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HONGKONG, HONDA”,JULY 4, 1921. 日九廿月五辛大歲年十國良華中

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Rector's Sevice to the Chine Mail)

DESTRUCTIVE FIZE.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE IN GLASGOW

THREE FIREMEN KILLED.

LONDON, Jay

An enormous fire broke out in Argyll Street, Glasger, pesulting in damage estimated at £250,000. Two fremen were killed.

The fire started in Bowman's stores during the busiest time yesterday evening. It spread very rapidly and roared all night long. Customers and assistants safely fled. The whole block reaching to Mitar Street and including warehouses, banks, and the corporation. libraries was gutted. The sparks lighted other buildings one of which was damaged to the extent of £12,000. Three firemen were injured. Four hundred workers have been rendered idle.

BOVIET RUSSIA.

- STATE OF WAR WITH JAPAN RECOGNISED.

TRADE WITR -PRANICE,

LONDON,: July 4-

The Morning Post states that France has emphalimly declined the renewed proposals of M. Krassin to resume trade relations with Russia and stated that she had no reason to modify her attitude up to the present in spite of M. Krassin's declaration that his government is considering further modification of communist policy.

THE DOLLAR.

1.8

Today's closing rate:2/7 Today's opening rate 2/7 1.8

HOUSE RENTS.

GOVERNMENTS MEASURES.

CHINESE 'CHAMBER OF CONMERGS CRITICISM.

Severe criticism of the proposed Government Ordinance to restrict landlords from unreasonably increas ing rents and turning out tenants for the sake of gain, a Chins Mail re parter was informed this morning by the Secretary of Chinese Chamber of Commerce, was offered by members at a meeting of the Chamber on Saturday afternoon.

After the Chairman, the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak, had explained fully the meaning of the new Ordinance, a letter on the subject by Mr. Lo Man- kai, was read dealing with (1) Land- lords should not be entitled to increase rents until one year after taking possession, this should only apply to new landlords; (2) Landlords should not be allowed to raise rents except, say, after one or two years' tenancy, the increase not to exceed ten per cent of the rest; (3) Land- loztis desirous of having their Louses restored to them should furnish convincing proof that the houses in question will be occupied by themselves or by bona fide persons. He pointed out that the above suggestions, if adopted,

speculation in property and the rents would automatically return to their normal figure.

The Morning Past's Reval correspondent reports that the Soviet has ordered the arrest of all Japanese resident in Russia except the communists, This step is regarded as formal recognition of the existence of a state of would have the effect of checking war between Japan and Russia,

LOCAL IND GENFUL.

Four cases of plague (two fatal) ard one of enteric fever, all Chinese, were reported on Saturday.

H.E. The Governor is distributing medals on the 8th inst. to the Police at 530 p.m. at the Central Police Station.

The total output of the Kailan Miring Administration's mines tos.

tons.

▾

TOBACCO BUTY,

TEN THOUSAND CIGARETTES.

SEIZED.

The opinion of the members having been invited on the subject, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, after commenting on the public spirit which luspired the introduction of the DOW Ordinance. pointed opt

that two things, which were vital to the Ten thousand dutiable cigarettes future prosperity of the Colony, viz. formed the subject a charge the effect of the Ordinance on house against two Chinese this morning, building, and the inevitable sequel, the Inspector Appleton faid that the loss of business and Government re- second man" was agtsted on the venue, had been overlooked. He sug- Praya at West Point Bounce of the gested that without altering the | cigarettes. He gave #nformation object of the Ordinance, it couldf which led to the surest of the be modified in such a manner as the week ending June 18, 1921, rst man, the alleged owner of would relieve the injustice to land- amounted to 79,017. tous and the the cigarettes, whom, he asserted lords. If house owners were required sales during the period to 72,195 had employed him to help in the to secure new houses for their tenants landing Mr. Lea d'Almada | before turning them out, what who appeared for the first man asked | provision was there for landlords to for a remand to receive instructions. [detain moving tenants until they Two Chinese arrested yesterday Magistrate Orme fissed the bearing found new ones? He also held that for driving meat vans without for Wednesday morning, granting the Government must consider the drivers' licences, were admitted to bail in the sum of $150 each. · lean years of landlords and how police bail of $5 each. This morning. Inspector Blackman charged an- much the present thriving condition they failed to appear, and Magistrate other Chinese with the un- of the Colony was due to them, and Orms_ordered their bail to be lawful possession of 500 dutiable properly adjust the scale of justice estreated.

