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HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1928.

ATTACK ON MOTOR SPEED RECORD.

High co grim tragedy and splendid romance in

the fascinating story of a circus clown who became a king!

A picture showing the beach motor race track at Daytona, Florida, where ecmmencing to- day, attempts will be made to beat Major Segrave's world's record of 203 miles an hour. It will be straight fight between Major Malcolm Campbell (right) and Mr. Frank Lockhart

(contre), Mr. J. M. White (left) having been disqualified.

SHOOTING AFFRAY TRIAL ENDS.

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have been quite impossible for: witnesses not to have noticed other pursuers,

Crown-witnesses had stated, they, never lost sight of their quarry although he twisted and turned roun gight earners and they were from 0 to 5 feet behind.

ATTACK ON MOTOR

RECORD.

ATTEMPTS TO EXCEED

203 MILES.

ONE AMERICAN COMPETITOR DISQUALIFIED.

BRITISH ENTRANT.

Daytona, Feb. 16.

fifteen hundred

THE LATE EARL OF OXFORD.

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ous position in English history. As the Premier in 1914, he had the mora conrage to accept the arbi- trament of war, though no man was more opposed to war.

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Lord Haldane, for the Labour Party, and Lord Grey, for the Liberals, jeined in the tribule. Lord Grey who was Foreign Secret- ay at the outbreak of war in 1914, déclared that the fact that this country came into the war as it did with practical unanimity, was due, he believed, to the effect of the

It was only natural, he sail, for police officers to make the mistake! f thinking at the prisoner was the พระเก they chased. They, arrived at Chiu Loong Street and found a wounded man lying on Mr. J. M. White's American qualities displayed by Mr. Asquith. the ground, unconscious, dressed three-motored

After these speeches both Houses in a white coat and black trousers.horse-power car has been eliminat-adjourned as a mark of respect to Obviously he had been fired at. Itled from the competition to create the deccancil statesman.-British was quite natural that they should a new world's speed record, ówing Wireless. comes the conclusion that that to the absence from his ear of a man was the person they had-been clutch, a differential and a chasing all the time. That, Mr.jverse gear. D'Almada submitted, was the only This means there will be a ground on which the Crown wit-straight fight between Captain nesses had based tingir identifien-Malcolm Campbell, driving his tion of the fugitive.

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London,.. Feb. 16. The late Earl of Oxford and As- quith will be buried at All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtney, near Ox- ford, on February 20th, and only his relations and near friends will Napier Campbell "Blue Bind," and he present.-Reuter.

Sutton Courtney is a village on Mr. Frank Lockhart, of Indiana- polis, with a specially low-built car the Thames, in which was his coun- thetry home for many years.-British of 400 h.p., a Stutz called "Black Haw."-Reuter's American] Wireless. Service.

Different Men Chased, Continuing, counsel said the only conclusion they could come to from such unsatisfactory evi

· Daylona. Feb. 10. dence was that at different times

Speed again will have its inning during the chase, more than one: man had been hunted, one connext week when three powerful stable chasing not more than one automobiles will race down the famous Ormond-Daytona Beach on alone time. One man was

the east coast of Florida, in an lost sight of and another man

record picked up and the chase ennlinum, attempt to break the

Counsel contended that the off-established last year by Major H. rial report appearing in the South. Segrave. The event in www | China, Morning Post on December Scheduled for a week following

8 supported his contention that February 15, more than one man was being pur sued.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MORLEY, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

BRITISH MINISTER'S

VISIT.

CANTON BUSY MAKING PREPARATIONS..

Ollicials of the Canton Guvern- ment are preparing a reception in Capt. Malcolm Campbell, the honour of the British Minister to British racing motorist, is now in Peking. Sir Miles Lampson, who is America with a car propelled by shortly to arrive on an offeint visit. Concluding, he said he had made the specially built, 150-horsepower Two days ago General Li Chai-| It clear how very inconsistent and Napier engine that won the last sum received a telegram from ansatfactory the evidener for the Schnelder cup race at the Lido, in the Fukien Government to the Crown was, and there was very Italy. He will defend or exceed effect that Sir Miles Lampson had much more than'a shaslow of doubt the British land speed record of left Foochow via Amoy, for as to whether the prisoner had 203.8 miles an hour made by Major Swatow, where he was expected to' eaminted the crime. There was Segrave.

arrive on the 16th instant.

so much doubt that it was the An American candidate, Franki Iimmediately upon receipt of the bonnden duly of the jury to ae- Lockhart, who has won many telegram from Fuklen, General Li

special Chai-sum

to telegraphed the quit. the prisoner.

racing events, will use Mr. Fitzroy replied to the points car built in the Stutz factory at Chinese authorities at Swntow in- raised. With regard to the spent adinnapolis.. It is said to be a structing them to make all neces bullet he reminded the jury that veritable bullet, small, Hight, built ary preparations to welcome the that, to a large exfent, depended for minimum wind resistance and listinguished visitor. on the quality of the ammunition. with a high speed engine. It could not possibly be said that a bullet was spent or fired at a certain distance until they knew the state of the powder and the weight of the ballet.

