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DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

LND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE.

JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE A Regular Weekly Sailing

TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTL

THE "PRESIDENT LINERS.'

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUGE

MYSTERY WOMAN OF

- FASHION:

MARRIED ON SHIP BUT DISPUTES CEREMONY,

A "LOST"" £20,000..

TUESDAY

AUGUST 9, 1927..

50,000 WATCH BIG CAR RACE.

SWEEPING VICTORY FOR FRENCH TEAM.

GRAND PRIX THRILLS.

London, July 6.

Montlhery, July 8. "She declines to give her pro-

About 50,000 people, including per name, or tell anything of her M. Doumergue, President of the earlier life, which is something of Republic, and M. Painleve, Minis- ter of War, witnessed the Grand a mystery."

Thus a detective at London Sas-Prix Motor Race at the "French

Brooklands" here to-day. sions yesterday when a fashion-

It was the thirteenth Grand Prix | ably dressed woman, Mrs. Doro- guilty of obtaining jewels to the value of over 1,300 from West-end jewellers by false pretences.

Detective-Sergeant Sands pro- ceeded to tell the Court what he had discovered about the woman's past.

TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, then Maritch, aged 93, was found organised by the French Automo-

KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.

"THE SUNSHINE BELT."

PRESIDENT JACKSON

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY ...

PRESIDENT LINCOLN

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

PRESIDENT PIERCE

Tuesday, Aug. 16th

Tuesday, Aug. Suth

Tuesday, Sept. 13th Tuesday, Sept. 27th Tuesday, Oct. 11th

THEREAFTER FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON TUESDAYS.

HONGKONG TO EUROPE

SPECIAL LOW RATES

Via San Francisco or Scattle

£120 £112

DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES.

Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.- Ask for information. Following are suggested itineraries:

From Bergkong

Ang. 10

Aug. 15

Ang. 23

Aug. 30

Верь Sept. 13 Sept. 21

Sept. 27

Oct.

5

Oct. 11

Oct. 19

UCL. 25

Via

Connecting with

Steamship

Mauretania

Seattle Han Franciscu Olympic

Seattle Berengaris Sau Francisco Homeric

Seattle

Aquitania San Francisco Majestic

Brattle Leviathan San Francisco Olympic

SeattleBerengaria San Francisco Leviatan Brattle Aquitania Ban Francisco Majestic

From

N. York

Arriving at

Sept. 6 Path-U'brg Sept. 12 Sept. 17 O'brg-B'hmptn Sept. 23 Sept. 21 O'brg-8'hmpta Sept. 87

29 Chmpin Oct. 28

She had. he said, two children, and

their father was Milan Maritch a Russian subject, and an ex-officer of the Russian Naval Reserve.

Naval Officer.

"He says that he first met pri- soner in 1921, when serving In the Russian Navy."

According to her story. she visited him on the ship in the Royal Albert Docks, where priest of the Orthodox Church married them.

A

bile Club, and the superstitious BBW in that a reason for the mis- fortunes which before it started robbed the race of much of its interest.

Sunbeams and Bentleys were absent from the list of starters, and England was represented by

solitary cara Halford.

The whole team of three Bugatti was withdrawn from the race be cause, in spite of a strenuous night of work on them they were this morning judged to be not good enough to run with any reasonable chance of success.

Famous Starters.

similar team of Talbots, and the A Delage team of three cars, a

car, the Halford, one English therefore, were all that toed the -Mr. Maritch had said he had a line when Chamberlin and Levine, private income from his parents of Transatlantic flight fame, gave in Russia, although it had great-the signal to start.

ly decreased since the revolution. The race is one of nearly 375 For the last year or two he had miles, or 48 laps of a circuit. Tal- followed no occupation except bot No. 1, piloted by Dive, took household duties at Herne Bay, the lead at once, and held it for where they lived. Mrs Maritch three laps. In the fourth, how- had spent the middle part of each ever, Delage No. 1, with Benoist at the wheel, got ahead and stay- week in London.

ed there until the end of the race. Benoist gave a wonderful display of steady driving,

"I think she has been a sort of 1C brg Shmpta Oct. 7 tout to money lenders," said the Oct. ось 5 C brg-S'kmptu Oc. officer. She did not recognise the Oct.

