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LOCAL SUMMARY COURT
SQUABBLE.
DISCOVERIES IN EGYPT.
PROF. FLINDERS PETRIE'S®
LECTURE
AFTER FOUR YEARS THE EXTRA GYMKHANA.
AMERICA-AND- BRITAIN.
LA CONTRASTED,
THE
CHINA MAIL.
ENTRIES AND HANDICAPS.
PEAK TRAM MISHAP”
EARLY CAR DERAILED.
SWITCH TAMPERED WITH
the course of alpire in the British An interesting contrast between
We give below the entries and Gymkhana to be held at Hoppy Peak dwellers had to walk downl bandicaps received for the Extra Valley, on Saturday, July 7, ander Empira und in the United States-is auspices of the Hongkong to work this morning or else take drawn by the New York World," a pro-League of Nations, newspaper, Jockey Club. In races where no
a chath The reason was, -that]
in a leader on the recent Budget weights are alloted, the conditione during the night the Peak tram- way switch was interfered with Of Grant Britain is sketches the are weight for inches with certain and the first "up" car, went off following flattering picture jockey allowances and penalties, the rails, dislocating the service for
which will not be available until it the rest of the morning.
When the Peace Conference met, the British Government was on the verge of bankruptcy. Worse still, it faced the possibility of a revolu
tion at home
is known who will be in the saddle.
Roman Pride
168
165
Diadem Dahli
Australcard"
Australboy
Silvo
160 158 150. 153
Skylight
152
Bluebottle (Into Waterlily)-152 Huntington
152 149
Roman Woolcode Arlington W. 5):149 Starland
148
A
An explanation of the mishap
187 RADE A CLASS was given to a China Mail reporter HANDICAP mile
this morning" by Mr. Henry Strathfarraro.
Humphreys of Messrs. John D. In those four years, however,
Humphreys and Son, the gen eral managers of the Penk they have moved the financial
Tramway Company. Ho capital of the world back to London,
said that someone tampered They have recovered their old place
whether maliciously or otherwise in shipping and in foreign com
it was not possible to say with | merca. They have funded their
the switch during the night with war debt. They have liquidated
the result that the first "up" car robellions in Ireland, in India and]
at 7 a.m. went on the wrong line in Egypt. Although they have not
and got derailed. The tramway. yet solved the problem of unem.
staff managed to get the car back A remittance of £20 forwarded An interesting insight into the ployment, they have. forged steadily
on the rail again at 9am and shortly afterwards it and by a Chinese seaman named Chan earliest period of Egyptian civilis-ahead on lines which in the United, The Gambler lite Slander 140
the "down" car were run back! Chal running a boarding-house in tion was provided by Professor W. Staten, would be regarded as little Hope Dahlia 141
less than Bolshevist.
|ND RACE FOR GYMKHANA to their respective terminl London to his wife in Kwangtung | M. Fiinders Petrio's first lecture on "As a contrast to this picture, the
"SUBS 1925-Half mile.
and examined for damage. Some formed the subject of an action "Discoveries in Egypt," at the World, a leading journalistic oppo Tintoy, Malveri, Silvo, Mopoke, but the cars resumed running -Country Mouse (late Stonycroft),alight damage: had to be repaired which came before Mr. Justice Royal Institution. He explained ent of the present Administration, Gompertz in the Summary Court that the purpose of the course was gives a luridly pessimistic account Yellow Hammer (late Shybird), at 12.10 p.m., an experimentat
to deal with the discoveries made of the condition of the United Sharpshooter, Chestnut and Chess car without yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff's
in Egypt since 1920, when regular States. It says:.. case had been heard previously. He alleged that he had sent the money through the Tung Shing Kwok Paleolithic period were shown on dissipating all the advantages anish), 'Satisfection Dahlin, Ding position ready for the first car on
firm, of 165 Des Voeux Roat, but that his wife had never received it. He therefore claimed from the firm a sum of $166 as the equivalent.
Mr. W. B. Hind appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. A. E. Hall for the defendants whose answer to the claim was that they had paid the money over to a person who pro- duced a letter of authority to receive it. This took place, it was stated, carly in 1921 when the equivalent of £20 in local currency was $79.66. The Manager of the Tung Shing Kwok Firm gave evidence to the effect that the money was paid to a man named Wong Yuk Ping, later described as the husband of the plaintiff's wife's sister.
man.
passengers 'first running over the lines at 11.55 am. work had been resumed. Illustra- In the meantime, what has the SAD RACE-NOVICES RACE. Mr. Humphreys explained that when the cars ceased maning at tions of recently found fints of the United States been doing besider-Once round;
Rivergrass, Dapper Dan (late night the switch was always left in the screen, and the lecturer said foreign commercé and international that for the first time they had finance that accrued to this country Dong, Arlington and Wombat.
the following moming. If discovered complete early settle-as a result of the war?
