THE CERNA MAIL THERSDAY, JANGARY 14, 1937
KOWLOON'S FAMOUS TIGER FOUND DEAD
SKELETON
* PICKED UP BY VILLAGERS
Foreigner Says
Animal Was Not Long Dead
Kowloon's famous tiger is dead.
For the last, two or thret winters he has made his regular appearance on the mainland, but hunting parties, sent out jm. mediately after the tiger had
been seen have been unfortunate It always managed to elude the searchers.
On several occasions it was seen near the border at Shumi Chun, and on others, as near as Kowloon Tong.
The Japanese Ambassador to Germany inspecting the recent Nazi newspaper exhibit in Berlin.
Farmers in the New Territories NAVY'S HELP IN
were always faced with risk to their cattle for the elusive tige was reported. ед several oc- casions, to have killed and car- ried away cows, pigs and goats.
This winter, however, no signs | of the tiger were seen until a week | ago, when, while returning from
PALESTINE
CAR ARMED WITH SHIP'S GUN
a hike, Mr. Roland Griggs, who is PATROLS TO CHECK
at present under training at the Police Training School, saw some villagers carrying the skeleton of, a tiger at Shatin.
SMUGGLING
Details are
now available of the part played by the Navy dur ing the disorders in Palestine.
NEW ALIGNMENT
IN PETROL" Iraq Company's Big Capital Lift
Bagdad, To-day.
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
Lady Caldecott has kindly coa-
COL. LAWRENCE'S sented to distribute the certificates and prizes at the Diocesan Girls' School on Friday, January 15, at). 15.30 pm. All members of the D. 10. G. A. are very cordially invited to attend.
R.A.F. DIARY
PUBLISHED IN U.S. AT £100,000
The wedding will take place this afternoon at the Peak Church of Two copies of "The Mint." Law-Miss Bridget Lockhart-Smith and rence of Arabia's hitherto unpub Mr. Gerald Hollingsworth Boad
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Hished description of his own ex- periences of life in the Royal Air. Force just after the war, have been sion took place in St. Andrew's] ———
A pleasant and informal discus- lodged at the Library of Congress Church Hall last night, when the at Washington. by American pubSt. Andrew's Lodge of the Victoria lishers.
This procedure has been neces held an "At Home" for Dr. K I Diocesan and Missionary Society sary to preserve copyright in the Reichelt. of the Tao Fong Shan books according to American law. Mission. The book has also to be offered for sale, but, to deter purchasers, the price has been fixed at £100,000
copy.
THEY ALL TALK WEATHER
HE. THE GOVERNOR OPENS CONFERENCE
held in the China Fleet Club on A Grand Charity Concert will be
Wednesday, January 20, commenc- ing at 9 pm. sharp, in aid of the widow and children of the late Serg. A. S. Petty, RAS.C. "Sel veral well-known artists will, ap- pear Seats, $2 and $1.50, may be reserved at Anderson's. There
FAR EAST CO-OPERATION will also be unreserved seats at 81.
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News was received in the Co- parts of the world and from air long yesterday that the death had lines and navies met in the Coun-occurred on December 30, in Tien-
from
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were being £5,500,000 is held to the extent of. The conference delegates and a that of a tiger, as he had seen smuggled into Palestine in coastal 23 per cent, by the Anglo-Iran-number of local people, including! and fishing vessels, and a great an Oil Co.-2334 per cent by the the Director of the Royal Observa- number of vessels were searched. Royal Dutch Shell Group-234 zory, Mr. C. W. Jeffries, and their The fast motor-boats of the de-per cent. by the Compagnie Fran-ladies, were the guests of HE the
QUITE CERTAIN Interviewed by the "China Mail," Mr. Griggs stated that he was certain that the skeleton was
one before.
death.
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as the skeleton/stroyers were particularly usefulcaise de Petrol-23-4 per cent Governor at dinner at Government}
for intercepting duties.
by
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HECTOR'S PASSENGERS
The President of the conference. 31. Bruzon, will entertain the defe gates at din er at the Hong Kong, Hotel on Saturday night.
IRKUTSK RADIO
VILNA VARSITY CLOSED
Disorders Lead To Resignations
Warsaw, To-day.
All efforts made by the Rector of Vilna University to induce students to abandon their anti- Semitic demonstrations and to maintain order during lectures having proved abortive, the Rec- tor and Assistant Rector have ten- dered their resignations.
He was also certain that the tiger. had not been trapped or killed by mai showed no signs of it having been;
by the Near East Development House last night. One night one of these went Corporation and 3 per cent. struck. The freshness of tbe
aground. A destroyer's search-Gulbekian.-Trans-Ocean. appearance indicated thet the
light was switched tiger had not been dead for
on to assistĮ A the boat, and a mounted police long period.
