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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925.
LATE GEN, HUNG CHAO-LIN.
Above is a picture of Gen. Hung Chao-lin, who died. on Thursday as the result of wounds inflicted on him by an assassin on the s.s. President. Pierce. An attempt was previously made on his life, a bomb being thrown when ho was residing at Hunghom.
RETIRED PRESIDENT OF FORTUGAL.
The above is a recent portrait of Dr. Tiexeira Gomez, who has just retired from the Presidency of Portugal.
FROM POLE TO EQUATOR.
BIRDS ANNUAL FLIGHT.
An annual flight from the north December 18. or south pole to the equator December 12. distance of more than 6,000 miles December 13 is a mere triffe for many species of
December 13. birds. This is one of the amazing
14:
December 14.
well expressed by Robert Louis Stevenson.
"Few, men who come to the islands leave them," he wrote. "They grow gray where they alight- ed. The palm shades and the trade-winds fan them till they die."
But the islands have suffered from freebooters, slavers, whale men and beach combers.
Crowding of pearl fishers and copra gatherers upon amail islands
December discoveries made by the Whitney has completely changed the ori December 1-4. South Sea Expedition, of the ginal plant and animal life of many
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local @haro quotations issued to-day :-----
Banke.
沪
Hongkong, $1,080. n. Chartored, £20 n.
Mercantile A and B., £29) . Mercantile C., £134 n.
P. and O., £91 11.
East Asia, $80 n.
Marine Ins,
Canton Ins., $600. m.
China Underwriters, $2.15' b North China, Tls. 140 n.
Unions, $251 b.
Yangtzo, $351 þ
Fire Ins.
China Fires, $160
Hongkong Fire, $600 #).
Shipping.
TI,
Douglasce, $32 b. Steamboats, $23° Tugs, $44. Indo-Chinas, $30 [1. Sholl Trans., 97. b. Star Ferries, $61, sa.. Waterboats, $16 s. Oriental Nav., $255
Refineries
China Sugars, $31 b. «Malabons, $35 (s.
Mining.
Benguets, $ 1. Kailans, 52/- n.
Langkats, Tle. 341 b.
n.
S'hai Explorations, Tls. 5.45 n. Shanghai Loans, Tls. 8 n. Raubs, $6.60 b. Tronoha, 58/- 1. Ural Caspians, 8/21.
Docks, etc.
n.
Kowloon Wharfs, $134 11. Whampoa Docks, $56 Hongkows, Tla, 165 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 7 Shanghai Docke, Tls. 115 n. Lands, Hotels, etc,
b.
H. and S. Hotels, $9 b. H.K. Lands, $691
11.
Realtys, $6. b. call paid Territorials, $5 b. Humphreys, $14 b. Princes Bldgs, $150 Rural Lands, 87
Coltons.
Ewos, Tls. 10.25 b.
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Orientals, Tis. $3.25 n. S'hai Cottons, Tls. 66 b.
Miscellaneous.
Canton Ices, $7. Cements, $15.25
China Buses, Tls. 10 b
China Lights, $15
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China Prov., $9 n. Constructions, $1.85 b. Dairy Farms, $18 Dor A. Wing, $10 n. Electrics, $53
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Macao Electrics, $40 n.
Develop rents, 30. cente, b. Ropes, $40 8.
Tramways, $25 'b.
Lane Crawfords, $124 h. Mackintosh, $21) Peak Trams, $151 b. Sinceros, $11 Taxis, $5.5.
8.
United Asbestos, $20. n. Watsons (Old), $16. s. Watsons (New), $15. e. Powells, $13. Amusements, $10 b.
What is claimed to be the
December 16. American Museum of Natural Hisor them. Whole tribes of natives richest gold discovery made in December 17. tory. December 18. Under the leadership of Mr. Rolle have disappeared from the face of the Province of Quebec to date in
December H. Beck, veteran naturalist, an in-
18,
December December 19.
the earth.
reported the Malartic Township That is why scientists regard in the Quebec gold field rogion. December 22. tensive study of the islands of the the Whitney expedition as being so No assay has been made as to December 2 tropical Pacific is being made. December 23.
Important. The survey of the is the value of the discovery but it Beck and his associates have lands had to be made at once or it is claimed that free gold is show- December 28.
found birds in these islands whose would have been impossible foring in samples displayed around nesting places are in the artic tun ever.
mining camps. The discoveror dras. Yet other birds whose home Among the unusual birds gather-is an experienced Ontario pro. is in the antarctic region and wheed by the expedition is the fairy spector who has been responsible
Date,
y toward the equator as the long tern. It is probably the most deli-for uncovering many mines of and Europe via trong ngaranamthitta night settles upon the south pole eate and ethereal of all sea birds. various sorts and he and his Siberia (Letters and Postcards spes cially superscribed "via Siberin" only). M Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Eur- ope via Marzoties
Haiphong
Java via Soerabaya
Amoy
Fort Bayard
Japan
Swatow, Amey & Formosa
Shanghai
Swatow. Amoy and Formosa
Haiphong
Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. & S. America and Europe via Victoria, B. C
Wellniwei
Japan Amoy Tink
Bangkok Manila
Japan and Europe vl letters and postcarda superscribed "VIL only}
Macedonia... Sat. Dec. 12, 8.30 a.m.
