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AND
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HOTELS
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In association with the Grand Hotal Des Wagons Láta, Paking.
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Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Roomzis newly renovated and installed with Box-Spring Boda, Hot and Cold
| Water, slso Telephone,
TEA DANCES:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8 to 7 pan. Hotel launch meota all steamers,
(905 for thirty Tifin Tickata can be had at the Office of the
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Tel. Add Victoria.”
Telephone G.878
HOTELS OF
7. EL; WITOHELL.
Manager.
DISTINCTION
METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA
PALACE HOTEL.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8,
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UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.
A first-class Residential and Tourlat Hotei with all the converfences
of a Home.
Bar and three Billiard Tables; two in New Billiard Saloon, Moderate Terms: familles specially catered for,
Hotel newly renovated.
MRS. J. II. OXBERRY,
Proprietress.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON..
SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.
Daily from $5,00 Monthly from $125.00
Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of MR. & Mas. H, J. WHITE. Cables "KoWLOTEL" Hongkong.
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RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD-PENANG
(Incorporated in the Straite Settlemența )
LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS.
Overlooking the Sea.
Hot and Cold Running Water,
Highest Quality Catering.
Modern Sanitary System, European Chef.
PRODUCTS DIRECT FROM LONDON MARKET,
WILLIAM HAROLD PERRY--Manager
Courtesy, Comfort, Service. and Luxuries of Modern Hotel Construction
THE HOTEL RIVIERA, MACAU.
Cablo Address:—" RIVIERA, MACAU,"
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria Hongkong.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928.
STRANGE ORDER BY DURATION OF THE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE ELSIE MACKAY TRUST FUND.
+1
LORD INCHCAPE'S GIFT TO NATION RECALLED.
NANKING.
FLOUTING THE RENDITION AGREEMENT.
'MANAGING TRUSTEES. REMARKABLE PROCESS.
Lonodn, Nov. 29,
Shanghai, Nov. 30. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
A strange order likely to have a Mr. Winston Churchill, announce serious effect on legal affairs in the that the sum of £500,000 presented International Settlement, has just to the Treasury In July by Lord been issued jointly by the Kiangsu Inchcape, forming the estate of his Provincial Government and the Na- daughter, the late Hon. Elele tional Ministry of Justice, Nanking. Mackny, has, minus death duties,
The order is virtually an abolition been placed in the hands of trustees, of the jurisdiction of the Pro- The trust will be known as the visional Court in Shanghai, and it Elsie Mackey Fund, and in accor deliberately flouts the Rendition dance with the wishes of Lord In-Agreement. chcape, the fucome and capital will Shanghal has scarcely overcome be allowed to accumulate for fifty its surprise, but it is realised that years or so, utimately to be applied the order places the Municipal to the reduction of the National Debt.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of Eng- land; and the Comptroller of the National Debt Office are the managing trustees of the fund, while the Treasury Solleitor is the custodian trustee.
The Hon. Elsie Mackay was lost in the Atlantic with Captain Walter Hinchliffe in an attempt to By to America. Her father, Lord Inchcape presented her catato to the nation, preferring that he, or his family, should not benefit by her lamented death.
YEO TRIAL.
GREATER PART OF NEXT WEEK TO BE TAKEN.
JUDGE'S INTIMATION.
An Indication of the probable duration of the Carvalho Yoo trial was given by the Pulsne Judge this morning when he sat in the Summary Court to Ax cases.
His Lordship pointed out that the list of casos contained those fixed for next week, the reason being that now dates would have to be found for cases already fixed, as he expected to t engaged for the greater part of next week hear- Ing the Treasury fraud case.
Mr. Justice Jacks Informed solicitors that his diary for Decem Police in the position of processor was full and that now dates servers for the benefit of the Klang- au Provincial Court at Soochow and the Supreme Court at Nanking,
According to the declaration, every civil case must pass four courts and three trials,
A similar procedure is later to bo applied to criminal cases.
would have to be fixed for certain cases. He hoped that it might be possible to make some arrange ment with the Chief Justice when the latter returned from Shanghai for expediting the hearing of
cases.
