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A marriage has been arranged and will take place quietly in July, between Mr. John Dean. The Worcestershire Regiment and The Nigeria Regiment, R.W.AFF., elder son of the late the Rev. J. 8. Dean, M.A., and Mrs. Dean, of Bhirley, New Milton. Hampshire, and Miss Pearson, MICE. MI M.E., and Mrs. Pearson, of Shanghai.
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RIGHT MENTAL
DEVELOPMENT.
ARMED RAID IN HUT
Widow Bound And Gagged
FOUR MEN FACE
TRIAL
Four men, To Lum Cheung Keung. Lee Tak, and Choeng Ping made their appearance before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magis tracy yesterday afternoon, charged with armed robbery in an unnum bered hut at Cheung Wan Village on May 4*
F
DR. LI SHU FAN
Resignation From Urban Council
CHAIRMAN'S REGRET
The resignation of the Hon. Dr. LA Shu Fan from the Urban Council was referred to with re- gret by the Chairman, Mr. R.R Todd, at the meeting of the Coun- ell yesterday afternoon.
Addressing the meeting, the Chalman said:
It is with great regret that I received the Hon. Dr. Li shu ran's
AVALANCHE TRAGEDY
FAINT CHANCE TO FIND BODIESTM
Srinagar, June 22.
ROTARY CLUB MEETING
Mr. R. D. Walker Made President
Lieut. D.B. Smart, British liaison* The annual meeting of the officer with the Nanga Parbat | Rotary Club was held yesterday, expedition left the climbing party Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam (President) last week at camp 4 to take down in the chair.. sick porters to the base. The One visiting Rotarian attended climbing party were then all fit-Mr. H. 8. Bhuey, of the San and preparing to ascend to camp Francisco Club-who extended a 5.
cordial welcome to members to WEN relieving | attend the meetings of that Chub
Lieut. Smart letter of resignation from mem- Lieut. Luft who on reaching camp when passing through San Fran...
cisco and to be present at the a faint International Rotary Convention to be held there next June: also an Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1939.
bership of the Urban Council än 14 on June 18 found it buried under
the 15th of this month.
en avalanche. There is chance that the bodles of the victims may be recovered.
It will be recalled that a mess- agé from 'Gilgit on June 19 atated that an an avalanche overwhlem-
Outlining the case Sub-Inspector LR Whant ataled that the com-
The Hon. Dr. Li Shu Fan has A recent statement made by plainant, a widow, lived in an un- Dr. D. M. Allen at Charlottes-nambered hut with three other been a member of the Sanitary ville, Virginia, that hypnotism girls as companions at Cheung Board and its successor the Urban Council for just over Ave years. Wan Village. On the night in had been found capable of in- question the defendants entered On the 10th May 1932, bé WELS
overwhelming ed an proving the accomplishments of the but and the complainant was elected. students from ten, to sixteen awakened by the flickering of majority, to be a member of the points, will be challenged in torches. She saw a man standing Sanitary Board for three years beside her and he caught hold of and in May, 1935, he was re- many, quarters. That is to say, her and then gagged her with elected, unopposed, for a further as to any possible lasting benefits paper, after which he bound a term of three years. When the from "the manipulation of one piece of firewood across her mouth, Sanitary Board was replaced by mentality by another.
A celebrated case will be re- membered at Harvard College
when a student under the in- fluence of hyphnosis made un- usual progress during his acade mic years, only to suffer after ward a serious mental relapse. The mere suggestion of enhanced mental capability possessed by one who has not demonstrated such ability could have no lasting effect except to mentally, weaken the individual when such in- Buence is withdrawn.
