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HOTELS.
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In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooma newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
Hotet launch meets all steamers.
($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above Eotol.)
Tel. Add Victoria."
Telephone 0, 878 J. IL WITCHELL,
Manager.
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The Kowloon Hotel Kowloon.
The Premier Hotel in Kowloon with all modern conveniences. High Class Cusine 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. $180.00.
Under the Porsonal Supervision and attention of
Tel. No. K.608 & K.609.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8
MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.
Cables. "Kowlotel." Kowloon.
PALACE HOTEL,
Tol. Address "PALACE”
Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Forry and Railway Station, Entirely, under Englab Management. Electric Light and Fan throughout Erary Room with Private Bath. Loungs, Bar and Billiard-Rooms, Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terni moderate. Special terms to familles on application to:
Mrs. J. II. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Singapore.
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SINGAPORE.
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THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.
Arthur E. Odoll, Managing - Director.
THE HOTEL RIVIERA
MACAO
Cable Address" RIVIERA, MACAO
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SHIP'S FIRE IN HARBOUR.
FIRE FLOATS CALLED TO -
JAPANESE VESSEL.
OUTBREAK QUELLED,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928,
BRITISH SEAPOWER “HERMES” FLYING
DISPLAY.
ATLANTIC FLEET IN
MIMIC ACTION.
KING AMANULLAH.
A fire broke out on board the THRILLING EXPERIENCE FOR Japanese coliler Somedono Maru in harbour last night, and, despite all efforts of the crew to combat the flames, it was found necessary this morning to send for the firo floats. The blaze has now been subdued, without serious damage to the ves sel, it is thought.
The signs of danger were observ- ed Into last evening, when smoke was acen to be issuing from No. 2 hold. Efforts were made to Isolate the outbreak, which is thought to have been due to spontaneous com- bustion of her coal cargo, and pumps were in operation through- out the night. These appeared to have little or no effect, as smoke and steam were still coming up in unduminished volume. Assistance from shore was then called for.
The call was received at 10.45 this morning and the floats wore immediately despatched under European officers, and the full force of the monitors were soon engaged in flooding the holds. By noon, the blaze was under control, but the equipment remained on the spot as a precaution against further out- breaks. Tho ship is light, being well above her marks, and is on an even koel.
́· REALISTIC ATTACKS.:
London, Apr. 3.
As practically the final of the spectacles arranged before he begins the return journey to Afghanistan, King Amanullah wit nessed a great display of British sea-power to-day-
DISASTER.
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS TRIS
· AFTERNOON,
MACAO'S SYMPATHY.
issued locally by the naval author No official statement is being ities regarding yesterday's aviation disaster, when Flying Officer Hale, Llaut. Graham and Telegraphist Stanley Jackson lost their fives as the result of x seaplane crash, An enquiry will, however, be held in due
course.
It now soems clear that the ill- fated plane got out of control when passing over H.M.8. Hermes and that it struck a steel portion of the flying deck, then bursting Into flames and plunging Into the har He embarked at Portland in our roar the ship's gangway. H.M.S. Nelson, the new 33,500-ton Flying Officer Hale's body was at battleship, the flagship of Vice other two victims were found dur once recovered, and those of the Admiral: Sir. Hubert Brand, the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlaning the afternoon. All had re- tic fleet.
ceived terrible injuries, which must A Royal salute of have caused instantaneous death. twenty-one guns was Ared as he went aboard.
As soon as H.M.S. Nelson was a few miles from the coast a series of realistic war operations began, King Amanullah watching them from one of the observation plat- forms,
Prince George Explains,
By his side were Vice-Admiral Brand and H.R.H. Prince George This is the first visit to the port ship, and who, in French, explain- who is a.Staff Officer in the war of the Somedono Maru, she havinged the operations to him. arrived from Calcutta, and Singo- poro on Monday with 6,000 tons of coal, of which 3,700 tons were for local discharge. The bulk of her local cargo had been discharged when the fire was observed.
She is a steal screw steamer of
5,155 tons gross and 3,175 tons nett, built to the order of Tatsuma Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha by the Mitsu Bishi Dockyard at Nagasaki in 1917. Her dimensions are:- Length, 400 feet; beam, 64.5 feet; and moulded depth, 30 feet; with engines by the builders to 495 N.H.P. The O.S., are the local gents and she is commanded by Captain Y. Yashuda, with a crow
of Japanese.
U. S. NANKING SETTLEMENT.
(Continued from Page 1.).
Mr. MacMurray's second Note
Bays:
Submarines dived and launched torpedoes at the battleship and one of them rose to the surface and attacked her with guns.
The flagship notified anti-sub- marine destroyers, which rapidly came into action and dispersed the submarines with depth charges.
Atlantic Fleet.
The Atlantic Fleet was sighted approaching majestically in three columns. It fired a Royal salute and then changing formation went by in line.
H. E. the Governor of Macao, on learning of the disaster yesterday, sent the following message to II. E the Governor of Hongkong:-- "Kindly accept, in my name and that of the Colony, the profoundest sympathy at the death of the three British airmen in the distressing accident."
To this, H. E. Sir Ceefl. Clementi replied: "The Colony of Hongkong
of sympathy." and the Flying Services greatly ap preciate Your Excellency's mesange
The funeral of the three victims is taking place this afternoon, leav ing the Royal Naval Hospital`at 4.80p.m.
ALLEGED THEFTS FROM EUROPEAN.
