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MONDAY,
MARCH
1925
八怀月式
THE LATE PRESIDENT OF GERMANY.
Characteristic Snapshots of Herr Ebert.
Above are sean somo characteristic snapshots of the late President Ebert of Germany, whose death has just occurred. They were taken during a sporoh which ho deliverod in Borlin last year.
Код
TIGER
REPORTED.
several KILLS SIX RUFFALOES.
exist to-day and have all along ex- Isted between our Chinose friends ond ourselves. It is of particular interest to us
of institutions! representatives who like our own, have their foundations in the earliest days! of this Colony and who may well describe themselves as the pro- moters of its trade and Auce.
CHANGE FOP-37ORTSMEN.
THE AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE.
MUCH ALARM CAUSED.
AN.FOR ANN.
for Dodge Oldsmobile, Scri
well, Ford, Chevrolet, Hudson, Elgin, Orant Sheið mobile, Essex, Biscoe, Cleveland Jewett, Bulck, Chandler, Over land, and Paige Motor Cars.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.
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LONDON TO BASRA BY AIR.
TRIBUTES TO GERMAN PRESIDENT.
"MONT LAURIER" DISABLED.
London, March 1, | his country, he embodied a The Sunday Times learns that his own person an institution the Imperia Airways Campany, which guaranteed the nation which conducte air sorvices to the equally against the menace of Continent, har submitted an offar Kupp and Putsch or the Com to the Air Ministry to run aanist outburst. The mudaration regular service of aeroplanes from and good sense of its first Pro- London to Al Kantara on the ident have boon-not a littlo part Suez Canal, and thence to Baora of what internal strength tho new Republio has attained, and via Baghdad.
The Air Ministry has informed of the unity in which Germany survived the ex optional the Sunday Times that no schomeos could the discussed until Air internal and exterual irous of Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker has the past dacadu”? returned from India and reports
to the Government the result of
his consultations there regarding "MONT LAURIER” IN TOW. the official selame for an airship service from England to India.
THE LATE HERR EBERT.
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Passengers and Mails Transferred.
London, March 1. The Canadian Pacifio linor. Loss to German Republic.
Mont Claro arrived at Queens town yesterday and took utt from London, March 1.
the disabled liner Mont Laurier The death of the German Pres the Inttor's passengers and mails dent, Horr Ebert, has ovoked doop The Mont Claro sailed late in the
King Georgo bas evening for Canada, having on”. regrot hora. New York, Murch :1,
instructed Lord D'Abernos, the board nearly one thousand pisse Pno man was killed and two British Ambassador in Berlin, to angers and over five thousand women were seriously injured convey his sincere condolences to bags of mails. through being shaken off the the family of the late President, The Mont Lauriar's comman.
If local sportmed feel inclined
The Late Mr. T. A. Lane.
Is is abo worthy of note that for some big-gamo bunting, the platform of an elavated railway and the British Government has der. Captain Turnbull, was pro Yesterday, March 1st, was exactly seventy-five years
lettare congratulating him on the romo of such concorns still have opportunity now presents itself, during the earthquake shook yes-likewise through Lord D'Abernon
terday evening, which was felt as sent a message to the German 50nted by several passengers with descendan & bearing the original for the presence of a big tiger is far north as Sudbury, in Canada, Government expressing its sym since the funding of ono of Hongkong's oldest fi ms-——
had displayed when bis ship was name and working no loss hard Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Lt,and it is an anniversary
than their forebears of pid. We reported from the neighbourhood and as far south as Florence in pathy with the German Reich splondid seamanship which he
as Winconsin.
The Sunday newspapers ox-returning to Queenstown disabled of which they can well be proud. For the circumstances are fortunate in this respect of Shataukok, the border station South Carolina and as far wost and people.
lourselves in the person of Mr.in.the New Territorios
The seismograph at Fordham pross the opinion that the death and expressing appreciation for attending the origin of this woll-known amporium one has
Frank Crawford. It is on occas.
40 During the past ton days or so, I'niversity recorded
earth of Horr Ebert is greatly to be the coolness of the crow.
The Mont Laurier is now on to go back to the very early history of the Colony, and the
lions such
the pressut
The оп this boast has been vory busy, movement of one thirtieth of an doplored from the political view.
Observer remarks: her way to Liverpool in tow of point. should reflecs that Wo
inch. story is one loquent of the British pioneering spirit and
the nast
In a way that was fortunata for two tuga. woll 每月
the for according to villagere'reports, 0.8
The tromor was the most in- faith in the future of Hongkong as a world mark.
fature. As to the past, we bei he has killed no fewer than six tense in the castorn United Statos
This morning, to
mark the continuity of service in the same evo our continuous growth since
Thore in 1950, commencing as it did with buffaloes, the partly-saton ro-since 1755. It caused great ex- quality. occasion, there was a gathoring form and
on the then mains of which have boon found oitoment in parts of New York. of prominent business mon at trado in China know woll the a matshed store
front,
justifios us in in various places.
