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No. 24470. VÀ ETE 2. Hiên 7 HONG KONG SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1937. ⠀ ⠀ЯE*** Price
SPORT FIXTURES FOR
WEEK-END
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Indians' Cricket Record At Stake
ANOTHER FULL PROGRAMME
Everything points to another very enjoyabls Saturday after- noon for the sporting public of Hong Kong to-day for what with cricket, "football, hockey and Rugby Football, there should" be plenty to do over the week-end.
The League football programme should be particularly inter- esting in view of the fact that members of the Interport Selec- tion Committee will no doubt make it a point to attend the most important games with a view to studying form in connection with the forthcoming match agalist Shanghai,
So far as the cricket part of the programme is concerned there are - three excellent Arst division games
but this will be dealt with detail under "the heading of "Cricket" and the same applies to the soccer and hockey sections.
The
Triangular Tournament
MISS BESSIE OWENS
Packs Her Plane At Kai Tak
Miss Bessie Owens, the young American girl, who dropped into
Rugby Football match between the Club and Army at Sookunpoo should attract a good number of followers of this game while the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club will also be holding their usual week- end sailing races.
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UNION CHURCH WEDDING
Bride From Langnam University
A pretty wedding was solemnized at the Hong Kong Union Church
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CANTON LEADERS DEPLORE TRANSFER LINKING UP KOWLOON
OF COLONY GOVERNOR
Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell To Make Protest In London Shortly
BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL IN CANTON FETED
The Committees of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and China Association (Hong Kong Branch) gave a tiffin yesterday in honour of Mr. Herbert Phillips, C.M.G., O.B.E., who is passing through the Colony on vacating the post of H.M: Consul-General at Canton and proceeding on leave to England before taking up his new appointment Consul-General at Shanghai,
The Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell, who presided in the capacity of Chairman of the two Committees, expressed in vigorous terms the strong feeling which exists in the Colony at the unfortunate turn of events which has resulted in the almost simultaneous transfer both of a Consular Officer and a Colonial Governor who had both rendered exceptional service.
Mr. Phillips, in his reply, agreed with the Chairman that the transfer of Sir Andrew Caldecott was a very great loss: he diplomatically added that he could only asstine specially difficult probléma in Ceylon required a very special Governor like Sir Andrew to deal with them. He added that his Chinese friends in Canton have also expressed their keen disappointment regarding the matter.
"Something Radically Wrong With System"
Those present at the luncheon were: the Hon. Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell (in the chair), Mr. Her- bert Phillips, (the guest of honour), the Hon. Mr. A. W. Hughes (Vice-Chaliman), the Hon, Mr. F. 3. Paterson Messrs A
material which the Consular Ser- vice can provide":"
Mr. Philips notable administra- tion in the Southern capital has been marked by a far greater de- gree, of that esential co-operation between the British Consulate, the
I humbly apologize to Mr. Phil- lips for the shockingly bad taste which permits me to speak in this fronical and almost treasonable way in front of him about the Nevertheless, in the same breath actions of his superiors at home.
WITH HANKOW
Plans For Improving China's Railways
NEW STATIONS AND COLD STORAGES
Hankow (By Mall): New plans for improving the Canton- Hankow Railway have been worked out by the railway authorities. The plans call in particnlar for the inauguration of an ex- press service, the acceleration of train services, the building of new stations, cold storages and zodowns, the improvement of the ferry service, the completion of the Whampoa extension, and the training of personnel.
For the inauguration of an ex- press service the railway authori- ties have ordered new rolling stock from England which is expected
To speed up train services the railway track and traffic facilities will be improved. Worn-out sleep- ers will be replaced, and traffic to arrive in China next February, signals and other facilities wir be After necessary preparations, ex-repaired. Working omciency of the press trains will be run daily from traffic staff will also be emphasiz both terminals, beginning either ed. next March or next April.
