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HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE.

25, Queen's Road C. & at Stubba Road.

MOSQUITO WAR.

~ICE-HOUSE-STREET-OWNER- SUMMONED.

"TERRIBLE - STINK” ~ ▼

Mr. M.K. Shirazi, owner of 22, Ice House Street, was to-day summoned before Mr. R E Lindsell for failing to comply with

mme Court

The

China Mail

No, 27,607

HAUL OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

"Arsenal" on a French Steamer.

FOUR ARRESTS MADE,

A big seizure of arms. ammunition was

End

OBER

1930.

DAYS O

HARD WORDS FOR RUBBER OUTPUT

HONG KONG. WEDNESDAY;

AIR SUPREMACY

FOREIGN PRESS.

BRITAIN TO HAVE LARGEST FLEET IN THE WORLD.

Rumour Mo Backed Wron

GIANT FLYING BOATS.

DR.

Rugby, Yesterday.

Interviewet

A fleet of the largest and most powerful air liners in the world, by totalling 50,000 horse power, will made

be possessed by Great Bri- Press repor a notice issued by the Sanitary Chinese revenue officers at the

tain when the Imperial Airways picion enter all Governr Board on September 16 ordering Kowloon Godowns when the MM.

movements him within 48 hours to abate a steamer Porthos arrived yester obtas delivery shortly of 11 nuisance the breeding of mosday morning, and berthed at the great new aaroplanes and flying forces in North quitoes in a well at the back of wharf. As a result of the arrest boats intended for use on 11,000 Minister Dra

imagining three women, Chan Ng, a married miles of air lines to India and terised the the premises.

Mr. H. R Forsyth, of Messrs-woman, of 92 Kam. Ma Street, Ma

Eight of these machines; each Linstead and Davies, agents of Lai Yung, a widow, of 512

developing £000 horse power, are the property, appeared in 'Court Shanghai Street and Ho Mui, also being built by the Handley Page and told the Magistrate that Mra widow of the same Company, while the other ma- Shirazi was at present in India address were brought be chines are huge four-engined fly- and his firm would undertake res före Mr. H. R. Butters at the ponsibility."

Kowloon Magistracy this morning Mr Lindsell pointed out that There was a fourth accused; the nuisance could have been Cheong Ngok, stated to be a abated by placing a cover over-the "boy" on the Porthos.

well.

Mr, Forsyth admitted that his firm received the notice and he had given orders to have the war

Chan Ng was charged with the possession of a Mauser pistol, an automatic pistol and 200 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition. covered, but must admit that he The second accused was charged took po personal step to see that with the possession of a Mauser the order was executede pistol, an automatic pistol, two knew, however, that a cover ad spare magazines and 100 rounds

of automatic pistol ammunition. been put on the well.

Ho Mui was charged in respect

Sanitary Inspectore range of 300 rounds of Mauser pistol agreed that there

over thewillibut gal

kersgeffin

the wel

bad condition,

dog and some dead putrifying in the water gave out a terrible stink.

The Magistrate imposed a fine "of $50, and made an order for the well to be properly cleaned out,

munition and 30, Mauser am- muation clips.

The man was charged with pos- session of the whole haul, he be

thetontroller.*

ector L, Rozeskwy week's remand, which

RIOTS IN HAVANA.

and closed with a tight fitting BATTLE OF ARMED STUDENTS cover, within seven days.

CRUELTY TO BIRDS.

STORY OF A BRITISH DOCTOR.

COMMENDABLE ACTION

Divisional Inspector A: Clark to day aummoned. Chinese tamg Wong Ping of 28 Leighton Hil Band, for cruelty two birde by causing them unnecessary suffer- ing after they had been shot. He pleaded guilEy.”

Dr. J. C.. MacGown, a witness for the prosecution, said that at about 3.10 pm on September 28, he was boarding a ferry at Kow loon when he saw Chinese come on board with a number of birds tled on a string He Had also r sporting, gun. He noticed that at "least two of the birds were mov ing and, on, closer inspection, he found that they were still alive. When he pointed, this out to the accused he immediately threw the bird curlew and a anfpe-into the harbour, where they were drowned,

the doctor said that he decid-

ed, to inform the Police and val

AND POLICE

PRESIDENT A *** PUPPET.”

Africa

ing boats, capable of transporting heavy loads at high speeds. When all the new craft are in service the Imperial Airways will have more than 30 giant passenger aeroplanes and airboats in re gular operation along the Empire air routes. British Wireless. Ser- vice.

FATAL AIR CRASH.

TWO-R.A.F.- PILOTS KILLED IN SUSSEX:

VICTIMS OF FOG.