The animal people rushing from their homes, Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Ltd.,need for the maintenance of wator
pictures and crookery falling.
PROPOSED. $2. DIVIDEND. believing that our afforts have Messrs. congratulatory speochou quality, and
Lano, Crawford's wore bound up in the been appreciated and that the was last sean about seven milos and chairs and chandeliers away- ings woro shaken, though the
-Subject to final andit, the The Hon. Mr P. H. Holyoak history of chops and the like. It publie have been satisfied with from Shatoukok, in Chinese tering. Many big Broadway build-
ritory.
orowds wore undisturbed. said he felt highly honoured in, was his pleasure some 25 years the corvico we have given. Whon
Chinese villagers have seen the being asked to propose the future age, continuod Mr. Holyost, to one considers the difficultios and
Two hundrod New Hamphire St. Stephen's Girls' College, Directors of the Hongkong and prosperity of the firm. Thero moot Mr. Crawford, the father of hardships which must have besat
many in the icem who one of the present directors of the the early foreign settlers in this beast on several occasions, some villagers proceeded to church, which is one of the leading Whampoa Duck Co., Ltd, will could do so with much more firm, and he was forcibly struck island, one can only he lost in of them having even chased it fearing the end of the world was educational contres of the Colony, recommend at the forthcoming reason, who had a more thorough with the integrity of his business admiration for their pertinacity
stood which knowledge of the firm and who principles
for and dogged dotermination. They with bamboo poles, and as they coming. the host idoals in business. In id not find this island land have not succeeded in tracking it partners and directors had playedja barron rocky island upon which
when woro made.
Word
Late Mr. Ninian Crawford.
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EDUCATING GIRLS.
HONGKONG HEAD MISTRESS' VIEWS.
LOCAL DOCK CO.
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Yaad which is doing an excellent annual general mooting of chara- An Ottawa message says the work in tontoring Anglo-Chinese holders, to be held on Monday, Beismograph reports indicated amity, held its annual presonts- the 30th inst., that the amount at 1924, ba the ceremony being performed at 31st December, the succeoding years the various flowing with milk and nogey, but down they have gone to Sha-1 the epicentro of the disturbance/tion of certificatos tuis afternoon, oredit of Profit and Loss Account
Gov dealt with as follows-
Pay a final dividond (Sir Edward Stubbs, their part in commerce and sur, even the trees had to be planted, taukok Police Station asking for as being four hundred miles castiby His Excellency the
of $2 por share on ac- of itawa, in the vicinity of tho Saguenay river, in Quebec. The nor
K.C.M.G.).
count of the year 1924, noarest, record, to the epicentre'
$ 120,000. showed a quartor of an inch of The Principal (Misa E. Middle-absorbing
Maks provision for a with alarm in castern Canadian satisfaclory report, in the course Doubiful Debt contract- movement. Many people fainted ton Smith) presonted a most cities.--Reuter's American Service, of which she referred to the ed in 1923.
Carry forward to next accosses gained by pupils in Matriculation and other ex-year about aminations during the year. Sho stated that on all sides the work FRANCE'S BUDGET. of the College had been somo
tho climatio conditions help in ridding the locality of the vico in community, and through-and
under Kreal adverse depredator. out that period, whether in fought
They had not
The general opinion is the: the community life or in cason of circumstances. emergency arising from unfore-jih facilities of to-day, such as ween occurrences, they had played elecino power, railways, motor tiger has buon driven down from no small part in assisting in the traffic, speedy mails and cables, the hills as a result of extensive needs of the Colony. They had nor the living conditions such as Chinese troop movements in this maintained that spirit and hadice, electric light, faos or the grown as a firm to what they modern sanitation we now enjoy region, whilst large numbers of were We are fortunate to-day in pos-deer have also appuared in the wore to-day. The firm fortunate in having a staff second eosing several valued agencies locality, probably due to the same to none. Concluding, Mr. Hol--amongst tho oldont are Sir yoak expressed the hope that the Chas. Price and Co., Birkmyro's cause.
Sportsmon interested can get firm would go on on from records Canvas, Cutler Palmer and Co. which were great in the past to (old square whisky). Lincoln and further detalle as to the move- Bunnott, Mackie and Co.'s White greater records in the futuro.