Oct. 21 16 C'brg-Shopin

ceremony with Maritch as legal, Oct. 22

and still claimed her British na- Nov. 4 Vel.

S'hmptn Nov. DY.

believed tionality. It was

that Nov. 2 Chrg-5 hmpin Nov. Nov 12 C'brg S'hmpin Nov. 18 her proper name was Amour. Nov, 16 Cbr S'imptu Nav. 22 Nov 26 (Chrp Smpin Dec. 2.

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE."

PRESIDENT PIERCE... Wed., August 10th, 6.00 a.m..

PRESIDENT TAFT

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON...

PRESIDENT GRANT

PRESIDENT MADISON

Tuesday, Aug. 23rd Wednesday, Sept. 7th Wednesday, Sept. 21st Wednesday, Oct. 5th

THEREAFTER FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON WEDNESDAYS

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK.

Depleted Estate.

Sergeant Sands added that about November 1925 Mr. Maritch became acquainted with a Mrs. Rebecca Pohl, owner of the house at Herne Bay, who had bec certified in lunacy and was in the care of friends.

It was alleged that Mrs. Pohl's estate had been depleted to the extent of £20,000 through Mrs. Maritch. assisted by a woman of title with the prefix of "Honourable," two solicitors and a man said to have been de- ported from South Africa fol- lowing a conviction for fraud.

When the gas meter was clear- ed at Herne Bay," continued wit- ness, "it contained 37 lead dises, four toy wheels, 24 small curtain in cash-in pay- ment of gas consumed amounting to £3 9s."

VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ-rings and 49.

PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES

-GENOA-MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.

PRESIDENT. ADAMS.

PRESIDENT GARFIELD

PRESIDENT BARRISON

PRESIDENT MONROE.

PRESIDENT WILSON

Mrs. Maritch. the officer added, had been associated with a man who was sentenced at the London Sessions last April to 12 months'

Tues., Aug. 16th, 8.00 a,m,hard labour for fraud.

Tuesday, Aug. 30th 8.00 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13th 6.00 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27th 8.00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11th, 8.00 a.m.

THEREAFTER FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON TUESDAYS.

TO- MANILA.

PRESIDENT TAFT

PRESIDENT ADAMS

PRESIDENT, MCKINLEY

PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

August 15th, 6.00 p.m

Aug. 16th, 8.00 a.m. Aug. 22nd, 6.00 p.m. Aug. 30th, 8.00 a.m. Aug. 30th, 6.00 p.m.

For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

GENERAL AGENTS.

HONGLONG AND BUANQUAI BANK BUILDING, GROUND FLOO Telephones Central 2477,2478 & 705.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

THE HONGKONO, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

CANTON LINE.

Sailings from Hongkong--Daily steam. Sailings from Hongkongs.s. "KINSHAN" Monday,

Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.

Sailings from Canton-Daily at 3p.m... Sailings from Canton-88: "KINSHAN”—Tuesday,

Thursday and Saturday at 8 a.m.

S.S. "TAISHAN" berths on arrival in Hongkong on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf. All Steamers will, as usual, leave for Canton from the Hongkong Wharf.

MACAO LINE

FROM HONGKONG:

8 A.M. and 2 P.M..

(Weekdaye only).

FROM MACAO

8 A.M. and 2 P.M. (Weekdays only),

SUNDAY EXCURSIÓN.

On Sunday, the 14th August,...8. "SUI AN" will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf at 9 A.M. and from Macao at 3.30 PM. Return Saloon Passage Fare:-$5.00.

SPECIAL TIFFIN-$1,50.

Above Sailinge are subjected to Weather Conditions and Intending Passengers are requested to communicate with the Office, whenever any of the Typhoon Signals are hoisted.

