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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General,

Post Office in the United Kingdom,

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Wanaging Director

N. LAZARUS,

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No. 22,519 ✯✯DALFAA** BAMIN*4* HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930. ## ## Price Single Copy, 10 cts.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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TIME TABLE.

Un and after AUGUST 23r. 1919, antil Farther Notion (all previous

Time Tables cancelled).

UP TRAINS

ATATIONS 80.No. 8.10.

AM. AM.

No.11 No. 15 A....7.20

a. n. is Ja24 No.38 No.H P.M., F. FEM. 2.X.' F.X.

Kowloou.Dap 6.35 8.00 8.9 9.05 10.00 19.0 1.182.94

Taumati. Dep. 8.44

Shatin... Dep 656

Talpo Dep 7.10

Taipo

Marist, Dep. 7.15 Fanling. Dep 7.95

bering-

ahui ..... Dep. 7,30]

Shum-

•* Holidays only co

9.15 10,08 12,30 1,931 9.23 10.20 12.92 1.38 9 43 10.53 19.35 1.316

3.00 4,30 5,40 7.45

4,39 5,48 7.53 4.50,00 8,08 5.04 6.13 8.17.

5,08 8.17 8.9% 1,18 8.27 8.83 3.193.23 8.32 8.57 9.19 3.40 1.29 6,36 8.43

- 17.84-

-9.48 10,37 13,391,56

10.00 10.47 13.49 3,054 9.0110.03) 10.52) 18.84) 3.10

ahan...A. 7.76 8.40 9.07 10.71 10.53 1.00 2.16

Canton ... Ar -- 19.84)

5.42

DOWN TRAINS

STATIONS-

No. 3 Bo. 1

LAM

No, 1 AM.

Ma.15. B No.17'No,19 Hall Nas 1.K. P.M. P.M.) P.M. DATES.

So. 13. P.M.

Caston

... Dep.

8.201

8.26

Shamchun...Dep. 7:18 7.88 10.34 11.18 13.19 9.85 4.39 6.47 6.53 7.19

Sbeunghai Dap.

Fanling ...Dep.

7.208.08 10.49 11.25 7.255.10 10.47 11.39

TaipoMarket.Dop.7,378.91 10.57 11.43,

το

9,424,465.84” ̈ 2,00

2.46: 4.50 5.58

2,385.00 | 8.08

-3.156.176.23

Taipo *Dop. 7,408,261101 11.45 Shatin

...Dep. 7.53 8,39 11,1 11,59 "Taumati....Dep.. 8,069,61 11.26 13.13

Kowloon Art. 8.12 8.57 11.32 1218 1259 333.5.36 6.44 7.36 7.59

| 3.27 | 5.296.38

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TELL THE SHROFF Where to have Tiffin

"to make out a Chit for $8:00 and send it with your Home Address tö 11, Ice House Street, In return, we will send you the Weeklý Pran for Six Months.

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TROPICAL WEATHER IN

BRITAIN.

OFFICE GIRLS IN EVENING

DRESS.

TOO HOT FOR SUN-BATHING RAILWAY-LINES BUCKLED.

An extraordinary thing happened minimh were Bedeg at Birmingham and Margate, 65deg. at Malvern, in England last month.

Hunstanton, Cramer, Clackton, Southend, and Hastings, and deg. Folkestone, and Jey... at Margate, Lowestoft, Dover,

Just when everyone had given up hope of ever feeling warm again, just when people had cancelled their holidays and had decided to have an extra week at Christmas time, just when, in fact, the dress, makers were thinking of holding their winter sales in September-

Along came "the long-lost summer, complete with blazing sunshine, marvellois blue skica, and a thermometer saying 94 in the shade:"

Of course, no one was ready for it. From force of habit the City man still carried his umbrella to work and many City typists still wore their coats. On the pint- forms of suburban railway stations they stood and gazed in silent wonder at the cloudless sky.

"Oh, that won't last," they

said

But it did..

omdal Thermometer Readings. The beat wave became further intensified, and with the higher humidities became still lesa bear. able.

