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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1925.

HOMER LANE

FAMOUS DEPORTED

CHARLATAN,

DEATH IN PARIS,

ABSENT-MINDED.

BURN $40,000,000,

200 SHIPS TO GO UP IN SMOKE.

LOST PROPERTY PACTS.

RECORD BONFIRE

SAFE, FOUND IN OMNIBUS.

THE CHINA MAIL

EXPRESS CRASH.

BIGNALMAN FORGETS

"TRAIN."

BUGY WITIT A. TELEGRAM.

Homer Lane, the American America's experience with Great Britalni is rapidly becom-

Au ndion that he had com- a train was psycho-analyst, who was deported wooden ships which were hur-ing more absent-minded, to such from England under the Alieneridely rushed on and off the an extent that the greater hustle pletely overlooked

stocks during the latter part of of modern life cannot be held hade by Alexander Adams, a "Act, has died in Paris.

the war was as disastrous as Aus- wholly to blaine.

London Midland and Scottish Rail

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arrived in

OCKEY CLUE

THE HALF YEARLY GEN MEETING of Mem Bers will be held on TUESDAY, November 3rd, 1925, at 6.30 pimi in the Jockey Club Room, Hong- kong Club Annex

By Order,

H. GREENWOOD.

Acting Secretary Hongkong, 19th October, 1925.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

SEVENTH EXTRA RAC E MEETING will be held (weather permitting) ab Happy Valley on SATURDAY, November 7th, 1925.

The First Bell will be rong at 3.15.

pain

The sbargo for admission to, the

Public Enclosure will be $1.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform balt Price.

A native of New York. Homer tralia's, though on an immensely The four grout railway groups Lane first became known in Eng-larger scale. Fortunately for the vouch for the truth of this as faray 'gnalinan, at the Ministry of taxpayer, Australia had only one as the whole kingdom is concern Transport inquity held at Sheffield. land many years ago in connection Braeside and one Burnside, but.

Man with the "Little Commonwealth," America had a whole fleet of, and Scotland Yard, whose lost to the rent collisen i Hopu

property office has never been (Derbyshire) between a self-them, whose construction con-busier, say of Londoners in parti- which he established an w

tracts were cancelled before the cular that their memories are fastester-to-hefield exprose und a governing colony for delinquant vessels were completed.

tationary ballad train. The driva boys and girls.

Of the many sted! vessels that going from ball is worse.

Take the London and North and fireman of the express and

"We have The institution was established wore constracted at the same Eastern Railway.

Plewers

Farm. Evershot, lime, 1,000 were soki at bargain over had to deal with more lost telser ware killed.

prices as low as £5 a ton. Henry property," said an official "It. Is

3. Adime, who is the signalman at Dorchester, Lane

Ford has bought 200 for scrap inmensurably worse than last upe station, said his intention wee England & "pleasant-faced, sundy-ping, and, now another 200 ships, year. Because of the recent cold to let the ballest in go on to haired American education ex-which cost a million dollars each, snap there are 1.000 overcoats Rude, but, being informed that a pert. full of enthusiasm for a fare to go up in smoke; it having waiting at Liverpool Street alone, ner i finde leg. Hathersage Members are advlood that they must been arranged to make a huge "It is not limited to one section. c is way through Hope, he de-show their Seson Tickets to obtain eo education, self-governing set-

bonfire of them off Virginia Kot only are we getting more led to shunt the bullies bin into admission to the Members! Enclosure. 1lement for bad boys and girls Capes.

Bibles, but every mice meeting is the up-siding, the downsiting boing Each member has the right of in- !• For the 200 which are to be bringing as in a new stock of fed by pikselger femriágostroduolug 3 non-members to the He soon interested the Earl of Sandwich and Mr., Cecil Chap-urned an immense net is to be Crown and Anchor board and the thought he wenld have plenty Members Enclosure; tickets for whom

constructed.

ther racing paraphernalia. An sin to get the bullet train clear can be obtained from Messrs. Linstead Bun, the Landon police magis..

Indian stool, barrows, plans, rare of the express

Davis at 80oach up to November trate, in his scheme, and as a re-,

Gtb (Friday) plants, air a thousand, other

His brought the bullet amin to a suls the "Little Commonwealth!"

things are among recent arrivals,""

An official of the London Midlandstil: opposite his signal-box on was es mbbshed.

land and Scottish Railway said: the rain line, und, while it was

Workmen are among the worst herd, he accepted the express. offenders. There are quite big machines among the great array We of tools they leave behind."

