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FRATERNITY PARTY GATHERINGS.
UNION VIEWS
No. 21,00
FATAL LANDSLIDE. LUICHOW FALLS.
FOUR COOLIES KILLED.
A fatal landslide, which result- ed in four coolies losing their lives, occurred on the hillside above the jane rock near the Naval Hospital,
DEFENDERS LEAVE THE CITY.
DECEMBER 31, 1925. B+B-+
VALEDICTORY.
TIFFIN TO MR. FITCHER.
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce is arranging to give a complimentary tifin to the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher prior to his departure to take up his new ap- pointment as Colonial Secretary of Ceylon,
alle services to the commercial andi
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The Hudson Brougham
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**
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33 WONG HOI CHUNK PED, A
HAPPY VALLEY
CANTON ARMY, ANOTHER BRIDE SHIP. MURDER TRIAL.
BIG REVIEW FOR TO-MORROW.
20,000 TROOPS.
ground. It is said
that
SHANGHAI MAN MARRIED HERE,
No fewer than five brides came out East by the P. and O. s.s. Khyber, and the last of the pum-
PRISONER'S WIFE GIVES EVIDENCE.
NEARING CLOSE.
TROOPS FLEF.
One of the witnesses called As previously reported the in Kennedy Road,, at 2.15 p.m. yes- With regard to the recent report
In military circles in Canton, ber to get married, the others "raternity Party of Hongkongterday. Two others were in that Luichow was being invested
great activity is to be noticed having reached their destinations to-day for the defence in the trial It is at the very keen desire of 1erchants attended a memorial jured.
on all sides, and that overtures had
all members that the Tution especially in the elaborate pre-before the liner reached Hong- of Shing Wal-tat, charged with servier at Wong Fa Kong or Mon- The coolies were working at the been made for conditional
being arranged as there is a ananiparations which are being made kong, wag Miss Lolo Charlotte the murder of an Indian constable day in commemoration of the foot of a bank of earth, more than renador, bat were flatly refused by mous desire to express to Mr. Flet for the grand inspection of the Burdett-Taylor, who was wedded an 8th July last, was the wife of
on Saturday lust, at St. John's the accused. aevantestwo hemnes who met their dirty feet deep when part of it Field Marsh? Li Chi-ium, it now cher appreciation for his invalu troops to be held to-morrow morn-
Cathedral, to Mr. David Dalgleish. She told the Court that, in the deaths at the hands of Chang have way, and, buried six confier transpires that the defenders of the shipping interests of the Colony ing at the East Parade
| of the PW.D., Shanghai.
belief that the anle of her house minghe, then Vierron E the tastep from the Fire Brigade Sarkcitadel, being unable to withstand during the last 24 years,
"The bride, who hails from Har-could be effected on an offer of Kwanga, in an abortive attempt to fury Department Police, and P. the siege, have abandoped the city The function, at which His Ex-over 20,000 troops will take parti
The forces rowon-the-Hill wore a pretty fawn $1,500, she, with her son, accom- capture Low Vicmoy's Yamen in the W.D. maled to the serie of the and fled to Chu Man, where tran-cellency the Governor has express in this inspection.
enka desire to be present, will takej spring of 1911. Fala attempt,rrident, and were soon enraged
sports had previously assembled, place at the Roof Garden, Hang.
jon parade will be composed of costume with inf, fers and shoes|panied the woman Li Tai to Shum- to mate, and earring a bouquet in revene work. Pone coolies were though abortive, beguded the researd after several dozare wok awaiting to convey the troops kun Hotel, on Wednesday next, the entire Cadets Corps, one regi- of roses. She was given away by chun, arriving at a time when her volution, and hastened its suggiss, and, life beling extinet, Chele bodio
Dr. Benne c, of Shanghai, whilst husband was engaged in digging a grave on the hillside at Wang his On their reluun from the service, were taken to the Public Mortuar.
Kwang Tau. She spoke of Mr. Reginald Keye acted as
best man." the members of the pait: paid a
Twa niber vunlies were sent to the
willingness to sell their house, and The ceremony was performed Government Civil Hospital, where ali at the Headquarters of thei
e was detained. Kuomintang, where they were re- ceived by the Excentive Uommittee. The party was shown around the premises and was permitted to see the livities of the different de- partments of this political organi- zation.
Thence the party proceeded to the spacious hall of the Committee of Education to attend the recep Jon of the Strike Union. On en- tering the hall, the party was re- lived by a guard of honour of the
All the remalies Gerd at a nen Aractor's matshed near the scene
the accident.
Among the police rescuers was] Mr. D. Burlingham (D.S.P.).
FORMER RESIDENT
KILLED.
