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MERCHANTS MEET.
NEW YEAR USHERED IN WITH
OPTIMISM.
Tho" exchange of cordial greet- inga marked a Chinese New Year tea party at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, In Con- naught Road Central, yesterday afternoon, when over a hundred prominent Chinese merchants attended.
Among those participating wore Mr. Li Yau-taun, chairman of the Chamber, who presided, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotowall, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Dr. S. W. Tao, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. Li Jor-ahon, Mr. LI Yick-mul, Mr. Leung Put-yue, Mr. Tang Shiu- kin and Mr. Tang Chi-ngong.
In a short speech the chairman expressed his pleasure in seeing such a large gathering which he anid was indicative of the Improv ing trade conditions in the Colony, adding that he earnestly hoped the merchants in Hongkong will usher In the New Year with optimiam in a prosperous future,
Light refreshments were then served.
A similar function took place in the Chinese Merchants Club in the China Building on Sunday Afternoon, when there was also a large gathering of prominent Chineso, including the, Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr. Li Yau-taun others.
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At the Twenty-four Tride Guild's Association, Des Voeux Road Central, there was a New Year ten party yesterday after- noon attended by a number of noted Chinese merchants and traders. Mr. Ho. Kwong, the chair- man of the Association, presided, the opportunity being taken by the merchants to say Kung Hay Fat Chat to their friends and fellow
Tradera.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 12 1829.
LOCAL WEDDING.
PRETTY CEREMONY AT ST.
MARGARET'S CHURCH. ・・
The marriage was solomniacs at St. Margaret's Church yesterday morning between Miss... Gladys Hannah Maher - (de Souza), the adopted daughter of Miss L.M. de Souza and Mr. Alfred Edward Contes, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. Coates. The Rev. Fatlièr D. Page. was the officiating clergy- man. Want to kg
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The bride, who was given away by Mr. Arthur M. de Souza, was charmingly attired in a gown of while taffets and carried a bou- quet of white roses with maiden fair ferns. Miss Belle d'Almada E. Castro and Miss Julia Smirko were the bridesmaids. Their dresses were of rose taffeta and they carried bouquets of pink roses..
Mr. Secondino A. Lones was hest man, while Mrg, A. M, de Souza played appropriate music on the argan.. dan kesana made a
Subsequent to the ceremony at the Church, a reception was held at No. 8, Yue Kwong Terrace, Village Road, Happy Valley. The honeymoon is being spent at Ropulse Bay, the bride's going away dreas being of fawp crepe silk.
A HUGE TUNNEL.
BEN NEVIS SCHEME NEAR ITS COMPLETION.
London, Feb. 11.
A Bfteen miles long tunnel which has been driven through the Ben Nevis range, near Fortwilliam, Scotland, is nearing completion, and on Saturday the last shot was fired by the wife of the consulting 'engineer of the contractors.
The main purpose of this long underground waterway, of which
DEATH OF MR. W.H.F. about one half has still to be lined
CAREY.
THIRTY YEARS IN CHINA.
The death at Macao, on the 9th inst.,
of the late Mr. WHliam Hayes Fogg Cary, late of Canton and latterly with the Green Island Cement Co. Ltd., Macao, will be deeply regretted by his many friends in China.
Mr. Cary was operated upon for appendicitis; compilentions set in and he passed away after serious and painful Blness.
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Deep sympathy goes out to Mrs. Cary, whose devotion and tender! nursing did so much to alleviate his sufferings. Mr. Cary first came to Chins as a passenger on a sailing ship in the year 1895, and except for a brief visit to his home in New York, U.S.A. in 1898, he spent the remainder of his time in China.
Mr. Cary was a man of many parts and versatile to a degree is happy presence will be much missed among hia Chinese and European friends.
WAR DEBTS.
GREEK SETTLEMENT WITH
UNITED STATES.,
Washington, Feb. 10.
The Senate has passed the Bill for the settlement of the. Greek debt to the United States, pro- viding for the payment of G$18,125,000 spread over a period
with concrete, is the manufacture of aluminium, and when the factory ia in operation employment will, it Is anticipated; be afforded to several thousand workmen. The under- taking is a gigantic one, and will involve n cost of several million pounds. In addition to the tunnel, ihere are twelve shafts, intake dama; conduits, pipe lines, a power house and factory, as well as 23 miles of access railways. The works are designed for the total de- velopment of 120,000 horsepower.
This tunnel is believed to be the largest of its kind in the world. British Wireless,
CAPTAIN HOSEGOOD,
MEMBER OF THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS.
The shipping community will be pleased to learn that the Assistant Hosegood, has been elected a member Harbour Master, Capt. T. W. H. of the Company. of Master Mariners, which has its headquarters in London.
Capt. Hosegood, it is interesting
to note, is one of two persons in Hongkong who enjoy this distinction, the other being Capt. T. T. Lauren- Bon, of the Chinn Coast Officers' Guild.
The news of Capt. Hosegood's election to the Company, was bodied in a letter from the Company by a recent mail from Home. No doubt the election in as pleasing ta Capt. Hosegood's, friends as it is de- serving to the recipient.
R. A. F. FLIGHT.
of 62 years, also a further United FROM CAIRO TO CAPETOWN States loan of G$12,167 under the agreement of 1918,
The Bill has already passed the the House of Representatives and
now goes to the President for
aignature. Reuters American Service.
SALE OF POPPIES,
LAST YEAR'S COLLECTION BIGGER THAN IN 1927.
London, Feb. 11.
It is stated that the total sum raised by the 1928 Armistice Day street sales of artificial poppies made by disabled ex-Bervice men, at present amounts to £550,000.
When the overseas collections are added, the total will probably ex- coed, £550,000.
AND RETURN.!
London, Feb. 11..
Fairey Napler bombing planes is A Royal Air Force fleet of
due to leave Cairo to-morrow on the -annuat. 0,000, miles flight to Cape-
town and back, as Ad
The airmen are due at Capetown on March 14. They will be accom Tianled for part of the return-flight to Cairo by machines of the South- African Air Force.-British Wire- lein.
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TURKISH PLOT.
FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Constantinople, Feb. 10. The trial of the 36 men charged with forming a secret organiza- The amount for the 1927 Armistion with the object of killing tice Day sales was £517,000.—Bri- members, of the Government and tish Wireless,
overthrowing the present regime has ended....
Five were sentenced to be Hanged, 10, to various terms of imprisonment, the othera boing acquitted-Reuter,
London, Feb, 10. Sir Herbert Walker, chairman of the Southern Railway, discus- sing the recent railway accidents, which he said had led some to ex- aggerate the risk of railway travel, says that on the basis of the latest figures available, those for 1927, the risk of any railway passenger being killed on a British railway was a 30.000,000 to ono chance «rican Bervice. British Wireless.
New York, Fob, b Dutch coroplane inventor,
Kr. Viola Tokkor, wife of the fall from a window on the fifteenth floor of her apartment at Liver Bile Drive and was killed-Reuter's Ame
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