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Des Wagons Lits, Poking.
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Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooma newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Bods, Hot and Cold Watar, also Telephone.
Hotet launch moots all steamers,
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($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Offen of the abovo Hotel.)
Tol. Add:"Victoria."
Telephone C. 878 J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
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The Kowloon Hotel Kowloon.
The Premier Hotel in Kowloon with all modern conveniences, High Class Cusing and Table Appointments. Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes from the Ferry, Wharves and Railway Station. Representative meets all steamers.
Daily Rates from
Monthly Rates from
$ 6.00.
$130.00.
Under the Personal Supervision and attention of
Tel. No. K.608 & K.000,
MR. & MRS. II. J. WHITE.
Cables. "Kowlotel." Kowloon.
PALACE HOTEL.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928,
OFFICIAL PARTY IN CANTON.
One of the official groups taken in Canton yesterday, on the occasion of the visit of H.E, the Governor of Hongkong and Party. Marshal Li Chal-sum is seen in the centre between Sir Cecil Clementi and Mr. J. F. Brenan, acting British Consul-General in Canton.
EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.
BETTER THAN EVER.
London, Mar. 9.
AMERICAN CONSUL
PROMOTED.
TRIBUTE AT HEROISM TO
NANKING.
PORT OF LONDON.
BIG INCREASE IN SHIPPING.
London, Mar. 10. Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, Mini-
Lord Ritchie, Chairman of the sfer of Labour, speaking at a meet-States has conferred an unusual and ing at a meeting of the Board, said The President of the United Port of London Authority, speak- ing in London, suggested that distinctive honour upon Mr. John the total not tonnage of vessels more attention should be paid to K. Davis, who was American Con-which arrived at and departed the statistics of employment than sul at Nanking at the time of the from the port of London last year to the figures of unemployment. Nanking outrage and whose conduet was 52,576,000.
He said the amount of employ-bore marks of heroism... ment given in this country of late, had been greater than that ever the American Foreign Service British Wireless.
Mr. Davis's promotion in rank in 3,298,000 over the previous year.—- known' in, its history. Speaking from his
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own observation, the afforded the President an opportun general conditions of working life ity to express his opinion of this in Great Britain compared favour-consular officer's work in a persona! ably with those of any other in-letter, which once and for all time dustrial country in the world, not
puts an end to the disgusting HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? excluding the United States. This attempts of certain Americans tain industries were hard hit at was true despite the fact that cerof minimizing the importance of to discredit Mr. Davis in the hope
The following are the replies fo prosent moment.-British
the Nanking outrage. President to-day'a questions:- Wircless.
Coolidge's Jetter to Mr. Davis, which was published in the news-damming the Lachlan liver. 2. 465,000: 650.
In the western part of New South Wales; by papers of the United States, fol-1. A native prophet on the Ivory Coast, lows:
Africa, who has formed a coleny of 100,000 black Christians, 4. Miss Riddell, at My Dear Mr. Davis,-l'havo re- the lompital of the Resurrection of llops, ceived from the Department of witch dates back to the lore feasts of the Kumamoto, South Japan, B. "Altide." Stute a recommendation that you beste of ale being given to the poor & Over
early Christians,
the money made by the granted: a special promotion from the porch of St. Dunstan's Church. 7. The Class IV to Class III of the Foreign Crown, without whore permission neither can Service in recognition of your dis- count the recupants of all the heron's nosta he printed. 8. Entomologiela are arranging ed scene appeared to produce a March, 1927.
tinguished service at Nanking in in the United Kingdom 9. In the Crimean deplorable impression on the pub-great pleasure to send this nomina-the 3n lepi. 11. destroyed bruption
It is given me the Romans. It was by
War. 10. Between A.D. 60 and A.D. 100, by lic.
flood Finally the sitting was suspend-
tion to the Senate.
Canetalape's Town having been owned in the thirteenth century by Walter de Cantalupe, The work of the Foreign Service Bishop of Worcester, 12. In Moscow, where is at times dificult and, on occa-volutionary activities."
Babu Skalaky has been convicted of "ro
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Tel. Kowloon No. 8
Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station,
Tel. Address "PALACE." Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fan throughout. Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Biliard-Rooms, Unrivalled Cuisina under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Torma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
¡ Mrs. J. II. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
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After-dinner dancing every
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and Saturday.
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Arthur E. Odoll, Managing Director,
(Continued from Pago 1.)
Private Sitting.
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sions, hazardous, but, as the long record of the service shows, Its
A long private meeling of the officers throughout the world inve Council followed at which a re- often given proof of splendid devo
The recent gift of £500,000 to solution was finally framed giv-tion to duty, disregard of danger the Nation although is unpre- Ing the Rumanian and Hungarian and the ability to meet emergencies cedented in amount, is not the Governments time to consider the and to discharge creditably every first which has been made to- question.
responsibility placed upon them. wards the reduction of the Na- The Council agreed to the,
tional Debt. Mr. Stanley Bald- Your conduct at Nanking was in win when he was Financial Se- Polish motion to invite Turkey to keeping with the best traditions of cretary to the Treasury in 1919 the next meeting of the Prepara- the service. tory Disarmament
The department has Conference, already commended you for your save £160,000 to the State for the and adopted the resolution that loyal and efficient performance of cancellation of debt to that Costa Rica, besides Spain and duty at your post, but I wish to add amount. In December it was an- Brazil should be asked to recon-my own commendation of your zeal nounced that an anonymous donor sider their decision to leave the and courage which have set had presented £100,000 to accumu- League.-Reuter,
example to your colleagues and in late for many years and provide large degree enhanced the prestige a sum towards payment of the Presentations were made pri- of the foreign service-Very sin-National Debt. Other lesser gifts vately recently on behalf of the icrely yours, Calvin Coolidge, editorial staff of the Daily Tele-| hraph to Mr. J. Hall Richardson and Mr. Archibald Hurd, on their retirément from the staff after many years service.
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have been mude. It may be men- tioned that money accumulating at compound interest at 5 per fourteen and fifteen years, but at cent. doables itself in between 42 per cent. the period is nearly sixteen years.
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