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KWANGTUNG WAR.
NEWS OF GENERAL CHAN.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1881 六拜魂 魏七月三英港香
No. 1 75
KONGMOON STRIKE,
SHIPPING HELD UP.
(Our Own Correspondent).
AS FINANCES.
POSITION AT END OF NOVEMBER.
Financial statomonta in thei Gazette show that tho oradit balance at the end of November
SATURDAY
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MARCH
1925
日三十月二
INTERVENTION BY. POLAND.
FOREIGN MINISTER'S
TOUR.
A STATESMANLIKE DECISION.
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Social unrest is the unesuy foellug that you might get a little moro if you would bowl a little The fact that the House of louder. Commone cheered whon told of us that all of us can afford to be tobacco and alcohol Hongkong's contribution reminds cheerful when spending the other England the other day at the age A man who indulged in both
fellow's money.
died in
of 112. Suppose this provga that ដ ០
these two vices got you in the We can't remember the year long run. that the rotton weathor wasn't
☐ ☐ rosponsible for the bad stato of It would seen that some family some of the Peak oxbibits at the troos flourish by frequent grafting. Flower Show.
The local vernacular papers state this morning that Swatow
During the crossword puzzlo If Hongkong wives only know surrendered the day before yoster-
Paris, March 6.
season, employees would esteem what stonographors think of their day to Dr. Sun's forcos. The fall of
Kongmoon, Mar. Q.
Great interest has been created of departments made a point of
it a favour it taipans and heads husbands, they'd stop worrying. the city was precipitated by the
As the military authorities at was $15,859,917, as compared rejected Mr. Macquiston's trade by the sudden arrival from War-not arriving at office before fact that General Chan Chin, the Kongmoon have again lovied with $16,443.298 at the ond of union political levy Bill, and has saw, en route to Genova, of the 10.30 a.m. Commandor in-Chief of general heavy tax on all the cargo junks October. The liablities includ-carried by 325 to 153 an ammond-Polish Foreign Ministor Skrzyn- Chan King-ming's forcos, loft pre- and fightera in that distriot, alled a sum of $8,220,493 in respect mont by Mr. Baldwin approving ski, who at some length conferred sumably for the front, together the boat people and lighter-mon of the Shipping Contml Account. the principle of political liberty with M. Herriot this afternoon. with 300 officers and picked mon went out on strike four days ago, The revenue from January 1st embodied in the Bill bus oxpres and they were all "last"it is and, as a consequence, the arrive to November 30th reached the sing the opinion that a measure Herriot not to accept any security It is reparted he was urging M. strongly suspected that they ing river boats are unable to load sum of $22,189.933, this compar- of such far-reaching importance pact to which Germany is a party donertad and joined the enemy's or discharge any cargo at all ing with 822,455,088 for the same should not be introduced as a which does not guarantee the forces. Two of Chan King-ming's unless they enjoy the privilege of period of the previous year. The privato membor's Bill, Konetals, Hung Chu-lung and going alongside the Railroad decrease was mainly duo to a
stulis, quo of Gormany's castern Wong Fook-obi,, have fod from Company's wharf.
The House of Commons was shrinkago in land sale proceeds, unusually crowded and animated
an woll as western frontier. the front and oscaped from The end of this serious strike which dropped from 83,(81,924 to for a Friday, for the dobato.
M. Skrzyneki loavos for Goneva Swatow in disguiso and aro atte by no means prosent staying in Kowloon City and nearly all transportation
in sight, $1,761,102
to-night, The expenditure during the Labourites.
without seoing Mr. There was a full attendance of
Chamberlain-Reuter, They will not recolvo any callors. is already practically at a stand-same poriod totalled $22,301,510, Chinese or foreign.
still. It is ovon reported that if an against $18,317.659, for 1943. Mr. Baldwin said that the General Chan was last report the military authorities in charge Thoro were increases under most | Conservatives while they believed ed as staying at Chung Chan, do not very soon agree to more headings, the principal being the Bill was just, were not going which is situated well to the reasonable terms, it is expooted over $277,000 for the Harbour to push their political advantage north of Swatow. His only hope that the shore coolles and the Department, over $240 000 for home at present because ikoy for any success in the Eastern majority of the railroad workers the Polico, over $606 000 for the stood for peace in the country and
RARE ANIMALS.
