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No. 24215. 號伍拾佰弍仟零萬弍第

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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1936.

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Ching Ming Festival 1936.

The following Express Train. Service will be in operation between Kowloon and Canton in connee- tion with the above festival:-

April 2nd and 3rd

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Kowloon dep. 7.87 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 12.35 p.m., p.m. Canton arr. -11.03 a.m., 11.27 am.. 3.55 p.m., 7.47 p.m..

April 4th

Kowloon

Hector: Cal About Town »

Notorious Gossip

A youthful reporter turned up at the office Hiter being Bent to write-up a fashionable wedding.

"Well," Snapped the news editor, where's your copy?"

"Oh, that's all right," retorted the young man. "I didn't bother to do it. You see, the bridegroom didn't turn up”

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Viscount Castlerosse teks the following story about Miss Annie Howard in the "Sunday Express."

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ROYAL NAVY DIARY OF LOCAL

Command Of The Dauntless

EVENTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Anniversarica and Hol.days.- St. John of Damascus, Doctor of the Church.

Auctions.-Crown Lana, at Dis- hold Furniture, Lammert's Kow- trict Office, South, 11a.m.; House-

loon Bales Room, 2.30 p.m

Cinemas

London, Mar. 11. The cruiser Dauntless is to be brought forward from reserve at Portsmouth for & routine trooping voyage to China Captain Sir Ido- nel Sturdee, who has attended the I happened to and her sitting

winter course at the RN. War Col- opposite me one evening as we

lege, will command her on this; King's: "Every Saturday Night." boarded the train at the Bank.

cruise. The Damless was with Queen's "Four Hours To Kill," Immediately Annie. turned on drawn from the Third Cruiser World: Chinese Picture" her virginal grin at me, but my Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, a Oriental:-"Coronkau.”

our, who happened year be a leading banker, took

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dep.-7.87 a.m, 8.30 am. 12.85 p.m., 3.00 p.m., 4,50 p.m. Annie's signal of friendship to re-

Canton

arr. 11.08 a.m., 11.27 a.m., 3.55 p.m., 6.10 p.m.,

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Annie leaned forward to make some remark to me, but before 7.47 p.m. she had time to speak my neigh-

Bour interposed:

"I don't think I have the honour of your acquaintance.'

Annie 'recolled, but the retreat was only for a moment

Trains in addition to those referred to above

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"You're right, it's my mistake." roared" Annie. "For a moment i

thought you were the father of my first two children."

Everybody tattered except the banker, who got out at the next station.

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"So Brown took a course- first aid. Is he good at it?"

"A little hasty sometimes. A man was nearly drowned yester- day, and the first thing Brown did was to throw a glass of water in his face."

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Jones-You're looking fed-up. Brown-Yes, the office bay told me he wanted to go to his grand- mother's funeral. I said I'd go with him

Jones-Well, who won? Brown---Won? It was his grand-

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World: The Phantom Empire." Arethusa relleved ber

AlhambraWhispering Smith Sir Lionel Sturdes,-who was a

Speaks." torpedo specast like his father, Majestic:-"East 'Of Java,"- the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir Star:-"The Informer." Doveton Sturdee, last served afloat Dances.-R. E. W. Os. and Senior in 1928-30 in command of the As-N.COs. Mess Dance at Garrison sistance. Geet repair-ship. He has Lecture" Hall since commanded the Defiance, Lectures. Rev. H. W. Baines, at torpedo school-ship, Devonport, Helena May Christian Fellowship and the 'depox at Malta, AMS. St. | Meeting, 10.30a.m. Angelo.

Meetings.-Kowloon Chess Club, NEW SUBMARINES

5.30 p.m.; Annual. of Hongkong Two submarines of the 1973 Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., at Messrs. programme are now running their Jardine Matheson's Offices, noon; trials. The Narwhal, of the nine- | Annual, of China Provident Loan layer class, has arrived at Port- & Mortgage Co., Ltd.. Jacobean and from the Barrow works of Room, Hongkong Hotel, 12.30 pm, Vickers-Armstrong Limited, actor Annual, of HK. University Gra trials at Campbeltown. She is to duates Asscz, and first, of Univer- go to Portsmouth an Thursday, sity Alumni Assen., in Gloucester and is due to complete her pro- Efotel 5.15 pm; St. Andrew's Giris". gramme of trials) by March 31 Guild. 6 p.m.; Annual of First The Seawo.f, of the smaller Sword-Battery, "L" Section, at Corps fish class, is to leave the Greenock Headquarters, 6.15 pm. works of the Scotts Shipbuilding

Miscellaneous.-L. C. A. Bocity's and Eng.neering Company to Jumble Sale at Sallors' and So- morrow, and her programme i3-diers'

Home, 2,50 p.m.; Central Falmouth, March 14 to 28 or British School Drill and Gymnastic Portsmouth, March 28-31: Port Display. 5.15 p.m. .and, March 31 to April 3 or 4, and then Portsmouth

COST OF DARTMOUTH

TRAINING

Lord Stanley, in a written an- swer in the House of Commons, states that the total cost of the R.N. College, Dartmouth, in the current year, allowing for the ac-

"What do you think of our mural tablets?" asked the cathedral ver- 'ger. "Waal," drawled the. Amecruing non-effective liability for

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Catholic Cathedral, 5.70 Observances in Canossa Convent Chapel.

