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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

ANDERSON METIH 312 40.

FOUNDED TERI No. 12,411

三拜禮

LATE SIR PATRICK MANSON,

Left Over £57,000.

Bester's Servicz, A

Lendon. June 13.

The late Sir Fatrick Manson (formerly of Hongkong) left estate) valued at £57,439.

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

Holland's Representatives.

·號四十月六英港導

HONGKONG HOTEL COMBINE.

Shanghai Steam Laundry Purchased.

From Our Own. Correspondent. Shanghai. June 14. The Shanghai Hotels, Lid., bas bought the Sanitary Steam Laundry.

As is well-known, the Shang bai Hotels, Ltd, is now controlled The Hague, June 13. The Netherlands will be represented by Dr. Patyn, Vice-by the Hongkong Hotel Company. bas secured the President of the Durch delegation to Genos, at the preliminary disLtd.. which cussions at The Hague beginning on the 15th, inst, afterwards by bulk of its shares. The purchase Dr. Struycken, Councillor of State, and Dr. Hurgronje, Secretary, now reported follows the lines Genets of Foreign Affairs. The latter two will also represent taken by the Hongkong Hotel Holland on the non-Russian commission, which assembles on the Company in absorbing the Hong

kong Steam Laundry]

26th. inst.

France Cautious.

Paris, June 13.

Ma m

WEDNESDAY JUNE

14, 1922.

TELEPHONE CHARGES.

More Queries by Legislative Council'ors,

ask - Will the

日九十月五

CHAN'S CANTON TROOPS.

To Be Ordered Out by Sun. Our Canton correspondent

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SINGLE COPY, 10 CTR.

$30 PER ANNUM

HIS EXCELLENCY'S LEAVE.

To Return in November.

THE EZRA ESTATE.

WORTHINGTON

PUMPS

ANDERSEN,MEYER & CO.LTD.

CHINESE POLITICS.

Wu Ting-fang Wanted.

the

It is stated that Wu Pei-fu will arrive in Peking to-day.

Peking, June 14.-Dr. Welling-"- ton Koo, interviewed by Renter, said he did not want to take up the foreign portfolio. He wished

might come back to China in a few months-Reuter.

Reported Big Purchase by first to return to England, but

Sir Robert Ho-tung.

THE WATER SHOṬAGE

A Shangbai telegram atator that, according to report, -Wad Pei-fn has asked Dr. Wa Ting- To-morrow His Excellency the fang or his son to proceed to At a meating of the Legislative states that at a tea-party given to Council to be held on Friday, the journaliste, Sun Yat-sen declared Governor (Sir Edward Stubbe, Peking to take part in Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son will that Chan King-ming has dis.C.M.G.) goes on leave by the negotiations aiming at unifica-

Empress of Russis. He will tion. Governmant played his inability to control hia before binding itself depute forces, and that bat-bis(Sons) depart unofficially-from-Haras Peking telegram-states-that-

by Presidential mandate Yen Wai- competent official to explain to return to Canton they would Pier at 11 am.

His Excellency is proceeding ching has been appointed Premier the combined Committees of the have created terrible troubles.

to England via Canada, and will and Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hongkong General Chamber of He has therefore decided to turn Commerce

istern to the Colony about the Wa Pei-fa, Ministar of Navy; and the Chinese all Chan's troops out of the city

middle of Novembar, coming out and Wong Chung-wal, Minister General Chamber of Commerce within a few days, ordering them

of Justice. the terms of the Agreement with to proceed some considerable dis vis Suez. the China & Japan Telephone & tance outside the city limits. This that the he would do in order to secure Electric Co., Ltd. so

community may order in the city. commercial

The Northern Squadron has realise whether the terms are just and equitable from their been ordered by Sun Yat-sen to point of view as public subscribers be on the alert and always to

keep full steam up. to the Telephone Co.:

There has been considerable At an extraordinary meeting It is announced that as The Hague conference is of a purely

The Hon. Mr. A. E. Lowe will trouble with troops in Canton of technical character and is not empowered to decide any question of the Shanghai Sanitary LauD-

late by reason of their being paid. without refere ce to the Governments, the French Cabinet bas dry Co. bald on June 8th, it was ask the following questions:----

1. Assuming that the recestia notes. Sun Yat-sen has now decided to send a mission of enquiry composed of experts to be decided that the Company be appointed later. A Bill will be sabailted to Parliament sesigning & wound up and Mr. A. E. Stewart valuation by experts of the Chins ordered that they be paid in part of the balance remaining of the vote for Ciends as expenses of was appointed liquidator. It was Japan Telephone & Electric future in coing and that they must the experts, thus permitting Parliament to express an opinion on the announced at the meeting tha: Co.Ltd., andertaking in Hongkong encamp at least 40 li outside the

beompany has secured a firm is in the neighbourhood of £180-city.