It is believed, that the orderi Cases down for hearing during amounts to nothing less than a the oarly part of next week were socrat move to paralyss the powers put back until early dates in of the Provisional Court, reducing January. it to the lowest place in the judicial system.Our Own Correspondent,
OPIUM FIND,
The gift was the second of AN OLD WOMAN AND £600,000 medo to the Exchequer for the reduction of the National Debt. Renter.
HANKOW COUNCIL
QUARREL.
(Continued from Page 19
ated Chapter 2: Article 11 of the Regulations of the 3. A. D. No 2, and that when I refused to put such a resolution to vote, you and Councillor Sabatini immediately withdrew?
MR. LINDSELL ASKED TO RECONSIDER,
INSTALMENT SYSTEM DEBATED.
INTERESTING ARGUMENTS AT
Y.M.C.A.
Ladies' night at the Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, last night was in the
Lhe
On the application of Mr. F. I. nature of a debate on a motion Loseby, Mr. R. E. Lindsell consent-approving the Instalment system.
Мінн ed this morning, to re-consider the
Watts dealt with sentence which he passed on a subject in an extremely witty man- Chinese woman on Saturday for ner in her defence of the system, possession of 100 tuels of illicit one of her points being that opium.
the Instalment system has always
It will be recalled that a Chinese been with us. A man, she said, youth was accused of having left got one wife at a time, or should the opium found in the woman's do the instalment system (laugh- house. The revenue department tor)-and fortunately our families "Lastly, why was the meeting on offered no evidence against the came in instalments-(renewed | the 13th of November a failure? Was it not owing to the fact that man, who was acquitted by Mr. laughter).
Miss Clarke, taking the opposite your letter in the newspaper of that R. E. Lindsell. Later the same
was side, argued that to get a thing morning created a sensation that the morning, the young man other Councillors failed to turn up7again brought before the court first and pay for it afterwards was "From the above facts; 1 should on his Worship. re-opening the reversing the proper process of be glad to make it clear to you that caso, but the evidence then offer- life. The man who saved had a you are mainly responsible for the ed, was conflicting and for a feeling of safety and got the failure to table the petition to His second time a discharge was things he wanted with a minimum Excellency General Taung Jen ordered.
of fret. Whatever the Instalment system might do for the ambitious and the sodini climber it did not produce peace of mind.
for the Council's approval earlier." Mr. Losgby, in makingthe. ap- Violation of "Regulations,plication for the reconsideration of the sentence, mentioned that the Dr. Sung further states that the old woman was seventy years of minutes of the meeting of age, while she was guilty of an Jund 25th were passed by offence from which she obtained the Coune.. on being threaten- no gain.
Mr. Lindaell expressed his dis- ed with Mr. Dupree's resigna- tion. Concerning this, he re-belief that the woman received no minds Mr. Dupree that Article 40 gain, but instructed Revenue of the Regulations provides that Officer Ward to enquire of his any amendment to the Regulations superiors if there was any objec "may be made at the annual meet-tion to a reduction of the sentence, Jag subject to the confirmation of which Was six months' hard Higher Authorities."
labour in default of a fine "Those two resolutions, »roposed | $5,000, by you with your resignation as the alternative, and passed by the Council, are in violation with Chap. tor 2, Article 11 of the Regulations, as I just have mentioned. Even if they were passed at the annual Gen. eral meeting by a majority of two-
NEW BEN LINE STEAMER.
of
Mr. Love and; Mr. Sapsed con tinuod the debate, and eventually the voting was against the instal ment system by 18 voles to seven,
SCOTSMEN REMEMBER
THE DEAD.
WREATH LAID ON CENOTAPH THIS MORNING.
In connexion with St. Andrew's i Day observances, the, Chieftain of the local Society, the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon Mackie placed a wreath on the Cenotaph this morning. He was accompained by Mr. E. M.
thirds of the voters present, they "BENCRUACHAN" ARRIVES ON Bryden (Secretary), Mr. B. Wyle,
could not become effective without the "confirmation of Higher Au- thorities" not to any the Council is
itself.
