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According to an official of the Royal Observatory, there is little Likelihood that the typhoon which is "hovering" about the China Sea now, coming in the direction Page 7. of Hong Kong.

Nanchang That China has de-, with the new projected Nanchang

P.nghsiang Hne, (near the west

Further evidence was taken by termined to link up, in the near future, her rich south-eastern pro-border of Klangsl), surveying work

Mr. W. Schofield at Central yester- on which is expected to be com- EMS. Kent, Dorsetshire and the vinces by a network of railways is

day in the case in which five Chi Medway at present remain in Wel-evidenced by the fact that striking pleted within this month. To faci-

1.tate construction, public bonds to nese are alleged to have been in- heiwel, but observers point out that progress has been made either in

he value of $30,000,000 have been,volved in the murder of Au Man the tranquil situation in the hat the construction, or ad fe pla

the Cheklang-Klangsi,ssued by the Cheklang-Klangsi Fal at Lantau Island on September East would permit their immediate ning. of transfer without danger to British Human-Klangsi and the Fukien Railway Administration, the pro- 2. 1934. Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith,

Kiangsi railways.

ceeds from which will be entirely Assistant Crown Solicitor, is con- interests.—

With the completion of these devoted to the buliding, and plan- ducting the case for the Crown. Reuter.

three trunk lines in China's railway ning of the section from Yushan to system, which has been tentative- Pinghsiang.

ACTION BY THEy fixed at the end of next year,

MINISTRY

Safeguarding Bank

Assets

not only overland communication in the southeastern part of China will be greatly facilitated, but also all provinces in China Proper will be closely-lined up by rails as yer have been before. A great impetus will then be added to the development of commerce and in dustries in Central Chins.

In view of the imminent tenu- guration

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Convicted by Mr. E. L Wynne-

of the whole line, the Jones on July 2 for stealing an railway administration has pur-Indian car cleaner yesterday ap- chased a number of up-to-date pealed to the full court through locomotives and coaches from Ger- Mr. Leo D'Almada and had the many. The line will have a total conviction quashed. of 18 stations.

Railway,

of this disclaimer, it is in flat con- tradition of the evidence of a wit- ress who can be hardly repudiated by the paper in question as it is from the pen of Mr. Hannen Swaffer, its own special correspon-

The Hunan-Kiangsi dent. Mr. Swaer had been at-

about 240 miles in length, stretches tending the Welsh Eisteddfod at

from Nanchang to Changsha, pro- Carnarvon and had, as he related,

vincial capital of Hunan, by way Of these three projected-lines, Improved the occasion by renewing

Shanghal, Sept. 16..

which are all being undertaken by of Kaoan, Pinghsiang and Liling an old friendship with Mr. Lloyd

Immediately tolowing the re-

the Cheklang-Klangai Railways It will take a little less than 20 George, and by having a cosy chatceipt or a report of suspension of

Cheklang-hours to cover the distance, with him in his home. This is business of the National and

Klangsi Railway will be the earliest A sum of $28,000,000, it has been what he reports of the experience: Commercial Savings Bank, the completed judging from the pro- estimated, will be needed to con- Now L. G. was very frank about Ministry of Finance issued instruc-gress in construction work so far struct the railway, surveying work the present situation. Although i tions to the Shanghai Bankers achieved.

The Hunan-Klangst on which is expected to be com

Administration,

the

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two cases of enteric fever and

one of cerebro-spinal fever were reported to the Health Authorities

I will not, for fear he regarded Associat.on to take over and keep railway will come second and the pleted by the end of this month for the 24 hours ended on Septem-·-

private, go into detalls, this I assets.

can say:

L. G's calculations are based on his firm bellef that, if he and

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last to be completed.

became a candidate for the Me- the Labour Party could agree not for many years a member of the measuring about 250 miles, runs

thodist ministry at the age of 19 and was ordained in 1870, holding pastorates at Pontypool, Spalding. [8900 Liverpool. Manchester and South- port. He began to write homely stories of an "improving" type in IN THE SUPREME COURT OF 1878,-his first efforts being "Alec

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PROBATE JURISDICTION IN THE GOODS OF LEONOR MARIA MARQUES, LATE OF MACAU IN THE PORTUGUESE

COLONY OF MACAU, SPINETKE,

DEOBASED.

Green" and "Her Benny". Be suc- cessful were his novels that after thirteen years as a minister at Southport he resigned in 1896 to devote himself entirely to writing.

An ardent Liberal, he unsuccess-

The order states that although the bank is not registered by the Ministry of Finance it has been

to fight each other in certain

Assoc.ation and is in account with constituencies, where they would many other member banks.

