SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1933.
Morse Code Heard From "Nowhere"
Medium Tells Of Giants With Red Beards
MARS MARRIAGE LAWS
others, two well-known scientists, an inventor, and un electrical en- gineer, will be financed by a char. tered accountant-head of one of London's most distinguished firma -as soon as they have found out where and when to erect their wire less station in the Aretic.
It is in the Arctic that supposed wireless messages from Mars are believed to be coming through, and
we
OBITUARY.
.
Mr. Alexander Rodger.
FORMER COLONY RESIDENT,
We regret to announce the death, at his residence Norwood, Kirn,
THE CHINA "MAIL.
To-Day's Short Story,
THE SONG OF PRAISE
By Stacy Aumonier.
trifle with George did or
Argyllshire, of Mr. Alexander Rod-EORGE ARTHUR always be considerable ger who will be remembered by gan the day with song. Arthur, consisting as it many of the older residents of the Almost directly he awoke he wheat fakes and cream, a boiled Colony.
would sit bolt upright againstjegg, toast, butter, jam and some Mr. Rodger came out to Hong the pillow, his small chest thrust stewed prunes, this solid nutriment Kong in 1870 joining the staff of the out, his bright blue eyes fixed on being helped down by two cups of China Sugar Refinery of which con- the sky and the nodding warm milk.
cern he later became manager. He branches of the elms visible, These matters being disposed 1, was a keen athlete in his younger from the night-nursery window, George Arthur was aware that the A group of scientifically-minded the broad end is titled to the sun. daya and throughout his residence and he would aing.
serious business of the day was men are meeting weekly in London which gives it an eighteen-hour here took a great interest in al It was a wonderful song. It has about to start. But not quite yet. to try to get into wireless com- day and night no darker than a forms of sports, particularly boxing, no recognisable air and no recog- For the first and most important munication with Mars, writes a' re-deep, sunset, lit by three silver and yachting.
nisable words. It was a volume of business of the day was the visit to presentative of the Daily Express, moons.
Mr. Rodger left Hong Kong in sound that rose and fell, rushed Her. And for some reason or other The practical efforts of this On this broad end the Martians 1915 for health reasons hoping that onward, sometimes repeated itself, she did not like him to visit her group, which comprises among obtain foothold on what would he would be able to return. Unfor-sometimes hung poised, sometimes until a certain time known ont
seem to be a very rocky world. The tunately this was not possible and rambled with a deep mock-manly to Nannan and herself. rocks are not brown, as on this he subsequently resigned his post-note, sometimes lingered and some- So, in a spasmodic way, he can. earth, but grey and purple, and tion, as Manager of the China Su- times scurried. But whatever its tinued his song, lying on his turn- among the high ones are craters so por Refinery, although for somo tempo, and whatever its rhythm; my on the nursery floor, and mak- poisonous that no Martian can years he was connected with the
it always contained that quality ing a drawing of a steamer with draw neat.
Company in an advisory capacity which is shared with the birds on clouds of smoke pouring out of the Rainfall is scarce, and the camala
On his retirement Mr. Rodger the branches below, the quality of funnels, until she sent for him, see are water-ducts from settled in Kirn, Argyllshire with iumph, the quality of praise. This was always a golden hour. springs. The seas are small, and his wife and two unmarried dough- It was as though, after the pause to George Arthur, the time when he so magnetic that Martians are only ters, but Mrs. Rodger died in 1927, of darkness, when everything fell had her entirely to himself, with- able to use wooden sailing vessels. Four of their daughters were mar- apart and beenme detached, one out fear of interruption. He was A reed grows beside the canals ried in Hong Kong, they being the could not accept these golden gifts intimately aware of her astounding from which they make papyrus late Mrs. William Nicholson, Mrs. of the awakening and uniting god beauty, her gold-brown tir fram- also a plant that gives them silk for T. E. Pearce, Mrs. P. S. Cassidy and without due recognition. The story led by the white pillow, her wonder- clothing, The climate seems to be Mrs. G. B. Dunnett,
must be continued from where itful pink and white akin, those large, For a long time unaccountable semi-tropical.
left off when the sun departed. wistful, blue-grey eyes. signals have been received by wire-1 There is so little vegetation that!
