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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1922.

COUNTERF IT NOTES,

A GARDEN PLANT,"

In Mr. J. R. Wood's court grater. day afternoon, there was a aquel to the discovery by the Samshuipo police in the Haohan Garden, on November 1, of a lithographic printing outfit and large quantity of painted documents which are said to be forged one dollar Kwangsi notes.

Four Chineer who were arrested in connection with the grizure, appeared

. in the dock.

AMOY PROTEST."

VESSELS COMMANDEERED AND SALT FUNDS SEIZED,

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PEKING, November 22.

A message from Amoy states that Tsang Chi-plug has commandeerol three vessels and seized $30,000′ from the rolt funda.

A protest has been lodged --Reuter.

BANDIT CAPTIVES

NERS' RELEASE.

At the oufert, the Magistrat WU PEI-FU. SEEKING FOREIG intimated to "“Mr. - "G." - K. Half Brutton, the defending solicitor, that he had substituted the clarge un record for the following :--

Pexisa, November 22,

A message from Honan states that Wu. Pei fu is actively endeavouring to obtain the release of the foreignere held by bandite. It is expected he will soon be successfu'.-Reuter,

Feloniously sad with intent to defraud did forge a valuable security: namely a security for the payment of money, ie, a note purporting to bo a 8! bank note of the Kwangai Baok and Cheung Sha Wan on the [, «' 1st November, contrar to Ordinance 11 of 1922 Section 4 subsection 2.*

FORGERY CHARGES.

Sub-Inspector Grant said he TWELVE MONTIIS FOR FALSE

executed a gambling Warrant at the garden at 10 pm... on November 1. He peoped through a crevice i the ride of afsled there, and raw the second deferdon using a rubber stamp on lographed representa fix: s) of Kwangsi banknotes, which he was

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PRETENCES.

A Chinese man and a youth were charged, before afr. R. E. Lindeell thin morning with offences against the Forgery Ordinance.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MANY CENTURIES AGO.

MYTHOLOGY TALE.

EGYPTIAN AND CHINESE CULTURE.

BACK TO METHUBBLAH.

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Mythology in a study which is of perennial intorest. Its mystery is

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Proprietor.

OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

week members of the Shanghai Royal landed at their risks into the hazer-TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND Asistio Society were trated to a dous and/or extra hazardous Go- lecture on Soma Similarities in downs of the Hongkong and Kow. Chiaren and Ancient Egyptian toon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. Culture" by Mr. Chas. Kliene, who whence and/er from the wharves transported his audiener for two hours delivery may be obtained..

No claims will be admitted after into an atmosphere of legendry and mythology which was almost Wellaian the Goods have it the Godowns, in conception and range. Mr. Klieno and all Goods remaining undeliver- did not leal with avokation, aned after the 30th inst, will be subject all-absorbing subject of wide con- troversy, but he explained the Chinese and Egyptian idea of creation.

TWO OLDEST NATIONS.

Mr. Kliens opened his lecture by reminding the audience that Egypt

and China were the two most anciens nations of the world, wh se traditions nad records and rome down to us in connected form. In comparing these two records, said the speaker col many remarkable similaritics had

There were tier charges preferred | come to light tha: it was difficult to memoring. The other against the ma:-(u) forging and believe that the one was in some way defendants were preparing the even uttering an order for goods in related to and derived from the other. ing meal. The Inspertos entered the th gawe nt < ne Chou! As Egyptian recorde extended farther matabed with a hitese constable Wai chin of the Yee Iling back than those of Obina by while two others took up posts at shop; (b) having in his prosession, thousands of years, it sermed! the back. Defendants were ore ded, without wathority, a forged "chop" reasonable, therefore to suggest that On the machine were bundles of the Yee Hing shop; and (c) unlaw Egyptian culture was the original and numbered and usnumb red bankful possession of the said forged at it found its way to Chion and to notes. Spread out on tings to dig, were large quantities of finished note Panter's ink of various colours wus nlao seized. There were no fewer than

2,500 forgul notes, done up in bundles of 500 each, all complete in every

respectinen

describing himself as the manager of 1bo garden Was Gext called. He said he did cot know who the owner waJ. lis brother acted as broker and be, acting for his brother had sublet the ined to the third defendant and another map, ant one of the other defeudauts. The rent vas to be $200 a year; he gave the third defendant a reat-hook, but beyond that he had no pront of the lease. The third defendant bud paid the rent since the arrangement began last Appost. He knew nothing of the map, Pua. men'ioned by the defen. daats. His brother went into the country week ago.

