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HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

OPERATING :-

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

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RUSSELL STREET GARAGE

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Telephone No. 32 Telephone No. 659 - Telephone No. 881

REPULSE BAY GARAGE

SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG AND

SOUTH CHINA FÜR:-

ROLLS ROYCE

Cara

STUDEBAKER CORPORATION Cars

Commercial Trucks WHITE COMPANY UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. Tyres & Rubber Goods

Motor Car Mascots A. E LEJEUNE

HEAD OFFICE & SHOW ROOM IN PEDDER STREET,

SHIPPING.

TRAGEDY OF AN EMPTY LIFEBOAT.

STEAMER PICKS UP UPTURNED CRAFT OF SEAMEN MISSING TWO MONTHS.

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Mute evidence of the gallant fight made by the crew of the U-Faced United States neval Beet tug "Cones- toga" after their craft had foundered en route froei Mare island to Peari Harbour, Hawaii, was found in *** optured lifeboat of the Lower Califtere chast on May 17, by the stopher "Senator," according to radiogram received by Rear-Admiral Roger Wales From Captain Sobst of the Admiral Line steamers.

Captained Sohst radioed Admiral Welles as follows:

The steamer "Senator," bound from Carinté for San Franciscu, sighted an upturned lifeboat at 9.30

Liverpool Corporation Bill.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE NEW MARRIAGE.

*MATRIMONIAL CONTRACT."

ACTION FOR BIBACH OF PROMISE.

MODERN JEAN VALJEAN

DRAMATIC STORY.

CONVICT AS HOLDER.

It is a dramatic life story that of

Mr. Jodyba, "Ic.," said the charge" was Dow 4. 9d per thousand galions, which could not be considered reasonable. Colonel Davidson, water engineer, in giring evidence, sald thai In Fortgen ports, including Silensen- and Gardia, the charges

A curious marriage contract was were higher than in Liverpool-A shipowner paid no, rætes on his ship, produced in the Mixed Court in a thai po meter rent, had practically no case arising out of an alleged broken Jules Carrel, who, escaping from a mintinem to pay, "and had nothing to promlig of marriage. It came out convict, settlement as Gulant ten pay for the connection of the main that the girl, who is 24 years old; x Years ago, has just been arrested a with the ship. He was also giventative of Srechoen, is of an advanced Mettmattre, where he was born, and

of home-sickness. Carrel belonged | excellent protection by fire rydrants and highly educated type, having to which he was lured by a feeling been trained fan Edinburgh

to the notorious gang of thieves provided at the expense of the Cor college amongst other places | known as the "Sadristains,” because. poration at the docks, and he could and also

the London

they made a speciality of robbing always rely upon full supply of School of Economics. The parties churches. He was sentenced to ten water, however much traders at

are said to have signed a “mati years hard labour and perpetual higher level of supply might suffer.monial contract" setting forth that banishment and transported to Again, demands for shipping-water they have offered their bands to varied very much, while other made each other in cultured wedlock and glans. His first attempt to escape a regular demand, Sir Norman Hill, will not be eniaved by the harmful unsuccessful. Later on be and four other epuvicts decamped. · "One the shipowners secretary, in his customs of the old society and they was shot in the bush; the others reply, said their engineer, Mr. Parry, will in perpetuity preserve their managed to leave in a frail boat, but calculated that by 1910 the Corpora-'exclusive and undivided affections

quarelled during - the voyage, and tion had made a profit of £300,000 one towards the other. Under no another lost his life. The remaining on water supplied to shipping. The pretext whatever if the married three succeeded in reaching Europe. Committee decided to insert the lie of the contracting parties be Like Jean Valjean. Carral turned over jamesdiens asked for by the Ship- affected by the admission of a

owners Association, limiting the concubine,”..... Lobergs for water for shipping to 115

per cent more than the charge for, water for trading purposes.

GERMANY AND CHINA COAST

SHIPPING.

