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KING A-PASHENGERS - SEARCHED,

Yesterday the police found one revolver and 26 rounds of ammunti- Bostook's Royal Italian Chestion concealed in a box belonging to which is paying & returns visir to a Chinese passenger on the "Extern" centy put the ndas rel Hongkong, opened its season next to from Sydney. This morning, brought

before Magistrate Lindsell, defendant into contenission, report that the post office at Kowloon, on Satur-made the usual ples of ignorance of recently returned to Gapenkar

He was fined after most successful day night, when a large crowd turn local regulations.

THE Tava. Was thinched at the end, ed out to welcome them, and all the $250. The contraband was come ugruge. The second 13,000 ton bent.

fiscated: best seats were sold out long before

On the arrival of the Ls. "Nanking of Jantily. She is 445 It in leam. the time the show was scheduled to from America: yesterday, the police with a beam of 60 ft the full cargo start. The programme offered was a had a busy time searching passengers is carried on a draught of about 95- bumper one and proof was amply luggage. Sir Chinese stopped or in-The-Afrika" was built

the Prays on their way to board Burmeister and Waig, but Elm given of the audience's appreciation ing houses, were found to have has so many contracts or by the applause which greeted every between them not fewer than that the company decided turi. All the artists acquitted them four rifles, five revolvers and 5,400 have her built at the selves so well, that it is difficult to rounds of imbrunition, one of the yard. The machinery of the "Java". pick out any individual for special biggest hans made for a considerable comprises two 2.22-i.bsp. - air- praise. The thrills of the evening time aming passengers of day one cylinder. Diesel engines, built by Burmeister & Wain. The zistillery were supplied by the Aroks Trio who | skip performed extraordinarily desk This warning, when charged before installation, as usual, is wholly elec stunts in midair on the Bying Magistrate Lindsell, one pleaded trical, and power is supplied from the others three, Diesel-driven generators, each trapaze with a minimum of mistakes, ignorance while Maximo, the slack wire king was produced permits to export the con- of 100 kw. The steering gear, cargo popular as ever. No one ever seem-traband from America. In most of winches, sundary pumps, and all ed to tire of his performance which there cases, however, the amoune accessories are driven by electric half motora, steam being provided only was of the highest order. He kept seized represented only his balance wonderfully throughout the quantity mentioned in the for heating purposes. The banker and appeared to be so at home, that permits. The first man was fined the more one warches Lim the more $250 while the others were remanded is be at a loss to understand bow Mar in order that the CS. P. might be manages it. The animals elephants, consalted in the matter. pores and monkeys all performed.

*LUCK." pleasing turn which speak volumes for GAMBLING the patience and skill of their train-

INCREDIBLE BELIEFS. ers. Spuds, the clever down whe tever fails to raise a laugh, and his colleagues kept the audience merry

HELP. FROM "SPIRIT GUIDES." with their by-play and humorous say.

Spiritualism is everywhere now: towns. These Dam Tsiu Lois are ings. Mlle. Lorenzo, the graceful Malay branch of China's people. performer on the trapeze pleased im-adays, and I have found it in a place They have their own peculiar cus-mensely with her wonderful acts. where I should least expect to find it toms. All cat betel nut and have red which added not a little to the excel--the gambling rooms at Monte

Carlo. teeth and lips; the young men and lent programme.

Daily performances will be given at Congratulating a woman player on women do their own courting and have trial marriage, and if these are 9.15 each night, while a matinee has her wonderful lack at roulette, she not satisfactory both take other pars-been announced for Wednesday at replied: "It is not luck

"You mean you have a system?" ners and there is no hard feeling over 5 p.m.

I inquired Certainly it seems very The wochen wear long the matter.

successful* skirts and short coats and have ans. elaborate head-dress which commaids the care of a professional hairdresser twice a month. Their language is an aboriginal dialect not at all like Chi- nese in idiom but very much like the language of North Sim, the Laos. Their language is not written so the! reading is in Mandarin or Hainanese. The men love study and under the old system of examinations they gain ed maty Literary degrees. heavy work is all done by women.

