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appear to give the bond holders at any rate "a sporting chance of receiving their dues whereas pre- vicusly they had no chance at all.

carry on

Irreparable damage was done and although the Service managed to limp along painfully for a good many years, during recent months, As Mr. HUSSEX "FREE points out the Inspectorate has been powerless to secure any part of the salt revenue whatever.

BIG BLAZE IN. CANTON.

FAMOUS RESTAURANTS

GUTTED.

4th, 1928.

When two Chinese were charged Two robbers armed with revolver | Five-Mile Limit For Motors. at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- gained entry into a house at No. A new chapter in the history of day with trespassing on Govern- 134, Wuhu Street, Hunghom, yer against modern transportation was the Philippines' vain struggle ment land, Mr. E. W. Hamilton terday evening at 7.30 p.m. They written when the Cabanatuan City observed: "I don't this charge; I bound and gagged the inmates and

Council passed a law restricting after a thorough search of the the speed of motor vehicles to five- think it should be Kowloon Reser-house for valuables, they left with miles an hour. Cabanatuan is the voir reservation of something like about 800 in cash.

A report was capital of the province of Nueva made to the Police sometime later Ecija. It lies on the main road be- that."

by the victims,.

36 BUILDINGS DESTROYED.' tween Manila and the mountain * summer capital" of Bigule. The re-arrangement now made,liah toys is being held to-morrow French in Paris and 1,817,461 in biles owned in the city and 1,500

In 1926 there were 2577,087 | Moreover, there are" 300 automo- (FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.} at St. John's Cathedral Hall from the suburbs: 233.442 foreigners in in the whole province, and most of which has aroused so much con 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This will be Paris and 138,747. in the suburbs. Cabanatuan streets are so narrow troversy provides that the colles an admirable opportunity to get of the foreigners 107,883 were that traffic under the new law car

Christmas gifts for the nursery, and tions made by the District In the proceeds are in aid of the funds Italians, 60.261 Belgians 44,310 hardly move at all. The United pectors shall be credited, to the of St. Peter's Church.

Russians, 36,370 Poles, 33,208 Swiss, Press says that protests have been 31,568 Spaniards, and 18,743 filed by infuriated automobile Minister of Finance in various!

British. Since 1911 the number of owners, while operators of bull Kwan, destroying 38 buildings and loca: "Chinese banks. From these

Italians has more than doubled, carts and horse-drawn carromata abopa. Of these buildings and while the number of British has smile placidly and continue on their

accounts, the Minister, will transfer to the District Inspectors again a sufficient quots each month to make up an annual revenue of $10,000,000, the amount required to meet the interest on loans. The District Inspectors will deposit these amounts, as received. in foreign

banks where they will be available for the Chief Inspectors to draw upon as needed. for the bondholders. cumbersome scheme It seems 4

as for any other purpose. As will be noted, the Finance Minister re- ceives all the Recente--or-as-much

A sale of woollies" and Eng-

A commission of Japanese ex- perts on air transportation, headed by Mr. Nishino, arrived in Berlin last month to study aviation in Germany. The party witnessed a tert fight at Travemuende of the new Hohrbach flying boat. They' were surprised at the speedy take- off of the machine, which left the water with ease despite a heavy

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increased by only 673. In 1911 the Germans took second place with 35.081; now they are not sufficiently numerous to mention.

sanil-like way rejoicing. One other Philippine town recently barred motor cars altogether, while restric- tive legislation of one sort or an, other is frequently enacted,

CANTON, Doc. 3rd. A big fire occurred yesterday morning at about 130 in Chan Tong, the business section of Sai

shops, 33 were completely rated to the ground and three were partial- the night bauses of Sai Kyan as ly burned. The greater portion of

well as the restaurants there were

consumed in the conflagration. Happily no casualties were, re- ported.

