FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927.
Phone C.22.
FOR
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
NOTICES.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
* NOTICES.
THE CHINA MAIL."
SUICIDE SECRET.
CORONER REBUKES A WITNESS.
འི. "MYSTERY ABOUT NOTHING."
by book-
Mr. Rapson Of other people as well,
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The Coroner: Yes, all talk with- "CHINA MAIL" CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Fout evidence....
Wifo A Doctor.
"Major Gratton was married. added Mr. Rapson. " have mat his wife. She is a lady doctor."
The Coroner: Do you know where
A bank clerk sald Major of £1,000 a year was mentionad ut the inquest on Major Paul Reginald verdrawn... Desmond Gratton, aged 40,
majority it will. So submitted for confrmation as a Special Resolution to a further Extraordinary General N that aff
JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Meeting, and such Maoting will be EXTRAORDINARY held on Friday, the 4th duy of GENERAL MEETING of Union March. 1927, at the same time and
London-Pressure nsurance Society of Canton, Limit-place. for the purpose of consider- Twenty-five Words three inser-ed, will be held at the Registered ing, and, if thought fit, confirming makers on a man who was taking she lives?-No. tions prepaid $1- Every adili- lee of the Socfety, Union Build- auch Resolution as a Special Reso-up a position in America at a salary Gratton's account, was £ 15a. 9d.) tional word four cents for three ing. Pedder Street, Victoria in the Intion accordingly.
Colony of Hong Kong on TUES-
Dated this 31st day of January, DAY, the 16th day of February, 1927. 1927, at 12 oblock neon when the
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER.
General Manager.
insertions.
MISCELLANEOUS
YOUR
FOUR visiting, cards nently and promptly printed-"China Mail Office, No. 5. Wyndham St., f Telephone Ceptral 22.
NOTICES.
HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL
T
SOCIETY,
subjoined Resolution will be pro- [posed.
R
ep That in Artlele 66 in line 21
thereof the worda "and place" be deleted and that at the end of such Article. the following| words be added ""All meetings
(2
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Society, will be held on TUESDAY, 8th February, 1927, nt. 6.83 pams in the Board Room eit Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co..13) Eccl.
"determine.".
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY."LIMITED,
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EXTRAORDINARY
The coroner, in summing up, said Major Gratton was found dead in that there was no doubt that Major worried. his bedroom at the Engineers' Club, Gratton was financially Whitcomb-struet, Cavendish-street. He appeared to have been batting W..
and had left a record of his bets Commander J. H. S. Wright, R.N.which "showed a series of losses, (retired), of Follows-road, Hamp-with an, occasional win, but very, stead, N.W., brother-in-law, sald vory seldom: He was being pressed!! Major Gratton came over with the by bookmakers to discharge his Canadian troops during the war abilities and had been taking a
ter he obtained a commission In good deal too much drink. ter transferred to the Ma-Gratton owed a considerable sum the Durham Light Infantry and The coroner added that Major
while of
CHOOSING "OPPOSITES,”
"Pong Kong or in such other N of the Spriety shall be held in TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
place outside the United
GENERAL MEETING of the China chine Gun Coups. Kingdom AN the Directors Fire Insurance Company Limited Commander Wright sald so far as He recorded a verdict that Major of money at the Engineers' Club. "may from time to time will be held at the Registered Office his own knowledge and the know-Gratton killed himself That in Article 89 in the Pedder Street, Victoria in the ed Major, Gratton was single, but
of the Company, Union Buliding, ledge of his family were concern-sound Mind. first line thereof between the Colony of Hong Kong. on TUES- he handed to the coroner, Mv. word "Socioty" and the word DAY, the 15th day of February, Ingleby Oddie, a letter which he "sha" the following words 1927, at
12.30 p.m...when the said his wife had received during! shall be inserted from which subjoined Resolution will be pro-the war in which Major Gratton "the business of the Society
spoke of having a wife in Canada. "shail be managed.. conducted.
The coroner asked if Commander "and controlted."
(1) That in Article 65 in line weight knew, the financial circum- thereof the words "and place" stances of Major Gratton, and he be deleted and that at the and replied: "He was the most-raticant| of such Article, the following and secretive man I have ever! words be added "All meetings known. He always "appeared to bej "of the Company shall be held living a life of ery circumstances "in Hong Kong or in auch other and he always arrived at my house
place outside the United King "dom ns the Directors may from "time to time determine."