Mental capacity in its true light is not something to be de- veloped through any artificial means, but rather to be unfolded
by
and then tied her hands with the Urban Council on "January 1st, tápe, Bimilar treatment was met: | 1936. Dr. Li Shu Fan became a out to the other three occupants nominated member appointed by of the but. One of the men had mis macclenor the Governor on a chopper which he had taken 17th January, 1937, he received from the kitchen. Another man the further and well-deserved-
also had a chopper which had been honour of appointment to be a taken from a table in the cubicle member of the Legislative Council where the complainant was steep- ing: The four men, ransacked the and he now feels that on account of the pressure of work, both house and stole $1.35 from the complainant and an alarm clock, public and private, the time has also two sults of women's clothing. now come for him to sever his After the intruders had left the connection with the Urban Coun- complainant managed to get free of and make way for some other and went out into the street and public spirited member of shouted for help. Neighbours Chinese Community to serve on came to her assistance and the the Counell.
complainants went to the Aberdeen
Police Station and made a report.
is
the
the German expedition to Nanga Parbat and killed seven climbers and nine Gurkha porters, The leader of the expedition. Prof. Karl Wein, of the University of Munich, escaped.
ruter's Bulletin Service. --
TOURIST
CONFERENCE
יו
Introducing proposals by B Nominating Committee for the election of next year's officers, the president spoke of the spirit of friendship and helpfulness which had prevalled in the Club during the year, and thanked the officers
for their assistance: mentioning especially Messrs. Perrin and Wheeler who had served as Hon. Treasurers, Mr. J. Fleming Hon. Auditor, and the Chairman of the Programme Committee. Professor C. A. Middleton Smith, The Club. was greatly indebted to the Hon. Secretary who had served with
IN GERMAY great organising ability. pains-
Berlin, June 22- The "L'Union Internationale des Organes Oficials de Propagande Touristique" held its Ith Con- gress in Germany, three days being spent in Berlin and five in Munich. Germany is one of the original of the organisation which has its headquarters in The had Hague. Eighteen countries sent their representatives to dis- CUSS tourist organisation
members
merce et l'Industrie will cease to / PULLEN: FOWLER.-On June 7, through orderly processes. And where a revolver was found with Hawkers. In the work of these ceived by Dr. Goebbels, Minister i
undertake further business after 31st July 1937,
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The offices of the Bank will re main open after the 31st July until a date to be announced later, for the purpose of liquidating still outstanding engagements after the former date.
Depositors are therefore invited to apply to the offices of the Bank 25 5000 is convenient. Cheques, etc. may be presented, and depo. sits and securities withdrawn during usual business hours.
The remaining Far Eastern branches of the Banque Franco- Chinoise pour le Commerce et Industrie in Shanghai, Tientsin, Pelping. Saigon, Hanoi, and Pnom Penh. will continue. Io business as heretofore,
P. L. LORSIGNOL, Acting Manager.
Hongkong, 23rd June 1937.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
1987, at Holy Trinity Cathe-this orderly process consists not of dral, Shanghai, James Camp the domination by one of stronger bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. human will over one of lesser Pullen, of Dover. to Audrey, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. mental stamina, but rather of Herbert H. Fowler, Old Cot unfoldment through an entirely tage. Horam. E. Sussex, for different process. Paul hinted at merly of Shanghai:
it in his well-known words, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. That is, submit the mortal, or carnal, mind to the influence and do minance of the divine Mind, in
DEATHS
YOUNG-On June 10, 1937. at 102, Drayton Gardens, B.W.10, George Macdonald Young, for- merly of China, aged 63.
HODGSON-On June 8, 1937, at
taking care and literary skill.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS" The following amcers were then unanimously elected:-
President: Mr. R. D. Walker. Vice-President: "Mr. David Au. Directors: Rev. H W. Baines, Mr. F. C. Barry, Prof. W. L. Ger rard: Mr. Lam Ming-fan, Mr. L
Mai, Mr. A. Morris, Mr. A. Raymond, Mr. C. B. Waung.
Hon. Treasurer: Mr. N. J. Perrin.