The Wigan County Borough Edu cation Authority, has decided that What Mr. Shaw Missed,' no literature dealing with the

The fire started all of a sudden Mr. Bernard Shaw has expressed army, navy, or Air Force shall be his admiration for the decorations/PA the first floor of the Wan Fab distributed in any elementary or of the International Labour Office for some time. It appeared that no Restaurant which had been closed condary school in Wigan, without at Geneva, but the criticism of those are was in the building at the time previously receiving the approval the members of the Authority add, speaker at the Suffrage Victory great deal of dry timber and other of the disaster, but there was a luncheon auggests that Mr. Shaw's in the resolution by which the de-inspection was rather superacial kept there for construction pur combustible material which WAY cision is enforced, that every Mrs. Abbott, who was contending poses. Before fire was discovered

saciation, which will be held at 6 of the Authority. We believe" windows and frescoes made by a)

At the monthly meeting of the Hong Kong Football Referees' As pm on Friday at the Chaplain's Hut, Scandal Point, Captain A. W. Austin, M.C., M.M.. will give a short lecture

an Organisation Everyone interested in the game, and especially those wishing to qualify as referees are welcome.

drawn up as much to save ince" and Administration of Football" effort should be made to create a that the International Labour Office the whole building was in flame, Pence mentality amongst the school children, to accelerate the establecinear views on the post- the dry timber adding much to the lishment of international peace by ed a very fine window with ve

tion of women in industry, describ fierceness of the conflagration. disarmament and arbitration."

Great volumes of black smoka lights illustrating the world's work-mingled with red fame burst forth ers, which is one of the chief adorn-so violently that no one was able

to get near the burning building. "UNKNOWN CAUSE.

The Russian Press ridicules the of it as the Provinces, will allow-recent statements of Captain Hack- ing, Secretary of the Overzens and ther automatically returns Trade Department, in the House of portion for interest payments which Commons, that a grave financial and economic crisis is impending presumably is regarded as a more

in Soviet Russia. The Russian dignified procedure than receiving acwspapers generally interpreted Captain Hacking's prophecy that the revenue less all debt obligations the Soviets will be bankrupt within already discharged. The bord. a year as a case of the wish being

father to the thought." They con holders depend, in the first place, treat the British attitude with the upon the Minister receiving the improvement in commercial reia-

lations between the United States collections, which is generatly" re-

and Russia. garded as very problematical, and.

course.

You see

The cause of the conflagration is still unknown. Some people said that it was due to spontaneous com- bustion brought about by the oxida tion of rags saturated with paints, while others maintained that it was due to carelessness of the night watchman who was thought to be in the premises at the time of the catastrophe but has since disap- Peared.

to

An interesting history was attachments of the building. cd to almost every winner at New-pictures of brawny men singing at market yesterday, says a copy of their various saska," she said, and the Daily Express of November 3rd. you nak Where are the women!' Saracch, for instance, who won the You look in vain, and then down Final Stakes, cost more than twelve in the corner of the fifth light, the thousand guineas as a yearling, and picture of agricultural workers in two years has won-including you see the little figure of a woman yesterday's race-only ave hundred gleaning what the men have left. pounds. Silex Major, on the other Look at this lovely "pastel.' says hand, the winner of the Durham the guide. It is an outdoor scene. Stakes, was described in print stalwart then handling legs as they carlier in the season by his owner, come down a river. You see the the Duke of Portland, as a very figure of a foreman, who, true to moderate horse." yet scored its type, is doing nothing, and beside

The conflagration was first dia- fourth successive win in a canter hin a woman in a white cap and The police have granted the peti- yesterday. Then Gainsharp, the apron holding a kettle and giving covered by the Police, who at once secondly, upon the Minister's goodtion of the Country Club at Hodo-winner of the Ditch Mile Welter, him a cup of tea. Another picture sent an emergency call to the Can- faith. The security "may not be gaya, Yokohama, to fire blank

to ton Fire Brigades to come was included in the batch of year- shows an angel announcing of a very high standard, but it is cartridges on their golf course to lings that Mr. J. J. Maber-prince Abraham that his seed shall be as fight the flames. The fire fighters

came You

from all directions in drive away the thousands of small of breeders-sent up for sale in the sands of the seashore. better than nothing and the Group birds which have been infesting the 1925, but was so greatly disregarded naturally ask

