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A Chinese with a very unenviable record of crime, was this morning charged before Magistrate Orme with unlawfully returning to the Colony after having been banished on March 10, 1917. for a period of ten years.
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RENEWAL OF YOUTH.
X. RAY TREATMENT.
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MANT SUCCESSFUL CASES,
The renewal of youth.
Since the beginning of Time that has been a bumsn hope which the charlatan has profited by and the sage aspired to realise, writes George Renwick in the Daily Chronicle. At intervals it has been aroused, time cut of mind, bat only to bring dis- appointment
The old hope has once more renewed its youth in the breast of the world on account of the dis covery made by Professor Steinach, of Vienna a discovery already re ferred to several times in the Daily Chronicle. Now
The Imperial Government, with the concurrence of, and in co-opera- don with, the Governments of the Dominions, will shortly issue what Are termed Empire wide pass ports," available for the whole of the Empire in supercession of the existing Accused pleaded guilty."
Inspector Willis, who prosecuted, system, which requires passports to
That moderation in all things" be renewed in each part of the produced the defendant's record has again and again been proved to Empire visited by the holder. which shewed that he had done be a recipe for long life has dever Under the new system any British various terms of imprisonment, been attractive to the mass of people. subject who holds a British passport, between 1912 and 1917, amounting They demand pills, not prescriptions; however endorsed, or even not to over two years. He was they want quick cures, not long March 26, winded "counsel. Metschakoff and endorsed at all, will be able to first sentenced travel anywhere within the Empire 1912, to 42 days hard labour his sour milk were voted dull; the without further formality, and the for larceny from the person. Soon cry has always been for an elixir, a same role will apply to new passports afterwards; on September 9, of the philtre. The world grows older, but to be issued to British subjects. same year, be did 3 months for steak in this respect it scarcely grows wiser.
ing. He had not been out of jail It still looks for magic. OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
long, when on May, 31, 1913 he was The change is the result of a pro- gain in trouble and got one month posal made to the Prime Minister of for trespassing. This term was follow South Africa by Sir R. A. Blankened by a sentence of 12 months for berg, Acting High Commissioner in larceny on October 20, the same London for that Dominion, and ap-year. Nothing was seen of the proved of by the Government of the prisoner during the whole of 1914. Union of South Africa. The pro- but on January 9, of the follow posal, having also received the ap-ing year he again gave the police proval of the Imperial Government, trouble and was sentenced to 14 days' was commended to each of the for stealing. On July 21, 1915, he Dominions in a despatch from the was again arrested for stealing, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, this time received 6 months. In the following year he was twice in trouble who wrote:
The suggestion has been made by for being a roghe and a vagabond. the Union Government of South For this offence he did two terms Africa, with a view to avoiding of 42 days, the first sentence being unnecessary restrictions on travel dated June 19, 1916, and the other jects in any part of the Empire may charge, on July 31, 1916. His last will definitely bring about longer the sailability thy where, within the fenuaof imprisonment ex on life. It may take the old man's staff 9, 1917, and on his-that "rapper at death's door" as for February Empire thus dipensing with the discharge from jail on March 10, be the Spaniards call it from his hans, necessity for fresh endorsements, save was deported for ten years, only to but that does not so far necessarily for the renewal of the life of a pas-return after three years" absence. mean, in the view of all, the authori
Regretting that law did not permitties, that he will live much longer. him to pass a heavier sentence, the Life in advanced years is surrounded Magistrate sent the man to jail fer by mary enemies, and it still remains to be seen to what extent renewed 12 monthe, and recommended that he be again deported on his discharge youth, as brought about by Professor F. from jail.
Steinach's method, will be successful in vanq rishing them. We must have patience and wait and see what the respits are over a long period of years than has yet elapsed.
CLASH ON JAPANESE STEAMER,
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that the first popular book on it has appeared here, interest in it is greater than ever.
How keen that interest is may be [To the Editor of the " China Mal.”; gauged by the fact that, within 24 hours of the public amouncement of his discovery, Professor Steinach received no fewer than five thousand telegrams of inquiry from Berlin alone!
Dear Sir,-Below I have pleasure
SECRET OF DREAMS.
