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A member of a week-end party challenged his fellow guests to wonders of the new world, and an interesting discussion followed.
name soven
The seven wonders of the ancients; are generally held to have been the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis at Babylon, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Colossus at Rhodes, Phidia's statue
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1932.
Driven From The Sun Gari River
Indignities Suffered By British Trader
AN
4
OPEN DOOR" FARCE
Despite the contention that the land ordered to come aboard.
A
of Jupiter at Athens, the Mausoleum basis of the establishment of Mun- he had a camera in his hand be at Halicarnassus, and the Pharos at chukue is the fusion of the com- took a snapshot of the patrol ship. Alexandria.
After un
After answering 3 number of
animated discussion ponent bodies which form its popu- which lasted some hours, the follow-lation, it would seem that, as far as written questions regarding his des- trading on the Sungari River is tination, cargo, reasons for work- ing list of the seven new wonders concerned preference amounting to ing, etc., he was asked to explain of the world was produced: 3
The Empire State skyscraper in
New York.
New Delhi,
The liner Majestic.
The Panama Canal.
exelusion in practice exists. This the law regarding the flying of for- Know- information has been given to the sign flags on the Sungari. "North-China Sunday News" by Mr. Ing only the Chinese law he was, Doran Webb, a British subject, who unable to do so, and pointed out has arrived in Shanghai from Har-that ho flew the British flag as a bin where, with several friends, he possible protection against pirates. has been endeavouring to promote Why he took photographs was the a small trade on the Sungari with next query, whereupon Mr. Webb private leased junk. His efforts explained that he always carried a were finally frustrated, according to camera to snap any views of in- At this the Japanese This report, because he flew the Bri-terest.
tish flag as a possible safe-guard Lleutenant took the film from the The conversation then turned to against attacks by the banditry who camera and destroyed it. the wonders of London, old and infeat the river, which led, after Then Mr. Webb, as a joke, asked
now.
Graf Zeppelin II. The new Russian hydro-electric
station at Drieprostroy. The immense statue of Christ
in the Andes.
London's Wonders.
The seven wonders of the older certain humillating circumstances, him who would pay for the film. London, it was generally agreed, to the confiscation of his boat by At this the Lieutenant produced a
the Japanese authorities.
small bore pistol, pointed it at Mr. Webb started legitimate Webb's head and said, "This."
Aftor a strong protest. during business on; the river, he states,
are!
The Tower,
St. Paul's Cathedral,
Tower Bridge,
Big Ben,
The Crystal Palace,
when it was declared open, and which time Mr. Webb continued to sailed his boat under the Manchu-face the pistol, announcing his in- kuo flag, his first consignment be- tention to report the matter to the ing, a cargo of 250 tons of beans British Consul, the officer towered from Hafntien to Harbin, a matter the gun and offered to pay for the The seven new wonders caused alof 145 versts. He was passed on film, an offer which was immediate- longer debate, but it was eventually the river by another boat whichly refused.
Guarded, Then Confiscated.
St. Pancras Station,
Westminster Cathedral.
in a mud-puddle, the boy being decided that a Londoner who had lower down was attacked by bandits, Followed a series of vicissitudes REID BERRIE-At St. John's an only child and his parents be- returned to his native city after an sustained several casualties, includ-
ing busy. It is perhaps a bitter absence of several years would wanting the death of Captain, and the in which Mr. Webb appears to have Hong Kong. Cathedral,
entire crew was seized and held to been taken control of by Japanese November 3, 1932, by the Rev. pill for preparatory schoolmas-to see first:
The "Daily Exprese" building, ransom, Mr. Webb reported the authorities, who,commandeered his Dean Swann, Alan, son of Mr. ters, but that boy is now an hon
Piccadilly Tube Station, matter to the Japanese naval au- boat and his services almost at the and Mrs. B. S. Reid, Richmond, ours student in an American col-
New Broadcasting House,
Ithorities when he reached Harbin, point of a pistol. At various times, whether by day or night,, he was Surrey, to Gwendolyn Frances, lege. When it is remembered
The new Bank of Englandi Flying British Flag.
