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D'OISY CRASHES.
UNFORTUNATE MISHAP AT
SHANGHAI
(Our Own Correspondent).
. EMPIRE AT SEA.
Some Strange Cargoes.
The high sons have a very dull
BEAUTIFUL SYREN.
"Heroine of Many Intrigues Murdered.
BIG CANCER QUEST.
Experts Baffled in Many Tests.
the
ditch, partly overturning and other faraway places, says from a school of osteopathy at tar. Blast furnace tar, curiously
breaking the body from the cock Hop's writor. pit. Great delight was manifested)
Later.
ཪི་ ༧
and monotonous life in this Dr. Zoo Wilkins, a famous The riddlo in regard to what contury. But in the last contury beauty and adventuress, has been substanoo, or compound of sub they Shanghal; May 20.
were thrilled by the found murdered-her throat out stancos, in tar produces cancer The French airman, Captain ory of the pirate, and splashed by in her office in Kansas Olty, has been investigated at D'Oley, arrived at 4.20 p.m.
the bows of cagor windjammers Missouri.
Cancer Hospital Rosearch setting out to find now places Later:
Who committed the deed is a Instituto, and the investigators beyond Neptuno's dividing line. Immense throngs, thrice disap. Now, the windjammers
have mystory, but that she lived in are still baffled.
This fac! la mado known by Dr. pointed, gathered to welcome D'Oisy boen run on to coral strands to road of murder is disclosed by on his arrival on the Kiangwan rot away in ignominy, and the friends, who say who foured any E. L. Konnaway in an important racecourse. A reception at the pirates have done so well that one of four men for things she communicatton to the British
hud dono in the past.
Medical Journal. French club is to be held, where they have come home and settled the presentation to him of a mas-down in "quiet gentiomen's re-
Dr. Wilkins was panniless and The research, was carried out sive white jale vaso will be made, sidences, sot in own grounds," on brokon down by drugs, hor ro-under the supervision of the
latives say. He is continuing his flight to the English countryside,
director of the instituto, and with Peking probably to-murrow.
But the high sous, just grown But, if this be so, who must the help of expert advice and Later. accustomed to the respectable and have dissipated large sums of materials from the Gas Light Owing to an unfortunate mis-time-table bound passenger liners money accumulated in the course and Coke Company and the South calculation of his position, Captain from the United States, are of her intrigues with numerous Motoropolitan Gas Company." D'Oisy crashed on landing, wreck-stirring to new experlonge. | admirera.
Others who helped included the Soutor Modical Inspootor of ing the airplane, Both he and his They are bringing an Empire
Her attorney says a strong box Factories. home, and, at the East India in which she kept much valuabio mechanician escaped Injury,
The plane missed the golf fair-Docks now a days, some strange jewellery, is missing.
Sevoral kinds of tar aro said to cargoes coins into daylight from way, landing In a swampy qung the shadowy holds of ships from
She first came into the limo-produce cancor, and they were all mire, and then ran Into a drainage Africa, India, Hongkong and light soon after her graduation tar, producer gas tar, coke oven examined-lignite tar, gasworks
Kirksville, Missouri, when, in onough, does not produce cancer. A roastre ship steamed in the 1905, she married C. A. Gairing.
Comparison of the constituents by the throngs when the two nir-other day with thousands of tons rich young man, of San NOTICE is heroby given that men clambered unharmed out of of blue earth' for Wombley. Antonio, Texas, and he took hor of the last named with those of
the Annual Ordinary Gen the wreckage.
the others is difficult; for one ora Mosting of Shareholders of
This earth is from the African there to live. the above Company will be hold
diamond mines, and is full of One night the fashionablogason, because blast, furasco tar Commleration.
diamonds to be re-mined and cut quartor in which they lived was dozens of experiments on inkoo lias been little studied, but at the Hongkong Hotel, Hong,
From East startled by the roports of a re-ware made with the tar doriva kung on Wednesday the 29th-
at the Exhibition. The airplane wreck dis Africa there came the last parte volver, and Garring was found tivos. May 1924 at 11.00 am. for the organizes the light plans, pending of a walled town-a town travel-wounded on the front stops of his purpose of receiving the Report Paris advices, since duplicate ling on a ship across, the world, houso,
Aoridien, for instance, has ofton at the Directors' together with a machine is lacking, and the flyers From Samoa, came a house with Statomont of Accounts for the will perhaps be delayed indefuite 1,700 square foot of flooring, yet in mistake for a burglar, but, producing agent in tar, probably His wife said she had shot him been suggested as the cancer- year ended 30th. April 1924.
nail.
