1927-09-07 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1927.

IS THAT SOP

Thoughts Terse, Perverse - and Worse.

BY "THE MAILMAN,"

To get'talked about in Kowloon, .. Try and live a quiet and de- .cent life.

To get Kong

To get

· Peak

talked about in Hong

Live in Kowloon.

talked about Simply live.

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A pretty girl is just the reverse of a successful bank.... In her case the higher the prin ciple the less, the interest.

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The navel raiders, says are port, evacuated Cheung Pai vill- on the age at noon..... The villagere

evacuated long before that.

Womon have gained an aver- age of two inches in height, ac cording to a British professor, ....Sounds rather a "tail" yarn.

Some local readers condemn the Press because all the articles are not original.

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Think how much worse they might be if they were!

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The lady who advertises that she's going to teach modern dancing should go warily. It's a shaky business.

According to a London pro- fessor, we owe our appreciation of dancing to tendencies inherited from the jelly-fish stage in the evolution of mankind. ...... In Hong Kong the converse is the case, where a jelly-fish state is the outcome of dancing.

Says Peter, one way to make your troubles grow is to keep telling 'em to other people,

The experience of the man who slept past the time of his wedding was not so very un- usual...... A lot of people don't wake up till after they're mar- ried.

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"That, my boy," said the forger of coins to his son as they passed the Mint, "is my principal competitor."

were

IN THE NEWS.

ITEMS FROM TO-DAY'S POLICE REPORTS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BOMB EXPERTS.

DISCLOSURES FOLLOW N.Y.

ARRESTS.

New York, Yesterday.. The arrest of two Mexicans In connection with a bomb explosion

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Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE" "MAIL"

Entertainments.

September 7-Queen's Theatre;

September 7-World Theatre;

An 8-year-old Chinese boy living at No. 26 Elgin Street was yester- duy removed to the Government Civil Hospital "Buffering from in- led to the discovery in a Brooklyn "A Slave of Fashion," and the juries to his forehead received fat of two complete bombs and Broadway Follies. through being knocked down by materials for 10 others; also a book,

by a Spanish police commissioner Dance Madness." motor car No. 355 in Caine Road.

dealing with bomb making and maps Jewellery worth $455 was report ed stolen from No. 44 Stanley Street some time between 6 am, and 4 p.m., yesterday during the tan Service. absence of the inmates of the house.

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September 7-Star Theatre, Kow- of New York pencil marked at cer-Sherlock, Jr." tain subway stations. Four arrests.

September 7-Sing Song at "Bet- have been made. Reuter's Ameri-ter "Ole," 7 p.m.; Concert by "Re- vellers" at Nanking Barracks, Shamshuipo, 8-p.z.

September 8-Informal dance at the "Cheer '0," 7 p.m.

September

A wrist watch which was picked MR. M. T. HERRICK. up by the police in Peel Street yes- terday, has been turned over to the police at the Central Station.

A thlef entered the first floor of Joss houses in the pirate vill-No. 18 Anton Street in the amail carefully preserved hours of this morning and made a ages ...... An attempt to make it a haul of jewellery worth $88. Pious Bay?

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occurred

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CONDITION OF US. ENVOY NOT ALARMING.

Concert at "Cheer '0," 7 p.m., Variety concert at the "Better "Ole," 7 p.m.

September 10-Grand Concert at Kowloon Cricket Ground, 8.30 p.m. September 11-Kowloon Dock's band concert, 6 p.m.

October 1-H.K. & W.G. & M.C.L.'s "Fun, o' The Fair," Leo Gardens.

Sports.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 29. A relapse was suffered to-day by Myron T. Herrick, American am- bassador to France, who recently A collision

the underwent an operation here. "In our blob days" "China Causeway Road yesterday after- Dr. William Lower, Herrlek's September 7-Ping Pong league:] Mail" heading When sum-noon between trament No. 59 and physician, said that the relapse was W.Y.O.E.U. v. St. Peter's Club iner comes?

motor lorry No. 321. Both vehicles a natural episode and should not S.C.A.A. were damaged, but no one was in-be taken as indicating any seriousCheer 0, 7.15 p.m.

September 7-Whist drive at jured.

turn in his condition.

There is no reason to believe, Dr.w. Y. College v.

September 8-Ping Pong League: Mr. F. J. de Rome, living on Lower declared, that the relapse..S.).

H.K.U. (C.C. causeway Hill, has reported to the will disrupt Ambassador Herrick's

September 9-Ping Pong Lengue: police the theft from his house on plans to return to his post in Faris C.R.CZ.M.CA. (1 Pet Monday night of a gold watch and j In the autumn-United Press.

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An eminent geographist says that emigrants of the future would be induced to settle in the polar regions ...... Some people we know would settle there voluntarily in preference to where we'd like to consign 'em.

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some money to the total value of $87.

Mr. Wolfe, is truly a good police- As motor ear No. 1785 was pro- man He made that pig ineeerling along Pokfulum Road yes- the pirate village come without terday aft rnoon, a 3-year-old Chi- being fetched.

nese hoy ran across the rond in front of the car near the junction One Songbird to another-1of High Street. The driver was wish, these cats wouldn't be so unable to pull up in time and the Jad was knockud down suffering in- catty.

