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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,
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(Our Own Correspondent,)
Shaughui, 15th May, The Shanghai Shun Pau, the first, Chinese newspaper to instituto radio broadcasting, gavo its initial progromne to-day.
RUSSO-JAPANESE
NEGOTIATIONS:
Tokyo, May 15-This morn- ing's papers predict the IUS. sible reopening of formal Russo- Japanese negotiations in the acar future. They understand that the foreign office has instructed Yoshi zawa amei Karakhan's recent note regarding status and powers of the Russian and Japanese representa tiven.---Reuter.
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1924.
SHANGHAI ROBBERS.
· LOTI IN THE CIRCUS.
TWO WOMEN ARKESTED.
(Our Own Correspondent,}
Shanghai, 15th May.. The arrest of two Chinese women disclosos, the fact that women were working with the gaug of armed robbers who looted a shop last night after murdering the proprietor.
EARTH TO MOON.
Scheme to Send a Rocket..
His Only Appearance os
a "Star"
Miss Morin O'Neill furnishes Cornhill, from Piorre Loti's diary, with an account of his on and only appearance as a clrous por former. While a Toulon in 1876 he joined a travelling circus. troupe, and bent all als onargles to practising loaps and bounds. and riding baro-back. Id: wan always" athletic and fond of gymnastics, and this now form of oxorcine WAN exhilarating. But, of course, he wanted to "appear" and astonish the town. The homage of tho cftens-troupe and oven the aduilration of the fair oquestrians was not enough. are devoting much space to the be a star and shine. The circus- The American papers just now He must have his "night," and coming attempt of Professor R. H. manager was moro than willing, Goddard to re a rocket' with the "bills wore sout out, tho Huoh initial velocity and direct. theatre was packed with his nos of aim that it will reach the friends on the night "; but at moon, a distance of rather less the last hour ho got a fit of than a quater of million miles. stage-fright.
Mr. Manager, I'm going to The Professor, who is a director broak down," he announced, of the Physics Department at "But you can't. You are Clark Univ., Worcester, Mas-billed to appear." KUBILES DANGEROUS.
said the sachusetts, has been working at manager coldly; and the clowns Tokyo, May 18-Colonel Broome the
projoot for who arrived from Hakodate whero years, and has the financial dressing-room
several gathered round him in the H. M. C. 6. Thiepval arrived on backing of the famous Smith-his sinking spirits by unpack- and rallied Tuesday, in an interview declared sonian institution of Washington, ing a brand-new costume from that he was pessimistic regarding Under the auspices of that or the "only" maker in Milan. Ho The spacess of the world flights in carried out with rockets so do-two loyal friends and "cousins" ganisation experiments have boon was puzzled about the tights, but the neighbourhood of Kariles unlers visad that after they are fired-they are all "cousins the landing that had been selected they are carried to great altitudos circus-troupe-holped him to get in a was changed. Bottobu, Kashiwa by successive, discharges of ex-into them. They wore red and) barn and. Hitokäppt bays were all plosives in small combustion yellow, and surmounted by black arasatisfactory because they were exchambers, und whon the rocket velvet shorts, a huge refle, lace posed and dangerous. Col. Broome has attained its maximum height frills, and h green wig with a who luud thoroughly explored these second rocket is discharged at tuft. The black velvet lufif-mask a velocity sufficient to carry it and a handful of flour completely regions, proposes suggesting to the beyond the resisting medium of restored his self-possession An Japanese authorities other's spots the ourth's atmosphero. which he selected; also the insertion
WORLD FLIGHTS.
of port Kushiro as an intermediate landing place between Minato and ilitokappa bay.