DRÁMUEL, GOLDWYK

RONALD COLMAN

AT THE

VILMA BANKY

MAGIC FLAME

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY B TO-MORROW

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At 2.30, 5.10 & 7,15. $1.00, 60 cts., 40 cts., & 30 cts. At 9.20

$1.50, $1.00, 60 cts., B. 40 cts...

Audiences loved

her as the heroine of When Knighthood Was

in Flower

YOLANDA

With

MARION DAVIES.

AT THE

WORLD

Orchestra 5.15 & 9.20. Interpreter 2.30 & 7.15.

AN

ECHO OF THE 1923 TYPHOON.

ALLAN IDWAN {PRODUCTION

General Li Chal-sum is now J. M. White of Philadelphia has making preparations for the Can- constructed his own racer for this on visit, a feature of which will event, a three-motored, 36-cyclin-] be a big official banquet. It is der affair which is designed to de- wpected that Sir Miles Lampar velop 1500 horsepower.

will stay in Canton for three The witnesses for the Crown Another entrant in this unique or four days. could not be expected to get any event may be M. Dependin of the Herrer to the fugitive who was France, who recently won armed, and one man who actually grand prix in Spain. grappled with the man was shpt The present race may serve to at but was unhurt. With regard determine whether the highest to the newspaper report, counsel speed over reached on land can be continued, at that time the police attained by a huge car with knew nothing about the robbery enormous reserve of power to GALLANT CHINESE SEAMAN at the restaurant or exactly what overcome wind resistance by sheer had happened in the armed con-force, or by the smaller car whose flict. Counsel for the defence, design is based on a study of acro however, had amitted to mention dynamics, with a minimum wind. that the prisoner was identified resistance and a high engine speed. during which a number, of vessels by faiths from the restaurant as Major Segrave's "Mystery S." were driven ashoro, and a'river of H.M. Sub- having taken part in the armed and White's triple engined car; steamer and one robbery there.

weighing four tons, represent the marines, the 1.9, were sunk, was the first Lype. The other is represent-presentation of a silver medal to ed by Frank Lockhart's new car, Capt. Campbell's "Bluebird" and Mr. Dependin's rator.

Sentenced to Death. After his Lordship had summed up the jury retired for five minutes and on returning recorded a unanimous verdict of "Guilty."

Illa Lordship, in expressing his agreement with the verdict, said

The speed events will be over a stretch of 11 miles.

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DECORATED.

An echo of the 1923 typhoon,

gallant Chinese seaman, at the Harbour Offee this morning.

The recipient of the Board of Trade silver medal, for gallantry at sea, was Lam Pow, seaman of the 5.8. Bowes Castle, in connexion with the foundering, off the Praya fon August 18th, 1923, of the Indo-

that everything that could be HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? China Company's ds. Loong Sang.

urged on behalf of the prisoner b

counsel had been urged,

His Lordship then donned the black cap and passed sentence of death.

when several lives were lost. With others, Lam Pow put off in The following are the replies to a ship's boat from the Bowes to-day'a questions:-

1. The Hit. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. 2, Pre-Castle and succeeded in rescuing hendary Carille, of the Church Army, 3. In several Chinese from the Loong 1908 by Mr. l'aul P. Harris, of Chicago, 4. Sang's crew,

Cardiff City and The Arsenal: &, William Wii. The presentation was made by The as. Tjikarang, arriving from berforce, 6. The large copper butterfly.

(a) Corruption of infants of Castila (b) the Harbour Master, Commdr. Straits ports last evening, was ob from head of Henry VIII. the "Baleya served to be flying the ensign at Hatcher. B. W. B. Gillest. The word "Gli-G. F. Hole, who commended the bertian recaps seriocomic. 9. French Pro seaman in appropriate terms, half mast. On enquiry it was as-mtarts of the airicent century. 16. Thoms pointing out that this was only certained that a Chinese third-class Galborough (1727-88) to disprove a state- tails are lacking, but the body was 11 In Central Europe between Caecho EXpressely given by the request passenger had died on board. De-ment road by Bie Joshua Reynolds that blue the fifth medal of its kind, and was

Slovakia and Poland. 12, The white poppy. of His Majesty the King. landed at Hongkong for burial.

should not be massed together in a pletara.

PAROLPH ZUSSTE

JESSE 6. CALDE

THOMAS

RENEE

ADOREE

AILEEN

PRINGLE

AT THE

MEIGHAN TIN GODS

STAR

TO-DAY AND TO MORROW Continuous 2.30 to 8.80

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