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RAILWAY EXPERT RETIRING

MR. C. D. LAMBERT

GOING HOME

LONDON STOCK

THE

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

HONGKONG'

MME. MARTHE HANAU PASSES

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JULY 20,

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

on the

The following quotations. New York commodity exchange are ACTIVE CAREER ANDnued by Reuter:

New York Cotton

July 18.

Charles

WAR SERVICE

July 19.

July October Hongkong will be losing one of December its most popular residents and the January (1930) Government a most efficient and March valued servant on Tuesday, when May

11,08

11.93/93

11.05

11.59/00

11.60

11.47/48

11.54

11.63

11.57

1235

1246

11.42/42 11.42/42 11.41/42 12.30

New York Kubber

July September December

12.04

12.18

12.30

12.40

12.58

11.05b 12.05b/07 12.27/27 12.30/36 12.50/09

Chicago

Wheat

83 #14

HL 81% 85

Douglas Lambert, Spot Mr. Chief Mechanical Engineer of the British section of the Kowloon- on leave

prior to retirement, after 25 years January

Canton Railway, goes

of official life in the Colony.

Mr. March

Lambert, who holds the rank of Total sales:-166 1ts Major in the Regular Army Re-

FRANCE'S MOST FAMOUS ADVENTURESS

Paris, July 19. Madame Marthe Hanau, known as the "Woman Wizard of French Finated died at Fresnes prison to-day-Reuter,

EXCHANGE

LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS

on

the

The following quotations London, Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.

July 18, July 19. British Government Securities War Loan 3155

retim. after 1952 £100%

Chinese Bonds

141520

Bonds 1898 (Eng, Ins) £109 44 Loan 1908. £ 99

..£70% Loan 191

Reorg Loan

£100%

1935.

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Marthe Hanou, the French ad- venturess, was born in Paris in 1886, as the daughter of a draper. Even as a girl she was clever at business with very persuasive ways. In 1906 when she and her mother were running a linen shop she met and married Lazare Block, son of a Lille industrialist. Hay- ing failed, his wife started a scent shop. She created a perfume for midinettes and her business did ~t

Rly. 844 well that she began to manu-

Tient-Pakow. 80facture scent and was able to live

Railway (Supt. the Avenue

Champs des

Loan) Institute of Mechanical Thursday's sales:-32,79,000 bushels

Chienga Corn

War, she Honan Rly. the institute of

8144

7Elysees. During the 836 Engineers, of

B: Hukuang Rly. 752 7019

found it desirable to sell her 1911 Transport and of the institute of

6414 014 6424 Locomotive Engineers.

business and her next move was. Lung Ting U

ni y. 1919. £ 15

£15 Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Thursday's sales1,600,000 bushels

Winnipeg Wheat

to exploit the War by selling what Lambert is leaving the Colony by

804 80% WO

"oldier's tube", Foreign Bands and Banks she called the 8031 80% HE

Int. German 7. New York Silk

supposed to contained a mixture

This Lars Lot

Lorin, 192254 1.37 1.38

and coffee. TUR 1.37 1.37 1.38

fconsidered swindle and she and Japan & Sterling

Loun 1907 1.28 1.374 1.58

fined overal In 1919 she started a soup business which failed.

serve of Officers and Ordnance July Mechanical Engineer in the Royal September Army Ordance Corps, is a member December of the

July September December

the K., Tjibadak for Home vin itali, July Java, Australia, New Zealand, the Augukt Panama Canal. lavana and Jamai-

July

ca, taking five months over the trip, September Of a most genial disposition and a December man of sterling qualities. Mr. Lam Toint sales-311 lets bert has, like his wife, made a host

Septemler

of friends in the Colony, who will July keenly regret their departure and wish for them many years of happy retirement in the Old Country,

SON OF DOCTOR Born on April 5, 1886, son of Dr.i W 0. Lambert, 3.1..

Decoinber Lanary

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Her Confederate

Then she met the wealthy Mme. Josepa and her financier began, In obtamid a divoree from her hus-Allied Tom Found

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band, but they remained friends Associated L.R.CP., 1.1.C.S., Sunderland. Me

and buainess partners, Financed Lambert was educated at Darling-

[by Mme. Joseph, she started the Austin Motors ord ton Grammar School and Emanuel

| Gazette du Finne. Its avowed alm.) School, Wandsworth Common, Løn-

was to me the frane, to rehabili- 1 Boots a dan. He received his technical!

tute French credit and currency. British - American education at Durham follege of

Palmer, Alaska, July 18. Its artaal purpose was to induce Selence, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and

The discovery of gold on some of the public to buy the shares which was a premium apprentice with the London North Eastern Railway at the farms of the New Dea, roloni-were being sold by Mine Haman's Chinese Eng, and the tocomotive works in Gateshead. zation project in the Mantanusha bucket shop. Then she founded curtai en-Tyne and Darlington, under Mr. Valley served to-day to allay some Gazette des Nations which my Distillers

of the home claimed its intention of working Dunlop Hubier..

