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YOURDE 1561
No. 777
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 28
1925
十六新月式
CANTON OUTRAGE. QUARD JAILED.
CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER POLICE OFFICER SHOT.
GOES ASHORE.
EARTHQUAKE IN
ENGLAND.
YUNNANESE GENERAL'S
ORDER.
POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.
Kartar Singh, a'ship's cuard on the Kinshan, who was recently fined for smuggling two bottles of rum ashore, again appeared
MACAO SENSATION.
ESCAPE OF CONVICTS.
B SULE ĐOFK IN OTA
DIE MUS AMIN,
Bulls
NEW DEPARTURE BALL BRÄNINGS: We have ■ comprehensive stook, It includes Bearings for Buisk, Cadillao, Chandler, Obovrolet, Glova- land, Dodge Brothers, Essex, Ford, Hudson, Jowett, Marmon, Maxwell Oakland, Oldsmobile, Overland, Paige, Studobakor, Willys Knight AND most other Cars and Trucks in South China,
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.
and Inners
From the Office Butts. 白白
Some of the now spring styles An Invernosa man was glyon
Boom to bave very simple figures three months for bigamy, which
except iboso on the price tiokot, just proves that while marriage"
is a good custom, it in novorthe- 口O
lose a bad habit.
Owing to the increasing num-
bor of motor-care, lots of Hong-
the following story of what ho Contral Magistracy.this morning conviata managing to make their kong people are taking a keen apartments advert. That's how
outrage:
on tho
interest in cross-stroot puzzice.
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"Bed with board," says a lookl
lots of thom fool, anyway,
ព ជ
ONE SHOT DEAD..
Another gaol-breaking inaidont A correspondent forwards us before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the has occurred in Macao, four ideraribas an another Canton on the more serious charge of:
being in unlawful possansion of a escape, one being shot dead and A few days ago, a Cantonese round of ammunition. It was two others recaptured.
O B Our Vacad correspondent, 10- FALL OF STERLING IN NEW police officer, who was stated to stated that this round was found
This Wook's B ck: "Tho Peak "Kurda iu Revolt" says the be one of the bost and highest. ia big boot during a snatch mado YORK.
nalaried dotootivo inspector in at the Central Polico Station porting the affair, which occurred of Hor Doaire," by Nathann Hongkong Telegraph. Of course;
they always were in the whoy, Canton, was, together with several after his arrest
rum during the early bours of the Rhode.
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口口 London, Feb. 27, [mouth in a helpless condition, by subordinate police officere, detail charge, and there was strong morning of the 25th instant, says
With the problem of how host It is claimed that people in the od for plain clothes duty at the reason for believing it to be one
about 4 a.m.
a party of to propitiate the taipan, how United States own 87 por cent, of roof garden of the Sun Company's of a hundred rounds of ammuni- that building, whore slag song "tion reported by the Chief Officer sovon prisoners succesdod in about a little more perspiration the world's autos. They probably
would if they paid for them. girls were performing. The object of the Kinshan as having boon get ing out of their cells. There au a solvent?
0.0 in view was to investigate the stolen from the ship's armament.
The defendant.said that this was a soldier on duty near the doings and intentions of the
left over from spot, but at the particular Russian Bolshevist agents, who cartridge was
tho when
convicts lately, it is said, have not hoon so musketry drilling but his story moment well in accord with the Govern was not believed by his Worship merged from their colls ho was who passed sentence of a month's ment heads as they used to be,
so placed that he could not see six months' hard. hard labour.
thom,
TREMORS IN NOTTS,
The Canadian Paoiflo nor a steamor. Mont Laurior, which was return. ing to Queenstown with damaged steering gear, went ashoro off Roches Point while entering Quben-town harbour. She was -soon afterwards reported to bava been refloated, and tuge were stated to bo standing by.
A lator message staten that the Mont Laurlor has called for moro Lupa immediately, from the near- ost point.
The Mont Laurlor is n. 17,000 ton linor, and carries 422 pas- sengers. It appears that, whon
200 milos out from Queenstown
No Material Damage.
London, Feb. 27. Lout night, earth tremors wore felt in north Nottinghamshira,
Houses shook, and crockery rattled, but no material damage has been reported.
STERLING DROPS.
Effect of Higher Discount. London, Feb. 27. Sterling on Now York foll to-
on her voyage from Liverpool today to four dollars seventy-five
assistanco, and the
LORD ALLENBY.
This special detectivo was alt. ting on a chair, watching tho por-i formance and was behaving in a vory orderly manner, when a certain Yunnanose general enter- ca the place in mufti, leaving his bodyguard of twelve mon near the uoor.
