BURNETT'S
{FAMOUS LONDON
DRY GIN
gives that distinctive excellence to a cocktail.
Makes a delicious` `gin
sling.
""
SOLE AUENTS
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
་་
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS
ARRIVED.
NEW
VICTOR
RECORDS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, JANUARY
HERRING HALL MARVIN surveys la sufficient to show that
BANK VAULT DOORS, recognised.
"A STANDARD FOR THE WORLD" The installation of a Herring
Hall Marvin Vault Door la a form of insurance which cannot be duplicated The namo itself is the best proof of the high quality of the product--the leader of its kind for over three quarters of a century.
DAY BY DAY,
EVERY HEART THAT HAS BUAT
the need of an extended service la Whatever the means adopted, it is clear that there is STRONG AND CHEERFULLY HAS a distinct call for better transport LEFT A HOPEFUL IMPULSE DE facilities to outlying districts on HID IT IN THE WORLD, AND the higher levels, and the putting MANKIND.R. L. Stevenson. of a scheme into operation ought not to be unduly delayed.
So far
as the castorn part of the Penk is! concerned that is, the area within]
the district would disclose whether Kich a
venture would be com
BETTERED, THE TRADITION
OF
The opening rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 29, 4.7/16d.
31
:
The s... Empress of Asis will sail from Hongkong ut daylight on Friday, the 8th. instant, ono day later than previously an- nounced."
TOBACCO SEIZURE.
CASE TO DD RE-HEARD.
As a result of the seizure of 57
EUROPEAN PEACE,
PRAISE FOR FRENCH PRESIDENT.
Paris, Jan. 2. Official receptions were held
bales of raw tobacco at Yaumati breakwater on Monday, last by revenue officers, a confiscation Yesterday with the usual core- order was later obtained.
monials. Cardinal Ceretti present. ing the Diplomatic Corps at the The case was recalled at the Elysee, praised the work
Are-hearing
at
The P. & O linor Delta, which Central Police Court this morning, Locarno, saying that it is being reach of the motor road-a vast left Singapore on the 2nd instant, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, when anywhere else, and it will be to demonstrated in France more than » at 7 ani, is dus here at Gan, phun application for improvement on existing services the 8th instant.
was made by Mr. Leo d'Almada her glory that are found men of would be effected if there were
Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendent goodwill who are workers towards motor-buses running to and from Mr. and Mrs. S. Harrison of the Imports and Exports Office peace, and there is the amongst and Mr. H. C..Shrubsolo were said he appeared to see that Mr. all others to whom goes at this the city, and we imagine that there passengers arriving here from D'Almada satisfied the Court that time and that is you, Monsieur le would be considerable patronage Mapila by the s.a. President Wil the persons he was representing President-our unanimous senti- therefor if a tariff could be son.
were really the owners of the to- ments of admiration and gratitude arranged anywhere near the Peak
bacco. After that, the question for the task which is more than His Excellency the, Governor Tramway rates. This, of course, has appointed the Rev. G. R. Could be gone date as to the eirin name your own," z
Doumergue replied:- would be a matter for private enter. Lindsay to be Honorary Visiting cumstances under which the to M. prise, and possibly a canvass of Chaplain to the Kowloon Hos-bacce was brought to the Colony. "France, that did all in the past Mr. D'Almada said the facts ap-to, propagate the, great principies pital.
peared to be that the consignment which constitute to-day the com- of tobacco was sent from Canton mon rights of the people, will in a fishing junk to the port. of attach herself resolutely to realise Hongkong, and was seized by the thla high conception of Inter- revenue officers. An agent of the national intercourse on owners subsequently interviewed dependa Mr. Lloyd, and asked to be allow-poace."-Indopacif. ed to pay the neccessary duties, but he was apparently dissatisfied, and he told the agent to go to the Court on the next morning. The agent understood, however, that he was to appear before Mr. Lloyd at his office, and that was the reason why he did not come
London, Jan. 3. to Court. Now that the man was
The death has occurred of Mr. G. in Court, he had evidence to show H. Mair, C.M.G.---Reuter. that he was the rightful agent George Herbert Mair has been for the owners, and they were Assistant Director of the League of Nations Secretariat since 1919. Born in 1887, eduented at Aberdeen and Oxford, he joined the editorial
SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES mureially profitable,
from
Sole Distributors
Mustard & Co.,Ltd. 16-17, Connaught Road Central, 'Phone Central 1186.
