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China Mail

No. 19,669

COSTLY SERVICES.

UNITED STATES POSTALE LOSS.

EXPENSIVE SHIPPING.

(Reater's American Service.)

ESTA

ISHED

HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1925.

GET RICH QUICK.

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"EUROPEAN" RINGS THE'

CHANGES.

SLEIGHT OF MAND DODGE

on

LOST SHIP ECHO.

MAST SEEN IN HAINAN STRAITS.

TRACE OF "YBE YING

That the coastal Stammer "Yue

JAG PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

PEACE MOVES.

WEST RIVER SHIPPING REPORT

THE HONGKONG MISSION.

"Ringing the changes" shopkeeper has once more been Ying Wa" which is officially pre- may shortly be despatched from successfully worked in the Colony, }

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O.P.C

HEAVY LOSSES.

FRENCH-RHPRL DRUSE INSURGENTS

SORTIE FROM GITX,

(Rautur's Sorgian.);

Rumours current that steamers

Hongkong to West River ports Washington, Dec. 6.

Beirut, December 6. The trickster is described by sumed to have been Korg

such as Wuchow, Samshui, etc, The annual report of the Post-Chincat as a "European" although Hainan Straite, while on ab have not teen substantiated: Sharp fighting, was reported master-General states that the his exact nationality isnot be

to Hongkong, with all he

Companies concerned state that yesterday south of Dumascus.›. United States postal service was placed:

far is that several conducted at a loss of $49,453,0nu |

A large lows of Drasos affackoć | This is nothing new to Bong. Den officers and crew, is as the lifedit) su

CARDITISSIT07 have to be clear- last year.

kong. Earlier in the year, they to haw been faced, the sued en rent and ench station French post and strong Fronch Over half the outgoing oversea

gaisuma witde Banks, armoured cura mail and a substantial amount of staffs from several Queen's Road stance of a mesa trought in trike pickets are on duty. the incoming mail was carried in ne morning when word went

shops ran pell-mell into the street during the week-end

It has been, devided to allow and aerophilies made a sortie frons American vessels as a result of round that somebody had the cul-

The master of the se. Borneo, each of the twenty district com-he city. giving American, ships the 24-prit in custody. Nothing even-

ays: Halsand beacon marcial guilds in Hongkong to After an all day fight the in- | hour preference over foreign line, tunteet and the man is still at bearing South bouton ominate two representatives each sagents were driven off with heavy cracker cutis a suitable toy.for keer zails, and a bigger pre-large. Evidently he has lain low passed a rather heavy wooden of inspection to Canton,

for intiusion in the unofficial visit tosses

The during the period of the strike,mass floating perpendicular about total number of a hundred will but last week he was on the prowl 4 fox above water, and appar, be made up by applications from once more.

other representative, bodies.

HAPPY TIMES Boxes of doz crackers. specially suitable for children's) panties, Xamas trees, etc. Each

PRIS 50c. a Box

PLENTY FOR ALL

A handsome nicker è with anasing assortment of toys.

PRICE 75c.

• CARNIVAL: "

12 Mauve er ckers contain- Ling conical faces, caps, and

amusing toys.

PRICE $1.00 BON."

WEE SPORTSMAN: Contains: doz. crackers assorted. Red and yellow. Crackers couvain an assort ment of comical face masks.

PRICE $1.25

XMAS GLEE.

1 doz. red, green, and yellow crackers, containing toys, hats and caps

PRICE $1.50

MINIATURE CRACKERS

Miniature crackers for table decorations, etc.

75c. 90c. $1.25 Box of 1,dozen.

WHO'S YOUR HATTER

A box cuntalulng six Crack, ers and six small fancy hats Very complete with plastic. amusing for a dinner party.

PRICE $3.50

'SNOW BALLS

AND XMAS BELLS

From

30c. to $11.50

CALL & INSPECT XMAS AVENUE WHITEAWAY'S

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ROBERTSON

ASBESTOS PROTECTED METAL ROOFIN

Sole Agents:

Bank of Canton Building. Samples and particulars on application

BANERJEE'S

Mail Order Letters & Methods

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ference for parcels.

The United States Shipping Beard annual report urges upon Congress the need for Govern-

A Central Market fishstalently well weighed at the bottom. ment aid for the American mer- licensee is his latest victim. One Frobably the mast of one of the chant marine. It says the opera- evening as the fokis were reckon sunken ships in the vicinity. tion of the Government merchanting up the day's takings this a diver went down fieet caused a loss of $30,000,000 "European-for want of a better in the fiscal year 1925, ending on Jme 30, compared with a loss of $10,000,000 in the previous year.

