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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. Anniversaries and Holidays. - Rain Water... (Yi-shu). St. Eleu- therius, Bishop.

Auctions-Crown Lands, at Land office, Ping Shan, 11.30 am.

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A Service Boat containing the body of the plot of an aeroplane which was lost during fleet wire-

·less exercises off the Isle of Wight | King's: The Three Musketeers," "Where shall I deliver it?” asked on the night of January: 7, was | Queen's.—“Front Page Woman." the pastry cook

washed ashore oppostte Craigwell Central: Murder In The "Don't deliver it." replied the House. Bognor, next day customer. "I eat it here."

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Lectures. Mrs. Sanger, Presi- features of certain unusual

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al Information Centres, at Hong The body of Fig-Of. Agard-Kong Hotel, 5.30 p.m. Butler showed a serious injury to Meetings, Annual, of FK.

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SOLE "AGENTS" at Messra, Jardine Matheson's Board Room, 5:15 p.: General, of H.K. Teachers Assen, at St. Joseph's College Hall, 5.30 p.m.: Victoria Chess Club, at Gloucester Hotel. 6.30 p.m.; Theosophical Society, 6

He was wearing an oxygen life- belt, and beside him in the float was a Very light, pistol, the cover of a log-book, s Service watch

and earphones. »

The 'plane, which belonged to

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after making a call.”

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Long after a painstaking search The groom was found outside the

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Amid crowds of people. Eyes glued on the steeple, Where painters had taken their

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In the days when whaling voya ges often lasted ave, seven, eight, or even ten years, the mate of a whaling ship about to leave port tapped the veteran skipper on the shoulder and said. "Sorry, captain. but your wife is weeping."

"What's the matter with her?" "She says you didn't kiss her good-bye."

"Well," said the captain, "Im only going to be away two years."

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sance Squadron, took off with twn others on Tuesday afternoon from the Devonport-manned carrier Furious, which was ther about twenty miles south-west of St. Catherine's Point.-

SEA SCOURED FOR WRECKAGE

The machine falled to reach was carried out for many Gosport, and wide search

hours, bus no trace was found of the body of Hunter or of the wreckage of the missing 'plane.

It is thought that pilot ran into a ralri squall and either flow or spun into the sea. At the tim visibility was good, apart from a few heavy rain squalls.

Miscellaneous. St. Andrew's Church Women's Fellowship, 3 pm. Social-Ladies' Night, European YMCA. Informal Reception to Mrs. Margaret Sanger, at Hong Kong Hotel, 4.30 p.m., and dinner in her honour, at 8.30 p.m.

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Sports, Badminton. Men's Doubles, 81. Andrew's

Y Sailors' and Soldiers' Home.

Billards.-Junior Championship, Kitchell v. Cheng Kwai-liang (Club Lusitano), J. E. Noronha v. A. A. V. Remedios or F, G. Marsh (Kowloon C.C.), J. Hodges or E. Zimmern v. Mul Chan-jed (Sports Club), 8.30 p.m.

A.

A number of machines were Lawn Tennis-Entries Close for seen from St. Catherine's on Tues-Men's Open Singles and Open day afternoon flying very low over Doubles Championships, 6.p.m. the sex. The machine presumably Spooker-Steel Coulson League, Tear this point. and Royal Engineers v. Prison Officers, TWO des- Civi Service Y Garrison Ser- throughout the night troyers could be seen from the geants: Naval Dock Yard Police v. coast "playing their searchlights Chief and Petty Officers; Dock- over the water.

yard R.C.; v. Fusiliers; St. Patrick's v. Catholic Union.

"Is there much money used in crashed politics?"

"Comparatively little," answered Senator Sorghum. "But there is a scandalous amount of it wasted."

THE IMPORTANCE OF MONGOLIA

H.M.S. Furious the cruiser Cairo, and the destroyers Ambuscade and Fearless took part in the search. Ten aeroplanes from Gosport and Caishot also flew over the sea in an effort to locate the missing machine.

SEARCH DISCONTINUED

Moon.--I Moon 28th. Day. Sunrise.-8.53 a.m. Sunset.-6.22

p.m.

Tides.--Bign at 9.10 and 19.12; Low at 2.10 and 12.31.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. Anniversarles and Holidays.-

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King's:-"The Three Musketeers." Queen's Front Page Woman." Central: The Circus Clown? Oriental:-"The Picture Snatcher." word:"Chinese Picture." Alaambra:-Navy Wife." Majestic:-"Black Fury." Star: "In Callente."

London, Feb. 1. Fresh incidents" continue to occur in which ever larger num-

The search lasted throughout St. Maximillan, Bishop. bers of armed men are involved the night and continued until along the frontiers where Outer yesterday afternoon, in spite of Mongolia touches Manchuria. The heavy seas and a strong wind; Outer Monghitan administration, The ship and aircraft were with whose chiefs have Just returned

drawn after a signal was received from a visit to Moscow, remains from the Furious reporting that unyielding, what the Japanese no trace could be found give a significant publicity to these Fig.-O. Agard-Butler's home aftpar Simultaneously, on Bo-was in Surrey. He was formerly viet territory, the Russians have a cadet at Cranwell, where he was made numerous arrests of persons stationed from January, 1932, to Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club, accused of espionage and sabot- December, 1933. On passing..out 5:30 p.m.; Bt. Andrew's Girls' Guild, age in the Japanee interest. It is he was, commissioned pilot-office: 6 pm; Badminton Association, in on probation, and was promoted". C. M. Post" Board Room, 5.15 not obvious why the Japanese whi can, if they choose to do it, eat ying-officer last June. up. Northern China without resis tance, should prefer to challenge the Russians, whose military strength they must respect. But there are two possible answers. (1) The Japanese may aim at entist HK.BRA (Shamshulpo), ing all China under their own leap.m.; H.K.S.RA: V. Hong Kong dership in a Holy War against Hockey Club. seconds (Marina Communism. ́(2) ·If Moscow is Oround), 5 p.m. correctly informed, the plans con- Meetings Hong Kong Badinin- certed between Berlin and Tokio ton Association("B. C. M. Post" for a joint attack on the Boviet | Board· Room); 6.30 p.m. Union are now well advanced. This Rugby-Honig Kong V. New was Mr. Molotov's justification for Zealand Universities (Happy Val- the doubling of the Soviet milit-ley), 4.30 pól,"

p.m.

Since leaving the college he had Miscellaneous. --- Mothers' Union

No. 1 Fighter Squadron. served with flights 920 and 822 ofJumble Sale, at St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.; Mock Trial, Kowidon Tong Anglican Church House, 8.30 p.m.

Social Whist Drive and Tom- bola at HQRA. Begts' Mess, Queen's Road. 8.45 pm; Annual Dinner of Rotary Members, at Peninsula Hotel, & p.m.

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ary budget. On either hypothesis Moon Moon, 29th. -Day," the Mongolian incidents might, Bunrise.-8.52 am. Bunset -6.23 when the campaigning,season, ar- p.m. „rives, serve as a pretext for an au

tack,

'Tides.—High at 9.16 and 20:10; Low at 2.47 and 13,38.

Sports Badrilatón, Men's Doubles ¿Talkoo" R.C. V. Club de Récrelo "A"; Batlors and Boldlers' Home v. 66. Andrew's; Club de Récreto "B" v. Fite Brigade; 8t," John's v. Kow- loon Tong

Hockey--East Lancashire Regl- 'ment seconds v. Second Battery,

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