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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

KING||AMG | AMG | AM||ANG [PMC FIG\RX, TM, | Z.M. | TMG | 232

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Kowloon...Dep. 6,57 8.00 8.33 9,1510,0912,02 1182.87 3,00 4,97 5.43 7.28

Yaumati...Dep.) 6.45

Bhatin

Taipo 142 Dep.) 7.1. TaipoMarket Dep. Fanling Dep, 7.37 Bheangahni Dep 1.32 Shamchan

Arr 7.38

{Dep!)

Canton ...Arr. - 11.30

...Dep.

يكاليف الدين

924 10.16 19.09 12

1.21 0.35 10.25 1921 134 2.4910 1912,34 1.47 9.53 10.48 13.39 151

10.09.10.58 12,19 3,01

444 5.50 2.50 456 6.02 7.7 5.09 6.16 7.55

533 6.20 7.39

5.99 6.81 8.09

10.08 11.00 12.53 2,085 0.08 (0.1411.0819,59 9.12

508 6,38 8.13

9.40 5.94 6.41 6.29

11.10 -5.98)

8.47

436] 4XL | AM, (AM, FM, AK, İPM) PM, 11.3. PM.

8.05 11.06

8.40 8.93

3.90

11.09.11.40 -3.00 437 445 5.52 691 11:47 8.07 4.34 432 1.59

11.51 8.134.98 4.58) 6.03)

19.02 8,99 453 5.00 613

12,07 9.26 4.42 510| 6.16

12.90 3,39 458 6.33 6.29

Canton

· Arr Shemahua

1.14 8.01 10.18 10.49 Dep Shengshui -Dep. 1.91 3.06.10.25 10.5-4 Fanling TalpoMarket Dep. 1.38 8.12 10.29

82210.89-

Tapo ...Dep. 7.40 82710.4311.06)

Bhatin

Dep, 7.53 8.40/10.56-

Yazmati...Dep. 1,07 8.5211,04, -- - 12.39 8,51 3.06 0.35 8.41 Kowkon Arr. 8.13 8.58 11,1411.3111,49

77,88 3,57 3,348,61 6,47 7.04.2.58

SHÀ TAU KOK BRANCH.

8.40

4.X.

4.XC.

Tuuling Bastankak

140

Dep. 7,45 10,15 3,00 11,10 4.15

7.10

Shatankok Taling

Dep. 8.15 ... 'Arr.

7.10

1.1. 9.00 1.00 5.00 9.55 9.55 5.55

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Last Sunday this journal produced

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signature in connection with the DIARY OF EVENTS. LON-forthcoming literary symposium,

DANGERS OF

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HORATIO BOTTOMLEY

UNREPENTANT.

ROYALTY'S AUTUMN PLANS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. |

To-dar. Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30

p.m.

and next day the Drily Herald sarcastically asked whether the scores of thousands of honest folk who bought Victory Bonds at the Tea Dances: E.. Hotel. Hotel instance of Eoratie Bottomley re Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. H.K. Baseball League: Japanese cognised the signature. It may be. Filipinos, Happy Valley Dia journalistic enterprise of sorts to mond, 5.13 p.m. publish the personal opinions of a man on ticket of leave from gnol, but undoubtedly it Yather shocks the publis sense of the fitness of things.

Loynoy, August 8th. Their Majesties the King and Queen are returning next » week | ",

Dangers of London 'Strasts. The death roll in Londen due to the enormous street traffic con-

from Cowes where as usual during tinues to grow despite white lines round corners and the one-way system of traffic at Charing Cross and other centres. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say, people cross the streets at risk of their lives, even when they walk with care;

the Cowes Week the most exclu- sive people in Society have gather- ed together for the yacht racing Alter i briel stay at Buckingham Palace King George will leave London for Yorkshire for the grouse shooting, and will be the guest of the Duke of Devonshire at Bolton Abbey. The King is very keen on grouse shooting, and in this connection he is acknowledged to be one of the best shots in the country.

and indeed not to she precautions

is almost a form of suicide.