BIRTHS:
Ruin-Making.
The news that one of the Pro- fessors at Hongkong University is In the Adamson Cup seventh experimenting in rain-making, disqualifying competition, played at closed at Tuesday's meeting of the Happy Valley on December 27th, Legislative Council, has caused a Mr. T. Bateman qualified with a considerable degree of interest. score of 84-107 minus 23. The fact that the Government bas mado a grant towards the neces Mr. H. E. Goldsmith, Executive sary apparatus shows that official Engineer in Charge of Roads, ro- cognisance has been given to what turned on the President Wilson WHYTE-SMITH-At 38. Craig might prove
of great scientific from a short visit to Bagulo, millar Park, Edinburgh, on value. We do not know whether accompanied by Mrs. Goldsmith. New Your's Day, the wife of Hongkung will benefit very much T. S. Whyte-Smith-a daughwere
its fogs turned into rain, i St. Andrew's Church Vestry is prepared to pay the necessary considering that foggy weather faced with heavy liabilitios, but, duties. usually coincides with damp days, has decided to rely on freewill. Mr. Lindsell, said he saw no ob REID.At the Peak Hospital op but if the researches lead to the offerings rather than bazaars ur jection." He would adjourn the
31st. December, 1925, to Jean, banishing of our weak fogs (even similar methods. A sum of $3,000 wife of Douglas Reid-a son in the form of raindrops) there is needed.
ter.
The Telegraph
MONDAY, JAN. 4, 1926.
NEW TRAMWAY NEEDED.
should be a considerable section of our population
The Hongkong Hotel bus ser who will be thankful to the Professor. Com vice will start from outside Mac's Cafeteria, instead of Statuo menting on the subject from an entirely unscientific standpoint,quure, as announced in an ad-
vertisement appearing elsewhere, we recall our physiography len-
in this issue. tures at school, when the elements of rain-formation, were instilled
case until Friday, and Mr. Lloyd and, Mr. d'Almada pould discuss the matter together,
DEATH OF MR. DENMAN FULLER.
FORMER CATHEDRAL
ORGANIST,
the. establishment
OBITUARY.
which
WELL-KNOWN PUBLICIST,
of
staff of the Manchester Guardian in 1909, and acted later as leader writer and political correspondent in London. He became asst, editor of the Daily Chroniola in 1914, bat resigned to do whole-time work first with the Home Office and later with the Foreign Office (News Department), and in the Ministry of Information. He was the After-dinner dancing will takej
director of the Press section of the into our minds as being the some-place nightly in the Roof Garden
British. Peace Delegation to Puris what sudden cooling of moisture of the Hongkong Hotel from 9.15
in 1919, when he was made a laden alv, principally through its p.m. to midnight. There will be
Chevalier the Legion of Honour. ascent to upper regions of the at no charge, to diners, but non- Prak residents who hoped thatmosphere, such as happens when diners will be charged one dollar It is with the deepest of regret The C.M.G. was conferred on him
in 1920.) a current of air strikes a moun- per head.
that we have to chronicle the death the passing of a Vote by the Lugis- Lain-side. Our Penk mists ure
of Mr. Denman Fuller, FR,C.O., Amongst the passengers who for many years organist of St. the east of a survey of a suggest-pid formation of moisture par arrived here by the Empress of John's Cathedral, which took plec SUPPRESSING BANDITS.
ticles against the hilltops. fed route for a new tramway from recull various methods of rain- Humphreys, Lieut. Col. Montague
We Russia were Mr. and Mrs, Hin a nursing home in Bournemouth
Christmas Day, aflor Murray Barracks to Wanchai Gap production, one of the best-known | Bates, Mr. G. M. Young, Mr. J. lung and painful illness. implied that this undertaking being the causing of sudden pres- Behar, Mr. C. M. Manners, and would shortly be put in.hami, will re or other disturbances in a Mr. P. W. Massey.
