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Notice is given that all the Marine and Fire Insurance offices will be closed: for the fransaction of public business on Whit Monday, the 17th inst

Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. Mr. RO. Hutchison, Mr. T. W Hill and Mr. C. B. Johnson returned to the Colony by the Empress of Asia yesterday.

story wherein the author had no inten tion of conveying anything but a symbo lie meaning. It was seized upon as true : witnesses were brought forward to prove its truth and in spite of the author's explanation that his story was entirely drawn from his imagination, there are probably thousands of people in the world to-day who would be willing to

The morning service at the Union suffer martyrdom for their belief, in its | Church on Sunday will be in memoriam actual occurrence. Never was there of the late Lord Kitchener and taose clearer uvidence as to how such legends who fell in the recent naval battle. arise, and never was there clearer evid

Messrs. E. Kitting and U. Toting have ence that superstition will maintain it established themselves as import and hold in face of the plainest facts. The export merchants and commission agents Mons lerond was at any rate, harmless, under the name and style of Kitting & but this is hardly the case with Co.

psychometry, if M. MASTERLINCK is to be believed. We had always supposed that M. MARTELLINCK Was too clear- headed to fall to the charms of paychical research so-called but it appears from an article in a London daily paper that he has joined the band of believers, and is actually giving his support to certain

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week end- ing 27th May, amounted to 50,913 tons, and the sales during the period,

46.304 tons.

Mr. Imai, who has been Japanese Consul in Hongkong during the past four years, la leaving for Japan on the loth inst. He will be succeeded by Mr. Shinji Takahashi, formerly Consul at Nanking

y not believe that persons who may or i they are gifted with special powers for reading the future, but who are certa uly defrauding the public. M. MASTERLINOK gives details of the happenings to certain people who consulted a medium veiled under the initial "X"-naturally noting from Canada, Japan and Manila.

indor the Mrs. X. or Miss X., but "Madame X,"

All mediums aro"Professor or Dr. or "Madame," in which fact lies a world of thoug“i ~ This medium has induced certain auxious people-and who is not anxious war-time to consult her as to the fate of their loved onea, and be- cause Madame X has made one or two lucky guesses, M. MAKTERLINCK asks us to believe that she is possessed of superea As usual, the lucky hitz are emphasized; the misses are explained away The wish to believe is almost

tural powers.

pathetic in its persistence; the oblitera tion of the mental faculties almost grote esque. We are asked to believe that the

landed and stored at their risks into the A. S. WATSON & medium cane the subject of the inquiry

the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing

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SUPERSTITION.

Csalignees of Cargo by the store-omed THAT a state of war produces a revival Fasol are hereby informed that their goods, ase of religious feeling is now a corazon- being handed and placed AT THEIR WIEK in the ave Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gotown place of sociology, the ralation between Company's Godowan at Kowloon, where aneb the cause and effect being fairly obvious. and delivery can be obtained in the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo 194

if some article of his or hers is put into or handa Hist some subtle emanation from the remon using it remains in the article, and enables her to manifest her powers. What Is this emanation? Does it resist chemical analysis? If the article has “absorbed, like u sponge, a portion of the spirit of the person who touched

it."

as M MASTERLINCE tells us, then its weight must have increased. Why not apply, scientite tests to see whether this is the case? The answer is, of course, that scientiâc tests show nothing. We

are outside the ream of science in the lands of superstition; but it is no longer called superstition: it is psychometry, or what other pseudo-scientific term you will.

M. MACTEELINCK endeavours to draw a red herring across the trail by assuring the incredulous that it is not more wonderful than radio-activity, Hertzian waves, photography, electricity or hypnotism. Putting aside the last, which has to place in the group, it may be observed that lowever astonishing

The O.S.K. stemmer. Tucoine: Aluru: is. due in Hongkong this (Saturday) morn-

The vessel struck a rock off the south of Formosa and will be placed in dry dock. at Kowloon to-morrow. It is not known

what danage the ship has suffered, but she is proceeding to this Port under be

own steam.

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DOGS IN COURT,

CLAIM FOR A BITE

Three dogs, all of which were alleged to have had ferocious carcers, were pre- sent in the SummaryCourt yesterday when Mr. Hazeland, acting Pulsne Judge, heard an aetion in which Fong

Yee, 3, Woodland Terrace, Hongkong, described, as a maid-servant, claimed from Chan Wai Chi, of 2, Woodland Terrace,. the sum of $200 for damages for - Juries alleged to have been caused to the plaintiff by the defendant's dog our

March 28th

Mr. Shenton appeared, for the plain" tiff, and Mr. Grist defended.*

The plaintiff's story was to the effect tha defendant's dogs had always been a source of terror to her, and that on one- occasion one jumped at her and bit her on

to be medically attended. the arm, as a result of which she had

A question of identification arose, and

three of defendant's dogs were produced in Court. At first the plaintiff could not identify either of the three as the

