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PRIDAY, JULY 2.

SPECIAL CABLE.

BINGAPURELE TENNIS

DEAN BEATS WODEHOUSE.

[China Mail Special. }

SINGAPORE, July 21.

In the Singapore tennis tournament

1923.

TO-DAY'S ROBBERY,

CHINESE SHOP RANSACKED IN DES VOEUX ROAD WEST.

Robbers entered a Chinese firm in Des Vosuz Road West this morning. and made a haul of jowellery anď money worth $800. :

POSITION AT CANTON..

"OUTLOOK DEAD,”-

HONGKONG MAN'S VIEW.

"The outlook is absolutely dea"" declared a Hongkong businessman who has just returned from Canton, when interviewed by a China Mail reporter

The firm concerned was the Wing Loo Yuen Co., of No. 17 Dee an Road West, first floor, the entrance to which is either through snother; this morning.

Dean beat Wodehone 6-2, 6-3 and entors the final. It will be remember ed that a few days ago, Wodehouse shop

оп the

ground floor, He said that in the city itself it was who was formerly in Hongkong. or by a side entrance opening into possible now to drive a car along the created a sensation in Singapore by Queen Street, a side street running East Band at forty miles an hour beating a well known Japanese player. from the tramlines in Der Voeux

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HON. MR. LOWE REPLIES TO

MH. BENNETT.-

THE CHINA MAIL.

FOOTBALL.

WANCHAI ATHLETICS v. STATUE SQUARE SWIFTS. Played on the ground of the latter, Statoe Square, yesterday,

Only a few of each team turned up, but during the play, which was very fast at times, a few spectators joined

in,

by thoughtleen motorists passing over The game was marred occasionally

the ground. Young Mokomfsi, the brilliant centre forward of the visiting team, bad the misfortune to loss ble for use as a goal post jacket, which he had kindly, supplied

Raad to the waterfront. The robbers without risking the life of anybody. At one time it looked as if the home entered by the Queen Street entrance; whereas in the piping times of peace team was going to secure an easy and made their way spotairs without one could with difficulty thread his attracting the attention of any of the way through at an eight mile an hour fokie of the ground floor shop.

According to information a China crawl, Looting is going on every where; Mad reporter was able to glean at the soldiers, to whichever side they the Wing Lee Yuen firm, the robbery belong, seem all to be tarred with the was committed at 9.20 a.m. The

same brush. Ban's warships are ly ing in a crescent shaped formation off hamsen with the foreign cruisers in

fokie of the shop had just finished their morning meal when two men entered the front part of the flat,

wate

We have been handed for publica tion the following latter which has been addressed to-day by the Hon. Mr. A. R. Lowe Chairman of the Joint used as a sitting room for clients of between them and the island. The Chambers of Conumeros Telephons the firm. They

followed latter have threatened to sink the Committen to the manager of the by three or four other men. All were first of Son's ships that firea ор China and Japan Telephone and respectably dressed. The two men Canton via Shameen. But that, of Electric Co., Ltd. (Mr. H. S. who had entered first immediately Bennett):

made their way to the verandah. One Dear Sir, Referring to your roof the others went up to the secretary marks made at t'o Quarterly Meeting of the firm and asked "Are you not of the Hongkong General Chamber of Mr. Tam?" When he bad received Commerce, reported in the local a reply in the affirmative, the man Press, I desire to call your attention aid "Then hand over your keys, We have come, to search the place for arms.

to one or two inaccuracies therein.

In the first place you stated the 10 per cent. (free of tax) dividend

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course, would not prevent Sun from ahifting his position and bombarding from down r ver and the people in Canton have a perpetua! "wind up" | feeling about it.

Chan Kwing-ming, our reporter was told, will not come and take charge at When the secretary seemed dis-Canton because he fears that if he was paid on the Nominal Capital inclined to believe their leader, the duea so Sum will immediately bombard which you will find stated in your strangers for the first time since the city. Fo the meantime be in Balance Sheet at £75,000. As a they entered gave the people in matter of fact the dividend was paid the shop to understand that they populace because he stops away. Buo steadily losing ground with the on the Issued Capital, also stated in were prepared to suppress whatever your Balance Sheet at £99,761. This resistance and pulled out revolvers probably knows this and is hanging correction is of course in your favour. from their girdle to emphasize it on in the hope that he may be asked Secondly you went on to state that Then the shop people's suspicion that to come back and take over the Pro- the Dividend was not declared on they wore robbers were confirmed, sidential reins. The feeling amongst the amount of money spent in the and as some of the men said after Chinese business man now is that they business-not 02 the outlay. words, although the weapons which are so sick of having to belt Naturally no company does this or the strangers held in their hands did and bar their shops against maraudera usually (except your Company) ever not appear to them to be real that they don't care who comes back as long as he takes charge and gota- has any hope of being in a position revolvers, still they were not taking to do 87, but you omitted to state any chances by raising the alarm, and things somehow or other back to that the money spent in the business all submitted.

normal.

(Plant only), according to your own The leader threatened the secretary i The business man expressed the

Balance Sheet is £115,958 from which sind drove him into a cubicle, behind opinion that Son was “fnisbert” and no depreciation has been written since the sitting room, which was used as would soon find himself compelled to 1007, or that what your Company the office where the safe was kept give up the struggle. The latest news want to do is to write this up to a (so Hero the man again demanded the in Canton when he was there was that called 1) fair value figure of £195,359 keya from the secretary, but Mr. Tam Hui Sung-chee's three colutons had and charge enough to pay 12%, on the told him that be did not been defeated at Siukwan and it was latter figure. If you are e trectly re bave them. The man searched him, known that General Ip Kui was mak- ported I take it your Company is now but found nothing. Then the robbers ing it very difficult for Sun to get willing to come down to a basis of decided to force open the sale. They supplies of money, ammunition outlay or money spent £116 958 less a made a good attempt and succeeded food up to his troops in the North. reasonable allowance for deprecia ion in semoving the patent disc, but the and obsolescence and if others neadlock held against the fiercest attack be little or no delay in arriving at a and the attempt had to be given op settlement. In other words sa an hopelese. It was fortunate. recent American judgment expresses for, the firm that the it "The public ought not to be com- esfe had withstood the attack, for it pelled to pay an excessively high rate contained several thousands of dollars of return upon inflated values ar-which had been collected by the firm bitrarily placed on near obsolete equipment."

