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69332 四拜禮 鲵十弍月正英港香 THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN,

Postmaster-Generals' Assurance to Empire Press Deputation.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT,

Denial of its Abandonment.

London, January 19.

Lenton, January 19.

The promoters of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight deny that the Replying depuration of the Empire Press urging the maveskity of improving cable and wireless communication thatch has been deänitely declared of. It is stated that it will Postmaster- mers sal that the Imporial wireless chain wel mr prabably be held in America next summer. is progressing, and in haped that the service to Curo woul! warking next May

Later

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Lord Braham antroiuved 4 deputation to the Postmest z General which was representase of the whole Press of the Empire, and said that Press ras which at present existed, tu mate only the trans-Atlantic defected system, were useless. particularly desirable that the Government's wireless policy shoula be known. Lord Riddell mentioned that the English Press was constantly repro sched with publishing insufficient Dominions news. After speeches from various representatives of the Dominios Press, Mr. Illingworth said that the Imperial wireless scheme was progressing and he hoped that the service to Cairo would be working ox: May. theme to Sund, Wandhak and Ind. Singaposte. Hongkong and Australia will be include in the wireur various Dominians Governments are being consulted on the matter The Government would entred wireless within the Devintons Efforts being made to improve the apparatas to increase the speed of the cable service.

The Giovemment attached great importance to prompt and cheap „communication over the whole Empire, bat he was unable to mLIE: a defiante statergent ad pokey. He welcomed the formation of a committee presenting the Press, the Stark Herbange, the Baltic Lloyd's vnd other big rable-uere, which woubt be able to consult with and abuse the davethfient.

THE TRADE OUTLOOK.

Ear Eastern Markets Still Unsettled.

May Be Fought Outside America.

New York. January 18. Jack Kearns and Tex Rickard are of opinion that it may be necessary to stage the âght outside the United States, owing to the roposal of the Boxing Commission to limit the admission charge to 315. The date, July 2nd, which was fixed, however, stands.

An Offer from England.

日式十月弍十

* CANTON AFFAIRS.

Dr. Sun as President?

BINGLE QOPY: 10 CTS.

SSE PER ANNUM.

GERMAN NEEDLES.

The Defence Opened.

Viluria

GLASS WARE

(MEYER & EQLATO

EARLIER

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

If From Our Own Correspondents.)

HMS. MALAYA.

Reports have reached us to the ¦ In the Supreme Court this efect that a change is coming|morning, befère Mr. Justice H. over the situation in Canton, the H. J. Gompertz, Mr. Eldon Potter

Singapore, Jan. 18. the Court for the

Sir principal development being addressed

Ernest Woodford Birch reported endeavour by Dr. Sun defendant in the suit brought Yat-sen to get the Members of by Negre and Co against Jorrive on board H.M.S. Malaya.

[6.0.4 m. (British Revident of Perak) the Old Farliament now in Care Moraes for breach of contract in ton to declare him the rightful failing to take delivery of some had been a roughish one. As to Interviewed, he sand the voyage President of China. If he succeeds needles.

the rubber position Es thought it in this plan, it is said that he will Mr. Potter cited cases to prove largely depended on the state of proceed to secure the consolide-his contention that acceptance

international exchange. tion and unification of the whole relied upon the goods being ac- country. In this connection, the fronding to condition. He quoted attitude of many of the Provinces Halsbary dealing with a similar is doubtful, but it is believed that ease in point. The other cases the allegiance of many can be were Palmer and Greaves, Mr. C. B. Cochran states that if it is true that the Carpentier-secured provided their financial Perkins and Fall, and Wallis Dempsey match in America has been abandoned, he is prepared to difficulties are met..

and Pratt. Benjamin on sale give a purse of £100,000 for the men to box in England in Juas.

Rumour bas it that De. Suo is set out that a re-sale was only

One fatal case of small-poz " keen on introducing the Social-an accaptance where it took place (Chinese) was notified yesterday. istic (if not the Soviet) wystem at after an opportunity of rejecting government into Chins, and that the goods if they did not comply

London, January 19.

DAM COLLAPSED AT MEXICAN SILVER MINE.

rendered homeless,

Flooding Occurred.

Later.

Most of the mines at Parbata are high-level, but four lower- level mines were immediately dooded. When the dam durst men were at work. Doctors an Turses with medical supplies, are burrging to Parkuza.

DAY BY DAY.

