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A ROYAL NECKLACE.

REMARKABLE STORY.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DIJOKARGED SOLDIERS.

ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

An old Chinese, formerly a shop-i keeper in Chile was charged before

the unlawful possession of 8 'rounds of ammonition on the Hau Tak Wharf.

Defendant said he had the am munition a very long time ago, and he did not know it was amongst his luggage when he was leaving the States. A fine of $50 was imposed.

A judicial inquiry, which is so far [To the Editor of the China Mail. Mr. N. L. Smith this morning with being kept secret by the police, is now taking place with reference to the necklace of the Empresa Marie Bir-May I express entire agree- Louise, second wife of Napoleon Iment with " Solan "on the subject of This necklace, valued at £200,000, an ociation or chib 'for ex service. was presented by Napoleon to the men. As one of the latter I would Empress on the birth of the King of certainly have nothing to do with Rome and remained in the possession any Comrades of the Great War " of the Imperial Court of Austria. Scheme, knowing that as soon as one The attempt to dispose of it makes a was started the G. O. C. or other strange and interesting story, which senior officer would be pitchforked goes back to the beginning of 1914. in as President, ex officio or otherwise. At that time the Austrian Court was keenly interested in the movement in Portugal for restoring King Manoel to his throne. The late Emperor Francis Joseph was anxious to help the partisans of this moviment, and

At Home it is easy to see the alarm of the authorities at the activities of the Federation of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers. But scarcely a branch of the Comrades affair exists but what Colonel Somebody is the head

when the question of monetary sup and another the Secretary. Conse port arose, he is credited with having quectly freedom of speech and action conceived the idea of selling a numis a non-existent quantity. ber of Crown jewels, including the collection which belonged to the Empress Marie Louise.

Those who had the sale of the jewel in hand got into touch with a lady of high position residing la Paris. This lady was counselled to act with great circumspection. The

Undoubtedly the Federation has gingered up the Government to some tunt. Enclosing my card,

Yours etc.

DEMOBILIZED.

Another Chinese was charged with having in possession i revolver, 206 rounds of ammunition and 50 rounds of ride ammunition on the Leung Wing Wharf,

Inspector 'Brazil said that there was a false bottom in defendants" box, and a portion of the ammunition. was concealed in the lining. There was also ab ag containing am7-

munition and the chambers of the revolver.

His Worship fined defendant $100. and ordered confiscation of the goods.

WEATHER REPORT.

Begambar 81d. 114. Sĩa.—No returna

from Vladivostock or Japanese stations. Prara has decreased from Weibsiwei to Tourano, and increased slightly over the Philippines.

The anticyclone has wakened. It in Probably moving outward.

Tha moutoon is interrupted is the north of Amoy.

ending at 10 am to-day, 0.05 inch.

Hongkong Rainfall for the $4 hours

Total since Jannsry. Tak, 78.14 inches. against an average of R3.14 inabes.

Forest for the 24 hours ending at non on January 1st, 1920,

1-Hongkong to Gap Book. N.B winds, moderate; fine.

-Formoes Channel. The samo na No. 1

Hongkong and Lamocks. The mama sa -South coast of China betweRn

-South coast of China between Hongkong and Bainan. the same na

BOLD RICE SNATCHERS. 1.

sale, if effected, had to be kept CHAMBER OF COMMERCE before Mr. N. L. Smith this morning

secret, and order that new of the transaction should not leak out she button to sign any docus

ment or give received. A casket of JewaUST cluding necklace of the Em- press Marie Louise, arrived in Paris, and the lady invited a French mer chant to interest himself in Anding a purchaser. It was found, however, that the persons' approached wers not anxious to pay £200.000 for the necklace, and that, indeed, they were not greatly interested in it. But a certain number of other jewels in the casket were disposed of, and the money was handed to the lady who acted as intermediary between the Court of Austria and the diamond

merchant.

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the HK.C., of C. fortnightly report:

The following are extracts from

AND FANCY

During the interval Manchester prices have again advanced and there are no indications of any decline for some time to come.

Small sales of Staples, Spot Cargo, fare mentioned for clearance in one

week..

