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No. 18.756.
December 22, 1929, Temperaturo 59.
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BUSINESS NOTICES
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AND
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(Opposite Cale Wiseman.)
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Est,
1
9
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DONNELLY & WHYTE.
WINE MERCHANTS.
*Tel Cen. 630,
Tel Cen. 636,
We are now allowing- great reductions on all. our goods. This is our XMAS FRESENT to en- able everybody to give beautiful and useful
GIFTS
THAT
LAST.
J ULLMANN & CO.
HONGKONG,
ISHED
30,00 inch.
Humidity
December 22, 1921, Temperature
每日五初月一十戌壬次蠱年
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922,
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
EUROPE'S TROUBLES.
SOLVING THE REPARATIONS PROBLEM,
AMERICA'S EYPORTS.
New York, December 31 The Associated Press London correspondent states that it is understood the United States, at the request of the German trade commission, of whom Herr Ocao is the head, bae begun negotiations with France and Britain with a view to the appointment of a commission of American business men for fixing a new basis for reparation payments.
It is stated that Britain's consent to such a plan has already been transmitted to. Washington and an early reply from France is expected.
It is understood that a proposal, has reached the United States Government, through the United States Chamber of Commerce, which was asked by Herr Cuno and his associates, to appoint a commission headed by Mr. Hoover to visit Germany and impartially survey the financial and economic situation there.
BANKERS' COMMISSION TO REASSEMBLE
LONDON, December 21
.It is understood that the British Government has not been approached by the United States regarding auy proposal to form the commission of Amerios businessmen mentioned earlier or other fresh reparations proposals but there is good reason to believe that certain informal suggestions have been made to France through the ambassador in Washington probably advocating the re-convocation of the international bankers commission. It is thought that if the com- mission reassembled under the present modified condi
ions a colution of the impasse might be found,
THE DOLLAR,
To-day's closing rate 2/2 18/18.
To-day's opening rato 2/3 19/164
IRISH IREİGULÄRS,
RAILWAY OUTRAGE.
BLAZING TRAIN SENT AT FULL STEED.
LONDON, December 21. Irregulare are intesting the Louth district nad warring against road and railway traffic. They held up the Belfast Dublin mail train six miles South of Dandalk last night, ordered the passengers out, sprinkled the coaches with petrol and switched the blazing train on to the up line where it went at fall speed towards Dromin and collided with a gooda train with an armed engine from Dublin bearing munitions for the Free State forces at Dundalk. Both trains were derailed and the wreckage burned for bours with constant explosions making it dangerous to approach. A huge quantity of parcels and letters from Ulster to England was destroy. hours on the line in the freezing cold,.. ed. Special trains relieved the passengers who spent
BOLSHEVISM.
AN INDIAN PROGRAMME.
'FEDEBATED REPUBL
PROPOSED.
LONDON, December 20,
A programme for adapting Rolshevism to Indian conditions has been prepared for submission to the Indian national congress at Gaya next week by M. N. Roy, a notorious Indian Communist, living in Berlin. It claime compléte national independence and the establish ment of a federated republic of India the sovereignty of the people to be vested in a national assembly which AMERICAN, STUDENTH SOR FRANCE:AL will be the supreme authority. The programme attacks.
M. CLEMENCEAU GIVES $20,000 TO FUND
WASHINGTON, December 21.
It is stated that the surplas money received by M. Clemenceau from his lectures and newspaper articles to be presented to the American Field Service Fund Fellow. ships amounts to $20,000.
[In memory of his student daya in America, M. Clemenceau decided to devote the proceeds of his lecture tour to the American field service fund which was organised at the end of the war for the purpose of sending a number of American students to French universities equal to the number of French students in American univertities]
SOCONY CLAIM SUCCEEDS.
not only the Government but landlords, traders and employers generally and alleged grievâcome of the maraer are exploited inurely in the interests of a revolutionary movement.
LAUSANNE CONFERENCE.
OPTIMISM PREVAILS NOW.
STRAITS PROBLEM VIETUALLY FETILED,
LAUSANNE, December 21. The general apprehension prevailing before yester day's meeting has been replaced by optimism. The very thorny question of the Straite-has-been-virtually— settled and it is hoped that the remaining disputed. questions will be settled in a similar spitit of concilia. tion and compremise, and that the final treaty will be concluded by the second or third week in January.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S CHRISTMAS.
.“CLAN GORDON” DISASTER SEQUEL.
LONDON, December 21, 4: The Standard Oil Company of New York recovered £97,982 and costs at the Court of Session in Edinburgh from the Clan Line in respect of a cargo. of oil and paraffin wax aboard the "Clan' Gozdon” bound from New York to China which was lost in a smooth sea on July 30, 1920. The plaintiffs alleged that the master improperly emptied two water ballast tanke altering the ship's equilibrium so that a quick turn of the helm and January in Algeciras.
Mr Lloyd George has departed to spend Christmas ·
caused her to heel over and sink,
ADMIRAL DUFF.
RECEIVED BY THE KING.
LONDON, December 20,
The king received:Admiral Sir A. H.-Duff upen relinquishing his appointment a Commander-in-Chief of the China station.
A TRIP TO ALGECIRAS,
LONDON December 20.
OBITUARY.
SIR EDMUND ROBBINS.
LONDON, December 21, The death has occurred of Sir Edmund Robbins, ex Manager of the Press Assoolation.
KIDNAPPING ALLEGED, } Tsimahatani. Ha / waited at
A DOUBTFUL STORY.
the station from 10 m., to
FOUND DEAD.
2.50 p.m. when he saw the SUICIDE THOUGHT PROBABLE, defendant enter the station carrying
the child in his arms. - A detentive: A Japaneno woman, named Hana Inspector Moody, this morning arrested the defendant as soon as Arakawa, living on the first floor of Un King identified the youngster, No. 84. Wellington Street, was yester charged a Chinese befors Mr. R. E. When searched at the station delen day found dead in the bed under oir Lindsell with having kidnapped a dantil ad the return half of a ticket cumstances which point to suicide. 8-year old boy yesterday,
|from Canton in hia, pocket. She had a girdle string tind tightly TEA complainant in the case le a Defendant raid he had been in round the neck. Any suspicion of Chinese manied woman named Un Hongkong only a couple of days foul play is dispelled by the underly Yesterday he met a "foki", who state of the room. Her friends say Kan, living at No. 13, Taipingshan asked him to take the child to the that the deceased, who was about 40 Street. Yesterday morning she left railway station and wait for him there, years of age, had been 'a little quoor”. her three small children playing cof
Ving out He was promised $50 for his since she lost her husband and eldest side the house while she went to the trouble."
son da.ing the past three months, Makes 1 Magistrate: You are to receive, and they: think that must have an- market. When she returned, the $90 merrly to take the child to the balanced her mind.
She in-station 12: Burely, you must have
Lodger, been SORDIDIOKIN
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and the three halda consultation,
King took the matter.
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