfusions have to be entered in
of examinations and the dates of
It faithfully.
To assist the medical examiners, rigid limits are laid down as regards
Witness also sent a hombshell to Madangopal at Ajmere with a view to getting more prepared there. He also managed to secure several formulae for ex- plosives from Vijoy at Lahore.
Kailashpati stated that when A constable stepped out of the the coffin of Hussein, which was
the tests to be performed, and the going to Cawnpore Azad took West Bromwich police station in carried in a procession headed by
information to be obtained about with him Rs. 7,500 with which he High Street, bent his legs in ap Police and Including a Mosiem
the past history of the candidate, was to purchase firearms.proved regulation style, straighten-band and banner-bearers to the
and the condition of his heart, The hearing was adjourned.
ed his tunic, tucked his thumbs into | Heram-el-Sherif. Sam
lungs, blood, etc. In addition to into belt, and strolled in a dignified The ex-King Ali, Emir Abdul-
So highly is blood transfusion this, he is always examined again, fashion towards the centre of the lah, a representative of the High esteemed in New York for the immediately before a transfusion, in town.
Commissioner of Palestine, the treatment of various dangerous ill order that any unsuspected Illness Outside the Lewisham Hotel, chief British representative at nesses and accidents that commer just beginning may be detected. which adjoins the police station, Amman, the President of the cial agencies have been formed to Obvious Merits. League.
he paused, his whole body twitch- Arab Executive, foreign Consuls ensure that persons willing to sup Only Buch, registered Ing. With arms outflung he sud- and representatives of the Jew ply their blood shall be convoyed feated blood donors may now be and certi- Japanese spinning industrialists denly piroutted wildly. His legs ish Agency followed the coffin. without any loss of time to hospitals employed in New York, except in Interested in Indo-Japanese com- shot up in quick succession In the An enormous crowd joined in or other places where their services the case of a very sudden and mercial intercourse are going to sit manner of an ice-skater trying to the procession and lined the may be urgently required. urgent emergency, when a relative In a joint conference in the near retrain his balance. He bent for streets, future at Osaka to discuss the pro-ward and his feet moved rapidly
JAPAN'S TRADE WITH INDIA.
Proposed Commercial
posed organisation of an Indo- like a man racing, on a revolving round the neckl Japan Commercial League, the ob drum, par
An increasing number of such may give his blood if there is no persons now desire to be remuner time to obtain one of these donors. ated, owing to the prevalence of The commercial agencies, men
ject being to facilitate their com- He sprang into the air with a gazing into es h other's eyes ob geems to be in procees of creation. official recognition, by the health A courting couple arm-in-arm, unemployment, and a new industry toned previously, have, to obtain mercial activities in and with India mighty bound, and easily beat the Ifylous of the surroundings,, step- The department of health in the department, and may not make use after the expected settlement of the record for the long-distance jumped into the picture. At the fatal City of New York has consequently, of any donor who is not fully Indian autonomy problem, which is
expected through the discussion at
the coming sacard Round Table Confe
ater
gent
<this is harðli
arly beat the com
for the long-distan
spot" they, gyrated rapidly. The issued à' code of regulations design- certificated. clerical garb girl screamed, her swain spranged to ensure protection from diaThis Is Believed to be the first orward his hand upraised wildly upwards as though be were ease, both can regards the receiver instance of the official regulation of bout to standing on hot needles, and then and the donor, so far as possible.blood transfusion. Its merits are.
both
A donor of blood must now submit obvious, for greater measure of strict medical examination, be security against the transmission of tered as physically fit in all certain disasses is enmired. More respects,
cate over the supply of an adequate. nually. number of healthy and previously tanted donors will unquestionably be ing the
dents dr.
and receive
they which has to be renew
three weeks
he mist