Horso cellar whisky, A. G. Spald.ments of the tigor from the head- The toast was duly honoured. ing and Bros., and Mappin and man of Kok Po village, which is Mr. Shenton, replying, said :-Webb. Our progrusa Eas plic situato near Shatavkok, and is in The Hon. Mr. Holyoak, ladies been most materially assisted
could perhaps do it more ably, and gentlemen,-Wo regard the by our London having agente, British territory.
business тап
and presort occasion, as one of the Mussa. Crawford, Statt & Co.l ono who
be, landmarks in the career of our in wh ch ooncern Mr. H. B Stott pretended to first and laat, bo was Company, and we therefore has represented us for over 35 privileged to
appreciata ргорово tho particularly
the years and Mr. K. F. Crawford is
toast and prosperity. of ahonour you are paying us by a son of one of our founders. AK
NOTORIOUS SECT.
PASSAGE OF FINANCE BILL.
200,000.
20,000.
POLICE SUICIDE.
NORTHERN MAN HANGS HIMSELF.
what cramped and hindered for want of space, and it was withi great regret that they had almost dally to tell girls who wished to enter the Collego that thoro, was
A Wel Hai Wol policeman has no room. Behind all the school aotivition there had boon the incommitted suicide at the Water Paris, March 1. The Chamber, after an all-night fluence of a loyal and painstaking Police Station in Kowloon.
Docossed was on Saturday sitting, passed by 328 to 239 the staff. "No words of mine," said Flaance Bill, balancing the Bud- tuo Principal, "can express what found suspended from a clothes she school owas, to the self-hanger in the mess room used bý got at 34,180 million francs.
sacrificing and unceasing cara the Northern policemen. Lifo waÉ M. Louchour said the Bill which both Chinese and English extinct when his body was out imposed heavy sacrifices on the teachers give to their work. It down. people, but they would agros
firm, which had not only survived coming hore to-day and joining to the future, wo have a sliAKALI MOVEMENT ENDED tharoto for the financial salvation/must be remembered that modern (
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of the country.
"TAXES ON. FOOD,
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· FURTHER CHALLENGES.
Now York, March 1. Belgium and Portugal have We challenged for the Davis Cup-
Reuter.
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requirements make great demands upon the teacher, expodially in but prospered for 75 years in with us in our 75th birthday moro progressivo policy boforo Hongkong, which one might call Colebration. We appreciato in us. Our present accommodation
M. Herriot pointed out that the matter of understading and The Babar Akalia are being integral part of China. no small dogroo the very kind has proved insuffolent and we
also get in which German payments the spiritual sido of school life Mesare Lone, Crawford had a words which have fallon from hopo scon to move into out now charged with conspiracy to over-this was the first "unified" Bud-sympathy. The social as well as had figured, namely 1:250 million has great value in the training of! record of which any British Orm Mr. Holycak's lips, particularly quartors "The Exchange Build-throw the Government, might well be proud. They were as ho is so closely connected ing" when we shall be in a murder and deccity." -----
wh The movement initiated by francs for the general budget and character, and it is women of aro needed to our presont part of the history in the cevelop-with and representativo of this position
when daye, in those ment of Hongkong. In the Colooy and one who, like our customers and the public at large this notorious get is now re 660 million for the armins of character.
onded, with the ecoupation.
are bewildered by a ear iest days the firm catered for selver, has grown up with the what we believe will be the most garded as
of now soolal problems shipping which they gave and it place and whose continual desire up-to-dato departmental store in jernviction the loaders.- was because of wine foresight has been to further the welfare, the Far East. Our business in the Renter.
A characteristic of this soot The finance Bill faludes im-The aim of the staff has boon to that they occupied the high and prosperity of this Colony.past has boon built up and main.
sympathy and position which they did to-day. The Boroll which our Chinore tained not by virtue of any has been the wearing of, black turport taxes on sugar of ten francs send out girls full of courage An additional reason why Messrs friends have presented us with vested interests, but by rosson of hans and the carrying of swords, per quintal, on pocos 61, tea 62, united with Lano, Crawford's han prospered today, coupled with their good, the servios we have supplied to Is will be recalled that number and rice six francs per quintal; posessing a high sense of duty. that the policy of the wishes for the future, are most the public in general and it is on of Akali Sikhs wore deported also on optile or meat 22 franca with well-trained minds, eager to firm, from first to last, has been highly appreolated by us and will those principles that we hope to from Shanghai last year, and per kilo, and an veal, pork, mut make the highest contribution to the graal- Chinese! one of integrity. They had always be greatly prized in the future. maintain and spierge our busi that several Hongkong Sikh ton and bobf 11, with a reduction the solution of the problems
policemen who joined the seat of one-half frapp per kilo for that, beset
[nation. endeavoured to give service for It is a material demonstration of
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were recently sent back to India lifrösen mest-Reuter. Boney and have maintained the vary kindly feelings which
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