12
HOTELS.
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE. BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL: PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL
Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL
HOTELS.
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel
Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
17
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Rox Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone. -All Trams pase in front of Hotel. Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel Iaunch moots all stcamera.
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
PROF. C. THERESES
and
MISS MARGUERITE SENOUR
will givo Exhibition Dances every
... TUESDAY & FRIDAY
"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JULY
1927.
12,000 MILES OVERLAND TO EUROPE.
In the above picture are seen Capt. D. McCallum, of the British Legation Guard, Péking, and Mrs. McCallum with the two Buick cars in which they propose to travel overland from South China to Homes distance of 12,000 miles. The photograph was taken outside the British Legation, Peking..
Entertainments
-TO-DAY and TO-MORROW
QUEEN'S
LAURA
2.30, 5.10. 7.15, 9.20
JAMES
LA PLANTE KIRKWOOD
IN
IN
THE
"BUTTERFLIES RAIN"
TO-DAY and TO-MORROW
WORLD
$.15 and 9.20 p.m.
Tel. Add Victorin.
5 to 6.30 p.m.
L
Telophone C.373.
Manager.
J. H. WITCHELL,
HOTEL SAVOY
Comfort, Convenience and Distinction.
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 each floor.
Smoking Room and Saloon Bar. First Class Billiard Table
Recently renovated throughout.
Manager's Personal Attention
Tela. K. 608-609. Cables KOWLOTEL. HONGKONG
PALACE HOTEL.
H. J. WHITE
Manager
At the wheel of this heavily laden Buick is seen Mr. N. G. Lovell, who was one of the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition to the Gobi Desert and who, together with Mr. F. Rumsey, of Peking, is accompanying Capt. and Mrs. McCallum on bis adventurous' overland journey.
A NAVAL PARLEY.
(Continued from Pago 1.)
the primordial necessity of safe- guarding their respective national; Accurity.
"
THE S.S. LING NAM.
SUCCESSFUL TRIALS CARRIED.
90 OUT YESTERDAY.
וי
SUCH NONSENSE!
AN UNACCEPTED PLEA.
A Chinese lad, when charged be- fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell this mor- Reports have been received that ning with being in unlawful pos- The determination of the power the trials of the Ling Nam, after session of two Foochow Lacquer of a navy must be based upon lay-up of nearly three years, were vases, pleaded that the vases were. defensive necessities derived not successfully carried out yesterday. given to him by a small boy whom from political conceits but from She was berthed. at buoy A.10 on The Magistrate: You did not geographical position and the ex-her return from sea, and will prob- knew him, and yet he gave you tent of consts, the importance of ably sail for Singapore and const such a valuable present? Who- Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress. 1. colonies, and the development of ports to-morrow, under the com- ever heard such nonsense?
industry and trade.
Tel Kowloon No. 8.
Tel. Address “PALACE,” Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely under Engilah Management. Electale Light and Fans throughout, Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms, Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday
Cables:
"EUROPE"
Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE.
Grill
THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD. Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.
"TAKE FRUIT IN SUMMER" "JUST ARRIVED"
HUGE STOCK OF CANNED FRUITS"
Fruit salad, sliced pine apple, peaches, pears, apricots, cherries, grape fruit, rasberries-in tins of various sizes.
"H. B. IS THE BEST” THE FRENCH STORE
8 & 9 Beaconsfield Arcado. '
Tolophone. O. 794.
M. Leygues added that France asks nothing but what she ob- tained at the Washington Con- ference and is decided to give up nothing thereof.--Havas. Increase in Construction, Feared,
Geneva, July 7.
mand of Captain E. Jones, late of the Derwent.
The vessel has been cumpletely reconditioned, and with improve. ments in the oil fuel system, proi mises to be a successful venture at the period.
The failure to surmount the dif- an
ficulties encountered at the Naval Conference has engendered
篩
feeling that the negotiations will result in a considerable increase In naval construction in the Uni- ted States and Japan instead of in a reduction..
The greatest secrecy is observed. in regarding to the prolonged con- versations on the cruiser problem, but apparently the difficulties have been removed.
