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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
A Look Through LATE NEWS
The Telegraph"
50 YEARS AGO
May 17, 1809.-
The bill for the discstabilshment of the Established Church in 'Woles hor been rejected,
The proposed abolition' of the ten duty has been rejected.
We hear an extraordinary story showing the Iden prevalent at home as to the famino In China. A Indy sent out a large cake to her brother, a rather prominent man here, and In the accompanying letter expressed an affectionate hope that he was not auffering from the scarcity of food! The poor man went down into the cellar, gnawed the cake ravenously, and expired. Help had come too
inte.
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General Edwards, the. commander of the forces in Hongkong, will leave carly next month for Australia. He Is going offelally, to inspect the de- fences of the continent, probably. with a view to estimating the amount of assistance our Austrālion cousins could render hero If events made it necessary,
25 YEARS AGO
May 15, 1014. Reuter's correspondent at Washing- ton says with reference to reports that the Panama Canal is already opened to traffic, it is announced there that service of small steamers com- menced on the 9th inst., and a aleady stream of towed barges is now going
through. The tremendous congestion of traffic due to the closing of the Tehuantepec Railroad by the Mexican war is said to be responsible for this partlat opening.
Warships Still At Amoy
May 17, 1939.
GERMAN, JAPANESE NEWS AGENCIES
& KULANGSU
(Continued from Pags 1.)
Itinerary, and departed from Amoy far Foochow and Shanghal yesterday evening.
reports: "A
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN ED HOWLOON-DAILY AT E
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY- FLYING BULLETS CRACK TO THE BLARE OF YOUTHFUL HEARTS POUND TO
"Domel" further British · submarine depot ship and flotillas of submarines and destroyers BUCLES! - also left Hongkong for an undisclosed destination."
the
The only submarine depot ship on China Station is H.M.S. Medway, which is still in port in Hongkong. There is only one flotilla of Brilish submarines in the
and they are
also still in Horelegraph"
As announced by In
H.M.S. Birmingham, with Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander Chief of the China Station, and the prior to the Japanese occupation of two destroyers Duncan and De-Kulangau, thren British destroyers tender, are still at Amoy.
left Hongkong during the week-end It Is
pointed out that the worships for a normal northern cruise. In the before the Kulangau incident left Hongkong on Monday morning, course of this cruise, these destroyers
arrived at Amoy yesterday. curred.
It lo
02-
stay at Amoy until the position Is It is presumed that the ships will
clearer.
They left Hongkong for Shanghai un routine sailing,
Protest To Tokyo
TOKYO, May 17.-Counsellor Dodds of the Brtish Embassy, pre rented a formal protest against the Kulangsu occupation at the Japanese Foreign Office yesterday evening.
Sir Robert Craigle is indisp sed with a slight cold-Reuter.
EUROPEAN ARRESTED
French Movements
"Domel" reports that the French flagship Primauguet, accompanied by another warship, left Tongking Gulf for the north yesterday, "while part of the American Aslätle Fleet was reported to have been ordered to Shanghai."
Enquiries by the "Telegraph" Indicate that the only foreign war. ships at Amoy in addition to the fleet of Japanese ships and four British destroyers,
Dre two American destroyers.
Press Campaign
TOKYO, May 17-Not only the question of international settlements and foreign concessions defles solu- lon but also the China Affair self will not be brought to a conclusion Junless the settlements and concessions are returned to the new regime in in the Reichstag, Herr von Jagow,
Arrested on the Hongkong and China, the "Kokumin Shimbun" de-
clares, Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered
Cunton Stenniboat Co. wharf as he long speech on foreign affairs noon, H. M. Allemno, assistant purserons obtaining in the international and was leaving his ship yesterday after- The paper asserts that the condi- a general detento in Europe. continued that the Balkans were of the steamer Taishan, appeared be-settlements and foreign concessions gradually settling down.
other The sharp fore Mr. Edwards at the Central Shanghai, Tientsin und anti-German tone In the Russian Magistracy this morning,
places are resposible for the new. Press had awakened a similar echo in
He was charged with being in pos- Kai-shek regime and also
tenure of life granted to the Chiong Germany. There were no positive session of dutiable tobacco.
for the antagonisms to prevent Germany and Allemao was relensed shortly after fallure of the return of complete Russia living peaceably together. his arrest on bail of $50.
peaco and order to the areas under Japanese occupation.-Domel.
