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MONDAY, JANUARY 10,

CHALE APPRÉSE

"TRY" BANGLARE, MERCURY MOTOR GAR ERKAK OFFER, DE

DORIS VERD

114 kt Knerron

WESTERN UNION

DEVLET'S

F. X. You'

CO.

50 - Des Voeux Road Central, HONGKONG

THEATRE ROYAL

·CHEFALO AND PALMEMO.

THE WONDERS OF MAGIC.

MAI KLANCE A #7 BREW BOOK

Beton Bad

BRANCH

War Pott BRANCH 1546 WORK SHOP

ATTACKED WITH

THE CHINA MAIL.

· “SUNNING'S" ACCIDENT.

NO DAMAGE DONE.

VISKEL PROCEEDS. TO ́CANTON.

When entering the harbour early yesterday morning ... with about 200 Chinese: passengers on board from Shanghai, the China Navigation] Co.'s steamer "Sunning" struck the röcks near Cape d'Aguilar, but was able to proceed to anchor Dear Taikoo Docks for an examination which revealed that no damage had been dope.

The vessel is proceeding to Canton as usual and will be docked here in the ordinary course for her annual overhauling which was de in any case on her return to Hongkong.

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SERIOUS EXPLOSIONS.

THO YESTERDAY.

FIRE CRACKER FACTORY. WRECKED,

CHOPPERS.

SLEEPING KEN GASHED.

UNKNOWN ASSAILANT'S ESCAPE.

Suffering from cut wounds on their Calo and Palermo, the magicians heads alleged to have been inflicted with choppers while they were asleep.

An explosion which resulted in the whose appearance in Hongkong has two Chinese living on the ground floor death of two Chinese girls aged 18 been eagerly awaited, opened their of a house in Sharp Street were re- and 16 respectively, and serious in- season triumphantly at the Theatre moved this morning to the Gover juries to several other people, occur. Royal on Saturday night. Every seatment Civil Hospital. By whom the red in the Hoi Sang firecracker fac was taken, and a number of persons) attack was made, and why are at ptory in Hamuntin yesterday.

were turned away for lack of room. H.E. the Governor and Lady Stubbs amended, and followed the many mys- j serious happenings with evidence of keen interest.

sent not known.

MISSING YACHTSMEN.

BECALMED AT NIGHT.

SAFE RETURN TO. HONGKONG,

For the first half of the programme Chefalo and his personal assistants occupied the stage. He works brisk-

Anxiety was felt this morning for ly, and held the attention of the audi- soce every moment, supplementing his the salery of Mr. S. Berg, manager of Thoresen & Co.. Shipping Agents, remarkable fests of legerdemain with Mr. E. Rits, and Mr. H. Olsen, who original comment that was almost as started off yesterday in the sailing envermining as his tricks. As for the yacht "Mist" for a trip around the island, and failed to retorn. It was tricks themselves--it would be rally discovered that they had been lengthy task even to enumerate them, betaimed, and forced to spend the without attempting to describe them. night at anchor in D'Aguilar Bay Artisks of every description appear-They reached Hongkong about noon ed from most unlikely places, and disappeared with el mystery. There appeared to be nothing that be could not do with playing cards, and the large audience quite believed him when he humorously volunteered to take a hand in a poker game with anybody who might still be uncon- vinced. When he was tired of the cards, he turned to a series of tricks that captivated as well by their ip- "genuity as by the skill with which they

to-day-

STREET ACCIDENT.

CAR AND TRAM COLLIDE.

CHAUFFEUR BADLY "INJURED,

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De-

tails the accident give no cause for the explosion. The factory, in the old Small Por Hospital building. was completely wrecked. The Yu- mati police, under Inspector Cargill, Iwere early on the scene, but on their arrival, they discovered that the wounded had already been removed by their relatives. Consequently it was impossible to ascertain the mum- ber of people injured in the explosion. The two dead bodies were found among the debris, and Tesmoved to the Kowloon mortuary.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,

LOST.

OST.-FUR GLOVE, `on afternoon Li of 7th, ontside Wallington Bays racks. Will finder kindly restum to H.

"CHISA HALL"

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

NOTICE

RIFLE MEETING.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPH COMPANY, LTD.,

I

OF DENMARK.

HONGKONG STATION,

...

have TO-DAY handed over charge

of this Station to Ka. T. KRING.

