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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

7 LOCAL SWEEPS.

LUCKY FIGURES IN CLUB DRAWS.

The following are the lucky figures drawn in some of the prin- cipal local Sweeps on the Derby

South China Athletic Association.

Handsome Stag

Winsome Stag

20148

19836

Bakers Bay

11727

Coos Bay

20294

Deepwater Bay

13003

Sun Ball

Monterey Bay

02559

Young

Pretender

01701

Heir Apparent

12216

1010

New Year's Eve

17686

Boxing Eve

10800

Blackstone Hall

Galld Hall

Manor Hall

09071' 18830 28.174

Pickle

Comrade

Captain

Duke of Verona

U Un II

28237 25694 026#G 11120 06464 00363

20004

18300

22711

20900

Peck

November

Mish Mish Moraungher Harlene

First Prize $151,200. Second Prize $40,000. Third Prize $20,000. "

The Chinese Club.

Ticket No.

Name of Pony

Handsome Stag

Winsome Stag

Bakers Bay Coos Bay

Deepwater Bay Monterey Bay

Sitting Buil

Young Pretender

Heir Apparent

New Year's Eve

Boxing Eve

Guild Hall

08970

01021

04147 07918 13842 12440 08357 07602 12007

1

17100

01800

Blackstone Hall

19962

05541

Manor Hall,

10050

Peck

13737

Pickle

04000

Comrade

71417

Captain

10629

Duke of Verona

18627

U. Un II

18983

03333

Binh Minh

10310

12383

10428

November

Movanagher

Harlene

יי

1st Prize: $100.800; 2nd. $28,800; 3rd. $14,400,

Scientists say that life, even with the aid of oxygen, would be impossible above an altitude of

atmospheric pressure,"

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1928.

THE BIG PARADE.”

AMERICAN FOUND GUILTY OF

SLANDER.

"The Big Parade," in too vigorous 非 fashion, Was

charge of slander guilty on a

to-day found

·ELECTRIC RAIL RIDDLE.

LONDON BREAKDOWN

UNSOLVED.

The simultaneous breakdown re- cently, throughout two extensive

fidland, and Scottish London aub- railway engineers." urban syntem remains a mystery to

-1

DEATH SENTENCE. ON THE POPE..

MOSCOW'S LETTER TO VATICAN.

Romte, Jan. 12.

SCHOOL'S FEES.

The Mastor, Mr. J. Talbot, told A reporter:

HAILEYDURY INCREASE TO. MEET BUILDING COSTS.

Paris, Jan. 13.

From the next term the school An American foreign corres-

fees at Haileybury College, Hert pondent, Mr. van Passen, who had

The Vaticah was amused rather fordshire, are to be increased from championed the American Alm.) eiectrified sections of the London, than surprised to-day when it re £130 to £150 per annum. The in ceived au oficial communication crease does not apply to boys al- from the Soviet Government can ready at the school. demning the Pope to death. Trains on widely separated points The communication camo by re-

The extra money is far the gap- on the Euston-to-Watford and gistered post and was addressed to He was ordered to pay a fine of Broad-at.-to-Richmond routes were ac rope personally. It is signed eral improvement of the school Afty francs (about 88.), and affected at the same moment by by Rykov (President of the Soviet buildings, such as the scienco damages of one frane, and to short-circuiting; some were set on Counell of Commissars), Stalin, laboratories. The increase will publish the judgment in four

(head of the Communist Party), enable us to do work we have long American newspapers for which

and other Bolshevist chiefs, and wanted to carry out. he writes.

Fees at other famous public states that the Pontiff is condemned to death for having given money Schools Year Book," are:

schools, according to the "Public for the overthrow of the Communist regime.

brought against him by the

Fronch Society of Film Authors.

fire, and 10 stations were involved) in the failure.

A statement by the railway said Mr. van Passen had written that that the apparatus in the trains French Alm makers and authors fused as a result of the displace were attempting to exploft Frenchment of a positivo conductor-rail.] patriotic feeling to the detriment This was just outside Hampstead of Americafi films. He more Heath station. But the cause of particularly attacked the sugges- the displacement is unknown to the tion hinde in Franco that. "The railway experts, Big Parade," as shown in America,{ contained a number of things" of an anti-French character which were cut out of the Paris edition.

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The Pope showed the document to several Cardinals and then had deposited in the archivos of tho Vatican, where it will be preserved.

