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MASON'S

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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

*#*#¤£T¶AXS BEMARENT HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 29th, 1927.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

Kala| AM | AMI AM? | AM | PM, | 1,M. [P.M.; XIX. | PM | PX, } PM*

0*

91510.09 12.03 1.162.37) 3.00) 4,37) 5,43)7.29.

Kowloon

Dep. 6.37 8.00 8.95

Taumati ...Dep.) 6.4õj

9341018 12.09 131

Shatin

...De 6,57

9.49 10.12.12.84

9.53 10.48 12.88 1.31

Taipe ...Dep

TaipoMarket Dep, 7,10

Janing «Dep,

Phanphai Dép

10.08.10.86 12,48 2,01

10.08 11.00 12.63 2,063.14

4,445,50 7.30

458 6.01 7.45

8.09 5.18 7.55 5.18 8.20 7.58

5.23 5.91 8.09

Shamchan

Cantoni

Art. 7,38 1 Dep ...A

9.08 10.1411.06 12,59 9.12 3.18

5.28 8.85 8.13 5,34 841 8.19

11.10

11.50.

6.35

Chitton

„Dip.

Arr

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AIM. Į AMG | AIK. | FIRE) AN, } P.M. PM. 1.X.

5.05 {11.06

8.40 8.33

5,90-

Bhamahna

1. Dep.) 7.14 8,01|1018|10.4911.0911,40 8.00 4.17[4,43] 5,59′ 6.26| 7,31 Bleungshzi „Dep, 7.91 8.08.10.25 10.04 — 11.47 3,07 4.34′ 432 6.59, . *** Fanling

... Dep. 7,30 6,12|10,29) — 11.51 8.12 4.28, 4,361 6.09 Taipo Market Dep 7,36 8.22 10,89

12.02 3,99 4.39 5,08 6.19 Tripo

...Dep. 7,40 8.2710,4311,08-

12.07 3.96 42 5.10 6.16

Shatia „Dap. 7.33 8,40 10.55 -- - 12.20 3.39 4.56 5.32 6.29 Yaima! Dep. 7,078.5211.08 → — 14,33) 3,51) 5,09) 5,55) 6.41 -- Kowloon AFT, 8.13 8,5811.1411.31 11.49 1283 8.57 5.14 5.41) 6,47. 7,04 7.56

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Fanling Shatankok...

Shatankok Fanling

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P.X. EM Dep. 7.45 10.15 8.20 6.15

9.40 ... Art.

11,10 4.15 7.10

T.M.

9.00 1.00 5.00 9.55

6.55

Dep. 8.15 7.10 * Arr. O-SUNDAYS any Puranio Hozanatı ÖNLI.

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HIGH STAKES.

12,500 TONS OF TREES A WEEK.

£1,940 LOST IN A NIGHT.

HOLLAND'S BIGGEST

"NURSERY."

EARL CADOGAN'S DEBTS,

TAX HAGUE.

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To-day.

Garrison School Annual Prize Distribution, H.V.D.C. Drill Hall,

Tes Dances: HK. Hotel, Hatelj Savor and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.an., and King Edward Hotel, 5

D.m Lawn Tennis League: "C" Division: H.K.C.C. v. S.C.A.A.

Earl Cadogan appeared in the WHAT IT SENDS TO BRITAIN. 3 p London Bankruptcy Court for pub- lio examination before Mr. Rògis- trar Warmington In his state- ment of affairs the Earl returned 249,458 liabilities and no amets.

Examined by the Official Re ceiver, the Earl said that he had failed or two previous occasions, both as Viscount Chelsea. The first bankruptcy was in May 1910, but in the following July the adjudica- tion was annulled as his father had paid all debts in full.

Not only has Holland its famous bulb fields, which supply moet of the world with tulips narcissi, hyacinthe, gladioli, and so forth, but, in the small village of Boskoop, it has what are probably the largest

tree nurseries in the world; With inferior roads and no rail way nearer than five miles away, this village exports to 21 European The second bankruptcy, which States and to the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, was due to betting and gambling loses and to extravagance, occur and various parts of Africa_na red in November 1911. His immense variety of saplings. The liabilities then

to size of its trade may be gauged by amounted £53,914 and his assets were valued considering that to America alone at £2,375. He had not applied for in the export season a shipload of his discharge, but the trustees of 12,500 tons per week is sent, a the Cadogan Bettled Estates had similar quantity going to Britain, since paid the trade creditors in and smaller quantities to other full and also remitted to him countries. "" voluntary payments amounting to £12,300, which together with the realisations in respect of his asst, had enabled the trustee in the bank- ruptey to pay dividends equal to 7. ed. in the Son admitted claims totalling £35,575.

