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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED '1857.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.

No. 2314), WGAN63Ħ£120 W+AMÆÞI HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1932. £#*

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

On and after MAY 280, 1931, until Further Notice (all previous

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

ACTRESS FOUND SHOT

GOLD CARRIED IN CANVAS BOATS

TRAGIC END OF MISS HELEN SAINTSBURY

Managing Director.

NOTICE

We have removed to GLOUCESTER BUILDING (South Arcade)}> N. LAZARUS- Ophthalmic Opticians."

XERO Price(Single Copy, 10

Per Month, 83.

TO-DAY

(September 28).

27th day of Jemadi-al-awal,,

Entries close for Motor Reliabi- EARLIER TRAGEDY RECALLED

No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

28 ta · 16 | 22 | 1924 26 A.M. NOON PM. F... F.M. P.X. P., Flity. Trial.

Time Tables cancelled).

·UP TRAINS

STATIONE

No, No. No. No.

0 10 3 1 A.M. AK. A.M.) A.X,

No. 13

.Dep. 6,40) 8,058,28

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0.24 10.1 12.08 1.20.

++

0.37 10.30 12.20 1.38... 852) 10.00 12.83) 1,61| ...

0.67 10.84 12.87 1.55) ... 10.00-11.04 12.47 2.08

Kowhom

·Yaumati .....

Shatin .....

Talpo

Fanling

Talpo Market

Shonngahni

Skumchag

-Canton

Canton ............ Shumchun. Shoungebut Fanling

Dejs| 0.49),

7.00

Dep.) 7.14)

Der 7,10 +45

Dep. 7.88 Don 7.88

144

9.15 10.10 12.00 1,182.35 402 4,41 5,857,40

4.40 5.48 7.48 5,096.54 8.00

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

of H.K. Atisements, Ltd., Queen's Theatri, noon.

**

•Auction:-China Auction Rooms,

8.15 6.06 8.783 p.m. |8.100.138-11

6.23 8.23 8.27 5.84878.87

0.03 10.14 21.00 12.62 2.108.14... .Art. 7.41 646) 0,11 | 10,20 11,13 12.65 2,18) 3,20) 4,40) 5,40) 6,88)8,83

11.82

6.40

DOWN TRAINS

7.281 ...

STATIONS

1

No. No. No. No. No. No.

7. G 15 3

17 1.3.A.N.A.X A.M. AM. S.X,

No. No. No. No 19 21 13 28.

Taipo Market..

Taipe Shatin

Yout!

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AUSTRALIAN - PARTY'S PRIVATIONS

Sydney-Making a journey from the goldfields in Batavia, Queena-

London, Sept. Miss Helen land, to the coast, a party of nine goldminers recently underwent a Saintsbury, the actress, and widowi

perilous experiance, of Mr. F. J. B. Ratherford, was Chinese Chamber of Commerce found shot dead in her flat at St Martin's Lane, London, last night, Meeting, 3 p.m.

Her husband, who was a son of the late Sir Ernest Buckley Ruther ford, was found shot in his car on the London-Southampton Road at Mishoidever a month ago, and at

Sale of Stamps, Lammert's Auction Rooms, 5.15 p.m.

Wing On Ca's 25th Anniversary

Celebrations."

Meeting of Kwang Tung Bible Union, 5.30 p.nt.

Whist Drive: Seamen's Institute,

0 p.m.

Whist, Drive: Kowloon Dock,

Dep

7.50

Dup.) 7.20 8.14! 1908)

Dop. 7.40 8.25| 10.18)

4.28 Dp7.17 0.03 0.03 19.84 11.36 2.36

4.80 11,50 2.49 Dup. 7.24 8.10; 1,03

6.22 11.50 2.10 4,35 13,01 2.52 445 (0,32)

....[ 4.13 0.10 7.01) 7.18 4.17...7.1

j..

Dap. 7.45 8.30 10.29,

.Dop. 7.58 6.13) 10,96 Dop. B.118,63 10.48

Kowloon............................ ............Atrí 8,37) 9,01) 10.66) 11,12

✪ Sunday, and Public Holidays only

12.00 3,02 4.49 0.38 ...

12203.18 5.02 6.40... 12.32 8.27 5.147.01

12 098.33 5.207.077.89) 7.64

For First Class Pauungeri only. Will stop at any station on request Further information may be obtained at the Railway Offices, Kow loon or Canton, from Mesars, Thos. Cook & Bon, Ltd, Hong Kong, The Amordian Express Go, Hong Kong, or The China Travel Servios; 8 Queen's Road, Hong Kong.