4TH RACE, From 2 mile post nobody had tampered with it, ments in Egypt, discoveries which
he said, everything would have Without great exaggeration, ii once round and in. might lead a very long way might be said that we have settled
Yellow -River, Strathfarrux, been alright, There followed a photograph of nothing. Two years after Great Diadem Dahlia, Australcard, The police are investigating the
Pride matter.
BOTTLE BATTLE.
WHAT A 24 CENTS DEBT-
CAUSED.
a group of mineralised bones, Britain had ratified the Trenty of Australboy. -Roman among which were the parts of Versailles, we were still in a state Roman Woodcock, Roman Sparrow three skulls, one of normal size and of war with, Germany. Under the date St. Lawrence), Gamble (late two smaller, older, the professor
Dahlia, said, than any hitherto found in separate peace that was finally Blander), Satisfaction Egypt, and going back beyond the made wa reserved all the rights that Imbros, Sturlaug, Blocbaitle (late earliest race known. Another in-gre accorded to us in the Treaty Waterlily); West River and Hope
Dablia. formative find was a carved ivory of Versailles, but thus far we have
57 RACE -SADDLING knife handle. The figures seemed succeeded in maintaining none of
RACE. to illustrate an attack on Egypt by them. Four years after the war we men from the Mesopotamian high-re without it foreign policy, and W. Sewell, J. Bartholomew, A. C. C. Bovil, W. T. Stanton, G.
Arising out of a quarrel over, a lands, and was perhaps the most the country is aroused about a important single monument that minor proposition like joining the Young, Dr. A. R. Esler. Dr. J. G. debt of 24 cents two Chinese living was ever brought to light. So help Permanent Court of International Lyon Brown, G. A. Harriman and in Kowloon City started a fight with
mineral water bottles. As neither: ful had been the discoveries of Justice, something that Great Bri. Capt. E. G. Spinks.
OTR RACE FOR GYMKHANA battle,
of them was prepared for the those early Egyptian times that we tain did as a matter of routine in
the stock of. "SUBS" 1928-7 mile.
ani knew to-day a great deal more foreign affairs... about the kings of the First Dynas-i
munition was soon expended. Country Monse (late Stonycroft), They then made their way. ty than we did about the Saxon
Fibroy, Malvern, Skylight, Imbros, into a shop which sold kings of England.
Bilvo, Mopoke, Yellow Hamner tobacco and mineral waters. Here (late Shybird). Sharpshooter, Hunt- they obtained fresh weapons and ington, Chestnut and Chessman. continued the fight. When they
All the reconstruction work that was planned at the close of the war has gone by the board.
One of two things must be true. Either the British are enormously more intelligent than we or they
In reply to Mr. Hind, the witness said he did not know that the man Wong Yuk Ping had a claim against the family and that he used the money to settle the claim.
• The widow of a man named Cheung Chek,described as a sister- From the burial-places of that in-law of the plaintiff, said that, distant day we learned that the acting on the instructions of the people who entered the land were plaintiff's wife, she came to Honga mixed people, for excavations have a political system that can be had disclosed different tribal cus- made to work when it is necessary toms relating to burial. The graves to get great national emergencies, of the kings of the First Dynasty Which is it? indicated, in some cases, that cour- tiers were interred round their monarch's tomb, and in others, that women of the king's harem were laid to rest around him. Illustrations were given of the handicraft of the early peoples of Eygpt; beautifully fashioned fint knives, tombstones of officers of the King's household, bearing
kong and handed the letter 10 Wong Yuk Ping (her elder brother) and he obtained the money for her. She gave part to the plaintiff's wife and the rest of it was spent by her on religious ceremonies on behalf of her dead husband who had died in London, this being the purpose for which the money was sent. She said that the plaintiff looked after her husband's seamens' boarding-house in London and she thought the money belonged to her husband's estate.
4,000 YEARS OLD.
SCOTSMAN FINDS CITY IN MEXICO.
