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AND.
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IRISHMAN CONVICTED FOR HOSPITAL THEFT.
A MORPHIA ADDICT.
P. J. Mackay, 43 years of age, a native of Cork, Ireland, was charged before Major C. Wilson at the Central Magistracy this morn- Jing with the theft of a fork, knife
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1928.
BYE-ELECTION AT FRENCH NATIONAL
SHEFFIELD.
CONSERVATIVES HOLD HALLAM.
6,000 FEWER VOTERS GO TO THE POLL.
DAY.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED IN CANTON.
KEEN CELEBRATIONS.
1
Shameen, July 16. Saturday was observed as bank holiday in Canton, in honour of the anniversary of the taking French of the Bastille, the
and spoon from St. Paul's Hospital, TREND OF ELECTIONS. National Day. Causeway Bay.
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A naval and military parade was held in front of the French Consulate at 10.45 a.m. consisting of troops from Infanterie Coloniale (Canton Detachment) and sailors from the French gunbonts Argus and Vigilante, under the com- manter Potel, of the Argus.
Sub-Inspector Elston, prosecut-
London, July 10. ing, said the defendant had run'
The result was declared to-day up accounts both at the Hongkong and Palace Hotels. He was said of the last of the five by-elections the caused by the King's Birthday to have been going around town describing himself as a Naval Honours, the retirement of the Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, 'all Bed Rooms Surgeon-Lieutenant and he had Right Hon. Mr. J. H. Whitelor as claimed at times to be a Speaker and the appointment of medical officer in the American Major General Sir F. II. Sykes as newly renovated and installed with. Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold also
Navy. On Wednesday last he was Governor of Bombay. Water, also Telephone.
admitted to the French Hospital, 'This was in the Hallam Divi-large gathering of foreign and Major Chinese friends were Mr. J. F. where he stayed for two days, ation af Shofield, where
TEA DANCES:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m. Hotel launch meets all steamers.
($20 for thirty Tifin Tickets can be had at the Office of the the end of which time he disap-General Sykes had held the peared with the fork, knife and in the Conservative interest.
result wast spoon, valued at $1. Tel. Add:-"Victorin."
above Hotel).
Telephone C. 373
HOTELS OF
J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
DISTINCTION
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The defendant, in a statement Mr. L. W. Smith (Cons.) to the Magistrate, said he had Mr. C. R. Flynn (Lab.) been taking morphia for the last Mr. J. 1, Jobham (Lib.)
the twenty years and that was cause of the "whole thing."
Continuing his statement, Kay elained that he had four years of war service, Mesopotamia, France and and added that he was gassed.
Con. majority
At 11 o'clock, M. Danjou, the French Consul, hold a reception at the Consulate., Amongst a very
avat
The
Brenan H. B. M. Consul-General; Mr. Douglas
5,993
Jenkins, Consul- General for the United States of America; Mr. de da Costa, Consul- 0,417
General for Portugal; Mr. Morita, 2,715 Consul General for Japan; Dr. Crall, Consul-General for Ger- 4.024 many; consular representatives of Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland: Mr. Chu Chao-hsin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Fong Shek-nian. Minister of Finance; Mr. Gaston Wang, Chief of Staff to Geners! Chan Ming-shu; Dr. Ferguson, Commissioner of "Customs; Major Oliveerona, Director of the Board of Conservancy; and Mr. 1. Henry,
Me- The Conservatives thus retain seen the seat, though by a reduced ma
in Jurity. Italy. I badly!
Fever Voters,"
At the General Election, Majer Sub-Inspector Elston stated that General Hykes pulled 15,446 votes, the defendant was in receipt of an Mr. E. Siefgrave Labour)
know whether a conviction would eandidates prejudice the pension.
METROPOLE-SAVOY—BOA VISTA" pension from Home and he did not 8.807. There was then no Liberal
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"Mrs. J. 11. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
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KOWLOON.
SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.
Daily from $ 5.00 Monthly from $125.00
Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of
Phone Nos.
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MR. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE.
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THE HOTEL RIVIERA
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EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION
THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF COMFORT AND SERVICE
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MOBLEY, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.
His Worship impoadă a fine of $25, or, in default, fourteen days hard labour.
CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES.
کر تھے
Compared with the General Election, the poil was much mulier, there being 6,728 fewer sales registered. The Conservie ives polled 6,029 less, whilst the Labour vote decreased by 8,414.- Router.
The Candidates,
Commissioner of the Post Offee. tonst M. Danjou proposed the "The President."
From 12:30 to 2, p.m. members of the French community were "at home" to their foreign friends in the Canton Club.
In the afternoon, athletic sports and games were held in the French
for the Anilors gardens
and soldiers. The successful candidate, Mr. The day concluded with a very Louis William Smith, is one of successful ball held in the French (Continued from. Page: 1.)
Lincolnshire's foremost engineers" Consulate from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. the table published on another and forgemister, and his extensive which was attended by practically page. Of course, if the sterling industrial interests have brought at the members of the foreign close touch with the community.--Our Own Correapon- rate of the dollar should go abɔes him into 2/6d., the exchange compensation steel and allied trades. Hence he dent. table brought lato fared in 1926 is able to bring expert knowledge will apply, heeause this latest ex-in the problems with which indus- tension is specifically designed to trind Sheffield is. concerned. (éover rates of the dollar belins the
2/64, rate.
Cost of Extension.
Me, Flynn, the Labour nominee,
is from Gateshead-on-Tyne.
is organister of the National Union
of Distributive and Allied Work-
In reply to his enquiries to-day, | era.
