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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921

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ACCIDENTS

THE CHINA MAIL

A DIFFICULT QUESTION.

FATALITIES AND

FUEL OF THE FUTURE

MERCURY MOTOR OAR QUELL OFFICA

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VERANCIE.

59-61 Des Voeux Road Central, HONGKONG.

WEST POINT BJĀNOM*9863

$135

ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Boom In Sport.

LATE DR. A. S. COMES.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY

AFTERNOON...

Yesterday afternoon, the funeral Spore is booming in England.of the late Dr. A. S. Gomes whose partly as the result of military death occurred the previous day, training and the games organised took place at Happy Valley. Bishop behind the lines at the Front during | Pozzoni officiated and assisting hin the war. It is estimated that 50,000 men are playing cricket in Greater London, and that G0,000 play lawn tennis. The latter game is experien cing the greatest boom in its history resulting in a temporary shortage of Polls and racquets and in increased ices Insufficient cour's Arc available, and every club has a long

YESTERDAY'S LITTLE TRAGEDIES.

BURIED ALIVEAWAYA

CHEAPNESS ESSENTIAL..

FARROW'S APPEAL

Farrow made, a long and pathetic, speech, from the dock being almost overcome with emotion." Hè declared i that he never thought that he could The need of ensuring our industries be convicted a criminal. He was of supplies of cheap fuck is important is life's work which had been to already suffering hell as a result of A partial answer to this difficult ques A temple coolie was accidentally tion may be found in taking steps to build en organisation to which his killed yesterday while carrying earth obtain a more efficient use of the fuels children could point with pride. in Parkes Street, Yaumari The side available. It has been shown by the Instead of this he was saving six of the trench she was working in work of the Fuel Research Boardmotherless children, the youngest of collapsed and the woman was buried whose station at East Greenwich has whom was dependent upon the beneath it Another coolic working been thrown open to the inspection charity of friends. He appealed for in the vicinity was slightly injured. of engineers that coal must his whole aim has been to ren a lentent sentence. Crotch explained Fremain for a long time to

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

While fishing off Cape Collison lighthouse yesterday morning fisherwoman was struck by fightning and killed. Her boat suffered damage estimated at $10. PASA

FOUND DEAD.

The dead bodies of two male mate posed state yesterday and removed to Chinese were discovered in a decom- the Kowloon mortuary. One was found on the Yaumati breakwater and the other near Wanchal,

SUICIDE ATTEMPTED."- were the Silesian Futhers of Macao, Apparently of unsound mind, a The coffin was borne to the Cemetery male Chinese who tried to end his Chapel between fines of children fe yesterday by jumoing into the from the Italian Convent in charge harbour from Blake Pier has been of the sisters, and from the St. Louis sent to the Government Civil Hos Industrial School. The immediate Pital. mourbers were: Miss und Master times (grund children). Messrs, 11.

tically explained that he was, no. permitted to act in accordance with personal feelings. There was no

prisoners had been guilty excuse for the offences of which the

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. →

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB

Happy Valley Golf Course.

IN

come the world's cheap source de public service. He had raised of fuel. In spite of the boom in £25,000 during the war on behalf of remember that, as Sir George Beilby, to India and assisted Government to the use of oil fuel it is necessary to soldiers and sailors. He also went

the alrector of our fuefresearch work, raise a loan. The judge sympathe told us, the oil output of the world is only 7 per cent of the fuel output of the world reckoned in tons, and even 10 per cent. Small wonder that Lord If reckoned in heat values it is only Pirrie warned shipowners not to plage too much reliance on oil fuel. It is true that the development of the 'ott shale industry is full of promise, but as a source of liquid fuel very little, bas yet been done to develop this in dustry. The production of fuel alcohol on any considerable scale, too, bristles with economic and technical dificulties. Investigations as to the possibility of producing alcohol in the overseas Dominions are in pro- Hit on the head by a bottle whichgress, but it would seem that in a

majority of cases only local require de Figueiredo (nephews), Chev, J. M. the steersman of a cargo boat was ments could be met. The most bandicap. No competitor to take out Alves, Cofinel Garcia. Captain B. C. admitted to the Government Hospital hopeful line of progress lies in the more than one cam, or to drive off- Lorenco, Meers, J. and G. A yesterday.

use of cellulostic materials, but the after 12 noon. Entrance feo-30 cts. | Yvanovich, Prof. A. Danerberg. Mr..

right process has yet to be dis Mixed Foursome: holes,

·C. A. Dünenberg. Mr. F. X. d'Alinada, A Chinese woman received treat covered. Promising. experiments combined handicaps. No couple allow. Mr. C. A. Roza, Mr. J. D. Ostand, ment in the Government Civil Hose Burmah under the auspices of the competitors to tirivo off before 2 pm.

