"SOLIGNUM"
THE ONLY REMEDY AGAINST DESTRUCTION OF WOODWORK BY WRITE ANte and Dry-boT, "SOLIGNUM **
DOES NOT EVAPORATE, CRACK ON PEEL, BUT
SEARCHES RIGHT INTO THE WOOD.
Sole Agents.
ARNHOLD BROTHERS 8 Co., Ltd.
1A, Chater Road.
MURDER FRENZY.
MAN WITH CHOPPER RUNS AMOK.
WEST POINT HORROR.
ONE WOMAN KILLED AND YOUR
SERJOY INJURED.
'Phone 1500.
SHIPS COOK STABBED,
INDIAN GUARD ARRESTED,
The Chinese cook of the .s." Soshu Maru" was yesterday removed to the hospital suffering from a wound in bis left shoulder alleged to have been inflicted by an Indian ship's goard in the course of a quarrel on board while the vessel was lying alongside the One woman was killed and four 0.8. R. wharf, Connaught Road seriously injured when a man armed Central. The Indian was produced with a chopper can amok in a Belcher before Magistrate Lindsell, this mor- Street house shortly after eight o'clock |ning and remanded for a weak. Bail this morning, hacking wildly at every-was fixed in the sum of $100. one who offered interference, until, it
is said, suddenly regaining sanity, he sat down on the bed boside the dead girl to await the arrival of the police to surrender himself to them without resistance. The four women attacked now lie in the Government Civil Hospital suffering from shocking in juries and their lives still hang in the
balance.
HOUSE INMATES' STORY.
A China Mail reporter who made nquiries at the house, s brothel, learned that a man had visited the place on several occasions to see the dead girl, Chung Yee Mui, whom he claimed to be his wife and asserted bad left him some months ago. Violent quarrels, the inmates said, occurred each time he called, and the two bad recently appeared before the Secretary for hinese Affairs, the raan seeking to take his wife out of the brothel, and the latter electing to remain where she was.
"MURDER!"
This morning the man called a little
the
mistress-to
man
Bave life." The other wates ished to the front cubicle, and there Chung Yee Mai covered with blood struggling desperately with the man who was hacking at bar with us chopper. The other wooien attempted to drag lum off the girl, whereupou he turned and slashed two of then everely, one on the head and the other on the back.
wounding two
HONGKONG ELECTRIC
COMPANY.
AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT.
APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS.
terms
W#8
at
THE CHINA MIL..
"DAIRY FARMS.”
COMPETITION DEVELOPMÍS.
in
SPEIAL CABLES.
SANGHAI - NEW”,
To-day our leading artiole toes HOIHO' MISSIONARY'S DEATH.
flina Mail: SPBORAT.]
SHANGHAI, Jamunty;; 12. The bv. A. E, Street died at the Gener Hospital on Tuesday and was buriedt Babbling Well yesterday. A feature of the local shars rket A mijonary at Hofhow in Hainan, point in Dairy Farms. This due thirt years in China His wife and on Wednesday was a drop one he w 62 years old. He had been to a rumour that the compd had. danger are in California. with a famous shipping compe just lost a big contract that t had
A general way on the pot competition in dairy produce, int is given to it by recent developate. Sir Paul Chater and Mr. ott An agreement with the Hongkong Harston have resigned from theiry Government under which
an ex-Farm Board-it is said bece of tention of the Company's operations is sanctioned on certain
happenings that, led up to the lure of negotiations for amalgamatic ratified extraordinary general aceting of shareholders is the Hongkong Genaral Electric Company held this morning. The Chairman (the Hon. Mr. A. 0. Lang) presided and there were present The Hon. Sir C.P. Chater C.M.G.. and Messrs.G. M. Dodwell, Hon. Mr. Lou Chu Pak, D. G. M. Bernard (diractors), F. R. Marah (manager) and the following Shareholders: Meras. D. J. Lewis, C. Osmund, L. E. Agario. O, Baptister, 1. Lopes, Leung Yan Po, Loung Fattin, Ip Fook, Leung Wing Sang, To Teo Hing, W. Fraser, Wong Kwai Leong, Chan To Niu and Shi Shum Ting.
FORTHCOMING SALE
ན
Sales rooms,,
"KCHANGE SPECULATION
LOSSES."