With the co-operation of land firing with cannon at hovering News has been received by the thedral, holding the dual position and naval forces, a big scheme în elmutts. An ingenious invention Procure des Missions Belges, at until compolled some two or three now being taken in hand by the the firing of a large ring of metal mission station, Ninghsia, Kansu, ill-health. He was also prominent pression of bandita and pirates in. announced some years ago was Shanghai, from their Central years ago to resign on account of Canton authorities for the sun- out of a funnel-shaped gun, thus that Rov. Father Mevis, they associated with the Hongkong the West River." causing something of a minor cy-Catholic priest who was captured Philharmonic Society, and was, in A
S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd. intive Council on Tuesday to cover no doubt caused by the fairly.
QUALITY RESOLVE
VICTOR DISTRIBUTORS.
TELLS!!
DURING THE
no doubt be disappointed to learn that the scheme has for the time being been shelved. All the same whether this particular route or any other be chosen, the time will
moisture-laden atmosphere, by |
For something like sixteen years, the late Mr. Fuller was organist and choirmaster of St. John's Ca
GEN, LI FOOK-ĻUM STILL ACTIVE.
2
YEAR in te court 4 definite sten forward was NEW YEAR
TO PURCHASE YOUR PROVISIONS,
WINE & SPIRITS, etc., FROM LANE, CRAWFORD'S,
COMMENCE THE YEAR WITH QUALITY GOODS.
McVITIE and PRICE'S BISCUITS:-
No 1 size 1.10
Ginger Nuts-
Petit Beurre
1
Lincoln Creame-
1.
Marie
Président
Nice
Royal Scot
Digestive-
Excelsior Mixed
Rich Tea
Moray Shortbread
Digestive
1.00
1:
+
and bringing down rain. Latter-dits, has been released. No further Library and curator of the Muse-General Li Fook-lum, making Ying. scheme will have to be adoptedly, there have been reports of details are at present available.
um, Never a robust man, the de- Kee us his base, commenced opera- Apart from the congestion on the American experiments in the
ceased, during his last few years tions from four directions by water existing system, which, despite the clouds with electrified sand" Much sympathy goos out to
in Hongkong, suffered greatly from and by land with the result, it is (whatever that is) senttered from Mr. J. H. Taggart, the Managing an internal complaint, and it was reported, that three of the bandits" admirable efforts that have been acroplanes, Perhaps Hongkong Director of the Hongkong and after several severe operations both launches were sunk, five captured made to cope with it, is still very is about to gain additional publi- Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., in conneus here and at Home that he was even and many wooden vessels manned marked at certain hours of the city through being the home of an tion with the disastrous fire at tually compelled to leave the Coby plrates algo aptured. On laud. day, the great fast remains that even more intriguing means of the Hongkong Hotel, as he is at lony, being by then a helpless in the bandits were so heavily defent-
rain-making.
prosent a patient in the Peak valid. In spite of his failing ed that they led in all directions, various parts of the hill district
Hospital His many friends will health, before his retiremont he leaving a great many killed and have been so opened up for the
World Wireless.
wish him spoedy, recovery to remained loyally af bjs post when wounded in their trail: The news of Marconis', con-health. building of houses that scores of
many another less deveted to the bandits mostly fled into the dis- clusion of arrangements for
task would have long since giver tricts of Ching Shap and Sue Fa', homes are far removed either from operating a world-wide system The St. Andrew's Church up, and by his organ and pianoforte here engagements are being the terminus or the intermediate of wireless comes as a sequel, 10 Christmas carol choir, which, recitals he raised much money frtaken up by troops stationed at
many months of negotiations and under the direction of Mr. J. C. the Cathedral organ, in the recon pre-arranged points. stations of the present Peak Trinary reports, and finally Ival, visited various districts instruction of which he did much In this one "concerted action of way.
