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DELICIOUS

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SAUCE.

Hongkong Daily Press.

No. 21,579 EGTORAN BAKAWENT HONG KONG,

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

Kowloon

TIME-TABLE.

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AM,¦ AM. | AX. | AM)||AM. ↑ PM, 3 PM,{P., M., P.M. | 7.X, | TM, | PM2 Dep. 6.37 8.00 3.95 9.15 10.08 12.02 1.182.37 3.00 4.37, 5,43 7.23.

Yanmati.Dep. 645

Shatim

Dep, 6,37

Taipo

Taipo Market Dep.

Yanning ¡Dep!

Bheangahul Dep

Shamolan

Dep

Canton!

Canton

..Dep.

Art.

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924 10.16 13.09, 121-

0.88 10.28 12.21 1,34

9.49 10.4213,34 1.47

9.53 10.46 12.38 151

10.03 10.88 19,18 2,01

9.09 10.08 11.00 1253

C6 9,14

11.10 -

5.38

4,44 5.30 7.50

456 6.02 7.42 5,09 6.18: 7.55 8.18

620 7.59

5.99 6.91 6.69

5.22 8.34 8.13

6.41 8.19.

7,38 8:40 8.09 10,1411,08,12,39, 2,123.18 3.40 6.34

8.43 11.50

3.43 6.47

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KUKMAK, TACK, AJE, JAK, AM | PM) | AM, ; PM., PM | N2, ; P.M.

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8.40), me 3.331

Shamehus (Dep., 7.14 8,01|10.18 10,4 11:08,11,40 9,00) 4,17) 4,45 Sheangthai „Dop 7,91 8,08 10.25 10,84

8.05 11.06

B

8.91 8,24

(11,47). 9,07) 4.24, 4.52: 11.51 3.194.28, 4.56

12.09 3.29 4.32 5.06

Dap. 7.40 8.27 10,43,11,06

12,07! 3,26 4.42) 5.10; 8.16

19.20 3,89 4.56 5.23 6.28 12.39 3,51 5.08 3.35 6.41

Fauling ...De 7,188,12 10.29 Taipo Market Dep. 7,38) 8,92 10,39

Taipo

8Latin ...Dep. 7.53 8.40 10,56 Yaumati...Dep. 5,07|| 8.5211.03) Kowloon AT, 8.138,5511.14 11.31 11.49 123 8.57 5.145.41 8,47 7.04 7.58

Fanling Bhatankok

Shataokok

Fanling.

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH,

LX

A.K

7.M.

* Dep. 7,43 10.15 5.00 6.15 Air 8.40 11,10 415 7.10

Dep.

A.M. * 6.15

LX.

T.M. 9.00 2,00 6.00 7.10 9.55 2.55 5.55

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

HIGH SEAS LOVE HIDDEN - WEALTH OF THE"

TRAGEDY.

INQUEST REVELATIONS OF THE CAPTAIN,

DEATH FROM FRIGHT.

Revelations of a love drama on the high sana in which a stewardess. and a refrigerator engineer of a teamship were the central figures were made at the inquess at Rother- hithe on Louis Fisher, aged twenty seven, refrigerator engineer of the American Trader, who, it is alleged, was murdered by Maric Josephine Waite, aged twenty-four, the stewardess.

It was stated that Waite threw carbolic acid over Fisher while the vessel was at sea near the Scilly

Isles.

Major Whitehouse, the coroner, sat with a jury, who returned a ver dict that Fisher died from natural causes after fright, and that Waite did not intend to do serious barm

to him.

...

Waite is an American, and the American Consul attended the

quest.

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EMPIRE.

PROSPECTING FOR OILS AND MINERALS.

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

N. LAZARUS, Hong Kong's Only European Optician. Established Over Forty Years Manager.—BALPH A. COOPER Registered Optometrist (Canada),

8th, 1927. ## BAXLEAFSX PRICE: $3 PER MONTH.

DIARY OF EVENTS.

To-day.

Annual Drawing of. Debentures of Hong Kong Club, 13 ..

To Dances: H.E. Hotel, Hotel NEW METHODS TO BE USED. Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 430 p.m.

An Investigation to be jointly financed by the Australian Governe ment and the Empire Marketing Board into methods of surveying for oils and minerals within the Empire has received the approval of both parties concerned. i It is anticipated that the work (which will be conducted under the guidance of a competent export, and is likely to prove of value to many parts of the Empire) will take two years to complete.

on the boat deck on i August 5th," said Captain Fish, the master of the American Trader, when a steward came to me and said that the chief engineer wanted brandy brought to the hospital, as one of the men was injured.

I was told that a stewardess bad fired acid over Fisher, but the stewardess was not present. We sent for a trained nurse among the passengers, and the assisted. was only a matter of ten minutes between the time the acid was thrown and the man's death.

