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"TRUTH SERUM

CHEMIST ON

SCOPOLAMINE

EXPERIMENTS

Scientific Poisoning

- NEED FOR MORE CONTROL OVER NEW DRUGS

The existence of a substance which, it is claimed, causes men to speak the truth, whether they like it or not, was mentioned by Mr. Heary T. E. Rhodes in an address at the annual meeting of

Edith Fellows gives an excel- lent performance in the Colum- bia picture, "She Married Her Boss, which will be shown at the King's and Alhambra Thez- fres to-morrow.

DEFENDERS

the British Association of Chen PEN SKETCHES OF COLONY'S| ists in Liverpool recently.

Speaking of the control of the sale of poisons. Mr. Rhodes said that, had control existed in the -Sfteenth century. poisoning, which became a fine art, would not have been so largely practised.--

Timed Poisons

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THE CHIMA - RAIL WEDNESDAY, JANEKRY 15. 1936

WORLD BRIDGE

OLYMPIC

Broadcast By Mr. M. E. Politi

TWO HANDS DISCUSSED

TO-NIGHT

To-day's Short Story

The Count And The Wedding Guest

By 0. Henry

NE evening - when Andy sadness and melancholy.

O'Donovan went to di. sadness a the ides, giris-all

At 1005 tonight. Mr. Polit his Second Avenue-boarding-tblack, you know, with the prefer who delivered several broadcasts house,. Mrs. Scott introduced ence for crepe de oh, crepe de last year, will discuss the tourna-him to a new boarder, a young chine-that's it. All black, and ment to be held at the American lady. Miss Conway.

|that sad, faraway look; and the Club on February 4 at 7.80 p Miss Conway was small and un-hair shining unde“ the black veil

Last year over 200,000 enthu~| obtrusive. She wore aplain, (you have to be a blonde, siasis played the hands, each of luffy-brown dress, and bestowed course), and try to look as 迂 which is carefully selected by ex-her interest, which seemed lan-although your young life had been perts to illustrate some point of guid, upon her plate. She lifted blighted just as it was about-to- value to every-day_Bridge_play her diffident eyelids and alot one give' a hop-skip-and-a-jump over Results are scored against a par perspicuous, judicial glance at Mr. the threshold of life, a walk in the for bidding and play.

Donovan, politely murmured his park might do you good, and be Mr. Foliti will describe the twofname, and returned to her mutton (sure to happen out the door at the hands shown below; so listeners Mr. Donovan Bowed with the right moment, and--oh, it'll fetch should have this article beforèlace and beaming smile that was 'em every time. But it's fierce. them at the time.

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His first participation in re- presentative football was in 1926,

rapidly winning for him social now, how cynical I àm, ain't it? business and political advancement.-to talk about mouming costumes and erased the snutty-brown one this way.

from the tablets of his considera- !

tion.

Two weeks Ister Andy was sit- ting on the front steps enjoying his cigar. There was a soft rus- tle behind and above him. and Andy timed his head and had his head turned

TO-MORROW'S STORT

To-morrow's story will be "An Enraged Lion."

rein-

Mr. Donovan suddenly Just coming out of the door was scribed Miss Conway upon the Miss Conway. She wore a night-tables of his consideration He black dress of crepe de crepe de threw away the remaining inch- ob, this thin black goods. Eer and-a-quarter of his cigar, that hat was black. and from it droop would have been good for eight ed and fluttered

ebon vell, minutes yet, and quickly shifted Shay as a spider's web. She his centre of gravity to his low- stood on the top step and drew of ent patent leathers.

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black silk gloves. Not a speck of "It's a fine, clear evening. Miss white or a spot of colour about Conway" he said: and if the her dress anywhere.

Weather Bureau could have heard

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than pretty, but it was now illu- "To them that has the heart to minated and made almost beauti-enjoy it, it is, Mr. Donovan", said

that Miss Conway, with a sigh. fal by her large grey eyes gazed above the houses across the Mr. Donovan, in his heart,

street into the sky with an pression of the most appealing

A COUNTRY

GIRL

Successful Dress Rehearsal

cursed fair weather. Heartless weather! It should hail and-blow jand snow to be consonant with the

mood of Miss Conway.

