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AND
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HOTELS.
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In amaociation with the Grand Hotel
Des Wagona Lita, Pelding.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Contral Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooma" nawly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, első Telephons.
Hotel.)
Ten Dances:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 6 to 7 p.m. Hotel launch meets all steamera.
F
(925 for thirty Tim Tickets can be had at the Office of the above
Telephone C. 878 J. IL. WITCHELL,”
Manager,
Tel. Add "Victoria."
HOTELS OF
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1928.
BUFFALO CHARGES INTO RICKSHA.
CHINESE FOR THE U. S. A.
BRITAIN MAINTAINS
STAND.
SMUGGLING AGENCY IN SINGAPORE.
EUROPEAN LADY'S LUCKY
ESCAPE
A peculiar accident happened yesterday afternoon in Salisbury Road, Kowloon, when a water buf: a ricksha pro- falo charged Into ceeding in the direction of the Star Ferry wharf.
The animal was being led along Salisbury Road when it took fright at the approach of several mule carts and broke away from dts lead.
The ricksha at the time of the incident had as occupant a Euro- pean lady, who, however, escaped with minor injuries. The ricksha, according to a report made to the police, was badly damaged.
COOLIE STOWAWAYS.
STOLE PASSAGE FROM
SINGAPORE.
POLICE DISCOVERY.
EIGHT-HOURS CONVENTION TOO AMBIGUOUS.
Geneva, June 11. In the course of the Labour Conference when the question of the
the non-ratification of A sensational discovery, and one Washington Eight-Hours Conven- that will be very welcome to the tion was again discussed, Mr. L U.S. immigration authorities, has Wolfe, the British Government de been made by the Singapore police, legate, declared that this Govern- who have unearthed what appears ment honestly believed that the to have been a well-organised revision of the Convention was Agency for smuggling Chinese the only true solution of tho from this part into America.
difficulty.
The fee charged was $2,309 gold, The British Government never and it is believed that the agency had challenged and never would has flourished for a number of challenge the principles under- years.
lying the Convention.
&
SMUGGLED LETTERS.
Remarkable documents have
Mr. Wolfe then made a formal been found during a raid on a declaration of British polley, to Chinatown house. The rald was the elfoct that the British the sequel to a discovery at Port Government desired as a means of Said: On the arrival there from ensuring progress to define the Singapore of an American bound washington principles more pre- vessel a number of Chinese stow-cisely, thus laying the basis of aways were found on board. The
attaining International action men said they had boarded the which was practicable.-Reuter. vessel at Singapore, and they were Two Chinean coolies from Singa- accordingly transferred to pore appeared before Mr. W. Scho- field, at the Kowloon Magistracy Singapore bound vessel, this morning, charged with stowing Apparently as that stage there away on board the s.3. Cremer, was no suspicion that the which arrived in port this morning. were anything but stowaways in The first defendant said he pro- the ordinary way. The circum- duced $4 to pay for his passage stances of their return to Singa- when he was naked for his ticketpore, however, led to their being A fine of $30 was imposed by Mr. but this was stated to be insuf closely questioned by the locul W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magie- ficient. The second
defendantpolice, who had begun to suspect pleaded guilty.
that something was wrong. The men, however, would say nothing. and they were released.
It was stated that the defendants were found among the steerage passengers without any tickets. The fare from Singapore to Hong- long was $17.
Accepting the first defendant's statement as an admission, his Wor- ship imposed fines of $30, or one
METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA month's hard labour, each.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON,
SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.
Daily from $5.00 Monthly from $125.00
Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of
نہیں
MR. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE,
Cables "KowLOTEL" Hongkong.
Phone Nos.
K. 008 & K. 609.
PALACE HOTEL.
Fel, Kowloon, No. B
1.
· MURDER OF POLICE CONSTABLE.
BROWNE AND KENNEDY HANGED
London, May 31. Frederick Guy Browne and Wil- liam Kennedy were hanged to-day, Browne and Kennedy, who were charged with the murder of the Police Constable Gutteridge on a lonely road in Essex last Septem ber were on April 27th found gality and sentenced to death.
SOVIET PLOTS IN BRITAIN.
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any
into
men
CHINESE TRADER FINED AT KOWLOON.
tracy this morning, on a Chinese trader who was charged with un- lawfully bringing 15 letters into the Colony for delivery.
