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HONG KONG. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1928.
JADED APPETITES.
Sea Travel As A Pick-Me-Up.
A STEWARD'S STORY.
65,415 Bottles Of Beer On The "Australia."
An around-the-world cruise la
AFTER 25 YEARS.
Capt. Fawcett Revisits Philippines.
INSURRECTION STORIES,
One Of The Interesting World Tourists Now Here.
Captain Wilford H. "Billy" Faw-
RADIO COMPLAINT.
The Shanghai-Manila Service.
“MONOPOLY” RIGHTS.
Reported Protest By British interests.
Shanghai, Feb. 7. one the best aids to loss of ap cett, of Robbinsdale, Minn., known The British and the Danish Con- petite and indigestion known to the world over as the editor of sular authorities here have lodged C. Hesler, the steward of the s.o. "Whizz. Bang," a humorous publica-a protest with the Chinese authorl- "Empress of Australia," tourist tion and a half dozen other maga- ties aimed directly against the liner owned hy the Canadian-Pacific zines Including the "Amateur American Consular and naval ́au». Company, which is now here. Golfer," has the distinction of being thorities for the malutenance of When asked how large a supply the American soldier who carried radio communication between of food stores were required to from the offices of General Fred Shanghai and Manila. carry the "Australia", and its 981 Grant, the first commission given The protest alleges that the main- passengers around the world, the Filipino Scout.
teuance of An American radio | steward paused a moment, apper Captain Billy, accompanied by station in the consulate here in- antly doing a bit of mental mathe: his wife, are among the passengers fringea the monopolistic privileges matics. He couldn't remember on board the 8.8. "Empress of of the communication which China off-hand, but he had the figures, Australia," Canadian-Pacific Com-granted many years ago to the so- Following are the estimates of the pany tourist ship, which arrived in called British Danish Cable Trust, commodities taken on board the Hong Kong yesterday morning. which includes the ownership of palátial three-stacker when she left - The man who made Robbinsdale, the great Northern and Eastern New York, December 2, so that its Minn., famous served in the Cable Companies and a majority of guests might be wined and dined in Philippines an a' soldier during the the control over the American re- the manner of kinge
early years of American Occupa-gistered Commercial Pacific Cable Seven thousand pounds, or coffee, tion and he has now visited the Company. 9,000 of jam and marmalade, 84,600 Archipelago for the first time since
| pounds of sugar, 4,500 of tex, 5,000 big departure, some 25 years ago.
of biscuits, 90,000 of flour, 115,000 from those shores."
Higher Rates. Owing to the cable rates between Shanghai and Manila, which, are.
of potatoes. -35,600 of freak When interviewed by a reporter considerably higher than the cable, vegetables, 86,000 of beef, 4,800 of at the 19th Hole, Manila Hotel, he rates across the Atlantic although cheese, 140,000 of ice, 22,000 of too butter, 21,000 of bacon and ham, 87,300 of poultry and game: 42,000 of fish, 5,800 packages of cereals 860 crates of apples, 350 of grape fruit, 220 of oranges, 112,000- eggs, 2,300 bottles of -lauces, and 1,800 of pickles...
The wind and hard. the stewards list of
ran up into the thoug bottles
The
| aboard 66,415 bottles of
start of the cruise and
of champagne,
beer left but the ch
ning low. More than
of whiskey were – fuch
stores, -8,458 bot
and distilled waters;:
| mineral waters,” 1,625,
claret and 1,865 bottle of gin/
keen enjoyment in reviewing the distance between Shanghai and of his experiences in the Manila is only about 1,000 miles, during the Insurrection the United States naval, authorities the early years of American recently established a radio station They were all at the American Consulate here for The captain is an ex- the purpose of sending the official lipers of tales, as those service messages. The station does with his Whizz Bang not handle the commercial mes- He related no hair- sages, hence the present protest is however, prin- interpeted as an attempt of the there wasn't Britian:Danish-/cable Interests to was short. It force the United States to use the glass of beer: cables" instead of the radio. allowed as how the
Though the protest is lodged with wentieth the Chinese authorities, "It is not and tumultous. believed that the Chinese intend to Hon In the Minda interfere with the American
The steward figured the tobacco stores in terms of cigarettes and cigars, not packages. There were Ulysses
under station since they have already Wood, then served a notice to the cable trust to the effethat the monopolistic contract 16 fớt" renewable." The engagements in contract of the cable companies in with the Government is reported to serving as orderly to Gen expire in 1980, when the Chinese S. Grant, when Company, independent companies in order to Grant, son of General intend to open the field to Americau
not many cigars, Everybody of Cup the Ninth Infantry was almost everybody on the cruise who said by harmony was mas land lives on the coasts of China. smokes uses cigarettes. There were
The British-Danish cable. In- Captain Billy prided himself on terests are also said to be largely approximately 2,000,001 of the being the orderly who delivered the instrumental for the blocking of paper covered tobacco rolls and first commission ever given only 5,000 cigars.