Hon. Secretary: Mr. M. F. Key, Hon. Auditor: Mr. J. Fletning. PAID SECRETARY
HELPFUL ADVICE Dr. Li Shu Fan has been a mem- The defendants were arrested on ber of the Select Committees on and information. The fourth defen- Basements, Eating "Houses dant took the police to his home Restaurants, Food Factories, and Europe. The delegates were re-
seven rounds of ammunition hid- Committees, which, I can assure of Propaganda. den in a tea 'container basket, you, is considerable, and in the Of the five days spent in Mr. M. F. Key" mentioned that. Yip Fuen, widow, Kam Lam, public sessions of the Board and Munich, four- were utilised in although he had accepted office Tung Hang, Tang Kwal. Sub-the Council, his helpful advice making excursions to the Bavarian in the absence of any other dan- and criticism have always been Alps, Berchtesgaden, the Cheim- didate for the Secretaryship, it Insp. D. J. Dzedge gave evidence.
At this stage His Worship re-willingly and conscientiously see. Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The was impossible for him to con- manded the case until Monday at given...
visitors were received cordially tinue, to do this work, and, he 11.30 an
everywhere, and when leaving, the proposed that it be an instruction German representatives at the to the incoming Board of Directors. station asked the foreign repre- to take sentatives to convey to their coun- question tries the great regrets of Germany that German tourists, on account of the monetary situation, could not sepnd their holidays abroad.—
Transocean News Service.
J
A fifth man, Cheung Ping, simi-
larly charged, was unable to stand trial owing to illness and his case was remanded for a week
On behalf of this Council I wish Dr. Shu Fan every success in his new and higher sphere of public activities. I would like to move that a note of the Council's appreciation of his valuable ser- vices be made in the records of the Council and that a copy of the minutes of this meeting be forwarded to him with our com- The report of the evidence of pliments. (Applause).. dent Engineer of the Asiatic Petrothe Maru enquiry and published in our leum Company, in the Dollma adopted.
DOJIMA MARU ENQUIRY
motion
wasafimously
order to express the capabilities Lancester Gate, London, W.,
which belong by divine decree to Montgomery Mary Reberca Hodgson, widow of John the real man. That this is the George Hodgson, of the Hong | proper method of developing | Mr. W. A. Butterfield, Superinten - (Dr. B.N. Chau seconded "and Kong and Shanghal, Bank, hental capacity is being increas- Calcutta..
ingly demonstrated. In this pro 8, 1937, "at BRAND-On June
Rockdale, Sevenoaks. Barah, cess, one's mental capabilities are widow of Robert Brand, of unfolded, not temporarily but Robert Brand, of Shanghai eternally, with uo "unfavourable and Farnham Royal, in her aftereffects. 90th year.
H.B.M. Consul-General Yunnanfu, China-a son.
issue of Saturday was, we have heen assured, lacking in certain details.
We herewith publish the correct Expert's evidence.
POINT OF FAILURE
with the edge of the plate form-
MR. J. A. LYONS AT THE HAGUE
Amsterdam, "June 2 Ahe Australian Premier, Mr. J.
Secretary,
into consideration the of employing a paid
This motion was carried 03- animously.
Mr. Walker thanked the mem- bers for the honour · conferred upon him in electing him Prest- dent of the Club and moved that the a resolution be entered on Minutes
Club's expressing the great indebtedness to Mr. Thomas Tam for his work as President in the current year.
This concluded the proceedings.
STATE FUNERAL FOR M. DOUMERGUE
Paris, June 22, The state funeral tor
jetty there was no blowing off of steam from the safety valve out- let. This shows that either the Lyons, arrived at The Hague working pressure of 125 lbs per to-day, this being the first stop- Of the cases reported by Dr. BIRTH
square inch had not been reacheding place of his European tour Allen, a substantial percentage of KIRKE-On June 7, 1937, at But-students were not benefited be- A. Butterfield said -
Giving expert evidence, Mr. W. or exceeded or, alternatively, that which he is making after a pro-
the safety valves had failed to longed stay in England. leigh Hospital, Somerset, to
Although it is emphasised that Sybil (nee Sandys), wife of G. cause they could not be hypnotiz-"The point of failure is in the function.