AM Ladies & Gentlemen intensi- od in Burtical bare, whether Meme Place bers of the Society or not, areļ Cordially Invited to attend.
AGENDĄ:
To rerrive and pass the Com- mittee's Repers & Statement of „Arroom's for the year ended bat
December, 1924.
To ciel Officers & a new Com-164
mitter for the current year.
To fix the duty 4 the Annual
Flower Show. which the -Out-i
Committee Peenmmend shoidd be held on Thirschy, Both March" 1997.
'ho disonss any noßer of interest to Perticulturists in Hong Kong
and outlying districts.
E. B. 6. HORNELL.
That Between Articles 108 and
. the following new Article | be inserted--
of Directors Meetings **198 (w). All meetings of "Directors shall he hékb. in "Hong Kong or in such other "place outside the United “Kingdom: as the Directors "may from time to time "determine." That in Article 122 h) in the third and fourth lines thereof the words "both in Hong Kong and be deleted and in. Article 122 (49) in the fourth line thereof between the word "par- Bose" and the word "ard!"" the Following words be inserted: "outside tile Colony of Hong} Kong.
Should the above mentioned:
rowed
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(2) That Article 80 be deleted and i eu thereof the following Article be substituted:- Voles of Members
V
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WHY THE "CHEERFULS" MARRY THE GLOOMS,"
MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.
[Extensive investigations re- in a large motor-ear which I becently concluded by Dr. Charles
ever he owned."
Davenport, of the Carnegie Insti- Major Gratton's father Colonel Earnest Gratton, who died tution, show that there is a power- He came from ful never-failing tendency all in December 1916. Londonderry,
through nature of like to mate Evidence was given that Major with like and not for opposites to "80; On a show of hands Gration had been living at the En-mate with opposites.]
fneers Club for a year. He was "every member present in found dead in higyjamas in an highly-strung, eccentric, and ner- Dr. Davenport has found that "person shall have one vote, armchair. Death was due to lysol
"vate on a show of hands. bison. Secretary.
Hong Kong. 21st January, 1927.
Resolution be passed by the "re- quisite majority, it' will be submitted for contrmation as a Special Resolution to A further Extraordinary Gonern) Meeting, and such Meeting will be held and Friday, the 4th day of March. 1927, int the same time and place, for thel
prpose of considering and if TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN illought #t, confirming such Reso-
the ANNUAL OR-ution
#1 Special Resolution DINARY GENERAL MEETING of accordingly.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND-
FINANCE CÜ,, LTD.
Hong
תניי
- By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager.
$1,000-A-Yeah. Post,
posites.
"and upon a poll every mem-poisoning. There were superficial vous. people, and even tubercular "ber present in person or by cuts on each forearm and under the and insane persons, select their "proxy shall have one "vote left breast, apparently inflicted with likes more often than their op "for every share held by him a pocket-knife. "No member not personably
Fat people tend strongly tu "present shall be entitled set
Mr. Fred Lionel Rapson, govern- marry fat, lean to marry lean, "unless auch member is aling director of the Rapson Tyre and tall to marry talk, and short to
of Jack Company Ltd, corporation present by a
New marry short. Brown eyes marry Malden, Surrey, said in 1921. Major brown eyes more often than they "proxy or a company present Gratton entered the company's ser- do blue, and blue eyes tend to "by a representative duly
vice na xeneral manager at £1,000 marry blue eyes. "authorised by Section 69 of "Ordinance No 58 of 1011, their rating manager and went to yean Afterwards he becamej
But, for some strange reason, "in which ease such proxy or different parts of the world with red-haired people, seldom inate "representative may vote on the Sunbeam racing team and other together. It has been suggested "the show of hands as if he well-known racing people as the re-that this is because red-haired "were a member Dfi thepresentative of the firm.
people often have fiery temper's company,"
Early last year he went on behalf and do not agree.
.!!
the
Four Groups.
No that SHAREHOLDERS in this COM- pated this 31st day of January (3) That in Article 89 in the first of the company to America with a Dr. Davenport has found that PANY will be held at the Hons 1927.
line thereof between the wordview to opening up business and be in the matter of some large gen- "company" and Kong Hotel
Kong.
word coming the firm's resident manager SATURDAY, 'the 12th February,
"shall," the following wordain America. He was to have gone eral phases of temperament op shall be inserted "from which out there next month in that capa-posites do seem to prefer each 1927, at 11 am. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc-
"the business of the Company city. He was not actually employed other.
shall be managed, conducted at the time of his death by the com- tors together with Statement of
"and controlled."
pany. He ceased to draw any salary since November.
