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.
Moat Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
All Trams pass in front of Hotel."
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch 'mests all steamers.
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
"($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Ofca
of the above Hotol).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
5 to 7 p.m.
Telephone C.378. J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
Futons for its Comfort, Covabl
ence, Apponitaents and
Cuisin
You'll be proud to stay at the Savoy
HOTEL METROPOLE HOTEL BOA VISTA.
22, Ice Houso Street.
Macao.
UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON:
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL WITH ALL MODERN
CONVENIENCES.
High Class Cuisine and Table Appointments.
Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes-
from the Ferry, Wharves and Station.
Drawing Room, Saloon Bar and Billiard Room,
Very moderate rates
on application to-
H. J. WHITE,
Manager.
Tel. Nos. K608 & K609. Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,'
Hongkong.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8
PALACE HOTEL
·Tel. Address "PALACE,” Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, ander English Management Electric Light and Fans throughout. Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Unrivalled Caisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terni moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
Mrs. 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.
HARBOUR VIEW
Good Foop--SERVICE-CLEANLINESS. Moderate Monthly nud Daily Rates. QADLES-PERRYBURNS, Hongkong. Tels. K. 999 & 1,000.
W. H. Perry, Proprietor.
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THE HONGKONG TEL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. A CANTON DISTRICT
SHORTHAND EXAMINATION.
RESULTS.
The following candidates were successful.at. the Pitman's- Short- hand Examination held by the
LEVY,
MAGISTRATES REQUIRED TO. REMIT.
ALLEGED ASSAULT.
AT THE
SHIPMASTER'S CROSS-
SUMMONS,
Captain McCarthy, of the 9.8. Kong Ning, was defendant on a charging him with Assault and with disorderly con duct, before Major C. Willson at the Central Police Court this morning,
Hongkong Technical Institute at FIVE DEATHS IN EXPLOSION, summons the Central British School in Juno, "The Class was taught by Mr.
O'Sullivan:-
80 words a minute. Beatrice Xavier, Marie Silva, Eleanor Xa- vier, Ofelia Barretto and Hilda da Sousa.
70 words a minute. Lillian M.
Waller.
A Special Correspondent.)
Canton, Sept. 22. After much delay, owing to inter- political troubles, a batch of the long expected troops of Chang Fat fui arrived in the city this morning 60 words a minuto. Ishaat Has Three thousand have already settled san, Helena Noronka, Fernando Jdown here and many more are ex- Remedios, Edward A. Do Roza, Hak U Buk, Tang Man Tuon and Puu Kwong Luk.
pected daily.
The alleged incident occurred on the 11th instant, at 6 p.m., at or near the Ping On Boarding House at No. 28. Connaught Road, West, where the complainant, Hung Kan-chuen is the manager.
Captain McCurthy, who was re- presented by Mr. J. A. Gordon The city was gay with flags and Leask; cross-summoned the con- bunting, tokens of welcome, and plainant on a charge of aiding and Elementary Certificate-Julie
very many people turned out to abetting in the throwing of a Barretto, Mercedes Da Ruza, Alice greet the heroes, as they are commissile to the danger of the cap- Da Roza, Mohammed Y. Adal, monly supposed to be. A detach-tain. Carolina Maher, James E. Fordment of local troops were on duty Maria Remedios, Violet Shea and at the railway station, and many wednesday afternoon, at 2.15.
The case was adjourned until
Carmen Xavier.
Twenty-three candidates took | the examination and twenty-two were successful Certificates may. be obtained on application at the Education Office.
MANCHESTER COTTON
CO-OPERATION.
ropresentatives. of the different Government offices, signified their Interest by being present.
BREACH OF QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
in an appearance, and it is said
Chang Fat-fui. has not yet put MARINE COURT CASE, that he is remaining at Hongkong temporarily, but the first detach- ment of returned troops were under the command of Wong Kel-cheung, A & representative of the leader:
At the Marine Court' this morn- procession in honour of Chang and his representative was held later ining, before Commdr. J. B. Newill, the day, the people taking part D.S.0., R.N,, Captain W. J. Lar FURTHER STAGE REACHED. scattering circulars and notices ter, master of the s.s. Liangchow. telling of the bravery of the re- was charged with (a) his being London, Sept. 22.
turned troops during recent cam-a healthy ship, failing to fly the Q. tag on arrival from Shanghai on Another important conference paigns. took place in Manchester to-day-be- Many of the merchants had pho-September 15, and (b) falling to Quarantine An- tween representatives of the Mas-tographs of Chang hung in pro-proceed to the ter Cotton Spinners' Federation and minent positions in the stores this chorage on the same date. Dr. K. the Cotton Yarn Association. morning, and many of the smaller S. Cheah. Assistant Port Health
It is expected to result in a for- shops and photographers did brisk Officer, prosectued. ther step towards united policy in business selling postcards featuring the American yarns section.
the locally-famed officer.
It is stated that a scheme of co- operation "has been drawn up, and now awaits the approval of both |sides.-British Wireless.
SEEKS DIVORCE.
Constance Talmadge, who is seeking a divorce from her second husband, Captain William Mackintosh.
THE SPOKANE AIR DERBY.
