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Monday, April 16th. to Saturday, April 21st.
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1500 yds. MERCERISED LAWY
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500 yds.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS
(Continued from Pags *.)
· HONGKONG BROTHELS.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 1923.
Londen. April 15.
In the House of Commons, in reply to Lord H. Cavendish- Bentinck as regards the precautions taken to verify the ages of girls entering Hongkong brothels, Capt. Ormsby-Gore quoted the Governor's report and added that he would consult the Governor regarding evidence that a girl herself took to brothel keepers an order to show that the Secretary of Chinese Affairs gave har, per- mission to enter a brothel.
AMERICA'S OIL.
London, April 18. In an attempt to lift the restrictions upon foreign participa tion in the natural wealth of the United States, the Roxana Petro- leum Corporation, which is controlled by Anglo Dutch interests, has appealed agains; the decision debarring it from holding leases in Indian oll lands.
AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION."
Washington. April 18.
The American' request made to the Allies from Paris for priority of payments as regards the cost of the Army of Occupa tion is interpreted here as only meaning that the United States shall receive first payments from the annual quotas fixed between the Allies for distribution of German reparations." It is not be lieved that America asks priority of payment for the full amount of American claims.
WIRELESSLY CONTROLLED AEROPLANE,
Paris, April 18..
A successful experiment with a wirelessly controlled aeroplane was carried out at Villes Sauvage aerodrome. The machine rose, few over the aerodrome, turned and landed, in response to pressure on but:ons.
THE WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY.
Brisbane, April 17. The Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, in a speech at Ipswich, referred to the need for white immigration, as there was real danger of the Japanese spreading to Australia.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.
London, April 13.
The dispute in the pottery trades, which threatened to end in
a general lockout on Saturday, was settled yesterday, the workers agreeing to a 10 per cent. reduction.
The textile strike at Lille, France, has become general:
OBITUARY.
St. Louis, April 17. The Very Rev. D. S. Tuttle, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal
Church of the United States, has died.
MOSCOW-VLADIVOSTOK.
Moscow, April 17.
The telegraph between Moscow and Vladivostok has been restored.
THE COLTMAN CASE.
U. S. Insistent.
Peking. April 18.
It is understood that America is still pressing for a settlement of the Coltman Case, but has made little progress. The chief point still outstanding is the dismissa of Chang Hsi-yuan's Chief-of- Staff, to which Chang still firmly refuses to agree. Charg has dismissed him from the post of Chief-of-Staff. but still keeps him In an important post in his office. This does not satisfy America, who demands that he should be dismissed from the army and then tried by the courts. It is stated that further progress it not likely until Dr. Alfred Sze arrives in
Reuter.
CARELESS BLASTING.
RACE SWEEP CASE.
Club Officials Plead
Guilty.
Our Own Correspondent.).
Singapore, April 19. The Ipoh race weep case to-day lasted less than two hours.
Mr. Upcott, for the accused Club i official+, sensationally pleaded guilty in his address to the Court.
The magistrate. "Me Sircorn, im- posed fines of $250 40 each offcial, while 29 others were order. ed to pay costs.
SAFETY LIGHT FOR MUSEUMS.
|
* SCANDALOUS.
CHRONICLES.”
Roumania Reseats · Imputation on its Morals,
Bucarest: Bucarest society has been scandalised by the publication—and subsequent sup book, entitled pression-of
Moeurs Roumains" written by Frenchma named Andre Joubert, proteesing to describe the morals and ideas of the Roumanian people. Very few have been able to obtain the in- famous publication, but news- papers describe it as a disgusting | libal from beginning to end. Ap parently the author stages, thatį Roumanian women
baze ரச
morals of any kind and that] society bere is a hotbed of all}} kinds of vices..
