CHANCE FIND OF NEW GOSPEL
Dirty Fragments Of. Papyri
BUNDLE FROM EGYPT
Shker chance has brought into the possession of the British Museum a priceless ́dyeumentary treasure which is believed to be the first material proot ever found of the writing of a fifth Gospel.
It'consists of three dirty frag- iments of papyri, two of them duttored laves about four inches. long and Three fiches' wide, and the other a mere scrap.
Yet, there three insigniflensit frazments are declared to be the oldest pieps of Christian-ör Elbli. cal writing, yet found. -
·This treasure arrived at the Bri- Urh Mureum last summer „in a bundle of Greek papyri "frot dealer in Egypt.
A
Mr. H. Bris Bell was going through the bundle when by no- tieed flo, presence of the Greek abbreviation", which' wis ne casionally used by ancient Chris ti writers for the stered name Jezus.
Origin A. D. 100-150
Mr. Bl ploed the slate barlyrin na A. D. 150, and expert payrolo- gists apreed with his estimate. :
It became apparent. that the -papyri were fragments of an un- known. Gospel for one of the leaves. records an episode which has no parallel in the four known' Gospels,
Amoi the, experts who have
examined the fragments Sir
THE CHILIA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1935
Capt. Ivan Poderjay, Jugoslavian soldier of fortune, smiles as he arrives in New York from Europe to face a pollce grilling In connection with the dompedance of Agnes Tafverson, the Detroit lawyer whom he married, while, the police charge, he had another wife He is shown surrounded by detectives, and in a'elostup. He. was extradited on a bigamy char ge
LITERARY NOTES
SPORT DURING THE
GREAT WAR
Huic Holloa"
MEMORIES OF BEHIND THE LINES IN FRANCE.
Arthur
Rimbaud.
The Sombre Genius
- (By: PHYLLIS (JUBY.)
DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Her “Portrait" Of Her Father
LTHOUGH Arthur Rimbaud is calm; he will never be satisfied. Ha YOUNG WOMAN NOVELIST WHO
HAS CHARM
There is one young authoress
che of the greatest figures in knew how to hail beauty. His modern French, literature and la poetry In Its strength had the purity regarded by the surrealists as the of the mystic. He communer with
Daphne du Maurier, who reveals.
Sporting memories of the Great founder of their school, very little nature, the supreme symbol of whom everyone has hech praising. Wart That would be a strange bat of his work is translated into Eng-purity loving deserts, the burnt or highly during the past few days. fitting sub-title to Huis Hollon, by sh. His life is as extraordinary as chards and the gay poison of the "Spider", Jacobson (Sampion Law, his genius. At the age of 14 he harebell. But he tortured himself
ing reminiscences of a totally un-the masterpieces of French litern-ja despair of love. He would throw father, has inherited besides much 109. Gd.), described as "the sport wrote a poem locked upon as one of in a land of shadows and whirla. tore, and at the age of 19 he had rottenness asido: he would not
important person."
Several chapters, are devoted to said farewell to letters. the 'author's 'recollections.of unt
ing, racing. steeplechasing, even rockfkhting behind the lines in France,
7th Division.
ין
One day it was re-
Such sympathetic penetration in her "Portrait" of her famous Actor,
of his indefinable charm, his deep
cept an assured happiness, domestic or not...and thus he slept in a neabnterest in nature study and coun An Amazing Boyhood
of flames.
try life generally He was born in France in 1854.
Never attracted by the rother Tragic Friendship Entering college at the age of 11 he
limited social round of London, A pack of hounds was ran by the astonished all who dealt with him. In Brussels with Verlaine he com before her marriage she preferred -
Illuminationsthe to pay long visit to Paris, wander During the Franco-Prussian war hepleted "Les ported that hounds can not only up was already a writer of great tasting book and decided to ing about the streets, or living by to the front line, but over it, neress insight and maturity of spirit, have for home. Verlaine had grown herself in Cornwall for mouths on no man's land, and as far as the completed about a quarter of his fond of him, that in his despern- end. German trenches, and that while work. The war, polities and the life tion, at the parting he wounded
Here, attired in slacks or dyne.. they did neither side fred a shot. he saw around him filled him with Rimbaud with a revolver shot and
garces, she Was imprisoned for two
was perfectly, happy This is a jolly, open-air book. Ji revolt. He saw the inferior over all a a prensant change to read of and the people inspired by fever and Rimbaud now, as suddenly as he had writing, walking with a shaggy sheep dog at her heels, talking to war experiences which hardly mon cancer. He showed no sigh of the entered the world of letters, bade it tion the war-G.M.M.
