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TIME-TABLE.
Dup.) 6.40
DU 6.50
8:05 8.30 213 10.30 12.00 9,9410,99 19,00)
Dep 7.03
9.86 10,51 19.31. 158.
9,45 11.06 12,34 1,49 238 300
«Market Dap, 7.21
238.11.08 13.38 1,58 5.00 5.18
5.39 7.212
7.80
301 7.65
7.59
Fanling
Shaungahul.De 135
Bhamakun ATT. 7,49 Canton
8.45, 18300
--10.00 11.18 12.49 208 9.07 10.07 11.33 12.52 8.07 9.13.10.18 11.98 19,58
5.30-
19
8.45
PM. | PM | FM. Į PAL Canton „Dep. Humekur Dep 7.19 8.68 10.38 11.40 8.00 4.17 8.38 5.20 5.40 6.08 6.40
7.36 813 10.45 11.47 8.07 4.24 5,00 8.97 6.47 Fanling ...Dop. 731
81710,40 11.51 811 429 524 5.51 519 501 1.38 5.34 8,9710.59 18.09
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Tripa Ghatia
Kerloon
818 5,46 $206.38
Dap 8.12 9.57 11.29 12.83 8.50 3.08 603- ***Arr. FL209,311,87 19.43 8.38 5.16 8.11 6.04 6.83 7.00-7.20
SHA TAU KOK BRANCH,
47.45
gamling "Shataukok
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11,80 12.35
9.20
3.20 6.95
415 7.20
Bhatasi ・Fanling
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5.15 6.10
7.25 11.10 9.00 3.00 5.55
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NEW YORK'S LATEST SKY-SCRAPER.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1927. # WABBE¶XTEROP
PRINCE AMONG THE FARMERS,
EULOGY OF OPEN AIR
SPOR
PLUCKY HUNTING FIELD
INCIDENT
Did I get ovethat fence all right!" asked the rince of Wales, with twinkle, as ho sat down after speaking at the annual county dinner of the Northampton Branch of the National Farmers' Union at
New York is promised by the. spring of 1900 mammoth super skyscraper" 110 storers high and 1,aft, above the street level which will provide office accommodation for 30,000 people. This is more than 3 times as high as the top of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and nearly times the height of the Nelson column in Trafalgar square. According to the plans filed the rapt reply of Mr. 7. H. Saceton,
"It was a clean amp was the supers-kyscraper will be erected well-known pig-breeder,” who pre-
avennes sided:
between
8th and 9th
Northampton
on 42nd Street not far from Times Thera were nearly 300 farmers quare. It will be se storeys higher present, many of them jolly old men, than the Woolworth building in with mutton chop whiskers and New York It is to be known as Gladstonian features, and the fune the Larkin Tower, and is to coat tion developed into a real, rollick £3,000,000, plus £200,000, the puring evening. There was a plain chase price of the site, having a bill of fare the roast beef of Old acreage of 50,000 square feet The England, Christmas pudding, and builders expect a yearly rental of foaming ale and the tables were £600,000
"decorated with baskets of wheat, dandelions and poppies.
The super-skyscraper is to rise twelve storeys from the street level -without a set-back From the thirteenth to the, roof of the eigh- teenth storey there will be a series of three set-backs, whence will start the seven-phase tower
HONG KONG, CANTON AND its tenants Two of them will be
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Wives Look On
The Prince joined heartily in the chorus of "The Farmer's Boy," while a little later the rafters rang with the refrain of" D'ye kes John Fool 12
Birty high-speed lifts will serve
From a balcony at the end of the expresses ascending directly to the room the farmers, wives and daugh- eigty second-floor, whence passeaters looked down upon the merry gers will be conveyed by four scene. shuttle lifts to the 10th storey. The Prince, who had taken part Bixty lifts will be arranged in in a capital daga aport with the ten banks centred in the build Cottesmore hounds, said one could ing from north and south, ensur ing, it is claimed, the greatest economy in Bice with the greaters efficiency Inica
The three top floors of the tower will be given over entirely to sight seeing purposes.
net have a bette end to a really good's day's banting than to come to such a fiery fathering as that.
Eydrybody Happy--
To me he continued, "one of the best things about open-air Excavations for the foundations sport, whether it be hunting or will be in rock 48ft, below the street garaes, is that it makes everybody level. The building is to rest on pleased to see everybody else and beavy grillage embedded in an 18ft. it makes people feer so neighbour- slab of reinforced concrete anchor-y.. I think if this spirit was kept ed to the solid rock.
going, more than anything else, it would make the world a pleasanter place than it is now.
FAILURE OF INDIAN N.E MONSOON.
EFFECT ON CROPE.
ANXIETY AMONG MADRAS RYOTS.
【THE WEEK'S DIARY.
To-day.
St. Paul's Girls' College Bazaar, ist door, China Building, 9 pm to H.K. Hotel tes dance, 4.30 p.m. Committee meeting to arrange programme for TV.D. sznual rifles meeting, at Volunteer Head-
5.45 p.m. quarters,
Queen's Theatres." The Big Farade.
