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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 Inunch meets all steamers.
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above Hotel).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
8 to 7 p.m.
Telephone C.373. J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
Kamous for its Chutert, Convob)-
once, Appennturentskod Cuisine
You'll be prowl the 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, Saloop Bar and Billiard Room
Very moderate rates
on application to--
Tel. Nos. K602 & KG09. Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,'
Hongkong.
PALACE HOTEL
ki
H. J. WHITE,
Manager.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ATTACK ON A. P. C. VESSEL.
(Continued from Page 1,}
A Call on Yang Sen.
Wanhsien, Nov. 6.
The commander of H.M.S. Teal called on General Yang Sen, at | Wanksion yesterday, and was re- colved in most. fiiendly manner. General Yang Sen told the British officer that he had definitely allied himself with the 2nd Army, and that he would be leaving for Tehang very shortly-Naval Wire- teas.
BORODIN FOR MONGOLIA.
To Direct 'Mongol Army. Another post has been found for. Borodin, the Russian military ex- pert who was behind the success of the Nationalist drive from Can- ton.
The Shanghai Zarya claims to have definite information that fol- lowing the rapprochment between Russia and Mongolia, plans have been drawn up providing for at staff of military and technical ex- perts, headed by Borodin, to be furnished for the Mongolian army, which is to be re-organized, on Soviet military lines.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER
1927.
TWO SPANISH PRINCESSES,
The Princesses Bentriz and Christina of Spain, who
are visiting England with their mother.
DAY BY DAY.
There was a clean bill of health In the Colony over the week-end..
Forthcoming weddings announc- éd include that of Lieut, John de Butts Wailes, RN., R. A; F, Base, Kai Tal, to Miss N. S. M. Baldwin, Maer Vale House, Exmouth.
SALE OF CARS.
Continued from Page 1)
Mr. McCallum then referred to the cause of action, pointing but that there were four distinct cars and there was a claim in relation to one only. Two of them were in the defendants' possession, but there might be a further action |with regard to the other one.
Arrivals by ocean-going steamers
Mr. Turner replied that Mr. Mc- were in excess of departures, but Callum could take that point if a river steamer took nearly 8,000 writ was issued with regard to the more out of the Colony than ather car. rived. Figures for
In any case, he himself janka and had no intention of issuing another launches were
almost balanced, writ. with a slight result in favour of arrivals.
HANKOW DEFENCE.
Tang May Hold Fort.
Hankow. Nov, 1. Mr. Koo Meng-yu left here downsi ream yesterday in great The feud between the Wu-han Political Branch and Gen- eral Tang Seng-chi is growing warso. Especially younger mem; bers of the Kuomintang here re- An attack, with a chopper was gard General Tang Song-chi asmade by a,Chinese on another at
an anti-revolutionary militarist. No. 112 Shaukiwan Road, resultingness.
neereny.
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The plaintiff said in evidence that when he advanced the money the ar was, for public hire and still was. so used. The car was used I connexion with the garage busi-
It is considered that various in injuries to the vletim's head Replying to Mr. McCallum, Kitumintung organs will be re-which necessitated his removal tointiff said that when he ad- moved to Canten in future, and Hospital. The affair occurred dur-vanced the $1,000 he valued the that those directly belonging to ing the week-end, and a man has four cars collectively at about General Tang Seng-cht alone will been charged before Mr. R. E. 24,060. He placed the value of tho remain in the Wu-Han District Lindsell in connexion with the as-particular car for which he was Toko.
sault, and remanded.
J
suing at about $1,800. When he demanded it back he did not know whether it was in good running order or not, but at that time ho valued it at about $700. Writ amended.
UPRISING AT JHSING.
Inquiries made on Wednesday at Headquarters of the North China "Red"" Take Control Of City, Command to. ascertain the reasa
for certain officers of the Shanghai Reports from Wasih state that Defence Force wearing moural t An uprising of Chinese, inflamed bands upon their arms, elicited the His Lordship remarked that part by Communist doctrines, has ec-information that this was due to the of Mr. McCullum's case would bo curred at Ihsing, a city on the death of the Marquis of Cambridge, that the plaintiff was not entitled Taiha lake, and the city magis for whom the British Royal Court to recover more than the actual trafe's ramen has been, occupied. is at present in mourning. The value of the car, and said he It is stated that a body of men, Royal Houscholl Regiment, on such sought. Mr. Turner should be estimated as high as 2,000, tockercasiona; wenes, mourning and the allowed to include the other car control of the city and sevored all officers of the Coldstream Guards, an the wait, eanmunications, as well as over-the only representatives of the
The writ was accordingly powering the few policemen in the Royal Household Regiment in amended to include both cars, the place Following up their attack, Shanghai, followed the usual cus-other one being No. 184. the Communists have closed the form. city gates.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8 -
Tel. Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Only the vaguest of reports of Entirely, under Engilsh Munaguiment, Electric Light and Fans throughout the affair have reached Shanghai, Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billlard-Rooms, but Chinese newspaper accounts Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress.state that the Communists intend farma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
The formal application for the ex- tradition of Edwin T Hunt, who was arrested by. U. S. Court Mar- shal, T. R. Porter, on board the sa Shanghai Maru last Saturday, on a
Answering Mr. McCallum, 'plain- tif said he valued that ear at about $150 when he demanded it back.
the money, $4 per cent. per Chinese Be agreed that the interest on lunar month, was rather high, be-
san volunteered to pay that rate.
Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress, to start disturbances in Chang charge of unlawful importalin ofing about 50 per cent, but Li Hoi-
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NORTHERN CLAIMS."
liquor into America from Canutia, to
the Federal Court of Sentile, Sled
District Attornes, Dr. K. Sellett, was granted by Judge Milton D. Pardy at the United States Court for China on Thursday. It is mudar stood that the accused will sail for for America. Seattle on the first steamer leaving The accused, being walks to put up the bail of $10,000 fixed by Judge Purdy at previous hearing in compliance with the suggestion of the Government's prosecutor is still in custody..
Defendant's Version,
The defendant's story was to the effect that he bought the cars from Mr. Li Hol-san on July 15, and so far as he knew they were did not know of the is. Ho plaintiff's loan to the proprietor of the garage.
In reply to Mr. Turner, the de- fendant said he was collecting the rents three of the unre. So far as he knew, Li Hoi-san did not ex- hibit new cars for sale but only did repair work.
Tie Fight With Feng's Troops
Paking, Nov. 2. Reports reaching here show that In the Lunghal Railway zone the left wing of the Chibli-Shantung combined troops. (General Chang Ching-yao's troops) and the right
(General Liù wing
Chih-lu's
Questioned by Mr. McCalium, troops) are making progress
"How Much Do You linów?”.
défendant said he did not know gradually, but the main bodies of the Chibli-Shaatung
It will be a surprise to many to what a bill of sale was until Mr. combined know how, wide in range and in-Turner explained it to him. He troops and General Feng Yu-tensive in application is the train- understood that all transfers in halang's troops are stili engaged ing which the periodically chang-relation to motor-cars were carried in severe fighting in the region fing complement of 1,600 boys have through by the police, so, before. Kaifeng and the issue of the warto undergo or four vessels con completing the car deal, he went is not decided.
stituting the Third Battle Squad to the police station to make en- The 8th Fengtien Army yester- ron,, which is about to enter, inquiries, as he had doubts as to the day captured Yangkao on the l'ek- [conjunction with the Atlantic ownership. So far as he would ing-Suiyuan Railway. It is an- Fleet, upon the preliminary stages ascertain, Mr. Li Hoi-san was the derstood that the Shandi troops of the manoeuvres.
These bud-registered owner.
Flect. In
At a meeting of the Canton
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In that zone evacuated from Tien-ding seamen, drawn direct from chang and Yangkho one after an the training centres at Plymouth week, for the purpose of argu- The case was adjourned for a ther without offering much re- Portsmouth, and Shotley, spendment with regard to the bill of sistance. Judging from the fore-six months under instruction on sale, and Mr. McCallum's special going fact, the Shansi tops ap the battleships before they are defence pear to be planning to shut them distributed in the selves up in the region soar of addition to the training they re- Political Council, held on Friday Yenmenkuan which place is a cove in the art of warfare, and evening, at Canton, it was decided stronghold on the Great Wall and after passing through the elemen- that Mr. Kam Nai-kwong, therefore stubborn resistance at possess a knowledge of subjects the office of Mayor of Canton, fol tary education tests, they have to "Leftist" politician, would take up Tatungfu is not likely.
far removed from the normal The 18th Fonction Army yester-purposes of a battleship ere they lowing the resignation of Mr. Feng day morning occupied Laiyaan- are deemed. eficient.
Fer in Cho-man, the former Mayor. It is hsien which is in the western part stance, they are called of Chihil and captured much booty write something
upon to expected that Mr. Kam will take about the up the duties of his office to-day. including 2 field guns and over architectural style of Westminster 10,000 hand-grenades. A division Abber, St. Paul's and Westminster of Shansi troops which had been Cathedrals; to explain with' defending the town, have retreat-dingram a transept, dave, apse," ed to the west ani the conmander oriol window, crypt, or buttress; to of the division is reported to have show why green plants will not
The Superiorcas and the Sisters The Harbour Office reports for narrowly escaped-Tolu,
The following are the replies to of the Canossian Institute (Italian the week-end gave 28 arrivals and grow in the dark, and why stars twinkle at night; and, further, to to-day's questions write not more than two lines From George Dowsing, who became Convent) beg to thank Mre, the same number of departures, of Cromwell's Minister to Holland, but espoused W. T. Southorn who kindly con- which 12 and 11 were British, about Mrs Grandy, Horace tite king's caur after the Restoration, and sonted to open their Bazaar, leaving 65 vessels, in harbour, The Branch Secretary of the Walpole, Gretna Green, Josiah was made a baronet. A seller of Tulch China Coast Officers Guild and the Wedgwood, hand
the Commodore for the loan of British 24. Tonnage was general- Instructors are to be engaged The fret instalment of the Marine Engineer's Guild of China, truly calculated to keep not a few change, over which is a gilded grasshopper warmers" who cheered the meeting British vessels carried a fair pro-
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The passengers return for bo river and ocean-going vessels 10
the month of October has now been
Gen. Wang Shao-hung, the mill-fasued by the local authorities, an Southern, British-American Tobacco, and Anto tary chief of Kwangsi, is due at shows a preponderance of approx
l'Arthur," 16 referred to a defeated knight Nanning to-day on his way back to mately 4,000 departures
Canton
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