BIBLE SOCIETY,
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Enquiring Reador-No. An According to a contemporary, the agitating tenants are to get Amorican slush fund isn't used Rx months' extension. Somo to pay extra help to sweep snow landlords would rather they had off the streats.
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A guard on duty noar by, how-would. bo willing to earn their Talking about shares, most mon
aver, noticed a group of shadowy money honestly if, it didn't tako
gures moving and ho called so long.
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It can't be said that tenanto
You must be happy to BOOK, happiness.
Popularity loaves vory little time for steady thinking.
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Maskoo what the statisticiaus
The latter wore in uni- ITS WORK IN HONGKONG took no notice of the order. but take o intorent in this housing say, the cost of living in Hong,
forms and wore heavily armed.
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com-
Houses of
down. Possibly the result of a heated argument.
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St. John's, Now Brunswick, she and three-quarter conts.
Tho docline 18 attributed When the General observed the. The following extracts are from startod to run, whereupon the business. The trouble scome to kong usually stays round about. encountered terrifis gales and
be that some landlords would 10 por cont more than most of us
have. her steering gear was disabled, chiefly to the rise in the discount detective in the audience, he the annual report of the four-guard shot one of them dead. Sho sent out a wirelons call for rate of the Federal Reserve gradually edged towards the place kong Auxillary of the British and
Four managed to disappear in tako more if they could,
☐ 0. powerful Bank of New York, from 3 to 314 where he was sitting, protonding Foreign Bible Society
the darkness and offect their
The Rumanian to have his full attention centred During the twelve months
Nature NoteTeeding thous Dutch tug Zwart Zee set out from por cont.
upon the performance. Finally, period there were sold at the escape, but the other two were cumshaw goldfish an inetal polish Parliament were recently burnt Queenstown.
aa if absent-minded, be put his Depot, in Lower Wyndhat. Streat, caught and brought back to the will not improve their A few hours afterwards, how.
foot on the chair occlipied by the [6138 copies of the Scriptures, gaul.
plexion. avoc, the Mont Laurier sont out a
deteative. For 0 couple of comprising Bibles, Now Texta- radio message stating that hor
minutes, the detective said noth-ments and singlo books of the
One of the most attractive 006- We observe & Rod Light on our auxiliary stooring gear was work-
Reports which have boening, but finally be turned towards Bible. The sum of $2,393 20 was
tutos we know for the present Supreme Court. Now, Lady Astor, Ing satisfactorily, and that sho
cold weather is a nice bunch of don't jump to conclusions. was returning to Queenstown and published that Lord Allonby, the the General and remarked, very received from sales
blankots thrown
O'D over the bod did not require the tug. It was British High Commissioner in quietly: Please, sir, will you of the record kept by
jand tucked in.
Some brutal husbands have hor intention to transfor the nas- Egypt, had resigned, are denied
boon known
that to. sabort songere and mails to the Canadian from Cairo, Pacific liner Mont Clair, scheduled
to call at Queenstown this week.
Atlantic Gale.
The weather conditions in the Atlantic to-day were reported to be very bad.
The Australian mail steamer Moldavia, duo at Plymouth a noon today, will not arrive until late to-night owing to the galo.
After a terrible experience in
Not Resigning.
London, Feb. 27.
THE KING'S CRUISE,
Time.
London, Feb. 27.
Analysis
kindly remove your foot from Managerens shows that
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the 533
QUARRY BAY A‚D.C.
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NEXT WEEK'S PRODUCTION.
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Kowloon men will have to look to thoir laurels. This water
0 0 shortage is suspicious.
A patient man very often doesn't know what to do.
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Now Wo trust for lots concórned that mittee won't meet on Wednesday afternoons.
tho Boat of my chair?" Biblos, 151 Now Testaments and The Gonoral immediately an-105 Portions, or single books, in
It would seem any man is absence makes the bills grow sworod:-"Do you know who you English, were thus distributed. are talking to?"; to which the Bales of publications in English! The Quarry Bay A. D. O is to popular so long as ho bas the shorter. 門口 detectiva retorted, "Do you know realised 8792,48. In addition 181present its third production in monoy. To Commence in Fortnight's who you are talking to ?" At Now Testaments and Portions in the Taikoo Club on Wednesday that, the General beckoned to the English and Cantonese ware dis-next, 4th. March. This time it
Lota o'folk think they're quick, officer of his bodyguard and posed of to purchasers.