MEMORY THE CAUSE
COLOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.
in sending you a copy of a letter re ceived from Shanghai, the last para-undoubtedly inspired writers so great Some scientists say that dreams graph of which will no doubt be of as Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar In the first place it may be well to special interest to your readers and Allan Poe Dreams are very interest- state that the discovery cannot, as I hope keep up interest in cricketing, very boman and very an,using.
building of any others, as it is be. race riots upon the last trip-of the that passports issued to British sub- almost immediately after his dis- yet, be strictly regarded as one that during the remainder of the season The secret is to have at least some
lieved they would not be a paying
proposition.
It is intended to make a fire at tempt with the new machine to fly
from Berlin to New York.
Built at Smaaken, near Berlin, the aeroplane looks like a gigantic locust. It has many new features, and as another instance of the tendency to return to the monoplane type of flying machice.
In the cabin there is room for 18 passengers, and two mechanics and two pilots will be carried.
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Tero Kisen Karia linecording to Maru" from the Orient, to gossip that was current among the ship's passengers upon their arrival
in San Francisco.
Thirteen cocktails, the birthday of Japan's Emperor and T. Daniel Frawley, theatrical producer!
THEN CAME BIRTHDAY.
It was thirteen cocktails that en-sport. It is desirable, of course, that passports of this extended availability dangered the harmony.
should be granted only when the issuing authority is entirely satisfied as to the recipient's bona fides. In case of doubt a passport should be endorsed for a single journey only, as at present. No objection is seen to the scheme from the United Kingdom point of view on the under- standing that the application of the scheme to persons locally naturalised be reserved for further consideration
It was a perfect passage upon the big Japanese steamer from the mo ment she drew away from the wharves of Bengkong until she was two days out of Honolulu., "
There are four engines, two on each side of the body, fixed on to the wings. They are Maybach engines, such as were fitted to the civilian birthday! Zeppelin which did so many trips last" summer, and they are cach of 250; h.p.
Behind each of the engines is a little cabin for the mechanic.
The wings, of aluminium like the greater part of the monoplane, con-! tain the petrol tanks, which, it is said, will carry enough for about 42 hours;
That was October 31, the Emperor's It was the signal of muct busy Preparation aboard ship for a scene of gafety and a ceremonial dinner.
The dining salon was draped with dags. The dinner menu was elab rate and the service more than usu- ally formal.
There were 111 Japanese first-class passengers and ninety-seven Euro peans for whom places were laid. Among them was T. Daniel Frawley, theatrical man, and Captain Nagano, ship's commander.
"AUSTRALIA'S OBJECTION. The proposal was concurred in by all the Dominions, with the exception of Australia, the Government of which pointed out that in view of the fact that almost all vessels leay- ing Australia for Great Britain or Canada touched at foreign ports,
SOAP ROMANCE,
FIRM'S RIBE TO FJME.
il
GROWTH OF LEVER BROTHERS, LTD.
The growth of Lever Brothers, Ltd., is one of the romances of business.
here.—Yours faithfully,
L. S. GREENHILL,
Hon. Secretary. Hoogkong, Dec. 15, 1920.
SHANGHAI CRICKET CLUB.
President,
Hongkong Cricket Club. Dear Maitland,
idea how a dream works. Dreaming has been beautifully described by Henri Bergson.
First, what happens when oce dreams? The sleeper's senses code, Hinue to be active and the dreamer makes use of his senses. But the dreamer has no will power. The dream sends the sleeper over some
Shanghai, 8th December, 1920. action, again as it were, but sends
him without his will. Similarly, Maitland, Esq.,
sleep-walker, by the use of his senses, may unlock and open a window, but then he proceeds to fall out, because On behalf of the team we sent to knows the sense of belplessness in sleepers have no will Every one Hongkong and all the members of the dreams. Professor Steinach's theory Shanghai Cricket Club, I wish to
But what causes a sleeper to dresim. founded on the belief that old age is thank you and all those who so gready The best answer is memory. Me not caused so much by the normal assisted to give our fellows such anmory stirs the sleeper's mind into wearing out of the various important enjoyable time, and I can assure you unwaking consciousness, memory organs of the body as by their in, they have all returned expressing their forces the sleeper to dream. ability to renew themselves continua bigh appreciation of the kindness Within us are hundreds of me lly-involves the use neither of my.
