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WEATHER REPORT. Yesterday's weather report, foro- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.20 p.m., stated:~

China,

frankly admits that most mediums succumb to the temptation, when it offers itself, of counterfeiting a result by trickery rather than by Anticyclone covers N.

the exhausting effort of psychic pro- The Japanese depression remains ces Mediums appearing under test central to the north of Tokyo and conditions when opportunities for is deepening. The typhoon is al fraud are removed, immediately be most stationary to the east of S. Luzon Freak monsoon will con- come paychically impotent-which tinue along the B. E, coast of China makes the task of the impartial and over the N. China Sea.

secker after truth immeasurably Local Forecast: E winds, mode. rate to fresh, 'fine.

more difficult. When a physicist advances & new theory, it can be tested by any skilled experimenter

TWO TYPHOONS, Manila, October 20, 1.10 p.m.-

Typhoon is about 199 deg. Long E. and 14 deg. Lat, N., almost station-

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A report was made to the Police yesterday by the driver of public motor car No. 187 to the effect that Caine Road near Peel Street, yes- the car knocked down a woman in terday morning. The woman' right she was subsequently removed to the arm and head had been injured and Government Civil Hospital.

DEATH OF MRS. S. BERG.

PASSES AWAY AT PEAK HOSPITAL

Miss Yan Valey (who is appear- ing at the Star Theatre to-morrow) has been a pupil of such teachers many others. She was at one time as Luigi Alberterie, Fokine, and Albertina Rasbe's principal in- Valey creates her own dances of atrastor and sole dancer, Mire Van

We regret to announce the death originality and interest, and has of Mrs. Constance Mary Berg, wife been featured in revues at the of Mr. S. Berg, which occurred The Belgrade police recently dis-Capitol Theatre, New York, for the yesterday at the Peak Hospital. for the sale of forged tax stamps the world. Miss Van Valey has the Arm of Berg & Co., Ltd., covered a widespread organization past five years previous to organs | Mr. Berg is managing director of ing her own company for touring They have now traced the source of these forged stamps to Budapest, the Keith Orpheum Circuit, also at

also appeared in a dance revue for steamship agents, brokers and gen- printing press, where forged Yugo-drome Theatres in New York. Her acted as Consul for Norway. and have discovered there a secret

the Strand, Criterion and Hippo era merchants, and until recently lay stamps to $50,000,000 dinars (about 4,300,000)

appearance with her owal company are believed to have been printed.

the amount of

of Round-the-World Entertainers is Jooked forward to with exceptional interest to-morrow night at the Star Theatre..

in, & laboratory; when a psychicist tells of the marvels he has seen, and an attempt to reproduce the alleged phenomena fails, or fraud is reveal Government Civil Hospital with in- A Chinese was removed to the rd, the incident has to be explain-juries to his right leg caused by ed away." Either the medium has being knocked down by a motor An Election Comedy, been tempted by some undesirable day. Two other motor "accidents" Johannesburg North seat was won car near Claverly Street on Satur

In the recent general election the "control," or soro baneful, in- were reported on Saturday, + by a South African Party can- Chinese woman being struck by bus didate by a majority of one. There No. 618 in Queen's Road Central and a European coming to grief in trying to slight from a moving bus near Murray Road.

Hospital, Constance beloved Buence in the "circle" prevents the wife of SVETE BERG, Hong manifestations! "If my dear Kong. Age 39 Funeral passe7 The Monument at 3 p.m. Octo- WATSON" had advanced such feeble (8331 excuses, how bitterly scornful SHERLOCK Hоturs would have been in expressing contempt for the stupidity of his old friend!

The fact is that the trivialities which Sir ABTHUR CONAN DOYLE

attention of humanity to regards, as signals to attract the

existence of an invisible and appar ently intelligent force" are reject ed as fraudulent almost unanimous

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HONG KONG, OCTOBER 21, 1921.

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SHERLOCK" AND THE

SPIRITS.

"the

so-called "super-normal" pheno muna demonstrate the marvels of human credulity rather than the mysteries of a spirit world. Sir ARTHUR speaks of men's minds being directed by these signals" into & new channel-forgetful of the fact that men's minds "have speculated about "spirits" since the very dawn of civilisation. The only di Byference is that whereas men, used to talk of jinns and ghosts, evil spirits and witeben, now they babble about telekinesis, ectoplasia, and anatamo-biologic There are a few men of scientific decentralisation. standing who are quite convinced normal" happenings they eco and of the genuineness of the "super- hear. Their simple faith is tem-

SOMEWHERE in the Empyrean, im- mense, unthinkable, there is a mighty intelligent force, call what name, you will, which yearns over that Universe of which it is the central driving power, and which slowly, gradually, but surely mects every want. Thus CONAN DOYLE in An Open Letter to My Generation," published in London

peramental; they do not apply the logic of the laboratory to their they are just as incapable as the sittings in the "circle." Moreover, non-scientific laymen of explaining| a clever conjuring trick performed on the stage under the very noses

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were swveral recounts The Labour

Hong Kong and Mrs. Berg, who Mr. Berg is an old resident of

was only 39, has also, lived here a number of years. The sympathy of a very large circle of friends will be extended to Mr. Berg and to their young son in their bereave-

ment.

