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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1982.

GAMBLING ON THE

CLASSICS.

Game Of Chance Or Skill?

EMPIRE'S SERVANT MERCHANT LEAVES DIES IN LONDON. -$24,000 TO FAMILY,

Sir Percy Girouard Money-Lender's Estate Born In Canada. Amounts To $9,750.

London, To-day.

chants,

Taking the ruling of Magistrate

Probate, in the estate of Mr. E. H. Williams in a previous similar

The death has occurred of Colonel Leung Yung-nam, merchant, valu- Sfr - Peròy Girouard, KC.M.G.. ad at $24,200, has been granted by case, Mr. Wynne-Jones imposed a DS3.0, one time Governor and the Supreme Court to Young Yun- fre of $10 on a Chinese named Commander-in-Chief of the East knen, and Leung Chiu-kuen, mer- Lau Kwai-ting, who was charged African Protectorate. with conducting a gambling game. Born in Montreal in 1867, this Deceased died at the age of 74 During the hearing of the case at French-Canadian servant of the years at 200 Wanchal Road, Hong the Central Police Court this morn Empire was educated at Kingston Kong. In his will, made at Shang ing His Worship was undecided a military college and after taking hal, deceased stated that his to whether the game that was being part. In the Nile Expedition, was monies and properties saved dur played, was one of skill or a game of connected with railways in various ing his lifetime, should be equally chance. Ir

parts of the Empire until 1904. divided between his sons and The object of the game it was Among his latter appointments he grandsons. stated, was to supply missing words was "High Commissioner of North-

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Probate in the sum of $9,750 has

to poems taken from the Tong ern Nigeria, Governor of Northern been granted to Bishen Singh, a Dynasty classica. Odds of four to Nigeria, and in 1915, Director- local schoolmaster, executor in the one were offered, the prizes being General of Munitions Supply, İcigarettes.

ALL CHINA HONOURS CONFUCIUS.

Birthday Of Ancient Teacher Marked.

To-day is a general holiday throughout China and Hong Kong, being the feast of the Birthday of Confucius. Many of the shops of the city are closed, while flags, lanterns and bunting fy every where. Ferry-boats and launches are gally decked, and to-night the shops and houses will be more than usually brilliantly lighted,

within and without..

The teaching of Confucius - do not appeal to the masses, the tample observances being confined to the official classes and the literati, but the Confucian ideals of life and conduct permeate the whole people,

Confucius was born in 551 B.G.

ADMIRAL'S CLAIM

AGAINST U.S...

Fall Of Shot Indicator.

Features of naval gunnery were discussed recently when the United States Commission, hearing claims by British sub- jects for compensation for the use of inventions by the United States Government during the war, continued its "sittings in London.

will of the late Afit Singh, alias Ajit Singh Gravel, alias Sardar Ajit Singh, merchant and register ed money lender.

Deceased died in Rupor in the District of Amballs, India, on! November 22, 1981.

RELIABILITY TRIAL ENTRIES.

Twenty-Nine To Date.

Twenty-nine entries have so far been received for the Motor Cycle

Reliability Trial to be held on October 8-9. In view of the poor

Rear-Adinl. C.. V. Usborne, of Cadogan-gardens, W., claimed compensation in respect of the support so far received it has been Usborne fall of shot indicator.i decided to accept entries until to- When more than one ship was ¡morrow evening.

The impression that the secret firing at an enemy target this check section is unduly difficult is indicator registered the fall of believed to be's deterrent to many. each shot, reproduced the time It is anticipated that further pattern of each salvo, and en- entries will be received before the abled the range of each gun to final closing time, which has twice

The invention was given its last..

been postponed since Saturday first real war test at the Battlel

be corrected.

TOWARDS YUSHU,

and died in 179 B.C. The family of Jutland, and Earl Jellicoe re- TIBETANS ADVANCE was of noble descent, but his ported it to be invaluable" "It father was in poor circumstances. was stated in support of the claim He began student life at the age that Rear-Adm. Usborne was of 15 years, and at the age of 22 the first man to do away with years commenced public teaching the stop-watch and the human

Magistrate for some time. His teaching was less an original philosophy than an attempt to in culcate a standard of morality based on his interpretation of his

- Nanking,- Sept. 16.5 Late reports from Sining,

In later life he held office as observation feature in reglater capital of Kokonor, deny the ing the fall of shells. The in- capture of Yushu, southern estor had been the standard Kokonor (Chinghai) by the equipment of the British Navy Tibetans. The invaders how since 1912.

Rear Adml. Usborne said that Chankushih, a few miles south of ever, have penetrated as far as a committee at the British Ad- Yushu city No immediate dan- miralty awarded him $1,000 for ger is feared as the area in its the invention, the maximum they vicinity is comparatively easy to were empowered in such cases to defend.

RICH

tory.

SILVER ADVANCES BUT DOLLAR UNCHANGED.

award. The number of indicaOwing to the insincerity of The Hong Kong dollar still re- tors supplied to the British Navy the Dalai Lama, who while seek mains steady at 1/8

was 332. Assuming the numing peac Both spot and forward silver ber supplied to the United States the dispu

Gezier strengthened to-day's quota- Navy to be the same, he claimed Wen-hui, Chairman of tions being 17 18/16 and 17-15/16 from the US Government a chuen Provincial Gore respectively.

total of £15,280, calculated on & and Defence Commi The London on New York cross royalty basis of £40 on each in-the rats is quoted this morning at strument and $2,000 for the com- has renewed his ttack on | £GR.4634 VINA against ⠀⠀ --- munication of the idea,

G43.464 yesterday. The New York on London rate is quoted £-G$8.45% as against Z-G$8.46 5/16-yesterday.

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