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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
A WORLD-WIDE VOGUE.
TRANSLATED INTO EVERY
LANGUAGE.
No character in fiction created in the last fifty years has gained, one would suppose, one-half the world. wide popularity of Sherlock Holmbs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyk,
MANŒUVRES HELD UP.
ENGLISH GIRL, LOST IN FOREST.
31, 1930.
·AEROPLANE STRIKES ELECTRIC CABLE.
R.A.F. OFFICERS' REMARK. ABLE ESCAPE.
A young English girl, Miss Rita
Two R.A.F. officers had a remark- Hayes, a pretty blonde, twentyable escape from death inst month when their machine crashed.nt Box, up the years of age, broke
hear Chippenhamn. The nachine manœuvres of a regiment of French was a nearly new D.H. Muth, and Alpino. troops at Nico recently by bad been hired from Rending by getting lost in the huge pine forest Flying Offeer L'Estrange, of the R.A.F. depot at Farnborough, who recently above Piera Gava.
had as passenger Pilot Officer Pur She had gone into the forest coll
The two airmon were returning from Bristol, whither they had down the previous day. On their way the compaas went wrong, and conditions in view of had visibility
who called him "my moet nortori-alone to gather - Lavender, promis- ous character," used to say then to return to the village for stories in which he appeared had lunch. By mid-afternoon been translated into every language, anxiety, was felt when Miss Hayes
great
eserve, has gone innster,' ChapK | By that he meant, every langunge failed to return, especially because the pilot decided to descend and Mr. F. R. Graham, chief officer, in which a novel can be widely she was hatless, bare-legged, and
how.
Linnn, is on resurve,
Mr. W. D. Canhol second officer. Tingelow, has gone acting chief
fficer, Linau.
Mr. E. G. Benson, from Home
circulated-certainly into every European language, and into some Indian dialects and Japanese,
One result of these nuOTOGR
ALL THAME AND HAPPY VALLEY leave, has gone chief officer, Tung; translations was that Sir Arthur BUSKA FROM BLAKEVIEN Pasachow.
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Mr. J. Worsley, from reserve, has gone chrief officer, Ningpo.
(Mr. C. Johnson, second officer, Ningpo, has gone second officer, Hupch.
Mr. P. R. Chestham, chief off cer, C. N. Co., has resigned.
Mr. C. Winterbottom, from re serve, Кав gone second officer, Whangpu:
Mr. G. Chapman, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Poyang,
Mr. V. Petherick, chief officer, Tingsang, is, on-regervo,
wore only a light summer dress which would provide poor protec tion against the bitterly cold night
in the mountains.
A party of French and English need constantly to receive letters alpinists hurriedly started a search, from foreign readers in all parts but at nightfall they were forced of the world asking him if her to return without hor, as it is high
ly dangerous to venture through lock Holmes, who was widely re garded as a real personage, could this forest which is riven by deep take up some case for them which vines and precipices, after dark, had proved too difficult for the Menton, sat up all night in a deep- Miss Hayos family, who live nt
police, Many of these letters were ly troubled sinte rainly awaiting written by people in despair, who her. At daybreak the next morn turned to Sherlock Holines when ing the English colony nt Fiera Cava appealed to the officers of the Alpine regiment, who are quar all else had failed to help them to solve some mystery quite as keptored there, for aid in finding the and as curious, and often as tragic, girl. as any in the famous Adventures and Memoirs.
Sir Arthur himself-and perhaps, as Lady Conan Doyle said, it is n point of which the general public are not awar-possessed in a most Mr. R. E. Smith, from Home remarkable degree those very gifta Leave; has gone chief offer, Ting" of deduction he gave to Sherlock.
Holines. "I have known my hus Mr. A. M. Jowell, chief officer,, band,” she remarked, “solve many Tuckwo, is on reserve.
, mysteries which had been given up Mr. St. E. M. F. Haslett, cone by the police." One notable case, officer, Indo-China S. N. Co., hus, she recalled, was that of the dia resigned.
sang.
Wo.
