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Hongkong Daily Press.

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ΜKWAKT HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1927. A BRALNIX

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

Kowloon Yanmati Bhatia

Taipo

TIME TABLE.

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Dep. 6,27 8.00 8.95 9,15:10,091202) 1.182.37) 3,00) 197| 5,45 7,23.

TaipoMarket Dep 7,1 Fanling Dep. 7.27 Sheangahul Dep. 131

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924.10.16/12.00) 1,91

9.86 1049/19.1) 1,36

9.49 10,19 12,34| 1.47|

9.53 10:48 12.38; 1,51)

10,03/10,00) 13,48,- 2,01

10.08 11.00-12.53) 2,062,14)

4.44 550) 7:30 4,56) 6,02) 7.4S 5,09 0,187,45 538) 630) 7.89 5.23 0.81, 8.09

5.28 4.88.8.13 10,14 11,08 19,69, 9,123,18 3.40, 5,84 0,41 8.19

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8.05 11.06

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THE PUBLIC AND DEATHS

UNDER ANÆSTHETICS, .

THEORY THAT PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED BY PUBLICITY.

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TROUBLE BREWING IN TEHERAN.

FIGHT FÜR FREEDOM.

The correspondant of the Chieng Tribune wires from Teheran:"

The Fight for Liberty CA The suggestion is made in the paign being waged by the more Lancet that there should not modern and enlightened Persian be any publicity in regard to women is likely to develop into people who have died under exciting, encounters between the anasthetics. The question is rais authorities and the leaders of the ed whether there should not be the movement. In response to repeat-

discretionary silence"ased representation from Moham cbtains with reference to divorce medan clergy and, it is said, from reports.

"jealous "husbands, the police club in Teheran open to raided a both sexes, and where the women appeared unveiled and sporting the latest Fashions in Paris evening wear. The proprietor of the club, "The cause of this state of fear, who has been prominent in the which," says the Lancet, "stems campaign for more social inter- to be entirely unjustified, is no course in pable between the sexes, doubt mainly the publicity given was arrested, and is at present in to fatalities occurring during prison. It is not known yet what anesthesia. Thia publicity is charge will be preferred against often so "casty and indiscriminat him

It is argued that from time to time public apprehension about the danger of anesthetics appears to be quickened to an almost un- reasonable pitch.

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Friendly Football: Chinese Ath- letic. Bervice tean, Bookunpoo, $.15.p.m.

Ten Dances: HE. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.

ing, and therefore so startling, Persians Marrying European Girls. that the ordinary newspaper

Mass meetings of women are se ing held protesting against the reader is naturally alarmed.

"brutal ignorance" of the authori- ties. The "new women! "desiare Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaur- that one of the principal forces at ant Parisien and King Edward the back of the women's movement| Hotal.

"He has not knowledge enough, nor is he suficiently supplied with facts to realise that in many cases the death which alarm him was not due primarily or even mainly to an anesthetic.

Divorce Step Oltad. "It is the fashion to-day to be lieve in the universal benefaction of publicity; bring the truth to light, expose all the facts-these and similar slogans are the general recipe for avoiding trouble in pub lie and private stairs. Ade

however, has recently parture, been made in the law which-pre- vents full reports of divorce pro- ceedings, and it may be argued that there are other topics on which a discretionary silence serves the public better than does full publicity. It is certainly open to question whether this doctrine does not apply to reports of fatali- ties during anesthesia."

"The advocates of publicity maintain that it is by public in quiry alone that the minds of re- latives and friends can be ade quately set at rest, and that they can be assured that there has been do question of negligence or lack of care Burely a private inquiry, conducted with the same considera- tion and thoroughness that the coroner now devotes to his task, but not open to public description, would be equally convincing to all concerned i

"The present publicity of these inquiries may, indeed, have the advantage of deterring the inex- perienced from running the rink of having to appear before the coroner and explain an anesthetic fatality.

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in Persia is the present reluctance Wild Swan" Co-optimists" Pot of Parsian males to marry a girl Pourri Entertainment, 8.30 p.m. whom he has not seen or who is 6th Grand Promenade Concert unknown to him; hence the present by Band, Pipers and Drummers, scramble for European girls as lit Cameronians, Lee Gardens (if

bloods. It is not an unusual wives for the Young Persian wet Lee Theatre), p.

Bero Moiseiwitch, pianist, st sight now to see Faralans walking Theatre Royal, 2.15 p.m. along the streets with European Charles Chamier presents Revue. wives dressed in European attire." Cocktails," Star Theatre, 3.30 and very few case of dil-treatment p.m.

or divorce resulting from these Queen's Theatre: anions is reported."

