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ESTABLISHED 1857

No. 24072. **** Be¤3⁄4¶Z HONG KỎNG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1935. £#* BA***** Price

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY

Double Ten h Celebrations in Canton

In connection with the above celebrations, extra express trains will be run between Kowloon and Canton on October 9th 10th, 11th and 12th leaving Kowloon at 6.43 p.m. arriving Canton at 10 05 p.m. and leaving Canton at 6.35 p.m. arriving Kowloon at 9.49 p.m.

The following express and through fast train service will be in operation on these dates.

Up Trains

Down Trains

Kowloon dep.

Canton arr

Canton dep

Kowloon arr.

7.37 a.m 8,30 a.m.

11.03 a.m:

8.15 a m.

11.27 a.m.

1.00 p.m.

12.38 p.m.

4.50 p.m. 6.43 p.m.

3.55 p.m

.7.47

p.m. 10.05. p.m.

3.25 pm. 4.35 p.m. 6.35 p.m.

11.12 a m. 4.20 p.m. 6.50 p.m. 7.32

p.m. 9.49 p.m.

Joint Service of the Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., and the China Navigation Co., Ltd.

SPECIAL BAILINGS IN CONNECTION. WITH THE DOUBLE TENTH CELEBRATIONS AT CANTON.

Hong Kong to Canton - Canton to Hong Kong

8 A.M.

10 P.M.

11.

Wednesday, 9th October LUNGSHAN FATSHAN

MIDNIGHT SUI AN

8 AM

10 P.M.

7.30 A.M. SUI AN 4.30 P.M... TAISHAN

Thursday, 10th October

TAISHAN LUNGSHAN

MIDNIGHT SUI AN.

8 A.M.

10 P.M.

`8.00 A.M. LUNGSHAN

1.00 P.M. SUL AN MIDNIGHT FATSHAN

Friday, 11th October RATSHAN TAISHAN

9.00 A.M. TAISHAN

BUI AN 100 P.M. MIDNIGHT LUNGSHAN

Saturday, 12th October

8 A.M.

SUI AN

10 P.M.

LUNGSHAN

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5.00 A.M. 14 TAISHAN 4.30 P.M. FATSHAN

Excursion to Macao:-SUNDAY, 13th October, A.," KINSHAN" will leave Hong Kong at 9.30 A.M. od Масло цћ 430 Р.М.

EXPLOSION IN CHICAGO

Twenty People Killed

Chicago, Oct. 7. Twenty people, mostly young girls and men, are believed to have been burnt to death in a fre which followed an explosion in the Glidden Soya Products Company's building, which fortunately oc- curred during lunch-time. when the majority of the 250 employees were absent from the premises.

The expicaion rocked the dis- trict for a mile around, bowled over pedestrians like ninepins, and destroyed dozens of motor-cars parked nearby."

A binding flame then devoured the walls of the building as though they were made of paper, and re duced the huge factory to ashes within a few moments.

Dozens of injured people wer? extricated from the debris

and rushed to hospital,- Reuter.

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MANY PËRISH

Chicago, Oet 7. Seven bodies have been recover- ed from the ruins of the factory where many are featured to have perished in a fire are feared to have perished in a fire and ex- plosion.

The dead include the factory superintendent and a German en gineer

Four are still missing and twen ty more are in hospital, some of them with little chance to re

cover.-

Reuter.

NEW AIR SERVICE

NANKING LIGHT PLANT

Loan To Buy Dynamos

Nanking:-In order to meet the potential need for 30,000 kilowatts of electric power for Nanking and its suburbs, the National Recon

struction Commission has request-

ed the British Bover Indemnity Fund Committee to appropriate a sum of £38.000 (approximately $500.000) for the purchase of powerful dynamos. the extension of the power plant and the erec- tion of an electric experimental station

Two power houses, one at Hsia- kwan and one inside the city, are now supplying 10,000 kilowatts of electric power to the local resi- denta. But this is said to be far from adequate in view of the in- creasing demand for electricity from the household consumers and other industrial plants.

A power of 4.300 kilowatts 15 supplied by the power plants in

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9. Anniversaries and Hollanys- Cold Dew. (Han-lu). St. Demps. Bishop of Paris, and Comps., Mm. Cieniam

King's: The Informer." Queen's: Black Fury Central: "Chinese Picture." Oriental: The Lives Of A Bengal

World: Chuese Picture." Alhambra-"Young Eagles.” Majestic: The Little Colonel" StarAna Vicker's Profession."

Lancer."

Meetings, — Kawioon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.; Kowloon Tong Anglican Church, 6 p.m.; Meditation and Discussion, Bishop's Chapel. 6 p.m.

Miscellaneous-Monthly Games Afternoon, Australian and New Zealand Association Lady Mem- bers, Gloucester Hotel.

Club Social

Social - Oneero Night; Seamen's Institute Whist Drive, 9.p.m.; Tombola on board H.M.S. Tamar, 7.15 p.m.

Sports.

Bowls, Shanghai v. Police R. C.

Moon IX Moon, 12th. Day. Sunrise. 6.17 a.m. Bunset, -6.04

the day-time, when water-works, and Civil Service C.C. (Folice R.C flour and rice mills, broadcasting | green). station, radio receivers and other factories are working, in full swing, while 9.600 kilowatts are generated at night, the greater part of it for lighting purpose.

With two 5,000-kilowalt dynamus ordered from Germany and other accessories and equipments from the United States and England. arriving here in October, the power plant wie able to seperate a rotal of 20,000 kilowatts next year. However, this will not satisfy the ever-growing need for electricity of the metropolis. Inhabitants of the capital have come to know the use of electric facilities, and fur- thermore, the newly-inaugurated cement plants of Lunghwa and Kiangnan and other factories in the suburbs demand electricity to start their motors.

