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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
KOWLOON COAL CANADA'S
DUMP
Notice To Quit Within
Two Months.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S REPLY
TO RESIDENTS
The Kowloon Coal Dump, which has been the enuse for complaint by
matter Secretary,
the are
SALMON
FRANCE.
CHINA MAIL.
THE
AMERICAN CITY IN
MOTORING NOTES.
NEW RACING
INDUSTRY
Oil-Refining Station
Record Production
CAR FOR
BRITAIN
In 1930.
MOST. VALUABLE FISH
Grows Apace.
“ROCKEFELLERVILLE-ON-SEINE” Hapier-Railton Under
Paris.
since
its
Construction.
FITTED WITH 500 H. P. AEROPLANE ENGINE
London..
In recent years, though British drivers on British cars have set up
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rency.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR
· COMPANY, LTD. Telephone 30228-
33, Wong Net Chung Road, Happy Valley.
An American city is springing| Ottawa. up in France. Its official name Salmon, Canada's most valu-is Port Jerome, but it has unoffi Kowloon residents for over a month, able fish from the point of view cially been nicknamed "Rocks 1s to be removed as soon as possible of total commercial production, fellerville-on-Seine"
This information was conveyed by is caught on both the Atlantic workers' dwellings are a Rocke- the Government to the Committee and Pacific seaboards, but the feller institution. wnien. appointed by the recent fish from the two oceans, while Port Jerome is an oll-refining public meeting of Kowloon residents, belonging to the same family, station. At present, oil tankers new figures for many of the more sent deputation to discuss
not of the same genus. from Venezuela bring crude oils spectacular records-including the Acting Colonial Canada's salmon all belong to the to Port Jerome, and towards the absolute speed record-there are a with the
salmonidae group but the five end of the year crude oil will be The official communication is 28 varieties taken in British Colum-imported direct from the United mass of the more important of the
bia belong to the genus On-States.
long records covering a specific Colonial Secretary's Office. Hong corhynchus while the Atlantic
A few years ago, Port Jerome number of hours or hundreds of Kong. August 15, 1983.
'salmon belong to the salmon was nothing but fields bordering miles which are now held by foreign Sir. continuation of my letter genus, of the 11th August. 1933, regarding In British Columbia
the Seine: to-day, thanks to the
Figures of registrations of new. the can-activities of two leading oil com- cars. the goal dump on the Badway rening of salmon is one of the most panies, it is
Jears in Victoria Australia, during] clamation at Rang Hom, I am direct important industries of the pro-trial centre, covering 468 acres. these records for Great Britain of the total were of British manu- a thriving indus- With the intention of capturing February reveal that 48.4 per cent. ed to inform you that, subject to the vince. In 1930, a year of record with six miles of roads and six Mr. John Cobb, who has for some facture. coservations in paragraph of this production, more than 2,220,000 miles of railway line. letter. His Excellency the Governor 'cases
follows:-
271
of
their
occupation of the
as directed that notice to quit shall packed. There are five distinct with schools, a bachelors hotel, British drivers,
of canned salmon were There are already 130 houses, years been in the first rank of be given to the owners of the coal kinds of salmon caught in the and playgrounds.
has had a special. The two re-car designed by Mr. Reid Railton, Cont
waters of British Columbia, the fining stations being constructed the designer of the latest. "Blue the reclamation o Brick latrine standing at the bend sockeye, spring, coho, pink and by the two companies will, when Bird," and built by Thomson and chum. The life cycle of these completed, treat, respectively,} of the track of the Kowloon-Can variety varies, the sockeye's life 1,000,000 tons and 60,000 tons of Taylor (Booklands} limited.
span being four years, the spring crude oil a year.
This
fear has been under construction dur
ta Railway, and that, pending une expiration of the
ILWO period
six to seven years, coho three! The Seine is being deepened to ing the past six months and is al- onths of the notice required years, pink two the contract for accupation, a matchum from three to four years Jerome more easily, and by the most ready for the tracks.
years and the fenable tankers to reach Port ing screen shall be erected on the The sockeye is the most import-beginning of next year, when ant of the Pacific coast fish on work will be in full swing, a tank laccount of the rich red colour of steamer will arrive every other
beward side of vacated.
in area to be
ure Iraq,
Reuter.
