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CANTON GERMANS FORM RIDE.
FANLING HUNT TO BE GIVEN INVITATION.
INTERPORT MEETING.
Canton, Dec. 23.
A meeting was held yesterday at the Tungshan Garten Klub. Tungshan, for the formation of a Canton Ride. Dr. Jur. W. Wag- ner, Consul-General for Germany; presided and there were a large number of people of all nationall- ties present.
After considerable discussion it was decided to form an organisa- tion to be known as the Canton Ride to promote all forms of, rid- ing, hunting, and picnics amongst those interested in horse riding in Canton.
Captain R. N. Bjuke was elected Master for the first year; Mr. Gus inv Hardt an Secretary; and Messrs. Ferguson and Baist to the General Committee.
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It was decided to issue Invitation to the members of the
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POLICY IN EGYPT DEBATED..
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permanently in the capital of a country we desired to recognise as an independent sovereignty,
It was still more difficult to defend. such a position if the maintenance, of the force was advocated; not as but of preserving internal order in menne. of protecting the Canal, the country.
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With regard to the Sudan, that question had been the subject of prolonged and anxious considern-
tion.
accom-
From the notes” which punted the Government's proposals, it would be seen that the Govern ment were prepared to examine sympathetically proposals for the return to the Sudan of an Egyptian battalion, simultaneously with the withdrawal of British troops from Cairo,
Viewing the position from the viewpoint of the interests of the Sudan, the Governor-General had your of the conclusion of the Anglo- expressed himself strongly in fa-
Egyptian agreement, and was will». ing to agree to the return of one Egyptian battalion to the Sudan.
Adequate Safeguard.
Fauling Hunt to come up to Can- ton, at some date during January to be arranged, for the purpose of holding a first Interport Hunt unwilling to agree to anything which der the now organisation in Can-
ton.
It may be remembered that such a hunt was held here last year at Chinese New Year, when fourteen riders came up from Hongkong, but on that occasion it was at the invitation of fow riding en- thusiasts in Canton, as there was then no active organisation in force.--Our Own Correspondent.
DOCTOR'S WIFE" AND CURATE.
HUSBAND GRANTED A DIVORCE.
"It is anid that the wife, besides having extravagance and a deter- "mination not to live a domestic life, but to go on the stage, brought about, domestic unhap- piness, in particular by systematic association with other men."
These words were used by Lord Merrivale recently when lie granted a decree nist to Dr. Wil
The Government were most un-i might in the slightest degree create a danger, however remote, of a recurrence of the deplorable events of 1924.
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They felt, however, that the con- clusion of the treaty would crente an entirely new atmosphere, and ensure that the relations between the two countries were inspired by a spirit of genuine cooperation.
Mr. Henderson pointed out that] Paragraph Six, of the present pro- posals as distinct from the Sarwat Treaty, imposed a definite treaty obligation, on Egypt to ensure due discharge of her responsibilities for the lives and property of foreigners in Egypt.
He believed this proposal was adequate, and if the treaty was ob- served in the spirit in which it had been conceived, he believed it would be effective.
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Credit to Egypt.
We_proceded" on the lines, said Mr. Henderson, that agreement ran be of permanent value unless credit is given to the Egyptians for
desire to peruté the agreement. in the spirit which its provisions have hein conceived,
Ham Shepherd, of Doncaster, on Irritzung restrictions, calculated the grounds of misconduct of 1% to arouse auspicious, and which wife with the Rev. T. B. Powell, weund nationgi susceptibilities, have formerly senior eurate at Don-been removed. - caster parish church.
Lord Merrivale said that the paties were married in 1920. For a year they were very happy to gether. Two children were born and; apparently just befare the second child was born the rela- tions became unhappy. That un- happiness went on increasing year by year, and by 1925 a state of things was reached which involved very grent misery.
Gravity of the Cast. "To add to the gravity of the case, the co-respondent, a clerk in
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The purpose, so far as, the Bri- tish Government was concerned,
was the establishment of a Bem and lasting friendship with the Egyp Ban people by removal of those sources of suspicions which, in the past,have Been the cause of so much damage to the interests of both peo ples.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FANLING GOLF.”
