A small leopard of the City Government's Zoo off Wen Mit Road, Chinese City, leapt out of its cage shortly afier 9 am. on Saturday when one of the 200- keepers had opened the gate of the cage to feed the animal. Without molesting the 200-keeper, the animal leaped to the top of its cage where it roamed for over 15 minutes, but did not come down. Three shots were fired by a watchman in the 200 before the animal came down and walked leisurely into its cage again. There were about 30 persons in the zoo at the time, but none of them were hurt, Girector of the British-American, 'Tobacco Ca, whose enthusiasm for the service along the entire route' found expression on Saturday in Qualified praise for both the alr line and the shipping company. Here are some facts about the' trip:
Climbing to the root, tremen discovered that the roof of the adjacent Dullding, a theatre welch ad been closed three "days previously, had {allen in, pushing out one wall of the The second collapse took place at 1240" pin, when a group of ight houses, about to be pulled down, collapsed to the ground, Numbered 83, 85, 8%, 89, €0, 61, 63 and 65, Lane Sit" Wangtszepeo" Road, the. "houses were surrounded by & bamboo fence which: was brouy e ground the fall of the buildings.
ive more persons were injured in further "collapse. in' the Chines theatre in Brenan Piece on 'Thursday. Four of the injured were taken to hospital for treatment, while. the Aus was treated on the spot his Me tries being of minor' nature.
The third masonry collapse during the past wede occurred shotty after five" clock on Friday afternoon, when two large portions of a brick coping fell from 'a Chinese shop at {he corner of Canton. and Shantung Road. "No one was hurt, when the Dleces fell into the roadway The distance from London to Singapore, 8500 miles, was covered by plane in "eight days and the remainder of the travel by the inv, Gienbeg in eight days and a half.
In accordance with the system maintained by the Imperial Airways ynagement, passengers sleep land every night, the best. accommodation obtainable being placed at their disposal. Only one night spent in the desert—at Shahjab, Oman, where the passengers sleep in a fort. Sightseeing is made possible at all the stops en route: Par Rome, Brindisi, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Baghdad, etc.
The staff work is described a perfect, the airways management endeavouring to provide the utmost security, comfort and speed—security, of course, being put above fall other considerations. The average flying speed is 100 mp.h.
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