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We are fortunate in seonring another picture of CREIGHTON HALE CREIGHTON HALE
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ANNEXING BILL.'
Auuering Bill" is a fine flavored light comedy of the roMAN- tic type and winsome Gladys Hulette and her co-star, Creighton Hale, have the most pleasing and altogether delightful picture-play of their respective screen careers in Edgar Franklin's cleverly written play.
In the first place, Enid Barwell is an art student with no money. Billy is in love with her. He is a young lawyer just b. $951 83. 161. starting on what promises to be a splendid career. Then a ship founders, and it is reported that.a maiden sunt of Enid's is lost. REFINERIES
Enid is har sole heiress and is notified that a million dollars awaits her. Aud Billy firmly declares he will not marry her.
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Enid is very much in love with Billy and the mere maiter of a million dollars standing between her and happiness is promptly disposed of. She plans to hand over her new fortune to a friend's husband, who is notoriously unsuccessful in investments. The transfer of the money is just about to be consummated when lo! there appears upon the scene the sant who was believed to hate been drowned.
It seems that all is well now with the young lovers when it is suddenly discovered that the psuedo aunt is really so imposter and
to the American Consal-General out. Norean their rent be raised. Kowloon Docks b.$160 sa, 160/161 that Enid is really in possession of the million dollars after all.
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A SHANGHAI VERSION,
Regarding the Teintain fracas a Shanghai resident who returned from Peking on March 16 reports that so far as he could learn up to the time he left Tientsin on Thursday night, the Americans had offered no provocation, and that the Japanese were to blame for allowing what might have well been but an ordinary The position is aggravated by Unions street affair to develop into the fact that many middle-class Yangtzea a riot in which a mob numbering families who could formerly Far Eastern* several hundred, including armed afford a large house are now, FIRE INSURANCES. Japanese troops led by mounted owing to reduced means, in-China Firea" officers, participated. Feeling creased cost of living, and the H. K. Fires was running high in Tientsin at servant difficulty, compelled to that time, not alone among book out for a smaller one-a | Douglases Americans and Japanese but situation of which owners of pro- Steamboats among the French also whisoperty are not slow to take advan-ados (Pre)
| Indos (Del.) quality,rights have been violated by the tage
[Shells Japanese soldiery.
There seem to be three points fand valuation pointed out in an
An expert on both housing and | Ferries `· to the discredit of the Japanese, interview with a representative Sugars. however the fracas may have of the Daily News, that so far as Malabons started. They invaded the French small houses are concerned Concession with force, in violation of French value of 385 in London, £30 in
those, namely, below a ratable Kallans rights They arrested
Langkats and Scotland £26 sisewhere the maltreated American soldiers of Rent and Mortgage Tranoks
Reubs in their own and the French (Restrictions) Act, 1915. Urais concession, in violation of Ameri-compled with the Ameading Act can rights. They are alleged to passed in 1917, absolutely secures have deliberately told untruths the tenants against being turned in denying that there were American soldier prisoners in the except to meet an increase in Japanese guol when the reverse was the fact...
It is customary in Tientsin for members of the American Military Police, or proves guard, to patrol the various concessions armed with police billies" (clubs) be allowed to expire at that per- H'phreys Est only; these men are empowered tod, because the shortage of Kloon ands to make arrests of their own working-class houses will still 1 Reclamations . nationals only. During the affair be acute. A special committee West Points
COTTON MILLS of Tuesday night one of these bas been appointed to deal with military police was attacked this question by the Minister of Ewor
Reconstruction.
Kung Yiks by the crowd while arresting one of the Americans, and three other
"There still remains the diffic- Americans were sent to hospital. ulty with regard to houses just This caused the American above the limited rental. These authorities 乳 declare
the cases demand the immediate Japanese coucession Cat of attention of Parliament. One bounds for American
the troops; of
which therefore to effectually prevent the present situation might Americans entering the Japan be dealt with would be to ese Concession on Wednesday have something in the nature of right a detail of 15 American a Fair Bent Court, which would military police were stationed on give security of tenure, subject the Japanese boundary line into the payment of a fair rent to the French Concession. Abe fixed by the Court. group of Americans gathered "There is no doubt that the near the line and the story present system, under which no spread among the Japanese increase in rent is allowed, cannot that the Americans
were be continned indefinitely, in view preparing to come into their of the great increase to landlords Concession in retaliation for what in the cost of repairs. happened on Tuesday night. One way of easing the situation Crowds began menacingly to was suggested by Major Herbert gather, and it is reported that at Freybarx, sa architect, namely, tempts were made to seize indivi- the conversion of many of the deal American soldiers, causing large houses in Kensington, Pad- the latter to group together for dington, and other districts into protection while a huge crowd of two three self-contained Japanese partially filled Rue maisonettes. Chaylard.
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The Japanese police called on.
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"These Acts, however," expert added; "remain in force for only six months after the de- Centrals claration of peace. It is most H.K. Hotel important that they should not I and Invest.
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COMPANY REPORT.
HONGKONG FIRE INSUR- ANCE CO., LTD.