L. W. Luyt, Shanghai lawyer, SUMMARY OF AUCTINS. lefor Hongkong on January 4 by thyteamer "Takada" en route to Siapore. In the Supreme Court yerday judgment was given against in favour of the Netherlands January 13. Lammert Bros..ding Society for the Tle. 93,243 miscellaneous articles. Salerooms coats for speculation in silver 11.30 a.m.
phange. The Chairman said: Gentlemen. cars tweeds. Sales rooms, 130a.m.
January 13. Lammert B., two FRONGFUL DISMISSAL OLAIM
FAILS. At the General Meeting in 1920 1
January 14.-Hughes andHough. The Shanghai Dock Company won mentioned that permission to extend household furniture. our operations would only be granted 10.30 am.
"The antu a (with costs) raised by Mr. subject to certain control by the
Bedal for alleged wrongful› January 18.--Public WorkdDepart Government เย the matter of
ment, one lot of Crown land. P. W amissal. prices charged to consumers, Offices, 3 p.m. after the manner of Public Supply Companies at Home. Your Directors have been in negotiation with the Government since that more girls severely date, and
this Meeting bas : been
called to lay before you for approval the terms of a Licence offered us by the Government in their letter of December 10, last. You have all ad an opportunity of seeing this letter setting forth the Govern- meat erms, which are as follows:--
about the head and body.
HID UNDER THE BEU.
At one stage of bie frenzy, the man was alleged to have visited the kitchen for another chopper, and
with
one in each han, to have broken into every cubicle and attack ed the helpless girls. Three of the girls hid under the bed in the end cubicle, when the M&D broke in
the Bear
kitchen,
Clause (1).--Bubject to the charges for ourrent being maintained as at and present until such time as they shall be revised in accordance with the to it, lay safely concealed arrangements suggested hereafter, the by the long bed cover. Returning to standard nett profit payable to Share- the front cabicle in which Chung Yee holders, after deducting Working Mai was lying dead in a pool of blood, Costs, Management Expenses, Reserve
January 17.-Hughes and foug teak wood and black wood fanitu Sales rooms, 2.30 p.m.
SILENT BARBERS.
January 19. Lammert Bre. th A COMMONPLACE ADVENTURE. properties-oos in Wyndben Str another in Portland Street, and " third in Shanghai Street-witht
reserve.
Literaturo commemoralea the talkative barber, whose talk very
jewellery. Sales rooms, 2.30 p.t
January 19-Hughes and Hoolten was worth transmuting into literature. Most of us will remember January 19. Lammert Brospil him. He need not do more in this
Co.'s gordown, West Point, 11 engine and dynamo. G. Osand brief chronicle than make his bow and depart. Please imagine him flinging January 26.-Hughes and igh, the towel into a chair, handing you household furniture. No. 6 Humeys your hat, and saying impressively Buildinga, Kowloon, 10.30 a.my
Thank you, Sir."
Company, and one by mutuegree
It would be recollections oi luta that gave point to a shop sign we noticed in an American town, the sign of the Silent Barber. Was it merely a humorous allusion to the proverbial loquacity of barbers? Or did it in- dicate in good faith that here beneath this aign was a shop deliberately pro- mising to prevent an irritation? Was it the case that in the United States Clause (7)-The perio of the business hustle had made met so monopoly shall be for a in of 25 irritable that a talkative barber must Island of Hongkong and Achau. years and the area of ply the nanoy. We never found out for sure
Clause (6).-A satisfactory tract for the supply of light andwer to the Government shall be cluded prior to the introductio of the Ordinance.
the man threw down the choppers and or Sinking Fund and Depreciation, went. sat on the bed in a dazed condition. shall not exceed 15 per cent.. on the This is the graphic story that the in-paid up Capital of the Company; any rates of the house told our reporter. loans issued from time to time heing counted as part of such paid up Capital, the interest on such loans being deducted from the amount of the nett profit
of
PLUCKY CHINESE CONSTABLE.
WRIST ALMOST SUVERE)).
A
-because we found Americans too i busy for the most part to answer such apparently frivolous questione.
الم
THURSDAY, JANUARYSIE 1932)
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
BUTTER.
OWING TO FALL IN PRICES
Australia
in
we have reduced, our
DAISY BUTTER
DAIRYMAID
to
$1.10 per lb.
1.00 ""
"
FURTHER REDUCTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.
The above two brands have no rivals on the market,
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.
