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ARE OPEN
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to secure accommodation desired.
Van- couver
TROOPING
"DON COSSACK
SEASON STARTS CHOIR" AT QUEEN'S
THIS WEEK
London, To-day.
THEATRE
Hongkong is to receive al visit from a company of singers whose performances should be welcomed. The War Office states that the by music lovers particularly and by trooping season will open on theatre-goers generally. They are September 1, when the troopship General Platoff's Don Cossack Lancashire will leave Southamp-Choir, and Russian dancers. The ton for Chinwangtao taking the choir, which sings unaccompanied, 2nd Batt. East Surrey Regiment numbers 25 male voice.
Cossacks
to Shanghai, the families of the The musical director is M. Nicolas First Battalion, Durham Light! Kostrukoff. The members of the Infantry to Tientsin, the 54th choir are Don Cossacks, Victoria Field Company, Royal Engineers born and bred. The music they to Egypt and Far East stations, give, song or dance, is traditional naval details to Colombo and Hong Kong and the First Bat-manner in which they present
and has been sung or danced in the Oct. 4talion, Durham Light Infantry for the past three centuries.
it
Oct. 17 from Shanghai to Tientsin..
Arrive
Sept. 19
Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains. Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.
TO MANILA
Empress of Japan on Friday, September 9th.
Canadian Pacific
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Hong Kong/Japan
$175
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Hong Kong/Tientsin
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Hong Kong/Tsingtao
$120
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$155
$175
Hong Kong/Haiphong, Pakhoi &
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The choir was formed more than. On September 2, the Nevasa will
a decade ago in Prague where the leave Southampton taking the
Russian community is a large one. Headquarters of the 18th Infantry Brigade, 18th Brigade Signal Sec-
Greatly encouraged by the in- tion, and the Second Battalion, terest of the late President Masaryk King's Own Royal Regiment to the company gradually widened the Palestine, military drafts to Gibral- scope of their visits to neighbour- tar and Palestine and naval de-ing towns and countries. They have now toured nearly every coun- try in the world, this being their first acquaintance with Hongkong.
tails to Malta.
Nevasa will leave Haifa on 14th September on the return journey carrying military details to Egypt and the United Kingdom.
MANCHESTERS FOR MALAYA
"The Don Cossack Choir" will open at the Queen's Theatre September 1st.
On September 6, Somersetshire GOVERNMENT
will sail from Southampton with military drafts for India. Dilwara
will leave Southampton for Singa- NOTICES H.C.L.
pore on 14th September taking the First Battalion, South Staffordshire
on.
for foodstuffs is disclosed in the memoranda dealing with supple- mentary expenditure, released to- day.
Regiment to Palestine, the First thirty per cent. in the contract price That there has been a rise of Battalion, Manchester. Regiment} from Palestine to Malaya, the fam- ilies of the First Battalion, Man- chester Regiment from the United Kingdom and Malta to Malaya, and military drafts to Malta, Palestine and Malaya.
At to-morrow's Council meeting, an additional vote of $50,000 for On 15th September, Neuralia will provisions for hospital patients is leave Southampton carrying the being sought. First Battalion, Worcestershire Re- giment, the Second Battalion, Lei- cestershire Regiment, and military and Royal Air Force drafts to
THE WARDER HE
Palestine, and on 16th September, RIDES A BICYCLE
Dorsetshire' will leave the same port taking military drafts to Aden and India.
Purchase of a bicycle for the Chief Warder for getting about in- Dunera will leave Southampton side the prison grounds and visit- on 27th September, taking navaling gangs of prisoners now being details to. Colombo and Hong Kong, put to work outside the prison, is military drafts to Ceylon and Far among the items to be dealt with East stations and Royal Air Force by Legislative Council Finance Com- drafts to Far East stations.-Bri-mittee to-morrow. tish Wireless.
TUNG WAH SELLS HOSPITAL SITE
The Committee will also be in-- vited to approve a bill of $1,600
for tools to employ prisoners at
Stanley outside the prison.
CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG GIRL
Government is proposing to ac- quire the premises known as the Tung Wah Infectious Diseases The case in which Elfreda Souza, Hospital at Kennedy Town in order 17, of Station Hotel, Kowloon, was to make the site available for pos- charged with obtaining goods and sible future extensions to the ad-money to the value of $240 from joining Government Infectious Dis- A. Buriukaff, of Nathan Road, was eases Hospital, and the Directors fixed for hearing on September 7- of the Tung Wah Hospital Com- by Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at mittee have agreed to accept the Kowloon Police Court this morning.. Government's offer of $50,000' for the land and buildings..
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The girl was represented by Mr. C. A.. S. Russ.
K.C.R. CASUALTIES WIND SPEEDS AT
It is disclosed that the cost of re- pairs
to a locomotive and two
KAI TACK
wagons of the British Section, ̈ ́A | Dines Anemograph similar K.C.R., damaged by Japanese bomb- the Instrument "just Installed. ing whilst in transit over the Chin- the Royal Observatory, registering ese section of the line, will be up to 200 m.p.h. is to be provided $4,818. The collision at Mile 8 at Kai Tack aerodrome for accurate will cost $48,800, including; $16,000 determination of wind direction and, for repairs to Engine No. 8 and speed at the airport surface for the $13,000 for repairs to Engine No. 3. guidance of incoming airmen.