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IMPROVEMENTS.'

CANA LANDLORD CHARGE EXTRA?

ININRESTING POINT.

A interesting point with re- gun to fecal rents which arose at the Suramaly burt this morning. was whether a lessór, who had im- provements effected was entitled to charge extra reut to his tenants, for them

The houses in question were 14, 15 and 16, Jubilee Street

Mr. D. McCallum représented the lessor and Mr. R. A. Watson the lessees.

After much legal argument a total was taken of items in ther contrator's bill which were really considered "improvements" and 2 per cent. was allowed to be charg ed in the form of increased rent

ARMY CRICKET,

There has been a change in the Army. cricket arrangements.

| Against the Navy at the H.K.G.C. this Wednesday (start 10.15) the Army team will bet-Major W. P. A. Hattersley-Smith, R.A., Major Pollard, R.A.M.C., Captain

ther

to ame-presented a $100 Bankspot indicated the exact fate of note and politely naked, speaking the "msding stanzer could be dis- in English, that it be changed into covered although little purpos small money; as a special favour to him.

:

will he served as there is hardly

According te prezent arrange- ments the mission is likely to have this week.

Butler Cables)) Dumascus, December 17, Coincidently, with the arriyni ol da rummissioner, M. De Juvenil bands operating around the city, Preparted to numbor, 2,000 min,

khauteng) an early attack.

he. rent was acpte tension oriented by the order that no traffic; be allowed idb the streets after six N.. winds, frush; fine" is the weather forecast till noon, tot in the vening.

All per

At first the fishmonger refused any room for doubt hat she.morrow for Hongkong the coast mite were withdrawn, and the she knew it was illegal to act as perishet in a typhoon. One and Formosa Channel, The anti-ops standing by the barricades.

money-changer without theory in that the beat listed cyclona ha wistkond slightly and increased

New bands, of brigands are fewm- licence. After

timi. he through the vestarit, boend for fresh monsoon may be expretend ten the Chony, stampeding ar, the along the S.B. cost and over the $10 bills and kept the bigger, note, stopmake

China Sea.

iD- -hander.

uver

Every conch on a grack west-bound flier was thrown down a forty-foot embarkment, Mlling twenty people and injuring half a hundred.

In

counter, but that was alk- When

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TRAM AND LORR

COLLISIONS,

SATURDAY'S ACCIDENTS.

MOON-GOD.

TEMPLE SECRETS REVEALED.

SEARCH FOR RELICS.

pur recmiled inly from the Mnidan qiuurter.

The authorities ou December 1, summoned the notables of Maidun ond, instructed them that their quarter must resist any attempt. st aby be the bands, otherwise į the authorities would bombard it.

The Brescia Twily hembed the Brigand in the gardens near the

Shagger quarter.

It is repacted that heavy fighting louit plus rodenfly near Kuneita

linda karge Bares of Drosen Bune gou to Hauren to enileavour Eso inches in population to join, the rebellion, but the poulton e deformich owing to French accoplanes. Chouvily bombing the villliges

Beirut, Dovember 6. The Prendy have occupied, Hahbayo, eand Labunon is" now" [freed from izasILTgen185,

AMERICAN DRSTROYERS LEAVE.

The

-Washington," December 6.

American destroyers ad Beirut will be withdrawn immediate by Bic State Deportment has decided that their presence there i upiecES- KILTY.

Washington, Deamber 6.—Mr. Dwight Davis, the Secretary of War, in his annual report, to Pre- sident Moolidge, deups mainly with the deitytes of the Panama Canal. add inges that the security of the Canal should be assured "without entpost on the island of Oahu delay and that America's Western should be placed on a basis to re- J. R. Hull Keeper of the Egyptian sist un attack of any probable British Museum, to the "Budaying the Hawaiian Islands. The de Assyrian Antiquities at the magnitude made with the object of

programme for the defence of the The British Museum," Dr. Hall Celial and of Ouho should be comi

"There is every prospect the made during excavations in Meso me very fine disgveries will be pelamin next season," said Dr.

EW. Morria, Captain Bridgland, The "customer" then seemed TRAFFIC MISHAPS. Captain Kent, Captain Warters.change his mind and said he Captain Armstrong, Lieut. Smith, would like a $50 note back. His RA, C.QMS. Stripp, CM.Stone was such that the fishmonger Fritz, Mr. Gr. Rough, Gr. Claytonnaturally resented and survested Umpire-Br. Woods; Scorer---Pte returning the $100 note Oliver.

