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WITH

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EDINBURGH..

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"Work may be hustled, but not food

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HORLICK'S MALTED MILK makes an excellent lig lunch-its easy assimilation makes no demand that. the most fatigued system cannot meet, and it is made in a moment with hot or cold water.

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THE ORIGINAL”

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Have a glass of

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it cheers & invigorates

Sole Agents:-

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, 1928.

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It gives zest to the appetite and helps one to enjoy the pleasures of the table.

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GOLD FROM LEAD.

CLAIM OF A MODERN ALCHEMIST:

TESTS THAT FAILED.

MOTHER'S ORDEAL.

LITTLE SON DROWNED WHILE SHE SAVES ANOTHER BOY.

The story of how a 3-years-old child, Patrick O'Hagan, was drown. ed while his mother was rescuing another child who did not belong to

Londonderry,

MORE SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS.

LXXX MEANS "LOVE AND KISSES."

BACKERS LOSE THEIR MONEY.her was told at an inquest at BRAVE KNIGHT AND AWFUL

In a small house at Southend lives a frail and ageing man who claims to have solved the great problem which has baffled mankind throughout the ages--the transmuta- tion of metala. "His name is John] Joseph Melville,

I can do it," he anid to a Daily Mail reporter, "I can turn lead into mercury and mercury into silver and gold. I have discover ed the secret the alchemists tried

ABBESS.

A stream, awollen by recent heavy rains, runs past the O'Hagans

Most people have their own pet e city. house in the outskirts of

Johnny specimens. of the unconscious Noticing a boy name White in difficulties in the water humour that is to be extracted Mrs. O'Hagan waded in and pulled from the works of the less success him out.

She did notes that her own fal candidates for examinations. little son had toddled into the water In Mr. H. Cecil Hunt's "Howlers" after her. It was only when she (Benn, lt.od.)" they will all fiüd had dragged the other boy to the bank she saw her own child's peril. some examples that they know al ready; 'but the presence of these old

She dashed into the stream again, to probe. I have my secret locked but the boy was carries away or away, of course, I cannot share the current. body recover- it with anyone. That is why ered a quarter of a mile farther down periments that have been made with the stream. my formula have failed."

But his formula for turping lead into mercury. was so far known to his associates that they wore aware that they were putting linseed oil, flowers of sulphur, and red argo! into the cauldron.

This they heated up, whereupon a chemical change was supposed to take place Lead was then added and the whole was cooked for three weeks. But nothing happened.

COMPANY FORMED.

ERS MONEY.

A verdict of Accidental Drowa- [ing was returned.

FIGHT WITH A PYTHON. ESCAPE FROM 257. REPTILE

JOHANNESBURG.

friends will the more commend the much larger number that, to any single connoisseur, must be new.

Mr. Hunt divides his collection into sectione classified by“ subject. The first is entitled "Quotation and Translation," and ranges from the naive simplicity of "LXXX

Love and kisses" to the desperate

NEW ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

SOME OUTSPOKEN_COM- MENTS.

IF CHRIST CAME TO

LONDON."

HONG KONG STOCK

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LONDON, August 95th. Churches are not and never were Christian, in the opinion of the Right Rev. William Templo, newly appointed Archbishop of York This startling statement made in the course of an article by attempting to answer the question Dr. Temple which is one of a series " If Christ came to London 1''

"The world has seen the Church H.K. Tags

all Churchmen are un-Christian.

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(single) have their fair chance in life," the

S'hat xplorations i Archbishop goes on to any

In brief, he charges the church Shanghai Loans with being too ecclesiastical and not sufficiently Christian. people are imperfect Christians not China Providents..$5.65 bay

EAK. & K. Wharf. Dr. Temple declares that if most ELE. & W. Dock Many, businessmen and large em- New Bagin

Engineering#a........m players, he insists, set a fine exam Shanghai Docka ple by their regular attendance ato Cottons.

