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NOTIFICATION,

RE Offices and Stations of the CHINESE TLARINTHIS CUSTOMS for Kowloon and District will be CLOSED to PUBLIC BUSINESS on the DECEMBER, (WIN TER SOLSTICE), on the 95 and 26TH DECEMBER, (CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS) and on their and the JANUARY, 1925 (NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS).

RER WADE, Commissioner of Chinese Customs,

Kowloon and District.

York Buildings,

Hongkong. 15th December, 1924.

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Float Farnished HOUSE on PEAK. PATIENT OF FRAL DIVIDEND OF SHARLE

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FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH JUsa, 1924.

BE Company having declared A FINAL DIVIDEND of 10 (Ten per cont.)

for Income Tax

the Year Free of ending 30TH JUNE, 1924, Holders of and Holders of Dividend Bearer Sharea Warrants received from London on account of

LET at the Prax for Eight Month Tfrom Middle of February, Six roared Registered Shares, will be paid, their Dividends FURNISHED HOUSE with Tennis Court.

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HONGKONG STATION,

FROM TO-DAY and until the 15ry

FANUARY, 1927, inclusive. Domestic

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Shanghai$60 $0.06 $0.40 $0.04 pther will be acknowledged.

2. Fakien a Foochow

and Kiangau vis Shanghai...

3. Other places.

FouchoworShang- -siiocluding..

Chefco, Tientsin, Peking and other China

North

Stations,

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$0.90 $0.09 30.60 $0.04

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NORTH BOUND STEAMERS. A8, During the North-East Monsoon there Steamers Banning Short

OF BUNKER COAL, This is to Infor "that TAFT 2:00. AMOY (A Well-pro, ted Fart with Good Anchorage) have Stocks of

GOOD JAPANESE BUNKER COALS

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(1571 Daily Pru Office.

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Terms, Moderate

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where delivery can be obtained..

All Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th instant, will be subject to Bont.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in

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whatever. Damaged Packages must be left in the emmination by the Consigned and Godown for Surveyors, Messrs. Anderson Ashe, at 10 am, on the 19th December, 1924.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all Claims must be Praval here, after which data they will not be presented within two weeks of the Steamer's recognised.

Consignees are requested to surrender their Bill of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignature.

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SOLE AGENTS 1

DECEMBER 16TH.

1924

It is reported that on Sunday Revenuo War Minister, and the Chict Secretary of Marshal Tuan "in order to ascertain Officers seized 4,000 trels of prepared his actual views on the very complicated opium on the sa Hai long, and also approximately 2,000 ounces of morphia situation." It is disturbing alsó to read and coenite oa the sa. Ho Song- that Marshal FENG's troops, though they have been formally transferred out of his

General"

promptu concert was staged.

p.m.

ASPECTS OF ENGLISH LAW. MR. JUSTICE GOMPERTZ'S

LECTURE.:

The development of the English law A pleasant social gathering was held system was outlined by Mr. Justice Gom of Early Law," given yesterday evening tontrol to that of the War Ministry, still by the Hongkong Theosophical Socisty pertz in a lecture entitled, "Some Aspecta

last night, cominencing at 5.30 refuse to receive orders that are not Messrs. Wiseman's served, an excellent at the Helena May Institute. issued in the name of the "Christian tes. After which a most enjoyable im,

Meanwhile Marshal FENG himself remains in the Western Hilla

A man who, in the opinion of the which have on many occasions served the Medical Offers of Victoria Gaol, is deaf! purpose of a political fence for states-and dumb, was discharged by Mr. E. W. He Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy men aid high officials in China. appears to be in no hurry to start on a yesterday, when charged with the theft foreign tour, and bis sojours in the of 1995 from a passerger on

Western Hills, with two of the Ministers he appointed when he seized the Capital. appears to be widely regarded with a good deal of suspicion. Furthermore, a sinister importance is attached to reports that ex-President LI YUAN HENG bas been exchanging views with Dr. Suw. YAT SEN and Marshal CHANG TSO-LIN, and wo

the s

Sir Claud Severn, who presided, said that everyone was interested in law. They all found their way to His Majesty's courts sooner or later in some way.

