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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.
Most 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 meets all steamers.
Li
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
(325 for thirty Tin Tickets can be had st the Office
of the above Hotel)..
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
5 to 7 p.m.
Telephone C.973. J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
Comfort, Convenience and Distinction.
HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL BOA VISTA.
22, Ice House Street,
Macuo.
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 Rooni, Saloon Bar and Billiard Room.
Very moderate rates
on application to-
H. J. WHITE,
Manager.
Tel. Nos.; K608 & K609. Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,'
Hongkong.
TWL Kowloon No. 8
PALACE HOTEL
Tel. Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station Pirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. Brary Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. rivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. T moderate. Special term to families on application to:
Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress,
EUROPE
Cables :-
"EUROPE"
Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SERIOUS CHEFOO
SITUATION.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1927.
TO-DAY'S CRICKET.
THE TIFFIN TIME SCORE
(Continued from Page 1.j
On the Hongkong Club ground latest report concerning their ae. the R.A.F. are meeting the Royal tivities is to the effect that they Navy in a friendly cricket match surrounded Walchow the other day to-day. The Air Force batted and seized the city, taking the sub first and were all out before the commander of the local garrison break for tiffin with 90 runs to prisoner.
their credit. Up to tiffin time the
The news of General Li Chai-scores were eum bringing his own troops back!
R. A. F.
to Canton, suggests that in the city A. W. Brace, b. Lieut. Garrett 3 itself he desires to establish his position, pending a possible clash Lt. Hunt, R.M., c. Mid. Johnson, with the Ironsiles for mustery,
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day: Banks
Hongkong Bank, $1150 s. Chartered Bank, $201 n. Mercantile A. & B., 5314 Mercantile C., £133 n. P. and O., £10 R .East Asic, $68 n
Marine Ins.
Canton Ina, 8570 n.
n.
b. Eng. Com. Spalding
2
China Underwriters, $1.20 b.
"
FIt. Lt. Gardner, Lb.w., b Lieut.
Garrett
North China, Tls. 143 n.
1
L. A. C. Buckland, R.A.F., c. A/B Foggarty, b. Eng. Com. Spalding.....
Union Ins., $292 b.
Yangtazo Ins., $45
b.
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KIUKIANG CLEAN-UP.
"Reds" Being Executed.
Klukiang, Oct. 18. The authorities have been gaged recently in eliminating the Communist element here. Five "Red" agitators have been executed in the past two or three days, and seven others are under ar- rest, pending trial.
L. A. C. Sinnock, R.A.F., 1.b.w.,
b. Lieut. Garrett Flying Officer Mellor, c. Surg.
Com, Hull, b. Mid. Johnson.. 18 Lieut. Hale, R.N.; run out... 20 A/C 1. Reeks, c. Lt. Com, Agnew
b. Eng. Com. Spalding
L. A. C. French, c. Pay Com.
Elstab, b. Lt. Garrett
Extras
Total .
General Chu Pei-teh, the originally appointed emissary of Sergt. Watkina, hot out the Nanking Government, who undertook to open negotiations with Wuhan, has now returned to He Nanking with his guards. travelled on "a British steamer. The negotiations between Wuhan (Mr. Wang Ching-wei) and Nan- king (Messrs. C. C. Wu and Sun Eng. Comi. Spalding Fo) from which Chu Pel-teh ap- Lt. Garrett pears to have been dropped, have Surg. Com. Hull up to the present reached. no con- Mid. Johnson clusive stage.-Naval Wireless.
"LABOUR AGITATION,
A Shanghai Incident,,
Shanghai, Oct. 18. Owing to Labour Union activity. another incident has occurred here. An attack was carried out by mem- hers of the union on a launch be longing to the British American Tobacco Company, the object being to intimidate the Chinese crew."
With the exception that the crew have declared a strike, the situation. is quiet-Novel Wireless.
LESS TRUCULENT.
Incident on British Ship.
Fire Ins
China Firos, $215 b.
H. K. Fire Ins., 8590 n.
Shipping.
Douglases, $33 b.
HK. Steamboats, $21
H. K. Tugs, $1.90 n.
8.
Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $30 11.
Shell Trans, 90/- 0.
Watorboats. $17 n.
D.
0
g
Star Farrios, $54
0
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Refineries.
China Sugars, $13
$
90
Malabons, $30
B.
Mining,
Bowling Analysis.
O. M. R. W.
10 3 13 3
12.2 3 32 5
4- 24-
1 mom 3
1
At the tilin interval the Royal Navy had lost two wickets for éleven runs.