News In Brief.
Greeting the Daily Miracle
Most Beautiful of All less stations in and near the Arctic the population is kept down to circle, and by ships equipped with 64,000,000. Couples are
Twelve attractive Chinese wireless moving in those latitudes two children; the largest family dars, issued by the China
These signals are on a wave that has been known is one of xix.
Line, have been received length not used by any earthly in-1 There is no pasturage for ani- Messrs. Thoreson & Co., Ltd., strument, and the theory that they mals like sheep or cows. The are due to electric disturbances Martian cat is larger than our cat, are the local agents. over ice-bound areas is said to have and there is a bigger horse with scientifically disproved.
large flat nostrils, to carry The signals 'resemble the Morse Martians over hills.
For longer journeys they code. They are insistent and repe-1 titive, starting generally with three airships. sharp dashes, followed by four dots. two dashes, and`n fading continu2] ance of dots..
this station is meant to receive, de code, and transmit these messages to wireless stations throughout the
world.
communication,
These are catapulted out hillsides from tunnels, into they dive home like beetles,
allowed
the
use
George Arthur und the birda had In bed she wore a wonderful pale-: calen- no cause to doubt the coming of blue thing trimmed with white fur.
Siam the light, but it still remained a in fact, everything she were from miracle. It still remained sub-beautiful, far more beautiful than
whofject upon which to pour out one's
jhcart in praise. Through his open door he could see through the The annual speech day, of the St. open door of Nan-nan's room, and Stephen's Girls' College will be held observe her bustling movements, on Wednesday, January 18, at 3 p.m. but he naver felt impelled to offer The eups and certificates will be her any kind of greeting until the presented by Lady Pollock.
song had run its full course. And not even then in the general sense of thei which A lecture on "Science and Re-of the term greeting.
delivered to
When, on this particular mora
Marligion" was
Д big
MONDAY'S STORY.
Будь
Monday's short story will be "The Limits of Domin- lon." by Arnold Bennett,
He
things wore by other women. had even heard people say so. And she moved more gracefully, and her voice was deeper, gentler, more
Are they messages from Mars? tiun slopes are too vertical, and gathering at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. ing, she appeared some twenty musical than any other voice in the Strange Prophetic Information the electric storm too severe to last night by Dr. J. S. Kunkle of minutes later, he immediately broke world. By the side of the bed was Since speculation is a necessary allow of mooring methods which I the Union Theological College, into a lively torrent of discourse her breakfast-tray. Her breakfast part of the rond towards inter-described and suggested.
Canton. Mr. J. D. Bush presided concerning two rabbits, one of
never seemed to consist of any. planetary
this There are twenty-four large
which the gardener's son had al-thing but tea, toast and body of Investigators is working on cities on Mars, and the population: The distribution of scholarships lowed to escape into Major Towle's letters.
And sometimes, while dala received from a medium for is divided into three hereditary and prizes of the Hwa Nan College kitchen garden, and how it had been
ahe was talking to him, she, whom it is claimed that a spirit classes..
will take place in the Ke Shing chased and nearly killed by the red
would pick up one of the Theatre on Thursday, January 19. setter.
letters and glance through it ab- at noon, when Mr. Wong Kwong-
The unabated frenzy of the astractedly. tin, will distribute the awards. rative lasted well into breakfast time. And breakfast was no in-
control is in mind-communication with the men on Mars,
News Televised on Rock Walls The serving-class are allowed to This spirit-control is said to be wear blue and green colour in their given strange prophetic informa- trousers and tunics, and in their tion.
women's shawls.
For six years, it has spoken of a sphere of icy condensation oncas ing the earth. Professor Piccard's experiences in his balloon
ascent
last summer lead scientists to be lieve this may be true.
For six years the medium, in
trance, has also spoken of the men
The annual prize distribution fo The manufacturing clas
wer the Hop Ying English Evening UFA FILMS COMING long yellow belted shirts.
Free School and the Hunghom The ruling class, princes, Vernacular Free School will take savants, and priests, wear a similar place in the school promises to. shirt in rel
the
TO COLONY.
morrow at 3- p.m. Mrs. Cock has New Company To Show Spinsters were white, matrona kindly consented to distribute purple.
prizes.
