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五月正英港香
MONDAY,
SENSATIONAL ROBBERY.
WHITEAWAY'S STORE RANSACKED.
DARING DAYLIGHT AFFAIR.
One of the most daring daylight robberies. over committed in Hangkung was perpetrated over the week-ond at the store of Messre Whitedway, Laidlaw and Co., Lid., Des Voeux Rond Central. The robbery must have been the work of a gang, and articles to the valuo of something liko $10,000 have been stolen.
OUR COMPETITION,
SOME HINTS FOR COMPETITONS.
In vlow of the fact that thero still scoms to be doubt in the minds
JANUARY
1925
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
FRANCO CHINESE DISPUTE.
That there was a hitch between of some of our roadors rogard-the Chinaso and the Fresch ing what is required of them in Governments regarding the basis
competing for the Dodge motor on which the franc was to be paid
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to
car Viotrola gramophone and was the reason advanced by M Underwood typewriter, offered as F. C, Jankin, in the Supreme prizes in our Competition, wo give Court this morning, when applica |the following hints :-
tion was mado" for a further Fill in each blank with one adjournmont of the hearing of the lottor so that a word is formed. petition for the winding-up of the
The latters to be filled in must Banquo Industriallo de Chine. wut bo voweln. Any tattera Mr. Jenkin explained to Bir excepting" a," "o," "}," o," and Henry Gollan that the patition The store was locked as yeual was kept silverware and cutlery,
," may be used.
had novor boon board bocause No lottor must be written out-it was. thought that t on Saturday afternoon by Mr. O. This was forced open and the sido the blank squares on the would be of grantor bengåt Smith, the Manager, a watchman whole of its contents taken, a few coupon,
tho croditors that! [spoons being found bent and bat- being left on guard during Batertored outside. The robbers ap:"skoloton" the number of latters up. He asked for an adjourn By the side of each day's the Company should not be wound day night. It is usually Mr.parently collected all they wanted Smith's custom to visit the store on the ground floor and then car in the completed word is stated. ment until July 3rd.. It was Compotitors' must not add more impossible for the proposed bond. on Sunday mornings, but ho did ried their plunder upstairs, where letters than are needed to make sohema to proceed until the disputo bat woon this French and not go to the store yesterday, they packed it into new suitcases
up this total. Although there is a watchman on ing. They entered the privato persons or placus) are to be used;
No proper names (that is, of Chiuoso Governments was settled. An affidavit by Mr. M. M. duty every night, thero is no oflices upstairs and tried to neither will foreign words bo Fitz Honry, the manager of the watchman by day, and it is break open the cash safe, but this; included.
Soviato Francaise du Garinoo do, supposed that the robbers, who defied their efforts, elso they must have possessed very good would have made away with name and address of the com- stated that the Chinese Govern Each coupon must bear the la Banque Industrille de Chine, information, forced their entry Saturday's takings. The front
mont contond that the payment into the store sometime during name plate of the safe was found petitor. daylight on Sunday. The pro-removed, but the lock was intact.
There is no "catch" whatever of the Boxer Indemnity should in this contest. mikes were not opened until just The cashier's desk below, as
It is a simple be made at the present value of after eight o'clock this morning wall as the Manager's desk competition, and the words are the frane, whereas no Franch when a scene of utter confusion in
not being selected so as to form Government say that pay mont and disordor greeted the Manager. boon rifled, papers being litter-asentence when road in saquonco.ould be made on to basis of The watchman was on, outside od all over the place.
Words in common everyday the value of tho goll frano as duty as usual last night and he was nothing of value for the Uso have horu selected for this heretofore,
Computition. observed nothing unusual.
The simplor the The adjournmont was granted, words, the greater chance will
-a number of which aro miss-
tho main store, bad
There
rubbers hore. Just how much has been stolen has not yet boon dofinitely ascertained, but the Manager's estimate of the miss ing goods is at least $10,000.
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MAÇÃO RADIO.
A now coupon appears on Page) MESSAGES FROM AMERICA: 4 in tais, issue.
WEST RIVER NEWS.
Our "Macao correspondent writes that the Macao radio station has lately picked up. soveral mossages from distant places.
in
HOW ROBBERS ENTERED.
