SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1927
Phone C.22 FOR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Twenty-Ave Words three inser tions prepaid $1. Every addi- tional word four cents for three insertions.
WANTED.
NOTICES.
HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB.
MEMBERS wishing sents for the
Inter-Port game with Shang- hai can have same on application to the undersigned on or before WEDNESDAY, 19th January, Price $2 per seat.
H. M. MCTAVISH,
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China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. Hong Kong, 10th January, 1927.
MID-AIR BATHS.
AN AIRSHIP LIKE A LINER.
BALLROOM AND LOUNGE.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
"FOISTED."
FUBLISHERS GET £100 LIBEL DAMAGES.
MEANING OF A WORD.
HOTEL FRAUDS.
YOUTH'S POSE AS RICH MAN.
HIGH LIFE ON NOTHING.
Sentence of three months' hard Damages of 8100 were awarded labour was passed at St. Albane The Dominion Premiers had revealed to them at Cardington by the jury to Mesars, Methuen and Falico Court on Ronald Ashley, aerodrome, near Bedford, the Co., Ltd, publishers, in their libet secrets of the super-airship R 101, action brought against Mr. Christo- aged 18, described as of no. Axed one of the two new 5,000,000 pher Selator Millard, a second-hand abode, who was charged on remand with obtaining food and lodging, cubic feet dirigibles being built bookseller of Hampstead, N.Wvalue £1 138, 6d, at the Red Lion under the Government arship who published statements that Hotel, St. Albans and with attempt development programme.
Messrs., Methuen had "foisted" ong They had a vision, which la ex- the public a play, "For Love of the ing to commit suicide by poisoning. ||
Mrs. Mary F. Thurlby, propriet- pected to materialise within the King," as having been written rasa of the hotel, said that Ashley with or without Office" attaches. T been transferred from the time when it will be as comfort-stated that it was done with the on Sunday, October 81, saying that
next year or 18 months, of the Oscar Wilde. Centru location. Apply stating rent to Bux 463, e 'o "Chins Malt Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. to able to travel by air from Eng-]! assistance of Mrs. Chan Toon
the LAND
OFFICE Supreme land to the uttermost parts of Mrs. Wodehouse Pearse) and Court. Hong Kong.
the Empire as it is to-day by land alleged "For Love of the King" was and sea.
"forgery foisted on an unsuspect. ing public by an unscrupulous woman and her publishers."
WANTED-Commodious Godown
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-Pedigree. Alsatian Wolfhound. (dox) "Curtius of Regis- Wellsbridge," 28 months, tered Kennel Club No. 12067... Arrived Hong Kong November | 1925; has kept perfect condition throughout hot Henson. Owner going Home. Apply Box No. 462, co-China Matk
TO LET
TO LET-Furnished House on Penk. All modern conveniences. Apply Box No, 48, "eo "China Mail
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YOUR visuing cards peatly and Y promptly printed China Mal Office, No. 5. Wyndham St., Telephone Central 22.
NOTICE.
THE MARRIAGE
REGISTRY
PHILIP JACKS Registrar of Marriages, The Marriage Registry Supreme Court,
Hong Kon
13th January, 1927..
NOTICE.
N and after MONDAY, January
01000, 1927, the Offices of the
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs will be on the first floor of the New Government Building in Connaught Road Central
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E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong. 8th January, 1927.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING.
Ti
E DATE for the closing of entries has been POSTPONED
Junt WEDNESDAY, 26th January,
DOLLAR ACADEMY, 1927, at 5. p.m.
DOLLAR, SCOTLAND."
PREPARATION for Universities,
Services, Com- mere. On list of Schools nominat- ing for Sandhurst. Contingent of Junior Division O.TC.
Mild climate and healthful sur- roundings. specially suitable for
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By Order.