WHITEAWAY'S
GREAT
WINTER
ALE
WILL COMMENCE ON
MONDAY,
January 16th
AND WILL CONTINUE TILL
SATURDAY, February 18th
OUR ENTIRE STOCK WILL
BE
INCLUDED
IN THIS SALE AT
ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS
EXCESS STOCK TO THE VALUE OF £10,000 MUST BE CLEARED BY STOCKTAKING.
MANY GOODS LESS THAN PRE-WAR PRICES.
SHOP EARLY. BEST BARGAINS GO FIRST.
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.
HONGKONG
A DAINTY VISITOR.
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE'S PLEASURE YACHT.
A Chinese constable on duty on the praya, attracted to Beicher Street by the chorus of police whistles, plackity entered the flat armed only nett profit beyond the amount Clause (2)-Half of any increase of before 8 o'clock and went to Chung, with him truncheon and went Yee Mui's cubicle in the front part of | direct to the front room.
stipulated in paragraph 1) shall be Your Directors have rea very the flat. They talked in low tones, man sitting on the bed,allowed him devoted to the reduction of charges to careful consideration to Govern and then
raised his calf to be arrested, showing no signs consumers, the other hall to whatever ment's terms and have hesitation
Here in Hongkong it is unnecessary į Toice. He **E
heard by the of emotion or agitation.
In the purpose the Company may consider in recommending accepte of same, to hang up such a sign, for the pars other inmates of the place-eight meantime Inspector Kent had been desirable.
sa in our opinion the prosal is one doxical reason that it truthfully
All other
Claus (3). The amount of the which will place thị Capaný on a describes them. Analis
our barbers, and summoned by telephone. He arrived girls, four the.
demand money few minutes later.
whose ministrations we deductions referred to in paragraph sound footing. Bore putting the or The prisoner
80 lar sampled, are" om Chung Tee Mu, who heated- was handcuffed and removed to the (1) not to exceed 8% for Depreciation Resolution to the Fettg I shall be have
refused.
workers. We Then suddenly West Point Police Station.
and 6%, for Sinking Fund or Reserve, glad to answer anyuestions or give silent The
presume there was the sound of a seuille dead body of Chung Yee Mui, with both sume being calculate on any information dired..
this is due to the language barrier. In and the girl shouted Men and shocking injuries to the head and the written down Capital, value There being nojuestions, I shall this polyglottic Babol of ours, silence throat, was taken to the mortuary As shown in the Balance Sheet at the now put the tollfing Resolution to rather than Boire ensues, for the rea- and her cubicle with all the blood an'i'
end thereof. Such sums to be set the Meeting :-
son that in so many cases noise would other gruesome evidence of the Beide each year solely for the purpose "That the Distow be and they not be understood. terrible murder was sealed.
for which they are primarily are hereby authead to enter into In the Hongkong Hotel barbery on intended and not to be an Agreement witthe Government of Wednesday one of our biggest taipans!
The guests of Mr. and Mr. James on their round-the-world trip are Miss The other four wounded girls--one or plant in order. No deduction pany of a Licen (under a
used for keeping buildings, marLinery Hongkong for theant to the Com- was shaved. He said no word when whom had her right hand almost ander either of these headings may Electricity Ordince in contempla word. Even when he was cut, nder new he sat down. The operator said no
Florence S. Sullivan, Dr. K H evered at the wrist by the chopper be made in any year in excess of the tion) to
Vogel, Mr. Andrew P. Alvord and Ma supp electric light the lip, he said no word. The operator
William J. Mathieson, all of New York. attempting to ward off her amount stipulated for such year un- and
the Irlande treated it scientifically-still without assailant's blows--were removed in der this arrangement.
They sailed from the United States of Hongkong Ind Aplichau a word. It was very impressive to ait.
on September 15, and after leaving ambulances to the Goverment Civil Clause (4) The maximum charge for period d 25 yea.s upon there and see blood silently trickling.
China they will call at Singapore Pulice whistles were frantically Hospital, all in тоге or less for light and power shall be as the terms of a lear addressed by down a taipan's chin, while the silent
Dalcutta and Colombo, pass through blown, but the man, who seemed sud- serious conditions. The keeper of the follows:-
the Hon. Director ofublic Works to victim swore not, and the sil-at
A little American steam and sail the Suez Canal to Marseilles and denly to have gone mad with the lust brathel was also taken to the hospital, Light, per unit..
