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Travel Association Report

PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO

COST $15,000

The first annual general meet- ing of the Hong Kong Travel As sociation will be held in the Urban Council Chamber од Friday

September 4, when the

meeting

will consider and adopt the report for the past year's activities. The to the election of two members Board of Directors will be proceed. ed with and the meeting will then discuss any other business that may arise.

The report which is signed by Messrs. W. J. Carrie (chairman). C. H. Benson. Tang Chung-pat and R. D. Walker (directors). gives the encouraging news, that during the period under review, Kong the tourist traffic to Hong increased materially, it being esti- mated that this increase is in the neighbourhood of from 25 to 30 per cent. This is substantiated by official figures and by the records of the leading travel shipping companies

agencies,

and hotels.

During the year 1934 the total

number of foreign passengers that

arrived in the Colony was 1.819.-:

THE CHINA MAIL BONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936

Carl Erickson, of Denver, Colorado, who served 18 years of a life term for murder and was released became ha risked his life in tuberculosis experiments, is here shown as he arrived at Newark Airport on his first visit to New York. Erickson was infected with tuberculosis in an experiment to find a cure for the disease.

AT CRIMINAL

SESSIONS Manslaughter Case Resumed

Before the Chief Justice, Sir

654. During last year the total Atholl MacGregor this morning! number of passengers that arrive at the Criminal Sessions, thei ed here was 2,282.000.

trial of two Chinese brothers)

A tentative estimate of expendi-Yung Shing. aged 23, black-

PLAGUE CURE DISCOVERED?

Indian Physician's Claim

AFTER SIX YEARS OF RESEARCH

BROOKLANDS SOLD FOR £250,000

Big Improvements Planned

AIRPORT TO BE DEVELOPED

The famous Brooklands motor. racing track at Werbridge, Surrey, with its airport, clubs and fac- tories, has been sold for about $250,000 to Electric and General Industrial Trusts, Ltd--a private company of St. James's-street, S.W. 1.

An ambitious scheme is being prepared by the company for mak- ing Brooklands the centre of moi dern motor sport and aviation.

MRS. "GODFREY TEARLE LEAVES NO WILL

Mrs. Stella Texrie, of Buskers Bac, Tring, wife of Godfrey Tearle, the actor, who died in May, has left 41,653, with net personalty - mik She died Intestate, and letters of ad- ministration have been granted to her husband.

MOSCOW TRIAL CONCLUDES

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youth of the country, urging them

The track is to be improved and to love and cherish. Stalin, who as the greatest will be designed so that spectators was described

can watch the entire progress of leader of workers in the world.

a race from any point. There are

to be new cab premises and spe- cial amenities for the public.

Works Enlarged

The airport is to be developed and, the landing ground enlarged.

fear

He urged the youth of Russia never to violate the discipline of the Bolsheviks, which he said was the cause of his own downfall.

DEATH NOT FEARED He concluded, "I do not The factory area, where at present death, having failed to serve the there are about 20 aviation, motor revolution while living; 1 am nuw and general engineering works, ready to serve it dying." will be extended, and plans will be The 16 men were tried in open made for attracting new light in-court in Moscow on a charge of dustries

participation in terrorist plots. Brooklands was previously con-jagainst the state and its leaders, trolled by an estate company. of at the instigation of Trotsky and į which the principal shareholder Zinovicff.

was Mrs. Ethel Locke-King, widow:

of Mr. H. F. Locke-King, a pioneer

of British motor racing, who

Bombay After six years' started the work on Brooklands 30 ture for the second year is plac-smith. and Yung Ming, aged research Col. S. S. Sokhey, years ago.

Mr. C. W. Hayward, a director: ed at $39.030, including $15,000 24. gardener, on a charge of LMS., Director of the Haffkin for a publicity campaign and $5.600 manslaughter of a vegetable Institute. Bombay, is reported of Electric and General Industrial representing salary for a manager gardener Ip Kui, aged 49, at to have discovered a serum that Trusts, Ltd., said:- or secretary and one assistant.

TRESPASSING ON

CROWN LAND

Chinese In Manhole

Lee Wai, unemployed, was fined

$5, in default one week's hard labour. by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing, for trespassing on Crown land at Hillier Street, while Leung Yut.

who had previous conviction,

was sentenced to two weeks bard

"We have not had time to com-

Hau Puin Long Village. Hung will cure an attack of plague plete our programme in detail, but hom, on July 18. was continued. "Our preliminary results are:

Mr. E. H. Williams, Assist-very hopeful and we shall soon the whole estate will be improved.