Cotton Yarn. An infinitesimst business was transacted. Notwith- standing the heavy depreciation in rupe exchange dealers appear un- willing yet to improve their bida, as a result of slackness in country demand. Importers, however, are This lady has now instituted pronat prepared to sell at previous rates ceedings against the diamond dealer. alleging that he has kept a part of the proceeds of the sale. The dia mond dealer, on the other hand, has declared to M. Cluzel, examining magistrate, who is inquiring into the affair, that he claims £1,200 com- mission.

Two men of the coolie class were

charged with snatching a bag con- taining 100 catties of rice from two women in Connaught Road Central

terday.

Ir. M. K. Lo appeared to defend.

pector Brazil said that Äve

2. yet chargesped in the case are Mr Lo then asked the names of the 50 men in the dock." Having thus were not ascertained that they his clients, Mr. Lo left the court.

The case was then proceeded. with.

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Inspector Brazil said the com plainants came from the Man Ching district and brought with them the bag of rice. They landed on the Vidivostook; 8a. Yaumati wharf and were proceeding Vemure along Connaught Road to Wanchal Hakodate

Toko and when near the Douglas wharf, they

Soobi Quotations are No 109 at $220/-(mat the defendants who were with 255. No 12s at $237 275. No. 16s others. The defendants conversed with at $290 330. No. 20s at $330/360. the complainants saying they wanted Arrivals 2,000 bales. Sales 1,000 to buy their bag of rice. The com

Caktime bales Shipments nil. Unsold Stock plainants. refused any bargaining. 4,000 Sales Bargains 17,000 bales. whereupon, the defendants, by force, Weihaiwei Woollens-A fair enquiry exista, snatched the bag and made off. One Hankow but very little is brought to book of the complainants shouted out and chang owing to the late deliveries required. a Chinese constable caught the Arst Kiokiang also Bradford seems to have difficul-defendant. The second defendant hangaha ties in supplying the colours required was later arrested by a watchman atla SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS. for this market. The weakening who found on him the bag.

exchange is also hindering business. Raw Cottons.-Market has ruled steady and quotations are unchanged as follwrs

VALUE TO THE EMPIRE.

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Indian grades $4456 per picul Chinese grades $48/60 per picul

The great commercial possibilities

Metals. Very little business re- and value of the South Pacific Islands to the British Empire were ably set paned fixed. Meanwhile quotations forth at a recent meeting in the for most lines have armed up con- Council Chamber of the London siderably, Wire Nails are up several Chamber of Commerce by Mr. shilings a picul, according to latest Thomas J. McMahon, an Australian, advices cabled from London. Steel who has lived for some time in the Plates are also up, the thinner sizes islands. Mr. McMahon, with the aid being quoted at £24 to £25 per ton of lantern slides, showed that the cil islands could boast of something more than tropical gorgeous- ness; they had a great variety of resources. Hundreds of thousands of acres were being developed in the

Patent Quotations: American cultivation of copra, rubber, sugar, $435 per sack, American Cut off sisal-hemp, tobacco, coqua, coffee. $3.35 per sack, Shanghai. Flour and cotton, and thousands of acres 2nd $2.95 per sack, Australian No. were already most profitable. M-1 $275 per sack. Australian No. 2 lions of British money were invested $2.88 per sack.

* PLOUR MARKET REPORT. Stock About 8,000 American. 572,000 Australian, 20,000 Shanghai, 600,000 in all,

MISS VERA PAIN.

OPENING ON SATURDAY NEXT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.

in the islands, so that British respon sibilities were very great. It was because of that he uttered a word of. warning, that at the present time our energies were being overshadowed by the energies of other nations. As an illustration of this, he men

that tioned

five years ago

in Japanese trade- the South Pacific was not worth a Japanese toothpick, but to-day their trade was entering every nook and corner of the islands. His fear was that unless there was a prompt revival of British effort in the South Pacific there, would be a serious decline of British: irifuence. The trade with the islands was worth ten million pounds a year, but it ought to be five times that amount in another ten years. Eritish :settlers wished to see the bulk of the trade-in British hands. The phosphate of lime industries of the Ocent and Nauru Islands-purely British were in the forefront of Brits enterprise, and were one of the myst interesting industrial ventures of the world. To people who asked whất | was the value of islands fouredn thousand miles away, he wild remind them that before the signing of peace the Germans wanted the islands returned to them, and that the Japanese' at the Peace table insisted on their mandate for the

Miss Vera Pain is the captivating Carolines and the Marshalls. The little principal dancer in "Vanity climate of the islands would ever Fair" which opens on Saturday next ben bar to commercial proge 5-or at the Theatre Royal.. to comfortable living conons.