*N. LUND,

Acting Superintendent.

Hongkong, January 10, 1991,

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE-

·GRAPH COMPANY, LTD. OF DENMARK- HONGKONG STATION.

A Ride Meeting will be held ou King's Park Range on 29th and 30th January, (All Comer's Competition) Open to all Comers will be fired on Saturday, 29th.

Distance 200, 500 and 600 yards Hongkong, Jazuary 10, 1921. 10 shots at each Range. Entrance Fee 50 cents. Entries to be sent to Gunner CE:Frith Bio Sanitary Department Office, P.O. Building, not later than Saturday. 15th January, 1921.

have TO-DAY ikken over charge of {

this Station

T. KRING, Superintendent.

G. F. E. RAPSON, Bt.-Major, Adjutant, L. KV. D. Corps. Hongkong, January 10, 1921.

BILLIARDS.

M GEORGE GRAY, World renown Biliardis.

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***

MR. TR. GOLDING, at the VRC

TUESDAY, the 11th instant and MR. P. IVANOVICH, ∞ THURSDAY

13th instant.

Another explosion- took place at No. 107. Belcher Street, West Point, about 3.25 p.m.. yesterday, also in premises occupied by firecracker manufacturers. In this instance there. were no deaths, but one man was removed to the Government Civil Hos pital suffering from very serious in- juries The force of the explosion wrecked the staircase leading to the first floor of the house and shattered all the window panes of the houses in the vicinity.

ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS.

SEASON NEARING END..

About 12.30 this morning, accident which resulted in the re- were performed. The audience fully moval of the driver of a motor car thero hospital in a serious condition. appreciated the application of quotation from Elbert Hubbard with occurred on the tram lines in Des which the printed programme was Vieux Road, opposite the Hongkong he's provided Hongkong with an excel- troduced : ** What you know can't and Shanghai Berk. It appears that happen, does happen. And though the motor car, the number of which you don't believe it you see "it" has not been ascertained, was cross From a small box seemingly no ing the tram lines in front of a tram larger than a cigar box, and resting when, the driver, finding that he had on what appeared to be a frail card misjudged the space between the tram table, he produced articles sufficient and one of the standards, with the

CHANGES OF PROGRAMME.

Bostock's Royal Italian Circus,

lent entertainment since it opened on Christmas Day, anounces that there remain but a few days more of its season here. "By far the best thing of its kind that has been seen in this part of the world for many a day, it

to stock a store, ranging from poultry result that he could not clear the line the residents of the Colony.

This

Commedcing at 9.15 r... Sarp. Reserved Seats can be booked at the

R. C. $5.93 and $2

R. C. WITCHELL,

How. Secretary, Hongkong, January 10, 1921.

NOTICE:

THIS is to interm the General Public

that the undersigned, hars ROLİ persons to sign my firm's name of given any authority to any persON OF

JOSEPH BROS, or my own private |

Sket

EDWARD MENASHIH JOSEPH, Hongkong, January 10, 1921.

NOTICE..

WING to the present HIGH COST 10

af lirize and the DIFFICULTY, of living ou the present sexĨa “of WAGES, ww have requested our increase in pay of 30 percent respective employers to grant us an

"THE LADIES' DRESS HANGES

GUILD. Hongkong, January 10, 1921.

-NIPPON YUSEN KAKHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM EUROPE AND STRAITS.

Company's Steamship

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Indersigner have received TOTAMA MARD

structions to sell by Public Auction (For account of the concerned)

1-on

SATURDAÝ,

January 13 1921, at 12 xoon, -

st their Sales Ruoras, No. 8. Dan Vux Rood, Corner of Tem Hrinse Street. "wo thareach bred Pointers

As followe "DANDY" a liver and white dog, 33 years ält. By a Field trial-Winner out of a Field Trial Winner.

