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PROCRASTINATION

is bad at any time büt whare your eye are concerned, delay, may be injurious.

N. LAZARUS

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The China Mail.

STABLISHED

October 18, 1920, Temperature 75.

Barometer 29.81

Rainfall 0.30 inch.

No. 18,080.

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BUSINESS NOTICES

BY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

DRY GINGER-ALE.

"FRAGRANT, AROMATIC, DRY.

A

Its. "Dryness" is a feature which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so well desserve

Pints

$1.25 Per Dozen.

Splits 80 cts...,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS

TELEPHONE 435.

DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.

(THE EUROPEAN Garage),

Motor Cars for Sale and Hire.

24. Des Voeux Road.

Garages at

26, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Teis. 482 & 3552.

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THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. AND THE UNITED BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and MOTOR ACCIDENT. For Balos and Particulars apply to the General Agents

UNION TRADING CO., Prince's Building.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE

(A FRENCH BANK)

Capital Paid-up and Surplus.

Fcs. 105,000,000.00

The organisation of the Bank enables it to open CURRENT ACCOUNTS, SAVING ACCOUNTS and to accept FIXED DEPOSITS in local currency and ANY FOREIGN CURRENCY.

These accounts and deposits may be converted AT ANY TIME without ANY CHARGE in ANY. OTHER CURRENCY.

Apply for terms and particulars.

BANQUE, INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE,

(HONGKONG BRANCH)

Queen's Building, 5, Chater Road.

PORTRAITS TAKEN AT YOUR HOME.

For Ordinary Fortraits-Special Home Portrait Grafer, Camera is used. Artistic Diffused Fores Pictures-Taken by "Verito" Diased Focus Lease.

All Kinds of Photography Undertaken. Frices Moderato

HIROSE STUDIO, Japanese Photographers.

Telephone 3078.

13, Praya East.

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS

Phone 196

Phone 198

The

Quality Shop

with Quality Goods

for

TAILORE

Quality Buyers

Diss Bros

ALLORS

ALEXANDRA BUILDING, HONGKONG, TEL. NO. 2912," ·

DONNELLY & WHYTE.

WINE MERCHANTS.

1846

Humidity 08.

October 13, 1919, Temperature 70

By Royal Appolicies set) THE BEST DISINFECTANT:

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1920. 日二月九申庚賓 年九國華中 PRICE $3.00 Per Month

TO-DAY'S

CABLES.

-(Router Service to the China Mail)

IRISH OUTRAGES.

HOUR'S FIGHT IN PITCH DARKNESS

LORIY BOMBED.

LONDON, October 11 Details of the Irish outrages show that a lorry en route to Castlerea was destroyed by a bonib. Two lorries ambushed near Bandon by a hundred armed men contained three officers and twenty men. The laries were fired on from both sides of the road and pulled up when the soldiers dis mounted and opened fire. The fight lasted an hour in pitch darkness. The soldiers were unable to see the attackers while the military were plainly visible by the headlights of the lorries.

ONE SOLDIER KILLED":T

Machine-gunning by the attacking party on the military forty is reported. In connection with the ambush at Kanturk the lorry was bald up by milk-carts draw across. the road. One solder was killed and several injured. When the news reached Kanturk the people. recognising the probability of reprisals hurriedly closed their shops and made a general exodus from the town in a state of considerable alarm and excitement,

THE INDIAN ARMY.

COMMENT ON COMMITTEES REPORT-

NEW ADVISORY BODY PORESHADOWED,

LONDON, October 11.

THE DOLLAR.

Today's closing rate 3/11 To-day's opening rate 3/11)

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the Chins Mail.)

GERMAN ADMIRAL ASSASSINATED."

EXELIN, October 10th,

A message from Weinae says Admiral amusinated, and the Admiral's eighteen Scheers, his wife and her maid have been year old daughter seriously wounded by thre masked men who broke in the Admiral's villa in the afternoon.

Buechner, committed suicide. The other One of the murderers, an artist named fed.

The Admiral was asleep an upper chambry when the murders occurred. The motire of the crime has not yet been dis- carvereg as there was no theft of property.

FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER.

PARIS, October 10th.

An appalling disaster overtook the Paris-Nantes express which was travelling it airly miles an hour and ran into a goods iraiz standing at Houilles station.

Eight passenger coaches were telescoped. been recovered Sixty were injured and were sent to Paris by a special relief train.

It is feared that the number of

injured persons totals a hundred.

LATER

Twenty-fire bod

bodies of the deng hare.so far

it was ascertained at midnight that the death-roll was 33. The shock of the colli. sien was so violent that many bodies were found totally unclothed. Resere work is being continued.

LATER.

The report of the Esher Committee has aroused great interest in India and England. Comment is generally favourable but there have been some riticisms headed by the Times which contended that the Committee's There are now fortyfive persons report- proposals involved the subordination of the Indian Army to the War Office.ed to have been killed in the collision. "According to the Times Simla correspondent however, the authorities in INDIAN RAILWAY OUTRAGE. India disagree with this contention and declare that such subordination would be highly objectionable to maintain. The report visualises the early

MADRAS, October 10th. formation of an Imperial Military Advisory body under which the War filled and 15 injured by the derailment of

Thirteen third cias

passengers were Office, the Dominion military forces and the army of India would par- Bangalore mail train near Arkonam, ticipate on equal terms in the execution of the Imperial military policy, them to some person, who has so far not army of India being directly under the Government of India for organisa

been arrested, removing a rail. tion and administration.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S HEALTH.

