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THE HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY 1928 Issue

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LIEUT. KINKEAD.

Verdict: Death By Misadventure."

MACHINE FAULTLESS.

Aviator Not Affected By Machine's Fumes.

London, Yesterday. The verdict at the inquest on the death of Flight-Lieut. Kinkend was "death by misadventure".

Major Cooper, Inspector of Ac- cidents of the Air Ministry, testifled that the machine was faultless.

FLYING BACK.

What the "Bremen " Will Attempt.

TO GERMANY.

Pressmen And Cinema-men

Stranded In Snowstorm.'

Greenly Island, Yesterday. Koehl announces that the Ger man airmen will attempt to fly back in the "Bromen" to Germany.

Unlucky News-Gatherers

Quebec, Yesterday,

A snowstorm has forced down

He believed that Kinkead had de 20 miles north-east of Murray Bay cided to abandon the attempt, and a Canadian seaplane returning

S.S. "CAPPADARAN.”

Disabled South Of Colombo.

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TURBINE TROUBLE.

Tug Proceeding To Her Immediate Assistance.

Colombo, Yesterday. The French steamer "Cap- padaran," from Haiphong, is 18. miles south of Colembo and cannot proceed owing to turbine trouble. She requires towage. A tug will proceed immediately to assist.- Reuter.

| misjudged the height from the water from Greenly Island with pressmen TRAFFIC IN STAMPS.

on attempting to alight. Major and cinematographers. Reuter's Cooper was definitely of opinion | American Service.

that Kinkead was not affected by fumes in the slightest and said that another attempt to break the re- cord would be made and that every thing possible would be done to prevent accidents.-Router.

LOVER OF 82.

LADY SAID HE WAS "30 SLOW."**

BREACH OF PROMISE.

Ford Monoplane Going.

New York, Yesterday,

A giant Ford monoplane has

!

WOMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THREE

BAGS FULL. ¿

been chartered by New York in- At the Mansion House recently, terests and has left Detralt with before the Lord Mayor (Sir supplies for Murray Bay where she Charles Batho), James Cloud will pick up spare parts and a pilot Long, stamp dealer, of Fen- to proceed to 'Greenly Island, church-street, EC., was summon- jed for fraudulently removing Reuter's American Service,

stamps from cheques and other documents so that they might be used again and for dealing in

TURNS UP TRUMPS. stamps, not being licensed.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Counsel: When has he [a man south of Tsinanfu, where the of 821 refused to marry you? Railway crosses the Yellow River. Single Wman of 65, suing for Another 200 miles further north damages for breach of promise; is Pcking, the goal.

He has not absolutely refused, .but he has had long enough time

to be shaping.

Counsel: Did you propose to

Formidable Obstacle.

Mr. Gallaher, prosecuting for the General Post Office, said that for some time there had been an extensive traffic in uncancelled stamps used for revenue purposes, which women employed by waste- paper dealers found on old docu-

ments.

Long, when seen by an officer of the Post Office, admitted that in The railway bridge at Tsinan-one transaction he had sold fu is 4,082 feet long. The width stamps of the face value of £8 of the Yellow River may present for £6.

him?

The Woman: Ladies have to a formidable obstacle to the Na- shake men up, sometimes when tionalists in their march. they are so slow.

She sold them to

Julia O'Donnell, a woman em-. ployed by a wastepaper dealer, Then in Chihli province Mar- said that on one occasion she and There -were many amusing shal Chang T80-lin has several her friends had three bags full moments in a case at Lancaster As army corps of his own (Fengtien) of stamps. sizes in which the foregoing troops from Manchuria. Some of Long. He usually paid half their dialogue occurred. It resulted in the units are engaged in the south face value for them. the award of £50 damages to Miss of the province against the Kuo- Long was fined £20 for the Margaret Ann Thomson, a fancy minchun's offensive from Honan. fraudulent use of a penny stamp, goods dealer, of Great Eccleston, Others are in the west of Chihli, £20 for the removal of a 6ð. against James Robinson, a retired in Lat, 38 north, hammering stamp, and £20 for dealing in stone-mason, of Church-street, away (along the Chengting-Tai- stamps without a licence, or two Silverdale, narrates the "Daily yuan Railway) at that part of months' imprisonment for each

the Great Wall which separates offence. He Came Bringing Gifts. Shansi from Chihli.

Andrew Stevens, stamp dealer, They met in the summer

General Yen Hsi-shan, known of Fenchurch-street, who was 1915, when she was 43 and he was as the "model tuchun," rules summoned for dealing in atamps 170. An ardent wooer,

he called Shansi province. He declared for without a licence, was fined 408.

News."

