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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY. APRIL 20th, 1928.

INCREASE OF THE FRANCHISE,

PROPOSAL TO RAISE AGE DEFEATED.

LIMITING ELECTION

EXPENSES.

[DITISH WINELESS BERVICE]

Brany, April 18th.

AMERICAN STATES REPUDI-

ATE DEBTS.

MANY BRITISH BOND HOLDERS.

NO GOVERNMENT ACTION.

[THOUGH USER'S AGENCY.]

Lowpoy, April 15th. That prestare should be brought

THE COCKTAIL GIRL.

A DOCTOR'S WARNING.

SPOILS A NORMAL APPETITE.

The House of Commons to-day bear for the repayment of debts among women as it is among men..

ALCHEMY OLD AND NEW.

SIRE. RUTHERFORD'S

COVERIES.

SOME MIRACLES" OF TRANSFORMATION,

AND

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCKAN STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. DIS-OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA-

TION CO. LTD. FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL PORTS VIA STRAITS.

JONSIGNEES par Co's Steamer

"LAOMEDON" At the Royal Institution, Sir Ernest Rutherford gave the first of will be discharged into

re hereby notified that the Cargo

Bolt

What, four lectures dealing with the pro-risk and subject to Terms and Cond Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee gress so far made in the attempt tions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The to another. to transform matter from one state Godown on and after 17th

Cargo

The lecturer

will b

be ready for from

be Stommos a arrival, but carried on from

Optional Carge will not be landed to abere, unless Notice has been

[SY & PHYSICIAN. ]

With the decline of the art of conversation artificial aids to sa clability have had to be devised, which is becoming as prevalent One of them is the cocktail babit,

Girls who half a century ago papyrus for referred third began the Committee stage of the owing to Britain by certain States would neither have desired nor have century, which gave recipes for al port

of the United States of America been allowed anything but iha loying metals together so as to give was urged in the House of Com-Lightest wines with their meals may the appearance of gold and silver,

be seen at "cocktail time" sipping which, be suggested, were very usoare to be left in the Gamaged Goods mans to-day.

complicated concoctions with reful to dealers in imitation jewel-

where they The matter was brought to themarkable names.

will be e

I be examined on Tuesdays and lery, But while the palate toys with those days. But this was not trans and Noor within the Free Storage period, attempt made by some Conserva attention of the House by Lieut. these triumphs of the cocktail mutation, which was honestly based Goods bave left the Steamer's Godown,

who probably dourished in

beswoon the hours of Fridays

10.45

tive members to make twenty-five Col. C. K. Howard Bury, who mixer's skill, the stomach bins to on the belief that the whole matter and all Goods remaining undelivered No Claims will be admitted after the stressed that these States had de cake them seriously. And this is of the universe was made of one after the 23rd April, will be subject to

B giving votes to women at the age of twenty-one on the same terms as men.

A feature of the debate was an

faulted

the voting age.

Six Alexander Sprot (Conserva debts. Es urged the Foreign and repudiated public

tive) moved an amendment to de

Secretary to make sepresentations fine the electoral age for both

to the United States Government and women as twenty-five, except

to point out the hardships to bond- in the case of voters already holders, most of whom were British

subjects.

the register.

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where the trouble begins.

"Peculiar Disadvantages,”› A cocktail consists essentially of three classes of ingredient a bit gin), and a favour, A bitter pro- tor, some form of spirit (usually motes appetite and stimulates the juist Wide use is made of this stomach to secreto its digestive

certain

to

port to the fal

part of call

to which the option extends.

All broken, chafedand

primitive type of matter, moulded, Rent as it were, into varied, distinct, and different substances by various corations of earth, fire, and ter. If the amounts of these elements

s" could be varied, or,

Perhaps, removed altogether, the tance could at will be changed into old slchemists believed any subs

another.

ti

Medieval "Stunts."

property by doctors in Working Class Voter.

Mr. Locker-Lampson replied

digestive disorders.

"Those who believe in the pos He thought it was desirable that that after carefully considering the" apertif" is not only unnecessary," are deluded persons or impostors, For normal people such a well-known scientist of those days, sibility of transmutation," said a wher people were to be put upon matter,

the British Government but is definitely harmful if taken for if they could accomplish it they had decided that no useful purpose frequently, because of the tendency the roll of voters they should bare would be served by making repre- of the appetite to become dependent would be terrestrial angels.", some experience of life. More-sentations to the United States on it.

