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LONDON, July 21.

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MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION.

4530 MILES OF NEW COUNTRY ALREADY SURVEYED.

SIMLA, July 21.

The Mount Everest expedition arrived at Tingri on July 19. All are well except Mr. Raeburn who has been invalided to Sikkim. Mountaineers are now exploring the northwest approaches of Mount Everest. Others are engaged in short scientific excursions westward. Already 4.500 square males of new country have been surveyed but the monsoons are hampering

operations.

FRENCH UNIVERSITIES PATRONIZED.

PARIS, July 19.

Foreign students are arriving in large numbers to register at summer schools in the French universities, the Paris University's courses in French arts and civilisation being especially patronized-Haras.

VALUE OF BEARDS.

ONE THAT TURNED GREEN.

MR. BOURCEIER TELLS HAIR RAISING STORY.

Much interest has been awakened in bearded circles by the great value set on his beard by Chester, the chief at the Royal Palace Hotel, and the still higher price put on his own beard, by Mr. Willie Clarkson.

Another astonishing instance of the value of beards on occasion was given by Mr. Arthur Bourchier to a Daily Chronicle representative the other day.

VII.

STOLEN PLAYS.

SHORTHAND THIEVES.

AUTHORS' FEES EVADED.

Paris, Jupe 15.-Two French dramatic authors appeared yesterday in the Paris courts to make complaint that some persas or persons un- known had stolen their plays and were having them performed with- out consent and without paying authors' fees. The two authors are Paul Armont and Felix Gandera, and the stolen plays were, when played in Paris, entitled "l'Ecole des Cocottes" and "Le Coucher de la Marie,"

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Mr. Bourchier, now playing in The Safety Match, told the story of his strange adventure with a beard which he grew for the part of Henry printed. Only the author's copy.

the prompt copy and the actors' Tourane "Although beards are not fashion-separate parts are known to exist, able." said Mr. Bourchier, "they are and the authors allege that the Straits and Bangkok...... of high value at times. To get the thieves were shorthand writers who Shanghai and North Ohizs the performances and Swatow. Amoy and Foochow.. real character of Henry VIII. I de-attended termined once to grow a beard mo-made complete notes not only of Ba delled on the lines of the regal Then they sent the text to Greece,

the text but of all the business, Seaton, Shanghai and North Chins

SUNDAY, portrait. It was my first attempt at

plays were im Swatow, Amoy and Keelung ....... anything so desperate, so I took three weeks' holiday, and at dead of night mediately staged, and from which Straits, Bangkok, Calcatta & ADEN tied me down to Cornwall, where they were carried to Constantinople "Swatow, "Straits and Bangkok ...... in sclitude and secret I cultivated and Egypt and played successfully in

the where

CLERK TO BARRISTER.

French. a forced growth.

How they are going to stop per- *To my surprise it did not requireformances of the plays and much forcing, but the colour was collect the fees for the authors is now not quite right, so when I came puzzling the Judges in charge of back from Cornwall I went to a the case. famous hairdresser recommended by my lady friends, and he treated it. Before I commenced my part I went up to Northumberland, and whilst stopping with my friends went into the sea for a bathe. To my intense horror I found on plucking the growth afterwards in the mirror that the beard had turned green. It must have been the action of the sea water on the chemicals. In consternation I rushed up to Londoa by the next train, feel After studying law in his very ing and acting like a man who had limited spare time and doing most of committed a great crime. Happily his reading in the train between Lon the alteration in colour was effected don and Reading, a young Govern- | rapidly by the hairdresser, so a green- | ment clerk and a former elementary bearded king did not take part in the schoolboy, Mr. Stanley Jackson Coleman, was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple.

piece."

Mr. Bourchier is extremely proud of this hair-raising adventure, and keeps a picture of himself with the beard in his dressingroom at the Strand "Theatre.

Oddly enough, this was not the end of the story.

The beard was cut off and made up into a mobile beard," be added,

and afterwards sold by me at auction to a charity. The purchaser, I believe, was Miss Laurette Taylor, of Peg-o'my Heart fame.

"What bas happened to it now," said Mr. Bourchier, "I do not know, but it possibly being worn by someone as a chest protector."

A clean bill of health was turned for the Colony yesterday,

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NEW POLICE GAMBLING CRUSADE

Mr. E. Phillips Oppenheim, the| novelist, chairman of the committee of the Cleveland Club, Clargess!rtti, W., was at Marlborough-street fired £10 with five gulness costs for per- mitting unlawful gaming" poker " at the club. The secretary, Mr. Wm Eatherly, summoned for assis ting, was fined £10.

Mr. Muskett, for the prosecution, said Mr. Oppenbeim had offered to take the responsibility. When the police visited the club poker was be ing played by men and women and counters representing £177 were

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tien was. Did poker amount to un lawful gaming? It was desired by the police authorities again to give public notice that it was part of a policy of the Commissioners, in so far as it was in his power, to stop poker-playing in clubs.

Mr. Comyns Carr, defending, said

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neither of the defendants played PEACEFUL VALLEY

poker. The stakes were limited to a 10. rise, not a high one among] people of means. There was no secret about the playing of poker at the club, but he gave an undertaking that it would no longer be permitted.

UNIVERSITY CRIBBING.

8 MEN SENT DOWN AND 13 SUSPENDED.

A stir has been caused at Yale Uni versity by an announcement that & have Second-year undergraduates been expelled and 13 suspended for cheating, or conniving at dishonesty, in examinations.

The eight youths sent dowa were actually detected "cribbing." The re mainder, although they knew their report the fact as required by their companions were so doing, failed to

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The story of his fight against cir- cumstances is one of pluck and deter-Shanghai and North Chins .............. mination. To obtain money to pay the necessary fees to become a bar- teacher at an rister he became L.C.C. night-school, where he taught:

The N. Y. K. sk. “Tajima Mars"- Iron, Steel & Pince Goods. Empress of shorthand and typewriting after his The C.P.0.8. R.XS.

Then on his way back Japan, arrived at Nagasaki on July 18 (Fombay Line) left Singapore for this Tel. 2143. 10, Qusen's Rd, Cesirmi day's work. to Reading he read law in the train (7.30 m) left there on July 18 (3 p.m.) port on July 17 and is expected Irere on

July 23. and continued his study at home till and is due at Robe on July 19(6 p.m.). The N. . E. & "Waseks Mara," The T. 8. E. ..Shinyo Mara" (Bombay Line) left Robe for this port un midnight.

despatched from this port on Saturday for Ean Francisco vis Shanghai and July 17 and is expected here on faly $4.

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Maji for this port on July 20 ats.m. The China Mail "Chine" will die herson July 94 at short naon arrive at this port on Wednesday after and sails on Tuesday July 28 at noon. noon, July 20, between p..and p.m. 50, will be despatched for Singapore rived at Shanghai on July 19 a.m. on Saturday, July 23 at 10 am.

When a reporter saw Mr. Coleman at the Middle Temple Fall just before being called be seemed delighted at his good fortune, but he was not so delighted at his grey-haired widowed mother, who was in the galery and

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