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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 SHANGHAI,”
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 Telephono.
All Trama pass in front of Hotel.
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch meets all steamers.
Dining Room and Lounge now opon to the Public.
($25 for thirty Tifin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above Hotel).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
5 to 7 p.m.
Telephone C.378.
Manager:
J. H. WITCHELL.
HOTEL SAVOY
Famous for its Comfort, Convent
ence. Appointments and Cuisine
You'll be proud to stay at the Savoy.
HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL BOA VISTA.
22, Ico Hauso
reat.
Масло.
UNDER THE SAME,' MANAGEMENT.”
KOWLOON
HOTEL
KOWLOON
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."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1927.
STORM-WRECKED ST. LOUIS.
Like a giant revolving kalfel the St. Louis tornado, cleanly cut off the rear of this large apartment house at Maryland, Avenue and Whitter Street. Some of the tenants who were not injured may be see examining what remains of their dwellings. More than 150 lives were lost in this disaster, which occurred at the end of September.
COM
Load after load of the dying and injured were brought to the doors of Mullanphy hos 'pital following the tornado. The hospital, a Catholic institution," was in the middle of the windtorn area and a section of the building was wrecked, but physicians, nuns and nurses coolly went about the work of receiving and treating the hundreds of injured. Note the broken windows.
Very moderate rates
on application to-
H. J. WHITE,
Manager.
THE IRENE PIRACY TRIAL.
THE ADMIRALTY »
CRITICISED.
Tel. Nos, K608 & K609, 'Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,"
Hongkong.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8
PALACE HOTEL
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the
EX-NAVAL OFFICER'S SLASH- ING COMMENT.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IN THE MATTER OF- THE COMPANIES OR:
· DINANCES 1011, AND IN THE MATTER OF THE MAÇÃO AERIAL TRAN- SPORT COMPANY LTD., (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUI- DATION).
Tel. Address "PALACE” Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. Every Room with Private Bath Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. if everything was all right in the Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress.engine room. He carried an Terma modorate. Special terms to families on application to:
entering
London, Oct. 15. Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress, autormtic when
A slashing indictment of the Ad- saloun for the first time."
miralty's policy is presented in Mr. Of the second defendant, wit-. F. Spanner's new book; "Arma. nuss recalled having had a comments and non-combatants."
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. versation with this mån, in the
The fact that the author is an that in pursuance of Section 181 saloon, on the evening of the 19th, ex-member of the Admiralty Corps of the Companies Ordinances 1911, when the latter said he was at Constructors, and an architect one time a fitter on a Blue Funnel and engineer of repute, lends weight at the office of the liquidators c/o. meeting of Creditors will be held
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1: Questioned, by the Court, wit- ness replied he could not say whether this defondant carried arms but he was, without question, in the company of the other pirates all the time.
to his views.
Mr Spanner contends that Bri Mes... Lowe, Bingham and Mat- air is spending on a Navy which is thews, 3 Queen's Road, Central, no longer equal to the task of de- Cictoria, Hongkong on THURSDAY fence of trade, while its building | 10TH NOVEMBER, 1927 at 12.30 programme is based on fallacious p.m. for the purpose proviued for principles, we s
in the said Section.
Of the third defendant, wit-
He says the biggest battleship Dated this 2nd Day of November, DCAS sald he was one of must be the victim of aircraft and 1927. the most dangerous men aboard. dismisses the Admiralty's claim This man spent most of his time that H: M. S. Nelson, Rodney, and in the saloon, and whenever he Hood are torpedo-proof, as false. had a meal, or whenever he had nA single torpedo on the stern, he [“chin-wag"" as witness termed it, says, will leave the Nelson a help-
he would have, his autoniatic less log.
placed conveniently near at hand.. He adds that big guns are in- From this and from the way in faccurate and inefficient and It is a which he issued orders to the 100 to 1 chance that they will not rest of the crowd, witness was hit. On the contrary aircraft given the impression that he was secure 60 per cent. of hits. He also the chief of them all.
pictures the devastation that would The fourth defendant carried af be caused by such an attack. gun slung from his neck with a piece of string' and was an active. pirate.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
Witness could not say that the fifth defendant was armed, but he. The following are the replies to too, was in the company of the other pirates.
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He was not certain as regards the sixth defendant.
Was Very Frightened. Replying to Mr. Leo d'Almada
to-duy's questions:-
1. Victoria 7000, 2. Herbert Currys, Enoch Arnold, William Ralph, Stanley, Edward Al-
JOHN FLEMING, C.A. A. RITCHIE, CA.
Joint Liquidators.
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES. OR- DINANCES 1911; AND IN THE MATTER OF THE MACAO AERIAL TRAN- SPORT COMPANY LTD.. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUI- "DATION).
NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Creditora of the above named Company are required on ør before the 3rd day of DECEMBER, 1927 to send in 'their names and
bert Christian George Arulzew Patrick David, addresses and the particulars of 3. 2,240lbs. 4. (a) Air-containing portion of their debts and claims, if any, to the envelope of an airship; (b) priot's sent;
(c) body of airaland; (d) an airplane in all the undersigned at Messrs. Lowe,
ed when speed is so redured that I cenues to
borough: (6) Hofbel: (e) John Sargert; (d).
be under control 6. British goif champion Bingham and Matthews, 3 Queen'à Lite Tich famous sing singer: a lead. Road, Central, Victoria, Hongkong, e Castro, Junr., defending the reformer.
ing Jockey; American tennis champion; Findu
4. Ruth is line from To A and if so required by notice In fourth defendant, witness admitt-Nightingale," by John Kesia) Te (a) Car writing from the undersigned are ted he was very much frightened. Jean Francola Millet, A. Dorset on Kent to come in and prove their said Mr. d'Almada e. Castro: You coast: Pembroke coast: Lanarkshire, Scotland; debts and claims at such time and were very frightened, and con- supporting weight; b) Triangular or air place as shall be specified in such tinued in a state of fear bordering forest square-shaped part of the base at a notice or in default thereof they cular ornament over a pillar or column; (e) on panic the while time until the column (head we top of a colum will be excluded from any distri Laavod you?--Yes.
pillar. 10. Green, 11. Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, 12. About 187,000 miles per button which tiny be made before It put it to you that this atate second.
Buch.debts are proved.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. of panic was shared by the large
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Dated this 2nd Day of November,
number of the officers, crew and piracy until the ship reached Blas. passengers of the ship? Yes. As Bay when confusion, again occur-1927. a matter of fact, I was so frighten-red.
ed that I did not sleep in my cabin This closed: the examination of and slept in the Second Engineer's the European Officers and En- room. The others were were ginecranof the pirated ship. equally frightened,
This fright resulted in consider able confusion from the time of the piracy until the L4 saved you?
Yos,
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Dempsey-Sharkey Fight
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A. RITCHIE, CA
Jolat Liquidators.
AT THE
The evidence of the passengers was their takan, and the first of them to be called was a merchant A Now Zealander, Dr. F. H. Mc named Lam Yick-sang who was in Dowall.
"Lecturer on. Organic
n second-class cabin, on a business Chemistry at London University, Re-examined by the Crown Soli- trip to Swalow. ness stated that there was no con- afternoon and was again adjournsey Memorial Agricultural citor (Mr. T.S. Whyte-Smith), wit- The bearing was continued this Chemist at the New Zealand. has been appointed Dairy Research
fusion on the day following the od.
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