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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED 1981).

FROM ELECTRICAL DEALERS

| 69017 五拜號弍十月弍十英港香

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

LATEST

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

KOWLOON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondents.).

STABILISING AMERICAN EXCHANGE.

IMPORTANT FAR EASTERN DEVELOPMENTS.

Shanghai, December 11.

to other banks.

on a commission basis. forward market.

A SHANGHAI SUICIDE.

GREEK IMPORTER SHOOTS HIMSELF.

Shanghai, December 11. M. Platon Cavadia, a Greek coffee importer, has committed suicide in his bedroom at his residence. He shot himself in the mouth with an automatic. He had engaged a passage in the s.s. Sphinx. but later cancelled it. It is believed he was insane.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

BRITISH SUBJECT FINED.

Shanghai, December 11..

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The concert, too, was all that could be wished. Apart from the singing of Mrs. Brawn, which was a pleasant surprise to most, the items contributed by the scholars were splendidly done. Their dancing, especially, re- flected great credit on their training.

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TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.

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TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE. The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was 5a/id.

THE WEATHER. Forecast:-Fair. Barometer-

Henry Lester was fined 10 nd costs, under the Enemy Trading/somewhat incomplete if it did in a straight line with it. What of pale yellow flowers, which were moneys recovered from the per-got out, and went up the stair-"

Act, in the British Court this morning. The charge was based on a meask when the authorities intend mortgage with Carlowitz and Company on September 21, 1918.

Many persons have doubtless read the sermon which the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie delivered on the subject, in which be discounted the idea that any disaster would occur, but said that the different planets in their revolutions round the sun would on that day come ever doubts may rest in the minds of our readers in this matter, we are able to set at rest, for we have secured the valued opinion of the Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr. T. F. Claxton, who has furnished us with an interesting diagram which shows the posit ions of the planets on the morning

END OF THE WORLD, ĮMARRIAGE OF MISS

DIONE MAY.

HONGKONG OBSERVATORY TO-MR. FJ. KINCHIN SMITH. (By THE FERRYMAN.")

DIRECTOR'S VIEWS.

Hongkong residents will be The hearing of the motor 30.06. Temperature 2 p.m.-66, The social evening which took

interested to learn that the marbandits case was resumed before Humidity 3 p.m.-63. place at the Kowloon British

A subject ofdiscussion with the ringe took place at the church of Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy School on Friday last was a local Chinese at the present St. Philip and St. James, Oxford, this morning.

Ng. E. sa assistant, at a car into which a man entered. Three American Exchange Banke in Chins have concluded an tremendous success. The joy of moment is the dreaded collision on October 24, af Mr. Francis arrangement with the U. S. Treasury to stabilise the U. S. dollar the little ones was unbounded, which it is prophesied will shortly John Kinchin Shitb, eldest son pawnshop at 59 Des Voeux Road, There were other persons already exchange in the Orient. The Treasury will stop selling silver dollars and this in itself must have been take place between a planet and of the Rev. J. Kinchic Smith and said on the day in question he in the car and the report of fire A contract has been closed for the purchase of quite sufficient reward for those the sun. The Chinese papers in Mrs. Kinchin Smith, to Dione was sitting at the end of the arms started afresh as it moved off the Jean Elizabeth, youngest daugh-counter when he heard the report followed by the Indian constable twenty millions of silver dollars at 135 per ounce, laid down at who had taken so much pains to airing their opinions on

A foki of the shop, who fired his revolver after it. Shanghai. Further amounts may be melted. The Banks are acting arrange all the detaile. Some matter, have drawn up gloomy ter of Sir Henry and Lady May, of rearrus.

Tung on, motor car driver, am- The bridegroom's father per-by the name of Lo Chao, who The Announcement has weakened the really striking costumes were conjectures which have greatly

seen in the Fancy Dress Parade, Balarmed their readers concern formed the ceremony, and Sir stood near a cupboard, cried ployed at the Star Garage, depos photographic group of which will ing their safety in the event of Heary May gave away his out that he

been ed that on the 25th Novembar appear in to-morrow's Telegraph the occurrence of the pheno- daughter, who Wore white wounded. Witness was frighten-at 1.15 p.m. he was ordered by a

himself hid result an

and clerk employed at the Garage to menon, and

satin gown trimmed with orange ed and unusually large quantity of joss blossom and white heather, and for this reason did not know take out Car No. 261. The men sticks and paper is being offered

a tulle veil held in place by silver what happened immediately after-who ordered the car sat in it as to the supernatural powers to ribbon, with bunches of white wards. He later helped to convey he drove it to the given direction, heather and orange blossom. the wounded foki to the Hospital Kennedy Town. The car, how- avert the catastrophe.