Another Woman"

It

compara.

There are within the Empire large areas of proved metalliferous value, in obscured by an overlying blanket of recent geological age, which in many cases is tively shallow, but renders the task of the geologist and of the prospec- tor both difficult and expensive. In particular, the West Austra lian fields may be mentioned. Very similar conditions obtain in large portiers of Canada.

During the recent years, science has evolved certain methods where- by an indication of the probability of the existence of mineral or of

oil may be detected without the necessity of boring.

Ping Pong League: W.Y. College e. H. University (C.C.Y.M.S.). Naval and Military Y.M.0.A.3. "Cheer Q. Informal" Dance, p.m.

Cafe Re-

Dinner Dansant "at staurant Fucision and after dinner dance at Lee Gardens..

the Wasteland."

Queen's Theatre: "Wanderer off

World Theatre: "Hey! Hey! Cowboy."

Main Street."

Star Theatre: "The King on

Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe!

Negapatam, letters only

rid

(Lycaon),

Triday. White Dew (Paulu).

Tes Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel and King Edward Hotel, & p.m. Savey and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.,

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Organ Recital by Major E. J. Barkham, St. John's Cathedral, In association with the Grand Foret. 5.30 p.m.-"

DEI WAGONS LITS, PETIVE,

St. Peter's Y.M.C. last moon- light bathing picnic. leaves Queen's Pier, G.30 p.m.

Launch

r.M.C.A. (St. Peter's Club),

Ping Pong League: C.R.O. 7.

Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.B.:| Cheer O Concert, 7 p.m.; Better Ole Variety Concert,

p.m.

Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaar- ant Parisien.

Queen's Theatre; "Wanderer of the Wasteland."

World Theatro: 14 Cowboy"

Hey Hey!

Star Theatre: The King on

Certain mineral-bearing bodres, Main Street."

for example, may be better electri-Principal Mails:-Inward Europe cal conductors than the surround-vid.Siberia (Novara).

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A

Outward:

ing rock, and in these cases electri- Europe via Siberia (Lycaon), 10.20 cal methods have been found to indicate with considerable preci- sion the whereabouts and extent of important deposits.

Saturday. Mid Autumn Festival (Chung- chiu chich).

In other cases, differences in the

Bankruptcy Court, 10.30 am. density of the ground below the

St. Peter's Club Picnic for Blind From what I gathered there had surface may indicate the existence Home inmates. Start from Star been a love affair, and he had of oil or of metal-beating struc- Ferry Whart, 2.30 p.m. treated her badly. Ashore in Lon- tures, and

Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.x. *- here gravimetric der I think he had been going with methods are used.

Picnic: Launch leaves Where hidden Launch some other woman on the last voy-deposits have definite magnetic pro-Queen's Pier, 215 p.m.; Kowloon, age.

perties, the use of methods of de-2-30 p.m.

Other methods suggested and, to

3.45

He told the stewardess that hetecting variations in magnetic in- St. Peter's Y.M.C. launch, picnic. was going to do the same thing on tensity have in certain circum- Launch leaves Queen's Piel this voyaga. She said, I am try stances proved successful..

p.m. ing to make a man of him. He is

Cricket I.R.C. v. R.A.0.C., on I.R.C. ground, 2_p.m. a very vain man.' She also said a certain extent, tested include in- that she was going, to mark himvestigations of the elasticity of with with the carbolic acid to dis rock structures which involve the figure him ap that he could not go study of the passage of sound. ashore.

"She was surprised when I told

her. of Fisher's death. She broke

Lawn Bowls League:-Division

Kowloon Dock R. C. v. Taikoo E.C. Division II: Taikoo R.C.". 1. H... Yacht Club.

Hong Kong Baseball League: “Dragons" (S.C.A.A.) v. Filipínos,

right down, going to pieces com EX-CATHOLIC PRIEST AND Happy Valley Diamond, 4 p.m.

vletely."

Dr. M. Denslow, of the a Trader, said:

American

BOGUS D.S.O.—

SCHOOLMASTER FINED.

WHAT HIS WIFE DID NOT KNOW.

Before I reached the hospital I heard Fisher stout, Hi, hi, and he then collapsed. I injected brandy and tried artificial respiration, but it was of no avail.

4 pest- mortem examination I should say that the primary cause of eath

CROYDON. was carbolic acid burns, and the

Edward Martin Logan, late head. secondary cause syncope from master and proprietor of the Ches fright. There was not enough carter House School, Birchanger-road, bolic acid to cause real shock." South Norwood, was summoned, at Croydon for unlawfully and falsely representing himself to be a person entitled to wear a certain military decoration--the Distinguished Ser. vice Order. He pleaded guilty.