patriotic enthusiasm so common in farewell. He wrote "Une Saison on the fishermen and sailing boats. youth, but denounced the horrors of Enfer that book so sembre, so bit fer favourite holiday is to travel war he saw around him.. He felt tor, and at the same time pene.with a friend over Devon and Corn- that God was asleep.... "God dreams At the age of eighteen he had ar-fferent inn each night,
trated with a mysterious gentleness. wall on horseback, putting up at a while the mothers, gathered in their rived at the full mustery of his art
HOTELKEEPERS IN
CONFERENCE
Experts' Discussion
Of Problems
penny tied in their handkerchiefs
years.
anguish, crying under their old black bonneta, give Him the big mellow and seasoned as the wood of
a. Stradivarius. He uses every ro ...." He is in revolt against reli-source of human language fully, richly. He develops the "interior gions, government, Boeiety, family, rhyme", the principle laid down by love, work, respect against art and Pascal: a melodic design of colour beauty. Master of nine languages and sound. He wrote silences and MINE OF KNOWLEDGE
and all the enchantments of history, fixed hallucinations; he invented the Here is a little book which should finds "the mud of the towns red and red, O blue, U ́green.
he seoks freedom at pride; but he colour of vowels: A black, E white, He ruled
Frederie Kenyan, former director CAPTIVE OF REDS IN US. SENATOR HOLDS be in every hotel reception roorabinek and riches blazing as a millard the form and the movement of each
of the British Museam. and be says: "They have all the appear. ances of an authentic narrative of Our Lord's life.
"It is certain that this takes us back close to the writing of the Tour kaown Gospels than any docu- ment previously discovered."
CONVICT 557 WAS INNOCENT
Man Freed After 14 Years
ONCE A WEALTHY WINE MERCHANT
HONG KONG
Fr. Bravo's Arrival In Colony
· POLLING RECORD
Wins By Nearly Two Millions Majority
В supremo
י.
STORY OF MODERN GIRL
"Good Sport"
LOVE, TRAGEDY, PATHOS AND HUMOUR
alongside the time table and the thunders". He was too thirsty and local guide. It is a collection of too pure in his despair. His en world accessible to all the senses.
Iconsonant and invented the poetle Fit "Good Sport," by Jennifer (seven papers read before the tleness was mortal;
Ames (Hodder and Stoughton, 7/6), Hotels and Restaurants Associa knower with a vision of freedom.
Strange Metamorphosis
the title indicates the spirit that tion, and published under the title Verlaine's Astonishment
But he sought no other joys than dominates the actions of Susan Hotelkeepers in Conference (All)
freedom,, and could not submit to Grey during her brief and tempes RELEASE AFTER A YEAR
Records of the United States Lord Derby.
man, Is. Od.), with a foreword by
In 1871 he sends Verlaine his man's habit of solving, the obvious. tuous love... poems and Verlaine, enthusiastically He ceased writing at nineteen and modern, Susan relied more on the story: Essentially Senate reveal that U.S. Senator, Mr. The Rev. Fr. Ciprian Bravo, Hiram W. Johnson of Californin, problems by leading experts
In its pages are discussed hotel writes to him: "Come, dear great went to explore Africa, as a mer-dictates of her heart and emotions
on soul, we are waiting for you, Spanish Dominican, who was held was elected in the 1934 general food, wine, noise, rating, electric flosire you...." and is stupoiled to always a vagabond.
we chant, a farmer, an interpreter-rather than on any definite creed as a prisoner by Chinese Commun-lection by the greatest majority lighting, and, licensing.
Although he of right or wrong. At the opening iste in Kangst for over a year,ver given a senatorial candidate, astonish the public to learn that 10.