Entry was effected by way of the airenso in the side entranco, loading to the offices occupied by Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik and Co
THE ESCAPE.' On the first floor landing of the
Bofore leaving, the robbers pro- stairway is a window giving on cured some soap from the front to the passage-way between the store, $ towel from upstairs building and the old P. and O
and then washed their hands office building. The thieves clam-
in
•PROSPECTS OF FIGHTING. bored out through this window was left on a bed in the furnishing bowl of water, which
Movements of troops have re
On Christmas Day, Mr. Saraiva, and gained access to the verandab department. of the first fl or by climbing along oxit by way of a small window River with forces of Kwangsi fewer than soventeen massages, They made their contly occurred on the West the oporator in charge, got no the wide parapet which runs which they had opened from the soldiers and Gon. Chan King-one from New York and the round this part of the building inside, this window giving caster ming's Army, which it is believed others from two stations Once on the verandah, they pro-access to the ledge along which are designed in order to drive the Arkansas coeded to force their way in. they had clamhored in making forces of Dr. Sun Yat-sen out of When the weather conditions adopting the simple method of thoir entry. It WALA Sk using a crowbar, or some other}
com-Shui Hing and Wuchow. Dr. are good, mossages are almost heavy instrument, to lever one suit cases along this ledge, clam-mand of Gen. Wong Shui-hang,
paratively easy matter to hand Sun's forces are under the comdaily picked up from Australia
(and Now Zoaland, of the big verandah windows
har through the window giving who has been described as boing off ita hingos. The window on to the side entrance stairway more Wan hedily torn out. Once
Or less an independent and then calmly walk insido, they ΠΟΓΟ free
off soldier nominally under Dr. Sun MISS DAISY HO TUNG'S to downstairs. The robbers took a but mostly playing bis own gume. ransack the place at leisure risk on having this semi-public He has, however, boon able to having the ground floor and first stairway to themselves, but they maintain order at Wuchow for floor all to themselves. So long managed to as they kept out of sight from detected.
get away un the last two years or more, and those passing the front door thoy
ho is also orodited with the bloodless "capture" of Nanning a fow months back. There certain-
ran no risk of being observed.
men
SOME OF THE LOOT.
POLICE ON THE SCENE.
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THE CAIRO ASSASSINATION.
Funeral of the Murdered Sirdar.
Happy Valley,
Thelmatult shows the scano at the gravealde on the occasion of the funeral of Major General Bir tack, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, who was recently assassinated.. "Among those shown eft to right are;-Ei Lowa Spinks Paaho, Inspector General,of the Egyptian Amy; Air Vila-Marahal Sir Oliver Swaun, Âir Ufficer còmnisnding the Royal Air Forco -(Middio East); General Sir Richard Haking; Ganerał Wilcer commanding tid British troops in, Egypt; Lord Alionby (2), tuo High Commissioner. On the right is Miss Stack with her fianoso, Mr. Bardsley, the lato Sirdar's private suoratart. Tho committai sontenode word recited by Bishop Gwynne, who is seen in foreground, wearing m starboard. ("The Times" copyright photograph).
ORIENTAL CARPE
Here are soon Egyptian troops in the procession at the funeral of the murdered Birdar. ("The Times" copyright photgraph).
(To it Editor.ongkong Telegraph.")
International Bowls.
NEW PALACE OF PEACE.
|FOR LEAGUE ASSEMBLIES.
Genova, Jari. 4. - An international jury will shortly most at Geneva to dotor-
SPAIN'S LITTLE WAR.
INSURGENTS STILL ACTIVE.
The police wore at once notifiedly appears to be trouble browing Downstairs, in the main shop this morning, and Inspector on the whole of the West River, The wedding of Sir Robert Ho the thieves raked over practically Earner and A numbor of and armed clarhos betwoon Dr. Tung's second daughter, Miss everything in the store, trowing othor officers visited the Sun's forces and the others aro] Daisy Ho Tung, to Mr. Ou-young the floor with the lean valuable promises and made a thorough probably impending.
Kung-sul, eldest son of Mr. Ou- articles and leaving the fixtures examination. From fingor prints Large forces of soldiers have young Wet-chong, a leading Can- CORRESPONDENCE. and Attinge littered up with and footmarka takon, it is sur-lately bean transported from the toneso marohant and banker of tumbled goods. Drawers and miead that the robbery was the region of Sam Shui towards Shul Hankow, tookplace on December cupboards wore ransacked and work of at least three men and Hing, and various other places. 30th at 5 pm. at the Great the store presented an appalling that they must have been woll Most of these troops have beon Eastern Hotel, Shanghai. sight this morning. Silk hand acquainted with the lay-out of transported by the Por ugueso Mr Tang Shao-yi, the veteran, keroliefs, "Swan" and "Water- the shop and the habits of its steamer Hui Hai, and the large diplomat, officiated. MrOu-young
" fountain pane to
the staff. It is conjectured that the motor launch Puerte Principo Tzu-haiu was best man and Mier
“Paris, Jan, der ne 200 work was done yesterday after which the Southern Republican Jean Ho Tang and Miss Mar Sir-Re the so-called interna mine the conditions of an inter- Tangier that the situation in the It in officially reported from number of at loast expensiva woollen waistcoate, noon before dark, that is bo-army has commandoered. Trouble Ou-young wore the bridesmaids. tional bowls match England silk BUCKS dfid 1108,
twood the time the Manager may and
therefore also develop Mr. Kao Lang-ting's two.
national competition for the boet Spanish zone is ar as follows versus Scotland, reported in your designs for a palace for the would bave left if he had gone to between them and the Portuguese daughters wore flower girls.
