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FLIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.

ODDS AND ENDS.

MANINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Glant Aeroplane.

JEWEL LOOT FROM RUSSIA.

HATTON GARDEN UNDISTUR- BED BY SMUGGLING YARN "S

Hatton Garden does not take very seriously the story that the Bolaberists of Rusia are endeavouring to food the world's markets with diamonds and other looted jewels.

A super-giant acroplane is being built for the Government at Bristol and heralds a fresh era in design. So large is the body that it conveys the impression of a speeds ses vessel, the vast interior of the bull containing spacious saloons and a ship-like cogine-

Bayers for the American market room with's hattery of engines with

are even rate convinced that no gleaming cylinders. A new syste of transmission of power from the jewels Bolshevist taint are being ongines to the propellers is affixed inuggled into that country. tiers to the wings and will enable the Anerican is too astute a diamere buyer to hurden himself with "off colour" Russian stones which cannot compare with the white diamonds

machine to fy day and night. The peril of a forced landing is practically eliminated. The appearance of the tremendous, craft takes away one's breath. It really needs a new name, It does not resemble anything on land or sea. Builders describe her as an

The

PRISONER'S EVIDENCE

MUST TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH

IN THE WITNESS-BOX.

A question of considerable im poriance affecting the law of evidence was debated before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Sankey and Branson in the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Jeremiah Minnihane, a young man, appealed against a conviction at Maid. stone Assizes, and sentence of 10 rears' penal servitude for shooting.at Policemen at Bromley with intent to

injure them.

said that the ground of the apeal was

Mr. H. C. Dickens, for Minnibane,

that, because he refused to give evidence that would incriminate

mer, Mr. Justice Row- latt ordered him out of the witness box. By so doing, it was contended, the judge deprived the prisoner of the chance of stating his full detence.

A certain quantity found their way I to England. but these were other

absorbed some time ago without affecting the real diamond market.

The distribution throughout the serial transport and say that she markets of the world has been ng might be used to carry troops or act asligible. Mr. Gordon Nathan, a well- 8 tender to a squadron of aeroplanes known diamond dealer, told an Eren-

ing Standard representative.. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, writes The Russian diamonds I have seen to the Times as follows: Near the have not been worth more than £15 or anchorage: of Nukualofa in Tonga-£20 a carat. The stones are of heavy, Tabu there is a small island which the lampy cat, and the goods are prac then Crown Prince, grandson of the tically unsaleable in the English great King George Tabou, told me market

▲ Story of the Creation.

was the first land in the world. It When they have been sold nobody had been Eshed up from the bottom knows, but they have been absorbed. of the sea by the god Mani. This and we never hear anything of them divinity put a man on the island and now.

BETTER SALE IN INDIA.

planted a ran on it to provide food It is so easy to detect a Ruslan for the roan. The devil came and up-stone that jewels of this character can rooted the yam. The gud then planted have no effect upon the market here. a coconut tree. Tae devil uprooted The Russian stone has a yellowish or this tree. The god next tried planting brownish tinge, and is entirely un- a sweet potato. The devil did with suitable for the pale skins of English this what he had done with the yam people or American folk. and the tree. The xod. losing all patience, decided to circumvent the adversary. He put a woman on the island. remarking that he wald by this give the devil so much to do that he would have to leave plantations alone. That was exactly as things turned out. The devil was made so busy by the new inhabitant of the island that he had no time to interfere with vegetable production, which since then as increased satisfactorily,

Torpedoing Icebergs.

Ice is the curse of the Northį Atlantic under any circumstances, but this year it is far worse than usual on account of the mild winter having! caused innumerable bergs to break! away and drift down South on the

For i current far earlier than is usual. the past five months the US Coast Guard service has had its usual two cutters on the International Ice Patrol, and they have given timely warning!

cannot pick and choose what evidence The Lord Chief Justice: A prisoner

he will give when he swears to tell the whole truth.

Mr. Dickens: The judge cannot prevent him from refusing to tell the whole truth, and he has no power to refuse the man the right to give that evidence he is prepared to give. Of course, a prisoner is wrong in refusing to give evidence, even though he does in order to shield a companion, but he should not have the whole of his evidence shut out.

