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Not An Idle Moment An exciting match of tennis, a game of shuffleboard, or quoits-ne dien a turn about the decks. You will keenly appreciate the inrestricted opportunity for recreation and exercise aboard the giant President Liners.
The magnificent President Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally steady, All are oll burners, swift express liners.
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting.
All staterooms are outside, splendidly furnished and equipped with bcda-not Barths. Each room has hot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos Socles and reading lamps. Private bath and showed in connection with many
oms perfect the travel comfort of these giant passenger Ilaces.
The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adds zest to your dining,.
The decks are spacious. The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck dorts, open air swimming pool, movies, evening clances, everything has beca done to make your telp a happy one. Unexcelled anywhere-is the courteous and efficient service accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Liners.
The great frequency of sailingy and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dollar Steamship and American Mail Lines have made these giant passenger liners out- standingly popular among travelers.
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Tuva. Oct. 25th Tues., Nov. 8th Tuve., Nov. 22nd Tues., Dec. 6th
TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA The Short, Straight Route to zimerian Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays
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Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £120, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for sight-accing.
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TO MANILA
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Qet, 25th, 'Bhar Prem Mckinley. Oct. 25th, 6 pm.
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For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information Apply to Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor
Telephone Central 2477, 1478 and 795 Cable Address "Dollar"
Dollar Steamship Line
and
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INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination.
TO OSAKA via AHOY,
SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA,
MOJI & KOBE..
TO KOBE via AMOY & MOJI
r
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
USE OF FORGED TELEGRAMS.
PLAN TO DEFRAUD BOOKMAKERS.
An ingenious method of de- frauding bookmakers was de-
THURSDAY,
THE THREATENED WYE.
TWENTY RIVERS CLEARED
OF FISH.
Almost the loveliest of all our British rivers, the Wye, is the pollution of its waters. latest to be threatened with some
OCTOBER 13, 1927
GIRDER CRASHES
INTO BUS.
PASSENGERS' NARROW ES-
narrow es-
be-
- CAPE IN LONDON.
Several people had capes when a steel girder, weigh- scribed at the Old Bailey recently
ing two tons, crashed into the top when Thomas Henry Jones, 36,
The Wye of an omnibus at the junction of telegraphist, pleaded not guilty salmon (some of 50 lbs. Have beon Threadneedle Street and Bishops- to charges of obtaining money caught this year) are threatened gate, London in mail week.
The girder, which had by means of forged telegrams, of in the same way as the Ely roach.
been taken from the forging telegrams, and procuring One of the polluting sources in just
England, was William John Frederick Undery several rivers and canals is the Bank of to forge telegrams with intent to most recent, and one of the most ing taken away in a steam waggon. defraud. Mr. Percival Clarke. beneficent, of British industries The waggon was turning out of the extraction of sugar from sugar Threadneedle Street when it came prosecuting for the Post Office, beet. A part of the effluent from into collision with a bus proceeding said that bookmakers and com- mission agents were in the habit the rather elaborate process of towards Liverpool Street.
The girder, which was protrud- of receiving bets by telegram. extracting and refining the syrup On June 23 Undery, who was does damage both to fish and the ing in front of the waggon by food of the fish, writes a Home about-ten feet, smashed into the employed in the Central Tele-
top left-hand corner of the bus and graph Office, went into the phono- correspondent.
Mr. Sydney Buxton, ар ex-completely buckled the upper gram-room at the Central Post Office at two p.m. He was seen to Minister of Agriculture, and one structure. The omnibus was full take up two telegrams and write of the assistant founders of the at the time, and It is remarkable on them in code: the time 1.24, in-industry has pleaded especially that no one was injured. dicating that the telegrams had on behalf of the pike-fisher; and Mr. John Ferguson, Enfield, who been handed in at that time. The there is no doubt that large doses was sitting in a front seat, told Each of the waste liquid will harm the story of his escape to the Cen- telegrama directed that £1
horse coarse fish as well as game fish:tral News. wy was to be put on
a been that had just River pollution named "Sundry,
"I was reading my paper." he won the 1.30 race at Newcastle, criminal offence for just fifty said, "when suddenly I heard
shout. The matter was reported, and it years, but it has in the word of
and "I looked up was discovered that the telegram Government official "progress-saw an enormous girder
ed." Since monks fished to two book-
for rushing straight at me like Friday meals, a score of rivers a giant baitering-ram. I shouted a warning to the other pas- Inquiries were made by the Post have been permanently cleared of out Office as to the person who had fish by various poisons, mostly sengers, dacked as low as I could, sent the telegrams, stated Mr. from factories.
