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Siberia, and recent news from Vladivosthi has alimulated in- terent in that area. M. Polevai, the geologist, has read a paper bafore conference of represent- atives of all the mining indus- tries in the Russian Far East in Yesterday's bealth which he points out how neglect. shows four cases of small-pox, wanting me to write a soreed for our education doesn't coase return Joe, he keeps on whining and our educationists must take heart, ed the gold-mining industry there
two of cerebrospinal fever and about Mr. Shewan and his at death. I was forced to this has been. He
ons of plague. All were Chiness. "Glimpses from the Taseer." As conclusion after bearing Le Petit claime that Okhotsk golk is of superior Leopold Godowsky, the famous can be certain of is uncertainty, Glasgow accent! Twice ghostly I always say, the one thing we Caporal speak English with a quality to that af Klondike, and pianist, left by the Empress of and putting our doubts on paper banda touched me, but for the deposits much richer. How hai interport rowers were pas-Some of the finest dreams I ever What struck me meat, however, Asis to-day. Some of the Shang- brings us no nearer a solution. tunately, I had my coat buttoned. ever, only a very small percent-sengers by the same bost. age of this gold source has hitherto been tapped. M. Polaroi The sala of furniture at desires an it flux of British capital Mesars. Lammert Bros, is now Clovelly," 12 Peak Road, by to exploit the deposits. No doubt to take place on Wednesday, the British capitalists are perfectly 28th. inst, instead of Tuesday. willing to venture in such a prom-
Fire communicated from
bad were the dreams I never was something that raised a lump dream, which is perhaps another on the back of my head. That's way of saying that we must not what I got for being out of believe all we read.
harmony, for being soaptioul.
manifestations, whether through keeping fit while on the retired Of the life beyond, of spook Nap apparently believed in planchette or mediums, Iam frank list.
when it is placed on a rail-ising field, but require guar- chatty left in the charge of & tan- in an endeavour to communicate net fraudulent. I believe that ly sceptical. Of the existence to It would take a lot to convince come, when we shall float around me that many such seances are road switch than in any other tees of a substantial nature year-old boy yesterday sat shed with those left behind, I believe enquiries to and manifestations position.
that their investments wik not be alight at Applichau. Aberdeen, not. Mark you. I'll not go so far from the dead are largely govern Great railroads like the lost through Soviet repudiation and involved two other structures as to say that such is Pennsylvania and Union Pa- of
before it was extinguished by the possible:
im ed by the emotions of those em. contracts. Orb must not police.
only I don't take ployed as the media of com.. cific that take every possible forget that the eastern Siberian
kindly to the idea." Of the life munication and of theirandience. precaution to safeguard their dominions are now dominated.
The Empress of Asia took day, I have different thoughta. way or other I have lived several
before and its influence on us to patrons, use Yale & Towne from Moscow, and previous ex-away a full complement of pas. No-one, except myself, can trick times on earth before. That I I believe, however, that is some perience of the Soviet view of the on board being Lady Loveson
sengers to-day, amongst those me in that. sanctity of an agreement has not and the Misses Leveson, Lady me believe that it is but a step in the following story told by Mr. am not alone in this contention, Some there are who would have is corroborated, curiously enough, been encouraging. So we do cot Sura, Lady Belper, Lord and Lady from recognition of a previous J.A. Cairns, the well known Lon-
Digby and the Hou. V. Digby.
existance to a belief in those don Magistrate in his recently The two boys brought up before of the life beyond. But I do not the Law":
spirits said to haunt the margin published book, "The Loom of the Magistrate the other day for see it that way at all. Though ballers in the dressing rooms at feel the one and not the other, so pilfering the clothes left by foot- not able to account for either, I Happy and Scokunpoo Valleys while I cannot agree with Mr. were sentenced to three months' Shewan, yet I respect bis view- imprisonment at the Police Court point. And that is just as it should
be, I think. There will be & Cinematographcourse) I pay little heed. Naturally To dreams now (my dreams, of Display at the Helena May It I've had most kinds one way and day, the 33rd. March at 5.30 stitute to-morrow afteracon, Fri-another, but as Members of the Institute, their always account for them. Without children and friends may attend. going into a long screed azent A charge of 50 cents will be made sub-consciousness and the like, I for admission.-Adet.
can generally fix on something which occurred during my wak Empresa of Asia to-day included This dream business is tricky. Local residents leaving by the overtime in the think department. ing hours as the cause of the the Rev. G. R. and Mrs. Lindsay, Let me give you su instance. Capt. and Mrs. C. O. Olliver, Mrs. One night after reading one of the
DEATH.