Filipino soldier's
the private American radio in- The steward stopped figuring
terests from the erection of the **** was under General Fred Grant stations on the Chinese soil in or when he finished with the statistics at the time, he said in reviewing der to provide a direct communica- He stated that he the incident, and was given the tion between China and the United could produce more estimates of commizatan by general's aide to states with reasonable rates, espe- what long cruises does to one's ap- carry to the Filipino. I do not re- cially those covering the press me¤- petites but that he didn't have the member, the man's name but he was ¡time.
a sergeant in one of the first Scout companies. organised.”
ON
tobacco.
GERMAN ARMY.
NEW DEFENCE MINISTER'S OPINION.
"I could probably spin yarns about the early days in Mindanao all day he continued, "but, sorry, I haven't the time. I spent two) years in the southern islands and saw a great deal of the interior. I was in Jolo in 1908 when Brigadier General Wood received the cable: Germany was fettered under from the War Department promoti
"OUR SMALL ARMY:"
Berlin, Yesterday,
sages.
NURSE CAVELL.
SIR A CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEWS ON FILM.
LIKELY ACTION.
London, Yesterday.
Declining the producer's Invita-
the peace treaty in a manner that ing him to the rank of major gestion to view the Nurse Cavell film was unbearable for a soverign eral I experienced some heavy state, declared Herr Groener, the fighting under conditions entirely Sir Austen Chamberlain stated now Defence Minister, address- new to the American soldier and be that Miss Cavell's memory was held ing the budget committee of the lieve me, there were
many long in reverence beth by friends and
conduct war on a great scale with most of it."
devotion to duty, but he knews of an army of 100,000; but our small
Captain Billy wanted to know no authority to justify certain in- army must present the highest about the prize-fighters in the cidents in the film which would degree of efficiency and adapt-fslands. He is the Tex Rickard of only provoke a controversy over the ability and always be ready to ear the northwestern United States, grave of a world's heroine, Hence sure the security of the State. you see, and quite naturally takes he feels the strongest repugnance Reuter.
a deep interest in things fistic Two at the production,
It is understood that though the years ago, he secured the boxing PRESENCE OF MIND. promotion rights in Saint Paul and Foreign Office has no power to Minneapolis and includes boxing as censor films, Sir A. Chamberlain one at his hobbies.
had previously privately approach- ed Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the head of the Film Censors Board, and eritiefsed the film
on similar. grounds to the above.Router.
Reichstag; adding, "we cannot matches. I believe that sums up ex-enemies who admire her selfless
SINGER AVERTS PANIC IN
.THEATRE
Mexico City, Yesterday
A panic in a theatre last night,! the result of the most severe earth- quake shock, in recent years lasting several minutes, and dislocating the local seismographs, was averted by the presence of mind of a Spanish
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soprano.MMM The Royal Dutch Airlines are The theatre began to rock and completing arrangements for the the terrified spectators jumped to world's longest air mail service their feet and started for the exit. Indies with one seroplane in each From Amsterdam to the Dutch
LIBERAL GAIN.
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BY ELECTION. #14
London; Yesterday,/!
The Lancaster by-election caused
The orchestra stopped playing, but direction monthly No passengers by the elevation of Sir Gerald the soprano continued herong will be carried.Renter. and prevented a stampede. There were not casualties Renter's American Service
TO AUSTRALIA.
PROCEESS
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FIRE FATALITY.
Strickland fouther peerage has re- zeli fel, sulted, as follows:- PayPal Media
Mr. Tomlinson (Lib.) 14,882 Mr. Ramaboliham (Com: 12,860), Ravi Davies (Lab:) -;*. 6,101. THÍ Ina: Liberal gain-Reuter.
"Stunning. Victory.
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