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MR. HALLIFAX C.M.G.

BRUTAL MORDER

ANOTHER ABERDEEN

CRIME.

ARMED ROBE

ATTACK:

An Earldom · For Admiral Jellicoe.

A Reuter cable from London states that the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.B.E, Hongkong's Secretary for Chinese Affaire, has been "made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.

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Yet another brutal murder falla to be recordavit Aber in within two days father and lain,sue. cumbing to bullet; Mouras <free. ceived at the hands of armed robbers,

A family of bồn bople sleep. ing on their boat chored in Thinking, no doubt, to take that he did not think he would Aberdeen harbour Aplichau advantage of the high pressure at book yet after all, he asked for his were disturbed in their slumbers which the clerks were working money back.

The unsuspecting at about 1 o'cle yesterday owing to the exceptionally heavy clerk handed over the $100 and morning by Jobbers in search of bookings for The Covered received back what he thought booty The woms raised an Wagon" the man timed his arrival was the exact amount of change alarm, which was swimediately at a particularly rush hour. He he himself had just given. followed by a nami of revolver" was accompanied by two men and. At this moment an observant shots fired by the stars. A 13- a lady and requested that four clerk who was in the entrance hall year old son who sleeping in seats should be reserved for him. and who says he has a distinct the fore part of fretboat died. A hundred dollar note was ten- recollection of having seen thirty shortly after the shooting. The dered in payment and the change dollars do the "vanishing trick" woman's husband received a bul- had been handed back to the man by skilful handling, called out to let in the stomach and died in when he appeared to change his the other to count his change. hospital this morning, The mind and, intimating to the clerk The would-be trickster had no option but to remain whilst this was being done unless he wished to create a scene and so with a bad grace he handed over the amount which was found to be missing.by the desk clerk and then he and his companions made themselves scarce.

Hongkong's European swindler met his match during the SALE

holidays when he tried to "ring the changes" at the Coronet Theatre. Unfortunately he was able to make good his escape...

NEW SENIOR FLAGSHIP OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Mr. Hallifax's Fine Career. Parliament of Northern Ireland. The Hon. Mr. E. R. Halifax, He represented Maidstone when Secretary for Chinese Affairs, he succeeded to the marquesate Hongkong's only representative in but in the first year of the war the New Year honours list, had the took the post of ADC. to Sir same distinction last year when William Poulteney and became he was made a Commander of the second in commend of the Royal Most Excellent Order of the Horse Guards (twice mentioned in British Empire." Mr." Hallifax's despatches). In the Air Ministry C.M.G. has been awarded presum- to which he was appointed after ably for his fine work as Hong- the war he became finance member kong's commissioner at the British and later Under-Secretary. Empire Exhibition. the success of

Baronety. the Colony's section being attri Buted in large measure to his untiring labour and unflagging zeal Mr. Halifax's C.B.E. was awarded largely for his work dur- ing 1923 when he carried the burden of the abnormal number. of industrial troubles that had to be settled. An enormous strain was put upon Mr. Hallifax during the trying and protracted negotia- tions which followed the seamen's decision to strike and in his enpacity

intermediary between the parties, his taet, ability and wide knowledge of matters Chinese did much to smooth the way towards a settle- .ment... Mr. Halifax, who is an Oxford B.A., was born in 1874 and has been in the Colonial service for 26 years. He came to Hong- kong in 1898 and has at various times filled." the posts of acting Captain Superintendent of Police. acting Registrar General and. Private Secretary to HE the Governor. He received the O.B.E. in 1918.

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[The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George was founded in 1818. The King heads the roll, and the Prince of Wales

Grand Master. The Order is! divided into three sections:- Knight Grand Cross (G.C.M.G.), Knight Commander (K:C.M.G.). and Companion (C.M.Q.)]

OTHER AWARDS.

Earldom For Jellicoe.

Other awards are as follows:-

Earldom.

