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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931.
BARGAINS
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to remember, our J.F.'s have merely been Justicen of the Peaco in náme.
Their functions have now
declined to a point in which they
merely serve to sign certain docu- ments and make periodical inspec-
DAY BY DAY
A MAN TAKES CONTRADICTION AND ADVICE MUCH MORE EASILY THAN
tions of the Gaol and the Aayfum. PEOPLE THINK, ONLY HE WILL NOT
It is clear, however, from the terms of the Colony's Charter that they were originally intended to assist in the administration of justice. An interesting point would arise were a Justice of
to the Pence claim the right to sit in our Courts. The suggestion put forward that women should, be appointed for this purpone, in connexion with juvenile offenders, brings up the issue in n practical form. Especially in times
THE POISONER'S TRAIL. By DOUGLAS WEST.
EAR IT WHEN VIOLENTLY GIVEN, EVEN THOUGH IT HE WELL-FOUNDED, HEARTS ARE FLOWERS, THEY REMAIN OPEN TO THE SOFTLY-FALLING DEW, BUT SUIT UP IN THE VIOLENT DOWN-nused FOUR OF RAIN-Richter.
A whist drive is being held evening in St. John's Cathedral at 8.45 p.m.
The P. and Ộ. x.s. Mirzapure, from Shanghal, le due here to-morrow at about 6 pm.
Kome
SERIES of unsolved poison-his friends that, feeling age ad- ing mysteries has recently vancing and having no direct alarm, especially heirs, he had thought it best to among those who erroneously as burn the recipe lent it might fall aume that the most crafty, subtle, into hnd hands.
But there is nothing surprising this and callous means of taking the Hallfe of a human being in ores-about the extensive use of arsenic
Barily the meat secret.
by the poisoners of the past, Ar- Fotsonera may, like other mar-jnenie is tasteloss and colourless, derers, escape detection, but they and a very minute quantity causes do so not because they have used death. Moreover, even 100 years a weapon which baillea the patho-age it was impossible to distin- logist but simply because there isguish arsenic with any certainty no evidence to connect them within the bodies of those who had met
for the their deaths from it. Jaw-abiding
Even now, when arsenle analysis has more then kept pare easily detected than almost Any with the discovery of new puisun other poison, it is favoured, ብጾ ous substances. Accurate" dlug-every poison trial reveals, by the nosia is rendered easter by the fartvast
vast majority of men and women that the great majority of poison. who resort to painon for homicidai
purposes. ers are plagiarists.
Mr. Thompson beings This is made, very clear in a history of poison mysteries exhaustive
e bonk, “Poisons and Poi down to recent trinta and shows soners" (Shaylor, 21s.), published that in at least half of these cases
Thompson.
the agency employed เม been
The P. and O. 6, Naldera, from
at about p.m.
af emergency, when the Courts are Singapore, is due here on Thursday the crime. acientit. i
kept exceptionally busy, the advice
The P. and Q. As, Karmata from cof non-ofBetals should be of the
Hongkong arrived at London on 4th pimust value. Moreover, there hasOctober at 11 am. not bech wanting from time to time
Mr. J. I. Rang is due from India evidence of the inexperience of
by the a. "Snathie" to take up the Cadet magistrates, whose rulingsmanngement of the Taj Mahal Silk are, to vag the least, often
In-Store He was previously manager
of the Popular Silk Store.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL ¦ explicable,
GARAGE.
kung Shanghon Hall, T., Tourpornte da
by Bo
AINSLIE
DEATH
Katy Val
A leavening of the Bench with Justices of the Peace who have a
by
is more
Nor have doctors when they have
Lawson
Mr. Willis Abbot, former editor of who, as curator of the historical arsenic. the Christian Science Monitor, and section. has ready access to the Tow Chairman of the Felitorial Board,brary of the Royal College of taken to poisoning revented much Į knowledge' of this Colony, and whead Mrs. Abbot have been valting Surgeons. As in duty bound he resources. Painier used strychni ie.
antimony, the Pritchard devotes numerous pages to Bengkong en route to Manila.
stories of aceret deadly poisons aconite-probably the first of the that have come down to us from mineral poisons to be discovered nowndes ancient times and the Middle Ages, apelent times, but But the scientist regarda suhdetected with ense. atories with some suspicion.
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in their business life bave to apply COTTOM3-94-96 to everyday affairs, The forthcoming wedding is an would be most weleoane, It mayouneed of Mr. Leslie Woodward Tipple, No. 1, Cornwall Street, Row. be argued that we have not a suit. Joon Tong, to Mins Borothy Irene nelent number of people here who Avenell. No. 2, Somerset Road, Kiw
loon Tong. could apare the necessary time for their duties, Int the fact remaina that at Home our Courts are pres sided over by men who have their busines. Interests to attend to, but who manage to fit in time for the discharge of civic duties also. AL
At Dover, Bagland, Monday, 216 October, 1931. George Robert A aslin, 1955.6%, late China Navigation Company, aged 5. (By eable? Slunghi papers
please copy,
WIFETTA.
