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It has been stated on very high medical authority that focad contaminated by cockroaches produces CANCER in the human subject,

EXTERMINATE THEM WITH

BEETLE VIRUS.

THE CHINA MAILY

hear about it. Psychologically it Invitations to supper after the per would pay British industry better formance, but useful little tipe for to emphasise the fact that our big races, most of which were experts of iron and steel irere 88 good, and on one occasion, a per cent. of what they were in particularly good, one for the Stock 3919 rather than the fact that in Exchange. Despite Miss Millward's some cases we did not get our ten-Inquiries, she never obtained a

That is obvious closer acquaintance ders accepted. common sense and it is to be hoped modest friend and benefactor.

will silence the croakers.

Canton Situation.

with her

To-day's Poem.

(I Lay My Head Down.) - "I lay my head down in the lap of

night

A tired child, with mind all

blurred with dreams,

Who listens to a fairy tale that

THURSDAY JUNE 19:1924.

SAFETY FIRST..

HONGKONG WEATHER

REPORTS,

SHIPMASTERS ASKED TO

L!

CO-OPERATE. ·

UNLUCKY"

DELAY.

CAUGHT AT THE ELEVENTH

HOUR,

Cook Turns Robber.".

Through the.delay in sailing of

On Saturday last details were the ss. "Shan Tung" from Hong- given of a scheme published in kong to Shanghai the police were the Gazette whereby local storm uble to get on board and arrest a warnings will be perfected as far man suspected of a robbery, as possible by requesting ship earlier in the day.

master of Kongmoon steamer put back not less than 26 miles to report that the ss, "Flores was being pirated. The vessel was laying off an island in the Delta and there were abou: 100 pirates on board. Leaving his ship about Four o'clock in the morning, the Kengmeon skipper walked thehugh the pudi fields, incident ally getting wet to the skin, and went on board the British gunboat "Cicala." He passed on his Now that the Dragon Boat over. non-interested information to the officer of the Festival is watch. but nothing was dones he people in Hongkong and South China, are still looking forward to (say), until 9:30 when a cuble was the grand campaign contemplated. gent to Hongkong. The skipper by Cantor, which was intended As though the mother told it not

Aright; adds that he was not even thanked to wipe out all the rival fuctions And yet. So strangely scintillant stressing the necessity of regularly

and establish permanent peuce. and only got a cup of ten when he These promises were not made in Fasked for one. These additional so many words, but hints were offen- 2011 facts are relevant because he mep-thrown out that

would be mude on tions that the Hongkong police kive

River where the Enst had told him any information he the

most serious anti-Sun opposition could give would be most weleme.ermly entrenched. Hongkong According to him. however, the is not particularly interested as The gunboat was too busy dressing to who will be victorious. ship for the King's birthday to Colony sincerely hopes, however, that whoever wins, will get about chase the pirates with the result with no waste of time and give MONOanomancuOUKOMDUMONOTONG that they escaped. The skipper's the province a chance to settle

Et possesses powerful antiseptic and dessicating pro neties. The cockroaches disappear and dis undergrond: live dead cockroaches become mummified, and no objection.

results arise from them..

al

Sole Agents

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, ESTABLISHED 83 YEARS.

seems

und bright

it

It falls among the rubbish, that

it gleams "A flake of light among a thou-

sand themes.

"Se truth divine, upon the inner

:

"

... sight

Is sifted from the shining hands

of Oné who bends above us in our deepest

gloom

of unhellef when foolish fancies

run

Like children round the brain from

disappointment was the more j'élový. Unofficial accounts attri hitter because the gang was led bote the reverses suffered by Sun's by Wong, Ng, the man wheiner-Cantonese troops to lack of co-operation, while there is also recently demunded money from talk of peace propaganda having

AThe Ltd. Sir Robert Ho Tung, and he main-intervert the nien's morale.

Powell

12 Des Vodity Rd,?**

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BUCK

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WHITE SILK HOSIERY

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DEPENDABLE QUALITY,

!

When.

room to room- Until at last, to light the ruin!

done. star of truth springs into sudden bloom."

