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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

WEEKS DAYS.

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Hamling go,Dep.

9.58 10.88 13.36 151

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TRAGEDY OF A COLLISION.

PARACHUTE" TORN.

FLYING OFFICER'S STORY OF

HIS OWN DESCENT.

The tragedy of the two aeroplanes which came into collision over the cliffs near Folkestone was described

BANDITS RAID TRAIN.

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Feb. 26th

On the same spot where robbers a year ago obtained 135,000 dollars (29,000) consigned to two hana a Harvey, Ilinois, to meet factory

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Hockey - HK, Hockey Club 1st XI. we Queen's Regiment 1.9.R.C ground, 6-18-p

Fanling Hunt:- Meet Mr. daļ Suza's Bungalow, 8:45. -

39th Ordinary annual meeting of Green Island Cement Co., Ltd. St. George's Building at noon. Bowls Association, Jardine, Mathe Meeting: Hong Kong Lawn son's board room, 5.30 p.m.

at the inquest at Hawkinge Acro-parola, another masked band of drome on February 20th on Pilot even men yesterday robbed the of 133,000 Bollars Officer Eric J. Watson, who was (2,600), which was being sent to dashed to death near the aerodrome the satte consignees for the same Club, "With the poor in China;”? |

three days previously.

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Farewell dinner to Mr. D. G. M Bernard, Chinese Merchants Club.

Lecture: St. Peter's Young Men's

by Adj. A. Harris, Salvation Army,

spondent of the London Morning" Cheer "O" Whist drive, 1 p.m. Post The robbery was carried out

Queen's Theatre, 7th Heaven.". in the same way in both cases. World Theatre: A Society

Beandel:"

His machine and another piloted purpose, cables the corre 8.30 S

by Flying Officer Walsh ect out together from Hawkinge for man avres, and re about 1,000ft. up when the collision occurred. Flying Officer Walsh immediately jumped with his parachute and

The little station of St Marian, in a suburb of Chicago, on the Grand Trunk Railroad, where the

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escaped serious injury, but Filor train ordinarily does not stop, was Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m. King

Officer Watson delayed bis jump too long, apparently trying to right his machine.

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again chosen. But this time the bandits stopped the train by having a confederate among the passengers with a ticket for that station. He bad hardly alighted when marked

audits, heavily armed, aboard the train, and four of them entered the passenger coaches,

Edward Hotel, A gim.; Lace, Craw ford's Restaurant, 30-

Mails Principal Europe i Siberia.

p.1,

Thursday.

Helena May: Musicale." Mis celleaus Programme, 5.30 p.m.

Hong Kong Kone Manufacturing meeting St. George's Building, 11.30 amo

Flight, Lient Gilbert Harcourt Smith, of Hawkingo "Aerodrome, said that Pilot Officer Watson was twenty-one years of age and be logged to No, 25.Fighting Squadron, He was accustomed to flying the shooting indiserstely to ter Co., Ltd. 4th ordinary yearly Gloucester-Grebe single-seater fight-rorise the occupiste, while two ing machine which he was piloting more gave their attention to the The engine staff and mail car. The at the time of the accident. machine was in good order.

Seventh man kept an automobile running behind the station until his confederates returned with the loota "He had also op

I examined the parachute after the accident, and found it was torn

the-length of our seam

sad the officerbisn

Giving the possible solution for the failure of the parachute, Flight Lient Smith aid: "In making parachute descent from an aircraft it is necessary to be quite clear of the aircraft before opening the parachute. It is possible that the officer was not clear when he pulled his rip and the parachute was caught in some part of the machine and torn!

to prevent the spre alarm

Fourth Annual General Mesting of Simplex Plaster Co., Ltd., Powell's Building, 3 p.m.

Tea" Dances: HK; Hotel and

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Hotel Tammeh monta alt Steame ers. Dining Room and Lounge is now open to the Publia

Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p. Kangg

Cheer Odan

Queen's Theatre: 7th Heaven: Weld Theatre knows Women."

Star Theatre:

Telephone

that Lion."

Helena Fly Intitäten Bibik Study circle, 10.30 m

After dynamiting their way into the mail car and overpowering two clerks, one of whom was knocked unconscions when he showed sight, the robbers quickly picked out twa pouches containing money. One was a shipment of 33,000 dollars (£10,800) from the First National Bank of Chicago to the bankol Harvey, and the other 80,000 'dele. lars (£16,000) from the Chicago Mr. Mowll (the Coroner): Is that Federal Reserve Bank to the Fire:

National Bank of Harvey, your view of what happened 7-Yes. The White Mask,

When a man is descending by parachute from his aircraft there is a moment when he has nothing to hold on to Yes. He should fall through space for ten seconds before pulling the cord...