"Mr. Gompertz said the lecture had been described on the posters as "law from a lighter aspect," but he was not sure whether law had many light aspects. At one time there were two vice-chancellors in the High Courts, one of whom was Shantung

named Bacon. When the other vice- Three Chinese stokers pleaded guilty chancellor was sitting one day, a litigant, before Lieut-Comdr: G F. Hole, R.Nbeing dissatisfied with his decision, threw at the Marine Magistracy yesterday an egg at him. It missed and smashed on the wall "Ah! he exclaimed, "I morning, to having boarded the ss. Henvenue, without the permission of the think that must have been for my brother master on the 13th inst: His Worship Bacon," (Laughter.) cautioned the men.

Mr. Ebridge Gerry Greene, formerly First Secretary at Paris, has been trans ferred to the American Legation at Peking, but the position. of First Secre tary in the Legation will be held by Mr. Reete H. Barkalow, whose last appoint ment was at Pabama.

Mi

Dr. R. M. Ross, physician at the Kerr Hospital for the Insare and Canton, and Dr. Margaret Taylor, a teacher at the Rackett Medical College, were married at Canton last week, the ceremony being performed by the bride's uncle, the Rer. Dr. Charice Taylor of New York.

were elected:-Pre

.

English law came from a Teutonic and Scandinavian source, while Scottish law was derived from old Roman law, with the curious result that an English barria- ter was less at home in a Scottish Court than a French barrister would be. The Channel Islands, too, had their own legal code, which dated back to the time

before the Conquest. These little islanda maintained their independence-whisky " was practically free, there was but little duty on cigarettes and there was no in- come tax.

An Englishman once asked av Islander why it was that they could speak French, and during the long years of war between England and France the islands never went to France. The reply was that their Duke conquered part of. France, then Duke William conquered England, and though during the years they had lust lot of French possessious, they had nover given up their domination of England. (Laughter.)

cannot imagine that there can be any possibility of co-operation between those three that will make for anything but disorder in Chios. We do not know whether the ilmess which has provented Dr. Sux going up from Tientsin to the Capital is purely diplomatic or not, hut there are reasons to suggest that it might be. Soy's Bolshevist friends in the Capital are eager to welcome him, but the metropolitan police, evidently being apprised "of the nature of the demonstration contemplated, deemori it

At a meeting of Queer's College Old necessary to warn the organisations that

Boys Association, held last night, the only proper receptions" would be per-

following officials mitted.

"Agitations and Red flags, sident, Mr. George Grimble; vice-Pre which tend to disturb the peace and ident, Mr. Mok Kong San; Hop order of the metropolis, will be strictly Secretary, Mr. C. G., Anderson; and prohibited, a Chinese news agency in Treasurer, Mr. Lai Im To. There were forms us. Likewise a police ban has been about 95 members present.

There had never been any connected placed on the broadcasting of pamphlets The death occurred at Guy's Hospital, history of English law, said the lecturer. which have not previously been approved London, on October 31st. of Mr. Harold Nobody had been able to codify it like.

In by the police, who have already seized John Graig Mr. Graig was for many the great Indian Penal Code. and destroyed great quantities that had years engaged in business in Searghai Criminal Law they got the blood feud, the and was well known in racing eircles and at a later stage vengeauce began to been printed for distribution on occasion.--It-is-not-without interest to The owner of the Winguard stable his appeal only to'w limited circio, ns in the

pany won the At. Leger with Vancouver ceniletta in Corsica. learn in this connection that Dr. WELL in the Spring Meeting in 1997, and the INGTON Koo, who was fondly believed Shanghai Stakes with Algerine at the to be on his way to England," followed same meeting. He was a Steward of the Dr. Sex to Ticatsin, travelling in the Race Club, Mari-At Shanghai, où December 11th company of Mr. EUGENE CREx (Dr. Sun'a to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. MARTIN, of well-known and energetic Secretary), and H.B.M. Consulate-General, a son.

with Comrade Boronin (the Soviet repre- MARRIAGE.