Masient Wilson Worsdell and the late Ste of the discontent

for universal jasice. Lending Electric

Industries Mussolini and Generni Vincent Raven. Here he had ex-straders.

Anton Anderson, a veteran of the statesmen such as

Electric Aluska

and Kellogg brond perience in all departments of the

(England) railway workshops and in the draw. early gold-strike days of ing office for three years on locomo territory, struck a direet vein in Briand and Loucheur at home gave Hawker Aircraft tive design. He left the L.S.F.R. digging a water well. Anderson interviews and under cover of these impl. Clem. Ind. in 1909 and joined Messrs. Haggie ishid the panning showed value, but distinguished names. Bros., engineers and rip man-other "our doughs" claimed that toners for the bucket shop were to imperial cen

area had bren prospected be recruited. In 1928, she presidintorni. facturers as outside representative, the

Mr. Lambert's association with the ite gold would be en at a breakfast given to jour-Rallye

nalists by Pierre Audibert, form- vh. November, found there, United Press,

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Oils

or chef de cabinet of De Monzie, Shai Elec, Constr. Hongkong began in

In foster international understand- | Tate & Lyle .... 1919, when he was appointed arting --

leading part Lepmotive Superintendent of the

played fl

ing by means of the press. She Turner & Newall Kowloon Carton Railway. In 1916, technical side of the development had finance companies with a capl-nited Steel Vickers andl. he was seconded for military ser of this Government undertaking.tal of £136,000,400, oyer

Watney, Combo & vice in the Great War, being given for which he has been wholly res agents in the provinces and £4,000,- - Reid def, urd...

Lieutenant full commission 214

pensible, and under his control of 900 invested with her. At one time | Walworths Ordinance Mechanical Engineer the mechanical department the set her personal fortune was said to After attending a course on gun-vices have been vastly improved. I have been 261,008, „A tremendous į

Ordance College is worthy of mention that he worker, she rose carly, but even in at the

Anglo-Dutch Woolwich, he was in October, 1916, designed the engines which have offer hours was a great consumer

Gula Kalumpong appointed O.M.E., Northern Comben su successfully employed in of champagne and cigarettes.

Rubber mand on coast defence and anti-hauling the fast expresses to Can-Later in the day she and Mme. Pekin Synd, 27

ord. sh....... aircraft guns at the Headquarters,ium, in the construction of which he doseph frequented, the bars and Tynemouth Castle,

assisted whilst at Home In 1929. aight restaurants of Montmartre.bes Trusts ... WAR SERVICE

It is also worthy of nots that in gumbled at Deauville ind were

nery

In November. 1916, Mr. Lambert 1921, when the Government decided joint hostesses at lavish entertain- went to France as O.M.E. to the lo adopt mechanical transport, Mr. [ments. Fifth Corps, Fifth Army, being in Lambert gave lectures and instruc charge of repairs to all classes of tion to the police traifle staff in field guns. He WIS promoted running, upkeep and repairs to all Captain in 1917 and appointed O/C classes of motor vehicles. Siege Artillery, upkeep and repairs, ¦ Mr. Lambert has always taken a

i

The Crash

Late in 1928 the crash came., According to one version, it was precipitated by her quarrel with

the business. Another is that the

Burn Curpa. Rs.

10 Commonwealth

Mining Randfontein

Estates

Spring Mines Spaarwater Estates

Nigel

Anglo-Persin

great.banks took action to stop an | Rhokana Corpn., issue by her of 8 p.c. debentures to the tune of £1,360,000, Accord- ing to herself he was being black- mailed by G. Anquetit of La Hurma Oil ...... Rumeur. She refused to pay and Shell Trans and he brought about the collapse of Trad. (Bearer} the Gazette des Nations and Marsman Invest-

ment. Ltd. 1930, arrest. was given 4 years' her,

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in the same Corps. He was in the keen and active interest in Mine. Joseph, who withdrew from Fifth Army retreat on the Somme aspects of mechanical transport in the spring of 1918, and in July and was one of the Best to own a of that year was promoted Major car on the mainland: in fnet, he and O/C Railway Mounted Gun had the first Morris Oxford car to Workshop at Calais, where he had be imported into the Colony. charge of erection, upkeep, repirs