Government. over, he claimed - that there bad been no demand for the vote fromed out that these loans were used Lieut. Col. Howard Bury point

young women.

for the development of the particu- Miss Bondfield (Labour), oppos-about £78,000,000 was, now owing.

lar States concerned, and that ing the amendment, ridiculed the Mr. G. Locker-Lampson replied idea that young people of the work that he was quite well aware of the facts as outlined by the Hon. ing-class, many of whom between Member, but he hoped Col Howard the ages of fourteen and twenty. Bury would not press him at pre-breacherous to these people who are one had suffered the hardships of unemployment and poverty, had had no experience of ufe, it was just that section of the community chat interested itself in politics.

Putting Back The Clock, Lord Hugh Cecil, who among the Conservatives support- ing the amendment, said the plain

HELSINGFORS, April 18th, The Police have arrested a large truth ought to be recognised that

number of leading Communists in people over twenty-five were cp Helsingfors and the Provinces, in able of political judgment more

elding some members of the Diet. mature than people under twents. They are charged with complicityThe valus of alcohol as an "aid five. The present Bill would add in treasonable conspiracy. Ave million young voters to the

to digestion has been greatly ex electorato and would thus take The Labour Party has expelled se aggerated. Any effect it has in this away the political power.

and members proved to belong to Coin- direction in a normal person is pro- diminish the authority of those munist organisations.

bably indirect, and is due to its now exercising the vote. "

undoubted power of removing cares and worries.

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Sir William Joynson Hicks Homa Secretary) characterised the amendment as a proposal to enfranchise two and a half million) women at the age of twenty-five and to disfranchise two and a half million men between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-five. He regarded that as putting back the political clock,

The amendment was rejected by 359 votes to 16.

Election Expenses.

STRONG ANTI-COMMUNIST

ACTION IMPORTANT MEN INVOLVED. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AMERICAN CAPITALIST'S

DEBTS.

VOLUNTARY PAYMENT BY

WIDOW.

[BEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

As an alcoholic beverage the advantages and dangers. Not only cocktail has certain peculiar dis is it often a mixed drink, but, be ing mixed on the spot, the brands and proportions of the alcoholic ingredients of the same cocktail may vary considerably from place to place.

This variability is liable to prove more susceptible to a mixed than to a simple drink.

Cocktails are taken on an empty stomach. The contained alcohol is therefore more rapidly absorbed greater than in the case with wins and its intoxicating effect much and spirits taken during or after meals, for these are diluted by the food already present in the atomrich. Moreover, the irritant action of the alcohol on the bare wall of the stomach, unprotected by food, is liable. after o gastritis.

cause

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time

to

When The World Looks Rosy. Alcohol produces a sense of well being. It warms the cockles of the heart and stomach, and loosens the tongue. It makes the world in gen eral, and food in particular, seca more agreeable. These are the chief CHICAGO, April 18th.

reasons for taking cocktails.

As an occasional pick-me-up when It is learned that the widow and feeling depressed and off food their daughter of Mr. J. Ogden Armour, consumption may be condoned, but the famous American capitalist who the prevalent habit cannot be too died some months ago, are volun- Before the House went into Com-tarily paying $10,000,000 to settle strongly condemned from the medi. mittee on the Franchise Bill, Cap- Mr Armour's debts, which include cal point of view. If a man or tain Bourne and Captain Fracer, 818,000,000 worth of Bonds in the

woman wishes to drink, it is best two Conservative members, respec Futter Basin Company, for which

to do so during and not before tively proposed and seconded

a be assumed liability.

meals. motion that it should be an instruc tion to the Committee that they all negotiable securities in the Ar- The newspapers understand that had the power to insert in the Bill mour Estate will be further em- provisions dealing with a maximum]ployed in paying fully the dehta to scale of election expense,

the Armour Company, and also for furnishing capital to reorganise the Butter Company,

The amount of money which a candidate for Parliament is allow ed to expend on his candidacy is based on a certain eum per head of the electorate.

amount

were

WORLD AIR TOUR.

