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THE
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TAXI DRIVER
CHARGED
TRAFFIC OFFENCE NOT
PROVED
Loung Yat-koon, the driver of taxi No. 788, appeared before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935.
Greetings To PIANO AND VOCAL
Australia
PRIME MINISTER ON RADIO
OF
Magistracy this morning, to answer NEED two summonses for (a) driving on the wrong side of the road, and (b) falling to stop after an acet- dent, on December 28 at the Intersection of Peking Road and Hankow Road,
It was stated by the prosecuting officer, Sergeant G. Alexander, that at about 11.60 a.m. on December 28, taxi No. 788 was driving down Hankow Road on the right hand side of the road. On crossing the Intersection, the taxi collided with
of SPIRIT EMPIRE
RECITAL
ATTRACTIVE EVENT
SHORTLY
The next of the winter series of fortnightly concerts at the Holena May Institute will take place on January 24 at 5.30 p.m., when there will be a piano and vocal recital by Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith, this being the seventh successive annual recital given by them in this
London, Jan. 10. The
Prime Minister to-day hall. broadcast greetings to the Coin- Mr. F. Mason, A.R.C.O., L.T.C.L., monwealth of Australia from the will be the accompanist, this being Cabinet room of No. 10 Downing ons of the last occasions when ha Strett.
Reports received from will appear on the local concert felbourne, after the broadcast platform, as he is going home to said the reception was perfect. England this Spring.
Mr. MacDonald, in reference to
The vocal numbers will consist
a cyclist who was coming from the King's Silver Jubilee, sald: of a group of Ave songs by Peter the direction of Salisbury Road. "He Majesty has borne the aceptre Warlock and Martin Shaw, a mis- The cyclist fell to the ground, but of sovereignty and maintained the cellaneous English group and three was not injured and the defendant unity of the Empire in times of songa in German. The piano actos a Sonata, Polonaise, continued to a beauty parlour fur war and peace, of prosperity and comprise ther along, where a lady alighted.
of stress. We shall look back in Etude, Prelude and Fantasie-Im-
promptu, all by Chopin.
Mrs. Fordam, the lady passen-May on twenty-five years of as
To prevent misunderstanding, IL ger, then RAYO evidence. She momentous and eventful history stated that after the accident then has ever appeared in the should be stated that this Recital is distinct from the Chopin Recital taxi stopped, and she saw the boy annals of the British Empire. boy was not hurt she told the de- has been transformed. Its proof the works--the Sonata in B propping the bicycle up. As the "During these years the world by Mr. Bowes-Smith announced for February 8 at 9.15. p.m. Only one fendant to go on.
blams, its conditions. have Minor-in common to both pre- Defendant alleged that he tried changed, its opportunities have grammes.
to explain to the European sergeant changed. We are now living in a Those wishing to book tables for that he drove along the right hand world which has an increasing aide of the road to avoid colliding need of the spirit of our Empire-ten are requested to communicate with the cyclist.
!the championship of liberty, with the Secretary of the Helena defen-respect for the individual, and
May Institute.
The Magistrate dismissed dant on both charges.
LUANTUNG EPIDEMIC
pursuit of world pence."
T
The Premier said the iden of DOUBLE TRACKING the British Commonwealth of
IMPORTANT LINE
Nations was the idea of the Lice- gue of Nations, and was the only Tientsin, Jan. 11, way of salvation for the world and In consequence of the scarcity of its civilisation. The last quarter. rain and snowfall during this of a century had been trana-1 winter season, scarlet fever and formation, but; he added, "We now bronchitis are prevalent in the find ourselves providentially able Luantung districta, especially in the to look forward with more grounds area surrounding Tongshan, where for hope."-British Wirclenn. over sixty fatal cases have been re-i ported. The number of aufferers: in Tientsin is comparatively fow.-- Central Newch,
FAIR WEATHER
SUEZ CANAL DUES GAIN
GOOD' YEAR' SHOWN BY RECEIPTS
London, Jan. 10.
NANKING-SHANGHAI
RAILWAY PROGRESS
Shanghai, Jan, 11. Work on the double tracking of the Nanking-Shanghai Railway la fast proceeding and la expected to be completed within A fortnight and made ready for service by the end of this month. In view of the ever increasing volume of traffe on this railroad, the double-tracking is) much needed.--Central Nown.
850,410,000 francs.
Thus despite a four and a quar-
The anticyclone has weakened and moved eastward into the Yellow Sea. The depression over Manchuria yesterday has moved to the north of Hokkaido-Local Transits through the Suez ter per cent, reduction in duen, forecast:-East winds, moderate; Canal during 1934 amounted to receipts were 4,130,000 franca
5,668 vessels, and receipts totalled higher than in 1983.-Reuter,
fair.
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