PARIS-TOKYO FLIGHT
French Airman Due In Hanoi To-day
Allahabad, "Jan. 22
The French airman Doret. who to on a flight from Paris to Tokyo, landed here at 240 pm, and re-
He had a meal and appeared to fuelled fo
fying for approximately thirty, six hours and lost about arteen hours owing to bad weather between Brindki and Karachi
In view of the congestion of tramc, the stations in Canton, Changsha, and Wuching will be enlarged. For the convenience of the increasing population in Was chang'a new station, lu' addišión to the existing one at Hauchlapang, wil be constructed outside Ping- yang. Men (gate).~||
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HON. MR. R.A.C. NORTH FOR BANDOENG
Hong Kong unexpectedly from the yesterday morning when Miss. Brearley P.-B. Cassidy-VM. Hotg Kit Government and the express the Tervent hope that be quite cheerful - He has been North the Becretary For Chineze,
aky in her plane recently, was at the Kal Tak airport yesterday afternoon to supervise the final packing of her airplane which will be put on board the ss. Haltan this morning.
Miss Owens is also planning to accompany her plane, travelling on the Haitan which leaves this afternoon, to Manita where she will dispose of the machine to a
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Ping-I Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ying-Dore Lee. became the bride of Mr. Put Man Lee, eldest son of Marshal and Mra, Li Chai Sum
The bride is a graduate of the Lingnam University, Canton and the bridegroom is a professor of Horticulture at Lingnam.
Rev. Dr. James M. Henry, Provost of the Lingnam University, offcint- ed at the ceremony,
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Mr. W. T. (Bill) Siaaton, scams very emphatic about some- thing. This is another picture taken at the January Meeting of the Fanling Race Club. Mrs. Weldon is in the background.
Flood Havoc In
United States
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Grayburn, T. R. Masson, G. Riskin, | Hong Kong business community T. A. Mitchell, KS Morrison, T. than we have ever had before. E. Pearce, J.-W. Flatt, G. W. ↑ (Hear, hear.) This `closer" re- Sewell, and A: L. Shields, with the flationship. In its turn has very Secretary (Mr. M. F. Key), Mr. G. materially improved the relations C. Pelham (HM Trade Commis-tetween the two cities, and now,' sioner) was also present as a co- Just at the moment when we opted member of, the Chamber of might reasonably be expecting to Commerce Committee.
reap some concrete benefit from this better understanding; "co- operation of a different and mys- terious kind comes into play in the Government departments at. home, which has resulted in the Foreign Office and the Colcaint Office removing at the same time their two distinguished represents Eves in South China, and so ap- pearing to us tordinary business men to be doing their best to undo much of the good which the
In proposing the health of the guest of Honour, the Hon Mr. 5. FL. Dodwell said in part:-----
Gentlemen: Our feelings on his occasion must of necessity be somewhat mixed, for while I am sure there is no single host
amongst us who does not whole- heartedly congratulate Mr. Phil- lips upon his appointment to Shanghal, I am equally sure there is no single one who does not wholeheartedly deplore his de- | Treasury, did by sending out to parture from Cantor at a time us their High Priest of finance and when. British Interests demand the economică. Sir Frederick Leith- services there of the very best ❘ Ross.
THE TIGER
NOT DEAD!
Shatin Woman Killed
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON, 1s. 2.7/8d.
T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30.3/8,
Some months ago the people of the New Territory were greatly scared by the visit of a tiger which resulted in a great loss of their cows A few days ago, the dead body of a tiger was discovered in the bushes, and it was thought that this was the end of the beast, It la now stated that this ftro- cious beast is not dead, because Spot
LONDON SILVER
MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Jan, 22. London sliver prices to-day were down 1/18 as follow:--
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a villager of the Tai Way Village, Forward....
Shatin, has just reported that the
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blood-stained" remains of a wo
man with nearly the whole of the
Seven thousand residents Lawrenceville, Tridiana, were forced to evacuate the town.
Cincinnati, Jan. 22."- Eighty thousand people are now homeless as the result of the Ohio River floods.