It may see the man of brilliance a boy of wrote to the French Geographical of the story she is engaged to the farrived, in the Colony yesterday ME. Johnson received
His faculty of expression at Society giving accounts. of his ex-wrong man, who, on the verice of 1,946,572 halders of an hotel license can com.that age was so great, Indiced, that, plorations in Ethiopia, their dryness being told that another had ursurn- accompanied by Fr. Suarez of the votos, a majority of 1,937.824 votes mit 144 different offences though arriving in Paris, he astonistes the and matter-of-fact. tone was Spanish Procuration, who had ever his socialist candidate oppon the trade is no doubt well aware of literary circles and Victor ifugo strange contrast to the work of his inconveniently loses all his maney ed his place in Susan's affections, rone up to Canton to meet, Fr.jout and the greatest total vote ever that fact,
calls him "the child Shakespeare".youth. He returned to. France only and Susan, trying to act up to her Bravo.
polled in California. Although :
all his dreams had previously centrom cancer. But he soon tires of Paris, where in 1891 to die a miserable death code, endeavours to "go through"
with the marriage. How tred, and leaves with Verlaine. for: Poetry was for him not the end thing ends as all love stories should England Although Verlains was but the means. His farewell is on a ably told and the reader will find much older, Rimbaud had a decided this note: "It will be possible to "Good Sport" a sufficiency of influence on his poetry.
possess truth in the soul and in the love, tragedy, pathos and humour, Still Rimbaud cannot remainibody,"
.
It will be remembered that for fohnson is nominally a Republican, MYSTERY THRILLER over a year B. Bravb, who was he was the 'nominee of four parties, ago.the Republican, Deniocratic, Pro-
Hegressive and Commonwealth..
jonly release! three weeks
is,
was a prisoner of the Reds, was carried away from his Lisnon. ion in Kings, and when for Arthur Tamaso, who in 1023 was months nothing was heard of him condemned to a life-sentence after it was feazed that he had been being accured of the murder of his murdered, At length word was father-in-law, is now been freed freived that he was alive and, as by a decision of the Supreme Court Well as could be expected, but ane) after revision of his case.
to the fact that the Reds had made "My hope never djed as I knew I it 'a custém of moving their cap was intorent," said this 3-year lives from place to place, it was old man, who was once a wealthy difficult to get into touch with him wine merchant and made frequent for his captors, journeys to England.
When Hamaso was working at bookbinding in prison, the head of
his section rushed in, shoutini "567! Where's 5577" As the oficin!!
ADMIRAL UPHAM ARRIVES
conveyed the glad tidligs he him- Visiting Canton Prior To Leaving Command
self was overkomg, with emotion.. Damaso's first act in finding him self free was to Tall, his knees. and thank Heaven,
The Open Gates
Rear Admiral Frank . Upham, who arrived here on Saturday on
R. Austin Freeman's Newest Story.
POLICE RESERVE (7
Orders for the Current Thorndyke" (Hodder & Stoughton,
Week
lospector General of Police.
Orders by Mr. D. Burlingham,
A DR. THORNDYKE TALE
In "Fov the Defenen: Dr.
London. 7/0), Mr. A. Austin Free- man produces an unusual plot. The perspicacious Dr. .Thorndyke has o unravel a mystery which involves Chinese Company
the trial of a man for hin Training Course-l'art II. All murder, The case is, of course, recruits of the Chinese Company one of mistaken identity, but the who have not yet passed Part II of difficulty of clearing the prisoner Training Course will attend at the of this apparently impossible crime Chinese Company Headquarters on is great. All ends satisfactorily for instruction. Tuesday, March 18 at 17.30 hours thanks to Dr. Thorndyke's gifts of
defection.-E.H.
Morse Signalling Class. All mem- bers of the Morse Signalling Class Headquarters on Wednesday, March will attend at the Chinese Company
in the Governor's room he found board the U.S. cruiser Augusta, left 20 at 17.30 hours for instruction.
Inspection Parade. All ranks of
OWN
TRAVELLERS MEET AT LONELY FARM.
