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W.B. Athletic Style 114. For stender and average Sgures. LOW, medium short. White and Cout. Elastic band round at top. Sizes 2. 30 inches.

$10.75

Pink

W. B. Athletic Styl.381. For slender and average figures. Low bust, fair length over hip. White & Pink Couti Broad elastic panel from top of frost to under arm. Sizes 19 to 25 inches.

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W. B. Hip Corset Style 235. For leader and average izures. No height above waist line: "soft top feature, faids short over -hips. White Banste. All round elastic top. Sizes 30 to 25 inches.

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Commes pas un Erstag, 1st June. THE HONGKONG CHAD STORE wit your to cash customers cash tiskats for the amount they per hose. These tickets will be dated and will show the amount of the purchase. At the end of June, one day of the month w be publicly drawn at the finngung Ugar Store is a well-known resitient whose palle

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Putasser wh produces a ticket or ticker- the date drawn will envale, fr of vet, to any article in us Stor for the amount of his bonu er puchase. For instance, say the date drawn is the 11th luas, ard on the 11th June, you sten: $10 & cash, you may select any article or articles you like to the retail value of $40! There is no hmit to the sun mat. ~Whether you spend 30 vrats of $2003 a similar date to bite one drawn you get tree good- for the amount you spent.

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SHOOTING AFFRAY.

The Attack on Sergt Dowse.

Alexandra Bing. De Vi Toad.

DERBY SWEEP.

bullet hole there was strong ponder. ( macking. The doctor sand this f woad was within an sc of vesting the Sergesct's life. Collet miring the jugular and carotid Claimant Cross-Examined vias almost by a miracle. The defendant ran down the steps and the bearing began at the prospect. Almost simultaneously | Magistracy yesterday afternoon of his curapsulon brushed past the a case in which s man named Wu Sergeant, pushing him towards the

| fun-fan was charged with shooting wall. The man dren & revolver

Lance Sergeant Dowse with intent to murder. aad also with using the Sergeant greșions bodily harm on the rd. May.

Mr T. M. Hazlerigg Assistant Crown" Solicitor. prosecuted.

Outlining the case, Mr. Bazlerigg sal the shouting took place outside ↑ Shing Wong Street, a house overipoking sumestonesteps leading down to Circular Puthway. Minut fetar ca the might of the 3rd, the defendant, who was frequeat viste at 7Shing Wong Street, wa talking with a friend and one of the termale sécupants of the bou They were stabilog autarle the house. Several mra passed

and Also Bred at the Ser geant, but the shot took no effect. Sergeant

Duwe returned the

zined

Chik Suoning, one of the si aut of the winning ticket in the Chinese Club's Hongkong Derby sweepstake, continued his evidence before the Board of Arbitrators; at the Chinese Club last evening. At the conclusion of his evidenc fire of both men, but apparentlyamined by Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn in chief he was searchingly cross- rhem. Owing to the suddenness of the sttak the and the hearing was adjourned until assailen. Serenat failed to recognise his Friday, when the Board will sit

Mr. Hazlerigg went on

from 5.30 pm to 8p.m. to ay that the statement of th complamast was corroborated in and twenty witoesses to call

Mr. Zeitlyn mentioned that he every detail by an intelligeat small

G. hoy liong at 7 Shing Wong Street, (instructed by Mr. C. A'S. Russ) is!

Alabaster, K.. who was standing within ten feet appearing for Chik and Mr. Elsley the scene of the occurrence., Zeitlyn (instructed by Mr. G. K Hdentified the defendant - the man who tired at the officer. Hall Brutton) fur Mrs. Violet Chan,

Mr.

the other claimant

GENERAL NEWS.

this summer. Thirty-one appli ICE PLENTIFUL IN KOBE Ice should be plentiful in Kobe cations have been made for the salablishing of refrigerating plants

The scrused, said Mr. Hazlerigg. lived at 7 Elgin Street. On the night of the Brd. he left his house ny, and some offensive remarks about six p'clock. He returned at made by them led to A Hight 1pm. with auther man. Batb between the party and the defenproduced revolvers, the deles) dant and his friend. The new daot arrivals went away to get assistange weapon under bia bed. At 6 8.m. putting his companion's and returned later with about fifteen the 4th, he went out, taking mes The fight was resumed with him the revolver. That day About this time Sergeant lawse the police raided the house in the city, and nine of these are who was putrulling Hollywood information and found the accused Road 10 westerly directing, just inside the doorway. As soon anticed in Shing Wing Street a number of raen whose attention room of the princips! tenant and a bo saw the police he ran into the Beemed to be attracted to No. 7. told the latter that if anyone asked Sergeant Dowse walked down the for him she was to say that his street, but, seeing nothing sus- Dowe WBA Chan. The police picious, returned to the Order Béarched the defendant's of Hollywood Road, where primarily to look for armas.

prefectoral office also has twenty- on a fairly large scale. The local

Last summer there was a shortage five applications from the country, of ice, and it increased in price. SENTENCED TO EARLY RISING,

As an alternative to sixty days. Under in gol, an incorrigible youth was

room

be kept watch. The crowd then disa bed they found a black silk jacket sentenced by New Yazi police persed. The Bergeant sgain went with down Shing Wong Street: This time sleete.

A

tear in the

right judge to report every morning at It was the suggestion · seven o'clock: atpalice - bead-

he saw two men, both dressed in the Crown that the defendant; quarters. He bad planded that he

as wearing this jacket on the night in question.

entrance

black, standing cutside No. 7, but for the moment there was nothing suspicious in their attitude. Sudden Describing the Sergeant's wourd ly one of them made a dash for the Dr. J. T. Smalley, of the Govern head of the steps leading down to meat Civil Hospital, sail there Circular Pathway, Sergeant Dowse were three in all, an Immediately rushed up god seized wound above the collar bone, the the man by his coat, The latter, exit wound and a shallow groove however, managed to wrench him on the right shoulder caused by self free, tearing his coat in doing the same bullet. so. This man was the accused. He swung round and fired point blank, was adjourned.

at the Sergeant, inflicting a bullet

wound in the right side of the neck. Mr. Hazlerigg said be bed

After further evidence the case

was a chronic oversleeper and hed lost employment thereby. Thế judge said he hoped the sentence would instil the early rising habit REVIVED CUNARD SERVICE. Southampton

The direct Cunard service from established in 1911, but suspended to Monteal. during the war, was resumed recently, when the Tyne-built liter Ausonis, of 14,000 tons. sailed from Southampton with 1,000 passengers. She is the first of three sister ships, built special- original three Ausonis, Albania, and Ascania, all suck during the All three be turbine- engined and oil-fired; ·

just seen the Sergraat tunic Cargo Elman, Kreisler. Melha, Fachmana y for this service, replacing the

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