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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

DOG-RACING ON SUNDAY:

THE HOME OFFICE

POSITION.

WEDNESDAY,

FOUGHT FOR AND AGAINST US.

LAST MALE DESCENDANT

SEPTEMBER 14, 1927.

CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From

LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON and STRAITS.

The Steamship,

"Ali broken, chofed, and damaged and Goods are to be left in the Godowns,

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OF COMENIUS.

The Home Offee does not intend

Paris, Aug. 8. to intervene in tho controversy

By the death last week in over the decision of the South Frague of Mr. Georgo Victor end-on-Sea

"BENAVON" greyhound

of 69, the racing Figulus at the age

Consignees of Cargo are hereby authority to conduct racing on direct male line of Jan Amos Ko-

informed that all Goods are being Sunday, On inquiry at the Home mensky, generally known A landed at their risk into the hazardous Office it was stated that the Horno Comenius, came to an end.

and/or extra hazardous Godowns of Secretary had no power to inter-

The deceased was an interest The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf vene beyond that vested in every ing figure both from the Czech and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or citizen of taking action under aac historian's point of view and on from the wharves delivery may be of the old Acts relating to the account of his ancestor's, and his obtained. observance of Sunday, says own condition with England. No claims will be admitted after Home paper.

Born in Frankenstein, then in the Goods have left the Godowns, and The ly question to be de-Prussian Silesia, in 1858, as the all Goods remaining undelivered after cided," an official stated, "is whe-on of a doctor,, young, Figulus, the 21th instant will be subject to ther the racing is legal on Sun in order to ecape compulsory mill-ent

All claims against the steamer day, and that cannot be decided tary service, went to South Africa must be presented to the Undersign- in 1880, where he was engaged in ed on or before the 5th October, or by any Government department, but only the Courts. It is, there the engineering trade for forty- they will not be recognized. fore, entirely a matter for private three years. In the Boer war he action. The Home Secretary has fought against England, no power to make any sort of reafter being wounded at Lady- where they will be examined on the

amith, was made a prisoner of war 21st instant at 10 a.m. gulations on the subject."

and interned at St. Helena. No Fire Insurance has been effect- "Our present intention in re-There he took the oath of allegi ed gard to greyhound racing meet-ance and became a British sub-

Bills of Lading will be counter- ings on Sundays is to go ahead Sect. In the Great War he joined signed by, with them, unless some very good the British Army when 57 years can be shown why we old, and served as a staff surgeant should not," said one of the with the troops in German East directors of Electric Hare Grey-Africa. hound Racing yesterday.

In 1921 Mr. Figulus came "No official protest has reached Czecho-Slovakia at the invitation) us, but we have received congrath of the Czech Government, and was lations from many people on the present at the 300th anniversary step we have decided to take in of the execution of the Bohemian the interests of good, orderly nobles who had adhered to the sport. On Sunday we, shall give Reformation. He then returned the idea a trial, and judge by the South Africa, but in the follow-

TYROL HOTEL FIRE. results of the meeting at South-ing year accepted an offer by the end whether we should carry or

Vienna, Aug. 9. Czecho-Slovak Government of a

An hotel at Holzgau, a mountain or not.

minor post at the Ministry of Com-village near Reutte, in the Tyrol, "The only question appears to merce in Prague and of educa- was destroyed by fire soon after He that involved in the general onctional facilities for his little midnight. of whether there should be sport daughter.

The visitors, mostly Germans. or entertainment on Sunday of

It is interesting to note that

were wakened by a brilliant light any kind at

all. The views Mr. Figulus did not speak Czech. and found the lower floors blazing against Sunday sport and relaxa- but fluent English and German. They had to leap from the

bal. tion are those which would be His remains were cremated at conies. several of them breaking expressed against cinemas open-public expense, the Czech Na legs and arms. They declare that ing on Sunday. But cinemas are tional Council and the Government there was not even time to make open at Southend on Sundays. being represented at the burial

ropes with sheets because

reason

Bookmakers Not to Shout.

bo

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hongkong September 14, 1927.

GUESTS JUMP FROM BALCONY.

the

service. His daughter's educahotel entirely made of wood, "Yet the moment We suggestion is to be looked after by the burned rapidly. greyhound racing for the purpose Czecho-Slovak authorities.

of providing visitors with an en- tertaining sport a great noise is nade by societies subsidised by old ladies. Personally, I de noti think we are doing anything ex cept, that, which is right. The meeting on Sunday will be ducted on lines directly in

con-

Strong Opposition.

The post office, which was in the hotel, was completely destroyed, and the village is cut off from communication by telephone and telegraph.

be found,

Three women servants were A press Association represent- tive was informed by an official burned to death while asleep on of the Bookmakers' Protection Ag.the ground floor. ac-

sociation, yesterday afternucu, No appliances for extinguish- cordance with the rules and. re-that they were strongly,, opposed ing the flames could gulations which have been care- fully made for the good govern- to members of the Association and fire brigades from distant ance of the sport.

betting on Sunday, and a circular villages, which started when the "There will be no shouting; all to that effect has been sent to the glare illumined the sky, found

only ruins. when they arrived. the bookmakers will be recognised members..

Eighty visitors leaped from the As a result of a visit from re- men, who will be specially remind- : ed of the necessity of seeing that presentatives of the Lord's Day balconies in their night attire, nothing is done that might be Observance Society to Southend and few were uninjured. Many contrary to the usual conditions yesterday, a resolution of protest of them lay with broken of the day. Thore will be no against dog racing will be suh. scorched limbs on the hillside, music or refreshments. The mitted to most of the

Congrega-streaming, until the doctors meeting will open at 3 p.m.,

tions on Sunday: the resolution rived. deplores the "urwarrantable "Afterwards we shall be able to croachment on the restfulness judge, both by the attendance and and sanctity of the Sabbath," and by the investigations made during calls upon the Corporation to do the meeting among the people at all that is possible to remove, tending, as to whether a continu- the stain of the deplorable de- ance of Sunday meetings is desir-secration of God's Day." able or not."

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