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HAINAN NEWS. -

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KINGCHOW, Haiman, March 14. Hainan affairs are quiet at present, but that is no assurance they will re main so: The former revolutionary leader, Sin Ki Zi, is in this city and seems to be on good terms with General Teng. The military governor has made him a general and he remains control of his five southern districts." The military governor has sent several hundred men to Tám Chow city, so the villagers who destroyed the city last October may now expect trouble.

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OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS.

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LATEST CHANGES.

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The following changes are recorded in the latest issue of Shipping and The Engineering ----

It is reliably reported that the troops which left Hainan when the present regime came into power, have met two reverses, in the region of Lui Chow at the hands of Li Fok

Sorte seventy years ago the Man Long's irregulars. Indeed these are said to be in control of affairs at Lai darin speaking people of the district Chow and are being aided by Kwang city won in a lawsuit against the vil Si. The general who left Hainan in lage or Loi people and forty of the Loi Desember, Tsiau Teh Zai, and his headmen were beheaded outside the aide Sea Beng Hoang are said to be city wall and their bodies thrown into in dire surgits. As a result of twaļa well and later a memorial mound defeats their men are disaffected and and monument was erected by the Loi have begun to scatter. Several of the on this spor small revolutionary bands which op- posed General Sao last autemm, have come to Kiungchow, and joined up with General Teng's forces.

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"No," she replied mysteriously, "it is not a system in the ordinary sense. It is something much better. I will tell you. It is my spirit-guides." -"You mean that the spirits tell you what to play?"

Cainly, she said, in a tone which left no doubt as to her deep convic tion

Then why do they sometimes tell you wrong?"

Spirits are not infallible," she Mr. "B. Rybaltosky has been preplied: "I thought everybody knew pointed supernumerary second officer,

Tatung"""

that."

"Then how?" I began,

on the run to Chma, then to Austra

Sa, South Africa and back to

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1921.

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CLIMBING IN JAPAN,

LAUNCHING PROBLEMS,

WORSHIP OF NOUNTAINS,

A TICKLISH BUSINESS.

INTERESTING NEW DEPARȚUKE,

One gets a reminder from the fact

Copenhagen, so that it will be that occasionally vessels refuse to

SUPERSTITION AND VOLCANOES,

Before the Japan Society recently

| necessary to bunker only once leave the ways that the problems the Rev. W. Weston gave an account during the whole round trip, ollocated with the launching of big of his recent explorations in the fael being taken on at Singapore Jud

of considerable mag Japanese Alps.

ging from the results of the "Afrika," ships are the fuel consumption will be about nitude. Experiences have from time. * Mr. Douglas Freshfield, who 14 fons per day when carrying a fuel to time been recorded in the transac¡ presided, said that he was one of the cargo at a speed of between, 11 and 12 knots. It is estimated that this tions of the Institution of Naval few English globetrotters, who had is only about 40 per cent, of the oil architects, and Mr. Percy Hillhouse discovered that Japan had more than which would be required on an oil-raised this topic in a paper he has one mountain. He protested against fired steatoer of the same size, and presented to Greenock Association the catchword that Japan had become less than 25 per cent of the coal of Engineers and Shipbuilders. Spolled. Fisitors could still find ummitigated Japan of which they bad deals on this occasion read and seen pictures since child-· required in a vessel fitted with coal- fired boilers The Jiya will be e

the model-Lunchiar ex-hood. followed by four similar vessels, now with

„The lecturer said that the Japanese under construction at Burmeister and periments carried out by the Fair Wain's yard. It is understood that feld Company for the purpose of coloured with superstition owing to worship of mountains was largely

still larger motor. craft have been ordered by the East Asistic Co.

· FARES. FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

·I-In Victoria with two Beirers.". Quarter hour,razgovornering 10 centa

"I am sorry I told you, she Inter-One hour, message posed, I thought you were an Three hours, sports,

Six bours, initiate. I see you are only a scoffers Day (6 as to p She turned away scornfully..