..

the authorities in his astive with the conditions had been A Chinese was this moraing Heavy Casualties and Damage.

district have been notified accor-given. la Wallace and Pratt charged before Mr. R. E Lindsaй dingly. In this connection it is there was not a word in the with hawking without a licence. Mexico City, January 19.

interesting to note the report weljuigment which made it ia-The fellow having an exception- A dam collapsed at Pachuca, where a sixth of Mexico's silvetia gave yesterday of the couperative possible for the bayar to return ally hefty appearance, his Wor- produced. The town is daaden. It is estimated that a hundred movement having been insugurat- the goods. The same thing was ship wanted to know why ho people were drowned, two hundred injured and a thousand fed by Chinese Socialists in the also fully dealt with in 1910, could not take on more maair village of Kung Yick, Kwangtung King's Beach report, pages 103 work than that of being a dealar Province:

land 1008. I was not only afin estables. Witb winning As to general political aCairs in question of law bat a question of frankness the husky one stated, Cantos, it is said tha: Dr. Wu fact. If a man accepted the that he was formerly a ships Ting-fang and Mr. Tang Shao-y goods and said that he would painter, but, having bad the are drifting apart from Dr. Sun, take the risk whether the coadi-misfortune of being concerned in and that the breach between the tions were complied with or no!,two accidents, in one of which Tatter and Chan King-ming is also then there was nothing to say. [be Dearly Dattened his forehead widening. Chan is keen on the In the present case the goods in a fall, he forsook the profass- disbandment of troops, with had not been taken by betion. This be was obliged to do view to saving money, whetras purchaser. In Bannerman and on the suggest on of well- Dr. Sun is said to be anxious to White, where it was held that meaning friends, who said that increase military strength. Some should the hops be mixed with the accidents had unhinged his irradice an open estrangemen. 14suphur, the purchaser could mind and made him wait for the

near future.

return the same, even after he difficult task of a painter. It had taken delivery, the goods bad required a more painetic story siready gone into the possession than this to have any effect-oà of the purchaser, and even then the Magisterial decision, whith he was entitled to take the goods was that he should pay a fine. back to the seller and return of $1. tom.

FRENCH SATISFACTION AT NEW MINISTRY,

Two Former Governors-General of Indo-Chino Included.

Patia, January 17.

Ian dan, dannare tu MPG. Kellywag, in the cores of a statement, saga the Overadas Trule Department "had been endeavouring with ever increasing anxiety during the past six months to assist traders but

ho, 12"xen;hd{cFF##3-}! {1,,"5;LL, situation continued grave, but the British barikit gani erudit system: The papers are commenting most favourably upon the new bad weathered the worst storm and had strikingly proved p- Cabinet, which, in their opinion, well reflects the nation's wilband elastieuty and solidity when a serious rodlapse was not impossibili aspirations as expressed at the last elections. The papers ar The fall of wholesale prices had been rapia and even sensuhonal, especially pleased at the co-operation of such energetic and ex- and be anticipates! a substantial full in retail prices, easing industrial|perienced men as Briant, Barthou and Deumer, depression and facilitating a revival. The most puzzling element in Worth noticing is the fact that two members of the new Cabinet the situation was coal. Not a single market in the world was late former Governors-General of French Indo-Chins. exempt from the commercial reaction. There were hopeful indizz Daumer, who is now to have charge of the national financas, resided at Saigon from 1975 to 1902, and Deputy Maurice Surraut was there tions of an improvement in Canada. but the Far Eastern markets showed less definite signs of recovery. The outlook in India was from 1911 in 1914. momentarily dark but was favourable to rap:1 fcovery immediately Mr Sarrant is Colonial Secretary in the new Cabine the supolies congesting the ports were moved. The Wete symptoms of inthgestom in & arth Africa, but the outlook was now -distinctly more favourable. As regards Australasia, British e

porters were embarrassed by the difficulty of securing remittancee. owing to the exchange døallbes.

Dealing with the European situat on. Mr. Kollaway -riphasised the correlation between the prosperity of Horope and Britain and said it was not restoration of burrencies to pre-war valt is that was needed, but in stablisation of exchanges at any figure. This would only be attainable when a term was put to inflation. Hemphasise ! the difficulties of working export and credit schemes, ar concluded by advising British manufactures and exporters to seize he mom- to make preparations for a revival of the old trade de and, when he believed they would see before many months, especially looking to the Dominions.

FARROW'S BANK FAILURE.

Deficiency of Over Two Millions.

London, January 19. New disclosures in connection with the failure of Barrow's Bank ware made at the fondbali to-day, when the Directors, Mr. Thomas Farrow, Mr. Crocch and Mr. Prvlerick Han, were brought up.