H.K. Baseball League: Filipinos v. Japanese, Happy Valley"Dia! mond, &.15 p.m.

Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.3. —-—~ "Cheer .0"; Concert, 7 p.m.3 "Better 'Ole": Concert, 7 p.m.

Peak Club Annual Meeting, & p.m. Dinner Danannt at Cafe Restaur ant Parisien.

Queen's Theatre That Royle Girl."

World Theatre: "The Alaskan,” Star Theatre: "The Street of Forgotten her."

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Golf Happy Valley Summer Meeting.

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Civil

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Boskoop towards Leyden runs bePolice TC; Taikoo RC Kow The Earl attributed his present tween two fairly broad canals but loon B.G.C. Division II: East bankruptcy to losses by gambling

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past 19 months, and to heavy in- terest an borrowed money. He also stated that the trustees of the Cadogan Settled Estates had been in the habit of paying his debts After the bankruptcy petition was served the trustees communicated with him to the effect that they re- fused to pay the debt in question. The Official Receiver: There must have been some limit set by the trustees on your spending t-I do not think that there was a limit. Once a month all his accounts were sent in and they wers gaid. He had always disclosed everything to the trustees, although he did not include the interest on borrow

ed money.

Chemin-de-Fer. 4:

He borrowed £1,000, which he paid to a Major Taylor in part payment of a loss of £1,940 at chemin-de-fer. Ee lost that amount in one night at the major's residence. He also gave the major a bill for £1,000 which was dia counted with a finane- z."

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0.0.; Civil Service CC. v. Kow- The chiol exports to England are loon B.G.C.

Lawn young rhododendrons, of which

Tennis League:-"A") large quantities go to Yorkshire Division: 1.R.C. e. U.S.R.Ç. -"B" | for further cultivation and enbee Division .C.C. v. University. quent planting in the parks of "C" Division: K.C.C. v. Craigen- Leeds, Sheffield, Middlesbrough, | gower C.C. and other towns Other trees and H.E. Baseball League: H.K.B.C. shrubs cukivated, in large numbers, Club de Recreio, Happy Valley

re roses szales conifers in a Diamond, ✩ p.m. number of varied, evergreens," St. Peter's Y.M.C Lameh Pin1 to 2. and limber Sixty years agonic Launch leaver Queen's Pier, scarcely anything but fruit trees 3.30 p.m. was cultivated. The trade with North America is increasing Picnic. rapidly.

some of the fields, containing any The trade is a slow" one, and thing, from five to fifteen thousand roots, are left for three, five, six, or ten years without a single root being taken up or sold. Each of the seven hundred nurserymen is therefore something of a capitalist, though the number of hands em ployed is small, and with the lesser tradesmen consists only of members of the family.

When the bill fell due Major Grafting is practised largely, and number of new Taylor came to see him, bringing every year with him another person, who said varieties are produced, particular he came from Margate, and was, ly among the hododendrons.

he (the Earl) believed, the repre- sentative of another firm of money- lenders. This person told him that bis firm would lend enough money to meet the bill.

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Bathing

Friendly Football: Chinese Ath-

5.45 p.m. latie v. Service team, Sockanpoo,

Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Naval and Military YMCA's: Servicemen, Grand Concert for Theatre Royal, 6.30 pan.

Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaur- ant Parisien and King Edward Hotel

2nd Night Fete, Victoria Recrea- tion Club, 9 p.m.

5th Grand Promenade Concert by Band, Pipers and Drammers, 1st Ba, The Cameronians, Lee Gardens (if wet Lee Theatre), 9 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: That Royle Girl"

World Theatre: "The Alaskan.” Star Theatre: "The Street of Forgotten Men."

Principal Mails-Inward: Europe

He (the earl) then borrowed TO BE ASSIGNED BY SPAIN TO via Negapatam, letters only (Olden

£1,000 from this frm, which he gave

to the "financier" to take up the bill discounted by Major Taylor.