The bouquet was composed of and afterwards saw his dead body.ever, was not driven to that white Sergeant Field testified to the distance for when it was on the white carnations and

the King Niag heather.

identification of the body of the Praya, "near The bride was attended by her dead man by the previous witness Wharf, the passenger told him turn into a side-street. two sisters, the Misses Phoebe at the Victoria Mortuary on the to

The car when it entered the and Iris May, both of whom wore following day, 27th November. simple Sexe blue frocks and black, The accountant of the money street, pulled up at the side door hats trimmed with small bunches changer's shop said that the of a certain house. The passenger He returned, an instant matched by their bouquets of pale sons of the three accused amount case.

ed to $5,700 which consisted of later and re-entered the car. The yellow chrysanthemums.

Mr. Austin Kinchin Smith was Hongkong, Annam and Singapore car was not started at once as best man to his brother, and notes, and a certain quantity of the passenger told witness that he was waiting for some one who among those present were: Lady small subsidiary coins May. Mrs. Kinchin Smith, Miss The next witness was Kam had gone to smoke opium. After Mary Kinchin Smith, Major Kwok, who bad charge af B quarter of an hour's waiting, Philip de Fonblanque, D.S.O..the butcher's stall at one witness hoard the sound of fire- and Mrs. Philip de Fonblanque, side of the money changer's ar. 1s and saw people running Mrs. Barnardistone, O.B.E., Miss shop. A. number of men on the towards his car. He also saw As is generally known, the May Dalton, Mr. R. Weaver day in question entered the shop, several men armed with revolvers planets, on

of their (Fellow of Trinity) and Mrs. and one of them drew a revolver, making for him and wanted to varying distances from the sun. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill, They paid no attention to witness get out of the car and files.. take different periods to complete Miss Aileen Hastings, and Miss and he slipped out of the shop by bat he was seized by the their revolutions round it.

the back door. He then flew a collar by his passenger and de- Mercury, which is nearest the The bridegroom, it will be re-whistle as he ran along the street tained until the armed men had sun, takes 88 days to travel round membered, was a Lieutenant in and

Indian constable boarded the car after which the the sun. The periods taken by the Shropshire Light Infantry turned up. Witness then pro-order was given to him to start the other planets are: Venus, which was stationed in Hongkong ceeded

He was forced by himself the engine. 224 days; the Earth, 365 days: in 1915 and later became A. D. C. behind some rickshas whilst the threats of being shot to obey Mars, 687 days; Jupiter. 4.333 to Sir Henry May, with the rank firing of revolvers was in pro-and drove the car in the direction days; Saturn. 10.750 days; of Captain.

gress, in which the Indian con-of Kennedy Town. When he got The on to the Praye, he wag - ordered" days: and

stable participated from

after a to stop the Car Witness,

in order street.

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who had bean round while, went Voeux Road and saw the Indian left behind might get in. Witness exchanging shots with one of the was not sure how many men were robbers while the others ran in his car as he did not dare to along Des Vœux Road look back as he was being covered

direction a westerly

and with revolvers, but he believed turned round on to the Praya that his car could hold at a pinch He saw the Indian constable five men. Shots were fired when and his antagonist still firing the car started in the side street

each at

other from either and again when the car stopped

Voeux of Des

Road. on the Praya to enable the last Boxing side

The robber, who fired. his man to get in Coronet Theatre-5.15 and 9. 5 revolver as he ran along, carried

SHANGHAI'S AMERICAN SCHOOL.

A BIG SUBSCRIPTION.

Shanghai, December 11.

The American School campaign now reaches a total of $100,000 (gold).

EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(From Our Own Correspondents.).

THE AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT.

A REPORTED COMPLETION.

Singapore, December Hr The Asiatic Petroleum Company received a wire late last night announcing that Captain Ros4. Smith and his men arrived in Australia between one and two o'clock on Wednesday and have thus won the big prize with a day to spare.

CHINESE REPRESENTATION AT PENANG.

Singapore, December 11. Penang Chinese are petitioning the Government for a Chinese representative on the Legislative Council:

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

THE FOOCHOW INCIDENT.

Shanghai, December 11,

A Special Commisioner has been despatched by the Foreign Department in Tokyo to investigate the Foochew incident. There fore nothing can be arranged between the Foreign Ministry and the Japanese Legation before his arrival.

Lau Kan-run, the newly-appointed Minister to Tokyo, on the eve of his leaving for Japan has beer advised by the President as to how to handle the Foochow incident.

THE BOYCOTT.

Shanghai. December 11. All merchants in Peking have sworn on oath. in the Chamber of Commerce, on the 9th inst.. declaring that they will not import any more Japanese goods and will wire to Osaka to stay the execution of orders.

"RUN ON JAPANESE BANK.

Shanghai, December 11. There was a run" on the Japanese Bank on the 8th and 9th inst, in Peking, but no disorders occurred.

I suppose this column would be

not contain a little "grouse." So let making the scene just outside Kowloon Ferry pier a little more presentable. The long stretch of unsightly hoarding which for years disfigured the approach to Ferry has been remored, but there is still a part of the road enclosed in this manner.

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Maybe the Military people have not finished their work yet, but in any event it cannot be such a secret as some would have a believe, for anyone C&L look through the open doorway or over the dilapitated boarding and see what's going on. When are we going to have this obstruction re moved? And what about the old ricksha shelter near by, which is rotting to pieces? It's time some body got busy on these eyesores.

