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Hongkong Celegraph.

MINERS TO RETURN.

POUNDED 1881

六拜禮 號弍月七英港

SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1921.

日光廿月五

SINGLE COPENME (ETS)

EARLIER

FRENCH BANK SMASH.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THE HBWAKING

COMPANYA

COUNTERFEIT COINS:

KILTEON

THERS

Dreas Censors Busy

London, June 30.

{{From Our Own Correspondent)|

RURBER SITUATION.

Mr. Hodges' Instructions.

(Reuter's Service. )

Singapore, July 1.

After the meating of the Miners' Executive, Mr. Hodges stated that a telegram had been sent to the districts, stating that in view of the overwhelming vote in favour of acceptance of the terms, the Tus Straits Association is recon. miners should return to work without delay,

All-Round Congratulations.

London. July 2.

The Government, owners and miners representatives. have formally sigued the agreement amid all-round congratulations.

THE LEAGUE AND LABOUR.

British Government's Attitude.

London, June 30. In the House of Commons, in the course of a discussion on the Washington Labour Conventions. 'Dr. Macnamara said that the

United States, were not parties to its decisions.

On the motion of Dr. Macnamara the policy of the Government in regard to the Conventions was approved by 164 votes to 53.

LADIES' TENNIS.

Easy Victory for French Champion.

London, June 30."

At Wimbledon, Mme. Lerglen beat Miss Ryan by 6:2, 6,0 în the Ladies' Championship.

Disappointing Play.

jakdering the calling of a public menting on the subber situation and demanding Government [acion.

FINANCIAL CRISIS IN

MALAYA.

Singapore, July 1.

of

Industrielle da

Suspends Pay St.

10-DAY'S LOCAL SQUEER

the

be

erday

"Trilby" to-night.

Audacious Utterer.

The B. B. Waring Company. A Chinese named Fang Yag 4 world-wide campaign against which opens a short rutum a08- - went up to street vendor daring bathing easmuces ha sun here to-night she a mont}{} successful son in Shanghai yesterday, and asked for a ons boen launched: A host of seaside can't banana, tendering a ten-cent censors (sticlal and unofficial) and the North, has chom a truly piece. The fruit selilar pointed are laying down squalls stringent wonderful" play for the opening performance and one in which out that the money was bad and laws for the faraway pleandre the would-be buyer therapon resorts, of America and Caandla we believe from accounts receiv immediately produced another and for the beaches of Entland ed from Shanghat some wonderful ten-coat piece. It was pointed eting is to be seen. Mr. Charles out that this money too was

Here are two parallel -in- Quartermaine's Svengali is said counterfeit and another coin

stances ----

from

and came

(sentences to run consecutively.J

The Position up to March.

me.

had a neat little skirt," whose folds fell gracefully over the legs. The Visitor (blushing): But, (pardog me, these are - ladion.

costumes, I think.

The Shopman: Not at all, air. They're the regulation gent."s you asked for.

The Visitor Then these are {surèly⋅ kilted spits. Nice "for Scotsmen perhaps, but—. Hava you nothing suitable for Londoner E⠀

The news of the failure of Bank Industriello de Chi was recaived in the Coon Rauter's osblen later” At the Bandycraft Rubber Com afternoon, bas con pany's meeting, at which a loss blow to many of the Colony's

***Hathing suits for both sexes- $22,407 was reported, Mr Feck, residents.

to be a masterpiece of sating “and. That such news was deßwbally who regularly attends the local

also most be with skirts.”—Announce- was-- "produced, which won unbounded anthuriaam from Company meetings, farlessly unexpected was proved by the the three packed andiances which

was bad. A constahle stand-ment of the opening of the Paro etitieised, the directors, the raraours which prevailed in town witnessed it in Shanghai ing near by beard the dispute as Pool Wasblogton, ULA proposed directors, secretaries and on Thursday afternoon that the

*** "We are only malling gentle- to investigate and Jeannette Sherwin is said to be took the man who had tendered men's bathing suits with skirts auditors fees owing to current Shanghai branch of the Bank had

closed its doors and-by the refer at her very highest as "Trilby the coins to the Police Station. this season, Bir.-A. Mergato circumstances.

The Pulubalang Rubber Comence in one of Ranter's telegrams and there is little doubt that There he was found to be in pos Outätter.