Globe", brand cigarettes In before passing the Ordinance. In Wanchai. The man, the master his opinion, the fixing of a period of, of a coal juuk, exid that be say, one year before landlords could The Belillos Medal with a re-bought the cigarettes from a street raise rents, and the forbidding of ward of $25.00 has been awarded to stall for the use of his fikis He increases in excers of five or ten per Chu Fu, a member of the crew of could not say if duty had been paid cent, would be materially effective in Sanitary Dept. Launch for gallantry on them or not. The Inspector said preventing speculation. er the morning of May 13 by jump that when arrested, the defendant Mr. M.K. Lo could not understand ing into the barbour and saving the said the cigarettes had been taken to why the Government should prefer life of a married woman named Ho Centen and back again. - The junk December 31, 1920 instead of June Sze and her female child.

carried coal from Hongkong to Can-130, 1921 as she date on which the ton regularly, and there was no standard rent should be fixed. He doubt that the cigarettes were bought advocated the latter date as the more cheap in Canton and smuggled into reasonable to house owners.

It the Colony. The Magistrate imposed was true that the new Ordinance a fine of $10 or 14 days hard labour. was drafted from the law in England,

.

At Saturday afternoon's meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman drew attention to the proposed amendments to the Public Health and Building Ordinance which would be read a second time

but in the United Kingdom the [Government had to protect the wives and children of those who took part

on July 14. He said that this was a FRENCH BANK FAILURE in the great war.

more important question than that of

rent, especially the part relating t back lanes. He urged members to

| consider the matter and communicate

their views to him.

"NOTHING FRESH.

"At present" said A. Montargis, Found wandering in a fane at local manager of the Banque In the back of Humphreys Building,dustrielle de China when approached Kowloon, in the small hours of yes by a China Mail reporter this after terday morning, a Chinnie was noon."I have at information to charged before Magistrate Orme to give you; When Thase I will let day, at the instance of Serge Lane you know."

of Tsimshatsui Police Station, with being a rogue and a vagabond, and sentenced to 21 days' hard labour.

The defendant admitted that he had

Trafic to and from-Repulse Bay

Mr. Chan Harr said that ~if the Government really had the interest of the public at heart, why did it not reduce the upset price of the Old Post Office site so that houses could be built on it and thus releve the hoping problem? Again, having music the landlords, what was there in the Ordinance to prevent the principal terahts of houses from charging exorbitant rents from their sub-tenants?

The Chairman gathered that it{ desired to have the Ordinance ad- justed so that the landlords, would not be excessively prejudiced. He

been out of work for the past two was impeded for some little time on Suggested the appointment of a com months, but denied that he was a Friday night through a motor car mitte to consider the Ordinance as rogue. He said he was going to see getting axle deep in 2 read open it now stood. A committer of ten bir sister when the bolice arresteding. The P.W.D. had a little job in Dominated by him was unanimously him. The woman whom the de hand" at the junction of Bonham accepted. fendant alleged was his sister, dedied Road and Pokfulam Road; it. was relationship,

KINEMA NOTES.

HONGKONG THEATRE.

duly lighted, but the driver, apparent. ly, cur things too fpe and ons of the back wheels jammed in the excava tion, Heip was obtained and the car was able to proceed, not having ceived any serious damage.

Owing to the interruption of communication with outside ports in consequence of the present hostilities between the Cantonese and Kwangsi retroops and ewing to the uprising of other independent troops, organised by the Kwangsi people against Lu Yungting, coal miners in Fu Yeun Dressed only in a nightdress, and Horden districia (Kwangi) woman in Grosvenor gad, West-have stopped works and the different Very fine pictures are now screened minster, S.W., was shut out of her coal fields are now practically de- at the Hongkong Theatre. This house in the enty morning?” She serted by the workers. By order of afternoon the popular star, Dorothy had stepped out to get the can of the Kwangri militarists, the coal Philips appears again in the beautifal milk and the door Blew to behind her. merchants are prohibited from selling drama The Talk of the Town." The only other occupant is the house their coat to outsiders, except to the a 6-part play that should not be was having a bath, at ware of militarists for military purposes. On missed. The comedy. Kitchen Circumstances did not answer her account of these difficulties and the

koocks. A small croird collected sent troubled times, the cop! : Police, also pictures of recent and the woman was ant far from merchants have also suspended events from the Screen Magazine, are hysterics when the dose eventually business for the time being, Ryg also given.

opened.

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