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KINGEN COLLEGE

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on

held December 31st.

December 30th and

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Hong Kong, 28th December, 1927.

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

ANNUAL RACE MEETING.

1928.

GREAT FIRE.

25,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS AT PASAY.

tute sa

000.

P.1,000,000 LOSS.

Manila, Dec. 22.

Calle Concepcion and alded by a strong wind, soon swept over the entire district extending from Calle PROGRAMMES and F. B. Harrison to Pasay Beach on now the cast and. west, and north and the south from Sto. Domingo to May-

tubig.

DANTRY FORMS are ready and may be obtained at Race Course, Hong Kong Club and

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Hong Kong, 16th December, 1927.

THE CHINA MAIL,

P. I. QUESTIONS.

APPOINTMENT OF NEW

Manila.

GOVERNOR.

DRAFTS HELD.

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GENERAL DUMONT. SPAIN'S CONDITIONS.

FOR EVIDENCE IN BANK CASE.

NOTED FRENCH OFFICER IN MANILA.

PART OF LOOT,

·TO WITNESS MANŒUVRES.

Manila, Dec. 21. The central office of the Tien It

Manila, Dec. 2 General G. A. L. Dumont, French

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NOW REVIVING FROM LETHARGY.

NEW SPIRIT EVIDENT.

QUEZON NOT CONSULTED.

New York, Dec. 2. Washington, Dec. 20.

Spain is well on the way towards Twenty-five hundred persons were Col. Henry L. Stimson, newly ap-

the twentieth century renaissance, Entrance Examinations will be left homeless and practically desti-pointed governor-general of the Exchange Company in Shanghai re-war hero and Military Attache to and her relations with the Ameri the result of yesterday's Philippines, called upon President contly advised its branch in Manila the French Embassy at Washington, sans will be the most intimate and

the most prominent figure vital in the near future. blaze in the nipa district of Pasay, Coolidge to-day and, with Secretary to suspend payment of two drafts was according to estimates made late of War Davis, discussed Philippine made in favour of Lim Hok, Chin-aboard the "President Taft," Dollar Such is the opinion of Alexander nat night by Constabulary and problems. It is expected that Col, cao companion of Yee Ah Hee, step-liner which docked at Pier 7 at 10 P. Moore, Pittsburgh newspaper Pasay police. Seven hundred Stimson will return to Washington father of Alfredo Dolores, who has a.m. to-day. General Dumont is on publisher and former United States homes were destroyed within the early next month for another con- figured prominently in the Bank of a tour of the world and expects to Ambassador to Spain, who was in- Payment of the remain several weeks in the Philip.terviewed here by the United Press. short period of an hour, with an ference with the president. Short. I forgery,

Mr. Moore was the husband of the approximate total loss of P.1,000,- ly after that he will depart for drafts in Shanghai also will be suspines.

pended. The request was made by Met at the gangplank this morn beauty.

late. Lillian Russell, noted stage

The flames started in the rest-

Col. Stimson expressed gratifica- the secret service through the man-ing by Major J. K. Boles, Assistant

There is a multitude of manifest-V nert fr Ladies and Gentlemen. 13th, 14th, 15th & 18th February.dence of Anselmo del Rosario at 42 tion over the speed with which theager of the Manila office, following Chief of Staff, G-2, and Lieutenanting evidences pointing to Spain's senate confirmed his nomination, the discovery of the two drafts in Mallonee, 31st Infantry officer who "industrial and cultural renais "I understand the vote was unarim. Hok's possession shortly before has been assigned as General sance," Mr. Moore said, predicting ous," he said. "Perhaps it was be- they sailed for Shanghat on Decem- Dumont's aide while in Manila, the that Spain might be expected to re- cause the senate realised that I bar 11 aboard the President French officer made his appearance capture in one or two decades a Pierce." The drafts were retained in the uniform of his rank with his large degree of her erstwhile glory. wasn't looking for the job."

It is generally considered here by the secret service.

"Commercially, Spain has pro- breast liberally sprinkled with degressed In the last five years more The action of the secret service corations of his own and other coun- than any other European nation, that President Coolidge, in reach- For more than half an hour, the ing his decision to appoint Col. was prompted by the belief that the tries.

Germany excepted," he said. "The in perfect Engilah General Du country is vibrating with a new Pasay nipa district was a seething Stimson, counselled only with him. amount represented in the draft

expressed his pleasure in perspective and this spirit por- furnace, vomiting flames and smoke self, although it is thought likely was a part of the P200,001 fraud-mont out over the bay and making it al- that Chief Justice Taft, who once ulently drawn from the Bank of the meeting members of the press and vades her current art as well as her THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS most impossible for effective fire served as governor-general of the Philippine Islands by employes of showed every desire to satisfy their industry.

