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THE HOKA KONGS DIRECTORY 1928 Issue

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

*Kelly & Walsh.

Lee Yoo.

Kowloon Wharf.

Ah You(H.K. Ferry

Wharf).

Ah Yau-(Peak Tram

'Station).]

Hung Cheong-

(Kowloon).

AND AT:-The Ofice of the Publishers,

8A, Wyndham Street.

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THE HONG KONG DIRECTORY

1928 Issue

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

Kelly & Walsh,

·· Les Yên.

Kowloon Wharf.

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AND-AT:----The Office of the Poblishers,

SA, Wyndham Street, 19

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928.

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES:

FREIGHT AND

LONDON' SERVICE.

* HECTOR "

"PERSKUE"

"GLAUCUS"

11th July Marseilles, London, Retterdam & Glasgow 24th July Marseille, London, Kotterdam & Hamborg 7th Aug. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg

LIVERPOOL SERVICE.

"RHEXENAR” 20th July Genoa, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow *ANTILOCHU}" 20th Ang. Gepos, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow PACIFIC SERVICE.

vis KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

"PROTESILAUS" 18 Jaly Victoria, Vancouver & Fesitle "TALTHYBIUS" 2rxi Auk. Victoria, Vancouver & Beattin

NEW YORK SERVICE.

" HELENUS" "DARDANDA"

29th June New York, Bion & Balilmore 27th July Bonton, New York & Baltimore

PASSENGER SERVICE.

11th July 4th Sept.

Singapore, Marmeilles & London Bingapore, Marseilles & London

"HECTOR" "AENEAÐ" OUTWARD SERVICE.

"ANTILOCKUS" 20th June Shanghai, Moji, Kobo & Yokohama "PHILOCTETES" 8th July Bhanghai, Moji, Kabe & Yokohama

Also cargo strmers with limited passenger accommodation at specially reduced fares,

For right, passage rues vel information appij to :—

Butterfield & Swire.

Agents.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

WHEN THE "ITALIA" PENSION FOR THE

CRASHED.

EX-SPEAKER.

CABLE AND BEAM MERGER.

NOBILE'S STORY.

£4,000 ANNUITY,

NOT MATERIALISED?

HAVE

INJURED.

THE CHIEF MECHANIC FATALLY | VOTE CARRIED WITH LIBERALS' | AGREEMENT BELIEVED TO

THE WALKING PARTY.

Rome, Yesterday.

SUPPORT.

LABOUR OPPOSITION.

London, Yesterday.

The House of Commons has

'BEEN REACHED.

UTMOST SECRECY.

London, Yesterday. General Nobile's detailed ac

The utmost secrecy is being count of what happened when agreed to Mr. Baldwin's motion to Cable and Beam merger. Author- maintained with reference to the the "Italia" crashed on the Ice floe shows that the impact was vote ex-Speaker Whitley an an-itative information has hitherto taken by the engine in the front nuity of £4,000, after rejecting been unavailable notwithstanding thus marooning Nobile's party) moved by Mr. Clynes to make the the Stock Exchange. gondola (which became detached, the official Labour amendment the appreciation of Marconi and Eastern Telegraph Co. shares on In this crash the chief mechanic,

Pomella, was fatally injured, and pension £1,000. was subsequently given honour-

Reuter's enquiries show that The Liberals supported the the Imperial Wireless Conference able burial by the marooned Government-Reuter.

has in no wise discussed a merger party.

although it is believed that a [The Speaker's salary is £5,000 draft report was circulated to Nobile, says that the dirigible reastended and was seen to drift annually, but it is generally re-members of the conferences in about six miles, when a small garded as being insufficient the middle of May. plume of smoke was seen trailing owing to the numerous "calls" made upon the Speaker to enter tain.]

astern.