have •been

carried outined to take out more than one card. No Mr. A. P. B. Silva-Netto, Mr. 1. pital yesterday for a bite from a Burmah Oil Co., and it is suggested or after 4 p.m. Entrance fed 20 tas Australian spectator who had occupied M. da Rocha, Mr. E. 11. ́Aquino. Dr. which is thought to have been mad that by the utilisation of waste rice asserting F. M. Ozori. Mr. A T. fiutierrez. The police destroyed the animal straw it might be possible to produce

Mr. and Mrs. J. 'Marada e Castre his Mr..R. U. Botelho, Mr. F. II. Barnes, sent the body to the Kennedy Townot only alcohol, but paper, as a the day will be given to, any lady,

Mr. R. V. My R. de Seasa, Mr. A. D. Barretto, Mr. V. F. Soares, Mr. C. A. R. Assumpeus. and others.

HIT BY BOTTLE.

waiting list. The authorities predict, M., P. X., J. M., E. J., and M. Aa man on another boat threw at him

season.

a greater football boom in the coming Three thousand clubs are playing in Greater London, and this would be increased to 5.000 if more prounds were available. Crushing Retart.

At Lord's

11

the other day an

one of the free seats, his reaancy by leaving bat there when he went to get a cup of tea, found on his return that a small weedy individual hari annexed it." When rebuked for ignoring an unwritten law of the ground, the usurper challenged the other to turn hic net. A fracas was out of the question, so the Australian geistly observed:

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A MAD DOG.

Veterinary Surgeon will hold a post slaughter-house where the Colonial, mortem on it.

FISH SHOP FIRE. There was a slight outbreak of fire yesterday amongst some bamboos fish shop at No.. 31 Des Voeux Road on the roof of the Tsui Yeun salt The blaze was soon put out by the inmates so that the Fire Brigade when it arrived found that its services were not needed. The damage done was small and it is surmised that the fire was caused by a spark from a neigh bouring chimney.

MUI TSAI'S COMPLAINT... A 17-year old Mui Tsai who re ported to the police yesterday that her mistress, who is 82 years of age had maltreated her was sent to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

The occasion of the opening of the new club house, on SUNDAY August 25th, the following competi tions will be beld,

Man's Medal: 18 holes 2 Clab.

For the benefit of Lates without

club handloans, a special, handicap for

sent to this Hon. Secratary on or before, commercial project. Then there is returning two cards over 9 holes, to be.

FRIDAY, 26th just,

the winning and utilisation of peat; an attractive scheme indeed, but it is to be feared that the difficulties of obtaining regular supplies of the material so that it could be depended needs of a large power station, would upon, for example, to meet the fuel be almostinsuperable. We come back, therefore, to coal and its more efficient útilisation. This involves a somewhat long chain of processes. These, as stated by Sir George Beilby, include the careful sorting and pre- paration of the fuel at the mine; the improvement of boiler firing on what are now faniillar lines: and, what

Men's Driving Competitions Between 1 and 5 pm. Entrance fee tots.

competitor.

Any number of entries allowed osch,

Between 4 and 5 p.m. No entrance fee

Ladies' Driving Competition':

Competitions: Between 4.31 pm.

Men's Approaching and Patting, and 5.15 pm. Entrance fee 10 pts.

Ladies' pproaching and Fat- tine Competition. Between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. No entrance fee.

A cold tillin will bo servod to any member ordering saris from No. 1 Boy Happy Valley, not hiter than FRIDAY, 26th inst.

J.B. ROSS,

In addition to those from immediate relatives, wreaths were received from: The Club Lassitung, the Club You ter ut keep in this de Reurein, the Hou, Mr. J. II. Kemp custom if you were a gentleman, but ad Mus: Kemp. Chev. J. M. Alves, you're a thing that comes cup of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. d'Almada e Castro, cheese." A roar of laughter from Mr. and Mrs. F. X. d'Alunada. Mr. the neighbouring spectators greeted A. R. Abbas, Messrs. Benjamin and this crushing reply.