The jury returned, alter retiring for nearly an hour, and the foreman said that they had come to the con- clusion that Fisher died from natural causes after fright, and that the stewardess did not intend to do him any serious harm.

Waite was subsequently brought up at Bowatreet Police Court for extradition to the United States.

Mr. Wallace, or the Director of Public Prosecutions, stated that the Home Secretary bad made an order for her deportation, and the Ameri- can Consul had arranged that she -should-be-taken-

Mr. Graham Campbell at once discharged Waite for her to be deported.

Mr. R.-M. Howe, for the Diree- tor of Public Prosecutions said thet inquiries had been made and the defendant had made a statement.

He said he was born in 1880, and after school became Roman Catholic priest. In 1915 he enlisted as a private, and was wounded and gassed.

Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cale Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Ping Pong League: T. Institute v. St. Peter's Club (8.Q.A.A),

Dinner Dacasat at Cafe Restaur- ant Parisiền and King Edward Hotel.

Concert at Kowloch Cricket Club for Service men, 8.30 p.m.,

Queen's Theatre: "Wanderer is the Wasteland "

World Theatre: "Hey, Hey! Cowboy."

Star Theatre: "The King on Main Street."

Principal Mails:-Q u t'ward:. Europe via Marseillės, etc. (Kamo Maru), 9.30 s.m.

Sunday.

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Hotel Launch meets all Steam- Dining Room and Lounge

is now open to the Public.

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7.30 to 9. DINNER DANSANT SATURDAYS: 8.00 to 12.00...

TEA.DANSANT. MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS D FRIDAYS. (Thirty Tin Tickets for $25 can by obtained at the Office of the abore Hotel}.

Tel. Add: "VICTORIA Telephone: No. C. 879

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Taken of TOURISTS- Cable Address: “ VICTORIA."

13th Sunday after Trinity. Inter-Departmental Bowls Com- petition: Semi-final: Small Units v. Police, Happy Valley, 3.45 p.m. Interport Bowls: Trial games at Craigengower C.C., 3.20 p.m...

H.K. Baseball League: H. X. Baseball Club v Club de Recreio, TX. K. No. 3. Tel. Ad: "PALACE” Happy Valley Diamond, 4 v.m.

Open air Concert by Military Bazd, Kowloon Dock Bathing Beach, 5 p.m.

Naval and Military Y.M.CA.— Men's Meetings: "Cheer O," 7.45 p.m.; "Better 'Ole," 8 p.m.

On his discharge from the Army he returned-to-the priesthood, but there was a bother over his having joined the Ariny without permission, and he resigned his living and join- ed the Army again, becoming & cap- tain in the Educational Corps in. India. It was discovered later that be obtained his commission by stat Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel ing that he was a B.A. of Cam Bayoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 pm. bridge, He was court-martialled | and King Edward Hotel, & p.m. - and "discharged. :

Water Polo Lengue: 2nd Scots

After dinner dance, Leo Gardens.

Monday.

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RUSSIAN OIL TRADE,

INDICATIONS OF SUPPORT BY AMERICAN CAPITAL.

AMSTERDAM.

bad carried on for four years, He Ping Pong League: Club de The Handelsblad publishes are also became secretary of the Wood- Recreio v. S.Q.A.A. (0.0.7.M. 8.). port that there have recently been side Conservative and Unionist As- Dinner Dansant at Cafe Restaur- many shipments vis Rotterdam of sociation, and on programs and pub ant Parisien. iron tubes for pipe-lines for the lications issued by this association, Social for Service men at St. Russian

be described himself Then the

news D.8.0. M.C. Blas Capt. Logan, Peter's Young Men's Club, 8.50

He then came to South Norwood Guards K.O.S.B. V.R.C. Ao and bought the school, which be. Royal Navy.

p.m.

paper. has been manufactured in In his statement defendant said Princips! · Mails:-Inward: Germany and shipped on the lihine he used these titles to gratify_his Europesia Negapatam, papers to Rotterdam, to be transhipped vanity. His wife did not know that (Alipore). there for its destination at Odessa, he had no right to use the titles.

Tuesday, Twenty ships bare already been Defendant now told the court that Joaded, and others will follow. bo was in a hole and had been try. These shipments the newspaper ing to get out of it. He had sold interprets as an indication of are the school, and should not return to vival of the Itussian und irdusay "South Norwid with the support ot American He was

foed apital-Exchange.

guineaa costs.

And three

Tes Dances, H. Hotel, Hotel Bavoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. H.K. Baschall League Club de Recreio "Dragons (S.C.AA.); Happy Valley Diamond, 6:15 pm- Ping Pong Lengue: Hop Xing Club

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