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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929.
STOCK EXCHANGE | HAVRE'S FEAR OF
DERBY、 SWEEP.
HUGE PRIZE TO be divided INTO TWO.
DISTRIBUTION FORM.
# London, Apr. 19. The Stock Exchango Derby Sweeps, or, as it is officially known "The Stock Exchange Mutual Sub- acription Fund" has met with un- precedented success, the whole of the authorised lasue of 1,000,000 tickets at £1 each having been taken up.
SMALL-POX.
PASSENGERS. FROM ENGLAND TO BE VACCINATED.
A MARSEILLES CASE.
London, Apr. 19,
BRITISH BAILIFF
ASSAULTED.
INCIDENT DURING P.W.D. RAID ON SQUATTERS.
“SQUEEZE” ALLEGED,
Workmen of the Public Works It is ometally confirmed that the Department, headed by Mr. R. E. Mayor of Harve in enforcing Stott, a land bailift, paid a vialt from to-morrow a regulation re- yesterday morning to the aquat- quiring all persons landing from ters huts illegally erected on England to produce certificates Crown land at Wong Nel Chong. that they have been vaccinated In the course of their duties. the workman are alleged to have re- during the past six months.
The Southern Railway is conceived opposition from the aidering the suspension of the squatters, one of whom, a big Southampton-Havre service in Hakka woman, was charged before consequence of the Mayor's action. Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central When the liner Ranchi arrived Magistracy this morning with dis- There will be two winning tie-at Marseilles from India a orderly conduct. kets, corresponding to each of the suspected case of small-fox aboard three hundred and thirty-nine en- was notified, and the passengers tries for the Derby, which Is to were ordered to be vaccinated on run on June 5th,
landing, but none landed.
With such a colosal figure, it has been decided to divide the prize-money into equal shares of £500,000.
The holders of the two ticketa for the first horse will each re- ceive £125,000.
Giving evidence of the woman'a conduct during the operatione at the village, Mr. Stott said the woman struggled with the work- An official of the P. and 9. Commen, got hold of a pole and hit pany in London stated that the out at almost everyone within
The two winning tickets for the case on the Ranchi proved to be reach. She got hold of witness
second horse home will each get £42,000,
The two third will get: £32;500
ench,
The two fourths will get 217,500 ench.
It will be seen that the eight prizes for the first four horses will aggregate £480,000.
There will be further duplicate prizes of £500 erch for every horse which starts in the race-Reuter.
EXPRESS SAVED BY
PORTER.
LORRY IN PATH OF 70 M.P.II. TRAIN.
London, Mar. 22. An express train which left Waterloo at 6.30 on Wednesday night for Bournemouth narrowly escaped disaster at Christchurch.
A young porter at Christchurch Station, Frederick Budden, told a vivid story yesterdny of how his prompt action prevented an ac cident.
was and, after tearing his jacket, pro- chicken pox, and the liner granted a clean bill, the pis- cceded to drag him about.
ezers proceeding overland also made offensive remarks which usuni.
as
Marseilles, Apr. 19. All passengers from the Ranchi who are travelling overland to Tondon have been vaccinated. These included the Maharajah of Rajpipla Reuter.
LORD CUSHENDUN SURPRISES.
Mr. Stott said he understood.
She
Allegations of "squeeze" were made by the defendant who said that she asked the workmen for the return of her bed plunks and when she could not get them she atarted to struggle, Mr. Stoll's jackot being torn on the planks.
The woman also suggested that certain houses, were allowed to remain untouched when a similar raid was carried out last your and alleged that a Chinese foreman în the P.W.D. had gond around (Continued from‹Page_1.)
the village collecting squeezo.” Not Mary Power.
This had become common know- ledge among the villagers and de- "We recognise that Great Bri- fendant snid she proposed to bring tain does not pretend to be a a witness to bear out her state- military power, in the Continentalments. sense of. the term. Her military
In view of these allegations, Mr. system taclf is fundamentally Hamilton adjourned the case an- different from that of most of the til Tuesday for defendant's witness countries represented in this room, to be called. and her land forces have already been reduced to auch a point that they cannot claim to rival in any schae those of the Continental Lowers.
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"The express in die here at
***Therefore we recognise that, 8.37," he said, "and generally in this aphere, the lead should be rushes through at about 70 miles taken, and must, be taken, by an hour.
"I was in the parcel office attend-military Powers, and that the ing to the driver of a milk lorry possibility of effective limitation when we heard a crash. I rushed depends upon a roconelllation of out and found the lorry, which had their views, and policy. been standing in the alation yard, had ran backwards through some gates on to the lines.
TWO ELECTIONS IN HONGKONG.
SANITARY BOARD AND LICENSING BOARD.
It is notified that an election of a member of the Sanitary Board is "We do not, therefore, in this to be held at the City Hall on session intend to add to the May 22nd, Polling will com-
own
difculty of agreement by insist-mence at 10 am. and close at ing, in every case, on, our
I p.m. unless the Presiding Officer views. The all-important con-extends the ilme for voting. sideration to un is the attainment af auch agreement as will make progress possible.
Signals at Danger. "The express was almost due, so I phoned to the signalman to put The signals at danger. He did so and, picking up a red hand-lamp, rushed up the line towards the ex-
A Free Hand7-. a few press. He had got only yards when the train came along.
"Though our own system is 80 There was a sound of hastly op different from those of the Con- plied brakes and the express pulled tinental Powera, we feel con- necessitated by the expiration of up within ten yards of the obstruc-ndent we shall be able to accept Dr. S. C. Ho's term of office on
tion.
