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In his capacity as Coroner, Mr. J. R. Wood with a inry composed of Mary C. C. de Carvalho, H. M. Campos and Kau Tun Po. yesterday afternoon held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of an 18-year old. Chinese girl who was found hanging in the bathroom of No. 51, Kennedy Rosd, on February

20.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Loof and nothing more has bein

CASTLE CRIME..

learned about it since the law of gravitation was anunciated by fir CHRISTMAS ISLAND PARTY TO Isaac Newton 250 years ago. The TWO YEARS' SENTENCE ON

TEST EINSTEIN'S THEORI: || verification of Einstein's prediction,

COUNTESS. that the gravity of the sun can bend

The judge addressed mother and son in the severest terms: Both of you know the atrocions character of your undertaking sad de ired to carry

After such words the judge's More.ce appears ludicrous. The is asked here why Rowsel,

out some important astronomical who was their agent, was given observations in connection with other severer punishment than the countest work which is being done at the Royal A suggested reason is that he is not Observatory at Gre nwich.

& count.

On February 23, as reported in sys of light is therefore of the China Mail special wire, the British greatest importance, because it will The trial at the Gorlitz Assize Court solar eclipse expedition from the prove that there is an essential of Countess Eleanora von Schlieffen Royal Observatory, Greenwich, amy relationship between light and and her son Count Hans and others ed at Singapore by the "Mentor" and gravitation From the point of on the charge of conspiting to murder the Count ven Schlieffen with a view to was to proceed in a few days by the view of the scientist and Islander to Christiess Island, The philosopher, Einstein's theory has obtaining possession of his rich estate preparations are to be put in hand at very far-reaching consequence, but it for Count Haus edded in enrprisingly once to observe the total eclipse of will not affect everyday methods of mild.sentences, the sun on September 21 next thought. According to the theory. Countess You Schlieffen was ordered The results of the investigations Newton's law of gravitation is not to undergo two years' imprisonment, are expected to be of extraordinary absolutely accurate, but observations Count Hans to 18 months less his five. importance to the scientife world, far of the highest precision of which months detention: the greengrocer | reasons which are clearly set forth in modern astronomical met ods are Rossel, to three years. less eight the appended explanation of their capable are necessary to prove this months' detentions and his accomplice having lost a ring mod having been objects. The leader of the expedition Similarly, many of the results of Stenzke to 15 months les sir months' scolded for it. He asked the mistress is Mr. H. Spencer Jones. M.A B.Sc. Eaclid may be no longer tenable; for detention.

she had chastised the girl, and she F.R.A.S, chiel assistant to the ius ance three angles of a triangle, said "Yes, slightly." He did pot Astronomer Royal at Greenwich and need not necessarily be two right he is accompanied by Mr. P. J. angles, and parallel lines may meet report the matter to the police.

The mistress said that the girl had Melotte. F.RAS, an ssistant at But here again, for all mactics! been with her for about 15 years. She Greenwich also. They have brought pur oses Euclid may be consider it through. Had you not shown

with them 2 was given to her by her mother whooo:

number of 83 still correct. valuable instrumenta was very poor. The witness gave the extremely

The funds for the present expedition: sarh folly in the choice of agents yoz mother $46 for the girl. She had and the preparations will be of the are provided partly by the British migh both have had to answer a charge of murder and expect the death always regarded the girl as her most complete and careful kind, so Government and partly by the Royal sentence. What you could do, you daughter. The girl went to the rac.s that every second of the three and a Society. The funds for the actual did" alone on February 20

half minutes during which the eclipse eclipse observations are granted by Coroner: Why did you let her go will be total at Christmas Island may the Royal Society but during the slane 1-She wanted to go and as she be taken advantage of. M Spencer period over which the party stay on was grown up, I let her go