STARTING - TIMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Fanding starting times for the holi- days are:
Christmas Day.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1929.
AIR CRASH OVER NEW FORMER STRAITS
YORK.
PASSENGER FLOATS SAFELY. TO HOUSE ROOF.
New York, Nov. 20. While flying at an altitude of 8,000 feet over New York, Charles 9.24 a.m.-M. 11. Turner and E. des. Reid auddenly lost control of his
Voeux,
craft, which went into a tail spin. When his efforts to right the plane Proved fruitless, Reid told his, pas- senger, R. J. Bailey, to trust to his parachute but he himself remained in the plane..
9.38 am W. D. Harris and O.
Brown
9.32 am P. Morrison and W.
Mackenzie.
9.30 am-A E. Lisaanian and
D. Lawrence:
D.
W.
E.
9.40 a.m.-I. H. Gearn and L. R.
Andrewes.
9.44 a.m.----A. C. I. Bowker and J. R.
Collis.
9.48 a.m.-R. Gordon and A.
Pena.
9.52 n.m.-V. M. Grayburn and
D. C. Wolfe. 9.66 a.m.-W. J. Roberts and G.
Towna.
10.00 ani.-A. P. Bungey and J.
Alabaster.
10.04 a.m.-E. M. Bryden and D.
Robb.
10.08 am-W. G. Lorimer and
Forbes.
$10.12 a.m.-Capt. Davison and J.
MacPherson
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GOVERNOR.
SIR HUGH CLIFFORD MAY: FLY. TO MALAYA!
KEEN ON AVIATION,
Singapore, Dec. 17.
our late-Governor which has been
received in Singapore.
That Sir Hugh Clifford now owns a private aeroplane, that he is contemplating a flight to Malaya, and that all his old vigour and kech- It spun downward over the masi ness have returned, are the cheer. of masonry of mid-town apartments ing conclusions to be drawn from while Reid worked frantically a brief but characteristic note from the effort to bring it into the one open space available, Central Park, Missing this the plane crashed on to the roof of an apartment E. house in Central Park West with an impact that sent ond of the wings W. hurtling to the street and left the rest of the machine a mass of wreck- Sage. The pilot was instantly. Kill-
ed... J.
E.
10.10 a.m.-W. A. Butterfield and
6. W. Sowelt.
10,20 a.m.-3. S. Edward, and
Ellis,
10,24 a.m.-O. Eager, and W.
Clerk.
10.28 a.m.-F. Ellis and E,
Binck.
Meanwhile Bailey Coated earth- of the YM.C.A. building, a block ward and landed safely on the roof away from the 'plane.
C-
A huge crowd immediately as D.] sembled to view the unusual
cident and made it difficult for the Jpolice and firemen to reach the
to take the pilot alive. wreck, from which they had hoped
D.
10.32 a.C. Mycock and J. M.
Mecredy,
10.30 am. A. H. Alexander and
O. E. C. Marton.
Roxing Day."
9.24 a.m.-O. E, C, Marion and L.
G. 5. Dodwell, 0,28_am.-A. ̈ ̄\D, Humphreys and 0.
Enger.
VILMA BANKY,
GREAT STAR ROLE IN
NEW FILM. Celebrating her newly acquired American citizenship by appear.
9.32 am.-H. U. Ireland and Hing for the first time as an every
Spicer.
9.30 ... Davidson and E. D. day American girl, Vilma Banky
Matthews.
comes to the Queen's Thentre 9.40 u.m.-T. Grant and H. Hamp-on Christmas Day as the atur of
fon.
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9.44 m.-C. Mycock and J.
Dykes.
0.18 4.m.-W. J. Roberts and W.
"Rullerfield.
9.52 h.m.-G. Davidson and I
Andrewes.
9.50 am-1. H. Geare and A.
Ferguson.
"This Is Heaven," her second in- Sdividual starring picture for
of a Samuel Goldwyn. The dificulties Hungarian girl learn- the new and strange life she finds Ing to accustom herself 10
in new York make up the body of, the story, which gives her ample opportunity for both comedy and pathos: 04:
H.
10.00 a.-L. H. Rufin and E. D.
Lawrence,
10.04_a.m-T. C. Monaghan and E,
des Voeux.