It is true that the motor places the scheme in the list of Kowloon during the festive sea-valuable work. road to the Peak hus been of bene-
the troops and Navy, it la expert early necmplishments. The son, collected a sum of $251.62, The deceased, who was 46 years that the lower rehohes of the West service-or sather linked service
The
1.00 it to several residents, but for question of whether this radio which is to be divided between of age and yorarried, was a most River and the delta will be quite
1.00
14
19
1.00
1.10
1
1.00
39
1.00
11
59
1,
1.10
"3
1. 1.00
.19
2 1.85
19
M
special size 1.50
""
1.50
1.35
Thin
1.85
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
Border
""
Thick Oatcakes -
FRENCH POLITICS.
GREEK RULE,
FREMIER'S ANNOUNCEMENT,
Athens, Jan. 3,
has announced that henceforth be is asuming entire responsibilty for the government of the country, and will rely solely on the power of the army and the national con" scionco to save Greece.
the ordinary householder who will prove a serious rival of the Church Pastoral Aid Speioty, talented orgnist and planist, and freed of bandity.
the Hongkong Benevolent Society he also composed a number of does not own a cur it is an expen-discussed a great deal in the past
the cable companies has beon and the Missions to Seamer works, incidentally writing the sive business to get to and from year or two, and the general con-
music for the Hongkong University A xuttlement was reached in anthem. town by means of motor-cur. Iclusion, which there appears to
the Commercial The late Mr., Fuller's numerous be no reason to attor, is that the the strike at What is badly needed is a new cable serviess will continue to Pross, Lid., Shanghai, on Christ-friends will hear with the utmost tramway system which will skirt hold an important plase in the inas Day, but the negotiations regret of his death and will join the face of the island and come scheme of communications all followed a very origys disturb-in sympathising with his relatives out at the eastern end of the Peak over the world. In the case of ance which compelled Chinese fu the bereavement they have The Premter, General Pangalos,
special conditions, the cable tele-soldiers guarding the Paushan suffered. where in recent years there has graphs must remain paramount, Roud factory to use their rifles been considerable residential de-as they are proof against oy an after four soldiers wore injured the most adverse atmospheric by a shower of stones hurled at velopment. It may be that at pre-disturbances, but in a general them by a laven crowd of strikers. sent the military lands deadlock way wireless will serve a big de-Colonel Liu, in charge of the holds up such a scheme as this,
for mand
acconi-soldiere, gave orders to fire and modation
-wider 20 shots wero fired over the heads but it ought to be possible to map aron.
The newspapor press is of the strikers. Six or seven men Jout a route, possibly in conjunc-not the least of the concerns were injured and the soldiore tion with the present system, by interested in the development of charged at the crowd with fixed radio communication all over the bayonate and arrested 43 of the which unoccupied and could be world. Perhaps, in time, the cost ring-loaders. utilised for this purpose and theof, wirelessing will be cheapor than at present, and the service release thereof be arranged with obtain an even larger clientele will be in operation" early this the War Department.
One of the chief effects of the new year. Much has been going on In recent years, one or
two Marconi contracts is the linking behind the scenes", whispers of
of all parts of the, British Empire which have reached the public, The Chamber passed, yesterday party leaders persisting, giving schemes have been suggested for by means of the big "boam" and it is gratifying to learn de-morning, the vote for provisional them a political complexion which the provision of a new tramway stations, and the announcement finitely that all obstacles have accounts for January, after on all will thus defeat the Government's route, and the fact that matters tuins the interesting intimation the ideal of Imperial radio com resums on the 12th January the increasing political tension.
made by Router on Saturday con-apparently been overcomo, and night altting Parliament will object in obtaining a cessation of have gone so far as to make rough that these inter-Empire services munication is about to be realised. Indopacifi,
I
more over
*
A SOCIALIST VOTE.
Paris, Jan. 2.
At a meeting of the Socialist Federation of Limoges, the voting wns 15 to 8 against participation with tha Radical Ministry Indopacifi
ALL NIGHT BITTING.
Paris, Jan. 2/
י
He undertook to furnish rea-
,:་
Bona
Meanwhile the Senate elections have been postponed sine die Reuter.
ELECTIONS POSTPONED
Athons, Jan. 3. It is officially explained that the. postponement of the senate elec.. tlona aine die is due to certain
#Router.