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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929.

Phone C. 22

FOR

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No. 596, c/o “China Mail.”

WANTED English Woman seeks daily employment. Capable child's Narse. Apply to Box 580, c/o "China

Mail."

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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS

..AND SURVEYORS.

- Public Auctions

THE Undersigned have received instructions from Dr. G. M. Harston to sell by Public Auction,

ON

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1929, commencing at 2.30 pm....

J

at his Residence, No. 55, The Peak.

The Whole of His Valuable Household Furniture

Comprising:-

NOTICES.

THE CHINA MAIL,

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1918), LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that an INTERIM DIVIDEND

BLASTING

PRECAUTIONS AT MORRISON HILL

NEW POINT RAISED

of Five per cent on the paid-up

Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at Capital of the Company has been the Central Magistracy, yester- declared in respect of the financial, day, Messrs. Sang Lee and Co., year ending 30th September, 1929, building contractors, were sum- and that such dividend will be paymoned for not taking proper pre- able on MONDAY, 6th MAY, 1929, cautions when carrying out blast- on and after which date Dividend ing operations at Morrison Hill

The allegation against the de- Warrants may be obtained upon ap- plication at the Head Office of the ferxdants was that the blasting Company, St. George's Building.

was done without the rocks being properly covered or, weighted, Hong Kong.

with the result that two fairly large pieces of rock were hurled on to the Police bowling green, about 300 feet away from the scene of the blasting.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED. from MONDAY, 15th APRIL, 1929, to

SATURDAY, 4th MAY, 1929, both

Chesterfield Sofas and Arm- chairs, Carved Cherry Wood Arm- chairs and Cardtables, Japanese Cabinet, Brass Ware, Foreclain, days, inclusive. Pictures, Writing Tables, Book- cases. Carpets, etc.

Extension Dining Table, Dinner Waggun, Brass and Brass Mount- jed Fanders, Ornaments, etc.

Brass and Brass Mounted Bed- steads, Wardrobes with Bevelled Mirrors, Dressing Tables with Bevelled Mirrors, Screens, etc..! elc..

Crockery and Glass Ware, etc.

By Order of the Board of Directors, SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1929.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT

SOCIETY (Founded 1889.)

PHILOSOPHY

LECTURE TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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ENGINEERING SOCIETY

on

An interesting lecture "Some Curiosities of Mathemati- cal Philosophy" was given by Captain McNair, R.A., to the En- gineering Society of the Univer- sity last night, at the "K" hall of the University. There was a large and appreciative audience, and Professor Middleton-Smith pre- sided.

Aristotle, the lecturer said. was upbraiding fellow philos hers who viewed the Universe as against his idea of it as some- thing dynamic and full of move- ment. Modern science had vin- Mr. F. H. Loseby, who appear-dicated Aristole and now there ed for the defence, argued that was a tendency to abandon philo- the blasting regulations applied sophy, which was less easy than only to operations in crowded dis-might be supposed.. tricts, and could not be read to Philosophy had various inter- cover quarries like Morrison Hill.pretations.

His Worship gave an adjourn- But that was the charm of ment for a week to see if Mr. philosophy. It might, therefore, Loseby had discovered a loophole be called the "birthplace of in the Ordinance, it being the science.". Before Newton's day latter's contention that, as his astronomy was a branch clients were on a Government of philosophy - now It had passed entirely into the CONCERT of Light Music quarry, they were exempt.

house of science. If he might the Helena May Institute at 5.30 INDIAN GIRL'S FATE criticise Chinese philosophy he would say its weakness lay in its divorce from mathematics. The Greek philosophers had often been excellent mathematicians.

Finely Carved Canton Black- A

wood Desk, Overmantel and Chairs, will be held in the Hall of etc.

White Frost Refrigerator, Bath- LOST.-In Kowloon, small rough hair room, Pantry and Kitchen Re- Terrier, white with black marking.

quisites Finder please return to 3, Chathan- Road. Reward.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE -1930 Opel Cars, 9/16 H.P. Four Passengers Touring and 30/00 H.P. Seven Passengers Pullman Limousine de Luxe. Apply Lyen Bres, China Bldgs. "Phone C. 2313,

A

FOR SALE"Barkers," Sai Wan. fino 4-Roomed Bungalow with large For full particulars apply Garden, Box No. 595, c/o "China Mail."