At this stage the hearing was adjourned.

document. Charge (c) was brought as an alternative to charge (a.)

Defendant piraded guilty The youth was charged with having obtained goods from the San Man Woo Co., by virtue of the forged order.

He said he did not, know the order was forged.

Inspector Pinco't said the police were satisfied second defendant was an innocent agent employed by the frat man

Central America rather than that Chinese culture went westward.

THE COD P'TAU.

that to hand made corda have yet The lecturer went on to point out been discovered in Central Ain Egyptian God P'tab, the first of the approaching the sutiquity of the personifications of the character in Book of the Dead" dealing with the pro Osirian religion, or even "The! doctrines of Amer. Ra to justify the The Magistrate discharged Broad contention t'at civilization brgan at defendant and sentenced the other to

soma mid-way point in the Asiatic six month jail on each of the first desert and had spread to the west two charges the sentences to run and to the cast. The Ositiu religion sorsecutively. The other alternative was, without doubt, at least 20,000 charge was dropped..

OVERCROWDING,

FERRY LAUNCH MASTER FINED.

years old..

A CONCEPT OF CREATION. Delving into the conception of the world, Mr. Kliene caid that the Chi ne-e agreed with the Egyptians that | in the beginning all was chaos. According to the Chinese, the first being was thick set, musealar and For carrying 53 passengers in

clothed in a bear skin. Armed with i excess of the sumber permitted by axe, this being, who wae known as LATEST SHIPPING NEWS, his licence the master of the foran Ku, toled for 18000 year clear- launch Kengabau" was fined $20 ing the universe out of the vast by Commonuder Beckwith R. N. at mages of granite that flanted con.i the Marine Court to day.

fusedly into space. When lo died, Haruna Mai. (N.Y.K.) from

Evidence was given that the his body was divided and the various London, Singapore.—Rowicon Whari. "Kongsbau was seen by Sergeant members became the elements of le Kaijo Maru, S.K.) from Kee-Arent going towards Hanghom from universe, making the world at the Suizan with a big list and a large beginning. It was plain to see ex Hok Conton. (ileung On) from crowd on board. There were 502 en plained Mr. Kliene, that the whole Fart Bayard --Q6» Wharf,

the try whereas 14 was the story was nothing more than ar

The allegory referring to creation. Kwongsang (1.31 & Caj Shani,sium camber allowed. Swatow,—Un'a Wimurf,

ARRIVALA.

Jung. Swatów --C& Whart

Chillara-Marth, Suzuki-&-Cu-)from Keelung ( 18.

Sestan (Yen zee) frota. Swatow, -128.

List

whom

One

deh udunt. previous conviction and beat record ed in the course of his 20 years; Harler experience, explained that 5 number of passengers came aboard

The lecturer als introluced a similar allegory which was held by the Egyptians. He said that it was em rkable, to say the least, when they took into account the distance. between the two countries divided as

Bung Hwa, (Seng Soon Hong) from at Saiwan and be was unable to s'i they were by great mouttain ranged

Persug. Singapore.--1324.

Arcot. (Then Kee) Rangoon, Sip pore--1129.

Yue Ying Wa, (Cheong Pat) from. Swatov.-C40

them.

Benlawers, (Gibb Liv) Firma Lon-MR. dra, Singapore --Kowloon Wharf,

Sauka Maru (M B.K.) from Kee lung.-C47.-

Banyei Maru, (Kimara & Co.) from Cantop.—Wanebai.

DEPARTURES.

Bari,

£1,000 A WEEK.

and mighty Fra and the fact that' oral traditions bad to be relied uponj for centuries and centuries to transmit knowledge from generation to genera BILLY MERJON REFUSĖS. tion, that even after a lap of all this time, they should find, not merely in general outline, but in nearly all the Mr. Billy Merson, the comedian, minor details, such a close resem now appearing in "Whitled into dance between the first man of the Happiness" at the Lyric Theatre, Las Chinese mythology and the first ged decided aut to accept an offer of a human form of LLo Egyptian £1,000 week for three years made to mythos. bim by an American agent.