If they were blowing off at any his visit is a purely private one, C. A Kirke. G.B.E., of Milton ed. These are to be congratu- longitudinal seam where the hall
he had a conference with Premier. inch plate forming one side of time before the explosion, it is Clevedon, Somerset, formerlylated for their ability to maintain the new strip has falled in line likely that the sound would be Colijn to-day and informed circles † President Domergue took place ·
noticed by passers-by or people are inclined to believe that the this afternoon. Because of the ing one of the strakes. The point in the Club and onces. The non-aggression pact in the Pacine, Government crisis President Le- of fracture. shows signs of blowing off of steam creates a de- proposed by Australa at the Embrun was prevented from being pire Conference, formed the chief present but he was represented by deterioration of the strip. This Anate. nose difficult to ignore.
the Minister of Justice, M. Rucart. damage is of a kind which would If the valves were not blowing | subject of their talks.
· Minister **** for Marine, M. the not be apparent. to anyone in- on, the fallure of the boiler must specting the Inside of the have occurred at a pressure lower boller. That the -fault Is than that considered to be a safe
visible
owing toworking, load. the plate having parted, so expos-
FATIGUL THEORY ing the faulty area The crystal- (b) in the absence of informa- line structure showed embrittle- tion that the boiler was subjected. ment aaversely affecting the to excessive pressure it is probable. Shanghai, June 22. About 500 foreign firms here are ductility of the plate This is the fallure was due to fatigue required to pay income tax on the
at their normal state of conscious ∙ness in face of an attempt at kon- trul by another. Desirable re- sults can be obtained in mental unfoldment by developing mental An inquest was held at the Kow-capacity, not by "weakening it..
DEATH INQUIRY,
In the Goods of Kathleen loon Magistracy yesterday, with Anne Ormiston, late of Thirk | Mr. K. M. A. Barnett sitting as leby House Sunninghill in the Coroner, into the circumstances County of Borks, in the United surrounding the death of Ghan Chau, aged 48, who died on Febra- Kingdom, deceased.
azy 28 as the result of an assault by two men at Kowloon City.
Notice is hereby given that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of the Probate Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time
Dr. G. H. Henry gave medical evidence and evidence of the: ns- sault was given by a 15-year-old student who resides in the Sal
FOREIGN FIRMS TO PAY INCOME TAX
same basis as the Chinese firms. Most of these establishments are Russian cafes, restaurants and
now
known as 'fatigue in the metal.
SUMMARY
"As the minimum thickness of plate boller shell shows. It had enough "strength to with
It is learned that from Holland Mr. Lyons will proceed to Brus sels Transoccan News Ferre
JAVA-AUSTRALIA AIR
LINE DISCURSED ·
The Hague, June 22. Mr. J. A. Lyons, Prime Minister
of Australia, had a lengthy talk with the Dutch Foreign Minister. Collin yesterday. It is understood that the airline between Java and
Australia was one of the topics
Gasnier-Duparc and the Minister of Labour, M. Lebas-from the last. Cabinet. i Transocean News Service.
HOME CRICKET RESULTS
London, June 22. Somerset beat Kent by 419 rung-
to the 14th day of July, 1937, for Tau village Kowloon City. He dance halls in French concession, stand internal pressure of 125 lbs. or below. safe working load, such { discussed. Mr. Lyons will proceed at Bath, the scores being:—
creditors and others to send in claims against the above estate i the undersigned. Dated the 16th day of June, 1937.
HASTINGS & Co. Solicitors for the "Executor, Marina House, ist floor, Hongkong.
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LOCAL MAPS
Peak District,
Kowloon,
Victoria, New Territories.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
stated that on the day in question he saw two men assaulting de- ceased. He shouted out to them and stopped the Aght. He was 1ster Informed that the man had died. He recognised the man one of the three who were fighting
In the street.
