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The largest aircraft ever built waits in: a long, high buildkrig az Friedrichshafen, on the shores of Lake Constance, Germany, for its arst journey across the world. It 12129 but it is understood it will la still known as the Zeppelini:
Be called Adolf Hitleray It will be ready shortly for its fitas fights.
Half a million cubic feet of gas is being pumped into it the last Him: "Yes, your honour. Self-process in its two years of com
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The reference of a west country clergyman to a "clean war" has led to the belief that the next picnic all the soldiers will be wrapped in cellophane.
She "Don't you think I look ten years younger in this hat?" He: "How old are you?" She: ""Thirty."
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the mast for an hour in the Baymodated of Biscay. Even then I'll wager he broke away and did it after all.
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Addressing a New York conven-
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DIARY OF LOCAL £100,000 “BABY' RACE.”
EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. Anniversaries and Holidays. Saints Vincent and Anastasius
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King's: "Mimi." Queen's: "Dr. Socrates ming Oriental:-The Glass Key," World"Sea Devils," Alhambra; "Never Too Late." Majestic:
Over
Andes.
Irishwoman's Claim To. Toronto Prize.
Consternation has been caused among the six favourites for Toronto's £100,000 “baby race" by the unexpected entry of an Irish- woman, who claims to have given
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Brder of the Supreme Court of Hong Robey the Undersigned, LAMMERT BROS,
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A THIN SALES ROOM, No. 4. DUDDELL STREET
The
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28 Ft. Python For London Zoo
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TO UNPACK IT
TM At considerable risk twelve men at the London Zoo unpacked the biggest python, it has ever acquired. It was e reticulated specimen
birth to nine children in the pass nine years. She is Mra, Varthur †Timieck, s^ naifve of Dubliä, ^and has had sixteen children, thirteen Theof whom are living,})) Cedar Ad
If the Irishwoman's cluira is cor reet, she has an excellers chaned of collecting the £100,000 left by from the Malay States and the late Oharles Vance Millar for mensured 28 feet; the Toronto mother who gave birth 2 (“A large python is an extremely ED the most children between Oe dangerous creature to tackle care- tober, 1928, and October, 1938)lessly an omical infofered a 'Mor
Should Mrs Timleck win the ning Post representative. "They money she mys, "Te to have move extremely quickly, and should
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styles declarer that many women Meetings, Kloon Union Church really prefer the longer gowns of Women's Ciulid, 10 a.m. the Victorian era. It wouldn't be tactful, oppose, to ask why.
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"Herculean " Murderer
FRENCH POLICE HAVE NINE CRIMES TO SOLVE
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p.m.
J. O. Remedios (Cheero Cub, 8.30
Hockey Hong "Kong" Hockey Cluby v. Club de Recreto (Kina'sgeants; Frison. Officers v. Fusiliers Pack):5.
Chief and Petty Officers v. Naval, Dockyard Police,
Rugby Club “A”, V. An Army Fifteen (Happy Valley), 4.45 pm.
Moon,—XII Moon, 28thi: Day. rug Sunrise.-7.05 a.m. Sunset.-8.40
p.iii.
Tidea. High at: 943 and 19.26; Low at 2.39 and 12.38,"ns det THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, ¡Anniyetsaries and Holidays. The Espoussis of Our Lady. Raymond, C.
Cinema
A series of brutal murders in villages near here has frightened inhabitants and set the police searching for a man of "herculean strength
King's: "Mimi.” While the police were looking"} Queen's—Page Miss Glory." for the murder or murderers of a Oriental:-"Bonnie Scotland," widow, named Madame Demailly World:"Sea' Devils." and her friend at the village of Alhambra:—“Top Hạt.” Fommiet, a similar tragedy was 'Majestic! — "Storm Over discovered in the village of„Achi- court, a few miles away.
Neighbours became curious when Madame Duños had not been seen feeding her chickens in the morn ings as was ber custon. The police were summoned and M. Dunos and his wife, aged 70 and 65 respective ly, were found dead. feb
Both had been killed by a heavy blow on the head with a sharp in strument. "The Assassin" stated Dr. Brossart, who made the autopsy, mist be a man of her
culean strength."