The funeral takes place this after"> noon passing the Monument at 3 p..

TWO GOOD CONCERTS.

arty then demanded an investiga tion, with the result that a man named McIntosh appeared in Court charged with impersonation.. Evi- phant from the Zurich Zoo escaped name was not on the voters' roll, Last month a nine-year-old ele- deres showed that MeIntosh, whose

from its cage and entered neigh-voted in the name of his father, who bouring gardens, where it broke was in Durban on polling day; FOR SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AND then wandered on to the Kloten sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, and up-rooted several trees. It Melatosh was found guilty and

railway line, was overtaken by a but is appealing against the judg train dragged for a distance of 60 ment. The election stands as objec bankmens. The animal was killed period specified by law. yards, and thrown down the emtion to it was not lodged within the

and the electric engine of the train slightly damaged.

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ENGINEERS,

There was an unusually wide. choice of amusements offered, on, Saturday evening. At the Wesleyan Sailors' and Soldiers' Home the Improvement at the Star Theatre,

popular Whizz Bang" Pto A, King of the "C" Com-

troupe pany K.O.S.B., met with an

The Management of the Hong fortunate accident at the Savoy the gratitude of every one who has in the Institution of Engineers and an-Kong Amusements, Ltd., has earned gave an excellent entertainment ;- Hotel on Friday night, when he visited the Star Theatre of late, Shipbuilders a concert of vocal and fell over the balustrade of the Hotel on account of the really com- on to the lounge. Exactly how the fortable seating

instrumental music We a great sccommodation accident happened is not clear. At which has now been installed in the success, and over in the Star the time a social function was be- dreas circle. Possibly if similar Theatre, the Warwick Revue .Com. willing helpers came to Pte. King's Royal instead of the quite expany played to a hilarious audience. ing held at the Hotel and many seats were to be put in the Theatre aid. He was rushed to the Mili-traordinarily uncomfortable ames tary Hospital in a serious condi- which do so much to detract from tion. The injured man is a well the pleasure of any one who attends known athelete.

a concert or play there, there might be lower complaints of Shortly after & p.m. last night audiences, and the sad threat that of appreciation of Hong Kong the Kowloon Fire Brigade was first, rake musicians will in future character sketches from Dickens- was reported, a Chiness house in of their tours might come to nothwhile Miss Paddy Mecina gained summoned to Shamsuipo, where, it mies philistine Hong Kong" but an unusual and interesting feature. new street behind the Ming Sun arrival of the two appliances it was Theatre had caught fire.

ing. On the

much applause for her singing. found that the fire was of a very Trafalgar Day.

minor character and that it had already been extinguished. The kitchen of the house, was negligible, damage, which was confined to the

A depression in the coast range

At the Sailors' and 'Soldiers' Home, several amusing sketches: were very well played by the **Whizz WB3

Banga," and Serg Heatherington gave some excellent

ENGINEERS ENTERTAIN

FRIENDS.

recently. Taken by themselves,

At 11.30 this morning the Presi- physical phenomena sach as moving

dent and Committee of the loca objects, rising tables, irrational

a wreath at the ocnotaph, sub- trams of the Navy League will lay sounds,"are vain and foolish things,

A very pleasant evening was equently proceeding to the Wan-spent by members of the fostitu we are told, but they hays a de

chai monument, where another tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders finite object for which they are well of a committee from the audience of mountains east of San Diego, wreath will be laid. In the even [50

and their friends. The large audi- adapted and which they have at We would much prefer to take the through which the Graf Zeppelining, at the Lee Theatre, Percivalence, including many ladies, found tained-they attract attention, and opinion of MASKELYNE regarding to Lakehurst, now bears the same Navy League committee will be vocal and instrumentel music much flew on its brip from Los Angeles Street, & concert organised by the the pleasantly varied programme of the genuineness of "signals" from "show the existence of an invisible the spirit world than the judgment of Eckener Pass, in honour of the given in aid of naval charities. A to its liking, and Mr. Frederic and apparently intelligent force." of Sir OLIVER LODGE OF CONAN Commander of the globe-girding number of well-known amateurs are Mason played the accompaniments These crude things are to be re- DOYLE. A man who can accept as Maj. Carl Spatz, army aviator.val activities will be shown, and

airship. An army plane carrying

taking part. cinema pictures of deftly and with eympathy. genuine a "spirit photograph " garded merely as signals to direct which exactly reproduces a well-Perier, Faster of the German of the K.0.5.B. will play selections and Capt von, Arnauld de la the band from H. M.8. Berwick and our thoughts into this new channel known picture used for advertising cruiser Emden, flew above the pass The theatre is a large and very -new-and it is the subsequent candles will believe anything

and dropped a dedicatory par- well-appointed building, and has message which is the real and

achute to which the American and been very kindly lent for the ve solid element "in the transaction.