Powerful Engine. The Napier-Railton, as it is to be
and Napier "Lion" aero.engine of the
2. It must, however, be placed on the Resi. In addition to the day or so from Venezuela, the known, is fitted with a 500 h.p. record that the area in question, to canning, large quantities of the United States, Colombia gether with the
remainder of the British Columbia salmon retination, has from the time marketed fresh or frozen, and a good deal of the catch is used in dry-salting operations and in imild-curing. and pickled.
M
formation bren
for set aside
type when has earned a' great name both in the air and on the land. All other parts of the car
Some are smoked FOOTBALLERS CAUSE are newly designed and construct-
radway sidings, whares, towns wad storage in connection with such undertakings, and 11301 definite pins of this nature on the part of
The Atlantic" salmon is taken) the Government were made public as Tong ago as 1921. It is verefore to commercially by fishermen in all be clearly understood that his Ex- four of the
cellency's orders in this matter aro!
RIOT IN ITALY.
Team Attacked By Band.
ed with special attention to the work for which the car is intend- Eastern provinces.
ed. The car has been designed to New Brunswick and Quebec are
maintain an average speed of 120 not to be construed as admitting any Nova Scotia
the largest producers and the
m.p.h for 24 hours, including all right whatsoever in the oners_oriSalmon is also taken from the catch is large.
stops for change of tyres and Padua, Italy. jdriver, and for fuel and oil oztpiers of property on Chatham waters of Prince Edward Island
.re: The police had to be called in to plenishment. The maximum Road or elsewhere to restrain the
speed the Padua of when the car will be capable is Government from oxing any part of but the catch is not so important preserve order when
Most of the Atlantic salmon is football team stopped at Mortara 170 miles an hour. When travelling
the area ar permitting it to be used
the purposes described marketed fresh or frozen, but a on their way back from playing aat 120 miles an hours the car uses
For any of
portion also is canned and a few dizove or generally for any purpose) which it may consider to be to the of the fish are smoked.--Reuter,
advantage of the Colay as a whole.
Tw letter is signed by the acting Culmial Secretary.
NEW CRAZE IN NEW YORK
Roller-Skating And Cycling Fad.
FROM POWER TO POVERTY.
Descendant Of Greek Emperors Destitute.
match at Casale.
250 h.p., so that there is a big, re- Standing in a row in front of the serve of power. The engine is never municipal band, which was playing run on full throttle. The car in the main square, the footballers carries fuel and oil supplies for 21⁄2
hours ostentatiously sucked lemons.
(a 15-gallon oil tank and a According to the report subse-166-gallon petrol tank). Track-hold- j quently published of what occurring qualities have been sought ed, the bandsmen's mouths watered specially and the springing and dis- so much under the ordeal that they position of weights have been so ar- could not blow their instruments. ranged as to give the maximum life
Despite the frenzied appeals of to typres.
OD the brakes work on the rear wheels only ensuing and are operated by a pedal. A
the conductor no sound came from A small specially designed three- Milan. the afflicted musicians.
speed gearbox has been fitted. The The last descendant of the Em-Then the band turned perors of Byzantium. who once footballers, and in the combined, the power and glory of pandemonium the police had to be small brake described as for "park- Roman Emperor and Pope and called in. The footballers were ing" is fitted behind the gearbox. swayed the destinies of Eastern hustled to the station and locked The rear suspension has four cantil- Europe, has been admitted to has in a railway carriage bound for ever springs two on each side, and Thousands of roller skating pital here after walking the streets home---Reater. .*fans,** recruited from society in a vain search of work.
IMPETUS TO INDUSTRY
New York.
debutantes and guttersnipes, and He is Guido di Lusignano, and hundreds of bicycling enthusiasts he will have to undergo a serious of all ages and from many walks operation at the age of 77.
of life. may be seen indulging After being expelled from the these latest fads daily in the Byzantine Empire, the Lusiganiana Cy. And the manufacturers of founded the Empire of Trebizand bicycles and roller skates are and were on several occasions| reaping a rich harvest.
Kings of Armenia. They also werej Production in the month of titular kings of Cyprus and: Jeru- Day was 50 per cent, above nor-salem. mal for the Chicago Roller Skate
FRENCH PRESS CHARTER.
