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THE HONG KOND $ CIRECTORY

1928 Issue

NOW ON SALE AT:

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I

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China Mail

EST

*ISHED

1845

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1928.

THE HONG KONG $

DIRECTORY

1928 Issue

NOW ON SALE AT: Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

Kelly & Walsh,

Ah Yau-(H.K. Ferry

Wharf). Ah Yau (Peak Tram

Station),

(Kowloon).

Lee Yec,

Kowloon Wharf..

Hung Cheong-

AND AT:The Office of the Publishers, SA. Wyndham Street.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Aviators On Way To Kabul.

'PLANE CRASHES.

Two Men Taken To Kohat And Detained.

Peshawar, Yesterday.

Mr. Snowden Criticises Its Archaism.

"PUBLIC CORPORATION."

New Arbitration Treaty.

UNDER DISCUSSION.

Suggests New Body Representing Draft Does Not Meet All Britain's

Finance, Labour, Etc.

London, Yesterday.

Requirements.

London, Yesterday.

An aeroplane crashed at Para-

In the House of Commons, Mr. In the House of Commons, in chinar and was badly damaged. Samuel, financial secretary to the reply to questions, Sir A. Cham- Two Russian occupants escaped Treasury, moved the second read-berlain said the draft arbitration unhurt. They spoke no English ing of the Currency and Bank-treaty to replace the Anglo- but were able with the assistance notes Bill, amalgamating cur- American arbitration treaty ex- of maps to indicate their route which was from Tremez to Kabul. They went to Kohat where they were detained-Reuter.

WRECKED CAR.

BUT NO REPORT TO POLICE.

The report of a motor car acci- dent in the New Territories had reached Police Headquarters from Traffic Sergeant Tuckett who is stationed in that district.

According to the Sergeant, at 6.30 p.m., on April 13 whilst he was on motor cycle patrol at the railway bridge near Taipokau, he saw'n wrecked motor car in a pond in the vicinity of the bridge. The car which was numbered 584, was registered in the name of Mr. E. D. Shank, of No. 9, Orient- building, Kowloon.

The pond was by the side of rency notes with Bank of Eng- the roud to Fanling, and marks on land notes as provided in the the road indicated that the car Budget.

piring on June 4, and com- municated by the United States Government,” had not met the ro- quirements of His Majesty's Gov- ernment in all respects, and added. that in view of the complexity of the questions involved and the necessity of consulting the Domin- lons Governments, further time would be required before a deci- sion could be reached.

It had been suggested to the Dominions' Governments, with the cognisance of the United States Government, that the pre- | sent Root-Bryce Treaty should be temporarily extended, although there was a doubt whether the United States Senate would be able to consider the questions be fore their recess.-Reuter.

PREFERRED PEAK.

AND LIKED TRAVELLING

CLOCKS.

When a Chinese was this morn- had come from the direction of Mr. P. Snowden moved an ing charged before Mr. ft. E. Lind- Fanling at a high speed and had amendment withholding assent sell with thefts at no fewer than swerved when it failed to take until investigation had been made eight Peak houses, it was stated the turning underneath the rail- of the constitution, powers and that he had a partiality for travel- way bridge.

policy of the Bank of England in ling clocks.

From inquiries the Sergeant the light of modern developments The accused pleaded "guilty" to

date.

Chief

A

made from people in the vicinity, in finance and industry.

all the charges which covered the passengers in the car at the He paid a tribute to the way time of the accident were a Euro-the Bank of England discharged period of months, from March to pean and a Chinese. Both were its powers but declared it was not injured and walked away hampered by an archaic constitu-

Detective Inspector from the scene of the accident. tion. He favoured a public cor- Murphy applied for a -remand for The Sergeant's report added poration on which financiera, in-the purpose of considering the that the car was very badly dam-dustrialists, the Board of Trade, making of an application for the no report of the accident had been labour would be represented, and inal Sessions. He accused had” a made to the police by the owner also urged implementing the very bad criminal record. He had

The Postal Service to Swabue & neighbouring places has now aged, and it ended by stating that the co-operative movement and accused's committal to the Crim-

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CHINESE WINE.

ONE WOMAN HELPS ANOTHER.

