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RODEO UNDER A. TENTI
HIG SCHEME TO KEEP DISPLAY GOING,
SMUGGLERS AT WORK...
WATCHES THAT. PUZZLED JEWELLERS.
AN INTERRUPTED
"DANCE.
Consternation・・ was.
caused [among"""""dancers at Admiralty
Rodeo has gone to Enghund to Operations by a cleverly or House la Collins Place, Melbourne, stay. A company bus been formed,ganised gang of Continental smug-some weeks ago, by the entrance under the title of Role: atles have just come to light, says of a party of plain clothes licen
the "Dally Mal." ...
sing constables, in charge of with headquarters at Walter It is now known that during Senior Contable Loveridge. The |House, Bedford Street. Sand. the last few years they have suc- premises were searched, and it with the ads object of conducting many thousands of pounds worth quantity of champagne and other ceeded in bringing Into England is alleged by the police that & pageants gaul displays, particularly of goods on which the McKenna wines, which was removed to the in regard to horsemanship and the duties imposed a tariff of 33 1/3 licensing police offices in a motor- accompanying evils which the per cent.; it is only by reason of car, was found in the office. It is British public has recently been the fact that the duties are to be probable that charges arising out accustomed to asciute with the abolished that information as to of the raid will be preferred their schemes has leaked out. against several persons in the tenn Roden. **
Jewellers, both wholesale and present week. The raid was "We ar
retail, have been puzzled by the, arranged by licensing constables fact that occasionally large parcels under instructions from Licensing of watches of Swiss make have Inspector Hood. Constables F. been offered to them at prices Steel and A. C. Guilder, accom which it was considered would not panied by two women, entered recompense the makers, to say Admiralty Hours and introduced nothing of profit for the middle themselves as a naval officer from man, In view of the McKenna duty Jervis Bay and a flying corps leviable on them.
officer from Point Cook. Seated
s convinced of the popularity of Rodeo displays in England mt we have decided to continue to represent them to the British públic.** *
Mr Montgomery, a member of the anagement committer, to the "Weekly Disputes."
***Tis required a good deal of capital. and two or three well- Known pind influential people, whose indentity will shortly be dia felosed, decided to co-operate, with the result that a company with £100,000 initial capital has been In the.
100 COWBOYS AND GIRLS,
It is now revealed that an in a lounge, it is stated that they organisation having its headquarters were supplied with whisky in a in Switzerland moved quantities of jug, and several drinks were watches to Holland and at one of consumed Little notice was the Dutch fishing ports chartered a taken of Senior Constable fishing-boat.
"The rest was simple,” said an authority. The cases of watches were placed on board and the skipper was told to put out into the North Sea as if for the purpose of asking, but if approached by a motor-boat was to hand over the cases.
Loveridge and the others as they entered the ballroom, but it was soon realised that something was amisa, and the 'orchestra ceased "We have bought practically all
playing. Fears that their names the stoer and horses which were at
would be taken were expressed Wembley and we have many more
by several dancers, and attempts arriving from the States, with the
to escape altention were made by result that when the show opens
a number, who ran into the street. we shall have at least a hundred |
"The English members of the They were assured that no action cowboys and cowgirls nad three! hundred cattle wad horses.***
kang were ostensibly members of, would be taken against them. one of the many motor boat clubs "Oue great problem has been the which have sprung up all round question of acrommodation," con- the coast, and no surprise was tinued Mr. Montgomery: **But occasioned. when they went out that will be overtone by the pro-cruising. Nor did anyone con- vision of a huge tent seating quite sider it his business to examine twenty thousand people.
the motor-bcats when they even-! tually returned to port after af lengthy trip.
The weekly cost of production will exceed £15,000, he concluded;
The largest tont sed in this "They would run a cargo valued! country WHH by Barnum anil at about £6,000 at a total cost tó Bailey's cireus, which acco-them of about £200 instead of moduted over 26,000, 3
£2,000, which would have had to be According to the preliminary | paid in duty in the ordinary way. arrangements, the provincial tour They have now ceased their will be broken by a "run" in operations because, "with" the London at Christus,
McKenna duties coming off on August 1, there is no longer any need to run the slightest risk.""
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No Army or Navy.
The Danish Cabinet Council has sanctioned the Disarmament Bill by which the army is abolished What is claimed to be an almost and a kind of police force sub- jeertain. 12131484 eit* preventing stituted for the military forces nevidents of the kind that befell be telegraphs the "Central News"from Cross-Channel steuner New Copenhagen). Coast defence ships haven," which went agwire near and cruisers will be abolished and Dieppe recently, is set forth ir un some small fast ships retained. article in "The Journal by Mr.The air force will be retained and Raymond Lestonnat, a French possibly enlarged.. The Bill will val specifist. M. Lustonmbe submitted to Parliament im- bolds that if a series of improved mediately the session opens in the "gudescables," of the type in autumn." vented by M. Toth, were biti on the w-bottom below melt of the egysChannel remtes, už ihe steamers fitted with the necessary apparatus for keeping in touch with these enables, the shines would The able to find their way safely carross in the thickest fogs.
The French Navy las already atlopted these cables, after a series 4 experiments made of Brest first hy gun-resset, and subsequently hy the armoured crpiser "Gloire." M. Landry, who was then Minister - of Marine, and was on hard the Hoire during part of the experi- es, was able to prove the. efficacy of the Loth syston by him self guiding the cruiser to be anchonge
Since then the Fathi system. M. Festonnnt states, las been perfected. and several new developments in connection with it will be aunonnced shortly. At the recent Lifesaving Congress at Rouen resolutions were passei urging that all vessels should be fitted with the Toth system in view of the necessary under-water callos. being installed shortly at the entrances to all French poris.
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A CHARGE OF OSE DOLLAH IR MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDAR THIS HEADING.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL Hongkong, October 5th 1994. 18th Sunday, after Trinity. Am. Holy Communior, 10a.m. Children's Service. 11 *.m. Matins.
12 noon. Healing Bervice.
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P. 18.m. Holy Communion. 6.30 p.m. Evensong-
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SATURDAY,
Oatober 25th, 1924.
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ELLER MAN LINE.
From UNITED KINGDOM and CONTINENT.
THE Steamship
S
"KOSMO"
having arrived. Consignees of Cargo by ber are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godówna, and all Goods remaining undelivered after 8th October, 1924, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 15th October, 1924, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 am. and Noon, within the free storage period of ous week.
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