Mr. Hohler, K.C. (for the Crown) said the judge could have committed the prisoner at once for contempt, and that would have put an end to his evidence.

Describing the case as one of great legal interest, the Lord Chief Justice said that a prisoner who went into the box to give evidence was bound to tell the whole truth, notwithstand-

Stones of this kind night frd better sale in India, and if worn at all should only be displayed at night.

The offer of a reward by the Ameri-ing that he might incriminate others. can Jewellers' Protective Association If he openly refused to tell the whole in regard to smuggling has not. truth then the judge could reject his imagine any reference to the reported story altogether. effort to food that country with Russian gerus by illicit means. doubtless directed to any possible traffic on a large scale in wbite diamonds, but personally I think that the authorities are too wideawake to permit operations of this kind to be conducted on any large scale.

It is

AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEBT.

TERMS OF ARRANGEMENT WITH THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.

it

The appeal was dismissed.

LIVELY VOYAGE.

WOLLOWRA" AGAIN IN THE

would.

PUBLIC EYE.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The telegram quoted below wasJ received by the local American Con- sulate General from the Manila Observatory

9. a.m. September 23,

Typhoon in about 129 deg. Long. E, 20 deg. Lat. N. direction unknown.

2 p.m. Sept. 23.

Cyclone or typhoon E.S.E, of Naha moving N.E.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS

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WEDNESDAY. 28th THURSDAY, 29th FRIDAY, 30th September, and

SATURDAY, Lat October, 1991. Bazd in attendance on SATURDAY. Tes served during interral, Admission:-Non Members Eeason Ticket, $5.00. bars, Ladies, Soldiers, and Sailors, $2.50. Non members, Each Day Ticket. $200. Members, Ladies,|- Soldiers, and Sailors, $1.00.

Tickets, can be had at the Club,

R. C. WITCHELL,

"Hon. Secretary.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

HALL

THURSDAY, Sept. 23, at 5.30 p.m.

FAREWELL CONCERT

CY

ANNA

EL-TOUR

(Famous Concert Singer), LEO

PODOLSKY (Distinguished Pianist).

AND

VERA

MIROVA

(The Aesthetic Dancer) KINDLY ASSISTED BY HARRY ORE

Wal-known Pianist.

J. VAN. TAECK, (Violin). F. GONZALEZ, (Cello).

Booking now at MOUTRIE'S,

($3, $2 & $1.)

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

The ss."Wollowra" seems ana❜le to remain out of the public eye for any considerable time. A message from Madrid dated September 9 states that the crew of the vessels mutinied against the captain and that Spanish naval assistance to many hundreds of ships, but there An interesting arrangement has had to be obtained to subdue the is no doubt that they have had their been arrived at between the British mutiny. The crew were arrested. In hands more than full. Gunfire was and Australian Governments with a connection with this information, we tried against ice years ago with no view to deal with advances raised by have been informed from a private success. so this year the U.5. Navy the Australian Government from the source that the "Wollowra" was char- Department is sending out the Imperial Goverment on account of tered to a Spanish concern in Cuba and destroyer Breckenridge" to try the the war.

was used to repatriate about twelve. effects of her torpedoes. The results, Australia owes the Imperial Govern hundred destitute Spaniards from of this experiment have not yet been ment large sums borrowed during the Cuba, says Shipping and Engineering. reported, but practical ice men are not early days of the war and other sums As, we believe, the certificate of the The for maintenance and transport of Wollowra" when she was in these very sanguine of its success. sudden shock of the explosion of a Australian troops. There was also waters permitted the vessel to carry. heavy torpedo may possibly split a considerable sums due on account of only about seven-hundred persons, huge berg into two or three smaller arrears of interest.

appear that her but still very dangerous ones, but it Dates of payment of these arrears latest charterers paid a greater re ALL preliminary notices of forth- is far more likely to expend its energy and the redemption of the loans were gard to the capacity than to the ac- coming meetings, lectures and in blowing a big hole in it and nothing not fixed, but left to the decision of commodation of the ship. Incident entertainments, sent for insertion in more. Also, it must not be forgotten the Chancellor of the Exchequer and ally, we may state that some of the the news columns of the Chins Mail, that a very likely result is to capsize the Treasurer of the Commonwealth officers who were unfortunate enough are charged for at the rate of $1 each.

