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Sunday's Programme.
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Nell Gwyn Dancek,"
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No. 1 Country Dance, No. 2 Pastoral Dance No. 3 Merrymakers' Dance. "Bumaresque," (Dvorak),
"By the
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Corinne Rider-Kelsey, "1812 Overture Solennella.
(Tschalkowaky),
"At Minnetonka,"
Sir Henry J. Wood and the Now Queen's Hall Orchestra, "All Suddenly the Wind Comes Soft," *Do You Know My Garden1"
Tenor, Hubert Eisdell. "(Mozart), (Bulzer),
"Ave
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Cello Solo, W. H. Squire.
"Little Janns
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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.
LETTER GOLF.
The lowly STONE grows into a formidable pile of ROCKS in to' day's letter golf puzzle." And in only seven strokes too.
STONE
ROC
KS
1-The idea of letter golf in to change one word to another and giron number of do it in par, strokes, Thus to changs COW to HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW HEW HEN.
You can change only one letter at a time.
You must have a complets word, of common usage, for each Jump. Blang words and abbrevia tions don't count.
The order of letters cannot be changed.
One solution is printed on an other page.
HONGKONG.
The following poem appeared in the Times of April 28, with refer ence to the Duke of Gloucester's visit. Lamp-bestarr'd, and with the
shine gloaming
stor
FENG AND CHIANG.
FIGHTING BELIEVED TO BE INEVITABLE.
Peking, May 17. Kuominchun troops are report. ed to have destroyed part of the tunnel at Wushengkwan on tho Honan-Hupoh border and also the railway bridge at Changteho Honan. The opinion is generally expressed hore that fighting la inevitable, although it is believed that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek will not take the offensive until the altuation near Canton improves.
The late Dr. Sun Yat-sen's fun. oral may also cause a postpone- ment.
'ATO
The Kuominchun troops massed at Tsaochow and also along Kinhan between the Cheng thow and Hupeh border.-Reuter. Reports Premature.
Shanghai, May 17.
A message from Hankow on May 16 says that the reports that fighting has broken out on the Hupch-Honan border are prema- turo. The Nationalist troops are all this wide of Kwangshul and there is no sign that hostilities have been commenced.--Reuter.
CAPTAIN RETIRING.
COMMODORE OF THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP COS FLEET.
Capt. Thomson, the commodore of the Straits Steamship Company's fleet and captain of the express steamer Kedah, Is leaving Singapore on retire ment by the P. and O. Morep, on May 30.
Captain Thomson was in the Cable From ber midnight canopy or dream-Company's service before joining the Straits Steamship Company some ff. Ing Mirror'd in her fragrant, fair teen or sixteen years ago and has held a number of commands in the Com lagoon:"
pany's service. When the Kedah came put about a year ago to com- mence an express service between Singapore, Penang and Belawan Dell, wan. appointed to Captain Thomson command her and has continued as over since. maxtor of that vessel Ordinarily, the sun-trip to Penang takes 24 hours, but the Kedah in scheduled to do the trip in 19 hours and has Indeed done it in less time. He is doing another three trips in the Kedah before leaving.
All her streets ablaze with sheen and
shimmer:
All her firo-fly shipping-lights
glimmer,
-
Fitting, flashing, curving past
Kowloon:
Oh, to see her thus! Her hill-recesses Bright with household glow that
cheers and blosses Weary men, and guides them home
to rest:
And the criss-cross strings of light
Ascending
Duet, Flotsam and Jetanm,Round the Peak, a-sparkle, circling, "Serenade," (Gounod), "Extase," (Louis Gaano),
The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. "Kol Nidrio," (Max Bruch),
*Valse
'Cello Solp, Felix Salmond.
"Procliste."
4
Sir Dan Godfrey and the
Bournemouth Municipal Orch. "Lied ( Ohne Worte," (Song without
Words)
"Nocturne,"
Violin Solo, Yovanovitch Braten. "Cavalleria Rusticana," (Mascagni), The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. Intermezzo.
Opening Chorus.
Easter Hymn.
10.30 p.m. Close Down.
NEW OIL PLANT.
LIKELY TO REVOLUTIONISE PETROL PRODUCTION,
ending.
Where the roadways touch the
mountain-creat
Ending? No! For human aspiration Passes here to starry consummation,
Mountain-roads into the Milky
Way,
Earth is strewn with Danne's golden
dower.
1'
Grandly here the Master Builder's
power
Crowns the work of England in
Cathay,
CECIL CLEMENTI. Government House, Hongkong. *Hongkong means "fragrant Ingoon."
SUN YAT-SEN'S BURIAL.
MARSHAL CHIANG MẤY NOT GO TO PEKING.
Shanghai, May 17.
A message from Harbin says that Madame Sun Yat-sen arrived yesterday morning-Reuter.
Shanghai, May. 17.
New York, May 17. The Shell Petroleum Corpora- tion la joining a group of finan- clers erecting the largest oil crack- Ing unit in the industry.
A Nanking message to the The new plant, which is expect. Kuo Min says that owing to official
Always popular with passengers and amongst the shipping community in Singapore, Captain Thomson will be greatly missed by his many friends.
BILLIARDS.
PRISON OFFICERS' MESS BEAT C.P.O.'S CLUE.
A billards match was played in the C.P.O's. Club, R.N. Dockyard, on evening, between tho Thursday C.P.O's. and the Prison Officers Moss, the contest resulting as under:
C.P.O'
Officera Prison
.Moss.
150 125 Mr. Pile C.P.O. Best C.P.O. Hewett 67 Mr. Gowland, 150 C.P.O. Me-
145 Innes 100 Mr. Lacey
Mr. Brimble-
combe 150
C.P.O. Searle 121 C.P.O, Pethe-
rick. 160 Mr. Jillott C.P.O. Ques.
ted 143 Mr. Franks
84
150
746
820
Won by 89 pointa: Bext breaks were-File 29, Quested 26, Petherlek 20 and Brimblecombe 22.
..
ed to revolutionise petrol produc-business Marahal Chiang Kai-shek son in Poking-Reuter. tion, will be built at Wood River, may postpone or even abandon his Madame Chiang Illinois, and will have a capacity of trip to Peking. 420,000 gallons.---Reuter's American Kai-shek is going North shortly to Service.
Join her sister, Madame Sun Yat-
Bir Miles Lampson,
Shanghai, May 17. Sir Miles Lampson arrived this afternoon from Peking-Reuter.
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