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A Look Through The Telegraph
50 YEARS AGO
Jurie 28, 1800," To-day is Coronation Day. The war vesels of which four rijders ord, part owners duly banged away, at noon to notify the anniversary, Business, did not stop worth a cent, though.
The Antal sets in the tennis ulatéir bos tween, the American, Peilit, and the Englishman. Baunders, took place in Dublin on May 30. The match was won by Pettis. When play waa resumed the scores were tle,d each having won four sels out of the total 13. Petti won three, Saunders one. Pettit I now declared 'champion of the world. The first eet was won by Petit. 6 to 3, the recond 6 to 1. Saunders won the third by 6 to 4. Pettit won the fourth by # to 2.
General Drino, the Channel balloonist, is dead.
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Zola has finished the last of his greal series of novel and fo future will devote bimself to play-writing. The only play he ever wrote was at first neverly con..
demned and then rapturously Applauded.
M. de Lessepa, who had a fainting fil on the street' the other day, still con tinues to give anxiety to lits friends. It appears that he muffers from a nervous malady which requires constant atten- dance on the part of his medical ad vivers.
25 YEARS AGO
June 20, 1015. Details received in Paris of the capture of the Antian village of Metzeral show it as one of the most hergla of French feats of armna.
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On Friday we printed a quaint letter which spoke with an amusing air of con fidence, ax to the present war's being what foretold by, the Prophets which is to usher in the thousand years of peace. I almos: refreshing, in these ma terialistic days, to find anyone with su much simple faith teft. The writer scem to live fixed on the year 1912 for the battle of Armageddon-a tnct of less in- terest to and our readers than the date at which pence wilt came and end this present war. The most Intereating. paint in this letter is that Wistel deals with a mysterious cloud which inter posed itself between the British and Ger- an armies and in the inidst of the cloud
a host of stuning Agures." This scena to have driven the enemy back, a fact whlet makes one wonder why It had hot timed a appearance » ttle earlier and have saved inany valuable lives.
10 YEARS AGO.
June 28, 1930. K. S. Duleepsinh, the well known bus sex bateinan, pehloved the highest distinc- tion in a cricketer's career to-day when he complied the highest individual art in an Anglo-Australian Test match of Lord's. Ile niso emulated his famous incle, Hanfitainhlt, in scoring, a century in his first Test match, England batted all day to-day and when stumps were
drawn at 8.30 pm. nine wickets had fallen for 405 runs. The detailed score is, given below:
England First Innings
J. B. Hobbs, Diddeld, b Fairfax
E. E. Woolley, e Wall, b Fairfax
W. H. Haminond. b Grimmett
F. Hendren, r McCabe, v Fairfax
A. P. F. Chapman, e Oldfield, b. Wan
GO. 11. Allen, D Fairfax
-M W. Tato, c McCabe, b Wall
C. White, not
d. Duckworth, not out
Extras....
Total (nine wickets)
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задов King George and the Emperor of Japan on the occa. sion of the visit to London of Prince Takamatsu, second brother of the Em- peror, and Princess Takamatsu. King George, in a message to the Emperor des patched yesterday The Queen and I have this afternoon welcomed as our guests with feelings, at delight Prince and Princess Takamatsu nty, we are glad to age them both in the dll of health. It gives me the greatest pleasure to inform "Your Imperial Majesty that I have to- day promoted you to rank of Field Mar stal in my Anny. I have entrusted the baton to your brother to hand to Your Imperial Sinjesty on his return home of tho when I hope he will carry with hun the renewed assurance of lasting friendship between our two countries.
5 YEARS AGO.
June 20, 1933.
A National Detenca Loan "enabling us
to pull up to our proper position in the world and put ourselvas abreast of our Kreat responsibilities" was advocated by
Journal
Hongkong Fisheries
Mr. Winton Church!!! in a speech at a Research
dinner of the Nineteen Hundred Club, Conservative organisation In London -to-night. Mr. Churchill sold that if the Government persevered in the course they would have the unswerving support of the nation and the House of Com- mone.
"I was astonished to find in the si of Il Majesty's ships participating in the Royal Roview at Spithead the names of those which I was fighting in the estim◄ nies to rebuild a quarter of a century
sald Mr. Churchill.
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Nearly 12.000.000 votes were cast upon each question asked in the National at Peace Ballot in London and the results were announced by Lord Ceel! at an en thusiaalle mass meeting In the Albert zalt to-night The Una frut showed
-1:- over."£1,000,000 vetek wero cast in favour
Morning Post Building.
gls Britain remaining member of the Price $3.00.dll at beltza
League of Nations Only 350,000 voted
against membership at Geneva., To the
qusalton - whether economic, nor military
Fonctions should be applled to an agETEK- anly $750,000 Vites in favour of military For TALON,10.000.000 "voted in the "ie== mesauced if sanctions were found necess mative and: 030,000 in the negative, But Bary, and 2,391,000 against.
Friday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 28, 1940.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Salo by Publle Auction
TO-DAY'S RADIO Shanghai
to be held on Tuesday," the 2nd ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
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'day of July, 1940), at 3 p.my' at { the Ofices of the Public Works Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Fre Department, by Order of His Wave from 1-2.16 pan, and 8-11 p.. quency of 843 kc's, and on Short: Excellency the Governor of one on 9.02 m.c's per second. Lot of Crown Land at Kowloon
H. K. T Teal, in the Colony of Hong
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12.30 The Kentucky
Relay of Programme
From Saigon
Abduction
Shanghai, Juric.37.