Now whether spirits can and do

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If the trip extended beyond Victoria,

It

obtaining information which might the disastrous power of their be utilised in the launching of the volcanoes. A thousand-para ago battleship "Renown" and C.P.0.5.the authorities, alarmed by the ̈volcano. in the south of the liner "Empress of Canada."

island, awarded it the Order of model experiments are to give the Junior Branch of the Fruth the desired information It is very Rank, which would be the present the Italian essential, of course that the utmost ing. Vesuvius with care should be taken to make the equivalent of the MBE, (Laughter.) The Japanese Alpine Club, which model to absolute scale and weight. was formed 15 years ago, was now We believe that what was done by the 1,500 strong, and could show a Fairfield Company under the direction remarkable growth in the most modern sensé as a popular “recrea of Mr. Hillhouse in connection with ton, with its own art, Iterature. these launching experiments was in and practical-development. Every some respects a new departure, says summer the popular climbing centres the Journal of Commerce. It is hoped were filled with students, who com bined strenuous recreation with that the frankness with which the scientific research. They were now

Mr. T. A. McLean, from reserve, has gone chief engineer, "Suiyang." Mr. J. B. Barclay, from leave, has göze chief engineer." Shuntion."

Mr. A. Mackenzie, from reserve,

Between the hous of 8.30pm and 6 experimental data was disclosed to learning how good a thing it was for has gone supernumerary second engi-interest themselves in the winning

numbers at roulette I'must leave tom. Une Above ares all be interested the Greenock Assosiation will be a man sometimes to get out of him neer, Szechten."

such authorities as Sir Oliver Lodgey 10 per cenfeter

Mr. A. A. Jamieson, from leave, has gone chief engineer, "Kweilin.”

Mr. J. W. Surgeon, supernumerary chief officer," Kwongsang." has gone supernumerary chief officer, vo

Tuck-

half face-actrBLI

HOST.

In the revolution of Sept. and Oct.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the 11-Beyond Victoria, with of last year the Loi took up the cause of the revolutionaries and the Man-

Rev. Vale Owen to determine. I am darin speaking people upheld the

not a scoffer, merely an inquire. 2.

Certainly the idea makes no more The present administration is said government. When the soldiers fight

strain on the credulity than the to have many plans for opening up ing for the Kwangsi military gosem Hainan. The most important of these ment left the district city there was Mr. D. R. Wilson has been ap-belief in mascots and charms which is the projected road from Hoihow to call for a public meeting on a hill-pointed supernumerary second officer, is widely prevalent among gamblers.

I used to think that people just Quarter hour, Seng Lang Kang on the east coast. side outside of the city wall, to de- Wossng. "This harbour is a much better one than cide on the new course of a mountain Mr. H. W. Mills, second engineer, pretended to believe in these things, bout, we 30

"Yusang," has gone supernixrerary that they toyed, with them as pretty One hour, Holbow. The road would need to be stream. When all were busy discuss-

fanciful Ideas which added interestwo hours,

Three hours, thirty-five to forty miles long. Howing this a gunshot was heard and every engineer, "Hangsang," ever, no work is yet under way and villager. ran for the gate and took up

and colour to life.

But not a bit of it. Men and OLDE no civil official has arrived yet to take the looting, burning and killing

women players here have as firm charge."

faith in their talismans as the lady of my story has in her spirits

No

Mr. J. B. Anderson, chief officer, Taishun," has gone chief officer, Kiangan."

Mr. H. W. Fraser, supernumerary third engineer, "Loongwo," has gone During the looting and tearing down second engineer," Yusang.” A-story of blackmail and its con- Lof houses a number of memorial Mr. V. Murray, from reserve, has sequences comes from Hoihow. A scrolls or pictures commemorating the gone supernumerary third engineer, member of the police force made de previous difcuiry with the villagers Locngwo.". mands on a humble shopkeeper for a were brought to light and these in Joan of six dollars. The poor man flamed the crowd to madness. was ready to give four dollars, but the headstrong policeman, demanded the full amount. A quarrel arose and the shopkeeper kicked his adversary in the abdomen and Red. The police man must have been struct in a vital spot for he fell over dead. The shop- keeper has not been found.

