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RAILWAY FIGHT IN MANCHURIA.

JAPAN'S POSITIVE POLICY..

WHO WILL CONTROL COM. MUNICATIONS?

PENG, September 7th. Japan's positive rolity regarding

A pack of hans are terrorising | -äilways and other questions in the Fort. Jameson district, North- Manchurin are, beginning to assume ern Rhodesia, and already more proportions of the first magnitude. than twenty-deaths bau be laid at Already demonstrations have been their door.

held in Mukden and the Minister The other day a native woman in Tokyo reports that a meeting of appeared at the Boma (police hend over 6,000 Japanese discnsard mea- quarters), her bare shoulders torn sures to protest against the Gov- and lacerated, in her hand aerament's action, and resolved that strange mass of tawny hair, and the Government should not attempt on her face a sullen, inscrutable to seize special rights. and expression.

privilages in China,

Her tale was a strange one. She had been hoeing her husband's gar- den the previous morning with her baby, as is customary, strapped on her back, she said, when a lion came out of the bush and sized the infant. Startled out of her

The completion a few days ago of the new railway between Mukden and Heilangkiang gives impetus to the official desire to assert China's rights to build railways with her own money. Japan has frequently protested against the construction of this line as also against the com pletion of the line from Tahushan (not Chaoyang, as formerly report- cd) to Tungliao. She is, however, chiedy concerned about the former since it now operates to within a few miles of the Kirin provincial border, and the earthwork is now being carried to Kirin city.

The South Manchuria Railway has

wits at what had happened, she had chased the lion in an endes- vour to rescue her baby, but had only succeeded in pulling out a "And piece of the animal's mane. here it is for the baas to see," she said, holding out the strange assarindunced that it will not transport of tawny hair.

This episode is only one of a sục- ression of similar tragedies that have taken place in the district in the past few months. At first, local residents thought that the killings were the work of only one man-esting lion, but, as time went on and the tragedies increased, it was realised that there must be pack at large.

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any supplies for this section, but the earthwork is proceeding ua、 deterred.

In answer to all protests, Mukden refers. Japan to the Tupan, stating that that part of the line is his

business.

DIARY OF EVENTS.

To-day. Legislative Council Meeting (De- bate on Budget),.2.30 p.m.

Ten Dances: H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savey, 4.30 p.m.

Rugby Football H.K. Rugby Football Club r....Waseda Universi Valley. 3.30 p.m. sity. H.K.F.C. ground, Happy

Ping Pong League: W.. Col- léger. CRC. (St. Peter's Club).

Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.s.—| "Cheer Informal Dance, 7 p.m.; "Better Ole "; Variety Con- CLTE, 7 p

After dianer dance at Lee Gar- dens.

Uriental Strolling-Players and 1st Northamptonshire Regimental Band, Leo Theatre, 9.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: A Kiss for Cinderella." (Sir James Barrie Play).

The Ragman."

World Theatre: " (Jackie Coogap).

Star Theatre: "The Golden Cocoon."

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Friday,

Tea Dances H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 4,30 p.m. and King Edward Hotel, 5 p.m.

Hong Kong Baseball League: "Dragons" (S.C.A.A.) v. "Tigers" (S.C.AA.), Happy Valley Dis mond, 5.15 p.z..

48th Annual general meeting H.K. St. Andrew's Society, City Hall, 5.45 p.m.

Ping Pong League: H.K. Univer sity C.C.Y.M.S.. (Y.M.C.A.),

Naval and Military Y.M.C.AL:- Cheer 0: Concert, 7 p.m. Forbes Russell Comedy Company present "The Last of Mrs. Chey- ney,

Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.. Oriental Strolling Players and 1st Northamptonshire Regimental Band, Lee Theatre, 9.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: A Kay for Cinderella." (Sir James Barrie Play).

World Theatre: "The Ragman." (Jackie Coogan).

The other railways mentioned in the demands are the stretch from Tanghua to the Korean border, the branch to Ningata, the line from Chengchiatun to Tunglia and the line from Changchun to Fuyu. It is also reported that Japan is work ing to take over the lines mention- One typical 21 hours' work wasted and to secure concessions for a the killing of a native on a tobacco structed. The idea seems to be to ex-Cocoon."

fine which has not yet been con- Star Theatre: "The Golde

estate, the mauling of a doukey on tend the line from Changchun to A neighbouring farm, the eating Fuyu to Anda, the big bean collect- of a native woman who had straying centre on the Chinese Eastern Railway and to construct another ed inadvisably too far from herine from Taonanfu to Solun and hut just before daybreak, the kthence to Hnilar. ing of a native herd boy who had got up early to milk his master's cows, and the chewing of the tails off five donkeys.

