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Hongkong Daily Press

ESTABLISHED 1857,

No. 21,170

號拾七百豆千萬式第

日叁初月四年寅丙

HONGKONG, FRIDAY,

Our London Letter.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,

TIME TABLE.

Kowloon...

...Dep, 7.35 10.07 11.99

A PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE. GREAT MARCH OF WOMEN THROUGH THE COUNTRY.

ENGLAND.'

MAY 14TH, 1926

SHANGHAI'S G.O.M.

MR. BRODIE CLARKE CELEBRATES HIS $2nd BIRTHDAY.

A small group of his friends--as he sukequently remarked, not 100th part of number he is proud to class under SPANISH ROYALTIES TO VISIT that designation-asembled in the offices ass Hopkins, Dunn & Co., on 9th to drink a birthday toast to Brodie A. Clarke and to wish the veteran still longer fé and at least a continuance of the cobuss health "he now enjoya

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OWN CORRESPONDENT. }

Loscos. April 12th. THE LATE QUEEN MOTHER

Mr. C. M. Bain said that Mr. Clarke; The interesting suggestion is being put "forwart in London that a partmit of the was celebrating his sand birthday and late Queen Alexandra shall be placed in he barcely needed to remind them that the National Portrait Gallery. The Mr. Clarks had y record of public service of which he could he justly proud and suggestion is receiving considerable sup- port, and there is gond reason to believe of which his friends were doubly proïd. | that His Majesty the King will give his knew from personal experience that consent to it. Queen Alexandra was Mr. Clarke still was as robust as most rainted a good many times, and thereof them, for only a few days previously are portraits in oils of her at Sandring he was playing golf with Mr. Clarke

WEEK DAYS

2.1.

Nook

.P.M.

Taumati...

Dap ...Dep.

8.40

9.15 10.30 11.40 12,00

1.15 4.35

7.30

924 10.30 50

Shatin

Dap,

7,02

Tripe

Dop 7.18

18

9.36 10,51,

12.09 1,24 1.88 1001

4.56

5.38 7.19 Б.51 7,81

9.49 11.04

5.09 6.04

Taipe Market. Dep. 721

9.58

11.08

153 19.38

5.13 6.08

Fanling

Dep. 7.32 10.08 1118

"Sheungshui

12.48 2.09 12.52

5.24

6.19 9.07 5.25 6.05

768

8.03

FROM BUR

Skamchan

A. 7,42 10.18 11,99 12.20 12,38

2.19 5,34 6.99

3,08

P....

FX

Shamchan

721 Dop.

8,05 10:38 11.401.56

3.00

417

5.13

6.06

Shengshui

..Dop!

8.12 10,43 11,47

3.07

424 820

6.15

Fanling Taipo Market

Dep

9.16 10.49 11.51

3.11

4255.24

6.39

Dep

7,43 8.25 10.89 12.09

3.21

5.34

6.29

Taipe

Dap

Bia Ysamati... Kowloon...

.Dep. 8.12 8.55 11.29 19:53 9.03 11.87 12.41 ..A, R.20

Dop 7.59 8.43 11.17 12m

7,58 8.50 11,04 12,07

3.25 4,42 5.39 6.33 3.38

6.46 4.585.51 3.50

6,58 5,08 · 6.02. 2.37 3.59 3.16 6.11 7.06

Kowloon...

...Depi 6.10

Yaumhti...

9.24 20.39

Shatin

Dop

7,02

9.36 10.51

9.49 11.04

A.X. NOCA 7.M. 1,..... AXN AM

199 5,29 7,10 9.15 10.30-11.40 12,00

7.19 3.38 12.09

7.31 5.51 6,05 7.44

19,91 2.43

1234

2.36

Taipo Market ...Dep.

9.53 11.06

Fanling...

...Dep. 792 10.03 11.18

3,00 6,09 7.48 8.11 6,20

Sheangshui

3,15

Skumchaa

6.04 3.21 6,30 8.08

758 8,02

P.X.

7.M.