The Proseruter stated that the discovery of the Bank's true position was made by the New York firm of Norton and Company, which concluded en agreement to take over Control of the Bank, paying £500,000, of which £lf,900 was payable as compensation to the reiting Directors. Mr. Read, Norton's London Manazer, was elected to the Managership of Farrow's Bank last October and be started an investigation, the result of which was that the Bank was Thereafter the agreement was proved to be hapelessly involvent. cancell and the matter submitted to the Board of Trade and the Treasury. The Prosecutor said that except in 1908 the Bank had losses totalling £1,000,000. Apart from depreciation of the value of ceonrities, the total deficiency was estimated at £3,890,000. AG)

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THE ALLIES AND GREECE.

Senator

|

LATE Mr. NOBLE.

Funeral at Happy Valley.

The funeral took place yester

Monument at 5 o'clock. The interment took place at the i Roman Catholic cemetery.

His

always Lardship I

Tha

A feature of the

Constantinople, January 15 There is uncertainty regarding the Allies' attitude to Greece as a resul: of Izzes Pasha's Mission in Angora and the steadily worsening financial position producing tension, the danger of which is accentuated by the bad conditions of Russian refugee camps and Bennett, the Manager of th-lare accepted is not sufficientmagician allowed himself to be the exploitation of alarmist rumours by agitators and Bolshevis

agents.

.S. CABLE RESTRICTION.

New York, January 15. The Federal Court has temporarily forbidden the Western Union to land the Brazil-Barbadoes cable at Miami. It will use the three cables between Keywest and Havana for the transmission of messages between the United States and Brazil and the splies line from Barbadoes to Cuba.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE U.S.

Worcester (Mass), January124. - Damage estimated at over two million dollars has been caused by a fire in the business quarter, which spread over a radics of a mile. Astar as is known, there were no fatalities.

DISTURBANCES IN INDIA.

Allahabad, January 13. Agrarian disturbances are reported from Fszabad, accompanied by fourteen dacoities. Sixty were arrested. Quiet has been now restored.

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SWEDEN AND THE OPIUM CONVENTION.

Stockholm, January 18.

The Swedish representative at the Hagua has signed the 1914

J. P.

of the late Mr. W. R. Noble, of thought that the matter of re-al

Chefalo and Palermo concluded the Chips and Japan Telephone epended upon slection.

their first son at the Old Co. La the cortege passing this, you take delivery of the goods Victoria Theatre last night, when

if they are all right.

Mr. Potter if you accept the hundreds of patrons had to be Koods only on condition that they turned away. There was a large concourse of j

satisfy the warranty, and provided Programme was Chefalo's pack- the deceased's friends, the chief you have them in your poss. -Caso trick, done for the first time in Hongkong. The famous Mere intimation that they mourners being Messrs. H. S. sion.

Telephone Company.

We accept on condition. We nailed down in a packing cass made on the stage, and so couple acceptance with some. Sterry, and the staff of thething reasonable. It is held by thoroughly was the nailing done Telephone Company. Amonti

that it took nearly half an hour Benjamin that where a vendor

to accomplish. Then a screen Kraveside were Mesara. L. ES sells a special article the cox was placed around the case and mus: answer that description.

in an instant Chefalo appeared at Hodge, H. W. Pealey. G. H. M. you say. "I

the front of the stage, amidat & sub buyer. please send A procession of a hundred

Jaud hai-yah's from the astonish- ed Chinese. Then when the members of the Chinese staff of the goods, that does not mean Otherwise no man the Telephone Company, lined acceptance.

CAS0 was forced open, one of In would be safe.

covered inside! Chefalo Lad

those who

Were &NO at the

Bannerman and others.

bare

class

two deep with a wreath each of goods like needles, where the Chefalo's assistants WAK dis-

joined the procession at the Monuзient

was sent.

extraordinary feature was the huge debit balances standing agains: Supplementary Protocol to the International Opium Convention the

the names of the Directors.

SINN FEIN'S CAMPAIGN OF OUTRAGE.

Wanton Slaughter of a Policeman.

London, January 19. The manner in which an unfortunate policemen in Ireland I brutally murdered is graphically shown in the official Dublin stury of the death of a policeman namel Boyd, He was sitting in a village | inn quietly drinking a glass of beer an'i falking to two women, when suddenly four shots rang out, killing him instantly, smashing the glass of beer to atoma, and wounding one woman in the leg.

Nobody saw the murderers, who escaped. As the result of this marder, dad other attacks upon the police-all-fairs, markete, and public dssambles in the various districts of Tipperary are forbidden.

COST OF LIVING.

Still-Going-Down-

London, January 19.