Jones has also come out with her Christmas Island they will be carrying! When the girl reported the loss husband, but she goes on to Shanghai of the ring, the witness scolded for a short visit before returning to The Anti-Mai Tsai Association her. The girl argued with the pay a visit to Christmas lalard & few which was represented by Mr. C. G. witness, who then gave her two weeks later. The members of the Anderson, who put through the strokes with a rattan. This was expedition expect to be back in Coroner a number of questions to the done in the presence of the wit-Singapore about the end of October. witnesses, alleged that the girl wasness's younger sister: The girl did The Straits Times is indebted to Mr. mui tsai, that she had committed not protest, but admitted that the Spancer Jones for the following suicide under provocation, and that bad been careless. Later the girl details of the objects and sims of the she had been given a pauper's burial.went for a bath. When she did not investigation:-

The girl, it was stated in evidence, come out in half an hour, the witness was the adopted daughter of a woman looked over the partition and found The purpose of the expedition is to named Yeung Lao Tze, who had the girl hanging from the shower confirm the theory that when a ray

The Fitness forcedan, of light parses tear say body, it purchased her from a distant relative bath.

telescope to be used Chinese studenta in England aro on the husband's side some 15 entry, and with the assistance of path is bent from a straight line, and is 3. double one. For secur

for $46.

an object bring discouraged by what they This the gardener cut the git down. They to determine the amount of the bending the photographs woman lived in Cantor, and had come tried to save the girl's life by the use ing. The smotat of bending in glass of 13 inches aperture and 11 describe as the lack of enthusiasm for to Hongkong for the races, bringing of restorative powder and by pouring extremely minute and practically it feet focal length will be utilised their presence there. with her the girl. On February 20,oil over the body, but without result is only possible to test this in the Mounted upon the same instrument the girl obtained permission to go to Then the doctor came and pronounced case of a ray of light which passes in another telescope of 10 inches learn, but we have very great difficulty the races. On ler return soout 4 pm. the girl dead. The rope was thrown near the edge of the en. For this aperture, which will be used for a getting a chance to put into she reported that she had lost a gold away by a small boy at the request of purpose a total eclipse of the sun visional observation. The telescope practical use the knowledge we have finger ring worth about $15 the witness's younger sister. The must be ctilized, and it is only at will be driven by clockwork so as to gained," Mr. S. B. Tan, a former She was given a scolding for matter was reported to the police the rnch times that stars very near the follow the motion of the stars and the secretary of the Londor Chinese ber carelessness, and beaten with following day.

sar may be seen or photographed. clockwork will be controlled by an in- Students' Association, told a reporter. light rattan Later abe

By Mr. Anderson: The girl was The eclipse of the sun occarting on genious electrical device by means of "Manufacturers are chary of taking went to the bathroom and banged buried at the Ks Ki Wan cemetery. September 21 next, which is visible which an irregularity of one-fortieth into their factories. Why should herself there with a piece of cord The witness arranged for the burial from Christmas Island, is a total of a second is detected and im- this be! In the United States and in which she fastened to the shower but did not attend it. It cost her eclipse and will provide a favourable mediately corrected. The telescope France we are given every opportunity bath piping. The body was removed about $20. The witness did not know opportunity of determining the will be mounted on a concrete pier of combining work and study. to the Tung Wah Hospital, and by an who selected the burial place. She amount of the bending of light. built on the solid limestone rock, and When we go back to China we oversight was buried at Ka Ki Long had never been to the Ka Ki Wan

an observing hut for housing it has shall naturally be asked how we fared Wan cemetery without having been cemetery. The girl had been educated

been designed and will be erected by in England. Those who return from identified.

at Canton

the sun and the stars round it at the the Christmas Island Phosphate Com- the United States will be abis to tell time of the eclipse, and in comparing pany, to whom the expedition is very glowing tale."- the photographs thus obtained with mach indebted for the assistance Mr. Tan is shortly returning to other photographs of the same which they have already given or China to try to raise funds for the portion of the sun which wil be have promised to give. taken some three or four months The eclipse will be visible over the beforehand & night. From a whole of Malaya as a partial eclipse comparison of the two sets of photo sad is nowhere total except in graphs the slight displacement of the Christmas Island star images may be seen.