For the purposes of his study When Major Gratten came back he divided a company of 246 mar- ¡from America he was given six ried couples into four groups, the months' salary as there was nothing "excitables" as opposed to the immediately."phlegmatics" and the "cheer- Major Gratton had been offered fuls" as opposed to the "gloomy. situation as sales director ir. America at £1,000 a year.
In not a single case did he find that a gay and cheerful person "All Boch."
had married a cheerful, nor a The Coroner: Why should he "gloom" a "gloom."
The same was true of the ex-| commit suleide if that is true? Can you suggest any reason-I have a citables and phlegmatics. Every
Accounts for the year ended 31et BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE December, 1026.
COMPANY. LIMITED. " TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 5th February to the 14th February (both days inelusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 20th Jan., 1927.
LADIES
You will be inter ested in OWL TRI BAR Female Sup- positories. A power- ful antiseptic and preventative. Guaran teed perfectly harmless, non-poisonous. Sent prepaid in plain wrapper $1.36 box. TRI-BAR WORKS.
Metropolitan ATIM.
F. O. Marpath, Ni Y. Send for free booklet.
LAMMERT BROS.
A SUTIONEERS, APPRAMEN AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
The following unclaimed tele grams are lying at the office of, The Great Northern Telegraph Company" (Limited) :-
Tranvelin, from New York.
No
that an EXTRAORDINARY
(4) That between Artfeles 108 and
109, the following new Article! be inserted-
Place
GENERAL MEETING of British Traders Insurance Company, Limit- ed. will be held at the Registered: Office of the Company, Union Building, Pedder Street, Victoria in! the Colony of Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the 15th day of(5) February, 4927, at 12.16 p.m. when the subjoined Resolution will be proposed.
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of Directors' Meetings, "103 (a). All meetings of "Directors shall be held in "Hong Kong or in such other "place outside the United "Kingdom as the Directors' "may from time to time "determine.""
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That in Article 128 (b) in the third and fourth lines thereof reason. I have made a statement person who was of the type that is the words "both in Hong Kong to the police and" be deleted and in Article
The Coroner: I think that is all always getting "rattled" had (1) That in Article 68 in line 2
married someone who would not 122 (d) in the fourth Hoe there-bosh. thereof the worda "and place" |
of between the word "purposes". Mr. Rapeon: I do not think it is get excited in an earthquake. be deleted and that at the end
and the word "and"
It
the the advisable to say anything:
is surmised that of such Article, the following
following words be inserted The Coroner Nor do I. Is there glooms" seek the "cheerful' in words be added "All meetings
"outside the Colony of Hong anything else you can tell me about order to get cheered up and the "of the Company, shall be held',
Kong."
it?-No; I gave him some money.
overflowing "cheerfuis,"
with "in Hong Kong or in such
Should the above mentioned Re-habits with regard to drink?
What do you know us to his "other place, outside the United||
Did good nature, gladly extend their solution be passed by the requisite not he drink to excess-No. "Kingdom as the Directors may i
sympathy to the "ugubrious "from time to time determine."majority, it will be submitted for
Was he in financial diffeulty-bites." 2 That Article 80 be deleted and confirmation as a Special Resolu-He must have been because I gave But the large majority of
in lieu thereof the following tion to a further Extraordinary him $50.
General Meeting, and such Meeting will be held on Friday, the 4th day
:
Article be substituted:
Votes of Members
No
1927..
1
4
Dated this 31st day of January,
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager.
NO 3-$50 MUST BE WON
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FIRST READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY THROUGH.
1. The PRIZES in this competition will be AWARDED STRICTLY
on MERIT.
Each solution sent in must be made on the coupon cụt from the *"*China Mail" Any number of solutions may be sent in.
2.
3. An entry fee of Ofty cents must accompány sách coupon......
4. No entry will be considered under any circumstances whatso-
over, unless entry money for each solution is enclosed.
5.
Entries must reach the office of the."China Mail' not later than the time and date for closing announced on the coupon.
6.
No responsibility is accepted for loss or delay in the post. All letters should be registered and/or sealed.
7. The prize of $50 must be won and will be awarded for an all correct or nearest correct solution. In the event of ties the $50 will be divided. No competitor may win more than one share of the prize in each competition.