CRAMP COLIC.

No need of suffereg from, crampe, in thelomach or intestinal paiva. Uzám

ain's Colio and Diarrhoes Remedy never fails to relieve the most severa cats. Get it today, there will be de Lime to send for it after the attack comes on. For sale by all Chemists and Store

on the previous day and had bran kept there during the night, prior to paying keepers. it into the bank this morning.

Thirdly, you mention that all the information relative to the subject bas The robbers then went to the beari handed to my Committee, bat verandab where a refugee from Can- Jon omitted to state that particulars too, who was putting up in the shop, requiring an answer, which might was lying on a camp bed. Thinking have a derogatory effect on the Com-be was the master of the shop they pany's claim, could not or would not searched him for the keys but were Be supplied.

again unsuccessful. Then the robbers returned to the office and made a

NEW GRAB DREDGER FOR Bond attempt on the safe. While

HUNGKONG.

they were thus engaged, a com- motion in the street cauzed by some people while drawing water at a Messy. W. S. Bailey and Co., Ltd., fount, frightened them and thinking have completed a self propelling that the police had arrived, they lekt steam grab dredger for the Hong- the place hurriedly.

kong Government. The vessel is A search of the office after the rob built of steel and classed at Lloyda bera' departure, revealed the fact that 100 A.I. and is sufficiently, strong to they had ripped open a leather lia aground without injury. band bag belonging to the Can- The versel is fitted with ton refuges and stolen some winches and capstane and accommo-jawellery worth $500 and $300 in dation for the master and crew.cash. Some costly silk clothing was The dredging gear (supplied by the left strewn all over the flour, the Anglo Chinese Engineera Association) robbers evidently hesitating to take it is of the Priestman improved stan- because it was too bulky to carry dard type with hoisting gear, control without detection. The noise made Levere, Double Chain Grabs for mud, running down the stairs attracted the gravel and clay, and is capable of attention of the people in the shop dredging to a depth of 40 ft. below downstairs and they went up to see water level. The grab having what was the matter and when they capacity of 40 cubio ft. can be hoisted saw the shop people were all bound at a speed of 140 ft. per minute. The and gagged they rashed to the dredger is now in service on the New Verandab and blew police whistles. Praya East Reclamation.

CAMERAS PILFERED.

Mesars, Hall Law and Co.. yester day took delivery of 35 cases of cameras from the Kowloon godowns, All the case were examined before 'being carried away, and found to be

By this time however, the robbers were already all out of night, and po one knew which way they had gone. Four of the gagged men were clients who visited the shop while the robbers ware there and they were quickly overpowered and disposed of as they entered.

The robbers spent about half an hour in the shop tackling the safe, intact, bat when they were opened and it is evident that they had intend-

ni the shop, 15 cameras worth ed to stay until they had succeeded.

£2,250, were missing from one in cribbing it.

of the cases. The police were inform ed, but on examining the case, they have come to the conclusion that the cameras could not have been stolen here, but were pilfered during the packing of the case or in the course of transit.

WHEN YOU EAT TOO MUCH. "Distress” by the stomachs after eating is rolieved by taking one of Chamberlain's Tableta, Try it the next time you est more than you should. For sale by all Chenfris and Storekeepers.

Four cases of plague, three of which resulted in death, were reported yesterday.

BASEBALL GAME, SATURDAY, HAPPY VALLEY,

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

HONGKONG.

TYPHOON WARNING,

The following telegram was receiv» ed from the Manila Observatory: by | the local American Consulate General,

at 1 p.m. today

tending from the China Sea to the J. Warning low pressure area ex Pacific across northern Luzon and the Balintang Channel. A real typhoon

Long, 17 dog. Lat. N. moving N.W. may develop later.

2. Typhoon in about 187 deg.

vistery, but owing to a Jukong appea ring round the corner the goals posts had to be hurriedly removed, and the games ended in a draw, 2 goal each.

A return match ́ls being seranged,,

A Drama of EngLISH HIGH SOCIETY LIFE ENACTED AGAINST REMARKABLY LAVISH SETTINGS

AT THE

WORLD

WILLIAM

TO-NIGHT

D. TAYLOR'S

MOST STUPENDOUS FEATURE

entitled

THE FURNACE"

SEVEN PARTS

SEVEN PARTS

By the noted English writer "PAN"-

featuring

WILTON SILLS

and

AGNES AYERS

GRATE, FIRE OF FURNACE

"Their marriage should have been happy, as comfort- ing and cosy as a cheerful grate fire on a chilly night. Instead, it was a seething furnace of unhappiness, in which they writhed, tortured by suspicions, blazing with anger and resentment, blighted and well-nigh consumed with misery and loneliness in the midst of a gay crowd. "THE FURNACE" IS ONE OF THE REALLY BIG PICTURES THAT COME ALONG JUST OCCASIONALLY.

MARVELLOUS IN ITS SETTINGS IT HAS A STRIKING PLOT

AND GRIPPING THEME. .

F

SEEING IT YOU'LL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

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