on account of its irritating offoct From whon ho recovorod, he obtained is upon the skin and mucus, mom- The Transfer Books of the Oficials are convinced that the built without a Company will be closed from enterprize will not be abandoned, Malaya have como whole rubbor divorce from her. Wudnesday 21st. May to Wadnost will continue after the arrival trees and, as the ship came into Sho was next lioard of in Okia- day 28th May 1924 both days of a new airplane, or Capt, DOIsy the wharf, it soomed strange tothoma whôn a prominent banker may accept the use of an airplane, seo tremendous troos 'bursting which it is reported General Ho out of the decks and reminding was sent to prison for a long torm
after the failure of the bank. Feng-lin will offer.
us that they had crossed the line- The French Club reception was without shedding more than a He said ho find taken the money of the depositors to gratify-tho-ex- converted infe a scene of mingled loaf or two Inudation
travagent lastes of the beautiful commiseration, Mazd whereat the Consul, General, M.) At one wharf they have been, who had thrown him over Wilden, and others were openly unloading ostriches--thirty full-whon she found he was ruined. weeping with Capt. D'Olay und'his grown birds-brought from the
Then she ventured into matri- mechanician.
Cape to lay eggs and shod mony, with Grover Bercham, The disaster is attributed to feathers at Wembly. They poor-wealthy furniture dealer, of Tulsa, NOTICE is hereby given that
scrip No 4427 for 500 shares inexpert choice of a landing ground od ouriously over the side of Oklahoma. A few months later Ewo Cotton Mills Ltd, in the and inadequate marking thereof. tho Vosgol. дн thoy wore ho vanished, taking with him all
Later. name of Mr. Ezra Abrahan: of
being driven along the deck. that was left of his money and Hongkong together with a duly Capt. D'Oisy announces he, is But perhaps the strangest car-movable assets. - executod transfer deed purporting definitely abandoning the flight, go of all was a street from Hong- Zoo also disappeared, but it was power, and that other extracts to assign the said shares hos He says: "The War Department Koog. An actual street was not long before the suicide. at have proved very active in pro-
instructed me on leaving Parls to erected there, and then takon Claremore, Oklahoma, of a Kans-ducing cancer. The said shards are the pro-proceed as far as Hanoi, then to down and shipped to London, as City druggist named Smith re- porty of the undersigned and proceed as far as I might desire with its inhabitants, to be an vealed that the woman had been these extensive experiments, Dr. Summarising the results of application has been duly made with this machine. Since it is de-Eastorn attraction at Wombley. thora, for a poto on his body ex-E. L. Konnaway says that all the to the Company for the issue of molished beyond repair, I have de-
Just as strange cargoes are plained that he had killed himself attempts to find the cancer-pro- a duplicate scrip against dealing with the said shares without reference to the Continuation Doubtful. undersigned. Any person having
Shanghai, May 201 any knowledge as to the where While landing on the golf course abouts of the said scrip is asked Captain D'Oisy collided with a to communicate with the underbunker, travelling at slow speed. signed.
He smashed the tail end of the ELLIS & CO., Share and General Brakers,
23, Ice House Street. Hongkong, 9th. April, 1924,
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taking."
fuselage.-Reuter.
A
Later
formed Reuter that he does not
branos.
MICE THAT THRIVE,
It was tested upon 200 mice. The only noticeable effect was that the health of these inlco was espocially good, so that an unusally" largo proproportion lived throughout the nine months. This provides another illustra- tion of the fact that "irritation" alone is not a means of producing cancer.
It was further found that a very large part of the acids and basee can be removed from tar without dostroying its cancer-producing
YACHT'S QUEST.
Off to South Seas on Long Cruise
ducing substance among the strange people. The Englishman. **
TURNED BURGLAR.
known constituents of coal tar accustomed to sooing his own
From Claremore she wont to have givon type in the Strand or in Pic-
wholly negative Borchum at Houston, results, cadilly, may not stop to think rejoin
"It now rooms not unlikely that that he has a brother in Fiji--Texas, but ha was shot and killed
this substance is a compound as Briton the same as himself, whose while robbing a house.
Still infatuated with the wife yet unknown, which is unstable, foot are so strong that he can walk across a hundred yards of who was his evil genius he had and prosent in amounts perhaps red hot stones without feeling any resorted to crime, apparently, to as small as "those of the vitamins pain. He inay_pot_rogiombor procuro means to satisfy her in foods."
place called coasoloss demands for money, as Fortunately both airmen were that there is a
Tonga, where there is Nativo a considerable amount of loot, the uninjured.