The officials of the Ministry of Transport are perplexed, for the problem how to make the streets safe seems insoluble. Lately they have been engaged on a scheme, as an experiment, to establish sixteen

striana

As at present arranged Queen Mary will not go to Bolton Abbey, but will pay a visit to Sandring-fixed crossing places for pede- "ham, and then go on to Golds borough Hall to visit her daughter, Princess Mary, and Viscount Las- celles. She will probably return to London for a brief stay before the Court removes to Balmoral at the end of August.

New Court Circular.

In the Autumn when the Duke and Duchess of York, who are now staying at the latter's Scottish

Ping Pong Leaguer T. Instituta' r. S.C.A.A. (C.C.I.M.S.).

Naval and Military T.M.C.A.— "Cheer 0"; Informal Dance, P

Dinner Dansact at Cafe Re ataurant Parizien, and after dinner dance at Lee Gardens.

"The

Queen's Theatre: "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" (Jackie Coogan).

World Theatre: Rere to Baldpate

Seven

Star Theatre: "Wild Onta Lane." Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe vid Suez (Khyber).

Friday,

Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savor and Cale Parisien, 4.30 p.m., and King Edward Hotel, 5 p

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Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaur-

ant Parisien.

Queen's Theatre: "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" (Jackie Coogan).

World Theatre: The Seven Keys to Baldpate."

Star Theatre: "Wild Cats Lane."' Principal Mail:-Inward: Europe Outward: Australia,

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New Zealand, etc. (Tanda), 2.30 pm; Europe via Siberia (Khyber), 3.30 p.m.

Baturday.

The scheme proposes that in each cass two parallel white lines four feet apart are to be painted across the full width of the earringe-way, and the erection of signs #ing pedestrians crossthereat. Upon the road between the fines are to be painted the warnings.D.R.G. "Look right" and Look left." K.B.G.C.

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New Territory Agricultural Show Committee meeting, Sheung Shui, 230 p.m.

Golf: Captain's Cup, Fanling. Lawn Bowls League Division D. Taikoo R.C.;

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THE KING EDWARD . C.S.C.C. Division

HOTEL BAND The points fired for the first II: Yacht Club . Kowloon C.C.

WILL PLAY A Un'— home, Glamis Castle, return to trial of this interesting experiment H. Baseball League: Club de TIFFIN HOURS, DINNER HOURS

Recreio r. Japanese, Happy Valley. 1 to 2.

7.30 to 9. London a new departure will be are Piccadilly Circus, the Hay-Diamond, 4 p.m.

St. Peter's Y.M.C.launch picnic.

DINNER DANSANT- made in reference to the official market, Pall Mall, and Regent

This Street, in the heart of the West Launch leaves Queen's Fier, 3.45, SATURDAYS: 8.00 12.00 . record of their engagements. will take the form of a separate End. I also learn that on the sug- Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Court Circular day by day. It is gestion of the Minister of Trans-Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Ping Pong League: W.Y.O.B.U. stated that this Circular will be port omnibus, proprietors have în-

v. Bt. Louis Club (V.M.C.A.). Naval and Military T.M.C.A. on the lines of these now issued structed their drivers to approach from Buckingham Palace in regard these white lines with special care, Grand Concert, City Hall, 6.30 to the King and Queen, and from Of course, time alone will show P

Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaur- York House, St. James's Palace, whether this new departure willant Parisien and King Edward

really help; but there are hopes Hotel. regarding the Prince of Wales.

Hitherto the second son of the that the experiment may "go.some- Sovereign has

had.

away towards securing greater safety separate Circular, and the Duke for the man in the street. and Duchess of York have figured

On the Highways..

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Victoria Recreation Club 4th Night Fete, p.m.

Concert at Kowloon C.C. for funds for Service Entertainment, 9.15 p..

Queen's Theatre: cheny Get Your Hair Cut" (Jackie Coogan). World Theatre: "The Seven Keys to Baldpate."

Star Theatre: "Wild Oata Lane."- Principal Mails:-Outward: Europe vid Marseilles, etc. (Moreu),

Sunday.

10.30.