By Order,

R. BAKER Manager, BRITISH SECTION, KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVÍON of rna HonG KONG, CANTON AND MAUAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION Co., LaD.

HONG KONG-CANTON LINE. BAILINGS From HONG KONG-Dally at 8 a.m. aude10 juu. (Sundays 10 p.m. only).

SAILINGS From CANTON-Dally at 8 am, and 4.30 p.m. (Sundays 4.30 p.m. only).

HONG KONG-MACAO 'LINE.

SPECIAL SERVICE,

SAILINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 a.m. & 6.80 p.m.

(Bandays excepted)."

(Sundays siceptod),.

SAILINGS From MACAO-Daily at 3 a.m. & 2 p.m.

SPECIAL WEEK-END SERVICE.

HONG KONG TO MACAO

SATURDAY: 1 OCTOBER

8,00 am. NO BAILING 1.30 p.m. LUNGSHAN 6.30 p.m. SUI AN

MACAO TO HONG KONG

3 am. SUI AN

.6 p.m. LUNGSHAN

~2′′at 801¬AN

$ p.m. NO BAILING

SUNDAY, 2ND OCTOBER

9.00 a.m. TAISHAN 1,00p.m. SUI AN・・

4p.m. TAISHAN

All Steamers leave from Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

Hong Kong.

• Excursion Rates.

SPECIAL SALOON FARES,

WEEK DAYS. -Single: $3.00; Return: $5.00. EXCURSIONS.—Single: $2.50; Betara: 34,00,

NOTE--All Steamboat Company's Steamers are 6tted with Wiratc

CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION

CALIF.. U.S.A..

GREEN CAGE PLINS

YELLOW CLING PEACHES

"Green Gage Plums

Yellow Cling Peaches

Dismiss all glume."

Are within your reaches"

Obtainable at All Compradore Shops,

Sole Agents: KUNG SHEUNG CO.

HONG KONG

CHINA BUILDING,

PHONE 23266.

King's: "Devil's Lottery."

Theatres

Quecu's:

"Splinters in

the

Navy."

Central: "Night Work"

Star: White Shadows in

South Sens."

Oriental; "All Quiet on Western Front.'

the

Taiping: "High Treason."

the

Tep Dance at King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant.

Tides:High at 7.20 and 90.55;

Low at 1.00 and 14.15.

Principal Mails Outward.--Europe via Marseilles by Antenor, 2.30 p.m.

THURSDAY (September 29).

Michaelmas Day.

They were to join the steamer Kallating, which was to meet them on the coast and bring them on to Townsville, in Queensland. They ultimately landed there safely, but only after considerable trials and privations.

The men left the field on horse

the inquest a verdict of "Suicide back to ride the 75 miles to the while of unsound mind” wań ro

After coast.

crassing Blooded corded.

river and watercourses and mak- Mrs. Rutherford, who was founding their way through densa scrub, ahot through the head, was last they reached the Claudie river, a Heen alive on Saturday night when

largo, alligator-infested stream... she had a friend visit her. The charwoman arrived yesterday to clean the flat an usual but found the door locked. The tenant of the shop downstairs forced the door and Mra. Rutherford was found! lying on the floor in an evening dress. By the side lay a pistol

They urossed the river by means of a crudely constructed raft and the horses swam corose. That night they camped on the opposite bank. Heavy rain was falling and the river overflowed its banks.

Boat Bunk.

Midnight found the travellers waist deep in water and they may Married six months ago. Missed to higher ground. About ten Helen Saintsbury was the daughter inches of rain fell and by morning of Mr. H. A. Salutsbury, the authey were up to their necks. thor and actor. She herself was à well-known actress. Miss Befints-

Canvas boata were made from bury was marited only six months ago to Mr. Rutherfort, who was a tents and in these the waterlogged retired Army officer, Mr. Ruther gear and 800 ounces of gold that || ford's father, the Inte Sir Ernest the party was carrying were taken:

Оле Rutherford, was a member of a across the swirling watera. City firms of wine and spirit ship-boat, containing 300 ounces of gold, after leaving sunk once, had to be pars.

Early in the morning of Aug 4 maneuvred through half-submerged İr. Rutherford, wearing evening undergrowth and Boating timber dress, was found in his car by aby three swimmers. farm Isbourer with a bullet wound When the party ultimately ranch: in his head. Under the seat was od Lloyd's Bay, where they were to the manuscript of three songs on micet the Kallatina, they were fore- Lava Bowls--Inter-Dept. Com-titled "A Call to Arms" "Lady ed to go round an inlet because petition-Government House Little Lady" and "Take a Lease the high tide made it impossible to English Police Government

from Life."

cross it. On this part of the jour House.

ney they encountered centipedes and, scorpions in thousands.