German Anga had been attached. casion by the proprietor. There is seating accommodation for about In a recent issue we published

2,000 people, and as the concert is an interesting interview with Sir

under distinguished patronage the ARTHUE in which he urged those

building should be well filled, and naval charities bepefit accordingly. among the intelligent people who disbelieve in Spiritualism to in- vestigate independently before they

CHRONICLE

The 67th Annual Issue

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Anchors, Cables, Windlass and Winches, Directory and Chronicle condemn psychic experiments as

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News and Views.

Silk forwarded from here by Empress of Franer on September arrived in New York (St. John's Park) on October 18 having beer 21 days in transit.

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Miss Leana Malamphy of Wood- land, California owns. a 83,560 airplane because of her ability to rell newspapers better than anyone else in that vicinity. The plane was presented to her by the Wood

and Daily Democrat, at the close Looking Back 25 Years, .....

Mrs. G. McLeod, some very clever Ballads and a duet "by Mr. and cockney character sketches by Mrs. F. Bunjé, humorous songs by Mr. W. Ogden (of the KO.S.B.). Con- certing solos by Mr. W. Potts, selections by the "popular Aloha Serenaders, and songs by Messró, G. Paterson and W. S. Bailey made a most interesting pro. gramme. The appreciation of the Audience was shown by its repeat- ed demands for encores, even down to the final number on the pro- gramme. Altogether a very merry evening, and one to be remem

DEVONPORT'S SUCCESS.

of what is said to be the first circulation contest ever held in the

A slight accident occurred yester-bered. United States with an airplane as day morning on the Peak Tram- the grand prize. Miss Malamphy way. At the 9.20 down tram was ship at the expense of the local man's station & chaia broke, relens, NAVAL AQUATIC MEETING. is going to learn to pilot her new descending just above the signal-

been included in the prize. paper, a $300 fying course having ing the rear brake, which fell automatically, and gripping the rail stopped the car. As it was doubtful how long it might be detained for necessary repairs, the Word that a submarine moun- The Committee of the A.D.C.tain, located off the Pacific coast their way down the track by means sults of the inter-port Navy and circumstances they have regretfully

passengers alighted and picked Authorities gives the following re- A mesango received by the Naval state that owing to unforeseen decided to withdraw the production

west of Catalina Island, has shifted of the steps quite recently made at R.M. of "And So To Bed" which was arranged for the 16th proximo.

aquatic meeting held at

While questioning a prisoner at Count of the Tstand or Hainan, 'on a

and read some of the two thousand Pankratz juif, or more books which have been Judge discovered his purse was near Prague, a Sandy Beach about One Mile East of LAMRO LIGHTHOUSE, at the Western CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO written, says the former Ration-cil and the purse found. He stole missing The prisoner was search CHINA. SIAM. STRAITS alist, and his advice is indeed most it through force of habit SETTLEMENTS, MAL'A Y rational. But what does the student STATES. NETHERLANDS and when he begins to read up the INDIA, BORNEO. THE subject1 Let us glance at one of

0 feet from its last-known position the edge, thus reaching Bowen Devonport on August 20. Devon- PHILIPPINES, Etc.

Sir ARTICA's own recent books, "Pheneas Speaks," relating to

Institution. was received from the Carnegie Rond. The defect was soon made port won the Inter-Port Challenge some "direct, spirit communica tions" in the family circle of the

experimental yacht

cht good, and the cam were running Cup by a wide margin, Carnegie,__which made the dis. author. "Pheneas" is Sir ARTHUR'S

The message stated that again within half an hour after the spirit guide," and lived near His Excellency the Officer Ad- the peak, itself about 10,000 feet but rather a feeling of assurones accident. No alarm was excited, Arabia many thousands of years ministering the Government has high, is covered by 5,800 feet of crested by the instant action of the age, "before Abraham." Theneas" appointed Lieut. Comdr Lionel water, The exact position of the brake. No one was, we understand, is a very, very high soul, sent Moore Bridge, Royal Navy, to be oceanic mountain was given in the specially to work through Sir Member of the Harbour Board.

a penny the warm for the enforced | message as 32.4 north, 197.8 west. ARTHUR on the earth plane. He

The examiner station was also told it have expressed the hope that walk, but some of those who took advises Sir ARTHEE to walk a mile tea-no work before eleven or after appointed, Lieut. Comdr. Thomas the sonic depth finder.

that the peak had been named after morning and evening, with no ministering the Government has research laboratory, who developed Press, October 21, 1904.