Hongkong
When Occupy the mind if it en sterious philes nor wander-working shewn to them during their stay in mories and each will jump out and pills. There is no Oriental secret or
The matches played during your we are awake the will sees that The founder of the firm, Mr. W. spell about it, Dr. Robert Ekhardt
memory entering the mind H. Lever, now Lord Leverhuime, was declares in the book to which I have Cricket Carnival resulted in most in- any
mind at the moment. and that passengers required for born in 1851, and at 20 entered his referred The renewal of youth is feresting games, and you are much to has some bearing on the business their passports visa by Italian, father's grocery business. When he brought about either by an operation be congratulated on the fine results of the French, or other Consuls, as the case was 34, in 1885, he bought a small so comparatively simple that probably We are all very pleased with the per-But in sleep the will is not might be, and that the practice soap factory in Warrington, and set every up-to-date medical practitioner formaze of the eleven we were able working and then comes the chance of foreign Consuls. was not to work to devise a household soap knows how to perform it, or it can to send, but as you well know how of our elfin memories to raise the
endorse passports unless which would not turn rancid. He be achieved by the use of Rontgen difficult it is to get a representative trap-door which has kept them -
team to play away from home. HE AND HIS 13 COCKTAILS.
Sunlight," and by rays. Issued by the Commonwealth called his soap "We shall hit New York 36 hours
Dr. Ekhardt tells us how the I can assure you a cardial welcome Dinner was served at 8 o'clock. It specifically for travel by way of these bold advertising rapidly built up
earliest experiments were tried on is extended to The Hongkong Cricket after the start," one of the pilots!
Lord Milner, in reply, a gigantic business. declares.
No date has been fixed is asserted by those who say ther
In 1889 this business had so great-old animals. They not only regained Eleven, who we hope will be able to know that during the hour preceding, pointed out that it was sever intended T. Daniel teased his appetite with that such passports should not rely expanded that a new establishment their youthful appearance, but they arrive in Shanghai some time in May thirteen cocktails, the good old-fash-cuire endorsement for any foreign was built at Port Sunlight, on the went back to the habits of their next year.
The firm ther became youth. They sported about as toned sort with lots of kick.
country to or through which the Mersey. "To the Emperor and the glory of holder might be travelling.
known as Lever Brothers. In 1894 though they enjoyed life, and played, Ultimately it was agreed that Lord it was formed into a joint stock com as in their early days, with other of Japan" was the toast offered by Captain Nagano from his host's place Miner's proposal should be accepted pany under the name Lever Brothers, their kind. Then, when the operation at the commander's table. He and acted upon throughout the Ltd, with a capital of £1,500,000 was tried on human beings, saya. Dr. Ekhardt, it was found to be almost elaborated upon the virtues and Empire, subject to the condition which was rapidly expanded.
equally successful. development of Japan, as well as the that all passports to British subjects nation's position among the countries for use within the Empire should be of the world.
renewable every two years for a maximum period of ten years.
running.
Those who have built the mooo plane say that its highest speed will be 250 miles an hour,
for the great adventure across the
Atlantic.
I kam that there is no intention on the part of the Entente Disarmament Commission to seize the machine.
The Zeppelin Company have not made any plans to resume passenger and postal traffic by means of airships, or, build others.
Zeppelin airships, by the way, are no longer at Staaken, near Berlin, but at Friedrichshafen, on Lake Con-
Scarcely had the captain seated Stance. At Staked more than 100 himself after his peroration, when workmen have just been dismissed. Frawley, with the thirteen cocktails, and little or no work is now being was upon his feet. done there..
"OXONIANNES.”
ཀ།
WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES.
In a voice, which passengers upon the ship describe as strident and with all of his dramatic skill in pizy he thereupon relieved his mind of many things. The Mikado was denounced, the Japanese attitude towards America was discussed exhaustively. Japan in general was touched upon NAME WANTED FOR 'VARSITY WOMEN, and a conclusion was reached with a hollow and sepulchral warning that Japan was headed in the general
What is the most huing word with which to designate women under- graduates?
direction of a fall.
JUST SPOILED THE PARTY. The dinner was a bloomer from Officially they are just "women undergraduates, but this is too that moment. The thirteen cocktails skumsy for the Oxford undergraduate and the Emperor's birthday, together mind. Minds that should be wrest with T. Daniel, had just ruined the ling with mathematics or the classics party. Every one present, admits have been struggling in vain over the that. problem and have had to confess de-
feat. The apt word has not yet been
born.
The events that followed are those upon which the passengers are in-
clined to disagree.
to
countries.
