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Ching Ming Festival 1936.

The following Express Train Service will be

in operation between Kowloon and Canton in connection with the above festival:-

April 2nd and 3rd

Kowloon dep.-

7.37 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 12.35 p.m., 4.50 p.m.. Canton "arr.-

11.08 a.m.. 11.27 a.m., 3.55 p.m., 7.47 p.m.

April 4th

Kowloon dep.-

7.37 a m, 8.30 am., 12.35 p.m., 3.00 p.m., 4.50. p.m. Canton apr.--. 11.03 a.m., 11.27 a.m.,

p.m., Trains in addition to those referred above will be run should traffic warrant doing so.

8.55 p.m., 6.10 7.47 p.m.

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

to

SPECIAL SAILINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHING MING FESTIVAL

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Friday, 3rd April

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Monday, 6th April

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FATSHAN

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The daughter of a wealthy man --but a man who had made his Gwn wealth by hard work and ability-was engaged to a who had not much money.

She was trying to persuade ber father to bestow a handsome allowance on them, which he was not very anxious to do, arguing

Local Exchange Quotations

T.T. ON LONDON: 1/31 (nom.).

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 31.15/16

BOMBING DEPLORED

that they might start at the bot Italy Reminded

tom and work up. as he had done him.cli.

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1936. 卷拜雞日登月彞年陸世佰紈午登英 Price

DIARY OF LOCAL

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Ann.versaries. and Holidays.-- St. Hugh. Bishop.

Auctions:-Househod Furniture.

14 Tak Shing Street, Arst floor.. Kowloon, 10.30 a.m

Cinemas.

King's:-"Red Salute "

Queen's: "Collegiate." Central: "Werewolf Of London. Oriental:-"Red Morning." World:-:-"Chinese Picture." Alhambra.-"Seven Keys To Bald-

pate."

Miscellaneous.-Claims

against

Majestic: "Trave ing Salealady." Star:-"A Night At The Opera," "

Dances--Salors and. Solalet. "But, father," she said, "you)

Home Dance, 8.30 p.m.; Cheero mus: remember that times have

Club Tea Dance, 5 to 7.30 p.m. changed since you were young."

Entertainments:Checro Club "That's true for you." he an

London, Mar. 30.

Concert, by "Uncle Tom Cobbley swered. for in my days people Reports in the newspapers from

and All." 9 p.m. used to wait fifty years for a gold-Abyssinia of the bombing "of Har- "Meetings: Kowloon Balon en wedding, and now they want to rar-reputed to be an open and Church Women's Guild Monthly start on one right away!" · undefended town-by Italian aero-Business Meeting. 10.30 a.m.

planes and of the Italian use of mustard gels, have profoundly shocked public opinion. The feel- ing which has been aroused is Religious-Lent Service in

in the correspondence | John's Cathedral, apparent

5.30 p.m. columns of the newspapers, and Kowloon Tong Anglican Church found expression to-day in both House, 8.30, p.m.; Annual Lent Houses of Parliament; In' the Mission begins at Catholic Cathed- House of Lords, debate

on the ral, 6 p.m. subject was raised by Lord Cecil and in the Commode, questions were addressed to the Foreign Secretary.

"It's too bad of Jimmy not: to, buy me a car." complained Joan. "Horrid of him, darling." her friend agreed. "But why won't he?".

"Well, he says we can run into debt fast enough now, without employing machinery.”

First Jeweller: "I am quite certain that advertising brings re- sults,"

',

Second Jeweller: "Why?" First Jeweller (Ironically): "Be- cause last evening I advertised for a night watchman, and during the night my shop was broken into."

The teacher had been telling the boys about the mining districts in different countries,

"Now," said he, "when a foreign land is rich in minerals, what do the people do with them?"

"Please, sir," said a bright lat, 'they sell them to thirsty tourists!"

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He was a very good barber, but his schooling had been neglected. On the wall of his shop was a card bearing the words: "Hair- cutting, 8d. Singing, 3d."

When young Witting, the com- mercial-traveller. drifted in he spotted the mis-spelt card, and:

"Short at the back and round the ears, please," he said, seating himself in the chair, "and you can give me a verse and chorus of 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream!"

DRILLING FOR OIL IN ENGLAND

the Estate of Alfred Laing, late of Chefon, due."

St.

171

Social. Whist Drive Sallors' Home and Seamen's Institute, 10 Gloucester Road, 9

p.m.; Whist Drive and Tombola, Garrison Ber-

p.m.

Sports

Badminton-Men's Doubles, 81

A. Andrew's "A" v, Club de Recre

Club de Recreio BE Chinese RC.: St. John's. Fire Brigade.

