1933-07-31 — Page 7

European Yachtsmen's Adventure

Wives On

ADRIFT IN WEEK-END SQUALLS

RESCUED BY A FERRY

Two Europeans had a narrow escape from disaster during the aqually weather induced by the passage of the typhoon within 80 miles of the Colony, on Saturday night.

wind

Mr. A. J. Hargreave and Mr. Kirk had been out towards Lyc mun for a bathe in their small yacht, "Viking," when they found the strong gusts threatening their forced craft. Tho high them to full sail and they were being driven helplessly through the harbour in the teeth of the gale when they managed to at- tract the attention of the "Merl- dian Star" ferry.

In response to calla for help, the ferry swung round Immediate- ly and the yacht was soon secured in tow.

Neither of the men were the worse for their unlooked-for ad- venture but had it not been for the timely help of the ferry boat their position would have been serious indeed. .

JUNK CAPSIZES.

Five Chinence out of a crow of soven are belleved to be drowned as the result of their boat capsiz. at about five ing near Shek-O

o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the only

Instalment System

OR

POPULARISED IN

S. SERBIA

Belgrade.

The custom of paying for wives

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

|SCOTLAND YARD FOR PUNJAB

EXPERIMENT IN INDIA

SCIENTIFIC STUDY TO BE MADE

Bombay.

An experiment which will ́ be the Instalment system is growing in South Serbia, especi-be made by the Punjab police in the first of its kind in India is to ally in the Kosova district. For wives have to be bought at a high order to be able further to com- price thero--and few young men bat crime; it is proposed

To organise a Central Criminai

MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933.

WAR WITH CANCER

TWO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS

HOPELESS CASES CURABLE

London. Two important developments in waging against cancer have been announced.

can afford to put down a lump sum Rocord OMce for the Punjab some, the war which medical science is

in these hard times.

The normal scale of Instalments

is:

£20 for the first year. £20 for the second year, £40 for the third year, and £40 for the fourth year.

what on the lines of that in Scot- land Yard.

The Record Office will be a bur- sau providing invaluable data re garding crimes and criminals to the police and will facilitate their inquiries, In various ways. All

In the first place it was stated at the annual meeting at Eastbourne, of the institute of Public Health that "absolutely, hopeless" cases of 'cancer had been successfully treated.

that

Dr. Cronin Lowe anid satisfactory and reliable diagnos- the results were being given by his blood serum test for cancer.

It is not until the last in-reports regarding crimes, Includ- stalment has been paid that the ing thefts burglaries, pick-pocket young man gets his wife, whoming, etc.. will be at once reported he has probably never seen, but to this office from all parts of the once the final instalment has been Punjab. Records of these crimes

It was also announced-by Dr. paid the girl belongs to the young will be carefully kept and Antony Margian-that they had gazette of crimes will be issued to been working for ten years to pro- man's family.

the police of the Province, l'ub-vide some form of preventive treat- licity regarding criminals and crimes will also be widely given

If the bridegroom should dle before the wedding, the girl must marry one of his brothers, uncles, or, other relatives sometimes in the press. even his father.

The £120 paid for a wife re- presenta

in Kosova. It wealth would buy an estate, for ten neres of land costs only, $20.

So boys are engaged at 16-and then they and their fathers begin to earn the money to pay for the wife. Often land has to be sold and money borrowed before the girl is at inst won.----Reuter,

Stopping

two saved being washed Political

ashore at midnight..

The vessel, an unlicenced Hokio

bont left Lak Fung on

Friday Hecklers

bound for Hongkong with a cargo

of twelve piga and ten bullocks.

When near Shek-O a severe squall S. A. CANDIDATE'S

WEB

encountered and

the craft

INNOVATION

Johannesburg.

ment.

They had treated nearly a thou- sand cases, in some of these cases STUDY OF CRIMINALS.

successful right they had been The system of detecting and ful- through, and in no case had there lowing up clues through modus been any ill effect. He had treated operandi of the various classes of all classes with the endocrine In criminals will be studied and, for oculation, and in many of the cases this purpose, a record will be treated there had been no re- maintained of the previous histor-currence from seven to ten years. les, methods of working and pecu- liar habits, etc., of criminals with SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. their full descriptions. Finger and foot print records of criminals will also be kept in this office and this will help in the spotting and

Identification of criminals. The police will thus obtain clues to the possible perpetrators of parti- cular crimes and the office will facilitate the quick dissemination

considered "ab- Thirty cases solutoly hopeless" had been success- fully treated, and he had received letters stating that there had been. no recurrence for periods of up to ten years.

that the Royal Institute of Public Simultaneously, it is announced Health are to launch an effort to

This statement was made in an

of crime reports.

