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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1928.

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

A p

CARGO & PASSENGERS.

POISON GAS

CHLORINE CYLINDER.ON A SCRAP HEAP

FIND IN LONDON

day

ROMAN TOWN SITE

to

THE CHINA MAIL,

PRINCE GEORGE

COMEDY, ON A LINER AT DEPARTURE

SHADOWS, BEFORE.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

MIN THE "MAIL.".

To-day -- Queen's “The Loves of Carmen,”.

Theatre;

To-day-Star Theatre; "The Flag: Lieutenant."

AN INVITATION

YOU ARE INVITED TO HEAR THE

To-day_World Theatre; Douglas NEW COLUMBIA-KOLSTER VIVA—TONAL.

Fairbanks in "The Gaucho."

October 1-At 2, Quarry Pt.

Meetings... September 28-Annual meeting of

·FORTRESS AT BICESTER

4TH CENTURY LIFË

TWICE HELD UP Oxford.--Several Oxford under- Kaiping, (1,605) British; from A gas cylinder which had been graduates of both sexes are devot Southampton-Prince George, Canton-Dodwell & Co.

found in mysterious circumstances ing a part of the vacation to help who spent day in the New Forest Iregonell, (3,178) British, from at Edmonton, and which was said ing to supervise excavations, which recently with the Queen, and then to contain auficient poisonous gas are now being made on the site of returned to Cowes to spend bis last Newport, Calcutta,--Mackimori

to kill a thousand people, was a Roman town

Land' Sale дев Bicester.night In England for many months Mackenzie and Co.:-4,600 tons removed to' Messra.

from Brunner Some interesting, finds have been with his parents, solled

October At P.W.D. Offices, general cargo for Hong Kong, Mond's works at Silvertown.. Home made during the past week.

Southampton for Quebec in the Crown land at Mong Kok Tsui, 3 2,500 tons (through).

Office experts, who conducted an Only small portions of the town, Canadian Pacific liner Empress of p.m.

Lammerts' Auctions. Hupch. (1,206) British, from investigation, found that it contain-which is about twenty-five acres in Australia," to take up his new ap

ed chlorine gas similar to that extent, have yet been uncovered; the American and West Indies sta valuable collection of Curlos, etc...

pointment as French interpreter to

September 27- At Sales Room, a Canton-B. and S.:-300 tons used in the war.

but the digging brought tion of the Royal Navy, with hond etc., 2.30 p.m. general cargo (through).

The cylinder was found on light રા Roman house with St. Albans (2,638) British, a scrap heap, which

quarters on H.M.S. “Durban." had the lower courses of its walls)

October 1-At 4, Minden Avence, from Yokohama, Moji-Mackin- not been touched for several intact. The hearth, and what may Southampton from

His Royal Highness proceeded to Kowloon, household furniture, etc.,

Cowes on 811 am1. non, Mackenzie and Co.-1,542 years, at the type metal works of prove to be An underground pinnace from H.M.S. "Rodney." tons general cargo (through). the Vida Metal Company, of chamber, have been found. Frag guardship to the Royal yacht, and household furniture, 2.50 p.m.

Kwong Sang, (1,428) British, Brettenham-read. Edmonton, and ments of a table and of cooking it was expected that he would land from Shanghai, Swatow-J. M.: had been guarded

and vessels, found on its floor, indicate at the steps under the bows of the -280 tons general cargo (for night by the police.

The discovery that its date is about 100 A.D. A "Empress of Australis." An off-the Kowloon Cricket Club in Club Hong Kong, 361 tons (through). was kept secret.

quantity of pottery and Roman cle! party awaited the pinnace's City of Lincoln, (8,784) Bţi- The authorities are at a 1033 coine has already been unearthed, arrival, but when it came into view House, 5.30 p.m. tish, from New York,, Manila-

to understand how it came to be and other objects, which include and was moored there was no sign Bank Line.:-500 tons general

on the scrap heap, but the police bronze brooches, a bone knifé-of Prince George on board. cargo. for Hong Kong, 1,400 tons

theory in that it is a relle of war handle, a comb, and bone and bronzo

Much to the astonishment of the (through).

