1923-04-02 — Page 7

TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO.

A Glance at our Files.

(Mar, 23-49, 1901.)

NORFOLK CHURCH DISCOVERY.

THE HONGKONG:

SMUGGLING:

Fourteenth-Century Pictures. * Growth of Dope Imports –

An interesting discovery - has The many and ingenious been made at the Church of 85, methods, employed by smugglers | Margaret, which stands, within) to introduce druge into China are half, a mile of the son at this shown in a statement by: Mx THE "HART′3′′ TRIP,

corner of the Norfolk coast, near Basil Matthews thai ja published The torpedo-bost destroyer North Walsham. The peeling of by the League of Nations Union. Hart has just returned from the flake of plaster and the earnest During 1919 enough morphine West River where she has been and painstaking investigations of was smuggled into China, be prising. During the trip shea local antiquary have brought to states, to give at least threa visited Wongmoon Kumabuk, light mural paintings dating from hypodermic Injections to every Samehut and Tskhing, the latter the fourteenth century, and have man, woman, and child of China's place being the highest point thus confirmed a local legend | 400,000,000 population. Dr. Wu -reached. The Hart is the biggest which has existed for the last Lien-teh, director of the 'North ressel that has ever been as far three hundred and fifty years. Manchurian Plague Prevention as Takhing, being 200 fest long

During the summer months Service, the greatest antborsty on and drawing pine feet of water; hundreds of visitors from Cromer the drug traffic in China, anti- consequently it W63 very and other sea-coast resorta visitį mates the amount smuggled -at delicate work taking bar through the church, which is not only a about 25 tons in the year abova some of the tortuous creaks, noble specimenofancient architec- mentioned, 1919. Crude opium of the delta, but the trip türe.batcontains many memorials from Turkey and Parein is made was safely accomplished under to the family of Paston, whose up in Britain, Germany, Japan, the able pilotage of Mr. Sname is bound up with the history and America into morphina cry W. Dixon, formerly master of the of the county: Antiquaries who stale for injection. In North West River steamer Samahui bare hitherto found delight in ex-China foreign agents are actually Mr. Dizon has probably a better amining the perpendicular screen, giving away bypodermic syringes knowledge of the West River and the aediliswhich is quite admir- together with a dozen doses of

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Cold Storage

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the Canton Delta than any other able work, even though it has been the drug. in order to create the THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.|

Europeso, and Lieut. and Commarred by the introduction of graving. mander Hardy, of the Hart, was tabletomb-thepalimpsest brass08 lucky in being able to obtain his of the sixteenth century, the foured are the greatest obstacle to the

The financial interests involv services. Considering how active teenth century chest the lid of reduation in the dope traffic. 38r. our French neighbours have beer which was made from the trunk of Matthews BAYF: "The whol

LAND SALE.

of late on the waterways of the tree the beautiful copies of picture is worthy of a Holbein's Two Kwangs, it was, perhaps Erasmus's Paraphrase of the Gos-brush or the acid pen of a Heine just as well to let them see that pels (dated 1547), and Bishop or a Swift. Agaio: "The civilis- Tessel of the Hart's size and Jewel's "Defence of the Churched peoples of the world, Britain armament could get as far a of England" (dated 1609), now and America, with Japan, have Takhing and that the British have new problems to solve. enriched themselves by many Authorities bave no intention, The church, which lies hidden millions of pounds through the just at present, of allowing the among the trees on rising ground, moral and physical corruption of white ensign to be entirely re-is in the early decorated style, millions of the Chinese, with the placed by the tricolour on the and consists of a chancel, cave, tragic yet natural retribution that waterways of Southern China. -

south porch, and an embattled the populations of Britain, western tower. It dates from the Western Europe, and the North Yesterday afternoon Mr.G.J.W, fourteenth century. Like most American Continent are King offered for sale by suction old churches, it has suffered from finding themselves manaced by at the offices of the Public Works time to time at the hands of ros- the same drug. Department Inland Lot No. 1,632 torers. Three such restorations which is situate in Macdonnell are on record- namely, in 1601, The lot contains 11,562 in 1843, and in 1869. Many beau- square feet belaz subject to aties were then hidden by plaster. yearly rent of $66. The upset Thus the chancel roof is now a price was fixed at $2,890, and the mass of plaster. lot was sold to Chai Yeuk Shan for $6,020, which is at the rate of 52 cents a square foot.

road.

MILITARY SPORTS. The mounted sports of the 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Landers were held on the Polo

HOW THE PAINTINGS WERE FOUND. Tradition had it that in days long gone by pictures adorned the walls. When the present vicar (the Rev. E. G. B. Bright-Betton) came to the parish some three years ago he heard the legend ;;

ROW

"Not only in China and Japan, but in the West, young men and women of brilliant promise are in the grip of the vice."

FORTUNE FROM COCOA.

Mr. Cadbury Leaves Over a Million.

