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AND
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ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL: PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL.
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Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"
HOTELS.
LIMITED,
In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KING EDWARD
HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hob and Cold Water, also Telophone.
All Trams paas in front of
Hotel. Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch meets all steamers. Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public. Tel. Add Victoria.
Telophone C.873.
J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
The Navy the outstanding Hotel bangkong mod sa e the apprinted South China.
HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL.BOA VISTA.
22, Ico House Stroot.
Macao.
UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT.
KOWLOON HOTEL
PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON
Modern Toilet System.
Elevator and Telephones to bach floor. Smoking Room and Saloon Bar. First Class Billiard Tabla
Reagntly renovated throughout.
Manager's Persoual Attention
Tols. K. 608-609.
Cables KOWLOTEL. HONGKONG
H. J. WHITE
Manager
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PALACE HOTEL.
Tal Address "PALACE." Tal Kowloon No.
Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Forry and Railway Station, Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. Every Room with Private Bath Lounge, Bar and Billard-Rocms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the propriotrens. Terme moderato. Special terms to families on application to:
Mr. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Cables :--
"EUROPE"
Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE..
Grill
THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD.:
Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.
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Four Liqueurs in
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CALDBECK, HACGEGOR & COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated under the Hongkong Companies Ordinancos 1911-1915.) No. 15, Queon's Road O.
Tolophono 75 Central.
Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
AN ULTIMATUM TO. HANKOW
(Continued from Pape 1.).
MONDAY,
JUNE
1927.
A RAFT JOURNEY.
(Continued from Pago 1
albly could. We managed to get river before: strikers on the West Bund was well on down the also raided by the police. Four anything happened, when to our in the distance of the strikers were arrested, and horror we saw
a large quantity of unlawful one of the robber bonts speedily articlos, including several gam-gaining on us. After going an non- other ten or so i all hope of bling sets and pots of
dis-getting away was abandoned, for government opium, were
by this time the robber bont was covered.-Nam Chung Pao,
quite near up to us, say one li
away.
Firing was going on incessant-
[As reported elsewhere on this page, the authorities have also arrested several employees of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-ly so the best thing to do was to get to shore as quickly as pos- Canton railway,]
sible. This we did, when the fir ing ceased and up came the rob ber boat,
HANKOW REPRISALS.
They were quite friendly and Cigarettes Boycotted..
told us that they were the repre-, Hankow, June 20.
sentatives of 800 who wore in Cigarettes manufactured by the charge of that part of the river, Com-and demanded. $1,000, and if we British-American Tobacco pany cannot be sold here as re-gave them this sum, we would be prisals are being taken by the sure to have protection all the They factory workers against local way through to Puoteo. dealers and buyers.
Yang Sen's troops have occupied foreign property in chang.
The U. S. S. Isabel accompanied by the Bingham left Hankow this morning with a convoy,
Notes of the Central Bank are now at a discount' hure of 39% per cent.
EARLIER NEWS,
The Week-end Cables,"
Peking, June 26. In a circular telegram issued last night Chang Tso-lin declares that for many years he was the friend of Sun Yat-sen and that they co-operated militarily in 1922 and 1924 and
even had 3
com-
called themselves the Holutui, but we called thom nothing short of robbers. Anyhow we found out afterwards that they wore a well organized band, and demand- all who passed ed money from that way. Should any refuse to give, well they would just help to just what they themselves pleased. So we thought it best to be on friendly terms with them and asked them to sit down and we would have a talk. After a leng talk we bargained and har gained until we got them willing to accept $240 for the party. for After receiving this sum, which a receipt was given, they wished us a prosperous journey and they went their way and we went ours.
Dr. King's Death.'
friendly conversation last year. One other incident I 'would like The overthrow of the Marchus to mention in one that just put a and the resteration of the free-damper on the whole journey. Let dom of the country was due to me just mention the brief facts of Sen Yat-sen who died leaving his the drowning of Dr. George King Those living of Lanchow. Dr. King, who was work unfinished.
in charge of the whole party and must carry on his principles.
