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MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Bare Fist V.C.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyver Wilson, V.C., has died at the зge of 79. His service extended

from 1855 to 1912, when be retired from the active list. His Victoria Cross was won at the Battle of El Teh in the Sudan War of 1884. The official account stated that as our

troops closed on the enemy's Krupp battery, the Arabs charged out on the detachment that were dragging the Gardner gun. Capt. Wilton (as be then was) sprang to the front and engaged in single combat with some of the enemy, thus protecting the detachment. The official omitted the most stirring part of what took place.

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GENERAL ITEMS.

Mr. Hoover says United States foreign trade has decreased 50 per cent. during the last six months.

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Six cases of sleepy sickness or cred in London in the week ended May 7.

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Decisions just taken by the French Cabinet, including a reduction in the transport duties en wine. may result

BANK SENJATION.

INDUSTRIKELN SUSPMID 3

PAT KENT.

DISCONCERTING ANNOUNCE-

MENT.

LOCAL BRANCH SCONES.

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Dejected little knots of investors gathered outside the Banque Indus trielle de Chine in Chater Road this morning and gazed ruefully at the closed doors of the building. Cables in the morning newspapers had] announced the suspension of payment bat 2 small wow which included several womm, e sprinkling of soldiers and a number of Chinese, clustered around the entrance until at about 11.30 the disconcerting news was confirmed by a hastily scribbled notics posted up on the closed doors. The annouase ment read: "The bank has suspended payment until further notice, by order of the head office."

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THE CHINA MAIL.

NEW KINEMA.

THE WO PING OPENS.

AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME,

UNCENSORED POSTERS.

Before Magistrate Lindself this morning, a Chinese youth was charged with having posted pestars relating to the New World Kinema Theatre, which had not been “chopped” by the S.C.A.

Mr. Leo d'Almads, for the defend-

The Boogkong Amusements Ltd's latest addition to its already long list of entertainment bouses—the Wo Ping Theatre was opened for the first time as a kinema hall last might when a large audience, including ant, pleaded a technical offence. He good percentage, of Europeans, enjoyed a very attractive programme said that the day before yesterday. which had as its principal attraction 10,000 pasters were submitted to the "The Sox of Tarzan," a sequel to SCA, by the management of the the well and favourably known theatre, and were duly passed. They jungle. picture, Tarzan of the were posted yesterday. It later Apes." A novel means of attracting

that fer. patrons to the theatre was a jugglertranspired

same rea- disguised as “Akat the Ape," one of sea or dther, only 7,000 of the pos- the principal characters in "The Sontes were "chopped." The defendant of Tarzan," who perched on a large when he posted them was under the pole especially erected on the roof of

the theatre, and there amused & farge Impression that all the posters had cowd by his clever axtics. The been "chopped," consequently he crawd increased so rapidly that traf | had unknowingly committed the ic outside the theatre was held up effence complained of. for some time. Afterwards he gave a performance on the stage during the show and was well received.

The Magistrate imposed the no- minti size of $1.

TO-DAY'S

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KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

PUBLIC 18 HEREBY

Salary-earners probably form a big proportion of the Bank's customén The theatre, which is situated of her husband's cruelty, said he had inconvenient moment for the oc

At Tottenham a wife, complaining and for this class of investor a mers opposite the Central Market, is ell vastated by windows an all sides, "masty habit of taking all the bed-rence of such a catastrophe could and has comfortable seating accura clothes,"

hardly have been chosen; most af modation for 2,000 people. them will have had time to draw occupies the site of the old Empire their monthly pay envelope and Theatre, the frat kinema kotas in deposit it in the Bank with the ob Hongkong, and is the largest build-TBE of settling their monthly accounts by ing of its kind at present is the NOTIFIED that after BUNDAY, cheque. When inquries were made at Colony. As at the Coronet, there the 3rd July, the 3.35 train from the Bank by a China Mail reportar are two machines roaning in this Kowloon on Boodsṛa and Publie Holi- this morning, no information cald theatre, thus ensuring the pictures days will be discontinued until further

gleaned beyond the fact that la following on each other without a astice. structions had been received from the moment's waste of time. The maa- head office in Paris to suspend paragement are aiming at showing only "first rua" pictures at this theatre, and quite a number of big áttractions! are promised for the near future.

in cheaper wine.