The children sent there were under Lane direct supervision, and they were taught to foster elementary ideas of self-gover ment, independence, self-support. and fair phy. A committee of the children themselves "govern ed the telony, and for a while The experiment attracted wide-

cad attention among social re- Formers and education experts

During 1908, however, rucOS gol abroad? khai bune was pronally abrasing his position, and had be ha'assanded everal of the girls committed to herste Com- plaints followed the rumours; a Home Office investigation follow- ed the complaints. Mr. 4. P. 1,

Rawlinson, K.G... M.P., who pre- sided at the inquiry, recommend- ed that the leches granted to the "Bittle Commonwealth'* should be revoked.

CAR AS A PRESENT.

For several years after this dis- graceful end to his venture, kang was not heard of, but early the rear he appeared in the limelight nee inore, when, by was charged with offences against the Allens Athe

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During his trial the amazing revelations of his eon- duet as a psycho-analyst came to light. For some time. Hi appear. e. Lane had been practising as a psycho-analyst, though he pos- sessed no especial knowledge which fitted him for so difficult a Bash.

Most of his patients were women, many of whom became utterly infatuated with him, and from whom he did not scruple, to nerept large gifts of money-dis gnised as "fees-and even a pre- sent of a powerful motor-car.

FORD'S OPPER ACCEPTED. Henry Ford's bid for 200 ships has been accepted by the US Shipping Board.

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The vessels will be converted "scrap" in seven months. Thirty-five vessels will be set on fire at one time.

A villeial return of the opern

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General Alvary Obregon, former president of Mexico, spoke at

the Los Angeles Chambor of Commerce "Mexican Week" luncheon Loft to right aro: Rt. W. Pridham, president of the Chamber of Com merce; J. O. Ramos, of the Los Angelen U, S. National Bank, and General Obregon,

Colenct T. Mount (endeling The inquiry); The Best is, you con i plekke overlookech the ballast train?

Adams Yes.

Asked if he had any espiaadion offer, he swith he had his book to This work, being very busy at the

The Stewards Invite the Ladies: of Hongkong to be present..

floagkong, Novambor Zadj. 1925,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU- FACTURING CO., LTD.

W ITH reference to the Notice

to the Shareholders of this Company dated 23rd July, 1926, whatchy the Final Cdl of $5.00.

m taking telegraphic mengeper share on the New Shares WIN From Belfetdi, which his intended made payable on 2nd November,. to pan on By, belephone to. Bam-1925, instead of 1st August, 1935, (back, the dramaleah there being the General Managers and Con- nable le work the tolegmphic insulting Committee have decided. ptrument. He kept, working his Cignal in between the taking of

view of the conditions preval ing at present, to further extend the time for payment of this Call. Notice is accordingly hereby given that the date for payment of the Final Cull is postponed to

hu suze.

The emush came here be hund finished .

It whe Shaked that the booked „speed of the expressi at that point1st February, 1926, and that the would be about 52 miles an hour.. Form of Bankers' Receipt already. sent to Shareholders can be used The misy was concluded:

us though the date named therein were the 1st February, 1926,

FOR THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO.,.

LTD.,

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE..

Cario arrival: per

Belly of Glasgow Jemsining undelivered, after Novamiar 8. will be subject to ront, -Agents. The Bank Line Lett.

back we have live chicken, foune in an omnibus. These flowers which grace our tables were found in omnibuses. That sack of 56lbs. of onions reached us in the same

way.

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Think of anything. that can be moved and you can be certain that it is something we have handled.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, 29th October, 1925.

THE CHINA LIGIFT & POWER COMPANY (1918), LIMITED.

1F1 reference to the Notice.

to the Sharehollers of the Company dated, 18th September, 1925, whereby the Final Call of $3.00 per share on the New Shares was made payable on 3rd November, 1925, instead of lat

1925, October,

the General Managers and Consulting Com

But that does not exhaust the list.mittee have decided, in view of

the conditions prevalling at pre-

It sent, to further extend the time

for payment of this Call

People nowadays lose letters of credit amounting, to as much as

How do you account for a safe tions of the United States Ship could set up as unbrella pur-being found in an omnibus? ping Board shows that on Septem-veyors or librarians on our stock. was so large and heavy that it re- Fis income was $2,500 a year. ber 1, 1924, that body owned But is it only the British? Ameri-quired two men to lift it.

Notice is accordingly hereby given that the date for payment Extraordinary letters from 1,270 steel, seven concrete, and 22 cans persist in leaving curious

of the Final Call is postponed to these women some of whom wood and composite vessels, with collapsible chairs behind." nscupled high social positions a total tonnage, of 8,910,000. OF "Never worse," was the view of 1,000 dollars, and pinned to the 4th January 1926, and that the were read at the trial. Some of these there were 317 steel vessels the Southern Railway, daly.echo-letters you will find the facsimile Form of Bankers' Receipt already the letters referred to Lane as totalling 2,684,000 tons, on the ed by the Great Western, whose signatures which will enable the sent to Shareholders can be used "God" and "the devil.” Tune active list, while 918 steel vessels, stock seems particularly rich in letters to be casher. These, ofus though the date named therein,

eemed to have exploited all the totalling 6.823.000 tons,

were hats, to which such things as false course, should be kept apart from were the 4th January, 1926..

