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THE CHINA MAIL,

WANDERING MINER. WOMEN'S TRAVELS. WAITING FOR "CASH.'

BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.

TO-DAY.

FROM DETENTION HOUSE.

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STELLA BENSION'S VIEWS.

The world has turned upside

Hotel officials, I read, are amaz- ed at the number of lone women now visiting England or planning to do so. Hotel officials belleve

WIRELESS STATION WANTS TIN OF PETROL.

Then all the messages in the custody of the station were dea- patched.

Somebody has just suggested that every person handing in a message should pay with a tin of petrol. Our own correspondent.

NO DESPATCH UNLESS Frederick Owen Richardas dog- cribed as a miner, appeared down (declares Stella Benson In 'fore Major C. Willson, U.D., as the "Daily Chronicle") and there is,

Yunnanfu, July 13. the Second Police Court. this I am told, a rush of unescorted funds in the wireless station here, Owing to shortage of working morning in answer to a charge of women tourists to England-just it has been the custom when failing to return to the House of as, when you or I stand upside Detention at the fixed time.

down, the blood rushes to our them accumulate until there is messages are handed in to let The defendant was absent for heads. four days, and was traced to the

enough money to buy a tin of Soldiers Camp at Shamshulpo.

Petrol so that the motor could be where he was arrested yesterday.

started.: According to Police records, the 1925, when he was sent back to but what of, they do not say. accused came to Hong Kong in this to be an interesting symptom England. He left the ship in I do not find myself able to feel Singapore and sailed to Austra-much amazement on the subject; From there. he went to my capacity for amazement in this Manila and thus back to the Col-matter has been dulled by a life- ony, being deported again. Then long impression that there always he was found in Amoy and later have been far too many tourists, was again seen in Hong Kong. and that far too

Major Willson, in sentencing tourists have always been women. many of the defendant to 6 weeks' hard la- I do not mind very much, how- bour, stated that he thought de-ever, whether tourists wear trou fendant had not made good of the sers or petticoats, or both, or facilities given him. The accus- ed was sald to be a miner of South Wales, and left England owing to the slump in mining.

BRITISH ADMIRALS.

SUCCESSOR TO SIR R. TYRWHITT.

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London, Yesterdy. The Vice Admiral A. K. Walstell has been appointed Commander-in- Chief of the China Station in sue- cession to Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.

He will assume command on January 18, 1929.

Rear-Admiral R. M. Burmester has been appointed Commander-in- Chief of the Africa station and will assume command on February 11, 1920-Renter.

CINEMA NOTES..

"SORROWS OF SATAN" AT QUEEN'S.

"Sorrows of Satan," which has drawn excellent houses at the Queen's Theatro since Wednesday is being screened for the last time to-day. From the quartet of prin-; cipal players, Adolphe Menjou, Carol Dempster, Richardo Cortez and Lya de Patti, the eminent direc tor, D. W. Griffith has elicited re- markable performances. "Sor- rows of Satan" was adapted to the screen from Marie Corelli's story of the same name and directed by the man who made "Way East" and "The Birth of a Nation." WORLD THEATRE. Douglas Fairbanks, the hero of inany thrilling screen romances, is the loading player in "The Mark of Zorro" which brings ita season to a close to-day at the World Theatre. Mary Astor, Jean Hersholt, and Donald Crisp head large supporting

cast,

Down

STAR THEATRE, "Love 'em and Leave 'em," a.light entertaining picture of the modern youth and his equally light hearted elster, will also be screened at the Star Theatre for the last time to- day. Evelyn Brent and Lawrence Gray head an excellent cast, and receive ample support from Louise Brooks, Marcia Harris and Arthur Donaldson.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE OF FORTHCOMING DIVIDENDS.

neither.

TOURISTS DEFINED. When I speak of tourists, of course, I do not mean travellers.

MAGICIAN'S DAUGHTER.

Miss MI-No, one of Long Tuck Sam's two beautiful daughters, who will appear with the famous magician when he opens his Hong Kong season at the Queen's Theatre at 9.20 p.m. on Wednesday

next,

WHITEAWAY'S.

FURNISHING DEPARTMENT

SALE.

Starting on Monday, Whiteaway's, well-known for the quality of their goods and the value that they al- ways give for money, will hold a re- duction sale in their Furnishing De- partment in which price cuts of from 10 to 50 per cent. have been mado.

Amongst the furniture which can be obtained here-made by Whiteaway's locally from seasoned wood under expert supervision-are well-made, roomy and comfortable 3-plece suites of Chesterfield settees and chairs, in the manufacture of which the best English springs and webbing have been These can be had in either chic coverings of mauve Jasple, or flowered linen cretonne.

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1928.

PAMELA.

SUMMER SALE

NOW PROCEEDING UNTIL AUGUST 31st.

All goods greatly reduced to make room for -new Autumn shipments.

13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

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Another useful bit of furniture, which is both serviceable as well as of fine appearance the British made Icy-Cool ice chests, which are obtainable in two conveniert sizes.; These chests are asbestos insulated und retain an even degree of cool- ness throughout the day. For ef- ficiency combined with economy. it is claimed that the Tey-Cool is hard to beat.

