In the U.S.. Sonate, the Labour. Secretary, Mr. Doak, recommended the general tightening of the Alien Deportation Laws... Page D. Valabhai Patel, acting President of the All-India Congress, was sen- teased at Bombay to nine months simplo imprisonment. Pago 9.
actually quoting us as having got the right answer. Many of the nations of the world would like to equip their armies with armoured brigades, but most of the big military nations are still depending on minn-power. The cost
The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffa is a rare thing, a much greater 10-2/3 per cent to 15 per cent., of building a mechanised army puzzle psychologically than for two the first occasion since the early is great, and other nations are
and City Marshal have gone to. bank has reduecd its dividend. therefore watching our efforts; to go through with such a pact period of the war that a big London and Sword Bearer, Mace Bearer small as they are for financial several years ago, much more re- There was a C800 at Nottingham
Pago 12. Paris to attend Marshal Joffre's reasons, with great interest.**.
Page 0. markable than this one in Califor The American Shipping Board's funeral in state.
Governor Roosevelt of New York In reply to a suggestion that nia. Three lace girls, whose age vessel Hopatcong arrived at Con amphibian tanks should be consther throw themselves into the only by the Captain and officers and prosecuto anybody suspected of n averaged 16, tied themselves to stantinople from Odessa manned has urged the District Attorney, to structed for service abroad, especial-River Treat and were drowned. The without a single lower deck rating violation of the law in connection in Chinese waters, Colonel, Pizz inquest revealed no reason at all owing to a muting at the port of with the failure of a bank in the Page D. said that years ago they built an for any one of them to be agitated departure and subsequent desertion United States.
or distressed in mind. amphibian tank, but it
by the crew.
(Continued on previous column.) sank. America had also built one, and it met a similar fade.
Colonel Pite's interesting lecture le reported in the Manchester Guardian with a pained unction of the kind that awakens in the average man a new interest in war and particularly in the tank.
The tank is, however, an in
Another example of what must inevitably be expected is reported from Harbin in the North-China Daily News. A few days ago the musical comedy season was opened at the Railway Club theatre and the first night was attended by HONG KONG DAILY an enormous crowd of people, in PRES6, L., and the HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through cluding many Chinese officials and their London Office, at 53, FIXT STREET, E.C. 4, are prepared to give the bends of the Chinese Eastern Subscribers and Visitors advice Railway. The police permission for regarding accommodation available, the performance stated that it must Hong Kong motoring facilities, suitable shop be over by midnight, but on the Tiantain and ping centres, etc
If, when at home, they will call | first night with its many "en" Hong Kong
or telephone to the above address, cores," the curtain did not fall valuable weapon for the small only.
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audience went into the restaurant, of the Empire. The tank is costly where they had supper or joined in and deadly, but it means using ono the dancing which went on till 3 armoured machine, with a crew of am. What was the surprise of the half a dozen at most, where former table at which the acting President. ly half a battalion of men had to of the Railway. Mr. La SHAD KENG, expose themselves to bullets and and the vice-President, Mr. Es steel. If nations must fight let COMBIANOFF, were sitting when, the it be in tanks and in aeroplance, manager of the theatrical company, and not in dreary mass of Mr. MALINOVSKY, and the head of cannon fodder," The War Office the Actors' Union, Mr. GRIZAL, is showing wisdom and foresight in appeared, with their faces badly pushing on with the mechanisation bruised and blood flowing from of the Army. The more tanks and wounds. From their story it seemed the fewer infantry, the better for that the police had telephoned them all concerned. There are, unfortu to the station at once, and immediately, technical objections to com ately on their entrance, had started plete mechanisation, but the process beating them for not closing the is being pushed as far as is con- performance at the proper time, sistent with tactical efficiency. Both of them being big men they
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The dollar dropped a farthing yesterday and opened at another new low record of 15. old.
Members of the Sanitary Board met yesterday, but no public basi- eas was discussed. The meeting adjourned for a fortnight.
The Banque Franco-Chinoise in- «A. curias incident which happen- forms us that the Chinese Maritime ed at Shaukiwan some days ago Customs having effected payments revealed in a police report. It on the Boxer Indemnity, the coupon is stated that Fung Hung On, stated No. 12 of the 6 per cent. Gold Loan, to be a rich man residing at 0, Big- 1925, as well as the bends drawn at Street, received a large parcel fron the drawing of December 1 fast, the Post Office. When the parcel will be redeemable at any of their was opened, it was found to contai agencica from January 15.
a sword which Fung took to the Polico Station.
Looking Back 25 Years.