is producing the famous play H. M. the King's progress was said: "Take this man outsido
Nothing but the Truth but just watch how some of For Chinoso Scriptures in jeontinued to-day. Whon the and throw him into the water. If Cantonese, Wenli,
Mandarin comedy in three sats by James these Nurmal's run back after
tifla. Court physicians visited him they you shoot; do not shoot to kill",
Montgomory. The play is an and Hakka thore WAB Q
OD found that the botter nights were The Foldiors grabbed the
5187 atoady demand:
Copies adaptation from the novel of tho having a decidedly good effect.
pormite latost "bob " unfortunato man immodfataly
supplied and $1,155 95 same rame by Fred. S. Iaham, It is stated that His Majesty and took him down to the Bund werd received from purchasers, and was produced with great woman to show their ears. will koop to his room for the re- where they formed a firing squad Chinos Scripturos in Romanized succees at the Savoy Theatro, they'll have a chance of bearing this Government Housing Com- the English Channel, a lightship munder of the week, and it may in front of the unfortunate man, spelling do not find a ready sale: London, in February, 1915.
what they shouldn't. Intended for service at the mouths about a fortnight before he and opened fire and put six bullets 10 copies only wore asked for The story of the play deals of the hiver Hooghly, in India, the Queen laave for the Moditor into him. As he was not yet during the year.
with the problem as to whether Before you hear what's hap- has had to bo towed into Ply-Iranoan.
dend, ono soldier went up to him,
It is satisfactory to note that it is essential to tell lies in order noning in Peking these days. In the fog. Maybe that's why levelled his rifle at his forebead the sales of Strip ures inclui-d to succeed in lifa. Can one tell something ois hea nocurred. and blow the top of his skull off five copies of Braille version for the absolute truth about every. MACQUISTEN BILL. The lady was Lot thrown into the use of the blind. Mandarin thing and will retain one's friends
The man who spends his time the water.
and Phonetic Testaments to the and a fluancial success? Is it
my people The next day. it is stated, the number of five, also fxure in the necessary to lie to live, or to boasting about CABINET APPROVAL
Canton city officials protested to lists for 19 4.
resort to decep.ion in successful isn't likely to have descendants
who'il brag about him. business? the Yunnanese military authori- | Five colporteurs engaged an
the absoluto truth Jo
0.0 tios, Afterwards, tho soldiers babalf of the Society and paid
the murdered police from its funds
A recent advertisement noti- accorded
are devoting always told, what would become! trado union political levy won him full military honours.
The critical question of the officer a public funeral and gave themselves to Bible circulation of our politios, our advertisements fed that a local lady would tell "Fairy Stories" at the Helona in November and Decembor last tongthily discussed by the Cabinet
within the boundaries of the and our dinnor parties?
Nothing But the Truth," May Instituto. Abom! Colony, or at no great distanco
ជ ព year has now boon issued.
to-day, when it considered the
from its border line. Two of them bestues having a splendid and are aupervised by the Executiva intriguing plor, commencing in in Now Committee of the Fedorated A stockbroker's office Christian Council. One is work York and aftor exciting incidents ing in the New Territorios, the ending in a drawing room of
DULY IMPRESSED.
BRITISH LABOUR AND THE
SOVIET.
London, Feb. 27.
The official report of the British trado union delegation to Russia
REPORTED.
London, Feb. 27.
MACAO CARNIVAL,
A GREAT SUCCESS.
and
wero
□□
Parliament dealt with the air the members must have been in Programme this week. Many of their element, and no doubt some
Posk folk often find themselves
thoy blow theirown horn so much.
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Worst of being a bachelor is that you haven't anyone to throw away your worn-out tios.
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Romance is not dead, though it might be handicapped to 100 S-bonds in the New Territories.
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Hongkong folk need to be Nur mi's these days to keep pace with
口白: running expensos.
A Kowloon man may solost his friends, but his neighbours are thrust upon him.
It is a voluminous document o'roport of a committed presided 250 pages, with illustrations, avor by Lord Birkenhead, which maps. Indox, and glossary,
stated that it recommended the The conclusions are that the introduction of legislation on the Union of Soviet Ropublics is in a subject without delay in view of strong, stable state, its Govorn- the strong Conservative feeling Macao has during the week other on Hongkong Island. The summer house in Long Island, of them got quito hanted.
wit,
satirical mont being based firstly on all over the country in favour of been holding its 1925 Carnival, combined sales of the five men is also full of amusing situations, system of State sociallam that such action.
Isn't it lucky we haven't to which lasted for four nights and connected for purposes of ad-sparkling
Another Chinese alighted has the active support of the large
According to the newspapers, was a great success, being faz ministration and oversight with observations on our present-day
ill, instead of the doctor?
yesterday from a tramcar while majority of workers and the as the majority of the Cabinet botter than any liko oront over the Hongkong Sub-Agency avor business methods and social con-call the landlord in when we're
in motion. Enquiries this morn- ceptance of an
fo aqually large favoured acceptance of the com-hold
the Colony.
