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TO LET.
TO LET-Ground Floor, A.P.C. Building. Suitable 09 a Shop. Apply to Tabugugrin Filipina, A.P.C. Building,
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W. E. HOLLANDS,
Hon. Secretary Hong Kong, 25th April, 1927.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
TRAFT Programmes and Entry Forms for the THIRD LET-Furnished for five EXTRA RACE MEETING to be months from May 1st. Modern held on SATURDAY, the 7th Bungalow at No. 4 Broadwood Road May, 1927, (weather permit- containing 2 Reception Rooms and ting) may be obtased at the Race 3 Bedrooms. Apply Hong Kong Course, Hong Kong Club and Tramways Limited,
Causeway Bay Stables,
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BUNGALOW, 102, Severn Road, Peak. Partly furnisheil. Four Reception and Five Bedrooms. Tennis Court. Possession from 1st June.Apply:-Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Chartered Bank Build- ing.
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Entries will close at 1 p.m. on WEDNESDAY; 27th April, 1927.
Hong Kong, 22nd April, 1927.
NOTICE.
SEVERE FLOODS.
'PLANES SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS.
Washington, April 24. Government aeroplanes are hovering over the flooded sections of the Mississippi seeking people who are marooned on the roofs of buildings.
Hundreds of negroes are re- ported to have been seen on the tops of houses and trees scantily clad and having evidently been without food for many days.
President Coolidge has request- ed Army engineers to proceed to the area to establish a relief or- ganisation.-Reuter's American Service.
The Turning Point.
Washington, April 23. Declaring Mississippi floods to be among the worst in the history of the country, President Coolidge has appealed for subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers.
The President refers to the efforts of the War Department and other Government agencies, but expresses the opinion that the burden of caring for the homeless rests with the American Red Cross.
Advices from various points along the river show that the suffering has greatly increased during the past few days by the unseasonable cold, accompanied
THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE that we are now under instructions and orders from our Head Office to temporarily STOP BUSINESS FOR TWENTY- FOR SALE-One brass "Hung ONE (21) DAYS commencing from by heavy snowstorms in some Ming" pan of the Chinese Han the 18th Instant because readjust-pinces where fruit trees had be- Dynasty with automatic springs.ment of accounts is to be made gun to bloom. The sunshine, how- ever, reappeared. and it is hoped Price $1,000.00 Apply Box No. 487, during this interval of time. c/ "China Mail.”
that the turning-point has been reached.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Hong Kong, 18th April, 1927.
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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
The following unclaimed tele grams are lying at the office of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited) —
Suzmanager, from Tokyo. Doris Morelle, from New York. Underiters, from Amoy
Hart, from Shanghai.
Kume, from Kobe,
Yee, from Shanghai..
Kuchina N Saan, from Orel.
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5- Wyndham Street. Talaptione Central,
on THURSDAY, 28th April, 1927, at 4 pm.. in the CITY HALL, for the following purposes:
(1) To receive the Report and Accounts of the Committee for the year ended 31st December, 1926.
(2) To elect a new Committee. (3) To transact any General
Business.
By Order,
. The conference, appointed by President Coolidge, consisting of Red Cross Society delegates and. members of the Cabinet, has de- | cided to attempt to raise five million dollars.-Reuter's Ameri- cun Service.
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NEW GOVERNORS.
Rugby, April 23. The King has approved the ap- pointment of Sir Charles Innes as Governor of Burma, in succession to Sir Harcourt Butler, and of Sir Alexander Muddiman as Gov- ernor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in sucession to Sir William Marris. British Wireless Service.
Sir Harcourt Butler has been Governor of Burma since 1928. He graduated in the Indian ser Secretary.vice, and his successor, Sir Charles Innes has similarly served in many capacities in India.
M.F. KEY,
Hong Kong, 20th April, 1927.
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LIQUOR SMUGGLERS LATEST DISARMAMENT CONVENTION
MOVE.
Wellington, N, Z., April 24. News from Papeete suggests that Tahiti la fkely to become a new base for the shipment of liquor to America.
It is stated that a steamer bound to Australia recently called at into bond Papeete and landed 31,000 cases of assorted liquors, mostly whlaky. Then a Canadian steamer loaded 10,000 cases, pre- sumably for Vancouver.-Reuter.
"GOODWILL" FLIGHT ENDS.
DELAY,
Geneva, April 24. In view of the fundamental divergences between the large majority of the preparatory com mittee for disarmament and the Italian and United States delega- tions with regard to the question of the application and supervision of the proposed disarmament convention, it has been decided to postpone the second reading until about the end of the year for further consideration, Reuter.
Miami, April 24.
Naval Conference, The Chief of the Army Air Ser-
Washington, April 23. vice ascended in an Seroplane to Mr. Hugh Gibson heads the meet the four aeroplanes which American delegation to the tri- participated in the "goodwill" ex- partite Naval Disarmament Con pedition to Latin Anterica, reference at Geneva. — Reuter's turning at the conclusion of their American Service. eighteen thousand mile flight to Central and South America, wherein two airmen were killed at Palomar on February 27- Reuter's American Service.
FATAL DETROIT BLAZE.
Detroit, April 24. ' At least 20 are believed to have
EGYPTIAN CABINET.
Cairy, April 24! Sarwat, Pasha, who was for- eign Minister in Adly Pasha's Cabinet, has agreed to form a ministry.Reuter,
Rugby, April 23. Signor been killed and 50 injured as the Bordonaro, the newly appointed result of a fire at Briggs' Manu- Italian Amabssador in London, facturing Company Building, who until recently was Secretary- after an explosion in a paint General of the Rome Foreign
British Wireless Service. shop.-Reuter's American Ser-Office, has arrived in London.
vice.
