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ing Mount Everest, now that the Hongkong Hotel Company has bought. the Peak Hotel. For the cooling snows of the roof of the world, the cheap ice now to be supplied to the Peak should be a satisfactory substitute, and Mr. Taggart is leaving footprints quite as notable as this one

about which the colonel cabled.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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vertise for sale two motor cars.

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Printing -and packing paper will be sold at Messra. Lammert Bros.' auctions tomorrow morning.

Under instructions from the Custodian

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ANTARTIC EPIC.

SCOTT'S LAST ANTARTIC

EXPEDITION.

--CAPTAIN EVANS' LECTURE.

house.

marching than they had done at lower altitudes, experiencing

tingling southerly wind, which constantly caused fingers, and faces. to become frostbitten and turned the men's breath into cakes of ice on their beards. The work of observing was a bitterly cold business, but everything was taken with a spirit of cheerfulness and unselfishness.

DECEMBER 18, 1721,

HONGKONG ART OLUB.

TODAY'S EXHIBITION.

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TINE SHOW.

There are 000 or

CANADIAN PACIFIC

FORMER GERMAN LINER RENAMED

THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA."

It is now officially announced by the Management of the Canadian Pacific. Steamships Limited thas he now German passcoger steamer

rezister,

the Company from the Reparations Board for their Vancouver-Hongkeng "Empress of Australia," not "Em- service, will be definitely christened

press of China" as previously advised. Aside from the patriotic aspect lent

on.

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Japanese get the lion's share of China's trade, that microbes and bacilli have no terrors for him, and that Christmas shopping does not worry him at all. So far we are on safe, ground. It is reasonable moTH over to infer that he is not excited by the visit of the Prince of Wales, and

There are not so many pictures et that so far as he is concerned every

Seaking in an easy conversational Civil Servant in Hongkong.

the Hongkong Art Club's exhibition keep nay as many lodgers as he likes. When aner with frequent touches of dry

On Christmas Day, over 17 miles this year but those who ought to humour, Captain B. R. G. R. Evans, was covered. The Christmas dinner know say that it beats previous the present writer, with some pre-C.B., D.S.O., R.N., of HMS. was the only full meat the explorers efforts in point of quality. To the Tirpitz 19,900 tons disposition of his own to wildness «Carlisle," recounted the thrilling had. The 876h parallel was reached unpractised eye of a China Mail re-launched in 1920 and purchased by and to haityness, 'pauses to ponder the state of that mysterious man's story of Captain RF. Scott's last on New Year's Eve and, continuing mind, its divine aloofness from the Antartic expedition large audience the journey until January 4, Scott porter who looked in at the City Hall petty worries of life here below, its in the World Theatre last night, realized that the attainment of the this morning it seemed, at any rate, magnificent indifference to the ques command of the expedition, illustrated goal was within his grasp. He there- that the collection made rather

Captain Evans, who was second in tion which Hongkong paper will

fore decided to eend back the publish the biggest Christmas number of lantern slides made from Mr. command of Lieutenant (as he then his fascinating narrative with a num-last supporting party, under the

good showing.

The pictures have been Lung in bury the author of the footprint, and H. G. Ponting's wonderful photo-was) Evans: The sledge teams were the order of their catalogue num-uitability when used for a vessel rus to speculate on his obances of getting graphs covering all the activities of re-organized, Evatis ced ng one of his bers to aid identification. From suitability when used for a vessel run- permission to join the Mount Everest the expedition and depicting many men to Captain Scott, in order to Mrs. G. N. Humphreys group of neat Emprese of Cana a," as represen ning in conjunction with the now big Expedition, with intent to desert on

beautiful scenes in the great frozen make quite certain of his leader's black and white drawings the visitor ting the two great Commonwealth

outh, reaching the footprint. However,

success. Although the giving up of a there may be less reason for ascend

H. E. the Governor, who presided, man helped Scott considerably, it batch of humorously misinterpretation of a new name for a new steamer passes on to Miss M. Kirkpatrick's within the British Empire, the adop introduced the lecturer to a crowded nearly spelt disaster for the last tivo sketches based on selected quota tends to prevent confusion in the

supporting party. After the first Captain Evans, at the outset of his day's homeward march, they found Miss Huxley's group of water colours defuget units of the Company's old address, explained that the object of they could not do the necessary includes rather a good view of the fleet.