FOR Press, in excellent condition,

SALE,Wharfedale

Printing

p.m. on TUESDAY, April 16, 1929.

Tickets, $2 each, may be oħtain- ed from Members of Committee, at the Anderson Music Co., Ice House One Cottage Piano by "Zatter Street, and at the Helena May and Wrakelmann"

Institute.

and

also

A Large Quantity of Ferns and other Plants in Pots. Terms: Cash on Delivery. Catalogues will be issued.

FANLING HUNT

RAFT

D ENTRY

SENTENCE ON MEN WHO

TRICKED HER

FUNERAL PYRE SUTTEE The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, consisting of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Carson and Sir Charles Sargant, dismiss ed the petition of ten Hindus ask- PROGRAMMES and ing for special leave to appeal FORMS for the against sentences of rigorous im- Spring Meeting, to be held on prisonment for various periods LAMMERT BROS..

SUNDAY, 21st APRIL, 1929; may passed by the High Court of

obtained Auctioneers, be

from Messrs. Patna on charges of being mem- THOMSON & CO., York Building. bers. of an unlawful assembly. Entries close at 12 o'clock noon whose object was to abet the on WEDNESDAY, 10th April, 1920. suicide of young Brahmin widow named Sampati Kuer, and Hong Kong, April 4, 1929.

of abetting her suicide.

On View from Tuesday, April 9, 1929.

Hong Kong, April 4, 1929.

take Sheel Double Demy. Useful for THE

WhiHE Undersigned have received

instructions to sell by Fublic,

Small Printing Shop. Apply Box No, Auction 594, c/c "China Mail.”

FOR SALE-Large Rickshaw, in per- fect condition; pneumatic tyres; re-

cently overhauled. Can be seen any time.

Y.M.C.A.. Kowloon,

TO LET.

ON

FRIDAY, April 12, 1929,

commencing at 10.30 a.m.,

Installation, Laichikok.

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE THIRD EXTRA

RACE

at the Standard Oil Company's T MEETING will be held (wea- ther permitting) at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, April 13, 1929, commencing at 2.15 p.m.

A Large Quantity of SURPLUS STORES.

Conipriaing-

Anchor, Brass Bushing, Burner

The first bell will be rung at 1,45

p.m.

The charge for admission to the for all persons including Ladies. Public Enclosure will be $1

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform

TO LET. CODOWN, 150, Praye East. (complete Fuel Oil Burning Out- --Apply: GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD. ft). Leather Belting, Watchman Clocks, Westinghouse Dynamos, TO LET ---One Front and One Back Engines, Faucets, Hydrant, S. G Room. Can be let together or separ- Revitting Hammers, Wire Wound half price.

ing, 587, Nathan Ed.

a

The woman committed suicide by suttee at her husband's funeral · pyre at Barh.

At the trial by the SessionsTM intler ve da una nimeus ver Judge of Patna and a jury the diet of not guilty regarding the accused on all the charges brought against them.

ately; use of kitchen and bathroom. Hose, R. H. Lace, Motor, Pipe must show their Badges to obtain Apply to: Mrs. Chan, Orient Build-Threading Machine, Rotary Pumps,admission to the Members' Enclo-cision, pointed out that the girl

Screw Drivers, Screws, Hand Taps,

sure. Tees. Spar Varnish, Valves, Deleo Road, Central, Apply to E. D.Lighting Plant, etc.,

TO LET Offices to be Jet in Queen's

SASSOON & Co., Ltd., French Build-}, ing.

and

The Judge disagreed with the verdict as relating to the petition- ers, but agreed as to the acquittal of six other persons tried with them. The Judge submitted the case of the petitioners to the High Court, which convicted and Members are advised that they sentenced them as stated

The Judges, in giving their de-

herself expected the fire by which Each member has the right to she was burnt to death to be introduce 2 non-members to the miraculous. When she took her Members' Enclosure, tickets A QUANTITY OF FURNITURE

for seat at the pyre her left hand whom

be obtained from was concealed in her draperies. including:-

Messrs. Linstead & Davis at $5 She took the corpse on her lap and Desks, Dressing Tables, Side-each, up to Friday, April 12, 1929. TO LET "Norman Cottage" East,

its head lay on her left thigh Seth's Corner, Furnished 6 roomed boards, Washing Tables, Ward-

The charge for admission for near the concealed hand. house. Garage for Austin "" Early robes, Door Mats, Mattinge, Elec-Ladies to the Members' Enclosure "Did the poor girl know," said occupation. Apply to Perey Smith, trie Ceiling and Table

Fans, will be $2. Seth & Fleming.

the Judges, "what was to happen? Tables, etc., etc.

