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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. Scottish Air Mail Letter THE PRINCE AT

TIME-TABLE.

On and, after MAY 1st, 1934, until Further Notice (all pesrious Time Tables cancelled),

STATIONS

UP TRAINS

No. No. No. No. No. No. „NG UP [Na]x.c. No. No. No. No.

104 8 19 14 10.x2

18 34 26 28

AM. AM. AK.-AX, AXLİ FM. | PRİVEmodi, T.MA

9.15 1012 12.13| 1.20) 1.46) 3,30) 3.10) 4,85) 4,85) 0.07 7.48

...609 6.35 7,50

A

Kowloon Day. 6.35 8,15 Taumati Dep. 8.33) Shatin.. Dep. $5

8,87

8.43

9.24 10.19 12.19 1.27-1.82) ...

14

9.35 10.81 11.81 1.88

5.15) 6.27 6.02

Talpa.. Dep.

9.60) 1046 12.45) 1.52

***

6.25 641 8.15

Talpo Marke

9,56 30.50 12.49 1,56) 2.18)

-

| 5,32 6,48 8.19

106

+14

10.06 11.01.12.50) 2,06) 2.29 ...

| 6,43] 6.57) 8.29

5,487.033.84

6.59

Dep. 7.0

Fanding, Dop 7.15

Sbumabal..

Dep. 7.20.

9.17 10.1 11.06 1042.11 2.38 2,593,45) 2..

Shamebur..

Art. 7.26 8.58 9.33 10.17 11.12 1.10 2.17 2.39 5.06 3.452 5.18 5,54 7,08) 8.40"

Canton,AT... 11.25...

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6.45

TAB ***

STATIONS? I

DOWN TRAINS

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

7 11 8 5 JM AM AM. | AM. F.N.

C

159

No. No. No.

17 19. F.X. P.M. (F,3..

No. No.

25

Mixed

Vanica, Dep***

8.00....

+++

டிடி

SER

8,40

Shumenis

Dep 7.02 7.50 10.80 10.48) 12.16 2.4 4.08 4.30 6.84 5.136.50 7.31| 9.00 Sheudala

7.17 0.07 10,55 12.83 2.01 415 4.28 8.40 6.30) De 7.09 7.57 Yanling, Dep. 7.1# 8,02) 11,00 12.98 2.58 420 4.38 | 3.45| 6.25

11,10 12.30 3.08: 431| 4,54

6.35

| 11.14| 12.44 211 435 6.02

8.40

Talpo Market!

Dep. 7.26, 6.12

Talpa.. Dep. 7.80 8.16

Shaun.. Dep. 7,438,30||

....11.28 12.58 3,34 4,49, 8.17 806 8.53

Y Dep. 7.58 8.43 11.41 1.128.37 5.03 5.34 ... 7.06... Kowloois APP 8.028,4911,0811.47 1.38 2.48 6.08) 6.40 6.197.117.38 7,64 0,41

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London To Glasgow By Air: London Boy's Success: Scottish Firms And Exports: No. Mr. Dillinger: Royal Society of Edinburgh: Scottish Military Pageant: Bridge To Go

(Special Air Mail Service)

Edinburgh, May 8. The flight from Landon to Glas-

The rumour, emanating from the United States, that he might be gow was accomplished in remark-expected among the passengers' ably short time on Saturday by a plane which had as passengers

Balile Gordon Cochrane and Bailie James Gray, of Glasgow Corpora tion, and Miss Gray.

ST. ANDREWS

Taking Part In Army Tournament

Special" Air-Mall Service

London, May 8,

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at St Andrews yesterday morning to take part in the Army Golfing Society's wur- nament. He had travelled over- night from King's Cross, his spe clal saloon being detached from the train at Tay Bridge Station,

disembarking in the Clyde from Dundee, and sent on by special the liner Duchess of York wengine non-stop. to St. Andrews, really too good (from Mr. Dilling where it arrived about, ten o'clock. er's point of view), to be true; al-

The plane, of the fast mono- plane type, which is owned by the London, Scottish and Provincial Air Services, Ltd., left Hanworth' Aerodromne at 245 pm. and arriv- ed at Renfrew at 5 p.m., 23 hours later. Difficult weather was ex- perienced during the fight. the latter part being made through à heavy, storm of wind, rain, and hall. The average speed of the plane was 145 miles per hour in the face of a headwind which at worth to risk his neck in a strange times reached the velocity of 40 | une. m.p.h. A considerable part of the journey was made at an altitude

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Only a few people were about. though it was one which could not | including a bevy of scarlet-gown- comfortably, de ignored. It is oned women students who thought it thing to dodge across an imagin- worth while to skip a class in or ary line from one State into an-der to greet the Prince as he drove other, and quite another think to off to Rusack's Marine Hotel, ver pass a strict passport cordon on which the Prince's flag was m- two sides of an ocean and keep mediately down. one's identity to oneself .... during After a short rest the Prince the intervening voyage. And, to went out for some practice over judge from the success with which the Old Course, accompanied by he evades capture, Mr. Dillinger is Major: Fox Pitt, of the Grenadier too familiar with the geography | Guards, play in the Team Cham→ of his own country to think it pionship being held up for a little to allow him to get off. He play- ed five holes out and five in, dis- playing excellent form, and was particularly pleased with a "bir- die" 4 at the famous Road Hole.

INDEFATIGABLE GOLFER. "A

With only a quarter of an hour's the advancement of science, has interval for lunch, the indefatis- completed 150 years of its honourable royal golfer was out again uple bistory. By the encourage- on the sands adjoining the Old need to touch London on the way inent it has given throughout this Course, where he indulged In fur-

of 10.000 feet in an attempt to avoid the bad weather.