Dow It apparently has the berg and so render it infinitely

to be serving on the vessel when she (as announced in May and June of more dangerous to navigation. It is arranged between the two Govem-left China for Cuba in November Inat, last year) roviding that they do not an interesting experiment, but its ments for the debt to be settled on the and who bad an extremely trying future if this space is exceeded they occupy more than four lines. In practical advantages are not likely to basis of a 6 per cent. annuity. The time while they were under the will be placed in the advertising be great.

amount involved is just upon 87, benign jurisdiction of the Cuban a columne at the prevailing rates. 000,000, and interest upon this will thorities, are now on their way back Heather Honey.

be payable at rates ranging from 3 to Shanghai, where they are expected to 5 per cent.

to arrive on about September 23. The margin between the interest may chance upon a curicus spectacle payable and the annuity of 6 per cent. From the facts of the case already at says a writer in the Morning Post. I will provide a sinking fund which will our disposal, and which we are not yet the heart of the moorland, where, redeem the principal of the debt in ances attending the voyage of the at liberty to publish, the circomat- ordinarily, no trace of human babita less than 37 years. Provision is also ship from China to Cuba, and the sub- tion is found, there are springing up made for arrears of interest, and we solitary encampments or a little colony believe that further details of this sequent happenings in the latter of campers, each with its hives of interesting arrangement will shortly country bid fair to prove among the bees. It is the beekeepers on their be notified on this side, the particularsannals of Chins shipping.

most interesting incidents in the annual trek. Heather honey is we mention having apparently been especially popular, and as it is impublished in Australis. possible to bring the heather to the

Wanderers along the moors in North and West Yorkshire at this season

bees they take the bees into the

heather. The actual trek, is madej

daring the coolest part of the day,

and the bue-Leeper will usually make

it a family holiday, taking a caravan

or tents in which to live during the

BEST MEN DANCERS.

been

.

or, very frequently, during the night.| AMERICAN WOMEN'S TRIBUTE

TO THE ENGLISH

American

women

£2,000 THEFT TRICK

Clever foreign thieves robbed a man

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

I`HE TWENTY-FIFTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING..of Shang holders in the abers Company whe held at the Company's Town Office, 2 Lower Albert Road, Horgkong, on | SATURDAY, Sth day of Gerber, 1991, NOON, for the purpose of presmativ¿ he Report of the Directors and Stat- ment of accounts to 31st July, 1921.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 1st la 8th October, 1921, both days inclusire.

By Order,

M. MANUK,

Secretary, Hongkong, September 23, 1991.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PEE Undersigned have received is.

structions to sell by. Publio mac- tios

On

THURSDAY, Sept 28, 1981, commencing at 2.45. p.m.

at No. 41, B Nathan Road, Kowloon

A Quantity of Fainable Household Furniture, Comprising :- Chesterfield Coneb and Armchaira, Carpet, Teak sideboard with berwiled

mirar, dinner waggon, dining table. chair taak bedstead, chest-of-dirawers, double wardrobe with bevelled glass, sodet table, marble top wasbakand, etc. Also

4",

A few pieces of Blackwood-ware. On view from Wednesday, the 28th September.

Catalogues will be issued. Terms ---Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, September 23, 1921.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

118E Undersigned bare received instruc tions to sell by Public Auction, (POR LCCOUNT OF THE CRICKEXID),

о

FRIDAY,

September 30, 1921, commenting : 2.30 pm at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Boad, Corner of Ice House Street, Chinese Porcelains and Red Lacquer Waże,

Including a variety of 5-coloured and 3-coloured Vasex and Jarı, Wall Plates. Table Screens, Elas and White Vases, Incense burners, Old Bronze and Brass Figures and Vaser, Kakemonos, Lac- quered Cabinets, Chairs, Screens, Tables, Ivory Ware, Jade, Agate and Crystal Ornaments, Mandarin Pieces.