James Whitcomb Riley,

WEATHER CALENDAR

JUNE 10.

I went up to Hampton Court yesterday under a tyll (as everybody has done that has yone by water these three weeks, for the devil's in the sky).

Sir John Vanbrugh.

BEGINS.

GING FOR DINOSAURS, early A man's second chillhood begins

next when a woman gets hold of him. -J. M. Barrie,

ROZIĜISHONEGeneenalonganongue captains to put back twenty-six presented to the British Museura,

F00 CHBONG WO & CO.,

Established 1991 22. Connaught. Hovi ('entrai ipchanalera, Hardware Merchants and General Store Kespors. Tal. Central 591. . For ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN I ARDWARE AND STORES.

SHADOWS BEFORE. :

Coming Events Advertised In The Mail

ENTERTAINMENTS.

19-Coronet Constance Talmadge in Primitive Lover." June 19-The

June.

tains that the gimbout had a suggestion.seriously and honestly priceless chance to catch this made by a merchant who is interested in many Canton notorious pirate red-handed on the bishments is that neither high sens. The chance was simply Gelligerent he recognised by the thrawn sway; he adds, and the net people who can make a move in ourcome was a bad attack of fover the night direction by ensuring for himself. These are damaging themselves. This is no idle 1908,

talk but a plan which can easily statements and we should be

me as the Merchants and formally re- reluction to believe that there are Village. Militia. no extenuating circumstances the engnised throughout the province, gunboat could advance. Piracy in are quite capable of putting it into

befeet. in international erim and wei should think justifies the most drastic punitive tastes. Until we have heard the other side, how- ever, we must in common fairness

Accord į month. Mr. W. E. Guller of the rezerve final judgment.

Eniversity of Manliota starts ingly at this stage we content our-gavating for fussil dinusaurs in selves with the remark that the Bay A fric), if his plans stare as police can hardly expert, schimer: anticipated, an one twoity will be wil is founcing the expedition, miles, trudge through the rain and to obtain sine unrivalled speci- then be met with less than the imens of this prehistoric creature. The site to he opened up is about barest, civility. Much less candy salles slightly west by north they expect to cope with the af Lindi, which an open road- piruey cyil if an impression is to tend near the southern extremity get abroad, that valuable informa of anganyika, and wis originally worked with some sucess by the tion will not be used to the best Germans. It is believed certain. purpose and pirates when their beweert, that the field was really doon is almost certain are to be; been scarcely touched. That the allowed to escape. Having heard expectations of the tra tees of the Brass."

museum will not be disappointed; only one side of the case we have and that funds will permit, and written with the greatest results warrant the exploration restraint, but we feel very bring continued for at least two

seasons, is greatly to be hoped. strongly that what has been said!

The only fault I WEMBLEY, have to find with Wembley is its (says an Evening Standard writer) "Wembley" suggests something that is wobbly and trembley. It needs starching, or reinforcing with concrete or Long before the Entour Gov Fomething. I cannot but regret ernment came into power there that our great show should be thus were people who held the country labelled for posterity when we was "going to the dogs." This hare so many good beef-and-iron myopic class was largely limited. and roses sort of place-naines in however, to dowager duchesses the country. and poplectic colonels. When: Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and his

ONE FOR BILL SIKES. Bill Sikes followers carried, the day the

has been number of those who saw the country decaying suddenly in-barred. "Burglar-proof safes have created and their goblia fears been raidedby the Knight or night)

influenced actually

the stock of the immic, in spite of the lock markets. Then

smith's ingenuity, but tears are the the came

underlying method

of a new reaction. The pendulum swang in the other direction so far,device to prevent bank burglaries in Chicago. Many banks through" ingleed, that any serious threat of i

gas is whereby tear But there is one class which has to resign was sufficient to cause released whenever a vault is noon.

stocks to decline again! Ho tampered with. A score of bandit

USE COLGATE'S SOAP AND RIBBON DENTAL CREAM:

SOLE AGENTS:

The Hongkong Trading Co. Ltd.

