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LUSHAN MISSIONARIES”,

ORDEAL.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE AFTER CAPTURE DY ROBBERS,

The Bev, Me, F. Frederickson, of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission at Lushan, Ronan, who was captured and held for

Mr.

A LIQUID AIR FACTORY FOR SHANGHAI,

INTIMATIONS

BRITISH ENTERPRISE IN A NEW THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND

DIRECTION.

One of the results of the War was that the Germans, driven by the shortage. of raw materials to find so many sub

some time by robbers who sacked and stitutes, valid the importance of, and Ipoted that unfortunate city in the early found new applications for called part of last month, has given to reliquid air, which led to the enormous presentative of a Hankow newspaper, the development of its production in bulk following aerunt of the vegy terrible and, in consequence, to valuable im experience which he and his wife and provements in manufacturing, methods. friends went through..

Through the enterprise of an entirely British company, these advantages will Fredrickson described how at now be made fully available to the users. about three o'clock in the morning of of oxygen in China. This company, says June 5th he, his wife and baby, and Miss the NC." Daily Neuss, is Steel Drums, Staurset--the only forrige occupants of Ltd., of 31. Fenchurch St., London, and the mission-were awakened by the Shanghai, whose managing director," Mr. sounds of violent fusilading apparently. Bridges, is at passent in Shanghai. outside the North "Gate of the city. Mr. An up-to-date plant is being set up in Fredericksen immediately got up and Ward Road and is to be completed in asked a Chinese what the matter was. He

a fortnight's time. was told that tufei had surrounded the

The prominent part which oxygen, has Jeity and were attacking from all sides, come to play in manufacturing, strue- After about 20 minutes the shooting tural and repair work in the iron and ceased and it was at first believed that with the evolution of this wonderful gas steel industries makes an acquaintance the robbers had retired. This, however, of great interest to all persons connected proved to be far from the case, the real with

shipbuilding. fact being that the maranders had gained School-day experiments in the laboratory

engineering and entry into the city. "Later it was found by which small quantities of oxygen that the soldiers who were on guard at were obtained will be in the minds of the gates had been bribed with promises many readers, but, with one negligible of rewards to let the tufei have ingresa. | exception, there is no apparatus on the one soldier, who had been promised 24,000 | market for the chemical produccion of for his assistance in this respect, was this gas, as the quantity this obtained afterwards shat point blank by the rebis insufficient for industrial purposes and

the cost is far too high. hers as they rushed through the gate.

SHELTER IS THE CHAPEL,"

Two methods, broadly speaking, only are employed now-a-days, riz," (1) elec- trolysis of water, (2), atmospheric air, of which, unless hydrogen is required at the same time, the latter is both cheaper itu better from the sygen point of view,

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PAYMENT of the HALF-YEARLY

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PUBLIC AUCTION. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Pabic Auction Sale, to on MUNDAY the 17th day of be had July, 1998, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the df Ha Public Works Department, by Order EXCELLENCY THR GOVERNOR of cdo Lot of CROWN LAND behind, Sikh Temple Gap Road

in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term OF 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fired by the Surveyor of His MAJISKY THR KING, for one farther. term of 78. years.

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THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,

P. C. YOUNG. Acting General Manaver.

The extraction of oxygen-liquid and gaseous-from the air may be briefly summed up as:-High compression, up te 3,000 lb. per sq. in.: expansion to liquefying point, THITHIN 194 degrees Centigrade; and rectification. Curiously THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND

MINING COMPANY, LIMITED, done for this newest industry by British enough, notwithstanding, the spadework men of science, there exists no British NOTICE TO BOLDERS" OF machine of practical design at the pre- sent tine, though as far back as 1837 William Siemens took out an English patent, for a invention substantially comprising the leading features of the best taodern machines.

