1930-02-24 — Page 12

“OVERLAND CHINA MAIL"

SEND IT HOME!

THE WEEK'S NEWS

ILLUSTRATED.

25 cts.

25 cts.

THE

China" Mail

Monday, February 24, 1930. First Moon, 26th Day.

DAT

FUNNEL

BLUE

LINE

ØREGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE.

*PHILOCTETES" "AENEAR"

4th Mar. Mion, Iondon, R'dam. & Hamburg 18th Mar. Mlles, London, R'dam, & Glasgow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE.

"LAOMEDON ** **REEMUN"

6th Mar. Harro, iiverpool & filasgow 20th Mar. Genoa, Havre, Liverpool à filsagom

PACIFIC SERVICE.

Tis KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

- PROTESILAUS" 6th far, Victoria, Vancouver & Kettle **TALTUYRIUS" -20th Mar, Victoris, Vancouver & Feattle

INWARD SERVICE.

**EURYPYLUS" Lun 26th Feb. For hai, Mofi, Kobe & Y'bama. **PROTESILAUS" las 1st. Mar. For Kobe & Yhams, "OANFA"

Dae lat. Mar. For 8'hai, Meji, Kobe & Yan,

PASSENGER SERVICE.

**AENEAS" "SARPEDOX"

18th Mar. Hingapore, Marseilles & London 10th Apr.ingapors, Mersailles & Lundon

Also cargo ateamers with limited passenger accommoda-

Hon at specially reduced fares.

For freight, passage rates and information apply to:-

Butterfield & Swire,

Agents.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

HONG KONG,

MESSAGE IN BOTTLE

A Former Kidnapped White General

www.w

LAST FAREWELL

Havre, Saturday.

A bottle containing an undated letter signed "Koutepoff" has been

BLIS

} 1845

大英二月十肆號 禮拜一日 中華民國庚午年元月十六日

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930.

TARIFF TRUCE ·

Plenty of Talk for Two Years

Geneva, Saturday. The Rt. Hon. William Graham, President of the Board of Trade, addressing the second committee of the Tariff Truce Conference, which is preparing the programme the next gathering, fore shadowed a series of conferences during the two years' truce, when the figuures of commodities are to be taken for consideration seriatim. Mr. Graham suggested that the truce should begin between Octo- ber 1, 1929 and February 17,.1930. -Reuter.

Vahed up from the sea near here, for

List of vessels to be expected in wireless communication with Hong Kong Radio:-Hawali Maru, City of Marseilles, Asama Maru, Tacoma Maru, Seang Bee, Seistan, Anking, Kaying, Klangau, Kiung- chow and Nagano Maru.

From

INWARD MAILS

Per

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. U.S.A. (San Francisco, Jan. 31), Honolulu, Japan, Shanghai and Europe via Siberia

(London, February 4)

Shanghai and Swatew

.President Madison

..Yingchow

Amoy

.Takliwa

Japan and Shanghai

..Andre Lebon

WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY

Straits

Japan

26. .Talamba .Tanda

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

Europe via Snez (Letters and Papers, Lon-

don, Jan. 30 and parcels Jan. 23) ..Rawalpind!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28.

Japan & Shanghai ...

OUTWARD MAILS

.Macedonia

Per

For

1

MONDAY,

FEBRUARY ZA.

Mausang Hydrauges

1.80 p.

2.80 p.m.

Sandakan Swatow Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, C. & S. America and Europe via San Francisco

President Cleveland

(Due San Francisco, Mar. 19.)

Samshui & Wuchow......... Amoy

Shanghai and *Europe via Biberia

Parcels

Registration

Letters

Tal Hing

Feb. 24, 3.p.m.

..4.15 p.m.

....5 p.m. 4.30 p.m.

Sul Sang..

6. p.m. President Cleveland Registration ....Feb. 24, 5 p.m. Letters TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25..

South Africa and South Ameri- can Ports via Saigon and Sings- pore...................

Java via Batavia

Fort Bayard, Hothow, Pakhol, and

Haiphong

Hawali Maru Tjikembang

Canton

Bwatow, Amoy and Foochow ... Haiching

Baigon, "Straits, Ceylon, India,

Mauritius, E. & §. Africa, Aden,

Egypt and Europe via Marseilles Andre Lebon

K.P.O.

RegistrationFeb. 25, 1 p.m.

Lettere

Manila

Baigon

Bwatow

WEDNESDAY, Holbow, Pathol and Haiphong

...6 p.m.

8.80 8.H 10.30 a.m.

1 p.

1 p.m.

(Duo' Marseille, March 28.)-

GP.O Registration Feb. 25, 1.45 p.m. p.m. Letters..................,230 p.m.

President Madison 4.80-p.m. Borneo

Kwongging

· FEBRUARY 26.

Cheklang

Tal Tuan

4.80 p.m.