sentative in Canton) and another Russian

The Peak Church, which had been taste SELLARS-HAMILTON.--At the Peak Church,

Hongkong, on December 15th, by the emissary. The whole situation in the

fully decorated for the occasion, was well Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie. Goxca W. North is, as the Chinese newspapers filled yesterday morning at 11 o'clock GEORGE W. SELLARS, of Kelvinside, describe it, "very complicated," and the when the marriage took place of Miss Glasgow, to IsoBEL WHITE HAMILTON, Chief Executive's position manifestly has Dorothy Alma Grant, daughter of Mr. and

daughter of Mr. And younger Mrs. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, Dornoch, been delicate and unstable. But Marshal Mrs. L."M. F. Grant, of Foochów, to Mr. Pollokshields, Glasgow.S

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TEAS has had enough experience of J. L. Parren, only son of Mr. and Mrs Chinese polities in the course of a long JH, Parren, of Ipswich, the ceremony

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CO. LTD.

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

Phone 816.

BINTH.

SELLARS, so the late Mr. and Mrs.

DEATHS.

WEDDINGS.

PARREN-GRANT.

One of the early difficulties the Courts experienced was that of getting the plain- riffs to appear. Following the feud came the trial by battle, which was introduced by the Conqueror, and abolished by law in the 15th century.

The old saying an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" was once put before a well-known Scottish worthy, and his reply was that it would hever have done for Scotland. "No Scotsman would ever have thought of taking less than two eyes and two teeth.

then spoke of trial by

Mr. Gompertz by jury. The lecturer ordeal, "and" described we methods employed in ordeal trials, sad pointed out that this system lasted up to 1819, just before Queen Vic- The origin of trial by jury was very toria came to the Throne. obscure. It was a popular process, and At the conclusion, Sir Claud Severn proposed a vote of thanks.

GROUSнKO-At Shanghai, on December life, to know the perils of the course being conducted by the Rev. IL Copley no one thought of writing about it.

11th Mrs. ALEXANDRA 8. GROUSHKO, aged. 44 years, ..

which, after a great deal of persuasion, HOPPELER.-At Canton, on December he finally decided to take, and, we repeat,

14th, GUSTA GEORG HOPPELER, of Zurich, Switzerland, aged 35. [1604

Hongkong Ofice: 1, Chater Road London Office: 131, Fleet Street, EC.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, DE 16ra, 1924.

A DELICATE AND UNSTABLE SITUATION.

رایی

Moyle.

"

The bride, who catered the church on the arm of Mr. Granville Murray, looked

BATTLE BETWEEN CONVICTS AND GUARDS.

it will be a great disappointment if he charming in a dress of white satin em- does not take a more heroic course in broidered with silver beads. She carried

SIX KILLED AT COLOANNE- this great crisis than to rau lo bie funk a shower bouquet and wore a tulle veil

and orange blossom hole" in Tientsin. ·

She was attended by Miss Barbara King

The story of a desperate bid for as bridesmaid, who was daintily attired liberty by fifteen. prisoners in the Porty- in palo mauve georgette trimmed with

reported from Macao. silver ribbon. She carried a bouquet of Sues convict settlement at Colonane, is sweet peas

It appears that in the early hours of The bride's mother was dressed in black Saturday morning a band of convicts, antio with grey furs and small black hat, taking advantage of the guards being and carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums asleep, crawled to where they were and Mr. J. H. Crutch carried out the duties wized their rifles and other arms. The of" best man.'

Mr. Bell, widow of Mr. Edward Bell, Counsellor of the American Legation, has left Peking to return to the United

States.

evi

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week WHILE we are without confirmation of ending November 29th amounted to 98,218 the rumour that Marshal Tur CHI-JUI, tons and the sales to 25,221 tore. the Chief Executive of China, has fled

Professor W, J. N. Smith is giving a from the Capital, it will certainly not be

public lecture on "Browning" at 6 o'clock dismissed as an unlikely event by those this evening in St. John's Cathedral Bali who have heen trying to thread the tor-under the auspices of the C.E.MS." tuons maze of the political situation st

The proprietress of linseed oil Feking Ne ertheless, it would be ex- tremely disappointing to learn definitely business has reported to the police that her manager has absconded with goods that Marshal TUAN had run like a fox and money to the value of about $5,000.