Another Afteen thousand at Thousands of lives are endanger3 | Portsmouth, Ohio, were warned by ed. All industries in the food factory sirens to leave the danger area are at a standstill; Light zone prior to the opening of sluices ,and power are unobtainable and and submerging a part of the city. the scarcity of drinking water is in the hope of averting the col- causing widespread privation. lapse of a sixty-foot flood-wall; of;
water lapping the top walls sa the families fed by TRAD
Ten States have now reported damage from snow and rain which continue to feed the rising rivers. Viteater
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DELIBERATE FLOODING
Cincinnati, Jan. 22,
The desperate expedient of de-
of the left side of this page has liberately fooding the business been altered to the top right side, section of Fortsmouth Ohio, in or-
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der to avert Impending disaster
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body missing has been found on the North East face of Thi Mo D
Jan. 21 20-1/3 20-3/8
when he gets home he will repeat my remarks in no uncertain terras In the appropriate quarters I shall certainly do so myself when
Doret is leaviniz" for Akyab at 3 I reach England two months later p.m. to-day and hopes to be in --for what it will be worth-be- Hanol at 8 am, to-morrow (Satur- cause I most strongly feel, gentle-day) men, that after fortuna has smiled | Reuter apon us to the extent of blessing us with a Consular, oficial and 'a' Colonial official with whom and for whom it has been a real pleasure to work in British in- received exceptional service, there terests, and from whom we have
must surely be something radicaly wrong with a systern which per- mits them both to be spirited away just at the time when things are getting better, without either a by your leave or consultation of any kind whatsoever.
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| BRIDGE ACROSS
THE KAN RIVER
Named After The Generalissimo
Nanchang (By Mall): Marking another engineering teat in Klang- sl, the Chung Chen, Bridge, span ning the Han River at Nanchang, was recently completed and "form- ally thrown open to traffic.
Named after. Generalissimo Jan. 22 Chiang Kai-shek whose courte 20-7/16 name is Chung Chen, the Bridge 20-5716 was constructed at a total cost of $967,000. It is 3,535 feet long and 28 feet wide with 18 arches. Its plers are of cement concrete, while the surface and the beams are of strong pine wood. If the middle" is a pasinge for motor trame, being flanked on both sides. by aidewalks for pedestrians.
R.M.A. DELPHINUS
Shan, close to the No. 7 Mine. It The RMA Delphinus left Hong is believed that the unfortunate | Kong yesterday for Penang with woman was killed by this tiger, two passengers Dr. HW Miller It is also reported that a man, and Mr., F. G. Strong. She also who is known to have gone to the carried 119.366 kilos of mail matter. mountain to collect are-wood is missing, and it is feared that he has been carried off and eaten by the same tiger Chinese Evening Prem.
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Affairs, will represent Hong Kong at the Conference of Central au thorities in Eastern Countries which opens at Bandoeng on: ¦ February 2, 1937,
"Mr. North will leave by the P. & O. ship "Ranpura," sailing to- morrow and will be accompanied by Mrs. North.-
The wedding took place at the Union Church, Kennedy Road, yesterday, of Miss Ping-I Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ting- Dore Lee, and Mr. Ful-msa Len, eldest son of Marshal and Mrs. "LI' Chal-som. The above photograph was taken after the Church
ceremony.
Quezon To Attend
Coronation
Manila, Jan. 22.
The suggestion for the construc- -tion of a gigantic bridge across the Kan River to facilitate traffic be- tween Nanchang and Niuhsing,
He expects to remain in An situated on oppoatte banks was
The President of the Philippines, until April, after which advanced by General Halang Bhih- hui, Chairman of the Klangst Pro-Senor Manuel Quezon, is leaving proceed to Europe before vincial Government, in 1834 after to-morrow aboard the Victoria en ing to Manila in June. the extermination of the Com-rote to Washington where he will Europe he hopes to visit Engi mualət bandita la Klanged. The hold informal discussions with and attend, the Coronation. engineering project was drafted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt The President's party includ Mr. Kung Hsueh-aul, Klangel Com regard trade relations between General Douglas MacArthur, missioner of Reconstruction, in the United States and the Philip tary Adviser, Mr. Jose Vulo, Secre collaboration with bridge experts pines.
tary of Justice, a number of despatched by the Ministry. – or Benor Quezon will tranship in Army and Government ometal
Hong Kong to the sa. Empress of and also his two daughters Canada.
Keuter
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