"I hope none of your relatives I hope you haven't sustained a ¡loss?** ventured Mr. DonÓTEM.

"Death has claimed," said. Miss Conway, hesitating, "not a rela- tive, but one who-but I will not intrude my grief upon you, Mr. Donovan.."

The same thing was often done In 1931 he joined the Hong S now, as the criminal records "show- Kong Football Club, but he only ed. He often wondered how many played one came for them as he people died in England yearly, ap-joined the Hong Kong Police soon parently from nattral causes, who after.

Her rich golden hair was the confident emphasis of his tones had, in fact, been poisoned by the Pile's-ürst appearance in a

drawn with scarcely a ripple. into it would have hoisted the square soccer Interport

in 1930 expert administration of arsenic.

Players interested are reminded a shining, smooth knot low on her white signal and nailed to the The advance of chemistry and when he played at left-back in biochemistry made

team. The fol- that entries close at noon of Sat-neck. Her face was plain rather legislation A. V. Gosano's more necessary than ever. Certain lowing year he was chosen. substances, not formally classed as reserve outside-left in paisons, could be very dangerous Kong, and in 1934 he was chosen agents in the hands of those who as left-half. Last year he play- wished to murder without leavinged at left-back in the team which a trace of their crime.

beat Shanghai. He has also play- Insulin was an example. Aed for England in the local com- overdose was extremely dangerous petition and in the Governor's 'since it reacted upon the muscular and Lai Wah Cup contests. system, particular that of the Besides football. Pile plays re when he gained a place in the heart, causing heart-failure. The gularly for the Police at hockey China soccer eleven which went insulin decomposed and could notion the right wing, being a mem-to the Far Eastern Olympiad at be traced in the body after death (ber of the Police team which won Manila in 1926.

ho Afer that There were other substances the Mamak Hockey Tournament played in the first eleven and has which could be used, not with in-two seasons, ago. He is also a done so ever since. He has oc- tent to murder, but for other uns good tennis player and plays for cupied both the centre-half and

Last night's dress rehearsal of crupulous motives..

"Intrude?" protested Mr. Dano- the Police Recreation Club in the centre-forward positions and has A Country Girl," to be presented league, while he is considered one won Interport recognition twice this evening at the first publier'd be delighted, that is, Fd be "Why, say, Miss Conway,

of the best cueists in the. Force.

performance by the Hong Kong sorry-1 mean, I'm sure nobody M. L. RAILTON, who was born philharmonic Society, went with could sympathise with you truer An example was scopolamire,

LEUNG WING-CHIU.: is an-jat Cape Town, South Africa, in a fine swing from start to finish than I would.” sometimes wrongly called the

other of the many players who 1895, was educated at Chertsey

A detailed report will appear *th serum." It was not a serion

the South China School, Surrey, England, and at in this paper later. For the mo but an alkaloid, and, when adminis- started with

second team in 1924. He the Victoria British School, Hong ment it is only necessary to say tered in a certain way, it was said

at full-back Kong.

that obviously no pains have been to have a certain psychological originally played

While in South Africa be start-spared to make the show efect which caused men to speak Two years later, however, be the truth whether they wished to gained promotion and has played ed playing Rugby, but changed

cess. Everybody works hard, the been in almost all the positions in the over to soccer when he arrived in costumes, scenery and groupings Experiments had

Hong Kong in 1908. He started are very fine, and the singing by tried with this drug on criminals intermediate line ever since.

He has been twice capped for playing for the Club in 1911, and principals and chorus is an es- An America.

the Interport captained the Club side which pecially strong feature of the What the effect really was was Hong Kong in

little series and layed for China once reached the Final of the Senior uncertain, but there was doubt that, it was profound and in the Far Eastern Olympic Shield in 1921. but he left for

Last night's audience thorough- is vice-captain of Home before the Final was plarly enjoyed every minute of it, in-. that it took men off their guard so Games. He

"A" team this ed. He also skippered the Engcluding the local business and that they would make admissions the South China

lish team in the annual match that they would withhold when in season.

against Scotland in 1920. The was before the institution of the Sunday Herold Charity Cup com- petition.