"Spanish manufactures are in- CO., LTD.

fighting. The fire was also favour- lelands, may have been consulted. the San Carlos Miling Company questioning.

General Dumont has been for ccreasingly in demand, while her ed by the low pressure on the water It is considered that Col. Stimson Chief John Nevins is understood to mains and throughout the duration was induced to take the position en-have in his possession the two years the Military Attache at the art, literature, drama and

arc becoming an international "SPECIAL" and "FAMILY”.

of the blaze, only four hydrants tirely as a result of the president's drafts. Both Hee and Hok denied French Embassy at Washington. vogue. Monthly Tickets.

the ownership of the amount repre- Since leaving the American Capital] persuasive arguments.

"However, one factor which is Those most familiar with the sit-sented by the drafts, Hok stating he has visited Forto Rico, Panama, handicapping Spain in her march OLDERS of the above-mention- MISCELLANEOUS. Houtekete hereby informed at 3.52 o'clock and the Paco, In-uation believe that the president in his affidavit signed before Chief Hawail, Japan and China. He told towards an inevitable renaissance tramuros and Tanduay fire depart- had decided upon the late General Neving' men that the money be newspapermen this morning that he is Madrid's reluctance to permit that effective January 1st, 1928, ments responded. A second alarm Wood's successor before Senators longed to Hee. It was agreed, ac-intended to make a tour of Insper enterprises sponsored by foreign such tickets will not be available.

SPECIAL tickets are those which was turned in after the houses in Quezon and Osmena arrived in this cording to him, that upon reaching tion of all the American possessions, capital. Spain might well look to in Calle Salud country, but notwithstanding this, Shanghai, the amount represented Leaving here he intends to go to for an object lesson in this re- have hitherto been sold at less the block Included

and Concepcion had been totally the Filipino leaders have expressed on the drafts would be turned over Indo-China, Singapore and

spect. than the charge of $5.00 each,

destroyed.

Reserve firemen from gratification over the president's to fee. The latter, on the other France. After a two weeks' visit "The United States, when they By Order of the Board of Directors, the Tanduay and Central fire sta selection.

hand, denied having any money, in his home country he will return were very young, borrowed money LAMMING FAN.

tions answered the second call.

It is though likely that a joint and told the sleuths that his trans- to his duties in Washington, from England to launch many en- Secretary.

The blaze was placed under con- session of the senate committee on portation expenses were footed by His stay in the Philippines has terprises. Eventually, our citizens .Hong Kong, December 20th, 1927. trol at about 4.40 p.m., but firemen territories and insular possessions General Halstead Dorey, former been arranged to include a period paid this money back, and at no remaining on the scene until an and the house committee on insular assistant to the late Governor Gen- of observation of the American time were our early citizens in danger of losing their birth-right early hour this morning. The possessions will be held to confer eral Wood, and employer of Hec. Philippine division.

to the London financiers who The two sailed for Shanghai Among those who welcomed the centre of the devastated area is still with Col. Stimson when he returns

vanced these funds. WAS Attorney Sisson, "Spain could borrow money in for GIRLS and SMALL BOY A KING EDWARD HOTEL in flames, although no further out- to Washington next month. Some minus the drafts which the secret General

break is anticipated. A complete members of the committees, includ-service men retained without any Filipino war hero and founder of the international market, without amount of damage ing Chairman Kiess of the house serious objection from ofther Hee or the Filipino War Veteran organisa-any more danger than that run invitation by the United States. And Spain, will not be made until late to-day, committee, already have conferred Hok. Secret service officials ex-tion. He delivered an

with the new governor-general-pected to unearth the other portion for General Dumont to appear, be to accelerate the recapture of hor

of the booty. Should no Associated Press.

further fore his Society at the meeting to- former affluence, needs money to steps be taken by Hee's relatives in night. General Dumont was obliged build roads, rails and power faci- Manila, the secret service will re- to decline owing to the press, of quest the city fiscal's office to do-other engagements but promised to mand payment of the amount repre- appear at a sented on the face of the drafts so Times.” that it may be deposited with the

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Thanks to a brick wall along gressman La Guardia of New York EUGENIC MARRIAGES “REPUBLIC OF CHILDREN" IN are nationally conscious of the fact strong material house occupied by gling through the New York Cus-

Calle Sra. del Rosario, and the concerning alleged liquor smug-

John Shannon, of the Standard Oil toms was started to-day by the

Company, together with the timely Special Intelligence Service of the

From 2nd to 15th January, 1928. great aid in the saving of many

pretentious homes.