days, when poison gas was made needles and pins, as well as part waiting officials, Prince George had

October 12-Annual meeting of On a large scale in the Edmon- of a stone handmill for grinding landed at the Royal Pier, nearly a the Hong Kong & Canton Ice Manu-

mile away, and had been met by hie facturing Co., Ltd., 11.30 a.m. ›

October 22-Annual meeting of Miss M. V. Taylor, of Oxford, anf car, his object being to see some- authority on Roman Britain, said thing of the large liners in the the Ladies (Golf) Section at Helona in an interview recently, that she docks. While inquiries were being May Institute, 1 a.m. Sport. hoped the excavations would throw made for him he arrived unherald-

October 6-American tournament, fresh light on the question, how ed, and was unrecognised by the long the British population con- large crowd assembled on the quay-Ladies' Recreation Club Peak-road,

nt 2.30 p.m. be tinued to accupy the Roman towns side.

after the withdrawal of the He was stopped at the quayside Legions and the decline of the em- barrier by a burly constable, who pire. "There was evidently a re-informed him that he could not be organisation of the town in the 4th allowed on to the quay. A little century," she said. "The coins we explanation followed, and have found include some as late Prince, who was dressed in a brown as the early 5th century.

Hai Ching, (1,267) British, from Foochow, Swatow-Douglas 8.8. Co.-410 passengers, 600 tous general cargo (through).

Sphinx, (6,724) French, from from Marseilles, Saigon-M. M.: -248 passengers, 120 tons passengers, 120 tons general cargo for Hong Kong, 1,847 tons.

Taipoosck, (1,219) French, from Fort Bayard-Shun Cheong and and Co.:-268 passengera 654 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.

ton district.

The cylinder measures 8ft. 8in.

in length by Bin. in diameter. It was coated with rust, and was en- closed in a wooden box.

that

A man who was present when it was opened told a representative of "The Telegraph" could not escape getting a slight whiff of the gas when the cylinder cap was removed.

"As a result," he said, "I was coughing for several hours, and it

Í inhaled not unt!!

some

Van Heutz, (2,249) Dutch, I was from Amoy, Swatow-J.C.J.Lammonia that I get any relief. I 1,180 passengers, 285 tons gen-had seen the packing-case on the eral cargo for Hong Kong.

scrap heap before, but had no

Halidon, (840) Norwegian, reason to suspect that it contained from Bangkok, Thoresen and Co. anything dangerous." -12 passengers, 2,160 tons gen- During the removal the eral cargo for Hong Kong.

cylinder was guarded and handled

corn.

the

October 1-H.K.V.D.C.Sports. Committee meeting at Headquar- ters, 6 p.m.

NOTICES.

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED

BATHING ATTSAT TSZ MUI-

Western Market, & Quarry Bay Service

sult and bowler hat, and who car ried a small attache case, was An Early Fortification believing that before it was a town the Prince was met with the out

"There is also some reason for allowed to proceed..

At the foot of the ship's gangway this may have been once a fort. stretched arm of a master-at-arms, It may be that in the first years who informed him that he could notHE SPECIAL QUARRY BAY- Honolulu Maru, (3,540) Japan-carefully, as there is a real danger of the occupation it was laid out go on the ship without & pass. WESTERN MARKET CARS ese, from Bombay, Singapore in carrying cylinders of this de-think so by the fact that we have the Prince and a search through will be withdrawn for the season

as a military site. We are led to After a whispered explanation by 0. S. K.-2 passengers, 117 tons scription. general cargo and 188 packages

come upon a double ditch, such as several pockets for his passage as from the last day of September. firecrackers for Hong Kong, 7,600

L'C. F. BELLAMY, would not have, been dug inside a ticket, which was produced, the tons (through),

town. These ditches may go back master-at-arms 'sprang to attention

General Manager. almost to the date of the invasion, and saluted, and without more ado Hong Kong, 25th Sept., 1928. We have not yet dug to the bottom the "Royal voyager proceeded of them.""

Tak Hing, (108) Chinese, from Autau-Fook Hoi Co.:-117 pas- sengers, 2 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.

Shiu Hing. (114) Chinese, from Macao-Hoo Hing Co.:--30 tous general cargo for Hong

· Kong.

