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SATURDAY,

JULY

DAY BY DAY.

1927.

FIRE THAT'S CLOSEST KEPT BURNS MOST OF ALL-Shakespeare.

There were two cases of typhoid reported yesterday patients being 'Chinese.

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WITHIN A LIMESTONE CAVE:

A Sual-Collecting Reminiscence. ཨནཏྟིཀཝིཀཝིདྷིཡཱཏཱཨཱཡཱཏྟམསཱིཡསྶས4སཨཏྠཾཨཙྩ

YOU one could wish. The friction MUST which appears to be developing between France, and Germany is a OWN IT

case in point. In greater measure has been the lack of unanimity of the interested Powers in the Far East, so that the problems of Chi-fover

We act out on a very fine day in along a path which we saw adhe nese connexion are still far from

March, one of those bright days that Igorots (the aboriginal inhabitants) solved. Yet, the advancing hosts.

Baguio, the The Ezatorn und Australlan 8.8. health resort in the Benguet moun-wicked-looking Caribou, the loca famed Philippines following, and, after dodging some of the Nationalist party are steadi- Arafura is due here with the Aus-taine, can bonet of. Thu tempera- buffalo used as a beast of burden ly pressing towards parts of the tralian malis at daylight to-morrow ture was about 65 degrees Fahren- we began to decend a small valley country where fresh questions of

morning.

heit, and the sun was shining bril-Where was the cave, after all? We liantly, so much so that it was blis wore just about giving it up when international import are immin

It should be noted that the fun- rarefied air one gets at 5,000 feet.

tering towards mid-day, with the help hove in sight. ently prone to arise, and the mat-oral of the late Mrs. M. J. D. Ste-But we kept to the shade as much Igorot children, who had "spotted" This in the form of two tiny tor of their definite solution cannot phens this afternoon will pass the as possible, and, dressed in shorts us as newcomers, and, in a fow be long postponed. Otherwise. 5.15 as originally arranged.

Monument at 6 pm, and not at and open-neck shirts, felt no dis- words of English, naked If the Cry

comfort, further chaos, more hesitation,

stal Caye wore our destination. The main object of the expedition They were and possibly prolonged misunder- Neurly four inches of rain fell was scientific-nothing less than of six and four by western stand- a boy and a girl, standings, appear as the alterna- during the 24 hours ending 101 search for snails! That may ap- ards of size, though probably a o'clock this morning, according to pear strange to the average reader, little older. The girl had a loose the record taken at the Royal Ob- but with the enthusiast it is nothing garment of one piece, while the lad servatory. The actual figure is at all to spend weeks bont on the wore only a coat and a battered felt 3.815.

one thing, a close scrutiny of every hat-probably an ancient, cut-down nook and cranny where land mol- stetson. luscs can possibly be found. And Leuding the way, our diminutive A report from Mesars. Bailey's be it explained. at this stage that guides soon brought us to the shipyard yesterday stated that 45 the Philippines, like the Weat In-tenvern, now able to be explored be sheets of muntz metal were stolen dies and a few other places, abound cause the rainy season had not yet from the s.s. Aeolus which was in anails, some of the most beautiful arrived. lying on one of the Company's slip-that the world has to offer the col- led to the cave, which was an under- A stone-strewn stream Ways.

lector,

ground affair, awallowed up as it Beautiful? you will possibly ask, were in the bowls of the earth. rival the sea shells, and even sur- be descended, and then, with elec- Yes! There are snail shells that First a well-like depression had to pass them, in beautiful shades of tric torches switched on, we ven colour, in markings, in delicacy, and tured to crawl underground. The shape. There are fine rose hues, cavern

followed the trend of a blues, greens, and yellows, and subterranean water-course, only quaint forms that even a Chinese functioning in wet weather, which curio carver could not improve upon. had worn its way through" a mass It may be explained that the Phi- of limestone. In response to a limestono deposits, have in the it ran seven kilometres (about three of question, the boy informed us that course of ages formed ideal local- and a half miles) underground. ities for land molluscs, and the That we did not verify. varities of which they boast are al

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Thongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, JULY 2 1927,

WORLD PROBLEMS.

tives.