Gonoral Baro has balted on the |all manner of higher-priced goods
papor this evening, and which waro collected, the hoxes from the store as usual and the arrival Government,
The wedding was colebrated England are reported to have assemblies of the League of Aingbonnon frontier in the inter- which they wore takon boing on duty of the night watchman. It is reported that fighting before a very largeand representa won, beating Scotland in 5 rinke
Nations.
{nationsì zòng with three thousand commenced at Shui Hing on tivo gathering of friends and ro-
Bir John Burnett will representimen, and is awaiting rejöforce- Among other dopredations, the January 1st at 11 am. These lations of the two families. The out of the 6 rinks playlor, would Britain on the jury, which will ments to rolleve Mohofsa in the escaped thioves put the shop lift out of clashes, however, wore more or hall was most tastefully decorated you rindly allow me space dispose of a hundred thousand Anjora district, the only post re-
commission-apparently in aulas in the nature of skirmishos with flowers.
your paper to strongly protest franos in prizos for the best plans maining to be rollevad, after effort to work it for themselves or guerilla warfaro.
The procession which wound sumption of the poople who had
against the assumption and pre- —Router.
which the Spanish troops will for the purpose of carrying the H.M.S. Robin was observed to its way from the brido's home at the audacity to put forth the
retire to the line established by Undor the stairs, near the lift goods upstairs from the ground pase Do Bing on Friday at 11a.m. Seymour Road was accompanied
Gen. De Rivora, ba motor, is a large enfo in which floor.
fcame representing Scotland, as, under way to Wuchow, where she by Moutrie's band and four in my opinion they are very far matola should appear in your killed and 171 wounded in opara- Twanity Spanish troops wore, is reported to have been sent as Indian troopara..
from being representative teams paper. Quite a few of the oboson ions on January 1st and 2nd. The a precautionary measure.
The bride wore a pink gown of Scottish bowlers in the Colony? for this match seam to posess on There is now reported to be very richly embroidered. After Out of the 24 players on the uncanny kuack of always getting insurgents invested Soguedis. water about zoro (11 foot) at the the ceremony the young coupl Scottish nido, not more than a in to the limelight, and it would Spanish serial bombardments near the international bridge, and bar noar Sam Bhui, with a little proceeded to their new home dozen wore in any way entitled, be very interesting to a large heavily punished the villages. higher water around the full and Binza Road,
from a bowling point of view, to number of bona fide League gi warships bombarded the coast chungo of the moon.
play in a match which purported bowlers to have an explanation of
thrown on the floor. Nothing, seemed to havo
attention..
PACKED IN SUITCASES.
GUILD RAIDED.
SIX. ARRESTS MADE.
LENINGRAD
FLOODED.
A TIMELY WARNING.
Moscow, Jan, 4
on
VOLCANIC SHOAL.
NOT VERY DANGEROUS.
WU PEI-FU'S RIVER TRIP.
to be ladiestive of the relative why they have boon Ignored in on January 2nd.
TO-DAY
Inspector J. Grant and a num
The Spanish command "thtonda ber of officors from the No. 7
of Bosh and English this match (if it is supposed to be to establish posts round the front- Police Station raided the Paint the waters of the Gulf of Finland A south-westorly galo drovo
bowlers in the Colony. From a a representativa match between Borapers Guild, located on the up the Nava, which rose eight
porusal of the names, the English and Snottish bowlers in lor of the International song.-
Reuter focond floor of No. 48 Barond foot, inundating some of the
only onclusion I ann bome the Colony) and people brought in Saroot, youterday, and arrested islands
The volcanic shoal rocently ro. SPENDS NIGHT AT ANCHOR. to is that qulie a number of to play who hayo: never oven two mon, in possession of arms is bullt.
which Leningrat ported by us as having formed in
the Scottish players- have boon played in a leaguo matob and the south-eastern section of the
Hankow, Jan. 4. chosen not because they word who make no endeavour through fully loaded. One of them WAS
The Novsky Prospect was Koga Point lighthouse has now Marshal Wu Pol-fu yesterday in the Friallest degres qualified out the howling season to quality found in possession of a revolver flooded, and several factories hoon reported by a shipmastor na boarded a gunboat with his wife as bowlers, bub simply because bowlors. The whole thing, tled to his leg, while the other were damaged, but the loss was boing in a booring of 8,37°E (143) and ontourage of troops.
they happen ”; tó: ba, só-called) appears to be a bit of a domedy. had a similar weapon strapped to minitalsed owing to the oitisone from Kogs, and about 35 miles off. Five miles down-river, it drop taipane or would-be talpaus,
Epelosing is girdle.
being offloially warned. and all The shoal has about 24 foot of ped- anchor, and bez remained Now, Mr.” Editor,&in " the Four other men caught in the goods having previously boon water on it, so it is not very dan" overnighti - To-day he was still interests of historicni-napuracy premises at the time of the raid removed from the docks. There gorous for the vessels of a reason- there. The reason for the delar and Tale" play7: 1 think Tronly. *ure also taken into custody. wars no fatalities.-Reuter. ably shallów draft..
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