28th day of Jemadi-alawai, Entries close for Eleventh Extra Hace Meet, nona.

Lammert's Auction at 4, Duddelli Street, 3 p.m.

Farewell "At Home" for Rev. and Mrs, Watkins, Cathedral Hall,

4.30 p.m.

V.R.C. Aquatic Sporte:-Chan pionships, 6.30 p.m.

at

Whist Drive: Police R.C., Happy Valley, 8.30 p

Badminton Club Meat:--Soldiers' & Sailora' Home,

Theatres.

་་

Star: Chasing Rainbows."' Queen's: "Splinters in Navy."

the

Central: "Midnight Daddies." King's: Shitters in the Sun”...- Oriental: "A House Divided."

Did Not Give Evidence, At the inquest, Mra. Rutherford was drossed in white with a picture|tion sland, an uninhabited piece of

The travellers reached Restora

hat trimmed with black and white land about 140-miles north of Port She did not give evidence. At the Stewart, five days after leaving funeral she was dressed in a law the goldfields. They had lost all costume with a wide white hat their food when they were caught trimmed with black. When Missin the flood-waters-and-had to live Saintsbury was married on April on fish and oysters until the arri- Tea Dance at King's Restaurant; 5th she was described as "formerly val of the Kallatina at Restoration Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and the wife of Edpar Norfolk, form Island four days later. Peninsula Hotels und King's Res-erly Greenwood, from whom she taurant,

obtained a divorce." Mr, tuther- Tides:High nt 8.90 and 21.16; Low at 1:52 and 14.80.

Principal Malla

ford was described as "the divorced with the police. Immediately the husband of Monica Cecilia Ruther trouble stopped, and the only, man Inward.-Canada and U.S.A. by ford, formerly Burnand." Her ad-who did attdapt a post office rob Empress of Rusia.

dren was given as Kensington bery was caught red-handed.” Gardens Square, London.

Scheme for Co-operation.

FRIDAY

(September 30)...

goth day of Jemndi-al-awal. Lammert's Auction at 47, Gran- ville Road, Kowloon, 10.30 am

Lammert's Auction, 3 pm

FOILING THE PO" THIEF

V.R.C Aquatic Sports-Cham- LINK WITH POLICE SOLVES

pianships, 5.80 p.m.

Kowloon C Meeting, 0p.m. Whist Drive H.M.S. Tumar, 8.43 p.m.

Thestres.

Queen's.

Navy"

King's:

the

Splinters ir.. Signori in the Sun." Star: Chasing Rainbows." Central: Midnight Daddies." Oriental: "A House Divided.". Majestie: "The Spy:

Ten Dance at King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Parfnsula and Hong Kong Hotela

Tides-High at 9.10 and 21.39; Low at 2.39 and 15,20,

Moon-New moon: 1:30p.m.

PROBLEMS

A remarkable victory over post office, and mail bag robbers has been scored by the post authorities and the police.S

This success led to conferences: between the police and the postal

authorities, with the result that

early in March a scheme of the closest mintual co-operation was adopted. The various police forces agreed for the first time to make a distinction between post offices and ordinary private property in the amount of surveillance constables: exercised on their bests..

In addition, the link between

The long series of robberies of the Post Office Investigation « De this character in recent years had pariment and the police was made giren the authorities a great deal

of trouble, and it secured almost so close that former hitches and impossible to devise satisfactory overlapping disappeared, and the two bodies became a unity for most measures to stop them.

practical purposes.

Early last. March, for instance

The results during the last four four post offices were robbed in London within a week, and mail or Ave months since the actual in

ive been bags, often containing valuable restitution of the scheme gistered letters, disappeared with a astonishing In the words of a frequency that caused much anxie Post Office official to a Morning caused AX Fost representative: Not a ein- Principal Malle.

The intensity of an epidemic of gla successful attack has been made robberies in Liverpool was respon on a post affion since the soliems be Inward, Europe vid Negapatamsible for the institution of a new gan, upd, as far as I am aware by Akita Marg

and highly successful system, Ning: no successful rail bag-robbery, has Outward-Europa via Victoria thefte ocurred in that city in a been, carried out ejuleres There is And Eumpe via Siberis by Pres few weeks, and the postal anthozi to be no relaxing of the closgelisia Cleveland, 6 pm, Europe via Mar- tice, in despair, arranged an exach betwoch our mon and the:pali- anilles by Buwa Maru, 0,00/s.m., on perimental seme of co-operationce that has made, till sucDESS: KIDS

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