HONGKONG,

is amply sufficient to justify the most searching inquiry,

Going to the Dogs.

nave

4.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Theatre

The

supplying weather observations

masters to send in weather reports He was charged. before Mr." to the Hongkong Observatory by Justice Dyer Ball at the Criminal wireless.

Sessions this morning with steal- As a matter of fact, this stepinx from B. Portland Street, follows Mr. T. F. Claxton's (DirecYaumati, articles of jewellery. revision of his "Notice to Marinera" some trunks. tor of the Observatory, Hongkong) money, several garments and Mr. JH. B. Nihil prosecuting from ships. The original was for the Crown said that the actually issued as far back as robbery took place between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. March, 1921.

With the issue of the revised The prisoner appeared to have circular, the Hongkong General reckoned things out very carefully. Chamber of Commerce has and must have got on board with arranged to send out to all shipping the property almost at once for companies calling special attention the ship was due to leave at four As a matter of fact, also to captains of ships passing o'clock. through the port, and to secretaries through some cause, it was. "not of Chambers of Commerce in able to leave until about twelve neighbouring ports asking them to o'clock. arrange for copies of the circular

Only 12 per cent.

These happenings, said Mr. to be given to master mariners Nihil, took place on May 20. Prisoner was cook at the house and on that day was left alone in passing through their ports.

At a meeting at which Mr. the house with the aged mother Claxton met the Chamber of Coin of the tenant who described him- merce some months ago the Direc-1 self us an ex-officer from the tor of the Observatory mentioned Chinese Army, About that "though the number of ships o'clock the man went to the old from which observations were ly's cubicle and commenced received in 1922 was about double rubbing her eyes, as was his duty. that of 1921, it is still only 12 with some due stones which had per cent. of the ships within call" been prescribed for them. She Mr. L. H. King the Hongkong thought he was rubbing them Government's wireless expert, has

He stated that of 701 ships which harder than usual and told him he communicated with Cape D'Aguilar was making them sore. during January and February of thereupon stuffed cotton wool in this year, only z60 sent weather her mouth, tled a handkerchief round, and fastened her hands, reports.

It is hoped that this combined leaving her helpless on the bed. effort by the Director of the He took a pair of ear-rings from Observatory and the Chamber of her cars, went out and locked the Commerce will be productive of a door. The old lady could see better state of affairs.

nothing but in the adjoining Chamber of Commerce Circular. cubicle (her son's) she heard the

see

The following is a copy of the opening and shutting of drawers circular letter addressed by the and boxes and the sound of a Chamber of Commerce to masters strange Coice.

The of vessels fitted with wireless:-

next

to person The Hongkong General Champrisoner was hawker who her of Commerce has been pressing kept a stall in the doorway He saw for various improvements in the adjoining the house. Hongkong storm warning service, prisoner go down the stairs with calculated to make Hongkong two other men carrying the Observatory reports of greater trunks and other articles. value to ships nt sea. It is there

1

The

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Kore disconcerting to learn from hawker thought he was acting the Director of the Royal Ob- under orders and said nothing.

When the son returned home servatory, and from the Officer in charge of Cape D'Aguilar Wireless and found his mother lying Station, that only a small pro- trussed up on the bed and his portion of the vessels which own room in a state of eonfusion supply ,weather reports for police. About $30 in money was 19 The Star Theatre communicate with Cape D'Agullar he immediately-informed the June

Theatre; the use of the Royal Ob-missed. 19. - World

servatory. It has been arranged About 10 o'clock that night June 19, Queen's Theatre: that henceforth Cape D'Agullar, Inspector Murphy went on board on establishing wireless com-the "Shan Tung" accompanied, Mae Marsh in "Nobody's Kid."

munication with vessels, will ask by the son of the aged lady. The June 20.-Tammert Bros., at 6, them for weather reports, if they prisoner was found in the steerage Catchick Street, Machinery, do not offer one. This appeal is with some of the articles on his issued to masters of vessels to person and others under a lociter 11 3.

