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MONDAY

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927.

MR. J. L. de S. ALVES, among his compatriots with whom

ed

DEATH OF PORTUGUESE

RESIDENT.

girl.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GIRL'S LICENCE.

A CHINESE YOUTH'S PROMISE.

WAS

Mr. Lindsell: Then I think he

had better be called.

The case was remanded until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning for Mr. Leung's appearance in Court.

LATEST SEAPLANE.

TERRIFIC STORM.

AIR-COOLED ENGINE SIZE OF HAT BOX.

MANY DEATHS AT TOURIST RESORT.

A BIG EXPERIMENT.

250 miles per hour.

Berlin, July 9.

Д

at a

A few days ago Mr. B. Hinckley SECRETS OF THE PAST

went to Felixstowe, where the Crusader had been assembled, to The carry out the first tests.

taxi-ing trials over the water, but it had never flown.

"a"A LOVELY RECORD." machine had already completed

CHINESE WHO WOULD NOT

EXPEDITION SAILS FOR THE NORTH.

Sydney, Nova Scotia, July 10. The United States expedition to Labrador and Greenland, headed by Commander Donald Macmillan has sailed for Battle Harbour, Southern Labrador,

he lived. There can be little sur- prise, therefore, that ho figured the few founders of the Club Lusitano in Hong Kong in 1866. In that institution he took a deep For several A LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY personal interest.

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this; times he was elected by popular morning. Chinese youth

a

There were over a hundred fatal- vote its President, and it can charged with obtaining $20 from a

Ities and damage estimated at three (By An Old Friend.) The Portuguese residents in the Club Lusitano flourish so well for her a licence from the Secre-gest aeronautical experiments of territ stone floods, at the so-

truly be said that at no time did Chinese girl by promising to obtain

The first step in one of the big-quarters of a million sterling in a storm, accompanied by tor- Hong Kong in general and his as when the veteran President

tariat for Chinese Affairs. numerous friends in particular directed its affairs.

"Saxon Switzerland," Accused's story was that he had recent years has just been taken cent When the In fact intended to obtain a licence successfully (says the Aeronautical favourite tourist resort near Dres mourn to-day the loss of a gen Club celebrated its Diamond for the girl. He thought he could Correspondent 'of the London den. uine friend and a leader among Jubilee recently Mr. Alves was manage it AS MT. Leung

"Morning Post"). Kiu-cheung

The novel air- Two small rivers, transformed the Portuguese community in made an honorary member of the of the S.C.A., was a relative of his cooled racing seaplane Crusader, into raging torrents, devastated the Hong Kong. After a brief Club by public acclamation in re- Afterwards, however, he consulted one of the most interesting experi-valleys at night time, hundreds of illness of only a week Jose cognition of his signal services to with a friend who told him it was mental machines ever built to the villagers being swept away in their Laiz de Selavisa Alves pass the community. He enjoyed the useless to apply, so he did not ap- Air Ministry's orders, has made beds. The village of Neuendord away at 4.30 o'clock further distinction of having his reach Mr. Leung. He was pre- two short fights at Felixstowe, and was swept away and half the town this morning in his residence in photograph hung up on the wall Pared to return the money to the the pilot has expressed himself as of Berggieshubel was destroyed. the new Garden City of Kowloon of the large social hall of the

satisfied with, the machine's be- The railway station at Gaɛshutte The Magistrate asked if the ac-haviour in the air.

was also wrecked. A train was in Tong. He took ill with a slight Club. It was on the occasion of cused wished to call Mr. Leung. The Crusader is the first attempt the station at the time and the par- altack of influenza on Sunday the unveiling ceremony that, in He hesitated and eventually said he to obtain extremely high speeds sengers were imprisoned by the week last; the illness developed returning thanks to the Club was afraid to do so because he with an air-cooled radial engine. foods for many hours, into pneumonia and on Saturday, members, he feelingly spoke of might be punished when he return-It is one of the three machines Great masses of timber from the ол account of his advanced the Club as "a casa que eu amo

el home.

designed and built expressly to factories were swept down years, it was feared that the tao bem"-"the institution that I

carry Britain's colours in this terrific pace and did great damage "Grand Old Man" of the Portu- love so well!"

in Italy and it is expected to exceed year's race for the Schneider Cup everywhere--Reuter. guese community might not have A Well Merited Honour.. strength sufficient to overcome In all affairs appertaining to the seriousness of his malady, the Portuguese community, Mr. After being fortified in the Last Alves took pleasure in being iden- Sacraments of the Catholic re-tified-in social, educational and! ligion "Jico" as he was familiar-recreative matters. He was ly known by his friends died keen advocate of the teaching of peacefully. as stated, early this the Portuguese language, since by morning.