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7 Officers Sentenced To Death

(also in square pints

and flasks)

Barcelona: Seven officers

have

ant Attorney-General, appeared have a cure that will be cer- We are going to develop the track been sentenced to death by court V.VES.O.P. for the Crown, and the accused. tain," said Col. Sokhey in the and airport Motor races will be martial in San Sebastian for organised in which famous drivers participation in the military re- who had denied the charge, course of an interview.

volt, according to a report in the were not legally represented. At present there is no effec-will take part

Better Facilities

Vanguardia here. Trans-Ocean The following jury was em-tive cure for plague.

"There will be more accommoda-Service. panelled: Messrs. N. Mathieson Vaccine is administered (foreman). Jackson Cha, Lee healthy individuals to protect tion for the public and better club Wai-cheong, H. Rucker, J. B.jthem against an attack of facilities. It is too Emmert, Ng Pak-king and I. S. plague. but once the disease say whether we shall make a pub-H.M.S. REPULSE SENT

Castro.

to

develops the vaccine does not lie share issue."

early yet to

Brooklands covers some 348 Opium Deal Mentioned help. When the hearing of evidence CoL Sokhey's invention is a acres, and it was here that many was resumed this morning Ng new serum which is expected to of the important events in the his- the automobile and air- Choy, blacksmith, formerly employ-revolutionise the treatment of tory of

TO SCENE

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ed by the first accused, was called. plague, which disease annually craft industries were staged. The craft bombed the naval base and Mr. J. Wells of the Public Works stated that he recalled July 18 takes toll of thousands of lives track alone cost £150,000 to con-other places on Friday.

labour for aiding and abetting.

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Kni the date on which ip

was

Department was the complainant killed. The deceased, accompanied and: Detective-Sergeant Byron said

by his wife, had called on the first that the

defendant second

that fatal was seen near a manhole with the accused at 3 pm on

afternoon. when the former had First defendant cover removed was in the manhole sifting the silt asked Yung Shing to return some money which he had lent him some coming and mud in the hope of

time ago on a sale of opium. across something.

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POLICE RESERVE Orders For The Current Week

Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. E. King. Inspector General of Police Chinese Company Training Course-Part II The following undermentioned members will attend Chinese Company Headquarters on Tuesday, August

Indian Company

Witness in answer to the first accused, admitted that the deceas ed's son was also a vegetable gar- dener. but as he only sold bean sprouts, he would have had no use

APPOINTMENT

AT COURT

New Keeper Of Privy Purse

A later message states that, ac- struct

The track was formally opened cording to reports from Seville, ± on June 17, 1907, with a procession squadron of insurgent bombers of 60 cars, led by Mr. and Mrs. raided Madrid and heavily bom Locke-King. Other drivers were barded the region near the mili the Duke of Westminster, Lord tia barracks, returning safely Lonsdale and the Hon. C. S. Rolls. after their work had been

The first meeting was held onpleted. July 6, 1907, for prize money of £15,000. These early races were modelled on horse racing.

PETROL DEPOT HIT

com-

Gibraltar-In consequence of direct hits by insurgent aircraft,

The new company to acquire a big petrol depot at Malaga was It is understood that Major Brooklands was registered in 1928 completely gutted. It is under-

for a knife such as owned by the Ulick Alexander, Comptroller to with a nominal capital of £10,000. stood that the depot held a million first accused.

the Duke and Duchess of Kent, In addition to Mr. Hayward, the gallons of spirit-Beuter.

Tse Chan, wife of the deceased will be appointed the King's Keepdirectors named are Mr. William and Ip Shin-yuen, eldest son of jer of the Privy Purse. the deceased also gave

The case is proceeding..

evidence.

TYPHOON, WARNING

Samuel Stephenson, engineer, and Mr. George Ogilvie Mitchell. Major Alexander has been

solicitor. Comptroller to the Duke of Kent for several years. He was

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iginally expected to be appoint FOUNDER'S HOME

ed Comptroller of the Lord. Cham-

The following message from the berlain's department in succession

TOWN

Vancouver

EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA

Higher Totals Shown For May

FIGURE “VERY CLOSE” TO THAT OF 1930

25 at 17.30 hours for Part II of Manila Observatory was received to Sir George Crichton, but this Training Course:--

by the American Consulate Gener-office is now to be given to Major King's Lynn Gift To Constables P38 Henry Wong, al at 11 am today.

T. E. G. Nugent, Adjutant of the R96 Edward Ho, and R16

"At 9.25 a.m. a typhoon was si-Irish Guards, and formerly equer

Washington. The luggage which the Lord! Kwok Chun Shing.

tuated in about Longtitude 131 E.ry to the Duke of York

After holding back employment and Latitude 20 N., moving west- Major the Hon. Alexander Hard- Mayor of London. Sir Percy Vin

figures for May nearly two weeks. north-west."

inge is temporarily discharging cent, will have to take with him The position of the typhoon is the Privy Purse duties 23 Deputy when he goes to Vancouver this longer than usual, Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labour, last month, continues to increase. The month reported a total of 46,180,- will attend Indian Company Head- about 600 miles north-east of Keeper of the Privy Purse.

latest addition is a picture pre000 gainfully at work during that quarters on Tuesday. August 25 Aparri, Philippine Islands.

sented by the town of King's Lynn. month.

