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NOTICE.

RELAYING OF THE TRAMWAY TRACK.

Des Voeux Rond Central at the Junction of Jackson Road, will be closed to West Bound Vehicular traffic from 9 a.m., Wednesday, 8th Augnet, until further notice.

Wost bound traffic will be divorted by way of Queen's Road Central and Wardley Street,

E. D. C. WOLFE. Capt. Supt. of Police,

·G. R..

NOTICE.

HONG KONG WATERWORKS.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that on and after Thursday, the 9th Instant, A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF WATER will be Turned on in ALL RIDER MAIN DISTRICTS,

HAROLD T. CREASY,

Water Authority, Public Works Department, Hong Kong. 7th August, 1928.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928.

Lammert's Auctions, HEAR MUSIC PLAYED BY THE

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The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Pubile Auc- tion

on FRIDAY,

the 10th August, 1928. at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddell Street

A Large Quantity of Valuable Household and Office Furniture comprising:

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LETTER GOLF.

CHINESE BANKERS

·TO ACT.

(Continued from Page 1.)

"Ironsides" Destiny.

Shanghai, Aug. 7. According to Nanking messages, it seems fairly certain that the

In

JOHN MANNERS & CO. SUED.

CLAIM FOR BROKERAGE. DISMISSED.

Messrs, John Manners and Co., Ltd., were defendants in the Sum mary Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Jacks, when they were Ironside" troops of the Nation- sued by Lo Sik-nam, broker, for alist Army will soon be dispersed, $655 stated to bo duo through accordance with Marshal transactions which plaintif kad. Chiang Kai-shek's general troop put through. Mr. A. E. Hall was | disbandmont› scheme.

for the plaintiff and Mr. H. C.. Macnamara defended N Last November the "Ironsides" The plaintiff stated that an turned out and disarmed all the agreement was made between the FELT HATS are a little out of troops of Marshal Li Chai-sum defendants and the Kai Tai-yuen, season; but as a letter golf com- and occupied Canton city. Later, firm, sandalwood dealers, by which bination it's strictly, up to the defeated and forced

of the plaintiff was appointed broker minute.

Kwangtung, the whole "Ironside" in connexion with sandalwood. corps joined Marshal Chiang Kal- transactions. On completed don's shek and playod quite a promin- he said he was to be paid:1⁄2 per ent part in the operations against |ċent.. the Northerners.

FELT

HATS

out

Plaintif called a witness from General Mow Pei-nam, the chief the Kal Tai-yuen firm on sub leader of the corps, to-day held a poena, who stated that there had meeting with his subordinates and been five or six transactions with. announced that he had received the defendant and they were all

the instruction to disperse the troops witness stated that the transac

done through

plaintin.. in the near future.

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tions wore not through Mr. Man- ners, Mr. Taylor, or the com- pradore...

Mr. F. Taylor, a director of Messra, John Manners, gave evidence to the effect that he know

requested it. All transactions were through the compradore.

"Loftista" Arrive. · ́

Shanghai, Aug. 8. Wong Fab-ching. Chen Shu-fen, Wong Loh-ping, Pan Yung-chao, and Mrs. Liao Chung-kai, members the plaintiff as an outside broker of the Cantonese clique, have who dealt in sundries. He denied that Manners and Co had dealt arrived at Nanking.

with the plaintiff, and said that "It is stated that the Fifth Plen-they put his name on the contract 1-The idea of letter golf is to ary Session will be opened this merely because the Kal Tai-yuen. change one word to another and morning-Reuter. do it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus to change COW to ARE YOU SICK? Why Continue HEN, "In three strokes, COW, ese Herbs and Get Well. Constipa-letter at a time. To Suffer. Get The Poo On Chin- HOW, HEW, HEN.

2-You can change only on tion'; Rheumatism; Dropsy: Bri-Typhoid Fever; Nervousness; and word, of common usage, for each 3-You must have a complete Diabetes. Yee Foo Lun, Chinese fump. Slang words and abbravia the Herbalist, Managing Director, En- tions don't count.

trance 66, Queen's Road Central, 4-The order of letters cannot Tal. C, 5009.

be changed.

One Bolution Is printed on another page of this issue.

Three Victrola Gramophones and Record Cabinets.

Four Cameras.

One Royal Enfield Motor Cyclo.

One Perambulator.

Particulars and Conditions of the 35 Volumes Encyclopaedia

Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 13th, of August, 1928, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works De- of His partment, by Order Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok Tsui in ille Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

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Advance Booking Now Open at the QUEEN'S

Dismissed General.

Evidence was also given by Mr. Shanghai, Aug. 7.

John Manners, permanent director of Messra. John Manners, and Mr. Cheng Chica, late of Hunan, who whom testified that the plaintif The three aone of General Fung Tec, the compradore, both of

order of the Nanking Government, that the transactions were done was dismissed and imprisoned by did not act as broker and stated has petitioned the Committed through Mr. Fang Tso. members of the Central Executive On the conclusion. of the Council in Nanking, craving it to ovidenco Mr. Macnamara said that restore freedom to General Cheng, too much weight had been attached. who appears to be still a prisoner to the agreement, the validity of in Shanghai under the survell-which was recognised by the do- lance of the Government.

