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FRIDAY,
CORNER" IN
WHARVES.
JANUARY
9.
1925
H五十万式十
JINOLD DUFT. 10 UTS
UJA PER ANNOM
Royal Enfield M tor Cyclus Made like a Gun.
Prloes and complete specifications on request..
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LTD. Telephone Contral 1240 or 1947.
39, Wong Noi Chung Road Happy Valley
HARBOUR
FATALITY.
HONGKONG AT WEMBLEY.
$300,000 SUBSIDY WANTED.
MOST EXHIBITORS LOST MONEY.
In a letter to the Government were
those who took a fow
WEST POINT BERTHS AFFECTED.
TELEPHONE CO'S CHAIRMAN.
INVESTIGATING LOCAL POSITION.
hero.
MORE DOG BITES.
had
B
FOUR
CHINESE
DROWNED..
TRADING JUNK SINKS.
TWO CABES YESTERDAY.
Whilst a group of children word at play on the ground in front of A contributing factor to the
the Military school, yesterday, a Among the passongor who white and black half-pointer dog cost of living in Hongkong, espo- arrived at Hongkong by the P. & belonging to the head mistross, olally as regards the prices of O... Moros yesterday evening Mrs. D. M. Derto, suddenly firewood and poultry, has just woro Bir George Gibb, Kt., and attacked one of the little girls, bean dinolased.
Lady Gibb.
Four mon sleeping in the after but no water was found, nad the The small steamers trading
Lily Cagor, and bit her on the left hold of a trading junk a chorod master, Chan Tin, and his eight on the question of Hongkong's pounds to spend and expended river ports-they range in size company of which the China and was at once taken to the Military off Helland Street, West Point, fokis rotired to rest, with no
Bir George is chairman of the templo. In consequence, the girl between horo and the various; representation in the reopening of these as much on the amusements from 200 tons deadweight and Co., Ltd., is a subsidiary, and on dog as removed to Konaedy the foundering of the junk in the sleeping accommodation was all Japan Talophone and Electric Hospital for treatment, whilst the mot their deaths as the result of reason for uneasy feelings. The the Wembley Exhibition this year, provided by the Exhibition as on upwards-formerly had to pay anquiry at the local office to-day | Town for observation. the authorition have heen askud objects which took their fancy one wharf at West Polat.. Two he is in Hongkong in connection belonging to Mr. J R. Wood bit Five others, including the master, $500 per month for the rent of wa wore authorised to state that by the Hongkong Chinese General Under the circumstances, it could steamers could use the same with the position of the company alio employed by Mr. G. N. N.
It is reported also that a dog early hours of this morning, in the after hold. Chamber of Commarco for a not be expected that a great deal wharf, one on each sido.
The master suddenly swoke subsidy of $300,000 towards the of trade could result.
At present, however, the prioo
Tiuson at No. 178 The Peak, As
particularly fortunate about 3 a.m. to find water surging There had for the right to use one sido only It is interesting to recall that was taken to Kennedy town. experianco.
in the previous case, the animal escape, though an unenviable all over blm, and, in a trico, the дорога ехрепаск,
been a few genuine enquiries, but of a wharf is $2,000 nor monch, an the company's monopoly is duo The coolle was admitrod into the At the back of this request is these had not amounted to much. increase of about 660 por conti to expire in 1930, and thoro Government Civil Hospital yes-
hold was completely submerged. the statement mado by the
Thie naturally has to be paid for has boon something
harbour With four others he managed to terday. Secretary, Mr. Yip Lan-chuon,
with freight money, which sub-controversy as to whether it. sequently again raisos the prioos should be ronowed, and the terms that 75 por cont, of the oxhibitors
for the constamor.
of each robowal, bosidon talk of bad lost money on the enterprise, ably good profit at one Exhibi-syndicato has bought many of the into operation.
It le known that a Chinese a locally formed concern coming for which the subsidy receivad
tion Was the restaurant, but wharves at West Point, with the from the Government was nothon anything which would cater result that they have now been solicitor by profession, bas had Sir George Gibb, who, is a compensation, being money cen-to the amusement of the crowd
able to establish a corner in them a distinguished counoution with
It seems that a Wharves Or traffic (particularly tributed only towards thobuilding
was surotɔ ha a success, Mr. Yipdinance will soon be just as much problems, and was knighted In Chineso
failway)
With the approach of the Street. The junk had made about found. of the shops and gonoral overhead
added.
1904. Ho was born at Abordeon tradesmen have began to take
Now Year, Chinese ton piculs of water in hor bilges expenses, including the passage
in 1850, and was educated there stock of their position. The next and this was immediately baled Harbour Master this morning, versity. Ho entered a solicitor's Rettlement of account as the year office as an articled glork iu draws to an end, with its tale of 1872, and five years later bo-many financial hepos blasted and came ΑΠ assistant in the business
RESTAURANT PROFITS. The only shop which could
bo Baid
to mako
д голной
Mr. Yip Lan-chuen accom-
nooded as a Rents Ordinance.
of
A POOR YEAR.