A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL

(THROUGH MUTER'S AGENCY.]

be presented to the Undersigned on cr "All Claims against the Steamer mut before the 7th May, or they will not be recognised,

No Fire Insurance will be effecteri." BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agenti 17th April, 1928

(6144 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE.

NOTICE TO GUNSIGNEES.

*HE Steamship

"PREUSSEN? having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are

bably due to the sensational Press in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whar! days, said the lecturer, were pro- being landed and placed at their risk The successes alaimed in those hereby notified that their Goods ar

of that period, and as it is well Kowloon, where Delivery can be known that minute traces of gold obtained as the Goods are landed.

and Godowa Company's Godowns at exist in many substances, where gold was said to have been pro-Notice has been given prior to steamer's duced from baser metals the gold Arrival

y Optional Cargo will be landed, unleu was present all the time, and was, certainly not & case of transforma- (loods have left the Godowns, and al "No Claims will be admitted after the

Within the last few years German 25th April, 1928, will be subject to Goeds remaining undelivered after the and Japanese scientists and claimed Rent. to have produced gold from mar cury by passing electrical current through mercury vapour, and much miracle in the newspapers. But the had appeared concerning this minute.

of gold thus "transmuted" were present either in the mercury or the electrodes, for where other experimenters had carried out exactly the same periment, first of all taking the pre caution to remove all foreign sui, stance from the materials used, not & trace of gold was produced.

amounts

The Radium Revolution.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 24th Yaar Goddard and Douglas. April, 1925, at 10 am. by our Surveyor,

9th

All Claims must reach us before the May, 1918, or they will not be seer gnised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned ex-by the Undersigned.

Up to the end of the nineteenth century the theory of the perman ency and indestructibility of the atom Was the foundation chemical

oif

and physical science. Then came the sensational discovery of radium and other radioactive substances, which revolutionised all idens of the atom and the structure of matter.

Before one's eyes these substances can be seen transforming themselves into other substances by spontane ously ejecting alpha, beta, and gamma particles from their atoms, and effecting changes in their chemical and physical properties what result in the production of quite different substances.

JEDSEN & CO.. Agents. Hong Kong, 18th Apr., 1928, (6183 CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. THE BEN LINE STEAMERS. LIMITED.

FROM MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS, The Stemmahip "HENMAQDHUL.” YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardow and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hose KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GenOWN COMPANY, LTD., whence, and/or from the wharves Delivery may bo

obtained.

Goods have left the Godowns, and all

No Claima will be admitted after the

Goode remaining undelivered after the. There are now known to be over 30 substances continually transform be presented to the Undersigned on or

21st instant will be subject to Rent

All Claime against the Steamer must ing themselves by marvellous before the fith May, 1998, or they will natural processes which no chemical not be recognised.

BANK NOTES USED AS A physical methods can prevent,

..

CURSE.

EYES OF A DICTATOR'S PORTRAIT PIERCED.

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hasten, or slow down..

Speeding Up Evolution. is being done by radium and the Scientists are trying to do what otha radioactive substances, and how far they have progressed Sir Ernest Rutherford will explain in

a scale that would make trans-

All broken, obafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 20th instant, at 10, by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD.

Agente

Bong Kong, 14th Apr.. 1928. 16137

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PARIS, March 14th. The mystery of the large number his subsequent lectures, for by Revision Needed.

of new Turkish banknotes with pin-utilising the particles shot out of Supporters of the motion argued

bolce punched through the eyes of radium he has already achieved the HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL that the increase of electorate

Mastapha Kemal's portrait which transformation of matter in some which would be created by the Bill

have been smuggled out of Turkey small measure; but he encourages would automatically increase the

AMSTERDAM, April 18th. has been explained by travellers no hope that at present success 07 which candidates

The big three-engined Fokker frem Constantinople. entitled to spend, and that this acroplane in which the Dutch The Turkish Dictator, in spite of formation of matter a commercial would benefit wealthy candidates. aviator, Van Learblack, is prepar- all the reports to the contrary, has proposition is possible. Labour and Liberal speakers, ing to attempt & world tour carried many enemies, and when he had a "It might bo especially, on this ground urged out a most successful test at the new issue of banknotes bearing his Sir E. Rutherford the need of revision of the basis Wasthaven Aerodrome yesterday, portrait printed in England recently achieve transformation of matter Temperature of electoral expenditure.

attaining a speed of 125 miles per his enemies adopted an old Oriental on a minute scale. But if the thing Humidity Sir William

hour Joynson Hicks

device of piercing the eyes and were achieveable at will, the whole Wind- (Home Secretary) said the Govern hasband will arrive in London on become blind.