SILVA-At 15, Belilios Ter. race, on March 22nd., H. M. Silva, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australis and China, aged 37 years. Funeral passes Monu- ment at 5.30 p.m. to-day...
this morning,
think there is likely to be any "rush" to the siberian gold- fields for a long time to come. For one thing, the climatic con ditions are far from inviting; and the prevailing desire of most of the inhabitants of that region during recent years has been to go elsewhere, the only semblance of & "rush" being the hurried exodus from the country. But those who believe that the Soviet authorities are coming to their seases, and intend to develop the resources of their territory to its utmost, will now have renewed GOLD IN THE FAR EAST, hope, and maybe visions of a big, thriving gold-mining industry in There is a peculiar fascination the Far East within the next few A. C. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. H.Shewan articles, I dreamt of my about gold. It is the recognised years.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 22nd March, 1923.
precious metal, and has been so
of it, due chiefly to the hoarding
of the metal in the form of national reserves, with paper of
p.m.
a rule I can
Out of devilment, I asked plan- chette to tell us the name of her
It is on record, that an Irish Guardsman met A
Scots Guardsman in a West-End tavern. They foregatbered. The Irish Guardsman uttered an Irish formula: "What'll ya have?" And the Scots Guards- man replied in a Scottish formula: "A double scotch." And so it was. In the course, of the consumption, the Scots- man talked politics. A little time elapsed and there ware empty glasses and allence The Irishman, being of an impatient temperament, repeated the Irish formula, and the Scots. man, being of an obliging dis position, repeated the Scottish formula. This repetition re- stored vivacity and loquacity and the Scotsman discussed theology: "I often wonder what I was in my condition of pre-existence.
The question
has bothered me and I keep on wondering." The glasses werS empty again and the Irishman- was obviously deep in thought. He pushed aside. the emply glasses. This was what the politicians c+ "A gesture," but the gesture was ignored. The Irishman looked as though he had made a discovery and turning to the Scotsmen he anidi
And bave ye niver been" able to find out what ye were? "Nd!" said the Scotsman,an"I wad like to ken.""Well, me son, I can tell ye what ye were." Ye were abspooge!" "Ay ?" said the Scotsman; and after a long pause: "Ay! What'll ye bave "Two doubles," said the Irishman. "It's save my squeezing ye a second time." Seriously, though, (and I've
W. Sassoon, Capt. P. M. B. Lake, cousin Marion. Now, I have not Mr. M. J. Breen and Mr. J. Lseen Marion in the flesh for for almost countless decades. Unchecked Banditry.
Macpherson. Mr. Robert Shewan twenty years or more. She was One of the main attractions about) Bandits still continue to cause
goes on leave by the same boat."
well on in her thirties then. In Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb to the to hand speak of the revival of Company gave their farewell per- deal of difference when you get serious trouble in China. Reports The Courtneidge Holloway same, and twenty years makes a my dream she looked just the man-in-the-street is the discovery their activities in Honan, whilst formance last night, when" If on in life. She was dressed in therein of ornaments and furni- we all know how busy rabbers Four Walls Told" was staged widow's weeds and appeared to be ture decorated with or entirely The recent bars-faced-piracy of left by the Empress of Asia for seemed) to tell me were she was and pirates are in South China, and greatly enjoyed. The company making a desperate effort (so it composed of this coveted metal the steamer Probably its colour, then its wea-Whampoa was bad enough, but doubt be given a warm welcome whole thing didn't amount to Wing Ping of Shangbai to-day, and will now staying. As dreams go, the thering and acid-resistant qual- how little control the authorities when they return to Hongkong much, for that was all there was ities, operated towards giving development reported yesterday.
bave of affairs is shown by the later on. gold the premier position it holds. It appears that the rice stolen from
to it. based on centuries of adoration this vessel and a number of junks the next few days, to see Mr. that I should dream of Marion. Kowloon gets its chance during why and the wherefore of the fact Now for the explanation, the by the cations of the world in the markets, and, what is more, actor, whose last appearance here had a quarrel, and the cause of is being openly sold at cheap rates George Arlisa, eminent character On the last occasion we met, we leading to wars of conquest, ex-that those in charge of the sale so was in the title role of "Disraeli," our disagreement was, of all things termination of whole races, and far flout the authorities as to in light comedy. The picture is other dark atrocities. As B exhibit flags inscribed "Rob the The Ruling Passion," and in it coinage standard,
Rich to Relieve the Poor." If Mr. Arliss has the part of a kind, dabbling (or thought I was) in the in the world, a planchette. I was this metal there was even a semblance of iy old millionaire manufacturor of to try planchette, which she did. nowadays is of special financial government in these particular automobiles.
occult then Iinduced my cousin interest, though we see very little districts, not only would the sales
would be arrested for dealing in Colonial Secretary of Hongkong to us at the time. Under her lots of reasons. I cannot help be stopped, but the people in charge what they must know to be stolen and Mrs. Severn have been stay-touch, planchette was most oblig- thinking that many of our mental The Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, intended husband, then unknown written on this subject before) for property. The probabilities are ing at Government House, during ing and proceeded to write some attributes, at least, spring from a nominal value taking its place that the sellers are some of the the stay of the Mores in port, and thing at the sight of which previous existence. I associate To the uninformed the query ested.
actual pirates; yet they go unmol also Miss Lewis reports the Marios sprang to her fest in high certain sounds always with some- must often occur as to whether this nature occur we cannot be has had long spells out in the instrument from her. You can other words, on occasion I have As long as incidents of Singapore Free Press. Mr. Severn dungeon and threw the offending thing not particularly nice in plentiful supply of gold could blamed for lack of optimism re- East, having only been Home understand, therefore, how natural a undefinable dread of certain ever make the metal "cheaper "garding the outlook in South four times in twenty-nine years. it was for me to dream as I did; noises. That aspect of the question could
China.