In some parts of the country notably Wales, South-west and North-west England, and

South Scotland-fog developed with the clear skies and large noctamal cooling, so

Hottest August Day for 19 Years.

On August 293andon recorded a temperature-94 degrees in the and had its hottest August day for shade not equalled for seven years

nineteen years. TaLancashire and North Wales there was a fell in the temperature but the absence of wind made the beat if anything more oppressive

for the distribution of a report on "Damago to plumbing-work caused by frost The report opens with reference of 20 degrees Fahren- heit below freezing-point!

Ships leaving Southampton Docks took on extra supplies of ice. The Leviathan carried ifty "tons of ice and the Canadian Pacife liner Montrose twenty. An official in the seventy quarts of ice-cream would Montroas said it was expected that

be consumed on board each day while the vessel was in the heat- wave zone.

One Cool Spot in London. England basked, and sweltered A reporter in search of a cool under cloudless, sanay skies that spot in London visited a Smithfield covered approximately 1,000,000 refrigerating chamber. He writes: square miles of Europe from Scot-Stripped to the waist and perapir- land to North Africa.

Motorist in Bathing Costume,

In Sheffield aan was seen driving a motor-tat through the centre of the city clad only in a bathing costume. He was driving an open touring caf, and attracted considerable attention.

In the suburbs of Nottingham, where the shade temperature reach ed s degrees, residents appeared in beach costumes and sun-bathers were to be seen in many gardens until the heat became too oppres sive. Children were running about in bathing suits in all the streets of Oxford, and every available part of the river was crowded with

that at 10 a.m. bathers

On August 28 Aberystwyth was 17deg cooler than 24 hours earlier, Black Fool 13deg Harrogate 15, and Morecambe and Llandudno 11, but at. Scarborough it was 14deg. warmer than on the previous day, and at Skegness and Southend 7deg. warmer!

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ing from every pore, the stoker. fed the roaring furnace. As we entered he turned and said, 'If any more ice i wanted this bloomin' boiler is going to burst Muffled to his eyebrows, his breath steaming in the air, a carter stopped from handling the frozen racat to warm his blue-tipped fingers. These were the hottest and the coldest men in London. The stoker was working in a temperature of 18deg. and the carter was working in a tempera- ture 20deg. below freezing point."

Goroner in Shirt Sleeves.

The Southampton Coroner, Mr. Arthur H. Emmanuel, conducted an inquest in his shirt sleeves. If anyone else in Court wants to do the same he can," the Corner said after taking off his coat and a solicitor followed his example.

Dr. Millard Medical Officer of Health for Lerteter, says in his annual report: Brery local autho rity should offer facilities for sun- In Blackfriars Road, London, a bathing. It is always desirable to man apparently found the heat rractise what one preaches. While rather trying and made for the these words are being written, the nearest resting-place. This happen- writer is sitting in a secluded led to be a churchyard. He planted corner of his garden wearing ahimself on a tombstone and, with costume which weighs exactly one his knees pointing skywards, went

peacefully to sicep. ounce."

'Indecent "*- Sun-Bathers.

London and many other places recorded even higher figures than on August 27. In Central London it rose to 94deg., a rise of deg. on the previous day. Other high figures in London were 92deg, at There has been a rush in thou Kensington. 88 at Croydon, and 88 sands upon the public baths and at Kew. This showed a rise of open-air bathing pools in the parks 2deg. At Kensington, ideg, at Croy-af, Leeds, and complaint is now don, and no change at Kew from made that bathers in the River the previous day. Kew was again Wharfe have been running about,, 20deg. above the average figure for the banks in a state of nudity. The late August..

Vicar of Collingham, the Rev. H. B. Beckwith, describes the conduct of these sun-bathers as "positively indecent.""

The French air pilot, Jean Laulhe, in the course of an attempt on the world's distance fight for light aeroplanes in a close circuit, had to land owing to the heat, which he found unbearable after flying for ten hours.