1.58

3,00

4.17 5.40

Shamokun

3.07

424

6.09 404 5.46 8.16

429 5,51

6,20

3.25

+39) 8.01 6.30 4,426,03

3,38 4,35 6.19

2.37

3,50 5.07 6.30 6,88 5,15

6.84 8.47 6.69

7.07

Taipo

SUNDAYS AND PUBLIO HOLIDAYS

Sheungshui Fanliag Taipo Taipo Shatin Yazmati... Kowloon...

Market

STATIONS

Dep 8.50

7,16 ...Dep.

...Dep. 788 10.07 11.22

A 7.43 10.15 11.28 12.20

Dopit

بالايف

6.12 10.38 11.40

Dep. 8.19 10,45; 11.47 Dep. 8.23 10.49 11.51 Dep. 8.33 10.39 12.09 Dep, 8.57 11,04 12,07 Dep 8,51 11.17 12.21 Dep. 9.08 11.29 12.55 A 9,11 11.37 12,41

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.

..

WEEK DAYS.

6.95 Fanling ...Dep. 7,45 11.30 9.00 Shataukok...Art, 8.40 12.25 2.15 720

STATIONS.

A.M. P. F.M.

WEEK DAYS, Shataukok...Dep. 6.30 10.15 1.05 5.00 ...A 7.25 11.10 2.00 5.55 Fanting SUNDAYS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

MAM FM. Y Bhataukok... Dep. 6.30 1015 2.05 5.15 Fanling Art. 7.95, 11.10 8.00 6.10 Further information may be obtained at the BAWAT Ozzinis, Kowloon, or from Mars. Thos. Coox à Sox. L., Honegens, or team The Axxio EXPRES (JOK

SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

LX. 2.MG 7. F.M. STATIONE

...Dep. 7.45-11.30 9.20 6.25 Fanling Bhatankok...Am. 8.40 12.25 415 7.20

STATIONA.

zwijałow Managon

HONGKONG, CANTON

STEAMERS.

the holes. Mr. Clarke was not any one man's "friend, but he was the friend of Every man.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General Post thee, in the United Kingdom.

號四拾月伍年五十國民華中

PURIFYING THE HONGKONG WATER.

THE SHING MUN AND, BOWEN ROAD SCHEMES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT..

Losos, Apri} wth. I have been able to obtain some

SUN-GLARE IS DANGEROUS.

Gelnica Capokaa ilaan ja moni dezafein?' at a prolection from exons BN garn, 10 at Cy okes leanas up to 3 me presription or without power. Dust, siis chances with your egon?

We are durintars"in Routh Chisa for the hand 1oint Opildai Lorra thin, Le Chačka Bron (Ri mahan manntacturers of the

Willian Crohan Tuttman.......

Str

N. LAZARUS. Honger's only Zuma Oycielem, 12, Quad, Dretruk

Na-apor-RALPH & COOFTH Registered Optomet

PRIUS: $3 PER MONTH

EXSHAW'S

V. F. O. LIQUEUR BRANDY

additional information concerning the Guaranteed over 40 Shing Mun and the Bowen Road, water purifiention schemes, the plant for which is being supplied by the Paterson En- gineering Co., Ltd, of. London.

In the vase of Shing, Mun, the water collected in the Shing Mun valley will pass tò a chemical'treatment and modern- rapid gravity filtration plant consisting of eight 21ft. in. By raft. Din. fervo concrete filters with a intal capacity of 5,000,000 gallons of water per day, cor- responding to is gallons per square foot of filtering space per hour.

All the

ears old.

IT ALWAYS PAYS TO GET THE BEST.

V.F.C. IS THE VERY BEST

SOLAINTS:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR

& CO., LTD. necessary auxiliary machinery, including Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances

of Hongkong.] the supply of compressed air, is embodied

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ham, Marlborough 'Hauge and Bucking and found himself outdriven at most of in the contract, and the plant is design-15, QUZIN' BOAD CENTRAL TEL. 75.ORNTRAR ham Palace. The idea is that King George should be asked to give one of these vaurasses to the nation as a per- manent possession.

The company having toasted Mr. Clarke, the latter said it was impossible for him to think of all that had occurred

The Queen Mother will always remain a gracious historical figure, and it is felt generally that it is fitting that herdering over 60 years that he had spent likeness should be placed in the Portrait Shanghai, but he could any now that, wherever he might go in his declining Gallery among great and famous men

years, never would he forget Shanghai. and women, so that her features may His friends in Shanghai were not the be familiar to future generations. I unfriends of weeks or months but of reats

derstand that an official announcement

on this subject will be made very shortly.

A PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE.. Preparations are new complete for a great march of wamen upon London next month. The movement is called the Pencemakers Filzmage, and the obje

ed so that it can eventually be made large enough to handle 20,000,000 gallons of water per day.

The principle for the Bowen Road, Scheme is exactly the same, being in this case a plant with a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons of water per day, and having six 24ft. din.. by 12ft. Din filters, vor responding to 2 gallons of water per square foot of surface per hour.

The general method consists in adding to the water automatically a carefully regulated amount of lime and aluminium sulphate salts, thereby causing a pre

cipitate of alumina which settles down quickly and carries with it the whole af the suspended impurities.

and he hoped all of them would live' as long us he had done and at his age be as well in health as he felt that day.

On behalf of several Chiness gentlemen present, one of them spoke, of the respect in which they hald Mr. Clarke and met

ned that, amongst Chinese head a treatment, "just as on the same lines in

in view is to advocate the pacile prines koown is the protector eiples of arbitration and disarmament trade." among the nations. All the leading

& MACAO women's organisations in England, Scot INTREPID WOMAN AVIATOR,

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION DO., LTD.... CANTON LINE

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Sailings from Hongkong: Daily, at 8 AM. (Sandays excepted). Sailings from Canton: Daily, at 8 AM. (Mondays excepted).

FROM HONGKONG : SA.M. and 4 P.M. daily. (Sundays: 9 AM only).

MACAO LINE.

FROM MACAO: 8 AM and 2 F.M. daily.

(Sundays: 4 P.M. only).

SUNDAY EXCURSION.

On SUNDAY, 16TH INSTANT, .. TAISEAN" will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf at 9 A.M., and from Macao at + F.x.

"SPECIAL SAILINGS.

WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSIONS TO MACAO.

O1 SUNDAY, 2330, and on MONDAY, 24 MAY, s. "TAISHAN” will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf at 9 and from Macao at P.X.

The NORTONS" ORCHESTRA"will be on board on SUNDAY, the 23AD MAY, and there will be Music and Dancing during the Voyage to and from Macsc.

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THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

£1,000 sttaining the age of Fifty-fire. Premiams moderate.

Pastsoulons fromme

Conditions liberal.

- DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

SPECIAL SALE. PACKETS OF FOREIGN POSTAGE. STAMPS, PACKETS THAT WILL PLEASE YOU, NO Two 'STAMIS-TUZ SAME IN ANY PACKET.

GRACA & CO., DEALERS IN POSTAGE STAMIS, PHILATELIC GOODS, POSTCARDS, TOTS, &c. No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET,

HONGKONG, P.O. Box He, 60:

SE OUR SHOW WINDOW.

AGENTS,

2, QUZIN'S BUILDING

SPORTING.

GUNS by W. W. GREENER WEMBLY and SCOTT, and Other Makers--British, French and American.'

U.S.A. Air Rifles, and Miniature Rifles, 13 Calibre, Repeating and Automatis.

SPORTING CARTRIDGES of all der Agents for W. W. GREENEE, L.,

criptions.

BIRMINGHAM.

HONGKONG SPOETING ARMS AND AMMUNITION STORE,

8, BHADORAFIELD ARCADE.

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land and Wales are interested, and it is claimed that the pilgrims will represent over two million women who

ve in ac curd with the object.

DROP OF 1,500 FEET IN 64 SECONDS.

Mr. Elliott Lynn. the famous woman

The programme is for a group of pil-fyer (who narrowly escaped death when grims to march to Newcastle. There they about to attempt her first parachute will be joined by a coatingent from that decent, owing to the plane suddenly de- part of the North and the combined scending with a broken engine rod, Mrs. farers will go by way of Durham and Lynn clinging to the under carriage Darlington into Yorkshire. At that made a successful parachute descent at point the pilgrimage will be taken in Hereford two days later. hand by the Yorkshire Committee and so it will proceed as the women approach? Landon, each county being responsible for the organisation, while the pilgrims are within its area.

