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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1928.

BRIDGE PRESENTED

TO CHINESE

NEAR TIENTSIN

RESULT OF AMERICAN GEN- ERAL'S HOLD-UP

FORMAL OPENING'.

Tientsin.

Before a large gathering of Chi-

INDIA'S RACIAL TROUBLE

AN EXPLOSION

FOLLOWING HINDUS DUSSERA FESTIVAL

5 KILLED: 21 INJURED

Lahore, Yesterday, Five persons were killed and 21

BRITISH EMPIRE RAW COTTON

LARGER AREA

NOW PRODUCING 30 PER CENT.

'OF WORLD'S SUPPLY.

SOON “SELF-CONTAINED"

London, Yesterday. The British Empire now pro-

nese guests and amid ceremonies injured by the explosion of a bomb duces 30 per cent, of the world's expressing mutual friendship be-

tween Chinese and Americans, Gen. while a large crowd of Hindus raw cotton. ' Smedley D. Butler, commanding were returning from celebrating at

This statement is made by the

the Third Brigade U.S. Marines, the Hindu festival of Dussera.-Empire Marketing Board in an an- formally presented to the Chinese Router.

a bridge recently constructed by

the Marine engineers over a creekSTEVE'S" ROMANCE of British cotton growing.

at Pelchang..

RECEIVING ORDER AGAINST

FAMOUS JOCKEY

nouncement which it makes to-day regarding the remarkable progress It is recalled how for centuries. Britain was the home of cotton manufac- ture while all the raw cotton came from, overseas, largely from the The STORY OF HIS FIRST MOUNT southern states of America.

American crop failed during the (as already American civil war, spreading A few weeks ago General Butler

A receiving order

misery and famine among hundreda made against of thousands of British cotton made an official trip to Poking aud, reported) has been finding that his motor car was un- "Steve" Donoghue, the famous workers, able to cross the creek, he sent for

The original bridge had been washed away last summer, which caused great interference with traffic along the road to Peking in that vicinity.

Thirty years ago one of the man- the Marine Corps engineers who Jockey. The petitioning creditors immediately constructed a tempor- are understood to be a well-known ter spinners of Lancashire sent ton ary bridge. Some of the village organization with whom the jockey tons of cotton seed to British West Africa, The experiment succeed-

elders who had seen the bridge erect-

A

THE

STUDENT PRINCE

AT THE

IN ÷OLD HEIDELBERG“

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RAMON NOVARRO

NORMA SHEARER

THE immortal story of Prince and beggar maid brought to the screen in a picture whose beauty and romance you will long' remember!

QUEEN'S

.TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

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AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30.

The Empire's production of the

NORTY men against four thousand! An amazing story of garrington, world's raw cotton to-day amounts adventures of three brothers in the French Foreign

Legion."

LAI WAH CUP

RONALD COLMAN

ed then requested that the bridge be had transacted business in coned. More and more of the great allowed to romain as a benefit to nection with his vocation.. open spaces of the Empire are be their village and the general trafic jockey la not disqualified from riding planted and sown to ensure a over the road to Peking. Generating by the rules of racing after a supply of raw cotton for the! Butler agreed to allow the semi-petition in bankruptcy has been spindles and looms of Lancashire. A supply now comes from East and permanent structure to remain and`

West Africa, Sudan, Rhodesia, it was later formally opened to lodge against him.

"Steve" Donoghue is the best South Africa, India, Australia and traffic in the presence of General

He the British West Indies. Butler and other officers of the known jockey in the Empire. Marine Corps, including Lieut. Col. has won the Derby six times. His one long romance. E. B. Miller, chief of staff; Col. life, has been

at born E. B. Lyman; Col. W. B. Lemley: He was

So Major Thacher; Major Long; Cap-Lancashire, 44 years ago, and to between three and four thou

steel works sand million pounds yearly. tain Robinson alde de camp to began to work in a

when he was 12, He first became that, before long, it is predicted General Butler, and Captain

Interested in horses when a circus that the cotton Industry will be Howard.

visited his native town. Donoghue, self-contained within the Empire.- General Butler spoke to the Chi- who had learned to ride horses British Wireless Service. nese guests, emphasising the spirit bareback in a neighbour's field, at of friendliness which Americans tempted to win a purse of silver feel toward the people of this coun-by riding a vicious donkey round try. General C. Shang, executive the circus ring, but the donkey chairman of the Hope provincial, threw him. government, replied thanking Gen- Donoghue realized there must be for some way of riding the donkey, as eral Butler and the Marines their generosity in donating this the clown had ridden, so the future jockey jumped on the animal and bridge to the public.