ELS
Owing to an important witness being unable to attend Court his Worship remanded, the case, sine dle.
CLUMBER LIBRARY
SALE
London June 22. Among 34 items from the Clum-] ber Library which was formed by the fourth Duke of Newcastle and were sold at Sothebys yesterday for £38,055 the highest price paid was £13.500 for the Lamoignon book of hours illuminated manu- script of the first half of the Afteenth century.
·British Wireless. V
German firms and others.
There was no deterioration
as no visible anywhere on the outside of the plates, and there was no more rusting there than anywhere else II it falled under a pressure at As regards British, American, per square inch, it appears that failure can only be attributed to
what must be regarded as a hid the fallure in due topmell, Japanese and French firms and
(a) The shell having been ex- default, as the most careful nationals, the matter is still under posed to a pressure in excess of internal examination would fall negotiations between their dip that which was considered a safe to show the deterioration which lomatic representatives in China working lead-or
has occurred at the line of and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
fracture The Chinese authorities take the position that extraterritoriality being a legal question, has nothing
(b) Fallure, owing to fatigue of the plate at the point of fracture. In (a) the possibility of exces- sive pressure being generated in
to Paris to-day Heuter's Bulletin Bervice.
NO QUESTION OF CONTRADICTION
There was no sign on the ex- terior of the boiler to show that
Berlin, June 22 there had been any leakage at the The seeming contradiction be- to do with the payment of taxes the boller is controlled by the circumferential or longitudinal tween the German communique of Union News
satisfactory functioning or other seams. The cracking of plates June 15, denying rumours that the wise of the safety, valve. These sometimes preceded by leakage at cruiser Leipzig was torpedoed in parts of it which are available for rivets or teams, in this instance Spanish waters, and the later examination are asumclent to there was no indication of such social report of the attempted show if there was any fault such fault,
IRISH FREE
STATE TEAM WIN
AT OLYMPIA
London June 22 The Irish Free State team with twelve faults were declared win hers of the competition for the Edward Prince of Wales Cup at the International Horse Show at Olympla yesterday, Germany, and Belgium were rainners-up with 28 faults each British Wireless,
as would be obtained by the valve The most careful examiner in- seats rising out of position. Inspecting the boller would consider the unlikely event of the valve it as in good serviceable condition. seats having rect high pressure NO EXPLOSIVES would have resulted, which would There are no indications of ex have only been seen at the presternal damage having been caused sure gauge this on the assump to the boiler, the cause of the ex- tion the gauge was in good order. plosion in my opinion being solely NO BLOWING OFF OF STEAM confined to failure of the plate.
"In the absence of any informs- After further evidence was given tion
the contrary, it appears by Mr. Butterflek! the hearing was that while the vessel lay by the adjourned until June 23.
Homerset: 344 (Luckes 120 not (out) and 284 for 6 dec. (Burrough.
133)
Kent: 116 (Andrews. 8 for 62).
116 Andrews and 73 (Andrews & for, 31).
At Peterborough Essex beat Nor- thants by 34 runs
Essex: 207 (Jupp 5 for:39) and T (Clark 8 for 20, Jupp 4 for 31). Northants: 126 (Eastman 5 for 33) and 124 Eastman 3 for 44) - Reuter,
HEALTH RETURNS
attack, has called for an official.
One case of diphtheria and two statement to-day in view of the fact that the foreign press has of enteric fever were reported to endeavoured to utilise the two the Health Authorities for the reports in order to discredit the hours ended on Monday.
week ended on Batur The oficial statement concludes were two cases of diphtheria, kir whois incident.
by saying that there can be no of enteric fever, one of menoles tion if the | thres of cerebro-spinal faver, seven question
carefully of dysentery, five of puerperal
fever and T deaths from enlosis
two reports were and without any Trouincean Neon Bervice,