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Eugene Chen's sons are await ing his arrival in Moscow... We're not holding him back.

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The Hong Kong Police Force is to be increased by seven lance sergeants ...

Then won't there be fun in the white line

Perhaps it's only natural that reports of these Yangtsze con-area! flicts should be conflicting,

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Hong Kong has an armoured Of all the gifts the ability to car. Kowloon has been promised keep one's mouth shut is the one, And the Peak is sufficiently greatest.

thick-skinned.

According to the Colonial Secretary, it is "standing" re proach that so little has been done to combat the ravages of malaria In fact, the Colony oughtn't

to sit down under it.

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Attempting the impossible: Teaching an onion to hold its breath.

The comments of the pirates anent the recent naval punitive expeditions are rather Bias-ed.

Says Peter, one thing about the skirts the Kowloon lassies

wear is they don't bag at the

knees.

CHAIWAN MURDER.

FURTHER EVIDENCE ON FORGED NOTE.

"Sun's Set-Back," states a local heading referring to events on the Yangise. information, it appears to be a total eclipse.

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From later

The Height of "Disappoint- ment: Girl with a new perman- ent wave and nobody noticing it.

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attended to.

ANASTASIA?

ETERNAL QUESTION.

MARK.

Club).

September 10 Ping Pong League: T. Institute v. St. Peter's Club YS.C.A.A.).

September 11-Baseball: H.K.B.C. v. Recreio; Interport Bowls Trial, Craigengower Ground,

September 24-Tennis Leagues Chinese Recreation Club v, the Rest of the League.

October 8-10-Hong Kong Jockey Club's sixth extra race meeting at Happy Valley Race Course.

Lammert's Auctions. September 8-At Sales Room, Duddell Street, feathers, clocks, buntings and miscellaneous goods,

a.m.

Living us the guest of the Duke juries to his face. He was taken of Leuchtenberg, in the castle to the Government Civil Hospital in Seeon Obing, in Cermany, is Frau the car, but was able to return von Tchaikovsky, a half-crazed in- home after his injuries heal been valid. Many think that she is the missing Grand Duchess Anastasia. youngest daughter of the Czar A lady's handbag containing previously believed to have been some money and other property murdered with the remainder of the

September 9-A quantity of which was yesterday afternoon family.

valuable household goods, at No. picked up on the Star ferry wharf

Amang {13 victims of the 5. Minden Villas. Mody Rond, at Kowloon, has been handed over Ekaterinburg massacre was Botkin, Kowloon. to the police at the Yaumati Police the Czar's physician.

September 12-At No. 2, Kimber- Station,

Gleb, who was Anastasia's child-ley Villas. Kowloon, a quantity of hood playmate, and who shared valuable household furniture, 11 When a Chinese who was walk-part of her 'Siberian exile, ing on Kowloon City with an elec- despatched from America by the trie fan in his possession was North American Newspaper All challenged by a Chinese constable, ange, to make investigations. he dropped the fan and ran away. The fan, which is believed to have been stolen property, was taken by the constable to the Kowloon City

Police Station.

While a Chinese coolle woman

was engaged in removing earth from the hillside at Shek-O village yesterday, a rock fell on her and Every year. said a friend in fractured her left leg. She was the club, more college men than removed to the Government Civil ever come out to Hong Kong...Hospital. Yet you don't notice much difference.

Fracturing his spine as the result of a fall from the second floor of the old building of the

His

son.

wasa.m.

Gleb Botkin interviewed her at length, and is absolutely certain that she is Anar tusia.

She knew him. diacussed his re- latives, and recounted matters that only Anastasia could have known.

Her handwriting was the same as Anastasia's.

September 15-At Lammert Bros.' Sales Room, valuable properties in the New Territories. 3 p.m.

Meetings.

September -St. Jom's Cathe

Barkham. 5.30 p.m. " drnt Organ, Recital by Major E. J.

September 11- Service Men's meeting at the "Cheer '0." 7,45 p.m.] at the "Better 'Ole," 8 p.m.

September 16-Annual general After the massacre Anastasia is meeting of Họng Kong St. alleged to have been rescued by a Andrew's Society, City Hall, 5.45 Pole named Telfaikovsky, whom she p.m.

September 23-General meeting married in Bucharest under the significant name of Anastasia of contributories of the Hong Romanofl.

Kong Development Building & Savings Society Ltd., (in liquida- tion) City Hall, 2.30 p.m. a child, after October 22-Meeting of the New Territories Agricultural Show Committee, at Sheung Shui, 2.30

Bolshevis Killed Husband. She bore him

All that glitters is not gold-Taikoo Sugar Refinery, a coolie which the Bolsheviks killed her and all passengers on the Peak died yesterday afternoon soon after husband. She went to Berlin, leav- tram are not taipans..

admission to the Government Civiling the child in an orphan asylum.

Madame Gilliard, Hospital.