OTHER ACTIVITIES and calibration of all guns on rail-

Apart from his Government ser way mountings for the whole of vice, Mr. Lambert has figured the British Expeditionary Force, largely in the social fe of the Mr. Lambert was transferred Home Colony. He has been a member of from France in December, 1918, the original Committee of ihe and appointed acting Chief Ord- Hongkong Automobile Association result of the crash was that her nance Mechanical Engineer to the and of the Hongkong Flying Club, ellents appeared to have lost many whilst as a Committee member of millions of francs and several of In November, 1919, Mr. Lumbert the Royal Hongkong Golf Club for them committed suicide. -returned to Hongkong and resumed many years he rendered invaluable. his position on the railway as services. In this latter connection, It came out at the inquiry that İLORD MARLEY'S ALLEGATIONS Locomotive Superintendent. He he introduced mechanical machines she had subsidised various papers

AGAINST U. S. SHELLS proceeded to the United States on for cutting and keeping the greens to boom her business and that she behalf of the Railway in 1921 to in trim, and for a number of years had offered the Journal £8,000

London, July 18. perintend the building of rail has been convenor of the Fanling and a £120,000 share in her under- American ammunition suppited motor coaches, and in 1929 he was Chubhouse. Quite recently, in re-takings, if it would stop its ca- in the Great War WILN inferiar appointed Chief Mechanical En-cognition of his services, he was paign against her--an offer in-stuff, according to Lord Marley, gineer, a post which he has held made a Life Member of the Club. dignantly refused. ever since.

Personality

Northern Command.

a

DESIGNED EXPRESSES The last of the original stalf of the British section of the Kowloon Canton Railway, 'Mr. Lambert has

Mr. Lambert holds the General Service and Victory Medals for service in the European War, and was recently awarded the King's Silver Jubilee Medal,

"DUD" AMMUNITION

when giving evidence before the Ar mamenta Trade Commission.

"In the early days of the War,

#113 While under detention she went when I was

artillery com- on hunger strike. She had to be mander," he said, "we always took forcibly fed and it took 8 male care to be as far off as possible nurses to ovripower her. Then when American shells were being she escaped from the hospital and used, as they were always bursting instead proceeded to St. Lazare Prison, in the muzzles of the guns, declaring that she had returned of when they struck the enemy, The Gazette contains full details of because she

--United Press, did not BOOKS ARE THE MEDICINE OF THEĮ

want to undergo any more violent treate MIND, TO APPLY THEN IS THE THING. the revised traße regulations,

ment. Ball of £6,400 was found

DAY BY

*

DAY

NEWS IN

BRIEF

LIGHT READING DOES NOT DO WHEN THE HEART IS REALLY HEAVY--- Lytton,

Kapsing u bazirano zvy It is notined that the name of the and she was released. She faced for our of per la prod Man Kwok Weaving Mills Company, 5,287 creditors in September and pursue jo para sava d Limited, has been struck or they sheer force of personality, won their support to her proposal to

His Majesty the King has been Register. pleased to approve the appointment of the Hon Mr. W. H. Bell to be an The Manila Observatory, reporting Unofficial Member of the Leginiativent 8.35 am, to-day states that the Council, vice Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, typhoon is in about 125 Long, 22 resigned.

fakt, moving northwards.

being per WEB

O-Song Divine.

My Song goes round the world.

I Love you go."Merry Widow." 4. Kathleen Mavourneen. 7.15-8 chestra. The Forge in the Forest (arr, Lloyd). Turkish Patrol (arr. Lloyd). Everybody's Songs (arr. Geehl).

p.m. London Palladium Or.

K p.m. Time and Weather Report. 8.03-8.50 p.m. Variety. Piano Solos Streamline-Selection, Piano SoloStreamline-The

First Wallz.

Vivian Ellis. Songs-One Night of Love. Songs-When the Robin Sings his

Sung ogah.

Grael Fleik. Voral In the Shude of the old

Apple Tree, Voen! In Walkin' the Chalk Lam

The Four Acen Organ Solo---One Kiss ("New

Moon"i Organ Solus -Lover, Come back to

me ("New Moon"),

Reginald Fourt. Some Thera no more you can say.

Turner Layton (Tenor). Vocal The Gharet of my affection.

The Boswell Sisters. Orchestra Whistling Rufus. Orchestra-Steamboat ill. Vera Violet Loraine--Medley.

8.50-9 p.m. "The Open Road"- A Hiking Medley (arr. 1broy Somers). 9-9.15 p.m. Daventry News Balle tin.

9:16-9,50 p.nl Instrumental items. Cover the Waterfront.

arranged for Eight Pianos.

Nasty Man. The Grasshopper and the Ants.