Where is Sarah f response to the alarm, but the con- Banks are not debarred from nego petition when all other methods bid fer him. Portland, who won her, a shrouded figure half-hidden could not be controlled until it had The Club turned in the by buyers that there was not a single And after a close search you And Bagration was so terrific that it tiating for a more satisfactory failed to drive away the flocks of the Queensberry Handicap, is an- at the door of a tent." These pic- completely burned down 33 build- arrangement if they wish. small birds. The birds, coming to other romantic winner, for his dam, tures, she added, illustrate the ags and part of three more. Evez feed on some insect in the grass. Teplits, was bought by his present Stone Age attitude of the Interable lossen because of the satura

the shops nearby suffered consider- Japan objects to the new plant literally came in clouds. Golf was very strongly because her loans almost impossible, because every time the player advanced or made have been "secured" upon what a swing with bis Club, a cloud of was known in the old days as the birds would rise in front of him. The birds were so thielt that it was Salt revenue surplus; the amount practically impossible to follow the remaining when the Re-organisation flight of the ball down the greens. loan interest had been paid. In successful the firing of blank cart- Although it is not known how future no central" "fund" will be ridges will be in driving the birds created. The money, after the first away, the method will be given a thorough trial As hunting of any debt charges have been met, will kind is forbidden in the vicinity, remain in the provincial Chinese the birds cannot be killed but must

be only frightened. banks and will be used for provin- cial needs. Obviously there will be no surplus.

News and Views.

owner's wife, Mrs. Dunne, for a few national Labour Office-to-women"". guinens as a speculation, though she had never before bought a horse of any kind on her own. Finally, the two remaining winners, Tom Peartree and Pure Scandal, belong

to Mr. Henry Morriss and Colonel

Birkin, who race on a large scale, but have won scarcely half a dozen races between them in the past two

seasons.

Anglo-American Bickering.

PAPER. HUNTS ROUND SHANGHAI.

CHINESE FARMERS COM- PLAIN OF DAMAGED

CROPS...

LETTER TO MUNICIPALITY.

tion of their goods with water from the big hoses of the fire fighters. The conflagration was not extin- guished until four o'clock, nearly three hours after it had started., Big and famous restaurants like the Taoon Chan, Sam Hop, and Kwang Tin, wese ail completely destroyed.

CROWN L'AND SALE."

CREDIT FONCIER PAY $95,000 FOR KOWLOON SITE.

"

day at the Crown Lisid sale beld An important lot was said yester-

President Coolidge's acid message

SHANGHAI, Dec. 3rd. to Europe contained in his Armis- Chinese farmers in Chinese ter tice Day address aroused very great ritory in the vicinity of this city The Fishmongers' Company re

interest in England. Lord Birken are aroused over the paper hants cently entertained the Wardens of head's blunt reply to the effect that regularly conducted by foreigners, the Master Mariners' Company at

at the Crown Land Office when we do, not especially invite lee and have appealed to officials of

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2158 was luncheon in their Hall, London | tures" represents a very real feel. Chinese, territory to put a stop ta Bridge, and presented them with a ling in the country. Another anthem.

disposed of for 895,000 to the cup. The Fishmongers' Company be-awer

Credit Foncier d'Extreme Orient. was given in an address The farmers declare that they are ing one of the oldest of the Livery by Mr. J. R. Fisher. History not angry because a large number The site occupies about 189,900 Companies and being connected | proves," be said, "that when of foreign men and women elect to square feet and is in Prince Edward. with the sea, it was thought that it America needs territory she takes little piece of paper, but because is $1,304 and the term of the lease gallop like mad in search of a Road, Kowloon. The annual rental would be a pleasant thing to make it. When she wants warships she

present of a cup to the newly builds them"

The upset price was This address was the foreign participants destroy 75 years. formed Company of Mariners, in order to show their Times, which editorially deplores compensate them.

Master given a leading position in the their crops and do not properly 204,000.

