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KING EDWARD · HOTEL.
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TEA DANCES:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from #. to 7 p.m. Hotel launch meets all stoamers.
($28 for thirty Tin Tickets can be had at the Office of abovo Hotel). Dinner Dances Tuesday and Saturday 8 to 12 a.m.
J. H. WITCHELL, Tel. Add:-"Victoria/"
Telephone C. 878
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Hotel newly renovated.
Mrs. J. II. Oxberry.
Propristress.
KOWLOON HOTEL
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Daily from $ 6.00 Monthly from $125.00
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, ¡NOVEMBER · 5, 1928:
CHINESE LABOUR BOYCOTT LEVY OF MUSOLINI AGAIN FUN, FROLIC AND FASHIONI
EXODUS.
SPANISH SHIP DETAINED AT TAKU BAR.
PERMITS NECESSARY.
Shanghal, Oct. 28, The Nationalist Government Overseas Affairs Committee to-day ordered the detention of a Spanish steamer lying at Taku Bar off Tientsin, on the grounds that the stoamer waa engaged in the trans- portation of Chinese labourers for colonization purposts In the Spanish colony located on the West coast of Africa south of Morocco.
The Government statement anya: "Since, such action concerns the welfare of the Chinese people the Government does not Itend to por- mit such transportation of Chinese labourers In the future unless it is specially sanotioned by the Minis- tera of Interior and Foreign Affairs."
$35,000.
PRICE OF RELEASE OF BIG JAPÁNÉSE CARGO,
SHANGHAI SEIZURES.
Shanghai, Oct. 30. The Anti-Japanese Society. is continuing its search for Japanese goods in Chinese controlled terri- tory, and on Sunday the following seizures were inade:
One
Jukong Road Chapel: dozen overshoes, two dozen suits of underwear and 10 hats.
Aracnal Road; Forty packages of cotton yarn and two bales of ploce goods.
Kwan Jiao; Two dozen sults of underwear and four blankets
Nantao; Three packages of white sugar.and two packages of edible marine products.
L
DECLAIMS."
ITALY'S WAR SACRIFICES RECALLED.
DELIRIOUS CROWD..
Rome, Nov. 4. Tho town is in gala array today in connexion with the celebrations of Italy's victory over Austria In 1918.
Seventy thousand ex-Service men participated in the celebra- tions. The streets were beflagged, bells rang peals, guns boomed and bands paraded the main thorough- fares playing national airs.
An enormous audience at the Plaza Venezia was carried away with delirious 'onthusiasm on hearing Signor Mussolini apeak.
The Duco reviewed the out- standing facts of the Italian war Tn Dah Wharf: Two bales of campaign, stirringly extolling the Italians' courago and sacrifices, plece gonds...
The first acizure la now detain-which wore followed by a pollliend ed in the Anti-Japanese Boycott resurgence,
He concluded with the solemn In addition to this action the Inspector's Office, Chapel, and the interrogation:-"If it were neces- Government ordered an investiga-remainder in the City Chamber of
sary, would, you do to-morrow tion of conditions surrounding tho
Commerce, Nantao.
what we did yesterday?"
Chinese labourers with the Dutch At the beginning of this month East Indies, the matter having the Anti-Japanese Society seized, been precipitated by the recent at Nantao, Japanese anit fish and action of the Dutch colonial au- miscellaneous cargo of goods of thorities in departing severni men Japanese manufacture that were bers of the Kuomintang from Java valued at about $200,000. The and Sumatra.
goods ware ordered from Japan by five prominent merchante of Nan-
ROYALIST AGITATION
IN FRANCE.
-SCENE AT NEW UNVEILING CEREMONY.
Angera, Nov. 4.
In spite of the action taken by the authorities after the disgrace ful statue Incident at. Pons, Royalists created Serious trouble at Angers to-day on the occasion of the unvelling of a memorial by M. Daladier, the Chairman of the Radical-Socialist Party,
M. Daladier was also concerned in the Pons affair, the attack on the statue following an unveiling ceremony by M. Daladier and M. Herrlot,
Great excitement was enused to- day when large
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band of
100.
Negotiations were immediately started that had as their objective the return of the goods but for some time nothing could be done until a prominent member of the Nantao Chamber of Commerce aue- ceeded in inducing one of the chief officials of the Society to agree to restore them in return for a payment of $35,000. This was carried out on Sunday and the goods are now in the posses-1 sion of the rightful owners.
THE LATE LORD. MILNER.
MEMORIAL DEDICATED BY ARCHBISHOP.
London, Nov. 4.
A mighty "Yes" want up from the crowd, and the meeting place became a centre of fervid excite-
ment.
were
Various ceremonies carried out during the day, which concluded with a demonstration by 200,000 people before the Royal Palace. Their Majesties frequent- ly appeared to acknowledge the expressions of loyalty.Reuter.
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ALCOHOL PLANT FIRE.
TWO MILLION DOLLARTES DAMAGE.
Philadelphia, Oct. 28.
A series of explosions to-day berated a flood of flaming alcohol that wrecked the Government- supervised Publicker Commercial Alcohol Company's plant, killed men and caused $2,000,000 damage.
The men who were killed were showered with the flaming liquid and burned to death. Three were seriously burned and two othern escaped by leaping from a window.