tions from Rupert Brooke's poems.public mind with well known but Captain Scott's enterprise was mainly distance in the routine marching time harbour, looking across towards scientific and intended to complete of nine hours. They increased the the bare hills on

Both the Emprest of Cana....a" of his plan was to reach the South Later on, the party marched 13 and portraits and some scenes from Java, are expected to join the "Empress of and exted former discoveres. Part marching time to 12 hours a day.

the other 22,000 tona register and the "Emplea Pole by sledge journey, obtaining even 14 hours, but the early decision A couple of fine drawings, one of a Russia" and "Empresa of Asia," side, Ad well 23 two small of Australia 19,300 tons rigister, scientific data on the way. It was on effected their salvation and Evans' horse's head and another of the head each 16,850 tona register, in April- November 29, 1910, that Scott's good party struggled home after covering of an old man, were outstanding May of the coming year, thus little ship the "Terra Nova" left New more than 1,600 miles in harness. Zealand with a complement of 59 Evans was overcome by scurvy. Edkins' contributions and

features amongst R. G. establishing practically a fortnightly officers, scientists and seamen, Pro His two brave and loyal companions, door

next service of large fast "Empreses All firms, clubs, etc., who have ceeding southward on the 180th Lashly and Crean, helped him to win

to them Mr. Aubrey's the Vancouver-Hongkong berth.. not yet returned particulars for inser- meridia, the first exciting incident through. These two men dragged garden scenes made a gay splash of Schedule of sailings will be announced tion in the Dollar Directory are re-occurred on December 2, when a gale him for 75 miles on a sledge and, colour.

by the Company as quickly na quested to do so immediately to No. was encountered which, in the deeply when they dropped from exhaustion, C. H. Cole Jas one or two possible. 5, Wyndham Street. Particulars of laden condition of the ship, nearly they still had 36 miles to go to the capital portraits, particularly one of

Both the "Empress of Canada new firms etc., will be gladly received caused the loss of the expedition. nearest refuge camp. Without the a Scotch lad and another of a lady in and Empress of Australia" have The 30-year-old wooden ship worked sledge. by superhuman effort, it was pink-striped blouse. There are been specially built and carefully so badly in the storm that vast perhaps possible for the two men to also some good sketches of Chinese designed for the carriage of passenger Messrs. Hughes and Hough ad- quantities of water found their way reach safety, but they refused to boys and girls and he has capably and with a single eye to meet the into the holds, the pump suctions leave Evans, in spite of his orders handled a portrait with mirror re-requirements of a highly discriminat- were choked and for two days the that they were to do so and it be flections. A clever bit of imaginative ing clientele." fate of the expedition hung perilously came a question of who should go Evening in which both the "Lions Empress of Asia" have, hitherto, worth is his gorgeously coloured study; The Empress of Russia" and in the balance. At the end of that and who should stay. time, hon the men had been work-

Head" Rock and the Amah" Rock been the largest, fastest and most ing incessantly for 24 hours, the had the lighter share of the sledging silhouette-the last named with a Pacific Ocean. The new steamers Eventually, Crean, having perbapat Shatin are shown together in luxurious passenger vessels on the through with no loss beyond a couple was given the few biscuite that remain- gale abated and the ship came work, decided to make that effort. He

faint halo above it. of ponies and one or two dogs.

will need to be skips "in excelsis" ed in the food bag and a little choco-

Mrs. C. B. Brown's water colours to dim their record... The Antarctic pack was reached on late and, with no other food, he and Mrs. Toko's flower studies are auction eight. cases of white wines December. 9 and after boldly pushing marched for 18 hours, through blizzard / followed by a varied collection from

WHAT TO BELIEVE? through the ice for some 200 miles and storm, to Hut Point, where pro- Birinkova.

the brush of Miss Julie progress was retarded to such an videntially, he met Dr. Atkinson, Mr. Somerset Maugham, the extent that in order to save coal, the Demetri, the dog driver and the two two pleasing portraits and a series

QUEER STORY FROM MOSCOW. well known dramatist, who has been engines were stopped, sail was furled dog teams. Crean collapsed at Atkin- of well done crayon sketches. Some travelling about in these parts for and the ship lay under banked fires son's feut and when he recovered he by Mr. V. A. Traubitzky and two publishes the following as toceived some months, past, left for home by for some days.