When the fire first broke out and gave evidence of developing serious proportions, the residents of the district started pouring out in streams to Calle Vito Cruz, carry- ing a few hastily collected belong. Inge.

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CONDEMNED BY LONDON PRESS.

London, Dec. 22.

The two Americas are insepar- ably tied up with Spain's bright destiny, said Mr. Moore, adding that the Spaniards more than other Latin nations, harbour warm senti- ments for the peoples across the Atlantic.

"Although Spain's people do not mention it often, they nevertheless

that Ferdinand and Isabella were largely responsible for Columbus Paris, Dec. 1. discovery of the New World. There exists in Palestine a "Re- "For that reason, they harbour two public of Children," where elections, a paternal, feeling for the arrival of the firemen, the flames U.S. Treasury Department on or-

courts, newspapers, hygiene and Americas, and this feeling is of were prevented from spreading fur-der of Treasury officials. ther northward.

A storm of adverse Press critic-order are all governed by boys and a more sincere and human quality The Congressman charged, in The co-operation of the townspeople was likewise a effect, that great quantities of iam has been called forth by the girls to the number of one hundred than that borne by other Latin. com-races towards the nations of the liquor Europe

are being imported from Mental Hospitals. Committee's re- and ten who constitute the

munity. They are all orphans, Western Hemisphere. and smuggled openly solution urging legislation to pre- their parents having been victims. "That feeling, growing stronger through the hands of customs in-vent the marriage of mental defec-of the pogroms in the Ukraine, with every year, will lead ultimate- spectors by means of cancelled cus-tives in Britain.

J. Kessel, a French writer, describes y to Spain's engagement in many toms stamps.-United Press.

Critics are practically unanimous this ultra-modern State in his Land commercial and social enterprises in characterising the move as hope- of Love:

initiated, by nations of NorthTM, and lessly Utopian and Impracticable. It is situated Kfar-laladine, South America."

in New York Mr. Moore was MR. A. STEADMAN. They declare that to draw a line of The "republic" was first an ordin

demarcation between mental defec-ry orphanage but was transform-completing financial arrangements tive and mental normal is almost ed into its actual condition_ by a for the construction of the Colum

be erected at great Russian pedagogue, Pougn-bus memorial to IS INDORSED.

impossible despite the advanced

cheff. He initiated the idea of al-Palos, whence the Italian naviga- stage of intelligence tests.

lowing the children to govern tor sailed for the "world's edge." Washington, Dec. 19. Other critics cite the laws of Mal-themselves by rules the necessity Although reluctant to comment Nomination of Alva Steadman as thus and heredity to contend that of which they perceive and enforce on the Spanish political situation, day unanimously approved by the does not necessarily guarantee per-ment. circuit judge for Hawali was tomating of two intelligent people by example rather than by punish- Mr. Moore sald that General Primo de Rivera "bas accom- senate Judiciary Committee.-Unit-

fect progeny, while some of the The children, whose age la from plished the almost impossible." ed Press.

greatest men-including Shakes-thirteen to fifteen, established a He added that, though opposed to constitution. The executive power dictatorships, it was evident that peare and Milton-have come from is in the hands of a Directory of Spain's most pressing need was the parentage of low mental standards. seven members, five boys and two "centralisation of executive Au-

-United Press.

girls. One member looks after thority."United Press, law and order, another hygiene, another social economy and so on. The executive power is exer-}

have cised by threɛ judges who practically nothing to do, not hav- ing even one case a month to at- temptUnited Press.

CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR HAWAH

The evacuation was almost com- plete and resulted in few casualties. and injuries, despite the sudden. ness of the blaze and the rapidity with which it swept bayward.

Residents whose homes were built on the beach, evidently thinking that their houses might be saved, were slow in leaving the district. Their calculations were proved- wrong in time that might be figur tents, furnished by the army, were ed in seconds, and hundreds took to erected, and nurses were posted the bay on short notice.

throughout the relief area. Nichols are also aiding in the relief The military authorities at Camp work, co-operating with Red Cross and the Constabulary officials. Ap- proximately. 80 soldiers of both units stood guard over the district last night.

A convenient sand bar, forming a peninsula just above the stricken area, proved a refuge. The scene that followed the evacuation of those residents along the beach was appalling. Articles of furniture, trinkets, bundles of clothing and even foodstuffs were dumped into the bay, their owners following in

NEW BISHOPS.

FOUR APPOINTED BY THE POPE.

· AIR DISASTER.

EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE ON CARRIER.

68. 11d. A. WEEK.

COST OF HOUSES ́IN` ENGLAND.

Rome, Dec. 19. At a secret consistory held to- day, the Pope announced appoint- ments of the following new Ameri-

An estimated annual loss of £450 can bishops.