Some of them are a little asbamed of their belief and do not display their mascots openly.

SURGEON'S COURAGE."

Besseruoted by some firms and individuais self to mount to those high and holy who are in the habit of maintaining places, where the appeal was direct

to his spiritual nature. a great deal of unnecessary reticence Icancerainst

experimental work earried ost for their OWD purposes. The launching of large battleships or vessels of the liner class is sometimes a very ticklish business, and this applies with special force to the Fairfield establishment, where the conditions for launching Pare of a somewhat difficult character. There is, of course, need to exercise

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BRICKLEAR.

They just 4-In the Island of Hongkong, it engaged 5 cents

finger them surreptitiously. But

Quarter hour, Mr. C. F. Le Patoural, chief of any make no bones about it and Ten minutos,

vaurt their profound convictions.alf hour, cer, "Kiangan," has gone chief off-They can always triumphantly defy as hour

Mr. J. Mackeller has been appoint- ed second ofEcer, "Taishop."

Mr. J. Nicol, second engineer. Haran," has gone second engineer, Tungwa."

anybody to prove a negative.

Men and women bring to the casino all sorts of talismans. Lucky pigs In gold, silver or bogosk are very popular, and so are. touchwood

charms.

quarter was given. "Men, women and children were captured, some sold into slavery, others backed about the head and shoulder with the heavy cer."Taishun." knives, or their arms or legs broken by a blow from the clubs carried by the villagers neither old age or youth escaped. Word was sent out Mr. Chas. Gunn, a member of the and crowds of villagers who could not Presbyterian Mission of Manila, P.1., help in sacking the city waited for the and architect for the Presbyterian fleeing people on the roads near their Mission of Mainen, arrived on March villages and robbed and murdered -12 on the Teopan." This is the them as they tried to Ree. A hooked. Mr. V. P. B. Crawford, second "Teopao's" first call at Hoitow. Mr. knife was used to catch a Seeing per-engineer, "Tongwah," has gone numerous devices Gunn proceeded on March 14 to son about the neck and they were second engineer, "Hacin." Nodoa io consult with others of the ordered to give up their valuables and Mr. J. Turner, second engineer, Mission as to building plans. strip off their clothes, and any who "Taishim," has gone acting chief

refused were beheaded then and engineer, "Hsinlung. there. The graduates and head" men

THE DESTRUCTION OF A DISTRICT

CITY.

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Mr. K. Notila, second engineer, Hsinchang." has gone second en gineer, "Tungwah."

A UNIQUE FXPERIENCE.

OPERATION ON HIMSELF,

grest care in applying Informa Dr. Evan Kane, a wellknown tion obesiped from a model hall Pennsylvanian surgeon, believes that to a full-sized ship, but experience many people have an unjustified has shown that if care is taken in

die

the preparation of the model, and in fear of operations and the carrying out of the experiments needlessly. To remove this delusion in the CLS of appendicitis, under comparable conditions to those he sat upon the operation table which are likely to obtain in "actual | Eracy Subanquent hour, su

practice these model tests are well Now If the ricksha

and be dist worth while, within the City of Victo chargodataide the Western part City of Victoria for 9im charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after-9 pm, an extra half fare all cargoshie.