C. B. BROWN,
Seeretury.. Hong Kong. 14th Jan., 1927,
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANTRIES for the Forthcoming
Mr. Millard also
Mr. Justice McCardle, summing
¡ arrived there about luncheon timo
ha had walked from London to St. Albans for exercise and that his car and chauffeur were following, The next day he asked her to change a note for £100, but he did not pro-
duce the note.
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The R 101 will be a positive Eaerial hotel. It is designed to (accommodate 100 passengers with
When William Thurlby, the sun their luggage and 10 tons of mail.up, said it was important that thereof the proprietress, gave Ashley his There will be sleeping cabins with was now no charge against the bill on Tuesday morning, Ashley
The two or four berths, promenade honesty of Masera. Methuen.
asked if he could see the poles. decks, and lounges.
tary must attach to the words the
colonial boys and boys from urban area clone, on WEDNESDAY, areas. Preparatory School adjacent.
Prospectus and full particulars26th January 1927. at 5 p.m. and! may be obtained on application to must be sent to the Secretary, c/o the School Secretary, or at the Office of this paper.
Headmaster, HUGH F MARTIN,
B.A... Oxon.):
LAMMERT BROS.
A FOTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORF..
Public Auctions:
GREAT CHEAP SALE.
MADAME FLINT will sell for the account of the concerned at her Shop
"Au Chic Parisien." Pedder St. Commencing on MONDAY.
the 17th January, 1927. A Very Large Assortment of FUR
COATS, EVENING & AFTER NOON DRESSES, Etc., Etc., Etc.
at prices that will satisfy
everyone
Hong Kong, 14th January, 1927.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
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The following unclaimed tale- grams are lying at the office of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited):- Corelaw, California.
from Lea
& Davis, Alexandra Linstead Buildings, on or before this date.
Entry Forms are now ready and can be had at the Jockey Club Stables. Rice., Course, Hong Kong Club or Linstead & Davis,
Hong Kong, 14th January, 1927.
IN that
The
Mme Luisa Tetrazzini, opera singer, posed for this picture after her marriago to Peitro Vernati, at. Florence, Italy. husband, formerly her tenant, is 25 years younger than she is.
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THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the THIRTY-NINTH A hardship in travelling by ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING airship hitherto has been the of SHAREHOLDERS in this Com restriction on smoking. pany will be held at the Offices of smoking-room in the new airship Masers, JARDINE, MATHESON & has been made possible by double CO., LTD. on THURSDAY, 27th lining it with asbestos. January, 1927. at noon for the The dining-room will be cap- purpose of receiving the Report of able of seating 50 people at one the Directors together with a time, and the fully equipped Statement of Accounts for the kitchen will make it possible to year ending S1st December, 1928.serve passengers with a five or
The REGISTER of SHARES of six-course meal.
There will be a "ground". Aoor the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 14th January to from which the dining-room will THURSDAY, 27th January, both be accessible by means of an which electric lift. Other features con- day Inclusive, during, perfed no transfer of shares can templated are shower baths and be registered.
accommodation for dancing and other amusements, while passen- gers will probably be able to listen to the wireless programmas
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By Order of the Board of Directors.
L. S. GREENHILL,
Secretary,
Owed Lot of Money. Detective-Sergeant. Thorpe, "who. was called to the hotel, said he saw Ashley in bed. Ashley said to. him: "Have you a warrant for my arrest? I have taken carbolie acid this morning to try to kill my- self. I have no friends in the world, and I want to end my life. I owe a lot of money at hotels in London."
Ashley smelt strongly of disinfec- tant. No money was found on him, but he had four letters addressed to his mother, the coroner; the pro- prietress of the Red Lion Hotel, and a Mrs. De Groot. In each of thom. Ashley expressed his inten- tion of committing suicide.
Detective-Sergeant Thorpe said that Ashley's correct name Alan Hay Fife Dibbs. He was a native of Summerbridge, Harrogate.