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necessary suffering, and, if employed in time, actually to prevent it.
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The construction of a new fireproof wing on the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alia, which will be completed in May, is at present being curried on by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company under a temporary enclosure, which is heated so that it is never necessary to suspend build- ing operations even in severe winter weather.
The erection of this bow north wing, to replace the old one destroyed by fire last spring, is one of the two operations that will be carried or during the next year or so. The cost of this one operation wish approximate one and a half million dollars. The construction of a duplicate wing on the south side of the main contral tower will be commenced immediately at the dose of next summer's season,
The above pleture shows the Banff Springs Hotel as it will look when" it is completed a year from next May. The entire main floor will be taken op in public rooms, and there will be approximately 210 bed rooms. The central tower and the new north wing will be opened for business on Jan 1,
PENSIONS.
BRITAIN'S HEAVY WAR BURDEN.
Rugby, April 29.
BLACKMAIL.
A SUM OF £10,895, SAID TO BE INVOLVED.
London, April 6.
In a statement regarding the A blackmail charge involving help given to war sufferers, £10,896 alleged to have been obtain- Major Tryor, Minister of Pén-ed from an elderly retired army sions, yesterday said that the officer in the course of about threo is being heard at Bow compensation paid by the United years, Kingdom to disabled officers and Street.
Sir Chartres Biron, the Chief men and other sufferers of the agistrate, agreed that the prose- Great War répresented an aver-cutor's name should not be dis. age contribution from every man, closed, and that he be referred to woman and child in Britain of as "The Captain." about thirty shillings a head, Six accused..were stated to be which was actually one half as concerned, but only four were much again as the corresponding brought up."' contribution made by the inThe prosecution stated that the habitants of France, Germany or Captain lived in the South of Eng- the United States.
land, and came to London in Novem-
He visited the Palace Theatre, and got into conversation with Nor- man Stuart, aged 26, who posed as on art dealer.
Since the Armistice, the Pen-ber, 1928. sions Ministry had spent no less than £98,000,000 in weekly allow ances for the maintenance of or- henefits by the judicious employment
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FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.
London, April 5. Rome-An Italian set-back In Tripoli is chronicled in official ad-
a column of Lybian troops, com- vices from Tripoli, which state that
manded by Colonel Bassi, was.com pelled to retire from Port Eldib, after a long fight against superior numbers of rebels from the Rabeiba Valley, in Gerdesabid, on March 28. The Governor immediately took steps to cope. with the situation,
In the mountainous districts the general military situation is satis factory and the native population is duiet.
Strikes are desperately .far- reaching in their effects; our own recent seven months' codi strike has, for example, caused a loss to Tasmania of £300,000 in the apple trade with Britain. Sir Evelyn Cecil, M.P.
Both, an arranged, met again-à- fortnight later in a room in the West-End. Stuart told him that it
They had been there for ten minutes when J.. Stuart and Richards, who are not in custody, and who were alleged to have re- ceived £8,153 and £545, respectively, - entered...
The former asked what he was doing with his brother and threa tened to call the police.
The Captain. protested that noth- ing had occurred between them, but handed over a cheque for £50, as demanded.
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Subsequently, the Captain, on various representations, had hand- ed over the total mentioned in the charge-sheet.
Once one of the accused called' on him on board his yacht at Cowes and obtained money. Last year he had another call, while the yacht was at Amsterdam, from another accused, who posed as a Scotland Yard detective. The Captain hand- ed him £1,300,
. I arrived in London without the traditional half-crown; in fact, I had nothing in my pocket but a clockwork mouse-and that had on.---Jerome K. been trodden Jerome.
n entirely new and unique test | creatures sprained its shoulder, When A will soon be made at the Chateau Begurala entered the bullding and Frontenac, Quebec, by Arthur Beau- went up to the kennel, or compart- vals, driver of the Frontanse dog ment allotted them, which has wire team. He his three wolves which he netting around, the poor little thing has reared from babyhood. These came up to him for syrapathy. It have been kept in a kennel in the was duly rubbed with lotions and same buliding with his huskies. They cared for, not in the least resenting are shy little things and appear as anything which was done for it. aliens among the dogs. They are not A cute little sleigh, French-Can- as playful as pups, and to overcome" "ádian in design, has been built for it their ahynem, Beauvais often puts and the picture shows little Master three little burkie pups in for play: Beauvais all ready for his first ride mates when they forget themselves as soon as the wolf is harnessed. It and peom lese homesick for their la now three months since this wild parents and the great cut-doors.animal has been tame enough for this These little creaturès are now only little child to play with, and óne eight months old, yet in this short wonders if the old saying "A little * time. have learned much of mortals, child shall lead them? can be applied.
and they have already had one trip to in this instance.. It can, however be Boston where they were exnibited by stated that when this picture was **the Canadian Pacific Railway at the taken the wolf had to he literally. Sportsman's Show, "en who pulled out of the street back to its
Que-morning a brand new sporty, kennel. It was interested: in; tha :- looking collar was placed on one people around, the dogs, the taxis and and the dignity, this wild animal sleighs which passed as he posed for suddenly acquired was amasing. It one of this many pictures taken M was like: a'child with new shoes...
turned its little, haad first one. side,
will indeed be worth, while to then the other and sat down in follow the adventures of wild sedate manner, all four feet together
and held its head high haughtily and chature from the woods of Quebec
province into the biggest organiza ald with its eyes "now lock at metion of its kind in the world, fre Do wild animals understand? Yes indeed, that wild beast was as self-quenter of the Chateau Frontenat, conscious as any human decked out one who has already taken trifin, and in a new regalinden who will in time know the hearts and Shortly after the return of the kindness of people it will come Tolves from:Boston, one of the little contact with.