European Talkies.
"CONGRESS DANCES" WITH
LILLIAN HARVEY.
He forgave these aberrations be- cause, knowing that she was the minst beautiful woman in the
world, everyone wanted her. The
house always seemed to be full of people wanting her. And they atayed to meals, played cards, or made her sing: and sometimes they took her away with them for long stretches of time, all night some- times, and even several nights. But on Mars, and in anid frequently to The men are from eight to nine
The opening ceremony of the
when, on these. occasions, she re- have foretold the time and places at feet tall, with skins ranging from
turned, he always noticed an add- which the Arctic signals would fair with red beards to copper-Florence Nightingale Nursing Divi
ed pressure of her arms, a kind of came through.
colour: they resemble us in build, sion of the St. John Ambulance Telescopes on Mars are stated to except that their cars are larger Brigade will take place at King's
Mr. A. E. Lauro, representative breathless expression of her near- perceive cracks in the "icy en- and pointed, and their figures are College to-night at 7.30 p.m. Mra. of "International
R. Langley will perform the cere Ltd., now in Hong Kong, announces
Films (China)ness.
Particularly did her notice this velope" around the earth, and at deeper-chested. these times the supposed Martian In the towns galleries of vision" mony, which will be followed by a that under the five year contract when 'Dadda' was away, and Dad- signals can be heard..
appear to take the place of our concert..
they recently signed with UFA and da was away quite a lot. A curious: UFA-Gaumont British, Hong Kong person Dadda, not a bit like her. Tsat with this group of investi-newspapers. News is televised, on
to rock walls from all over Mara H.E. the Governor, Sir William will shortly have an opportunity to There was nothing beautiful about gators at their last meeting.
Peel, Knight of Grace of the Vener see a number of the finest produc-him. He was rather bald with First I was told that mind-com-as it is happening, munication on Mars, that thoughts Money is not used, but gold as a able Order of St. John, will conduct tions ever made in European heavy black moustaches.
the annual Inspection of the St.studios.
Everything about him was rather can be received by, and between,jmetal is known. man gives John Ambulance Brigade on the Martians over long distances, and his whole year's produce, whatever South China
New prints of the several UFA heavy. He wore heavy dark clothes Athletic Football Super-productions are in Hong Kong and watchchains, and although he that wireless is only used by them his calling, to the city storehouse, to signal to Rhea, as they call the and is allowed to draw from there ground, Caroline Hill on Monday, already and among the finest lot of was always in a hurry he moved films to be shown here, are "Con- heavily. Sometimes he would come according to its value. Cities in January 23, at 4.30 p.m...
greas Dances" an operatic satire acress George Arthur, and exclaim Secondly, here is the opening sig-ter-change similarly. Houses are!
A debate has been arranged for with Lillian Harvey, G. Garad, in his heavy voice: nat next to be sent by Mars. It was conical, domed, and almost entire-
“Well, my old cockalorum!" and tapped out to me on what I was y glass-walled, giving many win-Thursday, January 19, at the Y. M. Conrad Veidt, and Lil Dagover: in
we the principal roles; "Monte Carlo he would pat him admire his draw told was "direct mind-communica-dows. This glass is hand-cut and C. A., when the subject. "Do tion" with a Martian, for any lis-shaped, and constitutes the chief devote too much time to sport?" Madness" an operetta with Sari ings, but very quickly he would will be discussed.. Messrs. J. H. Maritza and Hune Albers; "Happy seem to get tired of this, and hel tener who receives it on his wire-industry. less to track the wave and Agliding shutter covers
Hunt and C. Wright will speak for Ever After', featuring Lillian would keep on looking at his watch,
experiment.
houses during storms, and, after the affirmative and Mr. S. F. Ber-Harvey and the famous English or else Mr. Lanyard, his secretary, We sat in a brightly lit room. The much difficulty on
mard and A. N. Other will take the stage combination Jack Hulbert would come bustling along with a the part of;
and Sonny Hale; "The Conqueror" brown leather case, and would say: medium was under one light, the the medium, was likened to ag- negative side.
with Kathe von Nagy, Hans Albers "The car is here, sir." stenographer took verbatim notes bestos.. under another.
earth.