Committee Prepares Draft Scheme.
Pt.
+
to these the back axle is, ninged at their. rear ends. Thus they take all the braking and driving stresses. Should a spring leaf break the axle position is still maintained. The front springs are semi-elliptic, with the shackles at the forward end. Snortradius rods are fitted under the front axle and thee keep the castor angle constant. The front axle is tubular. The frame is underslung and has stout tubular cross mem- Guido's father was Leo XIII, the
[bers. The engine is in a sub-frame Company, the. largest manufac-last King of Khorasan before that
French journalists are agitat-linked to the frame at three points, turer in the country. During the Kingdom was incorporated in the
ing for a Magna Carta.
two of which are forward. · A two- first nine days of June, more bi- Russian Empire.
The Committee of the Syndi-scated body by Gurney, Nutting is cycles were made
cat De La presse Parisienne has being fitted. entire month of June last year, restaurant near Milan, but circum draft scheme laying down the] a station pot the completing touches to a
Beauty Of Finish. according to the Cycle Tradex of stunces forced him to sell it, and working conditions for news- No brief printed dtacdiption scan he came here in a desperate at-papermen. The rights and the give a fair idea of the skill of the duties of journalism are careful design of this car or of the beauty ly defined, as is also what is felt of the finish. It is British through- bours, and the guarantees which ing the purpose for which it has should be the scope of their la-out and it gives promise of fulfill- should be given them in the exer been designed. In addition to its cise of their duties,
principal purpose of making attacks The draft is now to be exam-on records the car will also be used ined at length and voted upon by for track racing at Brooklande and a general assembly of the organ-tures in the design it should be
elsewhere. Because of special fea-Į isation, specially convened the purpose. Reuter.
capable of very high top speeds with reasonable safety, “
America.
than in the Guida recently owned
It is estimated that about tempt to find work-Reuter.. 3.000,000 pairs of skates will be sold this year.
Irving Jaffe, world's champion ice skater believes that fully 100,000 persons are roller skat- ing in New York City alone. The estimate is based on sales in sporting goods and department stores.
Roller skating has become the newest craze at the New York: Association for the Blind. Blind
BRITISH PILGRIMS FOR LISIEUX.
12,000 Visit Holy Shrine.
Parts. grims visited the shrine of Sainte Twelve thousand British pil- stenographers and dictaphone Therese at Lisieux last year. operators fasten on their skates
Statistics kept by the ecclesia-
during the lunch hour and practical authorities there show that
MARRIED FOR 8
MINUTES.
for
tice on the roof of the institution there were also 22,000 pilgrime Bride Refuses To Live
The vogue for bicycling seems from Belgium, 18,000 from Halland,| likely to equal or even to exceed roller skating.
16,000 from Switzerland, 7,000 from -Reuter.
Spain and 3,000 from the United States of America,
Mr.' 'John Cobb has borns "the principal part of the heavy, expen-} diture involved in the production of this car, but Mr. Bevis Harcourt Wood," who is to share in the driving
of the car, has also shared in the ex- With Mother-In-Law. penditure. In attempts on relative- ly short records and when racing Chicago...
| Mr. Cobb will drive the car with Mr/ FREAK CALF HAS TWO HEADS dusky sovereign from Africa, his with her husband just five minutes tempts are made on longer records, Mrs. Margueritp Windchy lived Wood as second driver. When at
A picturesque pilgrim WAS Za
Majesty Zounon Madje, "King of Harrismith the Night"
Her divorce hearing required such as the 24-hour record, the Hon. Just three more
| B. E. Lewis and Mr. T, E. Rose- A freax call, a pure bred Fries-
She told the court that her has.ichards will also share in the drive land, was born on a local farm. It May kings, this ruler from Daho band had left her five mlautes after
With all the dignity of one of the
bad two heads, four eyes and two mey laid his own sceptre on the their marriage in 1931 because shu
ears. The animal died a few shrine of the simple little nun who refused to go and live with his In 1904 there were 1,000 motorists| minutes after birth. It was other found Immortality at Yaleux mother. A degree of divorce was in Manchester. Now there are 25,- wise perfectly developed-Reuter Reuter.
granted to her-Reuter
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