its neglect, he thought, nothing Counted among the earliest for-would so greatly contribute to the eign settlers in the Colony, the denationalisation of the Portu- late Mr. Alves came over to Ilongguese in the Orient. Kong frora Macao while yet a very The best monument

to this young man and because of his leading and guiding spirit of the knowledge of the English lan- Portuguese community in Hong guage soon found employment in Kong stands in the Club Lusitano, the Government service. He join-for the maintenance and support ed the Harbour Office in a junior of which Mr. Alves again and clerkship and by dint of his zeal again addressed its members at was successively promoted until public gatherings to give it their he attained the position of Chief loyal and unstinted support. Clerk in the same department, re- tiring from service on pension of unsparing service to the Por

In recognition of his long period he was banished for life. In 10277 were untried. and, as with all high. Atlantic flying-Reuter's American i when he attained the are limit.tuguese in Hong Kong, the Por-custody, and was sentenced to six machine's first flight was regarded

accused was akain in police The late Mr. Alves's only and tuguese Government conferred months for unlawful possession and with some anxiety. elder brother, Joao Miguel Alves, upon the late Air, Alves, about three years for returning from

The Crusader will now carry out; was also a Government employee. ten years ago, the honour of a banishment. Accused was not seen a number of further trials, and any When the latter left the Civil Ser Commander of the Most Ancient again in the Colony, until 1925 modifications found necessary will vice he held the position of Chief Order of Christ. Of this distinc when he went to jail for two years be effected. It will then be held Clerk in the Colonial Secretary'stion the recipient and his friends also for returning from banishment in readiness for the Schneider Curtulastic reception on his arrival Office.

felt proud for the old gentleman being away for two weeks.

In that race it will be flown to-day at Paris, where this after- This time recused returned after race.

noon he laid the foundation stone Varied Activities.

by an B.A.F. pilot. In January next year Mr. Alves

of a hostel for British students in Remarking that accused had a In his younger days, the sub-will have attained his eightiethovaly record"

The two other Schneider Cun: the new university being erected on ject of this notice took an active year of age, so that he had at-sentenced him to

the Magistrate machines are the Supermarine and the southern edge of Paris. 12 months' jail the Gloster. Both are fitted with The Prince afterwards lunched part in outdoor sports in Hong tained to a very ripe old age main- and 24 strokes.

Napier engines and neither is seat the Elysee, with President Dou Kong; was a prominent member Laining to the very end his accus.

experimental in design as the mergue and numerous distinguished of the then leading sporting asso-tomed vitality which was the out-

Crusader. ciation in Hong Kong-the Vic-ward and visible sign of toria Recreation Club-and took a markable physique and fine con- lively interest in all the Club's stitution. As one who has been Found in Kennedy Road last activities. Mr. Alves was himself intimately associated with him right with a small rooster tucked a good swimmer and was the for a number years and one in augly inside his topee with a piece -teacher of his large family of special position to realise the ex- morning charged before Mr. R. E.

of cloth over it, Chinese was this) boys in the natatory art. His tent of his devotion and good will Lindsell with unlawful possession. sons have since maintained the for, the well-being of his own He was fined $a or, in default, old gentleman's .connection with people, I can, in conclusion, truly seven days' jail, the V.R.C., Mr. A. E. S. Alves remark that- being its efficient honorary trea- surer for a number of years, while Mr. A. A. Alves, the popular mem- ber of the Hong Kong Stack Ex- change. remains up to this date a member of the Committee of the V.R.C.

In horse racing his two eldest sona owned quite creditable 'stables both here and in Shang- hai. His eldest son. "Jack" was an original member of the Inter- national Race Club at Shanghai;

a re-

"Large was his bounty, and his

soul sincere,

Heaven did a recompense. as

largely send:

from

-J. P.B.

KEEP AWAY. ·

The machine incorporates many entirely novel features. It is a Banished from the Colony for monoplane, and each cylinder head life on July 20, 1920, a Chinese was of the radial engine is cowled in this morning charged before Mr. with a separate helmet in order to One of the objects of the expedi-

E Lindsell with returning. reduce head resistance.

tion is to study the ruins of the accused was sentenced to 3 months greatest. fents in aeronautical en-an Eskimo legend, were built by

Sub-Inspector Vincent said that The engine itself is one of the Labrador coast, which, according to in 1915 for unlawful possession, gineering. and was banished. In 1916 he did astonishing, more than 700 horse open boats without decks or sails.

Its compactness is curious race which cane nahore in two terms of 3 and 6 months res-power being compressed into about pectively

The expedition will also exhaus- for returning anishment. Accused was again box.

from the space taken by a woman's hat tively investigate meteorological conditions in Labrador and Green- found in the Colony in 1918 and this time he did 3 years, after which)

Many constructional features land with a view to assisting trans-

Service. speed experimental aircraft, the

CHICKEN STEALER FINED.