Consulting Committee of the above The General Managers and
Company, in their fiftieth annual report, state-
Working Account 1917. --After retransferring to this Account the
BUDI of $30,000.00 which was
How the tangle is straightened out and true love comes into its own is ingeniously depicted in the concluding chapters of "Anner- ing Bill."
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Working Account 1918.-The balance at credit of the Account- is $525,279.01.
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ance and an armed company, ripe for a discussion, the need whioli is on duty nightly, res-was to quell the disturbance by Concession, charging and driv- from the French Concession while ing the crowd as far as the the unarmed American returned Empire Theatre. the American to barracks. At this point Lieut. military police armed only with Beck was hit by a stone thrown clubs, who were there to goal from the Japanese mob, the disturbance, falling back. Major patrol left, the American soldier Arthur Basset, who has left the gut away, and the Japanese army and was therefore ia civilian Consul rode away dress, left the Gaiety Theatre Captains Landreth and Mc- with friends to go to the Empire Donnell and others, with Cafe and found himself in the Japanese officer, secured a car midst of the trouble. He saw a and went to the Japanese police Japanese patrol of six or eight station to make inquiries relative men arresting a lone American to arrests reported to have been soldier pedestrian and attempted made by the Japanese. As to interfere, pointing out to the the. CAF was leaving the Reinsurance Fund-It is pro- Japanese they had no right to vicinity of the Empire Cafe, Mr.posed to transfer £20,924:11:5 @ the American in the L 0. McGowan, the owner of the ex 3/4146124,767.63 from the The most remarkable thing Lieut. Maxwell of the 15th U. 8. missile which, scratched his credit of this Fund. This Fand! French Concession. At this time car, was hit in the face by aprofits of the year 1917 to the ANext aordinary General
about the annual dinner of the Infantry came up, and he and cheek and broke his glasses, it will then stand at £99,840:15:1 Meeting of members will be
Cinematograph Exhibitors' As- held on WEDNESDAY March Bociation held recently in the patrol in search of a Japanese Consul for Brazil, and this sygers and Consulting Committee Major Basset accompanied the happens that Mr. McGowan is Dividend. The General Mana- 26th in the Club House at Connaught Rooms London, (at officer, the lieutenant offering to have been the origin of the report have pleasure in recommending which Mr. F. R. Goodwin presid give a receipt for the American that a consul had been assaulted. á dividend of $27 per share Business:-Alteration of rules, ed) was the array of members of & copy of proposed rules can be Parliament whom it attracted. proceeded but a short distance Japanese Police Station and Hon. Mr. E. Shellim resigns his
in Japanese custody. They had Later a visit was paid to the They included two Ministers when the patrol was called away groans baing, heard from the seat on account of his departure J. J. BLACKBURN, Mr. Hodge and Mr.
Lord Beaverbrook proposed the soldier got away. Hon Secretar, health of the cinematograph
party found a semi-nude Ameri-Compton was invited to fill the Meanwhile, Mr. Basset met the can soldier lying on the vacancy. The Hon. Sir Paul Cha sident 11 AR. Newbould, pre- Japanese Consul Mamei, stone pavement in a wounded ter, C. M. G., Sir Robert Ho Tang.
of the Association, replyin ing, asked the Government to Consul
ад open space; the condition The Japanese Messrs. White, Maitland, Gubbay
was mounted. Major and Chinese
and Compton retire but, being The SCHOOL has accomodation for 200 PUPILS, the remove the shackles from the Basset and Lieut. Beck, in made no attempt to relieve the eligible, offer themselves for re-
syllabus including courses for MECHANICS trade so that it might meet the charge of the military police, re man, and the Americans carried accepted an invitation to join the olection. Mr. T.E. Pearce “his threatened American invasion, quested the release of the soldier, him inside and laid
and DRIVING: "1" he said, "the Americans areThe official suggested that if the on table. Another soldier,tion requires the confirmation of SPECIAL FACILITIES are offered lo persons desirous-
bim Consulting Committee, his elec FOR SALE YACHnumber of sites and options on the Japanese would do the same, was found in a cell, wound-
to come here and acquire a large Americans withdrew a few paces a corporal of military police, shareholders. Toinette", any ressable sites they will have us at p draud the matter could then be die ed in the forehead, One of the bean audited by Messrs. H. Percy, "offer will be a pospied, álp ♬ to súvantage, liccause we are not eassed. The group was surrounded men was cut to the bone in the: Smith, F. CA, and A.B. Lowe, van hi uwen uyre caru Java, Jallowed to issue fresh capital to bysmebat people, The Americana atin, it is reported, and paralyzed 7.CA. who being eligible, offer
5.30 p.m.
seen on the Club notice board.
Hon kong 2 th March, 19 9.
FOR SALE.
China-Japan Lijn,
compete with them.!'
Fattendanta
maggested that the time was not on one side by a bayonet rust
absorbing $216,009,00.
Consulting Committee. The
Anditom The Accounts have
themselves for re-election,
THE HONGKong schooL OF MOTORING,
APPLICATIONS FROM STUDENTS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED.
of becoming CHAUFFEURS and not at the moment having means at their disposal, for their course.
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