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Dr. D. J. Valentine, who examined the body at the mortuary, said that death wa due to strangulation There were several bruises on the thigh which might have been caused by anything. He did not find any ms on the back or on the buttocks. Dr. H. Thomas, of the Turg Wab Hospital, said he received a telephone message about 5 p.m., on February 20 that a girl had barged herself at No. 1. Kennedy Road. He gave instructions for the body to be taken to the hospital, and the police to be informed. He refused to give the death certificate without the authority of the police and the body was taken

The

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PURPOSE OF EXPEDITION.

The observations will consist in photographing with a large telescope

The eclipse on September 21 will only be total for about three and a half minutes and a cloud passing might easily prevent the observations being taken but even if this were the

CHINESE STUDENTS.

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The younger sister corroborated the mistress's evidence. She added that she had the rope thrown away because it kortifiad her. The girl was treated just like a daughter ty her sister, and

to be called "Chica House," to which witness looked upon her ar her niece.

all Chinese students coming to Bug- Asked by Mr. Anderson why the

and will be able to apply for help The belt over and information. allowed her niece to receive a pauper's barist instead of arranging for a

which the eclipse is total rune "Our wish is for a closer and family burial, the witness said that The principal difficulty in the through the Maldive Islands, across warmer co-operation with the people! the Tong Wah Hospital saw to it. investigation is due to the minuteness Christmas Island and across Answe meet in this country,” said Mr. The family did not intervene because of the displacements which have to tralia from the north-west coast in Tan. During my two years' stay the women were helpless and very be measured. For the star nearest south-easterly direction. The width here I have been amazed to find that grieved.

the sun at the time of the eclipse, of the belt of totality is only about After an absence of about ten the actual displacement will not 100 mil. In Malaya at the greatest the majority of people still regard the minutes, the jury returned a verdict exceed one two thousandth part of an phase the sun will be seen about mid-Chinese in the ignorant, insalar light 'thát makes us aj pear as queer people that the girl had committed suicide, inch. So that delicate measurements day as a narrow crescent. The day who do nothing but wear pigtails, eat to the Victoria mortcary where he and added that the evidence was very with a microscope are necessary.

will be perceptibly dark and the sun rice, and pinch the feet of our gila.” examined it with De Valentine conflicting.

can be best, observed through dark the following morning. Later the

aroked glass or by any method of same day the body was removed for

reflection. An interesting; henomenon. to notice is the crescent images sua formed by the leaves of trees.

burial.

Dr. T. P. Woo said he visited No.

EINSTEIN'S PREDICTIONS TESTED.

OTHER INVESTIGATIONS.

the. has been built for the new observatory which the Dutch Government is erecting in Java. It is expected that this expedition wil be accompanied

This is not the only expedition to the...eclipse. There

by Einstein himself. There will also

That rays of light should be bent when passing near the sun or any other body was one of the principal The mocan temperature last predictions of Einstein's theory of 51, Kennedy Road as the result of s telephone message and there saw the mouth was 51.5, the highest (on the space and time. This theory has in body of the girl who was alleged to 11th) 71.8, and the lowest (on the many respects revolutionised the have committed suicide.

27th) 52.4. There were 19.3 hours of point of view of the scientist of to investigate He was taken into a smaf room at the back sunshine, and 5.490 inches of rain day. It would be outside the scope will be one from India to the be an American expedition to the

of the present article to go into the Maldive Island, and a combined north-west coast of Australia. were recorded. of the house where the body was lying

details of the theory, bat attention Dutch German expedition is also that the three principal stations from on a bed, and asked it he could do

| may be drawn to one aspect of it, going to Christmas Island. The latter which the eclipse may be seen will be anything for the girl. He examined

For many years scientiste bave been will be using a new telescope which occupied and it is hoped that from the girl and found that she had been

endeavouring to interpret the various dead about balan hour. From what he saw, he had no reason to suspect foul play.

By the Coroner: He did not in- spect the bath-room because he was there to save life. I did not ask to see the rope, but gave instructions for the police to be informed. He was told some story about the girl

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