Manchurian Question.

Shanghai, Aug. 7.

fendants who were willing to pay.. They would, however, only pay a broker who had taken a distinct and active part in the transactions, Mr. Macnamara submitted that On Sunday, General Chans his clienta had acted with Hsueh-liang telegraphed to scrupulous. care to ascertain General Pei. Chung-hat, the whether any brokerage was due Nationalist leader; stating that ho to the plaintiff or not.

will not be an obstacle to the

Mr. Hall spoke on the value of unification of China, but there are the documents produced, and at problems pertaining to the distached Importance to a letter from: persal

remnants of the

of the Kai Tai-yuen firm to Messrs. Northern troops and to political John Manners and Company which Saues in the Three Eastern Tro- he said, confirmed the plaintiff's vinces, the solution of which claim. Mr. Hali also pointed out should be made before the official that the defendants did not deny Manchuria's the claim before the action was announcement of adherence to Nationalist control, commenced.

WOMEN'S PLACE IN ATHLETICS.

(Continued from Page 1.).

Decathlon: Yrjolas (Finland)

8053.29, points,

The Federation further decided that swinging and broken hurdles should be 'regarded as having been knocked down, while a resolution was passed declaring doping to be illegal,

More Record 'Breaking,

In summing up his Lordship said. that in auch cases the onus was on the plaintif to prove his case- up to hit and he (his Lordship) did not think that the plaintiff had' discharged that onus in the, pra- sent case. Ho would therefore |give judgment for the defendants

with costs.

NEW TO THE PORT.

THE "HEIDELBERĠ” ARRIVES HERE.

A nowcomer to the port ap- pearing in this morning's ro-

In to-day's swimming events, turns, was the s.s. Heidelberg of two world and one Olympic re- the. Hamburg Amerika Lino, from corda were broken.

Europe.

She was

In the Hundred Metres Back

formerly the 38. stroke (Men) an American com-Duisburg, owned by the Cosmon petitor knocked 2 1/6th seconds off Linfen, but when that organisa the previous best, which was 1tion was taken over by the Stinnen min. 11.2/5th specs. by W. Laufer, interests, the fleets came under U.S.A. in 1926. Today Kojae, the ILA.L. flag and she was then

renamed. U.S.A. did 1 min. 0 1/5th secs.

Fraulein Schrader (Germany) beat the women's world record for the 200 Metres Bronststroke, while Tsuruta (Japan) beat the Olympic

record for the same ovent for men.

The Heidelberg is a vessel of 6,529 gross tonnage and 8,800 net tonnage, built by the Vulkan Werke at Hamburg in 1925. Her dimensions are

Length, 460.8 feet, beam, 68.2 Tsuruta bottored his own time in feet, and depth, 20.0 feet.

She a provious heat, by completing the is fitted with two oil engines, distance in 2 mins. 49 1/5th coupled to a single screw shaft seconds.

by hydraulicoll transformers

Fraulein Schrader awam magni- [to 993" NH.P. :by the builders. ficently to win her heat in 8 mins. Entering with a cargo of 2,400 11 3/5th seconds, which narrowly tons for Hongkong and 6,700 for bettered the previous world reports beyond, she takes in 700 cord.

tons locally and sails for Shanghai and Yokohama to-morrow. She la commanded by Captain' Stocker, with a crew of 61 Europeans.

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A Cycling Classic.. The cycling race, to Schovenin- gen, the Dutch watering-place, and back to Amsterdam, a distance of 165 Kilometres, resulted 28 follows!

Team performances (throo Hdera)-

Denmark

-

Messrs. Jebsen and Co. are the agents in Hongkong.

The tanker Winamac entering from San Francisco with kerosene in bulk for the Standard Oli Com- pany, dan comparatively old vėsaal, having been built in England In 1913. Although registered in

Time: 16 hours, 9 mine. 14 Hongkong, she is not a frequent

seconda, Britain

visitor, records showing that she has not touched the port for al Time: 15 hours, 14 mins. 3 considerable time. Captain Raby is in conmmand with a crew of 10 British and 30 Astafies.

seconds.

Italy

Time: 13 hours, 82 minutes. Individual performances:---

Time: 4 hrs. 47 mins. 18 secs. Southall (Britain)

ted

2

Hansen (Denmark)

Timo:.5 hours, 17 seconds. Grandi (Italy).......... $

Viscount Haldane has been eloc Chancellor of St Andrew's University in place of the late Earl Halg...

Time: 6 hours, 2 mins. 5 In Chicago 1,200 organisations,

seconds, Park

Lauterwasser (Britain)

numbering. 800,000

members,

4epend £400,000 yearly in the study of municipal problems and active municipal work.

Time: 4 hrs 2 min. 67 aseo,

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