So far as the naval conference is concerned, there are nominally only, three nationa involved. Actually, every government pos- sessing a navy is likely to be affected in some way. Things are not turning out as expeditiously as was expected at the beginning, but happily there is a spirit of com-

Whilst working at the Hongkong promise abroad, probably owing to

and China Gas Works premises yes- the realisation that in an era of terday a Chinese staker received very big problems. small differ-burns to his arms and logs and was eucos should be swept away when removed to the Government Civil

Hospital for treatment. over possible. We are optimistic enough to expect an eventual set-

A gunner of the Royal Artillery, tlement, satisfactory to all par-stationed, at Belcher's Fort was ad-lippines, with their wealth ties. Nevertheless, we venture to mitted to the Government Civil Hoa hope that the general public is at.pital yesterday suffering from a sprained knee sustained by a fall taching to these big questions the near. Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co Importance which is their due. Ltd. There may be nothing spectacular

most, countless, There are hun- Have you ever dreamed of being dreds of species known, more maya cavern and trapped by a rock to offer day by day in discussionsmbered hat on the hillside at tion. is often to local that single course of nightmares. That feel- A Chinese woman living in an un-yet be discovered, and the distribu-fall? I have, several times, in tho

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of the kind, but in their ultimate Shaukiwan reported to the Police mountains or valleys may containing came over me again before we effect may lie the very future that at 2.30 p.m. yesterday four kinds that are found nowhere else. had penetrated far, and so it was welfare of mankind.

mon, armed with daggers, entered

with my companion. Our guides. her hut and, after binding and gay- So we set out to comb the Baguio had discreetly waited at the en- ring her and her husband, atole neighbourhood of its anail inhabit-trance for our return.

I felt un- money and jewellery to the value of ants, Equipped with the simple comfortable. $47.

paraphernalia that a collector re- "There does not seem to be a darn. quires, carrying our needs in knaganail here; too dark I suppose," There must be very few business offices in Hongkong which have. Enquiries are still being made at a local store for a modest 50 cen-after a few minutes.

sacks (ex-U. S. Army type, bought growled my partner in the venture, not received visits at some time or into the murder of Jomadartava), and armed with the inevit- "Well, why not return, then?" ather from individuals collecting Gurmukh Singh, of the Indian fable ashplants, we, tackled Mount was my reply. subscriptions on behalf of various Army Supply Transport, attached Mirador first, as it exhibited a rocky So we stopped, and decided that. institutions such as schools, hos- to the Hongkong Mule Corps, who escarpment of limestone that seem the Crystal Cave was anyhow not pitals, orphanages, etc. In many was found dead in his bed on theed to beckon from the hotel lower a place for molluscs. We had had cases these institutions are far re-verandah of his room at Whitfield | down..

an earthquake the previous days, moved from this Colony, and, al- Camp Barracks with head wounds though it is probable that many of early last Saturday morning.

In half an hour, by the base of and there were parts of the roof of So the observatory. the two of us were the cavern that seemed ready to them are fully deserving of sup-fur, little light has been shed on to be found searching diligently

come away. The feeling became port, we are inclined to suggest the circumstances surrounding the amid the sun-dower roots, and in relief and tacit understanding we more uncomfortable. With mutual that the localities where they hap-unfortunate officer's death, and no the rock crannies, for any Pul- pen to be situated should be quite arrests have been made.

monata that the place had to offer.