10.18 a.m.-A. B. Purves and A. 0.
Brawn.
suen
First
a. Frightened little pedeant, muffled in countless petticoats and shawls, then in a
10.12 a.m.-C. W Jeffries and S. T. Dent waltess uniform an ahe
Butlin.
10.20 a... C. Meredith and
II. Prockter.
ps hot cakes in a restaurant 10.10.-R. Sturt and J. W.window, Mies Bunky shows & new
Alabaster.
Npublic in
side of her acting ability to her "This lo Heaven." C.James Hall, one of the most pro
minent leading men in Hollywood, P.Fritzi Ridgeway and bucien Lit-
tlefeld are prominent la the sup porting cast.
10.24 n.-H. G. Sheldor and C,
Binck."
10.28 a.m.-R. H. Wild and J.
Sherry.
LOCAL CRICKET.
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TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT. ON CLUB GROUND.
Direction of "This Is Heaven," with Ma conniless details of) modern life in New York," was in the hands of Alfred Santell, maker of "The Patent Leather K
for Richard Barthelmess, who alse neta one of the minor roles in the pictures. The story The following have been selected to itself is the work of Hope Loring, represent the Hongkong Cricket Club long noted in Hollywood as agniest the Army on December skilled writer of original stories The Government believed it must and against the Navy on January 1 Jegard the declaration of Egyptian and 2 play to commence at 10.36 for moving pictures. Independence of 1922, as having-T E. Pearge (Captain), H. made a clean sweep of interference Owen Hughes, A. C. 1. Bowker, G. E. plication of having the little walt
Its plot, built about the com- In the Internal administration" of
R. Divelt, 0, Moor, H. J. Armeirong, ress full in Egypt.
rich
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"A Poffey of Force"
love with
11. V. Parker, A. Reid, A. C. Beck, E.young man, believing him to be a J. R. Mitchell and J. R. Hinton.
chauffeur, given Miss Banky an opportunity to develop the talent)
widely
Holy orders, was at the misterial Such interference, in his judg-Exynt had to deal with different for comedy which was times holding duties in that capament, could only be maintained by men praponding new principles. commented on as being evident city, at one time in Doncaster and force. A policy of force was hardly at another time in Paris.
He refuted "the panie sugges-in" "The Awakening," her last The respondent is apparently a
worth a moment's discussion: It tion" that the Treaty would,en-picture. Almost a month was woman of about 35, the petitioner Government would make itself re- Egypt. He pointed
was a policy for which to-day no able foreign armies in invade spent by the entire Goldwyn pro- is somewhat older, a man of about sponsible, and
But that ducing staff in New York last 40, and the co-respondent about this country would support.
no Parliament in Egypt would be protected by the fall filming the exterior
League Covenant.
In authentic localities in the The debate He believed, if the present pro-
was adjourned-Bronx, on Fifth Avenue and Ellis "The petitioner cross-posals resulted in a treaty, they British Wireless and Reuter. Island. examined about an incident with would open a happier chapter in
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a revolver on which I need not Anglo-Egyptian relations.
enlarge, a most unhappy incident, It was his firm conviction that i The facts about it really accen- such tuate the view that must be taken about the deplorable state of the domestic life of these people.
"I hold in my hands two letters which-when her intimacy, with the co-respondent was daily be
coming more active-Mrs. Shep herd wrote to u man, Stanley Plowman.
"I do not read them; it would be an evil example that I should read one of them. But it is a let-
a treaty by obtaining for Great Britain the friendship and support of Egypt, especially in times of difficulty and danger, would ensure the security of British Im- perial communications far more effectively than occupation enforced Egyptian people. in the teeth of the opposition of the
He believed that through a newly- elected Government, Egypt would reciprocate the spirit of friendship and faith, which had been reposed
ter in which she invites Stanley in them in recent months by re-
Plowman to misconduct categori- presentatives of this nation,
eally and declares her feeling with
regard to him."
Mr. Shepherd was grunted the custody of the two children.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
INTERNATIONAL MATCH ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Mr. Churchill's Jingotum.