The woman refused to дазна where the missing jewellery was, and the judge, warning her that continued obstinacy would mean a severe sentence postponed sen-1 tence till next week.

His third lap broke the record for the circuit.

Talbot No. 1 held second place from the 10th to the 23rd lap, when he had to give up to Dlage No. 2, this becoming "runner-up,' a place which it never last.

Delages Forge Ahend.

At the 23rd lap Talbot No. 3 achieved third place, and with consistently good driving by Waz ner held its position until 43rd round, when, however, the third of the Delage team got

The

in

front.

The race, however, was to the swift Delage team.

Deluge No. 1 completed the 48 laps in 4 hours 45mins. 41 1-5- secs. (average speed 78.1 miles per hour).

Delage No. 2's time was d hours 53min. 55 2-5sec. (average speed 76-5 miles per hour).

5 Delage, No. 8 finished in hours 11min. 31 1-59ec. (aver- age speed 721 miles per hour). The Halford put up a very poor show. When the race was over it had only completed two-thirds of the course,

. No accident marred the race, but unhappily this was not the case with one of the opening events of the meeting.

Driver Killed.

The first of the two races yes- terday was the 78 miles Free Formula race, which Dovo on a HOW ISLE OF MAN GOT Talbot won in one hour 2 minutes

ITS NAME.

DINNERS THAT GAVE PERPETUAL. YOUTH.

A grim picture of the Isle of Man in ancient days when it was a kind of headquarters for power- ful and terrible gods was given

20 2-5 seconds, Chiron (Bugatti) was second, Eyston (Bagatte) third, and Madame Derancourt (Salmson) fourth.

In the course of the race De Courcelles, in a Guyot, side- slipped and struck a tree. The driver, who was well known in the French automobile, world, was killed on the spot.

In the afternoon the 250 miles race for the cup given by the

by Lieutenant-Col. G. R. B. Spain Commission Sportive was won by

at Douglas at the Museums As-Andre Boillot (Peugeot) in 3 sociation Conference.

hours, 53 minutes, 11-5 seconds.

"To the coastal tribes it must Dore, in a Corre la Zicorue, and have seemed a magie isle, the Coux, in a Bugatti, were second dwelling-place of supernatural and third. beings," he said. "There is an assuciation of deities and myths with the island of such import- ance that it is not unreasonable turbance at

When there is any heat or dis- any Parliamentary,

to suggest that the Isle of Man Corporation, or public meeting. may have been 2 centre for some doleful person is sure

Celtic religion.

"All storms, droughts and un- pleasant phenomena were attri- buted to the strife of the gods.”

to

exclaim that there are no manners in these days and that the country is going to the dogs. They may be consoled and edified by read- One of the gods specialised in a ing this extract from the Times of sword that "screamed and emittedJuly 5..1827:-Court of Alder- sparks, rushii backwards and

men-On Tuesday there was a forwards through the ranks of

memorable row in this Court. the cuemy."

The island, Colonel Spain said,The publication of the debates, as the members of the Corporation got its name from Manannan,

Bo fre- who was said to be its first in call the squabbling that

quently takes place among their habitant "He owned useft:1

worships, was one cause, and the could herd of pigs who

renew

interminable case of the Alder- |themselves however fast they were caten, and those who ate them manship of Vintry another....At one o'clock the proceedings in the never grew old. Probably the Court commenced, and the storm feminine gods were, always plea did not subside until seven, altho sed to accept an invitation to it began to rage vehemently

dinner."

Colonel Spain also told a ro-

found

mantic story of Conchobar, who a beautiful зел malden asleep on the shore of Man and captured her. To win her free dom she made his shield invulner uble.by writing her name on it. The results were so satisfactory that Conchobar conquered all Ulster.

at

half-past two. The crowds in the lobby were for hours in a state of fright and trepidation....At length out came the whole Court without haying done a single thing. Those who heard the row from the outside were astonished to find that there was not amongst their worships a single black eye or a bloody nose.

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