He is looking as debonair as ever, Shewan's caly intrigue persons with
Prevention of Cruelty.
and many of bis old friends in Marion, husband; an association abroad in the moonlight. Some-
article, planchette, The Society for the Prevention Singapore were pleased to have of ideas running riot when my thing happened to me centuries Again, I never like to walk very elementary knowledge of of Cruelty to Animals continues the opportunity of seeing him, poor brain would have been better ago under similar circumstances what the gold standard means. to do good work, through the, Be that as It may, everyone medium of its two Inspectors.
resting. knows that those who find gold, Much of it does not come into
which I need not go into at the So much for my dreams. As moment. Then I have a belief in whether in & hoerd of in its prominence, though occasionally, commed to learn that briand I pushed one for quite a long for bodily hurt, a belief, by the Members of the local French for planchette, my younger brother the efficacy of water as i cure natural state in mother earth, brought before the Court and issued under date of 10th. Feb time. We used to get plenty of way, which I share with my
as. yesterday, offenders get terested to that by a decree can profit considerably by the where their offence is serious, ruary, 1923, and appearing is the screeds, but it was hardly worth mother. discovery. The " 'gold fever
they are deservedly subjected to Official Bulletin of the French our bother, for, when I think of it, and "gold rushes" in Alaska work of Inspector Fisher and his wise known as F. N. Van V, total of our combined experience, been a native. I could tell you heavy punishment. Through the Republic, M. Felix Yung, other the spirits never seemed to know places (bitherto unvi itod) and More than once I have been to and in Australia and elsewhere assistant, people who have to do Chancellor of the Consulate which made me come to the con- what was round the next corati of anything more outside the sum known my way about as if I had have made history, and incident with the handling of animals General at Hongkong, has been clusion that we were merely although I never saw the place ally have helped to colonise large fully scquainted with the lang Francaise," a distinction which wasting our time. So we gave even on a picture postcard. Some tracte of territory. The literature against cruelty, and in future is held in high esteem and award: planchette away to the woman folke, when I meet them for the of one's boyhood could hardly be there can be no excuse fored only for specially meritocious next door, and the last I saw of first time, I am conscious of complete without this theme, and breaches thereof. But it ap services. M. Yang, during the it was her youngest trailing it having met before in & previous how often have we dreamt, in the strengthening, and if this were self with activities aiming at the our money wasn't wasted after character-reading at first glance, pears to us that the law need period of the war, identified him- about on a string for a barrow. existence. I'm not writing of days when early youth enabled done the campaign against cruelty preservation of French influence us to dream ambitiously and would have even better results in the Far East.
I have never had any exper- without restraint, of our attain be paid to such matters as the then at present. Attention might|
ience of clairvoyance except in the subject and am only withheld I feel I could write columns an ing fortune by happening upon & construction of crates used in of poultry-crates these should be always been under the aegis of no-one can be interested in the & public way, but as such has from so doing by the thought that handling pigs and fowls. The re so made of closely woven rattan some illusionist, like Carter the glimpses of things through the There are still many thrills be desired in this respect. In the matting. If regulations were ed upon this feature of the occult I do feel, however, that there is gulations at present leave much to that the bottoms would not need other day, I bave naturally look backdoor of my individqal history, lurking in news of lucky case of pig-crates, these are drawn up on these lines zude the natural concomitant of something more tenable in such "strikes" of good, yellow gold, generally so made that the flesh sample regulation crates were such shows. and in discoveries of new "fields" the large meshes, with the result trouble would be done away with. ever, I've bad some experience. I feel that it is not incompatible
of the animals protrude through exhibited, much of the present
belief as compared to the more Of spiritualistic seances, how sketchy notions of a Life Beyond, rich in nuggets or veins of the that when the crates are dragged These are, of course, relatively I'll never forget the one I was at, with commonsense to at least as. precious metal. It has long been along the ground, as they often minor points, but they should be out Paisley way, for several sume that our philanthropy, our known that very valuable de-injured by abrasions of the skin, is needed is an entirely new Ordin- and heard the spirit of Napoleon, age, our mental ill; fra legacy are, the poor prasipres are badly attended to. Most of all, what reasons." On that occasion I saw misantrophy, our fears, our cour posits exist in the vast, almost Crates of a finer mesh should be anos dealing aplely with gruelty if there is a Life Beyond, then handed down the ey unexplored regions of Eastern insisted upon, whilst in the case to animals in all its aspects,
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