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JAPANESE ATTACK AND CAPTURE ANTACHAN WITH HEAVY LOSS

General Chang Tsung-chang, former Military Governor of Shantung Province, who was assaminated on Friday.

Siamese

Prince In

Colony

Approves Change In His Government,

COMPLETING TOUR.

Studies Police Methods In Europe's Capitals.

PENINSULA ARMY HARBOUR SWIM

REVELRY

HOTEL CONCERT. CARRIES ON.

Community Singing. Till After Midnight.

GUESTS IMPROVISE THEIR OWN

MUSIC AND SONGS.

Revelry reigned supreme in the lounge of the Peninsula Hotel last night shortly after the conclusion of the programme of the 15th Sym- phonic Concert. All decorum was thrust aside and the gathering 38- sumed the jovial air of gala, ahat-j tering the illusion that the Hong Kong resident takes his pleasured aeriously.

ATTRACTS 160.

Gnr. Forrester Not To Defend Title.

CLOSE RACE PROMISED BETWEEN EVANS & CAMPBELL.

Fixed For Wednesday.

It is learned that no fewer than 160 entries have been received for the Army Haz bour Swim to be decided on Wednesday afternoon. This has exceeded all the expecta tions of the organisers and constitutes new record. Last year seventy-four com- peted for the event and broke the existing record. Only two of

At the conclusion of the concert, this large entry falled to com- about 11.15 pm, community sing-plete the course. ing started the ball rolling, the as-!

The race, which is over a sembly joining in with the orches- straight course from Kowloon tra, enthusiastically and tunefully. Police Pier to the Prays Wall at So great was the enthusiasm, that! they were loathe to let the orches the side of the Victoria Recrea tra go at 11.30.

tion Club, was won by Gnr. Forrester of the Royal Artillery who returned a time of 81 mins.

Between 60 and 60 people linger. ed there, while one of the gather Ing used his persuasive powers in

6 secs. This was his second win vain to make the musicians can- in successive years and it was a tinue. This die-hard however, decided pity that the sea was on eventually managed to, secure" a

the rough Bide, otherwise he pianist, and from that moment the would have clocked a much bet- lounge assumed the appearance ter time. that is usually connected with New Year's Eve, St. Andrew's Bail and} other similar gatherings.

Six men joined the highly" popu- lar pianist on the platform and rendered popular choruses until well after midnight, much to the delight of the remaining audience.

The spirit of the affair rapidly spread from the platform to the] rest of the gathering, and the echo of "Tipperary" and other old favourites was taken up both by

men and women. There was no lack of voices, from alto to bass.

Gnr. Forrester is not sta tioned in the Colony at the

moment, and so will have no opportunity to make the (Chp his own property. Spr. Evans (RED), who was only 10 yards behind Forrester last year, will have his chance to bring off an En- gineer victory, but... he will be hard pressed by Pte. W. T. Campbell, the versatile Bor derers' swimmer.

Campbell has been conspicuous of late through his attempts on

Indian Cast Present Raja Harishchandra At The Po Hing

The Indian cast which performed "Baja Harishchandra”” it the Po Hằng Theatre” from left to right: Raja Harishchandra (Mr. Karnail Singh); Queen - Turamati“ (Mrs.

B Kafa Kashi (Mr. MɑEd Kban); and,Raja Inder (Mr. Nalck Daulat Shah)(Photo

NEW WING ON BLOCK TO HOUSE A CITY

SIX FLOORS TO RISE ON PRESENT STRUCTURE

Towering ten storeys high in the heart of the Hong Kong busi- ness district, the new Wing On Company Building, when it is com- pleted, will be one of f

artmental stores in the commercial world, and will embrace the activity of a whole city ba "a small scale.

Raschid)

300 CHINESE KILLED

Bandits Loot Train On Eastern Railway.

PASSENGERS ROBBED.

Subsiding of Floods Sees Renewal of Fighting.

Harbin, To-day. With the subsiding of the floods in the North, military and bandit acti- vities have started again.

A Japanese attack on Antachan on the Chin- ese Eastern ilway, west of Harbin, resulted in the

Capture of the town. Three hundred Chinese were killed, but the Japanese suffere heavy casualties as well.

