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BUSINESS NOTICES

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

1922,

日二初月二戌壬次歲- *國芪華中 PRICK. $3.00

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Losos, February 17.

The report of the Chamber of Shipping of the United

TO-DAY'S ROYAL WEDDING,

SIGHTSEERS THRONG LONDON.

HOPES OF FINE WEATHER.

LONDON, February 27.

The bright sunshine to day has revived the hopes Kingdom says that the shipping industry last year was which heavy rain yesterday querched that Princess the worst within memory. The Chamber's index number | Mary's wedding will be favoured by weather conditions of freights was 46 in January and 29 in December favourable to the enormous throng of sightseers already compared with 100 the preceding year.

London. Thousands of sightseers have arrived from all over the world and hundreds from the United States alone, while many have also come from France. Grest nutabers arrived during the week-end from the pro- vinces. They are apending Sunday and to-day viewing the Abbey precincts and the procession route. The numernas stands erected are insufficient to meet the demand.

Improvements in the situation must await the recovery of the trade and commerce of the world. The extent to which British shipping will prot thereby will depend largely on the extent of working costs that have been modified in relation to competitive freights.

Twelve per cont. of British tonungu is at present

jdle.

SHIP CANAL HIT.

Luxos, February 21.

One result of the depression in shipping and trade generally has been that the quantity of merchandise, rarried through the Manchester ship canal in st year was the lowest for the last twenty years. The receipts dropped over £250,000 and the traffic by nearly a million

tons.

RAND STRIKE FIGHT.

POLICE BATON CHARGES.

MANY INJURED ON BOTH SIDES,

JOHANNESBURG, February 27.

:

Princess Mary was still busy on Saturday receiving deputations and presents at Backingham Palace. The King and Quern beld the last of three wedding recep tions at St. James' Palace to day. Everywhere their appearance was greeted with reinarkable demonstrations of loyalty and affection

· A number of scats have been allotted at the Abbey | by the Colonial Office to dominions and colonial

repre entatives.

EARL OF HAREWOOD HONOURED.

Losos, February 27.

The King has invested the Earl of Harewood with the grand cross of the Victoriaa Order.

CHINESE PRESENT.

LONDON, February 27.

the President not the Chinese people. It was to night The Chinese present mentioned earlier was from

handed to Princess Mary who greatly admired it. The

The atrika situation aggravated slong the ruel over the week-end culminated in a fierce encounter early this morning between police and strike commandoes. The former mede baton charges. Fierce hand to hand fighting ensued. Both parties were reinforced and the present consisted of a numerous collection of objects of fight ended in many injured on both sides. There have rate and ivory and a pair of huge lacquer vases made

Toochów 1770 by order of the Emperor Kien Lung. also been a number of assaults on willing worker

A suficient quantity of dynamite was found near the Witbank power station to wreck the town.

Johannesburg is in danger of being rendered lightless and tramless in consequence of the men's federation objecting to the municipality using alleged "Scab" coal. Withdrawal of the workers is threatened.

GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS.

TWO ESCAPE TO SWEDEN.

BERLIN, February 27. Boldt and Dittmar, two German war criminals, have escapad to Sweden Iron Swinemnende.

COMMONS QUESTION.

LONDON, February 27.

In the House of Commons, questioned with regard to the recap" of Boldt and Ditmar, the Attorney-General stated that the Government had strongly protested to Germany who bad given assurances that they had taken every step possible to secure the re-arrest of the fugitives but had hitherto received no information that they had bt en re-arrested.

FAMOUS ART HOUSE.

HAGUE CITY'S CHANCE.

AMSTERDAM, February 27. Dr. Bredius, well-known Rembrandt expert, who is guing to live at Monte Carlo, has offered to sell his house ou the Hague to the City for 100,000 guilders. He has presented to the city Jan Steen's picture of the satyr with a peasant and wishes to leave there on loan, part. of his famous collection which is in the house.

WESTERN CHINA. DIOCEBU.

ASSISTANT BISHOP APPOINTED.

LONDON, February 27, The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rov. Howard Wast Bowl, of Wycliffe College, Toronto, assistant bishop under Bishop Castle in the diocess of Western China.

"CONSPIRACY CHARGE.

SHIPBUILDER AND HONS ARRESTED,

WASHINGTON, February 27 Tho Federal grand jury, has indicted Charlos Morne, well-known shipbuilder, and three sons on a chargeJul couspiracy for misappropriation of government funds.

·SHIP SUBSIDY. PLAN.

MERICA'SECATESES

PRINCE'S TOUR,

SHOOTING INCIDENT.

LONDON, February 27." Raport of the alleged shooting at the Prince of Wales' party has not been conûrmed. It was apprently not a serious incident. On February 21 while the Prince's cars wore being taken from Delhi to Partiala the police received information that two ebots had bean fired at the car in which were an equerry and two ladies, but investigation rejected the theory that the assailants used firearms, marks on the car indicated that stones may have been thrown.

TORPZODE · · TÜBAN TI 5."

INQUIRY COURT'S FINDING.

THE HAGUE, February 27. The international commision of inquiry into the low of the Dutch steamer "Tobantja" during the war bas found that the vessel was anak as the result of an explosion from a torpedo fired by a German submarine. The question whether the torpedo was fired wilfully or mistakenly was not decided.

GENO L CONFERENCE.

LITTLE ENTENTE COMBINE;"

ECONOMIC EXPERTS BUSY

LONDON, February 27 Plans by M. Bones, Premier of Czecho Blovakia, to create a great Central and East European fed ration in whith Austria's accession to the Little Entente was a ator had made further progress as a result of a cou fersace at Bukharest which Poland has agreed to join Yago-Slavia, Rumasin, and Czecho-Slovakia in making a single unt at the tenuz conference. The economic ex parts of the four countrica whose combined populations are 70.000,005 will confer at Belgrade on Match Din preparation for Genon. It is possible that Greece may, also be represented at Belgrado.

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