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NOTICE.
THE COWIE HARBOUR|
NOTICE.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
PEEP BEHIND" AT SCOTLAND YARD.-
How £100,000 Pearl Mystery Was Solved.
COAL CO., LTD. Mme Victoria Suarez How a detective disguised as a
SILIMPOPON COAL
THE undersigned are prepared
to quote pricas for best quality freshly mined Silimpopon Coal, trimmed into Bunkers at Sebattik or Sandakan (British North Borneo), and to contract for regular Supplies of cargo lots at favourable rates.
or
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Ebove just received a special shipment of:- LADIES & GENTLEMENS
SIGNET RINGS
Also
SLAVE
BANGLES
All solid gold, English Hall- marked.
Inspection Invited. "
SHERIFF BROS.
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THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
WHAT WOULD
A REAL LIVE TIGER LIKE THEY
IF YOU ENJOY REALLY
GOOD COFFEE
BUY THAT WHICH IS SPECIALLY SELECTED
AND FRESHLY ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY.
THE ̋ GRAECO-EGYPTIAN CO. 12, Queen's Road, Central.
YOU DO IF A WILD
TIGER CAME RUNNIN DOWN
THIS STREET
RIGHT NOW,
WILLE?
HAVE IN
A CIRCUS?
Just passing through,
is selling at
half price all her
stock of
New Models
before going to PARIS :-
1921.
OLD BAILEY "AUDIENCESTM
Court Reduced to Level of Cinema.
CHINA COAST OFFICERS.
The Latest Changes.
In expressing appreciation of policeman discovered the gang the action of Mr. Justice Swift Captain W. McDonald," of the who were behind the famous Max in clearing the court when the Liangchow, is on leave. Captain Meyer pearl mystery of 1913 is jury's verdict in the trial of B. H. G. Ashby, from reserve, told by Sir Basil Thomson, former. Madame Fahmy was given has gone master, Liangchow, chief of the. Criminal Investiga-|| an example of judicial firmness Mr. J. H. Hodgkiss, second, tion Department of Scotland, which other judges in Yard, in the October number of circumstances would do well to officer, Chinhua. Mr. E T. WILL similar officer. Shansi, has gone second the Cosmopolitan, an American follow the Low Journal sug lams, second Chinhua, has gone magazine.
gests that
a better system of second officer, Shansi. A pearl necklace, valued at regulating the admission of: over £100,000, was sent from the mere sightseers at sensational has gone third officer. Suisang.
Mr. J. Rees Evans, from leave, Faris establishment of Mr. Max trials would be even better than Meyer to the London shop of the more rigorous treatment of second engineer, Hapeh, has gone Mr. F. K. Webster, acting publie demonstrations in courts third engineer, Wangpu
engineer, Whangpu, has gone Mr. W. R Ruxton, third second engineer, Hupeh.
same name.
King Koward Huld taken by a member of the firm more favourably situated places one second engineer. Fengtien
ROOM 77.
The pearls were packed seof justice. curely in a small box; the box The presence in the public was wrapped with paper and gallery." says the journal, "of a Iwith tape, and was sealed with crowd of idle persons who have eight seals bearing the initials waited all night to obtain ad-
Mr. J. Work, second engineer, of the firm, M.M.***
mission in the morning is hardly Fengtian, is on reserve, Mr. W. F. After it had been sealed it was so unfitting as the presence in Henderson, from reserve, has to Paris post office, where it was of such groups of fashionably
Captain P. Jowitt, from reserve. registered.
attired women as listened to the has gone master, Yuensang. It arrived in London with unpleasant details of the Fahmy
Mr. S. E. McKinley, second seals intact. But when the London case day by day. This is a matter engineer. Esang, has gone noting manager of Max Meyer opened which concerns the City authori. chief engineer, same ship. Mr. the parcel without breaking the ties, by whom the attendance of D. R. Ritchie, chief engineer, seals he found that it contained these morbid-minded women is Esang, is on leave. not pearls, but little pieces of facilitated. They might well con-i Mr. A. Jackson, acting chief. sider whether the most important engineer, Loongwo, bas gone criminal court in the country second engincer, Esang. ought to be reduced to the level of a playhouse or a cinema.
C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD, small coal.
Sanitary Engineers Monumentalists, etc.
Offices &
984, Wanchai Krad, Godowns.
Hongkong Tel. No. 269
Just Received a new supply of
"S" & "P" TRAP CLOSETS.
All kinds of Builders Re- quisites in stock for immediate Delivery.
Estimates free for all kinds of
Sanitary work-Honumental work is Italian Marble Hongkong Granite.
A new Stock of Artificial Wreaths Just Arrived-from 8" to 18" diameter.
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Sir Basil tells how his first move was to discover from his dentist that the quickest setting material known was plaster of Paris.
Mr. H. W. Mills, from leave, has gone acting chief engineer. Loongwo,
"Time was when seats in the public gallory at the Old Bailey Mr. C. A. Hillo, from reserve, He obtained a small quantity. were openly sold. Nobody would has gone chief officer, Tai Way NEW SEAL IN FOUR MINUTES.
