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KOWLOON HOTEL
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First Class Billiard Room and Saloon Bar..
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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1926.
FUNERAL OF THE DOWAGER QUEEN OF DENMARK.
This picture of the funeral of the Dowager Queen of Denmark shows Royal
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IGNORED RECORDS. ·
"Where is the Doomsday Book?" is the first request usually made by visitors particularly those from America-to the Public Record Office in Chancery-lane. This etatement was made by Str
Henry Maxwell-Lyte, who is re- tiring during the year from his post of deputy-keeper after 40 İyears' service. He laments the japathy of the general public to-
London, May 16, Full agreement has been reach.wards the museum. ed between the Newspaper Pro- prietors and the Typographical Unions, and the London evening newspapers will appear on Mon- day and the morning papers on Tuesday, Reuter:
THE TERMS.
Lator.
museum.
The precious thing, Doomsday. Book to under a glass case, and some visitors are disappointed at not being able to turn over its pages.
"Do people. realize that they may sep Wellington's dispatch from Waterloo, and dispatches of Nelson? We have the documents concerned with, the Gunpowder Plot the anonymous letter to Lord Mountungle before the at- [tempt, and Guy Fawkes' signature
before and after his torture.
"While at the office" said Sir
"The museum is open to the Menry, "I received for safe keep-public daily from 2 to 4 p.m., ing the famous 'scrap of paper,' except on Saturday, and it is a but that apparently is not the great pity that more do not document that draws the well inspect the treasures of the past informed people who come to the displayed there"
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TRANS-POLAR FLIGHT.
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WIRELESS SERVICES with Canton and Swatow suspended ancil "notice further
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Commencing May 1st the rates for wiralcas messages to the river steamers "Lungahan," "Taishan" and "Kinshan" will be reduced from 50 cents per word to 16 cents per word with minimum charge of $1,50.".
VARD MAILS
From Australia and Manila. Straits
Shanghai...
U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shanghai arctic party reached the southern-Canada, U.S.A., Japan, Shanghai and London via Canada (London 17th most point of the earth, only to find the marks that Amundsen had and Manila
Entertainments.
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SUPER
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OUR GANG COMEDY
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
in
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A DELIGHTFUL FIRST NATIONAL COMEDY
TO-MORROW
AT 2,30, 5 Sharp; 7.15 & 9.30
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
THE STAR
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At 5.30 & 9.15
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Per Taiping Ceylon
Dut.
May 17,
May 17,
Szęchuen
May 17.
Pres. Madison
May 19.
THE WORLD
Empress of Russla
May 19.
Tango Maru Takada
May 20.
.May 20.
President Wilson
TO-DAY at 5.15 & 9.15
May 21.
President Adams
May 24.
Manila
Pres. Madison
.May 27.
US. A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
.hai
.May 27.
left behind him. The Scott party Straits later died in a blizzard, the marks. S. A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
Manila on their bodies verifying the fact
of the Amundsen discovery.
His first search for the North Pole came in 1918, when he start- ed out in the steamer Maude. "In 1920'an accident to his ship forced him back and he decided to make his next voyage by airplane.
NEAR SUCCESS BEFORE,
In 1925 he left Spitzbergen, from which he made his present trial. In specially designed fly- ing planes he and Ellsworth set forth. Days passed without a word of them. It was assumed that they had crashed, and as the days' stretched into weeks hope was abandoned.
"
For
President. Lincoln
OUTWARD MAILS...
Per
Date. Chenan
Mon., May 17, 5 p.m. Anhui .....Tues., May 18, 8.30 a.m Kwangtung Tues., May, 188.30.
Amoy Amoy Bangkok... Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S. America and Europe via Victoria, B.C.
Shanghai and Europe via Siborin (letters and postcards specially Amoy and Foochow .....
superscribed "Via Siberia" only ..
Straits, Ceylon, India," Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Then, four weeks to a day from the time they had left Spitzbergen, they returned. They had reached a point 100 miles from the pole.
For this year's expedition the Amoy
Shanghai
big dirigible Norge was designed Swatow, Amoy and Formosa...
and built in Italy. It is the first Manila, Australia and New Zealand dirigible to succeed in gaining thevia Thursday Island
pole.
