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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY JANUARY
1926.
HOTELS.
A HONGKONG MALAPROPISM.
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL"; Telegraphio Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTËL: PALAČE HOTEL; IKALEE HOTEL: MAJESTIC HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL”
HOTELS;
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lita, Peking.
KOWLOON HOTEL
THE PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON.
First Class Billiard Room and Saloon Bar. Electric Lift and Telephone to each Floor, els. K.608 & K.609, Cable address: KOWLOTEL, Hongkong, Under thell orsonal Supervision and Management of FRANK L. COOKE Propoietor.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
JOENTRAL LOQATION
ELECTRIO LIFTS AND LIGETING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR,
HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS
Central 373,
Telegraphio Address "VIOTORIA"
THE EUROPE HOTEL.
BINGAPORE.
FOR
COMFORT-FOOD-MUSIC-DANCING
Terms-A la carte or Inclusive.
The after-dinner dañoes are held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Telephones in every room.
The Europe Orchestra plays nightly during Dinner, and for Tiffin on Saturday.. GRILL
Colokrams Europe Singapore".
Telephone 2740.
ROOM
ARTHUR E. ODELL
Managing Director.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Postage stamps should be affixed to the right-hand top corner of La address side of all postal articles..
The Radio Service has reverted to normal hours of working. Woenges may be banded in at any hour of the day or night during emoral Post Office hours at Radio Counter, Ma Hall, at all other times essages should be taken through the corner entrance at Pedder Street and Dea Voenx"Road to the Radio Ofico on the 3rd floor of the building, These doors will be closed after 10 p.m. but admittance may be obtained A ringing the night-bell.
1.A
Radio Traffic with Canton is suspended until further notice. Interport Radio Telegrams are subject to delay.
Messages in Code must have name of Code used included in text. The parcel post service to Canton is resumed.
Dne.
January 5.
From
Shanghai Manila
INWARD MAILS.
Per Soochow
Empress of Russia
January 3.
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January .
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January 5.
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January 5
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January 'i.
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January 7.
January B.
January 8.
January 8,
Shanghai Xxgaz
Andy FJ. S. A., Canada, Japan and Shung- TJ.-S. A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
Australia and Manila
traits.... Europe via Negapatam. (Letters and Papers, London 3rd Dec., 1925).. Europe via Suez (Letters & papers London, 10th Dec., 1025, Parcels 3rd Dec., 1925)
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For
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Zealand via Thursday Island ... Arafura
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January 8.
Date.
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GOING ABROAD.
GEN, FENG'S ANNOUNCEMENT,
Peking, Jan. 4.
General Feng Yu-halang has Issued a circular telogram, stating that he is giving up publle life and going abroad; and urging the mill- tary party to support Tuan 'Chl-jui' in working for the betterment of the country-Router.
PERSIAN THRONE.
NEW PRINCE ROYAL
Paris, Jan. 4.
Teheran newspapers announce that the son of King Pehlavi has been proclaimed Prince Royal.' The coronation is postponed to the end of March. The hands of Europens States will be invited to the festivities.-Indopacifi.
"RED"
PROPAGANDA AT OXFORD.
Hongkong Resident to lady passing through the Colony-You see, dear, one has to be so careful of one's health here, for, as you probably don't know, we're west of the Cuspidores."
FREEMASONRY ·IN· CHINA.
CRAFT.
Canton in 1767. This had not a! long life and was erased in 1813. In 1844, the Royal Sussex Lodge, No. 501, "was founded, and this is still in existence,
RECENT SPREAD OF THE and with 11 other lodges forms the District Grand Lodge of Northern China. These lodges, howovor, cater chiefly for British residents, although a few highly educated natives are members, while the lodges under the Mas
jurisdiction sachusetts chiefly for nativos.
cater
Freemasonry among the ATTEMPT TO START AN
natives of Ching within the past INDIAN MOVEMENT.
few years has made rapid strides and there are now eight lodges Communist propaganda has of native membership working spread to Oxford, where, accord-under the jurisdiction of the ing to the London Times, two Grand Lodge of Mussachusetts. non-Indians have been secrotly Three are at Shanghai, and one attempting to promote the forma-each at Peking, Tientsin, Dairen The possibilities of rubbor tion of a revolutionary group Munchuria) Nanking, and Can-production in the Amazon Valley among Indian undergraduates. ton. A further reaching out into are emphasized in a raport by the It is reported that they appro- the interior of China is anticipat- United States Dapartment of ched selected Indians, enjoining ed as the Government becomes Commerce. The Amazon country has 300,000,000 rubber-bearing strict secrecy, and it was arranged more stable. that all the mombers, of the or- Freemasonry was introduced trees, most of which were allowed
bo shown into
by the Grandto fall into neglect when the East" under assumed non-Indian Lodge of England when the Indian plantations "lowered the
Lodge of Amity was founded at price of rubber.
ganisation should
names
Chine
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HONGKONG HOTEL.