"The two

When the war came Curel joined

and comported himself so well that he was entrusted with danger- us missions. After the armistice he returned to his work in the hotels, this Line at Strasbourg and Sarreguemines, where he married a war widow with two children. Then

lunging seized hins to return to Paris and Montmartre. He was sit» ting outside a cafe by the Place Pigalle, when a detective with a good memory for faces came along and

new kal, and forme an honest and highly-respected man, working Subsequently, there was another in England and America, where he contract, which stated: parties have entered into this matri-held good positions in hotels. monial contract in a civilized process ies by munta consent in eu of parental decisions, and undertake, to liberata themselves from the bad practices of old Germans are again unostentatiously society and, by maintaining sent ecoming active in China coast ments of mutual respect, they will shipping, according to Shanghal prerte their mutual affections pure advices to the Marine Journal. No and malzed. But the date of the less than 22 German shiomasters are wedding will be determined by the now in Chinese ports. They appear date when the pursuits in which the Captain Morris said that the point to be well supplied with money. contracting parties are engaged will

Chinese wes A

shopping company have been completed." where the lifeboat was found

The court ordered $2,000 security on the route to Para Course to has engaged a tharine superinten- for the parties to appear in three

Parra, 800 miles operating about a dozen vessels Honolulu, He said it hardly dant who before. the war was weeks ́says the N. C. D. Daily, possible that a lifeboat would drift master of a North German Lloyd this far in the time specified. Iden-vessel. Recently, It is reported, an tification by means of the letter attempt was made to charter a large Chinese vereel to carry cargo and "C" is valueless, he said, of the mumber of vessels whose passengers to European ports. After mames begin with that letter.-Sanwards she was to proceed to Ham. burg and return with German cargo: Francisco Chronicle,

and German passengers. The scheme: seems to have fallen through, how-i ever. German business men and engineers are arriving quietly every week.

G

GOODS BY SEA,

QUESTION OF LIABILITY.

became

the Maritime The conference of Law Committee of the International Law Association, held at Gray's Inn. Hail was devoted to summing up the results of discussions at the earlier On the question of whe-

sessions.

ther freedom of contract on the part of the shipowners with regard to the carriage of goods by sea should be- absolute, e limited by legislation, the majority of the committee favour.

GENERAL NOTES.

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At the River Commissioners' meet ng in Newcastle it was reported that

here were 244 vessels laid up in the Tyne..

SUNSET GLOW BALL.

PARIS PAGEANT OF FASHION.

Hundreds of dancers in magnificent frocks of « hendreď hues jazzing and foxtrotting under the glow of an artificial sunset of orange and red, was the spectacle to be seen in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees on the occasion of the "Sanner Ball" arranged by the Marquise de Polignac, for the charities of Rheims.

The British Ambassader, Lord

Hardinge, together with the Spanish,

Italian, and Japanese Ambassadors. sat in the lower boxes of the enor- mous theatre.

The Robert Dollar Co.'s str. "Robert Dollar was due to arrive at Shanghai: The lighting effects were very re 'n Friday from Vancouver bringing markable and artistic, and the balus-

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Identified him, as an escaped convict.

FEDFESDAY, JULY 1,

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

· REDUCTION IN PRICE OF

BUTTE

"Daisy

Dairymaid

Pastry

$1.45 per lb.

135

19

1.15 11

“THE DAIRY FARM, ICH & GOLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Renter's Savice 'to the) Chima Mali)

THIRD TEST MATCH,

AUSTRALIA BEATS ENGLAND BY 219 KUNS.

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SOME INTERESTING PLAY.

LONDON, July Hid he remained away eighteen The weather was sunny. There were 7,000 spectators." months longer he would have bene-was good. Dongias was not fielding owing to his wife's operation for fited from the Prescription Law and appendicitis. Russ were easily made. Andrews koelted elect

been a free ETS.

A TRUANT TROPHY.

MISSING KRUPPS GUN.

▲ PENANG COMEDY.

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Penangites on their way to business the other morning might hava noticed that the famous war trophy, the Krupp gun that mounts guard by way of penance in front of the Supreme Court boldings, had vanished, and

with it its smaller companion.

The matter remained a mystery and occasioned a good 'déal of specula- tion_but a day or two later the Krupp was back again. The smaller gun is still missing. It up-

Carter was lucky with unorthodox play. White's bowling was very accurate and the English fielding good. Brown who was lame through being injured in the thigh did good driving. Woolley pixyed excellent" erimur 65 minutes. Jupp and Tennyson played vigorous cricket. Australia wens by: 219 runs. The scores follow:

AUSTRALIA'S SCORE.

· Andrews ↳ Juppassimennettual

Pelle c Ducas b Waite varura Popka. Taylor & Tenyson 'b White Armstrong memesítkom devant

Gregory & Jupp b White Hendry Extras...

