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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY..

TIME TABLE.

On and after NOVEMBER 1, 1932, until Further Notice (all previous

Time Tables cancelled).

UP TRAINS

No. No. No. No. No.

STATIONS

ย

8 1010

[AM] AM.] AM)AM. AM. Kowloon Dep. 6,25 8.15 8.87 0.06 Yaumati Dep. 63 Shatin...Dep. 6,46

Talpo...Dep. 6.39

Taipo Market,

Dep. T.OK

1...... Fanling Dep.7,18] ... |- |- Bhoungahul...

Ahumchun

No. ur No. No. No. No. No. No. No 1829 18 24 26 28 18. 14

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

TO-DAY (November 18).

10th day of Rejab.

Billiards: Steel, Coulson Tourna ment, & P.O.'s Club . St.

AM. Mind P.X. | 2.M}V.M. P.M.|r.M[F.M|PM; }. Patrick's; Police . Palace Hotel;

9.15 10.1211.80 12.12 1.30 2.50 435 456 0.08 7.40 ...6.02 6.15 7.48

3.94 10.1011,41 18.10 1.27... 0.30 10.3111.68 12.81) 1.39) ... 9.80 10.46 2.08 13.45 1.52...

5.16 6.77 8.00

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8.28 6.41 8.14

9.53 10.50 12.16 1240) 1.567... 10.00 11,0112,22 12.69 2.06.

5.39 6.46 8.10

6.48 6.67 8.30

8.47 7.02 8.84

Dep. 7.20 | 0.14 0.42 10.13| 21,0011.87|| 1.04 2.11 2.59 ...

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Art 7,96 8.33 0.20 9.49 1.17 11.1313.40 1.10 3.17 3.05, 6, 13, 5,537,06 8.40

Canton

ATT. kan

111.25

5,80!

DOWN TRAINS

...7.45...

STATIONS

No. No. No. No, No.

3 1

A.M. P.M. A‚M., A.K.' A,N,

No. No. No. 17 16 0 A.M.P.3, TX.

GNo. No. No. ***1.10 13

7.36 PM, P.M.

P.X. Mixed

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8,00

840

110

4,20

Chaton. Dop.

TAI

Shumchun... Dap. 7.02 7.50 10.30 10.48, 12.10 2.44 4.08 4.34 5.26 |6.126,50 7.11

10.85) 12.23 2,51 4.18) 4,41) 5.83 0.19 Shengshui ...Dép 7.3 7. Fanling

19

Taipo Market... Dep. 7.25 8.19 Tripo

Th. 7.14802

***

Dep. 1.7.30 8.10

Ebatin.

.Dep. 7.43 8.80

Yanmali

..Dep. 7,508,43

-First Claes only.

| 11.00, 12.29)-2,66) 4,20) 445) 6.45 (0.26) 11.10 12.59 2,00) 4,31| 4,88) 0.01 0.35 11.14 12.44 3,11) £35) 8.00) 0.09 | 6.40| .11.28 12.58 3,21 4,50 8.14 0.27 6.63 ... 11.41 1.12 3,37 6.01 6.2 6.43 7.06)....

Royal Engiarers Sergeants v. S. W. Borderers Sergeants; Garrison Ser- Keants r. Royal Artillery.

Hockey-Friendly match: Hong #. Club Kong Hockey Club *! A " de Recreio (King's Park), 8.13 p.m. Theatres

Queen's

Happy Ending" Central: "Caught Plastered." Majestic: Congorilla." King's: "Palray Days." Oriental: The Yellow Ticket.!!

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Dances:Tea Dances at King's Restaurant, Hong Kong Hotel and Gloucester; Dinner Dances King's Restaurant, Hong Kong, Peninsular, and Repulse

BAY Holels and Gloucester:

Tides:High at 23.20; Low

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The office of Common Serjeant is one of the oldest in the City of London, we ancient that the date of its creation is unknown. As far back as a charter of Edward Ir (1307), there is an article ratified by

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of Common Serjeant of the City next month; and will then have of London, in succession to Bir about 5,000 lines in operation, but when the four old exchanges are Henry Dickens,

finally closed down it will be the control for at least 30,000 lines. The new centre will, of course, be on

irely, automatic, mainly composed of engineers, whose task will be the maintenance of the intricate mechanism in perfect the King that "the Chamberlain the Common (Town Clerk, and the working order. The majority of the Common Serjeant be chosen by the Women operators at resent required commonaity," and that no rjeant at the old exchanges will not lose should take a fee, or do execu. their employment, but will be trans- and Shanghai by President Cleve-tion on the citizens except he be ferred to other centres which have land; Japan and Shanghai by elected by the commoralty This not yet changed over to the auto Corfu.

Charter was confirmed by others of matic system. Edward III, Richard II and Henry VIII.

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Outward:-Europe (in Siberia)

Covent Garden's Birthday. by Empress of Canada, Reg. 9.15 a.m., Letters, 10 a.m.; Straits and

Within the next few days Covent Calcutta by Kumsang. parocls,

Up to the passing of the Local Garden Opera House will celebrate noon, letters 1p.m. Straite, Cay- lon, Europe in Marseilles by Cor Government Act, 1888 election rest its 200th birthday. The original · fn, K.P.O parcels 4.30 p.med with the Coma gaufail but, building which was erected towards G.P.O. parcela 5 p.m.