For curtains, cushions, etc., Whitenway's Furnishing Depart- ment stock a fine range of silk nets, and flowered cretonnes in a variety of shades and designs which should. satisfy every taste. The cretonnes are also useful for making new covers for chairs, couches, etc.

In the matter of bedsteads, Whitenway's also have some which w't bear comparison with any sell- ing locally an similar prices. The construction of the beds are strong, There never can be too travellers.

many the size comfortable, and they are are people who want to

Travellers, I suggest, sprung with the best English see far springs. The Marple bed sheets places; tourists want to say, they sold by Whiteaway's are made of have seen far places. Travellers strong serviceable material which come home and gape dreamily at stand wear. you when you ask where they have been; tourists bring back souvenirs. Furnishing. Dept., are hardware. Other goods obtainable in the. in order to prove to indifferent travelling goods, comprising trunks, friends that they have actually suit and attache cases, hat boxes trodden on a pyramid hard enough etc., crockery and China ware, very to knock this very. chip off, or fine sets of Jacobean glassware, dried their faces on this very door mats, and "Boh-No" wax, the towel in the Wagon-Lits Hotel in merit of which as a polisher in Peking, or shaken hands-for a well-known to the average house- small sum-with this very Red In- diun-(autographed "pleture post-1 eard) in the Grand Canyon of the

There is also a fine line of sports Colorado.

goods stocked' in the Furnishing Theao tourists may be women or Dept, including hockey sticks, men--the "amazing" thing about cricket suts, tennis. rackets and them is not their sex, but the im- balls, footballs, etc., all of the best mense quantity of junk they carry makes.

in their luggage. They are, how-

The following notices of intend-ever, more often women than men, ed dividends in bankruptcy appear

In the "Gazette":-

Tsang Kam-chuen, No. 40, Lal chi-kok-road, late compradore of the ss. "Ling Nam":-a first and final dividend.

wife.

because so many women, unfortun-to Americans, since if one meets a ately, have more time to waste than

men.

"TOURISME.”

phalanx of brisk mothers undulat- ing on camels across the Sahara, The great advantage of the in- or a posse of aunts taking notes crease of the craving for "Tour-in Napoleon's tomb, their national-

Ho Kau, No. 9 Wo Fung-street, isme," as the French have christy may be practically taken for junk owner:-a first and final tened dividend.

Kit-sama dividend.

25,

very

an un-

the science of spiritual granted to be American. The souvenir-hunting, is that. It holds number of unescorted 'American Chau Tsui-yin otherwise Chau an ideal of hedonism and grandeur female tourists has ceased to before the eyes of that oppressed amaze even that sensitive plant, Man Yu Wing alias A. Ling & class-mothers of grown-up chil. the hotel official. Co.: a first and Anal dividend of dren. $1.50 per cent.

But now, we are told, he has a Many mothers, before the cra new ground for amazement; Eng- ALLEGED ASSAULT. to be in the position of discarded unprotected females from

of popular female tourisme, used lish shores are being invaded by

necessaries, or dethroned angels-expected direction--the Continent Four firemen, Ng Tol, Teol Szo, whichever you prefer when their of Europe. Chang Lau and Nga Kan, appear-daughters married or their sons I must say I have not noticed ed before Major C. Willson at the disappeared to the outer fringes this myself; the buses I travel Second Police Court this morning. of various empires. They lived seem to be always Innocent of charged with assaulting P. C. 497 wistfully on the hope of dandling Swedish aunts, Hungarian mothers, while in the execation of his duty grand-children, and, unfortunately, Finnish grandmothers, or Cracho- in Sal-street an Wednesday, July in most cases, the open season for Slovakia nanas, though there are

grand-chifid-dandling is a

often one or two sparkling club- Mr. Lo appeared for the defen- short one...

women from Libertyville, Wis., In dants and applied for a remand. In these days no mother need some corner or other, telling each Major Willson fixed the further shiver in an empty nest when her other that Boadicea is the "Pallan hearing, for next Wednesday, allow-fledgelings have flown the south Athene or the Albert Memorial ing the accused out on a 350 haft. sings to her, the east calla her. the tomb of Sir Christopher Wren. the weat claims her even the If, however, it is, unknown to DOG-BITING.

North Pole has this year-for the me, a fact that Continental women first time expressed a wish to heare taking up tourisme, 'I still re- Two cases of dog-blting have visited by a conducted four confuse to be very much amazed; I been reported to the Police. slating, probably, very largely of always knew that American cul

A Chiness, residing at 65, Tem ex mothers,

turo, was spreading gue ple-street, reports that yesterday And, of course, where, mothers

But I must say I do wonder afternoon, while he was mounting go, temporarily unrequired aunts what tourists take home from Lon- u staircase a black and white fox need not, fear to follow. This im don as souvenira Myself, I can't terrier hit him on the legprovement in the condition or think of anything more typical -“Mr." W. Thom, residing at 494, middle-aged women who Advice than a bus ticket, or a chunk of Nathan-road, states that his saris no longer needed by their young tea-house cake, or a test tube full vant girl was bitten by a mongrel is, as I any, the one great advan of London apring whether, dog in the leg.

Verde tage of tourisme,

- The dogs have been sent to MATHE AMERICAN EXAMPLES Yau-fak for observation.

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