Τα ruin each other's chances, a protest the interests of these mem- "Government of the Left," as bebers and to prevent a financial called it is almost a certainty. crisis, the order says that all the L. G. has spent hours in going assets of the bank are to be hande through the details of the 1929 ed over to the Association and the election. As a consequence," he frozen assets should be liquidated is now searching out for any as soon as possible. means by which the present Government may be beaten. It will be seen therefore that Lord Beaverbrook may safely can- cell the contradiction which he published on Mr. Lloyd George's

fully contested Mid-Bucks in 1808 and Coventry in 1910. Els 78th birthday in 1928 was celebrated that the Court has, by virtue of by a dinner at the National Lib. own authority, and revert to his accordance with the instructions

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

eral Club, at which he was the the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin..... ance No. 2 of 1897. made an order guest of honcur. His golden wed- place in June. limiting the time for creditors and ding had taken others to send in their claims against 1926. the above estate to BT UCTOBER, 1935.

All creditors and others are accord. ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.

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DEACONS, Solicitors for the Administrator, 1, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Hong Kong.

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as his brother almost prolife Joseph-and by 1928 he had pub- lished about fifty novels, many of became best-sellers. Ee had travelled widely on the Con- tinent and in the United States. Canada, Algeria "and Egypt, and was thus able to provide local colour from personal observation. He thoroughly disliked the modern sex-novel.

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Among his many books are "Cateb Cathew. "D'ck's Fairy"

Modern

Ad- that INTEREST for the six ventures of Isreal Pendray", "The months ending the 20th SEPT Awakening of Anthony Weir,

the DMBER, 1985, on

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"Nancy." "Watchers in the Dawn" "The Greater Good" and "M7 THE REGISTER OF DEBENTURES will be closed from Book of Memory.”—Reuter.

TWO SECTIONS The Chekiang-Klangst Railway,

from Hanschow, provincial capital of Cheklang, to Nanchang, capital of Klangs!. It is made up of two sections,

Hangchow-Yushan

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and the Yushan-Nanchang. While the former section has been com- pleted and cpen.d to traffic some- time at the latter is expected to be con.pleted early next November. It takes about 20 hours to travel the whole distance.

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menced early next year and is ex- pected to be completed at the end of 1936.

HEAVY EXPENDITURE

The Fukien-Klangsi Railway, threads its way from Foochow, capital of Fukien, to Nanchang by way of Shanglao, in west Kiangsi, where it will be connected with the Yushan-Nanchang section of the Chek:ang-Klangsi Railway.

Surveying work on the line has been started, and is expected to be finished shortly.'

Messrs. Benjamin & Potta re- ceived the following buying and selling rates from their Manlia Agents yesterday:-Benguet Con- sols. Ps. 12-12.20; Antamoks; :79—— 81: Baguio Golds, 22-23; Rivers, .06-06).

There was a clean bill of health for the Colony on Friday,"

The P.&O. liner. Chitral is due here from Singapore on Wednes- day at noon.

Mr. Yone Noguchi, well-known

The National and Commercial

"The main obstacle to the con- Savings Bank, which has been in

In fact, the section from Yushau struction of the line, it is learned, difficulties during the last few

on the Klangsi-Cheklang border, has been the colossal expenses in- days folowing the suspension of to Shanglas, further west, was vived, which have been estimated Japanese poet and professor of business of the Bank of Canton opened to trafic early this month

at more than $20,000,000. To raise Kelo University, is to leave Japan closed its doors this morning in following its completion last July. this sum, the Chektang-Klangs on October 3, for Java, Siam and The section from Yushan to Han- Railway Administration has ap-India, where he will deliver a series first announcement. Опе

paper from its head-office in Hong Kong. chung would have been opened to preached the National Economic of lectures on Japanese poetry and niRy doff the robe of selfe The assets of the local branch are

traffic on October 10, China's In- Council for a grant of $15,000,000. art. He is due in Hong Kong on righteousness and the other may said to be well over the liabilities.dependence Day, but for the re- It has also requested the pro- October 11. settle with Mr. Bwaffer for spilling Central News Agency.

cent flood in Kiangsi, which des- vincial governments of Klangsi and the beans so decisively. What one Bard tells another may be accepted

troyed several bridges along the Fukjen to foot up the balance of Ene and caused a damage amount-l the estimated cost as beyond question. Mr. Lloyd George is anxious to arrange a deal

ing to $200,000, the inauguration As soon as funds are available. with the Labour Party. What else

ceremony has been postponed to construction work on the line will next Nov.

be taken up and is expected to be the recent Eisteddfod has settled;

completed by the end of next no one can say but it certainly has been the means of settling one perplexing question..