Eng Lea, (865) Chinese, from Dairen, Chefoo--600 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.

Hwak-Wu, (2,769) Chinese. from Lung Kow, Dairen-M. B. K-998 tons general cargo from Hong Kong.

Lee Cheung, (163) Chinese, from Shanmel-Fook Hoi Co.:- 97 passengers, 5 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.

Departures

For Shanghai:-Sphinx, Pres Grant.

For Saigon:-Athos II.

For Canton:-Chenan.

For Amoy:-Sinkiang.

For Swatow:-Hai Hong.

For Table Island:

For Macao: Shiu

Chlorine gas is now used in dyeing processes.

THE IRAK ARMY

PROBLEM OF SECURING RECRUITS

aboard..

NOTICE.

Among the finds was

a amall At the head of the gangway hé piece of very rare pottery made in was welcomed by Captain R. G. Italy, certainly not later than 50 Latta, the commander of the ship, TN Connection with the AMA-

his cabin, A.D., and this Miss Taylor aug. who escorted him to

TEUR DRAMATIC PERFORM- ill-rested could only have been the where he remained until after the ANCE which was arranged to be possession of a person of standing ship had moved away from the given at The Great Hall of the quayside. Before the vessel sailed Hong Kong University on SATUR- possibly a Roman officer.

The base of a strongly built the Prince received the Mayor of DAY, the 29th instant, and which Southampton, Alderman Mrs. L. M. by the way the Hong Kong Uni- tower

Foster Welch, and Captain James versity Union is not directly or in- Gillies, general manager of the directly associated with, the Public is Hersby Notified that the production of this play has been

was

also found At

a corner of the rampart, but the upper part was found to have been destroyed for the sake of its atone.

[By John Lewis.] No issue has caused more feel.ng in Irak than that of com- pulso: military service, and the fact that General Nuri Pasha, the Minister of Defence, has declared himself strongly in favour of it may well precipitate another Govern ment crisis. For, while most of the Iraki statesmen are agreed that the army must be expanded unless they are always to remain depen- lack of funds. dent Britain for protection against invasion, they have, so far, failed to agree on the question of how to secure the expansion,

Nuri Pasha apparently seeks to create a new reserve force. The voluntary system, he claims, has failed, and a bill, the object of

For Manila-Pres. Lincoln, which is to get recruits by compul- Empress of Canada.

Maru.

Devawongse.

For Takao:-City of Lincoln. For Keelung: Mayebashi

Maru.

For Hongay:-Daishu Maru, For Singapore:----Tacoma Maru. For Wei-hai-wei:-Huichow. Clearances,

army.

C.P.R.

There is a probability that the work will be suspended owing to THRILLING ROMANCE CANCELLED. Refund on Tickets

DECEPTION

• TICKET

AN OUT-OF-DATE

"LOVES OF CARMEN" AT THE QUEEN'S

Magnificent settings representing the picturesque streets and the vait

sold is obtainable from L. A Guimaraes, No. 6 Caine Road.

THE LOCAL STUDENTS' DRAMATIC SOCIETY. Hong Kong, 26th Sept., 1928.,

bull ring of old Seville will be PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

seen in "Loves of Carmen," which will be screened at the Queen's

'ON.

commencing at 10,30 a.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

A Large Quantity 'of GOLD and COLOUR SILK

* EMBROIDERIES Comprising:

Table Covers, Curtains, Cushions, Shawls, Centre Pieces, etc.,

Ishwardas. Jaipal Singh, described Theatre from to-day till Saturday: instructions to sell by Public THE Undersigned have received sion, is accordingly being con-us.a divinity student at St. John's This picture, directed by Raoul Daiboshi sidered by the Cabinet. The Min- College, Oxford, and living at Holy Walah, who also directed "What Anction

isters are faced with many difficul- Trinity Vicarage, Darlington, was Price Glory," is out of the ordinary Hing, ties, two of which, at any rate, may fined 20a. and ordered to pay 1 in more ways than one, for it SATURDAY, 29th September, 1928,

prove Insurmountable. They have, guinea costs at the Marylebone brings before the