Mr. Churchill expressed the opinfo that the acceptance of the Treaty in its present form and the withdrawal of troops from Cairo was likely to lead to bloodshed in Egypt and a dangerous situation In the Mediterranean.
Sir Herbert Samue! (Lib.) said in his opinion it was most desir- able that the draft treaty be cur- The following will represent ried out in the interests of the Bri- Portugal v China in an International tish Empire as well as of Egypt... match on Christmas day: N. Beltrão;
Dr. Hugh Dalton, Under-Seare-
R. Silva-Netto, S. Saurn; C. Roza-tary for Foreign Affairs, declared Pereira, A. A. Remedios, P. M. Xavier; B. Gosano, A. Ward, A. V. nt the rate of removal of troops Gosano, E. A. da Rocha and J. Gun from Cairo and Alexandria would Balves. Reserves, C. Figueiredo and depend primarily upon the speed J. Santos.
with which the Ekyptian authorl- tles creifted the required ameni- tles, in the Canal Zone.
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To-Day's League Match, Hongkong League, Division II, kick-off 2.30 pm: .
He trusted that the Nationalista K.O.S.B. Reserves y R.A. Reserves, would have commonsense enough Sookunpoo Ground; Rofereo, P. O. to know that Mr. Winston Chur- Hellow,
chill was now out of office and that
-He's big tall man with, curly hair and drives a red truck":
scenes
It will be recalled that a few days led that Sir Hugh expected to find ago, our London correspondent cab- his main interest in aviation, now that his career as a colonial ad- ministrator is over.
Sir Hugh's message, which has been forwarded to the Straits Times from Government House, is on follows:
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I hope will shortly proceed with her "My wife is now in Cornwall and
there myself in my new Gipsy Moth sister to the Riviera, shall he
"Theban Engle," which was licens. ed yesterday, starting about Jun- un 20.
"Please tell my friends of all no. tionalities in Malaya that I hope during the year ahead to pay oc- casional visits to Negri Kita, borne by the same gallant fowl,"
Our London correspondent cab- led this morning that Lady Clifford is now convalescing in Cornwall--- Straits Timea,
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The following is the list of local skare quotations issued to-day: Hanka. Hongkong Bank, $1320 b. Chartered Bank, £18 n. Morcantile A. & B., £301 East Asia $95 b.
Insurances. Canton Ira, $695 ↑n. Union Ins., $350 b. North China, Ins., Tls. 160 b. Yangtaze Ine, $50 n. China Underwritora, n. China Fires, $310 b. H. K. Fire Ins. $815 n.
Shipping. Douglases, 8254, n. H. K. Steamboats, $273 H. K. Tugs, $2.8. Indo-China, (Def.) $70 Union Waterboats $22 n.
Mining.
II.
Bonguets, $4.70 b. - Kailane, 55; - . n. Langkots, Tls. 13.60 n. S'hai Explorations, Tis. 1.30 n. Raubs, $11.20 n. Tronohs, 21/- .b.
Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharvps, $140 b. Whampoa Dooks, $324 b. China Providents $5.45. Hongkowe, Tls 190 m. New Engineeringa, Tla. 7.50 n. Shanghai Dockk. Tls. 95 n. Cottona.
Ewo Cottons, Tls. 147 b. - Oriontals, T. 2:30 b.
S'hal Cottons, Tis. 74 (old) b. Lands, Hotels, etc. H. and B. Hotals, $11.60
H. K. Lande, $647 b. S'hai Lande Tls. 161 n.
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Public Utilities. Tramways, $18.70 b. Peak Trams, (old). $11.75 n. Star Ferries, $691. China Lights, (Old) $17 55 H. K. Electrics, $85% b. Macao Electrica, $23 b. Telephonos 48.10 b. China Buses, Tls. 154. b. Singapore Tractions, 10/-
Industrials.
China Sugars, '90 b. Malabons, 627
D.
Cald: Macg. Ord: Tis: 11 n. Canton Tees, $2.50 n.
Cements (Comb.) $13.70 HA Ropes $7
United Asbestos $5.b.
Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, $20. b." Watsons, $12,
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Der A. Winge, "80" n. Lane Crawfords, $1 85. b. Mackintoshs, $18 b. Sinceres, $12 n.
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