Other Parties. Nobile gives directions for find ing the party with the airship

.'T

The attitude of Great Britain and the majority of the Domin- lons towards the merger is prob- ably favourable, especially to those involved in heavy commit- ments in cables. This attitude,

bull, and two Italian and one WM. POWELL, LTD. however, is subject to the mer-

Swedish seaplane will start the search immediately the weather, which is at present bad, permits. Nobile states that the walking party, of which there is still no news, was provisioned for forty days, and had instruments and maps. They were without a tent or fire arma.

REDUCTION OF CAPITAL CONFIRMED.

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.

ger's financial arrangements be- fing considered as sound as to which there was some uncertainty in the absence of pre- cise information.

At present it appears that the Capital reduction from. $7 per only dissentient voice is likely to share to $2 per share on 50,000 be South Africa, whose attitude is presumed to be unchanged Nobile says Malmgren calcu- shares (of which 42,000 have been since Mr. Madeley, Minister of lated that they could do six miles issued) in Messrs. William Powell, Posta, announced opposition to a a day.

They had done barely Ltd. was confirmed at an

extra-merger. three miles a day when they reached Foyn Island, since when nothing has been heard of them. An Italian seaplane, piloted by Captain Ravazzoni, has arrived at Tromsoe to search for Amundsen and Guilbaud.

SHOWERS

عبية جديدة

S. Winds, moderate fair to showery, is the official weather forecast until noon to-morrow.

American Generosity. The Norwegian Government, says a message.from Oslo, has ac- cepted the offer of an American, ordinary meeting of holders to-day, Misa Boyd, who had hired, the held in Messrs. Lane, Crawford's scaler "Hobby" which was thus lounge. On each share, $4.50 will obliged to return from the search be written off and 50 cents return- for the "Italia." She has volun-ed to holders.

Mr. M. Manuk (chairman) pre

Letters and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are for teered to send back the "Hobby" warded via Siberia it so superscribed.

From

INWARD MAILS.

Per

THURSDAY, JUNE 28.

.St. Albans ..Helenus

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Shanghai and Europe via Sibería

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Europe via Negapatam (Papers only London

31st May)...

Japan and Shanghai'

Shanghal

.Hong Ping

Haruna Maru Novara

SATURDAY, JUNE “USA., Honolulu, Japan-and-hanghai-

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FRIDAY,

Japan and Shanghai

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OUTWARD MAILS.

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JUNE 28.

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Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and, Europe via Marseilles-due Mar seilles, 30th July. K.P.O. Regla- tration 4.30 p.m. Letters (Junë 80th) 9am. G.P.O. Registration' (June 30th) 8.45 am. Letters (June 80th) 9.80.a.m. Manila, Australia and New Zealand. via Thursday Island-dua Thurs- day Island, 15th July. Parcels 5 p.m. Registration (June 30th) 9.15 a.m. Letters 10 a.m. «* *Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauri- tus, *E. & *S. Africa, Egypt and Europa via Marseilles due Marseilles, 4th Aug. KP.O. Par-ye cels 4.80 p.m. Registration (June 80th) 9. Letters (June 30th) 10 am G.F.0 Parcel Up Es gisterton) (June 8015), B

Haruna Marc

St. Albans

4.30 p.m.

5 p.m.

10.80 a.m.

2 pam 8.80 p.m. 4.80 p.m.

Agreement Reached?

The "Financial Times" says that it has reason to believe that: an agreement was reached on June 27 between the Government and the Marconi Co. and the cable companies for the merging of the cable and wireless services.--- Reuter.

Statement by Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin, questioned in the House of Commons said he hoped that it would not be long before cable conference would be receiv a report on the wireless and

to Spitzbergen free of cost to sided at the meeting. He was suped-Reuter. search for Amundsen and Guil-ported by Mr. S. J. Jordain (direc- baud.

tor), Mr. A. C. Howell (secretary) Nobile's Nervous Breakdown. and Mr. R. A. Wadeson (of Dea- Berlin, Yesterday. cons, the company's solicitors).

SACRIFICE.”

