1930-11-17 — Page 7

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1930.

SPIES DESTROY WAR SUPPLIES.

£7,000,000 Claims in International Court.

PENCIL DESTRUCTION.

morrow.

BUTTERFLIES'

MIGRATION.

PRISON

FOR SCHOLAR.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Unexplained Facts of Indignation at Treason

Insect World.

in

Charge.

Horror and indignation have been! expressed in Slovakia at the treat- inent meted out to Professor Vaitetch." Tuka, the former "spiritual leader" of the Slovak Au tonomists' Movement.

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL,

Social Functions.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

LAWN TENNIS.

Ladies' Singles Championship of the Colony (Grass Court).

To-day-Tea Dance at Hong THE FINAL of the above Cham- Tpionship organised by the Kong Hotel,

Dances at To-night--Dinner Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotela.

November 19-Victoria Diocesan and Missionary Association "A Home," St. John's Cathedral Hall, 4.80 p.m.

Lammerts' Auctions. November 18-At Sales Room, *Street, miscellaneous

goods, 11 A.M.

November 20-At 110, The Peak. household furniture, 2.30 p.m.

November 21-At 35, Humphreys Building, Kowloon, household furni- ture, 11 a..

Discussing "Migration among the Lepidoptera" in the Zoology Section of the, British Association The Hague, Sept. 17.

at Bristol, Mr. C. B. Williams Explosions said to have been (Edinburgh University) said that

Professor Tuka, a distinguished caused by German spies in America, most people knew that locusts

scholar, who formerly occupied a destroying munitions designed for:

migrated, but few realized that chair at Bratislava University, was Great Britain, are the subject of

similar. movements took place in charged with treasonable agitation actions before the American and the case of other insects, and par-in Hungarian Interests. He declin German Mixed Commission of The ticularly in the dragon flies, but-ed to flee the country, and awaited Duddel!

arrest.. Hague International Court, when terflies, and moths.

After eight months in prison he claims totalling from £7,000,000 to' The evidence for such move was brought to trial before a Czech In spite of the declaration: £8,000,000 will be investigated to-ments was chiefly of two kinds. court.

First, it was found that some in-of some of the witnesses against

Entertainments. The actual hearing of the case sects existed over large areas only him that they had been terrorised a into giving evidence, he was sen-

To-day Queen's Theatra has not yet been fixed; but it is ex- for a short time, and after

Professor Taka contended "Devil May Care." pected that when the suit tloes begin period of absence appeared again tenced to fifteen years' imprison

Theatre numbers. ment. large

To-day

Central suddenly it will continue for eight days. The Secondly, observers in the tropics strenuously that he had sought only

Theatre, United States Government is fight-often saw hundreds of thousands autonomy for Slovakih within the "Glorifying The American Girl."

To-day-World of butterflies moving steadily in Czecho-Slovak State, and that he

"A Society Butterfly." ing the case for the claimants.

Theatre. one direction, sometimes for hours had no connection with Hungary.

To-day - Star Secret Service Agents.

His last appeal against the sen tence has been dismissed. At night "Blood Will Tell.". The suits are based on two de-on end, and sometimes even for

Theatre: To-day Majestie dings and weeks. vastating explosions of munitions, The Monarch or Milkweed but the authorities transferred him at

To-night--Theatre Royal: "The said to have been caused by German terlly of North America was found half an hour's notice from the poli-Showboat." secret service agents, one of which during the summer throughout thetical prisoners to the penal estab

November 20-Helena May the heavy sentence, was the famous "Black Tom" fire in greater part of the continent, even lishment at Léopoldstadt to serve Middle Watch," 9.15 p.m. Hutteor

His request to see his wife to say Institute Concert, 5.30 p.m. the Lehigh Valley Railway yards at making as far north as

Bleeting. Blackton, outside New York City, Bay. In the Autumn all the in-

November 19-Annual Meeting when tons of ammunition, destined lividuals in the north collected to farewell, and to consult his defend- for Great Britain, were blown up gether in great bands and flew aing counsel, was brusquely rejected. on the night of July 29-30, 1916, thousand er so miles south to the He protested against the refusal of of Horticultural Society, Messrs.