The flight from Canton occupied Queen still ruling, under the proceeds of various robborios, was jurisdiction of Downing Street, found in the house where they, nine hours and ten minutes. The and that she has her palace-a had lived. landing was witnessed by large tribute to England seeing that it In 1917 thore way a acandai in and enthusiastic crowds, including is a replica of a Bloomsbury Joplin, Missouri, when Tabita HE Third Extra Race Meet- the entire French colony and boarding house. That same Eng Taylor Cunningham, the 72-year- ing will be held (weather hundreds of other foreigners and lishman may not know that the old housekeeper of Thomas W. permitting) at Happy Valley on Chinese. The French Consul wel- fantastic and beautiful little lady Cunningham, a rich banker of
To fostor in this prosaic age Saturday 24th May, 1924 com-comed the aviators. The machine who is to be seen in London that place, who also was, 72, de- the spirit of romance and adven- mencing at 3 p.m.. The first bellis ditched, but the extent of the streets now-a-days, with a flow-clared that she was his common turo is declared to be one of the wilt be rung at 2.30 p.m. The damage in hitherto unascertain- ing head-dress worn with Western law wife, and brought sult against objects of the scientific expedition clothes, is the Rance of Sarawak. Zoo Wilkins for £50,000 on to the South Seas, which sailed charge for admission to the Public able.-Reuter. Enclosuro will be $1.-Soldiers
on the steam yacht St. George Later. Capt. D'Oley's machine From South Africa are coming ground that she bad alienated his and Sailors in uniform half price: was seriously damaged, the fuse-the villagers who, in the ordinary affection.
The couple had been married from Dartmouth last month. Members are advised that they lage being broken off shaft the course of events are entitled to
Iat Colorado Springs, where the Organised by the Scientific sixteen wivos. must show their Season Tickets cockpit, and the engine and pro- fifteen or to obtain admission to the pelter damaged. Capt. D'Olsy in-understand that during their aged banker had met the syren Research Association, the expedi- visit horo, they are to be limited while enjoying the Grst holiday tion will go first to Madeira Each member has the right of intend to proceed further. His to one each. Bo, at least on the he had permitted himself in a and then to the West Indies Trinidad, through the Panama introducing 3 non-members to original destination was Hanoi, surface, they will have something quarter of a century.
It was discovered that he had Canal to Easter Island, tho Pit- the Members' Enclosure, tickets
given to Zoo £80,000, including a cairn group the Society, Istafids, for whom can be obtained from but the War Office instructed him akin to the Englishmen whom
to proceed as far as he could they are coming home to say.
It is good fun to be at the docks £60,000 interest in the bank he Tahiti and Cocos Island. Ton Messrs. Linstead, & Davis at
months will be occupied by tho $5.—each up to Friday May
and soo an Empire coming home, had founded.. 23rd. Tho Stowards invite the
with all those little offerings from Annulment of the marriage cruise. ladies of Hongkong to, be present.
the far-away, places whore was sought by the old man's Commander D. Blair, R.N.R, Is Englishmen have wroated pagan friends on the ground of bis in command, and there are three FEVER · BIRDands from their sloop, turning insanity.
Jadios in the party: LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
them into throbbing and produc- The upshot of it was that, Zoe
Although a call will be made at tiva links of the tremendous was allowed to koop £30,000, but Cocos Island, no search will tako compelled to return landed pro- place for the hidden” Peruvian NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS An Indian Hawk Cuckoo, Empire.
porty ho had deeded to her. Mr. pirate treasure. Everything deal- Cunningham: obtained his free- lng with animal lực in, the son NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN The latest issue of the
that the Second Annual Agricultural Journal of India hot it's getting. We feel it, we dom, and wont back to his house and the Various fora and fauns! keeper. Not on the islands will be Investigated. Ordinary General Meeting of contains an opportuno article on fool it, we fos! (t.
Like other suckoos, the brain- Soon afterwarde Zoo was mor. Speaking at a farewell luncheon Shareholders will be held at the the hawk-cuckoo, more common-
ly known as the brain-fover fever bird makes no attempt to ried to Albert Markshoffel, her on the yacht recently Captain Hongkong Hotel, on MONDAY bird" which at the present time build a uest for itself, the Bove chauffeur, but their pinion was Blair said the expedition had 26th May. 1924, at noon.
Tho Transfer Books of the in devoting itself in various parts Sisters or some other species of short lived. In 1919 she broke taken 16 months to mature Undertake all kinds of high Company will bo olored from of India to intparting in the most babblor being most commonly with him, obtained a divorce, and About 200 firms in this countes
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19th May, 1924 to 26th May 1924, unpleasant way the wholly selected for the vicarious task of brought suit to recovor £0,000 she had given stores and materiale both days inclusive,
gratuitous information that the incubating its oggs and roaring said she had lont him with which for the venturo By Order of the Board of hot woathor is coming. The bird its young. Its' diet is at mixed to Bot up a motor-bar business Major Douglas said the St
is described as a cuckoo which one, including buds and fruita as Colorado Springs ar looks very like a hawk; but its well as a proportion of in- Two years ago she started appearance, is to most people a sects. The authors of the article business as an calo matter of considerably loss inter suggest that the insect portion of Kansas City, and tho ost than its vocal efforts. The its menu is responsible for the trying to pick up the usual rendering of the call of the fact that it le protected in certain her existence during i
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