Newspaper correspondents at Shareholders present were Messrs.: SCREEN VERSION OF DR.: R. King's Bay telegraph that nobody-H. Overy, E. J. Ainslie, D. M. is allowed to see Nobile aboard Goodall, A. H. Ribeiro, Leung Po the "Citta di Milano" owing to his shan, Yap Fook-ling, A. W. Brown serious condition which is alleged and H. E. Scriven.

to be a complete nervous break- down. He is unable to give a coherent account of the happen- ings since the wreck of the | "Italia."—Reuter.

A Private Expedition.

..

Chairman's Speech.

The notices convening the meet- ings were read by the secretary, ed

-TAGORE'S BOOK.

SHOWN IN LONDON.

London, June 12. "Sacrifice," a film story adapt- from Dr. Rabindranath The chairman then Bald

Tagore's book of the same name.. Gentlemen, The object for which was privately exhibited in London this meeting has been called is, as to-day, in the presence of a dis- tinguished gathering, including Subscriptions are pouring in to indicated in the notices which the Earl Winterton, Lord Hardinge of the newspaper offices to assist a secretary has just read, for the pur Penshurst, Sir John Simon and private expedition which is being pes of receiving a report of the the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, organised to search for Amund-proceedings of the extraordinary general meeting held on the 9th sen and Guilbaud,'

Oalo, Yesterday.

The expedition will start imme- instant and of confirming as a EMPEROR CLAUDIUS. diately aboard a Norwegian special resolution the resolution, whaler under an experienced which was then passed as an extra- Arctic skipper. Reuter.

LONG SITTING.

COMMONS DISCUSS FOR SIXTEEN HOURS.

London, Yesterday.

ordinary resolution.

RELICS UNEARTHED IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

Constantinople, June 18.

That, resolution, you will remem ber, concerned your approval of a reduction of the company's capital.

·Traces of a triumphal arch attri-| You will also remember that at the preyidus meeting I explained to you

buted to the period of the Emperor why your Directors thought It Claudius were unearthed in the essential to reduce the capital of course of excavations in the old the company, and I do not think it Akeeral Quarter in Constantinople.

After sixteen hours, the long-necessary to deal any further with Two marble coffins and a number est sitting for two years, the those reasons except to state that of carved pillars were also dis House of Commons adjourned at at the meeting In question the recovered.

7.05 am. this morning. The sit solution, approving the reduction of ting was protracted by the capital was unanimously passed as manoeuvring of the Churchill op an extraordinary resolution, position in the Committee stage Complying With the Law. | of the Finance Bill, and their

FIRE IN BIBBY LINER.

London, June 12.

efforts were chiefly concentrated To comply with the Hong Kong Fire broke out in Number 2 on a wearisome discussion of but- Companies Ordinance is neces-hold of the Elbby. Liner, "York- tons "for fastening purposes."sary that such extraordinary rehire, containing bran and timber Finally the new duty on but solution shall be confirmed by a cargo from Rangoon, and outward tons was carried with the addition majority of shareholders entitled general cargo from London, S of a subsection imposing a 25 per to vote as are present in person The hold was flooded, as it was cent. duty on imported hollow or by proxy,

extra impossible to reach the seat of the ware-Reuter.

con-fire-Reuter

CAPT COURTNEY.

SETS OUT FOR THE AZORES

BAG FROM PORTUGAL:

Lisbon, Yesterday,

* The aviator, Captain Courtney,

has set out for the Azores,

first stage of his long fligh

the Atlantic” and bacl Cour

been

ordinary gen

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been

In the garden of Mr. H. Bollard,

Eving Telcester,

BATTLE, MYSTERY, INTRIGUE AND LOVE!

THE THRILLING

story, of a gay

young dare-devi! who turned to the sea for excitement

and danger,

it -

got

and of how

love won him his regeneration 1

John Gilbert

Twelve Miles Out

ERNEST TORRENCE JOAN CRAWFORD

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