At the foot of Mount Colima, in the names of the dead and Mexico, roiuains have been die- Gross-examined by Mr. Hind the the emblems of their occupa covered of a city, which James witness denied the suggestion that tion, tools made of bronze, engrav- she had quarrelled with the plain-ed cylinders of ebony, and carved Philomon, a Scots engineer, be- tiff's family over the money. She pieces of ivory. In the figures of lieves to be more than 4,000 yeam also denied that the plaintiff's wife lions and lionesses the female was old. had told her that the money had been sent from London by her husband for her own use.
His Honour pointed out that it only appeared to be a question of authority as to whom the money should be paid. After further evidence had been called the case was adjourned to Friday, July 6, to enable Mr. Hind to re-call the plai tiff's wife from the country to give further evidence.
DRY FOR EVER.
DILEMMA OF PURCHASERS OF US. SHIPS.
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shown wearing a collar, which Mr. Philomon has just returned indicated that she was tame and to Mexico City with the news of his was used as a decoy in lion hunting. discovery. The Government is so Referring to the tools in use, the impressed with bis report that it has professor remarked that the ancient decided to send an expedition of Egyptians, never put handles on scientists to the site. It hopen to their axes, knives, or chisels. find important and instructive rains | Discoveries of the period of the there. Mr. Philomon, it is stated, seventh and eighth dynasties was searching for natural comment at seemed to show that the Syrians | the base of Mount Colima when bis were then ruling Egypt. From attention was attracted by traces of these relics we learned that the an ancient buried city. Piercing country had been subjected to the uppermost layers of numerous. many invasions, mostly from the strata of layn was the apex of a East, but also from the Wekt and South, and that it had, indeed, having been lied by successive pyramid which bore evidences of been buffeted to and for ages, right down
eruptions of molten lava in the comparatively recent
course of 4,000 years.
times.
to
Among the passengers in, the White Star liner "Olympic," bound THE QUEEN'S ESCAPE, per the edge of the lava bed was a
puzzled yacht owner, Mr. W.
for Southampton, was a much
Fifty feet below the top of the stratum the engineer, found evi dences of a later civilisation, while
long cave containing strange utch- sils, a few precious stones stone
wooder images. The walls of the cave were decorated with numerous hieroglyphics, comHO
MOTOR-CAR JUST MISSES idols, and wonderfully carved
LORRY.
Jameson, of Dublin, who used to sail the "Britannia" for King Edward VIL Mr. Jameson arrived in New Yrk with his British crew, intend- The Quean and Princess Mary
12,700 feet high."
.
17TH RACEL "F" OLABS were stopped, one of them had a HANDICAP →→ mile.
gash in the ribs which necessitated his staying inhospital that night. while the other had several cuts on his band.
Manifesto...!
168:
168
160 145
This morning they were charged. before Mr. C. D. Melbourne, by Inspector Ogg, the charge being one of disorderly conduct and doing damage to the shop to the extent of $959. In court they blamed one another for hav» ing started the fight." Evid- ence was then given by the shopkeeper who, owing to an in- firmity of his throat had to get a foki to translate for him, the foki being the only man who could un- derstand him,
...
His Worship remarked on the trouble defendants had caused the police and imposed fines of 52 each or 5 days.
lbs.
Rivergrass
*161.
'Pickpocket
151
Satisfaction Dahlia
156.
Wombat TAMA.
156
Ronan Sparrow
156
-Lottery
154
Roman Law
153
Dandy Kid:
151
Bullfinch
.150
Ding Dong
West River
148 148
8TH RACE 1 mile.
lbs.
Yellow River
Rivergrass
Stmthfarrar
Dapper Dan-flate Yanish): 150 Diadem Dablia.
*161
Australcard
158
155
162
Roman Woodrock
152
Roman Sparrow (late. St.
Lawrence) ...
THE GREAT DIVE.
150
Satisfaction.Dablis
150
TION CLEARED.
Ding Dong Imbros
146
155
Starland.
150
150.
