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The following is an extract from a nat book, "entitled "Among the Head-hunters of Formosa by Miss Janet B. Me Govern

Among the Paiwan, sa among the other aboriginal tribes, including the Taiyal of the north, arists the custom of two great festivals during the year, one at seed time, the other at harvest-time. During those twice yearly festivale there is much feasting, much dancing, and, unfort- unately, much drinking of millet wine. That which distinguishes the Faiwan festivities, however, from those of the other tribes is that once every five years on them. ftative days the Paiwan play a game called Morayaiya. The game con Aists of a contest between several warriors, each trying to impale on a bamboo lance

4. bundle--now of bark-which is

tomed into the air, the one who catches it on the point of his lance being considered the victor. Tradition among them asserts that in olden days it was a human head that of a slain enemy-which was thus tossed about, a mere bundle of bark being

IN SARAWAK.

THE GIN-BOTTLE DOCTOR.

AN INDIA

DOCTOR IN

INTIMATIONS

The Raneo of Sarawak is the author of AN OFFENCE UNDER THE MEDICALA some bat. Case the following little account of feature REGISTRATION ORDINANCE of life in Sarawak

Upon his chin grow bunches of hair like tufte of shrivelled grass, between his scarlet-dyad lins an ill-rolled cigarette hangs ladsely His eyes are slits of dark wisdom, and in his face lies the duplicity of years

a

J. B. Lai, who has advertised himmi!- as the "able Indian Physician from singapore' who guaranteed in the news- papers to cure a number of ailments in He has quite a following in Sarawakresand summons beforo Mr. J.-R. Wood, less than two minutes." appeared on a this orpola of medicine, with his occult practices, and his enchantments, and his at the Magistracy, yesterday, charged clever incantations Who shall any that with practising for gain and professing because his skin is of burnished copper to practice in medicine and surgery, not and because he wears a battered basket covering upon his bead he is not every bit as miraculous as the milk hatted, frock coated, populse European of moment for baler of the ancient, dried-up Kayan. He can heal Ons need not be contemptuous of this Whether his methods he scientific or not I have seen men whose lives had been despaired of made whole by him.

Now what are his methods!

sasures them they have a secret malady, Well, he waylays the rich Chinese and which he alone can cure. With gentle att be plays upon their nerves, willing" them to believe they are possessed of a devil which he alone can cast out.

And what is his treatment. vocations, an immenso consumption of A laying on of bands, clamorous in gin, and lo! the patient rises from the ground a healthy man.

abundance of art. The patient is stretch Now, in this laying on of hands lies an ed upon, the ground and kneaded with great vigour. He is rolled upon. Songs are chanted in his ear, prayers are mut- tered as an accompaniment to each blow upon his fleah,

considered a poor substitute. But Japan con laws against headhunting are strict, for Japanese themselves have suffered from these expeditions-punitive usually and kniver, even sacred ones, are no match against modern rifles, or against bomba thrown from aeroplanes. Similarly" with the neighbouring tribe now a small one that of the Fiyuma. On a festival day hold annually, a monkey-one of those with which the woods of Formosa are filled is tied before the bachelor dormi tory, and killed by the young men with arrows. After it is killed the village chief throws a little native wine three times towards the sky, and three times on the ground, near the body of the dead monkey. Singing, dancing, and feasting Then the Witch Doctor draws back and follow. The old people of the Piyuma squats upon his hein, and an exhausted tribo explain that in the "good days of but faintly smiling Chinese rises rather old," when their tribe was a large and delicately from his recumbent position, as powerful one, a prisoner, captured from if he were afraid that he would break some other tribe, was always sacrificed on when he stood up: these festal occasions, but now they-Like the Paiwan, with their Mavayaiya-huva to be satisfied with an inferior substitute. It seems that one of the reasons why a monkey is considered so particularly inferior a substitute for a man is that the former can at its death bear no mes sage to the spirits of the ancestors of these who slay it. In the good old days every arrow that was shot into the body of the man bore with it a message to the spirit of the ancester of the man who shot the arrow. Apparently it was regarded as an obligation, one that could not be evaded, on the part of the victim, to deliver this message rather these many messages immediately upon his arrival in the spirit world.

The Witch Doctor whose little god is gin," walks sedately trut uncertainly away, beneath its arm the empty gin bottle Bat no-cot empty; for he will declare, with a wink of his wicked eye, that the cast-out deviis are safely corked within it. You see, even in Sarawak it is merely a question of faith.

BORNEO'S NEW GOVERNOR,

being a registered practioner under the Medical Registration Ordinance of 1881.

Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, Asistant Crown

notto, represented the defendant, Solicitor, prosecuted and Mr. Leo Longi

notto said his client did not plead guilty. In answer to the Magistrate, Mr. Longi

Mr. Hazlerigg said the facts were con ther the defendant did or did not practica fined to two issues, that was to say, whe

as a medical doctor on the data specified in the summons, November 13th and, whether he was registered on that date

ance. His evidence would be confined to under the Medical Registration Ordin-

two witnesses.

that he admitted that his client was not Mr. Longinotto informed his Worship

registered.

dence of visiting an address, No. 12, Lance-Sergeant N. J. Watte gave evi-

Nathan Road, Kowloon, which was adver tised in the local Press. He produced in Court a copy of the advertisement. Ho The defendant spoke broken English and Eaw the defendant at the address, stated. asked him what was the matter. neas told him he had a running from the car

Wit

partant to go into the details of that

Mr. Hazlerigg: I don't think it is im-

ant, because it will show whether the Mr. Longinotto: It is a little import- defendant was practising or selling medi cines only...

Continuing, witness said: The defend discharging and if I had been suffering ant asked me how long the ear had bean

and that I suffered pain at the beginning. any pain I told him about two montha, Mr. Haalarigg Did the defendant do anything.

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Major-General Sir William Bycroft, who assumes the Governorship of British North Borneo, retired from the Army last year and has had no experience of the Far East. He has, however, a long and dow and looked at the car. He then told Witness: He took me across to a win- distinguished military record, which in me he thought a small pimple in the ear Even among the Paiwan head-hunting clade several administrative appoint. had caused the pain at the beginning and DAIRY FARM NEWS. is on the decline, being much less prae- ments held at home and abroad. Born in that the pimple having broken had caused tised by this tribe to-day than among the 1881, Bir William was the second son of the inning. He told me he would giv Taiyal Many of the honours which were Sir Nelson Bycroft, fourth baronet of me medicines some of which I had to use formerly paid to the successful Paiwan Kempshote Park, Basingstoke Educated in warm water for the purpose of syring. head-hunter are now paid to the success at Eton and Bandhurst, be obtained a ing the ear, and the other had to drop ful hunter of game, and the latter is now commission in the Highland Light Infan. into the ear morning and night. He gave even wearing the cap of distinction at one try in 1879, and first saw active service me a pot of powder, which was to be used time reserved exclusively for the former. in Egypt, with the Nile Expedition 1884.6. with the warm water, and a small glass

In game hunting the aborigines uns During 1806-7 he served with the Egyptian phial containing an oily liquid, which FILLETS, HADDOCKS either the old guns, obtained from the Army, and in 1688 was promoted to the was to be dropped into the ear. Chinese by barter, long ago, or in the seventh Dragoon Guards In 1890-6 he Mr. Hazlerigg: Did he make any cases where these guns have been con- was D.A.A.G. at York, from which charge

harge-Yes, for the medicines and fiscated by the Japanese on the ground of appointment he was posted to the 11th $3 for consulting fees."Sple their owners being dangerous savages" Hussars, which regiment he commended --they have returned to the use of bows in 1904-8. He was with the North-West produced in Court,

The medicines sold to the witncan,wern and arrows such as were used by their Frontier Force 1897-8 served on the Staff Mr. Longinotto ancestors before guns were introduced in South Africa 1899-1900, and accom How is your car now-The ear is not (cross-examining): samong them. The bow is simple, usually panied the Somaliland Expedition 1909-3. better. made of wood of the tough "China, grass, Sir William vacated the post of A.Q.M.G. which grows on the island. The arrow is to the Southern Command, held in 1913-14 made of bamboo, the arrowhead now on the outbreak of the Great War Mr. Hazlerigg said that he would like being of iron, this being pounded out Through this he held a staff appointment to call evidence that the defendant had from any piece of scrap-iron which the with marked distinction, being mentioned not at any time during his stay in the tribes-people can obtain by barters

an dispatches no les than seven times, Colony made any application for and awarded a X.C.M.G., in 1918, with rank of Major-General. He became KO.B. in 1919. Sir William has one sou and ong daughter.