"No Through Road"
of
the Public Prosecutor who was at for Canton yesterday on his armed the Chinese Company will parade at his trial. The latter embraced teacht Isabel. In Canton Admiral bewildered Damaso with tears Upham will call on various Canton March 21 at 17.30 hours under Sub Druce (Gollancz, 7s. Gd.), is ʼn tale
Central Police Station on Thursday, lil eyes, and accompanied him out-leials and will spend to-morrow
No Through Road, by Clifford J, side swung open to allow "Convert sight-seeing. A reception will be Inspector R. J. Hunt for a general of frustration. A party 557" to return to the world with a given in his honour at the American inspection of equipment etc., by the benighted travellers in Berkshire policeman's cloak covering his Consulate in the evening.
Company Commander. Dress Blue stayed the night in a lonely fara prison garb,
This will be Admiral Upham's Inst Uniform, Can with White Cover, house. They were already at odds. visit to Canton prior to relinquish Belt with Brace, Armlet with Badge, but the queer house, put them all *DRY ICE" COMES TO command of the U.S. Asiatic note book to be carried. The Equip scream in the night, however, drew Truncheon, "Pocket Policeman" and thoroughly out of temper. A CEYLON
The Admiral will return to the ntent Officer will make a point of them together again, and they in- Colony on Wednesday en route for
being present,
dulged in an orgy of mutual con Shanghai.
fession.
Refrigerant That Does Not Melt
It may sound paradoxical to
sneak of "Dry" ice, but that is the
Flect.
LONDON POSTAL ERROR
Indian Company Commendation. Constable R246 |
The light of morning dissipated Mohammed Usaf Khan is commend- the effect of these nocturnal con- ed by the Inspector General of Policefidences, and the startling climax for good work done in effecting the proved to them, all that mere arrest of a Chinese mule for larceny emotion provided no easy road to
only way to describe the wonderful Unperforated Stamps in Shanghai Street on 31.1.35. The the solution of their individual
new refrigerant, which, has just
been introduced to Ceylon--a 18-
Bring Purchaser £65
Because the head post office in
prisoner was subsequently sentenced problems. The atmosphere of by the PMK to one month's Hard menace brooding over the isolated frigerant whose freezing properties
Labour, Case No. 1644.
Farm is sustained with real power; are far higher than ordinary: ice,
Inspection Parade. All ranks of land the characters are but which has not the disadvantage London made an oversight and a the Indian Company will parade at drawn:
finely of producing-water-when it melts, Gloucestershire branch office did not Central Police Station on Wednes-1 Dry Ice is made from Carbonic know pite what to do about it, a day, March 20 at 17.80 hours, under Acid Gay (Carbon Dioxide). It has customer left London recently £64 Sub Inspector R. J. Hunt for a will fall in at Central Polico Station the extremely low temperature of 149 richer than when he arrived. general inspection of equipment etc., at 17.15 hours: «Dross—Blue" Uni- 114 degrees renbelt felet.for this man was sold a block of by the Company Commander, form, and-Cap with White Cover, «
Dry fee does not melt into water 18.11⁄2d, stamps over his local post Dress Blue. Uniform, Cap with Emergency Unit Reserve like ordinace is chat, evapor- office counter and the stamps were White, Cover, Bolt with Brace, Arm Riot Drill. A Riot Drill will be ates to a dry harmless) dag odour not perforated
lot with Badge, Truncheon, Poc-carried out by members of the
less "xas. the scan they-Although he could thus not fear ket Policeman" and note-book to be Emergency Unit Reserve on Friday, alcal propady saf eventing the the stamps off and stick them on carried. The Equipment Officer will March 22 Members will parade growth which a letters, be brought them to London make a point of being present, outside Queen's Fier at 17.20 hours, strong rennon using dry fee in and a leador here gave him £65 for
Flying Sqund the preservation of foodstuffe them. It is said to be the first time
sharp,Dress optionalphot Instructional Patrol The in- Gloves big basovom when Ory a block of 48 unperforated stampa structional petrol for members of
GCDL KING, AL
AD.B.P. (H.) to its ex- has been sold over the counter in the
Hong Kong, Monday March 18,
Tce is handlod,
tremely Inwhit
England,
fond, will take place on Friday, March 29,
members 19852
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