SLIGHT RELAPSE DUE TO CAMPAIGN EXERTIONS.

WASHINGTON, October. LL President Wilson has suffered a slight relapse. His illness is attributable to extra exertions in the campaign in the interests of Governor for His friends and physicians are convinced that President Wilson has not regained his normal strength and must go a slower pace. A distinguished physician with excellent opportunities of studying the case states that while President Wilson will never recover his strength he will carry on as at present indefinitely. The case is like ordinary paralysis but President Wilson is determined to cope grimly daily with his work and play the game to the end with high courage.

CAPTURE OF VILNS.

GENERAL'S UNAUTHORISED ACTION.

POLISH GOVERNMENT MAY DISAVOW CONDUCT.

~LORDON, October 11, It appears that the Polish capture of Vilna was due to the unauthorised action of General Zeligorski who after resigning and cutting off.com-1 munications with Warsaw and other Polish forces, marched his troops against Vilna. It is believed that the Polish Government will disavow his conduct.

BERLIN, October 11. The Poles have taken the Lithuanian capital of Vilna and the Polish commander has proclaimed a new Government. -

NORWAY AND RUSSIA.

SOVIET ABANDONS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

LONDON, October 11.

FIREPROOS AEROPLANE.

MISEOLA, October 8th.- American and British aviation experts witnessed a striking night demonstration

· by a civilian” xitman Paul Collins with in alleged fireproof aeroplane with a patented device permitting safe night leadings

Prior

with petrol. Collins donned suit, similar or to ascems, the aeroplane was treated the fireproof substance, then saturated

treated with petrol. At a height of 5,000 feet, he set fire to the seroplans which thrillingly volplaned cornet-like and made was illumined by two magnesium dares, a perfect hading. The whole landing field dropped from the wing tips and reflected by mirrors under the fuselage.

BROAD DAYLIGHT `ROBBERY,

Curvas (Ohio), October 10th A moet daring bold-up in the street is reported from Buffalo. Two men jumped from a taxi-cab and knocked down a dia. mand salaman, pamed Laventhal, whom they had followed from Cleveland, sesselon with the butts of revolvers. They then carried off a suit case, which Laventhal was carrying, containing diamonds worth $800,000.

INYOLUNTARY

BANKRUPTCY.

New York, October 6th. been filed against the Victors For Company An involuntary bankruptcy petition has

and thirteen slied and subsidiary organisa tions.

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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

NEW YORK, October 8th. Speaking at Nashville, Mr. Cor, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, formally accepted the League of Nations ma the issue of the campaign.

Referring to Secator Harding's denancia tion of the present League; he said, "Now The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Helsingfors reports that M. Mr. Cox, further, declared that as soon

he is against the League, I for it? Litvinoff declared that he left Norway in consequence of the impossibility with the Senate, would consider the Peace

as possible after March

4th,

if elected, be, of reaching an agreement with the Norwegian Government regarding Tresty and the commercial relations with Soviet Russia. He said that Norway's attitude if any, and of these those that are help question of reservations, towards the Soviet had completely changed during the summer and autumn. ful will be accepted and the Treaty will be

COST OF LIVING."

DOWNWARD MOVEMENT IN UNITED STATES.

NEW YORK, October 11

The downward movement in the cost of living in the United States indicated by the fact that Eradstreet's monthly Inder number representing the sum of the current prices of 96 Loodstuffs and other necessaries is 1,691- while the last figure was 1,952. Ten groups of commodities have decline while textiles, raw cotton, wool, hemp, and the principal provisions and groceries are slightly higher.

TETROL PRICES REDUCED

LONDON, October 11.

ratified.

Des Moines, October 9thi Senator Harding, in a speech, declared that America was not being selfish and sloof bat would never allow a council of foreign Powers at Geneva to dictate to her, America wanted to play her own part is the world's AIESTIE.

ed

isenator Harding declared that ke favour- Versailles, but declared again for an rejection of the Copeaans written

Asociation of Nations instead of the Lea gue of Nations. He said that 25, 2000 BE possible,

after he was elected; he would con sale the best minds in the United States, especially in the Senate, in regard to the Association Nations for the

promotion

The Shell Company announces a reduction of 3d a gallon in the price of petrol owing to a fall in the price in America.

COMMISSIONS FOR DEMOBILISED OFFICERS.

The Pall Mall Gazette understands that the Armý

to offer a thousand con

into civil life.

cers with war experienc most of whom kave

of international peace, but one which should

(safagaard: American, definitely

and recognise America's ultimate and un- mortgaged Freedom of

action

He was of opinion that Great Britain, was approaching the solution of the Irish ques

•tion, but be?"would not more tell Great Britain what to do about Ireland then he would permit Great Britain to tell Ameri conséwhat they should do in the Phillip- pines.

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