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LIFE OR [DEATH?

BRUNO HAUPTMANN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,

1985

Century-Old Dream Of Hongkong--London

•Now

awaits the message from the Jersey Court of appeal that may mean death or vindication for the murdor of the Lindbergh baby.

No Bids

For Blushing Brides

Trains Come True

DIRECT SERVICE WILL COMMENCE NEXT YEAR

Twelve Days To JH. K. Through Reach Metropolis Traffic Scheduled

From Colony For"Double Tenth" ALL ABOARD Fire since the majority of Hongkong

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FOR LONDON.”

residents have heard that familiar railway cry.

Yet, within twelve months, it will become an actuali- ty for all of us.

ton

Work on the uncompleted portion of the Can-

NOT BRIDE NO. 4

£70,000 a year John Barrymore, seen above with his nineteen-year-old protegee, Elaine Barris, planned to make her his fourth bride. But this wook's cables indicate that the romanes is ofT. Elaine has filted John and

la returning to Hollywood.

Hankow Railway is so far advanced, that Shirley Temple Is 1934

Chinese railway authorities are now able to pre- dict the opening of the through service on the Double Tenth--October 10-next year, just over twelve months hence.

Completion of this line will bring Hongkong in direct railway communication with London, via

the Siberian route.

A

was

ROUMANIAN FAIR BIG step forward in the

PROVES A FLOP

completion of the Can- Bucharest, Sept. 10. ton-Hankow section There was not a single bid-made on Saturday when the der for the bevy of fair and Lockchang-Pingshek portion buxsome maidens who look was opened for traffic. The ed for hushands in the famous "Brides' Fair" on Hen's Mountain this year.

Six anxious girls, -seller and merchandise in one person, sat in the customary clearing on the wood covered mountain waiting for a groom while hundreds of spectators from far and near watched the spectacle.

The girls were in their best Sunday dresses with their dowry, pierced gold coins strung on a golden thread, around their necka,

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World Film Favourite

DEMURE FOX STAR, EXHIBITORS' NO. 1 Shirley Temple is the world's favourite film star this year-a position held last year by the veteran Marie Dressler, who died in July, Leontinue

Friedrichstrasse Station, Berlin.

the train to the 1934. British Engines

The six-year-old star's triumph was revealed as a British engines, of a larger reault of a poll of exhibitors all over the world undertaken type to those used on the Kow by Mr.. Winfield Sheehan, the former chief producer for loon-Canton Railway, will be used on the Canton-Hankow Fox, who married Miss Maria Jeritza, the opera singer, last month, and who arrived with his wife in England this

;

section.. Orders for rolling stock for this

new section is the last with-section have already been placed week, after they were requested to leave Austria to avoid in the Kwangtung frontier, in England by the Chinese Pur bigamy charges.`

There remains now only the Ministry for Railways. the Chuanchow - Siangtan portion of the line uncom pleted.

chasing Commission un behalf of

Hongkong travellers can, ing London if they wish by travel- fact, now travel overland to ling by car between Chuanchow and Siangtan,

Eight locomotives have been ordered from the famous Vulcan Foundry. These loco- motives will be the well known Pacific 4-8-4 type, such as is used on the L.M.S. Railway at. Home.

An order has, in addition, been placed with the Birmingham Ruil-

cult in the entire route.

This stretch is the most diffi-way Carriage and Wagon Company for 34 standard gauge conches, roadway is completed with thejelas day cars, five baggage, and The four 3rd class sleepers, five 2nd exception of 30 difficult miles. mull vans, five 1st class dining) Their possessions, mostly enj broidered clothes and fise home Hongkong can come

Actually, until Canton and ears, five 1st class sleeping cars

to some and five 2nd class sleeping curs. made linen, were spread about

arrangement with regard to con. The Pacific type locomotive. them for inspection by suitorë.

Although all of them were good necting the Canton-Hankow and with tender, weighs 164 tons, as looking and adequately fitted out, Kowloon-Canton Railways there compared with the 138 ton locomo not a single bidder from the will always be a break, at Can- tive-tender used for the Express

service between Kowloon numerous young peasant boyston itself, of 3% miles in the

Canton. came forward this year.

route from Hongkong to London, disregarding the cross-Channel 4* break, over which travellers can now travel without leaving their railway carriages.