The Record Ofee will be locat-prevent cancer. ed in the office of the D.I.G. La hore. For the present eight cen-

tral districts have been selected for the purpose. In each of these

districts there will be a branch of this office where crimes will be re- ported and that branch office will forward reports of crimes to the | Central Record Office.

ANTICIPATED EFFECT.

interview by a prominent member of the Council of the Institute in

an interview at Eastbourne.

METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS.

wa s

of

RADIO BROADCAST

CHINESE STUDIO CONCERT TO-NIGHT

From Z. B. W. on wave-length-of- 355 metres (84.5°k/c.).

4-8 p.m. European programme, 6-0.10 p.m. Dance Tures. Fox Trot-Love in the Moonlight.

Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra. 24235 Stomp-Black Maria.

Fox Trot Chinnin' and Chattin' with

May.

Whole

Bubber Miloy & His Mileagu

Makers. V-38140 6.10.6.43 p.m. A Concert, Vocal Duet-I've Found a

World In You (Leelio). Vocal Deet-Dainty Little Malden

(Besloy).

Winnie Melville & Derek Oldham, B3716 Piano Solo-Vella (Dobussy). Plano

Solo-Dancing Delphi (Debussy).

Virgins

Ignaco Jan Paderewski. 1531 Song Ten Thousand Miles Away

(Willan). Song (n) Agincourt (Willan) (b) Here's a Health Unto His Majesty (Narris),

John Goss & Cathedral Malo Voice Quartet. 83752 Violin Solo-Serenade (Drdia)... Violin Solo-Serenade (Drigo).

Mischa Elmart. 1508 Bella (Easthope Song Crown of the year (Easthope

Martin)

Song-Hatfield

Martin).

Percy Heming (Baritone). B3000 6.45.7.10 p.m. Suite (Dohnanyi, op. 19).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra directed by Frederick Stock M-47 p.m. Closing Local Block Quotations, etc.

7.13-8 p.m. Variety. Orchestral-Black Eyes.

7.10

Victor Salon Orchestra 20037 Song I've Got "It"

Helen Kane (Comedienne). 22475 Plano-Accordion Solo-Accordionotte. Plotro, V-70 Song With You.

Johnny Marvin (Comedian). 22273 Orchestral-Medley from "Flying

Colors"

Warlog's Pennsylvanians. 24280 Chorus-Daisy Bell.

The Old-Time Singers. 13966 Orchestral Two Guitars.

"It used to be, and has been for capsized throwing all seven men

caused many years, that the disease which into

most the sea. One foki named

deaths Chan Lin and a boatman named

tuberculosis." he said. Lo Chi were able to cling to the

"For many years there has been SongMy Man in on the Make,

Victor Salon Orchestra. 20037 A Rand candidate for Parliament mast but the other five, Lau Siu. has discovered a way of restoring

a Society for the prevention of

Helen Kane (Comedienne). 22475 master of the vessel, Ng Ma-tong, order at rowdy meetings and

tuberculoals, and as a result of Piano-Accordion Solo-Accordiongla Details of stolen articles, etc.. their work, the formation of Chan Tal-fu, Ma Tee, and Leung getting a hearing from audiences will also be kept in the head office, clinics, and the, education of the Song-Have a Little Faith in Me.

Pietro. V-70 Yan disappoured. Chan and Lo containing what they like to de-and if some stolen article is republic, the death rate has gone clung to the mast for a cpnaider-scribe as "disturbing elements." covered while being disposed of it

Johnny Marvin (Comedian). 22273 able time but wore compelled at He uses a jazz orchestra.

down considerably.

Orchestral Medley. from "Flying Icould at once be ascertained from

Colors last to release their hold. They

The orchestra starts playing be- the hend record office whether that were washed up on Shek-O beach fore the speeches are due to begin article is connected with a'crime, in an exhausted condition at to put the audience in good and if so, what crime. It is hoped about midnight but managed to mood. The candidate, then de that through this system the police rench Shaukiwan. Information livers his address. The was sent to the Water Police there is any rowdylam, he stops, on criminals.

moment will be able to have a botter grip Station and the men were taken signals the orchestra and it bursts

A young police officer, who re- to Kowloon.