BOXING.
old experienced acrobat shaded and is shaped likoa olgar, with he bounded' on to the stage and The rocket is mado of stool charcoal to, help the effect, and the lines of the muscles with a narrow tapered head. It con- did his turu, with immanso up- tains inside "a small internal plause combustion angino. ignited by showered bouquote and oranges. from his friends, who, smokeless nitro-cellulose, and ance free of terrestrial gravitation celebrated it
It was a great success, and ho continuous discharges of tho
with ull his intornal apparatus by means of what was thought of this oran- cousin" behind the scones; but an ingenious reloading
hanis will do the internament of the French Navy by his
on-
voulod. Ile, at any rate, was onormously pleased with himself and his reception. His account
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LAST TWO NIGHTS IN CHINA
BATTLING KEY DEPOSED. (Our Special Correspondent) apparatus by incaps of an in-superiors on board ship is not ro- THEATRE ROYAL
Singapure, May 15.
gonious reloading mechanism will Battling Roy, fightweight cham.do the rost." pion of Malaya, lost his title last aight to Domy Sunton, the lighting theoretical caculations of its Provided the rocket obeys the Filipino- fighter, in a ten rounds designer, it is expected to hit the contest at the Singapore Stadium. moon thirty-six hours after it It was a thrilling bout, with hard begins its flight and to Fornpiping and clever husing. Santos xura that it will reach its billet won on points.
The
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il will be necessary to calculate of well-known not a difficult problem, as the boxers here now incluries. Yung Pelly, Silvino dauto (lightweight elampion of the Orment), and Ben Trave fatuous Australian light weight). Pelky and Tracey will shortly dispute with Jurnito for the Orient-title.
RIFLE SHOOTING.
to count.
Impossible for me to rejoice at
My poor darling. It is roully } your success in the circus. It is not the kind of success that I motion of the meon in its orbit is dreamed you might win," his known with refined accuracy poor mother wrote exactly where. the moon will bo at any time, und range on that part of the heavens.
[SECRET OF THE ATOM.
Scientist Undaunted After
Ten Years' Work. Will the energy of the utom over be applied for the bondfit of
The Duo de Broglie the dis-
-So-that-the-arrival of tlie pro- jectile on the moon can be seen it will contain a quantity of Victor flush powdor, which will be ignited by the impact. and cal- culations show that the brilliant light this gives off will need loss THE FAR EAST INTERPORT. than 3 lb. to enable the flash to mankind?
The Goal practices for the shoot-be visible in a 12 in. telescope. tinguished physicist confessed to ing Interport will inke place at The attempt is to be made in the the Daily Nees recently that, Taikoo Rango to-morrow at 2.80 arly summer, most probably pm, and on Sunday morning at when the moon is in the crescent although he has analysed the 10a.m., after which the team to phase, so that the flush which atom for close on 10 years, ho represent Hongkong will be select will signal the contact of the was at a loss to say whether the ed, 12 to shoot and 10 best setres occur on the dark unilluminated possessed could over be applied rockot with our satollito may undoubtedly enormous energy it Shanghai, Singapore, and Penning region, and thus increase the to the problems that beset the are very keen on wresting the prospect of its visibility.
He works in a marble-walled Interport trophy from Hongkong, That the project is not so laboratory in Paris-8omotimos who won it for the first time last visionary, as it geome is evident for days without food or sloop. year with a splendid score of 960, from the co-operation of the "I shall," bo doclarod, from Singapore who were the Smithsonian Institution. It has tinue to study. I feel I must go Champion port in 1914, In the been discussed and approved by on. Habits formmod and, as it interval thera interesting Interport the American Association for the were established over a period of matches had been allowed to lapso. Advancemont, of Science, and, 10 years are hard to break.
The trophy is at present in the speaking of Professor Goddard's custody of is Excellency Sirpionoor experiments, the lato Siratom woro liberated its effect "If over the energy of the Reginald Stubbs, nt GovJames Dowar expreskod: the night well rovolutionize the ernment Haus, nud Hongkong opinion that they pointed to the future of the world, but it is So Friemen are very keen on keeping possibility to overcome the earth's much to hope for our task is to
it thore.-S.
gravitation.
hope on and search."
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