The girls bore their bad luck with admirable self possession and even with good humour.

Better Luck in 1936 When the sun set, they calmly -packed their belongings diack Into....

the baskets in which they had brought them, partook with great gusto in the dances which closed the day and calmly mounted their mules to return to their homes, hoping for better luck next year.

The "Brides' Fair" had been held for many centuries on Hen's Mountain in western Roumania. It originally responded to a deeply. felt need.

The tiny villages and farms in this forlorn district are as a rule. separated by many miles,

The peasants are a hard work- ing and parsimonious lot. Matches were difficult to arrange as suit- able partners only could be found rarely in the 'small villages,

Some difficulty is being ex- perienced regarding the break !!

"HE SAVED ME FROM

in Canton, and the Kwangtung THE CAT"

railway authorities may never agree to the construction of a loop line around the city to connect the two railways.

In that case it will be necessary for the traveller from Hongkong to disembark from the K.C.R. at Talshatau Station and travel by car to Wangsha station, a dis- tance of 3 miles.

and

CONVICT'S WREATH FOR SIR EVELYN RUGGLES-BRISE

ور

SHIRLEY TEMPLE ber 2 film star, she,

110 71-

How To Be Happy

AMONG the wreaths at Though

the

funeral of Sir

When the Canton-Hankow, sec-) Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, the Married tion of the missing link is com- prison reformer, at Fin-

Hongkong willy authorities in chingfield (Essex) Parish DR. LEWIS M. TERMAN

quote through

fares from Hongkong to London. Church, on September 1,

was one inscribed:

Longest Rail Link

and Paul Buttenwieser, American scientists, have

This will be the longest link]

To the memory of a humane been investigating the pro- Many centuries ago the popula- from the heart of the Empire, man, who saved me from the blem of how to be happy tion found a proper solution to The distance exceeds 8,000 miles. Cat. Convict 2148.

when married. this problem by creating the

Instead of the minimum of Behind it lies મી story of "Bridea' Fair" held annually on soventeen days to travel at present starvation diet, mutiny, and They have decided that most the second Sunday following St. from Hongkong to London vla violence, some of the evils of the of the popular notions about con- Peter's and St. Paul's Day. Siberia, the transit time will be bad old days which Sir E. nubial bliss are wrong.

Proceedings on the Hen's Moun- reduced to approximately twelve Ruggles-Brise did so much to tain were originally quite sum-days. This will mean an appre abolish.

clable speeding up in Siberian mails.

mary.

To make their choice, the peusant boys wandered among the rows of marriage-seeking, girls, who wore their best clothes and

had their belongings spread about them on the lawn, while the would-be brides had a good oppor tunity to measure up their preten. dera

A Brief Nod

A brief nod of the hend from both sides, without a spoken word indicated that a couple wished to marry,

The girl, a little but not too much flushed, would get up and follow the selected groom Into the silent wood where things wore settled in the fashion en vogue ever since Adam found Eve.

A priest was also at hand to con- secrato the union on the spot.

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I

Most people think that hus- Convict 2148, now sixty-five band and wife should be of near- From Hongkong the traveller years old, told a newspaper re-ly the same age. Terman and will journey yia Canton to Shiu-porter his story.

Buttenwieser find no justification chow, Hsinchów and Stangtau to "It was at Parkhurst," he for this belief. Hankow, arriving at the latter city said. "I had been sentenced to

24 hours after leaving Hongkong. five years. In those days the

The route from Hankow will be to Pelping and Tientsin via Chong-prison diet was a starvation one. chow. Thence the traveller will Everything was weighed down journey over the famous Chinese to the last fine ounce.

I was Easteru Railway from Tientsin to one of the ringleaders in a Mukden and Harbin, transferring mutiny against it. to the trans-Siberian at Manchouli.. From Hankow to Manchoul; will occupy 48 hours.

End Of Skilly

or

not

The poll called for the 20 most popular film stars. Only One British star appeared on the list. That was Charles Laughton, ranked sixteenth.