During the ceremony the Chinese landed on its back facing the tail. ADDITION OF "HERMES" MEN military band played the American He clasped its flanks, and the galloping donkey failed to throw national air, and the band of the

The team to represent Royal So. Donoghue won the him off. Sirth Regiment in turn played the "purse of silver" containing half a Navy in the opening match of the Chinese.

crown in three-penny bite,

local Lal Wah Cup soccer tourna:

A Fired by this experience of rid-ment has been strengthened by the ing, he tramped to Chester and, in return to Hong Kong of H.M.S. The team to play the his dusty clothes and his clogs, "Hermes." without a cap, he walked up to Army on Saturday is as follows:- John Porter, the trainer at Eason Ward

Cornwall ("Seamew"); stables, and asked to be made a│("Foxglove"), Mosa ("Cumber- jockey. Porter threatened to whip land"); Chawner ("Cumberland”), the youth off the premises, but was Cope ("Magnolia") captain. Van {"Hermes"); eventually amused by his insis-Sturthyvant

("Hermes"); tence and gave him a job in the Trump stables. Donoghue's Turf career ("Hermes"), Evans ("Bruce"), had begun.

Mann ("Cumberland"), In 1905 he rode his first winner, ("Cumberland"). while acting at Marseilles as second The Army's team has been an- jockey to a French owner.

Then nounced as follows:-

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URGENT WARNING

The following letter appeared in a recent issue of the "N. C. Dally

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To the Editor:

Sir. I shall feel indebted if you will, in as prominent a position as possible, draw the attention of the foreign public to the following:

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he rose from obscurity to fame as Gunner Fletcher (31st 'H. Bty. the leading jockey of his day, R.A.); Sgt. Hooper (1st Queen's), Shanghai is a great city, yet the having an uncanny ability to keep Pte. Martin (2nd K.O.S.B.); Pte. correspondents of many foreign re- his weight to seven stone odd. He Byrne (1st Queen's) S/Sgt. Sime sidents in their postal transactions is essentially a jockey of brains.

treat it as a small town. Hundreds

ENGLAND'S FOG

of foreign letters and papers are daily delivered by the Shanghai Post Office, bearing nothing but the name of the firm or of an in- dividual, with only "Shangha!" added. In the case of an incoming foreign mail, the total runs into Inland districts of England, thousands. No house number or

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PALL OVER AREA OF 3,000 SQUARE MILES

(R.A.M.C.) (Capt.), Sgt. Skigge (2nd K.O.S.B.); Pte. Everest (2nd K.O.S.B.), Pte.. Stock (2nd KOS.B.), Sgt. Leach (81st H. Bty.. RA.), Pte. Barclay (1st Queen's), Sgt. Caldicott (1st Queen's).

Reserves: Cpl. Dodson (R.A.M.C.), Canter (1st Queen's). Pte. Alexander (2nd KO.S.B.), Pte.

SOCCER

“SUNDAY HERALD” CUP DRAW

even street name is given, and it Wales, and parts of Scotland had will be readily understood that in their first really foggy autuma an emergency such as the strike morning one day last week. In just over, when sorting and delivery the early art of the day the fog were performed by those unac-extended from Kent to Monmouth, customed to it, valuable time was taken in the attempt to deliver such and from Hampshire to Lancashire, insufficiently addressed mail matter, covering an ares of about 8,000 Should another emergency arise, no square miles. In a few places the

The draw for the "Sunday attempt will be made to deal with fog was so thick that it was not any mall matter which cannot be possible to see a distance of Herald" Charity Cup competition twenty-Ave yards, while at Kew and will be made at the monthly council rapidly sorted for delivery by un Croydon it was only possible to see mesting of the H. K Football As trained workers: it will be left over about fifty to hundred yards at sociation on Tuesday next, at 5.30 until the emergency period has eight am passed.

The fog diminished the sunshine Mail matter for box holders will during maintenance of postal work measurement at Kew to 4.4 hours, by volunteers, be only sorted into but the total there for the first private boxes, when the number of twelve days of this month le ninety- seven hours, the largest total in

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D.R.C. PRESENTATIONS

Presentations will be made at the box is given in the address; all this period of September for twelve the Dockyard Recreation Club at 5 other articles will be sent out for delivery when street distribution is er o'clock this afternoon to Messrs. On the coast all round the A Saint, A. Cook and C. Slade, possible, or kept 'over if delivery is suspended. Sorting into private country, the day was sunny, many who depart on transfer on Satur towns from Lowestoft to Wesday, Messrs. Saint and Blade to boxes when box numbers are not mouth having over ten hours of Portsmouth and Mr. Cook to Do given on mail matter will always involve some delay, and cannot be aunshine up to six p.m.

done at all when the expert sorting staff is not on duty.

am

W.WRitchie

Post Office/ Shanghai October 9, 1928.

TO-DAY

DOLLAR

si vonport.

In our reports of the annual gen- eral meeting of the JR.H.K. Golf Chub, Ladies Gection, it was errono- ously stated that Mrs. Sheldon was rate of the dollar on elected to the committee. Mrs. 20272762/0:3/16: Bherry was the lady elected

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