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Whon poor old Abraham loft According to a Shanghai sports the olty of Ur, ho little suspected writer, "Charles Paddock and bow handy the name of that placo athore have run 100 years in would bo to cross word puzzle. 9.2/5 seconds." This is what wo mokore 5,000 years lator.
battlefield is now the expectation will walk out soon in sympathy Railway, over $100,000 for the abolition of suspicion. (Lond | A ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION should call the fast life, ovon for that Gon. Lam Foo, who has with the junk and lightor-mon medical Departments, over general cheers,) especially from
done very good work for him in
The supportore of the Bill accepted. Reuter,
A rumour is also in ciroulation $200,000 for Military Exponditure the Labourites, the North Rivor district, will that the military commanders and large incruanos in Public come down east with reinforco-were contemplating using force Works. ments. His hopse on the Western of arms in order to compel the front are principally from Tang bost people to their duty, but Chi-yao's Yunnanose troops, who that at the inat moment they did were reported as only being 200 not have sufficient courage to I away from Wuchow yesterday. tako so rash a step.
"DRAGON"
FISH.
SPRANGE YAUMATI
STORY.
FIGHTING FISH- MONGERS.
SEQUEL IN COURT.
"AMMUNITION".
HOW HONGKONG
DEFINES IT..
A notification in the Gazette draws attention to the dofaition of "Ammunition" in Section 2 of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, Ordinance No.
TEA PROSPECTS.
INDIA OUTPUT MAKES HEADWAY.
A SINGAPORE ADVOCATE.
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口口 Those disgrunted shipowners Still, this did not disconcert.now consider it more than ever a Tate, Hoorne or Woolley, who, base scheme. between them, according to the same souros, took 143 of these winkets at a cost of only four pealed, these cross-word exports If the Rants Ordinance is ro-
will point to the dictionary and say that wagos must be hire,
Bomo men in the public oye in this Colony fool liko cindera. Apart from being particularly
៧ . posh, an overcoat made from a Tho world is a stage. Trouble pukka white blanket doesn't look in that, that too many Hongkong nearly 80 conspicuous when folk have speaking parts.
thrown over the bad at night.
口口,
ឆ ឆ
Now that so many of our..
Shangbai.
Some women will show a lot to Now York, March G.
hide their ego. Messrs. Thoodora and Kormit
No wonder the M.C.O. havo Roosovolt, sons of the late Prosi- boen having a tough time in dent Roosevelt, are leaving for Australla. According to a local modern pedestrian needs as many Bombody suggests that the India in April to explore the contemporary, no fower than 148 logs as a contipede. Wouldn't Himalayan rogions, with the men battod for the home team wings be better? object of securing for the Field in the last match. Musoum at Chicago as many specimens as possible of raro Himalayan birde and mammals, especially tho Ovispoli, said to be the original mountain sheep, first described by Marco Polo, also the longhaired tigor of Yackand, the runs, London, åfärch G.
stag of Markor, the great box of Speaking at an Empiro Fxthe Tianshan mountains, and the 2 of 1900, which is as follows.hibition luncheon, Sir Charles goitred gazelle.-Router's Amer-are going Home this year.
As usual, all the boat poople According to the vernacular!
"Ammunition moans any sholl, Higham, who will advocate theican Service. papers, which make much of
cartridge,cartridge case, cartridge claims of the Exhibition during a
0.0 scoops" and sometimas am- Charged with conducting thom-clip, hullet, shot, percussion cap, forthcoming visit to the United bellish tham, a strange fish has solver in a disorderly manner, or priming cap, and also any States, stated that the visit will just boon discovered by an in-two fishmongers were fined by article which may be declared be primarily connected with pro- habitant of Portland Street, Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Central by regulation made by the paganda on behalf of Indian tea. Yaumati
Magistracy this morning,
Governor in Council to bo This is nothing less than tho It was stated in evidence that ammunition;"
Ho stated that the first yoar of "dragon" fish, which derives its the moro aggressivo of the two gulation made by the Govern- tea in America increased by throa also to the re- the campaign the sale of Indian name from its elongated form and fused thỏ blunt end of a chopper or in Conneil on the from the quality popularly at-on his opponent, but quickly 27th day of November, 1911, of China and Japan decreased. He million pounds weight, while that
AUSTRALIAN OLAIMS. tributed to it of sprouting legs discarded it and shammed un-whoroby the following articles declared that India, Ceylon and along the jine of its consciousness to decaiva
Molbourne, March 6, the wore declared to ba ammunition Java had collectively captured long body after lifo is tukong who came up to invosti- within the meaning of the Ordin: from China and Japan ten million the Prime Minister, Mr. Bruco, Advocating the Singapore baso, extinot. The sprouting" process(gato. A cart was requisitioned anco, namely: Bombs and is brought about by giving the to tako the man to the Police bomb cases, or any parts there market and assorted that toa only in terms of England instead amah has commenced to demand feel
pounds weight on the American said he trusted those thinking From the fact that the wash If some of those good folk who fish a tap on its head, and those Station. It did not take long for of. Hand grenadee and hand would shortly become a common, of the Empire as a whole would more money for charcoal, we they are called, what a happy 'called" only know what of the supersititous Chineso who the Inapootor to seo through the grenado Cas08, Dr any parts baliovo in this think they have trick, and the wily
Carry woight with the gathor that summor is near. Was thereof, except such as can be very-day drink in the United not
place this would be. in the strange fish one of the brought before the Magistrate used only for the purpose of
Statos.-Reuter,
Imperial Government.
