"BY MAIL, WIRE, AND WIRELESS.
Paris.-M. Ponsot, the French High Commissioner in Syria, has Jelt Paris.
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Oslo-Lady Bailey gave a lecture before a large audience in Oslo on her African fight.
London-Mr. Harry J. Newman has been elected Master of the Worshipfal Company of Distillers:
Karachi. Mr. Mehta, President before the Whitley Commission at of the Municipality, gave evidence
Karvohi.
Pretoria. Mr. Justice Jacob de Villiers is expected to succeed Sir William Solomon as Chief Justice of South Africa.
London. The trustees of Lloyd's Patriotic Fund gratefully acknow- "ledge receipt of an anonymous gift
of 108 in bank notes.
Brussels. A joint committee of representatives of Belgian coal owners and miners has agreed on a 3 per cent, increase in wages.
London-A wreath has been
Enfield.-Middlesex Council has appointed a woman horticultural instructor.
Londen.-The Prince and Princess of Montenegro recently visited the Cancer Hospital (Free), Fulham Road.
London. More than 2,000,000 visited the gardens at persons Hampton Court Palace during the past season.
Patience
Southampton. Miss Rignold, the actress, was knocked down in High Street, Southampton, by a motor-car, and several ribs were broken.
London-Phials and boxes of poisonous drugs were among the contents of a brown bag stolen From a surgeon's motor car outside Charing Cross Hospital.
Liverpool-When the skeleton of the burn-out French ship Oklahoma WAS searched in London Dock, Liverpool, the ship's cat was found asicep in one of the bolds.
Cromer. An anonymous"donation of £1.000 to Cromer Hospital build- ing fund, sent through the manager of a London bank, raises to £8,000 towards
subscribed
the amount £15,000 needed.
Cairo. The King has approved placed on the grave of the Unknown the appointment of Mr. Reginald Warrior in Westminster Abbey on Hervey Hoare, C.M.G., a Coun behalf of the 370 delegates from gesellor in his Diplomatic Service, to foreign countries who have been at- be a Minister Plenipotentiary while the Residency in tending the International Thrift employed at
Cairo. Congress.
Bishop's Stortford.-The Govern- ing Council of Bishop's Stortford College have appointed Mr. Gilbert Dyer as burgar of the college in place of Mr. E. C. Duchesne, who
is retiring. Mr. Dyer will take up his duties in January.
Kirkcaldy-The bronze medal of the Scottish S.P.C.A. has been awarded to Thomas Hendry Mur- ray, labourer, Strathmore Street, Kinghorn, who rescued a dog which he saw in an exhausted state in the water at Kirkcaldy Harbour.
New York-President Hoover's Commission on Law Enforcement! and Observation has already ap pointed experts to guide it in six of its lines of inquiry. Those for
the other five have still to be selected.
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sary of the birth of Baron Jakob Stockholm. The 150th anniver Berzelius, the Swedish chemist who invented the system of symbols still employed for the chemical elements, was celebrated by the Academy of Science at Stockholm.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,
London Master I London. The Printers' Association gave & com. plimentary dinner to Sir William Waterlow, the Lord Mayor, at the Hotel Metropole,
Mandalay-As the result of the adverso report of the committee of the Government of Burma, Man- delay Municipality has been sus- pended for three years.
London. The King has given directions for the appointment of Mr. Conway Harvey to be an Ua officia! Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Kenya.
London. The King has approved the reappointment of Mr. Ernest Henry Oke to be a Nominated Un- official Member of the Legislative period.
unit of Nigeria for a further
Madrid. The Spanish Govern- ment has decided to wind up the
transatlantic Navigation Company, which has for many years had the Spanish mail contract and is now
ia debt.
Paris. Mr. Philippe Roy, the Canadian Minister, and Count O'Kelly, the Irish Free, State Minister, have both presented their credentials to M. Briand at the Quai d'Orsay.
Swansca. Known for years 13 the "Nonconformist Bishop of Wales," the Rev. John Matthews, for over 30 years pastor of Fabians Congregational Church, Swansea, has died at the age of 80.
