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ETATIONS No. No. 5
UP TRAINS
No.10 No. Wo, 19 No.14 No; 14
A.M... P.X. AMJAM A.M.
Kowloon Dep. 0.85 8.00 Yaumati Dop: 8.44 Shatin...Dep 6,56 Taipo Dop 7.10 Taipo
Market.Dop. 7.16 Fanling Dep. 7.95 Shoung-
abui... Dep. 7,30
Sham.
chun. 7,38 8.40
Canton...Arr. 1234)
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No.3 No.38 56.36 214,24❘ND 25 P.K. F., F.K. EKT.X.
8.24 9,05 10.00 13.02 1.18 2.34 3.00 4,305,40 7.45
-9.15 10.08 12,10 1.33
9.28 10,2018,29 1.38);
9.48 10.39 18,85) 1.5115
0.48 10.97 12,391,55
10.00 10.47 12.48 2,05
9.01|10.05 10.5 19.542.10 8.13
4.88,48 7.58 150, 6.00 8.03 5.04 6.13 9.17
5.08 6.17 8.19 5,16 6,87 8,38
5,286.32 8.37
9.07 10.11 10.58 1.003.18 3.19 3.40 6.29 6.38 8.43
6.42
DOWN TRAINS
STATIONS a. I
4.M.
No.3 No.7 A.M. A.X.
No.11 No. A.M.A.
Jantem Dop,
8.25
7.13
Shumchun... Dop. Sheunghai.Dep. Tealing Tipo Market. Dep.
...Dop.
Dop. ...Dep.
Taipo Shalin Taumati ...Dop. Kowloon ... Art..
7.50
No. 17 No.19 NASI No.2 No.1 P.M. | FM. | P‚M« Z.K. P.M.
10.84 11.41 12.19 2.85 4,895.47
7.20 8,05 10.41 11.48
9.10 10.47 11.52
1282110,57 | 12,03 |
7,40 9,28 1101 18.09
7,53 8,99 11.14 19.97 A.06 9.51 11.20 12.35
8.25
2,42 4.46 5.54 2.46 4.50 5.58 2.585.00 0.08 9,0 5.04 6,13 8.155.17 8.26
6.5 7.19 7,00
8.97 5.29 6.88:
8.128,57 11.32 12.41 19.59 3,33 5,35 6.44 7.36 7.59
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EVENTS.
To-day.
(March 18.)
Annual Meeting, H.K. Electric C.P.&O. Building, 11 am,
Abual Meeting Groen Island "Coment Company, Exchange Build- ing, 11.30 am."
Annual Meeting, Dairy Farm Ico Cold Storage Company, Ltd., 19
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H.K.C.C. Tenais Tournament:- Open Singles: C. A. L. Rumjahn v. Thai Wai Pui (stand court), i.. Goldman L. T. Ride; Open Doubles:
Rum- H. D. and S. jahn
A. Rumjahn Hung and Chiu; Club Champion- ship: R. H. Wild . H. J. Arm- strong, K. Valentino . W. N. Petch: Handicap Singles "A": Tulion e. Barton; Handicap Doubles: Wade and Rigg v. Petrie and Lewis; Handicap Singles "B": Ferguson Hinton, Battress v. 'Womack.
Queen's Theatro: "High Society Blues."
World Theatre: "Flying Swords Worman" (Chinese film).
Star Theatre: "Faust." Central Theatre: "Hit the
-Thursday. (March, 19.). Meeting of HK. Dovalopment, Building & Savings Society, City Hall, 9.30.p.m.
ELIOT.
DIPLOMATIST, GOVERNOR, SCHOLAR
AND FRIEND.
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE.
• 'Tis not in mortals in commund
. AUCCESS.
"Bus we'll do more; Sempronius,
we'll deserve, it.” These lines of Addison rushed to my memory when the sad news, not altogether unexpected, eamċ, that a' rery remarkable man, who had honoured me with his friendship, had passed to the Great Beyond. '.
After Lord Lansdowne, ·, and olliers, ceased to count in politics, Eliot came into his own again. “He renched the rank of Ambassador.) With may luck he would have had that rank' twenty years earlier.