June 20-Lammert Bros. at co-operate with the Observatory on board. He had also, a ticket "Kellet Lodge," 184, The Peak, by wirelessing weather observa

for Shanghai. tions regularly, as a matter of ship household furniture, etc., 2,45 p.m.

When charged prisoner had routine.

replied that he only tied the old June 21. Lammert Bros, at Sales

"It is, of course, well-known to Rooms, Jobbing types etc., II a.m.

you that typhoons entering the lady up and kept guard. Some- June 25.-Lammert Bros. at China Sea often curve or recurve ofie else took the goods.

"Under Protest." Sales Rooms, printing machine so that considerable uncertainty

Prisoner's defence was that he etc., naan.

as to the direction that they

Inacted under 'protest and in fear have taken is unavoidable. the absence of land observing of his life. Two men called at stations in the area, everything the house; and threatened him depends upon the receipt of with a dagger telling him not to weather observations from ships. cry out. He did not tie the old July 7.Further extraordinary

'The Chamber would draw lady up but they made him keep At last meeting of A. S. Watson & Co., your special attention to the watch over the room in which the Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel, Pedder revised circular on the subject old lady was tied up and, again just issued by the Director of the threatening his life if he did not September 16-Extraordinary Royal Observatory, Mr. T. F general meeting of The China Claxton, in which he points out obey, told him to follow them and Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at the that the accuracy and utility of took him on board the ship. The Registered Office of the Company; the Observatory forecasts will reason he had on him a parcel the containing some of the articles increase in proportion to Pedder Street, noon,

October 3-Sceond meeting of number of ships co-operating, the was that he had snatched them Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, the promptness with which they telling them they were his master's property. He was going are despatched'

master Lo rush

to his up October 20-Third meeting of Cape D'Aguilar's Efficiency. and hand the goods over to him SCHARFF-On June 12, 1924, at een singled out more than any ever, there are still people who gangs drilled Rafes recently and The China Sugar Refining Co. "In times past, inability to when he was arrested,"

establish

Tortoise-Shell Frames For Reading Glasses."

N. LAZARUS.-

Hongkong's Only European Optician.

BIRTH.

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. O. Scharpi, daughter.

||

COMPANY MEETINGS. June 21-Extraordinary gen eral meeting of A. S. Watson Co., Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel,, 11.30

Bam

Street, 11.30 a.m.

pirales carried out their attacks the Labour Cabinet being forent out the rountry have installed a the China. Sugar Refining Co., accuracy of the observations, and from the robbers just before,

system

with a

..

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs S Berg. and Mr. and Mrs. S. Baker have left by the 5.8.

Tango, Maru."

communication with

The Jury returned a verdict of other for reproof-the officers who affect to see the writing on the found all they could de was to cry. Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street,

Cape D'Aguilar has probably been man the ships trading through the wall and bemoan their country's The only remedy.was to rash into noon.

responsible for the scarcity of guilty and His Honour com- According to the open air. The Orange State

OTHER MEETINGS. dinger zone, Doubtless this untimely fate.

June 28.Annual general meet weather reports from ships, but the mented that it was a 'just verdict latest papers from Home, these Bank in a Chicago suburb was blame has occasionally been lugubrious alarmists have

re-attacked, and dense fumes quicklying of the Peak Club at the Club Chamber is able to state, on the and he could hardly imagine a authority of the Government's orat type of robbery than this The China Mail.merited individuals are bound to ceived a just rebuke from the permeated the building, so that the 6.80 pan, and extraordinary gen- Electrical Engineer, Mr. King, of the valuables of an old lady that the station now maintains a 24 and her son who placed confidence err-but it cannot be upheld for President of the Board of Trade, weeping bandits were forced toeral meeting immediately after.