BRITISH LEGION
SENSATION.
LONDON SECRETARY
SUSPENDED.
Great sarprise was caused lust month by the announcement that the British Legion is holding an inquiry into the administration of the metropolitan area headquar- ters, which covers London. is most important branch office,
Lord Jellicoe, president of the legion confirmed, in an interview, the statement that Major H. E. Cheeseman, organising secretary of pending the result of the inquiry the branch. had been suspended
Lord Jellicoe and other "promi-" nent officials attended a long con- ference held at the legion head Eccleston-square, quarters S.W., Later he made the following statement to the Press representa- tive:-
in
1929.
THE TERROR BY NIGHT:
MAD DOCTOR'S BULBS OF
DEATH.
A pneumatic pistol, destined to fire glass bullets filled with deadly poison gas, is one of the most recent to Germany's police additions museums.
The circumstances under which it came into their possession read like fiction.
A policeman on his beat one morn ing not long age found a fashion- ably dressed woman dead, and her her. open handbag lying, empty beside
There was so sign of foul play, but four other people were found in similar circumstances during the same week. Three had been killed by poison.
The fourth recovered, and relat ed that, when returning home at about midnight, ha suddenly saw a man step from a doorway and raise his hand.
"I am unable to jay much at the present time, of course, but ac- countants have been called in, and
From that moment he remember there is a great deal of work to be done before we can issue a comed nothing more until he regained prehensive statement. Major Chee-consciousness in hospital.. eeman has been temporarily sus pended, but there have been no dis- missals.
"Major Cheeseman was present at the meeting on Tuesday when the investigation was decided on, and Repton. Mr. Arnold MacKenzie he will be in attendance when re- Gibson, Lead of the Modern Lan-quired to assist."
Lord Jellicoe added that the in guages Department and the Sixth Form Master at Repton School, vestigation would probably take has been appointed headmaster of ten days the Liverpool Collegiate School.
Oficial's Statemant.
New York. Mr. Francis X. Man-issued the following official state- An official at Eccleston-square cuso, for eight years "a Judge of Sessions, has resigned shortly after newspapers who were waiting on the New York Court of General ment to representatives of London appearing for the fourth time be- fore an extraordinary Grand Jury called to investigate the failure, last February, of the City Trust Company.
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Colonel Crosfield, the legion's Chairman:~
An investigation is in progress concerning purely administrative. matters of the metropolitan area office. It is pointed out that the investigation concerns only one of the thirteen area offices of the British Legion, and does not in- volve the administration of head- quarters or any of its depart ments, including the Ear! Haig Appeal Fund.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, a vice-president of the legion, atal ed:"At the moment I can say nothing about the matter. It i one which concerns headquarters, but not myself personally."
General Sir Edward Bethune, chairman of the metropolitan area of the legion, spoke to a Press re- presentative by telephone from Algeciras, Spain. He was сот- pletely surprised when an official statement was read to him.
"There was no suggestion of any trouble when I left, the office pa
November 14," he said.
"I have known Major Cheeseman and worked with him for three or
four years, and I can think of no renson for this drastic action,"
Sir Edward said he had no
intention of returning to England
because of the development.
WHISKY WITH OYSTERS!
NEW ZEALANDER'S QUERY "AT COLCHESTER FEAST..
DYING MAN ROBBED,
"GHOULS
CORONER AND
OF LONDON.”
There are men walking the streets of London who have made it a practice to be on the alert for ac- cidents so that they can cob victims under the pretence of helping them. Reference to the activities of the ghouls" was made by the West- minster coroner, Mr. Ingleby Oddie, when inquiring into the death of Joseph Edward Oliver, 23, whos was fatally injured by a tram-ear on the Victoria Embankment.
His mother, who lives in Reed- worth Street, Kennington, stated that her son was in the habit of
carrying a wallet about with him,' And it was missing. "I am widow," she declared and don't know what I am going to do with out his help."