Kowloon Inland lot 2157 at the The such an attitude. Dominating thess

According to a spokesman for the junction of Nathan Road and Bute friendship and good wishes. presentation was made by the Prime incidents is a general determina farmers, the foreigners pay little Street, whose area is 7,100 square Warden, Mr. James Yate Johnson.tion rot to permit resentment over or nothing at all. for destroying the feet, and the annual rental #32, was offered at an upset price of The cup is of handwrought silver the President's tone or arguments

In connection with the matter 216,000. After a few bids it went. Eight Chinese cases of small-pex stem are six sea-horses, and on the cultivating American understand the farmers have forwarded the nt $18,100 to Messrs. Chan Kan

on un ebony plinth. Supporting the to change Great Britain's policy of top of the stem, supporting the ing. Sir Geoffrey Butler voiced following, letter to the Chinese and Hai Yeung Shing, 22, Shanghai

Street (ground floor). cup, are six dolphins, modelled, this deeper sentiment when he de municipality: cast, and chased. The cover, has clared that indictments and re- Great Damage To Fields.

Kowloon Inland lot 2161, at the nn engraving of the world, rising crimination are useless. "Look

We beg to bring to your notice junction of Arran Street and Re- from which is a conventional treat beyond the cut and thrust of im- that during the spring and winter clamation Street, with an area of ment of the een chazed in high relief mediate controversy," he counsel foreign residents of Shanghai fre-076 square feet and an annual with a ship in full sail of wrought led. This attitude is believed to quently hold paper hunts in the rental of 824 was offered at $3,114 silver. The cup and plinth stand be the settled policy of the Baldwin Western about 3ft. in height, and the weight Government.

were reported from Kowloon over the week-end. No other cases of

The alternatives facing Mr. Hussey FREKE were (1) to attempt to

a system which afforded Silk forwarded from here by the no funds either to meet the bond- Empress of Axia on November 7th Hong Kong Office: 11, Ice Householders' claims, or even to main. arrived in New Yorw (St. John's tain the Service in existence-Park) on November 28th, having Landon Office: 21, Bride Lane, manifestly an impossible, task, or

been 21 days in transit. Fleet Street, EO. 4.

(9) to endeavour to reach a tem- porary solution which, while no ceptable to the Chinese Gevern ment, held out some possibility of the Inspectorate being enabled" to secure funds with which to weet its loan obligations. He chose the latter course and we presume-any, other intelligent and practical man, in the same predicament, would have done likewise.

Baily

Press

Howe Koxe, Decaden 47, 1923.

THE SALT REVENUE AND

FOREIGN LOANS.

As Mr. F. HUSSEY FREKA, in the interesting statement on the Salt Administration in China supplied to the Daily Prete and published on

notifiable disease were recorded "in the Colony during that period.

A Chinese who resented a re- primand by Sergeant Jessop for spitting on the pavement was ficed 5 at the Kowloon Magistracy yes terday for swearing at the officer. A Chinese married woman Fined $3,000 at the Kowloon Magis tracy yesterday for possession of The original agreement, of 195 taels of raw opium. The alter course, was that the District In-native was six months' imprison.

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and executor is Mr. George The Phantom Finn, Hart, Campdon, Gloucester.

crops,

district. These hunts as upset. price. cause great damage to the fields.

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It went to Mr. Mok Ah Sam, 156,

The sale was well attended but

As the farmers depend on the pro-Temple Street, for $4,000. ducts of their fields for their living

them.

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DONATIONS FOR THE

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Paaro Nurmi, who has just be they have become very anxious, but bidding was not brisk. A little pamphlet setting forth come a professional runner, estab-nothing has been done to help the claims of the engine-room arti lished three new world's records The farmers hold these hunts SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT ficers to a better status in the in Berlin recently when he covered in great fear and dread, but they British Navy than they now hold a distance of 19 kilometres, 210 cannot stop the foreigners from Eas been circulated to members of metres in the space, of one hour, conducting them. Furthermore the Parliament and others likely to be This beats the previous world's re- farmers have become very angry Saturday, very frankly admitted, spectors of the Salt Gabelle should Mr. M. Steger, of No. 452. The interested. A foreword by Mr. cord by more than 200 metres. In and in the event of future damage the new arrangements made for collect the revenue and lodge it in Peak, has reported to the police George Barners, the well-known this 80-minute race Nurmi covered may adopt

defensive. measures, foreign bank where it remained the loss of eight silver trays, worth trade union leader, gives a clue to the first 15 kilometres in a new re which will bring about disputes

The Bazaar Committee of the collecting the salt revenue are

850, from the dining room some until the leans for which the Chief time between Friday night and the sure to form the text of some ques- seconds. The record of Shrubb for negotiations.

its source of origin, and it is pretty cord time of 40 minutes 49.45 and have a bad effect on future Society of St. Vincent de Pat meeting with a .considerable

have pleasure in acknowledging the tions when the House reassembles. 10 miles was also broken by the.. You are therefore requested to amount of criticism from those who Inspectors were responsible had following morning.