Also many Green Jade Ornaments, Beads Hand Bag, Embroidered Bag, Amber Necklaces, Golden Breast Pins, Scarf fios, Sleeve Buttons, Bracelets, Broaches, &c., &c

The love stock recently arrived from the North and includes pieces from the Ming, Kunghi, Kienlung and. Towkwoog Periods.

The bulk of which will be sold with. out reserve.

(Full Particulars from Catalogue). On view from the 69th and morning of sale.

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Terms -Cash on delivery.

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers. Hongkong, September 23, 1921.

ROYAL SILK STORE.

Just Received New Consignment of Benares Real Gold and Silver BROCADE for Trimming Dresses, Shoes and Scarfs.

We are the Only Dealers for the above Articles & Invite Your Inspection.

D. CHELLARAM, 381, Queen's Road Central

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Correspondence *******

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16 Harbour Accident...

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A Jusk's Armament-38

7-10 Chilesp Celebration

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A Straits Venture as

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A journalistic Controversy

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Children's Corner .'---

Hongkong Trade .....................

visitors are ensuing month while the heather is astonished at the skill of the British of £2,000 by a trick at the Imperial Domestic Occurrences. in fall bloom. On arrival the hives in the ball-zoom.

Hotel, Russell-square, WC.

Leading Articles......................................... are placed in suitable sites, and whea

At an Anglo-American dance the The victim was invited by the men,Company Report the sun shines the bees are liberated other night a charming young woman believed to be Russians, to visit the Local and General to enjoy themselves amongst the new from the States exclaimed in surprise hotel to see some valuable jewellery Japan and Corean Art. blooms. Frequently the trek will into her English partner: Why, we al with a view to purchase. He was con- volve a journey of from ten to thirty thought on the other side that you ducted to a bedroom where he made a Bank Notes Factory miles, yet, such is the wonderful Britishers couldn't dance one bit!" selection, and the gems were placed in Church Notes ... instinct of these little creatures that, The impression that people in an attaché case provided by the Facile Trade 12 although they have been carried to England do not dance well seems to thieves, who were given two £1,000 Rents' Ordinance ............ far from their usual haunts, they can he general in the United States," Mr. Bank of England notes.

Typhoon Warnings. each find their way back to their own Charles D'Albert, vice-president of the The man then picked up the case A Weak Wall hive.

Imperial Society of Dance Teachers, which was supposed to contain the Criminal Sessions...... said to a reporter.

jewellery and left, but during the Hed Arms **As a matter of fact, the English-drive homewards in his motor-car he A Kowloon Flat............................ man has become the best dancer in opened the case and discovered that Stewed Worms, .... the world. His dancing is very much the original case had been substituted Death in Asylum. ARE you subject to sitees of danh steadier and infinitely more graceful by one similar in appestance. It con-

Keep absolutely quiet for than that of the American, the tained nothing of value. Few days, rest in ber! Il posible, be care. Frenchman, or the German. In the At the hotel it was later discovered Terrible Death, tal of your diet and take Chamberlee Cabe and Darbo Temedy. The United States and France'a great deal that only one of the men had register-Bribe Onering, stod eine has cared cues of chronic of expleasant stunting is introducedied and he had disappeared. eluareboos"thịt phy's cieni, bave falled into dancing: The Briglishman Ares

, and it will que you... For mule bý

CHRONIC DIARRHOEA,

*al Chemists and storek epers. not care for stunting:73:

New Bank Premises ..........

Tayo Kiser Keisha Banque Industrielle Nine Stowaways./....... Shape Robbery ....

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Fighting in Kwangi Macro Sensation ........ Hongkong Dock...

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Aggrieved Husband... The Gamble in Marks. Sport

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Special Cables

Cigarette Dealer Red Cigarette Duy Case

A Low Sccoudrel

Trucdient Richa Colle17:

Both men were dressed in grey, were Indians Give A Lot of Trouble 17 middle-agels and of medium height. Hongkong St Andrew's Society18

Passengers wi

New CPO, S. Liner

Kowloon Wedding

Local Wedding

Motor M shaps

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