The story of the Londoa risitor Government was prepared to ratify the Conventions, except as pany, formed in 1910 with on Friday moralog that certain big house will give the Company session of twenty counterfeit res regards an eight hour day and maternity benefit. It was proposed acreage of 27,625 and capital of French Bank in the Far East enthusiastic welcome to-night cent cofas in addition to the three to Margate who wanted to buy a

The plays during the week are to request the League of Nations to call a special conference to con- four million dollars, later redaced would not be given any further sider framing more alastic hours.

to two millions, and floated with support by other French banking exceptionally fine-including the that he had tendered to the atrest bathing suit contains a moral

recent big SUCCESS

vendor. He had no good money which should be laid to heart by Mr. Chamberlain repudiated the suggestion that the Government great prospects, after many vicla-Bank holiday, it was not possible Zangwill's delightful

institutions. Yesterda†, being a

on bis possession at all. He said all intending boliday-makers. desired to wreck the League of Nations or to render futile the labour situdes is now going into voluntary to ascertain whether there was a "Mosely Mary And", in which he could not find his friend as he an

Wyndham's—" The Choice” also the money · WAS

He entered the shop and aid in given him organisation arising therefrom. But he pointed out that the accom-liquidation. Labour is being re likelihood of the Bank dedintiely Miss Edith gives some beautiful bad seconded. He was brought usational, you know. The

comedy by a friend to buy things with but the lightest of holiday tonss: "I": plishment of all the ideals of labour organisation was impossibla aspatriated and

bathing ult. Nothing long as some of the greatest industrial nations. for example the The property-will be anctioned but(noon decisive news had been fasting. “Don* the play which before Magistrate R. E Lindell/Ordinary regulalian fashion that-

staff discharged closing or not, but by the

meet the abilities, amounting to it is not expected the proceeds will received from Home

first brought Quartermaine in to the front line of English actors, the coins was sentenced to six

this morning and for londering is being worn ble year will anit It will be remembered that in and Anthony Hope's beautiful weeks hard labour and for being $600,000 of which $400,000 are November last, when there were play "The Adventure of Lady in possession of the coins was man, and produced the latest "Certainly, sir,” said the shop- debentures of shareholders who persistent rumours of the Bank Unania" a costume play of great also sentenced to six weeks, the styles from bin shelves. Rach. will therefore lose all. The shares, being in difficolties, something charm.. originally ten dollars were reduced of a run took place at the local We are looking forward to to four dollars yesterday and are office, following news item in "Talby" to-night with consider- quoted at thirty cents.

the Hongkong Telegraph. able interest as indeed must all great number of small local in-lovare of the novel and the theatre, vestors then withdraw their because many of the present day HONGKONG FINANCES. savings, but the tight emergency theatre-goers have never seen in which the Bank found itself this great masterpiece of Da The world's championship ladies' singles final, was played in

wastided over on receipt if a ress Madrier's Booking during the the presence of H.M: the Queen and Princess Mary. Half hour's

suring telegram from Faris and evening at the Hongkong Hotel. disappointing game sufficed for lime Langlan totally to vanquish Nine Chinese Chambers Miss Ryan, who was out-manoeuvred and out-played by a vastly Commerce in Malays have eranstered. Owing, it is said, to the confidence wag-fu the Duka, ré- superior player. Mme Lenglen was always unsztended, her terrific ad a meeting at Kuala Lumpur to

DAY BY DAY. service and hard returns being feebly resisted. It was her easiest consider. inter alis, the advisabilityFrench businesses and indulged Bank baving over-financedeertain victory in the championship.

[of petitioning the Government to

(in speculativo exchange dealings. devine scheme in relieve the was unable to recover its plague reported yesterday and There were six fresh cases of stability and, through the with-Joze case of enteric fever. įdrawal of support from Parin |lastitutions, it has now had to It is hoped that the usual Singapore, July 1... closs its doors.

Sonday evening services at the A number of Siamese movie's

The Bank, in its announce Peak Church at 6.30 p.m. will be

The expenditure for March overpowered their guard at Toagments, gives its subscribed capital bed fois year from middle of 312,452 a year ago, and the amounted to $1,070, 194 as against kah prisos. One was shot alter as 150,000,000 France; the paid July to the end of Angust. The Opinions of Commerce.

revenue for the first three months severely injuring M policeman up capital as F. 75,000.000 the London, June 30.

with a parang but the other reserve funds as F. 60,000,000,

of the year was $3,008,697 year. Twenty seven (Chinese 20 mengainst $2,484,442. Before closing, the Congress of International Chambers of Com-remain at large. This is the second and the deposits as F. 885,000,000. | and 7 women) were brought before merce pissed a reagturion in favour of the construction of the such incident this year,

The Chinese Government owns Magistrate Orme this morning It will thus be seen that the Channel Tunnel, the inauguration of an Anglo-Continental railway

one-third of the capital The charged with gambling in a Government is receiving less in service, urging the development and improvement of electric com-

Head Office is in Paris and the brothel in Kennedy Town. The revenue than it did a year ag", SHANGHAI RICE munications, recommeding the return of pre-war conditions as

Bank has branches at Antwerp, women were discharged and the bat is spending more. regards passports with reduced fees, and the abolition of risas. It

SITUATION.

