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MASON'S

DELICIOUS

O.K.

SAUCE.

Hongkong Daily Press.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General

Post Office in the United Kingdom,

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No. 23425. ###±ƒÂN HAMARER HONG KONG, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. Scottish Air-Mail Letter

TIME-TABLE.

On and after MAY 6tx, 1833, until Further Notice (all previous Time Tables cancelled).

STATIONS

* UP TRAINS

No. No. No. No. No T No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 2 B 10 81.) 14 18 | 8J | 20 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 29

.AM. A.M.) AM, Mixed (P.M. | F,M,P,M) TIM. PM. PILĒTIKĀ TIME.

Kowloon.Dep. 6.95 8.15 Yaumati.Dey. 6.33 shatin ...Dep. | 1,45 Taipe... Dep. 609

poMarket.

Dep 7.04

Fauling .Dep.7.18

heungsbut...

Dep. 7.30

Shunchan

***

8.37-9.15 10.1211.80 12,12) 1,05 1.36) 2,20) 4,35) 4,58 8.08 7.40

0.34, 10.1911,43) 12.19) 1.12

9.86 10.3111,58 12.31 1.247.– 8.50 10.4812.08 13.15 1,27--..

1.. 0.5 10.50 12.16 12.49 1.4...

10.00 11.0112.32 18.60 1,51

0.14 10,11; 21.0612.37 1.04 1.68... 2,50

| 5,09 4,18) 7.48 ...5.15 6.27 8.00 ...6.28 8.41 8,11

5.32 4.46 8.19 ...5.49 6:678.39

+

5.47, 7.02 8.34

-

irr. 7.28 8.53 9.30 16.17 11,1212.48 1.10 2.02 3.15 8.05 5.13 5,53, 7.08) 9:40

Canton...Arr, ... 11.23) ... 6.30

4.47. (745)

DOWN TRAINS

STATIONS

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. G | Nà] No.

357. 11 15 # 17 19 19 AM.; A.M.) A.M, A, 3, 1,20,

PK. İLK. A.M. P.M. P.M.

T.M. Mixed

No. No. 18 31

(TUM, P.M.

Canton....... Dep.

***

9.00...

***

110 17.38 2.58 4.20 4.45 6.45 6.25 11.10 12,19 3,06, 4.31: £.55 8.01 | 8.35

4.206.14...

9.07

H+

Bannockburn Relic Saved: Sir Malcoln Watson And Tropical Medicine: A Tale Of Two Fighters: Scottish Freemasonry: Two Scottish Chairmen

[Special Air-Mall Service)

PRIME MINISTER'S

ELATION

RELIABILITY. LONG MILBAGE. SAFETY

DUNLOP

The V9brilia

Best Tyres

Per Month, $3.

30,1933.卷拜體"日拾叁月别年参卅佰玖登英 Price) Single Copy, I0 cm

FOUR BRITISH

"PLANES

Now On Flying Cruise To Baltic

London, Aug. 23. FOUR Southampton flying "boats. * part of the 204 flying boat squadron, Royal Air Force, left Plymouth" to-day on a three weeks cruise to the Baltic in con- nection with the "British week" which opens in Finland on Septem- ber 4.

l

The flying boats made their 'He was' associated with the late first stop at Felixstowe and are Sir Ronald Ross in his discoveries proceeding to Esbjerg, Copenäagen and research, and succeeded him and Stockholm and then to Hel- in the directorship of the Ross singfors. By the time they return Edinburgh, Aug. 9. Institute. Sir Malcolm is a charm they will have covered approxi-. His work has "mately 3,500 sea miles-British The Prime Minister is. greatly the personality elated at the success of his efforts taken him to every tropical coun- Wireless. in ensuring that the Bannockburn try of the British Empire, and he rellc-the Monymusk Reliquary-is equally well-known in Geneva has been saved for Scotland.

as an adviser at successive inter-

national conferences ca tropical DIARY OF LOCAL

diseases.

It may be recalled that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's personal ap- peal moved Lord Wakefeld To come forward two years ago and A SCOTTISH NATIONALIST· to furnish £11,000 in order to win

8.40...