Andes."
Et.
Afterwards; I was placed in a compartiment of the Reptile House. At the thickest part it is over two feet in girth,
A special exhibition, Illustrating colour changes in living animals, is Moon.XII Moon, 28th. Day.on view in the lobby of the Reptile Sunrise-7.05 am. Sunset.-6.05 House. It comprises chameleons, p.m. 14
frogs, toads, flatfish, rays' and shrimps.
Tides.--High at 9:57 and 20.16; Low at 3.15 am 13.38.
....,/ FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,
Anniversaries and Holidays.
Bank Holiday *** Chinese Lunar
HORRORS OF RUGBY
New Year. (XXV of the Republic, special facilities were provided for At one of the All Blacks' matches
1912)
Cinemas
a few patients from the local orthopedic hospital to watch the game. In spite of the fact that it King's-Thanks A Million."
was raining, and that the path to Queen's —“Page Miss Glory.”
the ground was exceedingly dip Oriental: Bonnie Scotland.”
pery, some Eve or six of these The World:"Sea Devlin."
patients were brought by their Alhambra: Top Hat."
friends in spinal carriagés vatkannya Majestic: "Storm Over The At; the end of the game the
Andes."
Crowd was waiting while the car riages were manœuvred up the
Star:-"Casino de Paris.”.
Meetings-Victoria Chess Club, as Gloucester Hotel,: 6.30 pm; Star Casino de Paris." Theosopical Society, é p.m. "Plant Meetings Christian Fellowship, path. One woman looked especi- Life?: Annual Meeting of Members Heleng May, 10.30 am. Kowloon ally curious, and finally said to her of Fanling Hunt and Race Clucy Chess Club at Central British neighbour Do they always take aci Mers Jardine Matheson's School,- 5.30 p.m.
the players off the field like this? Board Room, 15.16 p.m.; Meeting fot: Men of All Ranks in Matshed Club Walking Party, 10
Miscellaneous. St. Andrew's Church, Shamshapo, 7.30 p.m. Clading against the Estate of Col Miscellaneous Ladies Night, A Hearle, due; St. Andrew's Y.M.C.A; Women's Fellowship | Girls' Guild, 6 pm Meets at St. Andrews Hall, 3 pm Social Edqtis, R.. A Sergie.200 motion aims a year and up-
Social Civil Service Cricker Meas Whist Drive and Tombola,
6.30 pm
Sports.
The Soviet Union is laying plans for a vast new Soviet Hollywood, capable of producing from 150 to
porting a movie colony of 20,000, persons. One of Russia's leading Sin executive has suggested neing" the town of Caucasus for the pur Cricket Hong Hong CC. Yuilt, covering an area of 3,300
pose. Some studios would be. United Services (F).
square metres, while the city and an area of nearly 30 square miles suburbs would be fung out over
"in" estimated that about
1
Consternation has been caused in the neighbourhood by the similarity Club Whist Drives v.m. In the manner in which the four aged people have been murdered-Biliarde Senior Champlain
The double, crime, has revived He Shat cheung W. F. Stafford niemories of two mysterious mur Kowloon C.C.), 8,80 p.m; Juhtoj ders which took place in the neigh Championship, AA Lewis TBR China By Royal Uister Rides Football-First Division, South bourhood and, for which no-one Lee (Club Lusitano); T. F. Jordan (Caroline Hill), 4pm. -
Cheng Kwal-Teung (Chevro Cluby, 3. C. Marsh y Ged Leg (E- Moon New Moon, 3.18 p.m. I gineers Institute), 8.30 pm Moon, lat. Day, our siz y
___ Bunrise_1.06 m. Buise), 605 ploy
Tides-High at 10.21 and 21.06 pisture
ing has been put www at 1.50 and 14.29-
million
was brought to justice.
Two years ago there was a triple murder at Arbret and are years, ago a double, murder at Mon- cheaux, both villages near here,
In each case the murder was car ried out in simtiar circumstances.
Snooker Steel Coulson League. Royal Engineers. Dockyard RGS Catholle Unton v. Garrison Ser-
the 9,000