Into music, which continues until cently returned to India after re- silence has been restored in" the

ceiving training. in England in audience.

methods of crimé detection will So a really rowdy audience is be in charge of this brunch.—- assured of a complete evening's Renter concert programme.-Reuter,

The boat was valued at $200 and the total loss, including cargo, is estimated at about $1,000.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

The official communique from-the - Royal Observatory is as follows:

North

The typhoon developed in the Pacific to the east of the Phillipines during July 20th and 27th, and at 6 a.m. on July 28th was situated about 200 miles east of Luzon. It moved on a WNW track, passing about 40 miles to the south. the of Pratna Shoal at 2 p.m. on 29th. From about 5 p.m. the track became westerly and the rate of progress accelerated considerably, the typhoon passing about 80 miles south of Gap Rock at 10 p.m. At 6 a.m. on Sunday morning. It was situated about 150 miles SSW of Hongkong, moving westwarde to- wards Hainan.

GENERAL MOURNED.

BARON MUTO'S BODY.......

TAKEN TO JAPAN

Dairen, July 30. The entire city was bowed in

silence when, at 7.20 o'clock this evening, a special train bearing

the remains

DIVORCE THE FASHION

STARTLING FIGURES FROM MADRID

Mndrid.

During the first year since of Baron General divorce was made legal by the

Muto, Inte commander of Japan- Republic, 4,500 couples have been eie forces in Manchukuo, and a divorced. Barcalona, with 1,300, distinguished diplomat as well, was far in the lead, Madrid's arrived from Changchun,

divorcea totalling only about 800. Baron General Muto was given In Victoria, a Basque eity of his title posthumously as a mark 35,000 inhabitants, the divorce courts had a holiday, for no of the nation's esteem.

Also there has been a method discovered for diagnosing merely by a blood examination. Typhold, for instance, ean be detected in this way. When you have found that a patient is affected or likely to be Affected-by--this dlsenso, methods. are known by which the attack can be prevented by treatment.....

"It is suggested that this method of blood examination is, therefore, likely to be of great value in the folowing ways:

"1. As giving the earliest pos- sible intimation of the patient's likelingss some future date to become a victim of the disease. This knowledge, if acted upon by a reasonable person enables them to commerce. the appropriate treat- ment to obtain the proper correction of their blood to bring it back to normal.

"It Is thought quite likely that

at an early date a society will be

the

overyone to

Waring's Pennsylvanians. 24239 Chorus-(a) After the Ball (b) Two

Little Girls In Blue.

The Old-Time Singers., B3966 8 p.m. Local Time & Weather Re- pori,

8.3.8.30 p.m. Chinese recorded pro- gramme.

8.30-10.30p.m._Chinese_Studio_

Concert.

18.20 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News

10.35. p.m.

Close Down. All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co.

Dead Man

I

Brought Back To Life

formed with clinics in London and "MANTRIC" POWER

OF A SANYASI eventually in other parts of country, to enable

Bombay. avail themselves of this very valu-

A remarkable story of how a dead man was brought back to life by means of "Mantrie" powers of Sanyasi (sage) has just been received from Nagakoil in South

able preventive measure.

VALUABLE TEST.

Case

the to

In Hongkong the wind freshened from the NE on Saturday afternoon

An immense throng gathered at marital bonds were severed and in "2, In the case of patients at 5 p.m., and continued with squalls of gala force until 2 am. on the wharf to-day where, following Segovia, near Madrid, only four whose discaso le obscure and in the Sunday, moderating gradually most impressive ceremony, the cases were handled. Few divorcase where the cause of illness is India. It is stated that a man was afterwards. The lowest reading of casket was transferred to the cea were sought in Valencia, San obscuro and in which the barometer was 20.498 ins, at 8 cruiser Hirato, which left, for Sebastian, Bilbao, Corunna and

Oviedo. p.m. on Saturday. The wind reach- Japan at 9 o'clock. ed gale forco at Gap Rock at 9 p.m. The funeral of the man who won Of all the marriages that went on Saturday evening, and continued fame in his campaign against the on the rocks fewer than 500 were until 7 a.m. on Sunday.

bandits of Manchukuo and as marriages of less than five years' The maximum wind force in Japan's plenipotentiary before duration, indicating that there Hongkong was 67 miles per hour at the recognition of the state by were unhappy couples before the 2.05 a.m. on Sunday morning, and Tokyo, will be a inst tribute to Republie passed the divorce law. the total rainfall for the 24 hours this national figure.-Reuter. ending 10:30 on Sunday was 2.18

ins.

