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HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1924.
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? HONGKONG'S EUROPEAN SHOPLIFTER.
HOW TO KNOW HIM.
Prospects Of An Arrest Being Made.
Hongkong has in its midst a European who, whatever his other accomplishments, is an expert shoplifter.
ROSE DAY.
Efforts To Help Hong- kong. Poor.
FAIR SELLERS REWARD.
TO-DAY'S COLLECTION MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
The lift as the business premises of J. M. Alves and Co., Ltd., was This Europaath is about thisty. Mr Panazzi fold me that there in grat demand this morning and fire yours of age. Hehus a was not a European in the street was almost inconstant motion. Xslumped CHUTUS ont his face when he gave chase," Mr. Smith bringing up rose-sells with empty his left eyes where a wond les another question said that the taking them down witli full baskets thelieved to be sanewhere under told the reporter and in answer to baskets and full money boxes wid been stitched up and almost policomur of point duty could and empty boxes. henler *
Burdly leave his point even if he
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THAT RABIES SCARE,
MUZZLING
ORDER REFUSED.
"A Hat of Distinction
GOVERNMENT'S "NONCHALANCE.
Peak Residents Association Rebuffed.
Peak Becidants' Association, throw an interesting light upon the The following letters, copies of which wo have received from the rabies scare.
Sir. Our attention has been
GOVERNMENT'S "APATHY.
The first letter, dated November I am to'suggest that you should
tary, and is by Mr. G. M. Young, "keeping their dogs on a leash in 14, is from the Peak Residents' impress on the members of your Association to the Colonial Secre association the desirability of
When last seen was dressed in anyone acting suspicionaly they were regaled wh tea and re- It reads:
the President, and Mr. E. B. C. order to minimize the risk of their Before being led to leave Hornell, the Honorary Secretary. being bitten by an infected animal The serge suit with a felt has of n A For our watchman," observed freshments whilst the shroffs lent dirty brown colour and bleek boots Mr. Shith with a smile, he must by du Hongkong and Shanghai drawn to the recent case of rabies (&nded up in the American style, have been asleep for he neither Banking Corporation counted the in the Peak district resulting in He is said, to speak with an Aneri sahe, man, run out of the shop money and were able to inform the death from Hydrophobia of an Jean Becsit and gives the upper mur Mr. Ponazzi in parsnit.” each one how much was in their
anec pl: being a man, of gootj
boxes.
employee of the Peak Tramway. In answer to this the Honorary prehvikling...
All of these activities were in Co., Ltd., and as it is unknown Secretary of the Peak 'Residents' connection with the annual appeal how many other dogs the affected Association wrote on November of the Society of St. Vincent, de
animal may have bitten we 25:- Paul which is known as "Our Four order be brought in forthwith. earnestly request that a muzzling
Mangers of slop and store de
partments would be well advised to
keep a good look but for a
TELE-PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Sir, I am in receipt of your
answering to this description for it FIRST EXPERIMENTS Duy which a trest sale of with the large number of children your letter of November 20th with
is that of this one wanted by the ¿police in connection with the Wiuft hering the Thursday tiffis hour of sweaters from Messus, „Whitenway, Faidlaw & Co.
The observation should be all." the stricter when it is remembered un quite recently a Eurasia dosiribed as of a distíætly negroid ["type, of countenance enrried out a
ACROSS ATLANTIC.
res is held. Reller is given to
the poor as a result the annual now at the Peak we conider it reference to the request of the effort, deraands of this nature being essential that means should be Feak Residents' Association for PRONOUNCED SUCCESS.
greatly on the incrests as a result taken to protect them, as well as the introduction of a Muzzling of unemployment. The Society adults, from the terrible conse. Order to prevent children and (Reuter'a Service.) also devolés a considerable amount guances of what might appear to adults from being bitten by dogs
un with hydrophobia. of the funds is its disposal to the be a harmless nip from LONDON, November 30. education and general well-being of suspected dog.
We note the suggestion of the The Colonial Secretary replied Government that I should impress Marked progress in the science poor children. of Tele-Photography has been The 175 young ladies and Boy as follows on November 20: ...on the members of the Association series of audacious theft from demonstrated in the success with Scouts who sold the wees were to the 14th of November I am direct- dogs on
With reference to your letter of the desirability of keeping their which the first Trans-Atlantic he seen everywhert this morning
a leash in order to antive and kungen stops in the experiments therein were carried and Toy left their homes, without ed to state, that the question of minimise the risk of their being, Colony, although the circumstances out to-day. of end were as Tally reported as
topical being approached, even in the carly the introduction of a muzzling bitten by an infected animal. If possibis the the hii Mail and photographs were sent by radio hours of the morning The roses order has already received the this is to be taken as a reply to from London to New York, each were nicely made and buyers up careful consideration of the the Association's request for a It will be re taking only membered that the Anderson Music New York describes the Photo-they were placed in cir button- decided that circumstances do not dren and adults not necessarily
few minutes. poured pleased with thx effect when Government, but that it has been Muzzling Order to prevent chil Co. and Messrs. Lane, Crawford graphs as quite recognisable. They holen. & Co., Tad. were also vietiized will be reproduced in the news.
at present warrant the introduc. owners of dogs from being bitten tion of such an order. insethevelt similar way.