8. The coupon must not be defaced in any way. All attempts
must be in plain block letters and legible.
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9. The Editor's decision will be final and binding in all matters of dispute, and he reserves the right to enter into Correspondence regarding the Competition.
10. Solutions will be published with the results, in this paper, every
Thursday following the Closing Date.
11. Coupons will be kept for four days after the results of the com-
petition have been published.
12. All letters must be addressed, "China Mall" Cross-words, c/o "China: Mail" Offices, No. 5,, Wyndham Street, Hong Kong, 13. No member of the staff of the "China Mail will be allowed to
compete.
14. Solutions are held under sealed cover and in no way will be
opened until the close of the competition.
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for
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CLOSING DATE FOR COUPONS, MONDAY, FEB. 7. [Coupons received at the "China Mail" Office after mid-day
on Monday will not be included in the competition.}
Clues Across.
1. Any of the unorganised for
ments.
-Chucs Down,
1. A zoalous person.
2. Large root like a potato.
3. Midnight. (abbrev:)
In this manner.
0.
A bulbous plant with yellow or purple dower.
5.
Put away
11.
To bring forth young.
7. A God.
12. Possessive of it
as first
14. High tone..
people are married to persons Was he a heavy better?-Yes. who, in most features and char- The Coroner: I know from his
very much like 480. On a show of hands and place, for the purpose of conly,
of March, 1927, at the same time bocks that he has been losing heavi-acteristics, are
Was he not also a heavy drink-themselves. every member present shall sidering and, if thought fit, confirm er-Not in my company. have one vete, and, upon aing such Resolution as
say. a Special The Coroner: Did he ever "poll every member present Resolution accordingly. "in person or by, proxy, shall "have one vote for every. "share held by him. "member nct personally pre- "sent shall be entitled to vote on a show of hands, unless such member laÄ "corporation present by a "Proxy or company present "by a representative daly "authorised by Section. 69 of "Ordinance No. 58 of 1911, "in which case such proxy or "representative may vote on "the show of hands as if he "were a member of the "company."
Nature's Way. anything about, suielde to you?-- The calculations of Professor No. Nothing beyond the statement Davenport show that on the aver I have made to the police when he age a man and his wife resemble wanted to get away from somebody
each other as closely who was worrying him.
Mrs. William Murden (2), from (3) That in Article 89 in the first Harbin.
Corelow, from Los Angers Cal Yuenkoshi, from Kobe.
May Fung, from Shanghai.
Matsuoka Passenger Sphinx, from Kobel
Morria, from Amoy. Karingin, from Peking..
E. V. JESSEN,
Superintendent. Hong Kong Station, Jan. 27, 1927.
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EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA" & CHINA
TELEGRAPH CO.
. List of Unclaimed Telegrams lying in E. E. Telegraph Office. Hồng Kong.
Halward, from Fonchow.
E. A. LEGGÁTT.
Superintendent.
line thereof between the word "company" and- the word "shall," the following words shall be inserted "from which "the business of the company
HONGKONG BOXING
ASSOCIATION.
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FIFTH TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON
SATURDAY, 5th February, at 9.15 p.m. at the THEATRE ROYAL /
MAIN EVENTS:
"shall. be managed, conducted 16 Hound Contest for Middleweight "and controlled."
Championship of the Colony
(4) That between Articles 108 and i
105, the following new Articlo be inserted:"
Place of Directors' Meetings
A. B. EWIN H.M.S. "Hermes" Y.
STOKER NORMAN MORRIS
..H.M.S. "Hermes".
Also
10 Round Lightweight Contest LA S. HALL
H.M.S. "Titania"
V.
"108 (a). All meetings of "Directors shall be held in "Hong Kong or in such other "place outside the United "Kingdom as the Directors "may from time to time "determine." (0) That in Article 122 (b) in the third and fourth lines thereof the words "both in Hong Kong and" be deleted and in Article 122 (d) in the fourth line thereof between the word "pur- poses" and the word "and," the following words be inserted
Booking at Moutries-Members outside the Colony of Hong 1st February, General Public ath
·and 5th..
Kong." Should the above mentioned Re- Hong Kong, 27th January, 1927. aolution be passed by the requialte
STOKER PERCY LAKE,
H.M.S. "Durban""
and
Four other Contests.
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USUAL PRICES.
All that may be entirely imagin-cousins.