and covered my face with my Clarke, and it was found that the The sugar factory is undoubted-hands. There was a jolt, a rending. name was R. M. James, of Ches-ly a new danger in places that smash, and part of the roof terford-road. Manor Park. Om had been quite free from the faccrumpled in. It was a wonderful cials went to see James, but they fory menace; and new factories cscape."
them that are beginning to arise in the West, saw Jones. He told James had asked him to receive where the best rivers are, as in some letters for him, and, he had the East. Now the Pure River never sent any telegrams for Society, founded a year ago, has
The breakdown gang had a dif- James. Undery was arrested and laid it down that, "in the majority bound over at the Guildhall. He of cases pollution can be dealt with ficult, not to say dangerous, task made a statement regarding the at no great expense," and that in lowering the girder, which had to rest on the top of the dealings he had had with Jones, occasionally the waste products omnibus, to the ground. who тая arrested. No money can be advantageously utilised was paid out on the telegrams and made a source of profit." It
were addressed makers.
hos.
ת
A gang of workmen later arrived on the scene and began the work of lifting the girder.
come
The girder was 45 feet long.
of June 23. Undery, said Mr.is a joint question of mechanical The steam wagon was carrying an- the same length Clarke, would tell them that on and chemical science, and it is an other girder of
this fortunately June 14 a similar telegram was immediate, urgent duty that the and weight, but sent, and as a result £15 12s. 6d. sugar effluents should have was sent to Mr. James.
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fell to the ground owing to the shock of the collision without damaging the bus.
special study. There is no better reason than cafelessness or ignor Altered in Transit.
lance why the untreated effluents Although several passengers Undery, giving evidence, said should poison either an Eastern complained of shock none was hurt, that in May there was a conversa-County canal where the pike lurk.and all of them considered them- tion between Jones and himself, or a rapid Western river where selves luckly to have escaped so and Jones suggested that they the salmon leap. It is interesting lightly. should open betting accounts and to know that the National send to bookmakers telegrams Farmers' Union, many of whose that had been stopped and altered members have been saved by the, during transmission. They could sugar factory, are co-operating in find out the mumes of winning the campaign to save the rivers. horses, insert them in the tole-
agree
The Viceroy, replying to a de putation representing the Indian Legislature, on the position of grams, and share the winnings, (Jones) would write the letters to Indians in East Africa, assured the As a result of the transaction on the bookmakers and open the ac-deputation that the Government of June 11 he received either £7 counts he would arrange to alter the issues involved not less deeply India recognized the gravity of or £8 from Jones. Jones gave the telegrams in the office. the name of James to the book- The Recorder: Did you
than the deputation, and they were determined to both anxious and makers. Croat-examined by to that?—Yes. Jones, Undery denied that he Jones said that Undery suggest-status and honour of the Indian leave nothing undone to uphold the had suggested opening accountsed that he should give the name) with bookmakers.
communities in East Africa. of James when he was opening The Recorder intimated that the accounts with the bookmakers. the counts dealing with procuring He had never handed in any tele. Undery to forge telegrams with grams for this purpose. at all. intent to defraud would be left Jones was found guilty of all on the file of the Court, and that the charges left to the jury. A they would proceed on the charges police-officer gave him a good of forgery.
character. While awaiting trial
In evidence Jones said that in he had married a widow with two May Undery had won some money children. from a bookmaker, who refused to The Receiver passed sentence of Lake any more héts from him. eighteen month's imprisonment Undery suggested to him. (Jones) without hard labour. He said that they should arrange a scheme that it was a very clever and between them. He said that if he ingenious fraud.
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Chaksang
@ SHANGHAI
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Fooshing
Hopsang
TO TIENTSIN Direc:/
Fooksang
TO OSAKA AMOY,
MOJI & KOSE
TO CANTON
Kutsadg
Namsang
Fooshing
TO STRAITS & CALCUTTA
TO SANDAKAN
Wed, 26th Oct at. Sun. 16th Oct at Wed 19th Oct at Sun. 23rd Oct at Cheongshing Thurs. 20th Oct at
Kumsang Satur. 15th Oct at
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