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No. 24395. ЯAXBEFCIÁS (±★★ HONG KONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1936. HAN BETJÊIETEXTQA Price

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S. S. RANCHI HITS ROCK

Due Hong Kong On

Tuesday For Repairs

SHANGHAI MISHAP

Motoring

Fatality

PROMINENT

BUSINESS

Social Notes Chinese

Leader

Assassinated

Polos Cocktails: Races

The

BY

ANNETTE

Winter BeaWOR of Hong

Kong definitely seems to have SENSATION AT

MAN KILLED started with one long round of

galety and an exceptionally bright, Christmas is predicted.

Nearly everybody has returned from their holidays by now, except

be herv.

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CUSTOMS JETTY

Hankow, Oct. 25. General Yang Yuan-tal, Chair-

MAALI

With one propellor gone, and leaking badly D- her propellor

Mr. Odd Bruusgaard, manager of shaft, the P. & O, iner Ranchi the well-known firm of Messrs. Imped into Shanghai late on Thoresen and Company, was killed | a few of the Navy who will shortly GEN. YANG YUẦN TAI October 20, nine hours overdue as on Saturday afternoon, when, re- the result of striking a rock when turning home from the office in his she was passing Button Island. in Vauxhall motor, car No. 746, he the mouth of the Yangtaze.

collided with a motor lorry at a It was learned last night that slight bend on Mount Davia Road.. the Ranchi has cancelled her sail- The accident occurred shortly after ing to Japan from that port and j 1.30, p.m. and Mr. Briusgaard was will be due in Hong Kong on Tues-immediately rushed to the Govern- day when she will enter the Kow- loon Dockyards for extensive re- pairs. It is expected that the vessel will leave here for England 'on November 28.

According to the "North China Daily News," when the accident occurred the impact could be heard all over the ship, which came to A standstill with

one propellor gone. Water began leaking in from the afterpeak, mainly up the pro- pellor shaft, and into the after- hold. The pumps were set to work, and on her opposite rudder, she slowly and almost painfully made her way into port at Shanghai, The full extent of her damage were not made puble by ofcials of the company at Shanghai who have already sent divers' down to make i

a preliminary examination, but it is was stated that the hull was not damaged -

Through passengers on the Ran- chi found themselves in an unfor tunate position when they arrived at Shanghai and had to transfer themselves to another ship to reach their destination. It was under- stood, however, that they would be able to arrive in Kobe some time on October 24..

BRITISH

J

TRADERS AT

DISADVANTAGE

Provision For

Fast Transport

London, Oct. 24. ritish traders win nave to meet competition. df American

gooda cathed my ras. snips to Chine and everything possible must be done to remove the disadvantage from which Britain suffers, said Mr. W. M. Kirkpatrick, recently appointed to represent the Export Credits Department in China,

Interviewed by the Daily Mail following ari article by Lord Rotheramere, cabled from Hong Kong, stressing the urgent need of Government aid for

British trade and shipping in the Far East. Mr. Kirkpatrick added that provision for fast transport, of passengers and goods is one of the problems be proposes to specially study.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is travelling to China at the beginning of Decem¬ ber, and in the meantime he is consulting shipping and trading Interests. Reuter.

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went Civil Hospital where he died of his injuries within an hour.

It was learned that Mr. Bruus- gaard was driving at a high speed towards Felix Villas when he rounded the bend, a right-hand one, when motor lorry No. 3287, driven by Ho Tin at the time, was proceeding from Kennedy Town to the Queen Mary Hospital and was coming up from Mount Davis Road. What actually happened could not actually be ascertain but from meagre Information it is believed that Mr. Brausgaard lost control of his car and ran headon into the oncoming vehicle.

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Macao Race Meeting

ENTRIES AND HANDICAPS

Entries and Handicaps for...the November Race Meeting to be held on Sunday. November 1, 1936 are as follows:- 1.-Wuchow Handicap-"D" Class (9 Furlongs) Burgomaster (145) Copper Idol. (152) Diogenes (188) Merry Doer (149) Ocean View (140) Valley View (148).

2.Foochow Plate (5 Fuziongs)

City Life (148) Coureur Bleu (148) Eastlight (148) Gold Reserve (146) Hogmanay (149) Hurdling Morn (143) Lonely Heart (146) Merry Fatty (146) Old Life (146) Rothesay Bay (155).

3-Kwangchow. Handicap

(6 Furlongs) Balios (148) Blue Ribbon (158) Delightful Chance (147) Judea (140) King's Parade (161) Old Star (161) Rugby Star (148) Shamrock (140).

4-Hangchow Handicap: (1. Mille)

Brown Bee (148) Chocolate (147) Merry Doer (144) Shanghai 4 (153) Shih Tin Grand. (144) Victory Life (148) Wentworth (145).

5.Soochow Plate (6 Furlongs). City Life (146) Coureur Bleu (148) Eastlight (146) Gold Reserve (148) Hogmanay (149) Hurdling Morn. (143) Lonely Heart (148) Merry Fatty 1148) Old, Life (146) Rothesay Bay (155).