Social-Dinner Dance and Cabu- ret. in aid of Benevolent Society. at Peninsula Hotel, 8 p.m

Sports

Athletica-King's College (Caro- ine H), 3 pm.; Ell's Kadcore

the box over there, but nothing services (rates, stationery, &c. School for Indians (Indian R.

came out; so I guess I didn't get a chance to try them."

ROYAL STATUES

London, March 11.

If as is proposed, it is decided to erect a statue 11.9 pational memorial to King George, it is un- likely to be on an ostentatious seale. The days of commemorating distinguished covereigns and citi zens with huge, elaborate monu-

nenta are dead."

fees

ground).

Badminton, Mixed Doubles, Talkoo R.C. v. Chinese R.C#; St. Andrew's v. Kowloon Tong Club de Recrio "B" v. Sailors" and Sol- dlers' Home: St. John's v. Club de Recreio "A.

Hockey. Hongkong Hockey Club seconas v. HMS. Tamar (King's

the cost of which is borne by civil votes, is estimated at 108,000, against which can be set receipts amounting to £49.500 arising from Lees for cadets. The number of sadets borne is 405. The normal fec is at the rate of £150 a year, but reduced

are allowed where the pecuniary circumstan- ces of the parents are, in the opin-Fark), 5 p.m.

Lawn Tennis Open Singles, A. ion of the Admiralty, such as to

Ly Rumjahn T. R. Choa; Lii Justify reductions being made. The various scales at present in force Kwong-tsun v J. W. Leonard; Open are as follows:-287 cadets at £150 Doubles, T. A. Pearce and L Gold- per annun; one at £125; eight at man v. Iu Tak-cheuk and Iu Tak- £120; one at £110; 15 at £100; Iam; Handicap Doubles. B, O'M. two at £95; two at £90; bree at Deane and G. E. R. Divett v. R £85; nine at £80; six at £75; 20 Wood and G. Polglase; J. Thom- at £70; one at £65: 11 to 60; five on and M. Pagh v. A. D. Hum. at £50; one at £45: 28 at £40;phreys and G. R. Saver. one at £30; and four King'a ca-

King Edward VII. was CQM- emorated by Sir Bertram Mac- kennal's classical equestrian statue in Waterloo-place. There are two other full-length statues of him in London, one in Tooting and the other (which was erected during his lifetime) in Euston-road

Queen Victoria' is commemorated dets, for whom no fees are pay- in the Admiralty Arch and the able. Victoria Memorial opposite Buck: ingham Palace, as well as by two statues and memorial in Ken- sington High-street,

Moon- Moon, Sth Day, Sunrise -6.21 a.. Sunset-8.37

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Tides-High at 0.36 and 11.40; Low at 5.15 and 18,50,

Royal Navy. v. Club de Recreio (Causeway Bay), 4.30 p.m.; Royal

SATURDAY MARCH"28" · Welch Fusilers v. East Lancashire.

... Cinémaa. (Military Ground, Happy Valley, King's:-"A Tale Of Two Cities." FEW STUDENTS OF 4.30 pm: Foire 7. South China Queer:-"Stars Over Broadway.

JAPANESE

"A" (Kowloon. Ground), 4.30 p.m.; Oriental:Coronado." Royal Artillery, Stonecutiers v. World: "The Phantom Empire." South China "B" London, March 12..

(Bookunpoo), | Alhambra:-"A Tale Of Two

·Cities.":" 4.30 p.m.; Second Division, Royal The School of Oriental Studies, pened by King George, in khaki, Enguers v. Hadio Sports (800- Majestic East Of Java“ in 1917, has said farewell to its kunpoo), 3. p.m.; Kowloon v. Royal Sta"The Informer." premises in Finsbury-circus. With Welch Fullers (Kowloon Ground), Miscellaneous ---Jumble

Sports.

Salent

will move to Westminster forty 3 p.m.; South China v. Royal Uster H. K. Benevolent Society (11 Ice Luachers of about sixty different Rines (Caroline Hil!), 3 Dm.: House St.) 10:30 am. · African and Oriental languages.

Royal Navy v. KAS.C, and R.A.O.P. The most popular are Arabic, (Causeway Bay), 2 p.m.; Unver- Persian and Chinese: The least popular, last year, were Efk and sity Club de Recreio.

soko, West African languages, Ground, Happy Valley), 4.30 pm, cach of which had only one pupil Third Division, Chinese Police v. CC. (L); Second Division, Indiau A surprisingly small number of .A.M.C. (Railway Ground), 430 R. C. Royal Engineers (F); pupila learn Japanese. Last year, |p.m.#s

University Club de Recreló, (F);

• Athenics-Queen's Gollø g *} (Navy (Causeway Bay), 2 pm.

Cricket.-University v. Kowloon

out of a total of 424, only 13 were: Hockey. East Lancashires 7. Kowloon C.C. Royal Navy (F). icarning Japanese, and they were Eighth Destroyer Flotilla (Sham Football-First Division, Chineze. principally Army and Air Force shipo: Camp), 4.45 pm, Small Athletic : Royal Artillery, Lyemun officers. Despite the increasing is anal; 2nd Mountain Battery. (Carolinë HUI), 4.30 p.m.; Club v commercial importance of Japan. very few English commercial arms HKSRA V. “A Company, 1/2 trouble to learn its language, ex. Punjabi", Csing themselves on the ground that it is too difficult,

Bt. Joseph's (Club: Ground), 4.30 pm.; Royal Ulster Flies v. Boy! Racing Second Extra Race loon (Chatham Road), 4.30 p.m.; Meeting (Happy Valley), 2 pin. (Centioned on Previous Col

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