camera again first, to frame a bill acceptable to Police-court for travelling on the two popular players who also leapt the country, and, second, to and Great Western Railway from Ox-to fame in the epic of the war. the money to support an expanded ford to Paddington on June 28 They are Victor McLaglen and The Iraki, where his own welfare with a season ticket that expired Polores Del Rio who played on April 13, with Intent to avoid Captain Flagg and Charmaine is concerned, is, quite properly, an

respectively. Victor McLaglen paying the fare. exacting person. 'Unfortunately, however, the term Irakl connotes Mr. P. W. Pine, for the railway appears as a mighty matador and not only Arabs of many tribes and company, said the defendant used Dolores Del Rio as the fiery temper For Pakhoi-Raymond Poin-of two branches of Islam, but also the ticket on this occasion seven arts from the popular conception Silk Stockings, Dresses, Hats and

ed cigarette girl. The picture de- Persiane, Armenians, Jews, Latin days after writing to the company Christians, and Kurds. And, furregretting that he had mislaid it. of Carmen of the Opera. The 21ther, while the Mohammedan races He gained access to the station at tinaelled personality of the stage

5 are by no means unwarlike, an in- Oxford by taking a platform ticket, gives place to a more realistic 28th September, 1928.

Carmen-Carmen as she really disposition for army service is un-and when naked for his ticket in 18 doubtedly a strong characteristic of the restaurant car he produced the However, the story itself follows was, a passionate gypsy maiď. out-of-date, ticket in such a way closely that of the opera even to that the date could not be seen the great climax when the ad-

For Amoy :-Tjikîni. For Kobe: Honolulu Maru.

Arrivals Departures In port

care.

British Japanese

Norwegian

Chinese

2

Dutch

Russian

American Danish Portuguese .0 French

0

17

7

WONNOCO

a number of the others "although not all.

A Disunited Nation

HAND

! * Sundries: */

On View from Friday Noon, the

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

· L'AMMERT BROS.

Hong Kong, 26th Sept., 1928.

Auctioneers,

instructions to sell by Public

He eventually admitted that he venturess is shot by a jealous lover,THE Undersigned have received knew it was out of date, and sub-though it has a welcome sprinking sequently stated to Detective In- of comedy In Victor McLaglen's Auction spector Plumb:

typical manner. Many well known

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Moreover, Trak is not yet, firmly welded as a nation, and, indeed, it would be a miracle If it were. The result is that the various nationali. I ought to have returned it (the names appear in the supporting TUESDAY, the 2nd October, 1928, ties, tribes, and classes cannot be ticket), but I didn't had used cast, including Ben Bard, Don expected to pull together. Many of it about four times before the day Alvarado and Nancy Nash the shelkhs and their people, for your man eaught me. On the 23rd Ap instance, have that disdain for the I travelled on the ticket. I was due traders and the city dwellers which to preach the next day and had

DOUG" FAIRBANKS

Kidnapper's Victim

a hundred years ago a British coun- very little money, about 10s. and

THEATRE

try aquire had for the village shop having the ticket on me I thought "THE GAUCHO" AT THE WORLD keeper. Still, if conscription is in 1 would try to get through with It. troduced the sheikh who has com-I knew I did wrong, and I should| mand of a tribe will be affected in like you to place before the com- Douglas Fairbanks is seen in exactly the same way, presumably.

as the man who sells cakes of soap.

typically dashing role in "The pany my regrets.

Apparently, added the solicitor, Gaucho, walch occupies the whole

an outl

in the bazaar. And to ask them to the defendant had used the ticket of the programme at the World serve together is to ask the impos- [siblen

two, three, and sometimes four Theatre from to-day to Saturday. He The Irakt, statesmen, who are times a week since its expiry takes nothing if not shrewd, may possibly Defendant replied that he had South America, and find a way out by getting the tribes been away for six weeks, but he gined, he

admitted having used the tickets maz ed together as tribal levies. But it several times. will be no easy undertaking Fur Mr. Bingley said it thermore there is the danger of ly bad for a many of those who are now, Irakis: ity to chest: crossing the frontier into Persia in this way. and becom

subjects,

to send quotes which will be band

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commencing at 5.15 p.m.;

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