HIGHEST BIDDER.

MADEID.

In respect of the £1,000 loan he gave a promissory tote for £1,600 The new State monopoly of the which was eventually paid in full petroleum industry is to be worked out of

obtained from other by the Spanish company making the moneys money-leaders, who advanced most desirable bid. The company £3,500 in respect of promissory is to be

minimum guaranteed a notes for £8,000.

dividend of 5 per cent, and all over The Official Receiver: So the 10 per cent. goes to the State. The original loan is now beginning to company's monopoly is to last 20 mount up Yes.

years, and the capital and all in- terests in it will be Spanish, ex- cept that 10 per cent. of foreign employees will be allowed.

After the law of the £1,940 he continued to gamble-although not much in the hope of righting him- self, but he lost every time. Than he borrowed again from money lenders, with whom he had extea- miva transactions. -

The Official Receiver: When you first borrowed from a certain firm did you make representations to them as to blackmail -No.

The minimum capital will be 125,000,000 pesetas (nearly £4,500,000), of which 30 per cent. will be advanced by the State as free capital.

All existing petroleum interests are to be bought by the State im- inédiately. Bids will be received during a period of two months from

The earl also denied the sugges tion that he informed them that his now. income was £48,000 a year.

..In

fact, the firm's representative knew that he was an undischarged bank- rupt. All the money-lenders knew.

it

In the middle of June of last. year he began to bet fairly heavily, His largest bet had been £100,

The Official Receiver: Did you suddenly take to this betting as a result of your losses at cards!— Yes.

DANISH KING INSULTED.

COMMUNIST ·RIOTER---

ARRESTED.

COPENHAGEN, June 29th.

burg). Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Hakutan Marü), 9.30

Sunday.

a.m.

7th Sunday after Trinity. Golf: Happy Valley Summer Meeting.

Inter-Departmental Bowls:-Pri son v. Sanitary Dept., Police R.C. green 3.30 p.m.

H.K. Baseball League Match, Happy Valley Diamond, 4 p.m.

Open-air Concert by Band of Queen's Royal Regiment, Kowloon Dock Bathing Beach, 5p.m.

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After-dinner dance, Lee Gardens A Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.1. :-—--- Men's Meetings: Cheer 0": 7.45 p.m.; Better Ole": 8 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "The Road to Yesterday."

X

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VISITORS TO CANTON

Should Purchase BOOK FOR THE GLOBE, TROTTERS FROM HONG KONG TO CANTON BY

THE PEARL BIVER

BY CAPTAIN C. V LLOYD. With Illustrations, Maps and Flags Star Theatre: "The Clash of the PRICE

$1.75 Wolves."

World Theatre: the World."

"A Woman of

'On Bale at:'

vid Negapatam, papers only (Kum*HOMOKONG DAILY Fa" Offe

Principal Mails:-Inward: Europé

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Monday

Bank Holiday

Annual Gala Picnic of St. Peter's Y.M.C. Launch leaves Queen's Pier, 11.30 m., and Kowloon, 11.45 am

Golf Happy Valley Summer

Police dispersed Communists who Meeting demonstrated today at Aarhus,Tea Dances: HK Hotel, Hotel I suppose an balance you lost when the King and Queen of Den- Baroy and Gale Parisien, 4.30 heavily 48 & result1-Yes; on mark landed from the royal yacht Dannebrog on their way to Mar-

Cafe

balance.

Dinner Dansant, at

Queen's Theatre:

The amount of such loss was, he selishorg Castle, their summer fe Restaurant Paris: The Road to thought, about 21,000,sidence.

It was true that he ones won A arowd of Communists boarded Yesterday. that sum on a race, but that money a railway wagon, from where was World Theatre: “& Woman was paid to another person on a displayed a banner which rend: the World." bill.

Give money to the unemployed Stor Theatre: "The Clash of the In reply to the Registrar the car instead of spending it on royal. Wolves." an asserted that in some instances journeys." One of the Communists Principal Mails:-Inward: U.S.A.. money-lenders had charged him 600 delivered a speech in which he | etc. (President Polk and President per cent. to 100 per cent, interest. abused the King violently. The Pierce). Cutward; America, Caza

The Registrar ordered the lender of the Communists was day etc, and Europe vid Ban Frans examination to be concluded, ["arrested

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