The Japanese and American representatives had to refer the matter to their Governments.
The British naval experts are. to-day conferring privately with American experts while the heads; of the delegations will probably; continue their private conversa- tions inasmuch as capital ships) are the next item on the agenda- Reuter.
PITY THE RAILWAYS.
HEAVY TAXATION BURDENS.
London, July 7. The National Union of Rall- waymen, at their annual" con- ference to-day, protested against the heavy burdens British rail-i ways had to bear, as compared with road traffic.
STOP PRESS.
THE CHINA WAR.
Shanghai, July 8. The Chamber of Commerce and other public organiza- tions in Shanghai gave 4 banquet yesterday afternoon in honour of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. Marshal Chiang returned to Nanking this morning.
The Tao Hsi-yuan division. of the 17th Army has reach- ed Kaomi, thua threatening Kiaochow.
General Yeh Kai-chen's army arrived at Sintai on the 5th, and a co-operating with the 40th Nationalist army in attacking Tai-an, where Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's forces have been concentrat- cd.
Nanking reports indicate that large forces of "Red Spears" have made their appearance in the neighbourhood of Tal-an, and these are causing consider- able disturbance to the Shan- tang rear-Nam Chung Pan.
LEGODDARAKANI, NAKKESTOSSARÇONTRAKONITOSTINTASUNETARENCE/MINTZ
he did not know.
*
Defendant maintained that he was telling the truth.
labour was passed.
A sentence of four weeks' hard
MAKING FRIENDS.
ROD
LA ROCQU
DOROTHY
GISH
IN
"NIGHT LIFE of NEW YORK"
2.80 to 8.30
CONTINUOUS
LARRY
SEMON
in
STAR
The WIZARD
OF OZ
CROWN AND THE FORESHORE.
At
9.15 p.m.
WILBUR PLAYERS
in
THE
ROSARY
SGR. MUSSOLINI ON POPULATION.
THREAT TO TAX THE CHILDLESS,
RECLAMATION SUGGESTION.
Reclamation of the foreshore by the Crown and the ownership of Signor Mussolint recently ad- the reclaimed land by the nation, dressed the Chamber of Deputies was advocated by Captain Rose cist Government, its achievements on the general policy of the Fas- veare, chief drainage engineer of during the past year, and its pro- the Ministry of Agriculture, be-j
CANTON PRESSMEN COMING.
fore, the Commission on Landgramme for the future. The British section of the
Drainage at the House of Lords The three principa!" arguments. Kowloon-Canton railway has invit- recently. He said he would set up on which the Prime Minister dwelt ed the managements of the dif-one authority over the whole catch were the health conditions of the ferent Chinese newspapers inment area-an authority which Italian nation, administrative re- Canton to take a trip to the Colous would have an overriding control form, and the general policy of the on Saturday, when an expresu will over the internal authorities and Government. He said that he con leave Canton in the morning with power to approve of works in order sidered it an error to say that Italy.
that the drainage system could be was over-populated; and he urged guests from the various
Italians to maintain one of their greatest qualities and to be pro-
the
papers.
Arriving here at about noon the guests will be entertained to lunch
co-ordinated.
Answering a question regarding the reclamation of land, Captain life. Great nations, he added, be- Roseveare agreed, that the fore- an to declins when their popula- the evening they will be the guests shore was of great value to the tion began to decrease, and he
the Hongkong
at the Hongkong. Hotel, while in
of
Vernacular nation, and this particularly was strongly hoped that in 1960 Italy's Paper's Association, in the To the case in regard to the Wash population would total 60 millions.
Yuen restaurant'at West Point.