If he had not left the hurly! burly of public life for the solitude of his study he would have done so much for Britain in those fatal For, although judged by or years, of 1912-1917. During that dinary standardı, Sir Charles Eliot period of his life ho was using up Deck."nd had distinguished career, it his energy on the comparatively is impossible to escape the feeling trivial, but worrying, financial that Fate dealt unkindly with him. | problems of a poverty stricken and He deserved so much more, in the not very popular University. For way of recognition from those who, tunately for himself he was able during his active life, ruled the to find one solace in the intel- Empire. Universities hondured him lectual exercise of acquiring a for his scholarship: Cabinet Minis-knowledge of Chinese literature, ters recommended his name for No one knew as he did Turkey membership of lamous orders; and the Balkans and the peculiar learned societies paid tribute to his temperaments of the curious peoples vast intellectual powers. And yet all that fell short of what, but for the pettiness of our man of high Cabinet rank. might have been, For undoubtedly Eliot was worthy
H.K.O.C. Tennis Tournament: Open Singles; S A. Rumjahn or W. N. Potch . H. Deane or H. Lo (stand court); Handicap Singłos "A": Robinson v. Ride, Valentine r. Raworth, Waring v. MacDougall, Nash. Armstrong, Railton . E b. Price, W. N. Potch v. Holmes.
Helenn May Institute Concert,
3.30 p.m..
Queen's Theatre: "Love in the Rough,
World Thostre: "Ben Hur." Star Theatre "Student Prince." Central Theatre: "Slightly Scar- Irt."
Friday.
(March 90.) Victoria Diocesan and Mission Association Meeting, 5.15 p.m.
II.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament:- Open Singles: T. Honda . Ho Kn Lau (stand court); Club.Champion- ship. K. Valentine or W. N. Petch v. A. D. Humphreys or Capt, Etherington; Handicap Singles "A" A. O. Johnson H. Owen Hughes, R. f. Henderson v. D. L. Prophet, D. B. Evans . C. W. E. Bishop, C. C: Stork Deane Handicap Doubles: Watson and Remington Collis and Penn, Robb and Bryden Price and Price.
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Sometimes history seards just a of men Buch ne Lorde Lugard and
The Tyrel-the latter now British Am- huge libel on human nature. basakr to Franco-to say that personal hates of those in authority. Eliot had made himself famous often cost many precious lives. Let when they were almost unknown. us pass by those ghastly blunders Asquith, Huldane and Curzon all and think of the better aspects of Queen's Theatre: "Love in the recognised his mental powers as Irail humanity.
It is almost exactly nineteen Rough,"
greater than their own,, World Theatre: "Ben Hur," And yet, somehow or other, it is years ago that, nut of the blue, a "C. Star Theatre: "Student Prince." possible to believe that, by his letter renched me signed
Thomas Seccombe, then Central Theatre; "Slightly Scar-very triumph over circumstance, Eliot."
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he did reveal the true greatnces Editor of the Timer Literary Sup! Saturday.
of his character. Whereas many aptement, happened to be in the (March 21.)
man would have done nothing but same room when the letter was Cricket: Division 1.Craigen- nurse a grievance, and so spoil the opened, so I asked him if he could Rower C.C.. Indian R.C. (L.).rest of his life, this intellectual tell me anything about my unknown Only the greatest Civil Service Royal Artillery ginnt withdrew quietly to his study correspondent. (L.), Navy r. Hong Kong C.C. (F. and left monumental evidence of bis scholar of his generation at Ox. ford," said Seccombe," and prob Dision I Hong Kong C.Cewcholarship for posterity, RAS.C. (L.), Indian R.C. 2. Destined, as it seemed about ably the finest linguist of the day. Craigengower C.C. (L), University thirty years ago, to rule some great Scholar, 1. Kowloon C.C. (L.).
territory such as Canada or India, Fencing-Hong Kong Fencing he was startled to find the door to Cinh Tournament, 3.30 p.m.
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him. It was to pacify a petulant Queen's Theatre: "Love in the politician and to save the cleavage Seccombe's words,
of a grent political party, Rough."
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