Itable to be ordered to proceed on eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. how many of the business occu-
(when completed),
Their next job was timber hauling some duty on the river, towing junk- Berrie, Mosman Sydney. pations of grown-up men need,
Lambeth Bridge, with the from Harbin to Hulan, and their loads of refugees, or cargoes. At (Sydney papers please copy). for the most complete success,
Imperial Chemical Industries crew having left them, fearing fur-anchor the boat was under the the development of certain in- stincts in a very high degree, it building and Thames House, ther attacks from bandits, another supervision of a sentry, who had
Dorchester House,
was enrolled, and having informa- orders to shoot should she get under is easy to understand that it may
Charing Cross Post Office.
tion of the presence of large mum weigh. Mr. Wobb was asked why be a great help to have a great deal of the wolf or the shark in
Some members of the party voted ber of bandits in the district, it he left the boat without permission; your blood. The pity is that, for the inclusion, as an eighth won was decided to fly the British flag why be carried two rifles without the Japanese au- even with so-called old families, der, of the remarkable new Central in the hope that it might afford a permit from
of protection.thorities; why they were spying. the pedigree stops much too soon, Power Station in erection, on the them some measure
No objection was voiced by the According to Mr. Webb when he' and the man really ambitious to Thames Embankment.
Chinese or Japanese authorities told the Japanese official to register have a business magnate for a
with whom they were constantly in any complaints with the British Few parents but will learn son has no means, till the boy is
contact, said Mr. Webb. At the Consul General, he received the re- KNOWLEDGE. with interest about the animal born and begins to display his
conclusion of this assignment the ply, "What has the British Consul zoological variants, of knowing propensities of young children. if he has married into the right Here's a bit of information that party secured. four junks,, and, general to do with me?
Mr. Webb continued, however, to For many years now Dr. Hrd-strains of jungle blood. But the cast me 42s. to acquire: the silk having acquired clearance papers,
set off up the river for Querhay. instruct Japanese engineers in the licka, Curator of Physical An-chances are so uncertain, and the stockings coat 428. a pair.
Early the following morning a running of the boat at the instiga- When they thropology of the Smithsonian prospects of finding little beyond
Japanese patrol boat stopped them tion of the Japanese. Institution, has made it his those who accept this mythology,
"Many men make riches their and they were told by the Lieuten- had become fairly proficient the business to watch the young, that the encouragement about sole aim in life," declares a wo-ant in charge that their papers boat was suddenly taken over entire and reports that have been made after-life is not in itself sufficient. man novelist. reveal a highly disedifying state It is disconcerting to parental,
jellyfish traita loom so large for
Your Daily Smile.
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Facts You Did Not Know.
were worthless without a permit ly by them without a cent of re from the Japanese authorities, and muneration, the reason given being
of affairs which will hasten the authority to realize that whole Another Joke About Mothers-in-that the river was dangerous. He that she had previously down the
Law.
ordered their immediate return, tell- British flag. To add to the injury doom of youth and abruptly categories of rebukes about cubs
I read in a newspaper that a man ing them. to leave, the four junka Mr. Webb received a letter from the terminate the excessive admira- and puppies do not sting but are
court that his behind for another vessel to bring owners of the boat from whom he tion which mere youthfulness accepted by the unrepentant complained in
of friend's dog bit his mother-in-law. down. No reference was made by and his friends had leased her, to has too often received. Young young as mere statements
the fiying of British colours, bow-the effect that the ship had been children who are fond of repre-fact. The sen considers himself Surely not complained? -
ever, said Mr. Webb,
declared confiscated by the Japanese senting themselves to be animals a young cub and feels his father
When he reported to the Japan- for trading on the Sungari river ought to be a source of anxiety alien and oppressive if punish-
ese naval officials at Harbin he was under the British fing, and that s a cub-like action. to their parents. It is quite super-ment follows
informed that only Japanese mil-further punishment was in order by ficial to conclude that the child's The tongues of spinsters the
tary shipping was allowed on the law to the captain of the boat (Mr. future is probably secure as a world over are being strengthen-
A new railroad car for transport-Sungari, which ships, he said went Doran Webb) in the form of a fine pantomime cat, and that there is ed by these researches, and the ing helium gas for the United down river with bean cargoes and not exceeding $1,000. They relent- consequently no need to bother boasting of young parents will States navy la composed of six hol- returned with troops, lying the ed, however, to a certain extent and
reduced the fine to one of $800x about an expensive education. take on a more faltering note. low steel spheres instead of the Japanese flag.
