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MONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL
Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; FALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL
Telegraphie Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"
HOTELS
LAMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel
Des Wagons Lita, Poking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms awly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
TEA DANCES:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Hotel lunch meets all steamers.
($25 for thirty Tifla Tickets can be bad at the Office of the above Hotel). Dinner Dances Tuesday and Saturday 8 to 12 a.m.
Tel. Add:"Victoria," Telephone C. 878
HOTLLS OF
J. H. WITCHELL,
Maunger.
DISTINCTION
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1928.
MR. WONG KAM-FUK'S DAUGHTER MARRIED.
AND
ADAMA
EVIL
-love, laughs,
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A frat-class Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniences
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Bar and three Billard Tables; two in New Billiard Saloon." Moderate Terms: families specially catered for.
For terms apply to:-
Hotel newly renovated.
Mra. I. II. Oxberry,
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON.
Dr. Ying Wan, son of the late Dr. Wan Man-kai, of Hongkong, and Miss Wai-yue Wong, daughter of Mr. Wong Kam-fuk, of Hongkong, whose marriage took place at the Majestic Hotel, Shanghai, recently. Dr. Wan is graduate of Cambridge University and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Miss Wong is a graduate of Rodean Hall, Brighton, and
Carrelti Hall,. Surrey.
ROBBERS' HURRIED COMMUNIST RISING SOMME BATTLES
FLIGHT.
QUEEN'S ROAD INCIDENT THIS MORNING.
SCARED BY ALARM.
Within a stone's throw from the Proprietress district Police Station, seven men arranged a daring robbery, 'just before ten o'clock this morning, at n dwelling house at 368, Queen's Road West,
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Hongkong.
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Courtesy, Comfort, Service
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THE HOTEL ĮRIVIERA,
MACAU
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The robbers went on to the first floor, of which'u min named Yur is the principal tenant, choosing a moment when he had left the house and the only occupants left behind were the women-folk and a number of children.
AVERTED.
•
PLOTTERS BUSY IN
KWEILIN.
"DOUBLE TENTH" MOVEMENT NIPPED IN BUD.
FEAR OF ROBBERS.
Kwellin, Oct. 13,
A Communist rising has been nipped in the bad here.
In the Imperial City, where all public celebrations are carried out, The door was, of course, fasten-decorations were put up and every- od, but a way out of the difficulty was found by the robbers when one of them, who had gone up the stair-case ahead of the others, thought of the dodge of re- presenting himself as an agent of the landlord.
thin, made ready for a great cele- bration on the "Double Tenth." The first day passed off peaceful enough, but when the time for the lantern parade came there were no students on the streeta and pro- ..clamations were posted at places To the subsequent summons, the requcating all to return home for door was flung open, to admit the the parade at night had been called seven men. They herded the wo-off and no more celebrations would men and children together into one take place because of a telegram cubicle, but overlooked a little girl that had been received. of 13, who, unknown to the robbers, had slipped into the kitchen, where she later aereumed out "Save life."
There was soon a chorus of police whistles and the robbers, losing their nerve, fled from the house, making their escape before the arrival of the police from the local station,
At the height of the panic, a terror-stricken young woman with a baby strapped to her back, waa seen to polac herself at an upper- floor window for a leap into the street. Spectators in the street who saw the woman at the critical moment, called out to her in order to restrain her. Fortunately, she pnid heed to the cry, and withdrew into the house.
NANKING SEEKING
LOAN IN U.S.?.
mittee.
City Placarded.
On the morning of the 10th, policemen found the city had been placarded with large posters and many circulars had been distributed during the night. Their slogans were "Down with the Kuomintang," "Down with Wang Shao-hung," "Down with the Nanking Govern- ment." These were hastily taken down and all circulars collected.
RECALLED.
HOW THE GUARDS SUFFERED IN FIGHTING.
CROSS DEDICATED.
London, Oct. 21. The granite cross which has been erected at Les Bocufs, on the Somme, in place of the wood- en cross which was placed there after the big battles at Les Bocufa and Ginchy In September, 1916, was unveiled this morning in the presence of 130 officers and men of the Guards Division.