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Mr. Longinotto before addressing the Court asked for the Magistrate's views on the case, and on learning that hig Wor- ship considered that there had been an offence, he asked permission to put for

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was preferred against five Chiness before A NOVEL TREATMENT OF THE Ward a number of simple excuses. His Mr. JR Wood at the Magistracy, yesterday morning, & M

client had copied what another Indian Evidence for the prosecution was given I will be found that extra Stails have advertisement which appeared in the local physician had done. He produced an by Mr Longfeld of the Hongkong been added to the booking plan for Theres on January 22nd of the Present Electric Company, who stated that on the Tempest, so a certain number of front Fear. That advertisement had been in- previous night he was passing No. 11, seats have had to be done away with serted by an Indian. The advertisement Morrison Hill Road, about 9 o'clock, owing to the innovation of the apron was headed Dr. Paul. Beregovaky when he noticed a light in the house. stage, which will take up considerable Physician of Natural Therapeutics, and Knowing that the house had recently amount of grace the auditorium,le went on to say acute and chronic dis grown, answers to name of CASTOR, bean vacated and the electric meter re

OST-One Yellow Haired CHOW DOG, moved, he investigated and found that a novel treatment of the Ballet, in which client, felt that he had some justification on May Road, no collar Finder will be This has been designed to allow for ease cured by natural methods His Isat asen on Sunday Noon, 25th November, the main had been tapped The police some of Shanghai's leading amateur for advertising himself as a physician Rewarded. Eeturn to E. C. BAGEN, co were notified and when they entered the dancers are figuring house, defendants were found there."

The Magistrate Imposed a fine of $25 each with the alternative of one month's imprisonment.

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The World and it Goldwin picture..

tion, prices remain unchanged, that is, record to show that he is a qualified In spite of the big scale of the produc- Mr. Hazlerigg: There is nothing on

and 42, and on the matinée on physician December 27th children will be admitted at half price Special terms can also be arranged for large parties of school children by applying direct to the ADC's Hon. Sec. Mr. Hannibal.

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TENOGRAPHER (Lady), traits in Mr. Longinotto rotorted: "A qualified in China, Beer Portion Good

England and experienced in office work doctor never advertises.!!

Continuing, Mr Longinotto said he fica

given. Apply Box VAN 0/0 Dariy could produce a number of papers, and wwwwwww letters giving the defendant permissionTO BE LET GODOWN-Spacions Two to sell medicines in many of the British As stored Godown, situated Colonies, and in each one of these permita per Bowrington Cazal, sad sonda

the Prays

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ha was described as "Dr. J. B. Lal. The inlay $,000 square feet on each case was rather a peculiar one. His client Let to the end of the rear-Apoly Zy office of came from a family who, for a very long this paper a ak

time, had practised as native doctora

The defendant was the fourth generation

to carry on the work. The medicines were

FIT-U PINCE-NEZ

Hong-purely herbad. If they had contained is the latest of the finger operated eye-

rugs no doubt Mr. Hazlerigg would have preferred another charge under an-

novskog and has been designed

the objectionable - Fosbur

long solt

which is now being screened at the World Theatre occurs in a Russian dugout while Russia was still an active ally in the great Far: Lou Tellegen, an officer in the old Russian army, is disclosed sitt ing in a dugout with his maps before him: Kong Cricket Club 2nd XI Indian Au army campaign cont is thrown over Recreation Club on Saturday, his doulders, his beard is half an inch December 2nd, on the Cricket ground other Ordinance. The defendant thought long, his eyes tired and worn-looking and 2.16 p.m. sharp-W. Brackenridge, L., D. there was no harm in the advertisement this type of mounting. his face drawn to s pointed cun. He site McNicoll, D. Beld. FH. Pentycross, which he inserted in the papers. His client springs brooding at his desk over the reverses Grimble, A. H. Mackenzie, H Reming that have befallen the Russian arms. A ton EW, Alderson H. E. Hollander low soldiers sprawl about the hut, but M. Watson, B. Crowley the officer does not heed them. Before him is the intelligence that the entire

army is deserting, that the Car's Gos Giving judgment on October 18th in an ernment has been overthrown and that action to recover money paid by cheques. Bussia's part in the war will henceforth in respect of betting loss, Mr. Justion bo nominal. His thoughts wander back Acton held that by the Coming Act of th Petrograd, to the girl he has left there 1922 Section II of the Gaming Act of 1606 unprotected to face the throes of revoltz | Was repealed, and that it was impossible tion. Suddenly he jumps up and is next to recover such moneys, “ His lordship! noem going to her. The picture is one of thought that an authoritative decisions those striking productions that startle the would be given by a higher court as to

world and is well worth seeing the correct interpretatio

we leaving the Colony and would have

left by now had it not been for the pre to give sent case which he had remained behind to clear up--He was now leaving as soon

he could get a boat,

As

The Magistrato: I do not see any res

why he should not be subjected to the provided for by the Ordinance He practised as a doctor, and took He advertised in the European papert.

hich 1 "gainst the

dant the Ma

and can be inaba