"One of my strongest impressions here is the wonderful placidity with which the people face their industrial difficulties," said the Crown Prince of Japan at Manchester.

At a banquet given hy Spanish

ment.

The Banque Industrielle de Chine) has a subscribed capital of 150 millas franes and a paid up capital of half

Almost as soon as he engaged the actors in honour of Mrte. Sarah Bern- that sum. Its reserve funds amoxat |

enemy his sword snapped off short, and for the rest of the time be kept

them at bay with the hilt and bis bare fists. Sir Arthur Wilson's whole life was devoted to the Service. He was known to the blurjackets as

Old 'Ard 'Eart" Tragedy of the Icventer.

hard, the Spanish Minister of Public Instruction handed her the insignia of the Order of Alfonso X!!.

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Part of Jezreel's Temple on Cha tham Hill, built in 1882 as a sanc- tuary where the adherents of a sect could meet on Judgment Day, bas been opened by 3 co-operative society as a provision shop.

The erection of an airship moorin;. mast, 120ft. high, was begun at the London air-port, Croydon. The ar ship R 33, which is likely to be the first to be moored at Croydon, has been riding at her mast at Pelham, Norfolk, since February.

Lahappily there is little that is new or strange in the story of the late Mr. Friese Greese, the inventor of the moving picture, who made millions for others and nothing for himself, The lot of the inventor is hard. His inventions more often benefit others than himself, and, if he wins at last to fame and fortune, it is usually at

The French Army in time of peace, the cost of long years of struggle against poverty and neglect. Only according to the Bill to be brought the unfailing energy of George in by M. Bartheu, War Minister, is Stephenson, the inventor of railways, to be 450,000 strong-100,000 officers conquered the viclent and persistent and NCOs with long-term engage opposition with which almost every ezt and 350,000 conscripts serving successive proposal of his was met. for 18 months. Arkwright, the father of the cotton

When Pontypridd Glamorgan) industry, was at times so poor as to be actually in rags. His mill was Board of Guardians rejected a recon- destroyed, and his claim to the great-mendation that electric light should

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deposits to to 60 million francs and its

885

millions, The Chinese Government owns one thir of the Capital. Its bead cffice is in thei Rue Saint-Lazare. Paris, and it has branches in most of the prisciami | Far Eastern countries as well as London, New York and Antwap The local macager is M. Montargis.

DOCK MEN'S BATTLE.

SEVERAL CASUALTIES.

Two filters employed at the Kaw loon Docks yesterday had a quarrel over some work. Words led to blows, and in the struggle one 125 alleged to have stabbed the other in the left hip with a chisel. The wo unded man was immediately removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital where be is now in a critical condition. His assailant was arrested,

The trouble was restarted by the men's friends after work, and Desk

est of his inventions was successfully be installed at the board's pig-sties. Street was a battle ground for some disputed. Faraday, on whose disa member said they would next be time. Sticks, stone) and other coveries all the industrial applications asked to appoint a chiropodist, den-handy weapons were freely used, of electricity are based, was glad to tist, and valer for the gigs.

and the disturbance was not qu accept a pension of £300 a year and

elled until the police interfered. lived and died a comparatively poor| The United States Department of When the trouble had abated, ene Agriculture is testing the properties man was found lying on the ground claimed for a sapling grown from the with a stab wound in the should. seed of a Kentucky coffee tree by His assailant who was standing near the late Prof. George F. Holmes, | by was placed under arrest, and when who asserted that the tree gave off searched, a blood stained pair of scissors were found in his pocket. The wounded man was taken to the Thieves broke into the laboratory of Kwong Wah Hospital. His condition the Prefecture of Police in Paris, and is not considered serious. Several number of bruises

Speed of a Fly.

Quadrupeds walk, fishes swim, and insects and birds fly figure-of right movements. The flipper of the seabear, the swimming wing of the penguin, or the ordinary wings!

of insects are structurally screws,

a peculiar poison fatal to flies.

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and resemble the blade of a screw stole platinum apparatus worth nearly black eyes and propeller. The actual movements of £5.000.