This, in other words, demons.

Wäsnington Oct. 7. A regular overnight air service between London and New York is being planned. according to the National Aeronautical Association, trates the rapid process of mo-

Association officials state that dernization the new capital the construction of a 50-ton dying undergoing. Only in 1928, a sup- boat. twice the size of the Pan-ply of 1,300 kilowatts of power was American Clipper now making `a trans-Pacific test fight, is quite feasible.

The new plane would carry a paying load of passengers, mail and freight, and the first-class fare one way would be £83 when the service is bi-weekly and £53 when operating daily, Hosler.

PRINCE HENRY'S BRIDE

London, Oct. 7. Owing to the indisposition of the Duke of Buccleuch, father of

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sufficient for Nanking. But times have changed and it has been figured out that this city will need at least 30.000 kilowatts in order to meet the growing needs.---- Central News Agencj

LUCK ESCAPE

(Special Air Mail Service:

London, Sept. 16.. Опе

of the most daring - CX- ploits of Count Felix von Luckner: the German naval ralder, who visits London next week, was his escape

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING the Duke of Gloucester's Anauce from Internment in New Zealand.

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ON ANY TIDE

ALL CLASSES OF SHIP, ENGINE AND BOILER

REPAIRS AND EXTENSIVE

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Tides--High at 6.19 and 19,38; Low at 0.05 and 13.18.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 "Anniversaries and Holidays.- Chinese National Holiday. "(Na- tional Independence Day). Bank and Customs Holiday. Feast of St Francis Borgia, C.

Cinemas. King's:-The Informer." Queen's: The Crusades." Centras–Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"The Lives Of A Bengal

Lancer." Waria:-"Chinese Picture." Athambra:-"Ginger." Majestic: The Lite Colonel." Star:-"Their Big Moment."

Meetings.-Theosophical Society. 8 p.m. Women's Fellowship, St. Andrew's Hall, 3 pm.

Miscellaneous-Opening of new Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building. 11 a.m.; Double Tenth Tea-Party Reception, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1 pm;. Bt., John's Cathedral Badminton

Club Hiking Picnic to Shalin, 9.40 a.m.; St. Andrew's Club Open Night, 9 p.m...

Rehearsals-Chorus, "A Coun try Girl, Cathedral Hall, 8.45 p.m. Social-Civil Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m.

Sports,

Bowls. Shanghai v. Hong Kong (Interport), Club de Recreio green. Cricket-Interport Trial (Hong Kong C.C. ground), 2 p.m.

Race Racing. Ninth Extra Meeting (Happy Valley),

Mon.-IX Moon, 13th. Day, When his ship, the Seeadler, Sunrise.-6.17 a.m. Sunset.-6.03 went ashore on the coral reefs o: D.mp Mopeha, the "Count, with a lew

Tides.-Eigh at 7.23 and 20.08 members of the crew, sailed 1800 Low at 1.10 and 13,55. miles, in bad weather, in a 201t.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 The Eari is a great personal boat to the Fiji Islands. He was

Cinemax friend of the Royal bridegrooia. captured in Levuka, sent to New King's "The Informer." As a result of further conferences Zealand, and interned on the

Queen's:-"The Crusades."

Lady Allee Scott, she will be given away by her brother, the Earl of Dalkeith when she is married at Westminster Abbey on November

6.

between the Court and the Island of Motaihi, in Auckland ecclesiastical authorities. plans Harbour, for the wedding are nearing com- pletion.-.

British Wireless.

MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED

London, Oct. 7.

The increase in the numbers in eniplayment continued during September. The Ministry of La-

or

CHASED BY STEAMER

A few weeks later, with the help eleven German mercantile cadets, he escaped in a motor launch. They captured a scow, a flat-bottomed sailing vessel, and got as far as the Kermadec I- lands, where they were taken and captured by the cable steamer Iris

over-

For the rest of the war he was

bour estimates that on September held safely in New Zealand and 23 there were approximately 10, then he was repatriated to Ger- 435,000 Insured persons, aged six-many,

teen to sixty-four in employment

in Great Britain. This was 11,000 more than on August 28 and 192,-

000 more than the year before..

At the same date the numbers

of unemployed persons on the re-

- gisters in Britgió totalled 1,958,- 610, comprising 1,516425 wholly unemployed, 298,845 temporarily

COINCIDENCES

(Special Air Matt Service,

London, Sept. 18: Lord and Lady Baden-Powell

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Central:-"Chinese Picture." Oriental:"The Lives Of A Bengal

Lancer." World:-"Chinese Picture.” Alhambra:-"Ginger." Majestic:The Little. Colonel." Star: "Ther Big Moment."

Sports

Bowls. Shanghaj v. Kowloon 0,0, and Club de Recrefą (Kowloon C.C. green).

D..

Moon-IX Moon, 14th. Day. Sunrise 8.16 a.m. Sunset,-6,05

Tides. High at 4.66 and 19.15; Low at 12.39,

tor-general of the South African

·Constabulary between 1900-3.

Coincidences run in the Baden- Powell family. Both Lord Baden- Powell, the Chief Scout, and Lady Baden-Powell the Chief Guide; were born on February 22 (Wash-

laid off, Bud Samo normaty in leave next month for a long tour, ington's birthday), and they met casual employment. The total of South Africa. There they will by accident in America on that was 10,840 more than on August | see their only son, Feter, wno day. A

· 20,- BUT IZTOTT less, than the year went out last year and' is now s Peter was born in 1913 on the before.-

constable in the Rhodesian Police first anniversary of their marri

Lord Baden-Powell was Inspec age.

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