Major-General Sir Geoffrey Fielding, who commanded the Guards Division in the Somme battles recalled the history of the Sighting in this acetor, emphasising the terrible nature of the battles, owing to the gigantic defence works which the Germans had built up, and told how no less than i 230 officers and 7,000 Guardsmen died,
ing ceremony the Mayor of Ginchy accepted the memorial on behalf of hla community.
At the conclusion of the unveil-
The Rev. Pat. MacCormick, Roc- tor of St. Martina-in-the-Fields, Londen, blessed the memorial.
General the Earl of Cavan laid King, and other wreaths were de a wreath on behalf of H.M. the
posited by Lieutenant-Colonel Lathom on behalf of the Prince of Wales, by Colonel Seymour for the Duke of Connaught and by officers of onch of the Guards' Regimenta.
Spies were sent out in the city-British Wireless. and plain clothes mon were dis- tributed everywhere to watch events, while soldiers with Mausers COVERED COURT FINAL were sent out to keep down any ex- citoment.
Two Arrests.
aro
The situation was soon' well in! hand and trouble was avoided, but two of the ring leaders were ar- reated the next day, Both teachers in one of the schools in the city-foreign-dressed indivi- duals but marked as Communists for one had caused much trouble
JEAN BOROTRA DEFEATS
"CROLE REES.
London, Oct. 20. At Queen's Club, in the British Jean Borotra beat Crole Recs, 4-6, 6-1, covered courts championship final, 6-2, 6-0.
Higgs, the holder, did not compete, Mrs. Godfree beat Miss Bennett, in Peking and the other in Shang-] 6-1, 6-2-Reuter. hal,
Shanghai, Oct. 21, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has sent |General Chan Ming-shu to Peking to confer with Marshal Yen Hai-
Big Robber Band, shan and General Pel Chung-hsi, on outstanding military problems in set because of a band of four hun The city has been somewhat up North China. General Chan a dred robbers who have made their rived in Peking yesterday morning and was given a warm welcome by representatives of Generál Pel Chun-bel. '
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It appears that telegrams had started co-education, but it is not shek, has decided to relinquish his been received regarding the men al! that it seums, for опе post of Chairman of the Che- and it was discovered that they of the head teachers has klaag Provincial Government were the lenders of itlu movement, been put in prison for life The new chairman will be Mr. Twenty-two names ara.in the hands and many of the girls have Chang Ching-klang,
of the officials of men actively try been expelled. It is said that these According to information derived ing to revive the movement here, schools where the boys and girls. from Nationallet circles, the State and it is expected that the Execu- study together are simply rank with Council has decided to appoint tion grounds will soon resound with "New Freedom" and immorality. Ll Shih-taeng as chairman of the shots putting to death, more of
We have also another school that Nanking Reconstruction Com-China's trouble-makers. General La unique in its character for it Wan Shao-hung is determined to trains automobile mechanics.
as well as progress. make this Province first in peace There are over eighty in this school, but they have as the head teacher a. wireless operator and there is no car to use in the training of these
several months' study! men, yet they are graduated after
Fine Reads. The city wall here is now belog apppearance about three days walk torn down and the stone and earth from the elty. These Tu Fet are supposed to be part of the followers used for the modern automobile roads. The northern highway, of Sham Hung-ying.
The Provinces of Kwel-chew, which already has gone a distance Hunan and Kwangel have banded of several hundred i, is connected together to smash them, but the by a beautiful and fine road going mountainous section of these Pro- around the city from the North vinces make it very easy for such Gate to the South Gate, Marvels have actually been done in this re- mon to hide.
spect. The Southern highway has : New Schools.
already reached Pah Holen, within a few hours from Wuchow, and the Kwangel is surely going forward road to Wuchow will be completed as a model Province, especially in within a month or so. The long the establishing of schools. Kwel- and tedious houseboat trip to the In City, the largest city in the beautiful City of Kwellin will then Province, is overflowing with be made within a day,-Our Own- students. Some of the schools have Correspondent.
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone over China bas weakened and extended to the north-east to the Sea of Japan. A typhoon or depression appears to be situated to the South East to Guam, Fresh to strong monsoon will prevail along the South East coast of China and over the North China Sea.
The forecast till noon to-morrow fa:-North-east winds, moderate; Fine.
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