striking interiors have been furnished The Rosta News Agency (Bolshevik) Three weeks were indicated the whereabouts of the two the "Nyanza," reports the Straits spent in the ice pack and during that men he had left. The dog teams were small watercolours by Mr. M. B. from Moscow by mail:

time they had pushed through 380 galloped out and Captain Evans and Samson have been very gracefully Mr. Karl Radek writes in the miles of ice. Once more in the open Lashly were

executed. More watercolours by Miss Pravda about the sources of in brought safely in. sea they made for Cape Crozier, Atkinson's, care and medical know- P. C. Bowen, M. El as v. Castricum formation of the British Government, hoping to find a suitable landing ledge eventually place. McMurdo Sound was chosen through, although his life was despair by Mr. C. H. Blason who has also a Thelts from the Kremlin. In this nursed Evans and Mr Marshall Wood follow and then "In the Berlin white Guard Russian one comes to an excellent seascape papers appear articles under the title and the eventual landing place-ed of for months. known as Cape Evans-was selected and the expedition's preparations

POLE BEACHED.

capital study of a Chinese fisherman. article it is related that a Lettiah Right at the end of the hall are the Communist named Werner had stolen Meanwhile Scott had reached the made for the first winter ashore.

Captain Evans then described the find, alas, that he had been anticipat«Old Houses, Macao"

South Pole ous January 17, 1912, to oil paintings of T. G. Parvis and important documents from the June Dr. Arthur De Carvalho. The former's congress of the Third International. perilous adventure of one party which ed by the Norwegians and that Ronald

"Rocks at In these documents was a report drifted for hours on floe ice and was Amundsen bad left his flag at the Macao" and his "Moonlight" were of a speech by Lenin pointing out the only saved through a change of Pole. Scott and his companions had amongst his most attractive contribu- complete bankruptcy of the lea wind; the careful

preparations done their best and never from one of tions and in Dr. De Carvalho's collecders of the Third Intrnational. for facing the dark winter, and the them came an uncharitable remark, tion his still life study "Fruits" stood The speech caused, with few Messrs. Tsang. Hin-tong and Cheung made. Referring to a special journey of 900 miles on January 19 and ther with the figure of a child in the fore-tests among, the delegates, where- valuable scientific investigations They started their homeward march out. A larger canvas Treasures exceptions, most emphatic pro- Yuen for $29,550.at the offices of the made by Dr. Wilson, Bowers and came back at a fine pace over the ground has attracted a good deal of upon the Presidium of the congress Public Works Department yesterdayCherry-Garrard to obtain Emperor ice-capped plateau. While descending/attention and so has his landscape decided to burn the atenographis re-

Penguin's eggs and to study the the Beardmore Glacier, Beaman Edgar

port of the speech. This is supposed winter habits of these extraordinary Evans fell and sustained a sovere A. Abbas "Harbour Scene, to have caused a split among the de- birds,, Captain Evans said: "Picture concussion and, near the foot of the

Winchai” and his "Sunset"legates to te congress, and the their hardships, frozen bags to Beardmore, he died.

were rightly admired.

There Opposition authorized Werner to steal sleep in, frozen footgear and The brave little band pushed north- The famous old pine tree of Kara

ara only two picturea by the speech of Lenin as well as other abd documents in return for a high re- not envy this shy gentleman? We can Japan, famous in song and legend as that the sun is absent for fout gradually shortening marches, that Mrs. B. C. Byrd's sketch of a Japanese knowledge of the split, the papers say,

saki, on the shore of Lake Biwa, moonlight, for it must be remembered they must have realized, by their Albatross but both are very good. ward. This theft and the possible.

frozen mitte. Their best light wayward with fine perseverance, although J. A, Wilde Doldrums " understand why he should be hairy, the "Karasaki no matsu" and visited months, in this latitude, during little hope of reaching their winter lady and her study of a Chinese child caused great anxiety in the Russian but not why he should be wild. by thousands of pilgrims each year as winter. The party faced willingly quarters remained. Oates' feet and are better than her larger study of "a press. A large reward was offered for have to risk quatrets with his friends one of the Eight Beautiful Scenes of extraordinary discomforts and dangers hands were in a dreadful condition son of Hongkong" where the sitter's the locating of the document. by talking of the Irish Problem. The Lake Biwa, is dead. This ancient for five weeks in the cause of acience and he gradually became more of into a smudge of red-otherwise it is Silician Settlement never need packer pine was said to be 1,200 years old, and when the little band won drag on the party. He constantly ap

mouth seems to have been squashed COMMENT ON THE FOREGOING: his brows. For him the word nem Nara Epoch. During the last year it Evans, they were almost disfigured Wilson could only tell him to keep light struck the C. M. men as being the Foreign Office this mysterious having lived from the time of the through and finally returned to Cape pealed to Dr. Wilson for advice. quite good. Mrs McPherson's" Moon: worked in the Communist Party. In ployment, so tragic to us, must seem has withered and died. the maddest joke. We expect he is very

by irostbite, lack of sleep and grime slogging on and, when this gallant the picture he would have nominated Werner was also referred to as a busy up there, and now so more than

from the fumes of their blubber soldier realized that the safety of Scott, if given his choice of the exhibits. It source of the information of Lord stove.”

