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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 31, 1988.
MITTELLAND CANAL OPENED AT MAGDEBURG
Magdeburg, To-day.
Amid festive celebrations" the newly constructed Mittelland Canal was opened in Magdeburg yester- day by Rudolf Hess.
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The significance of this triumph of engineering lies in the fact that it effects the connection with number of other existing canals to. inland east-west form the great
Polish waterway system from the
to Berlin, Magdeburg, frontier Hanover and on to the Dutch and Nov. 29 Belgian frontiers. Dec. 12 Dec. 28
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Leave
Shang- hal
Arrive
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Leave Leave Leave
Honolu
Leave
Van- couver Victoria Arrive
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Asia Canada Dec. 9
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Nov. 27° Nov. 29. Dec. 11
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Dec. 14 Dec. 16 Dec. 23
BOOKING PLANS FOR 1939 ·
ARE OPEN
MAKE APPLICATIONS EARLY
to secure accommodation desired.
Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains. Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.
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TO MANILA
Empress of Japan on Thursday, November 3rd.
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Arrives. Sails
10.00 a.m. 8.00 p.m.
Canadian Pacific
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L'aion. Building.
SPANS THE WORLD
Telephone
20752
G. FALCONER & CO. (HONG KONG LTD.) WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, DIAMOND MERCHANTS,
UNION BUILDING. (opposite G.P.O.)
Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS' BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE Direct from Manufacturers,
High Class English Jewellery
The rivers Oder, Elbe, Weger, Ems and Rhine are by means of this canal now all-connected with one another.
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Economically the importance of this new canal lies in the fact that it provides the industrial west and the Agrarian east with a consider- able cheaper transport, way.
Dr.
GERMANY'S BEST
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LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this. morning:--
BANKS
...Hong Kong Bank $1380" sa.
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,.
ETC.
H. K. and K. Wharves $122 b. Providents (Old) $6:20 b., $6:30 sa- Providents (New) $6 b.
MINING
Antamoks. Ps. .57 sa.. Atoks Ps. .38 sa.
Baguio Gold Ps. .20 sa. Benguet Consol. Ps. 12.00 sa Coco Grove Ps. 52 88.: Demonstrations Ps. .291⁄2 sa. San Mauricio Ps. 1.10 sa. Suyoc Consol. Ps. .21 sa. United Paracales Ps. 49% sa.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $6.80 s. H. K. Lands $37 b.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
H. K. Tramways $16.80 b., $17 s.. Peak Trams (Old) $6%
b.
Star Ferries $73 b.
Yaumati Ferries (Old) $23 b. China Lights (Old) $10.70 b. China Lights (New) $10.20 b. H. K. Electrics $58% b., $581⁄4/% sa, Telephones (Old) $24.80 b., $24% sæ.
STORES, &C.
Dairy Farms $25 b., $25 sa. Watsons $7.65 b.
MISCELLANEOUS Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) 's/-, 16/6 b...
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Dorpmueller, the Reichs B.B.C. CHESS
HAS NOT MADE
Minister for Traffic, declared in a speech at the celebrations in Mag- deburg:
Canal THEM MATEY
"This is Germany's best for it has altogether only compara- tively few different water levels that is to say, it has quite long Lboard."
distances over which there is no obstacle to the shipping. By virtue of its connection with the German
The B.B.C.'s chess game` with its listeners has failed to "sweep the
Every week sees a rapidly de- creasing number of listeners taking to part, and Broadcasting House fears rivers running from the south that unless the game is finished the north the ports of the North-quickly, it will soon find itself with- Sea and Baltic will be strengthened out any opponents!
in dealing with exports to oversea When the game started and the countries and import to Germany." B.B.C. made its first move; the num- Dorpmueller stated that the chief ber of listeners who sent in post- difficulty that had hitherto hinder-cards voting for the listeners' move ed the construction of this really was 543," The listeners' side has important canal was the range of now shrunk to 98. mountains near the river Weser. Trans-Ocean.
CATERPILLARS WERE RIGHT
Harbin, Yesterday.
re-
Figures show that from the first week listeners have lost interest. The biggest shock the B.B.C. ceived was when the listeners' side, standing at 227, stamped within a week to $164.
Heated discussions are going on at Broadcasting House over the failure of this bright idea. Some say the B.B.C. made it too hard for the listeners; others that the B.B.C.
In the late spring, when the Sun-game is child's play. gari river was so low that a large
The only word which matters is sandbank in the centre of the that of the Programmes Controller. channel was used as a base for He has-said: "No more chess.” gliders, trees and young plants
were attacked by swarms of cater- pillars.
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Primitive weather prophets de
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
To SWATOW & SHANGHAI To SINGAPORE, PENANG “Yusang": 3rd Nov. 2 p.m. · AND CALCUTTA,
TO SWATOW, SHANGHAI "Kumsang" 18th Nov. 2 p.m. Kutsang 9th Nov. 2 p.m. CHEFOO & TIENTSIN. TO KOBE & OSAKA. *"Hangsang" 2nd Nov. Noon yuensang"" · 8th Nov, 5 p.m. "Tatahing": 7th Nov. Noon Hosang" 18th Nov. 9 a.m. 9th Nov. Noon To MÁNILA & SANDAKAN 18th Nov. Noon "Mausang" 10th Nov. 10 a.m. “Sandviken” 15th-Nov. Nöoh
17th Nov. Noong To SANDAKAN,
•Tai Buon Hong”- “'.
"Chaksang":
"Norviken"
#Takeang.
18th Nov. Noon "Hinsang"
calling at Tsingtao.
HAIPHONG.
"Sandvikon" End Nov. 10 a.m.
10th Nov: Noon
18th Nov: Noon
25th Nov. 10a.m.
clared that this visitation could only mean a flood.
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They were ridiculed.
Now, the holiday resorts "Sunny Island" and "Zaton" on the left bank of the Sungari river are un-
der water.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NATIONAL RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA HONG KONG BUREAU
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
The Hong Kong. Bureau of the National Red Cross Society of China has removed from its office in the Bank of Canton Building: to the Bank of East Asia Build- ing, 4th Floor, Room 409, 10 Des Voeux Road C., Telephone No.- 21842.
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