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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

STATIONS

TIME-TABLE. UP TRAINS

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No. 16 (Xa23 X6, 18] No. 14, No. 36 Wass FX, PM, 1,M,| P.M.(†YM. {TM.

Na Z No. 6.10 No. 4 | No. 12 No. 14 A.M.A.M. | A.MAM. PAM || FK

Kowloon Dep. 640 8.05 8.30 0.10 10,00 12.15 Termati Dap 4.49

Shatin Dep. 7.01

Taipe Market Dep, 7.15

Shanghai Dep. 735

1.15 2.33 8.00) 4,30) 8,42|7.80

9.90 10.08 12.24. 93310.20 12.34 1.34 0.4310,3342,49)

|10.03/10.47] 1.03 10.10.10.59 1.09

ShamdhanArr. 7,41 845 9.1310.16,10.58 1.14)

Taipe

Fanling

Canton

...Dep 7,50

...Drp. 7.30

...ATT

9.53 10.37 12.53

12.40

5,38

4,58 5.60 7.35 4,50) 0.0% 7,50 5,04 6.15 2.08

8,08 0,19 5.07

5.18 6.80 9.17

3.20 3.40 5,39

5,23 6,35 B.21 6.41 8.37

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DOWN TRAINS .

STATIONS Joi Be. 3 Xa, 7

A.M.

4.M.

A.X

No. 1

A.3.

No.15.1 [No.19 | No. #No. AN.

P.N.

F.X. F.M.

Carton ...Dep.

8.03

No. 11 7.3.

3.90

Shamahan.Dap. 7.18 8,061036 11.49 11.36 2.584,89 5.49 | 0.45 | 2.04 Sheangahui Dep. 7.25 8.14 10.41 Fanling. Dep. 7.30 8.16 10,47

Tipo Market Dop. 2,40 8.28 10.57 Taipo

Dep. 748,31 11.01

ghatim

...p. 157 8.44 | 11.14 Fauna.Day. 9.11 8.56 11.28

Kowloon A7, 8.179.01 11.32 12.39

12.03 8.05 448 | 3.58 12.07 8.10 4.50 6.00 12.18 3.21 6.00 6.10 12.23.28 5.04 615 12.36 839 517 6.28 12,483,515.296.40

gumugu

18.54 2,57 6,88 6.46 7.28 7,44 |

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THE ROUGIER

MYSTERY.

JURY'S OPEN VERDICT..

WARNING BY CORONER.

“DON'T NAME ANYONE LIGHTLY."

SKY-SCRAPERS OF ANCIENT

ROME.

NINE STORIED DEPARTMENT

STORES.

·TRAJAN'S MARKETS."

ROME, June 8th. Ancient Rome had a nine-story skyscraper housing its chief great department store, just, discovered WOKING, Surrey, May 30th

and identifed, writes a United The coroner's jury which has Press correspondent in the Manila been inquiring into the cause of Times. The elaborate markets of the death of Mr. Hilary Rougier, the imperial city, consisting of a the 7-years-old retired Guernsey row of nine-story shops built one farmer, found to-day, at their sixth above the other," and connected sitting, that he died from mor- with staircases and galleries run. phine not administered by himself. ning inside, have come to light as The Director of Public Prosecu- result of the excavations now tions, Sir Archibald Bodkin, was proceeding on the site of the de- immediately informed of the demolished barracks in Via Magnana

poli.

cision.

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The mystery raised by the ex- humation from St. John's Church- yard, Woking, of Mr. Rougier 18 months after burial is thus still unsolved.

While temples,, basilicas, trium- phal arches and forums of the old times abound in Rome, this is the firet occasion, that a large monu- ment devoted to the material and

commercial life of the city has been discovered and identified..

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DIARY OF EVENTS.

To-day.. (June 20th.)

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日陸廿月陸年八廿百九仟登英

Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.13. Queen's Theatre: "Good Morning Judge," Cherie Valentine and Tomasita Birdwell, dancers, 8.20.

World Theatre: "Exit Smiling."

Theatre *A Star

Woman's Woman,"

Tec Dances: H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m.;. King Edward Hotel, 6 p.m.

Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe ria Siberia (Mirzapore), Outward: Europe via San Francisco (Koren Maru), 5.30; Europe vid Siberia (auto Maru), 10.30 am.; Europe vid Marseilles (Diomed), 2.30 p.m.

Wednesday. (June 27th.)

Ltd., 4th ordinary yearly meeting, Hong Kong Tug and Lighter Co..

30 p.m.

Hong Kong Philharmonic Society General Meeting, 5.30 p.m.