Total (for seven wickets)-

Australia declared at this score,

BOWLING ANALYSIS..

Douglas took no wickets for 38 rum; White three for 3Z; Juon two for

o'clock this morning in latitude 28ed a imiform law among maritime 1,847,000 ft. of lumber and about trades of the great staircases and the pears, according to a correspondent 45; Parkin old for $2 : and Woolley one for 45%

degrees 15 minutes north, longitude States for liability for losses caused 123 degrees 42 minutes west. Boat by defect of ship or default in the apparently belonged to United States handling and custody of goods to be Navy, Fouadd a letter "C" in obligatory upon the shipowners. The brass on bow, removed it and dis-provision was, however, suggested covered numbered 3,535 underneath that, following the Canadian statute, Took of brass letter, but turned bast if the owner exercised due diligence adrift, as it was in very bad shape. to make the ship in all respects sca- Boat evidently had been in water worthy and properly manned, equip ped and supplied, neither the ship nor the owner, agent nor charterer, should become responsible for loss or damage resulting from faults or errors in navigation management of the ship or from latent defect.

1,000 tons of general cargo. The hails of the beautiful salons were of the Pisang Gazette, that certain "Robert Dollar” is an ex German ship hung with-red and orange busting, | ultra patriotic, persons made up their ebich was alloted to Great Britain to harmonize with the scheme, of minds to combine a public protest

with by the Reparations Commission and sunset colouring,

a practical Joke. Their purchased by the company.

The great attraction of the evening į grievance is that the gun is belog was a parade of about 50 mannequins | neglected by its custodians. Hence from the leading Paris houses, wear- the appearance of a couple of Euro- ing the latest and most splendid peans, a bullock cart, and gang of coolies upon the Supreme Court lawn at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday. With a great deal of noise but in a workman- like manner the gum was removed from the platform and attached by a couple of ropes to the bullock cart, then, handsome structure occupying 48,000 with one European sitting on the square feet, with a frontage ennale and another on the tail piece to preserve the balance the gun was The s.s.Cap Arcona," one of the Broadway of 203 feet, 248 feet on slowly hauled out of the compound, | bew of 30 officers and men, most senting the underwriters, emphasis German vessels allocated to France: Morris-street, and: 281 feet on and along Farquhar Street, where the of whom hailed from the Atlantic led the absolute necessity in the in-Lhy the Reparations Commission, is: Greenwich-street. ́. The new building"; police were politely requested to give |

about two months.

Naval officers of the Eleventh Naval District here say that ques- Bonably the fileboat-belonged to the "Coproga." The tug sailed from Mare Island March 27 with a 500 bon steel coat barge in tow and has hever been heard of.

30

in the

It carried a Mr. Edward F. Nicholls, repre-

joust.

THOSE BOAT IS ir? Captain Sobst will turn the brass plate over to the commandant of the Twelfth Naval District spon arrival At San Francisco,

terests of Overseas

Ty such a pitch has cargo pilfering been carried in Australia that it has been found necessary to appoint a evening frocks. Royal Commission to inquire into Such a pageant of fashion has he situation and report thereon, never been seen on a dancing floor One of the points to be studied is in Paris before. whether there is any proof of com, piracy between Customs officers and others to enable pillering to be carried out successfully.

the lawn facing the sea to the great delight of the visitors and embarrass ment of the manager. There it

ENGLAND'S SCORE.

England's score was as followed b

Hardinge & Gregory ↳ 28¿Donald

Brown Lb.w. Gregory

Hearne c Taylor J McDonald' Woolley b Malty damn

Ducat st. Carter b Malley ARTESA DE DES Douglas & Gregory.

Jupy c Carter 5 Armatong Tennyson b Armstrongorom Parkin' b Maileycusses White ME INTAMATI Extras ........

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Gregory took two wickets for 55 runa; BicDonald two for 67;- an eye to the traffic, to the E & O commerce of due this morning with 493 repatriated twenty-two stories in height, and ability on the para o shipowners to Chinese coolies. Before the war she one of the finest structures in the Hotel where it was deposited on three for 71; and Armstrong, two for six.

was one of the passenger liners of United States. The Canard Anchor limit in clear terms the abilities in- curred by them by means of the con- the Hamburg South America Com Lines will occupy the first four floors pany. This is her second trip to the The mala hall, which is entered tracts of affreightment.