Van Learblack's daughter and her muttering a curse that he might of the universe would go through Direction E ment desired this matter to be fully board the as. Mauretania DD, May Kemal became furious, and issued hundred years'

its long cycle of evolution in a few discussed.

The instruction was 7th, and consequently the departures decree that any one found with agreed to.

to South Africa will be delayed un- these mutilated notes would be im El about the middle of May... prisoned. The banks, merchante, AIR LINE TO THE EAST. After the return from Cairo, the and private persons who had such Fokker machine will be overhauled notes became frightened, and after and re-engined before leaving for hiding the notes for a time began 30,000 PEASANTS MARCH IN Tokyo.

to amuggle them out of the country to various cities where they could be sold for practically their ex change value.

TO OPERATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 18th. The Air Ministry were naked to speed up their plans for an air service to India in the House of Commons to day, Commander Ken- worthy (Labour) leading the at- tack.

PEASANTS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES.

TROUBLE WITH RED ARMY.

(THROUGH BLUTKE'S`ACIENOT.]

WARSAW, April 18th. Serious trouble is occurring on In reply to questions, Sir Samuel the Russo-Polish border, continual Hoare, the Air Minister, said he affrays having taken place between had no knowledge of any specific detachments according to reliable official proposals by the Nether-intelligence. A

Commander Kenworthy declared

Innda authorities for a Dutch air The trouble is chiefly over the service to Batavia vid British In- Russian border in the villages dia

where the peasants, have refused to that the project was in the course taxes, consisting of grain.

number of persons have been of preparation and said that un killed according to reports to hand, | less we hurried up the Dutch would while the pesante are hiding their be flying to the East Indies long grain, burying it in the ground. before we flew to India..

The Russian authorities have, it Sir Samuel Hoare emphasised is stated, imprisoned many of the that he was trying to get a line to peasants until their families have India into operation as soon as pos- delivered certain quantity of sible.

grain.

A number of foreign banks, parti cularly in Vienna, and the Balkans, are now loaded up with these notes, and it is uncertain if the Turkish Government will redeem them.

STERLING STRENGTH. AMERICAN SHIPMENT TO ENGLAND.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FREE VOTE FIGHT.

BUCAREST.

BUGAREST, March 18th. The National Peasant Party held here simultaneously-to-day six meetings which were attended by 30,000 people. Resolutions address ed to the Regency were carried de- manding

Force

Weather Bain

Highest open-air Temperature, 18th: 74 Lowest open-air Temperature, 19th: 88 B-Blue aky; O-Cloudy D Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning: M-Mist; OnOvercast; P-Passing showers; Q-Squalle; É-Rain; T- Tamader.

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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE,

From April 20th to 26th, 1928. HIGH WAYKE

the dismissal of the Liberal Government and new alec bas

Haight.·

LOW WATEL.

Hong

Hong

Kong

Kong

tions presided over by an Oppoei-Standard tion Cabinet.

Standard

Time.

Time.

At midday the demonstrators farmed an imposing procession

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"Down with S. 223011724-14 "We want

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Height

which passed through the central 20 m 946.5m 3 18 streets with bands playing national

ૐ songs and marches. They carried Sat. 21m 9, 286-98 44 2

9 56 6.3 thousands of flags and shields with New Yoak, April 18th.

inscriptions such as

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25/08 The continued strength of the Liberal tyranny" sterling exchange is responsible for Maniu's Government We want Mon 2310-49 73m 4 42 130 the resumption of the gold more Free Elections." [M. Manio is

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ment, to England.

leader of the Peasant Party. Then, 24 m21 The Farmers Loan Trust Com The police did not interfere and pany is sending G.8500,000 though order was maintained. The Op. Wed, 25. sterling is still below the point at position leaders stated that the de-. which gold shipments are theoremonstration was the last loyal tically profitable.

warning to the Government

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