I very much regret that the Government are unable to suggest something more effective and beg them to reconsider the matter, which my Association considers is a very serious de
other. newspapers.
Numerous
a
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papers to-morrow. The methods hdopted in these It is understood a warrant bas Leases were the same. Something been issued for the arrest of would be solored and plred of second man, who was freely men- the counter by the assistant and on tioned in the Bank case. He is "The pretext of wanting something believed to be abroad and else necessitating the assistant's outside the King's Dominions, says departure from the room or lo, a a "Reuter" cable. The reference "more remote part of the shop the is to the sensational Midland Bank man gaye himself a chance of mag affair, which appeared in the cable ing his exit with the goods he hid columns of the "China Mail" o0 already chosen.
Saturday.
Although there is no possibility," From "the" description of the màn, öf the thief of Thursday, being ahe same one who iurried out the earlier thefts the tucties
were Isinilar, being in fuct those usually adopted by shop-lifters, Wals the assistent had left the counter
ook for some socks in another (fart of the shop, the man coolis walked off with the wweaters from
US SHIPPING BOARD,
PLEA
FOR MAINTENANCE OF MERCHANT FLEET:
(Reuter's American Service.)
WASHINGTON, November 30.
Donkey Helps Also.
1,
The donkey which attracted much attention in the course of its Wanderings, was also the means of any flowers being ld: Th wind itself will also be sold short.
or rather it will have B-new owner, for it is being riffled at the al bazaar which the Society are organising.
Sellers Insured.
Mr.
SITUATION EASIER.
BETTER NEWS FROM EGYPT.
CAUSE OF MUTINY..
(Reuter's Service.)
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Two days later, the Colonial Secretary wrote again as fol- lows:-
My previous letter appears to
Sir,With reference to your letter of the 25th November, 1924, I am directed to inform you that the Government has fully con- What is surely an innovation in
London, November 30), regard to flag days in Hongkong
"sidered the" matter and is not pre- The general Egyptian situation pared to introduce a muzzling was the insurance of the flag in officially described ne easier and order which in the circumstances
ellers against accidenta.
Satisfactory. Alven wa
of this Colony it would be anxious that DO-ONE Messages hitherto do not indicate extremely difficult, if not im should be wiffered financially as the ostensible cause of the mutiny, possible to make effective. the result of giving their services Its is suspected it was the work of and with the assistance of the an Egyptian Agent Provocateur at have been misunderstood. The Ocean Insurance Company who Cairo..
word "their" referred not to the made a nominut charge each worker The first batch of Egyptian owners of dogs but to the dogs was insured...
troops from the Sudan arrive at themselves. If owners will keep The following wers in chairge of Cairo to-day; the last Egyptian their dogs on leash the risk of # use" The point worthy of The annual report of the Ship-depôts: note, however, is that the theft was ping Board recommends Congress Peak district, Mrs. H.W.
soldier left the Sudan yesterday.. such dogs being bitten by infected carried out in the diffin hour when strongly to reaffirm the determina-Bird; Tram station, Mrs. Marcel
Buffs Leave "Gib."
animals is very materially There were few in the shop and no Won of the United States to Centis. district, Mr. Botelho:
Malta, November 29, diminished, while for the purpose Europos in the street.
maintain permanently a mercantile Kowloon, Mrs. Albuquerque Castro
The first battalion of the Bufis, of preventing auch dogs from marine commensurate To a Chim Mail reporter who needs of the country from the Mis. Innis: Hongkong Hotel Neuralia" this afternoon.
with the assisted by Mrs. Eastbrook and embarked 01: the frinsport biting third parties restraint by a called on him, Mr. O. A.. Smith, standpoint of
They leash is practically as effective as commerce and the General Manager of Messrs, national defence. It also recomHotel, Mrs. Silva Netto: Star
Misses Loureiro: King Edward are bound for Egypt.
muzzling. Oo Whiteaway. Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., mends the creation of a joint com Ferry and Ho Man Tung district,
Officers Killed. said that Mr. Pami, who had mittee, composed of representa Mrs. Osmund: Cosmopolitan Dock observed the nut when in the shop tives of the Board and inter-state District, Mrs. Harrington: Repulso from Khartum.
CAIRO, November 30. No further incident is reported; on a previous occasion as well as commerce. commission, to Bay, Mrs. Halshare.