Ports. Mme M. Flint and M. Mandin

Tube" Surpriso

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. de Figueiredo, | Miss Ena M. Bonyth, Mr. F. M. P. Passengers arriving at Charing ] Gruen. Mr. J. E. Gomes. Mr. Cross Tub Station on the Hampstead lyndun, Capitolina Hyndinau de line the other day pinched themselves free duse Athanasio de Grácu. to make sure they were awake or had Mr. and Mrs. F. J. V. Jorge, Air, 31: not got sunstroke or something of F. P. Lurence and Mr. E. C. Lourenco the Kind. As the train emerged from Messrs Lammert Bros., Mr. G. P. the tunnel their ears were greeted by ambert and Mr. II. 1. Lammert. concentrated essence of Scotland in the form of a dozen bagpipes and Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Graca Ozorio, drums going at full blast on the Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Osmund and Platform and playing "The Cock of family. Mr. Charles. Usuund, ' Mr. The North "in fine style with the George V. Omurid, Mrs. T. M. L.. drumsticks, twirling and the ribbons Pereira. Mr. J. M. Pereira, Mr. R. blowing with the draught from the Pestonji. Mr. V. F.. V. Ribeiro and Tunnel. The everyday passenger family. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. M. 1. wil be able to imagine the volume Souza. Mr. and Mix, J. F. E. de Silva, of such scunds in a tube. It was equal Mr. and Mx, J. M. I'. Ha Silva, Dr. Pass Key" which heads the bill at efficient use is a generally known August, 1921, at 3 pm at the Oees:

10 ten thousand bagpipes in the and Mrs. A. F. B. Silva-Netto.

Albert Hall. Recovered from this jolly surprise the audience found that their entertainers belonged to No. 2 Branch of the Na lonal Union of Railwaymen.

Blue Fuirics.

Mr. Taylor, a Vancouver student of the occult, s'ates that there are. fairies in many parts of Canada,.

Captain Adams has joined the ss. "Seistan" as master in place of Captain Nicoll.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND

OTHER INSTITUTIONS.„-

KINEMA NOTES.

la of prime importance, the sorting out of the combustible constituents of coal into fuels of higher availability or convenience by pre lirainary carbonisation either at high For low temperature. This, it should be understood, has a direct bearing on the development of home sources of fuel oil and motor spirit. There is a general confession that in past

· IN GAYEST PARIS,

years and indeed down to the present time, we have been using our Rarely is it that Hongkong kinema coal resources in prodigal fashion. patrons have been offered a photo- Cheaper fuel is the great industrial play with a plot cleverer than problem of the day, and that it that presented in "The Devil's can be made cheaper by its more

THE CORONET THEATRE.

Hon, Secretary: Hongkong, August 23, 1991:

PUBLIO AUQTION.

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the lutting by Public Auction - Sklej, to by hold on MONDAY, the 19th day of

of the Public Works Department, by Order

the Coronet Theatre to-night, the last fact. The task of the Fuel Research of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot Board is intended to work out on of CROWN LAND at Pokfulam in acientific lines but with commercial the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 78 application always in mind the pre-a, with the option of renewal at a cise processes by which this may be Crown Itent to be fixed by the Surveyor accomplished and enough was seen term of 75 years.

of His Majesty the King, for one farther during the visit paid to the East Greenwich station to make it clear that a genuine attempt is being madh. to solve a problem of the highest

occasion when this film masterpiece will be screened in the Colony. Staged in gayest Paris, "The Devil's Pass Key" takes the spectator to Longchamps for the first Grand Prix after the war, introduces him to the most fashionable modiste in town, shows him life on the boulevards given him an evening at 3

British Columbia having a larger Aming nectings, lectures and witness of the strangest workings of

LL preliminary notices of forth- Parisian theatre, and makes him the national importance.

sprite popalation than other provinces.

Several settlements or colonies of entertainments. sent for insertion in fale The Devil's Pass Key" is a SUPPLIED BY ALL CHEMISTS. elves, he says..are of a beautiful the news columns of the China Mail, superb picture, rendered still more silvery green colour, and cach colony are charged for at the rate of $1 each, enjoyable by the excellent music of differs from others in its degree of (as announced in May and June of the Coronet Orchestra... Restlessness. A bright blue tribe bas last year) providing that they do not Tomorrow night another wonder-

been observed, he avers, in the occupy more than four lines. Ia Chiwack Valley, 80 miles, from future if this space is exceeded they will be placed in the advertising Vancouver. Their activities extend overa considerable stretch of territory.columns at the prevailing rates.

There are fields where they can be seen in the twilight among tendrils of trailing plants. Apparently, the fairies are not embarrassed by the presence of men and women of coarser mould who cannot distinguish the "presence of the little people, but when observed by Theosophists or spiritists, Mr. Taylor says, they appçar uncomfortable and gradually become invisible.

In The House of Commons.

The amenities of the present House of 'Commons do not increase as it grows older, and it, would appear that close association has not brought the hembers into any greater appre clation of each other's qualities: The personal element favery much to the fore. Thus discussing recently the number of untried prisonere, in Ireland 1.553 men and 26 women Mr. Devlin inquired, presumably in sarcastic reference to the large number of arrests, whether law and order had been established in Ireland yet, Sir Hamar Greenwood counter ed by affirming that it was in parts, Especially in the part the hon. member comes from Thia Bellast, one of the. Mr. Devlin represents Nationalist member Here again one must.. Hamar was indulging Belfast being at the

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