Bishop O'Reilly of Scranton,

for forty years on the Council's 100 houses, after crediting the' annual. Pennsylvanin,

Government contribution of £900, Bishop Kelly of Boise, Idaho.

for forty years, is to be borne by Bishop Johannes, coadjutor · of

San Diego, Cal., Dec, 20.

the general district fund following An explosion of gasoline aboard the decision of the Egham Urban Leavenworth penitentiary.

Bishop McNamara, auxillary of an aircraft carrier berthed here Council to fix the rents for non- Baltimore; Maryland. United rocked the waterfront this morning parlour houses at 6. 11d. a week, Three were killed and a number and for semi-parlour houses at 9a. were injured, it was subsequently 4d, exclusive of rates. The chair- announced after investigation. man of the Council said he could Flames shot high and smoke roll- hardly imagine the ratepayers' ed in a dense cloud over the city, language when they heard of this indicating that the fire was still ability, but the Council had no

alternative. Faging despite desperate efforts to axtinguish it.nl

The municipal authorities of quick time. Old men, old women Pasay last night rendered many of and children were to seen wading the homeless aid by furnishing about in the shallow waters of the bread, salmon and canned meat to beach, propelling their salvaged the victims. Carlos de la Cruz, furniture ashore for an hour after municipal president, took charge of

the work & their homes had been destroyed.

"Miracles Performed." The peninsula soon became over: crowded and those who had arriv-. The saving of many houses sit-Press. ed first finally made their way usted on the outskirts of the nips ashore lugging their belongings area was nothing short of miracul- ous. The dwelling owned by Pablo Difficulty

encountered in Ocampo, former resident commis- securing enough beds for the home- sioner, and now occupied by Jose less and although hundreds were Ramirez, well known Manila mer- donated by Manflans and citizens of chant, emerged from the midst of Pasay, Red Cross workers wore the flames unharmed, althought half busy until an early hour this morn Burrounded by nipa houses. log bringing blankets and cots to the relief zone.

with then was

Fresh water was furnished the victims by the army. A large water tank, holding 100 barrels, was brought in from Fort McKinley and placed at the disposal of the Red Cross...

The dwellings at the rear of the Ocampo building were razed to the ground and it seemed cortefu that the pretentious dwelling would soon be reduced to embers. The water pressure, which had at first, been so weak that it was impossible to project a stream for more than a stronger, few meters, had grown

Councillor Alexander said that 85 per cent, of the tenants were ex- The cause of the explosion is at Service men. They promised nine present unknown.

years ago houses "fit for heroes to Fire department officials sald at live in," and Egham had been nine noon that the fire was believed un-years thinking about it. He point- ed out that the rates would pro- duce £800 a year.

der control-United Press.

47 DEATHS.

RESULT OF STORM, IN EUROPE.

London, Dec. 20. Forty-seven are known to be dead

DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

TO CHECK THAT Plas, Dogs, Cats, Chickens, Swim

COLD The district live-stock, compris and water was played on the com-

INVESTIGATION OF US ing for the most part, of pigs, dogs, missioner's home. The saving of your first need is a gentle cleans

SATURN SERVICE ARE cats and chickens, swarmed out of this house, which can be largely ac-ing of the system by means of a the cauldron in droves, and the pigs, credited to the sudden increase in good mild laxative. Nothing better and more casualties are feared as a

Washington, Dec. 17. ► using more intelligence than is water pressure, prevented the answers this description than result of storms sweeping across

Senator "Pat" Harrison of His usually accredited to their species spread of the flames to other strong Pinkettes, the dainty little liver Europe.

and intestinal regulators. Plakettes. Ten are deed In the British|sissippi to-Way Introduced a resolu took the water. ver

within only a quickly relieve colds, dispel const! Isles. Jugo-Slavia reports a death tion providing for investigation di pation, banish bilións attacks, sick toll of thirty-two, where floods caus- the United States diplomatic and headaches,liverisbness, clear the

ed a mine collapse which killed consular service complexion, purify the breath. In the From chemists or sent post free fifteen men. alike: 60 cents the vial, by Dr. Williams

material homes.

Other houses, some few feet of the similar efforts fireman.A

Last night, the homeless were sheltered and fed on the vacant area Just off Calle Vita Cruz, the Philip pinch Chapter of the American Red Cross, under the direction of nd, which Charles Forster, manager, taking charge of the relief work Bixteen Bulletli

saved by

the

PAK GSM. Harrison declared that the purpose of the law of 1924 intend” ar of ships, at seated to consolidate the two services,

- A large number sat aid Manila Medicine Co. 60, Klangsa Road, are endangered by the storms, has been deliberately defeated ——

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