I's Kowloon

using only a local anesthetic, calmly. opened his abdomen and removed his appendix. In the case of others he has done this operation nearly 4,000 times. Other surgeons and nurses witnessed the unique experi As usual, Dr. Kane allowed North China appears to be al ence ways in trouble" of one sort or an- his assistants to close the wound. other, says the N. C. Daily Mail, it-Seen by reporters a few hours cent its not Civil War then Its Famine, after the operation, Dr. Kane said he

Plagne or other disastrous happen- was feeling fine. The patient · Justice ings. Freumonic plague, as the older : fed his work on the ground fhat he hands well know, is a hilusk serious | wanted to prove to individuals with epidemic - for it is-ruthless; in its weak hearts that a general anesthe- ravages, sparing but a very few tie hr removing the appendix is bot whom it attacks. As far as we know, absolutely necess the medical faculty has not yet found

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Some have their lucky stones or pieces of jewellery or wear special colours which they think bring them , good fortune. The shops displayQuarter hour,

and amulets, |LAH hour, **** Bracelets of elephant's skin with Hour gold clasps are often seen and some Every subsequent hour, 10

LI-Taipo Road... favour rats tails, or the skin of a

Twenty cents shall be wided for each extra hsr or part of an hour if the hire causes the journey, tó Lake Immiger

venamous snake.

One man was in the habit of bring- ing to the rooms a small, live tortoise which he kept in his pocket and

To 4th mile, touched now and again.

single mome

The district of Dam Tsin'is'in this were especially sought after and at peculiar island, especially peculiar for one place five of the headmen find the variety of its people. There is the gotten twenty miles away from the ransom or as sixves. No houses were

Another brought a spider enclosed Mandarin speaking remnant descend- doomed city but were recognized by left and even, the bricks and begins ed from Sz Dong-bo, a Pekingese a band of villagers and killed at once were carted away, so where once vas in a box painted inside half red official who on account of a bird and and left to rot by the roadside. Many a busy official' city of 20,000, is now and half black. He always played Beyondth to i

sat down and wailed in the streets a heap of broken bricks and tiles, on the colour which the spider lodged when they reached 'Nodoa. Others, Nothing whole of valpe remains;

a flower found in Hainan was banish

ed to this Island by an angry emperor

in after he had shaken the box – Egrand sta tu

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any really effective antidote to the scourge but some men, such as Dr.

Wu Lien-teh have been making „A Siamese, cânfemporary states reserches into the matter for several that an important arrest: has been- years and it is to be hoped that their made of-a-Chinese who has baffled Jabours will be ultimately successful | about 20 Siamess lawyers byTM going Previous to the present outbreak into them on "false pretences saying or Dear to Techow, Shantung, that he wished to obtain their service preumonic plague was principally In Sghting important cases and pro- found to occur in the colder North mlsing If they sucpeeded that the Menchurian zone but its spread to | fes would run to four figures.. He return in 2,50 momen

regions: further south is ominous professed to come from up country Fares for journeys beyond the 11th We believe that if disappears with- and when each of these lawyers feft morate of previous go the advent of warmer weather and to go to the railway caution, his

in each pr the fare here set out to apply to one this being the case it as to be hoped practice was to ask them to let him

in the vicinity of Techow.

fand then mysteriomly to disappear. ricksha with three cowlies Erase Taim Sha that it will quickly be sen-existent carry their traveling bags for them

It is said that the day and night To lose at play is to be lucky in ...• ringio ...... in the twelfth century. These Man raked and hungry and sun-blistered, darin speaking people live in the dis were like insane people could nei-before-the looting were spent by the love and, conversely, no lover who trict city Dam Tsiu and in the marther cat or sleep. Shot and hacked villagers at the memorial tomb of has had a winning run at the tables Beyond 8th to 11th mile ket towns of Nodoa, Ui-Ngod and and with broken bones they came, their head "met, burning incense and should choose that day to put his Siang-Fo and then there are the some days bands of fifty naked reach calling on the spirits of their dead to fate to the test.

I heard of a woman who refused Tia and the large Haks settlement sand people were scattered. Boat taken. near Nodoa. The rest of the district loads of girls were sent, across to the me; I will recompense, Saith the ber on an evening when she had a big is occupied by the Dam Teit Loi both peninsula to be sold as slaves.or Lord, and only He can recompense win at the Casino A E. Manning in villages and several large market worse.. Boys were faked to bold for justlyn

Cantonese towns of Lok-Ki and Fou-ed Nogos and thus the twenty thou assist in the revenge that was to be

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