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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930.

MEMORY EXPERT

WHO FORGOT.

Overlooked His Own Birthday.

FRENCH WIZARD.

own life...

THE CHINA MAIL.

COLDEST POLICEMEN WOMEN'S PLACE IN

IN THE WORLD.

Their Beat is in the

Arctic Circle.

tion.

WHITEHALL

Out For Conquest in New -Sphere.

EQUAL STATUS.

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SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.

Entertainments.

Theatry

Theatre

Social Functions," Twelve members of the loyal One woman has succeeded in

To-day-Hong Kong Hotel' and Paris, September 27.

Police have wintring a place at the examination Peninsula, Hotel dinner dance.. Because he forget his own birth-Canadian Mounted

To-morrow Tea Dance at day, Jacques Imudi, lightning left North Sydney, Nova Scotia, to for Class X, the Administrative catoulator and memory man, is go-work the world's coldest police Miss Lorna, C. Watson. Twelve Dec. 12-Hong Kong Automobile

Grade of the Civil Service. She is Peninsula Hotel. ing to retire. For 50 years he has "beat."

women competed on level terms Association third annual dinner toured the world, adding tip and. -Bubtracting and recalling dates They Mye gone to police the with 143 men. Twenty-two vacan dance.

Bid now he has forgotten to re- Eastern Arctic Archipelago, and cles were offered. With the men member the biggest date. In his they will spend two yoars in the outnumbering the women competi To-day- Queen's

tors by twelve to one, the result "The Bishop Murder Case." Arctic before returning to civilisa-of the examination does not pro- To-day Central

vide a fair test

of the relative "Redskin."

To-day-World. Theatre, The adventurous life of the capacity of the sexes.

The women have done better"Heroes of the Wild"; also "Sioux Arctic policeman was described to

Sixteen entered Blood." a British United Press correspon-than last year!

n To-day Star Theatre. dent by one of the "Mounties" just then, and they failed to win before he left for his two years of single phec. The examination is "The Madonna of Avenue A."

Today Majestic Theatre: isolation.

very stiff, and only candidates with When they reach the main supan honours degree at the Univer-"The Sophomore.

November 15-Theatre Royal: ply post the twelve men will split sity can hope to succeed. into six parties and leave to patrol One important interference from Opening performance of the H.K. their respective "beats."

the small number of women candi A.D.C. play "The Middle Watch," dates at the examination is that in 9.15 p.m. the higher reaches of education

34' 1

"It was my wife who caught me out in this my only mistake in my career as “memory, man," Inani to interviewers. I have bailed audiences in every quarter of the globe, but I was stumped when my wife gave me a knitted tie and I couldn't think what it was for until she told me,"

In his career as a professional 'calculator, Inaudi, has tied figures in knots, so to speak, finding in a flash the square root of awkward Each member of the force is totals, dividing, subtracting, multi-supplied with a large snow knife, plying.

and on the trail, when making women have not yet-caught--up See Special Sports Diary on page camp for the night, they seek a "If you write down figures for spot where there is good pack me I find calculations more diff-snow and from this cut out blocks cult" he says. "Tell them to me to make an "irtoo.”

My instead, I find that "sier. memory is, an audible one. so to speak not višual.

Memory Better Than Figures.

"But now I am tired of figures, so tired that I hate to count even the change that the taxi-drivers give me or the money that I get back when I do a little shopping, In future my wife is going to look after all the household accounts vo that my brain shan't be tired.

Stranger: "What

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strange Iden, barring yourself in like that."

Night Watchman: "You' wouldn't think so if you walked in your. -sleep'like 'I do

Their Menu.

with men. As many as fifty-five 8. women. competed at the recent examination., for

Sports

.:

Home Mails inspectors of To-day-Inward from America taxes, which is of the University and ports and Europe via Siberia but not the Honours 'standard;. and President Pierce). 326 entered the competition for To-morrow-Inward from Europe executive posts, which rank next via Siberia (Amur Maru); Qut- ..ward for Europe via Marseilles. to Class 1. in importance.

_Meeting.

These snow houses, when first made, require as other ventilation than that provided by the cracks Unless women can put more (Macedonia), 10.30 a.m. in the walls, the doorway being candidates in the field for these

November 14-Meeting of the closed up. after the occupants get governing, key positions, their inside.

dream of equal status in Whitehall Licensing Board, Counell Cham- will never be realized, however ber, noon. many their numbers in the lower ranks. Distinguished though the feat may be, merely to win one Pictures, place out of twenty-two is not Komor's. *. - enough to leaven the lump. At ona

After a time the moisture from the breathing and the heat from the fre cause a coating of ice to form, and it becomes necessary for a hole to be made in the top.