8,80 m

-8.30-0.3.

Intimating that the kidnapped White Russian general was a pri- soner aboard the Soviet steamer Spartak, which was known to have. been in Antwerp about the time he was kidnapped.

A hoax is suspected as the handwriting has not yet been iden- tified.

Paris, Yesterday. The message in a bottle, men- tioned earlier, purports to be a last farewell. Koutepoff's friends say it would require a miracle to deliver him. This is not the first bottle story in the case. A bottle was earlier reported to have been discovered in the River Loire, near Nevers, containing a age. "Prisoner Soviets, unknown destination, Koutepoff."

THES

Statements by several persons that they saw & motor-car, in which Koutepoft was supposedly kidnapped, speeding on the Deau- ville Road, led to serious police Investigations in Normandy.

Colour is lent to the theory that Koutepoff left for Russia in a Soviet ship, by the fact that the Soviet vessel Spartak left Havre on January 25 and called at Ant-

route werp, en

to Leningrad. -Reuter.

AN AVALANCHE

Rome, Yesterday.

Nine people have been killed,

18 are missing and five are injur ed as a result of an avalanche in the Bologna district. Many cattle were overwhelmed.-Reuter.

LADY COUNCILLOR ?

Shanghai, Seturday.

She la Miss Viola

VETERANS IN COURT

Octogenarian With His Hands Up

PRISONERS' CUSTOM

Two Chinese women, 78 and 82 years of age, respectively, together with Chinese men, aged 69 and 87, two respectively. were all charged at the fare Mr. Whyte-Smith with hawk- Kowloon Magistracy this morning be-) ing within the Yaumati Market Hmita. All defendants admitted the offence. The fourth defendant, the man of 87 years, faced the Magistrate with both his hands above his head.

His Worship (to the Interpreter): Why does he do that?

The veteran: Because I am facing! the Magistrate.

The Magistrate: That is what the prisoners do.

The old defendant: Yes; that is

tight. It

Sergeant were ring-

For the first time in the history

was intimated by of the International Settlement in Shanghat a woman has been Barnicle that the women nominated for a seat on the Muni-leaders of gangs of children, who sold

vegetables for them. Smith, Assistant U. S. Trade Com-ex-prisoner (87), had a previous con- cipal Council,

The Magistrate, on learning that the missioner, who was nominated by viction fined him $8 or nine days' fall various Women's Clubs in Shanghai. In default, while the rest of the accused -Reuter.

were cautioned.

'Bayer Tablets of

Aspirin

BAYER

A Universal Possession

- of mankind h what "Bopt" Tablets of Aspirio bave become, thanks to their unrivaled efficiency. Millions of sufferers recognia is sham the best of pain-killers, and have been freed by them from

Headache, Toothache, Rheumatism, Pains in Joints and Limba, Gout, Chills, Neuralgia and many other painful conditions. But good products acr always imitated, and so imitations of "Majah"Tablcis of Aspirin are numerous. Your only sarsaster öf genuinenem fs the original padage with the Bayer Cross

Majest

NATHAN

THEATRE

KOWLOON

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

The SPORTING

LOVER

with

CONWAY TEARLE

BARBARA BEDFORD

and

WARD CRANE

A LIVING MEMORY

OF YOUR FICTURES IN ACTION

IS WORTH MORE THAN A

MILLION STILLS

WE HAVE A STOCK OF

MOVIE CAMERAS

OF ALL MAKES

THE PHARMACY

Tel. C. 345

A.P.C. Bldg.

AMUSEMENTS »

WILLIAM FOX presents

the ALLTALKING Fox Moviefone

Masquerade

matth, ALAN BIRMINGHAM

Nota Twin Yet

He Had a Double.

And the Double Meant Trouble!

Was Dan the EZY YOURE MAn-

about town or

the notorious society crook?

He was both- but girl straight. ened things out...

from the

THE BRAIS

LOULI JOVE

FOX NEWS

Latest Events

of the Day IN SOUND

AT THE

LEILA HYAMS

CLYDE COOK ARNOLD LUCY FARRELL MACDONALD,

Dweeted by Russell Birdwell,

COMEDY

Our Gang in

"SMALL TALK"

QUEEN'S

AT THE

REVUE

Anatole Friedland's

RITZ REVUE

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

WILLIAM FOX presents

REX BELL

The

in

COWBOY

KID

ADDED ATTRACTION

PERILS OF THE JUNGLE

EPISODES III & IV,

WORLD

ASTAR

THE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30 & 7.15 Interpreter At 6.15 & 9.20 Orchestra

How Kong.

NORMA

Shearar

IN

A Lady of

Chance

FINAL SHOWINGS „TO-DAY

At 5.30 & 9.20°

QUEEN'S

NEXT CHANGE

Wonder Women

with LEWIS STONE