For that sum he would have had;

to go to the Uinted-States and work

MIRACULOUS CONCEPȚION,

After giving many of the absorbing

2 hours a week either on film-work, etoties connected with Chinese and

Hai-stage-work, or performing for Egyptain cods of mythology and

Chefon, (Hung Sara) for Haibow. November 23:

Taikwa Maru, (Y.K.K.), for phong, Hoihow.-Novi mber 23.

Hazni Maru, (Y.KK.) for Keelung, Bustow.- November 23,

Herodo Morn, (Y.K.K) for Yoko bame, Shanghai. November 23.

Torilla, (D.T.S.N.) for Kobe, Amoy. - November 23.

Nawah. (Chur Hing) for Pakhoi. Hoihow.-Novembɛr 23,

gramophone records at agent'a wil

tho

"I am booked for ten years in this country at a salary which I consider amply" Mr. Merson told a reporter. "To break my contracte for three years would cost a great deal of money. It bas cost is some £1,000 ia indemnities to appear in Whirled

Kendal Castle, (Dodwell) for New into Happiness.' York, Singapore.-November 23,

At the same time I should be

Scisten, (Nemater) for Singapore. tosing my public in this country. November 23.

where I am extremely koppy, and Hongwha, (Seng Soon Heng) for might oot be a success in the United Amoy, Swatd-November 23.

States." Batching, (Douglas & Co.) for Mr. Merzon's salary is well under Frackow, Swatow.-November 24.

half the salary offered by the

Loongeng. (J.M. & Co.) for Manila, American agent. -November 24.

Hok Canton, (Heung On) for Fort Stories by Wirelons. Bayard, November 24.

turirevolution in legendary history, Mr. Kliene told his listeners that

miraculous conception existed is all great religions. He said that it was eurprising thing that, after all the millenniams that had rolled away bebind us unmistakable traces of the Rymbolic tencbings of the Egyption, heirophante were still surviving in so.

trange an alien, garb,

Concluding, Nr. Kliene said that in Becking afficities and tracing the cou- nection between ancient civiliz tio: s, one was apt to-forget that the earth's Kurlace tad patalways been the same as it was to day and that great chan gre bad taken place in the distribu tion of land and water. Vast tracta of land which had disappeared beneath the ocean. in tha

The American child is indred couree of agen might bave Teksoup, (J.M. & Co.) for Shanghai, blessed, exclaúns a "Star" writer, once facilitated latercourse between Ningpo.-November 21.

ho has a cless evt installed in nations where barriate now existing

*Mingrang, (J.lt. & Co.) for Uni-bia bedroom so that he may listen to were serious hindrances: phong, Hoibow. November 24.

Accidents Will Happen.

a nice bedtime story ere he retires for Wero it possibly in our re

the night, his loving mamma may, ararches," said Mr. Kilene, "to-con by paying a very small fee at the sult a map of the world as it was, ray

It may be imposible to prevent as office, secure him the pleasure of a two million year ago, many of the accident, but it is nut treppshin to be siecial greeting on his birthday from world's great mysteries would doubt-

répared for it Chanelerinin's Pain the person who tells the story. Fancy less be solved.” *

Halm in nas beyond anyone's pureo, end being wished many happy returns or The lecturer was asorded learty with a bottle of this finiment you are

congratulations upon completion of

prepared for most ything For Congratulated on our's school prize Eyáli Chimilaku atdi Vibratopots, Tu thư Printin

his absorbing papet

10 sent

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under signed on or before the 7th Dec., or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafer, and damaged, Goods are to be left in the Go-

downs, where they will be examin ed on the 30th inst.. at 10 a.m.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Age.its. Hongkong, November 23, 1922.

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LL preliminary notices of forth-

coming meetings, lectures and] entertainments, sent for insertion in the news colemas of the China Mail, are charged for at the rate of $1 each. (as announced in May and June of last year) providing that they do not occupy more than four lines. Ia) future if this space is exceeded they

be placed in the adverting columns at the prevailing rates.

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The C.P.S. R.M.S., Empress of Asia fram Hongkong on Nov. 2 arrived at Vancouver on Nov 20,

The E. & A. 2.4. "St. Albacs 'arrived atsy Iney on Nov. 22

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