☐ ☐ direct descendants of the dragon. this morning along with the other extinguishing fires. Any fuses
Australia hitherto had buon! We understand that the do- Altogether a very fishy story, fighter. Ho made another effort which can be used for the purpose
One touch of gossip makes the conaulted on every anglo, and corations recently banded out to whole Colony grin. but the concluding paragraph in to blacken the case against the of exploding shells, bombs, or
was entliled to be hoard now. the Chinese staff of the Hong- the report statos that the man latter. Baring his chest, bo hand grenadee."
Hor opinions could not lightly be kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., who brought it home to his showed where two long strips of Unlicensed persons intending
Ignored. Australia without such house at No. 34 Portland Stroot plaster had boon pasted over to import, deal with or bave in
a base could only regard herself has sent the fish to the Govorn-alloged injuries and mado much their possession in the Colony the
deserted by the Empiro.— mont Bacteriologist for examin-[of a bruise appearingin the contro. metal or other material of which
Reutor. ation.
The offorts of the Inspector were any ammunition consists or has without affect in inducing him to consisted must ensure that the) rostrain ble wild gesticulation.character has first been changed
Melbourne, March 6, His Worship found the ag-by breaking up, melting down, or
The Commonwealth has ap. VISIT TO PALESTINE. grioved
greater some other treatment, so that pointed a strong committee, the offender of the two, and fined him such metal or material has coased chairman boing Sir Novillo $25. The other fishmonger was to be ammunition.
Howse, to arrange rocoptions all mulcted in a sum of $10. Both
over Australia for the American woro bound over to koop the
fioet. peace for six months.
TROOPING SEASON.
DEPARTURES BY THE
"PERBYSHIRE."
Amoʻgat those who embarked on H. T. Dorbyshire and are struck off the strength of thei Command were:--
FOR UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Artillery.-Liout. G. R. Jillinge.
R.C. of 8.-Captain J. L. Collinge.
the
ONG
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"MY LOVE IS SADLY SHINING."
MID AIR SMASH.
SAVED BY PARACHUTES.
U.S. FLEET AND
AUSTRALIA.
LABOUR AGITATION.
A proposal that the Australian section of the Industrial Workers of the World should boycott the American fleet is not meeting with any support in trade union
45
BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
London, March 6, Mr. Amery and Sir Samuel Hoare, It is officially announced that accompanied by officials of the Colonial Office and Air Ministry,
We haven't yet got self-govern- fouble-minded are behind stooring ment, but from the way our wheels, the Government needn't Government acts with other folka"
monoy, it still retains golf. worry about that new asylum
at Laichikok.-.. control.
口
口口
As was to be expected, there are to be known as the "Oh wore planty of freeze-ya's from Boy-008,"
the Pook at the Flower Show.
DD
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The local advertiser "who seeks a "position or work" probably knows that the two are not always identical in Hongkong.
One good thing about these re-
themselves do not think enough. People who think too much of
If Kowloon pedestrians worn laid end, to ond, it would very much simplify the task of the reckless driver..
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clamations is that the harbour swim becomes shorter.
☐ ☐ Hongkong get more like Lon- wrap.
More nerve and don every day.
more nerve8,
口白
Soon the bathing won't caro a
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Some folk are so old that they DO
aro bald in the inside of their. San Antonia, Texas, Mar, G.
The Canton situation is still heads. Baid to be the first time on ro-circles, cord, two airmon escaped un-
will leave England on March 19th unsettled. with the Bun party Probably a deputation will sos on a visit to Iraq and Paloating loading by two victory telograms. A Brots reader suggest that scathed in a mid-air collision. the United States Consul to on- con official business, and return to They were two army pliots, doavour to obtain the release of England at the end of April- whoso machines besame inter-members of the Independent Reuter. looked four thousand feet up, and Workora. "My Love is Sadly Shining," crashed ablazo. They safely dos-ganisation imprisoned in Cali- of the World Or- R.A.0.0.Major F. H. Phillips feature showing at the Queen's Router.
foaturing Mady Christians, is the conded in parachutes to earth.fornia-Reuter. and wife. Captain T. R. Davis, Theatre to-day. It is a story of a wife and daughter.
girl's love, during the French
1st Loyal Rogt.-Major C. W. Sandos, O.B.E., and wife, Lieut. J. G. Sandio, M.C.