They willingly abandoned the maneuvres for the day, and start ed out a few minutes later with three groups of 200 men to search the mountains, accompanied by all the English visitors.
adjust the instrument. He made a perfect landing, and, the defect having been remedied, he started to take off again.
overhead electric cable running In rising the machine struck an
across the field. The impact tore the engine away from the fuselage and the machine turned upside down and landed flat on its back. about ten yards from where the engine fell.
The two airmen were strapped in and to this act they probably owe their lives. They speedily extric sted themselves from the wreckage and emerged without injury.
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The following passengers left on Wednesday by R.M.S. Empress of Canada:Mr. C. S. Alevell, Mr. T. Antonio, Mr. F. Burana, Miss M. M. Boulon, Mr. C. Brown, Mrs. V. C. Bigney, Mr. T. Bernstein, Mr. E. C. Barba, Miss A. M. Barlow, Mrs. A. H. Compton, Mr. 1. R. Colerly, Mr. C. Cobb, Mrs. The rocks, precipices, and valleys V. Cnbanna, Mr. A. G. Cooke, Mr. ware thoroughly explored, as it was and Mrs. J. S. Drummond, Miss feared that Miss Hayes, who is not D. Drummond Mr. G. Demosa, Mr. an expert mountain climber, might. J. Essex, Mr. F. F. Elichter, have had a bad fall and broken Miss B. Fenwick, Mrs. Fung Lock, a leg. The whole party shouted her Mr. W. B. Falls, Mr. F. R. Gold- name as they went along, but after amith, Mr. L. Gelizio, Mr. H. appearance of a young officer from
Garson, Rev. A. G. Gendreau, Mrs. Mr. J. J. McLenvy, from reserve, London hotel some years ago. It an unavailing search they return M. Günter, Master W. Gunter, has gone chief officer, Yueang.
caused a great stir at the time,ed late in the afternoon. A few Mr. G. I. Lawson, from Home Many people thought there bad miautog later Miss Hayes walked Master .. Gunter, Mr. Julius leave, has gone chief officer, Sinng heen foul play. Sir Arthur, after into the village, limping badly Bernheim, Miss D. Jannis, Mr. R.
examining all the facts, came to the from a twisted ankle.
lost may way in the woods, Keon; Mr. D. G. Luff: P. Mr. C. Nock, from reserve, has conclusion that he would be found gone chief officer, Bangsang, within three days in Scotland-and and in trying to find my way backtr. J. A. Calcolm, Sister M.
Mr. P. A. Maitland, chief en
I slipped on some rocks and sprain Angelina, Mrs. C. B. Newcomb, Mr. ed my ankle," she said. "I wander and Mrs. J. F. Owen, Mr. W. H. gineer officer. Shantung, as on ro In many foreign countries theed through the forest all day try-Peters, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Peares, Mr. J. Cromby. from re methods of Sherlock Holmes have Ing to find my way back to the Mr. L. Physiog. Mrs. 1, Poncerin- serve, has gone chief engineer offi- been seriously studied by the police, village, and at nightfall in despair culla, Miss Poncorinella, Mr. M. (ver. Shantung.
Mr. J.-C. Baker, third engineer and in Lyons there is a salon I took refuge in a disused hut, nt. Quist, Mrs. W. J. Richarda, Miss $8 officer, Szechuen, has gone third named after him. But Sir Arthur an altitude of 8,000 feet.
grew very tired of his famous "I was very cold, but I managed Mr. G. Reyes, Mr. . Svendsen, engineer officer, Kingjuan,
amateur detective. He felt that in Mr. I. W: Bormand, third en.The White Company," for examing in some straw. During and Mrs P. P. Sutton, Mrs. G. to keep a little bit warm by nest-Mr. Sjocrone, Mr. S. Lind. Mr. gineer offeer, Wuhu, has gone third ple, and, indeed, in many of his night I heard shouts of the search Simpson, Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Veld- engineer officer, Szechuen.
other works, there were far richer party sent after mo, but I Mr.. J. W. E. Tonkin, second en gifts. Still, it was a great thing
an, Mr. H. R. 8. White, Mr. T. too bonres to reply." gineer officer, Wenchow, has gone to have created a character with
M. Watt, Mr. H. J. Wolfisherg, Fecond engineer officer, Kingyuan.
Mr. and Mrs. Yan Kianfe, Mr. Yan this tremendous voguo all over the
Konta Mr. W. Curran, from Home leave,world. And has there ever been has gone second engineer officer, another, one wonders, to whom Sir James Barrie has paid his respects, as he did to Sherlock Holmes, In a rollicking parody ↑
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he was.