The coroner asked, Mrs. Oliver Three more murders, the victims how much money her son was in the all being robbed, occurred a few babit of carrying about with him, weeks later. Year one of the bodies whereupon a girl, dressed in mourn were found splitters of a thin glassing, spoke from the back of the
more about it. bulb which had contained a deadly court. She stated that she know gas,
The police were at their wits end until woman told them that a young Russian doctor who lodged The detective who was put on his with her had suddenly become rich. track reported that he believed the man to be the assassin, but no proof was available. A few days later he was a victim of the murder.
A raid was decided on, but the police had no sooner entered the
doctor's room than he commenced hurling shining glass balls at the visitors.
"Struck. By Lightning."
As they struck they burst, and the only policeman who escaped re- ported that his colleagues collapsed as though struck by lightning.
in
When reinforcements gas. masks reached the house, they found the Russian and their comrades all
dead.
It WAS
ascertained that the doctor, blowing the bulbs himself, had alled them with a volatile poi- BOB as deadly as eyanic acid. When they were thrown the glass burst and the poison gas, rising to the face, produced instant death.
The pistol was found in his room. This is one of the amazing revela- tions made by Mr. H. Ashton- Wolfe, in his "new book, "The Forgotten Clue."
The stories told are all taker from the dossiers of Continental eriminals, and are accompanied by numerous official photographs.
A Haw in the wearing of two sixpenny handkerchiefs-six red threads too many in one of the stripes-led to the conviction of two murderers in Paris,
The bandkerchiefs were traced from the factory in which they were
manufactured to the customer who bought them from the shop. One was found in the pocket of one of the murderers, and the other was twisted around the wrists of the dead man.
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MAN'S SUICIDE IN GARAGE.
FOUND DEAD AT THE WHEEL.
Entering the witness-box she gave her name as Florence Elizabeth Morris, of Union Street, Borough, clerk and was engaged to be mar S.EShe stated that she was a ried to Oliver. Oliver,. ate con- tinued, always carried a note-case, containing notes, and a War Sav
He also had a War ings book. Savings certificate for £90. "I have got the holder's card and the serial number of the certificate, but I should like to know if we can trace "his note-case," she added, sobbing bitterly. Miss Morris went on to day that Oliver had been paid his
wages.
He was in the habit of
carrying quite £10 with him.
After other witnesses had given evidence, Mr. Thomas Henry Dono ghue, a Civil servant employed in Whitehall, who was riding in the tram that knocked Oliver, down, stated that, being experienced in first aid, he went to the man's assistance.
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Coroner: Do you think anybody who was round about deceased be- fore he was taken away in the am- bulance may have had an opporta- nity of removing his wallet from his pocket -Mr. Donoghue: It is possible, because his clothing was open. There was a rough-looking man who put his hand over the in- jured man's heart while I was feel- ing his pulse.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and exonerat- ed the tram-car driver from blame.
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the coroner then observed: My Referring to the loss of the money, experience goes to show that there are ghouls in London who take the opportunity, when street accidents occur, to go through 3 pockets while pretending to go through his clothes to feel his heart. It seems almost incredible that human nature could be so degraded as to descend so low as to zoba dying man, yet I have known it Thia to happen several times. Fon hundred guests consumed
money is a very serious loss to the over twelve thousand oysters and
mother, who is a widow, living in two thousand slices of brown bread
straitened circumstances. I don't and butter at the Colochester
blame the relatives for telling me oyster feast last month. It took
all about it. I hope they don't seventeen men all morning to open
think this theft was perpetrated by the oysters. The feast is more of
either of the witnesses, or by the a rite than a banquet. For years
police, the ambulance drivers, or it was essentially a feast for men,
the porters at the hospital. I they do think that, I may tell them but with the demand for equality
that in my opinion they are quite of the sexes women have gradual ly encroached, and this year two His daughter said that for sever- wrong. The person who has got the women councillors were present inal years he had suffered from in- wallet is the rough-looking man the main ball. There was in ad- somnis and nerve trouble. When who pretended to feel Oliver's TO-MORROW at 230, 5.30 & 9,20.