The Hon. Mr. P.. H. Holyoak and their risk into the Godown of the Tank and the manly courage of resigning in some Miss Joyce Holyoak, Mr. W. J. Hawker Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co., Lady at Kow. toon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery dramatic manner that would forcibly and Mr. H. W. Ray returned to the may be obtained will be forwarded less impress the nation with the difficulties Colony from Shanghai by the Hector

Optional Notice to the contrary, be given before that make his continuance in the office yesterday.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Steamship "EGREMÒNT CASTLE" FOX NEW YORK. ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform

CONSIGN

ed that a Goods are being fanded at to his fuck hole, instead of exhibiting

9th instant

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods impossible. Though the politicat seas

At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th instant, have appeared calm since his advent to Mr. E. W. Hamilton imposed a fine of will be abject to Rent

All Claims against the Steamer must be ower, it has been obvious that there '$1,500 on a Chinese married woman, con-j presented to the Undersigned on or before have been treacherous undercurrents victed of the unlawful possession of 12 the 26th inst., or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed sud damaged Goods are to which, in the expressive American phrase, taels of opium.

be left in the Godewes, where they will be have been "rocking the boat." There examined on, the 16th instant, at 10 mm, by

ur Surveyors, Mezera, GODDARD & Douetas.

No Fire Insurance has been elected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

DODWELL & CO, LTD.

Agents, Bengkong, Bth December, 1924

A report from Cavité Radio, which has was something ominous, for example, been posted at the Harbour Office, states about Marchal CHANG TRO-LIN's sudden that the as Ganfa reports that withdrawal from Peking to his lair in San Nicolas light is not burning. Mukden, and the pursuit of him by the notice was dated December 14th.

the

The

After the ceremony a reception was beil guards, however, awoke and began to at the residence, of Mr. and Mrs. Gran off resistance with the result that the Sergeant and another guard and wound- ville Murray, where a number of friends escaping convicts opened fire, killing wished the happy couple all happiness anding others.

the usual toasts, were prosperity, and

Another detachment of guards came o honoured.

Later, Me and Mrs. Parren left for the scene, and discovering the attempted

of the convicts, but the remainder manage Repulse Bay, where the boneymoon is cacape, began shooting and killed four being spent. The bride's going-away to escape into the bush. dress was of biege lace over nut brown georgette with hat en suite.

SELLARS HAMILTON.

News of the escape was taken to Taipa and then to the authorities at Macao, who sent to the island a squadron of Tha soldiers to recapture the men. A very pretty wedding took place soldiers searched the island and 100m yesterday afternoon at the Peak Church, camo upon the convicts, whom they sur- when Miss Isabel White Hamilton, daugh rounded. The men surrendered and were ter of Mr. Archibald Hamilton, of Glas- taken back to the Settlemert gow, was married to Mr. George Wash- of Messrs Mackinnon, ington Sellars, Mackenzie and Company.

the bride, who was given away by Mr. C. Garvin Mackie, was charmingly dress. ed in white georgette, with pearl dia mante trimmings, and hat to match, and carried a bouquet of pink roses and white cfirysanthemums. The bridesmaid was Miss Rosemary Patricia Galloway, who was also attired in white and carried a bouquet of pink rosos...

Mr. A. M. Howat was "best man," and tne ceremony was conducted by the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie.

a reception WEE

Alter the ceremony

of Mr. Mackie. held at Craig Ryrie, The Pear, the home The bride's going-away dress was of tea, and the, honeymoon will be spent at Repulse Bay and Fanling.

MORE DOGS IN TROUBLE. THREE FRESH CASES OF BITES REPORTED.

Three forlorn dogs are languishing at

Kennedy Town under observation, and three people, whom they were misguided enough to bite, are being tended, at zam Government Civil Hospital.

The first four-legged offender belongs to Mr. Carvalho, of No. 3, May Road, and on Sunday he put his teeth into a bouse- auspect bit a Chinese girl in the left leg boy employed close by. The second canino in-Mosque Street, and the third, belong attacked his master's little daughter. ing to Japanese of Arsenal Street

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