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MASON'S DELICIOUS

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SAUCE.

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Supreme

Hongkong Daily Press.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General

,Post Office in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED 1857

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29421," Met‍A#fekað B6DAX HONG KONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1933 ### BGTANELINAA

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

On and after MAY 8rx, 1933, until Farther Notice (all previous

Time Tables cancelled).

UP TRAINS

C

STATIONS

No. No. No. No. No. 26 10 8 12

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

26 28 46] 28 629 18 24

Kowloos.Dep. 6.25 8.15

Yaumati Dep. | 6.33 Shatin Dep. 845

Taipo...Dep.6.89... Taipokarket.

Dep 7.01 Fanling Dep. 7.13 Sheangahul....

Dep.1.7.20 Shnmchun

8.37 916.10.12 11.80 12.12 1.05 1.38 2.20 4.35 4.55 8:08) 7.40

9.24 10.1911:41) 12.19 1.13

1886 10.31 11.88 12.31 1.247...

9.50 10,461208 13.45 1.87...

13

1...0.85 10,5012.16 12.49 1.41...

1000 11.01 13.32 19.59 1.51...

(*) [9,14 104 || 13.0612.37 1.04 1.38, ...

5,02 8,157,48

5,186.27 8.00

5.286.41 8.14

6.33 6.46 6.19

*2.50 ... 6.47 7.02 8.34

OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL

LETTER

The Finest Private Yacht at Cowes; Eton's Farewell to Dr. Allington: English Engineer for South Africa, Corent Garden...And its Cats! Chinese Junk at Ply mouth; The Future of Savoy Chapel

(Special Air-Mail Service]

London, Aug. 3.

Covent Garden Theatre has had

5.49 6.6789 A SPLENDID:FOUR-MASTER more than its share of misfortune in regard to firesThe original The most magnificent yacht Ihouse was burned down in 1792, "Art. 7.28 8.53 9.30 10.17 11.1212.43 1.10 2.02 2.15 3.06 6.13 5.53 7.06 8.40 have ever seen came into Cowes and other ares occurred in 1808

and 1856.

11.25

15

Canton...Arr.

6,80

17:45 447

DOWN TRAINE

STATIONS.

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

18 0 5 13 AM. A.M. A.. A.M. | P.V. à M.P.M. P.M.

h

No. No. 170 10 13

P.M....M:

0 No. No. 18A 21

131x

8:00

8.40

Chaton Dep Shurochun ...Dep. 7.04 7.50 10.80 Shaungshn... Đẹp tới Fanling....... Dep 7.14 3.02 Taipe Market Dep: 7.25 8.13 Taipo Dep 7.30 8.16 Shatia

Dop, 7.43) 8.80

This was the Roads yesterday. American yacht Huzzar, belonging to Mr. E. F. Hutton. She is 2,990 tons, an auxiliary yacht driven by four all engines and twin screws.

Her rig should be described as a fourmasted sky-sail barque, for upon her gigantic mainmast she Carries six yards-namely, the tonsall yards (two), topgallant 10.48 12.18 2.44 4.084.34 5.25, 8.12 6.50 3.-459.00 yard, royal yard, and skysail yard

She is square-rigged on 10.55 32.232,51 4.16 4,41, 5,33: 6.19|

masts.

P... 4.20,0,14...

9.07

11.00 12.29) 3258) 4,20) 4.45) 5,45 | 6.36) ..... ....... 11,10 12.30 3,00) 4,31) 4,556.01 6.25... ju 11.14 12,44 8.114.35 5.00 6.098.40... | 11.28 12.58 3.33 450 6.1 6.27 8.63... Yaumati... Dep. 7.56) 8.43 11.41 1.13 3.87 504 5.28 8.42 (7.05 ... Kowloon... Arr. 8.021 8.40) 11,06 11.47 1.18 8.43) 6.10 3.32 6.49 7.117.98 9.23 9.41

-Firat Cipes only. Will stop at may station on request. -Suadaye and Customs Holidays excepted.

Further information may be obtained at the Railway Offices, Ko loon, from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Hong Kong, from The Amorcian Express Co., Hong Kong, or from The China Travel Service, 6. Quren's Rand, Hong Kong,

By Order,

R. BAKER,

Нападет.

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMWAT Co., Ltd., and Oxina NAVIGATION Co., Lan.

HONG KONG-CANTON line, BAILINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 am, and 10 p.m. (Sundays at 10 p.m. only).

BAILINGS From CANTON Daily 1 8 sm. and 4.30 pm * (Sundays at 4.30 p.m. naly). CURTAILED SERVICE

Until further notice Day boats to and from Canton will sail on alternate days only.