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Baturday. Bankruptcy Court sitting at Supreme Court.

Golf: Bogey Pool, Fanling. Cricket: Indians v. Royal En- gineers, I.R.C. ground, 2 p.m.

Bowls 2nd Interport Trial Match, Craigengower C.C. green, 3.30 p.m.

Hong Kong Baseball League: 2. H.K.B.C., Happy Filipinos. Valley Diamond, 4 p.m.

The Dance RK Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m.

Ping Pong League: W.Y.O.B.U.

Y.M.C.A. (S.C.A.A.). Dinner Dansant at King Edward Hotel.

It is further reported that Japan has succeeded in securing a conces sion from the tupan of Heilang Weakness For Babies. kiang to construct the Tsitsihar Taiheiho Railway, under the ald One of the lions, which has been

Russo-Asiatic Bank concession. numerous occasions, is Support is claimed to be given to known to be old" battered, and de- this report hy the concentration at Tsitsihar of Japanese railway con- cidedly cowardly. Babies are PPstruction materials.

The economic strategic advan- parently a favoured delicacy, for this old lion also helped himself to tages to be secured by control of an infant from of its mother's these lines is obvious, but the Chi-Band).

nese are apparently awake to the back while the woman was hoeing important part railways have to tion Club of Macao open-air dance, in the fields. The mother, how-play in the development of Man-Race Course Pavilion, Macao, 8.30

churia and intend to stick to what p.m. ever, was more fortunate than the they call their sovereign rights. 'Roveliers Concert Party at one mentioned above, for she beat the animal with the business end of her hoc, "whereupon the lion dropped the yelling baby and slunk off into the bush

Car Tyres Bittan Through.

They have managed to subordinate the Russian interests on the Chinese Eastern Line, are asserting them- selves in the management of the line and now dictate most of the decisions.

The Sino-Japanese Treaty nego tiations were resumed this after-

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Forbes Russell Comedy Company present Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Theatre Royal, 0.15 p.m.

Oriental Strolling Players and 1st Northamptonshire Regimental Band, Lee Theatre, 9.30 p.m.

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will be affected by the battle for that is probably unique. He had the Manchurian Railways remains purchased a new car, and kept it to be seen. Y.-C. Daily News. parked outside the front door of his homestead.. One night thế family were awakened by a curions tearing and sizzling sound. Light- ing a lamp, the master of the house crept out on to the verandah just in time to see a large form linking away from the new car.

Next morning it was discovered that all four tyres of the car bad been ripped to shreds, one of the lamps had been smashed, blood was smeared all over the bonnet, and the mudguards were deeply indent ed by teeth marks.

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LONDON, August 18th. Two young Germans, Werner Schroeder and Johannes Wiele, landed at St. Margaret's Bay,

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Inter-Departmental Bowls:-Fing Channel from Calais in a 34ft. canoe, covered in only by a macin- Police . Sanitary Department,' tosh cover which allowed them free | C.6.C.C..green, Happy Valley, 3.45 Inspection left no shadow of use of the body from the waist upp.m. doubt that a wandering lion had

wards. The pair-who left Calais HK Baseball League: Japanese been responsible for the damage, at ten in the morning and arrived. Dragone!! (S.C.AA.) final for the spoor was plainly visible, at Dover about five o'clock-intend match, Happy Valley Diamond, 4 while coarse hairs from his mace sailing up to the Tower of London. P.EL

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the tyres-but had only found food arrived at Basie, vid Lake. Con- Open-air Concert by military for thought in the air they had stance. They then followed the band, Kowloon Dock Bathing

Rhine to Cologne, and made the Beach, 6 p.m.

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Villagers in the afflicted area open sea at Rotterdam. Hugging "Social gathering St. John's have been provided with frearms, the coast, the Germans reached Cathedral Hall (after Evensong), e but up to the present none of the Calais where they had-to-wait) p.m.

„Naval and Military Y.M.C.AL- lions is reported to have been even five days for fair weather. Their

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