TWO CHINESE CHARGED AT KOWLOON.
over
A charge of stealing, an Miles away lay a target bowed cont, two felt hats, a waistcoat and by H.M.S. Snapdragon. The a pair of spectales, the property of battle-cruisers II.M.S. Repulso and Mr. Hargreaves, of No. 10, Hum- H.M.S. Renown of 26,500 tons, led phheys Buildings, Kowloon, and, by the battlecruiser, H.M.S. Hood an alternative charge of receiving 41,200 tons, steaming at 25 knots the, said articles knowing the on a circular course, concentrated same to have been stolen or unlaw
obtained, were brought upon the target heavy fire from fully their fifteen-inch guns.
against a Chinese before Mr. W. Later an attack by aircraft was Schofield, at the Kowloon Magie- launched from the carrier H.M.S. trucy this morning: Furious upon H.M.S. Nelson.
Cruiser Battle.
A second man appeared before his Worship on a charge of unlaw- fully receiving a felt hat.
The greatest thrill of the day, On the application of Sub-In- "In reply, the American Minis
however, was when destroyer spector Dorling, the two defen- ter has to point out that the firing flotillas bore down upon H.M.S.dants were remanded until Satur referred to was in fact a protec- Nelson and attacked with torpeday morning in police custody. tive barrage, strictly confined to does. Cruisers engaged them and the immediate neighbourhood of a tense battle ensued. the house in which the American
King Amanullah who had ex- Consul, his family and staff, to-pressed his keen interest in the gether with many other foreigners, naval spectacle was escorted back had been driven to seek refuge to Portsmouth by the Fleet and from the assaults of unrestrained a flight of sen-planes. soldiery; and not only did it pro-
vide the only conceivable means
Queen In London,
by which the lives of this party Queen Souriya did not accom- Indlead were saved from danger that im-pany King Amanullah. minently threatened them, but it she stayed in London and visited also made possible the evacuation Queen Charlotte's Hospital, which of other American residents in is devoted to maternity enses. Nanking who were in actual peri! She asked many questions about the work of the hospital and wan much impressed when the Matron told her of the low rate of Infant Britain.-British mortality in Wireless.
of their lives."
The American Government; therefore, feels that its naval ves- séla had no alternative to the ac tion taken; however deeply it de- plores that circumstances beyond its control should have necessitat- ed the adoption of such measures for the protection of the lives of its citizens at Nanking."
Treaty Revision,
LESS U. S. TAXATION RELIEF.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
ORIGINAL "ALICE" IN WONDERLAND.
SELLS MANUSCRIPT FOR NEW RECORD PRICE.
London, Apr. 3.
The English record price of £15,400 was paid at Sotheby's to day for the original manuscript of Mr. Lewis Carrol's "Alice in Won-
derland."
The purchasers was Dr. Rosen- bach, of Philadelphin, and the vendor, the original "Alice,"”. now Mrs. Alice Hargreaves.
The previous record was £15,100 paid in 1919 for "The Passionate Pilgrim."
Dr. Rosenbach announced that he would allow the nation' to have the manuscript for the price he paid. Dr. Rosenbach also paid a record price of £5,000 for a first edition copy of "Alice in Wonder- land."--Reuter.
FUNDS FOR FENGTIEN
ARMIES.
The Second additional Note from General Hwang Fu expresses
INCREASING, the hope that a new epoch will
Washington, Apr. 3. begin in the diplomatic relations between Ohina and the United Mr. Andrew Melon, the Finance States and auggests that further Secretary, told the Finance Com- stepa may be taken for the re-mittee of the Senate to-day that vision of existing treaties and the he did not anticipate any material readjustment of outstanding ques-change in business conditions dur- tions on the basis of equality anding the remainder of 1928 from the mutual respect for territorial sove first two months of the year, reignty.
The tax reduction of $290,000,000 i Mr. MacMurray in reply says must perhaps be cut down to $182,-| that although the question 000,000, which was less than was of treaty revision can: scarce-proposed last year, but which was ly be considered germane to due to increased Government ex-gram from Peking, the leaders of
that of amends to the American penditure.--Reuter's American Scr- Government and its nationals for vice. the Nanking Incident, the Ameri- ean Minister is not averse to setting forth what he had already madă known in that regard in the course of his conversation with General Hwang Fu last month.
Refers to Statement.
· BIG SUM FROM RAILWAY RESERVES.
Shanghal, Apr. 3. According to a semi-official tele-
the Tengtien Party have succeeded. In accumulating $21,000,000, which will be sufficient to meet their yar expenses for the coining three months.
"That in view of this, the
This large sum was derived from American Government entertains the hope that the remedying of the Reserve Funds of the principel the conditions which necessitated railways under the control of tho tho incorporation of such provi-Peking Government and also from alons in earlier treaties may from the 2.5 per cent. tax collected in time to time afford opportunitles Fengtien, Kirin and Hellungklang. It is unnecessary to recall, says for the revisionin due form and Mr. MacMurray, traditional friend by mutual consent of such treaty, ship between America and China. stipulations as may have become
Shanghai, Apr. 8. It is manifest alike. from the
unnecessary or inappropriate, course of action consistently pur- To that end the American Gov-by the Foreign Ministry in Peking, According to an official report sued by the American Government ernment looks forward to the hope more than 3,400 Chinese have been and from Mr. Kellogg's statement that there may be developed an ordered by the Soviet Government of policy on January 27th, 1927,
administration eo far representato leave Russia, and this drastic That the United States Govern- tive of the Chinese people and so action of the authorities has re ment and people are in full sym- far exercising real authority as to sulted in the Chinese immigrants pathy with the desire of the be capable of assuring the actual Chinese people to develop a sound fulgiment In good faith of any suffering considerably. national life of their own and to obligations such as China would wired to Mr. Cheng Yen-hal, the The Peking Government has realise their aspirations for have of necessity, for its part, to sovereignity as far as possible undertake incidentally to the de- lodge a protest against auch mea- |Chinese Councillor in Russia, to unrestricted by obligations of an sired readjustment of treaty rela exceptional character.
tion."-Reuter.
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