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VICTORIA LEAGUE

Help For Students In London'

COMMITTEE FORMED LOCALLY

The Victoria League in London. among its other activities, ren- ders assistance to British sub- jects from any part of the world who yo

to England, more eg- “pecially for purposes of "educa- tion. The League is prepared to render assistance in the mat- ter of finding quarters, advisian | on educational matters; as far as possible helping in regard to ad- mission to the universities, giv ing facilities for visiting places! of interest, and renerally in bringing students into contact with English social life.

The League has kindly con- sented to render such assistance to. British subjects going to Eng- land-from-Hong Kong A local committee has been formed, con- sisting of: Hon- Colonial Secre- *tary, (Chairman); The Vice

Chancellor Lniversity of Hoast Kong, Vice-Chairman); Ho Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

Director of Education, Hon

Bak? He got

Zest to chcal extra. Kamers.

Bend It's cold if chard's no specking When a couple's homeymooning! Just because he's making mung Ed's too busy for his homey.

THE CHINA-MAIL, MONDAY - JANUARY 13,

Grand in her greatest!

„cis and doors and min of fashion. Crask before his detong passion *Dorling" cries ahe in her bliss, “Covenes maxt have suchal Khe this?"

Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas and Michael Bartlett are in the Columbia picture "She Married Her Boss,” which will be shown at the King's and Alhambra Theatres next Thursday.

the bie Nr. 2. R. 150. CEE AERODROMES IN LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

LL D Honourable Mr. T. N.

Chau. Miss Alice Kwok, Inspecter

of English Schools, Joint "Horor-|

ary Secretary. (Education Office.!

AUSTRALIA

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At 8 am to-day Commodore C- The RMS Empress of Russia Hong Kong), Mr. Tre Teun On New Lighting Methods G. Sedgwick saluted the flag of left Vancouver for Hong Kong sus

Joint Honorary Secretary.

Such persons, as may wish avail themselves of the assie tance of the League may apply to: one of the Honorary Secretaries, į with a view to obtaining a letter to the Secretary of the League in London

THE ENGLISH

Envisaged

ESTIMATES NOW BEFORÉ PARLIAMENT

Melbourne.

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GOLD SPLITS FAMILY

Trouble From Dead. Man's Treasure

STORY OF A WILL

Ravenna

дет Commander-in-Chief, ports last Thursday and is due Vice-Admiral Little, with 15 guns here a February L She will from HMS Tamar, HMS. Kent leave the same evening for Manila. returning the salute with 11

The RIMS. Empress of Canada left Yokohama last Saturday and is due to arrive here next Friday. She will leave the same evening of aerodromes at Melbourne, the decree nisi absolute in the for Manila. Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane divorce action between Valentina and Darwin have been devised by Petrovna Trambitzky, petitioner, An Examination for the In-here to spend large sums" OD FORUMcials of the Commonwealth and Aleksie Alekreevich Tram-stitute of Commerce, England, lawyers' fees

Works Department and the Cirî bitzky-

Here is the story: Aviation Department

Giuseppe Foschi.

To Hold Anniversary-

Dinner Dance

The Acting Chief Justice. Mr. New plans for the illumination . E. Lindsell, this morning made

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will be held at the Chun-Shing Institute of Commerce on Wednes

A windfall of jewels and 347 gold coins - A dead man's treasure is causing a family

The cost will be $40,000 and the The-Hong Kong University Unday at 6 pm; 35 candidates have trader, fell ill and died. He left!

A local installation of the new system willion are giving a tea-party to wel registered for the examination his house to a religious charity, begin immediately after Parlia-come their new Patron, E. E. Sir The Hon. Dr. R. Kotewall his furniture to his widow and The Hong Kong English Forum met has passed the

Andrew Caldecott, K, CM.G. CMG, LLAD, will pay a visit to his shop to his uncle, Giuseppe estimates. are holding

Wednesday, January the institute on Friday at 7 pm, Forte and the C.EE on their first anniver-which include £100,000 for

a cousin. Alfredo sary dance at the Roof Garden, development of ground services 15. at 5 p... in the Greet Hall of when he will address the students Alessi

the University- For aviation.

Members and of the different departments. Hong Kong Hotel, next Friday,

life members of the Union are in- from 9 pm to 1-am, and the

vited to be present most elaborate `arrangements have been made to ensure a suc- cessful evening-

After the fineral, his widow was moving out her furniturn At to-morrow's meeting of the when she found two heavy and Rotary Club the speaker will be dusty packets at the back of a Rotarian Richard Sidney, of Sing-wardrobe.

Coloured Lights" Under the new system -bound-

The RMS. Empress of Canada aries of the aerodromes will be. marked by

will leave Shanghai for Hong orange lights seti Admission is by ticket ($3 per around the borders at intervals of Hong next Wednesday at noon. head) and it is interesting to 100 yards. Bed lights will

-dress--is--optional used to indicate the Tickets may be obtained from the obstacles: wind indicators will be “P.T.” KEEPS HIMalaya

Fote

De

presence of

Hon. Secretary, Miss P. Ing, c/o Foodlighted: green lights will be:

Bornemann &

Messrs ...Prince's Building.

ARCHITECT'S NOVEL SUIT

Co., used to pick out runways; and]

Can Owner Demolish His House

ALIVE

ground flares and foodlights will Jerks" On Mountain

be used to light the aerodromes.

An important feature will be the construction of light towers) 50 feet in height on each of the aerodromes. From these towers powerful revolving beacons will be visible from the air for 20 to)

Ledge

ALL-NIGHT ORDEAL OF AGED GERMAN

Geneva.