A Chinese was ined 8400 or threo) A Chinese, who pleaded not guilty he appeared at the Central Magising 810 at 184, Temple Street, by months' hard labour in default when to a charge of fraudulently obtain tracy on the charge of tho, possca pretending to go for some change, A matched was crested on the sion of 498 heroin pills yesterday.
was yesterday discharged by Mr. spacious compound of the Tsim-tea- Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy shui Police Station for last night's Silk forwarded from here by the Complainant said that he had pur Police Smoking Concert and there Empress of Asia on December 10 chased fruit from defendant, and can be no doubt that the large arrived in New York (St. John's gave him a 610 note in payment number in attendanco greatly en Park) and Hoboken on December Defendant went away to get change joyed themselves. The committes but did not reappear. The defend- 31, having been 21 days in transit.
The hearing of the Western Market murder case was continued before Mr. E. H. Williams yes terday when Detective Inspector W. Shannon appeared for the prosecu tion, Mr. C. K. Hall Brutton in defending,
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ant denied going to 184, Temple were untiring in their efforts to Accidentally falling down the Street, and added that he had please, and on all sides it was
mitted that they bad succeeded. staircase of his house at 122, John- never been a hawker,
Their names are:-Mr. P. P. stone Road, Li Woo (11) was re- moved to the Government Civil The police are now investigating Inspector Langley
Woddhouse, A.S.P. (chairman), Hospital on Monday, suffering from a robbery of which Mrs. Mishiokn, Sergeants R. Wills (scoretary), injuries to his head. He died at a Japanese, who describes herself Pitt, Atley and Counsell, and Con- 2.50 pln.
as a manicurist, states that she was stables Bird, Foley, Roby, Edwards, the victim. According to her she Norman, Lanigan, Borrie and Pur war at her home, No. 68, Haiphong don. Mr. Wodehougs was chairman Road, Kowloon, on Monday night, when she heard a knock at the door of the concert, and sitting at table with him were Captain Superinton, Two men entered and forced her dent Badeley, Mr. C. D. Melbourne | broke away and riïshéd off for help
back, into the room. They put a (second magistrate), Mr. G. H to the heads of the railway. The
potato into her mouth as
Wakeham (land officer), Chief She struggled violently and broke Detective Inspector Hanson, Chief Acting President of the C.E.R. A unillion people want to see the FA Cup Final on April 25, -1931,
a tooth. The men stole a silver Inspector Baker and Inspector immediately phoned to the police but Wembley Stadium, where the
watch and money amounting to Langley-Hong Kong Daily Fren, station and stated that he would great game will be played, holds a
$150.
January 7, 1906. “ take the responsibility of the per paltry 92,000. The method of ticket distribution has been altered for the
Arthur Williams, aged 10 was. Looking Back 50 Years, formance being. ten ininutes late. 1931 Final, but the fact that 500,000
charged at the Kowloon Magistracy
telerim, o'clock yesterday About At that the matter rested for the are not going to see the match
yesterday with injuring a Chinese, morning, part of one of the walls time being, but it is one of the cannot be altered. This is the pesi
by throwing a stone at him. The of the Oriental Hotel and adjoins complainant said that he was riding ing houses at the corner of Welling, stories which go to show how un- tion:-Seventy-five tier cent of the total number of seats-83,000-have
in a motor lorry at the time, when ton and Wyndham Streats, now in reasonable Chiness authorities can been allotted by the F.A. to itself Strict action is being taken by his attention was attracted by the course of demolition, suddenly gave way and fell into the street, bury- be in quite a trifling matter. Ac. and afiliated clubs. The remaining the authorities aganist purveyors of shout of a coolic woman, who was
23,000 scats are distributed among indecent pictures. For the second also riding in the lorry. Turning ing two women in the debris. The cording to a version given by some the travel agencies and theatre time recently, Inspector J. Murphy, round he was hit by a stone thrown workmen wont promptly to their other people, the police official, in ticket agencies throughout the of the Secretariat for Chinese by the boy Ho gave chase and I rescue and succeded in extricating charge of the division felt insulted country Af the most London's Affairs, appeared at the Central caught him. The boy denied throw them. One woman was lucky share of the seats available will be Magistracy yesterday when he aping the stone, and added that it enough to sustain no appreciable Axence the new cest surpy General mod molded hiking diction. See the condrart at of a lot was thrown by going other boys who injury beyond n- fright, but the bad refused to serve him with the office of a theatre ticket agency it of postcards of tn 200)cottondale Fran nwko 1% pensa u Do the nicolae, exired a v froo supper he had been accustomed was stated “overy year the Cup character which he seized during a lucky and was caught, Mrs. Solo on the head and had to be convey to receive from the former proprie. Finn becomes more and more visit to a shop in Des Voeux Road mon, the boy's guardian, was boundel to the Government Olvil Hos popular and the rush for tickets gets Central on Monday, Mr. Williams over in 860 for six months for his pital-Hong Kong Daily: "Frena,
mada, the necessary order.
"good" behaviour.
January 7, 1881..
tors.
WOTRO.
It is notified that for the week ended January 3, there were soven cases of enteric fever, one case of diphtheria, one death from cerebro- spinal fever and 38 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. For the 24 hours ended January 5, there was one death from diphtheria.
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