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108. #1], 14] 10.

STATIONS

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6.10 8.05 925 6.48

9.37 10.30 13.20) 1,39]

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ANIMAL HUNTER'S

EXPERIENCES.

THE KING COBRA WILL ATTACK

ANYTHING"

World Theatre Hell Harbor DECLARES THAT TIGERS ARE HAPPIER

9,16 10.16 17.00 1,78 2.85 4.02 4.41 8.35 7,40 0.24 10,94 12.08 1,26

(043) 748-

Star Theatre The Aviator." 5.02 5.55 8.00:

"Central Theatre: Czar of |8.18) 0,00 8,181⁄2

Broadway." 5.126.198.17

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„13) 23 AMAM. [PM AX, AX, AL,

Chaton***** Shumahan...

*Shoungehn!

Taipo Market,

Talpo

Shatin

Ysumati".

Dep. 7.17 8.02 0.55 Dop/7948.10.10.05

Fanting Psi

· Dop, 7.29 814 10.06.

Dep. 7.40 8,25 10.18

Dep. 7.43 8.30 10.23

Kowloon

“Dan 7,58) 8.49 10.85

..Dep. 8.12 3.65 10.49

7.60

10.34 11.33 2.35 4.29 8,107.01 7.11 11,452.42 4.30 6.17 7.18

12,01 3,56| 4.45 |6,39

(11,30) 2.48). 4.35 6.22||

12,00 3,02 4,496.38||

2.312,20 0,15] -8.03.]8.40] '...'

12.82 9.27 .14 7.01.

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The Pro

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IN THE ZOO THAN IN JUNGLE.

A big game hunter, whose motto

Hot ́as Bad as Painted.

catch 'em alive," is at present Mr. Buck went on to explain that staying in Singapore in the person wild animals were not really as of Mr. Frank Buck, of San Fran-bad as they were painted. One cisco. Mr. Buck, who has spent the greater part of bis life in pursuit (of animals, only recently killed his Arst. During his ciner he has trapped and exported hundreds of wild animals, including elephants, rhinos, tigers, lions, leopards, mon kios of all classes, anas etc., and thousands of birds. In his search

India.

heard people talk of man-eating tigers, and other ferocious animals, but in many cases these terrors of the jungle were frightened of man, and nine times out of ten would scuttle out of the way of a human being. That was generally the case, but the one exception was a king cobra. A more cruel and more

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for these he visited cost of the ferocious beast he had never in his Lawn Bowls: First Division- jungles of the world, but mainly lengthy experience come across." It Kowloon Docks. Craigongower, the Malayap Archipelago and would attack anything or anybody Kowloon 0.0. € Kowloos B.G., Police v. Club de Recreio, Civil

and with such ferocity that the Service . Taikos, Second Divi- Interviewed by a representative | cobra nearly always came off böst,

ion: Taikoo r. Yacht Club Crai of the Straits Times, Mr. Buck said What is the differenes betweed gonzower v. Kowloon C.O., Club do Recreio Civil Service, Kowloon he was not in Malay this time a man-eating liger and an ordinary B.G. H.K. Electric RC.

with the object of collecting and tiger ? * WAS thre next query. mals, but was engaged in making That is difficult to say replied talking picture of the book of Mr. Buck. There is little differ- | his life, '' Bring 'Em Alive." which ence, but the manner in which 's included the most exciting of his tiger becomes a man-eator is fairly starch of game. In eertnio. After an animal has had experiences in order to make this picture, of an injury which prevents it getting course, he had to go out into the about as before, and knocking down Jungle and capture the animals, animals with which he has got to only the best of which he was keep fight to overcome for his food, he ing.

has to go hungry probably for & "What is the narrowest escape, long time. He then comes across a you bave had in your life with wild native, and knocks him down and animals asked our representa has a meal. After that he always tive. I think it was about eight goes for human flesh whenever he or ten years ago, in East Coast can get it.

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Queen's Theatre digal."

World Theatre: "Hell Harbor Star Theatre: The Aviator." Central Theatre: Crir of Broadway,"

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Sunday,

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Road, with a king cobra," replied." Whether it is because he likes Mr. Buck. This great snake, a it better or whether because he tremendous length, was one of tho finds it easier to knock down a biggest and best specimens. I had man than a beast, no one can say, ever caught. One day it got loose, but it always happens when a sen and cornered me in a little wooden eater is caught that some old injury shed. Once it struck and I jumped is found. Ono instance I remember aside, and then I found myself was where a great, healthy man- right in the far corner of the shed eater preyed on one village for with the king cobra making ready quite a long time, and', became a to strike a second time. It reared proper terror. It was eventually up, and was just going to dart, killed; and, on examination, right across one of his pads, was found when I quickly ripped off my coat, Star and fell forward on to the beast. It was touch and go, and any Central Theatre The Silent minute I expected feeling its fangs Enemy.

King's Theatre: "Dishonored." go into my chest, but luckily I had Prince's Theatre: "Trader enveloped the head in my coat, food, it wont hungry, and eventual-

Dth After Trinity. Queen's Theatre: Dance Fools Dance."

World Theatre: "Yik Jan Mae " (Chinese, film).

Star Theatre: "Lone Ranger."

Horn."

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Ten Dance at King's Restaurant had got him then, and we put him Tiden: High at 19.37-and 1,10, Low at 4.38 and 3.0

back in his case,"

DON'T FORGET,

deep scar, which showed that it had had an injury some time pre- viously, and for some time had had to go about on three legs. This handicapped it in its search for

I came across a native. That is how a tiger becomes a man cater.

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