Shrochus ...Dep. 7.02 7.50 10.30, 11.18 12.10 2.44 408 4.34 5:25 6,126,50 8.45 9.00 Stoungahui.Dep. 7.09 7.37 10.53. 12.93 9,51 4,15 4,416.33 | 619 Fouling ..... Dap 7.14 8,02 Taipo Market. Dep. 7.25 8.13 Talpe. Dep. 7.30 3.16 Saatin...Dep, 7.43 8.30 Yaumsti....Dep. 7.56 8.43 11.41 1.13 3.87 3,01 6.28 6427.05|| Kowloon, 8.0 9.40 1136 1147. 1.18 8.43 6,106,328,487.117.28 9.289,41 for

-First Class. only.

Will

... | 11.16 12.44 8,11 4,93 5.00 6.08 | 8.40

L

11:29 1258 3,34 450 5.14 6.97 8.53

stop at any station on request. -Sundays and Customs Holidays excepted.

Further information may be obtained at the Railway Otices, Kow.. loon, from Messrs. Thoa Cook & Son, Ltd., Hong Kong, from The Amercian Express Co., Hong Kong, or from The China Travel Service, 8. Queen's Road, Hong Kong.

By Order,

R. BAKER,

Manager.

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAD STEAMBOAT Co., LTD., AND OHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. ·

HONG KONG-CANTON LINE. SAILINGS From HONG KONG-Dally at 8 am and 10 p.m. (Sundays at 10 p.m. only). SAILINGS From CANTON -Dally at 8 am, and 4.80 p.m.

(Bundays at 4.30 pm, only). CURTAILED SERVICE

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

HONG KONG MACAO LINE. SAILINGS From HONG KONG— at 8 am, and 2 p.m. "(Week days only),"

SAILINGS From MACAO al 8,m, and 9 pm.

...(Week days only). AMENDED SERVICE PROX 1BT SEPTEMBER, 1933

SAILINGS From HONG KONG at 10 am, and 5.30 p.m.

(Week days only).

SAILINGS From MACAO at 3 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Weekdays only).

EXCURSION TO MACAO SUNDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1933 B.S. "SOI TAI"

will leave Hong Kong at 10 mm, und Mäcao at 8 p.m.

SPECIAL SALOON FARES.

WEEK DAYS. --Single: $3.00; Beturn; $5.00. EXCURSIONS.-Single: $2.50; Return: $4.00, Nora—AUStaamboat Company's Steamers are fitted with Wireless,

the historic Howard Grace Cup! These are the days of Scottish (associated with Thomas a Becket) | nationalism, and, in spite of hard the Victoria and Albert: times, its revival is occasionally Museum.

| celebrated with the national bever

age.

THE MONYMUSK RELIQUARY

#

EVENTS

TO-DAY

(August 30)

(VII. Moon, 10th Day) General -Committee. Meeting, Sailors' and Soldiers' Home, 5.30 p.m.

Auctions.

An old soldier, after a patriotic meeting in a Highland village, get into a train travelling to Inverness Rather unsteadily he sat down Every patriotic Scot will, in fact, beside a Salvation Army officer.

Sale" of 500 tons Special Fuel Oil hall with delight the announce- For some time he gazed at the ment that the National Art-Collec officer's uniform with profound No. 199, China Auction Rooms, 11 tions Fund (which knows no concentration. At last he broke a.m.. frontiers) has succeeded in ensur-into speech." "What's yer regi- ing the acquisition for Scotland of ment, man? I canna mak it "oot." that "blessed speckled" casket known as the Monymusk Rell quars which the Abbot of Ar broath bore triumphantly before Bruce's army at Bannockburn.

The Scottish fainly which had inherited this holy relic--once holding one of the bones of Bt. Columba-had sent the little wooden casket, overlaid with Cel- tic silver plaques, to Christie's for public sale.

A shiver went through Scotland at the mere prospect. On the eve

of the projected sale the reliquary WBA withdrawn. Forthwith Dr.

To which the outer replied: "I am a soldier, pls the Lord. I go to Invernessakes the Devil thence to. Aberdeen to fight him again, and then down to Dundee, Edin burgh and Newcastle."

The exhilarated patriot struggled to his feet and gave the officer a

resounding clap,,on the back,

"That's richt, ma man," he said. "Keep on heading the blighter South."

Miscellaneous: Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute, 9 pm.

Tenders for Sale of Stock-in- Trade, etc., of Taf Hing Knitting Factory, close at Official -Receiver's Office, noon..

Claim against the Estate of Atwood Thorne, due.