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Uranus,

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Coronet Theatre--5.15 and 9.15

Victoria Theatre--9.15 p.m.

TO-MORBOW, Theatre Royal. Tournament---9.15 p.m.

Neptune, 60,126 days.

Mr. Claxton says the so-called phenomenon" which now causes such a stir, amounts to nothing more than the planets coming I said something the other day into line at 2 a.m. on the 18th about the huge number of dogs in instant (Hongkong time) in the Kowloon and of the annoyance natural course of their revolution which they cause to residents. Around the sun. That is all there P friend, in talking the matter over with me, said quite truly that the

They will arrange themselves. annoyance would not be so great in a straight line to the westward if owners of dogs.exercised some of the sun, and will thus be seen control over their pets. As he before sunrise that day. says, many people allow their

So we may assume that the end dogs to roam about all night long. of the world is still far off, and and even if they keep them at having been thus in a position home they do not seem in the to set anxious minds at rest. least concerned if they make we would venture to advise our night hideous with their yelping Chinese friends not to worry and barking. How they manage about the probability of being cut Their off in the prime of their lives by to sleep is a mystery. neighbours cannot usually con- the eccurrence of such a dire catastrophe as some of them fear trive to do so.

may take place.

I hear that the Rer. Mr. Lind- say, the new Chaplain of St. Andrew's Church, may be ex- pected before Christmas, and that arrangements are being made to ing the housing question. And, give him a hearty welcome. The incidentally, the little Military Church has long been without a Hospital there, might easily be regular incumbent. Mr. Lindsay converted into a Cottage Hospital will be warmly received. He such as Kowloon so badly needs. will have as important work I wonder if the Colonial Govern- before him in this growing comment could put this manity.

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Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.

IMPORTANT. LEGISLATION

matter

PEACE

TREATY

Kowloon people are still wait-

The tennis tournaments in con- ing to hear when the Government nection with the Wigwam Club proposes to begin taking some are progressing well. The Gents' definite steps to cope with the Singles Championship has result- Among those who travel by housing question and to provide ed in some good matches, and the Sphinx, which sails to-morrow the peninsula with its much- Mr. E. E. Brown has won bis morning for Marseilles, are eighty needed hospital. Surely, time way into the fics. He is a very Jugo-Slav sailors who boarded Bns arrived here by the 5.5. Shantung, and are to be drawn the vessel at Kobe and Yokohama, enough has already been spent in clever and forceful player and is

considering matters.

DAY BY DAY. Twenty-two subscription Grif,

If we go expected to carry off the cup.

for to-day at the Hongkong also sailed by the steamer. All will still remain unsolved long

A further batch of 157 students on at this rate, these problems The Committee bas decided that Jockey Club Stables at 5 o'clock. of these are Chinese, except two after most of us have either left The Lloyd Tresteno steamer, who are Koreans. Their destina- the Colony or departed from this "Nippon" which has arrived tion is Marseilles. here, carries 1.035 Italian soldiers,

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the outstanding ties in the first round of the Championship events must be played off by January 17, on which date also the second rounds of other com- petitions must be completed.

They are from the Italian Army in An interesting visitor to the Siberia and are returning to Italy. Colony is Captain Yamamoto One cannot help thinking what who has just returned from a pity it is that that fine

A well-known resident of Kow- Mr. Leo Allen Bergholz, who Europe where he took an import-stretch of land occupied by Indian has been United States Consul-ant part in the Peace delibera- barracks on Nathan Road, a big doon, Mr. R. D. Wilks, is shortly General to Canton, is at presentations as one of Japan's represen- part of which is reserved as a leaving the Colony on transfer to in Hongkong with his mother, on tatives. His special mission was, parade ground, is not available Shanghai. Before he went Home his way from Seoul to Canton, to Rome where, Japan's for the erection of bouses. It to join up for active service, Mr. Eavoy, he conferred with the would make an absolutely ideal Wilks was prominently identified Fourteen poilus. formerly Pope on the question of the site. The centre of a populons with the Police Reserve, of which attached to the Aviation and exclusion of German Catholic locality is no place for barracks, he was an officer. His impending departure has necessitated his Tanks Corps of the French Army missionaries from those Islands anyhow.

resignation of the Hon. Treasurer- of Operations have arrived in the in the South Seas over, which

ship of the Wigwam Tennis Club, Colony by the M. M. Sphinx on Japan hes acquired an influence

to which position: Mr. J. J. Gibbison has been-appointed. Mr. J. Parsons has been asked to would be one step towards solv. join the Committee of this Club. :

their way to France to be as the result of operations during If this ground could be vacated demobilized. The Sphinx will the late war. Capt. Yamamoto by the Military and utilised for leave with them to-morrow left to-day by the Inaba Maru the benefit of the public, that morning for Marseilles,

for Japan.

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At this stage, the hearing was

a rattan basket. Witnes, in om-adjourned until this afternoon, ing out on the Praya, saw a motor when it proceeded.

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