New York across the for blood, continued to back out, but her injuries were of a minor Power,
18 cents the Agents of the Copany ated the shaver swiftly prepared his remedies per unit There was a scramble to escape from character compared with
(unrestricted 10th day of Decembe 11 with such for his slip. The clock, although it pleasure yacht, the "Aloba," arrived return to the bours)... him, and the women ran in all others. One aman who was wounded Power, per unit (provided that our deew expedient."
73 cents modifications as the Directors may has a low tick, seemed a disturber of in Hongkong to-day from Foochow
The "Aloba," a bark rigged three the peace. After twenty minutes of and Shanghai. She spent the morn-masted schooner with steam auxiliary directions. Swinging as chopper left slightly on the forehead did not
rent is not consumed between The resolution bavingben seconded this strange quiet, we got down from ing at the quarantine anchorage. power sufficient to propel her at a and rght as he went, the wan go to the hospital, and was present
6.30 & 9.30 p.m.)....... 5 centa by Sir Paul Chater and carried the chair (the taipan having silently Her owner is Mr. Arthur Curtiss speed of 12 knots an hour, is said to Follow vd. The amahs managed to when our representative called. Provided always that the above unanimously, the Chaijan proceed-precoded us) and raised one eyebrow James, a New York millionaire whe be
one of the most beautiful! escape to the road, but the girls took It was after the arrival of the police maximum charge per unit for powered-Before you go Gentlemen, at the gentleman who had trimmed is head of the Curtiss Securities Com yachts afloat., She was built refuge in their cubicles.
The man that the three trembling and hysterisball not apply in the case of lift I have to inform ju that we our parterres. This was an incitement pany and vice-president and director in 1910, is 218 feet long, Basted the thin matchwood part-
cal girls plucked up enough courage motors, crane motors or motors have decided to g the to break silence, and he did. Vury of a score of big coppe, mining and and has powerful wireless outfit. to venture out of their hiding place. having a very low load factor. balance of unsued Capal, amounting briefly, but it sounded like the crack railway corporations in the United Captain Pelecman Bezanson, who hea They were taken to the station where Clause (5)-In the event of the to some 60,000 shares, id that there o' doom. He said: "One dollar ten." States. He has for a long time piloted the "Aloha," on two previous 1. they made statementa.
nett profit falling below the limit set will be issued on July 11922 at par DO YOU COUGH?
The prisoner is a glass blower em forth in Clause (1) above, the Comte Shareholders on the register ut ON Tetrahe has membrane played in a glass factory in Wanchai
pany shall have power to apply for that date in the proption of one the log to dig With the exception of the end se increase in the maximum rates of thate to every four are held by
Cough cubicle and the kitchen, blood was charge; and thereupon new rates them. merly will wet this for you. lound everywhere in the flat, on the shall be fixed by arbitration, Buy The Bul that is causing 1.
These new shares ill tank for de by all Chemists and Dion tile floor, walls and partitions. Thes
The arbitrators shall be, one person dividend as from July 11922 equally troupers
told their own tale of horror.
lappointed by Government, one by the|with the old shares.
LUST FOR BLOOD.
tion of one cubicle and entered,
ambermin K
10
EVERYBODY THINKS OUGHT WRO GIT EVEN WITH MAGGIE-
ILL GO SEE PROF. PHIL OSOPHER HE'S THE WISEST
ÜX IN TOWN-
BRINGING
SAY PROFESSOR
DO YOU KNOW HOW A MAN, "KINI GIT EVEN WITH HIS WIFE?
B
power
SH!!
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up
ARRIVAL IN HONGKONG.
Atlantic.
been an enthusiastic yachtaman long oraises, is skipper of the and navigates bis own vessel. In vessel, but Mr. James himself, holds
A coolie employed by the Tram- the schooner" Cornet," the champion a navigator's licence. He prefers way Company on road repairs yester-schooner yacht of the Atlantic Coast sailing to steaming and on the trip day injured his foot alighting fom the and the flagship of the New York from New York through the Panama workmen's car while it was still in Yacht Cinb, he sailed from New York Canal to Honolulu the "Algha”, aileck motion at the junction of Des Voeux to Yokohama in 1898, making, one of about 3,500 miles and tamed buis Road Central and Ioe House Stroct. The first of such voyages ever made, 1500.
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