CHINESE BUSINESS
SUFFERS.
The junk reached yesterday At about six escape from his imprisonment and o'clock in the evening from after swimming round for some Mui Wo, little fisbing low minutes, their ories wore village in the New Territories heard and they were picked up She carried half a cargo of sand by a neighbouring junk. and anchored for the night about
No trace of the four other
a bundred yards off Holland occupants of the junk could bo
10onoy and freight for the exhibit-panied the Hongkong Commis- WEST. RIVER MISHAP at the Grammar School and Uni-few days should witness a gùneral out with buckets.
torr.
Reporting the accident to the
CHan Tia eaid the junk was abou*
tion of her holds was made by capacity, and was valued at about At about midnight, an inspec-ton years old, was of 1,041 picula venturus ruined by one of the fokis named Siv Ting. $1,000.
EXCELLENT BOXING.
NOVICES GIVE ENTER- TAINING DISPLAY,
TO-DAY.
Closing Exchange 26. 3. 15/16 Lighting Up-Time 5.56 pm. Barometer
2 p.m. 30.13 Température
Humidity
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
GO
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sioners to London and was tho A BUSINESS FAILURE.
last one to return, having been
THREE LIGHTERS SUNK. From a business point of view. hack of his post some three weeks.
On the morning of January Great Western Railway solici-unrest in the neighbouring pro the Hongkong Section of tho
Ho said that the viows
6th, a large motor launch, whose tor's offico, afterwards holding vince. Yet the extent of lousos exhibition was frankly a failure,
of Chinese name is Fat Choi, was that post for the North-Eastern is not so great as fudicated on the merchanta bure were gaid Mr. Yip in a
that towing four lighters loaded with Railway at York. Sir George surface. So the Secretary of the: Telegraph inter- viow yesterday.
was nooded if the firewood down from Wuchowaoted as arbitrator for the com- Chinese General Chamber of a subsidy A fow orders)
local section was to do woll at shallow waters which are in tho and became a
towards Do Sing, through the pany in waves matters in 1897; Commerce (Mg. Tip Lan-chuen) had been obtained, but those were of only a minor extent and did
the reopening of Wembley. vicinity of the second bar above Committee on War Offico reyesterday.
member of the told a Telegraph representative Consequently the Chambor hos Kong Han, when the coxswain of organisation in 1901, also of the not compensate fully for the
the Fat Choi suddenly sighted a Royal Commission on Londoning paradox is that merchants addrossed & letter to the Govern rock right ahoad, which
The explanation for this seam-) extensive preparations entailed
bo traffic two years lator. Since have boon cautious during tho on the exhibitors, Fancy goods mont asking for $300,000. The was just able to
avoid by then he has held chairmanships year, in watching the political
[BY "WANDERER."] were disposed of in small lote and matter still was doubtless under vory narrow margin. The and directorships in the Metro- barometer and have beon careful. by retail to casual visitors, but of consideration by the authorities, stearage way because the motor ways, the Road Board, and the mitmente not actually, justified mind visions of a whirl of arms lighters, however, lost their politan District and Tubo rail-not to draw themselves into competitions" usually conjures in the The headnoto "Novicos Com- the big orders oxpooled. to results so far no reply had boon launch was no longer able to tow Government Arbitration Board. by the prospects refooted in the and logs, a delightful avoning for from the Exhibition there were received by the Chamber.
A. B. Sparkes, whose bearded current political conditions of the the spectator who hankers after shin must have boon an excellent country. So it has come to paas blood, and a series of short and protector, that whilst trade with Canton sweet soraps, but at the R.N. and Martin,
disposed of Stokor and other South China coastal R.M. Novicos Mooting, at Murray, though ba
but lost to Jackson porté roached a very low ebb Barracks last ovaning and aftor-display.
put up & plucky during the year, the losses rosult noon, the outstanding foaturo was ing bave
Marine Burghall took and gave been comparatively the number of really excellent heavy punishment in his fight salt, being confined for the most fights, worth going a long way to with L/Stoker Piper, fighting part to overhead expenses.con-800. The only disappointment back strongly against an aggros- of the low water in the river. The big liner President Wilnected with upkeep and mainton was the attendance, the audience sivò opponent. It was one of the
The few stoamars which canon,
bring confined to Service mon; it best fights of the evening and the Captain Honry Nelson, still proceed all the way up to arrived from Shanghai last night Chinesa business been so bad as who did all in their power to make
At no period in history has is a great pity that the organisers, verdict wont to Pipor. Wuchow complain of the at 9.15 p.m., and had rough during this year. The militarlets the show a success, were not inchos, knooked obstructions formed in the chan-weather coming down. As thore.