turned back. According to the announcements capable of supporting what are

The search was early rewarded, for

And just as we emerged from the In the world's newspaper press,purely local institutions. Only News has been received of the numerous specimens of a big, red-well at the cave mouth Isnotted a which is the way the average per-one of these canvassers- gentle-an illness of two months' duration, ed. There were also many smaller saved the trip to Crystal Cave (for this week, we received a visit from tenth in Montreal, Canada, after dish-brown Bulims were discover very rare, prettily striped Helin calmly sheltering in a crevice. That son assesses the matter, there have man from Japan-and it was quite of Mr. W. A. Higinbotham, the forms, of the genus Helix, but the us from absolute disappointment. been four big events within recent surprising to see that he possess senior superintendent of agencies former predominated. months-the trouble in Ching, theed a number of letter-heads and of the Sun Life Assurance Com- Indeed; after we left, and Inter, a handful more coppers to the tip Also, it prompted the addition of memo forms of well-known Hong pany austing of Soviet intriguers from kong firms on which wore stated botham was very well-known in

when Mount Santo Tomas had been with which we rewarded our child Britain, the crossing of the Atlan- the amount which had been sub- the Far East and made frequent was the locality par excellence for tic by aeroplane, and the present serihed. While we have no reason visits here during the last 25 that type, just ne Santo Tomas had commented my companion as we "Not such a bad day after all," to doubt the bona fides of either years. In addition to China, Mr. its peculiar predominating form. naval conference at Geneva. Of the collector or institution he said Higinbotham superintended the.

plunged into the scrub further "Now let us the first item many observers are he represented, we do think that company's businesses in Japan, Cave," said my companion; and sowo youngsters died away in the try the Crystal along, and the farewells from the by now possibly a little tired: the the mere production of a type-writ the Straits Settlements, Manila, we set forth to hike back to Baguio, distance,

"A hot bath ench, a ten copy of a letter of authority India, Egypt and Great Britain. first flush of interest has gone. (accompanied by a document, in,

and then on to the road that led to good tiffin, and then we tackle our this natural formation and tourist eatches!" Of the second, too, reflecting as it a foreign language, which purport-

resort-but our Interest was above eil to be a certificate of authority) does a long-standing subject of

nere sight-seeing. international concern, Jess was made than its importance warrant. ed. Indeed, an American paper publishes a cartoon showing the world eagerly listening-in to the latest reports of Lindbergh's flight, while in the background John Bull

tackled, we decided that Miradorujdes. of Canada. Mr. Higin

a hardly a sufficient guarantee. FINANCIER'S SUICIDE.

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The ardent snail-collector can contemplate, luncheon and yanking snails out of their shells-after- Crystal Cave lies off the beaten killing them in hot water-in the track, and can-easily be missed by same breath.

In any case, the method is liable to abuse should unprincipled per- own ends, and we imagine that any sons care to exploit it for their STOCK EXCHANGE STEADIER. the casual visitor. We wandered knave who adopted such a ruse apd wont round the offices in Hong- kong would be amply rewarded,

London, July 1.

A verdict of suicide while of un- WIFE'S SECRET "RITE.”

judging from the ready manner in sound mind was returned at the which some people appear to give laques! on Mr. James White, the is depicted sweeping the Bolshev-way their money. Those of financier whose sudden death, as Hongkong who are charitably dis-reported yesterday, caused a sen- liberality by assisting local institu posel. have ample scope for their sation on the Stock Exchange,

Medlen evidence indicated that tions. The enay manner in which he took prussic acid, which did collectors from Shanghal, Japan not kill him, and later took a large and anywhere else. appear to dosc gather money from the heads of firms in Hongkong is really most astounding.*

EXCHANGE RATES.

London, July 1,

of chloroform, from

the

effects of which he died.

The Stock Exchange has con.

HUSBAND'S CLOTHES

BURNED.

V. H. C. J..

WIFE OVER ABYSS.

DRAMATIC TRIÁL OF

HUSBAND...

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For wilfully pushing his wife,

Late one night a Berlin shopman heard his wife talking to herself in her bedroom. Listening at the Marie, over h precipice with the in- closed door, he heard her repeat-tention of killing her because he ing the words: "He will be true. wanted to marry another woman, He will be true," with Cone-like Franz Hollorer, a Vienna railway official, has been sentenced to seven persistence,

His conscience smate him as he yeata' hard labour.