FOR THE CHINA LIGHT & most far-fetched theories of the idle.

teeth brushes and crutches have the letters.

POWER CO. (1918), LTD.. new psychology in the most

The following appropriations Been added recently in large num- heartless fashion, living in luxury were made for the constraction

hers.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., on the money given him by his

General Managers. nurotic women patients.

Hongkong, 28th October, 1925.

PRISON SENTENCE.""

EVERYTHING LOST,

of ships:-1918, 500,000,000]: But Scotland Yard can provide "A woman embarking for the dollars; 1919, 1,488,451,000| hard indisputable facts for any-United States recently lost her all dollars; 1921, 36,852,000 dollars; one who daro dispute that we are monoy, passport, papers, every- more absent-minded thing-an hour before the boat 1922, 25,000,000 dollars. The net growing & His first trial resulted in a allotments and appropriations for race.

train sailed By circularising in-1 centence of one month's imprison-the board up to and including the

"Last year 173,000 articles formation at once we got these in ment, against which he appealed. Ascal year ending June 30, 1925, were recovered in London and de-time for her to catch her train.. At this trial. Dr. David, Bishop of totalled:

vosited here," said an official who "There is one woman who 8,519,106,000 dollars Liverpool and formerly head-(£703,821,200), for which 2,500 at among enough lost goods to comes to recover lost property master of Rugby, and Lady Betty vessels were obtained.

stock a good-sized West-End every week. And other woman Balfour appeared to testify to

store.

came for six articles she had lost Lane's character and integrity.

at different times,

Lane's appeal was dismissed

with costs at the London Sessions,

"That year was very much a record, due to some extent to Wembley But the lost goods total is up 5,000 on the corres-

à fine of 40s. 'was substituted for "And wouldn't it be a wonderponding period of last year.

"People come here for their attaché-cases and leave their umbrellas. Or, having recovered their attaché-cases, leave them

the sentence of one month's impri-ful thing if, while mearsna was get NEW,UMBRELLA RECORD, again in the omnibus that takes sonment, and a deportation ordering a permanent wave, papa could "On August 3 last we establish them home. We are always geo-, [buy himself a permanent ohuvo?ed a new umbrella record, 628ing old, familiar faces at those

was made against him.

Accordingly, Lane left England Dallas Morning News."

for ever, his reputation shattered, the hope of his comfortable. in- come gone. He had at last been exposed as a charlatan,, and this exposure soon, told upon his health. He never recovered from the shock of being sentencedat Bow Street. Indeed, he left England a broken mau,

"Fathers, what is a wild diatribe?!!

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ask fower questions, my

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LEAKH IN OLD ROOFS PRESERVES NEW ROGES

REBUILDS OLD WORN OUT

GALVANISED IRON

TERPROOFS

THE RITZ

Beg to announce to the Public Hongkong that we open on Wednesday, November 1925

as a first class Restaurant with

meals and wines of the best.

A La Carte Service.

Meals at all hours.

Des Voeux Rd. Alexandra Bldg.

ALBERT

FOR

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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN CONNOISSEURS

He Whores are you going?.

She-Why To Albert, of course, where we are sure to get the

nost French Pabry and the best cooking

He Than in do His Franch Caltas 60 31:00, per dozło, his Mudario Cakor, his Big Cakes, bis. Jos Creams (combined with excellent cuisine) are made.szälusively with the butor, mülk and oream of the Dairy Farm Co., Ltd. She-Quito so -- and be alan has a new menu comprising ility now dishes which you sua enjoy any time from 10.30 am to Midnight.

Queen's Road Central

(Opposite Hongkong Hotel Building)

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

ANNUAL MOTOR CAR DRAW

In aid of the funds of the Society for the support of the

POOR OF HONGKONG,gial

A 1926 AUSTIN 7-Family Model Car equipped with

ARBALLOON TYRES and Four Wheel Brakes, etc. To be drawn for on the night of the Society's 42nd

Annual AL FRESCO FETE 6th December, 1924. Tickets ($2, each) may be had at various Clubs, and.

In Hongkong at Hongkong Cigar Store Café Wiseman

Alexandra Café Blue Birdy Brunswick, Studio; Mec Cheong's Photo Stalla Hongkong Hotel; Graca & Co. and other Stores.

Ja Kowloon at the Bookshop, Star Ferry Peninsula Store and also at Alex. Ross:& Co. (Chios) Ltd., Show Room, la Chater Road, where the car is on view

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