CENTURY AND A HALF OF" VALUABLE WORK

It is-understood that there is a which has been for many konera The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Hkelihood of a service being estabtions the centre in Scotland for lished between Glasgow and the Continent. The result of this would be that there would be no

to Paris, and the complete journey would be done in about five hours

LIFEBOAT ESSAYS

ther practice," and a quarter of an hour later appeared on the first tee to take his place in the Welsh Guards tearn against the second team of the Grenadier Guards in the Army Team Championship.

tong period to enlightened re- search and the promotion” of na- tural knowledge it has contributed to the highest welfare of mankind. Two thousand. Ave hundred

and the labours of its Fellows schools in Great Britain and Ire-have permanently enriched the land took part this year in the world. The Society has gained Attired in a fawn polo Jumper Lifeboat Essay Competition for world-wide recognition, and the over which was a woollie of the elementary schools organised each scientiac.contributions recorded to same hue, check plustours, fawn year for the past 14 years by the its Transactions. have. marked stockings with black golfing shoes, koyal National Lifeboat Institu-

epochs in the history of discovery. and bareheaded, His Highness ap- The Lord Provost, Magistrates, peared bronzed and ft. St. An- and Council of the city will mark drews was looking its best under the event by giving a reception to sunny April skies, and conditions the Fellows of the Society on were ideal for golf: The Prince's Monday evening. It is interesting place in the team was third man, to note that the reception will be and while waiting his turn to held in the galleries of the Roval drive off he laughed and chatted Scottish Academy, which as the animately with a group of his fel-

Royal Institution" was for, long low-competitors. the home of the Society.

tion.

The subject was "Why I admire the lifeboatman." and the Institu- tion is awarding nine challenge shields and 315 individual prizes..

For the Arst time the prize for the best essay in the whole of Great Britain and Ireland has been won by a London boy, Alfred, Rubinson, of Warple Way Mixed School, Wandsworth.. He will be presented with a certificate and a copy of Britain's Lifeboats," the Elstory of the Institution, inscribinutual Improvement those who ed by the Prince of Wales..

The Scottish. winner of

the Challenge Shield is C. H. Eva "Jacobson, Gruting Public School.

Bridge-of-Walls, Shetland.

The Arst attempt in Scotland to bring together at regular intervals for purposes of discussion

and

improvement of medicine or na- tural history, or any other curious learning.” .

A PROUD CADDIE

The Prince keenly apprecia*+s the freedom with which he is able to move about on the Old Course- on his visits, and St Andrews plays up its reputation in this matter. Although some hundreds watched the Prince drive off very few fol- lowed his further progress in his

In the interval "Jimmie" Alex- ander, the starter, had occasion to use his celebrated atentorian had common interests in science shout of "Pore," which was laug- and medicine was in 1880. when a hingly imitated by the Prince. He number of physicians met in the again had Laurte Gourlay for his house of Sir Robert Sibbald to caddie, who proudly sports the tie- confer on “what was most re-pin which was presented to him GLASGOW EXPORT CREDITS

markable, s doing by the learned. by King Edward when he "caught | tome rare cases that had happen him to play golf at Biarritz. When Lieutenant-Colonel Col-ed in our practice, and ane ac ville, Secretary, Overseas Trade count of Bookes that tended to the Department, stated at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce luncheon on April 27 that Scottish Arms had made comparatively little use of the export credit facilities provid- ed by the Government, he men- tioned that an official of his De-al sciences in Scotland. Great de-match, and those only at a respect- partment would be available to velopments took place to the ful distance. give detailed information about scientific departments in the Uni- them during the following days.versities. especially in Edinburgh, imet Mr. Stirling, the secretary and the ground was prepared for of the Export Credits Guarantee the foundation of the Royal and Department, on his return from the kindred societies which arose Glasgow on Saturday and be told in the city in the 18th century... me that the response to Colonel

SCOTTISH MILITARY Colville's speech exceeded all ex- pectations. The interest shown in the scheme was so great, he said. that he had to prolong his visit

"The scientific spirit and fore- sight shown by these men gave an impetus to the study of the natur

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The Scottish Military Pageant by several days and he say the re-organised by the Scottish-Com- presentatives of no fewer than 50 mand Headquarters in aid of the firms. "I expect that a consider welfare of the soldiers in Scotland able development in the export will be held in Stewart's College trade of the West of Scotland wit Field, Edinburgh, from June 79 result," commented Mr. Stirling In addition to music provided by who is deeply impressed with the massed bands, pipes and drums, a emelency of the Glasgow Chamber long and verled programme will of commerce, without which he be presented. observed, it would have been in possible to see so many hasiness men in so short a time.

NOT ON THE PASSENGER LIST

Shortly after his return from taking part in the Team Cham- plonship, in which he lost to Cap- tain R, F. Bushman, of the Gre nadiers, by two holes, the Prince again went out on the Old Course in &. four-ball game in which he was accompanied by Captain Bush- man, Captain W. D. Greenacre, and Captain, Malcolm.

The bridge covers one mile and 180 yards, and when it was opened in 1868 it was considered to be an engineering feat. At that time it was the longest viaduct in the United Kingdom, Nine years ago the bridge was closed for railway

ENGINEERING FEAT OF SIXTY trade.

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So, after all. Mr. Dillinger hes not answered the call of Scotland

There were 4600 tons of steel used in the building of the bridge. The contractors for the demolition of the bridge are Messrs WH Amott Young and Co. Fullart

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