HONG KONG-MAOAO LINE,

AMENDED SERVICE

SAILINGS From HONG KONG- at 8 am, and 2 pm, (Week days only).

BAILINGS From MACAU - at 8 am, and 3 p.m. (Week days only),"

EXCURSION TO MACAO). SUNDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 1933 B.S. SUI TAI"

will leave Hong Kong at 9 am, and Macao at 4 p.m.

SPECIAL SALOON FARES.

WEEK DAYS. Siagle: 33.00; Return: $5.00.

· EXCURSIONS-Single: $2.50; Beturn: 14.00.

Nore.AlSteamboat Company's Steamers are ötted with Wireless.

HOU

NIGHT

AT THE GREAT CENTRAL. HOTEL MACAO.

-HING

4

Dancing every night from 10 P.M. to A.M.-12 Beautiful Chinese dancing partners & 12 Beautiful European-dancing partners. Best Liquors & all kinds of refreshments served ALL ARE WELCOME

three

The Huzzar was built by Krupps in Germany in 1931. I had not come across her "before in British waters.

All yachts in Cowes Roads, ex- cept the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, seem dwarfed beside this Her enormous American vessel. lines are so beautiful that they recall those of the clipper ships of the great days of safl.

Bir John Martin Harvey discover- ed in Bristol a very complete ma- del of the theatre burned in 1856, and it was housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum... Cats "On the Strength."

"

Should the present house be de- molished, what will be the fate of the three cats which are "borne Berce breed, and They are a on the strength"? their forebears have waged inces- sant warfare on the rats which, but for their presence, would in«" vade the theatre from the market. FAMOUS JEWEL FOR SALE

The Porter-Rhodes diamond.

negotiations for the sale of which are talding place in London, is hot one of the world's largest stones. It weighs only 56 carats. But ac- cording to a Hatton-garden-ex- pert to whom I spoke this morn- ing it is one of the most desirable. It is flawless, pure white in co- H. W. Austin, the lawn-tennis lour, and has never been mounted player, has achieved another dis-or worn.

AUSTIN'S

SHORTS

tinetion in addition to his success In recent years it has been the in the Davis Cup competition. He property of a syndicate of London has introduced a new fashion to jewellers, and "nderstand that PARSIMVMortezain Willch he the potenter purchaser is an Auss appeared on the courts at Auteuil trian nobleman who has lately Yesterday Cochet, Boussus, Ber- been buying many large stones for nard, and many other well-known his wife. French lawn-tennis players, prac- tising at the Stade Roland Garros, were to be seen in shorts, and it is likely that several, members of the French Davis Cup team will copy Austin's attire in the chai- lenge-round matches this week-

end

ETON BOYS' FAREWELL

TO HEAD MASTER Eton boys' gifts to their retiring head master, Dr. Cyril Alington, included a saloon motor-car and a silver loving cup. The latter was handed to him by the captain, of the school, A. T. G. Holmes, at a gathering in the school yard, which was attended by over 1.100,boys: In honour of the occasion" the school yard was flood-lit by over 50 are lamps.

The scene was a memorable one. Soon after ten o'clock the ancient building, which had gradually fad. ed into the darkness; 'became bril- liant with the electric, illumina- tion.

the In this unusual scene students assembled and sang a number of school songs.

The famous Tennant diamond went to a similar destination seven years ago.

.

The Porter-Rhodes stone is ex- pected to fetch £50,000, though re- cent prices of large diamonds have

IN HONG KONG TO-DAY

THUNDERY SHOWERS!

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, AT 5.30 P.M., STATED :-

PRESSURE 19 HIGHEST OVER THE LOOCHOOS AND S. JAPAN, AND 19. RELATIVELY LOW OVER. CHINA AND MANCHURIA, PRESSURE GRADIENTS THE ARE SLIGHT THROUGHOUT AREA.

..

FORECAST:-S. AND WINDS, .LİGHT; PAID, PERHAPS WITH LOCAL

THUNDERY SHOWERS.

CHANG HSUEH

LIANG

To Winter In Rome

Rome, Aug. 24. Chang Hsueh Linng with his family and a large suite are stay ing at the Hotel Reggio. He has bought a villa in Rome and expects to winter there. Reuter.

T. V. SOONG

Will Not Land In Japan

Tokyo, Aug. 24. The Chinese Legation was in- formed by the Foreign Office this afternoon that T. V. Soong will not land in Japan.-Reuter.