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT ÁT HOME
Those who remember Mr. and1 cketa Corps, by entertainers ap- Mrs. Tedo Miles, who some few ated by the Government, and by years ago gained much popularity executive officers of the Strike locally as entertainers, under the name of "Lena and Tedo." will aion. There were over five hear with the utmost regret that Indred guests' assembled in the Mrs. lis hus met her death at Hame as the result of a motor accident
0.
The speech of the Chairman of
states that
aep the straits to Hainan island, January 6th. The Seport further Wong Tal-wai, who went to assist Tang Ponn-yan in the defence of Lairhow, made his escape in a gun-
beat.
LOSS OF $200.
SNATCHING FROM PORTUGUESE LADY!
ment of the 1st Division of the
1st Army Corps, two regiments of the 2nd Division of the Ist Army
of a man whose name was identical
with you. Don't tell me a story," That did not deter her husband from returning to the New Terri- torius to go through the process of the sale of the house and the transference of the mortgage deedy.
Corps, one Battalion of Artillery, by the Rev. T. B. Powoll, Chaplain of his surprise that a reward had one Company of Machine Guns, one of the Cathedral, whilst Mr. F. been offerred for the arrest Battalion of Gendarmes, one Bat-Mason, the Cathedral organist, with his. He had said "Get away
rendered appropriate music. alion of the Ist Independent The honeymoon is being spent | Another report states that Pietd)
Division, one Regiment of the 2ndjal Repulse Bay. Marshai Li, Chai-sum suddenly!
Yesterday afternoon, as she was
Army Corps, one Battalion of shifted his headquarters to An Poo walking alour Seymour Road, a and immediately issued orders to Portuguese lady, Misa M. Braga, Cadets of the Kong We Militar
residing at 37. Robinson Road, had School, two Regiments of the 3rd Lomtience a simultaneous bem-1
an unfortunate experience, when Army Corps, one Battalion t bardment of Laichow, and after afshe fell victim to a bag.snatcher.
Special Guards of the 3rd Army Herve engagement, the city suc- She was carrying a Japanese cumbed, with the result that many prisoners and a large quantity of arms and amunition were captured. The peninsula is now cleared of Tang Poon-yan's forces.. "
HONGKONG'S TIME.
hand bag, containing $200 in notes, Corps, and two Regimenta of the ADVANCE OF SIX-TENTHS and small change, as well as pri- 5th Army Corps. These unita! vate papers. A male Chinese aud-will assemble in the early hours denly snatched the bag and made
Although the chased if the morning and the inspection away with it. the culprit, she was unable to will take place at 8 a.m. in the catch him, and he chile all pur presence of the Committee c It will he remembered that some suit and escaped. "Her has not time ago, Tan, Sing-che, Garrison yet been found. Commandant of Southern Hainan,
the Canton) made overtures to Government, through Tan Yen-kai. Bat at the time, Kwangtung province) was in the throes of givil war and
SIRDAR'S MURDER.
News to this effect has just the Canton Government was not in LENGTHY - INVESTIGATION e Strike Union was on the same arrived in the Colony, bat no de-
In position to consider the proposed
או
He gave
SEQUEL.
Political Affairs. -
to-
be
Witness went on to relate what happened on this journey, and which had already been recounted OF SECOND.
by the woman Li Tai in her evid ence at an earlier stage of the case. Hongkong is at present behind she added that on being pounced the times by six-tenths of a second to be precise; but the do-British side of the Lo Wu Bridge upon by the two detectives on the fect will be remedied to-morrow. he was "beaten up," and that she It will be recalled that it was and her son were prevented from officially notified on the 4th in-going to him by the picket of four stant that observations of. the soldiers whom the woman Li Tat It is reported that a meeting of
Bordeaux rythmic time-signals had engaged to escort them the Committee of Military Affairs, showed the Longitude of the wards the British border, ostensi held specially to deliberate on the Royal Observatory, Hongkong, to bly for protection against kidnap- be incorrect. This is being: recommendations for the recon-
corrected
(Now pers, but actually to see that none to-morrow struction of the Army contained Year's Day!, when the effect of of them escaped until the husband in a report of General Chang Kai. the new Longitude will be shown was safely across the border in as the one made when the tails are given as to where or when alliance. The proposal has now
shek has decided that all recommen- of the timo-ball at 10 o'clock in witness's story this morning, these for the first time by the dropping police hands. According to 6 irst party of Hongkong merchants the accident happened. It is a been renewed, and ding to the
Cairo, Dec. 20.