Railway Lines Buckled,

The intense test caused a section Outside London the Highest

of the line on the LN.E.R. between figures were 81deg. Cardington, 90

Harrow South Junction, and Brent, Cranwell, South Farnborough, and

North to become unsafe for traffic. Jersey, 89. Woodhall Spa, 88 Leam- Owing to the extreme heat num Traing were held up, and the work ington and Bicester, 87 Malvern,bers of girls in several factories in was begun of relaying the line. The Bath, Margate, Deal, and Tunbridge Leicester fainted. In one case, a traffic was carried on by means of Wells, 8 Ross-on-Wye and Leafield, factory had to be closed down tema single line. The heat had drawn Ilkley, Shrewsbury, and Malden, porarily. In others work is cessing the rails, and they became out of and 84 Winchester.

an hour earlier than usual. One gauge," an official of the company large office allowed its staff a break explained. The rails of the Metro- of two hours to attend an open-air politan Railway, which run parallel with his section of the LN.E.R. swimming bath.

line,, were not affected. Normal running was resumed after about an hour..

A Hot Hight.

In several parts of England the night of August 28 was the warmest of the year. In Central London. the thermometer did not fall below. 72deg, while other high night

The Architects' Joks. August 29 was chosen by the Royal Institute of British Architects

(Continued on Page

Diary of Coming Events.

To-day. (September 24.)

#Queen's Theatre: "They Learned About Women."

World. Theatre Deceptive Potion" (Chinese film)

Lammerte Auction of Postage Stamps, Sales Rooms, 5.33 p.m.

European Mail.-Inward: Europe vid Suez, (Khyber).

Tides: High, 11.40 am and 11.11 p.m; Low, 4.59 am and 3.12 p.m.

Friday. (September 20.) Queen's Theatre:

World Theatre: "Flesh and the

Star Theatre: "Red Mill." Central Theatre: " Rio Rita," Majestic Theatre: The Fleet's In," with Eleanore Ninon and Leo Mantin in Gay Paree"

at 8.20 Paris" p.m.

Public Band Concert, Fowloon | Devil.". Football Club ground, 9.15 p.m.

Dinner Dance Hong Kong Hotel 8.30 p.m.

Tides: Higb, 10.48 am, and 10.41 p.m.; law, 4.14 m. and 4.44 po

"

Thursday (September 25.) Queen's Theatre: They Learned About Women.

World Theatre: "Flesh and the Devil."

Star Theatre: "Scarlet Letter Majestic Theatre: The Fleet's In with Eleanoré Ninon and Leo Mantin in Gay Paree at 0,20

..

Central Theatre Rio Rita" Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club, Annual Meeting, Lane Crawford's, Blue Room, 5.15 p.in.

Saturday. (September 27.)

44 Hot

for

Queen's Theatre: Paris."

World Theatre:"Flesh and the Devil.”

"Hot fur Halley.

"Stor Theatre: "Scarlet Letter." Central Theatre: Rio Rita," Hong Kong St. Andrew's Society, City Hall, B:45 pm."

Lecture by Major A. N. Macfay den, BA on South Africa as a British Dominion at Unveraity

Union Assembly Room, 8.30 pm.

Lammert's Auction of Goods and Chattels of Metropole Hotel Andex, at Salesroom,

Dinner Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

Star Theatre Scarlet Letter." Central Theatre Río Rita." 7th Extra Racs Meeting, Happy

Baschall Filipinos; v. Japonése. Victoria Recreation Club; Night Fete, 0.15. p.m.

Hong Kong Amusements, Ltd. Ordinary Yearly Meeting, noon; and Extraordinary general meeting, 12.16 p

Cheung Chau Government School, Sports Meeting-...

Cricket-Friendly Watches: Tat

Divizion, IRC University; 2nd Division, University v. IRC.

Tea Dance Peninsula Hotel, 16

Dianer Dance Repulse Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

European Mail --Outward European Mail-Inward: Europe bid: Biberia (Kashgar), Outward: Europe via Mareilles (Kashgar); Europe vid Biberia (Khyber), 10.30 10.30 am. Europe vid Siberia .main(Talya Maru), 0p.m.my m

Tides: High, 12.35 pm and 11.42 Tides: High, 141 p.m.; Low, 8:10 p.m.; Low, 8.40 a.m. 5.37-p.m.

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