Joubert is a French journalist.: who was brought to this country by the Banca Chrimoveloni for the purpose of editing a fiosocial paper, which that bank intended to found. He managed to obtain a contract for five years at aļ salary of 5,000 French francs á month, which in Roumanian cur-! rency makes an enormous yearly i income, far more than that of the Prime Minister. When the negotiations for the appearance! of the cow paper failed Joubert) was left here with a big monthly salary and nothing to do. He filled in his time by buying a house in the Park Lane of Bucarest, and in recording hia impressions of the strange com. pany he frequented. He seems to have moved in a
поитель
riche set, from the members of which he received much bos pitality. His gratitude has been displayed in the publication of (this book, which is described on the cover as by one who has penetrated into the soul of the Roumanian people.
The book was printed laf Bucarest in French, but as soon
as copies were sent to the Press for review information Wis given to the Prefect of Police, and the whole issue was con- fiscated. An amusing sidelight on to Balken methods is thrown
by the fact that copies of the confiscated work Bre being offered for sale by officials at the Prefecture prices ranging
from 1,000 to 2,000 lei. Joubert bas been expelled from the country, and the bank bas succeeded in annulling his con- tract. Diplomatic representation bave been made to France, and it is hoped that he will be prevented from republishing his calumnies in Paris-Observer.
IS THIS YOU? The windowless museum is:
Some people live in an eternal, Washington when he will take forecasted as a result of experi-gloom. They believe themselves up negotiations with America.ments in search of means to pre- to be the object of all the vexations vent the destruction of natural that baset mankind. Petty griev- history specimens by light. Dr. auces and trivial troubles rasp and F. A. Lucas, in Natural History, irritate beyond endurance. They statee that under present condi- magnify little annoyances that tions the lovely Luna moth fades would pass by other people, with after a few days, the feathers of stronger nerves, ucnoticed. humming birds actually seem to disintegrate after a longer ex-like this at times-everybody does Admit that you yourself feel posure to light, a few years ruin mammals like deer, and such in the Far East. These fits of seemingly fast colour as black gloom and grumble are the clouds turns reddish. Some minerals of the signals of nerve exhaustion, that precede the storm. They are which Rose Quartz is a good and will recur with example, are faded by light.
Six Persons Injured. Ng Chi-mi, the master of the Tung Shing building contracting firm, 14 High Street, was fined $100 by Mr. J. R. Wood at the
Magistracy yesterday for failing to take adequate precautions in blast ing rocks on the Shaukiwan Road
on March 25th.
It was stated that fourteen
greater
The most harmful rays are the frequency as time goes on unless charges were let off at noon that ultra-violet, and during the last prompt measures are taken to set day, and one of them projected ten years tests have been made
things right, three large pieces of stone into a of new methods of illumination To do this is simple enough i house in the neighbourhood owing, suggested by Dr. W. Power for you go to the root of the trouble,f it was alleged, to the ineffective the American Museuen and by weak blood. This poor blood is precautions taken. The stones Sir Sydney Harmer for the failing to supply sufficient pour- crashed through A window of British Museum. The filament ishment to your nerves; it lacke 28 Quarry Bay, first floor, and hit olectric lamp has been found to the strength, energy and parity four women, one man and a small be the most convenient source of that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have boy who were congregated near light. Efforts to produce & non created in so many thousands of the kitchen. Fortunately, noge of actinic filter of sunlight have not cases of nerve exhaustion and the people were seriously hurt. Biven satisfactory results, but debility caused by weak blood. One of the women has
the electric light filtered through By building up the blood, making frosted bulbs and certain colours it pure and healthy, and filling it lost the. 092 of beth legs, such as yellow-green-is step with energising red corpuscles. but it is not suggested that it ward overcoming the harmDr. Williams' Pick Pills in thirty was directly due to the accident. fulness of the bine, violet and years have gained a world wide This woman had to be carried into ultra-violet portions of the reputation as the greatest blood
since
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the court on the back of another spectrum. It may be added that tonic known. women to give evidence. She said moisture proves to be an aid to that she was hit on the right knee fading, if not essential to it. and left hip, but not seriously.
She fell down unconscious and Carno, Elman, Kzebier, Helba, Fachinano
when she came to was carried to
her bed "She stayed in hospital for one night. She could not walk
now.
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