A hrst, said Mr. Frederickson, the hardly believed that the assault was really serious; but after he saw the tires which immediately sprang up in all parts of the city he realized that the danger was great. Hastily sunning his wife and Miss Staurset, the thire foreigners' sought shelter in the Chapel of the mission as it was found that their rooms were be coming risky places to remain in owing to the number of billets which were #ying in all directions. After placing the Indies in the Chapel. Mr. Fredericksen went into the compound. From there be saw a robber game ap to a neighbouring house, fire a shot at it and then proceeds to smash in the door. Other robbers came up and soon the house was set on fire. The robbers were all dressed in the usual! grey uniforms of the Chinese army, they all carried blazing torches in their hands and were armed with rifles sorte also carrying very ugly looking knives,

The robbers did not hesitate to attack the foreign property of the mission sta- tion; and ving then enter the com- pound. Mr. Frederickson again returned to the Chapel and remained in hiding with the two ladies and the baby The robbers spent half an hour in locting the mission: everything" in the house which was not taken away was smashed and destroyed, even the kitchen being visited

THE RUINED SESSION STATION. and plundered. At last the robbers came Upon their return to the station Mr. to the Chapel and discovered the littland Mrs. Fredericksen front the whole party of foreigners. Rifles were instantly aimer at the breasts of each one of the missionaries, who were grabbed roughly by the arms and told to give up all wo and valuables on pain of being shot in stantly. Under this coercion the three foreigners were obliged to part with everything of value in their possesion, even Mr. and Mrs. Fredericksen's wed ding rings being demanded and yielded uji.

as the evil deed had already been com mitted before he was in a position to quéli - his men. Me was particularly solicitous to know whether the robbers ha trented" Mr. and Mrs. Frederickson hady in any way; when no complaints were made he expressed the greatest satisfaction. He said that Mr. and Mrs. Fredericksen would be permitted to

return to the mission station, and he

supplied them with a guard of bandits to escort then on their way. „

six

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Applications must be made in person of through a Banker or other duly authorised agent applications made through the port cannot be dealt with.

All Talents must ise fisted on "the proper forms which can be stained an application.

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place in a most pitiable state. The main building was in ruins and half of the line of houses facing to the street were also zutted: while a building belonging to thei ground. The few buildings which had Girls' School was entirely burnt to the escaped the fire were in an unbelievable state of disorder. Books, and papers were torn and scattered all round, Hotel on Shups. lat and 2nd

O ̈LET.—Öround Floor of the Asto?) furniture was lying smashed in frag ments, the windows of the Chapel had Floors of the Astor House Hotel us Offices. been entirely broken and the organ desad and 4th Floors of the Astor House Hotel na Unfurnished Flats A frn the lith troyed.

instant. Apply Astor House Hotel. £199

BOUND AND LED AWAY,

The robbers remained in the city until Afterwards the three instead of being noon on Tuesday, turning over the debris released, were led out separately. Mine and seeking any remnants of lost they Staurset was bound by the hand to a null as their hands on the whole time. Wuesto, would take POSITION

VANTED-ENGLISH GIRL, vol. Chinese who had also been captured adil Then, word came that na army was coci- Children's Nurse, Governess or Companion, was led of out of the North Gate Mr.ing to the rescue from a neighbouring | Apply Box Luf.. e/o Daily Press Office [188 Fredericksen appealed to his captors that eity; and the bandits took to their heels the should be allowed to go in company and Ard to the surrounding country. with his wife and child, but this was not The army of rescue proved to be only a

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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF

the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held MONDAY, the 17th day of 1929, ab 3 pm, at the Offices of the Publip Works Departament, by Onter of His EXCELLENCY THE GOVEANOR of one Lot of CROWN LAND on the Shaukiwan Road Causeway Bay in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at Crown Kent to be fired by the Surveyor of His Mara8ry KING, for one furtkér term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

41:aukiwa Island

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day held on MONDAY, "the 17th JUNE, 1923 at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works

by Order Department,

of His BMTCELLENCY THE GOTEENOR of one Lot of CROWN LAND) at Shankiwan in the Jalong

of Hongkong, for a term of..75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to

be fixed by the Burveyor of HB MAJESTY THE Kose, for one further term of 75 years.