Fifty-Six Stories in the "Strand."
Sherlock Holmes appeared, in the course of 30 years, in as many as ifty-six stories irt the Strand Magazine. The character had been used in two short novels, "A Study in Scarlet," and "The Sign of Tour." "A Scandal in Bohemia," appeared in the Strand in July,
1601.
WAN
WOMAN'S PROPHESY COMES TRUE.
"I SHALL DROP DEAD.”
"H you keep on troubling me like you are doing, I shall drep dead at your feet", were the last words of Mra Mazy Agnes Carroll (69), of Wharf Street, Dukinfield, la two police officers who had called at hur home to execute a warrant on her son Gerald for his wife's maintenance arrcara. Almost im- mediately sho collapsed and died:
At the inquost, her husband and daughter said the police officers were quite polite, and were invited into the house of Mrs. Carroll, wh had previously wished them good. morning.
"That was not," said Mr. Ge Blake, the Editor of the Strand, Sir Arthur's first contribution to the Strand. To an earlier issue he had already contributed another short story. The Strand began in January, 1801, so that he was a con- tributor virtually from the very Police Sergeant Rodger told the beginning.
coroner when Mrs. Carroll informed "When the first Sherlock Holmes him that her son was not in the ∙story was published, Mr. Greon-house ho declined to search the Lough Smith, the editor, suggested premises because he had no cause that the iden should be carried on to doubt her word. When he asked as a serial, and from that moment, her if she bad any idon where her as you know, 1891, Sherlock son was, she replied, "No, and if Holmes was running, off and on,
I did I should not tell you. I do
trates, but I fear my God, and would not tell you a lie.”
for many years, and even when Sirot fear you. I do not fear magis. Arthur killed him he had to bring bim back to life again, to satisfy the great public demand. for this famous character.
My impression is that aftor runing for a further period of years Sherlock Holmes stopped again. Sir Arthur had got very tired of him. But seven years ago he was persuaded to give us a few Last Adventures of Sherlock
She became excited, and lapsed into unconsciousness and died.
Medical ovidenco showed death to be caused by cerebral hemorrhage, and a verdict, accordingly was re turned.
Holmes, and the last of these, call-and the Case-Book-as one, under ed The Adventure at Shoscombe the title, "The Complete Sherlock Old Place,' appeared in the Strand Holmes Short Stories." It haa in April 1097.
"In announcing that that was the end of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Baid:--
been and still is the most popular nibus volume on the market. It to compare Sir Arthur's stories is dificult, it was stated yesterday,
with those of other writers, because not only had he been writing them. for a very great number of years, but they are still so extraordinarily popular to-day.
And so reader, Farewell to Sherlock Holmes. I thank you for your constancy and can but hope that some return has been made in the shape of that dis- The circulation of Sherlock traction from the worries of life Holmer in England alone cannot and stimulating change of thought easily be misured. The stories which can only be found in the have run into hundreds of thou- fairy kingdon of romance
sands of capire, and probably into millions, and they have had an astonishing circulation in America and all throhgħ Europe and in the East.
The Omnibus Volume. John Murray became the publish- ers of Sir Arthur's works in 1917. From the very beginning the Sher- People often asked Sir Arthur if lock Holmes stories had had an he know the end of a Holmes story. "Thormode gate, and in 1998 this firm before started štrelkordidy hol
Ales Qua nolumes, në Labost, taide them,-11 Baywatcombine stories—the Adventures, the Me-possibly steer a courre," he said, moirs, the Return.. the Last Bow, if one did not know one's des. (Continued at foot of nest column.j' tination."
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