Chang Tso-iin has the same ob-had worked untiringly for the com fort of all, was drowned about 150 jects,, in mind as
Sun Yat-sen odd li up the river from Paoleo- The radical elements however, cher. which misrepresent San Yat-sen's
On June 4, about midnight we doctrines, and propagate munism are a danger to the na-ot stuck on one of the innumer- tion and world peace. They must able sandbanks, and owing to it be be suppressed but all who holding too dark to see how best to get Sun's Three Peoples Doctrine off, we decided to stay where we were until the next day. At day- must combine to oppose the Bol- light we were. all up and set to shevists for the sake of Sun Yat-work to get the rafts off the banks. sen, the dignity of the nation and Three rafts, which were not stuck peace of the world. Reuter.
quite as much as the other five, were got off quite easily, and they went off down the river, and we did not see them again until we got right to Pasteo.
Shanghai, June 24, The situation remains un- changed and there is nothing to report from other Yangtsze ports messages.-Naval Wireless, not referred to in other wireless
Opium Seized at Hankow.
Hankow, June 25. A body of armed Chinese sol- tand diers to-day attempted to over a hundred cases of oplum which had been brought down in bil removal lighter from Ichang. Men from H.M.S. Dur- San took charge of the opium and handed it over to the Customs. Naval Wireless.
an
Officer Reprimanded.
The five remaining rafts, one of which was Dr. King's were got off with much more difficulty. All the men were in the water helping the raftsmen. We managed to get Dr. King's raft off first, which went down the river about 100 yards, tying up on the north side of the river..
The Treacherous Current,
Dr. King stayed behind to help the other rafts off, and we managed to get off another three, two of which landed on the south side of the river some 101 down, the third of which Dr. King boarded, landing Chinkiang, June 25.
also on the south side of the river, This The Chinese officer in charge but only about one li down. of the raiding party on the 23rd left still one raft stuck, which was has been reprimanded by the local between the twe rafts, one on the Chinese authorities. He has also north, Dr. King's and the other on heen ordered to hear the cost of the south. Dr. King being thus the hospital attendance on the inseparated from his raft and seeing jured and the whole cost of lost Mr. Leavners raft still stack in the middle of the river attempted equipment.-Naval Wireless,
to swim the river with a double pur- Troop Movements.
pose in view, namely to help the raft which was still stuck, and to Before Nanking, June 25,
get over to his own raft. Troops are proceeding up and starting to swim, he bought a cou down the river, but otherwise ple of very large fish from a fisher- there is no change in the situa man who was there in the spot, tak- tion. Shanghai is quiet and fing off his coat to wrap them up. there is nothing to report from As soon as he entered the water other Yangiszo ports. Naval he got into deep water very quickly
Wireless.
Money From Moscow.
and was swimming with one hand only, as the other was holding on to the handle. When about 50 yards from the shore it was seen that he was in difficulty for he was in a strong current.
Moscow, Jane 26. In response to a telegram from Wahan Soldiers' Relief Society,
A Mr. Holton who was on the signed by the widow of Sun Yat- gen, asking for help, the All-Union Shore, a missionary of the Chris Central Council of Trade Unions tian Missionary Alliance seeing him has decided to donate 30,000 roubles in dificulty shouted oat to him nsk- itself and to propose to the Trade ing him if he could manage By this time Dr.. King Union organisations that they should it.
the way back again. inatorially assist.-Heuter.
Dr. King answered back that he thought he could manage it, but at the same time saying that he had lost his bundle. Another missionary who was also on the
The Wing On is back to duty on the Kongmoon run, having suffered
was
on
no material damage from grounding bank, a Mr. Riet of the China In-
in the Saimun Channel.
land Mission, made off for the near raft to get some clothes for Dr. King when he got to the shore,
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? leaving Mr. Heltow alone watching.
The currents proved too much, for all ofin-sudden. Dr. King disappear- Nowa Correspondent.
The following are the replies to ed never to rise again.-N. C. D. to-day's questions:-
1. Esther. 2, Donlaton (in North Lancs. shire). 5. Tas at King of Mercin 4. From
the troutment in 1980 of Captain Boycott, of Tough Mask House, Co. Mayo, by the Irieb Land Leade. G. "Nothing doing." . Cep-
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