Responding to the toast, "The leap into a waiting motor car,

Jaly 14-Further extraordinary hour a day watch and is capable of in him. He would be sentenced theprzone. Trioniday, June 19, 1924. more than a very small minority: prosperity of British Industry "leaving their tools and cash behind meeting of the Peak Club, 6.30 communicating over considerably to 7 years with hard labour and

But what about the daring and, anywny, it is offset twenty- and Trade," at a luncheon of the them.

increased distances. In the first) have 12 strokes of the birch. few months of the year com-i inunication was established with ABAZING PIRACY INCIDENT. fold by the praise due to the National Federation of Iron and desperado who walked into a bank p.m.

many men who have carried out Steel Manufacturers the other and held up the staff

Browning machine gun. while his

33 ships at distances of over 1,000 miles, and with gear which is to be Firacy has long been a bitter their duties with unobtrusive day at the Grand Hotel, Mr. accomplice collected the boodle Sydney Webb said he could not and office munitions, then skipped

in position before the end of the A severe hail-storm occurred Topic: locally. While this has been efficiency, and when the need has help thinking that British indus into the panting motor car and

year it is expected that the Station

According to a Reuter cable from courage.try would benefit if there vanished over the horizon?

near Ipoh last week, hail-stones an distinctly unfortunate, tending at arisen, with marked

little less secrecy with

inch long and flat in shape pound will be able to guarantee com Geneva, Mr. Liang Shih-yl, the ex- nunication at distances of 1,000 Premier of China, has arrived on a tries to abscure the real issues, it What the public must remember, were a

In the volume of ing on the roofs of houses.

miles and more, subject, of course, visit to the League of Nations. He ftan bardly been surprising, after all, is that for every example particular enterprises and a little

recollections an fitted "Myself

H.M.S. "Durban," a cruiser to the atmospheric interference was received by Sir Eric Drum Recriminations could only be of lux discipline or sheer negli-more of the industry playing its

and Others, Miss of 2,650 tons, arrived at Singapore which is one of the bandicaps of mond and lunched by M. Attolico very much struck during the last Experted, after all, when each new gence they have heard about there haud as a whole. He had been

a hundred, thousand three months by the prominence, Jessie Millward, the actress, given from Trincomalee in company with wireless.

The Chamber is discussing with Under Secretary Mineral and other deffint to abate the evil appeared are

save the outiaw gangs more instances of strict vigilance and which had been given to foreign an amusing description of Bernard submarine" L20," and both vessels

of improvements in connection Disciple" to Terriss, who loathed dent ther ever. Nobody fatern effluency which hava neca competition. They had been Shaw reading The Devil's left for Hongkong on June 13the Government a large programme high officials of the Secretariat.

pursued in the House of Commons

having plays read to him, and who The Tring of rockets and with ibn storm warning service: eR direct wireless communică-

Pratas Shaal, An indispensable directly concerned with tackling got into print. Sometimes there from time to time by mumbers fell sound asleep during the read- cartridges for proof purposes by: ifon on A special wave length and all-important liak, however, is

problem 'bas altogether fare cases where the sense of duty who.. had been anxious to adver vespeil criticism. Sometimes it has been cutried to exemplary tise the fact to the world that hg, much to the annoyance of the the Inspecting Ordinance Officer between the Observatory and the regular receipt of weather re

dramatist Like most actresses at Stonecutters last night - was Been the police who were said lengths. One of these came under this or that order had failed to Miss Millward had her unknown kidible and visible to the greater ships; the exchange of storm warports from ships within the range

como to British Industry. That admirers, and one of them, ***

“a part of the Colony but was not on dings with the Zikawel and Manila of the Cape D'Agullar Station:

Observatories, and arrangements The Chamberconfidently looks rar Bar at fault, other times it has our notice this week, and we wish might be a bad fact, but he qug-very shabby, and a very little mich a large scale as the cordite with the Chinese Government for

a the naval authorities who we could add that it had met with gested that so much should not be elderly man according to the burning which caused such alarm stablishment of a wireless and to masters of vessels for the heartiest co-operation in this meteorological station On we held to binne for the scem: the support it deserved. The facts said about it. Then a British, stage doorkeeper, used to send her, and, consternation a week or so

matter, impunity with which the given to us are these. The firm got an order they did not not the traditional bouquets and

UNKNOWN ADMIRERS

thé.