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Saturday, 12th Sept.
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•
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noon.
noon.
noon. noon.
Kumsang Suisang
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TO OSAKA via AMOY,
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TO SANDAKAN
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Batur, 26th Sept at 7 a.m..
noon.
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Sun, 20th Bopt at 3 p.m.
Okipahing Mon. 31st Aug at Ühoongshing Thurs, 17th Sept at
noon, noon.
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THE
HONGKONG
LOCAL WEDDING.
CELEBRATION AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
The marriage of Miss Doris Lui,
TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1931.
THE LINDBERGHS WELCOMED.
ARRIVAL NEAR TOKYO ·
YESTERDAY.
Tokyo, Aug. 20.
TYPHOON FLOODS SHANGHAI
MOST SEVERE STORM FOR YEARS.
Our Own Correspondent.), youngest daughter of Mr. and The Lindberghs arrived at the Practically the whole of the Mrs. W S. Lul of Pioneer Build- Kasumigaura air fold. near central listilet was flooded to the lug, Nathan Road, Kowloon, to Mr. Tokyo, at alue minutes past two extent of two or three feet of Aysey Aug-ehen of Sydney, Aus- this afternoon. havior fert water, In what was the severest tralia, and Hongkong, was solem-Nemura at 8.21 a.m. They were storm for years. Numerous tele- nised at the Registry Office O given a trimultuous reception.
phone wires were broken and, 300 Tuesday Inst at 3,30 p.m.
irees were blown down. A Great Welcome. The couple proceeded to the
Considerable dinninge was done Later. in Nanking Rond by the water wedding reception tendered at the
-The Lindberghs were escorted washing away the wooden Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden, where their many friends and to the air field by three military blocks, and all enst-bound traffle those of the family gathered to and three naval planes and were has been diverted at the Thibet welcome and wish them happiness received with the greatest wel-Road crossing as a result of the como ever accorded to forelyn wooden road surface being forced
out of position.
and long life.
Ailvor shoes to
road
A
The bride wore a beautifully deviators in Japan.
They are, being treated like All trams have been stopped akened wedding dress, delicately worked with silver beads and em-yal visitors and are the guests pending repairs, and the telephon
service Bus
been disorganised. brolded silk figures, with long well of the nation.
Faur Chinese Buried. and close atting silver beaded cut: Large crowits from many miles
Around have gathered in At midnight the roof of a Chin- away hat and match. She presented a pretty Kasumignara, travelling by train ese shop in North.Janan Road Feti and afoot, and tens of thousands fu, and four apprentices were picture when she entered the recep were present when the Lindberghs buried in the debris.
ware They exiriented by the fire brigade, vul The description of their arrival three were found to be dend un was broadcast all over the country arrival at the hospital. The fourth A wall. 25 feet and Japanese and American flags was detained.
high nad 30 yards long collapsesi were flown everywhere.
The Lindberghs will leave by [at Buone Road, and a Chinese was
tion hall.
The tons of the Bride and Bridegroom was fittingly made by the Honourable Dr. I. I. Kotewall C.M.G., LLD. who spoke of his personal association with the bridegroom and the latter's tis
commercial carcer. tinguished
com-
Mr. Aug-chen, he said, had or- sanised several successful panien which he was at present directing and although his time had always been fully occupied be had concerned himself with many social activities for the welfare of both Chines and foreign munities. Also he had resisted | the cause of trade with the East by | publishing real contributing gen- erally, to the fending organs of the press,
-גדלווי}
The speaker referred to a per- sonal conversation: htt
had
had with the bridesinom prior to the celebration of the wedding and ; the mauner in which the subject was dealt with, impressed him so i much
that he coahl but repout! that the bridegroom's character was one embodying the highest of qualities; he was tariful, keep, shrewd and a patient business- 727FL 11 and a sincere and loyal friend. He felt that the brikk. had found the right man, who was full of resourcefulness, courage, honour and ambition.
then i
arrived.
The Hon. Dr. Kolewa}) spoke of the bride who he and had come from a well-known and successful family who had ex-i tensive Interesis throughout South China and Australia, The bride's father hand commenced
e train for Tokyo where it is an electrocuted in Seymour Rond, business many years ago and toeipated there will be scenes of the through becoming entangled in al day hin success was to be seen in wildest enthusiasm. the form of extended. Hourishing police have been mobilised to con-l
Hundreds of fallen Telephone wire. concerns in several centres. The
trol the crowds, Reuter. bride was young and charming and he felt sure that she was post- sessed of qualities that would make her a good helpmate to her husband.
A new photograph of Chiang Kai shek, (right) with Marshal Chang Hue Lian, powerful Manchuria war-lord, and Panchan Lama, the "living Buddha.“
Colony
THE HEAT WAVE.
TUESDAY'S TEMPERATURE ONLY ONCE EXCEEDED.
In an official statement by the Royal Observatory it is shown that The
Tuesday's temperature of 91 de- grees in the shade was the second) highest recorded in the Colony
On behalf of the bride and him- self, the bridegroom responded and expressed gratitude to the speaker, for whom he said he had the highest of regard and who, was his arst friend in Hongkong on his arrival in the Hon. Dr. Kotewall was the lent ing representative of the Chinese community and his brilliant work in solving many of the local daily problems as well as those affecting A great part of the Chinese nation would always be in the mind of the community in general.
On behalf of the family of the bride, Mr. Shou J. Chen moved a vote of thanks to the Hon. Dr. Kotowall.
Mr. Li Chor-chi and Mrs. Sharp- ham rendered musical items dur- ing the afternoon.
The bride and bridegroom left yesterday evening for Canton to attend other family functions and will spend some days there before going to Shanghai,
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A window in the Carlowitz and
Company's building in Szechunn
was smashed to pieces,
A section of the French Con- - ression is in utter darkness duo to the failure of parts of the light- ing system, and numerous motor-i lears have stalled in the streets,
P.W.D. and fire brigade pump ing apparatus is gradually clear- ing the streets, but further flood: jare expected with a high tide this
evening.
Hita Nanking.
Nanking, Aug. 26. The very severe typhoon has hit Nanking, interrupting the tele scrupli, lelephone net wireless com- munications-Reuter,
This temperature has only been exceeded on une occasion, namely, on August 19, 1900, when the thermometer rose to 97 degrees. It has, however, been equalled on three occasions, these being Sept. Date. G. 1896, July 23, 1896 and August Aug. 20 31, 1914.
Other high temperatures have
been:
Sept. 6, 1892
July 25, 1895
July 28, 1915
93.9
93.0
93.4
Temp. Minx. Min. 87.9 70.3
Humidity. Mux. Min.
94 76
21
96.0
80.0
94 70
31.0
70.0
01
GI
23 01.0
10.9
66
24 03.1
92 83.0
07
26 94.0 83.7 87 50
G 11.2 83.8 ят 03
Fortunately the relative humidity
The following are the details of on August 25, (Tuesday) fell from the temperature and relative 80 per cent. at 7 a.m. to 50 per cent. humidity, as recorded at the Royal at 6 p.m. thus tempering to a cor Observatory, during the presenttain extent the physical discomfort bent wave:
of such high temperatures.
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