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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1924.
HOME ELECTIONS.
CONSERVATIVES ADOPT SLOGAN.
"WORK FOR CLEAR MAJORITY."
“RELIEF FROM "ELECTIONS,"
(Reuter's Service:),
LONDON, October 20. The Conservative battle-éry for the final week of the campaignis: "Work for clear majority and relief from elections.
According to advice given to the workers by Conservative Headquarters, which are receiving encouraging reports of party, prospects in the con stituences, scrutiny, of nominations shows 41 women are standing, including the Labourite, Mrs. Bertrand Russell,
INTERNED CANDIDATES.
It is noteworthy that the seven Republican candidates, all of whom are Irish, are at present interned in Ulster.
MONEY TO INVEST. -
BIG-AMERICAN CORPORATION.
`OPERATING. IN SECURITIES.
(Reuter's American Service,)
NEW YORK, October 20. The United States Foreign Securities Corpora= tion is being organised with a capital of $30,000,000. for the purpose of buying, selling, and under writing American and Foreign securities.
One investment will be $2,700,000 in stock of the American Continental Corporation, recently formed to finance industrial and commercial Companies in Europe.
QUEEN'S CLUB TENNIS.
COVERED COURTS CHAMPIONSHIP.
FURTHER FINAL RESULTS.
(Reuter's Service.)
LONDON, October 20.
Spence beat Colonel Berger an
and Flaneur" by
**
At Queca's Court, in the finals for the covered courts tennis championships, Messts. Kingsley and
6-3, 6-3, 6-4
In the mixed doubles finals, Eames and Mrs, Beamish, beat Kingsley and Miss Ridley by 6-1, 6-1:
TURF CAREER ENDED.
EPINARD FOR THE STUD.
(Reuter's American Service.)
NEW, YORK; October 20.
M. Pierre Wertheimer announces that owing to the injury received fu Saturday's race, Epinard will never race again. He will be sent to the stud in France.
M. Wertheimer has refused an offer of $300,000 (gold) for Epinard, made by a syndicate interested
in the American Turf.
THE GERMAN LOAN.
DUTCH SUBSCRIBERS' SHARE,
ONE PER CENT ALLOTTED.
(Reuter's Service.)
AMSTERDAM, October 207 The "Handelsblad." learns that only one per cent of their applications will be allotted to Dutch subscribers to the German Loan."
WAR IN CHINA,
WU'S FORCES STILL
DEFENSIVE.
SHANGHAL'S MENACE ENDS.
ON
The following messages have been received to-day by the. "Dally Bulletin'": The first is dated Peking yesterday and reads:
MONG THE DOLLAR.
To-day's closing rate 2/5 376 To-day's opening rate 2/5 5/16.
THE AUSTIN SEVEN.
Catalogues & specifications from.
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REICHSTAG DISSOLVES.
OFFICIAL DECREE ISSUED.
DEMOCRATS AND NATIONALISTS.
FAILURE OF CHANCELLOR'S EFFORTS,
(Reuter's Service.)
BERLIN, October 20.5. On the recommendationétof, Government, eldent Ebert has consented to dissolve the Reichstag.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED...
7. The decision to hold elections, has been prompted by the attitude of the Democrats in refusing to participate in a Government in which the Nationalists are represented,
An official decree attributes the necessity for dissolution to the failure of the Chancellor's efforts to extend the present Government in order to create a reliable majority.
SMUGGLING INTO U.S.
FROM LIQUOR TO ALIENS,
-FORDER--JAILS—FILLED,-
(Reuter's Service.).
MONTREAL, October 20,
Mr. Wixon, United States Commissioner of
Immigration, who is investigating the existence of an alleged gigantic ring, with headquarters here, engaged in smuggling allens into the United States, says rum-runners are now turning their attention from liquor to allens
The jails near the border, he says, are filled with men and women of many nationalities, who sought. to evade the Immigration Law, J
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Mr. Wixon says that there are now sufficient names on the waiting list in Montreal to fill the quota until next July, de
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.
THREE KILLED ON US CRUISER.
(Router's American Service.)
WASHINGTON, October zo.
Three men were killed and 18 Injured, due to the back-firing of a 6-inch gun on the new scout cruiser U. S. NTrenton," during target practice off Cap Henry.
Three of the Injured men were blown over- board by the force of the explosion, but rescued.
EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
REFUȘAL FROM NEW ZEALAND.
(Reuter's Service.)
LONDON, October 20, The Hon. Sir James Allen, KG.B., High London, announces that it will be impossible for New Commissioner for New Zealand In Zealand to participate in the Empire Exhibition in
1925.
OPIUM CONFERENCE.
INTIMATION FROM WASHINGTON..
(Reuter's Service.)
GENEVA, October 20.
The United States Government has intimated its intention of being represented at the Inter national Opium: Conference to be opened here on November II.·
Nanking Railway, upon. which it! is hoped to resume normal traffic
soon.
- MISS DORIS WOODS.
'DANCING TEACHER BACK FROM LONDON.
Mr. L. Woo, formerly wharf manager of the Tientsin-Pukow. Railway, has been appointed Miss Dotls Woods, who, with Managing Director of the Shang-; her twin sister Eileen and their hai-Nanking" Rallway" and the talented mother have done so Shanghai-Hangchow Railway. much to teach Hongkong residents |
the latest dances, kas just returned from a trip to London.
Help For Wi
(Reuter's Bervice:)
Miss Doria informs the "China Mail" that she will re-open her popular dancing classes early A message from Chinwangtao
Shanghai, October 20, next month. states that Wu Pel-fu's forces
Marahal: Chi Hieb-yuan, inter- Į For the past six months, while remained on the defensive, at viewed at Chenga, where he now in London, Miss Woods has been Chlumen, where the Fourteenth and Twenty-fourth Divisions have said the serious problem now making a special study of the arrived in order to participate in as to throw very assistance latest Ball Room and children's towards Wu Pei-fo Therefore his dances. During her stay In the the forthcoming enveloping more most important task was to return metropolis she also attended a ment, which is expected to have to Nanking as soon as possible and Convention of Dancing Teachers important results, a svak
Reports to Shanhaikuan from prepare his forces for service in the from all over the worth. Hong
North.
kong's devotees to terpsichore can," Johol state that Feng Yu-halang s
Tuchun Sun Chaan-fang, inter therefore, rely on picking up the forces are making progress to the viewed, by an NCD. News latest dancing inkles under the vicinity of Liangchlengfeng, where!
tuition of Miss Dories Woods. half a day's fighting resulted in special correspondent, said he ex- the capture of 200 Fonction pected that all his troops would be soldiers, the remainder retreating out of Shanghai in two or three
number of killed and wounded
fa the direction of Chlepping. days, when he himself will go to which has not yet been counted.
SHANGHAI BAFES
Hangchow. His business was in The situation on the Shanhai- The second teleztam bears Hangehow, forShanghai is kunnpfront 5-day is quiet and Annchanged. The navy continued Shanghai's date of yesterday, It Kiangsu
Bombs On Chinwangiao, its homb ment of
Shanghat North station has at last beef, cleared of 2,000-Armed Reports ez-Cheklang zoldiem, mostly from the 19th Woosung, whose presence-mid constituted 'a monies since Friday, the last, and they have been-dent to) tien
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