World Theatre: "Silk Bouquet." Star Theatre:"The White De-
sert,"
Principal Mails ---Iaward: Europe vid Siberis (ingers). Outward: 2.30 pa Europe, vid Marseilles (Angers),
Wednesday.
Meet
1st floor China Building, 8 p.m. to St Paul's Girls College, Bazaar, 7 p.m.
Fanling Hunt
Kunters' Arms, 2.30 p.m.
Football: Interport practice match, H.K.F.C, ground, 4.30 p.m. U.S.R.C. ground, 4.45 p.m.
Hockey Olub 1st XI v. Nary,
H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. King Edward Hotel tes dance, 4.30 pa
Titania dance, Helena May Institute, p.m.
Queen's Theatres ** The Big Parade."2087
World Theatre: "Silk Bouquet." -Star Theatre "The White De sert."
Principal Mails Outward: Aur tralia, New Zealand, etc. (dki Maru), 9.30a.m.
Thursday. Extraordinary general meeting China Provident Loan and Mort- 1ge Company, St. George's Build 12:30 pm.
Golf: Nary v. Army, Fauling, Kallop Chinese School, annual
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HK Hotel tes dance, 1.30 pm Entries close for United Services Becreation Club
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Cruelty
EK Society Prevention to Animals annual meeting, Jar dine, Matheson's Board Room, 5.18 p..
Musicata Helena May Institute, 8.30 p.
Queen's Theatre Lady Winder mere's Fan."
Saying he wished to talk of farm- ing rather than hanting, the Prince Up."-- observed:
"Broadly speaking, it helps every farmer, to realise that by making his own farm, whether it be large or small, a really first class show, he is not only doing himself good The failure of the North-east but he is doing a good turn to his Monsoon has affected the crops in brother farmers of the whole of most parts of the Madras Presi. this country
Tip To Labourer Who Helped."
dency and is causing grave anxiety THE PRINCE STOPS RUNAWAY. to the ryots. When the monsoon is favourable there is rain from the second week of October. till about the third week of December, This The Prince of Wales, with Capt. time the monsoon broke in time and Alfred Lowenstein, the millionaire there was widespread rain: till financier, figured in An exciting November 10ta. But from the incident on the hunting field dur second week of November the wearing his run the same day with the ther has been dry throughout the Cottesmore. Presidency aave for a few showers
World Theatre: "Manhattan."
Theatre: "From the Ground Principal Mails-Inward: D.S.A, etc. (President Pierre); Australia, etc. (Mishima Maru).
Friday
Golf Ladies Championship and Captain's Cup, Fanling.
H.E. Hotel tea dance, 4.30. Hockey: Club ist 21. v. 470 pun jabis, Marina ground, 4.45 p.m.
H.K. Aptomobile Association dinner dance, Roof Garden, H.K. Hotel, 6 p..
Carpi's Italian Opera Company, open at Star Theatre, Kowloon, 0.15 p.z.
Queen's Theatre mere's Fan:"
Lady Winder-
World Theatre: "Manhattan"
Theatre: "From the Ground Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe vid Suez (Kashgar)
in the south One more depression country Capt. Lowenstein fell at a
While crossing the Whissendine Up appeared south of the Bay on ditch. His horse bolted, and the November 21st, but it moved in Prince and about half-a-dozen other northerly direction, developing into followers, including Mrs. Keld Fen- a storm of great intensity, and passed through, the centre of the wick (formerly Miss Peggy Marsh, Bay to Burma instead of turning the actress) set off in pursuit.
Speedily the Prince succeeded in
to MadrasCoast Affected checking the frightened horse. He
Coromandel
cornered it by a gate at the end The water collected At the begin of the Seld and a farm labourer- ning of the monsoon in places helped him to bring the horse to a where there are irrigation wells standstill. and tanks served for some time, but
tural
purposes for the whole saa
has been insuficient for agriculed by the Prince, and received a The labourer was warmly thank- sou. The deltas of the Godavari handsome tip from him for his as and the Kistas continue to receivesistance. The labourer then deliver enough water but the uplands ed the horse to Capt. Lowenstein, urgently need rain. The prospects who, apart from a few bruises, was are fair in Chingleput, Tanjore, none the worse for his spill. He South Kanara and the Nilgiris, but remounted and continued the run. dry crops and paddy are withering The Prince's prompt action in part in eighteen other districts: brought him many congratulations All these
however, places
not from his hunting friends. suffer equally. It is the Coroman del cost and adjoining
districts that are affected most by the failure of the North-East Monsoon. Other districts depend for cultivation,
do
mainly on the South West Monsoon,
Monday
H.K. Hotel tes dance, 4.30. p.m.
which was on the whole satisfactory United Services Recreation Club the year, and crops raised there annual lawa, tennis tournament in the later season are not so large opena
in
as on the Coromandel const and Yachting Ladies 7th and last neighbouring arena.
There are suffolent grain stocks in all die tricts at present.
Championship race.
Saturday. Fanling Hunt meet Huntera! Arms, 3 p.m.
Yachting: Racing Classes com pete for Commodore's Cups,
Cricket and Football: (Details in Baturday's issue),
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