R.A.Ch.D.Very Rev. C. W.Revolution, for hor tutor of Smith, O.B.E, D.8.O., C.F.
FOR INDIA.
humble birth and the objection
U.S. AIR SERVICE.
GOVERNMENT WINS.
AGAINST SHIPBUILDING
R.A.P.C-Major RW.P.Sands, offered by her brother, Luelon, O.BE, and wifo,
'APPOINTMENT the Duko of Gramount, who so
ANNOUNCED. angered the young tutor that ho H.KS, RA.-Captain ·G. D. turned a revolutionist. Lator it
Washington, March 6.
CORPORATION. Meredith, M.C.
show the revolutionists taking Mr. Wooks announces that .2/4th Bombay Gronadiors revenge on the nobilities by bur Colonel James E. Fochet will Alexandria, Virginia, March 6. (K.E.O.) Major T. T. Oakes,ning and pillaging, also take succoed General Mitohoil Major O. F. P. Warton, O.B,E,lucaptivity
of the assistant to the Chief of the army Rovereing the decision of the Captain H. M. Newton-King, nobilities amongst whom was air service, on April 27th, when lower court whith awarded 2 Captain B. 8. Hoy, Captain G. A. Jeanno, the girl loved by the Gon, Mitchell's term of office million dollars the Virginia Orawford, Captain E. A. Hayes- young tutor, now a rovolutionary expires.--Router. Nowington, wife and obild, Cap-loader, and now known as St. tain W. U. Bacon and wife, 2nd Just, the Bloodhound. Llout. G. P. D. Cortland-Ander- Jauno frea, when he hears of her LONDON MUNICIPAL son, 2nd Liout, G. O. de V. Moss, |being captured. : 8t. Just also ants I.M.8.—Major E, A. Penny and from her brother, Lucien, who was wifo, Captain Rt. B. Khara.. |also a captive, . Lución aika his Captain F. K. Tomlinson, sister, Janppe to go away with K.A.M.C. embarked on. H.T. him, but as love for St. Just to hër `\"Derbyshire” having beon granted] was greatör, than a brother's love, "Sewolve months slók leave on the the result was that Jaanne and the London Counell eine font le ferecommendation of a Medical 81. Just were once more azm To Municipal rifornia 88-LK
He sets
ELECTIONS.
POSITION OF PARTIES,
Lahore, March 6, The final state of the parties in
Shipbuilding #poration, the Federal Courts awarded the Government $11,572,000 against the Corporation..
The case arose from the seizure. of the Corporation's ships-owing to, disagreement over accounts. the Government sileging) with- regard to war contraata that the Corporation used for giban por
FOREIGN SECRETARY.
CONFERS WITH FRENCH PREMIER.
Paris, March. 6.
the water shortage is duo to the Talking about that shipping number of leoka last Saturday.
☐ ☐ control money, Government principles are as enduring as It is possible that the New permanent waves, or nearly so. Territories tiger has come after
three cheere,
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-We ought soon to be hearing of more Turkish atroolties, for a broadousting station has been erected in Constantinople.
O D Under the heading of “Tuition Wanted", an advertisment sp- pears in a morning contemporary concerning wardrobe trunk. Possibly someone has looked his A noiseless aeroplane has been wife up in one and forgotten how Invented, Can't somebody, try to open it.
Mr. Auston Chamberlain dined │.:
his hand on babios ?
at the British Embassy, where It is rumoured that quite a According to the South China M. Herriot's councillor of em- number of residents would like to Morning Post, the Australian bassy Mr. Phipps and Mr. Cham take French Leave to Shanghai. Vienas is a European Classic. Tourist Trophy Raon hold "at berlain's private sporetary Mr. Selby were the only guests.
- By the same token, the Austrian Afterwards Mx, Chamberlain log to forgetting your 1,0,0.'s. probably an American institution, Dropping your aspirātesis noth- race meeting held at Melbourne is and M. Herriot held a long cop- férence-Rauter.
TO-DAY
The Colony's latest dinonofal "M deal reminds us that some people „vor have the ospital and all the-rosk the have got in the experiance,