6.-Ladles Sprint-Unofficial.

(5 Furlongs)

AT THE POLO Thursday afternoon was spent in a pleasant way, watching the unals of the Polo Club from the top of the clubhouse. Before the game the Stantons were at home to everybody. Mrs. Stanton was at the top of the steps grecting all her guests and looking 50 very well after her long holiday. The weather was perfect," as it always seems to be now, and it was a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon in such ideal surround-

ings.

Captain and Mrs. Coltart were there with the Fullers." Clough Taylors and Heather Gerrard, who is very shorty going off to India

for a visit.

The Royal Welch Fusiliers 'turn- ed up in force, but, alas, to see their side beaten..

Mr. and Mra Amps, Major and Mrs. Currie, Wing Commander and

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RACING TIPS

"Daily Press" Success

The tips for the Happy Valley races as published in the "Dally Press" on Saturday were, as usual, outstandingly successful.

In eight races. "Last Quarter" tipped 4 Firsts; 2 Seconds; 4 Thirds. Beven dividends in eight races is good tipping.

of the Hupeh Provincial EMDEN STARTS

WORLD CRUISE

Government, died ar 3.97 Dis afternoon shortly after receiving three bullets from a youthful assassin at the local Customs jetty. General Yang accompanied by Mr. Yang and B intending to catch the ferry to cross the river for Wuchang. As soon as he reached the jetty and was about to descend, he was shot] and fatally injured. He succumb- ed to his injuries immediately after he was sent to the hospital started on her world cruise. After by his wile. His body was then

servant, was German Cruiser To

Visit East

The

Berlin, Oct. 25. German cruiser Emden

removed to the local Bankers As- Visiting Varna, Istanbul, she will sociation at 4.15 p.m. -

be proceeding to Ceylon, Singapore, The assassin who was arrested Siam, Shanghai. "Dutch Indies and at the scene, was taken into Bombay. She will be remaining in custody and gave his name Chen Hsien-chao

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BS

Bombay from February 3 to re- bruary 12.-

Reuter.

THE "LANCASHIRE LEAVING

As the troopship "Lancashire" steamed out of Hong Kong harbour, many waved" from the Kowloon, whart to those aboard who crowded the calls, as our picture shown.

MANILA GOLD SHARES

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Local Dealings

Buyers

T.X.L., $4. Consolidated Mines, 10j ets. Demonstrations, $1.75. · Vena. Goldfelds, $8. Benguet Explor,, 40 cts. Big Wedge, 80 cta. Ipo Gold; 40 cts. Paracale Gumaus, $14.

Demonstrations. $1.75/1.77. Paracale Gold, 91 cts. Big Wedge, 91-92, cts.... Boukra, Ginger, Greylag, Hereto- Atoks, $1.15-18, fore. Faul Jones, Starlight. The Consolidated Mines, 101 cta. Goods, Wisdom Stag. All at Catch-Northern Mining. 49 cta weights.

Santa Rosa, 16 cta-

PHILIPPINE CLIPPER

This photograph was taken just after the Philippine Clip her very memoenble Inaugural trip to Hong Kong

come to rest after.

NEWS INDEX

Cables

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ALLEGED "INCIDENT IN WANCHAI

Although no official information Radio Programmes. had been received up to the time | Amusements of going to Press, It is understood | Local Diary that British soldier is being Police Courts detained by the Police authorities Sports as the result of an incident in Racing which a Chinese

woman was Mall Notices thrown off the verandah of a house in Lockhart Road, Wanchal on Saturday evening.

No detalls could be obtained and the Police are reticent to disclose information regarding this affair.

LISSAMAN

SUCCESSFUL

Wins Amateur Title Of Golf Clubs

LT. COL. H. H. BLAKE SECOND

A. ELlaman won the Open Amateur Championship of Golf Crabs in the Colony yesterday,

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THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: 18. 2.13/16d,

T.T ON NEW YORK-

30.1/8.

LONDON SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own. Correspondent)

London, Oct. 24 London sliver prices to-day were unchanged as follow

Spot Forward

Oct. 25 Oct. 24 19-15/18 19-15/16 19-15/1819-15/16-

played over the, Old and New | W. Taylor, of the Kowloon Choif Courses at Fanling, when be re...| Club won the "Visitors » prise turned two rounds of 16 and “5, having rounds of 83 and 81,

|for a total aggregate of 151. Far

- pn the Old Course is 75 and on the „New, 73,

The best round on the Old Course (76) was returned by Lissaman and LG 8. Dodwell, both of the Royal

|Lt Col U H Blake, who recedt- Hong Kong Golf Club, but the priza. bby" annexed the Happy Valley was awared to the latter as Meso- Championship wan next, four man had annexed, the Open-title strokes behind the leader. He : Lt Col EH. Bake with a 14 re- TOUNDS. were 81 and Kg turned the best score-over the Ne Robertson"" withs 82 and 76 was | Course, third

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