Wilson and Bowers depended on his in a beautiful subject beautifully Curzon. Therefore we propose to the self-sacrifice, he walked out from the treated. Her temple studies and one British Government to place these on October 24 when Capt. Evans left gave up his life to save his three com Mrs. Bowes Smith has some pretty formation, which is the real source The start for the Pole was made camp during a blizzard and willingly or two of the landscapes are also original documents at our disposal

fine with the motor sledges to pioneer the panions.

for comparison with the Ostin- flower studies and. Mrs. A Loire has of the British counter-espionage. It was, as Captain Scott wrote, the depicted the seven capital sins with Finally we know two persons rea The journey to the Pole was set of a brave man and an English originality and cleverness in a series ponsible for the forgeries. They are splendidly organized. Two supporting gentleman. Oates sacrifice took of sketches which are studies in Baltic barons, Reinfeld, who was in. miles, when the ascent of the Beard three fought on until March 21, only in Mr. J. Goulartt D'Aquino's the Bults with the German Com parties returned after the brat. 500 place on March 17. The remaining facial expression. more Glacier was commenced, with covering 20 miles in the four days quartette is a picture made of mission and Baron Uxkhull, The A novelty Russia in 1918 as representative of

three units of four men palling 170 lb. and then were forced to camp 11 used postage stamps and his "Red connection of them with the Berlin per man. This enormous glacier is miles south of a depot where nearly Cross Nurse it has the most important bearing on is, if you think it over, a truck-Hawaii-maru" was a few days, out come without any great effort. On Dec They were kept inactive by a blizzard of exhibits up to 248 with her four in personal touch with the Minister of When the O.S.K. steamer 150 miles in length and it was over-one ton of provisions had been stored. Mrs. Britton brings the total number Baltic baron Ferson, Reinfeld was maka a pretty study, Foreign Office was arranged by the the present unhappy state of politics, ling to improbabilities to conjecture from Victoria, B.C., filness broke out ember 21 three teams had reached the which was so violent they could not charming sketches of harvest time at the Interior and also through the. and should be good tidings of great their non-existence. These wild and amongst some of the ship's crew and King Edward VII Plateau, in latitude leave their tent. This fearful storm home. hope to good men troubled thereby andy mies, we postalate, gofound" offers. We understand that the 85.dep. 7 min south, 7,000 feet above contin Marsh 25 March 28, The oxbibition will be open again Cables the gallant colonel, some twenty and unless we postulate some on symptoms were like those of malaria, the Barrier. Here the upper glacier tween March 25 and March 20, Captain to-morrow. Fifty cents is being We are asked to Blata that ad

bhief spy Weismann." thousand feet up on the roof of the scientific absurdity like special and considerable alarm was felt saya depot was established and the third Bcott wrote his great message to the charged for admission. world, "we distinguished hare and fox creation, there must be some way of the Japan Chronicle. Amongst the supporting party turned homeward. tracks, but one mark, like that of a continuing the specion. One thing is few passengers carried was Dr. Alan