12th Sunday after Trinity. Golf: Captain's Cup. Fanling. Inter-Departmental Bowls Com- petition, Happy Valley

H.K. Baseball League: Filipinos "Tiger" (5.C.A.A.), Happy Valley Diamond, 4 p.

Open-Air "Concert by Military band, Kowloon Bock Bathing Beach, 5 p.m.

TEA DANSANT MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS

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ir. that issued from Buckingham London traffic has its dangers, as Palace when it has been necessary I have pointed out, but outside to record their activities. The new London on the main ronds there Circular will be dated from 145. are also dangers of another kind. Piccardilly, W., which is to be the Here it la

of motoring London home for the future of the ensualities, through collisions of Duke and Duchess of York.

one veblele with another owing to Horatio Bottomley.

the crowded state of the highways. In a town in Essex where I live, Horatio Bottomly came out of

near London, the traffic on the old prison this week as a convict on

Roman road, London to Colchester, licence, having served five years at week-ends is terrifying. Last

Sunday morning a

was and two months of his sentence of taken of motors passing a given seven years penal serviture for the point and the total in one hour was fraudulent conversion of National 1,150. This is at the rate of nearly

Bocial Gathering, St." -John's War Bonds, Victory Bonds, and a 20 a minute. The London Brighton banker's draft. He was taken from wonder there are numerous accid (6 p.m.).

road is even more crowded. No Cathedral Hall, after Evensong Maidstone Gaol in a motor car to ents! Indeed, when one considers Naval and Military Y.M.C.A..

that people who are now driving Men's Meetings: Cheer OPALACE HOTEL. motor cars never drove anything an the road before in their lives. and are absolutely deficient in road sense, the marvel is, not that there they are not more numerous. are so many accidents, but that

The Dicker, his large country estate near Lewes in Sussex. The public had no inking of his release until, with characteristic effrontery and passion for notoriety, he immediate ly rang up a number of people on the telephone and announced the fact, prefacing his conversation in each instance with the words, "Ex-Convict Bottomley speaking" Also, as soon as he arrived home he ordered the Union Jack to be hoisted on the Bagstaff above his bouse!

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"Better 'Ole," 8. p.m.

After dinner dance, Lee Gardens. Principal Maila:-Inward: America, Canada, etc. (President Grant).

Monday.

Labour Day (U.B.A.).

Golf: Captain's Cup, Farling, Chinese Language School under spices of E.K. General Chamber of Commerce, re-opens.

Tea Dances: EX Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Farisien, 4.30 pm. and King Edward Hotel, 5 p.m.

Annual Meeting H.K. Philhar raonic Society, Cathedral Hall, 6.30

What will happen in, say, another ten years at the present rate of increase of motoring Lord only knows, as Pepys used to write in the famous diary. The position is such that a suggestion is, being con- sidered that motorists should be asked to subscribe to A general fund to be distributed among local hospitals. The number of accidents on the road seems destined to go P-0. on increasing, and as the unfortu- Annati meeting HK Hockey nate victims are naturally hurried Club, Volunteer Headquarters, 6.30 He is the same old Bottomley, in strain on the funds of these in- and Scots Guarda; Boyal to the nearest local hospital the p many ways, for it would seems that stitutions has become already more, he has the delusion that he is than they can bear.

Again Before the Public.

Water Polo League: K.B.S.F.P.A.

Navy v. V.RO. "B."

Ping Pong League: Hep Ying Club

St. Louis Club (CCXM8.) Dinner Daniant at Cafe Restaur sat Parisien.

Tuesday. Sanitary Board meeting, 4.15

Tea Dances: HK Hotel, Hotel aspy and Cate Parisien, ca par

Ping Pong League – Club-de. Recreio o C.AA. (Y.M.UA), DU

The proposat is that a general person of importance whose be raised and admits opinions carry weight with the tered by a central body, the money British public. One of the Bunday being allocated to the various cot -papers-appears-to-share-his-curious tage hospitals in proportion to the number of casualties they have to nction, for it has arranged to, pub deal with. It is matter which is p.m. lish a series of articles from Bot to be brought to the attention of the Minister of Fransport as soon tomley describing his life in prison, as a definite plan has been formu and his views on men and things. Iated.-H.B.

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