·HARBOUR LIGHTS.
PROPOSED ALTERATIONS.
A Notice to Marinore has been issued by the Harbour Mastor (Llout-Com. Conway Hako) ro- garding alterations to the naviga. tion lights ut.the pastorn entrance to the harbour, which will come into force on or about August 1st
noxt,
At Capo Collinson, thechuraoter of the light will bo altered, to two half-second flashes in quick succession oxory ton seconda, In all other respects the light will remain the satue,
KONGMOON NEWS.
STRIKE AGAINST. BANQUET TAX. (Our Own Correspondent).
Kongmoon, Juno, 3rd.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,
ON MILITARY LAND.
FOUR CHINESE CHARGED,
"Major J. Hingstono prosocuted four unemployed Chinese, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the The employers have agreed to Kowloon Magistracy this morn the 100 per cent. increase in ing, for trespassing on military Wagen domanded by the poland at Whitfold Barracks. makers in Sunwui, the new scalo Defendants ploaded guilty to the 2nd inst. which corresponds had passed the night there with of wagos baing effective us, from the charge but stated that they to the 1st day of the 5th moon of the Chinoso calendar.
a iriond.
A houses went on strike on the let allowed defendants to sleep in The restaurants and boarding friend). In ovidence, statod ho store-keeper (dofondant's
inst, as a protost against the 10 his quarters as one of them was At Lyemun Pass, a red flash per cent, tax to be lovied on his clansman and another was the light will be oxbibited on much banquets, The imposition le brothor of one of his fokis. side of tho pase, at the inner or ade by a syndicato under the
In fining defondants $2, or western end. On the north side name of Tal Sing Company which four days hard labour, the light will be a red flash, has had farmed out to it the Worship said that the store half-a-second alight and 4 secs monopoly of collecting this tax keeper was greatly to blame, but in eclipse, the height of the light from the Canton authorities. The that did not excuse them. This above H.W.0.5. boing 24 feet. strikers are seeking to have the man's effonce is greater than On the south side the light will tax abolished by approaching the yours, but I can't punish him as ben red Hash, half-a-second alight Chamber of Commerce and peti- he is not charged before me, but and 41 soes, in eclipso, the height tioning the Commissioner of I hope the Military Authorities of the light above H.W.O.H. being Police on the matter. It is point-will see about it."
11 foot. Tho structure of these nd out that it is true that the
two lights will be pillar lighthou-brunt of the tax will-ultimatoly se, painted white.
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It is ropurted that Brigadior, The great part which models. General Check Yan-kee lasare playing in the popular do- received an order from Gobernimmstration of the work of Gov- Hsu Sung-chi to rush his troops ornmont departments is shown) to the Southern front, and he has by the numerous models which consequently mobilized all his are brought into use at the Gov- troops to be concentrated in Sun-orumont Pavilion of the British The American destroyer Paul]ping preparatory to participating Empire Exhibition at Wembley. Jones arrived here yesterday, in the southern campaign. It is The Admiralty, the War Ofice, about 9. a.in.. with Squadron also reported that the naval float the Air Ministry, the Post Office, Lender Maclaren's spare flying will re-assemble at Kongmoon the Ministry of loalth all those bout from Japan, and went which was once the base of the departments of the State alongside the Naval camber, Const- Defunce flotilla. where the ecrane lifted the cases ashora. Two hours later the American destroyer William B. Pruston bad the inachino trans- forred to its dock, and at half past three yesterday afternoon It was steaming at full spoed for Akyal This is one of the many instances of Anglo-Amori-{ can co-operation which augur so happily for the future relations) of the English-speaking races.
MACAO NOTES.
THE RACECOURSE PROJECT.
4Our Chen Correspondent)
mploying models to show in a eluar manner the nature of their activities. On the largest stage in the world will be shown tho defeat of the Spanish Armada. Thore, too, British naval history from that date down to the raid. by picked on on the Gorman base at Zenbrügge will be re-toid, For the War Oflice, panoraına models will give a clear idea of Macau, June 3rd. the famous battles of the British The incorporation of the army, including somo fought on syndicate concerned with the the great battlofields of France new Racecourse has been duly during the Great War. The his gazetted, and it would seem from tory of the army during the past this that the question of the eight hundred years will also be legality of the grant has boon depicted by life-sized figures in settled. The syndicate's office the armour and uniform of the will be temporarily in the Poperiod. So, too, with the Air Hang Bank: promises until such Ministry. A model civil airport time as its own placo is erected. and airship baso will be shown, Twenty-five cases, the majority The Directors are Mossra, Lu and mechanical and panoramic marked with the initials W M.Lim-yok, Yong Pat, Wong Wo-models will show how aircraft Hongkong." which came aboard ching, Keo Ho-chin, Y T2-operate. The Hongkong models. the Blue Funnel liner Poly- and Soo Tsing-tien, who are serving a useful purpose, phemus, wore opona by the are well-known nou of enterprise
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ARMS FIN
FIND.
BIG HAUL FROM BLUE FUNNEL BOAT.
Water Police yesterday and wore in Macao and Shanghai, Under
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success.
found to contain small arms and their able direction it is expected There appear to be no earlier that the venture will be a big postage stamps extent than the Corcosponding ammunition, tho total of which constitutod one of
stamps of 1840, sono of winch the largest arms seizures made
Mr. Lopes, manager of the were in the British portion of the within
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, has Forrari collection sold recontly. months. Thero rocent ware something like 300 just convoned a moating of mor- Prepaid lotters wore. however, volvers and automaties and chants doaling in European goods known in France so far back as several thousand rounds of am- with a view to discussing the 1653, when a legal functionary monition. The cases
exchange problem, which prosents named Volayer obtained a royal moved to the Water Police Station any difficulties to commerce licence to set up letter boxes in for a hero detailed examination. but no definite action appears to nutepaper bearing the printed in- here. The matter was considered, various parts of Paris and to so!! have been taken. All the same, soription, "Port paye, le-du one must admire Mr. Lopes' efforts mois-do 1653," These forms to put business here on a soundor were rotailed at a sou apiece. A footing. It would scom that the lottar written on one of them only way to solve the exchango was delivered to any part of problem is to istue Portuguese Paris within twenty-four hours,. coin in Macao and finish once provided the person sending it und for all with Chinese silver filled in the date when writing)
the address. Volyer issued a circular bogging the public to lay in a stock, that there may be no difliculty in despatching a letter should urgent need arise," Parisians seem to have been shy of the venturo, for Velayer drop- pe it aftor little moru.thun twolves utonths' trial,
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