same soldiers turned out to dations, except the revocation of the morning. new, developments in the North,
themselves kidnappers. They took called at the Union's headquarters.ed, however, that the deceased indy was rendered unconscious as the
Mr. Purquet has decided to send
On enquiry at the Observatory a brief outline of the result of the accident, and died together with the fact that Kwang-
Mah-proved, It is said that the title this morning, we were informed her and her son back to a house in that when the time-ball drops at Shumchun, where the boy was kept cause of the strike, and the work portly afterwards without regain-tank is free of invernal embarrass before the Committing Magistrate the title of "Kwan Chang," be'ap-
ments, since all enemy forces have Alamed Effend Maher and Much sympathy will be fell with beer liminated or clipped of their/troud Elendi Nokrashi, ex-minia-of "Kwan Chang," being intimate 10 o'clock, the time will be ad- for a month until a ransom, which
ter for Education and ux-Under Secretary of the Interior respeely associated with the history of vanced by six-tenths of a second, had been fixed at $130, was forth- tively in the former Zaghiul Ca-jene particular unit, a vote for the and this will mean that there-coming. Withers scraped together after the Observatory's Longi-this money with great difficulty. hinet. in connection with the irrevocation of this title did not pass tude will be correct.
bat after a month's confinement vestigation into the murder of the by the required majority of votes..
she had the satisfaction of seeing late Sirdar.-- Beuter.
and is set aside until the return
her son returned to her.
Regarding the other son, who of General Chang Kai-shek.
was detained by the police in the expectation that information might be obtained from him as to his fa- ther's whereabouts, witness said that he was confined for eight days in the police station and not- withstanding that he had said that If for nothing else than to bojhis father was digging graves at Tau, the police introduced to Professor Me- Wang Kwong
would take him anywhere but the Gurgle, we can recoininend our
place. mentioned, in a fruitless readers to pay a visit to the search. He was threatened with Queen's Theatre during the run corporal chastisement if he did not of "Sally of the Sawdust. “ give the information they required, and when he was returned to her, This is a Griffiths picture, full his chest and back were a mass
accomplished by the strikers. At, eonsciousness. The close of the spooch cemphass
the bereaved husband, who, with power, the Canton Government is was laid on the importance of open-his wife, mole a large circle of said to have requested. Tang's special representative to remain x up Whampoa as a commercial triems whilst in Hongkong.
over until after the general meet- But of the members of the Kuomintam, when dur considera- tion will be given to the proposal,
ort, and those present were in- Formed that a big sum of money was required in develop the port and the object of the Union was to secure the support of the overseas Chinese for this scheme. Speccheal were also made by representatives other Unions. At o'clock the gests took leave of their hosts and procented back to their hotels.
On Tuesday the party attended a reception by the All Kwangtung Labour Union.
STOLEN COAT.
FOUND IN PAWNSHOP.
WHITE GLOVES.
THE HONGKONG CRIME
SLUMP.
Probably for the first time int
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE.
the history of the Central Police CINEMA SHOW FOR BUILDING
FIND..
These men have been in custody rince May, pending investigations. Į
RUSSIA & ORIENT.
CLOSER UNDERSTANDING
URGED,
Moscow, Dec. 30.
MOROCCAN SITUATION.
M. BRIAND'S INTERESTING
STATEMENT,
QUEEN'S
THEATRE.
SALLY, OF THE
SAWDUST:"
Paris, Dec. 30. Court there were no mew cases for
In the Chamber of Deputies, re- hearing before the senior magis-
M. Tofuski, with the approval of tying to the Communist, M. Ca- rate, Mr. R. E. Lindsell yesterday.
A cineman show has been arranged the Soviet Congress, has declared chic, with regard to the visit to and it was decided to mark the
of St. Stephen's that it is necessary to pursue the paris of the British Captain Can occasion in the time-honoured man- by the Masters her of presenting the nugistrate College, in aid of the New Build-unity of international syndicates.ning as an envoy of Abd-el-Krin, and particularly to establish close with whom M. Briand had refused to with a pair of white gloves.
ing Fund, for Saturday night. bonds with the Oriental organisa-trent, M. Briand lengthily explained of characteristically humorous of bruises. She had to call in a The presentation was to have
chiefly the Japanese.his refusal and said that Capt. Can-Griffiths touches. Of the story doctor on seeing his condition. been made by the acting Captain Mr. H. W. Ray, who some twenty tions.
ning had no official mandato to be
itself, we cannot speak in The case is still unconcluded. Superintendent of Police, Mr. Pyears ago was on the staff of the Indopacifi.
sent to Paris at the very moment the French authorities had secure euperlative terms, but McGurgle and was proceeding as we wont possession of bundles of propn-is a now and very human type,| Kanda intended to stir up a revelt and you should really meet him.