Batavia, Bordeaux, Canton, Foomen were remanded until Tues- was announced that Japan had decided to join the Congress.

Shanghai, July 1

ehow, Haiphong, Hankow, Hanoi,day. The rice shops in the Settlement Hongkong, London, Lypus, Mar are open but not selling. The seilles, Moukden, New York, ahepa in the Chinese city and in Peking, Paom Peah, Saigon, French town are open and selling Shanghai, Singapore, Swatow al. The Chamber of Com-Tientsin, Tsinanfu, Vladivostock,

Those who are not acquainted this morning asked the Yokohama and Yunnanfu.

with the new cineurà will be in- Municipal Council to rescind the

THIS MORNING'S SCENES. licenses. The Council in a procla

terested to learn that it in the milion promises protection against

The news was not long in

largest building of its kind exist. ing in or projected for Hongkong: / Agitators and urges the dealers to spreading and at quile an early sell. The Guild at a meeting this hour this morning the local $..

} It has a seating capacity for 2,000 offices of the Bank in Chater myaing remained obdurate.

persons. It is the coolest thantre Road were besieged by a large.) Charged with exhibiting posters

in Hongkong, having windows. number of depositors. A sinconnection with the new World.

Mr. E. Suzuki, Consul-General opening on all sides. 'It is in- aspect of the failure is that the Cinema, without these having for Japan at Hongkong, sailed teresting to note that it stands on Bank was extremely popular been first passed by the Secretariat os the steamer Kores Maru the site of the oldest cinema, în with small investors on account for Chinese Affairs, Chinese yesterday for Yokohama. Afters Hongkong and the building now of the wide exchange facili-boy, through Mr. Leo D'Almada three-months holiday in Japan returns, after having passed ties it formerly gave, and among who appeared for the defence, said Mr. Suzuki, will sail for Australia through many vicissitudes, to its those most hardly hit are those that about 10,000 of these posters to take up the Consal-General-original use. At the opaning pet- who can least of all afford to lose had been examined bp the Depart-hip of that country. He will be formance there was a large num- the little they have.

ment, the remainder baing stored stationed at Sedoes.

ber of Europeans present who

A Gent's Result.

Later.

In the gentlemen's doubles semi-final Lycet: and Woospam beat Roper Barrett and Norton 8/6, 26, 63, 64.

AN OMNIBUS" RESOLUTION.

HOME CRICKET.

Country Results.

Ndie beat Kent by eight wickets.

London. June 30,

S.ss. I beat Leicester by an innings and 27 runs. Players beat the Gentlemen by an innings and three runs. Marylebone beat Oxford 63 163 runs.

BRITAIN'S REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

London, June 30.

The Pretease in the British revenue returns are chiefly due to fathug off in the sales of surplus war stores, amounting to 234, 05,000, and a fall to the yield Ironi Excess Profits' Daty from £39,000.00 to £15,000,000.

The expendings was £271,000,000 being a decrease of only £13,000,900 is compared with Jast year.

FRENCH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

Ensacial crisis.

merte

PRISON FRACAS:

SHANGHAI POLICE TROUBLE.

Shanghai, July 1. Six of the eight dismissed ment bera of the Municipal Police bare been ordered to quit barracks. A court action is promised.

Londo, June 30. At Le Touquet in the French open golf championship, Boomer (St. Clou) beat Massy who retired at the sixteenth hole.

ASSAULT CASES.

INQUEST ON DEATH OF LADY RANDOLPH

CHURCHILL

HOORAY!

Landrin, June 30

London, Jane 30. Lord Northcliffe is going to Australia for the winter.