Sergeant Fowlic anid the defen- Confession to Police.
dant was arrested at the Kowloon Having falled in their objective, Railway Station carrying a parcel, these Chinese went to their agency which contained the lettera. They friend and demanded the return of mostly bore addresses of Individuals their money, but this man refused and firms in Hongkong. topay. Failed in their attempt to
In reply to his Worship, Ser-
get back their money, they went geant Fowlie anid the smuggling of to the police officer who had pre-letters was not a very common of-
fence. viously questioned them, and de- clared their willingness to speak.
They had been put on board this!
FOUR BAGS FROM ITALY DESTROYED.
ship, they explained, by persons MAILS FOR HONGKONG. who, for the sum of $2,300 gold; to be paid by each of them, promised to land them in the United States. They were hidden in the hold of the vessel at Singapore, and were later transferred to more confined
The Hongkong Post Office notifies quarters in another part of the vessel. There they remained all that four bags of mail from Italy for Hongkong were destroyed the time they were on board. It was deep down in the ship, and when the postal car on which they the danger of fire precluded the were being conveyed from Alexan- use of a light. In the Red Sea the dria to Port Said caught fire.
These mails were received at: became unbearable and
Alexandria from Naples, on 8th rather than remain any longer in May, and would probably have their cramped quarters, the men contained correspondence posted in gave themselves up.
Italy Between the 29th April and the 6th May,
heat
Agent in America.
"FAIR TO RAIN."
To-day's Observatory report
Tel Address “PALACE.” * Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Raliway Station. Matirely under English Management Electric Light and Fan throughout several times, as through Way Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooma other bank, before passing Kiariralled Cuisins under the personal supervision of the propristress.the hands of the person in whose selected vessel, whose business it states:--Pressure is high to the Karma moderate. Special terms to familias on application to:
Mr. J. H. OXDERRY, Proprietress. Possession it was found?
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Sir W. Joynson-Hicks: have answered the question. It is not for me to explain what the ques- tion means. The question asked whether certain notes had been found and whether they had been traced to a Russian bank. That is
correct.
Recently Issued.
Mr. Saklatvala-I hope the Home Secretary does not want to be an instrument for the spreading of untruth. Does he mean that the noto was traced back imme- dlately to the Russian bank before it came to the culprit, or does ho mean that it was also in the Russian bank just us much as it was in two dozen other banks before it came to the culprit?
Sir W. Joyneon-Hicks-f Mr. Saklatvala can tell me that it passed through two dozen banks between its issue by the Russian bank and its receipt by the culprit, I shall be prepared to consider the information which he gives. I am satisfied that the note found in the possession of the gun-man bad quite recently been issued by. the Russian. bank.
"I am satisfied," the Home Secretary added,, "that the in- formation is thoroughly accurate, and can be substantiated in every detail."
Subsidising of Crime, ́ ́ ́./. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, speaking at Leamington later, re- ferred to the action of the Russian Government in regard to certain, recent events in this country,
"I was asked in the Houso," Bald Sir William, "whether it was not a fact that on one of the Irish gun-men recently arrested in Lon- dan money which came from a Soviet bank was found. I had to say it was true. We are asked to put up with the subsidising of crime by a Russian bank in this country. "I have the meat complete evidence in my possession that a large number of Treasury notes issued by a Russian bank in this' country has passed into the pós- session of the Communist Party and through them to Communist organfaers · in all parts of Great Britain. There is a direct chain from the Russian bank to Com munist agitators in all the great cities in this land.”
to-morrow is-West or
It is said that the police raid bas produced evidence that aup-! ports the men's story, and that the plan included the co-operation of a person or persons on board the would have been to baffle the vigi- north-east of Japan. A depres- lance of the United States sion is central over the Lower immigration authorities when the Yangtze Valley. The forecast up ship arrived in an American port. to noon The sum of $2,300 gold was to be variable winds, moderate; fair to paid in cash if possible. If by rain. instalments, then as high a first payment was demanded as the ed, and the money was to be individual was able to pay. The collected at the other end by an balance was to be paid in instal-authorised and named agent of ments in the United States. The the Singapore agency, payment of the instalments in the The police found in the raided United States, it was disclosed by premises eleven more Chinese wait. the police raid, was arranged for in ing to be shipped. One of the two written agreements to which the arrested men is said to be the individual's photograph was affix-principal, and the other his clerk.
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