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NOTICES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, "OCTOBER 13, 1919.
THE GYMKHANA.
NOTICE.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
DON'T GROUSE
OLD MAN!
Have a
"FELUCCA"
SPERO
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CIGARETTES EGYPTIENNE
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excitement being high as Leander won by only half a length. Four lengths separated second and third.
Cash Sweeps.
Ticket No. 936 $1414.0 Ticket No. 42 $ 404.30
Ticket No. 380 $ 202.10
Pari Mutuel Winner $15.63. Placed Ponies. 1, $7.00; 2, $8.90; 3, $8.30
Class Handicap, B. Class Mr. Horsford's Maybe (Mr.
Knolly
Mr. T. M. Leitch's The Card (Mr.
Doyle)
Mr. H. & L. Dowbiggin's Morn
ing Star (Mr. Reid)
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Also ran: Mr. G. C. Moxon's Rufus (Major Kirkpatrick).
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and UYUBARI COAL MINES.
Agents for SAKITO COAL.
HEAD OFFICE, TOKYO. BRANCHES AND REPRESENTA - TIVES :— NAGASAKI, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, MOJI, KURE, KOBE, OSAKA, TSURUGA, NAGOYA, After a false start Morning Star | YOKOHAMA, TOKYO, HAKODATE, had a short lead, the others being MURORAN, OTARU, VLADIVOS- bunched close up, with Rufus lying TOCE, PEKING, TIENTSIN, DAIREN, last. This bunching was maintain. TSINANFU, HANKOW, SHANGHAL ed all the way round and in the TAPEH, straight Maybe combe up to get a very narrow rictory (half a length) from The Card. One length divided second and third. Time: io.
1.23 secs.
Cash' Sweeps.
Ticket No. 419 $1334.90 Ticket No. 315 $ 357.40 Ticket No. 191 $ 100.70
Pari Mutuel. Winner $5.50. Placed Ponies, 1, $6.80; 2, 531.30 ·
One Mile and a quarter handicap Mr. G. W. Gegg's Gentle Cat (Mr.
Knoll)
Mr. D. M Ross Rink Eye
(Mr. Sutton)
Mr. Goahead's Scotchbox (Major
Kirkpatrick)
Ako ran:-Mr. John Peel's I ord Lorne (Mr. Reid), Mr. T. IV. Doyle's Rochester (Mr. Doyle). and Mr. Soares' Lovejoy (Mr. Soares).
Light was failing as this last race was run, it being dark to follow the ponies round the course from the stand. It was good finish. Time:
1 min. 45.15 secs.
Cash Sweeps.
Ticket No. 355 $1424.50
·Ticket No. 29 5 407.00
Ticket No. 4: $903.30.
Winae: $42.10
Pari Matuel Planed Ponies. . $10:00; 2. $12.90; 3. $13.20.
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WEDNESDAY, 15TH OCTOBER. Macao-Per SUI AN, 15th Oct..
8.30 am. Swatow & Stratis-Per HUPEH,
15th Oct., 11 a.m. Weihaiwei, Chefoo & Tientsin-
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Macao-Per CHUN CHOW, 15th
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Macao-Per SUI TAI, 16th Oct.,
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FRIDAY, 17TH OCTOBER.
Macao-Per SUI AN, 17th Oct..
8.30 a.m.
A "FROZEN LAKE.
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A lake that is always frozen, and that in torrid Africa, is thus described in Popular Science:
"It is a wonderful lake far off in the heart of Africa, where the sun blazes sublimely and causes the water to evaporate so quickly Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauri- that an outlet is considered by tius, South Africa, India via Nature to be a superfuity-a lake Dhanushkodi, Egypt and like our Great Salt Lake, where EUROPE VIA MARSEILLES—the inflowing waters have unload- Per SHIDZUOKA MARU.ed common salt for so long a 17th Oct.. Reg. 9.45 a.m. period that the saturation point Letters 10.30 am..
has been passed.
Swatow, Amoy and Focchow-
Per HAIHONG, 17th Oct.,
noon.
"But there is a difference in the material deposited. The soil through which the African
Philippine Islands-Per LOONG-streams flow is different from
SANG, 17th Oct., 2 p.m. Macao-Per CHUN CHOW, 17th
Oct., 4.30 p.m.
SATURDAY, 18TH OCTOBER. Japan via Nagasaki-Per AKI
MARU, 18th Oct.. 10 a.m.
Macao-Fer SUI TAI. 18th Oct.,
1.30 p.m.
ours, and hence, instead of finding in the Magadi Lake, a chemical common salt or sodium chloride
test shows us the presence of | sodium carbonate (kitchen soda) Moreover, this sodium carbonate is crystallised into a solid mass——— or, in other words, is frozen.
"Different substances solidify or freeze at different tempera- Macao-Per CHUN CHOW, 18:htures. Think of a lake sixteen
Oct., 4.30 p.m.
miles long and four miles wide, frozen under the terrid glare of the African sun. Wonderful, isn't in-and get absolutely
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8.30 2.m. Shanghai, North China & Japan vie Kobo-Per TAMBA M., 19th Oct.. 9 a.m.
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