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Was
near
Lived on his Wits. After he left school, when 11, be was employed for two years as an office boy with a firm of stock- brokers in Bradford In October 1925 he left to go to 'London, ap- parently to take up a post in a stockbroker's agents office, but it was found that he did not work and evidently lived on his wits. He stayed at fashionable hotels,. pos- ing as a man of wealth, entertain-. ing, and contracting debts for large amounts.
In July Ashley went to Herne Pay, where he was arrested for obtaining food from the Grand Hotel by false pretences. He was bound over for 12 months and placed on probation. Ashley then returned to his home, but did no work.
£3,000 A Year.
until the
He
On October 24 his parents, pro- vided him with his railway fare to London, as he said he wanted to meaning which fair-minded men collect money that was due to him. 18 the Hon. Ronald would put upon them.. In cases be- He stayed at the Washington Hotel, fore the courts the word "foist" posing was often used to denbte dishonesty. Hamilton, and saying that he was
The use of the expression "1-in receipt of £3.000 a year.
remained
following gotten gains" was pretty strong, and the issue was whether such words Saturday, incurring a debt of £29 He was next heard of at Barnet,. would be understood by the book-188. 6., and then absconded. gellers to whom they were address-
the police, taken into custody, and ed as charging Measca. Methuen where he was found wandering by afterwards released. He then walked to St. Albans.
The lad's parents were in. humble circumstances.
with dishonesty.
Mr. Justice MoCardie said that the jury must not be unduly led away by the fact that Mrs Chan Toon had been sent to prison, for she might still have been honest on the question of the authorship of the play. Literary authorities were divided as to the genuineness of the work
After the jury's verdict Mr. Jus- of the various countries over tice McCardie granted an Injunc=!
tion restraining Mr. Millard from repeating the libels.
Hong Kong, 6th January, 1927.which the airship passes.
The method of construction of the main structure is a Govern- ment secret. For this reason
to inspect the completed section and a full-size model of the air
THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, only the Premiers were allowed
LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. ship.
The present intention is that TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the airship should be completed Angeles, No
THAT THE TWENTY-NINTH at the end of next year or the ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING beginning of 1928, and after her OF THIS COMPANY will be held experimental flight she will make at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, a journey to Egypt and India.. Matheson & Co., Ltd., on 'FRIDAY,
Yuenkoshi, from Kobe. Franvelin, from New York, Puluck, from New York.
E. V. JESSEN,
the 28th January, 1927, at 11 am..
Superintendent. for the purpose of receiving the
Hong Kong Station, Jan. 13, 1926. Report of the Directors together"
EASTERN
EXTENSION
AUSTRALASIA & CHINA
TELEGRAPH CO.
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with a Statement of Accounța for the year ended 31st December, 1926.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 18th January, 1927 to FRIDAY, the 28th January, 1927,
By Order of the
Board of Directors,
List of Unclaimed Telegrams both days, 'inclusive. lying in E. E. Telegraph Office. Hong Kong.
Brownfield H.K. Hotel, from Sin- gapore.
Charles Watkins Post Restanto,
from Reading..
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F. H. CRAPNELL,
Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, January 11th 1927.
Dragon, from Bombay.
Hlproof, from Chicago,
Leshing Benhedge, from Vancou
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.
ION NO. 1,
of
ELEPHANT WASHED UP.
High-Tide Surprise at Seaside *Resort,
The body of an elephant was- waahad ashore in a large wooden erate at the eastern end of Worth- ing parade at high tide.
There was nothing to indicate its dostidation, but the fact that the crate was covered with rubberoid suggests that the dead animal had been a deck passenger.
At the opening of the new head post office and automatic tele phone exchange (the 50th for the country) at Coventry the Mayor
It had been in the water about posted the first letter and tele phoned a message of congratula two days. It is thought probable tion to the Postmaster-General that the crate was washed off the The Director of Telegraphs and deck of a steamer during the re- Telephones at once replied.
cent galen.
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