It was decided to refer the follow. Far East with returning coolies from through two handsome branze doors,

is already the prond possessor of two to the unspeaessful search for the the International Law Association, to kong. The "Cap Arcona" is a cy and is surmounted by a dome old guns the popular impression was The following radiogram relating ing questions to the conference of France but her first visit to Hang. is one of the finest and largest in the remained all day and as Mr. Saricies "Conestoga" be held at The Hague in September: vessel of 9,832 tons grass and was rising sixty eight feet from the four that he had added to his collection.

Fil-fated fleet tug

received

by Rear-Admiral Whether it is desirable in the in built at Hamburg in 1907. Roger Welles from Rear Admiral|terests of sazbare trade that the William R. Shoemaker, commandant rights and liabilities of

All vessels that have been search itg 13 days for the tug "Conestoga" have returned with the exception of submarine 4-14. The vessels system- atically covered an area of 500 miles a day during the thirteen-day search,

OGAL STRIKU.

WHAT THE STOPPAGE COST THE GOVERNMENT.

July:

In the House of Commons at question-time, Sir Robert Hig of the Exchequer, stated that the cost of the Gererursent measures connection with the coal stoppage was as follows Defence force, w army TEMITE, $7,000,000) Navy £1,225,008; Air Force, £996090; and chil emergency for £300,000. The subsidy to the maiders of £10,000 be a further charge in respect of coal purchased abroad and the cont

As it occasionally happens that At breakfast time the P.W.D. sent reports of courts of inquiry held into for the gun and restored it to its Nantes, in response to its request the loss or damage of British vessels,

allotted position. the cargo to have freight space, placed at its which take place in British Posses of the Fourteenth Naval District at owner and shipowner under all con Honolulu :

tracts for the carriage of goods by ses disposal for the Far East, has had sions abroad are not published, and

satisfaction from the Cle des as it might occur that officers whose Mlle. An Dobek has just cele should be controlled by State action,Chargeurs Reunis. This company has certificates were dealt with by these brated her 123rd birthday at Chocho and (2) if so, to what extant.

promised that its ships shall make courts would not have the mater low, in Poland. She is sound in Nantes a part of call when outward brought to the notice of the Imperial, body and mind, and attributes her indemnifying the railways..? LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS'

bound, if holice is given beforeband Merchant Service Guild, commusica great age to the fact that she has that reasonable tonnage can betions were addressed to the Marine never been bothered with a husband, shipped. On the other hand, the Department of the Board of Trade line's agent at Saigon is authorised on this subject. The Board of Trade to accept for shipment to Nantes immediately recognised the possibili. in any single hold a minimum of 100 ry referred to and have now inform near the steamship "Senator" belonged to complained that they were charged com

ed the Guild that, in all cases ined the missing tug "Conestoga" was too much for water for their stops,

which certificans are dealt with, or beld "very improbable" by Captain and their association have success- The Cunard Line's new building, officers censured, a report of the Robert Morris, assistant commend- fully raised the question at the sit-No 25, Broadway, New York, which case will be sent to the head office of

nt of the Twelfth Naval District. tings of the Lords' Committes on the has just been opened, is a great and the Guild.

VICTORY.

REDUCED WATER RATES.

extending from Cahu to Midway

islands. "Conestoga” probably lost.

That the illeboat picked up byl Liverpood shipowners have

long

FOR GAGONESS

SAKE · WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY. SITTING OUT THERE IN YOUR

SMDERSHIRT?

AN TO THINK

BRINGING

· COME IN · THIS

WE ARE GOIN'

TO NAME THIS COTTAGE "COMFORT..

MINGTE DO YOU

HEAR ME?.

UP

• ***

Thomas Hale, a cowboy on a punch

Gregory, South Dakota, capter- live eagle with a lariz. Hale the eagle swoop down on a calf. Waiting until the bird had eaten its fill, he rode toward it, roped It, and carried it house.

FATHER

DON'T YOU EVER GO" OUT ON THE PORCH

LIKE THAT AGAIN (20)

HAVEN'T YOU ANY ISHAME OR MODESTY?

STANDARD OIL - EXPLOSION,

EIGHT PERSONS KILLED AND 25 INJURED

An unexplained explosión at the resulted in 'eight persons beinė kitiéd

PN GOING DOWN TO THE BEACH FOR DIP REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD

YOU:

I COULD

HEAR YOU

IN THE NEXF TOWN-

1971