Trouble With Patrol Boat, After several other indignities The better the acting, the more Certain achievements, however, usual form of cylindrical tank. sustained and thorough the iden are seen to justify the paeans of
Another interesting incident In suffered at the hands of officials, Mr. tification-and some children parental praise. It is a great Carrying ita moter in the rear, a Webb's narrative occurred when he Webb decided to change his sphere take no notice, for weeks on end, thing to walk if it is the first streamlined automobile Invented in was hailed by a Japanese patrol boat of activities: unless they are treated as dogs step away from Jungledom. But England is.
it is a
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News In Brief.
GENERAL TO STUDY
WAR SCIENCE. Ironsides' Chief On Way To Germany.
CANTON TALKS TO SHAOKWAN.
Long-Distance 'Phone
Service Completed.
or cats-the, more ominous is the it may be anticipated that many economical "of fuel and can whole proceeding, and the more careful mothers will veto those corners at high speed safely.. humiliating is the deduction animal games which fathers love which the parents ought to draw, to play, and will veto them from Children, say, these reports, may a terrified fear of letting loose or be not so much acting as harking calling forth the ape or the tiger
Two cases of typhoid fever, one back Often they give such dein their innocent lambe. For all occurring in Hong Kong and one tailed performances that it is the prospects there may be of a in Kowloon, and one Kewloon case difficult for science to believe successful after-career,
General Chang Fat-kwel, the
Canton, To-day. they are being purely imitative. distressful thing to seek to found of meningitis, were notified to the
"Ironsides" commander, after hav The long-distance telephone ser Small wonder if scientists begin a family and to find you have Health Authorities on Wednesday. to murmur in their beards about stocked a 200. For such par
Owing to the reservation of the ing spent a few days in Canton visit-vice between Canton and Shackwan "philogenetic inheritance" when ents the best consolation is to sixth floor of the Peninsula Hotel ing friends, relatives and officials has been inaugurated, the Northest they are told by truthful parents remember that there are lower for the Sports Club Supper Dance returned to the Colony by afternoon Pacification of children who prefer all-fours depths still, children who identi-on Saturday, the management of train yesterday, to more civilized postures, carry fy themselves, not with animals the Hotel advises that the usual According to Mr. Wah Ko-ngau.' This telephone link was forged objects in their mouths, nibble or even with vegetables, but with dinner dance in the Rose Room will his private secretary, Gen. Chang by order of Gen. Li Han-yun, at grass, roll on the floor for ex-minerals, and whose joy is to not take place that night. tended periods, and bite and snap imagine themselves to be steam
Personal Pars.
Commission Head-
quarters announced to-day.
will leave Hong Kong for Italy by Pacification Commissioner for the 18.8. Conte Verde, sailing on Novem- Northeast who realised the acces ¡ber 9. at people's legs. Dr. Hrdlicka engines. or other mechanical in-
alty of a long distance telephone He will stay. In Italy for a short between Canton and Shackwan, as and the other scientists who have ventions. Whether this be call
while and then proceed to Germany a means to promote trade and chosen this field for their obser- ed- the ultimate atavism or the
for communications. vations are anxious to win the dim stirrings of remote futurity, Mr. C. Blaker, M. C. director. to take up the study of military facilities confidence of parents and to reas this secret dehumanization to Gilman & Co. Ltd, and a Committee matters. He will remain in Ger- Central Press. sure them that animal atavism which many children are addict-member of the Diocesan Boys
turn to China to offer his services.. does not preclude success in after-ed, at once noisy and monotonous School proceeded on leave per the many for three years, before his re-
Finding the defendant guilty of life. If anything, it is the other in its manifestations, may make e.s. Empress of Asia which left way about. They tell, for par any parcut search his own con- yesterday for Vancouver via porta. Master George Jones was ad attempting to procure for an inde mitted to the Government Civil Hoscent act, Mr. G. S. Kennedy-Skip- ental encouragement, the story science for any excessive, wallow- of a boy whose joy it was to waling in garages, and greet with The Revs. A. Polanco, R. Perez pital yesterday, after he had been ton in the Central Police Court low and grunt with a pig. He relief whatever can elicit from his and J.-Rodriguer were among the bitten by a dog owned by Mrs. this morning sentenced Lam Ping, and the pig understood one an children a healthy, animal yell or passengers who left) aboard the Jones of 40 Military Block, unemployed, to two months' hard
fner Empress of Asia yesterday Kennedy Road other perfectly and lived happily howl.
for Canada.
labour.