She dropped 1,500 feet in 61 seconds.

This is what is known as the coagu ent

be made abdolately clear by addfry

THE

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Telegraphic Address't "KREMLIN, HONGKONG'

AND.

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a small amount of white of egg. this causing coagulation, which settles down rapidly and carries entangled in it all the impurities. On these lines for ex- ample it is possible to take out of water every trace of peaty and discolouring! matter, which it is impossible to get rid of in any other way as it will pass KING EDWARD through any ordinary filtering medium.

The lime and aluminium salts are added to the water automatically by means of the Paterson" dry reagent, feed mechanism and the water is then allowed to settle partly and subsequently passed through the patent rapid gravity filters, which get rid of all the pre- cipitate. The general principle of these intervene. but the final decision rests consists of a series of concrete taaks with the City Corporation, which is the containing relatively small beds of sund, Meetings are to be held in most of the market authority for London No new through which the water flows. As soon

CALD

veto the There is

towns and villages along the route, and market can be opened within seven miles

mediately cleaned on the most ingenious it is hoped alan that there will be em of the City without its consent. The As the sand becomes dirty it is im- lines by blowing into the bottom for a blematical pageants arranged at various Corporation therefore

short time à supply of compressed air Te ccutres. The plan provides that the pil transfer of Covent Garden. grims will be gathered together in Lan strong feeling in municipal quarters which agitates the whole of the band, don for a huge mess demonstration in that the "beat, solution will be for the and at the same time the flow of unfiteri Hyde Park on June 18th. It may be Corporation to municipalise the marketed water is reversed, thus sweeping away the separated impurities down a drain, questioned whether peace on earth and and rebuild it on the present site or

The whole operation only takes com- good-will among men can be promoted transfer it to another. The ultimate fate by a pilgrimage of this character, but of the market secuns to be municipalis-paratively a few minutes, and the sand

it doubtless has some use as an advertise- tion. ment for the League of Nations.

COVENT GARDEN MARKET.

SPANISH ROYALTIES.

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is then as clean as ever, being ready for use again and lasting unchanged for years. In this way also a very great speed of filtration is obtained. With the ordinary slow speed sand filters the water is merely allowed to flow through the bed for a long time until it is completely enormously. The sand then has to be filled up and the capacity reduced

Their Majesties, the King and Queer I hear that the Bill in Parliament of Spain are coming" to England on a authorising the removal of Covent Ga private visit, and this of course means den Market which is to be promoted this that they will occupy a suite. at one of session will meet with strong opposition, the West End hotels. They will be as got out by hand and cleaned, whereas rendy indicated, practically continuous As I stated recently in one of my companied by their elder daughter, the with the rapid gravity method, he al articles the proposals to move the fanta"Beatrice, who is to be farmayetration is obtained at the rate of 78] market from its present position on the presented at the. first court of the year gallons per square foot of surface per north of the Strand to the site of the Buckingham Palace. She will certain hour, while it is possible to have as old Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury.y be one of the most interesting de" much as 85 gallons per square foot.

butantes of the season. It is now said that the motive is not to-

The Spanish Royalties are always improve marketing facilities-the pre sent position is admittedly cramped-but popular here. There is an unclected simplicity about them that people like, is part of a big financial scheme.

particularly welcome and they are There are numerous issues involved visitors with West End tradesmen. Many of the Covent Garden tenants are King Alphonso, it is said, will not be freeholders and cannot be dispossesset able to indulge in his favourite game without obtaining security and compen-of pole during his stay, but he will cer- sating advantages. Moreover the in-tainly do, what is to him, the next, most habitants Dear the Foundling Hospital agreeable thing. He will purchase a will have something to say against the new stock of English-made clothes, for he never makes a secret of his opinion that London is the only city in the world where it is possible to buy a really decent pair of trousera.-B.B.

bransformation of their area.

The local Borough Council and the London County Council will naturally (Continued on nezt Column).

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HOTEL.

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Electric Lifts and Lighting, Telephones on each floor. Hotel Launch meets all Steamert Telephone: Central No. 378 Tel. Address: VICTORIA.

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TERMS MODERATE Special Terms to Families on application to:-

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The Only Hotel in CANTON, - Directly under European Management.

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