Each member can obtain, upon She only expected the Divine fire On View from Tuesday, April 2, application to the

Secretary, to appear. Badges for admission of 2 Ladies flames burst from her clothing A moment later

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

free of charge.

and the cause of those flames is Tic Bookmakers,

Men, no matter of surprise, as we are etc., will not be permitted to asked to believe. We are not operate within the precincts of the fools. Not for one moment at the Hong Kong Jockey Club daring ghat had she been left alone. the Race Meetings.

MISCELLANEOUS.

YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed"China Mail" Office, No. 3A, Wyndham St. Telephone Cen- tral 22,

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1929.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers, Hong Kong, March 25, 1929.

TO-DAY

and every day

For

16

drop in for a quick one"

MISS RUTH CULLEY

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"She had been closely rounded by the petitioners, and," added the Judges, "the trick was simpler than any conjurer's trick at a country fair." It was the accused who performed it. It BEST COAL & CHEAPEST PRICE was stated at the trial that the

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In other words, the snow-fight beloved of youth. And there is plenty of soft snow at Quebec, where an elaborate programme of winter sports is now under way. Perhaps the main events to which the people of Quebec and many hundreds in all parts of the con- tinent locked forward, were the Fete de Nait and the Grand Festival on the city walls scheduled on February 6, the Annual Curling Bous- piel from February 11 to 16, the Mardi Gras, the Skating Carnival on February 18, and the great International Dog pageant and Team Derby of 120 miles, which kept the whole city in a state of feverish excitement between February 21 and 28.

fication.

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sea.

show that bitterness bas entered How were the great discoveries into his soul. Here, for instance, made? Personally, he thought, is a passage from an account of a by intuition of very able men, and Mediterranean tour: by just playing round an idea with paper and pencil. In such a thought of the British hero who, "On the heights of Trafalgar one way, he thought, Pythagoras dis- while dying in the Victory, found covered the great theorem which his country's rule of the was the basis of modern trigono- Every Englishman

knows the metry.

significance of October 21, 1805, Captain MacNair then led his for British supremacy mathematical formulae of a high- and was also recognised by audience through

at дев, 2 maze of

which was undisputed until 1014 ly technical nature.

Then there flamed up the which short-sighted English states- men did not hinder. Every war writes on the walls of those who cause it: Mene tekel."

VON KLUCK

PLEASANTRIES AND BITTER- NESS. IN MEMOIRS

·

VETERAN SOLDIER

US.

war,

Who Caused the War? And the old gentleman is also certain that "those who caused it are also to be found in England," because he knows what Sir Alfred

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the Queen'a to-day and

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CLOSING SALE

at

FOOK WING & CO.

China Building, Hong Kong for

Canton Shawl, Swatow Linen, Shanghai Silk, and all sorts of ORIENTAL ART OBJECTS.

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD, OF DENMARK.

The following unclaimed tele- grams are lying at the office of the Great Northern Telegraph Com- pany (Limited) of Denmark:-

SL Houton and Co., from Osaka, Mermel, Hotel Savoy, from Amoy. Illingworth Overybayeti from Shanghai

Lawrence Evans, "President Jefferson", from Yokohama. Láidwin, from Osaka.. Austin Road, G from Kagoshima

E. V. JESSEN,

Superintendent.

Hong Kong, April 4, 1929.

THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.

The following unclaimed tele- grams are lying at the E, E Telegraph Co. office, Hong Kong:-

Eastimpcoy, from Hamburg- Nudcan, from Shanghai.

BLACK

Superintendent.

Hong Kong April 11929