His Excellency the Officer Ad-Dr. Harvey O, Hayes of the zaval they may not have to try those six-take bismuth twice a day." He Charles Stiff, R.N.R, to be

steps again.-Hong Kong Daily foretold the death of the famous Assistant Government Marine Sur- conjurer Hotpisi, and brought to Sir ARTHUR the spirit of DELANE, (Nautical Surveyor), Har-Australian Gold Best.

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The results were as follows: 100 yarda Fred Style.-1, Tel.

Fryer (Devonport); 3, Sto. Pat- chëtt (Portsmouth). Time: 6ésccs.

Mullins. (Dev.); 2, A.B.Atwood 100 yards Breast Stroke.-1, A.B, (Dev.); 7, A.B. Elsom (Chatham). Time: 83secs.

100 yards Back Stroke-1;. A.B. | Looking Back 60 Years,

Fryor (Dev.); 2, A.B.. Adams A meeting of some of the native (Ports. Time: 828ces (record).

(Ports.); 3, A.B. Derbyshire. famous Editor of the Times. Asked

horn British subjects was held at his opinion about Lord Norra-

Important mining developments the Opium Farmer's Office, in

220 yards Free Style.-1, Marine CLIFFE, DELANE said he was an

may follow discovery of a gold Bonham Strand, to discuss the ques

Richards (Porta); 9, Sto. Patchett honest man, but control of the attention to an inaccuracy in our thriving Victorian country town, should be worn by them

A correspondent kindly draws reef about a mile from Stawell, ation what distinguishing, badge (Ports.); 3, Shipwright Smith Times was too much for him. eclumne regarding the price of Fields of gold up to five ouaces to proposed that a bangle should be

(Dev.). Time: 2mins. 53.4-58ces. "Will he be here long?" Not on silver.

Diving.-1, Op. Weale (Chats.); your plane. He will continue to do leweet quotation recorded was 221d. have caused keen interest to the

It was stated that the a ton of quartz taken from the reef worn with an inscription or mark 2 S.A. Beriven (Dev.); Aa, A.B. good work for the Old Country in 1904, but our correspondent in Mines Department in Melbourne.

on it, others that the five buttons or Williams (Dev.), when he gets over here," said the forms us that in 1002 and 1903 The reef was found by two prospec Chinese be of a different description (Dev.): 2, Sergt. Waskett, R.M.

the dress or coat usually worn" by

Plunging-1, A.B. Derbyshire ghost of DELANE, and within a few silver stood at 21 11-16d., while the tors as the unusually low depth of from those now generally in use. months of this interview. Noxru- lowest quotation

(Ports.): 3, Boy O'Brien (Chats.). CLITE died.

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180 feet, and it is considered that A little difference of opinion then 54ft. 8ins. as that depth it would be profitable arose as to what constituted a

440 yards Free Style.-1, Marine to work it on yields as low as 12 native born British subject, those Richards (Porta.); 2, L.8.&. Home Convicted on

charge of disto 13 pennyweight a ton. be bored by the fatuous puerilities tributing reading matter of "an Murray, a resident of Bt. Arnaud, considering that they had more (Der.). Time: Gming, iseca.

Leslie of the Straits Settlement evidently (Ports.); 3, Bhipwright Smith $12 discouraged.

of "Phencas," but let him not ho indecent, oberene, revolting and another prosperous country town, right to have their own opinions

Let him read other offensive nature"

Relay Race.1, Devonport; 2, Chinese was has also been interesting the Mines that those of their origin The Chatham; a, Portsmouth. $9 books, and what will he find fined 850, or in default, one month's Deparment in his ability as a gold meeting was dimolved without any

Trivialities about musical instru- hard labour, by Mr. A. W. G. H.

Interport and Water Polo Cup.-- diviner" He uses for the mente played by spirit hands, Grantham on Saturday: Sub-Insp. pose a piece of galvanised iron par thing having been done more than Semi-final: Portsmouth beat Chat-

ventilating opinione. materialisations, voices through Carey, who prosecuted, told the into the shape of a yoke. He has man was Mr. Ng Chol, barrister Devonport, 2-1.

The chair ham, 43; final: Portsmouth beat trumpets-conjuring tricks which, court that the documents came into announced his intention of sinking at-law, and the secretary Mr. Li when their fraudulent nature is ex- the Colony from Canton and that a shalt, at his own expense, at a Hong Mi, third clerk in the Devonport, 42 points: 2, Ports Interport Challenco Cap.-1, posed, are explained away." Dr. they were distributed through the spot selected by him with the aid of magistracy-Hong Kong Daily mouth. 20 points; 3, Chatham, 14 GELEY, in his books on Spiritualism, medium of newspaper vendors. hia rod.

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