Under this plan

The subject is an old one, but as Finnish runner, who covered that write to the Commissioner of following further donations for the rely upon the iciency of this been "fully met.

The number of dead bodies picked time goes on, bringing ever increas-distance in 60 minutes 15 seconds. Foreign Affairs instructing him to Bazaar to be held on Sunday,

December 9th: in the Colony on Bunday ed demands upon the qualifications Inspired by Nurmi, the German open strict negotiations with department for the interest on their Sir RICHARD DANE did some remark up

Mr. M. K. Lo amounted to fourteen and seven of the engine-room artificers, their contestant Husen in the same race view to putting a stop to foreignera

Mr. P. K. Kwok .................... loans to the Chinese Government.ably good administrative work and showed signs of small-pox infection, ples to be assessed according to established a new German record from holding paper hunts in the

Mr. Cheuk Ming Stan The present position is certainly gradually built up an organisation Yazmati provided the largest num- their professional value naturally for an hour run, covering 18 kilo Western district. You are further

Mr. John Arnold Nurmi, after requested to stop all paper hunts unsatisfactory, but it is not more which appeared to parallel in ber and one body was found in the gains in point. Meanwhrie, in an-metres,, 21 metres.

nouncing the date of the next setting the records, hesitated for in the future. United Preis.. unsatisfactory than it has been for soundness and stability the Chinese

examination for admission to the the moment trying to decide whe- Benito Soliven has asked the Fishguard establishment, the Ad- ther to continue in an effort to a number of years past, and as the Maritime Customs. It was a Ber- Philippine Legislature for $250 miralty lay stress upon the pros- break the world's mark for 23 kilo-

WEATHER REPORT. Group Baike, who are the parties vice which attracted competent wen toward erecting a monument to the pects for advancement to warrant metres. Suddenly be stopped and "Unknown Citizen" that virtuous and commissioned rank which lie ran into the dressing room without primarily responsible for the Re- from many countries. But un- and down-trodden taxpayer who is before naval artificer apprentices. listening to the pinudits of the Yesterday's weather report, fort organisation. Loan Agrement under fortunately, the Central Govern considered by Soliven to have re- Whilst it is quite true that a limit crowd. "Had the day been less cast and remarks, issued by the which the alt revenue was first ment were not strong enough to ceived far less than his just honoured number of artificers can now cold I also would have tried for Royal Observatory at 5:35 p.m.,

in all history and throughout the reach commissioned rank, either as the 20 kilometre record," Nurmi stated:- ear-marked as security for money prevent the predatory military, world.

mates or as midshipmen (E), this said after the race, but I felt I The anticyclone has increased advanced, could not maintain their leaders and other provincial officials

has nothing to do with the question wan getting chilled so I left well moderately in intensity. A depres Negotiations are in progress be of the status of the great bulk of enough alone." Nurmi's opposi-sion is crossing Japan. Moderate security in the days when it was from putting their fingers into tween a representative of the Luf them who do not get above the tion, which included the German to fresh monsoon will prevail along first threatened, it is futile for this luscious" pie. Revenue was thansa and the Nanking Govern-rating of chief petty officer. The police-sergeant Hasen, of Hamburg, the coast and over the north China

ment for the inauguration of an proposed remedy is that the E... and the Finn, Martelin, was left for Sen. them to complain' now.", The, retapped" in a variety of ways air service between Germany and should be reorganised upon the behind. Thirteen runners started

Local Forecast: NE moderate, fine generally. Dinerend reeuses, Obing JWaka (po England Lawendinta of the Mercantile Marire.. **hat mly six were able to finish,

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