According to Mr. Griggs. the patrol, thinking that the light was tiger must have died a natural intended to draw its attention to
The passengers who departed from It was a huge creature, party of smugglers, galloped to Hong Kong in the "Hector" yesterday but it was not possible to form the cliff and unslung rifles. The . B. Emmert, Mr. L N. Foulds, included:Mr. T. D. Betteridge, Mr. of its dimen-boat's crew, observing what ap Hon. Mrs. George Fraser, Mr. J. E.
Moscow, To-day. peared to be an armed gang of Henry, Miss A. V. Bern, Captain N. The construction of a powerful Arabs, also prepared to open fire. Hardie, Mrs. Inglis Hudson.
The Polish Minister for Culture Mra radio station at Irkutsk, in Siberia, thereupon suspended indefinitely. Disaster was prevented by
Ireland. Mr. Bruce Matear, Mr. W. S. a Marshall, Mrs. Matest.
mainly for the Far East, has just instruction at Vilna University. loud ery of "Don't shoot" from a Mr. J. Mather, Mr. and Mrs. E. been started. Broadcasts will be This means that when. ultimately,
Miss Mater MR. M. H. HARTEAM policeman accompanying the boat, Olding, Mr. and Mrs. Pick, Mr. and made in various Asiatic languages the University is reopened all
who had noticed the metal ac- Mrs. A. Stephen, Mr. Shadrick, Main addition to WELL-KNOWN INDIAN DIES coutrements of
E. H. Tilden. Ft. Lt. Vermore, and]
Russian.-Trans-students will have to re-register. the supposed Miss E. X. Wilson AFTER LONG ILLNESS brigands reflecting the glare of
-Trans-Ocean. the searchlight.
any accurate idea sions.
The death occurred at his resi-
dence, No. 2 Luard Road. yester day afternoon of Mr. Mohammed
The Bomb and the Beer
Sailors sent ashore at Haifa to
Hashim Harteam, a well-known search all persons leaving or en- member of the local Indian comtering the port ares
did their munity.
work tactfully but firmly. The late Mr. Harteam, who was One Jewish immigrant. on be- 68 years of age, was formerly aning tapped by one assistant accountant of the Na- Customs guarris, protested that be of the acting tional City Bank of New York, re-had recently had a serious opera- tiring on pension several years tion and must ago. He had been in ill-health for The sailor was suspicious.
not be touched. On some time, and his death was not further investigation the "serious altogether unexpected.
of a pistol operation" was found to consist ammunition bandaged round his and 50 rounds of
two waist.
was thrown.
A brother of Mr. M. S. Harteam of the Royal Naval Yard, the de ceased leaves a widow and daughters, one of whom is mar- ried. To them the deepest sym-into the grounds of Newton House
One day a bomb pathy is extended.
The funeral takes place at the blown in near the beer bar. Two Naval Club, and a window was Mohammedan Cemetery at 5.15 p.in. to-day.
naval ratings had just sat down and given an order. When the commotion died down and the bar- man had returned to an upright position one of the ratings casual- ly remarked, "What about my two beers?"
OBITUARY
MR. ANDREW CALVERT
A stoker travelling in an Arab 'bus was asked by the driver what
News has been received in Hong would happen if a sailor was kill-j Kong of the death in England ofed by the rioters. He replied:
Mr. Andrew Calvert, formerly “If a sailor was injured in Haifa. Assistant Chief Warder at the to-night, to-morrow`you' Victoria Gaol He was taken. make up to find Haifa in Acre"---- would with cerebral haemorrhage on 15 miles away." December 23'and died suddenly on December 28.
A Strange Vehicle
Mr. Calvert, who was 52 years of age when he died, joined the strengthened, protected with steel A five-ton commercial lorry was Prison Department on September plates, and armed with a two- 2, 1907, and for many years was pounder pom-pom from one of the - in charge of the prison printing ships. It was painted. a. “Medi- department: He was promoted (terranean grey" and had the to principal warder on May 30, ship's crest on each side of the 1919, and to assistant chief war-cab.
der on October 2, 1528. He held. It was sent to Nablus, the cen- that rank until he retired on tre-of most of the road troubles, medical grounds-on December 29, and, came into action on its mai- 1931
Dryden. "voyage.” The "Arakes... – were
mer.
In his youth the late Mr. Calvertjatartled by this strange, wehicle, was a good rife, shot and swim firing shells much larger than zry- Be was an efficient public thing they had ever-ace, and the servant, well thought of by his sniping-of road trafik in the neigh- superiors' and popular with his bourhood-of Nablus stopped almost brother officers.
immediately.
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