POWERS CALLED

TO REPLY TO GERMANY'S NOTE Bandits held up

France Opposed To Arms Parity,

AWONTACT ALONE

and

decision

collecti From the basement, where a huge, tiled swimming tank will be divid

by the unanimo opened, to the roof, where a delightfully artistic rden will entice

Council of Ministers to diners and dancers, the big building will be a humming hive of other signatories of the industry.

Costly reconstruction of the

RAISES IMPORT

DUTY SKY HIGH

"That's what I call a real night the Colony records for the Quarter Wing On building will com- GERMAN DECREE out" remarked one of the gather and Half Mile and his unofficial ing as he reluctantly passed out British Army records over these mence almost immediately, a into the night.

In spite of the absence of Mrs. distances. He has, however, been soon as the architects' plans have Tetley, the Symphonic Concert seriously handicapped for Wednes been approved. Workmen will Major Subba Svasti, Prince of was again marked with great suc- day's event through illness, but has Siam, and Police Commissioner cess, the entire programme being been training since Friday.. in that country, arrived here too well-chosen to make mention of this morning, to use his own ex-any particular item invidious. pression, "travelling quietly."

A

Bandeman Jamieson, of Argylls, came third last year, 54 seconds behind Forester, and should be again seen to advantage

Washington Protests Economic Flan.

VON PAPEN'S HAND.

add six storeys to the building, the increasing it from its present four-floor height to the dimen- sions of a modern sky-scraper.

The management announced The race will also be run in the to-day that the plan was under nature of " a team race, competing taken in keeping with the pro- teams being the Royal Artillery, gressive policies of the firm and Argylls, Borderers and Small Units, to allow the expansion of the which finished in that order last business in pace with the ad issue [Von" vancement of Colony enterprise generally. If anything, the Wing Bram On Company desires to be for: ahead of the parade.

During an interview with the SOLDIERS THREATEN Wednesday "China Mail" the Prince explained that though his absence from his SHIP'S CREW native country for 18 months had estranged him somewhat from the conditions existing there, he was of the opinion that the re- cent change in the national ad- ministrative...policies, brought about by a bloodless revolution, had been for the best

The primary object of his tour, the Prince said, had been to study police methods prepara-

Seek Free Passage From Swatow.

ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL.

Forty

For Charged in Kewl

Police

About 40 Chinese most of them

tory to taking up his duties 88 soldiers of the 19th Route Army, Police Commissioner,

apprehended for refusing to pay for

year.

FOOTBALL.

SOONG CHING DRAW

WITH HOTEL.

bitious

The

Mui Dai Defeat Fui Shing

most will co the bui

be added

Two further matches were play- ed in the Chinese Summer Football

"One year and three months tickets on board the Douglas of my trip was spent in Europe, Steamship Company's vessel, Hai together with my wife, who is Ching, were charged in the Kow- returning to Siam via Suez, and Joon Magistracy to day. who will meet me in Singapore. They were given an opportunity Tournament Yesterday at King's I returned via the United States, to pay their fares, but they refused, Park with the following results:- may first trip to that country. and became hostile adopting a Boce Ching -- 1- HK Hotel :- 1 America I found conditions.

-threating attitude - aboard-ship, it] Mul Dal

bad, but in reality they are no is alleged. They chased Mr. 0.

worse than conditiona countries. The people are. depressed, and they lack

fidence and optimism of the lish people. They whelmed by the wei troubles" he said.

Dalziel, Chief Officer, and members date will

of the Compradore's staff to the upper deck, Luckily, they were

otherwise.

might have

them boa

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GERMAN AIRMAN

HOLLAND'S COTTON MILLS

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The Emer

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wil

the heavy

ees to be cellor

sanne Confidence. Fact and the United States before draft ing a reply to Germany.

considerable time but imper

The consultation will take

will be given by the meeting of the League Assembly three

weeks hence.

France, where opinion is un- animous, hopes to rally the Con 6dence Fact signatories to a re fusal to allow Germany to re arm, which the French believe would not only undermine the Disarmament Conference but im- peril the success of the World Economic Conference in London in the Antumn Reuter

carrying 300 pas on the Eastern se the CER The was looted

train

of

are active

round Changchun Reuter.

Sino-Japanese

Peace Parleys

[From Our Own Correspondent:) :

Shanghal," "To-day.

seral Itar

for: ing

SHAMEEN GAMING HOUSE TO SUE.

Sequel of Raid B.

French Officers

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