Mrs. Borrett performs opening cerermany of Child Welfare Centre for Indian Troops, Jordan Road, Kowloon, 4 pm.

Kowloon Unton Church Women's Guild. 10 a.In).

Roof Garden;

• Concert Music, Akáħħħžádá Peninsula Hotel.

Graham Callander, of the National IN HONG KONG

Museum of Antiquities. Edinburgh, got to work.

Fortified by the practical sym- pathy of the Prime Minister-one of the earflest subscribers—ne sp- pealed to his countrymen to save the Bannockburn mascot for Sept- land. The purchase price was,..

£2,500. The State grant to the museum is only £200.

....

A few days ago Dr. Callander was able to report that he had been able to collect £1,140; and he thereupon begged the National. Art-Collections Fund to complete the good work. This public-spirit- ed association promptly acceded to the request by sending the balance of £1,360, so that the famous re- liquary might be bought, by private treaty, through Christie's.

APPEAL TO EXILED SCOTS

41

At the same time the Council of the Fund feel that there must be many Scots, living in exile in this country, who would be glad to be

chase.

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TO-DAY

FINE

YESTERDAY'S WEATHS BEPORT, FORECAST AND REMARES, 189OED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, AT 5.30 P.M., STATED':---

.PRESSURE CONTINUES HIGHEST OVER THE PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH EAST OF JAPAN

A DEPRESSION JS BITUATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF HOKAIDO AND

A TYPHOON LESS THẬN 500 MILES EAST OF N. LUZON; THE LATTER 18 MOVING" N.W. OR W.N.W.

FORECAST:-S.E. OR VARIABLE WINDS, MODERATE; FINE.

GRAND LODGE OF

SCOTLAND

Theatres... King's: "Cynara.” Queen's: "To-night Is Ours." Central: Laughter In Hill.” Oriental: "Skyscraper Souls." World: "Cruiser. Emden." Star: "Down to Earth." Majestic: "Bachelor's Affairs."

Dances.

The Dances at King's Restau- rant; Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; Gloucester Building; and Majestic Dancing Academy.

Dinner Dances at King's 'Res- taurant: Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; and Gloucester Bulld-" Ing.

Principal Mails. Inward from Europe via Siberia by Friesland.

Sports. Lawn Bowls. Open Champion- ship, Bemi-final Kowloon Bowling Green, 5 p.m.

Sunrise.-6.05 a.m.; Sunset-0.42

p.m.

Times. High at 3.30; Low at. 12.09.

associated with this laudable pur- A quarterly communication of task as chairman of the Royal Commission, on Newfoundland Fin- the Grand Lodge of Scotland was Accordingly, all such are invited | held in the Freemasons Hall ance, while Lord Macmillan de- parted on Saturday to conduct the, to send their donations to the Se George Street, Edinburgh, yester inquiry into the Canadian banking cretary of the National Art-Collec- day. Lord Belhaven and Stenton.

system. While most of Lord tions Fund, Hertford House, W. 1. Grand Master Mason, before pro Amuiree's inquiries have been into Never, perhaps, was the line in ceeding to the ordinary business, labour problems, Lord Macmillan Burns's poem, -"Bannockburn," made sympathetic reference to the more appropriate:

death of Lord Saltoun, a Past building, coal, lunacy, drugs, and has ranged over "banking, ship-

"Now's the day, and now's the Grand Master. la

street offences. The Macmillan It was reported that the income And others, bealdes Scots may for the period from November 24 Report on finance and industry re- be glad of the opportunity, I may last to July 15, amounted to mains a monument of wisdom to which competent Judges believe remind Americans, for example, £7236 9s 10d, as compared with the world generally will yet have that the manuscript copy. af £7681 38 4d for the corresponding to return if stability and prosper-

Bannockburn," which Burns gave period in 1931-32, a decrease of ity are desired. p

hour."

"

to the Earl of Buchan, is carefully2444 13s 6d. preserved at Harvard,

SCOTTISH MALARIAL

EXPERT

Bir Malcolm Watson, who is to be director of the London School

A charter was granted to the new Lodge Afghan, Rampur, Unit ed Provinces, India..

Brother William Rennie was ap- pointed Provincial Grand Master of Roxburgh, Peebles, and Belkirk abiren. The Rev. Robert J. Thomp son, on his retiral from that omnce,

of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was thanked for his services to the will maintain the Scottish line in Scottish Craft.

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