Bluebottle flate Water
135
Huntington
¥155:
155
143
the Stanton
·₤146·
Australboy Roman Pride
The Gambler (liste Slander) 149 PROFESSIONAL REPUTA-
Wombat
Sharpshooter West River Hope Dahlia
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MEMORIES OF A GREAT STATESMAN::
Per F. & 0.8.6. "Dolte, on June 27- Mrand Mer T. A. Bromley, Mr and Mim 8. D. Wilson, Mr and Mrs A, Jørcko, Mr Rod Men F. Brailaford, dies L. A. Brok, MR. H. Smith, Mra B. M. Hawa Mtat Lisbon, when the mortal remaine A ceremony which took place Narsindas, Capt, R. 1. Cartwright, of the first Marques de Pombat Q.8 E., and Mm Cartwright, Lt "L.
were removed in state, from the Eles, IN Mr P. Yao, Mr and Mes &. J. C. Large Mastor Capela das Merces to the Igreja da H. C. Large, Mian A, 3. Large Memoria (Church of Commemora
and Mrs E 1. Bolger, Capt. Ftion) where is most of Portugal's Hagan Mir E. H. T. Holmer, L. great men, awakens interesting Ager HO Hr BH Church,
His Barker, Bir memories of the life of this B. Doidge, Men great statesman, the Portuguese Phillit Private Richelieu. The career of the W. R. Roguni Marques, who has been called the Mr A. Horn, Mr H. 4. Evans,
JA.
Mr. Bill, ir A. Cooper, Hr4reatest Minister who ever ruled in Mr. Fred W. Howard, General Robertson, Mr AF, Phillips. He E. E. Portugal, was one of brilliant. Manager of Stanton's Midway Corry, Mr A. Rannalis, Mr A. Hilton, public service and far-sighted legislation: Under his administra= W.P Show, states that the Daniel McMr W. Cook, Mr B. Fowell, Me Donald fined yesterday was not her. W. Oakley, Mr Allingham, tion schools were established, the E. Smith, Mr G. G. Tat. Miss Karmy reorganised, and the tyranny Stanton's great dive performer. Wilks, Me and Mn O. Packard, Mc G. of the Inquisition broken down McDonald, he says, has left P. Bickford Miss Swanu. Mis E. V.
drink,
hårbour since he arrived here. The
in to purchase the steel yacht were newly involved in a collision Mt. Colima. In an active volcano Search is being made for a 17 sources, and obviously did Mr. T. H. LOTO Gent. Mrs G. Jones, about the towh and helping to
HERE SHE COMES."
VAUDEVILLE PROGRAMME AT THE STAR.
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Show's employ. Clemans. Er FL 6. Glanskaaff, My NB.In his youth he was known for his Mr. Dandy George, who
Choolant, Miss. A. M. Joars, Burgoon wild life in Lisbon. He abducted does the great dive feat, is a dent. Caide. E. Hefterman, N. a lady of high rank and married.
Major. J. A. Gardner, D.5.0., Mr her. Through her influence he strict teetotaller. (Otherwise, asks and Mrs J. E. Walkies, Mr Z. A was then appointed Ambassador to Mr. Howard how could he per Baranja, Mr and Mrs B. B. the Court of England; later he was form his difficult diving: act?) Boys, drs . L. Clayton, Mrs à Walsh, transferred to the Court of Vienna,
been on the Hongkong side of the ridge, U. Clear Me 1. service at the time of the great Not only does Mr. George not the Missoe Walsh, Lt T. Graham and later kill made Secretary of but he has never D. 8, Lewis, Q.M.9. nd Mrs State for Foreign Affairs at
Mr Moose, Me T. Inouya, Yrs J. Ross,
Phillips," Mry H.,H,| Fortugal. He rendered splendid report that McDonald was the great blader, Air AW, Mepham, earthquake in Lisbon, when thou- dive man enlanated from police Steele, Mr J. Giliaid, Mr.J. W. A sands more were rendered home-
Ferris, Mr O. A. Williams, Mr 8, Noyo "Effay" and to sail back in her to in Fleebroad, Aldershot.
years-old gat, Hilda Hardcastle, of George an injustice which this winsormbe, Bir V.
Mr G. Sesles Me Wless, spending a whole week going England.