☐ ☐ The age, approximately, 4,000 public-ventions.
It will be interesting to soo if majority of the possants; and mitteo's recommendation. Mean-celebrations took place at the ations por month. These men
Notwithstanding the rousing ing rovoal that the patient is not will rotsin secondly on one federal structure while both Labour and Liboral Macao Club, the Gromio Militar travel, constantly; they also visit this small band of keen amateur
their reception received by the P. W. yet out of danger.
☐ ☐ that gives very full cultural and amendments for rejection of the and the Club Reorvativo de shops and ships; they are found dramatists vory fair politioal liberties to Macquiston Bill are notified.-Bonefiooncia.
often in busy marta and in most prosent reputation in this so far D. pony named "Urgent" last
their most ambitious attempt, wook at the Racos, its owners Pedestrians should try Sanato-. - racial and regional minorities, Reuter.
placos favourable There were many enjoyable other
their former plays being highly have now decided to roobriston gan for that run-down feeling. together with full religious tol-rh-
dances, which lasted woll on into colportage.
Buccoraful. The cast will includo, ¡t "Wait and Bee". tion. The machinery of Govern-
the morninge, the music being
bosidas old favourites, lots of
Prof. Arnell, who has just died, mont soome to work woll, and the
supplied by a number of bands,
frosh talont and will again bo
The main idea of somo landlords was oredited with knowing fifty Government is in ovory way
including the Lyrio Orohostra
undor the direction of Mr. W. botter than anything Russia hae
and the Filipino Band from
Robertson. Incidental music will seems to be to assist the Govern- three languages. Too late now, but we'd have likod to try him on over had, and bas done and is
Hongkong. There were many
the bo rendered by
Ubiquement by increasing the taxes,
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our coolie. doing work in which other and
visitors from Canton and Hong
Amateur Orchestra, under the
0.0 older State systems have fallod
direction of Mr. D. S. Hill. and are still-failing.
BITTER GERMAN PROTEST. kong, and the guests included
Those good results have recon- ciled all but a very small minority
FRENCH IN SAAR REGION.
Borlin, Fob 27.
to renouncing the rights of op- Germany's seventh protest to
officers from Fronoh gunboats in port. The battle of floworn, for which there in a largo entry, hes
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position that are essential to the League against the prosonce been postponed until a later date. political liberty elsewhere. This of French troops in the Saar is no resistanco picly be more strongly worded than its cause those rights are ropland predeonahora.
Grusan
AN AMERICAN PRESERVE.
by others more valuable under It doolares that the position the Saviot system and partly bo-has not improved, doapito the as-
New York, Fob 27, cause the recent mivament his surance by the Counell of the
The Ottoman-American Divo been steadily towards thoir re- League of Nations over a year storation. Es
ago that the employmont of lopment Company has rofused a
troopa Finally, the whole system con- French
purely British financial group's offer to
take over the Chest-r concession.Į. stitutes a new and very interest temporary.
The company bas afuted that it] ing departure, that is well worth It contands that the present foreign study, and a new develop-situation violates the clearest is intended to keep the concessions
control American ment that may be greatly benefit sitpulations of the peace treaty. under
Beuter'a American Bervice. fed by foreign asistance.—Beuter, | Rexter.
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CIVIL SERVICE.
TO COST LESS.
London, Feb. 27. Tho Civil Service estimates for
pared with £301 millions last year. 1925 26 are £287 millions, com-
-Reuter.
PANAMA REVOLT.
MORE MARTIAL LAW.
Panama, Fob. 27.. The National Assembly has proclaimed martial law at Sia Bas-Reuter's American Berché
LOCATED AT LAST.
Barcolons, Feb. 27. Major Caborn Wood, who has been several times reported "mies ing," ban arrived here.-Router,
TO-DAY.
Closing Exchange 2a. 3. 13/16 ŠTime 6.27" p.m.
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The increased drain on our re- servoirs suggests that many of us. If we could see the family trans must be keeping our New Year of some Hongkong folk, we should probably find some quser resolutions.
birds roosting there.
We're wondoring-whether Mr.
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Lager's fine performance in One way of getting into trouble "French Loavo" had anything to is to marry it.)
do with his being promoted Corporal in the Volunteers.
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The dansel who sat on a young
Trotsky has displeased the
Boviot, and is being sent to Chip Certainly an improvement to
man's knee in the Peak tram being sont to Siberia. the other evening must have la-
the The word "easy" means whet agined horgolf back on "Underground" with the lights" it says' okospting when? unda out. Anyhow, bet he didn't sonjunction with the word lobject.
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