Miscellaneous, To-dny-Exhibition of Pearls and Messra. Komor, and

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and/or extra hazardous Godowne of trail is caribou meat, bacon, beans, time it was thought that no woman Mr. T. J. Price, St. Andrew's The Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and coffee; ten and sugar, The men could ever succeed in winning a Church Hall, 9 p.m. ...

Gadown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from To-morrow Italian, Convent the wharves delivery may be obtained. dress in far suits similar to the place at the Class I. examination, Eskimos, and-each party has un and their first success caused some Bazaar, formal opening, '10a.m. Eskimo gulde and interpreter consternation in Whitehall.

These guides acquire a position of authority, among their tribe and they are all anxious to work for, the police.

Better Eskimos.

In the early daya infanticide was practised by the Eskimos when the hunting was bad; but this has been largely stamped out through the who stock efforts of the police, emergency relief rations at strate-

To-morrow Kowloon Women were allowed to compete Church Sale of work,

for places in Class 1. of the ground, 3 p.m. Home Civil Service for the first time in 1925, when two women out of twenty-seven vora successful. In 1926, 1927, and 1928 one woman was successful each year.

ROAD PAYING.

gic points to supply the Eskimos. SUCCESS, OF THE "GAISMAN" when times are bad.

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SYNTHETIC RUBBER CLAIM.

A Production from Crude

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Washington, Sept. 20. Rubber may soon be produced from crude petroleum, according to Dr. Burgess director of the United Staton Bureau of Standards, Wash- One of the members of the pre- sent group of Mounted Police was

The Second Ordinary Generatington, who has described expert- present at the hanging of two. Eskimos who murdered. one of the Mecting of the Universal Rubber ments made by scientists of the policemen, and he stated that Paviors, Limited, was held in the Bureau to members of the Inter will sccupy. myself with the had a very salutary effect on the

cheater in mail week.

Parning Show, London.]

chickens in the yard and my two parrots, one of whom has develop ed a mania for calculating.”

How He Does It.. Arked to explain the secrets of lightning calculation, Inaudi de- clared there was no secret."

"It is all so very simple. You do not even require paper or pencil. You ask me a question.

What?

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining andelivered after the 14th instant, will be subject to rent.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 28th instant, or they will not be recognised.

All broken, chated, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined, on the 18th instant at 10.m. by Mesare. Goddard & Douglas.

ted.

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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 7th November, 1930.

AMERICAN

ture, Forestry and Animal Indus-are equal to real diamonds in all res- pect. Cut glass like real diamonds.

Chartered Accountants' Hall, Man-American Conference on Agricul- CHEMICAL DIAMONDS natives...

Mr W. M. Kirkpatrick (the try

- Dr. Burgess added that the Never become dull and can wear for On the whole, the Eskimos are orderly and have long realised chairman of the company) presid Bureau had examined samples of ever. Price per carat H.K. 15 nett. Term C.O.D. The American Chemi- ed, and in moving the adoption of that the White Man's law

to have been cál Diamond Coy. *P.0. Bọx 360; the report and balance-sheet, said: solid rubber claimed pretail.

With reference to the accounts produced in California from crude Penang, Straits Settlements, and the report of the directors, petroleum, birt Government scien- which are before you, you willists were not yet propared to pass notice that your company has judgment upon it.

must

INDIAN OUTLOOK.

Multiply 645 by 927, that is easy. PROBLEMS FOR ROUND TABLE

That makes 597,915.

"If had to teach mental calcu-

lation to children, this is how I

should begin with such a problem

CONFERENCE. -

GERMANY'S DEBTS..

- AMERICAN BANKER TO VISIT

EUROPE.

as you have posed, multiplication.STATUS AND CONSTITUTION. that we have made very material advantages to be derived from our

of 645 by 927. I begin by multi- plying 600 by 900, which gives me 540,000; I next multiply 600 by 27, giving 16,200. Instead of multiply- ing the 46 by 600, I take 50 which I multiply by 000 and I have 45,000. I likewise take 50 which I multiply by 27. These 1,350 are added to the rest, giving 602,550 But, as I have multiplied 927 by 60 instead of 45, I therefore multiply 927 by 5, giving 4,636, which I

subtract from: 502,550.