AMERICA'S INTOXICANTS,

DOCTOR'S WARNING EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM

SCIENCE.

| than the direct goal. The danger Hea from without-from those who expect too much without a full realisation of the difficulties

PRINCE IN PARIS.

J

London, July 8. The Prince of Wales had an en-

guests.

The Prince is fulfilling several other engagements, and is being extensively feted during his short stay. British Wireless Service.

AGREEMENT HONOURED.

Berlin, July 9,

American Service.

That the public, by expecting too much from science because of its

It is established from an official past successes, is running the risk communique issued after a joint in- of disappointment and disillusion-spection of the Eastern frontier for- ment was the warning given by Dr. tiñentions by General Von Pawels Lafayette Benedict' Mendel, Pro-and French and Belgian military Washington Treasury officials fessor of Physiological Chemistry experts, that the agreement made) estimate that Americans have con-at Yale University in an address at the beginning of last year be He gave to mis'ry (all he had) sumed over 250,000,000 gallons of delivered at the annual meeting of tween General Von Pawels and the

A tear, He gained

intoxicating beverages since prohi-the American Institute of Chemists. Inter-Allied Military Committee of Heav'nbition, the greater part of which is Dr. Mendel whose address Versailles regarding subterranean ('twas all he wish'd) a described as illegal under the strict followed his receipt of the second dugouts has been completely ear-

friend."

interpretation of the Volstead Act. annual medal of the institute "for ried out.-Reuter. The legal sacramental wine con- meritorious work in academic ser sumption totalled over 24,000,080 vice," said the great impetus given gallons, and it is estimated that the to scientific research by the World

A TERRIBLE FIRE. home-made wine is many times War, and the consequent successes he owned and rode his own ponies THE BLOOD OF A CRIMINAL. greater. About 30,000,000 gallons achieved, had raised science to an

Vancouver, July 10 at Kiangwan and was a regular ..

of whisky has been released from elevated pedestal before the public

Believed to have been caused by rider in the cross-country. hunts.. Criminality may really be "in the bonded warehouses for medicinal gaze. The result was the popular a lighted match dropped in some Mr. A. A. Alves until two years blood" in a much more literal sense Use. The bootleg liquor consump belief that everything was pos" out at a large block of flats when inflammable material, a fire broke ago, raced at Happy Valley and is than anybody has imagined. This tion is very heavy, and is estimated gible to science. to-day the official timekeeper of suggested by interesting re- at several million gallons annually.

"The chemist himself," said Dr. at least nine persons, including the Hong Kong Jockey Club. searches recently published in Ber- The officials allege that the Mendel, "knows only too well that some children, were burned to While "Charlie" has functioned to/n by Dr. M. Gundel, and describ. majority of the smuggling emanat there is no royal road to success. the alarm was arrested on a charge||

death. A house-painter who gave ed in Dr. E. E. Free's "Week's ed from Canada, from which about Many of the most important con-of manslaughter and subsequently general satisfaction as the effi-

Science." He says:

11.000.000 gallons of beer, ale, rum. tributions to knowledge have been cient handicapper.

Physicians know that human begin. and whisky are smuggled an- the by-products of research rather released on bail of $5,000.-Reuter's Civic Duties.

ings may be divided into four nually. Every one of the Alves boys separate blood types, distinguished belonged to the Hong Kong by certain minor chemical differ- THIRD, DEGREE ALLEGED.

FORCED COOLIE LABOUR? These types. Volunteer Corps when they were ences in the blood.

Fines of £100 each were imposed ahead." younger in years. Of an intense are important in selecting indivi

Townsville, July 10. patriotism, Mr. Alves senior was duals for blood transfusion. If the on William Paul, the editor of the

The Customs Collector on behalf. not unmindful of the civic duties that of the patient, the transfusion Publications, Limited, for having new blood is of the same type a Sunday Worker" and Workers'

of the Federal Government is in- which, he conceived, his family is safe; if the blood types are libelled the metropolitan police in

vestigating ilegutions that be- were bound to perform for the different, it may be dangerous. Dr. a paragraph alleging that third-

tween 400 and 500 coolies on board home of their adoption, so that Gundel has determined the blood degree methods had been used to