Anastasia's nurse, visited Frau von Tchaikovsky and positively Identified her by Divisional Inspector Aris W peculiarities of the feet and certain driving his Austin motor car No. birth-marks, but later recanted her 1359 from Fingshan to Castle Peak identification. at 1.30 p.m., yesterday, when he

before the night of his arrest in Kam Wah Street,

By the Magistrate: The witness was prepared to swear to what he had now told the Court.

p.m.

a.m.

Miscellaneous. September 8-Seventh Yearly Drawing of Debentures of the Hong Kong Club, Club House, 11

The mystery woman then went to

September 10-Service's launch Mr. Lindsell: What you want came upon a stationary lorry at Bavaria where to say is that when you arrested the junction of the Main Road and friend Gleb again identified her as car for inmates of the Blind Home

her childhood's plenic, starting at 2.15 p.m. SERGEANT REBUKED.

September 10-Picnic by motor him you were not sure of his iden- the Sanhul Road. Sounding his Anastasia, after which she became at Kowloon, organised by St. Peter's The most interesting" evidence tity?Yes.

horn, the Inspector made to pass the guest of the Duke of Leuchten Y.M.C. given before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at

You have discovered his identity the other vehicle. As he was berg. the Central Magistracy yesterday since? Yes.

almost abreast with the lorry a

September 12-St. Stephen's Col- afternoon at the resumed, hearing

Replying to a question by Mr small Chinese boy shot out from ed her, but afterwards said that

A Berlin paper at firat champion- lege re-opens. of the Chuiwan murder case was Whyte-Smith, the witness said that

from the time the accused were the rear of the lorry right in front she was an importer named Fran- the sixth extra race meeting of the| September 24-Entries close for that of Sub-Inspector F. Lane.

The ceaca Schanskowal, an ingane H.K. Jockey Club, noon. After recounting the events lead rested to the time they were handed of the oncoming motor car. ing

of Mrs. over to Chief Detective Inspector ud was knocked down and received Polish workwoman. up to the murder Mackay, the witness spoke about Reynolds, they were wearing the everal cuts, which, however, were the experiment he carried out with same clothing they were originally not serious. The boy's parents re- forged $1 note, to find out if the found in when taken into custody fused to allow the Inspector to

take him to the hospital. two halves of the note, which figured at Kam Wah Street. in the case had been cut or torn., In his experiment the witness tore the note in various ways. First he tore in the centre fold, then along a crease made with his finger nail, and finally with the edges wetted. None of the tears were as clear as the edge of the note Mrs. Mackay was said to have cat with a pair of scissors. Three other cuts made by the witness. two with knives and the other with scissors, all produced edges which resembled the one on the deceased lady's note. Witness Recalled,

A Chinese detective sergeant was then recalled as he wished to make a correction to his previous state- ment in which he had said that he had never seen the two accused prior to their arrest in Kam Wah Street, Shaukiwan. The witness now said that he had seen the second accused before his arrest.

Asked by Mr. Whyte-Smith how he had come to make that mistake in his evidence in chief, the witness said that he was not very certain at the time..

This drew. a. rebuke from Mr. Lindsell, who asked what was the use of saying in. Court that he had forgotten after he had told the police that he had seen the man be.. fore. "Call yourself a Sergeant?” The witness replied that it did not occur to him then that he had seen the second accused_before.

Answering Mr. Whyte-Smith, the witness, said that he thought now that he had seen second accused

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H.M.S. Hermes left Hong Kong this morning for. Home and due to arrive.

After a short stay in: Home waters she whi

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UNKNOWN BABY.

MUSEUM'S MODEL OF LAST OF NOBLE FAMILY.

September 29-H.K.V.D.C. route march from Polo Ground to Talkoo. December 5 Matriculation, Senior & Junior Local Examina- tions at the Hong Kong University, Bonham Road.

BATHERS SCARED.

"SHÁRK” THAT PROVED TO BE A TORPEDO.

In the Victoria 'and 'Albert Museum, London, there is a Hfe- size model of a dead baby. Children pulled aside the cover of baize and think it is merely a doll; "A shark. A shark! Swim for while even their elders, perhaps, your life!" was the shout which fail to réalise the full Import of went up at Le Mourillon beach, near the information its official label Toulon, on August 2, when a giver

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and the eyes are closed with an In the rush for safety, a young expression of simple grace.. The woman bather badly cut her leg by figure (the head, shoulders, and falling on a sharp rock. limbs are wax) is dressed in long When the monster came to rest clothes of fine cambric, embroider and was closely examined by fisher- ed with a coat of arms and trimmed men it was found to be a torpedo with fine pillow lace. On the tiny which had been launched by a dea- bands are mittens.

troyer carrying out torpedo practice of the coast.

Who the little one was or when It fell into Its- untimely, sleep we are, not told but it was somewhere In Bunny Spain in the seventeenth

Shanghai Chinese newspapers or eighteenth century. The infant, published a report to the affect that the last of some noble family, was, Lu Siac-chia, son of General Lit In accordance with an old custom, Yung-xiang, has secretly come to modelled as we see it to-day to be Shanghai, General Lu, it la recall treasured as a precious memento ed, was formerly Military Governor of hopes that died with its last of Shanghai and Tuchun of Che- breath:

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The 16-year-old Chinese boy who

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