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listened, and he went into the room His wife's fall 70ft-was

siderably steadied. Leading mem- bars have conferred and arranged to form a trust for the gradual quidation of any large blocks of shares that may be thrown on to the murket in the event of # trustee being appointed for the Baccham Trust, of which the de-one of his waistcoats. .124 | ceased was chairman,--Reuter, 34.91

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with the intention of vowing that broken by trees and she escaped the his wife's prayer should be ful-rocks. She had recovered sufficient- alled. He changed his mind when ly to give evidence. be saw her feeding the lames with There was a dramatic scene on. the mountain where the crime was Upon his expostulating she con- committed when the judge took the fossed that her conduct was due jury, the accused, and his wife and to directions given her by Anna other witnesses for a final recon- Kuhn, a fortune teller, who had struction of the crime. assured her that she could secure her husband's fidelity by burning one of his garments while repent ing the "incantation."

Her husband told her not to be

Hollerer, who was handcuffed, travelled separately from his wife, but he approached her on the to kill you. Forgive me." mountain sobbing, "I did not mean

ist plotters out of the country, but almost unheeded. The cartoon is entitled "Static." Yet those who look beyond mere excitement will appreciate that the world, and the Powers, are facing some very big problems. On the

manner in which the statesmen of various countries handle the situation, and the results of present conferences, a great deal will depend. Perhaps the history of the next generation, may be written on the basis of Paris

Brussels what happens in the next year or Amsterdam two.

Berlin Oslo.. Taking the above subjects in the Prague order of their international im-Madrid. portance, we have the definite Rio clash between the constitutional Bombay democracies and Russian Com- Now York. Hongkong múnism, and the Chinese situation, Geneva dependent largely on the fore-Stockholm

Milan

going; also, now, the question of Vienna naval disarmament. There, has, Lisbon

Helsingfors unfortunately, been a recent deve-Bucharest lopment of international "nerves."

Buenos Aires Shunghal One of the worst symptoms is Im-Yokohama patience. This irritation arisca Silver (apot and forward) over the least thing, and suspicions are aroused when there is small

gramme were Bandsman Birming She was acquitted on a techni- ing near the brink. cause. In the Balkans there is a

ham, in saxaphone solos, Guards cal point, and her client is now After being sentenced Hollerer Taking an overdose of opium.nman Stephenson, tenor singer, and convinced of her infallibility was ordered to give his wife all tandency for un-heighbourly

Chinese female of No. 78 Wo On Drummer Steward and Mr. E. Lano was taken to the Government Howell. wrangling, while in central Europe Civil Hospital yesterday but her conditions are not as amicablo as 'condition is said not to be serious.

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Frau Hollerer replied: "Why did

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Another very enjoyable concert a fool, but failed to convince her 4.85 19/32 was given at the Cheer-0 Y.M.C.A.that she was one.

26.28 last night. The "star" performer Possibly she was "again given you push me down?" ..87% of the evening was Mr. J. David-cause to doubt his fidelity; but,

.18.17 son who caused vast amusement however that may be, a few weeks she was cutting a branch on the 34.62% by his aeobatic, antics with the later he caught her burning his day of the crime her husband held .192.80 banjo.

trousers, and decided that drastic her round the waist. She noticed

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Mr. Waigamuth, a newcomer to action was necessary. He obtain that he was trembling and asked 805 the Colony, rendered some populared a summons against Frau Kuhn, him why. Then she felt herself. songs in a very fine tenor voice, and she appeared before the Berlin falling and remembered nothing Bandamen. Pepper and Rhodes, magistrato, whom she assured that more.

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20.1/16 accompanied by Bandsman Jones, her method of ensuring marital The judge, implored the jurors Among fidelity had in many cases succeed to be extremely careful while walk- others contributing to the profed.

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