ELEVEN PLANES REACH
DESTINATION,
Spokane, Sept. 22. Eleven of the aeroplanes parti- cipating in the air derby from New York have arrived, represent- ing the first and second classes. None of the third class has yet arrived. The winners of the first and second classes are apparently C.W, Holman
and C.W. Myers respectively.--Reuters American
Service.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
:
The following are the salies te tb-day's questions?—
1. The Two Thousand Cafness, the One Taxed Guiness, the Derby, the On, the St. Leger. 2. Tod Sloan was the Jockey who fire. Introduced the American “seat” in horse manship into this country, 3, 1880, at the
In saccesalon by the antae bowler from which
Accused pleaded gulity, and stated that he was not informed The returned troops have until when leaving Shanghai that the very recently been engaged port was infected, and he had not in battles in the Northern received wireless information re- areas, where they have fought lative to it before arrival.
in
five provinces. That they were surrounded at times, and were continually attacked from the rear, is the only cause of their re- treat and ultimate return to Kwang. tung. Other and stronger troops have taken their place, and it is stated that there is great hope of these present people reaching the goal, Peking.
With all this jollification and wel- come for Chang, the meeting ar- ranged for the making of proposals and plans for the return of Chiang Kai-shek has been postponed inde- unately. This was to have taken place to-day; but it is thought that that a second meeting in honour of Chang should come first, and this its Seen arranged to take place on Sunday, the 25th.
Ex-Antagonists.
リ
A fine of $100 was imposed.
Funds From Merchants. Of the whole sum to be collected by the Police Department, by Gov- ernment orders, from the mer- chants any money charges, it is said that six million dollars in ash and promissory notes is now in hand. For the third time since the collecting campaign started, the time in which the citizens were given to pay has been extended.. From the 15th. of the month Chin- ose calendar) another week has been allowed, but it is said, and this comes from a Government source, that it is extremely dif- ficult to collect further sums, and owing to this the Government will have to agree that the present sum in hand is satisfactory.
General Ip Ting and Hoh Lung, until, recently in charge of enemy forces in the Swatow area, are now It is known now; although the known to be in the province of Fu- Government did not start out with kien, and that they are anxious to this understanding with the mer- rome over to this Government is chants, that in the case of people avident by the fact that General Innot paying their quota, fines will has sint à representative to request not be imposed. The reason for an audience with General Lt Chai-this is that if the smaller mer- sum, saying that, as a Kwangtung chants cannot furnish the amount, it is obvious that they will be un- man le considers it his duty to throw in his lot with the forces able to pay the fines also. of the southern province.
But if they were fined, and only Hoh Lung has not hs yet the fine collected, fis can be seen, taken these measures, but it is these keepers of the smaller store thought that if General Ip's pro- would realize that they were get- posal is accepted by Li Chai-sum,ting off fairly lightly. Kwangtung will have another ad- herent in Hol
In Fukien, near the Mui district, some time ago, robbers declaring themselves soldiers of Ip Ting proved themselves 'n hindrance more than an aid to the people living in the district.
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The majority of the larger firms "as re- are extremely wealthy gard to capitalisation, and nn- turally the required quota (7 per cent) would run into many thou- sands of dollars. As an example,
AT THE the amount assessed on the Sun Amongst other trouble, they emporium is $94,000, and the well caused a rumour to circulate that known Chan Kwong Company are General Ip, although recognised as known to possess a capitat of one their head, was in reality a Com-million dollars. On the munist
All the trouble has been quelled, and the rumour dispelled. however, by the magistrate of the district, wiio, with the aid of the police de partment, has routed the robber soldiers.
A District Levy.
other
hand, large numbers of the stores have very little capital and in the event of their paying in the amount assessed they wil be on the verge of bankruptcy. But in this connexion it is known that these smaller merchants, when the ollicials came to inspect and as- seas, gave as their "capital the A notice has been issued by Fung had commenced business in the original amount with which they Chuk-man, the local head of the first instance, in some cases twen- Treasury, to all the officials actually ty years ago. This has reached Those people in power. it is stated, is said that the officials in charge in charge of outlving districts. the ears of the Government, and it have to remit to this Government will now re-a85055. without delay the total revenue that has been collected by them for a considerable time past.
A Fatal Explosion,
The districts requested to remit
News was circulated through this revenue are apparently of three the city this evening telling of a classes, although how exactly they terrible explosion having occurred
in the centre of the city. are classified it is difficult to ascer- tain. It seems that the size of the A store doing business in mak- district ruled over by the magie-ing firearms and ammunition was trate, and not the amount of busi-the scene of the disaster, and it neas that is actually done at the is stated that the entire stock has place, is being taken into considerabeen completely destroyed, and the
Oval. 4. Cricket terma. (a) Bix balls bowled tior by the Government, for It is loss is estimated at thousands of no run is secred; (b) three wickets taken with reported that the largest districts dollars.
three consecutive balls by the same bowler: | have to forward as their quota of It is known also that five peo- (c) the position of a feldaman between
"point" and "the wilps revenue $50,000 per month. The
or tenets handleap, meaning thei play smaller places have to furnish
sorat store one point (15) and two points (10)
in each alternate game respectively, before hi can score a point towards winning the game 5. A period of play in polo: unually fitmen adnutra. 7. Billiards term. A conSKROTĒKA
number of shots into a pocket of the red ball
820,000 down to $5,000, secording to size.
ple have lost their lives, one of these being a relative of the store owner...
The other four are said to be If this money cannot be furnished workmen and people doing busl
at regular monthly Intervals, it leness at the place.
9. (a) Three, (b) two. (c) thres 9. He said that the magistrates will be stag from cover, 10. When honde, run back
specially trained and used only for driving withdrawn, and that an inquiry will. The cause of the explosion is
A moibod of turning on skla. (b) tur kera.
on the line they have been following. 11. (be made by the people in authority
opponent ball is directly between the player
on skatos. 12. Going terms. (a) Who the
Altogether the revenue of sixty bail and the hole; (b) club tead to a districts should be collected by the
Focal Government.
■ ball from bad position.
the
attributed to carelessness on the part of workmen, although exact details as to how the affair actually occurred cannot be as certained up to the present.
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