Royalista, members of the Came- A memorial to the Inte lots Du Roi, mingled freely with Lord Milner Was yesterday Soven hundred and fifty thou- The crowd distributing Royalist dedicated in one of the sand gallons of alcohol were des- foldest and most beautiful parts troyed. The cause of the fire has developed of Canterbury Cathedral-the not been determined.
tracts.
The affair
almost
the retiring Archbishop.
into a riot, but the gendarmerie Chapel of St Martin of Tours-by took speedy action, forty of the Royalist agitators being placed under arrest--Reyler.
FRENCH RADICALS WELL-ÁDVISED.
POINCARE DOWNFALL MOTION SHELVED.
Angers, Nov. 4. After M. Herriot had counselled very careful deliberation in con- sequence of the motion demanding the denunciation and therefore the downfall of the Poincare Govern-i
It consists of an altar with, above it, an inscription in which reference la made to the manner In which Lord Mler, who died three years ago, "devoted his life to the social and national well-being of Britain at home and overseas.",
In his address, the Archbishop made particular reference to Lord Milner's services in Egypt and South Africa. British Wireless,
FATAL RAILWAY.
ACCIDENT.
BANNED NOVEL.
DETECTIVES SEIZE. 300.
COPIES AT DOYEN.
Three hundred copies of Mins Radclyffe Hail's book, "The Well of Loneliness," were seized, by do tectives in Dover recently, William Sir
Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, suggest- ed that the book, which deals with a form of sex perveraton, should be withdrawn from publication, and Mesars, Jonathan Cape, Ltd., the London publishers, agreed to” his request.
The outcome of the ban on the
ment, the Radical Sociulist Con- WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN BY book in England is that it has been
gress to-day shelved the question. Nothing more is likely to be heard of the proposal.
The Congress has adopted a minimum programme which in cludes the limitation of military expenditure, the establishment of a definite reparations systems.
A motion, was also passed con- gratulating M. Herriot on his rigidly lay attitudo.-Router.
ARMISTICE DAY IN AMERICA.
SPECIAL PROCLAMATION ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY,
ނ
Washington, Nov. 4, President Coolidge has issued a proclamation urging Americans to observe the Tonth Anniversary Armistice Day on November 11th, with appropriate ceremonies in achools, churches and elsewhere
TRAIN.
The body of an unidentified Chinese woman, about 40 years of age, was picked up yesterday from the railway track at Kowloon in a terribly mutilated condition.
Apparently, while erossing the lines under the No. 3 Railway Bridge, she was knocked down by train, and received injuries from which she must have instant- ly died.
The remaine were removed by the police to the Kowloon Mor- Luary.
CHINESE NAVAL COLLEGE.
printed in France and the price in- creased from 15s. to 254, Circulars have been sent to different narta of England pointing out that the book can be obtained through the post from France,
WRU
The consignment seized at Dover addressed to a New Broad-street, E.C., firm.
AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT 'TO ENGLAND.
AIRMEN TAKE OFF FOR JAVA FROM COAST.
Sydney, Nov. 4. Captain Hurley and Flying Officer Moir who are flying from Australia to London and back, and hope to make the outward trip in twelve days, took off from Wyndham for Java to-day.
They are dying a monoplane, the "Spirit of Australis," equip- ped with a 220 h.p, engine, and Nanking, Nov. 4.
the sister-plane of Lindberg's At- Marahal Chiang Kai-shek, Pro-lantic machine.-Router. sident of the State Council, has
'MAY BE INAUGURATED IN
MARCH.
in order to give "an expression of announced the Intention of the our gratitude for pence and of National Government to establish Mr. A. D. Bell, a London solici our hope and desire that our a Naval College, for which puretor, in a paper on "Is the Law an friendly relations with other pose the Government is to vote. a Ass?" at the Law Society's con- peoples may continuc.”—Reuter'a | sum of $6,000,000. American Service.
CHINA'S LEADERS.
THREE ARRIVE AT SHANGHAI,
Shanghai, Nov. 4.
ferenco at Eastbourne recently, de-
It is expected that the institu-clared that in those days marriage. tion will be formally inaugurated Bettlements were mere pamphlets. "Betrothed beings nowadaya," he in March next.
said, "court by telephone and 'mar- riage-settlement' each other' by letter."
MUNICIPALITY FOR SOOCHOW.
KIANGSU GOVERNMENT'S
DECISION.
He gave an example of a super up-to-date marriage contract which read:
Dear Old Fruit-Suppose we park ourselves at the altar together; you shall have the run of my rabbit warren and all its gadget. You know that my jolly old life has had something done to It; I mean to The Klangsu Provincial Govern-say that when old daddy time ment has decided to establish a throws a monkey wrench into my
Shanghai, Nov. 4.
The Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, and the Minister of Com- munications, Mr. Wang Pel-chun, with Mr. Chiang Chi, Councillor of the State Council, errived here from Nanking this morning.
Messra. Ten-kal,
of Municipal Government at Soochow works some giddy Insurance come the Administrativo Yuen, Sun Fo, Two bureaux, one for Publlo Safe-pany will hand you a cool thousand Taal Yuen-poi and Chu Man-yi will ty and the other for Public Works, and you can have my bank over leave here this evening for Nan-will be established firet. Mr. Lu draft and everything what's over.
Koon has been appointed Mayor All the best king.
of the new Municipality,
Chlef
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