In reply. Mr. Eden referred to geants' Mess, Queens Road. 8.30 the official protests addressed by the Ethiopian Government to the League and to the British Gov- ernment, as a signatory of the. Hague convention number four, of October 18 1907, and of the Ge- neva protocol of July 17 1925, and stated that he understood, in con- League Committee of Thirteen, on formity with the decision of the

March 23, with which the British representative

Was

associated,

complaints had been passed on to he Italian Government with a reminder of the provisions of the Geneva protacol.- British Wireless.

PROGRESS

CONTINUES

!!

Government Of India Act

London, Mar, 30. The House of Commons discussed tonight the draft orders in Council under the Government of India London, Mar. 30.

Act which the Under Secretary for Drilling for all in England open- India, Mr. Butler, said marked s ed to-day, when Mrs, Crookshank, further stage in the steady pro- wife of the Secretary for Mines.gress which was being made to started machinery on the slopes of Portstown, near Portsmouth,

The first hole to be drilled is expected to be one nulle deep.- Beuter's Bulletin Service,

PERSIA ANNOYED WITH UNITED STATES

Consulates To Be Closed

Washington, Mar, 31. The Persian Government has ordered its Legation here and all Consulates throughout the United States to be closed, on account of artic es in the American Press which is considered discourteous to the Shah,... ·

No indication is given of the nature of the articles, but it is be- lieved unofficially that the matter. is connected with the arrest, on a charge of speeding at Elkton, Maryland, last October, of the former, Persian Minister to the United States, who was sub- requently recalled,

Dip'omatic relations are not completely, severed. They will be carried on through the American Minister at Teheran Reuter

wards the establishment of a new constitution in the provinces of India.

He forecast that if progress con- tinued at the rate he hoped the new provincial legislatures would De able to start work, and the pro- vincial autonomy would cominence at a date, which he put approx- mately, at the spring of 1937.

Hockey-Hongkong Hockey Clua V East Lancashire Regiment (King's Park), 5 p.m.

Lawn Tennis-Open Doubles, T. A. Pearce and L. Goldman .v. E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung; Open Bingles, Tennie Kwok v. A. V. Gosano; Handicap Sing'es, A. C. I. sowker v. J. Thomson; E Bathurst v, W. P. Lucy; Handicap Doubles. J. add G. S. Rodger . W. W. Mc- Kenzie and D. S. Robb.

Moon-III Moon, 10th. Day. Sunrise:-8.16 am Sunset.-6.33

p.m.

Tides. High at 8.15 and 17.28; Low at 0.05 and 10.23.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2 Anniversaries and Holidays. St. Francis of Paula, U.

Cinemas.

Queen's: "Colleglate." Centrai, Werewolf Of London." Oriental:-"Red Morning." King's: Red Salute," World:"Chinese Picture." Alhambra: Seven Keys To Bala-

pate," Majestic:-"Th Phantom Empire." Star:-"A Night At The Opera,"

Meetings Annual, of Chinese Estates, Ltd, China Building, 5th floor, noon; Victoria. Chess Club, 5.38 p.m.; Theosophieat Society, 6 pm.

Miscellaneous, aims against the Estate, or Vera Phillips Dulce Mekte), due: Kowloon Women's Charity Games Afternoon, 3 p.m.

Religious. Lent Mission at The opposition, while welcoming Catholle Cathedral, & pim.. drafts as part of the procedure ! Social-Matshed Church Whist leading to the inauguration of new Drive. 1.30 pm; Service Cricket constitution, offered criticism in Cub Whist Drive, 9 p.m.; Tom- detalls. After some discussion of bola on board HMS. Tamar. 7.15 the first draft order, relating tou.m.; "Get Together." of Australian the qualifications of voters and and New Zealand Assen., Glouces- candidates in provincial elections, ter Hotel, 530 pm: Cheero Club the debate was adjourned,

Bridge and Mah Jong Drive. 8 p.m. British Wireless.

Sports

OBITUARY

Famous Coloratura Soprano

London, Mar. 20 The death occurred in the Lox- don Nursing Home to-day, of the famous operatic eciorature 800 rano, Conchita Bupervia, aged 36 Madame Supervia had made her home in England for the past. few years British Wireless.

Lawn Tennis-Open Singles, H. | D, Rumjahn v. Tsui Yun-pui; Club' Championship. E. Bathurst, or D. M. Macdougall v. F. A Redmond; Handicap Singles, V. R. Gordon V EL E. McGlichrist; G. E. Divett dr | M, Paghav Lieut-Comdr. 8. F. Stapleton; G. W. Sewe'l or G "Pulg osɛ v. E. R. Price,

Racing Entries Close for Third Extra Race Meeting, noon.

Moon Moon 11th. Day,"

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Sunrise -2,15 nm. Sunset ———8.78

Tides High at 6.10 and 18,40;;

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