DWELLING Consignment will be sorted out Marie by Mark Whether this is a good or a bad thing be these fucts are, their manifestation is not one which had bitten her. She subse-

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not be discussed here, but when the re- 'ligions feeling develops into superstition confined to persons of acertain antecedquently stated that it was the biggest as it too often does under the strain, tents, and their operations are not of an of the three, but that since it had attack- is time that a protest should be made uncertain nature. Any person of modered her some of its fur had been cut off

different Lord HALDANE recently spoke in approval ate ability can display the wonders of the back to make it appear

Mr. Grist contended that not one of

inetractions are given of the developments made in philosophy, radioactivity Hertzian waves, photo

10 hours)

trovas cot cleared within 8 days including

as tending to reconcile material'sm and graphy and electricity The connection the three dogs produced had bitten any-

No Fire Insurance will be effected by mar in an v pase whatever, as

↑ date of scrival will be subject to rent, the ritualism, but it is not clear that suce between causes and results is absolutely body. Defendant denied emphatically

Damaged pichages mast be left in the to reconciliation is of great importance fixed. The photographer feels no un- AS to: Whether Els dry downs for examination by the Consignes, and Philosophy only scoks the truth, no certainty the Company's Surveyors, M GODDARD matter in what direction it lies, and we

that the two witnesses who had been called for the plaintiff and alleged that they had also been bitten, had beeŋ

spoken to him about his dogs having The attacked in this way, neither had they

plate will exhibit the chemical reac & DOUGLAS, at 10 am, en MONDAYS and THURSDAYS. All Claims must be presented cannot recognise ne philosophy any tion required; he knows it will.

after be

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E. V. D. PARK, Astiar Superintendent. Hongkong, 5th June, 1916 -

certain conditions and its absolute re-

He

for which date they cannot to ooonton vague imaginings, without scientific electrician has no doubts as to the pronken to "No Claims will be admitted After, the Good foundations, in whatever language thardaction of a current of electricity under The defendant said he kept three dogs,

may be dressed. An example of this liability if the conditions are maintainduced in Court that day. At one time...

and they were the dogs which were pro- pseudo-philosophy is to be found in the

ed We except hypnotism from the list, he had had four dogs, but five or six so-called psychometry, which is de bocause, while it appears certain that a mouths ago he missed the fo fined as "the faculty possessed by certain state of trance resembling sleep can be had never fard of his dogs biting persons of placing themselves in relation, induced even self-induced the alleged anyone: :at ast lie had never received INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION either, spontaneously, or, for the most-

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phenomena connected with hypnotism Apart, through the intermediary of some NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.....

object, with unknown and often very dle are by no means so certain, and it is

of course, these phenomena M. MAETER:: tant things und people This is merely

LIKCK asks us to wonder at. After all, nu old superstition dressed up in a

his clairvoyance or traneo is but a form pseudo-scientific gards It is as old as the bills It has been practised by all of hypnotism, and so in including it in savage races from time immemorial, and the list of wonders comparable to psychometry" he speaks in the formula

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any complr ts. The complainant hed never com ained to him that she had been bitten by one of the dogs on the top of the left arm. Defendant, denied that his dogs were ferocious and Brid that he did not believe that they would bite anybody.

Answering Mr. Shenton defendant ad- mitted that the dog which the complain-

A Gordon

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steamer

garing, table-turning, in other words, swindling under a new form. It has been exposed time and again, and time and again those whose belief survivos all facts

the thing is that M. MAGTERLINCE should in connection with another charge

revoked. have lent his name Tupport of after the muzzling Ordinance had been frauds, which, if they si hot already And yet you kay it is not ferocious.

Did you AREA ABAP deveral think it had to be muzzled because it practised, are ceffain to bear the future and has not bitten anyone.

MOR Singapore; CHINESE CLERK with must be presented within 10 days of 277157 have afirmed that, in spite of the wind in actually advising anxious relatives to was to appear in Court. Was this done

ary or otherwise say years' experi- thorough knowledge of English essential; ence in the East Excellent references and would

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lers, it still exists. This curious readi- go to these mediums as a source of 1 out of respect for the Court? Yes, sir.

ERP No Miro do fl be effected” by usiness to prostrate the thinking facalting forstion and comfort he knows Can you say why two women should

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Bills of Lading will be countersigned be

KJARDINEA MATHESON & COULTO

im Genscal Managemaster engkong, 7th Jan 1916

(Laughter)

was amply demonstrated by the legend that, human natura being what it is, le

come into this Court and say that it

now, known as the AT

The legend was starte

is assisting in victimising thosy with whom he professes to sympathise.

was your dog which had bitten them-- I don't know that is a woman's business,,

Judgment was reserved.