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was led through the streets the last he saw of the mission station was that it. hnd been fired and that heavy black smoke was belching from the windows of the upper story.

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The streets were in a terrible condition, swarming with robbers, many of whom were mounted on horses and each one bent

bandits threatened making a second visitation the project did not dévelop....

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A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. For four days, notwithstanding that the robber chief had promised Mr. Frederick- ser that Mr. Misa Stanrset should be returned to the mission, nothing had been heard of her and the greatest alarm upon loot. Everywhere houses were burn for her safety was felt. On the fourth ing Bercely and in many places the bodies day, however, search parties which had been sent out looking for her, discovered of those killed by the robbers were lying her held by a party of the robbers who where they had fallen in midrond. had fed to a rernote place in the moun Throughout the day, which was intensely tains some forty li removed from the city? hot, the robbers kept Mr. Fredericksen It was a great relief when she was with them, moving from place to place brought back to the mission and was able and pillaging as they went, "In the after- to report that although held captive for noon, after repeated requests on the part so long she had not met with any ill-storied brick and concrete building aitable for of Mr. Fredericksen, the robbers pro- treatment.

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mised to find his wife and child, and soon

After living in the ruined city for a after four o'clock, to his immense relief, escorted by a party of soldiers to Pol week, the missionaries were at last they were brought to him unharmed.

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fung, whence, under another military escort they were finally brought in safety to Hauchau.

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· PUBLIC AUCTION. ARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

held on MONDAY, the 17th day of July, 1922, at 3 FC, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Lot EXCELLENCY THR GOVELKOE, of one of OROWN LAND at Shaukiwan in the a term of 75 Colony of Hongkong, for years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rant to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJERTY THE KING, for one further term of 75 years.

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Lot No. 41,

Registry Ko.

No, at Hala

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Later Mr. Frederickson again applied to his captors with the request that he be permitted to see their chief. With Mr. Fredericksen, states that over up to a sharp focus in the eye, these DAIRY FARM NEWS. this request the robbers also complied, 1,000 robbers took part in the sack of and he was conducted to headquarters Lushan; and that for two months prior

mascles exert themselves unduly and where the chief officer of the naine to the outrage they had been assembled enable us to see clearly in spite of the of Wang Yno Tong who had formerly around the city in such force that there defect. These muscles tire and relax been in Chao Chich's arwy was dis-had been no possibility of anybody getting causing the objects looked at to become covered smoking à quiet pipe of opium. away, the gates throughout that time

This worthy proved to be a most plaunover having been opened day or tight blurred and indistinct. Upon closing the Bible individual who either under the After the looting of the city the robbers eyes for a few seconds the muscles be soothing influence of the drug he was led away, several thousand of the in- consuming, or froh sheer fenevolence of habitants in order to hold them for ran come more or less rested and objects heart, received Mr. Fredericksen with som. Many of them were afterwards are clear again for a brief period. the utmost politeness and expressed the released, but the last which Mr. Faede Properly fitted glasses correct eye-strain, utmost regret over the inconvenience and ricksen heard was that 1,000 were still

alarmi, to which the foreigners had been missing and that the rubbers had issued whether caused by astigmatism or age. exposed. He declared that he himself an ultimatum to the effect that if they The Hongkong Optical Co., successors to had been proceeding with the utmost were not ransomed within three days they Clark & Co., Manufacturing and Refract hasta to prevent the awful experi- would all be shot. Almost all the Christing Opticians, 53, Queen's Boad, Central, ence the town had suffer; that ians and the mission school children were unfortunately he had arrived too late brought back; and as far as was known have the equipment to fit you glasses [Ges (Continued at fool of next epiumn.) not one of this number had been killed. properly-ADVT.

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