THURSDAY,
JULY 7. 1927.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
AMERICA'S DEBT.
SINGAPORE'S AERIAL
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TREASURY SURPLUS ENABLES FURTHER REDUCTION.
Washington, July 6. United States Treasury officials are congratulating themselves on the probability that by the end of the current fiscal year, which began on July 1 one third of the huge National Debt, which reached high-water mark in August 1919, will have been paid off.
The debt in Augast 1019 was $26,596,000,000 but it has been steadily reduced in the last seven years thanks to the surpluses of the American Treasury-Reuter's American Service.
WRESTLING.
VISITOR.
LONDON TO AUSTRALIA FLIGHT.
Singapore is soon, to have an- other aerial visitor in Mr. Rooke, who is engaged on a London to Australia flight, says Saturday's Straits Times.
over a week ago, he damaged the.
While landing at Karachi, a little
tall of his machino. In the ab- sence of news that he has loft India, it is presumed that he is held up at Karachi pending the re- pair of his machine, which it was estimated at the time, would take
wock.
PHILIPPINES CHAMPION IN fights.
HONGKONG.
If there is wrestler in the Colony sager to pit himself against a worthy opponent, his man has ar- rived
Mr. Rooke is travelling in a D.II. Moth, of the type used by the Light Aero club at Home, "The purpose of his flight is to de- monstrate the possibilities of this type of machine for long distance
These light acroplanes cost only £600 or thereabouts-Mr. Rooke's cust önly £700-and if the flight turns out the success, he expects It will, it does not require much members of the local flying club imagination to picture enthusiastic'
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The ambitious knight of the mat will, however, need to weigh some 200 pounds. The visitor tips the scale at 190 lbs, and at that is well years hence in these little ma- proportioned, standing six feet in chines-say in groups of three or his socks, His nom-de-guerro is four, for company, much as a Montserrat: his pals call him "Ger-number of motor cyclists go out.
together on a week-end jaunt.
man,"
Montserrat in wrestling champion, Whether Mr. Rooke has any of the Philippines, whore he was friends in Taiping is not known, born, and has earned his title in but the oficial headquarters of some severe tests. He met a bigger Perak will be his first place of man in Sam Burmister, an Esthon-call in Malaya. ian, who weighed 215 lbs. At catch- as-catch-can, Montserrat
won A
After leaving India, he stops at
full with Burmister, who however, Victoria Point, in Burma, when he was not satisfied but demanded makes for Talping, and then comes Gracco-Roman hout. This was alon to Singapore. draw.
He will call at Batavia and
Armort also met Dhrson, the Sonrabaya, stopping at Muntok and
tiger" at Graeco-Roman, Limapat on the way. and this also was a draw.
Montserrat
ін 01 his way
At his places of call in Malaya
America necompanied by Mr. Jand the Dutch East Indies he will Trinidad, as manager. He hopes to
fuel at the Asiatic Petroleum Co. get some matches there and men depots. while will be in Hangong until the Shinyo Mara sails on Tuesday. If he cannot get a match here, he hopes to be able to give an exhibition, if he can get the uno of a gymnasium. The V. R. C. might like to arrange.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVED,
OPIUM SEIZURE.
CHINESE HEAVILY FINED AT SINGAPORE.
Per s.s. Kashgar from London and on Friday before Mr. N. D. Mudio, In the Singapore District Court, porta, June 6.-T. K. (E. R. A.) Rey Tan Ah Tee was charged with be nolds, Mrs. H. V. Percy, Mr. Going in possession of 125 tahils of Tiang-hin, Mr. Chen Hoi-hhein,
Mr. Kheng Eng-bok, Mr. H. Geary non-Government opium valued at Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ilut $750. chins, Mr. K. S. Malikhan and ser. The accused it was stated had vant, Mr. and Mrs. F W. Black- just arrived from China by the: man, Mr. J. McLean, Mr. A. B. Mair, Antung and was arrested by Mr. Mr. and Mrs. G. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs, C. Ganno in Telok Ayer examina- 3. G. Grigor, Mr. and Mrs. R. Baker, tion shed. The opium was found Miss R. Baker, Mr. T. G. Jeffery, Mr in a bag of clothing which the ac
D. C. Finch, Com. H. D. Byron cused said was his property. S. S. Chamberlain, Pay McNiel Smith, Mr. N. A. Drury, Mr. W. H. Green,
Mr. J. J. O'Sullivan, Mr. W. R. Wallis. Mr. H. E. Peard. Mr. E. G. Canniford, Lt. Com. G. V. Marsden, Mr. Wang Ting-ham, S. P. O. Hughes, P. O. Barnard, S. P. O. Stavons,
He was fined $250 or in default three months' rigorous imprison- ment,
E. R. A. Beckers, F. W. (C. P. 0) 100,000 TICALS MISSING.
Brenton, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Layton,
Miss Layton, Mr. Layton (Jur.), Surg.
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SIAMESE BANK'S LOSS.,
Bangkok, July 1. The Slam Commercial Bank des- patched 100,000 ticals in notes to their Tungsong agency by Wednes- day morning's mail.
song the notes were missing.
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SPECTACULAR FIRE.
HOTELS ABLAZE AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Atlantic City, July 6. Six wooden beach hotels have been burned down. They were crowded with guests, who escaped to the famous boardwalk along the waterfront.
A large section of the boardwalk. caught fire and was consumed,
A large crowd of bathers gathered to watch the conflagration but dispersed like magic when the fire reached a building belonging, to an arms factory, and bullets began to fly-Router's American Service.
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