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY

Canton, Sept, 16.

TWO RED OFFICIALS CAPTURED

Canton, Sept. 16. Thirty Communists were killed and two high Red oficials were cap- tared by a battalion of the First at Fung Independent Division Wong Mountain near Yew Ping in Eastern Kwangtung, according to a report received to-day by the local office of the Division.

Among the prisoners are Kok Woo-shun, Organizing Director and Secretary of the Red regime in Eastern Kwangtung, and Ah Pao, Minister of Finance.

"His Father," "For, Light and The section of the Canton Liberty", "A Son of Reuben",

Hankow Railway from Lehchang to "The Heart of Man," "God's Re-Pingshek in Northern Kwangtung has bien complo.ed and will be NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN compense. "The Strange

The government troops also cap- opened for traffic on September 20,

Mauser Total construction work from tured several rifles and Plugshek to Chuchow in Hunan has platols been completed by a half, and the Union News. entirs unánished portion" will be completed by the end of next year. By 1935 there will be through. train service between Canton and Han- kow, Union News.

Chinghwangtao, among whom Japanese and Koreans occupy the majority w

MONDAY, the 23rd SEPTEMBER, to" SATURDAY, the 28th SEPT. EMBER. both days inclusive, during which period nó transfer of DEBEN. TURES can be registered........

By Order of the Board of Directors

D. EAGER

Hong Kong, 16th September, 1988.

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Beuretary.

TIENTSIN CENSUS.

Tientsin, Sept. 18.. The recent census, which has been taken by the local authorities. Japanese are total 517, Koreans reported that during August there 127 and other nationals of the are 176 families and 544 people of Great Britain, France and USA foreign nationala in Yukwap and amount to 46 only.

families and 186 people in Central News Agency

MASS WEDDINGS

Canton, Sept. 16.

BONDS ISSUED The Cheklang-Klangsi Railway, will, in the future, be connected

CHINESE BOND MARKET

Nanking, Sept. 16.

The Chinese Government bond market has gradually returned to normalcy, declared Mr. Chiang L4- of the Ministry of Finance, at this fu, Director of the Government morning's memorial service held at the Ministry.

Durng the speech, Dr. Chiang also made a report on the con- ditions of the payment or capital and interests on the National Bonds Central News Agency.

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Central News Agency,

SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

A Chinese woman, Ng Tang Sze. who was a passenger on the steam- er Anshun, which arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday, committed sui- cide by cutting her throat while the vessel was en route from Sin- gapore. The body was removed to the Kowloon' Mortuary, on the arrival of the, ship' in Hong Kong.

Among the passengers booked in Europe to connect with the Em-- press of Canada" from Vancouver on September 7, 1935, and due Hong Kong on September 27, 1935, are the following:-Mrs. J.T. Scott. Miss R. T. Nitschke, Miss LW. Wamaley (The Marchioness of Nor- manby, The Marquis of Normanby, Landon, Sept 15. Mr. O. Darell, breaking at Yoko-

Uses His Stick!

"I put my stick through three hama), Miss Joan Isaac, Mrạ. G. M windows in the dressing rooma. Be-Moller, Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Lindsay, Icre I go I intend to put it through Mr. Thomas Isaac, Mr. A. Oppen- the rest," "declared Sir Thomas heim, Mr. and Mrs. D. Davies, and Beecham, the noted impresario, Miss D. M. Cowan, conductor and composer, in a speech at the end of a concert at

structed at a cost of £40,000

The first mass weddings will be March, June, September and De- Brighton Dome, recently, recon- held on December I under the | cember." auspices of the Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs, when Mayor, Liu Ch-wen will tie the matrimonial knots of each couple.

The idea of mass weddings is to save expenses and to do away with the antiquated ceremony and routine, which cost considerable Each party is allowed to bring amount of money. At least three ten guests besides the best man, couples are required to make up bridesmaids and parents of the mass wedding, according to a ruling couple. Hereafter such ceremony of the Bureau of Social Affairs will take place on the first day of Union Yew.

as good as this ene; but here they have got nothing.

He said he had been asked those grand old war-horses opinion or the new building. I had to walk up three flights of of song. Meba and Tettraminí stairs to the dressing rooms with went up those staire, they wouldn's ther hermcally sealed windows come down again, I congratulati which won't open. In Aberdeen a you on this magnifcent structure few years ago I was greeted with and hope it will be of some use red carpets and cigars and cham- you 19 no garth'y use. pagn and an orchestra not half. "Peuter,