50 miles Similar beacons have falready been installed at Darwin, "Arms bending and stretch-

pore, and his subject---“Air. On examination, these were Development in Malaya-and Hong found to contain 100 sovereigns,} Kong." Rotarian Sidney is the 69 gold coins of Napoleon III Editor of the Rotary magazine of and 178 other gold coins of his toric interest besides valuable jewellery.

POLICE RESERVE

These the widow

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claimed

Orders For The Current in her furniture.

were hers because they were

Week

Orders by the Hon. Mr. TE King, Inspector General of Police

Chinese Company Inspection Parade: All ranks of

Claim Disputed:

Guiseppe Forte and the cou- Sin hotly disputed this.

They had been left the shop and the money in its till, they said. Therefore this money should be theirs as they must have been meant to inherit the dead man's

between Longreach "and Cloning and other forms of the Chinese Company will parade curry. Queensland, and at Coota-physical “jerks", —

performed at Central Police Station on) Paris. Has a house-owner the mandra, New South Wales.

(on a narrow ledge of rock Thursday, January 16-17.30- worldly wealth. Other mem- right to demolish his house?

through a bitterly cold alpine hours under Sub-Inspector R. J. Tbers of the family also pressed night, have saved the life of an Hunt for a general inspection of

claims. (aged German pacifist. Dr. equipment etc. by the Company began to rise. No one would Days passed and tempers Ludwig Quidde. He is 71. Commander. Dress Blue Uni-

For the first time this question; is being discussed before a Court) of Law in Paris, and it is expected that the judgment will create an important legal precedent

A young architect is bringing the case against a land-owner who employed him to build a house and pulled it down eight days after it)

was finished. "

THE MODEL-T

GOES ON

· 1,500,000 Still In Daily Use

tween, his own case and that of a there were, at the end of 1934, writer or an artist whose work is 1557,576 Model T Ford cars re damaged.

gistered in the USA, or 7.3

He had set out with a party form, Cap with White Cover, Belt give way.

Stokerė.

Intense Cold

NON-PAYMENT OF TAILORS

"Black List" Drawn Up In Madrid

of friends of a climbing expedi-with Brace, Truncheon, "Pocket So now the Italian courts are tion in the Savoy Alps, but Policeman" and mote-book to be

Itrying to decide who has the became separated from his com carried panions who returned to Geneva will make a point of being present have to pay a large share of The Equipment Officer greatest claim to the jewels and money Whoever wins will thinking that he had dore the

Training Conte Part II: In- structions in Handling of Bevolver their gains in lawyers bills. Actually Dr. Quidde had will be given on Friday, January

Reuter. Reputation Damaged -

Statistics, printed in the ma wandered to a ledge of rock 17 at 17.30 hours at the Chinese! The architect argues that his gazīne Automobile Topics of from which he found it impos-Company professional reputation has been November 18, 1935, give the sible to advance or retreat. He those detailed will attend.

Headquarters. Only damaged, and draws a parallel be-interesting information that had to stay there all night.

dian Company. Training Course-Part I: AT The landlord explains that, har per cent of all the automobiles storm, it was intensely cold, will attend Indian Company Head- There was a blinding rain recruits of the Indian Company ing paid the architect in full, and registered in that country. It but the old Professor managed quarters on Tuesday, January 14 having been offered a higher sum is certainly 200 outstanding to keep himself warm by carryst 17:30 hours for instruction. for the ground without the build-tribute to the quality of the ing out a series of gymnastic ing than for ground and house to Model-T for over one and a half exercises in spite of his the Indian Company will parade

Madrid gether, he had every right" and million of this famous model to reason to demolish the house be in active operation seven cramped position

at Central Police Station antederation to protect them Tailors here have formed a According to the legal definition years after the manufacture of morning before he

It was 11 o'clock the next Wednesday, January 22 at 17.80. of property rights an owner may this model was discontinued

was seen. hours under Sub-Inspector 3 selves against customers who use or misuse his own property. The Model-T had a world-way train spotted him and equipment etc, by the Company There are 993 tailors in the Passengers in a mountain rail-Hant for a general inspection of show little inclination to pay wide reputation for "getting guides were sent to his rescue. Commander. Dress Bine Uni-

their bills there and getting you! back," but it will probably be a none the worse for his adven with Brace, Truncheon; Pocket are defrauded of £18,000 every Now he is back in Geneva form, Cape with White Cover, Belt city and they claim that they very great surprise to most ture readers to note that such a Peace Prize Winner large number are still in opera-|

ion in the USA.

SOCIALIST LORD MÁYOR

Mr HM. Medland is to be the fest Socialist Lord Mayor of Ply mouth. He declined invitations to contest. Devonport and Tavis" tock at the recent election.

AIR LINE SUPERVISION.

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the supervision:

Commerce

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HITLER CREATES FASHION

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Dr. Quidde was long an out, standing member of the Peace Movement in Germany, and in 1927 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

When Hitler came into power, Dr. Quidde fed to Ger where he Eas been a fam and striking figure at League ans meetings by reason

ring-- white” beard and the tinte acles which

Inspection Farade: All rankos of

Policeman" and note book to be year, men carried." The Equipment Officer will make a point of being wesest

One and a half million pounds are earned in their trade an nually and 490,000 of this has Emergency Unit Reve

to be obtained through the law Training Comme Part 1, Courts. Thirteen thous Members of Emergency Unit pounds is at present owing Beserve will attend Kennedy Road 123 tailors

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