P. I. Wodehouse, C. 1. E. Lais College, has kindly provided a first- morning at ten o'clock, but owing
to the absence of Mr. Lindsell, rate programme, including "The
When a Chinese hung a 530 coat was decided to defer the presenta-Silent Call" a seven-rcel film pic- out on a line, on Dec. 27th, twotion until Blonday.
turing the famous dog, Strong- Chinese seized the opportunity of
This moring, the Second Magis-
stealing it, and took it to, a pawn-uate took all the gases down for/Heart; and an Our Gang Comedy. shop where they pledged it for $5. The sequel was heard at the Cen-hearing in the big Court, and the There will also be ventriloquism by tral Police
Court this morning, when they were charged with the
larceny of the coat.
It was stated for the prosecution
small Court was not held.
Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith, whose ski!l!
DRIFTING SHIP.
JAPANESE STEAMER
DISABLED.
London, Dec. 30. is well-known in Hongkong; and A message from Perim reports Mr. Id Chor Chee who is a former that the Japanese steamer
that the owner of the coat hung FOUND WITH DAGGER. student and staff member has beeu timore Maru has broken her
it out on a line to dry at about
three o'clock in the afternoon.
When he went to get it an hour RESULT OF STREET SEARCH Juter, he found it had gone.
On
L
Bal
ta!!
BANDITS KILLED.
SEVEN LAUNCHES CAPTURED.
to press.
THE RUBBER QUESTION.
MR. HOOVER'S PLEA TO AMERICANS.
of Moslems against France and against Spain who were endeavour. You will like him. ing to bring about a real pence. The situation in Murocco had co- siderably improved, and Moroc- cans themselves were policing the! frontiera. Ten thousand families | had returned to allogiance in order to escape the terrible cruelty aul:
Washington, Dec. 30. shaft. Her position at noon yeater-tyranny of Abd-el-Kram who was
Speaking on the rubber sitantion, invited to sing. The Rev. G. E. 3. day was 17.12 North, 40.49 East, in no wise qualified to speak for
Mr. Hoover called upon the nation Upsell will preside at the piano. and she was drifting northward the tribes, particularly those of
Genom Li Fook-lum has re- to reduce the use of rubber to the M. Fung Man-sul, B.Sc.. of the Reuter.
Djebalas and Rifs, with whom ported to the Canton Government lowest minimum, and to organise France and Spain preferred to ne that whilet in pursuit of handita Independent sources of supply. the following day it was seen in Last night in Quern'a Road West Bank of Canton, a former master'
According to the papers, Mr. gotiate. He hoped to arrive short-in the waters of Huengahan an one of the pawnshopa by a detec-
a male Chinese was stooped by and one of the original students of
SYRIAN OPERATIONS. ly at a satisfactory solution.-engagement on wator took place Hoover is reported to have stated tive. Yesterday some detectives in
search the school, is Chairman of the
on the 26th inst., the result being that a commercial war between the course of their duties, went to Sergt. Dungey, and
Melilla, Dec. 30.
the capture of two launchos, the America and England is imminent, some pawnshops, and in the shop in party. On being searched he was Cinema Committee and Mr. Chau
The village of Sefansa has sub-illing of many bandits, and the and to have proposed fixing the question they saw both of the de-found to be in possession of a day Cheung-nin, is Hon. Treasurer. ↑
release of thirteen persons, two price of cotton for export at 75 fendants, who had a ticket for the
The show la open to the general
All the Beningsmar tribes in the being females and three children, cents and wheat at right dollars One of the defendants gave er, and he was arrested.
A column arrived without inci: low regions have now submitted, who were kidnapped some months per bushel the ticket to the broker anging he Charged at the Central Police public, admission being $2 and $1, wanted the coat he had stolen on Court this, morning, he pleaded and it will be held in the hall of dent at Boueldans, situated 35 thus insuring tranquility over all ago. the 27th.
guilty and, stated that he had only the sister School, St. Stephen's kilometres south-east of Damascus, the territory bordering the Spanlah
and satisfactorily carried out its lines from Balabas to Buiza. The first defendant was sent to just arrived in the Colony,
Girls'a College, Lyttleton Road, on
The Djebelhodid tribe is asking He was duod $100, or three
operations without meeting with voziom one month, and the
Saturday night (Jan 27 at 8 o'clock. Fanistance Indorecida kund to submit Indopacif
coat.
3
A FURTHER ADVANCE"
Paris, Dec. 30.
Reuter.
mitted.
The Now Fork Herald says
General Li also reports that in White House made known to the the waters of Ban Bui, five more United States that it will not sancs launches were captured and many tion any kind of trade reprisals
whatsouver Indopacifi bandits killed.
I