11. 163 buy. 9.90 some congregation--either Angli Oriental Cotton Ti 2.40.buy. can or one of the Free Churches Cottons (old)....Tim. 43 buy, adds, are convinced. Christians. Nine out of ten social workers, he

(DOW)

T. 24 buy. &S. Batels

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Fear Trams (old)

Do. Star Ferries

cura-After horse exercise the dark lady sits down with care.

A young assistant farm worker, ingenuity of Pere noro gelidus named Burton, had an exciting ex-ranis in montibus humor linguitur perience with a 25-foot python on

-Startling but true the cold hound a farm in the Eshowe district.

The reptile had been spotted by was left in the mountains by way him had several natives, but they of a joke?" In any future edition NO RETURN FOR SUBSCRIB-ere only in time to reach it to Mr. Huat may consider the follow strike the tail end of the body be fore it disappeared down its hole. ing worthy of a place in this set Next morning Burton went to tion:-Post equitem sedet atra Mr. Melville confesses that he has investigate, but failed to observe not had a proper scientific train the python in a tree above the hole. ing, but, you see," he said, "ray it immediately attacked him and father, who lived in British Guiana, began to coil itself round his body. was a great chemist, and my know- Fortunately Burton had the pre- ledge has come to me partly by sence of mind to grip the python intuition and partly by study. I at the throat, but no one was about have also been interesetd in crystal-to render assistance, and the two of the common-sense practical gazing, but that, of course, has no-rolled for some distance along the thing to do with it."

Asked how it was that, with such Burton had one hand disengaged wealth-making knowledge in his and was able to get possession of possession, he found himself in com- paratively humble circumstances, Mr. Melville sadly shook his head It is my health. Something has always occurred just, when I was carrying out an experiment-but, still, I can do it."

A number of people in Southend believed in. Mr. Melville's claim, and two years ago they subscribed a considerable aum to form a con- pany under the title of Melmil, Ltd.

The thiel object of the company was to turn lead into mercury, but although Mr. Melville's formulm was carried out the mercury, failed to materialise. Now the company is about to be wound up.

Five Men At Work

Mr. V. A. Stewart, secretary to Melmil, Ltd., said to a Daily fail

reporter:-

It was two years ago that I first heard of Mr. Melville and his claims. Mr. F. G. Milner, a friend of mine, told me that Mr. Melville could turn lead into mercury, and took me to a small shed at the back of a house in Victoria Avenue, Southend, where the process was in operation.

I was extremely interested, and a tube of mercury was produced which Mr. Melville claimed had been made by his process. Mr. Milner told me that he had been working with Mr. Melville for some time, and thought that every- thing was all right.

Was

Eventually & company formed, and I became secretary. We obtained a factory at Lain- don, Essex, and equipped it ag| cording to Mr. Melville'e speci- Scation. So that there should be the greatest secrecy in the pro- cess. Mr. Milner and myself work- ed under the directions of Mr. Melville, assisted by two men we employed. But we never got any mercury.

The formula had been scaled in an envelope and deposited by Mr. Melville at the bank, with instructions that it was not to be opened during his lifetime. Ac- cording to the formula we had to put linseed oil, flowers of sulphur and red argol into a cauldron and heat it up. A che mical change took place, and then we added lead and cooked the whole lot for three weeks in a retort, but, of course, nothing happened.

4.

We have laid the facts before the shareholders, and now I am about to wind up the company for I am convinced that we cannot produce mercury as suggested by Mr. Melville.

A Surprise Visit ̧· Mr. Stewart produced a signed statement by Mr. F. G. Milner which throws an interesting light on the inatter. In this document Mr. Milner tells how he became asso- ciated with Mr. Melville, and goes on to describe how Mr. Melville conducted an experiment. He says:

Mr. Melville did not explain what he had put into the boiling pot at the time, but did so later, and he left me to look after the mixture while it was cooking. Finally, after some weeks cook- ing, a portion of the mixture wIS placed in a retort, or still, and aura enough when' distillation was complete about four ounces of mercury were obtained.

ground.

This

a pistol from his pocket. proved the deciding factor in the encounter, and be managed to ac count for the reptile by a good shot.