London, Yesterday.

Lord Peel, former Secretary of State for India and a member of the forthcoming Round Table Con- ference, in a speech laat night dealt with the dißculties the conference would have to face.TA

New York, Yesterday.

made on the departments, other tribute a fixed sum towards the than the rubber paving section cost of repaving that street with small profit, which, however, is our blacke. This is a very more than wiped off by the loss in-

couraging development, showing curred in the rubber-paving seas it does that the institutions in tion. Although we are satisfied that important street recognize the progress on the question of rubber rubber paving. We shall bring the In view of the recent visit of paving, we have not yet emerged matter up to the City Authorities from the very costly period of in when it is decided by them to re- Dr. Schacht, ex-President of the troduction and propaganda, and pave, Lombard Street. We have Reichstag, who stated that Ger- we have not reached the stage of also laid in December, 1929, some many must tease her reparation regular commercial production.

300 square yards of our paving in payments unless other countries The New Bridge Street Test. the entrance drive and courtyard helped her to extend her foreign While the figures for the paving of modern flats in Portman Square, trade, particular interest attaches section are unsatisfactory, the par London.

to the departure of Mr. Harrison, culars which I shall be able to give

Cost of Production.

the Governor of the Federal Besj Great efforts have been made by serve Bank of New York to One of the difficulties of the exist you will show you that we are for 18 situation was that there had from standing still. You will reus and the French company to re- Europe to-day, to confer by the been some confusion in the Indian member that we laid our blocks induce the cost of production of our heads of the Bank of England political mind on the questions of New Bridge Street, in the City of block, and the results are very pro- Bank of France, and Reichabank status and constitution. Indian London, in October, 1928, and mising. It is hoped that this fact, On the conclusion of Dr. thought was anxious that there need not dwell again on the enor coupled with other factors such as Schacht's visits to Mr. Hoover, should be no question of in-mous traffic in that thoroughfare, the present conditions of the rub- Mr. Mellon and Mr. Stimson, a feriority; that India would be The agreement we entered into ber market, may make it possible report was circulated suggesting placed on complete equality with with the City of London for the to make substantial progress in the that the conversations related to the great Dominions. Unfortunate maintenance of New Bridge Street

actually progressed In the sensa claring a moratorium regarding re- the constitutional programme expires next month, and at the near future. I claim that we have the possibility of Germany - de- had been considered to some extent suggestion of the City Corporation that every day some new authority parations, but this report was exact not merely from the point of view this agreement has been renewed or road expert is being educated officially denied.--Heutes Ameri-

of what, under present conditions, for a further period of two years and indeed being converted to the can Service. would be the best constitution for It would be Idle of me to say that practicability for the Calsman"

"That gives 697,015. It has re- quited five minutes to explain that which I can work ont mentally in five seconds, even less."

Some of His Feats.

Inaudi is one of the rare persons, born with phonomen powers, particularly when ap-

plied to calculation. He can tell you off-hand. the number

of potatoes he has planted In his garden at Cham- pigny, near Paris, the number of carrots, turnips and cauliflowers

figures in a row in five seconds.

He has been round the world

many times, adding up sums for theatre audiences. In his villa at Champigny he will try and forget

Judia, but whether the new con

the surface of New Bridge Street rubber road (block, in (which wa

NORTH BORNEO TRADING."

stitution did or did not place India does not show any sign of wear, have a practical and proved article, He can give the square root of 80 on equality with the Dominions. and tear, due largely to the fact the demand for which must in due The report of North Hornea.

courae arise a certainly as it has The relations of the Hindu and that in this first demonstration WE Moslem communities, the protec laid blacks manfactured in various done in the case of wood blocks Trading Co. for 1929 states that tion of minorities, and the relation ways to gain as much experience and even asphalte or other? scad not receipt from shareholding In of the Princes and their status to as possible, but after four years of surfacing materials which all ex Tuaran Rubber Estates was £1,185 & self governing India, all presented probably as intense and varied perienced delays and difficulties (against £2,968). With regard to remafning rubber Interest direc all about figures, except when his great problems for the conference.traffle aa could be found anywhere during the period of their Intro tors have decided to write down rarrot now and again putsad He did not think it would be the in the whole world every one, ex duction value as affairs, of the compan puzzler and sak for a quick duty of the conference to frame apert or layman, can ascertain fer we believe our task is ultimately

constitution, but to Indicate clearly himself that its condition is 4) goir to be easier. Many import concerned have been placed answered Press.

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