SUN FO INDISPOSED

Nanking, Aug, 24. Mr. Lo Wen-Kan is leaving for Sinkiang by air to-morrow. while Sun Ho has postponed his air trip to Kuling owing to indi- position.-Router.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO DAY

(August 25).

Auctions)Sale of Crown Aande. at District Office, South, 11 am

Household. Lammert's Sale of Furniture, Sales Room, 2.30 p.m.

Whist "Drive on board H.MS. Tamar.

Garden, "Concert Music, Roof Peninsula Hotel

Oriental: Chance."

Theatres.

Charlie

Chan's

"Queen's; "My Wife's Family.!

World: "Downstairs."

Star: "Smart Woman."

King's "Born Lucky." Majestic:-"Congress Dances." Central "Hell On the Western Front."

Dances.

Tea Dances at Gloucester Build- Hong ing: King's Restaurant; Kong, and Repulse Bay Hotels.

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; King's Restaurant; and Gloucester Build- Ing.

Principal Mails.

Outward for America by Em- press of Asia 10 am; for America and Europe via Biberia by Pres. Jackson 5 p.m.

Sports. "Army Water Polo Knock Out Competition. YM.C.A. Bath, Kow- loon, 3.30 p.m.

Sunrise.-6.03 am Sunset 8.47

'p.m.

Perreterarey been disappointing... The "Rising gun, which weighed 102 carats but was yellow in hue, realised only 5.13 and 18.02. £2,800 in a London auction-room

The presentation was the signal; PET for an outburst of cheering, and when this had subsided the head master briefly acknowledged the boys' gifts and his appreciation of their loyalty and affection.

Then there was some more com munity singing, concluding with "Auld Lang Syne" and the Na- tional Anthem.

SIR CUY GRANET

five years ago.

THE CHINESE JUNK.

A Chinese Junk has been specl- ally made for Plymouth Navy Week. It is claimed that this is the first time such a craft han Sir Guy Granet will be leaving been seen in home waters, but this England in November to take up is not the case.

"

Tides.--High at 11.42; Low at

art of process engraving, produced a number of beautiful modern books. The last to be printed un- der the direction of the master was s beautiful edition of Aircraftman

:of translation Shaw's "Odyssey.

the.

In addition to his lovely eigh-

the duties of chairman of the In 1848 a real Chinese junk ap-teenth-century house on the river South African Railway Commis-peared in the Thames and lay out Hammersmith, Sir Emery had a sion. Thir body is to make a Blackwall. Later she was moored teenth-century office In-Ouf thorough investigation of the operation and finance of the South near Waterloo Bridge and, with her ford's Inn and an unspoilt me- native crew, became one of the diaeval residence, Daneway House, African railways.

attractions of "the season." This

near Cirencester." While England may well feel quaint and tiny vessel had crosse complimented that South Africa the Indian Ocean and sailed SAVOY CHAPEL should have called in an English-round the Cape of Good Hope man to direct this important work, without mishap...

It is now nearly four months since the chaplaincy of the Savoy

the Dominion can also congratulate Among the thousands who visit fell vacant by the death of the itself on securing the services of Aed her was Charles Dickens, who Rev. Hugh Chapman. The delay man so conversant with all the re-wrote: Nothing is here but in making a new appointment is levant problema?.

China. How the flowery land ever due to the whole question of the Str. Guy was chairman of the came into this latitude and longi- chapel's status being under re- LM8 from 1924-27, having pre-tude is the first thing one asks.view.MEN viously been general manager of and whether the flerce old ocean Unt, quite lately it was one of the Midland and secretary of the could ever have been in earnest the Chapels Royal, the patron and Railway Companies Association”, HISTORIC COVENT,

GARDEN

The lease of Covent Garden

with this floating toy-ship or had merely played with it in lightness of spirit."

SIR EMERY WALKER

Opera House expired yesterday, The late Sir Emery Walker, was and the fate of the historic thea the possessor of a collection of

ordinary being the King sa Duke of Lancaster. Its affairs are still administered by the "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the cost of maintenance appears an- nually in the estimates

There is some possibility of a tre must soon be known printed books, including fifteenth new arrangement. By this the It is a little over two centuries century incunabula. He also own-Bishop of London, who at present since John Rich opened the origin-ed two copies of the famous Kelme has, no jurisdiction where the al Covent Garden Theatre as a cott Chaucer one a specimen of chapel Is concerned, would take rival to Drury Lane Congreve's the luxury edition.

over responsibility for the ecclesi "The Way of the World" was the Bir Emery Walker's firm, aku astical administration of the chap first play staged.

though more concerned with the laincy.

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