Airship en Atlantis.
to
This is what the medium out cation" with "Exal Exis, Overlord
lined to me from "mind-communi-
of the 14 Province of Mars"! :-
Mars has been trying to com
·municate with our earth ever since
-ice-belt."
A
the
The Health Bulletin of Eastern and Jean Murat; "Tempest" star- And then they would go off to-
No. Burglaries or Murders Ports for the week endod January ring Emil Jannings and Anna Sten,gether, and nothing more would be The enlightened or upper-class 7, gives the following. Plague: a picture that was shown in 100 seen of Dadda until the next morn- Martians drink the mineral waters Calcutta 13 cases, 4 deaths; Colom Paris theatres in October lasting, or until many next mornings. Inid on to their houses, instead of bo 2 cases, 1 death; Saigon 1 cast. "Ronny" an operette for which There was something unsatisfac- eating moat, which is rare, and Small-pox: Alexandria 219 cases, Kilman wrote the music, with Willy torg about this. Of course, Dadda which causes the body to decay 38 deaths; Baghdad 2 cases, Fritsch and Kathe von Nagy, Hans didn't matter in the way she mat Disease is almost unknown, and deaths; Basrah 4 cases, 4 deaths; Albers and the French star Jenu tered. He was not indispensable. when it occurs is a lung trouble.
Bombay 74 cases, 46 deaths: Cal-Murat. But George Arthur always felt a No enlightened Martian need cutta: 81 cases, 67 deaths; Karachi The programme of International kind of queer pity for him, He the formation of the atmospheric give up living unless he wishes to 12 cases, 3 deaths; Madras 44 cases, Filme (China) Ltd., will probably would have liked to know him bet They usually cast aside the "earth 6 deaths; Negapatam 2 cases, open with Congress Dantes," ter: but they were always both a Before the formation of this ly cloak" at eight (there is one Vizagapatam 1 case; Colombo 10 which has had a phenomenal fe little shy in each other's company. belt, Mars actually landed in an Martian year to our nine), having cases, 3 deaths; Canton 221 cases, ception wherever it has been shown. It seemed to George Arthur that airahip on Atlantia, on this earth, married at eixteen. and taught the Atlantlaus to mag- The worst crime is cruelty. Burg- notiac stone, which is the way laries and murders do not happen they shift stones on Mars, The rulers have a secret lan- Then came the Wanderers, guage, the better to govern, No planet (not a comet); that passed father reveals this language to his too close to the earth and pulled son till he has well tested his pro- Strictly Dishonourable featur, principals as well as of the thon at her, with an odd, appening louk It over on its axis, causing floods bity, the Martian faculty of mind-ing Paul Lukas and Sidney Fox, is meds of soldiers and the large in his eyes just like Jimmy, Major aud the disappearance of contin reading, making decelt on the son's tot be bergengd shortly at the Cen crowds, were made according to Towle's red setter, when his master
part impossible.
ents, and the formation of the at-
mospheric ice-belt due to them- tered tilt of the earth's rotation
6 deaths,
CENTRAL THEATRE ATTRACTIONS.
not only on account of the technique Dadda was always driven along by that went into the production, for some hidden power to do the things which Erich Bommer and Erich he didn't want to do. Horsa often Charxell were responsible, but also seemed worried and distracted, and foritas fausical setting by. Werner sometimes when at home he would Hayman. The costumes of the alt forward on his chair and look
trál Theatre. Other films due are sketches by Professor Ernest Stern, had told him to "Wait." But George y as follows:——— “Girl Crary" (@with one of the greatest anthorities, om Arthur seldom saw them together.
Wheeler and Woolsey, "Tom Brown nizfogical spatumas, 125, 10 There were occasions, as on this| The picture deals with the period morning, when Dadda had been Immediately after the war of 1812 away "some time, that George between Russia and France when Arthur would feel a sudden need Napoleon and been brought to Elba. (Continued on Page 12.)
Mars has had no auch accidents. Three cases of small-pox and two of Culver Thark featuring Tom The planet is pear-shaped, and cases of diphtherls were reported Walls and Ralph Lynn and St spoke like a peg-top. Its thin end to the Health Authorities on Thura Attorney" starring is ice-cragged, and, uninhabitable; idq;
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