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Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains. Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.
TO MANILA
Empress of Asia on Thursday, January 12th.
Canadian Pacific
Union Building
SPANS THE WORLD
Telephone
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SAILINGS
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
Via
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*8.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE”
SAILS DEC. 31st at 9.00 P.M.
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JAN. 13th at midnight JAN. 27th at 4,00 P.M. FEB. 11th at 9.00 P.M.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA SUEZ
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SAILS JAN. 6th at 12 Noon
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MANILA
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SAIL JAN. 6th at 12.00 Noon
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Round the world sERVICE."
FORMERLY DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES
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IF YOU ARE TOO BUSY TO WRITE HÖME
Just Post a Copy of the Oberland China Mail which gives all the News there IS...
Both Local and Coastal
M
DON'T.
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 8, 1939
THE WEATHER OF YESTERDAY'S
DECEMBER
December was abnormally dry, the only rainfall recorded being occasional Although frequent
HOME SOCCER
slight drizzle. RESULTS
- London, To-day. FIRST DIVISION
1. Stoke Middlesboro' 3 Liverpool
SECOND DIVISION
sunny days were experienced, the month on the whole was more cloudy than usual. During the first three weeks of the month temperatures were Bolton above normal; a fall in temperature took place on the 28th, and from then until the 31st the weather was cold.
The mean temperatures for the Blackburn month was 64.7 deg. F., against a nor Bury mal of 62.9 deg. A maximum of 78.2 deg. was recorded on the 8th, and a minimum of 51.1 deg. on the 30th. The Sheffield U. mean relative humidity was 76%, which| Tranmere is 7 above normal.
Newcastle
3: 0
2 Wednesday
4
1 Millwall
1
0
Chesterfield
1
1
1
0
1 Burnley
2 Bradford
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
5 Rotherham SCOTTISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION
Sunshine amounted to 124 hours, which is 50 hours less than normal. Stockport The total rainfall was only 0.01 inch, against a normal of 1.15 inches. The deficiency of rainfall which was exper- Aberdeen ienced throughout almost the whole of 1938 continued until the end, and this Albion year was the driest recorded since Clyde 1895.
The maximum wind velocity in # gust recorded in December 'was 42 m.p.h. at midnight on the 11th-12th.
PEPPERED “GARBO" WITH A GUN
She Shunned The Herd
Hamilton Hearts Kilmarnock Queen O'S. Queen's P. Raith
4 Arbroath
0
0 Falkirk
3
4 Partick
1
2 Motherwell 1.
0
Hibernian
1
3 St. Mirren 2
6 Ayr
1
-1 Third Lanark 4
5 St. Johnstone 6-
Rangers
2 Celtic
1
SCOTTISH SECOND
4
2 East Fife
G
Brechin
Dundee
Dunfermline
East Stirling
1 Montrose
1
Cowdenbeath 4
*Edinburgh City Dundee
2 King's Park 3
Forfar
6
Dumbarton
2 Alloa
5
3.
1 Airdrieonians 1
A cow known as Greta Garb "be Leith cause of her tendency to
wander Morton away from the herd" was a central Stenhousemuir 2 St. Bernards 2 figure in a case at Chester Assizes
* postponed. recently in which Willian Pratt (66), a retired publican, of Higher Disley, pleaded not guilty to woun- ding the cow on September 18. He was bound over for twelve months.
It was alleged that Pratt fired at the cow, which belonged to a neigh- bour, because he was annoyed at her straying in his garden.
-Reuter.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI CRICKET
TEAM TO MEET-K.C.C.-
The following have been selected to represent the University Alumni Ass0- ciation in their match with Kowloon Cricket Club on the K.C.C. ground on his Saturday:
that
Pratt, giving evidence, said he had driven the cow from gården on several occasions, but he E. Zimmern (Capt.), D. J. N. An- denied shooting at her, "I don't derson, J. Barrow, S. V. Gittins, D. shoot cattle belonging to neigh Hung, C. W. Lam, A. T. Lee, L. T bours," he added. I like to live in and F. R. Zimmern.
Ride, W. Hong Sling, J. L. Youngsaye
peace and quietness.'
After the jury had found him
guilty, Mr. Justice Hilbery told. Before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at Pratt that he was satisfied that he the Central Magistracy this morn- did not intend to do any serious ing, Fong Ying, 28, was charged harm to the animal, but intended to with stealing a gold pocket watch pepper it, because he had lost his and with illegal pawning. He was temper with both the cow and her sentenced to gix weeks' hard' owner. As he had living from labour.
1872 without previously appearing
in court he would not be sent to prison.
TRIBE OF A “LOST CONTINENT” FOUND
Used Swastika Sign 12,000 Years Ago
Descendants of the "lost con- tinent" of Mu, which sank into the Pacific Ocean 12,000 years ago, are believed by some archaeologists to have been found in a tribe of Bri- tish Columbia Indians.
The connection has been traced through the sign of the swastika, symbol of the priesthod of Mu, and one common to the tribe of Kootenay Indians in the interior of British Columbia.
..
Bucharest, To-day. The Rumanian Government has decreed that all members of the Party of National "Regeneration" must wear uniforms and give the Roman salute.--Trans-Ocean.
While Mr. J. Montalto, of No. 74, Waterloo Road, was booking seats at the Queen's Theatre at 11.40 a.m. yesterday, some one picked hia poc-' ket of $26, according to a report to the police.
Serious
Sore Throat?
once.
Then you should take a few Formamint tablets at Formamint kills the dangerous disease germs in mouth and throat, thus preventing serious infectious diseases, such as Influenza, Diphtheria, etc. Formamint is absolutely harm- less, more effective than gargles and does not Irritate the in- flamed tissues of mouth and throat.
Buy a bottle of Formamint to-day at your nearest chemist or store dealer.
FORMAMINT
The Germ-killing Throat Tablets
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