At no time bad the wad of sinall The match between the Army notes left the man's 'hand: "A" X and the Kowloon C.C. has speaking, and to carry his point, been postponed to Wednesday he had slapped the notes on the WD tram, ears, and the new Motor lorries belonging to the week (Dec. 16),

he had left with his origina bank or roller were involved in two Five boat-owner were fined $3 the crowd, the victira re-checked Saturday morning.

note and quickly disappeared accidents which took place on ruch at the Munio Court this is notes and found three $10 bile the hand fall of the tram war waz.

In the first of tage accidents, norwing for dredging in the harbour one!.... without permission. Another paid The modus operandi in pre-orry on the Praya. In the other

damaged, when it collide with a similar amount for infringing avicus cases was identical except at Wony Nei Chang Road, atram said, is intiming during the completed within ten years, beginning fighternge rule. This afternoon the for the banging of the paper car ran into the roller and a lorry, jpg on the excavations, which with the fiscal year 1927-Renter's muster of a Jupanees steamer is to money on the counter.. fara charge of being under way

The steering gear of the roller have been carried on during the past | American Service, About a year ago a "Epropean" was pat out of action and the three years jointly with the Univer without navigation lights,

tram car was also damaged, ey Museum of Philadelphia,

to

⚫ draughta of ale.

shoplifter robbed several well Klown stores and he was never caught Then came the sleight of hand man and the Police are still awaiting the pleasure of his acquaintance.

LONG VOYAGE.

YANGTZE RIVER BOAT..

ARRIVES,

CAME FROM SOUTHAMPTON.

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FALL INTO DOCK.

EUROPEAN ENGINEER

“DROWNED. 4.

SATURDAY NIGHT'S 'ACCIDENT.

Tince.

US.A., o site of Dr of the Chaldees, in Southern Mesopotantia, The ancient. Habylonia.

Mr. C, T. Wyully, woli- kupwa.archrologist, who has pre- viously done valuable excavating work in Egypt, and in Carabemiah Mesopotamin, is in charge of the operations.

In robuster ages and in a more primitive society there used to be much popular laterest in the sort ¡of competition in which the prize went to the man who could dis- DAVIE, BOAG & CO., LTD.pose of the largest amount of food in a given time. A contest of that sort, says the "Argonaut," was organised in a mining town

"When I was in Mesopotamia in in the North of England. One

1970, said Dr. Hal. "I discovered competitor, a giant collier, 6ft. in

The body of Mr. David Alfred all temple dedicated to the height and broad in proportion, Lying off Stonecutters is, a Morris, third engineer of the 88, goddess Ninkhursag, the Lady of succeeded in disposing of 2 leg of river steamer which came here, Madsang," was found floating in the Mountains, died about 9200 mutton, a plentiful supply of all the way from Southampton the No. 1 dock at Kowloon late on B.C That was before the tradi vegetables, and plum pudding, with a crew of 23, this mimber Saturday night. It is believed opal time when Abraham lived. washed. down with copious including 6 British officers..

that Mr. Morris accidentally fell'

Tho work which the present ex The 8.8. Fushun"" arrived into the water on his way back to He was unanimously declared during the week-end. Captain the ship whith was then meng great temple of the Moon God at pedition proposes to do is at the the winner, and was being E. Hay is the master, her owners side the Kowloon Decks for re- Dr of the Chaldees. ⚫triumphantly escorted home, when are Messrs. John 1. Thornycroft pairs. He had been that after-

he turned to his admirers and & Co, Ltd, and Mr. Roxburgh, noon to wings football match Many of the antiquities found at staying at the Hongkong Hotel, at the Kowloodbotball Club Ur and at Tell el-Obeid, nino miles "Th lads say don't say nowt, is the local agent ground of whình nó send a mem

distant, are quite as old as Abraham:" o this to my old woman, or she of 828 registered tons the boat ber.

of tire temples poONSERVATI. “1 won't gie me no dinner!" is going to the Yangtze River for The deceased, wild was 37 your library and it one can be found in

run between Hankow, Chang- of age, of

the temple of the Mcon God is if she and other porte the hana Sotion Wales, hiss me being a posible, it will contam writings meaned of 5 feet and the draft: Splott Red ?

mentioning Abriliam or the tribe or aft is 8 fenter an ballesstalk i The funeral takes place it family he represented. This would Coming up from Singapore the Happy Valley this afterno samettin the claim of which archro The closing rate of the dollar, "Fushun" encountered a very cortege passing the moun at logists are seeking proof, that op demand, to-day was 2/4/7/16, Istrong monsoon.

4 o'clock

Abraham was an historical perean,

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