1939-04-17 — Page 20

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DAYS:

10 DAYS

5 DAYS

GoEMPRESS to America, Europe

Van-

Lenve

Hong Shang- Naga- hai

·Empress Kong

of

Arrive Leave

saki Kobe

Leave

Leave

Yoko- hampa Honolulu

Leave

Russia Japan

· Asia

Apr. 28

Apr. 30 May 2

May 12

May 14

May 26

May 28 May 30

Canada June 9

June 11

May 4 May 6 May 13 May 17 May 19 May 25 June 10 June 1 June 3 June 14 June 16 June 23

May 19 May 30

June 16 Jane 28

all above sailings VIA HONOLULU

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1939

BETTER DIET FOR

TRAMPS

Jam Or Treacle With Casual Ward/Supper

Tramps are in future to have jam, marmalade or treacle with their casual ward supper, and a pint of tea with their dinner.

R.M. Omar For Manila

Mr. R.. M. Omar, the local First Di- vision Soccer referee, had now re- ceived an official invitation from the Philippines Amateur Athletic Fédéra- tion to visit Manila and officiate at the interport and other games.

Ho will probably referee several games in Manila and will hold refereo These changes are made by Mr classes there, prior to the arrival of the Hong Kong team, as he is expect- Walter Elliot, Minister of Health, ed to leave by R.M.S. Empress of Rus- in an order issued with the ob-sia on Thursday. ject of making the casual ward

dietary "more palatable and less LOCAL SHARES

monotonous."

In addition, when the wayfarer couver takes the road again in the Victoria

morning he will be handed a lun- Arrivo

cheon parcel containing meat as well as the bread and cheese pre- viously prescribed. Children tween 8 and 12 are to have cheese with the bread and butter| hitherto issued on discharge.

Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains. Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.

TO MANILA

Empress of Russia on Thursday, April 20th.

at 5.00 P.M.

Canadian Pacific

Union Building

SPANS THE WORLD'

Telephone

20752

CFALCONER & CO. (HONG KONG LTD.) WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, DIAMOND MERCHANTS, UNION BUILDING (opposite G.P.O.)

Agents for:~ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS' BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE Direct from Manufacturers,

High Class English Jewellery

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

TS SWATOW, SHANGHAJ

To SANDAKAN.

CHEFOO & TIENTSIN. "Mausang” 28th Apr. 10 a.m.

"Fausang"

"Esang"

“Mingsang”” 10th Apr. Noon 21st Apr. Noon 23rd Apr, Noon “Vakɛan?” 26th Apr. 8 p.m..

28th Apr, Noon 80th Apr. Noon 3rd May 4 p.m. 5th Apr, Noon

To:KOBE & OSAKA

19th Apr. 9 a.m.

“Kumsang”......- 2nd May 7 a.m.

"Woolgar" 18th May Noon

To SINGAPORE, PENANG AND CALCUTTA. "Suisang", 21st Apr. 2 p.m. "Kutsang"

18th May 2 p.m.

Tu HAIPHONG

19th Apr. 6 p.m. 26th Apr. 3 p.m. -29th Apr. 3 p.m.

JARDINE MATHESON

GENERAL MANAGERS

0811..

be-

Where the casual ward is part of a resident public assistance in- stitution, transients will receive the same midday meal as resident in- inmates, provided that the stitution meal contains meat or fish. Though, made mainly on grounds. of efficiency, this change will enable tramps to benefit by recent improvements in institu- tion dietaries.

ESCAPED FATE OF LORD KITCHENER

Naval Officer's. Death

Mr. Arthur Riddle,

55, head

of an outfitting business in Paris, who was an engineer lieutenant- commander in the cruiser Hamp- shire, during the war, has been found dead in the woods. of

Meulan, near Paris.

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in locul share quotations this morning:-

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1350 b.

SHIPPING

Douglases $75 b.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.

H. K. Docks $15 s.

Raubs $8 b..

. MINING

Antamoks Ps. 32 sa. Atoks Ps. .30 sa.

I

Benguet Consol. Ps. 11.00..sa. Coco Grove Ps. 33 sn. Demonstrations Ps. .12% sa. I. X. L. Ps. .50 вd. Itogons Ps. 241⁄2 sa. North Camarines Ps. .50 sa, San Mauricio Ps. 1.72 sa. Suyoc Consol. Ps. ,15% sa, United Paracales Ps. .58 sa.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. Lands $32 b., $321⁄4 sa.

PUBLIC UTILITIES China Lights (Old) $7.90 b. China Lights (Now) $5.15 b., $5%/-

. 5.20 sa.

INDUSTRIALS

Canton Ices $1 b.

MISCELLANEOUS

Entertainments $6.40 b.

Vibro Piling $7 b., $6%/6% sa. Marsmans Inv. (H.K.) 8/- 5/ 8.

DOCTORS TEST HIGH FLYING Oxygen Used By All Eleven passengers, five of them experimental

The preliminary inquiry estab- lished that Mr. Riddle had been strangled by means of a hand-doctors, made an kerchief, which had been tied in flight of 1,200 miles at sub-stra- a running knot to a branch. The tosphere altitudes recently in transport sum of £8 and identity papers specially-equipped were found on the dead man. 'planes.

Dr. Detis, the police expert at Oxygen was supplied to each of a very Versailles, who examined the passenger by means body, concluded that death was light apparatus attached to the Icaused by suicide.

face and connected with a feed

Mr. Riddle, who was born at tube. Galashiels, Scotland, established They covered the distance from himself in Paris after the war Minneapolis to Boston in 4% and became a prominent member hours, at an average speed of 264 of the British colony and of the miles an hour. The 'plane flew, British Legion. He owed his life most of the time, above 20,000ft. during the war to the fact that he in temperatures ranging from was on shore leave when the zero to 30deg below. Hampshire with Lord Kitchener The passengers reported that sailed on her ill-fated voyage in they suffered no discomfort, en- June, 1916.

joyed a chicken dinner and drank and talked as the plane. flew at high altitudes..

PROFESSOR IS SEEKING THE IDEAL WORKER

Professor Ernest Stern, de-- signer of exhibitions, spends his days watching men building hou~ ses. His object is to find the typical bricklayer, make a sketch of him, and then create a huge figure for exhibition at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Earls Court. There will be 14 of these fig- ures, representing typical men of bricklaying, the coal-mining,- masonry, timber, gas, and elec tricity industries.

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1,2-5/8.

silver was quoted

20and

14%2

The

the New York U.S.$4.68%.

New

rate U.S:$4.6306 and London

at