8g. Thomas, despite lack of uel by rafts of logs and firewood. aaems to be something slightly to again blamed for this state of supported by the general public, Saunders in the first round, out A, B. and also by stranded stoamors wrong with one of her propellers dawns there will be a general was between Marine Doherty and Saunders capable of continuing. affairs; and when the Now Yoar The only bantamweight bout though one would have thought and lighters. A rise of wator in it is believed that a blade may hope that those folk may be Ord. Saa. Harris. Harris was Both Piper and Thomas fought the river is the only romedy for have fallon off-she went into relegated to a place where they game enough and kept on his very warily in the next round. the present situation.
the Taikoo Dock this morning.
can do no further harm.
none.
them, and consequently struck the rocks one after another until Last year's contribution by the
at last three of thein were unk MOSTLY HOLIDAY-MAKERS Government took the form of a and the last one romaining stuck
The vast majority of the crowds building fund of $400,000 for the fast on the rock. that visited the Exhibition camo section, and $150,000 advancs for in more as holiday-makora than as travelling, freight and other over-steators remaining at, Do Sing, buyers, said the Secretary. There head expensos,
GERMAN POLITICAL
SITUATION.
GOVERNMENT'S
DIFFICULTIES.
FINANCIAL MEETING.
"BIG SIX" DISCUSSIONS,
Paris, Jan. 8.
Borlin, Jan. 8. A wook-ond of intense but in.. Owing to the foreign political scrutablo activity is likely tol situation, Horr Marx is hastoning follow the decision of the Finance the formation of an emergenos will be private until January Conferenco. The proceedings Cabinet
The Chancellor will personally 12th.
These lighters were allongagod
bringing down cargo because they cannot bring cargo
LINER'S MISHAP.
for
ARRIVES IN PORT LATE.
to or from Wuchow on account]
ARMS SEIZURES.
REVENUE OFFICERS AND POLICE BUSY.
and
It is expected that the vessel will leave herq to-morrow for Manila, from which port she will. probably leave on schedule as! usual,
*
MUSSOLINT'S OPPONENTS,
direct foreign affairs in the A нchemо was discussed by abrence of Herr Stresamiona. Mr. Churchill and M. Clementol
The chief rosson for her rathor Harr Jarras, the Minister of this morning and Intor approved and two men before the Contral exceedingly rough weather com
The appearance of one womaniate arrival hero se that she had! the Interior, is also rosigning, an by a plenary meeting of the Magistrate this afternoon, & member of the People's Party. Conference whereby
oning over from Honolulu to Yoko The vacancies will be filled by before the Conferonco shall be cam as a soquel to the discovery, to catch up on bar schedule as yet. questions charges of possession of arms, hamn and has not quite been able promotion of the Under Scoret-classified into major and minor after considerable dredging of the arios if othors are not available. problems. The former will, in-harbour bed, of a parcol contain The now administration from clude the American reparations ing right Mausor pistols, 500 the outset has been faced with claim. Ruhr accountancy, and rounds bitter opposition in the Reichstag, Belgium priority, and will be various clips and butts for the
of ammunition expatisily on the part of theused by the "Big Six," "weapsos yesterday morning. Ito Nationalists and Communists, ly Britain, France, Belgium, venue officers were on the point of There is the possiblo hostility of America, Italy and Japan, over boarding a sampan moored near the People Party. On the other the week-end, with a view to one of the river steamers, whon hand, it can rely on the support submitting compromiso proposals they saw this parcel being dump of the Contrists and Democrats to plenary meetings on Monday od overboard. The occupants of and the bonovalent neutrality of and Tuesday. the Socialists,
M. Clamontel optimistically custody and their committal for the boat were than placed in
Rome, Jan. 8. Nevertheless tho position is expects the Conference to finish trial at the Criminal sessions is Opposition doputios, under the A mooting of eighty of the most precarious, since the votes) by January 13th.—Renter.
being applied for by the author-Chairmanship of Signor Dicosaro, has approved by nce'amation tho Another lot of arms was seized text of an appeal to the country, by Ravenuo Officer Lannighan explaining the Opposition's roa on the Kowloon waterfront yes. sons for porsevering with its torday, this consisting of 4,300 presunt attitude of abstaining rounds of ammunition hidden in from parliamentary proceedings. the harbour boat No. b 3640.
of one of the amall parties could suffice to turn the scalo at a critical moment.-Reuter.
EGYPTIAN POLITICS.
A BAD BARGAIN.
WRANGEL'S OBSOLETE
tion.
APPEAL TO COUNTRY.
Reuter..
ance.
KOWLOON THIEF.
SENT 10 GAOL.