Rugby, Yea When flying close together the fog at Arundel Susce day, three Bulldog, machfen, the Hundred and Sixteenth Figh the hillside graghett er Squadron struck some trees on Lieutena

Teck

the

later.

Geoffrey Fawar

chitie

standing Gover

the third wis gelight No passengers were -British Wireless

Havana, Yesterday.NATIONS TO

There was a pitched battle to-

day between armed students and LEAGUE ADOPTS REPORTED police in front of the Presidential Palace, to which the students)

-General Macado,

Machado."

*

them take action the view of marched, bhooting in the air, and Impressing on pet who go game shouting "Down with President shooting the necessity of imme- diately patting, wounded birds out of their suffering.

The Magistrate imposed a fine

THIEVES

TOO EARLY.

Police reinforcements rushe up and the students attempted disarm them. Firing broke and in the course of a fight ing for half an hour six pers

were seriously injured S

The

intense uni

DISARMAMENT

NO DATE FIXED

Geneva, Yesterday I The League Assembly hea adopted the report and resolution on the reduction of armaments, the German Austrian, and, Hun- garian delegates abstaining from voting, as no date has been fixed for the general disarmament con ference.

M Briand said he was con vinced that the November meet- ing of the preparatory committee. would see the completion of its. work

Lord Cecil Baid he was anxious, that the conference should be held as soon as possible, but no diffe should be fired if there were ar dange that it would have bee postponed believed it be had next year but he did wish to tie this hands Reuter

the "vain Dutch

rumour

O

Pality Syeglasses."

LAZARUS

Optician

FROM HOLTS POOR BACHELOR !",

TO" RATIONALISE THE

rentice

MAND":

TRIP TO SHANGHAI:

cast of product

by a further fall

fore its

pension of tapping

the Holt's

thacem

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Bus-handed $185 to pay

excess

of expenditure over-income is thereby not increased, and where production is continued.

I advocates the cohelderation of the ques

should be cust ing a maximum urge, also hypo tapping of young- rubl abandonment of tapping older areas giving. Fields-Reuter;

loases

RUBBER SLUMP.

and

hetwas

He absconded. After staying Shanghai for ve months he

gned and got work as m

te pilot in the Blue About two weeks ago, he back $100 to the Com

Sergeant Ritz added that he Would like h

with the case-sev

ta there ere other

that might

the Holts Compan there to do the same, small

faked by his lo anything say Captain H

ith

assistant manager.

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PRICES FALL BY ONE EIGHTH, wou

DAY.

ple

HER LOWERS THAN

Royal Observatory's weather report,qday b

· Depressions „* re shown. the N.E. of Peking, to the NW. of Haiphong, and to the AN.E. of Hong Kong

Forecast:--9′′W. or variable:

madderate, Anë”

Rainfalle

14 CHEAPNESS

The index figures of the cost of living in Great Britain have been Flower during the past six months thin those recorded previously at anytime since the war figures show an average percent- ared with

Rainfall to 10 simp 0.01 inch. Rainfall i "uary 1, 94.75 incher against an

average of 76.81 inches

Temperature.

The temperatum, at certain Capacibed centres, his morning

Jul by

all items included stry of Labour, in

and never felf

their statistice below the 60 for the first time at the beginning of April this year. Two months later it was down to 54 and at the beginning of Sep tember it stood at 57. In 1929, the monthly average percentage in Crease ranged from 60 o 67The figures have been influenced mai by the cheapness of food.

British Wireless Service.

THEN AND NOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES

1930

155.890

-566 221

41,198.

+768,895 140,000

384,118 0160

18,180

28,160

6,781

249,00

1816

•Inc. or dec. over, 1920 $352,9

92,08€ 32,155

SURTAX- IMPOSED ON HIM, IN

GERMA

TOBACCO BAX

esterday.. „financial pro

just been pub ally fellowthe. Departmental expen has been reduced by 0,000, whilst a surtak

five per cent, is imposed on incontes of bachelors and spins- There is an increased tax, which is expected to an additional £8,000,000.

cellor, Hern. Ergeni itted to President g the Governme reformi programme deficit

ue to unemploymen chië in revenues, and

Fürther deficit in the

understood that the the members of the will be reduced by 20 per

salaries of al-State aix per cent, the employ insurance tax increased by cent to 65% per cent. will probably be taxed,

diture of Govern- taments reduced by

ited that

meet

ourn' Parl

HOLES

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the

Into

slavery problem He declared |that there were still about 6,000,- and

000 slaves in the world & He com- plained that the proposal of the British gation to convene an International Conference had been Frejected by the to ee, and

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