I had arranged to go to London, and left, Mr. Melville in bed at his home, where he was supposed to be very ill. I missed the train and decided that I would return to the laboratory (a mile away), On arriving there I was very sur prised to find Mr. Melville coming Away from the building."

He explained that he was 10 very

anxious that everything should be going right that be had deed his doctor and gone to thei Laboratory I naturally accepted his statement, and would remark that only two people had keys of the building myself and Mr. Melville.

To Keep Milk Fresh. The Biblical section contains an excellent example of the working

is done by church members," Dr. E.R. Tramways

Temple believes.

He is unwilling to prophecy what Christ would say should be. come to London, but he feels sure that all accepted standards would be cut right across by His deeper precep- tions of values. mind:What is the outward and Many that are first would be visible sign, or form in Baptism last," he warns," and many that The baby. A similar mind is are last would be counted among

the first." obviously at work in, "To keep milk from turning sour you should keep it in the cow."

Sometimes

wisdom

from the

mouths of babes takes a form that will please the cynic. For exam- ple:

ua "to

Political economy is the science

which teaches

get the greatest benefit with the least possible amount of honest labour. They gave the Duke of Wellington a lovely funeral. It took six men to carry the beer..

In conclusion he asserts that no one doubts the beauty of the Christian idazil.

The question is whether it is more than a beautiful dream," is his challenge to church members throughout England and the Chris- tian world."

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"But we do not need to ask what Christ would say or do if he United Asbestos were here. HE is here. HE is Dairy Farm..... everywhere.

Watsons Impartial observers profess them-Der A Wings selves satisfied that the newly ap. Lang Orswords.. pointed Archbishop of York, should Mackintoshs, prove to be a man of such out-Bizceres

Wm, Powella spoken views."

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.}

Rudar, Sept. 17th."

194.90

The laws are made by Lloyd

George or clee by policemen. Sometimes we are more tempted for the stupidity of to weep examiners than to smile over the stumblings of the examinee. For idiotic question, instance, the "Why does true English history A document signed by Mr.

VIL-seems-adequately answered-Paris Milner and Mr. Stewart gives fur. begin with the reign of Henry ther details of the operations of the by Because up to this time it was

all lies." Melmil Co., at Laindon, and des- tribes how, when Mr. Melville was left in sole charge of the plant, mercury was produced.

Mercury In Coat Pocket, It proceeds:

We were naturally elated at this apparent success, and it was now that arrangements were made for the retort to be kept at work con- tinuously. "Two other retorts that had been ordered by Mr. Melville were also to be brought into work.

At this period Mr. Melville began to tamplain of ill-health, and his attendance at the works became very infrequent. We car. ried on in his absence in exactly the same manner, as he had done, with the result that although three retortings were gone through the results were nil.

On this being reported to Mr. Melville he offered no suggestion as to why the thing failed, but promised to come over the next day to the works. He arrived in the dinner-hour and spent some time alone, apparently examining the retort tank, the water of which had not been removed.

We observed him place his handa several times in the water of the tank, and just as he was about to leave 'he suggested that we might run the water off. After ho had gone we did so, and found again approximately 1 16s of

mercury.

The document, describes further retortings which failed, and goes

The matter was reported to Mr. Melville, and his presence, de- manded at the works. A further charge was placed in the retort, but he was not for one second allowed to be alone near it, and again the result, was nil. Mr. Helvile left the works at his usual time, three o'clock, and when Mr. Milner reached, home the same night he saw a small pool of mercury on the floor and further mercury dripping from the pocket of Mr. Melville's over- coat.

Mr. Melville attempted to ex- plain that it was some mercury he had by him, and he had put it in his pocket to compare it with what we had at the works for quality, and in

Mr. Melville, when asked by the I ought to mention here an in Daily Mail reporter the reasons for cident that happened while the the failure of the experiments, ang- mixture was cooking, but before gested that it was the fault of, the it was declared ready by Mr. operators, and that of his formula. Melville is putting into the reYou see, be said “this is a sorg- secret process and I cannot give it away to everybody,

tort

(Continued on neat Column).

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