In many cases a husband re Kary-It cannot be imaginary. In
fact we have already had one case,sembles the wife as much as do
Was he strange in his manner? brothers and sisters. -Yes, at times very excitable.
It is not known altogether why Then financially he was in some like tends to mate with ike, but trouble?-Yen.
Professor Davenport has made
How do you know that?-Because the shrewd suggestion that it is I gave him 250 lust Saturday week.because normal children admire Did he say why he wanted it? their parents and assort with He said he wanted to go to America people who are like them. to get away from these people,
What people do you could
mean
I
tell you. pot
"Senational Stuff"
Heredity and environment work
together to, the same end.. A fat boy is fat mostly by heredity.) But he selects à fat wife because The Coroner: No, nor could . It of his environment. That is to may be an entire inventionall
this stuff he tells you. You have say he has been reared by his fat no evidence of it? There was evi- mother, who is his ideal of beauty. In this way nature preserves dence on one occasion when a cer tain event happened in Notting-her breeds. If opposites mated very widely evolution would go to The Coroner: 1 don't want a lot pieces. of sensational stuff which la not! well founded. "This scemu to moto
ham.
be sensationalism, and I am not
going to give publicity to it unless
...
An interesting ceremony took
it is true. You are making a place on board the Canadian mystery about nothing.. You are Pacific liner "Metagama" on depending on wild talk of his.
STOPS STUBBORN BRONCHIAL COUGHS.
Christmas Eve, when Mr. Duncan McIntosh, the potential chief steward, received a cheque on re- tiring after 42 years at sea.. The cheque was presented by Captain A. Freer, commander of the
15. At morning (abbev:)
17. Minute opehinga in leaves of
"plants."
20, A tros.
21.
Was carried through."
22. Anything very small,
24. A place for cooking in.
26. A puppy.
20. At first,,
31. The outer integument of a seed.
33. A poem set for music.
34.
Exchanges,
36. Turf for fuel.
37, A hare.
29.
Went afre.
41. The indefinite article.
42,
Take away the good name.
44. A Christian Association (ab-
brev:)
47. Same as 83 across.
48. To exist,
16. A kind of streng ale.
A public service car.
50.
62. Unusual.
54.
L.T.A. (actual).
57. To incite.
58. A genus of acombroid files.
00. Proceedings in a civil court.
01. To level with the ground.
of an egg.
03. Royal Scots (init:)
62. Part of
66. Hollows.
With reference to
68. Wi
A liqueur.
69. A
72. A corded cloth. 74. Not in.
75. American river (known in song) 74. Green turf of grassy surfaces.
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8. Chartered accountant (init:)
9. Abbreviation' used in
writing (not inst.)
10. Savos,
12. Nouten, Fronoun
13. Sergeant Major (abbrev:)
letter
16. A contraction of two words,
expressive of denial
17. To fasten together with thrand
18, Electrical unit (abbrev:):
19. Το cook slowly.
21. A thing; a point;
21.
23. A period of years.
26.
25.
Like
vaal.
27.. Swine.
28. Tapid.
80.
Foam.
UL.
Herb Bennet used to flavour ale.
34. Iron combined with carbon.
36. Fass.
38. To count
40. Fossil resin.
49.
To be taken by surprise.
T
46, Portuguese colony. 47. Uneven..
49. Landed proprietors.
51,
Time between a festival and 8th
day after
53. Forced along.
56. A narration.
66. Servants (male).
58. Dry wine,
50 Those for or in favour..
54. female pig..
BB Ar (actual)
07.
Electro plate (inits:)
88. Redness: Blush:
70. Mother,
71. With reference to.
74. Opposite to 3.2.
74. Alternative.
Competitors are reminded that the prize is to be awarded
WHEN chargeable weather or ex-
"Metagama," on behalf of his for the correct solution, or if nobody succeeds in getting the correct ppaure to cold and wet resulta in bronchitis, start at once taking Cham- shipmates. During his career solution, for the NEAREST correct solution. Therefore, even if
Boun used Mr. McIntosh has written a book Derlain's Cough Remody
for over fifty years and strongly of poems, made 348 voyages, and you have not done the cross-word puzzle in full, send in what you recommended for bronchial and in- travelled over 2,000,000 rules. have done it may prove to be the nearest correct solution. fluenza coughs, stubborn weakening He has been a chief steward for coughs and troublesome night cougha,!
Sold everywhere.
31 years.
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