Home Mails. before the United States entered the Gulf States or Southern California, political prisoner" privileges, Bay Jardine's offices, 5.16 p.m.

To-day-Inward from America where they spent the Winter eling-ing: "You treat me like a common

In the criminal, a murderer!"*

and ports and Europe via Siberia) (President Jackson); Outward for Europe via San Francisco, 5-p.m., and Europe via Siberia, 6 p.m. (President Pierce).

world war.

masses to treca.

The silver-haired professor is to Spring the bands-broke up, and the butterflies. flew north, laying eggs be given a convict's crop and dress- as they went to repopulate the ed in convict's clothes. His Slovak whole area, some completing an-friends are bitterly disappointed other 1,000 or 1,500 miles flight on that President Masaryk, who was himself sentenced to death in precisely the Austria-Hungary for the return journey.

same conduct as has heen laid to Tuka's charge, should not have free granted the appeal for a pardon.

The second explosion occurred ating in Kingsland, New York State, at the yard of the Canadian Car and Foundry Comp when a whole train was bluth 5 pieces on Janu- ary 11, 1917.

the two explosions Damage in

Flight Against The Wind was estimated at more than £5,000,- 000, and the claims for compensa-

In Europe, North Africa, and tion, with interest, bring the total

Western Asia the greatest migrant up to the higher figure.

According to one of the American was the Painted Lady, butterfly, attorneys who had been charged which in the spring crossed the with the duty of compiling the evid- Sahara and Egyptian deserts from ence for the American Government. some almost unknown sources to reams of evidence have been prethe south, crossed the

"Why do you carry about your wife's artificial teeth?".

"She costs quite enough without eating between meals."--

Mediter

POLICE RESERVE.

J

ranean, often in hundreds of thou-ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT sands, and flew more or less north- ward through Europe, usually reaching the British shores in early June. Individual stragglers

-were-sometimes seen_in_the_ex

treme north in Iceland, or within

WEEK.

REVOLVER PRACTICE.

7

Orders by the Hon. Mr. ED.C

a few degrees of the Arctic Circle. Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector-General

It was not possible to say with eer- of Police, state:- tainty whether any one individual

flew the whole distance, or whe- ther it was crossed by two succes sive generations.

General

Miscellaneous.

Ladies' Recreation Club will be on the courts of the played U.S.R.C. (by the courtesy of the 21st Committee)

on FRIDAY, November, 1930, commencing at 3

p.r.

Competitors:-Mrs. Kenry and Miles Enid Lo.

E. DOROTHY L. SOMMERFELT,

(Hon. Secretary, L.R.C) Hong Kong, 17th Nov., 1930.

NOTICE.

MOTOR CAR DRAW.

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

THE COMMITTEE hereby give

Tnotice that the undermention-

ed tickets which have been re- ported LOST are cancelled:- Tickets Nov. 1101-1125.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Undersigned have received

Tinstructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON TUESDAY, November 18, 1930, ---

commencing at 11 am. at their Balos Room, Duddell Streat.

A Quantity of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

Comprising:- lecture,

To-morrow Lantern Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m.

November 19-Fire Brigade an nual drill display, Police Head- quartera Compound, 9 p.m.

THERMAL POWER FROM THE SEA.

M. Claude Reports a Promising State.

Silk Shawls, Artificial Silk Socks, Fancy Lady's Hand-Bags," Cloisonne Ware, ete.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneera

Hong Kong, November 17, 1930.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"ELLERMAN" LINE

From 'DUNKIRK, ANTWERP, BREMEN, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM and MARSEILLES.

The Steamship, Paris, Sept. 17.

"CITY OF SHANGHAI" Professor Paul Boucherot, who is having arrived, Consignees of cargo Revolver Practice. The regular associated with M. Georges Claude by her are informed that all Goods weekly revolver practice (volub- In the experiment now being made are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous tary) will take place at the Ken by the latter in Cuba, with the object

No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and

The common large cabbage but-nedy Road Range on Wednesday at of obtaining thermal power from Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence de

livery may be obtained. terfly was also a migrant, particu- 5.30 pm. It will be open to all the tropic seas, received a telegram larly in Central Europe, where ranks of the Police, Special Con- from M. Claude yesterday. about July large swarms seemed to stables, and Chinese Company, originate, perhaps on islands in the Baltic, and few southward through Germany in clouds like

Police Reserve.