KILLED AND EATEN.
NEW GUINEA SENSATION,
OFFICIAL SEARCH FOR HUNTING
PARTY.
ment states that investigations re. The Home and Territories Depart garding the disappearance in New Guinea recently of Messrs Bell and Drezler and a party of natives are being pushed forward with all speed. The party, which was engaged in hunting birds of paradise, is thought to have been ambushed by natives along the Fly River. Articles found in a deserted village have given rise to the belief that the unfortunate men were killed and eaten
Mr. Hant stated on October 29. that he had received a telegram from
The very first case was that of a prematurely aged man of 45, whose health had completely broken down. After the operation the full strength of his youth came back to him,” we are informed.
From early days its business was organised on comprehensive lines, so as to control raw material from the outset. Thus coconut plantations were secured in the Pacife Islands, where copra or dried coconut was produced, from which the oil was compressed in a factory at Sydney.
Two other old men, of 65 and 70 Oil-mills were built in the United years of age, declared after the opera- States to crush cotton seed,
The tion that they felt as young as they ufmost use was made of by-products. did 20 years previously. Works for the making of "Sunlight" soap were started in Germany, in Belgium, in France, and in Switzer
land.
Today, the company owns coconut plactations in the far-off Solomon Islands (near New Guinea), in the West Africa. It controls the South wilds of the Congo, and in British era Whaling Company which carries on whale fishing in the remote Antarctic seas. It has absorbed many other soapmaking firms or obtained a controlling interest in them.
Yours sincerely, (Signed) A. P. WOOD,
President.
LINK WITH THE PAST,
MARY QUEEN OF BOOTS.
SECRET PASSAGE DISCOVERED.
beneath the floor of consciousness
to come forth and performL. their dance Macabre”
Only one or two memories can get through the docx, and the successful memory forms the subject of the dream. The last memory, standing nearest the door, so to speak, has the best chance to come out, but often very distant memories force their way through and make us dream about them.
The chances of these phantom memories to get through the door of the sleeper's consciousness are affect- ed by interesting rules. There is, for instance, the rule of colour. The pressure of the closed eyelids on the optic nerve causes a colour to rist. into the sleeper's field of sight. I, this colour chances to be yellowe this favours the chance of some A good deal of surface mining is yellow memory imp to jump through taking place in and around Sheffield. the door. Perhaps the sleeper has a As soon as the discovery was made and near Sky Edge, on the east side memory of a fire; if so, he is likely public, numerous famous medical of the city, miners have come across to dream about it now. Or if green men took the matter up, and Dr. a long passage. Ekhardt reports many of their experiences.
"In the case of animals,” says Professor Roux, the well-known sur
average term of life was prolonged geon of the Halle University," their
by about a quarter. (The reference, of course, is to comparatively short lived animals, such as rats, dogs, and cats.)
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rises before his closed eyes, be may dream he has done eighteen holes in
Tradition. has it that when Mary Queen of Scots was * prisoner at bogey. Sheffield Castie, e subterraneats pas
covered from time to time, but the age rar, from the Castle to the Manor House. Many passages have been
latest find is one of the most interest- ing
MACHINE TOOLS.
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OFFICIAL CATALOGUE available.
was held a
Men were digging on the edge of As for the old men and women who Barnsley sear when they made the It has launched out into many
were operated upon, all cases, Pro- discovery, The passage is in tire other trades such as the manufacture fessor Roux adds, were successful. with the route the secret way to the of margarine, jam production, and He thinks that his experiments justify Manor House was supposed to tice, An important exhibition of Machine fishlog. It holds nearly all the shares him in saying that 'an epach has and Mr. J. Roder, the Sheffield collier) in the Niger Company, thus securing opened in which man will be able to artist, who has made a study of local,ools, organised by the Machine Tools
Trade's Association, an immense supply of of outs and postpone old age for a period of history, is of opinion that this is part Olympia, London, during the month seeds such as are used, in making years." --"
of the passage of Queen Mary's; days.
of September soap and margarine.