The Hongkong, Canton, and

Macao Steamboat Company sont

the us. Kinghan to Canton four

LIKE MANY OTHER VIRTUES, 1103-

-Reuter

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

The speaker at to-morrow's meeting hours earlier than usual to Avold TITALITY IS PRACTICED IN ITS TEN- of the H.K. Rotary Club will be the storm, but the 8.8. Taishan FECTION BY THE FOON. IF THE RICH Rev. J. R. Saunders. was hours behind her schedule DID THEIR BHARE HOW WOULD THE when she arrived at Hongkong at WOES OF THE WORLD BE LIGHTENED, 1.30 p.m. on Saturday. The Chi--Mrs. Kirkland.. nese-owned 8.8. Kwongtung - and

The following names are added to the local register of medical practi tloners. Dr. Edmund Lawin Rold,! The s.s. Taima will leave. Amoy for (Edinburgh); and, Dr. Chan Wah, M.B., D. S. (Aberdeen), F.RO.S. the Tung On Steamship Com- pany's s.8. Bai On had to seek the here on Wednesday afternoon. M.B., B. S. (Hongkong).

His Majesty the

shelter and many vessels were dolayed.

the Bitten by a black cobra notorious medical attendant is desirous of for its deadly polson and despite obtaining further help towards the beat medical attendance proper diagnosis, this test has also man succumbed. According been found to be of great value. Hindu custom the dead body was Several prominent gynaecologists taken to the burning ghat-for and surgeons have decided to avall disposal and was actually placed on

the funeral pyre. themselves of this facility.

"1. In connection with CASCH definitely known to be cancerous would have boon set on fire. But A few minutes more and the body where they may have been operated a Sanyasi suddenly appeared on upon or it might have been decided the scene, and requested the gather- that they are inoperable cases, this ing to hand over the body to him tost will give valuable information so that he might bring him back to life. The relatives reluctantly as to the progress (a) going down; handed over the body to the stran-,

remaining stationary; (c) definitely improving."-Reuter.

(b)

NEW USE FOR MATCHES

gor.

MANTRAS CHANTED. The stranger after a dip in the river nearby roturned to the place where the funeral pyre had boon erected. Sitting by the side of the dead body he chanted his "Mantras"- for five minutes and sprinkled Mantric Water on the dead man's ' The marriage is announced to take pleased to approve the provisional

King has been SYDNEY MAN BUILDS face. While the Sanyael was per The President Grant, Dollar place shortly of Mr. Henry Spicer, appointment of the Hon. Commander

HOUSE'

forming his wonderful deed, a hawk Line, met with the tail end of the mercantile assistant, Messrs. Butter J. B. Newill, D.S.O., R.N., (Retired),

(which according to Hindu typhoon at about 9. p.m. on Satur-field and Swire, Yokohama, and Mists to temporarily an Diletal Member Mr. Florbert Etherington, of mythology in the vehicle of Lord day, ovaning south of the Pratas on Winifred Mary Coles, Nursing Sister, of the Legislative Council in the pince Sydney, haa built a model house, Krishna and the worst enemy of her way to the Colony from Manila. War Memorial Hospital, Hongkong.of the Hon. Commander G. F. Hole, occupying 28 square foot of space. As the shadow of the encircling A heavy son was running and a The Anti Mui-tsal Society of Hong RN. (Retired), temporarily absent entirely of used matches.

vory high wind blowing and the Vessel was slowed down for a short kong will celebrate the centenary of the legal abolition of slavery within the

the Colony.

anakes) was seen encircling above.

Its construction took four and bird fell on the face of the dend

a half months, 67,677 matches, a man he gradually began to show while until it was ascertained that

A thirteen year old Chinese boy, pot of glue, a brush, and the signs of life. In a short while he the typhoon had passed the Heng- British Emple to-night with a dinner Chan Man-wan, was admitted to the patience of Job, says Austral Nows eat up as if he had had a deep kong-Manila track. Fortunately, he occasion will also be combined day suffering from multiple, infuries,

party of 220 at Sinoore's Roof Garden Government Civil Hospital on Satur

Every detail is complete down to slumber. she was able to keep with the wind with the celebration of the eleventh including ret retiple infus furniture, garden seats and a drive Before the gathering could re and when she was spooded up again anniversary of the Society, and pre-femur, retolved when he was mocked leading to a match garage in which cover from the surprise the San maintained in good average and sentations are to be made to Messrs. down in Queen's Road East mear is housed a match motor car... yaal had vanished and he is still at Arrived on schedule at the Howloon 8. C. Young, J. D. Bush and O. G. Swatow Brest by a motor car driven | Mr. Etherington bas still some large but the man bolloved dead le

thousands of matches left over. I still aliveRouter.

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