Characters and Soloists in order of Representations are being made to sppearance: Turiddu, a young soldier, the American authorities over the Giovanni Breviario" (Tenor); San-alleged kidnapping of Mr. John Costa, tuzza, a village girl, Della Sanzio chief accountant of the American 0.58 Closing Local Stock Quota (Soprano), Lucis, mother of Turridu, owned the Shanghai Evening Post
Olga Do Franco (Contralto), Alflo, and Mercury. 7.00 Relay of a Programme from a.teamster, Piero Biasini (Baritone),
Mr. Conta is reported to have been Loin, wife of Allo, M. Pantaleonl 7.15 The Orchestre Raymonde. (Mezzo-Soprano), and Members of abducted from his home in the out- La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, side roads area last night by three Delibes In Vienna (ork. Walter), | Milan,
men, one of whom is stated to have - Indian Mall-Descriptive (Lamothe),
been a Japanese. While they covered Glow Worm-Intermezzo (Paul
him with a pistol he was handcuffed Lincke), Gounod in Vienna (arr.
and led away. The kidnappers told his wife that he would be brought Walter).
back soon.
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Kong, for a term of 75 years; crasione, Short Service of Inter- tions, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renowal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty "the KING, for one further term of
24 years Ices the last three daye
thereof,
Flight of Ages (Bevan), White
Minstrels wings, conducted by Leslie Wood- gate with Herbert Dawson at the Organ
12.40 The Now Mayfair Orchestra. Minuet (Boccherini, arr. Goehr), Madrigale (Simonett); A Vision of Spring. Inko: Spring Song; O that wo two were maging: A Spring Morning: Come Lassies and Lads; Spring's Awakening: Now the day 18 over: Venetian Nights, Intro: Bar- carollo in G Minor (Mendelssohn); Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann (Benedict); Milestones of Melody. Ofenbach); Carnival
of Venice 1.06 Local Time Signal and Wea-
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the diepo- Bal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be prosent at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200). In cash. This sumther Report will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.ments.
New Bowloon Loland
Lot No. 2603. Kowloon Trai, junction of Waterloo
Road & Derby Road.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of July, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land near Tai Lam Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-, sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the Bum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum'| will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
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AMERICAN FLEET Japanese Navy Spokesman Gives
His Viows
Tokyo, June 27. Questioned regarding the reported departures from Pearl Harbour, the spokesman for the Navy Office, Rear-Admiral Masao Kanasawa
sald that he had received no official in- formation so far. It is apparent, however, through Press reports that part of the American fleet has called from Hawaiian waters., 7,
The spokesman agreed that the new American 'fleet movement had been designed to cope with the developments in the European tions
situa
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Questioned as to what attitude Japanese Navy would take in ense. the American fleet crossed the Inter- national Dateline, namely, 180' 'de-. grets dast-westward, the spokesman excused ilmself from commenting on the hypothetical question, which would involve a serious political issueDomef,
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1.03, Dance Musto, 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce
1.45 Mozart-Symphony in D Major (The "Prague"),
Vienna
**Orchestra Philharmonic conducted by Erich Kleiber.
11.00 Close Down.
The
7.30 London Relay-The News. 8.08 Local Time Signal, Weather DETOUR TỔ HONGKONG Report and Announcements,
The American authorities have 8.03 Leopold Stokowski and the Norwegian Ship's Long Trip
|been informed of the circumstances. Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Fu Salo-en, Mayor, and the Samson and Delilah-Bacchanale
From Moji to Yokohama Government of Greater Shanghai (Saint-Saens), Damnation of Faust
have promised to help and the City Roty Martin Thomas) Bong (0,020 tons) which had been in in the investigations. Reuter.
Op. 24);
Norwegian","vessel Rinda and Government police are assisting Gavotte. (Mignon' No. 6-Tchaikowsky)tet in D. Fiat recently. Without Words (în A minor, Op. 40, Hongkong since leaving Meil on April 10, arrived at Yokohama
Another Accident
Chungking, June 27, According to the captain of the kidnapping of a political nature ship, she left Moji on April 10, at-3 took place in Shanghal on June 29. pm bound for Yokohama, but a The victim was Li Chi-fung who was British cruiser intercepted the vessel, forcibly taken from his room in the and ordered the ship to turn her Sun Sun Hotel, Nanking Road, by for Hongkong where the three men, who were arrested by the arrived on April 17. None of the Shanghai Municipal police. They cargo was conducated. On April 20, confessed that they were members the ship obtained permission to sail of tho,, so-called, Peace and Recon- again.
struction Army-Central Neios.
8.20 Dohnny Quartet Major, Op. 15.
Flonzaley Quartet. 8.46 Studio-Plano Recital by Harry Ore.
9.16 London Relay--News Sum- 9.30 London Eday--"World ar2 fairy."
0.45 Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rumi-
mary
2.15 Close Down.. 6.00 A Programme of Dance Musto, cana"
course
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