In my office I discovered that custom should be restored. Butthe reserve, has second officer, Tai dream of suggesting that the Fung. Mr. T.A. Nicholas, from within four minutes by the stop-attendanceof well-dressed women Way Fund. watch I could make a mould and at senational murder trials at the reproduce the seal upon
Mr. J. Rees, from reserve, bas the Central Criminal Courts. is suffi-gone third officer Haiyang.__Mr. packet so perfectly that no mem-ciently frequent to suggest that A. N. Seaton, third ber of my staff could tell the the City authonties, if they did Haiyang. is on resetve,
officer, difference.
reintroduce the old system, might Captain W. F. O'Farrell, from reserve, has gone master, San-
This was important, because it exact pretty high prices for the proved the the package could seats which these enger sightseers have been opened and re-sealed occupy. The look of theatricality ning. without making more than a few in the Court could, at any rate, Sanning, is on leave. Mr. HLW. Mr. C. S. Robb, chief officer, minutes diference in the time of hardly be more pronounced than Lane, from its delivery.
it is now when a dramatic case chief officer, Sanning.-Shipping reserve, has gone The next thing to do was to is being tried." keep a watch on Hatton-garden.
and Engineering. which, Sir Basil says, is one of WIRELESS REVIEWING.
Even after a month's holiday one may plainly notice, on return-
the greatest repositories for stolen jewels that exist in Europe, not even excepting Amsterdam.” . Eventually suspicions werecon-ing to town, the steady multiplica- centrated on four men -Lockett. tion of London's aerials. They Gold, Grizzard and Marks, but at spring up above our Metropolitan
Due
-
COSTUME AND THE "CABARET.”
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. no time was it possible to find roofs and across our Metropolitan had a long start of London in The cabaret entertainment them together. They were follow-buck gardens like cobwebs, says America and on the Continent. ed continually by detectives who a Home paper. adopted varying disguises but the moon will soon shimmer upon placed on it by the authorities, The London But, in spite of the restrictions men were so widely acquainted one interminable spider's citadel it seems now to have established with the methods of Scotland of "wireless coils. And the itself among us, says a Home Yard that it was impssible to
developent of wireless deceive them.
paper. The principal * cabaret") chanism keeps pace with its are gatting into full swing fi It was finally a detective dis- guised as 2 policeman who was provement of the broadcast prolies" give a reconstructed pe multiplication • and theim-new season. The "Cabaret F able to approach two of the men grammes with both. Some of formance at the Queen's Hat in the street, listen to their con- the critics have had hard things Roof. The Grafton Dance Club versation. and learn their plans to say about London's wireless which has an American skittle INIPPON YUSEN KAISHAJ) The result was that all four were prgrammes, but they forget that alley. is providing an ambitious
arrested a Oxford-circus Tube FROM EUROPE & STRAITS. Station..
we were only dealing with the "cabaret," while the Midnight first novelty of a new scientific Follies" The Steamship
HINT FROM POEL
wonder. Nowadays there
are reopening at the Explaining the reason for this small ground for complaint. All regulation laid down for London is Hotel Metropole. Under the new "ATSUTA MARU,"
disguise Sir Basil sags:- having arrived from the above You have read Poe's story admirable musical
tastes are catered for with really by the County Council, a little ports. Consignees of Cargo are" The Purloined Letter."
entertain- hereby informed that their Goods letter was concealed by sticking and brief lecturettes are becoming months ago, bat production in more latitude is allowed to pro- Thements, the news service improves, ducers than was allowed a few are being landed and placed at it openly in the most conspicuous an interesting feature. Mr. John this country is still seriously their risk in the Hongkong and place in the apartment.
Kowloon Whart and Godown We used the same method. Strachey is the latest recruit-hampered. In London it is not Company Gotowas at Kowloon, We disguised one of our detec with a weekly wireless book re-permitted at a public entertain- whence delivery may be obtained. tives as a policeman.
ment to give a performance in Goods not cleared by the 12th A detective is a policaman dis-
which the artists waar costume so
rent.
view.
November 1923, will be subject toguised as a civilian. Remember necklace' removed, coal inserted, long as liquor is being consumed. that these thieves knew police wrappings replaced, the broken A compromise has been reached Damaged package must be methods as well as we did. They sealsbrought together and melted by which, while the audience is. left in the Godowns for examina- knew that no uniformed police- with a hot poker to be impressed drinking wine, a short entertain. tion by the Consignee's and the man would ever be assigned to again with the Meyer seal, and ment is provided with the per Co.'s
representatives On any watch them or would even beso returned to the postman. formers wearing their ordinary Tuesday & Fridays, at 2.30 p.m. acquainted with their connection within the free storage Period. with the case.
All claims must be presented Grizzard was the brains of the within ten days of the steamer's scheme for stealing the Meyer arrival here. after which date pearls. they cannot be recognized.
Lockett took the pearls to his clothes. This is merely a pre- house, and as soon as his wifeliminary to the real entertainment learned of his arrest she put them which follows soon afterwards, in a match-box, dropped them in when, by law, the artists are a gutter and invited the police, allowed to wear costume. He made friends with the when they called, to search her No claims will be admitted postman, promised him £100 if house. after the goods have left, the Godowns.
No fire insurance has been efocted.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Hongkong, 5th. Nov.. 1923,
YEAH
the next time he had a package i The pearls were found in the for Meyer he would lead it for a gutter by a plumber's assistant little while.
who, wanting a match to light his pipe, hoped to find one in the box. Instead he found the Meyor pearls.
When it at last arrived the parcel was taken to Marks's shop, where the seals were broken, the
Yes, Tigers Have Awful Appetites.
WHY, TD JUMP BACK OF A THE COÀN THIỆN TH
TIGER CALE BY TO GRÅB US TAL AN TUROVI JEJA AROUND REAL FAST, AN
BREAK HIS NECK-THATS
WHAT TO DO.
7:
Get a
VICTROLA
and chase Dell cars away MOUTHIES: Sole Agents
"
WHAT WOULD YOU DO FATISER.
CALLE UP THIS
STREET AT YOU,
TAG?
WHY, TD,RUN
AWAY WHOLE HE
WUZ. EATIN' YOU UP!
BY BLOSSER
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