Police Training School.

This reported that the steel tube, all Goods remaining undelivered after 1,850 metres long and 1% metres 21st November, 1030, will be subject

rent,

to

in diameter, sunk in the sea in All Claims against the Steamer The weekly classes for Police Matanzas Bay had yielded water must be presented to the undersign Pages Gaies, Yverdon, snowstorms. The sight of hun-¡ Reservists at the Police Training from a depth of 650 metres at aed on or before 28th November, 1980,

School, Kowloon, will be held

pared for the action, 'gathered both and Great in the United States Britain, and comprising statements from eyewitnesses of the explosions. people suspected of being implicated In the outrages, and stories told by German agents since the war.

Counsel's Problem.

dreds of thousands of butterflies passing a point steadily in a fixed direction day after day was one never to be forgotten.

Nothing was yet known of the reason for these movements or of the factors which determined the direction of flight. It could, how ever, be stated, quite definitely

As

grade. usual to-morrow at 5.30 p.m. All temperature of 13 degrees centi-

members of the Chinese Company, and of the Flying Squad who have not yet passed Part 2 of Training

Course should attend.

Chinese,Company, Revolver Practice-Members of

When the tube has been thorough

M. Claude is confident of obtaining cooled by immersion in the water water at 16.5 degrees centigrade in contrast with a temperature at the

By utilising this difference it is

the Chinese Company, who have surface of 25 to 28 degrees centi- passed Parts 1 & 2 of Training grade. that the insects were not blown by Course, will attend at the Kennedy the wind. Examination of a large Road Revolver Range on Wednes-hoped to turn large turbines capable | number of records showed that the day at 6 p.m. sharp for revolver of a power equal to that given by al

исто have been lights

a5 often directly All these statements given on oath and will form a con- against the wind as with it, and siderable part of the evidence in might cross it at any angle. But- support of the claims.

practice.

Flying Squad.

Dress-Winter

The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Friday. Fall in at the Central Police Station at 5.15 p.. Dress-Winter uniform

waterfall over 300ft. high. It is further hoped, after turning this

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, or they will not be recognized.

where they will be examined on any

hours of 1045 am and noon, within the Free Storage Period of one week. Tuesdays or Fridays, between the

ed.

ed by

No Fire Insurance has been effect- Bill of Lading 'will be countersign="

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A SPLENDID PUZZLE. ·

energy into electricity, to utilise the CHEMICAL DIAMONDS The weekly instructional patrol cold water so obtained to refrigerate are equal to real diamonds in all res- terflies in migration appeared to "One German agent, whom we have an urge to fly continuously in of the Kowloon Section will take the power-station and its neighbour-pect. Cut glass like real diamonds. got to relate his story," said this one fixed direction. They appear place to-morrow. Fall in at Tsim-

more easily habitable by white men. ever. Price per carat H.K. 36 nett Term C.O.D. The American Chemi attorney, "stated that he had been led to be conscious of that direc-tea-toul Fire Brigade Station at hood, thus rendering the tropics Never become dull and can wear for

Professor's Comment.

cal Diamond Coy. P.O. Box 360; given the explosive which destroyedtion and made every effort to keep 5.80 p.m. sharp.

Professor Boucherot to-day says: Penang, Straits Settlements, A cuble metre of sea water corres ponds to 100 kilogrammes of ice. If one cubic metre can be delivered

To make up this mystifying per second, it is like the delivery of 350 tons of ice per hour-in other words, an entire train-load. Our puzzle you will need a small piece of transparent red paper. IG station will be able to produce 30 or 40 cubic metres. It should, there should not be hard to obtain, as a fore, be capable of producing the lot of cigarette boxes are wrapped equivalent of some 30 trainiodds of it nowadays. When you have managed to get a plecs of this! ice per hour,

papar, take a red and a blue pencil and write down some words on a piece of plain paper.

or

the Lehigh Valley property in pen-to it in spite of the disturbances uniform and cap with white cover. cils and pencil cases. There was due to wind and the presence of

this agent obstacles in their path. only a small amount

small added, but it was sufficiently power They usually avoided ful to do hundreds of thousands of obstacles by flying over them,

been B&CD beating dollars' worth of damage.

themselves sharp. "We have no doubt that the two more rarely round them, but had and cap with white cover. explosions were the work of German against the walls of a house or agents. Our testimony shows this entering open windows in their efforts to keep to the desired rante, to be so without doubt."