*GLORY” a liver and white pointer

bas proved immensely popular with bitch. 2 years did both, dogs Imported to boxes of sweets. In full view of in time, tried to back the car. This appreciation has been well deserved from England this year, good workers the audience he apparently wrenched move was not anticipated by the The acts are uniformly good, and one and sold only because owner is leaving the heads off a duck and a rooster, motorman of the tram, who, when he can not help but be entertained and the Colony. tossed the bodies and beads into separ-saw the danger of a collision applied thrilled. The programme is changed ate, boxes, and a moment later pro- the brakes, too late. The vehicles frequently, so that one can well afford duced them alive again-though with collided. The motor car which was to go several times. The circus is the wrong beads. He borrowed rings jammed between the tram and the showing at Ming Yuen Gardens, North

and watches and laid them carefully standard was badly crushed. The Point, and giving two performances

force of the impact caused the chaul- daily, at 5 pm. end 9.15 p.m. leur to be thrown out of his sear on to the road where he was picked up

in a box, then almost instantly re- covered them from a container that] was hanging from the ceiling above

the heads of the audience. He asked inconscious. Traffic was impeded for

the audience to give him five short sentences, and almost as soon as they were attered clipped the Enger from glove suspended on a ribbon, and out of this the surprised spectator të | whom it was handed took a slip of paper on which the five sentences were already written. These and many other tricks he did in rapid suc cession, as fast as one was concluded turning to another.

the

some little, time until the crippled motor car was towed away.

ARMS AMONG RAISINS.

CONTRABAND SEIZED,

WOMAN WITH REVOLVERS SENT

TO JAIL

Following an intermission, stage was taken by Palermo, in the The discovery."În consequence of **Garden of Mystery,” in itself note information received. of a revolver worthy for the beauty of the setting, and 200 rounds of .32 ammunition in it was an Egyptian scene, and for hei a box labelled "Ore" Brand Call-- "initial appearance. Palermo came on fonia Raisins in the cargo hold, and. as an Egyptian princess. She per- an automatic colt pištol under clothing formed miracles with apparently in in the sleeping quarters of a passen- exhaustible water pitchers. She with ger sampan lying alongside No. 5 drew, and returned a moment later in Wharf and the Kowloon Godowns an entirely new costume, to perform yesterday, led to the appearance another trick, equally mysterious. before Magistrate Orme this morning Time after time she did this, on each of a Chinese woman charged with the occasion coming on the stage in unlawful possession of the contraband. different costume. All of them were The Chinese constable who made beautiful, and all, to the observer, the discovery testified that the ac- bewilderingly complicated. Her cocused was present when he found the tribution to the entertainment of the contraband.

evening would have been remarkable The accused denied that she was if she had done nothing more than her present when the contraband was meny surprising quick changes of found. She said that she was busy

in another part of the boat.

costume.

One of the most attractive acts of the evening cane after the close of her display in the "Garden 61. Mys- tery," in which Chefzlo joined her,

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The Magistrate remarked that the case was an unusual one.

Inspector Spear admitted this, but said that there was no doubt that the

were

when she appeared alone in a Spanish accused knew the contraband was or dance. It was an exceptionally grace board. He was of the opinion that ful performance." When this was con- the arms and ammunition cluded, she danced with Chefalo the brought to the Colony by the "Em- original, Argentine tango.

press" boat yesterday, and that the The programme came to an end accused was paid to take them ashore. with laughable performance, most The Magistrate: There is no doubt of it unpremeditated, by a number of that the contraband was intended for members of the audience who had the country, I suppose? responded to Chelalo's invitation to Inspector. Spear: No. join him on the stage. Their efforts. The Magistrate

You think that

to get up from their chairs, to take there was a suspicion that an armed

a few steps, and to jump in the air robbery "at the godown had "been when 'Chofalo willed that they should planned?

not-tept

med.

the audience, highly

Inspector Spese No.

THE WOMEN vas fired

A number of new acts will be as default three months herd, hibour. ́roloond at the paršiantinos to-nické, The coptenband was confiscated.

Un view day of sale

ERVE.

..

STOBES & ROUGH, Auctioneers.

Eongkong, JaLuary 10, 1991.

having arrived from the aber Porta, Consignees of Cargo gre hereby informed that their Gooda new being landed and plwood at their risk in the HarGLOTS & KOWLOON WEAR & GoDows' COMPANT'A Gonow at Kowloon, where each consigu- ment will be sorteil cat mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be carried on unter Instructions are given to the contrary be fore Noor TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 17th January, .1871, will be abjeca rent

Dwaged Fackages must be left in the Gedowns for examination by the Con- agrees and the Co's. representatives at an appointed hour on TUESDAY and FRIDAT.

All crime must be pre- sented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized. No claims will be admod after the goods barn left the Godowis

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