Brisbane, May 27. the B.8. "Haiman," which is now ⚫ the names

"Newspapers must realise it is no here, were kidnapped in of his boys will be types of 884 persone confined as extort a confession from Nathan part of their duty to enter upon red are being forcibly taken to the found enrolled in the membership criminals in German prisons, as Dean, a "class-war prisoner" at of the local Volunteer Corps. well as the types of 402 patients in Pentonville. The newspaper alleg motives and circumstances attend-

to New Hebrides.-Reuter, Independent investigation, 28 When a Volunteer contingent was the nerve-disease clinic at Kieled that the cell was filthy, and that decided upon to represent Hong Blood of Type III is found to ap- Dean was forced to sleep on the ing the commission of sensational Kong at the Golden Jubilee of pear more often in both of these floor, doubtless for the purpose of crimen, at least whilst the crimes Queen Victoria, Mr. A. A. Alves groups than in the average of the making him amenable to Inquisi- The class of journalism which are the subject of pending charges, and Mr. A. E. S. Alves had the German population. Among habl- tion. The judge ordered Paul to seeme to regard publication of this After fasting for fifty-five days in honour of being selected as Hong tual criminals and persons convict be kept in custody until the fine kind as not only legitimate but com- an attempt to cure acute digestive Kong representatives and proved of crimes of violence, this third was forthcoming.

blood group was found to be still very efficient units among the

The prosecutor stated that Dean, mendable must learn the error of trouble, Miss Leontoff, a young more largely is evidence, Hong Kong boys.

Dr. who was an alien, had been detain such view." Mr. Justice Macrossan Russian woman, has died in hod- During the Great War when the meaning of these reaults: not tenced to nine months' imprison behalf of Edward Stanley. Moran

Gundel does not attempt to decide ed on arrival at Harwich, and son made this comment to-day in his pital.-Router's American Service.

reserved judgment on a motion on the Police Reserve Force, was even to state that the third blond ment for having stolen a passport for the committal to prison for formed, Mr. Alves supported the group is proved to be related to the and also for having been in posses alleged contempt of Court of the movement to the extent of hav-possession of criminal influencession of an irregular passport.

manager of the Brisbane office of ing his two sons to enlist, both Such a conclusion would be just{1-}

"Smith's Weekly" (Archibald (Messrs. A. E. S. Alves and ed only after accumulating much

Douglas McKay'). His Honour added that the whole article in London, June 1.

question was an example of senan- Lady Curtis-Bennett, who is now tionalism in journalism in excelsis. in Australia, has been granted a He fined McKay £50, to be paid lao reduced in some miter tip of dearse nist on the ground of Sir within 14 days, in default impri- characters which mark Group III. blood chemistry, evidenced by the Henry's misconduct in Paris. aoument until the fine be paid. No

The petitioner gave evidence on order was made as to costs, commission that when she taxed The her husband he admitted it.

C. M. S. Alves) attaining to the additional data.

rank of Inspector of the Police Reserves, Portuguese Company.

His youngest son, Mr. E. A. S. Alves, joined up in Hong Kong and went to the Front at the time of the World War. Thus will be found a unique record of public service to Hong Kong which, if

It is not inconceivable, however,

that some mental or bodily condi-

tion conducive to criminality is.

SOCIETY DIVORCE.

not measured in terms of dollars A SCOTTISH "REVELATION suit was undefended

and centa, will be seen to repre- sent, in the aggregate, much worth to the Colony and its re- sidents in genera!.

At Fraserburgh Sheriff Court, Sheriff Dallas asked a boy witness

SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.

No application was made in res- FRENCH ELECTORAL REFORM. pect of the two grown-up children.

Paris, July 9, Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett has been a Conservative member of the by 335 votes to 150 the first articles! The Chamber of Deputies passed}

of 12 how old he was.

House of Commons since 1924. He of the Election Reform Bill which The boy: I don't know.

is a prominent lawyer, and Deputy provides one Deputy for cach con- don't know.

When was your birthday?-Chairman of the Essex Quarter atituency-Reuter.

Sessions. He served in the Secret Service from 1916-1918, during |

number of spies and auspecta. In

Do you go to church ?-No.

Practical Patriotism. It has just been said that the decensed possesses intense patrio-! tism. That virtue was not of an academic character in No. Mr. Alves. He believed in action rather than in words God?-No.

Do you go to Sunday-school?- which time he interviewed a large

Two electric table fans worth Have you ever heard of Almighty 1903 he married Elsie Eleaner, $40, the property of the Chinese second daughter of the late Mr. Christian Church were reported for the practical manifes- The Sheriff: This is rather a re-A, A. Dengar, of New South Wales stolen from No. 832 Nathan tation of his patriotic sentiments vélation.

Boad, Kowlohn, last night.

Sir Henry is 48 years of age.]

FATAL FASTING.

Annam

Toronto, July 10.

Shadows Before..

"He's

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July 11-World Theatre; "Hap- piness."

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July 11-Ten Dance Cafe Res- taurant Farisien, 4.30 pm

„July 11-Isako's Circus, New Re- p.m.

Lammert's Auction. July 12-Household and Office furniture, Duddell St., 2.80 p.m.

July 12—Enamel mugs, alumi- nium bowls, dishes and vegetable dishes, 11.a.m.

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