Kt.,

A change that will be of interest all over the world is about to be made in the British Navy. "Queen Elizabeth," which from 1918 has been senior flagship in the British Beet, is to be deposed from that high position by "Revenge," shown in our photograph above: "Revenge" is a newer, though a slower ship. "Queen Elizabeth," It will be remembered, was the ship aboard which Admiral Beatty received the German Fleet's surrender.

Admiral Jellicoe. Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe. O.M., G.C.B., G.C.V.D.. was appointed

prominent man to the Supreme Command of the

of woman herself and another foki now in Grand Fleet and held that post commerce and Director of the were wounded "and are" until November, 1916. As a Lieut. National Bank of India, the hospital.

The robbers, who are said to be served in the expedition to relieve London and Lancashire Fire the Legations at Feking and his Assurance Company and of yari- three in number, two of whom He was the carried revolvers, made a hasty first command was of the Red founder of the firm of McLeod and escape following the panic which

ous. tea companies. Fleet in 1913 manœuvres,

Co., Calcutta and is senior partner | resulted from the shooting. He was advanced, from the rank of Vice-Admiral to that of of that and of McLeod Russell and Admiral a year after the outbreak Co., London.

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Knights. Mr. Edmund Gosse, C.B., the

critic poet,

and biographer

The police are working on the clues furnished by the wounded

woman.

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BRITISH BANKERS,

A SECOND YEAR FOR CLEARING HOUSE,

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(Reuter Service.)

.COLOGNE:

REASONS FOR ITS NON. EV-CUATION.

NOTE TO GERMANY,

(Reuter's Service.)

PARIS, January 1. Early next week the Ambassa- dors' Conference will present to the respective Allied Goverments an unanimously agreed upon, nole. briefly stating the reasons for the non-evacuation of Cologne, as cabled on December 27, after which the Allies will collectively present it to Germany,

BANDITS AGAIN,

of hostilities and his name came prominently before the public in connection with the North Sea battle of 1916 as a result of which whose book "Father, and Son" French he was promoted a Knight Grand was crowned by the Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Academy. He has published an and to the Order of Merit. Later interesting volume on Swinburne in that year he was appointed and one of essays. "Aspects and First Sea Lord and in 1918 was Impressions" appeared in 1922 raised to the peerage as Viscount and "More books on the Table" in

London, January 1, Jellicoe of Scapa.. In his spare 1923. He was Librarian to the

The Bankers' Clearing House time as Governor General of New House of Lords. for many years

statement ...shows.. a Zealand, in which capacity he and Translator to the Board of annual

record in the grand total of TIENTSIN EXPRESS ROBBED, Trade for even longer. served from 1920 to 1924 he

cheques, etc., Mr. Frank Dicksee, R.A., a bills published two volumes relating to naval service in the war.

painter of some of the most amount of 39,533,000, an increase popular pictures of the generation, of $14,000 over the previous record Baronies..

among them "Harmony," "Romeo figures for the year 1920 and of Sir John Swanwick Bradbury, and Jullet," "The Passing of 2,905,000 as compared with 1923. G.C.B., K.C.B.,

who Arthur" "Funeral of a Viking" The town clearing total increased as principal British representa and "The two Crowns." Has quite tive on the Reparation Com-recently been appointed President mission has handled delicate of the Royal Academy. negotiations. He is an Insurance

Order Of Merit, Commissioner and was a member

Sir James G." Frazer, LL.D. ©****** of the National Health Insurance author of "The Golden Bough"

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(Reuter's Service.) " Five Fengtien soldiers held up by 2,760,000 and the country 89,000 a train from Peking to Tientsio the increase, to more frequent about $10,000 from first class The statement chiefly ascribes yesterday afternoon and looted.

Chinese turning over of money in the passengers, only short-loan market.

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CHINA'S BURDEN.” TROOPS

WRECK BRIDGE.

BORDER

(Reuter's Serolce.)

According to foreign reports

This is the fourth time that a similar trick is reported to have been tried on by a European--in the other three he has been auc- *cessful. The thief has been described as being well dressed in a black suit and felt hat, of, sun- burnt appearance, with a little growth of beard: He is also said to be not very fluent in English, although this failing may be only assumed in order the more easily, to carry out his trick of ringing. the changes.