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a normal state. It was perfectly obvious what opportunities the N. BELTRAO, the Recreio and existence of drugs of this kind Interport centre-half, who gave to the scrupulous.

born in Macao, first played soccer while at school

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QUADS AND QUINS

Extreme Rarity Of Quintuplets

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In 1923 he was transferred to Kobe and for seven years be captained the Kobe Football Club team and took part in all the La terport games against Yokohama. He returned to Hong Kong in The present vogue for multiple 1931 and has been figuring pro-births auggests the question whe minently with the Club's senior ther they are a new phenomenon team this season!

whether it is that modern scientific discoveries have enabled

or

He made his Arst appearance in local soccer when he played For the Recreio seniors in 1926, at the age of 16, in qual Sub- sequently he was tried out in all the positions and WWS finally played as a pivot, in which berth, he has remained ever since... Last year revealed him in bie

S. EL STRANGE, the former the children to survive more fre- By kind permission of the Man-

best form, and he was selected as Club and Interport captain, was quently. aging Director of the King's Theatre, a Children's Cinema - the Colony's pivot against Shang born in London in 1909 and fast The latter appears to be the hai. Previous to this he had played at school, skippering the true explanation Quadruplets -tertainment has been arranged by

Colony's Portu London Schools.

He played in have always been fairly common. against the the London League and was also Twenty, for instance, were record-

Mrs. G. F. Hole for Tuesday, represented the

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Community

latter stages of the 1929-30 wea Of sextuplets, only six cEBES fson and joined the Club seniors, have been recorded in the world

with whom he has been associat since 1831.

Mrs. Hole has selected, through Club Lusitano, of Shanghai, in in the London Conservative Footed in Germany in 1920. the Courtesy of the film distribu- the annual Portuguese Interport ball Association team captained In the British Isles, five wozden tors, "Mickey Mouse" and other which has since been temporarily by his younger brother "AL" in have given birth to quadruplets the early part of 1929-30, when in the last six years, and in none suitable and attractive pictures. abandoned.

A fine all-rounder, Beltrao ex- they won the All-London Cap. of these cases did all the children The performance will prove a popular attraction for the Chin- cels at tennis, badminton, hockey

He arrived in the Colony in the survive. N. and basketbal, while he still is ese New Year holidays.

The prices will be 50 cents, 20 fairly good sprinter. cents; and 20 cents for children; adults, nazal prices.

CAULIFLOWER?

On Exhibition At Nice

Born in Hong Kong. LEE ed ever since. The proceeds are to be devoted KWOK-WAI had his first game of He, secured his first Interport WORLD'S LARGEST to the John Ambulance. Associs- football in 1925 when he played "cap” in his first season In the tion New Territory Clinics and for the South China second Colony 1929-30-and- again in for the relief of the sick poor in eleven. Despite his good per 1931-32 and 1933-34. when he the New Territories—women and formances, he did not gain a captained the side. He zkio- children in particular...

place in the first team till 1932, pered the Club for two seasons in Principals of schools are kindly this being due to the fact that succession and has played in the asked to co-operate with the St. there were too many claims for Lei Wah Cup, the Sunday Herald A zankidower over three John Ambulance Association, the eleven places in the side..

the Governor's Cup in height and measuring

been grown Francai

which is in urgent reed of funds In 1935 he was chosen to play competitions. for the maintenance of the New for China in the Olympic Games

Territories benevolent: work, and in the same year where liver of expectant mothers missed his and sick children depend upon the chosen as Te “ministrations of St. John mursen, Dagaižit

Four cases of diphtheria wen Calome cap, being notified as svinge occurred in the

for the Interpart Colny dizing the 24 houTE -

vaz.

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