L

Genoa Conference resolutions of been banished from the Colony 1922. He objected to fixing the twice, but seemed determined to fiduciary limit at £260,000,000 atay here. The C.D.L., requested a which would be insufficient to remand in police custody until Fri- meet the legitimate expansion of day. industry or any exceptional but perfectly legitimate cause for an Mr. Lindsell inquired as to the |fncrease in currency notes.

action of the pawnbrokers who had The amendment was defeated taken the stolen properties in Senior Revenue Officer Watt by 229 votes to 101 and the bill pawn.. this morning charged two Chin-read a second time-Reuter. ese women before Major C. Will- son with the unlawful posscasion of two jars of dutiable Chinese wine in Connaught-road Central yesterday afternoon.

The first defendant, an aged i [crippled woman said that the The wine was her property.

second defendant said that they were both passengers to Hong!

AN AIR SAUNTER.

CASUAL TRIP OVER 40,000 MILES.

MILLIONAIRE & VALET.

London, Yesterday.

The C.D.I., said that with two possible exceptions, he did not think that the police could prove gross negligence on the part of the pawn-brokers, Two of the clocks! bore monograms, and the police' would consider what action to take against the pawn-brokers who had; taken these clocks in pawn.

A remand was given in police The Dutch-American million-custody until Friday next.

Kong on the 8.8. "Kwongsi" and aire, Mr. Van Lear Black, left she carried the wine ashore as an Croydon this morning in a hired act of kindness towards the old woman. She would not have done Dutch Fokker monoplane.

He

so had she not been ignorant of took with him two pilots, a mechanic and a valet. He has set local regulations.

back.

TOLD TO RUN.

A sneak thief this morning The S.R.O. told the Magistrate out on a 40,000-mile flight to pleaded guilty" before Major C. that the first defendant was Capetown, then to Tokyo, and

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Willson to a charge of snatching a well-known figure on the water- Dressed in an ordinary lounge handbag from a Chinese lady in front. bility for the wine because she Lear Black strolled to the ser-noon.

She was taking responsi suit and a trilby hat, Mr. Van Ice House-street yesterday after-

thought that being old and adrome and mounted the machine The accused caused some merri- cripple she would get off more casually as though taking a motor ment in Court, however, by adding lightly than her companion. trip.

that he did not personally snatch

The Magistrate convicted both His plans are to visit the cen- the bag from the lady. What hap accused. The old woman Was fined $50 or four weeks, whilates of industries in which he is pened was that another man stole interested. He travels. via Cairo the bag and handing it to him told the other was mulcted in the sum both ways, branching off from him to run. As he had been only

hard labour.

of $25, or, in default, two weeks' there on the return journey to a couple of days in the Colony, he

China and Japan-Reuter.

BATAVIA QUAKE.

GOT $25.

Luk Ko-ho, a married woman living at No. 33, Hollywood-road re- ported to the police yesterday after- noon, that a man who' gave his name as Kwok Man, obtained $25 from her on the pretext of getting stall-holder's licence.

A receipt

ASHES SHOOT 70 FEET.

. IN AIR.

VILLAGER KILLED.

Batavia, Yesterday.

A violent aarthquake occurred at was given. to her for the money: Desas Imbar, followed by a vol- but later when she made inquiries at

took the bag and ran as he was told to. He stopped as soon as a constable approached him,

The Maglatrate convicted the ac- cused on an alternate charge of re- ceiving stolen property, and passed sentence of alx months' bard labour and 20 strokes of the birch..

NO LICENCE.

A Chinese was this morning

the Hawkers' Licence Office at canic eruption in the village of Police Headquarters she discovered Timbang. Stones and ashes were charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell that no application had been made shot 70 feet in the air and a stream with driving a motor car belonging for a licence in the name of Kwok of lava destroyed 14 houses. One to the Dairy Farm on Mount Davis- Mani

villager was killed-Reuter, f

:

A foki of the On Fat bicycle shop, REACHES CALCUTTA,

D'OISY. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

No. 610, Shanghai-street, Yaumati, has reported to the police that at about 8 o'clock last night - two Chinese youths hired from the shop two bicycles valued at $25, and left

Calcutta, Yesterday. after paying small deposits. They Captain Pelletier D'Olay, who have not returned the machines is flying from Paria to Tokyo, has since.

arrived here,Reuter,

road --with-a-driver's licence 'and without the permission of the owners of the car. As the result of the accused's interference with the car, it was stated to have been damaged to the extent of $15. The Magistrate imposed a'âne of $10 and ordered the accused to pay a The al- further $20 ea damages. ternative was a total of 20 days" hard labour.

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