They were motoring to the
Yeadon, Yorkshire, who disappear correction will remove... The prohibition laws, however, manoeuvres, and as their car was
Fed ́aftoristiending a dance. Her
Mr H. Cartls, Mr O. Presant; Mr L. A alleviate distressm have set all his plans awry. After near the Officers' Club, a Iòrry
skirt and, blörse were found-one
Edwards Mr A. Simmons, Mr J. In 1756 Pombal was made Prime the purchase was arranged Mr. turned across the road in front of
pon, Me 0. 4. Zadler, H. #8, Belle, Minister, and for the next twenty- Sunday morning beside a mill dam, Jameson went before Government it. The Queen's chauffeur swory-
but the dam has been dragged with each of plague and moningitis are in Wallis, Red Bed King Joseph his patron, he spent Six cases of small-pox and one in O. Brimble, Me and Mrs & Fram seven years, unul the death of officials to arrange for the transfer ed, and the royal car missed the
out the girl being found. It is now shown in the returns of notifiable: # A Birrall Wise M. Bastor Mise himself in promoting internal
Walline, Mr. A. Buchanan, Mr B. B. of the yacht to the British registry, lorry by a few Inches:
thought she may be masquerading diseases for the 24-hours ending hatle Bughes, His GF Wyatt reforms, pressing the Jesuit He then discovered that the registry General Sir. P. Chetwode's
as a youth, as her brother has miss June 27, all the patients are M. Baillett Mre F. Sherwin Me order, and making the King oven papers were stamped with a clause motor car, containing Lady Chet-
ed a suit of clothes and an overcoat Chinese. stipulating that the vessel must wods and her family, which was Lovers of vaudeville will It is stated she has often express-
250 Kalka, Mrs Holmra, Master Holmes, more absolute than he had been. Miss Holmes, Mrs. Woodahoute, Pombal was hated by the nobility, never carry liquor, no matter what following, failed to clear the Jorry, be able to spend an enjoyable ed the wish that she had been born. flag show Mr. Jameson ob- and was slightly damaged. No evening at the Star, Kowloon. The a boy, and has previously dressed
An extraodinary general meet VA Banos, Mr and Mix Speight it trusted and honoured by his
Mrs Leash. Mr C. R Dave, Mr R.T served that he could not accept one was infured.
clever combination, Leeds and Le herself in her brother's clothes. One of the Hongkong Hide and . H. Balloy, Mr W. Battisbill Sovereign, and beloved by the this because the British Cover The King, in the uniform of a Mar, who have already made a the Saturday night she told a friend Leather Co, Ltd is called for
Mr. B. Orson Mr T Joseph he was at once dismissed, ment definitely refuses to register flold marshal, at the head of many name for theriselves in Kowloon, that she was going away. The 215 pm on Saturday at St $p, Me T. A. Knight, Hr F. people, On the death of King: any vessel with the prohibition famous soldiers, including the have been joined by two more escapade appears to have been Voeux Road Central to consider Cherr R N Nield, Ur BH died at the age of 83.
Stephen's Building, 67 and 69 Des
J. Hola, MT. Bivio, Mr. and a few years later, in 1782, he clause attached
Duke of Connaught, who was artists, Bob Harper and Miss Betty planned in advance, as the overcoat
Dickerson, Mr R Chur-HA Lawyers and others are now in General Officer Commanding at Charles, who have just arrived in was missed during the week, the question of selling the prolat S. A. Simmonds, He 4. E, F Washington seeking to adjust mist- Aldershot more than 30 years ago, the Colony from a successful tour, Miss. Hardcastle's description is: perty ters, but as the American Govern- engaged in the mimic warfare at in India. They appear at the Star, 5ft highlight brown bobbed24
Rodgers mest is unable under the law to Aldershot.
commencing to-nights in what is hair, brown eyes, pale complexion; Sir Libnel Woodward delivered
Rennsli, Mr. 1. A. de Burgma, Me dispense with the clause Mr. Jame The Queen and Princess Mary described as a musical absurdity dressed as a boy, in bhis serge suit; judgment in the Supreme Court, at son will be forced either to cancel watched a fierce battle between and cotified" Here She Comes.grey waistcoat, and dark overcoat Kuala Lumpur, on the or
SHELF THE Mr J, Towler, Me
Mr My TL Pailog about She the artillery and cavalry from the turn consist of a number of She also wore a kalited tie and sums
Kównin, MeAV taken out by the tg on the yacht, involving a pledge point near Jubilee Hill. A light songs, dances,ches, etc. The cap
5 of the estate of the late Dr. Lore to carry no liquor. His dilemma han shower was followed by a deluge big pleinte
of mi the mother of the girl said: Tere un determine whether- served to Impress American of rain after the gunners had fired programmeses daWest story, We think she must have long to chidren or an adopt
hipowners with the fact that until their shells," and the Queen and .... The Estory The cowboy Liverpool. She is a Girl Guide, predeceased Dr. Loke the prohibition ruling is rescinded Princess Mary, sheltered only by star: Hoot Gbfony, appears in the and not at all wor foreign purchases of their ships will their small umbrellas, got very leading role, and one of the thrills ways, bellove the be impos
the purchase or to fly the American
wet
her any laterest in the has gone Lordship In a very leng
ment held that they buds.
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