Loo loat
Ho
feat to the end. Though Doherty Piper did most of the loading and was rather careless with his obtained the verdict. The final right hand, ho was a good winnor. Jonded in the second round, Jack-
LIGHTWEIGHTS.
son being knocked out as clean Stoker Brown and Tol. Earle whistle. Ho had had a hard indulged in some hefty hitting fight with Sparkes and was 110 In the third round, Brown landed doubt fooling the effecte while his Pleading guilty to a charge of left and a right and put his right lead left him rather open to unlawfully, disobeying an order man out for the full count. Earle Pipor's devastating right. was convicted by Mr. E. W Cresswell who had a distaste for of banishment, the Chinese who
was an exceptionally good lonor. was doing (xotedingly well until
Stoker
"kayoed." Stokor Hemilion, at the Kowloon Magis-punishment, the referos stopping
MIDDLEWEIGHTS. tracy yostorday morning, on the fight in the second round,
Though slow of his feet, A. B. charge of theft of a number of
Areber gained a comfortable win articles from No. 6, Carnarvon advantage in both roach and Rose punished Boy Whitlock Boy Burrows, with a big over A. B. Saunders; Marino Road, the roeidence of Mrs. C, Mhoight, was too good-for A. B. severely about the face, but failed: Ribeiro, was this morning sen-Grifin, and so was Stoker Davey to get in a decisive blow. Whit- encod to twelve month hard for L/S Cook who retired in the lock fought very pluckily. labour on the now charge and third round. six months' on the charge of burglary, the sentence to run concurrently.
BRITISH SEAPLANES
SELECTED.
It was 1. vory Poarco gave a remarkably cool! "scrappy" affair.
Loo boat Brown on points stood up to a whirlwind attack; display against Wilsber. He after a hard hitting bout and and, for a novico, has decidoly Burrows qualified for the final by advantageous views on the con- winning from Davey.
servation of odorgy. He should. The final ended unfortunately, ba a nasty customer to moot in a Buy Burrows damaging his wrist year or two. Ilo boat Green with and being obliged to rotirn.
equal caso and went on to defeat FEATHERWEIGHTS. DUTCH GOVERNMENT
Archer in the final It was A. B. Matthews boat A. B difficult to toll what was to hap CONTRACT. X Castleman after an avon contest pen fb the first two rounds, but
which required an extra round. London, Jan. 8.
Poarce fought strongly in tho The Fairey Aviatior Companý
A. B. Kimberloo, quoker on third and gained,a capital win. A great doal of work is result- The Opposition, appeal to the has received, an important order his font than his first opponent LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHTS. ing for the police from the grow-country is couchoil in striking from the Dutch Government for B. Pike, met Tol. Johnson, who Whittle best Caster who to The mission which has just little entisfaction is fuit over a phase between the Fascist Indies.
ing orop of armed robborios, and phrases, such as "The extrome reaplanes to
use in the East bad beaten Matthews, in the final tired in theeecond round. roturned from Bizerta, where it ease yeatorday whoo, paying domination and the country has
but smashed his thumb in the whittle hit hard and ofton against is was investigating the condition of surprion visit to a hawker's atall bogun," and "the constitutional competition with the whole world, Bive up the contest.
The contract was obtained in oponing round and was obliged to a man who was content to try It consists of socresioniste from agred to hand over to the Boviota revolver, and arrested
Wrongol's floot, which France at Sai Street, they seized a loaded mask of so-called normalleation including Fokker's
and avold.punishment and stood the Znghiullet party, who are under the terms of recognition, who was in charge of the stall at enumeratus the alleged violations
WELTERWEIGHTS. man han fallon." Tho manifesto Reuter.
it reniarkably well. f. Tho welterweights" produced already opposing the Zaghlulists roports that the fleet is not in a the time. With the complation of the law and constitution comformances of the Fairey 800-rolled too much on defence and of the bout between Hathaway [It is probable that the fine per-nome rousing contests, Leatin viously mentioned was the featuro The whirl of arms and legs pro- in the oléotions.
The party includes Nationalists, quire extensivo repairs.
navigable condition, and will roof the evidence, the man will be mitted to the Government and planos belonging to H.M.8. Ro lost to & B. Ringham, who later and Palmer. Hathaway, gained Liborals and Independents. Router
Even then it will have to bo when a committal will be asked Aventing opposition and seditious has had something to do with this hitter who ultimately rosohed Whittle scorid pretty much 42E charged before the Magistrato, protests against the allegations of gasus, while in Malayan waters, lost to A. B. Jackson, hefty the verdict, but in the inal towad to Russia.--Reuter,
for.
conspiracy—Router,
decision.)
the foal.co
NEW PARTY FORMED.
Cairo, Jan. 8.
The now "Union Party rapidly being formed,
VESSELS.
Paris, Jan. 8.
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