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Inspector Brazil:-Yes. One of the complainants was called to the box.

His Worship-Have you seen the defendants before?

WitnessYes.

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Lexaspi each to three month's hard labour.

His Worship Did" they come up to buy the rice from you?

Witness No. They came up to toe and without any word snatched I called out to the bag, and ran. the constable to arrest the first defendant,

La Favourite has just received a consignment of ladies' hats and velour

of lastest design and shape. These are now on show, the prices varying from $6 upwards. This firm bas aiso a large stock of dress lengths, hat trimmings; fancy, buttons, etc.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. TAB, Steamship.

*KIYO MARU.”

From SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS vis BAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU &

JAPAN PORTS:

The above named Steamer having arrived Monday, December 28, con signoes of cargo are hereby poliBed to present their Bills of Lading for counter- signature, and take immediate delivery from alongside steamer or the Company's godown, where all cargo impeding im mediato, discharge will be landed at Consignees' risk.

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T. F. CLAXION, Director. dongkong Observatory, Dec. 31, 1919. 1. RAROMETER, reduced to 32 degress ahrenheit, on the level of the ses in iches, teaths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade in der trees Fabrenheit.

3. Humor, to percentage of stars- sion.he humidity of air saturated with nulatura being 100.

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points 6. FORCE OF WIND, according to Beadford Scale:

6. STATE OF Wrature, b blue sky,o latsched cloud, ddrizzling main, fog, z gloomy, b hall, Flightning, o overtast p passing showers, a-squilizzaỀN, IN MISTÝME

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7. Fair in faétios tenths, and bun. fredth,

HONGKONG TIDES,

The tide table quived below tús been

wmpiled at the National Almanso Office *in. London from the result of the analys

af observations taken by means of a setomatic tide-recording unchine in the Water Police Basin at Shs Teal Iaring the years 1905-9, &

on

Storage will be · assessed cargo remaining undelivered after Monday, January 5, 1920,

The zero of the table corresponds with the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet

--Inches below,mčar son-inval?

All broken, chafod sad damaged pack ages will be landed into the Company's Godown, where same will be examined on Monday, January 8, 1930 at, 10 .. Miss Pain has a winning person- No claims will be recognized after the side gange at the Victoria Naval Yard To obtain the depth of water on this It was a sad fact that the tives ality and is a great favourite, with good have left the s'ener or godown, and dd 2 feet inches, and on the gauge were dying in appalling bers, theatregoers, and has made a big one will be entertained if presented Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10. Enes and the reason, in his oping was personal success throughout the later than three weeks after arrivalinates to the balght given in the table through the want of work. Thative East"

of stealmer.

No Fire Insurance whatever will be

T. DAIGO,

·Manager:"

· Hongkong, December 21, 1919.

in his will state was an actie vizos Vanity Fair" is one of the most cus map and if they took at acti popular companies now touring the effected. tuity or vigorousness Away died. Fast and we learn with regret that The native who was fed ad clothed this will be the final season the and thade to work was als a bet company will play in Hongkong. terman, physically and entally. Four performances only will be than the poor thing who reamed at given-Saturday next, January 3, large and lived upon deles With all Thursday 8, Friday 9 and the grand the wonderful resourcesture bad final farewell night on Saturday put into "the islands, it intended week, January 10. The plans for the nature that they be whole season are now "open at:

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tive field for the healthy ung man and the keen lovestord the Bri sillag-supreme in thuth Pacific would mean peace, profs and pros perity (Hear hear)

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