The jury's verdict has made it necessary for the police to renew

Trajan's markets," as the new their investigations, and fresh in. quiries were immediately begun by archeological find it to be called, Superintendent Boshier. These mayowe their discovery and identifica lead to dramatic developments in a

tion to Professore" Ricci, Giglioli Queen's Theatre: "Twelve Miles few days.

and Piribeni who have been in Out, Cherie Valentine and Toma- charge of the excavations now proaita Birdwell, dancers, 0.20, ceeding to the East and North-East of Trajan'ı Forum.

Many Women In Court: The jury of eleven men, most of whom are tradesmen in the town, Relics of ancient Rome have long arrived at their decision after 39 been evident on the site, but it is minutes' deliberation, and their an-only now that it has become pos- nouncement created a sensation in able to establish definitely the fact the court, which was crowded main that here was the big department | ly with women, many obviously store of the city, holiday makers, some of whom had queued up for an hour before, the proceedings began.

Mr. William Knight Lerwill and his wife, with whom Mr. Rougier resided at Nathurst, a farnished house in Lower Knaphil, near here. in the summer of 1928, had been present at each of the six sittings, and again sat with their legal representatives at the solicitors' table.

Mr Lerwill, who had been re- called to the witness-box for the third time only an hour before, was immediately surrounded by friends when the verdict was given.

Mr. and Mrs. Lerwill soon after left the court and returned by train to London. Mrs. Lerwill afterwards went to her parents' home at Little Common, near Bexhill, Sussex, and Mr. Lerwill, who was accompanied by his brother, to White End Park, Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

Mysterious letters were mention- ed by Mr. G: Wills Taylor, the corener, when the inquiry was resum- ed He bad received numbers of Anonymous letters, he said, and it any had been addressed to the jury they should dismiss the "contents from their minds,

World Theatre: "Exit Smiling.” Star Theatre: "A Woman's Woman."

Tes Dances: H.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 430 p.m.; King Edward Hotel, 8 p.m.

Principal Mails: Outward: Entrance Through Monamental Europa vid Siberia (Funnan), 2.30

Arch.

Trajan's markets were situated hill. Accces was gained to them on the western eide of the Quirinst through a monumental "arch, the base of which has been, found as columns belonging to "iti well as one of the ornamental

To this great store, which had beautiful, architectural-lines, Bome shoppers Bocked to buy uxury articles as well as house of the mosaics of the pavements hold provisione. From the designs of the first two floors of the struc- ture, it is supposed that these were shops for the sale of luxury

articles.

adds a monument unique in the With this new discovery, Rome world for its grandiose proportions, intercet and beauty.

FEWER EMIGRANTS TO

CANADA...

NEW MEDICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM BLAMED.

MONTREAL

Superintendent Boshier told of his search in the registers of Woking chemists for a purchase of landanum

"Canada is receiving a decrcas which Mr. Lerwill at the last heared number of British-immigrants ing said he had made for the treat owing to the new medical inspec ment of Mr. Rougier's dog, and tion system.” This assertion was declared that no such purchase in made at n session of the House im- bis name could be discovered.. migration inquiry by Col. J..E. There was a surprise when Mr. Dennis, Chief Commissioner of Taylor asked Mrs. Lerwill to re- Colonisation, Canadian Pacific ture to the witness-box, and he Railway. again warned her that she need The records of his company show not answer any questions of an in- led a decrease of 40 per cent. in criminating character. He handed British newcomers for the four her three letters and a letter-card months of this year as compared which, she said, were written by with a similar period in 1027, Col. her to her husband after Mr. Dennis stated. Rougier's death. None, she said. had any relation to the subject of the inquest.

A system of inspection of im migrants on the other side by roster doctors, under the supervi Her solicitor fallowed her into the sion of a small body of Canadian witness-box to corroborate her evi- doctors, would be more successful dence, and then Mr. Taylor began than the new system of inspection his summing up, which took 40 by Canadian doctors only at minutes. He stressed the serious British ports, he added. consequences that might follow the A system of inspection by roster naming of any person or persons doctors located throughout the should they find that Mr. Rougier's British Isles avoided publicity and death was due to violence. He em- loss of time through travelling to phasised that the jury must be central examination" bureaus. In satisfied beyond all reasonable view of present conditions, he be

lieved in the continuation of the doubt that the evidence had éstab- lished a prima facie case against a policy of limiting immigration person or persons before they re largely to agricultural labour.. turned an incriminating verdict.

BOMB FOR EXECUTIONER,

GANDHI ENTERS STRIKE

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New Yong, May 25th.

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