MAIDEN TRIP.
not the Annual General Meeting The Ben Line 8.8. Bencruachan [arrived in Hongkong last evening "It is already unwise of you to on her maiden voyage here, in com- compel the Council to make the mand of Captain McQuodate. She mistake by passing resolutions entered with approximately 1,350 which violated the Regulations. 1 tons of general cargo from Europe, hope you will not persist in your the Straits and Salgon for local effort of making me personally com-discharge.
She mit the greater mistake of carrying
was built by Messrs. C. out what I have no authority to do. Connell and Co., Lt, of Glasgow "In concluding this letter, I and is of 5,920 tons gross, her di- heartily hope your misunderstand-mensions being Length, 490 feet: ing may be cleared away and that breadth, 63.9 feet; depth, 30 feet. you will continue your service in She belongs to the Ben Line Steam- the Council and attend coming era, Ltd., and is owned by Messra meetings as usual,"
Wm. Thomson and Co. Ltd. Messrs, Gigge Livingston and Co., Ltd., are the local agents.,
OPTIMISM AT THE PALACE,
(Continued from Page 1.)'
EXCHANGE RATES.
Brussels Amsterdam ported that the question of what Berlin arrangements will be made to Copenhagen
of the Vienna carry on the functions Crown in the event of Hi Helsingfors Majesty's illness boing protracted Bucharest.
Liabon
are now being discussed. It is
Buenos Aires recalled that His Majesty when he
Shanghai made his health cruise in the Yokohama Mediterranean in 1925, nominated | New York four Counsellors of State to act Geneva on his behalf till his return, namo. Milan ly, Prince Henry (in the absence Stockholm of the Prince of Wales and the Oslo Duke of York), the Archbishop of Prague Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor Athens and the Premier, and a similar Rio arrangement was made during the Bombay
of their Majesties on Hongkong absence Choir Indian tour in 1911 and Silver (spot) 1912.-Reuter.
Silver (forward)
Madrid
London, Nov, 29.
.124.10 .84.19
.12.07
Mr. R. M. Dyer, Mr. J. W. C. Bon- nar, Mr. K. E. Greig, Mr. R.Suther-i land, Mr. A. L Shields, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. P. Tod, Lieut.-Col. T. A. Robertson, Mr. K. S. Morrison, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. P. W. Namany, Mfr. D. Harvey, and Mr. G. McLeod, The party assembled at the en- trance to the Hongkong Club and walked to the Cenotaph in pairs, being led by the Chieftain and Mr. Bryden the latter carrying the wreath. After mounting the steps, Mr. Bryden handed the wreath to the Hon. Mr. Mackle who, placed it at the base of the Cenotaph after which the gathering stand in silent- reverence for a short period,
On the wreath was the following Inscription."St. Andrew's Day, 1928. President and members, Hongkong St. Andrew's Society."
JUNK AFIRE.
20.38 LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO
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DEATHL
A Chinese girl, nine years of was burned to death on
108% age,
47.16/92
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807 Wednesday last, when a junk which was lying at anchor at 1/10.28/82 Cheung Chau caught Are.
At the time of the mishap, the 25.10 mistress of the junk was away, two children behind. .92.55 leaving .18.14 There was a lighted joss candle .18.10 in the cabin of the junk, and it is 163% believed that the fire was caused 80,086 by the awnings catching fire from
875 this candle.
.1/0.1/82
.6.29/82 The elder of the two children, a boy of eleven escaped, but the ,2/0
the 20 girl, who was sleeping in 20.11/10 cabin at the time, was burned to. —British Wireless,
death and her charred remains were discovered later.....
The engagement is announced
A lorry-driver, H. Melville, 41, of Miss Patricia Hastings, second of Queen's-road, Everton, was daughter of Sir Patrick Hastings, P., said that during his tour Captain fan Fraser, the blind knocked down and killed by a K.G., and Mr. Anthony Marlowe, of South Africa ho found blind shunting train at e G.W.R. goods youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. soldiers trained at St. Dunstan's yard at Reading recently.
Thomas Marlowe, ;
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