Those eligible to. vote are Special and Common Jurors and certain other specified classes. Nominations. must reach the Registrar of the Supreme Court not later than 1 p.m. on May 1st.
We presume this election la
"Passengers were thrown from any proposals which meet with the the 21st May, their seats, so violent was the pull general assent of the other powers,
Licensing Board.
Another election in to take place
up. The lorry was quickly removed represented here. I do not, there- to repent the and the train was only seven minoro, intend now
arguments which Lord Cocil and utes late at Bournemouth.
"There is little doubl," added I myself have used on carlier on May 1st, for a Justice of the Pence on the Licensing Board. Budden, "that if the train had occasions regarding the points on This is occasioned by the expira struck the obstruction at speed which differences have arisen. there would have been a disaster "Of course, if I saw a chance ton of the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes' term of office. Voting right in the station."
of converting my colleagues to will take place at the Supreme my viewpoint, I should certainly Court between 4 and 6 1.m. and endeavour to persuade them but I will be confined to Justices of the 15 MINUTES RALLY AT am not going to adopt an attitude Pence
the only result of which would be to wreck the work of this com- mission by making an agreement First Police Magistrato at leasİ six clear days before the election. inipossible.
TENNIS.
COLLAPSE OF BRITISH WOMAN'S OPPONENT.
Nice, Mar. 21. Tennis circles on the Riviera have been greatly interested by
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The Rest to Deelde.
Nominations must reach the
"I thus hope to facilitate a ST. GEORGE'S DAY. agreement in the Commission, and while reserving my right to examine the results of the Com-
an extraordinary rally that mission's labours as a whole, !
curred in the final of the ladies'
repeat that my Government,
open singles competition at Bor-through me, will endeavour dighera, Italy,
A WEALTH OF WONDERS
In a stirring drama of the high sensi
prosents
COLMAN
Samuel Goldwyn RONALD
United Artists Picture
The Rescue
Demons dancing with the fury of unapent rage; a daredevil pitting his brains against primitive cunning. A drama of the
fearless!
Joseph Conrod
LILY
DAMITA
HERBERT BRENON
PRODUCTION
BASED ON THE FAMOUS NOVEL BY
JOSEPH CONRAD
AT THE
FINAL SHOWINGS: TO-DAY.
QUEEN'S A 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
A GREAT ROMANCE OF THE DOG OF WAR
M.G.M. presénis
Under the
Black Eagle
with
RALPH FORBES, MARCELINE DAY
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"FLASH"
THRILLING BEYOND WORDS:
AT THE
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By kind permission of Lt. Col.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY:
·Orchestra 8.15 w 0.20;";Intergralar 2.30`☎ 7.15;
Mrs. Satterthwaite (Great Bri-to accept, and I feel confident C. H. Little, D.S.O., and offers Denny's Fastest Comedy!-
tain) and Signorina Valerio they will be (Italy) were the finalists.
able to accept,
any scheme which meets with the band of bugles of the 1st.
f'
of St. George,"
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6-Bugle March, "Old Faith- ful.”
The rally Insted between 15 and the approval of the rest of the Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry will play the following
of music
St. 16 minutes, during which time Commission. some 425 strokes were played, "What I have said applies to programme
1.-Fanfare of Bugies. drives and loba alternating. At land armaments. As regards air George's Day, 23rd inst: the end of the rally the Itaifan armaments, air power is, of course,
2.---The Retreat. of very special importance and in- girl collapsed.
8.March, Sambre et Meuse." During the time the finalista interest to an Empire an acattered
4-Bugle March, "Windsor." the mon's singles, Herr Von 48 ours and embracing auch wide
5.-Descriptive Piece, "The ide Kehrling and Signor de Stefani, stretches of relatively undeveloped
territory. disposed of five complete, games.
"My country's home defence problem is, however, broadly speaking, the same as that of Continental countries, though its forces are at present considerably smaller than those of other European countries. My Govern- ment would, therefore, expect, as in the case of land armaments, to be able to agree to any futhor principles in connexion with the limitation of air armaments that may secure the unanimous ap- preval of other countries."- British Wireless,
LORD REVELSTOKE'S DEATH.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT PAYS WARM TRIBUTE.
seni
RECEIVED BY PRINCE.
7-Grand Fantasia of English Songe.
8. March. Georgia."
"Marching thro?
The above Items will be follow. ed by "Rule Britannia, Tha "Prince Albert," and God Save Evening Hymn, Regimental March,
The King.
The conductor will be Mr. E. J., Woollcott.
April 7 was observed by 4,647 churches and chapels In Englund as Come-to-Church Sunday, when sermans were preached on Sabbath Observance.
London, Apr. 19.. A telegram has been through the British Embassy a Taris expressing to the Honour tible Cecil Baring the profound sense entertained by His Majesty's Government of the great services rendered by the late Lord. Re- velstoke and of the loss which this country has sustained by his death. The Government destro at the
London, Apr. 19. same time to tender heartfelt sym-
Mr. Chas. Flint, of. Yarmouth; H. R. H., the Prince of Walen
the Egyptian I.O.W., believed to be the oldest pathy to Mr. Baring and other today received members of the family-British Foreign Minister--British Wire-person In the British Tales, recent- Wireless,
ly celebrated his 105th birthday.
lees..
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THE KING OF LAUGHS, AT HIS VERY BEST!
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