The Four Bright Sparks. Liebestraum (Lovea Dream) (1kzt). The Blue Danube (Strauss),

Ivory Keys Grand Piano Orchestra, 9.30

Midnight. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra. (Press Bulle tin at 10 p.m.).

TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME

Reminiscences of H.M. The King's Silver Jubilee

PETER SIMPLE'S TALK

9.10-10 a.m. Military Parade Ser. vice at St. John's Cathedral.

11.a.m.-12.15 pm. St. John's Cathe dral Service.

12.15.2.10 p.m. Recorded Music. (Time and Weather Report at 1 pm; Press Bulletins at 130 p.m.). Excerpts from Operak..

Voen! Gems-Carmen (Bizet). Band-Faust Ballet Music

(Gound).

Vocal Gems-Die Fledermauk

(J. Strauss)..

Concert Items.

Songs-Reelt: I Rage, I Melt, 1 Burn. Songs-Arin: O Ruddier than the

Cherry (Handel);

Songs-Honour and Arms (Handel).

Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). Pianoforte Solns-Prelude in G

Minor, Op. 23, No. 5

(Rachmaninoff).

Pianoforte Solos-Marche Militaire

(Schubert).

Mischa Levitzki. Songs-Es blinket der Tau

(Rubinstein).

Songs-Livbesfeier (Weingartner),

Meta Seinemeyer (Soprano). Violin Solon...La Plun Que Lente-

Waltz (Debuxay).

Violin Solos--Menuetto No. 1 and 2

(Bach); The Little Windmill (Couperin).

Songs-Confesion-Taugo,

Heifetz

Songs--La Cumparsiun-Tango.

Tito Schipa (Tenor). Vocal Gema. Mercenary May (Youmans)" Whoopee.

The New Moon (Romberg).

Bolero" (Ratel), Review of Revues". "Chauve-Souris"--Selection.

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7-7.17 p.m. The Lener String Quartet. Quarjet in D-Minor-Andante Cat-

taliile ("Death and the Maiden") (Schubert).

Italian Serenade in G Major

(Hugo Wolf).

7.17-7.80 p.m. Recital by Charles Kullman,

1. I Love Theo (Grick), 2. Still as the Night (Bohm). 3. Come back to Sorrento

(de Curtin), (Continued on Page 4

A Riverside Home in Devon

meet her liabilities in full within 5 about herself from the office of the cars. Her trial did not begin Finance Minister Flaniin. Mme. until October 30. At the end of her | Hanau denied theft, declaring that two days' speech in her own de- there had "simply been a leakage Winter has no rigours in South Devon. fence she was complimented by one at police headquarters” and assert- On the most Venutiful reach of the Dart estuary, at Diztinham, are Ilis Excellency the

Tenders are being invited for the judge. She was given two years' im-ed that she Ofeer Ad-

houses of satisfying design, built ministering the Government has been erection of the new Wanchni Marketprisonment and fined £24. But, as secuter. Sho Was proceeded

with a rare pride of craftsmanship pleased to appoint the following off and also for supplying und laying her detention had lasted 16% against for illicit market operations and beauty of material. They are cers to be official Justices of the patent roofing at the Central British months she had only 7% to serve. but the trial was postponed from ingeniously arranged to reduce house- Peace: Mr. Ernest James Edwards School.

Against this sentence she appealed, month to month until the Stavisky work to minimum and are complete. and Mr. Andrew Todd Hamilton.

No sooner was she at iberty scandal aroused public indignation ly protected against mass develop- It is notified that Hin Excellency The Gazette contains drafts of an the Officer Administering the Govern pending her appeal than she start- and it was recalled that her casement, Golf courses are within easy Urdinance to consolidate, amend and ment, under instructions received ed a new bank and new periodicals, had never been dealt with. Even- reach. For a free booklet giving full in tually in June, 1034, she was sen-particulars of this and the four other simplify the law relating to larceny from the Secretary of State for the Ecoutez-Moi and Forces, and kindred offences; an Ordinance Colonies, has appointed Mr. John which she made violent attacks on tend to 6 months imprisonment Dartington estates, Paignton, Churs. to amend the law relating to the fal- Bernard Prentis to be a Junior Paris

however, and a fine of 3,000 francs, while ton, Carlyon and Exeter, write to: elfication of documents and to amend Legal Officer, Mr. Prentis

in also Auddenly coased for some reason, her former confederate Bloch was STAVERTON BUILDERS, LTD. the Forgery Ordinance, 1022; and an appointed to act an Asier Land In April 1932, she was accused of given eight months, and a similar gaverton, Totnes, S. Devon, England Ordinance to amend the law relating Omeer and Deputy Registrar of Mar- having stolen a secret police repart fine. to falso personation.

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