The "China Mail" reported several incidents in which this trick was successfully carried out Aquete goods dealer in Wing Lok. Street was victimised to the extent of $50. Another occasion was that in which a stationer's shop in Queen's Road East suffer- ed a loss of $40. Recently the Commercial Press, Ltd.'at Queen's Rond Central was robbed of $40. On this occasion a fountain pen was bought for $6.50 and later the $100 note was called back as the article appeared to be too dear, $40 being found short after the man had left the shop.

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1. Cigars and a $100 note also figured in the third successful get-away from the Tabaqueria at Queen's Road Central with $50. Ten long-gowned assistants were in the rush which took place to identify a man said to be the same However he turned cut to be an innocent party.

one.

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NORWAY'S CAPITAL,

ANCIENT NAME IN FORCE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,

(Reuter's Service.)

Christiania, January 31-The Mayor of Christiania has tele- graphed to the Mayors of the principal towns in Europe inform ing them that the change of name of the capital from Christiania to Oslo will be enforced to-morrow.

Oslo, January 1.The ringlug of church bells in Christiania at midnight on December 31 an nounced that the capital of Norway had reverted to its ancient name of Oslo,

FRENCH AMNESTY BILL.

ECHO

OP_1920__ RAILWAY

⚫STRIKE.

(Reuter's Service.)' -

Parta, Jan. 1.-The Chamber has adopied the Amnesty Bill, which Includes M. · ·M. Caillaux and Malvy, as amended by the Senate, which made the reinstatement of the railwaymen dismissed in con- sequence of the 1920 railway strike. optional for companies...

war period he was Joint Perman-Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- talented of British actresses and ent Secretary to H.M. Treasury. bridge. He edited Addison's is a member of the well known Sir Henry (Edward) Duke, Kt.. Essays and has been interested in theatrical family. She began her also as Privy Councillor Rt. Hon. more recent times in Social career at the early age of eight Lord Justice Duke, who has served Anthropology of which he is Pro- under Charles Kean and was as a Loré qustice of Appeal since fessor at Liverpool. 1918 and has been chairman of Prof. Sir Ernest Rutherford, the Lyceum. Her stage jubilee nasociated with Henry Irving at many Royal Commissions was FRS an authority on radio was celebrated in 1966 with great Kiangsu, troops, hearing a report Attorney General to the Prince of activity and one of the world's personal triumph. The St. that twenty thousand Fengtien Wales and Chief Secretary for leading physicists. He won the Andrew University LL.D. was troops were moving south, blew REBUFF BY THE SENATE Ireland. He was formerly a jour Nobel Prize for Chemistry was bestowed on her in. 1922,

up the bridges on the Klangsu tist in the West of England and for nine, years a professor at Mrs Milcent Garrett Fawcett, Shantung border and retreated to It was his success in Jury cases McGill University and for twelve J.P., the well known-educationist Nanking

FRENCH CHAMBER,

CARRIED.

(Reuters Service)

| which he afterwards took to the years at Manchester University, and woman suffragist. She re{ bar which eventually won him is now Cavendish Professor of signed in 1910 from the Presi fame. Since 1919 he has been Experimental Physics,

Prs and the Senate has rejected dency of the National Union of WU PEI-FU AT HANKOW 145 rutes to 140 the special grant president of the Admiralty, Pro-British, Empire." bate and Divorce Division,

* Women's Suffrage Societies. Her pu Dames of the Grand Cross of late husband was the Rt. Hon.

Be extra Pay for officials which HANKOW, January.1. Privy Councillor."

the British Empire: Ellen Terry Henry Fawcett and the is mother Wu Peb-fa-errived here this vlously passed the Chamber of

Kupported government, which pre (Mrs. James Carew), who is of the Miss Fawcett who was afternoon with a bodyguard 300 Deputics, known as the most charming and above the Senior Wrangler

The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G., Minister of Education in the

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