BIRTIL
At the Mathilda Hopital m 11h Oetober, 1021, to Mr. and Jr, F., Whitta, a son.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
THESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921,
J.P.'s AND THEIR STATUS.
1
the least, the right of J.P.'s to sit
on the Bench and to give advice to the magistrates might be granted. in the Admitting the principle case of juvenile, offenders, it is difficult to see why it should not be conerded in other instancer also,
the month? The reasons
1.
RIT
Onec
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The Police branch af the M.C... is
holding whist drive for ladion only at the Helens Miny institute to-morrow commencing at 3.30 Wednesday, or dollar cach, runy he obtained at the door,
Arsenic in Wine.
Since arsenic is the most easily procurable of all polions--every Jone knows how often a tin of werd-
a bygone days by causing them to Rin nearly countries: The
Killer bus Agured in a
a polson trial Rivals may have been removod
women poisaners have favoured wear poisoned gloves or to smeli astonishing revelations in Han-
But there is no poisoned rose,
two or
ar three years ago con- real evidence to suggest that even cerning a village in which more The Borgias were aware of any than thirty husbands were pois- puisonous agent, unknown to mud by their wives can he match-
science. with dern
Those many mon murder in connexion with the outrage who, boasting to their friends wed by several stories of 17th-cen- at Tsang For Villa on Septemther 25 dinner engagement with Alexan- tury Rome. These poisoned cakes and wine which have played so were agal brought before Mr. Fraser der or Cesare, never lived to say large a part in history probably "t the Kowloon Magistracy, this casually. "I dined with the Borgluell contained arsenic. morning, Inspector Falton, who is in fast night," were almost certainly charge of the ense, asked for another isoned by argenic in their food remand of one week, which was grant
or wine. vd.
The twelve Chinese charged
The Deadliest Palsuri,
Rings were undoubtedly used to concent poisons, and A scratch
Careful investigation revenis Paymaster Lieut. W. R. Vallance, that the substance employed from a hidden spike trented even out of ten po Okl Course at Panling, in ene stroke,ers was arsenic. 14 Sporn's substance mit very easily cause has been presented with a battle of terious compound that caused
denth in
days when asepsis was the: well-known Johnnle
Walker numerous deaths in Rome in the Whisky, fogether with their attractive and interesting certificate, sacgregor & Co., Ltd.
most
contury
Was
# pre-
by the loent Agents, Messra, Caldbeck, the noturiona noua
Toffann, which in an age when
CORRESPONDENCE.
Smoke Nuisance,
To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.1
Sir----| notice Kowloon residents
are sala.
ia arid to
of arachic,
and so
was
which toxiny would be con- comparatively trivial it was inevit-
Ja said to have killed
led more than often proved fatal, it 600 persons. Most of the stories able that accusations of peison- ening should be freely bandled of slow and sperel poisoning can be explained by the manner
given. which the poison was
in about. But it is in the last decree unlikely that our forefathers pos- Aseased
to-day.
common please used by historians cased poisons of such virulener
ገ ዛ those science knows of this period in closing the Mr. Thompson gives one count of sonic personage of note
example: 18- was, "He died not without pirion of venom,"
The Borgia Ring.
Probably the most deadly poiz known to science to-day exists In the form of an innocent-looking white powder. which is highly
nol
Election Dangers,
a general Britain's belief that election devision woult relieve the political tension has not, unfor- The suggestion nad in the ra
borne
The unately, baxt port of the, Committee on Juvenile
situation is fraught with graver | Conels that a departure should be
kingers then before. Party feelings mak from wage by appointing: ¦ are still dominant, The pitfalia in kade Justiers of the Pence to sit the way of Conservative-Liberal ca. with Stipendiarg Magistrates operation have caused both sides orally, mises the question of the to shy violently, and Mr. Rannsay real status of our 4.P/s. Taking team together is becoming
MacDonald's task of keeping his
hack over the early history of the
The secret receptacle in Cesare dangerous even to handle. It increasingly heary Colony, it is clear that Justices of again it will be asked why the
have been instrumental in remov-Borgia's signel ring might very emits a slight vapour, even when ing some white letters which had, well have contained arenie. How exposed to the air, which if in- the Pence were originally intended | National Government, ás at present without doubt, added nothing to the fever, the tradition of a balefui mal-haled would cause instant death. to assist in the work of our t'ourts, composed, must break up so sok. beauty of the Colony. I hope they sen known only to the family has has been estimated that if three Inder Hongkong's Charter. the Why is it that the fortunes of the will now bring pressare to bear to survived, and Mr. Thompson, for grains were diffused in a roomful
is worth. repeats the for Governer of the Colony was cm-
National Government must be stak. I have the palls of unwoke reduced or what it
trial plants, mainly on the peinaro-Sforza, who died in Paris 80 accessible except to the scientific pintored to appoint "Judgers, Comed upon an election at the end of entirely removed from the indus-legend that the secret of its reprple it would kill everyone
paration perished with the Duel
Happily such poisons are missioners of Oyer and Terminer.coming clearer. The Jabour Party As a frequent visitor I can say years ago:
expert; and the homicidal selen- Justices of the Peace and other did not want the election. They that Folk do not keep their eyes Before his death, une evening tist is a monster so far realised
at the Opera, the Duke is said to only ju
Ju the pages.