1. Actually he is taught to count

Mr. Mowll It requires a little courage, I should think

Another possible solution was that

Pilot Officer Watson did not make use of his parachute quickly enough. From 150 to 200 feet were required for a parachute to operate and slow up the man

The machine did not catch fire until after its impact with the ground.

The

On Friday afternoon," stated Firing Officer Leonard Arthur Walsh,

"I told Pilot Officer Watson

to do individual combat with me. I was his senior. We both went up and practised getting into position. He was in theory to try to hit..

* When we were just over two thousand fect up he attacked me. three times. After that he broke away and I saw him about a mile away from me,

aAA

To enable him to catch me up throttled my engine back to one thousand revolutions and flew straight and level towards Dover,

"The next thing, I looked round and saw a pair of planes in vertical bank turning into me on the star board side. A

A Then I felt the impact, and my machine went out of control. My wings were not damaged, but the tail of my plane was cut off

Having obtained the loot, the pair who entered the mail car re turned to find the leader, who was marked from his confederates by white mask in contrast to their black maaks. He immediately

| whistled off his men, and they hurried to the moto-car and sped away, leaving observers confused as to whether they would return to

Chicago.er had tried southward

towards the Dixie highway.

The whole proceeding tosh only twelve minutes, and after unsuc cessfully attempting to give the alarm from St. Marias the train sped on to Harvey, where the newa of the robbery, was sent eat. Thi money consignment was entirely covered by insurance

VOTES FOR JAPANESE WOMEN?

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to

Hockey Hong Kong Club “A” Recreio as Kings Park, 5.15 p.m. Annual General Meeting Victoria Diocesan Association in the Cathe dral Hall, 5.30 pimien

Tea

Khalsa Dirwa dinner to Mr. K. L. Chowdhury Hotel Savoy, 5.15 p.. Dances H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 420 p.m.; King Edward Hotel, 5p.m.; Lane. Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-16.30 P.IN.:

* Cheer "O": dasce, 7.30 p.m. Concert at Union Church, 8 p.m. Queen's Theatre:7th Heaven." World Theatre

never

know Wome: "Hold that Lion"

Star Theatre..

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Saturday.

Yachting: Corinthian Race. Famling Hunt Meet at Mr. Ports Bungalow, £45, bole

Cricket: Kowloon O.C. Ist XI. H.K.C.O.; Kowloon C.C. ad XL v. Tamar, BKC £4

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Star Theatre: Hold that Lion" Principal Mail-Outward: Europe, vid Marseilles (Kashima Maru), 8.40 cm; Europe vid Marseilles (Kamala), 9.43.c.mL

Tokyo, March 4th Votes for women next! The re- cant general elections afforded the women of Japan a unique occasion to plead the cause of woman suffrage. Several of them toured the country, supporting the can didature of male aspirants Diet honours, and then seized the opportunity to advance the cause of votes for women: Hitherto, the movement for entranching women has been confined to the blue stocking" class, but to-day women of all strata of society have joined in the agitation.ATOR,

The women of Japan are divided When I got out of the machine into two classes, the Right and the counted eight, and then pulled Left The Left wing consists of my rip cord. My parachute im women of the so-called proletarian s who have drawn their inspiras mediately opened and acted well class 3.8.A. Air Rifles and Owing to a strong north wind I was tion from one or other of the male 1 Dances: H. Hotel and Rifles, Calibre, Repeating......; and

blown towards the sea. By spill proletarian parties already in Hotel Bavoy 130 p.m. King air, however, I managed to existence and endorse the principle Edward Hotel, 5 pm Lane. come down on some telegraph wires of class warfare. When the Dist. Crawford's - Restaurant, 420-6.32

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some twenty yards from the edge meets, womens vizagiste of Japan pun RAVE PEIAThe Campus of the eliff on the main Dover Followill present's petition, requesting stone, road. A civilian helped me that the Electibu Law include both Theatro

down to the road.

men and women. It is very doubt

The jury returned a verdict of ful, however, whether the womm of Death by Misadventure, and exapan will be given the franchise predded sympathy with Mr. Watson's at an early date--1-0. Daily relatives

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