Butler."

Unexpectedly the police authori ties issued an order prohibiting vailed women from conversing with males in the streets or bazaarid

"Battling

World Theatre::** Sun Up." Star Theatre: "The Barrier " (matinees only),

Principal Mails-Inward: Europe Siberia (Kashgar); Australia, Many veiled women refusing to comply with this order have bom (Tanda). Outward: Europe marched off to the police stations vid Marseilles (Fathgar), 10.30

Sunday.

It is stated that another order. Europe tid Siberia (Glen-

gary), 10 a.m. bas been issued to the police to whip any Persian woman" who is seen out in the streets unveiled and

8th Sunday after Trinity. Golf Captain's Cup, Fanling. in the company of men. As this

Launch Theosophical Society order practically applies to the

from Queen's wives of men who are invariably Picnic, 3.46 p.m.

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accompanied by their busbands.ier

Rifle Shoot: Easma Club some considerable trouble is anti- cipated, as most of those husbands 2nd Scots Guards, Kai Tak.

Inter-Departmental Bowie:- are foung native officers with modern views.

Prisons v. Sanitary Department, Police R.C. Green, 3.30 p.m.

THE GOOD-NATURED ENGINE DRIVER.

TRAIN USED TO CATCH A THIEF.

VIENNA. All the world has heard of the famous Vienna

gemutlichkeit," which can be translated either as

dr. of "good nature" easy-going

irresponsibility."

A Nervous Ordeal. "They may have, moreover, a disastrous effect on the nerve of

administrator any young saesthetics who has bem so unfor tunate as to Agure in the coroner's court

That the actual number of death during anesthesia has risen in recent years no one in posses sion of the facts will, of course, deay. In his annual report for 1995, which has just appeared, the Registrar-general gives 442 as the total number of deaths under anesthetics occurring in that year; a number which, he remarks, is for the sixth time in successian considerably higher than in any

Hong Kong Baseball League:-- "Dragons" (8.C.A.A). Filipinos, Happy Valley Diamond, 2.30 p.m.

Baseball: Honolulu Chinese v United States Navy, Happy Valley Diamond, 4.30 p.m

Open-Air Concert by Band of the Welch Reginent, Kowloon Dock Bathing Beach, p.m

Social Gathering, St Cathedral Hall, after Evensong (8 p.)

John's

Evening Service Peak Church, 6.30 p.m..

Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.: Men's Meetings; "Cheer O," 7.45 A train thief in Styris discover-p.m.; "Better "Ole," 8 p.m..

After ed recently that it is not invariably

Dinner Dance, Iroe such a pleasant thing as well-be Gardens. haved tourists find it.

Charles

Chamier presents A great commotion arose in Revue Cocktails Star Theaize, third-class carriage just after the 9.30 p.m. last train for the night on a local Queen's Theatre: The Coming line had left Preding village of Amos." station.

*Thievesi” Fraulein Josefine Muchitch, the daughter of a local inkooper, dis covered that her travelling basket

of the years from 1911 to 1919 was missing, and began loudly to 1911 being the first year in which bewail the fact and to cry out, "Thieves, thieres !"*" Other. pas- complete gures were available.

That the number of deaths has sengers joined in the clamour, ex- increased out of

World Theatre: "The Sea Beast." Star Theatre: "People v. Nancy Preston (matiness only).

Principal Mails:—Inward: Canada, Canada, etc. (President Jackson).

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ledge and experience at the ides of the number of operations this without making at least an Vera Mirova; dansense, at Queen's 1st Ordinary annual meeting of free disposal of its Clients, performed daily in innumerable effort to come to her rescue, and, Theatre, 9.30 p.m small and cottage hospitals, and with true Austrian gallantry, Charles Chamier presents Revue Agency, Ltd., Messra Dodwell and ensuring that the money in private practice there is no offered to throw the time-table Snappy, Star Theatre, 9.33 Company's, offices, noon they spend on Advertising available register for the snmathe gentlich to the winds, and p.m.

Sanitary Board Meeting4:15 will bring them the best tics in these thousands" of "cases. ↑ drive back in purmit of the thief. Queen's Theatre: The Coming p.m. -Yet a single-fatality., occurring: He backed his train several | of“ Amor "~(matineer only)

Tos Dances HF. Hotel Hotel-possible return, among them most probably comes stations Long the little line, and World Theatre: The Sea Beast.” i Savoy and Cats Parisien, 4.30 p.m. to light and attracts attention. the thief was caught.“

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