Jatest
extension
but
a Telegraph representative was in- Mr. Hobham, the Liberal can- formed that it was not possible date, was formerly eillor of the to - arrive at a strictly Westminster Gazette. accurate estimate of the cost of this
The four bye-elections preceding that
calculathat at Hallam resulted in the an approximate tion puts it al between $27,000 and Conservatives retaining Epsom $30,000 per month so long as the and Holborn, Labour galning dollar remains between, 2/- and Halifax and Liberals recapturing
Carmarthen. 2/14, Owingsly, the rod will he more if the exchange value of the dollar goes down, and less if the dollar rises.
·· Bye-Election· Analysis, | Hallam is the 49th bye-election since the General Election, and the As stated above, the present ar Tangement is only a temporary one, following Party figures of losses rending full enquiry into the and gains make interesting read whole question of Government salaries by a specially-appolnited Commissie
Plea for Local Staf
We have received the following letter on the subject from Mr. J. P. Bragat.
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FIRST CASES SINCE THURSDAY.
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The first cases since Thursday The Story of a last, were heard at the Marine Court this morning, Commdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., R.N., when a number of junk masters and mistresses were charged with breaches of Harbour Regulations. All pleaded guilty,
For anchoring. in the Southern Fairway, thereby causing an ob straction, one master and three mistress were fined $10, with the asual alterniative, despite the plea of one defendant that, being close to the Junk Anchorage, she did not
consider an obstruction had been caused.
Five masters of cargo boats, Gains. Losses, Change.who stated that they were waiting
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F 11
25
Labour
9
Liberal 5
1 3
&
+
3
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The only Conservative gain was
for cargoes to be conveyed to Yaumali, were muleted in the same sum and alternative.
Kwok Kan, the master of a pas-
nt the Combined University bye-senger buut, charged with making
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fast to the s. Telemachus whilst that vessel was under way, withour pea mipsion of the Commanding Oler on July 17, stated that he was taking the steward ashore to gel provisions. as, owing to the
"The announcement made in election at the expense of the this morning's newspapers of a re Liberals,, while the only Labourite vision of the Civil Servants' loss was North Southwark to the salaries on a sterling basis did notLiberals. come as any great surprise. has been known now for some time that representations had been made for 20 increase in The popular and well-known sur-typhoon signal being up, it was salaries of officials receiving their geon of Macao, Dr. Jose Castano cosary to get food quickly for salaries on a gold basis, and none Soares, is passing through Hong-the preparation of breakfast. will grudge their good fortune, kong on his return to Macao from which it is understood related to On the basis of the rate if Home leave, Dr. Soares is looking exchange now ruling, the married extremely wail after his visit to officers will be entitled to an in-Europe. Dr. Soures is returning erease of 12 per cent, while the to the Portuguese Colony alone, single officers will receive six per his wife and family remaining in gent, more in dollar équivalent of Portugal for the present. their salaries, On the principle
that the labourer is worthy of his
burdensome
hire, ratepayers will not be so un- was becoming more gracious as to kick against a re-to the smaller men who enjoy commendation on which the Un- oficial members of both Councils neither the benefit of free quar ters nor the advantages of paid passages out of and back to the Colony on leave of absence,
had been consulted and recom-
mended md now sanctioned by the Secretary of State. good,
So far so
Two Much Discrimination.
of
Defendant handed up a letter,"
wire to the buoy, but the man the use of the boat for taking a himself stated that he was not engaged at the time, and this was corroborated by the police officer conducting the case.
Replying to further questions by his Worship, the accused said the steward had enlled him alongside. It was pointed out by the Bench that the steward had used to commit a breach of the law, and a-fine of 36 was inflicted,
“LUXURY” TELEGRAMS.
HOW MONEY IS COLLECTED IN HUNGARY.
"But what about that large body "If the Unofficial members of Civil Servants whom Mr. W. E Council have thought fit to re L. Shenton described in a speech commend an increase of salaries in Cound as essential residente, to Government employees carning who are employees and without their, salaries on a gold basis, whom the Colony, cannot exist? curiosity impols the question for
Budapest, June 16. On June 1 the system of The hon, member was speaking at what good reason have they not, the time on the continually rising in all equity, pleaded for men of, "luxury" telegrams was inaugurat- cost of living in this Colony and and engaged in, the Colony and ed by the Hungarian postal advocated the holding of a repre- who have good and special claims authorities, with the object of cal- sentative inquiry to go into the to, considerate treatment on the lecting money for the prevention question.
ground of higher living costs in of tuberculosis. "So far as the ratepayers are Hongkong with a diminishing "The "luxury" telegram consists concerned, the community is entire value in the purchasing power of of an artistically designed sheet of ly in the dark as to the reasons the silver dollar?
paper on which congratulations justifying an adjustment of the
"There has been far too much and birthday and Christmas mos salaries of the Sterling paid discrimination in the past of the sages sent by wire will be deliver- officials and at the same time with-
of which twenty fillera go to the holding an increase from those local men, and always to their dis-ed for an extra sum of fifty fillers, earning their more modest salaries advantage, and the sooner this in-nost-office and thirty fillers to the
equality is done away with, the Anti-Tuberculosis League. in dollars..
better will the Colony become from The idea is said to be copted "On a recent publle occasion 1 urged that the incidence of the an economic no less than from a from Sweden, where large sums have been collected and devoted to higher cost of living in the Colony social point of view,"
the fight against tuberculosis.
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