The founder of Vancouver,

Training Course-Part IL-The following undermentioned members

at 17.30 hours for Part II of Training Course:-

Constables R210 Abdullah Shah Mohamed, R213 S. E. Hussian, R236 M. S. Dillon and E256 Sher Ahmed Khan.

Flying Squad Instructional Patrol-The in-

WEATHER REPORT

Pressure is highest over. the Pacific to the east of Japan, and a typhoon has forined in the east- ern part of the trough of low pres- sure; it is situated about 600 miles east of Formosa and is probably

THREE PETTICOATS NO HELP

Spinning Then And Now

She gave as 30,950,000. the min-

which is to celebrate its jubilee, ber in non-agricultural employment was born at King's Lynn, Norfolk, There were 3.230,000 engaged in where his father was deputy_col-emergency projects financed with lector of Customs. The Lord the aid of Federal funda, and she Mayor is a Norfolk man and he estimated a total of about 12,000,- has consented, on behalf of his 000 agricultural workers native county, to present to the

The "non-agricultural”. total people of Vancouver' a souvenir was 4,640,000 higher than it was 77, from the people of King's Lynn in May of 1933, she said, and a painting, by Mr.15,370,000 higher than it was at the Walter Dexter, of the Custom low point of the depression in Recently, during Shamrock's House at King's Lynn

March of 1933. centennial öbservance, sãe spun a The ancient borongh is arrang- Isador Lubin, Chief of the century-old wheel in public twoling to give the picture a ceremoa-Bureau of Labour Statistics, add- weeks, reducing the rolls of woolial send-off.

Mrs. Edith Carver, aged

structional patrol for members of moving west-north-west or north- the Flying Squad will take place west. The local forecast for to-] on Friday, August 28, 1936. Mem- day, as issued by the Royal Obser-spun a spinning wheel from neces- This will be bers will parade at Central Police vatory this morning, is east winds, zity in frontier days. Station at 17.15 hours. Dress-moderate; fine to cloudy. White Uniform, and Cap

White Cover.

with

(SGD.) C. CHAMPKIN,

`D, S. P. (E). Hong Kong. Monday, August 24, 1936.

PLANES AT GOODWOOD

BALLET ROLE MADE REAL

Dancer's Collapse On Stage

into fine garn. **

"Spinning, she explained, "is easier for me than it used to be. When a young girl I sat on a hard beach all day and, despite my three petticoats, it became very

FIRE ESCAPE RESCUES

R.A.F. PLANE CRASH

Pilot's Death In Woods

ed to Miss Perkins' remarks that the present employment 5gure is "very close" to those for 1930.

ELECTRIC BOWLS TEAM

The following have been select- Irina Baronova fainted on the tiresome."

ed to represent the Electric Be- Private owners of aeroplanes stage at Covent Garden last month

creation Club in their Second were invited to make used of the at the curtain fall of her arduous

Division ·lawn' bowls match Dake of Richmond and Gordon's role in "Les Cent Baisers.”).

Plict-Officer Geoffrey Gardner against Kowloon Cricket Clab yat private landing-ground,` South Only those thoroughly familiar | Four men, Williamfelding, of Cornwall, of 111 Fighter Squadron. Cox's Road on Saturday Lodge, Goodwood Park, during the with the ballet noticed the Inci Southampton; Charles McGee, of Northolt, was killed when the

W. Stoker, T. P. Saunderson, J. F. races. July 28-31.

dent. By a coincidence the story Dublin: Frederick William Gar-single-seater fighter machine which Lonny, W. E. B. Muskett (skip). of the ballet demands that she rett, of Cardiff; and James Rid-he was piloting crashed into a V. Sorby, J. L. King, G. T. Padgett, should fall in a dead fainting, of Derby, trapped upstairs wood at Knotty Green, Beacons A. F. Paul (skip)."

A doctor was summoned. It is when fire broke out at Derwent field. Backs, last month Cornwall J. F. Barrow, G. G. S. Thomson, thought that the cause of her col- Hotel, Derby, were rescued by fire was returning to Northolt aero JK Sloan, S. Descon (skip)....

Reserves:--G. Hailey and R. W. lapse was temporary overstrain.exerpe.

drome when the crash occurred. Sarith

CORRESPONDENCE

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