Mr. George Cadbury, of the

Ground. Causeway Bay, yeater but it was not until last year that well-known cocoa firm, and ons day afternoon in splendid weather, before a large number faint confirmation appeared. Dur- of the principal proprietors of of spectators, amongst whom ing last winter stains appeared on the Daily News, left £1,004,393. were H. E. the Goremor, Lady the north wall, and the vicar at

He left his estate to his family and Miss Blake, H.E. Major once consulted a neighbour, Mr. with generous provision for ser- General and Mrs. Gascoigne,, Loraine, an enthusiastic anti-vante, Admiral Sir E.H. Seymour, Siquary, who, after two months of The reversion of his Magor Thomas Jackson and many other painstaking work, discovered part House Estate, Northfield, he left notabilities of the Colocy. The of a figure. After further work, to Birmingham. The park is Begd of the 3rd. Madras Light the greater part of a sacred pic-about 50 acres in extent, and will Infantry played at interval ture came to light. This was come to the city on the death of during the afternoon and greatly identified as a painting of this descendants, added to the enjoyment of all Christopher and the Holy Child.

present.

have been left of late years by. Two other very large fortunes

cocoa manufacturers.

Mr: Joseph Storrs Fry, of the

It is a striking piece of work. The principal figure is about twelve THE FREE LIBRARY.

feet in height, and the draughts- Mr. F. B. L. Bowley writes as manship is firm yet free. The follows:-bir-Now that the most striking feature, of the famous Bristol cocos and choco annual exodus of residents is at face of St. Christopher is found ate firm, left £1,332,525, and Mr. its hel ht I venture to begin the wonderful expression James Epps, of the famous Lon- corner of your valuable space to which the artist has given to the don cocoa firm, left £735,837: appeal for the gift of any books, eyes. They live, and gaze with for which intending home-goers adoration upon the figure of the have no further use,, to the Free Holy Child, which is supported Lending Collection of the City on the arm of the Saint The Hall Library, which has to rely figure of the Infant is drawn in the upon such gifs, as there are conventional medieval manner, fuads available for the purchase It is sitting upright, holding an If a farmer cad cut three loads of books, Gifts of bound or un orb in one band and pointing the of hay, in a day, and can load bound books will be welcome and other towards the head of the six loads, how much can be cut may be sent to the Compradors Saint as though in the act of can- and still have time to load?

at the Library. The Leading ferring a blessing. Only one leg

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THE FRENCH FLAG,

have six.toes. The figure of St. Christopher is clothed in a heavy robe, which is wound round the For some timo a number of the body. The vandals who Jaunches towing passage boats at covered up this early work of art Canton have been flying the did their work only too well in French flag. Some one has obthe lower part of the wall, and jected to this use of the French the background of the picture flag because the launches have must be left to the imagination, only Chinese captains. To get though the appearance of a fish over the difficulty three small might suggest a clue. stars have been added to the flag

the

Further along the north wall

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These stars are invisible for other groups of figures have If the triangle shown above is abort distance from the launch, been brought to light. The first cut into four pieces as indicated, so that in the eyes of the Chinese, group consists of three skeletons the pieces can be re-get to form a the launches are still under the grouped together, but the re perfect square, as shown in the French flag. Of course the mainder of the picture has second drawing Chinese naturally conclude that been definitely destroyed. Mr. the French are rapidly gaining Tristram is of opinion that if this influence in this part of China.. was contemporary with the St. Christopher it probably illustrated THE ADVER ISEMENTS.

Les legend of

frais During this period, the Grees morts el les trois vifs. The in the manufacture of glasses; Island Cement Co. advertise second group, apparently, repres one of the most important is thei Portland cement at $3 per bag of ents some scene in connection Invented by Sir William Crookes, 250 lbs. Merste. Caldbeck, with the Crucifixion. The paint who, as the result of numerous Macgregor and Co. advertise ings have been treated with size, experiments, combining glass India pale ale at $11 per four and it is hoped by this means to with various metals, has succeed- dozen quarta.

preserve them. Further investi-ed in producing a material which gation on the north wall showed outs off 98% of the infrared or heat that whatever paintings existed rays together with the ultra-⠀ Hankow; March 13.—Tia Can- were obliterated by thick red paint violet or chemical rays, called tral China Post Company, which | much new ". This new Four tone of ebocolates import before being plastered over. Bome Sir William Crookes glass is the proprietor of the Wuhan which is modelled after ed from Canada in daintily ornamental texts were also Crocks lenses of any prescription Argus, announces that the latter best of Now Zozi decorated boxes, have been discovered, these apparently in either reguler or Toric form are paper, and evening past the first of its kind bought cheap by a farmer at having been the restorers' idea of manufactured by the Hongkong publication of whichy began – Crediton, near Exeter, as food church decoration.-Times Optical Co., successors to Clark Cctober, will enspend public

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