Cafeteria
Business As Usual.
Bessie's Bar
Business As Usual.
Dining Room
Business As Usual.
Roof Garden Tea Dances
Business As Usual.
Garage Service
Important:
Business As Usual.
Pending arrangements for THE NEW GRILL, Meals a la Carte will be served in the" Dining Room in addition to the usual table d'hote service.
Afternoon Teas (fifty cents) will be served in Mac's Cafeteria.
After Dinner Dánce in Roof Garden 9,15 p.n to Midnight,
No charge to Diners in the Hotel, non-dinera $1.
The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
Entertainments.(
SHOWING TO-DAY
AN ALL STAR CAST
WOMEN WHO GIVE
THE QUEEN'S
MEGGIE ALBANESI
in
"HONOUR
THE STAR
HOUSE PETERS
in
THE STORM BREAKER
at
THE WORLD
DICTATOR.
This is a recent portrait- of the Greek Prime Minister, Gen. Pangalos, who has an- nounced his assumption of sole responsibility for the government of the country.
FIRE IN FOOTBALL STAND.
A HAPPY VALLEY BLAZE. By some means still unascertain
MOTOR DRIVER FINE TA
ACCIDENT NARROWLY
AVERTED."
But for the driver swerving the side of the road in orde Avoid an oncoming car, serious decident would have d red between a motor car contai Mr. J. Manners and Mr. E Richardson, and another ca Ford) which was returning Un Long yesterday.
As the result of the na escape Mr. Manners reported incident to the police and driver of the Ford ear was ch at the Kowloon Magistracy morning, with dangerous d failing to have an illuminated light and with not having efficient head lights.
Defendant pleaded not guil all three charges.
Mr. John Manners stated th was proceeding along the IR Peak Rond at 6.15 pm. yeste and when near the Asia Brique Company's works on the Peak Road a car approached the direction of the New tories. The car was on the aide of the road and was, tid! ling, in witness' opinion, excessive speed, which w estimated to be from 25 to 80 per hour. Witness driver swerve to the side of the ro avoid a collision. Instruc were given to the chauffeur to round and give chase. On ne Sam Ching village, the defen car was overtaken and eti It was seen that the rear ligh not illuminated and the right
ed, the matshed stand of the Hong-front light was also out,
Mr. Richardson and the cha kong Football Club at Happy Valley caught fire yesterday evening, and gave corroborative evidence. a considerable part of the roof was The defendant, making a burned away hefore the blaze was ment, said that he was retu
put out by the Brigade."
from Un Long and met the Flames were first observed about six o'clock, coming from the roof, plainant's car, which was middle of the road. He and the inflammable nature of the Manners car and was
stand suggested that it would be overtaken. Defendant adr wholly destroyed. The Fire that his light was not workin
And Brigade Was summoned,
stated that the car did not arrived within a few minutes. go out after dark. Meanwhile several Europeans who His Worship convicted were in the vicinity of the outbreak three charges. He imposed" made an attempt to prevent the of $50 on the first count an spread of the blaze by tearing on the third. On the chan portions out of the roofing.
not having a rear light, the On the Brigade's arrival, a hosedant was cautioned was immediately put in operation, Addressing Mr. Manners and the fire was extinguished after Magistrate said he was extr only about a fourth part of the obliged to him for taking Toof bad been destroyed Burning against the defendant. material fell on the acats, setting them alight in a few places, but the whole conflagration was Sub- dued before much damage had been done.
OTHER CASES. Major Stanford was. before Mr. E. W Hamilto leaving his car unattended "Rogato," in Austin loon, on December 181 An electric storm in Ipoh, discharged with a cautfor Malay States, the other day, At the Instigation of Mra sudenly lit up all the lamps in Hirst, the driver of
a
big bungalow near the No. 1100 was fined $10 by Racecourse, the lamps going off loon Magistrate this a few seconds later. Afterwards carrying five passengers the lamps functioned without a the number permitted hitch
licence