heart, but, in fact, felt his pocket, dition a room set aside especially unable to sleep he usually went for for woman guests, fifty of whom a drive in his car. One morning, removed the wallet, and disappear- ed. I am very sorry for the widow- attended.
on opening the garage door, she
ed mother, and although I have not saw him in a sitting position at
zot much in my poor-box I direct the driving-wheel' of the car, wear-
His that she shall be given £1 from it ing overcoat and gloves.
to help her in this time of straia." right arm was extended across the steering-wheel in the direction of the ignition switch. He was dead. She pushed the car out into the
A modern "Adam" is roaming fresh air and telephoned for the New Brunswick, Canada, living doctor.
Professor A. H. Burgess, Presi- dent of the British Medical Associa- tion, made a humorous analysis of the staple foods of the nation when proposineg the toast of "The De- fensive Forces of the Empire." He described haggis as "the vilest con- coction ever concocted." It was, he said, as everybody knew, the Scotsman's flimsiest excusa for never missing an opportunity to drink neat whisky whenever he got it. (Laughter). He defined the oysters and Chablis as "one of the finest combinations of food yet known." The Irishman, however, believed entirely in taties and potheen." "I Believe the oyster," he said, "to have a medicines value far in excess of many medicines which are daily prescribed and, I presume, consumed."
Field Marshal Sir George F. Mil- Le, one of those who replied, creat- ed great amusement when he said: "The Mayor is one of my own countrymen. He was brought up on haggis and whisky; and pro- poses to end his life on oysters and stout."?
At the inquest at Southport on William Patrick Aloysius Collins (4), a wholesale provision dealer, who was found dead in his garage a verdict of suicide whilst of un- sound mind was returned
Police Constable Eveles, who ex-under primitive conditions, to dis amined the car, said the ignition cover how for civilisation has des- troyed man's vigour and power of switch was turned off.
The Coroner: Could you form resource. He is Mr. Morton Me- any idea of what happened -No. Connell, who was an assistant to I could form an idea as to what the explorer Stefansson on his Canadian Arctic expedition, and had not happened that the engine had not stopped of its own accord. for ten weeks he is to Live on rabbits He must have switched off. If the and birds, or any animal he can cateb with traps made without the engine had been running for a long aid of modern tools. Mr. McCon time with the door closed there nell almost fell to the temptation
would be fumes.
Dr. Sykes said he was of opinion of including fish-hooks and needles that the cause of death was carbon in his ecanty outfit, but then de cided that this would hamper him monoxide poisoning.
in his desire for the truth.
The Coroner said he was satisfied Collins took his own life. "He ex- pressed his intention most clearly in a note he left behind."
"Dolls' houses, or their equiva- lent, were apparently known in the time of the Boman occupation of Britain, for a two-inches high model of a Roman wine jar has been dug: up from the well during demolitions near London, Bridge. Other pieces of broken pottery which were found with it show that it is of the first century A.D., and must have been the toy of a child living in London. daring the first fifty years of the invasion. It is posisble that on the day when it was first bought, more than 1,800 years ago, the proud little owner, giving a party to her It" dolis," was permitted to fill it conditiza
Sir James Parr, High Commis Sir John Bradford, president ofsioner for New Zealand, surprised the Royal College of Physicians, some of bis hearers when he told who responded to the toast of "The them that in New Zealand oysters Arts and Sciences," was also en-
grew on the trees. "It is a fact," thusiastic over the value of the he said, "that oysters, and excel oyster. My profession has the most lent oysters, grow at the root of intimate relations with it," he said, trees in tidal waters, and when the
The oyster has played a great
tide has cleared you can see the part in the civilisation of the Bri- New Zealander taking his oysters tish Empire, and therefore in the, and other things at the foot of the arts and sciences. Great ne has trees." been the influence of the oyster in the yeast it is still greater in the present time A gallon of oyster contains five quarts of good food." (Oontinued at foot of next column.)
Bir James asked a question which was wisely left unanswered.. wash want to know what would happen to a man who took oysters that the did not spill any of it on.
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