It is officially announced that the cost of living figures show & 'reduction of eleven points for the past two months. A further

· sibetantial reduction is anticipated.

U. S. TRADE CONFERENCE.

Chicago, January 19. The proposed Foreign Trade Conference is offering the - presidency to Governor Harding of the Federal Reserva Board.

of 1912.

THE DENNISTON

PLAYERS.

the

of

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

THE WEATHER.

2p.ro. Barometer:-30 09. Tex- perature:-63. Humidity -39

purchaser has to open the goods, | The pall-bearers were Messrs. lopen every tin and every case to Palermo are now going to fulfil {a seven-days' engagement in H. S. Bennett, J. P. Sherry. D. examine them carefully, it would Canton, after which they will Tullan, C. Hatt, Terry and Tait ba hopeless. It is laid down that A profusion of beautiful wreaths when a purchaser bas accepted appear for four nights at the Wo Ping Theatre, Hongkong, and the delivery of goods tendered by the vendor in performance of the then three more nights at the Old

Victoria Theatre. contract and has duly waived for Shanghai on February 7t

They leave

| bia rights in--suche-way-15-10-- render it impossible to retary them, the troe remedy for

vendor is breach warranty. Although the goods The shore Company arrived were not according to descrip- from Manila yesterday by the tion, nothing that was done was demand, to-day was 2s. 10.15/16d.

The closing rate of the dollar on 3.9. Venezuela and from what done in belief of the defendant we saw of several of them that the goods would satisfy the

Comfany seem

be warranty. to

We never had the quite fit after their tour through goods in our possession. Admit- India and the Straits. They tedly no admission that we made expresed themselves. as being was on the belief that the goods very well pleased to be back infanswered the warranty. It is Hongkong, as they bad experi-not a case of our having received enced no cool weather since the goods and kaps them for the leaving here last April.

Pue date of delivery. Every- The Company is due to proceed thing that was done was done p.. to Canton to-morrow, playing for whilst the goods were in the two nights (Friday and Saturday! possession of the plaintiff before at the Canton Club. The plays the due date arrived. My friend they are putting on are "She has not suggested in his-address Walked in Her Sleep" and "Stop that they were specific goods or Peking, January 19. Thief." On Monday the Company even if it was a sale of specific The Ministry of Finance has declared that ten million doffers returns to Hungtong, opening goods it was with a condition. are wanted to meet payments before the Chinese New Year. their season at the Theatre Royal The question is What is "ac- The Portuguese Ministar will leave for Macao during this with She Walked in Her Sleep" ceptance? Lord Esher says that thonth. 1: is said that his visit is in connection with the outstand-to be followed by "The Eyes it is scceptance when you take iug questions between the two Governments.

of Youth," "Nightie Night" the goods and sall them. It is for P. The British Ministers has agreed to a request made by theThe Lion and the Mouse," the plaintiff to establish the pro- Ministry for Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Chinese werghonte Up in Mabel's Roon (their position under gut by my friend, and 9.15.p.m. in the Straits Settlements for protesting the registration of the most successful play during the If there is a condition to be Chinese schools thers, to wire to the Home Government to negotiate April season) and "Please Get satisfied you accept the goods in with the proper authority for modification

Married." The repertoire for the faith. Shanghai, January 19.

remainder of the season will be published later.

RUSSIAN TRADE OVERTURES TO SWEDEN.

Stockholm, January 18. M. Kersjantief heads the Russian Commercial Deputation which is coming to negotiate with dweden for an exchange of goods.

TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

It is rumonrad that a big shipment of ammunition from Italy bas arrived at Fulato, and is being transported to Chang Jok-lin.

Information from fasocial ciroles states that the Ministry for Financial Affairs is negotiating a loan of $10,000,000 to meet the payments dos at the end of the year, with the stamp duty as security.

(Other Telegrams on Page 8.).

The argument is proceeding.

LIGHTING-UP TIME.

Lighting-up time to-day in 603

DON'T FORGET.

To-day.

Curonet Theatra-3.15 and 9.15

Hongkong Theatre 5.15, 7.15

To-morrow.

Coronet Theatre-5.15. and 9.15 p.m.

Hongkong Theatre-3.15, 7.15 id 9.15 p.in,

The Company has been for- tonate enough to secure the band. AN INVOLUNABY "DEY” HOTEL.

Saturday January 22. of the Wiltshire Regiment, : so One of the Kurla Lamouri [that good music during the over Hotels went temporarily "dry" Theat, P gal-Madame Lottie tare and-between the acta is recently pending the renewal of Goria a fi nity Concert--9,15 AUSSTEŇ.

Its licence.