The two British officers killed in pursued han for a considerable dis- tion; it also urges the legal prohi-
of the Argylls, and Captain Tunks, Colonial Secretary:—
The Association to-day des- the mutiny were Captain Maclaren, patched the following reply to the tance, would be able to recognise bition of preferential arrange- the man without a shadow of doubt meats between American railways
of the Leicesters.[ if he should meet him again. At and foreign shipping lines and the the present moment Mr. Panuzzi exemption from taxation of all. From enquiries made this after was poorly. He had not been well earnings of American shipping noon, the China Mail learned Pasha has obtained a passport to which I regret to note that the It is understood that Zagiul letter of the 27th ultime from on the morning of the occurrence employed in foreign trade, but that the sale had gone very well but leave for Europe. He will pro- Government are not prepared to and had exerted himself over much does not enter into deiafts as to it was impossible to state at bably take the in the purgiit of the thief,
how these aints are to be accommoment the amount realised. plished.
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ALLEGATIONS OF BRITISH BAD FAITH.
"OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE,”
(Reuter's American Service.)
SWARAJ WEEK. CAMPAIGN IN BENGAL TO RAISE MONEY.
ORGANISING, VILLAGERS,
tricte.
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(Reuter'a Service.).
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Sir-I am in receipt of your
cure" at some introduce a muzzling order because it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to make a muzzling order effective in this Colony.
LFrench or Italian health resort.
was anticipated; however, that it j (would be over $5,000.
ARMED ROBBERIES.
TEA-HOUSE ACCOUNTANT 'HELD UP,
SOVIET SCHEMES.
ALLEGED PLOT IN JUGO-SLAVIA.
(Reuter's 'Service.)
BELGRADE, November 30.
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My Committee would welcome any effort on the part of the Government to make muzzling effective.
There was not any misunder- standing on the part of my Com- mittee as to the meaning of the BOYS BRUTALLY ATTACÉED.
word "their" in the concluding Commenting on the report of the paragraph of your letter dated the An armed robbery took place at discovery of certain documents in 29th November, the entire object CALCUTTA, November 30, a. tea-house on the ground floor of the Soviet Legation at Vienna, the of our pressing for a muzzling "Swaraj "Week" begins in No. 38, Main Street, Shaukiwan newspaper "Politika" understands being to prevent children and Bengal to-morrow. It will consist West, on Saturday night. Three they concerned dealings between WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. of an intensive campaign to raise men, tumed with revolvers, held Raditch, leader of the Croatian adults (dogs were never mention The British Ambassador, Sir money which will be applied to up the accountant, and cleared off Peasants' Party, and the third Ind) from being bitten by a dog Esme Howard, in, a speech at work in the villages and rural dia with $62.90.
ternational for the establishment Buffering from Rabies
As requested we will circulate Washington to-day, said he did
Two boys walking along Jubilee of a Soviet in Jugo-Slavia A A speech by Petrpar Das fore-Road yesterday. were attacked by detachment in Croatia is stirring all members of the Association to not attach any importance to the shadowed the next stage of the two men. Ohe of the boys received up a seditious movement, capable comply with your suggestion of ing out the terms of the Washing which he charges that Britain was not carry sight will occur in the villages, injuries in the bend and legs from of leading to domination by only allowing their dogs out on desired to organise an iron bar carried by the man, Moscow throughout Central Europe, leash, but this will not prevent, a Duval armamente limitation of co-operatively with a view to stop-and the boy is now in hospital. It appears the revolution was to free mad dog biting either the dog
ping the
exploitation of rica, jute sum of $18 was taken from the in-break out at the end of January on on the leash or the owner or any- He pointed out that neither the and other country products by the jured boy, who is stated in the the elections is Jugo-Slavia.
I one else. Coincidently police report to be employed at a Macedonian Kosgoviot bands were this question my Committee in- incursions by In view of the importance of Bat in Felix Villas."
to be made into Southern Serbia, tend to publish the correspondence. The paper states the Soviets, on this subject in order that mem- through the delegation at Vienna bers of the Peak Residents' have been sending considerable Association will understand that sums to Raditch and bis agents in if any of their families or servants Bulgaria and Albania. The should be bitten by a mad dog, the necesary precautions to deal with gent, in bringing the risk to the Belgrade Government is taking all Association have not been negli-
notice of the Government,
United States, nor, France, nor' Italy had made any "protest, to London. So it was left to private citizens to make these alarming disclosures.
foreigner."
Further Outrages: The Bengal Government and the Eastera Bengal Railway announce Sir Esme. Howard was evidently a reward of Rs. 10,000 for informa-
For Coughs and Délda referring to Mr. Shearer's recent tion leading to the arrest of the When changable wother or exporis unsuccessful application for a persons responsible for the to cold and wet results in bronchitr tajunction against the destruction of recent, outrages, including Ave startet ongo taking Chamberlain] the U.S.S.dreadnought" Washing attempts in three weeks to wreck years, and strongly recorded for Dough Recody, Standard for over dity
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