(Sgd.) D. L. KING,

D.S.P. (R.)

The biggest problem before coun- They had been recorded as fping sel for the United States Govern- through railway tunnels, or inat ment, however, is to show that the one side and out at the other of TRAMPING ACROSS ARGENTINE German agents who are, alleged to partly

constructed buildings,

bave brought about the explosions rather than depart from the direc- Briton Killed on 2,000 Mile were in the employment of the Ger- tion.

mon Government, and not merely Similar movements occurred in sympathisers with Germany or war crazy fanatics.

It is expected, however, whatever may be the outcome, that many in teresting details of the secrets and organisation of the German secret service during the war will be re vealed.

many species of months, bat in- formation about them was much

Walk.

our immense

equatorial

Success-

"For our French Colonies, con tinued Professor, Boucherot, "I lay

Write the words in this way? stress in the first place upon the possibility, of utileitir: this er Use the red and blas pencils alter for the manufacture of articla nately so that alternate letters o petroleum, ie, of hrdrocarburates the words you write will be red Valparaiso, Sept.0.by the hydrogenisation of charcoal and blue. Now you will find that

when you place your red trans more difficult to obtain owing to Mr. James Winyard, aged 59, a from

parent paper over the letters, the the fact that the majority of their native of Brighton, Sussex, has foresta

When the Claude-Boacherot pro- migration took place at night. had the fil-luck to bo killed by a

and the words you have written train when he appeared to have a cess was first described in the red letters will disappear entirely good chance of winning a £6,000 Morning Post and experimenta on will appear quite meaninglessi PROGRESS OF DO-X. prize offered by a New York news small sesle proved

But when you remove the red ful, It W18 suggested that,

paper, the other letters will be [paper, N

In company with another Briton, should commercial production of visible again. How puzzled your LEFT LA ROCHELLE ON SATURDAY.

Mr. Albert MacLewin, he pet out thermal power prove practicable, wa chuma will be when you show them to walk frota Buenos Aires to New might witness the Inauguration of a this

completely novel phase in industrial York.

November 15 to December 19 is After an unexplained forced He tramped 2,000 miles across history The possibility of this la London Saturday.landing off the French Coast, the the Argentine, pampa, through the certainly not negatived by the to be the period for the eighth consecutive short course in prac The Preparatory Commission for giant German air-liner fiying two-mile railway tunnel which cuts latest reports: the Disarmament Conference in bont, the DO-X left La Rochelle through the Andes mountain Professor Larigevin, of the Collogetical agriculture for boys and

de France, another noted physicist,

Brunswick Agricultural School. in Geneva, has accepted, by sixteen at 11.85 am wamepote

Then he was knocked down by states that M. Claude's first endea young men to be held at the New votes to four, six States abstaining, Earlier in the morning, „a the principle of the limitation of French Naval semi-rigid airship, à rellway train at Antofagasta, vous will be to provide electric light Fredericton. While the course fa land war material by budgetary when searching for the DO-X, de Chile. He died in hospital, for the island of Cuba. It will then brief, the instruction is suited to methods, while recognising that veloped gas leak, and crashed He had served nfteen years in be possible to establish estimates as the farm boy who cannot be spar- some members profer the method near Rochfort. It was complete the Royal Navy Before coming to to the cost of production, which ed away from home for any long of direct limitation, and others ly wrecked and the two occupants South America Professor Langevin thinks will cerer period. All the facilities of

available for instruction.. combination of the two-British escaped by crawling from the Mackepin is continuing the tally be much lower than those the Experimental Station are made

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