THE POLISH LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
New York, Oct. 18. The American portion of the Polish loan has been largely over-i subscribed. Reuter's American Service.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
The following are the replies to 1o-day's questions:--
AL
Ichang, Oct. 18.
1. John Wesley. 2. In. 1774 by Colonel An- thony St Leger. 3. The Second Epistle of That the Chinese military are John, with thirteen verses, 4. Blaber Ware coming less truculent is shown by burton of Heary Rich. Arst Enri of Holland.
6. John Bunyas. 6. Thirteen years. an incident to-day when an armed the anointing of Saul (1, Samuel, verre 241. Chinese guard attempted to board 8. An examination held at Cambriden Univers alty in the second year of residence. 0. British steamer, ostensibly for Lestey. 10. Lord Mayor of York. 11. Pupe the purpose of searching the ves-Adrias Iv. (Nicholas Breakspear), 1154 to sel for bandits.
The master of the steamer re- quested their immediate with drawal, and the officer in charge complied.---Naval Wireless.
FALL OF KALGAN.
Feng Again Blamed,
1150. 12. Oliver Goldsmith.
The following ships were ex- cation with Hongkong to-day: pected to be in wireless communi- Talamba, Shantung, Cremer, Svale, Philoctetes, Nagpore, Norviken, Hirundo, Sanjin Maru, Durban Maru, Aki Maru, Kashima Maru, Mishima Maru, Tamba Maru, Sarpendon, Glentara, Kiungchow, Oldekerk, Tjipanas. Haining and President Jackson,
from the south but so far he had no support to the
anti
Shanghai, Oct. 19. According to the latest despatch from Peking, the Fengtien forges have taken complete control of Kalgan again. Before leaving that city, General Shang Cheng, the given Field Marshal of the northern con Fenetien campaign,-Nam Chung Lingent of the Shansi army, de- Pao. clared at a mass meeting to bid him farewell that the..present de-
SWATOW QUIET. feat of Shansi was due chiefly to] Soldiers Being Moved. the undependable attitude of Gen- cral Feng Yu-hsiang.. "General
Swatow, Oct. 18. General Feng had assured the observed yesterday, but the situa
Minor troop movements Shansi leaders at the beginning of tion generally is quiet.-Naval the Fengtien-Shansi war that he would attack the FengWen forces
Wireless.
Benguets, $1.65 n.
Kailans, 62/6
0.
Langkats, Tis. $171. n.
S'hai Exploration, Tls. 2.80 b. "Shanghai Loans, Tis. 5 n.
Raubs, $37 b.
Tronobs, 19/3 n.
Ural Caspiane. 3/
Docks, otc,
D.
Kowloon Wharves, $1191/20 sa. Whampoa Docks, $35 n.
Hongkews, Tls. 145 b.
Now Engineerings, Tis. 44. b. Shanghai Docks Tla. 90
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S., Hotels, 61 n. H. K. Lands, $501 a. Realtys, $61 Territorials, 1 8. Humphroys, $12.40 Princes Bldgs, $110 b. Rural Lands, $1 n.
Cottona.
9.
Ewo Cottons, Tls. $7.60 Orientale, Tis, $1.60 b. S'hai Cottons,, Tls $47 n.
Buses, Tramas. China Buses, Tla. 6 Tramways, $20.10 b. Peak Trams, (old) $14 s. Singapore Trams, 12/6 n. Taxis, $1 n.
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Miscellaneous. Amusements, $19 n. Canton Icos, $5 n. Cements (Comb.) $7 China Lights, $12. China Prov., $4. Constructions, $1 "n. Dairy Farms, $15.10 n. Der A. Wing, $6 H'kong Electrics, $52 s Macao Electrics, $43 n. Ropes (Old) $10 f Lane Crawfords, $5 8. Mackintosh, $22 Sinceros, 8 :
D.
S.
United Abastos, $128 Watsons, $11 n.
Powells, $5 s.
Télephone, 3.65 X. Div
n,
Entertainments
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WITH
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AN
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AT, THE
ADDIP UNOR 201RISE L, LABKY
a Garamount Picture
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lines.
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At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
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and Saturday.
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THE WOOLEN-ITCH
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
WORLD
TO SATURDAY
Orchestra at 5.15 8 9.20. Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 8 7.15.
The story of a girl who fled from her con- ventional home because she and her sultors wanted something gayer than their elders had found. The tale of a trial honeymoon and its unexpected results
WINE of YOUTH
WITH
ELEANOR BOARDMAN
and
Eight Leading Men
WILLIAM HAINES
BEN LYON
WILLIAM COLLIER “JF,
ROBERT AGNEW
JAMES MORRISON
CREIGHTON HALE
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AT THE
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