Eton.... Marlborough Uppingham Malvern Rugby Harrow

£230

$145

£186

£166

£201

£216

LETTER GOLF.

WORK

Meanwhile, Professor Rola, a pro- minent Italian scientist, advances the theory that the breakdown was Fifteen hundred children from duo to telluric currents, which the poor districts of Bristol were emanate from the curth. He also entertafied recently by the em- states that these influences caused ployees of Fry's, the cocos and others change it to a TASK. The WORK Is fun for some people; the recent Thames, floods.

chocolate manufacturers. In addl-change requires five strokes. A Joint Commission of the

According to Professor L. G. Vil tion to a lea and pantomine, the Chapter of the Wigan Rural Rota, the London electric railway children received gifts of toys and Deanery Council has been appoint-breakdown is the result of the same sweetmeats. These treats were ed to consider and report upon natural phenomenon. which caused commenced a few years ago, and the incidence and the effect of the recent floods. Professor Reis up to the present Fry's employees betting and gambling in the is well known in London for his in- have entertained 20,000 and have Wigan area. A manifesto on the vestigations during the past 22 made themselves entirely respon subject has just been issued, In years into the problem of telluric sible for all the funds required. which the signatories state: The (or earth) currents. huge proportions of the gambling transactions which have grown up round dog racing force us to the conclusion that it has bean promo- Led for no other reason than to stimulate this nefarious habit."

Silver turns black when long exposed to the air because the contains a small amount of sulphur guses which combine with the metal to form sulphide of silver.

HOME FOOTBALL.

|PALACE DRAW AT COVENTRY.

London, Fel. 13.

|

"In my opinion," he said "the L.M.S. conductor rails carried ex- tra current from telluric sources.

"Telluric forces move in the same direction but with variable inten- sity, and the points where the trains enught fire were those where the intensity was greatest.

tions of poisonous gases likely to imperil the lives of the crows.".

Professor Chapman's View.. Professor Sydney Chapman, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology,. who telluric currents, did not think Pro- It'fessor Rota's explanation could be

accepted. He said:-

"Given full knowledge of the laws which govern telluric currents. is possible to forecast the weather for years ahead.

"It may be expected that other and more serious troubles of the kind will occur on certain electric railway lines in the near future, for the British Isles will be subject the Influence of powerful télluric currents.

tu

has studied

Telluric currents are earth eur- rents caused by the variations of the magnetic field of the earth. They do not attain great strength! and are strong only at times of strong magnetic disturbance such as is associated with the aurora boréalis. I certainly do not, think that these currents could have had anything to do with the railway breakdown.

Submarine Troubles. "Telluric currents will give trouble in the months to come to In the Southern Section of the submarine craft in the waters of

They cause a great deal of trouble Third Division to-day, Coventry the British Isles. It is to be fear- to telegraph engineers, and, at City and Crystal Palace played aed that submarine navigation in times, when they are strong, they parently incomprehensible emana-

“KATJA, THE DANCER" 15,000 feet, because of the low drawn game, sharing four goals. those waters will be affected by up- affect wireless transmission.

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FOREIGN AND CHINESE FOOTBALLERS STAGE MATCH.

TASK

1-The idea of letter golf in to change one word to another and to it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus to change COW TO HEN, in three .strokes, COW, HOW, HEW,

HEN.

2-You can change only one. letter at a time,

3-You must have a complete word, of common uange, for each jump. Slang words and Abbreviations don't count.

4 The order of letters cAD--

· not be changed.

One solution is printed on another page of this issue.

The players who represented the foreigners of Hongkong and Shanghai and the Chinese of the two porta, who met in a special match recently which resulted in an overwhelming win by 10 goals to one for the, foreign team. A record crowd of Chinese and foreigners attended at the China Foot-

ball Ground in expectation of a close game, and disappointment was freely expressed that the teams proved to be so unevenly balanced,

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DAMEN Meul à furport, Association' 1000Day week to a close, the Shanghai Football Association entertained the members or tng visiting, on kong and South Ching teams to dinner at the Plaza Hotel, on which occasion this photograph was taken. The "Hongkong Telegraph Cup. the Interpos trophy, is seen in the middle of the long table immediately in front of Mr. R. Grimshaw, Prezident of the S.F.A., and Mr. A.T. Hamilton, President of the Hongkong F,A.