public, after whink Scott, Wilson and humaa loot, was most puzzling. The ure. The footprint was there. The Richardson, of Kobe, and fortunately pushed forward, keeping to an avor bags and calmly awaited death, their Scott with his two sledge teams, Bowen lay down in their sleeping coolies assured us that it was the track colonel and his party saw it, and were he was able to take prompt action to age speed of 15 miles a day, with the food gone, their fuel exhausted and no photographs they had seen gave a of a wild, hairy man, and that these puzzled by it. Their coolies Raw it combat the epidemic, with the result party dragging loads of nearly 20016. hope of rescue remaining to them clearer idea of the heroic efforts made men were occasionally to be found in too, and assured them it was the that all the sufferers had recoverud per man. On December 23, onormous A brief description of the thrilling by the gallant leader of the expedi- the wildest and most inaccessible spoor of a wild and hairy man by the time that the vessel reached crevasses were met with. For adventures of Lieutenant Campbell's tion and his followers than they could Canton 6-cent nick coins are in mountains "That is all. The rest That is enough for us to work on. We Japan, After remaining a few days tunately, they were woll bridged with Northern party and the valuable obtain from reading books. Indeed demand. The Civil Governor hab doesn't interest us one half so much need no more than that. We can in Kobe the "Hawai-maru pro snow.and the party negotiated, them work of the Terra Nova" itself it was a revelation to him of the heroic, announced that no discount on the Thrilling as is the story of how these concludo, without departing by co.dod to Fhangbal, mien play at Bruce's epiler in the kill hair'sbreadth from the rational and Dr. Richardson was bound. Just explorers frequently fell through up a special lecture brought the bers of the expedition had to make to

to which port in safety. At the snow bridge the each, as Captain Evans said, worthy efforts that Captain Scott and mem face value will be allowed. ing blizzards of those altitudes, thoan logical prosesses of ratiocination to prior to sailing sonic officials of tho to their armpits On Christmas Eve fascinating usrrative to ateloso, contend with this numerous difficulties The Police Recreation Club give most lunccessible "altitudes, it dies which we are devotod, that this wild Desks Shosen Kaisua proceeded on Scott was 8,000 feet above the Barrier In thanking Capt. vang on behalf of Captain Evans was to be congratulat, notice that owing to the Polloe Ball not afford us anything like the real and hairy man is calmly indifferent board and presented, Dr. Richardson and the party congratulated them the audience, H.E. the Governor said ed on Lin return and the audience taking place on the 23rd Built of that wild and fairy man of to the fluctuations of exchange with a handsome gile of silks in token aelves on now being clear of crovasyge they all had heard and appreciated should congratulate themselves for Xmas Draw arranged for mystery, living a life to afcef from the that does not care our of appreciation of the valualo medion and pressure ridges, but they the wonderful record related by the buying the privilege of listening to will take place 0824 wilder hurlybiuty and hullaballco of foto whether British, Americans, or service render

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The China Mail.

** TRUTH, JUSTICO. PUBLIC SERVICE."

DONCKING, TOesday, Exo. 13, 1027.

A WILD HAIRY MAN.

the plains. Robinson Cruson's famous footprint for various reasons fades into comparative insignificance, and we wonder that it should have impressed us so. Does this newest footprint not indicate a tremendous story? May we

the looky, lucky man! He does not

A number of newspaper editors from New York are expected to arrive shortly in Shanghai from Peking These men have been attending the Press Congress of the World in Honolulu, which convened during October, and are now travelling through China and Japan before returning home.

The lease for seventy-five years of two lots of Crown land in Shauki- wan was sold by public auction to

afternoon. The two lots (Nos. 481 and 482) have an area of 28,736 square feet. The upset price was 51 per square foot.

The Mount Everest Committee has, ever, with these strangers invading his The wedding was solemnized in we believe, copyrighted all over the Happy Heights. What a pity, there Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on world the messages coming from it was but this one footprint-bis own! December 6, of Mr. J. R. Wood, Mo., intrepid explorers, and the China Mail Had he walked in company, had there DC M. M.M., formerly Captain in would not for one moment think of been a companion footprint, smaller, the "Black Watch" and Mies Beatrice stealing any of this valuable thunder, left by his own Badroubadour, kow Phillips. The bridegroom, who is the There is one tiny little bit in a message much more pleasant a picture could we son of the late Mr. John Wood and

Way." sent by Colonel Howard Bury on Cuonot have constructed for our contem- Mrs. Wood of Montrose, is first ber 2 which we covet, and it there is plation! She must be there, we think, assistant editor of the North China anything to pay for it they may draw wild and hairy like the maker of Daily News, while the bride is the on us. We-that is to say our readers this precious foot-mark but gracious daughter of the late Mr. F. Phillips

simply must have it, whatever it in his shaggy eyes. There may even and Mrs. Phillips of Peníbroke. costs. It would be in some sort a ain be, lurking cannily among the snows. mot to give it the widest publicity, for some wild and hairy babies. It¦

DASH TO THE POLE.

Hill Cutting

que expédition. The bis interesting Isotur

"A Lett named Werner never

mission to Captain BR.G. R. Evan' Lecture to-night Tuesday, in St. be by ticket only. Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon, will

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sight.

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