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It is notified for information that the via Wireless rate to Europe has for her daily at eight in the morn- the Nationalists a year ago and Rates and further particulars on application to the Radio Counter, Isting always bringing either Floor, Government Building.

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A direct service to Yunnan Province has been opened 20th April 1928. The inclusive charge will b 60 cents per word, no charge will be collected from the addresses in Yannan. The service is however

ages are accepted at senders' risk.

eat-i ables or flowers.

and off, for more than six months. MR. W. H. DUNKLEY. As he could not write, a friend'

The crux of the situation lies called Mra, Fleming-whom Mr. in the Shansi sector. Justice Rigby Swift described as "Cupid" wrote his love letters for him.

Peking's Position, Shansi's geographical position is such that any attempt by the Mr. Jolly, for Miss Thomson, Peking leaders to maintain

&

A MAN OF MANY PARTS PASSES AWAY.

ventive ingenuity covered a range Mr. W. H. Dunkley, whose in-

Hlable to interruption owing to atmospheric disturbances and mess said Mr. Robinson in 1926 cooled long line of communications with mechanical devices from off, and had refused to carry out areas in the south are subject to erambulators to tramway-cars, died recently at Rednal Lodge, the engagement.

flank attacks by Shansi. As

[King's Norton, Birmingham, Mr. Goldle (for Mr. Robinson): Shansi's goodwill cannot be ob. We are still willing to carry out tained, the Peking leaders are aged 69. the contract.

He was one of the most prolific now making a serious effort to Mr. Jolly: So are we.

crush General Yen Hsi-shan. Once inventors of his time. Many of Counsel na Bridesmaid. this is accomplished, the North-his ideas were for smoothing the His Lordship: Had we better not erners will be able to offer organ bumps out of babyhood-he held for perambulator adjourn and sit in another building ised defence to both the Kuomin-54, patents which is just outside (the parish chun from Honan and the com.springs alone. church)? If they want a best man bined Nationalists-and-Kuomin-)

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Mr. Goldfe: Would you marry her strong. to-morrow if you could afford to keep a wife?

Mr. Robinson: Yes, happen fore to-night. (Laughter.)

The Next Issue.

He was a native of Manchester,

and a bridesmaid I am sure Mr. chun in Shantung. If the Shansi and if he had not noticed how the Goldle and you will oblige.

menace is not removed, the shafts and seats of the old Man- Mr. Robinson, fresh-com- Northerners have not much hope. cheater tramway-cars were turn- plexioned man looking much Counter-attacks by the North-ed at the terminus there might never have been perambulators younger than his years, said he erners under Sun Chuan-fang and to-day. He made a vehicle for had land in Canada for which he Chang Tsung-chang have not babies on these lines, a reversible was asking £4,000, If there had materialised, Peking's hopes lle, been a quick sale, there would have therefore, in the Manchurian handle enabling infants to be so been a quick marriage.

army, which is at least 200,000 placed as to look backward or for-

¡ward

Fifth Wheel Failure. He added a fifth wheel to en- A reason why Peking is not able the pram to mount kerbs be-sending reinforcements to the two more easily, and then scrapped it. Generals in Shantung is that More and more he progressed to- their presence is no longer desir-wards the modern perambulator, ed and defeat by an enemy is asing papier-mache for the first convenient means of diamissal. effort towards real coachwork. Unless the Northerners in The perambulator of to-day, built Shantung bring off a forlorn hope, on motor-car nes, is largely the the next issue is between the Na-result of his work, and he manu- tionalist allies and Chang, Tso-factured perambulators propelled lin's own Manchurian forces. by motor-engines. Whether the Manchurians will| He was a pioneer motorist. He At 9 am on St. George's Day fight in Chihli province to pre-held a gold medal for his inven- (April 23) the President of St. vent Peking falling-depends on tion nearly 35 years ago of a George's Society of Hong Kong will the result of the drive being "motor-car" driven by tubes of lay a wreath on the Cenotaph. The waged by them against Shansi. compressed air, which he used to Committee hope that as many If the Shansi line on the Great drive himself through the streets members as possible will attend. Wallis not pierced, the Man- of Birmingham more than 30

ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR APRIL 23.

By kind permission of Lieut. Col. churians (and remnants of other years ago, when the petrol car of Boyd, D.S.0, and Officers the Band Northern armies) are likely to to-day was unknown to the of the 1st., Batta. The Queen's march eastward from Peking, go masses. Before 1896 - when a Royal Regiment will play the outside, the Great Wall, and con- new law allowed the driving of Retreat on the Cricket Club Ground centrate on holding Manchuria automobiles up to 14 miles an (by courtesy), at-5.80 p.m. against the Nationaliste

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