The thieves got away represented the injuries received by

living creatures are often interchange with every chemistry utensil design some of the other combatants. able; hence we see some quadrupeds ed in platinum, as well as valuable evolving A power of flight. crucibles and special tubes.

while

most

are able to swim;

all such movements are exactly com-

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parta of China, where the average offering per mission amounts to hear that the follow-up work in about sixty dollars. He is glad to Hongkong is going forward well, says

St. John's Cathedral Church Notes.

and the undulations set up by In order to bring their charges into

Mr. J. M. Hickson writing from parable with the wave movements of line with those made by the British Hankow on June 10, says that the Government to Italian subjects,

thankoffering for the Mission of fuids or with those of sound. The the Italian Government have now in Healing he conducted at Hongkong speed eapacity, however, varies greatly. In comparison to size, it is creased their charges for Consular has indeed been a most liberal one, at its greatest in the insect world visas on British passports. The fee and that it is a belp to him in meet The male silkworm moth is stated to for a six months' visa is now £1. anding his expenses in visiting the poor travel more that 100 miles a day for a single-journey visa 105. says Escryday Science, and the com-

In silent and solemn protest against mon boose-fy, when excited, can advance about 30 feet in a second, prohibition and in vindication of the which is exactly the speed of a first "rights and personal liberty of man,"

American class sprinter. In doing so, the Ey 260,000

citizens wil beats is wings 600 times, If a parade at New York or Independence winged insect existed the size of a Day (July 4 Pledges made ar a St. John's Cathedral Organ Is Forse it could outstrip a cannon-ball. preliminary meeting of the organisa- now free from debt. Mr. Denman Lord Beatty and Captain Kidd. tion guarantee a tremendous demon. Fuller wishes to acknowledge

There seems to be little enough stration, "with no backing." to quote cheque for $25 went to him for the connection between the First Sea the committee of the parade. "ex-Orgen Fund "in much appreciation" Lord and the man whose name cept the righteousness of our cause."by Mrs. Staples-Smith, and alss to comes down to us as the type of Other cities contemplate similar thank those, who by these generous contributions, have made possible te blood-thirsty pirate. But the Admiral parades on the same day.

very extensive addidons and improve has just bought Reigate Priory which at one time belonged to my Lord The list of successful students atments that have been made to the Chancellor Spiners, on whose account the Trinity Examination held by the Organ during the last few years Kidd was hanged at Execution Dock Council of Legal Education contains During the next few weeks a large and gibbeted in chains at Tilbury. the name of the first women student section of the Organ will have to be For the truth is that Kidd was no to pass the final Bar examination. taken down for repair; the excessive pirate at all-judged by the standard She is Miss Olive Catherine Clapham, damp has strained part of the action of his day-and the dne prize he took of the Middle Temple. The names very badly and notwithstanding every was his perfectly legal prey under of 17 other women appear in the list precaution, the extensive repairs to the Eetter of Marque, which be having been successful in Roman the roof of the Cathedral bave it carried. But he sailed with Lord Law, Constitutional Law and Legal avoidably interfered with the instra Somera as his patron, and when he History, Criminal Law and Procedure, ent to a very great extent. came back that gentleman was and Real Property and Conveyancing.

the only member of the "Old Gang"

OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

whom the Opposition, arriving in It is reported from Beverly Falls, TO SECRETARIES OF CLUES AND power, had not succeeded in turning Mass., that the Hon. Archibald out of office. It was in order to-dis- Lionel Lindsay, younger brother of credit the Chancellor that his protege the Earl of, Lindsay. and Mrs. Ethel was tried and condemnede-not for Tucker Lindsay-Fitch remarried ALL preliminary notices of forth piracy, be it noted, but for murdering after 16 years' divorce. The coming meetings, lectures and hie zumer-by-laying him out with a couple were first married-at-entertainments, sent for insertion in bucket. And in those days that was Boston 21 years, ago, but the union the news columns of the China Mail, considered to be a perfectly fit and lasted only. six years. The are charged for at the rate of $1 each, proper method of, dealing with a ceremony took place at St. Anne's | (as announced in Aday, and Jane of ications dog. The piracy business Episcopal Church, and was witnessed last year) provifflag that they do sot was added as a rider, by which the by four persons, one of whom, Mrs. occupy more than four lives. In charge was made to look very much Fitch sen was the mother of the future if this space is exceeded they blacker without the fatal necessity of bride's second husband, who died will be placed in the advertising projłacing evidence.

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