He thought works of reclamation He had already imposed a tax on should be carried out on behalfbachelors to encourage marriage, of the Crown, and the land should and if it should prove to be neces-
VOLCANO.IN ERUPTION. belong to the nation. In some Bary he would not hesitate to in-
HAWAII HAS NEW ATTRACTION:
Hilo, Hawaii, July 7. Kilauen, the largest active vol- cano in the world, began erupt- ing early to-day.
cases, the foreshore was claimed troduce a tax on childless mar- by the rate-paying landlord, and riages. the whole matter was one which should be cleared up in any nowed provinces, he expressed his in- Speaking of the recently creat- drainage bill.
tention of referring in the future to that of Bolzano as "Bolgiano," in order to familiarize the Cham HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? [ber with its Italian traditions, which years of Austrian domina- tion had failed to eliminate..
The following are the replies to to-day's questions
The Fascist Party, he continued, would govern the country until its programme had been fully carried
The flow of lava was accom- panied by subterranean explosions and fountaina of fire, in a mar- vellous pyrotechnic display just before dawa--Beuteria Americof Ang the broader white line must be out, and he himself would remain.
most, for Union Jack to be correctly halstol. Service.
Field-marshala. 2. In ton left-hand corner
3. (a) When employed ma a hired trankoort in power for at least 15 years, as for conveying troops, or (b) If captain and 10 his successor had not been born per cent of crew hold "IN.R." certifenten.
Brats. 6. The Gloucestershire Regiment. 7. The aft portion of deck immediately" above olivers' quartora, Ai 8 m. throughout o yene the band masemblen on the after bridgo, the enalan a run up to the strains of "God Save the King" and every one turn to the
The Prince of Wales will leave..
A meeting of over a thousand. The Royal Yacht Squadron (Cowen), yet. It was pointed out that £1,200,-
persons was held in Paris recently The 1st Herdment of Foot-row the Royal 000,000 were invested in railways]
by a number of French Feminist which paid £42,000,000 annually
societies in favour of Woman Suf- in local rates. Rond users bore
frage, and, after speeches by no such charges. On the contrary.
Deputies and others, passed a re- quarter-dock with his and at the aniute. a. London on July 7 for Farla to lay towards the unkeep of the nations*
solution declaring that this re- The sentor warrant officer in cavalry, of the the foundation-stone of the Mai ronds, only £20,000,000 annually
line, artillery, lafantry, el., in the realovatel form is supported by all political arrgrant-majos, while, his cunterpars in the son Anglaise, in connexion with were pald by road users through
parties in France, and calling foliold cavalry in styled regimental or the University of Paris, on the fol the Road Fund, the remaining!
upon Parliament to resume its dis-oral-major. N.The term "sergeant is
not ted in Household Cavalry. 9. A super lowing day. When the Prince 230,000,000 being paid by the
cussion. An appeal was made to warrant officer grude whose duiles are mainly opened the Canadian House-game- ratepayers.
carried calling attention to the the Senate to reconsider its pro- shose of storekeeper and accountant / 10,
Hince Rorke's Drift, la 1873, when Lleaten months ago be expressed the Mr. J. H. Thomus declared unfair handicaps under which vlous vote and associate itself Li and Melville lost their lives in an hope that a similar residential con- that the railway companies by the railway suffered, and urging with the majority of the Chambers of Food Low South Wales Dories tre for English students studying paying local rates thus actually that a co-ordinato policy between in support of Woman Suffrage, ora 11. The Cameronfans (Scotish. e) in Paris would be found in duo Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK subsidised their competitors which, all forms of transport should be which is already possessed by 160 and the Ifghland Tight "fantry. Ja course. PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of
In life. For ordinary routing: (b) a
Following a Mansion Victoria, Hongkong.
unlike the railway that must carry introduced to provide a more million women in the world, not- civil life, plus mortar board" for church House meeting, the erection of the traffic, could discriminate in faafcient and more economical ably in Great Britain, Germany, parades, and special occasions, etc. 18- Lieut Maison Angloise was decided "your of the most profitable loads. public, service-British Wireless, and the United States.
upon.
Forty hand of Brahama steers boys at the Calgary Stampede. have been imported from Texas They are said to be wilder than for the purpose of baffling the cow- the noted longhorns.
!
Foot-now Bordar-
chant-general. 14. Ideutenant-colonel,. 15. The Dorsetshire Regiment, oinco Plassy, 1787.