A comparison of this year's Jist with last year's throws in- teresting light on the rapidly changing preferences of cinema audiences.

Clark Gable, fourth last year, moves up to second pluce, dis- placing Janet Gaynor, who is now ninth.

Mae West has slipped from Afth place last year to fourteenth..

Greta Garbo ls, still not in the first five

tho

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, often together in films, are together on the list too. They are seventh and eighth.

Winfield Sheehan's list for 1936 is as follows:

1 Shirley Temple

Clark Gable.

3 Will Rogers,

4 Joan Crawford.

- Claudette Colbert:

G Norma Shearer.

7. Ginger Rogers.

8 Fred Astaire.

9 Janet Gaynor.

10 Wallace Beery.

11 Greta Garbo.

12 William Powell.

13

18 Warner Baxter.

14 Bing Crosby.

16

10 Charles Laughton.

17 Myrna Loy,

18 Fredric March.

19 Grace Moore.

20 Eddle Cantor.

MILLION

PIGEONS

IN BIG RACE

SPEED CONTEST OF ARMY OF BIRDS

Over a million racing pigeons competed in London last month in a race for cash prizes totalling £500.

Somo batches of birds raced to- wards the north, others flow Kouthwards; the main object of

them all was to reach the home loft in the quickest possible time. Every bird taking part in the race was bred this year.

weeks

und

In one of their cases the happy husband was seven years

Stace they were eight younger than his wife; in three old, these young racers have been other cases he was fifteen and trained for this great race, more years older.

every pigeon competing flew over 100 miles. . Children

Only a few were lost. may

'may

When about eight weeks old brighten the homo and make mar-

they were given their first train- "We tore up the bedding, slashed times they will keep

rtage happier, they say. Some-

ing toss at three or four miles. couple out the beds, broke the windows, even of the Divorce Court, but main-tha was gradually increased until set fire to some of the cells. One taining a home for the children's

40 or 50. miles had been reached. The trans-Siberian journey, man got on the prison roof and sake does not mean that happiness their first race, and have

At this stage they were entered in which takes the traveller right stayed there, defying the warders has been achieved. Childless mar- across. Siberia and Soviet Russia for two days, pelting them with rlages may be as happy as others. to the Polish burdor, occupies ex-states. netly a week.

"I was sentenced to eighteen,

Across Siberia'

Stolpes, on the Soviet-Polish strokes with the cat for my part in Modern law makers, however, border, is the western torminus of the affair. Sir Evelyn, who was have rendered things more com the trans-Siberian route and here chief prison commissioner, cumo pilcated in recent decades, and passengers change to the walting down to inquire into the affair. He modern developments, with mili-European train.

came to my cell and later got my tury service for the young peasants This train has a Wagons-Lit sentence remitted. and factory work for many village Company operating sleeping car girls, somewhat impaired the use- fulness of the Institution.

But the ago honoured Brides Fair is still annually held although nowadays instead of a hundred or more "stands" there are hardly ever more than a dozen.-United Press.

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A mutual interest in life out- side the home is likely to make marriage happier than if man and wife go their own ways.

Coddled Children

now

competed in three or four races. With a favourable wind speeds of over a mile. # minute are possible.

usually more affectionate towards their parents than others.

Terman and Buttenwieser be. Is it hard for mollycoddled chil- "He made many changes. We dron to become happy husbanda

lieve that "members of the happy for Warsaw and. Berlin, also a got tea instead of skilly, five and wives? Not according to these group are, by inherited or early through Wagons-Lit sleeping-car ounces of meat instead of weak investigators. It may be hard, acquired dispositions, a little more for Paris. Passengers for Vienna, soup. Switzerland and Italy leave this words in those days. He put an to leave the parental home, but rage, than members of the un- Warders used to carry they say, for spoiled girls and boys amiable and affectionate, on the train at Warsaw, while passengers end to that; he thought that such there is no evidence that this.

happy group." for Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Ama- weapons incited the prisoners to makes their married life unhappy study the marital family history of The moral is that you should terdum. Spain; Portugal or London revolt."

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