Manila, and parcels only for Ger- many via. Hamburg by Fulba, 12.30 p.m.

Formosa by Tai Yin, 8.30 a.m.; Bangkok by Ardent, 1.30 p.m.

SATURDAY (November 19).

20th day of Rejab. Sport.

Racing--Fourteenth Extra Race Meeting (Happy Valley).

Hockey-Mamak Tournament: H.M.S. Parthian 1. 1st. H.K.S. Batlery (Marina), 4 p.m.; Radio Sports . 12th Battery (U.S.R.C. ground), 4.1 p..

Rugby-Hong Kong Rugby Club . Navy (Happy Valley), p.m.

Yachting:Royal Hong Kong Yacht Chil's Third Championship Bace for Racing Yachts.

Cricket:First Division: Navy . Hong Kong C.C. (L.); Craigen- Civil Service (L.); Indiun Kower 1.C. r. Kowloon C.C. (F.). Second Division: Civil Services, Craigen- gower (L.); Hong Kong C.O.. Navy (L.) Kowloon C.C. u. Indian R.C. (F.; Police r. Diocesan Boys' School (F.).

Football-First Division: Inter- port Practice. Second Division: Taung Tsin e. Eastern; Royal Artil- Jery . Navy St. Joseph's v. Club; Kowloon South Wales Borderers; South China. Incolns; Chinese Athletica Ewo. Third Division: South China St. Joseph's; University e. Lincolns; Royal Air Force v. Chinese Athletic Taikoo Recreio, Radio Sports Royal Engineers Signala v R.A., C.

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Theatres,

King's: Palmy. Daya" Queen's: "The Happy Ending." Oriental: "Yellow Ticket." Star: Disraeli.".

Central: "The Doomed Batta-

lion.

Majestic: "Congorilla". Miscellaneous: Chinese R.C. Hong "At Home," 2.30 p.m.; Kong Benevolent Society, Jumble Sale 10.30 a.m., nt City Hall.

Dances:-Gaia Night in the Rose Room, Peninsula Hotel: Tea Dances at Gloucester Building, King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotol; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels and King's Restaurant.

Principal Malls. Inward: From Japan by Boku- yo Maru Shanghai and Swatow

Kiung

by Gunning

Outward Amoy by chow, 3.30 p.r. Haiphong by Can ton, 2.30 p.m.; Manila by Pristdont Cleveland, 130 p.m.; Straits, India and Europe via Mareilles, K.P:01 Reg. Bam, letters 10 m., G.P.O. Reg 9/45 5.m., letters 10.30. ¤.m.;

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by that Act, all future point the end of 1732, certainly has been ments were vested in the Crown, demolished and forgotten, but the the privilege; of fixing the salary present structure marks the spot and defining the duties of the office faithfully, and can still be regard remaining with the Corporation.ed as the chief seat of grand opera It has, now been decided at the in London. It is perhaps not gen- Court of Common Council that the ernlly known that Covent Garden salary of the Common Serjeant once belonged to the Abbey of St. shall in future be permanently fix-Peter, Westminster and that. Inigo ed at £3,000 per annum.

Largest Telephone Exchange. Work is approaching completion on' now London telephone ex- change which has been designed to

ORCHESTRAL

CONCERT

By kind permission

of Capt. J. H. Godfrey

THE BAND OF

H.M.S. SUFFOLK

will play at

EXCHANGE

RESTAURANT

Friday, Nov. 18th

from 5 p.m. till 7

p.m.

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Jones designed quite a romantic piazza for the place. It is the third oldest theatre in London's West End, and it is interesting to note that, although its fame is operatic, the first production over staged there was a comedy, revival of "The Way of the World."

Graham Wallas,

Many friends and fellow-wrokers of the date Graham Wallas meet on Oct. 20 to honour his memory in the School of Economics, where his life-work is still a living influence. A room is to be dedicated to Gra- ham Wallas in the new buildings of the school. In the company that listened to the appreciations of the great teacher. at the meeting were many leading writers on economics, and progressives in politics and so- cint reform. Amongst the speakers were Mr. H. G. Wells, Sir Josiah Stamp, and Sir Arthur Ste-l-Mit- land.

A Fine Fiat Achievement. With the complotion of the new block of flats which was opened by Lady Patricia Ramsay the number of flats built in the last six years by the St. Pancras House Improve- ment Society totals 160. The socie ty, formed in 151, with £230 capi- tal, no site, and much hope, aimed modestly at reconditioning some of the Inuentable houses in the Somers Town area, and did so. Then, it began to build, firat Bete and then blooks of fate. By the beginning of this year it had rais ed altogether £102,000, and had completed its latest block of flate with a delightful nursery school which Princess Arthur of Con naught-opened.

The national oriais, seemed to threaten the plans for the flats, but the society managed to raise more money than in the previous year. The new five-storeyed St. Francis block, like its twin; the St. Chris topher, is built on three sides of a (Continued on Page :)

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