It is shown in the Government Gazetta that the ravenus for March wax $1,077,287 · as com

THE ONLY STYLES, last year. The revenue for the these are the only styles we are pared with $1,136,811 for March The Shopsa: I'm sorry, sir,

first three months of this year stocking this year. amonated to $3,555,935 as against}. From the abaspest styles at Ga. $3,571,771.

to the most expensive at 30s, the bathing suits were all skirted. strictness in the observante of All the omene point to s greater decoram in bething dresses thir

As the end of February the Government had balance of assets over liabilties of $5,030,411 and bai increased this to

A carpenter in the service of of the contractor Sang-lee has, $5,137,504 by the end of March. reported to the Police that last night whilst walking from Shabg- hai Street to Mongkok he was stabbed by two men who

then relieved him of his pocket money and a silver watch valued

JAPANESE CONSUL

Mr. Suzuki Sails.

COMMONS TOPICS

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

The Wo Ping Theatre is now open and is featuring on its first programme "The Son of Tarzan," and Harold Lloyd in "Captain Kidd's Kids.

renowned juggler.—Page:12.0

· The 8-35 train from Kowloon on Sundays and Holidays will be discontinued unul further notice:

A representative of the Hong-in a shop and tbed inadvertently The new Consol-General at greatly appreciated the 'enter- kong Telegraph ▾ sited the offices by the defendent who was ignoran Hongkong will be Mt. T.]tainment provided. Asat sad found numbers of people of the regulations. A fine of $1 T uborami, who is now on his the Coronet Theatre, two waiting to get in. But the doors wasimposed.

way from London to his new machines are running, and the remaired closed, although no

post. Mr. Taubogami will arrive management make a point of notice had been posted up outside. It is notined for the informat Hongkong on the steamer featuring first run pictures. Alleged Stabbing Affrays. Some tried to gain admission by ation of owners and occupiera of Kitano Marn about the middle They are securing qulleka the back door and a few wer tanements that, under the proof August. In the meantime Mr. number of big attractions for the A case came before Mr. R. E. successful, only to be told in the vision of the Rating Ordinance, G. Obmori, Vice-Consul here, is future, including Chefsio, //the- As the inquest on Lady Randolphi Churchill a verdict of Lindsell this morning in which upstairs office that the Bank was 1991, rates for the third quarter seting Consul-General. accidental dra'h was' returned.

a man was charzed with stabb- | closed to business.

of 1921 are payable is advance | ing another man with a pair At about 9.30 the local manager, on or before the 30th July, 1921 of scissors. It is alleged M. Montargis, arriver and on If any person shall fail to pay that the complainant in the case bring approached said that he such rates on or before the 31st was playing with some childr a bad nothing to say. He said that August, 1921, proceedings will be outside defendant's shop and thishe Bank had closed for the day, taken in the Supreme Court for hindered defendant in his work, but beyond that would make no their recovery without further with the result that there was alčɔmmunication.

potica. No refunds of " rates · In quarrel Defendant told the As the morning wore on the 'resprot of vacant tenements will police that co noliina it was about crowd of Investors grow, and be granted unless such ratés bave to strike him with a pole and be some rather sad sights were wit been paid during and within the stabbed bim with the scissors. {nessed. Among these waiting month of July, 1921, nor unless Complai ant is at present in outside the door was, a number application is made for such | hospital" and ramand was of wives of garrison soldiers, refund within fifteen days from granted.

many Portuguese residents and the expiration of the quaetorate Another a siglt case was one others. Alow of the womania)z alleged to have taken place at were-weeping. A&-Europeen other police Kowloon Dock yesterday. Complice, Inspector

in this case in offiger Sters on fore,nan - carpenter and from some fitas alleged complainant nothi wounded defendant with * »Ã¥] == 11 and defendant stabbed-complain-- [sat: In the Lip with a chlor) Complainant beinsfd hostilah

THE BIG FIGHT.

Alteration in Betting.

New York, July 2. odds on Dempsey have shortened to 2 to 1, but takers are

U.S. ENDS STATE OF WAR.

Washington. July 2, Congress has completed the enactment of the resolution inea-plainant tioned on 30th Jone ending the state of war.

DJAMBI OILFIELDS.

The Hague, July The First Chamber has passed the Djambi Oilfields Bilt by #To 18,

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are in possession of the

DISORDERLY QUESTION.

The Hongkong Thestre festures fin its week-end, programima Dorothy Philips in t. The TiK OF the Town.fage de -Whiteaway's have?" new furalsbing shows Commander Kenwor by in the TODA

first floor of their building-

of Commons was House

Lazarus has 27 iliųsti plsing the Irish Attorney-General with innumerable questions coClass Page 7. cerning the alleged reprisals by Crown forces in Ireland when My.Stanton, intevening complain- ed that other hou, members were given, no shines al prt Ing