fiction. necessary officers and magistrates hoped that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, glued to the island all the time.
belleve launches are fined for
distinguished of the of fut potsoner for the due and impartial ad- MP. Haldwin and Six Herbert
befching forth unnecessary smoke critic, who becupier the neiwi who chooses his
with cun- ministration of justice and for pat-Sams would carry on on their and fumes, and I would be interest bouring stall, that he still iting the law into execution" Ar-present terms, through the winter to learn why industrial smoke sensed the secret of the famous selence devises ever new methods curdingly, us'early as 1883, over and until the time case for the should be treated as a staple form poison, though for centuries it had of analysis. The wonder is that, inin idle in the family archives. considering the certainty of mo- forty 4.P.a. enaristing of leading presentation of the Budget. They of diet.--Yours, etc...
F. R. T.
Its composition, he added, was dern diagnosis, so many homicidal inhabitants, were appointed, but by believed, and with good grounds,
simpler than generally sumosed, poisoners are prepared to run the that the impression of mural great-
and not long afterwards he told fearful risk of detection. an error their jurisdiction Was
ness created by the Prime Minis- given as Ching. This wha later
| ter's "betrayal" and the capable corrected, but, even so, in the fol efforts of the emergency cabinet lowing your all the commissions would rapidly disappear. The revoked and appointments | people affected would be feeling the Were confined to Consuls in China. pinch. The National Government Three years later, however, farther would be blamed and would be mare unpopular in Tune next local appointments were made, and
year than they enula possibly be in the system has ever since remained
October. Meanwhile, there would in force.
On
many occasions. in
lecutive, su much so that as one occasion a deputation of J.P.A
DEATH
OF CAPTAIN G. R. AINSLIE.
waited on the Governor to certain group, with their party labels 11/12/ship with the Trinder)
H.H,
FORMERLY WITH CHINA NAVIGATION CO.
Shipping circles in Hongkong and the China Coust
generally will learn with regret of the death in Dover yesterday of Cap-1
Robert be the opportunity to work up class-win George
the China the warfare activities to a high pitch. D.S.C., formerly of
Navigation Co., Ltd. The sud Colony's merly days, there were | Both Liberals -and Conservatives | N
news was received by cable this frequent disputes between the realise thear very, serious dangers morning by Mr. B. d. Ainslie, Justives of the Peace and the Ex-of delay. But they remain deeply of Messrs. Lane, Crawford's, who
at loggerhends on the tariff question is a brother of the deceased. and the Irime Minister's hopes of The late Capt. Ainslie, who was leading a powerful National Centre 50 of age, after serving his
Anderson Line joined the more clearly the nature of their conspicuous, appear at the moment
Glenavon and was with her 415 duties. They were informed that to be dwindling. Nwertheless, the
Third Officer when she-sank off they might, sit on the Bench, but Liberals must accept an equal res- Lintin in 1897 with loas of life. He then joined the China Naviga- could not interfere with the deci ponsibility in the presentation of a sions of the Magistrate. There isuited front at the present juncture tion Co.. with which he remain- ed until 1923, when he left evidence that they did so sit from and there are still hopes that a com-
for Home and was for a time in promise will be possible. The next
the London office of John Swire time to time, but this
best thing, not a very good one, and Sons. In 1926, he retired an satisfy the community, which want- to make the
of Sir Simon's ed one Chlef Magistrate and one dobn Bench of Justices. One Governor the was accused of interfering with the their J.P.'s in their judicial capacity, must be left unspared to prevent Wonchow, Chinklang, Taikoo Wan- Liberals and Unionists from setting
During 1 and the Newchwang. but the gubernatorial rotort to this
up three-cornered contests. The the war he was for a time in com- was that Justices of the Peace could election must not he decided en mand of one of the "Mystery
of 26 ships and also
fleet of only be admitted to a Magistrate's | minority votes.
For his services. ho Court by courtesy, having no right Happily, since the above was trawlers. to alt on the Bench. This ruling, written, nows is to hand of a com-was awarded the D.8.C.
Captain Ainslie leaves a widow, however, was not accepted as final. plete cabinet agreement, the Party brother and three sisters, for
difculty having been overcomo].
whom much sympathy will be felt.
did
not
For more years that we can hops
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pension, on account of ill-health. Unless Whilst with the China Naviga- Labour Party change tion Co. he became extremely well- present tune, 110
effort kwn in the Far East, his com
steamers the mands including
poselning becomes incapo hard as
"Gentlemen! Gentlemen!"
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