Professor Dr. G. Kolzknecht, of It was explored for about 40 yards. "Black and Tans" stick, but its and the men of the crew was beyond Judge Murray, in which it was stated The company only recently entered Vienna, reports remarkable results in The sides are formed of well dressed The display of wachine tools was the most comprehensive ever held repreach. That when a committee that there was a probability that the into an arrangement with the African the restoration of defective sight, and rocks, and the stood arch roof is under one roof in the United King- from the Caucasian passengers went party was not killed in the village in and Eastern Trade Corporation in in the bringing about of the growth about 6ft high Bad air and coal dom and the Exhibition proved to be to the captain to present the regrets which the articles were found. If order to bring under one control of hair again. "The results in the gas will prevent it being properly
of view.
An effort has been made, appar- ently in despair, to make the name
plication is too subtle. Moreover, it lacks snap and originality.
more obvious and unoriginal stempt
**Undergraduette" is" an even
The man who invents the title that Ats will earn undying lame.
Those whose homes are in the Orient aver with vigour that the be haviour of the Japanese ship's officers
The official catalogue of the ex-
of the American and Europeane upon the murders had occurred there it all its various businesses and case of old men," he declares, "are examined, but local archaeologists will normous success from every priat the unfortunate occurrence, they were is considered that much more interests in West Africa. In July improved appearance, firmer walk, probably make another attempt later. waved away with the statement that of the equipment of the expedi- the business of F. Chivers and the restoration of physical and mental A similar passage was discovered hibits, which was prepared by the complete understanding of Mr. Fraw- tion, In the way of clothing Co., Ltd., a great jam-making firm, are quite content to enjoy all the male ley's unfortunate condition made and firearms, would have been also. became associated with the powers, greater energy in business, when the new Post Office was being Association, comprises 415 pages and
and renewed joy in life.”
erected, and that was on the same contains the names of all exhibiting explanations unnecessary.-
line of routs.
firms, as well as descriptive notes of the machine tools displayed... Thia camilogue is now on Blo at the office
The Canton teachers" will prob- ably go on strike, it is said, unless the Commissioner of Flance of readers of the popular lecture to be Majesty's Legation. Now Gorced We are asked to remind our of the Commercial Secretary to His Kwangtung will pay them in silver given by Mfr. A. H. Crook, M.Ament Building, and may be inspected instead of in depreciated banknotes FRGS, at the Helena May Institute by any person interested in the sub- of the Bank of China.
on Friday December 17, at 5.30 pm, }ject:
Meanwhile, the women themselves
privileges even to the name. At the
found. "I think it improbable," ad company. same time, they are introducing
MAXES FULSOME APOLOGY. ded Judge Murray, "that the whole The growth of its capital has been variety into the wearing of their dress. They also assert that there was no of the party could have been des very rapid in recent years, as is The sartorial taste of proctors is evi-danger at any time and that the ful troyed." The expedition, which is shown by the following figures deatly appreciated by them, for a some public apology which was to make a thorough search of the Year ended December 31, 1913 parently they do not avoid any op made by the offender at luncheon the Fly River district in Dutch New £11,713,000, 1914 £13.247.000, 1915 portunity of wearing it in public. following day was accepted without Guidea and Papua, will leave. Daru £14,001,000, 1916 £14,023,000, 1817 Women students bound for the sports question and with no disturbance of shortly under the leadership of Mr £15,202,000, 1918 £17,065,000, 1919 Beld evidently regard it as the correct the peace.
Lyons, a member of the administra- £25,707,000, 1920 £38,007 609. The thing to wear cap and gown, and 'the Upon the other hand there is a
tion staff at Port Moresby.
authorised capital is £130,000,000. sight of one in sports are with a persistent and unsubstantiated story,
The Seventy-two Guilds Com gown pedalling bicycle through the which was whispered by other pas
mercial Journal of Canton has re Oxford streets is not an uncommon sengers, that immediately following officers, who, with some of the saner the verbal attack upon Nippon, the
ported that Dr. Sun Yat-sen is, look Women students at Somerville Col-ship's crew started up the compan members of the crew, engaged in a
boen asked to turn their Lonway with the avowed invention pitched battle to keep the men below secretary of the Marine Engineering forward to the early purchase of decks, American women on the Guild, faff by tarix, "Sonning for warship of 5,000 tons or larger, good purpose, and of throwing all Americans over boat are said to have locked them- Shanghai this morning on guild bus
thus relieve the board.
suggestion his This, it is sold, was prevented selves in their staterooms until the mess and will be away about three
weeks, only by the prompt action of the furore quieted down.
Mr. W. J. Stokes, the branch
but up to the present confirmation
report,
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