MAGIS
-
Morca
Tean
inino.
have been discovered in the islands. It is pure white with unusually partner intend to develop the
The expedition seeks to obtain large eyes. accurate and scientific data con- The bones are only thinly cover-
Tho
possibility that
appointed a committee called the Committee on the Determination of Geologic Age Through Atomic Disintegration to study the mat- theter. We know that radio-active
cerning the islands and particularly ad and when seen against the tro- How old is the earth? This is Sat, Dec. 12. the hird life. So far, many species pical sun, the bird looks as though one of the problems along the Registration
.0.45 J. Letters..
of birds never before caught or it wore being X-rayed, for the frontier of science. The American 10.30 a.m.
shot, have been collected by the bones of the wings become visible National Research Council has (Due Marseilles 8th Jan, 1920.)
through the plummage. Sat, Dec. 12, 10 am. expedition. Tjikini Sat., Dec. 12, 11.30 am.
This is the first time that a com- Anhui Sat, Dec. 12. 11.30 a.m. Hydrangea. Sat. Dec, 12, 1.30 p.m. prehensive survey of these islands Hakata Maru. Sat., Dec. 12, 2.30 has ever been undertaken from a Taikwa Man....Sat., Dec. 12. 5 p.m. scientific point of view. Shantung Sat., Dec. 12, 5 pan. Many scientists feel that the sur- American Indian is the dascond-elements are disintegrating or Kaije Maru
San., Dec. 13, 9 nm.vey was undertaken just in time. ant of tribos that originally going to pieces. Thus uraniumd Kanchow
For, the arrival of the white man, roamed the plains of China is in time bocamos radium and and civilization has upset the dell brought forward by research radium in time becomes lead. Mon., Dec, 14, cate balance of natural life upon work done by Dr. Edward Sapir, The rats at which this disintegra- 9.thene Islands. They feel that in Canadian anthropologist and tion goes on is always constant. Registration...9.46 -a.m. 10.30 A.TO.
another 25 years, it may be too late langus ze oxpert. Dr. Sapir says Thus if a rook is found which. (Duo Victoria, B.C., 7th Jan., 1928. to seek traces of the natural life that he finds a marked similarity contains both uranium and lead, Huichow... Mon, Dec. 14, 10 am which had previously endared upon batwoon the original primitive the load must have originally can cal Chineas dialects and the dialects bean uranium and wo Bon., Dec, 14, 1.30 p.m. these falands for centuries. Arafura Namsang Hangrang
Achilles
.Sat., Doc, 13, 9 a.m.
Parcela
Letters....
of the ocean.
Mon., Dec. 14, 6 pm. Some of the islands are only jut of the American Indians. This culate how long it would take tho Tues., Dec. 15, 10 am.ting rocks rising out of the depths would lead him to believe, he change to occur. The age of a Others are low-lying says, that the Indians were do- uranium deposit at Lusk, Wyo., atolls. Still others, like Tahiti, are scended from tribes which made is calculated to be 32,000,000 yaara great volcanic penke, lofty and their way from China across old on this basis. One in Ontario, forest clad, surrounded by sandy of Alaska in the days when a years old. More study of this sort, Siberia and into America by way Canada, 18, at least 1,800,000,000 beaches and coral reefs,
But all have the fascination so land-bridge' connected the two it is thought, may enable scientists
continente
to estimate the age of the world..
Atsuta Maru Tues., Dec. 16. 10.30 a Kweiyang Tues., Dec., 15, 2.80 p Pros, McKinloy
Tues., Dec. 15, 13.30 p.m.
*Corrignondence ·bearing yetzel's name only.
Entertainments.
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God Ruah”
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CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT ... AHEAD ...
It is certainly the funniest film that has ever
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NOTE
CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD WILL BE SHOWN TO-DAY FOR THE LAST TIME THIS SEASON;
On Sunday and Monday There is an absorbing drama by MARSHALL NEILAN entitled
THE STRANGERS'
BANQUET
It has a wonderful all star cast and is replete with dramatic moments and tou-
ches of lightning comedy..
On Tuesday next
THE EVENT OF THE YEAR
CAPTAIN BLOOD
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