Lincoln Ellsworth, Amundsen's
backer, is a wealthy American Straits and Calcutta' whose father, an oil magnate, died.
while his son was with Amundsen Hoihow and Haiphong
in the north last year. For the Shanghai ........................ 1925 expedition, Ellsworth Sr. sup-Java vin Batavia plied $37,000, on condition that Manila.
his son be allowed to accompany Japan the party.
Shanghai
The younger Ellsworth, who in-Manila, Australia and New Zealand herited his father's fortune, fin-
via Thursday Is. anced this year's adventure, in- cluding the building of the Norge.
Before You Advortiso DISCOVER WHICH NEWSPAPER
Your Friends Read.
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, *Canada, *U. . A., C. & S., America, and *Europe via San Francisco and Europe vin Siberia (Letters and pastenrda, speetally superseribed "Via Siberia only.)
Tyndareus
.....Tucs., May 18. Parcels
.....9 a.ru Registration..9.45 a.m Letters ..10.30 a.m. (Due Victoria, B.C., 10th June).
Atsuta Maru Haihong....
Meriones
Tues., May 18, 10 am Tues., May 18, Noor
.Tues., May 18 Registration.1.45 p.m. Letters
2.80 p.m. (Due Marseilles 10th June). Kiangau......Tues., May 18, 2 pm Fooshing... Tue May 18, 5 p. Koteu Maru Wed., May 19, 8.30 am Mishima Maru
Wed., May 19. Registration..8.45 a.m Letters 9.80. (Due Thursday Island B0th May). Hosang
Wed., May 18, .Noon Latters.........1 p.. Taming....Thurs., May 20, 8.30 am. Szechuan Thurs., May 20, 10.30 am. Tikarang Thura, May 20, 19.30 n.m. Pros. Madison
Parcels
Thurs., May 20, 3.80, p.m. Tango Mara Fri, May 21, 9.80' .m. Linan
Fri, May 21, 5 p.m.
Talping
Parcels
Sat, May 22. ..9 a.m.
Registration....0.45 a.m. Letters.....10.30 .m. (Due Thursday Is. drd. June.)
President Wilson Sat., May 22.
Parcels
Noon Registration .2.45 p.m. ・·9.80 p.m.
Lettera
(Duo San Francisco 16th June, and
METRO-GOLDWYN
presents
ADOLPHE MENJOU
in
"SINNERS IN SILK"
WINE, WOMAN & SONG AND THEN-REALIZATION
Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. Strait Arken, Egypt and Europe
via 'Marseilles
and
Japan Bangkok Manila
Saigon, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Adon, Egypt and Europe vla Marsoflies
Stralta & Calcatta
Shanghai
Shanghai
Hollow and Haiphong
Manila
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U,
C. & S. America and Europe yla Victoria, B.C.
Haruna Maru......Sat, May 22. Registration ..1.45 pm. Letters...
2.80. p.m.
(Duo Marselles 20th June). Fooksang. Sat., May 22, 5 p.m. Kwalyang..Sun, May 23, 8.30 nm. President Adams Mon, May 24, 0 nm,
Amazone
Tues., May 25. Registration.11.45 am. .12.80 p.m.
Latters Parcole
Lotters
'Noon
1 p.m.
(Due Marsailles 26th Jeno). Sui Sang.
Parcels
...Tues, May 25, Noph Lottors.........1 p.m... Kwong Sang Wed., May 28, 10.80 3.m. Mingsong Thurs., May 27, 8.30 am Namsang....Fri, May 28, 5 p.m. Pres. Lincoln..Fri, May 28, 180 p.m.
Pres, Madison Fri, May 28.
Parcels Registration
Noon
.2.46 p.ni
8.30 p.m.
(Dus Victoria, B.C. 17th Juna.l
- "Wew Letters
Straits, Coylony India, Mauritius, 8. Africa, Aden Egypt & Europe via, Marseilles--duo Mar«" soillen, June 25.
Japan and Honelalu
Malwa
Fri, May (28) Parcela
.6 p.m. Rog...May 29, 0.45 6.m. Lettera
10.30 am. Rokuyo Maru Sat., May 20, 10.80 a.m.)
adence bearing vessol's name only.