The negotiations with Britain were being conducted in that friendly spirit which generaly characterised Germany's relations with that country.
Ja
Many novel features are embodied the Hamburg-American liner Vaterland, the largest vessel in the world, which was to sall from Southampton on her maiden trip to New York to-day.
The following Bgures are for the Vaterland and her sister ship the Im- perator, the largest vessel at present in service:
Vaterland, Impertor Tonnage 50,000
02,000
910 feet 08 feet
24 knots
Length
930 feet
Beam
100 feet
Horse-power 05,000 Speed
02,000
25 knots (designed) (actually
donc)
The Vaterland is the first vessel ever built with funnels which do not pass directly through the contre of the two decks. She has three funnels. (The Vaterland made only. three trips. She was in New York when War broke out and remalted there until seized when the U.S. entered the war in 1917. She became the Leviathan.--Ed.)
10 YEARS AGO
May 6, 1929. The Governor has been pleased to appoint n Committee to review the provision at present existing for playing fields in Ilongkong and the mainland, to consider what pro- vision is required for the future, and to make recommendations to Govern- ment In the matler,
The following gentlemen will con- stitute this Committee:
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary (Chairman); the Hon. the Director cf Public Works; the Hon. Mr. W. E, L. Shenton; the Hon. Mr. J. P.
Braga; the Hon. Mr. S. W. TEO, O.B.E.; the Director of EduR.N.
Commander F. H. D. Byron, Captain K. V. B. Bendleid, D.S.O., M.C.; Mr. H. R. B. Hancock; Mr. E. Cock, M.B.; Mr. M. K. Lo: Mr. A. el Arculli;
The Secretary is Mr. T. Megary, of the Colonial Secretary's Offee.
There were eight entries for the May qualifying competition of the Adamson Cup by members of the Junior Section of the Golf Club.
A. J. W. Dorling (82-18) and C.
A. Grimes (84-18) tled with scores
of 60 and thus quolled.
Other scores were J. H. Stewart, 72 (00-24) and T. Young; 81 (99-18). 5 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1934.
The stately Cathedral of Arrus, destroyed by German shell-fire dur- ing the War, has been rebuilt. The task was completed to-day and the Cathedral re-dedicated.
V.D.M.A. ASSOCIATION Officers Appointed For Coming Year
The annual general meeting of the Victoria Dioccian Missionary Associa tion was held at St. Andrew's Hall last night. The Bishop of Hongkong, the Rt. Rev. R. O. ifall presided.
The following officers were elect- ed for the year: Vice-Chairmen, the Dean, the Rt. Rev. J. Wilson, and the Rev. J. R. Higgs, Hon. Treasur er, Mr. J. A. Tarrant, Hon, Secre- tory, Miss R. Mow Fung, London Safes Secretary, Miss Upsdell, Hos- pital Supplies Secretary, Miss Fin- nigan, Service Choplaine, Rov, 8, Hinchcliffe and, the Rev. Edwards, Secretary for Outports,.... Rev. Ą. P. Rose, and the following group re presentatives,' Rev. N. V. Halward, Mr. George She, Mr.. G. Goodban, Rev. D. Rosenthall, Dr. Reichelty und Dr. K.; Woo.
Tokyo Conference
sum-
TOKYO. May 17.-The War Minis- ter, Lleut.-General Itagaki, moned conference of high officials of the War Office and the Army General Staff last night.
Lieut.-General Yamawaki, Vice- Minister of War, Inter called on Vice- Admirol Yamamoto, Vice-Minister of Navy, to convey the views of the Army to the Navy.-Domel.
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