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Handbag Snatching Epidemic

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Who will be" victim No. 37 Victim No. 1 was Mrs. P. T Barby. of No. 4. Aimai Villas, Kowloon

Victim No. 2 was Mrs, Chain, at | No. 231 Nathan Road, Kovicon.

Public Enemy No. 1.-an elusive bag-snatcher

Scene of operation-the im- mediate vicinity of the Majestic Theatre,

On Monday night" Mrs. Barby bad her handbag matched while she was walking on the footpath opposite the Majestice Theatre, Mr. Barby immediately gave chase and Public Snatcher No. 1 when almost within the reach of h' pursuer, dropped the bag and succeeded in making off down dark alleyway. Eleven dollars: the bag. were recovered intact.

SUCCESSFUL HAUL

On Tuesday night Mia Chain "was talking with a lady friend on

the footpath opposite the Majestic i Theatre. A youth aneated, up

DAYLIGHT SAVING

Clocks To Be Advanced

Thirty Minutes?

GOVERNOR'S SUGGESTION

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Sportsmen in the Colony will be glad to learn that Govern- ment is considering 'a proposal whereby daylight saving will be brought into effect. This announcement was made by His Ex- cellency, Sie Andrew Caldecott while presiding over a meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday.

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Electioneering

Expenses

$145.000 FOR

TELEGRAMS!

Nanking, Dec. 1.

The Department of Communica- tions reports that during the months of August and September last, the exchange of telegrams in cannection with the election of representatives for the Congress of

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STREET

*FLUSHING

Government Reply To Questions

Main Thoroughfares To Be Flushed

Questions asked by the Hon. Mr. Peoples' representatives, -number- |'S. H. `Dodwell regarding street- lug over 3,870,000 telegrams, have flushing were replied to by the resulted in a loss to the Govern-" Blonial Secretary (Hon MI N. ment of $17,000 after deducting.] L. Smith) at the Legislative Coun- by material costs.

all 'njeeting yesterday afternoon.

Hon. Mr. Dodwell asked:

throughout the

IMPRESSED BY ARGUMENTS Addressing the Council. His Ex-

But before anything defnite can Hong Kong. Standard Time be reached in the matter, His Ex-thirty minutes cellency stated that as the dally ¦ year.". time schedule "of our two cities is effected by this question, I pro- pose therefore to ask the Urban Council and the Barbour Advisory Committee to put before

the following resolu- colleagues tions

their

(a) that a measure for day- light saving is advisable in Hong

(b) that the Kong: and

best basis for such a "mieasure would be the advancement of the present

Shanghai Strike Settled

from behind and snatched away Japanese Marines Withdrawn her handbag. Bo sudden and

unexpected was the outrage that

ed an alarm.

"Shanghai, Dec. 1. the snatcher had made of some

Owing to the settlement of the twenty-five yards before the vic- tim exactly realised what had oe-

strike of cotton mill operatives, curred. She gave chase and rais-the Japanese marines, who were landed to occupy the western dia- trict of Shanghat sometime ago. were all withdrawn this morning. Only a small number have been 'eft to guard the Japanese Fung Tin Cotton Mill Chinese Evening Preas.

(Continued on Part 7)

British Embassy

BRANCH IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, Dec. 2. The British Embassy has es- tablished an auxillary branch de- partment in Shanghai, which was opened at noon yesterday.

Mr. Wu Tit-shing. Mayor of Greater Shanghai, General Yang and" other high Chinese, officials. as well as the foreign consular," military and navai representatives. numbering over one hundred, call- ed to tender their congratulations: Chinese "Evening Prra.

LORD BADEN-POWELL

80th Birthday In India

Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, plans to spend his eightieth birthday (February 22) in India.

The cost of the telegrama, ac- cording to current rates is $145,000. Accordingly, instructions have been ent to the electioneering head- quarters of the different provinces to reduce expenses.--

cellency said: I wish to announce that I have been impressed bythingu Brening Pos..

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With reference to the answers given to questions put by Dr. R A. de Castro Basta at the meeting of the Urban Council he'd on 10th: November, and particularly to thé answer to question 4, whereas ----

(2) On 23rd November there was approximately 4,274 millions@

arguments put forward in the Press, and in the course of con- versarions that I have recently en- joyed with some prominent mem- WEST POINT ROBBERY of gallons of water in storage in

bers of the community. in favour of daylight saving, in this Colony.

(Continued on Back Page)

RACE HORSE TO GO

BY ZEPPELIN

An armed robbery was reported at West Point Police Station last night. The viction was She Sin

the Colony, and the present rate: of consumption is approximately 158 million gallons per week.

(b) The state of the roads ini?

will the Government:—

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Nam, clerk, employed at a Chinese certain section of the clay mightờ shipping firm, 9, Bonham Strand, be a menace to public health and Art Boor. He was walking in able to detract seriously from company with the accountant in

the popularity of the Colony as 2. Queen's Road West and had turned

tourist centre, into Tung Do Lane near the "Hong Kong Day Press" Special) Western Market when three men,

London, Dec. 1 two of whom were armed with re- 1. Reconsider the question orð It is learned that Thankerton, volvera; came up from behind and nightly flushing the streets, side- | one of the best English race horses, ; said. "search.” A h box. eon-walks and surface channels, etc, which ran third in the Derby this taining three letters, was taken with main water throughout the

dry season or until such time an? year, will probably be the first from the clerk by the third man horse to make the journey across who after opening ft decamped the supply of water is considered the sea-la-Zeppelin Ita owner, with the box followed by the other no longer adequate for the pur Mr. J. Shand, is sending the stal-robbers. The incident occurred pore. lion to compete. In the valuable shortly after 7.30 pm) Santa Amics handicap at Los Angeles. This rate takes place on February 27. and the winner will: receive £21,000. wins it, his owner back to Europe Bindenburg.-~~ Transocean News Service.

KOWLOON

Thankerton

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MAGISTRATE ILLI

Friends of the Senior Kowloon Magistrate, Mr. E. I. Wynna-Jones The Chief Scout, who will leave will be sorry to hear that he was England on January 8, is to visit ¦ taken 111 on Tuesday and was ad- the All-India Scout Jamboree at mitted to the Kowloon Hospital. Delhi in the Arst week in Febru- Mr. Wynne-Jones has only recent

ly"returned from Home leave.

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Rifle Association's First Annual Dinner

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New York, Dec 2. The death has occurred of Mr. John Ringling Reuter,

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If answer to question 1 is in the negative, will the Government cons.der:-

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As a temporary expedient flushing the streets," side-walki and surface channels, etc., in

of the worst' areas certain rotation so that the latter are. clean twice or even önce a week.

ANSWER

The reply was as follows:--- Government has reconsidered this question in View of a report by the Water Anthority that a certain quantity of main water сад ke spared

the during next few months for street cleanS-- ing: As the water available fur this purpose is insufficient to meet the requirements of nightly street: flushing, and in order to avoid as far as possible increases of staff; it has been decided to flush thể principal streets in the urban areas on both sides of the har- bour in rotation once a week!

The question will be further considered in the light of the results obtained from the forego ing decision,

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Above is a splendid flashlight photograph taken during the first annual dinner of the Hong Kong Rifle Association held at the Peninsula Hotel Boof Garden on Tuesday night. On the extreme left at the official table may be seen (from left to right), the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, Bear-Admiral C. G. Sedgwick, HLE. Major General A. W. Bartholomew, HE, the Governor (Bir Andrew Caldo- cott), Major B. D. Walker (President), HE. Vice-Adaniral Sir Charles Little and the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith (Colonial Secretary).

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