It now transpires that the res- Haque conference.

ofer, for the whole of the Com-000 will the Government explain

at the recent for Tle. why this has been arrived at)olutions passed pany's undertakings

the basis of compul- meeting of military officials urged 110,000, and that a liquidation on on this basis would result in a returnsorily acquired undertaking when the reopening of gambling houses, to shareholders of approximately the new local company to be formed the ravance to be used for the to purchase same is to comprise payment of soldiers and to meet 11s. 2.50 per share.

the same shareholder viz: (ac.the redemption of banknotes. Ising. cording to the latest records at the is said that the proposal has been Supreme Court) the Oriental approved at a meeting of the Telephone Co., and one other and Finance Department and that a in view of this fact will the syndicate has already offered. Government order a new valus-fourteen million dollars per an UNEMPLOYED SEAMEN. receptacles in order to get water tion to be made oci commercial num for the concession. At pre-

sent it seems that only the mat basis?

ter of payment remains to bel 2. Is the Government aware that according latest fled decided. The Finance Depart Balance Sheet 318 December, ent wants a month's revenue 1920, the value of the Goodwill paid in advance, but the syadi- cate is only willing to pay dowo and undertsking "is put down alve days revenue... £103,000 and that the Auditors of the Company (Messrs.

Waterhouse & Ca.l

PRESIDENT HARDING FORCING SUBSIDY BILL. Congress Realising Danger of Retaliation.

Washington, June 14. President Harding has informed the Chairman of the House Rules Committee that unless the Ship Subaidy Bilt is passed before the adjocroment he will feel obliged to call a special session to deal

with it.

The Bill is meeting with considerable opposition, on the ground that it is likely to involve retaliatory measures from other Powers. hence would defeat its own object.

U. S. Federation of Labour Opposes Measure.

Cincinnati, June 14.

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The convention of the American Federation of Labour the unanimously

resolution passed

condemning Ship Subsidy Bill as inimical to the public interest and destructive of the hope of the nation's sea-power, and has forwarded-s protest to. Congress.

THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Surrey's Check to Yorks; Another Big Kent. Win.

London, June 13.

At Bradford, Surrey beat Yorks on the first innings. For the home team Sutcliffe scored 114 in the first innings.

At Tonbridge, Kent beat Essex by an innings and 205 runs. For the victors Bickmore scared 120. Seymour 159, and Hurst 110.

At Stourbridge. Warwick beat Worcaster by. 243 runs.

winners' second inpings Smith scored 115.

At Gloucester, Derby beat Gloucester by 158 runs.

In the

I

At Southampton, Hants beat Leicester on the first ianings. the Hauts Erst innings Mead made 105, while King scored 133 in the visitors' first innings.

JEWISH NATIONAL

FUND.

Count] Uchida's Name in Golden Book.

Frog Dar The Correspondent i

Shanghai, Jane 14.- Zionists here bave inskribed the name of Count Uchida in the Jewish National Fund Golden Book.

THE RUBBER

SITUATION.

London Brokers Take Gloomy View,

Price

帝

10

recoup the

new

SUN'S EXPEDITION.

Aeroplanes Busy. Several aeroplanes of the Northern Expedition Army have been demonstrating at Yuan-chow

Nine foreign and 173 Chinese buildings, together with 21 mow of land known as the "Hongkaw

Estate (Shanghai) are reported Property of the Edward Ezta

to have been sold on the 8th. inst. to Sir Robert Ho-tung at the price of Tls.1,050,000.

The property is in the neizb- bourhood of the Horgkew Market and is bounded by Boone, Sanz- Miagbong. Seward and Wuchang Roads.

No Union Quarters.

Recently the Chinese Seamen's Union of Hoogkong succeeded in getting reduced to one dollar the amount that its members bave each to contribute to the various boarding houses that give them board and lodging during perioda of unemployment It was only after prolonged negotiations that the proprietors of these boarding houses were brought round to the

now banded

on

A Boy's Trick. A fine of three dollars was imposed this morning Chinese boy for meddling with a water hydrant in First Street, in the Western district, which has been put under the water restric- tion order in view of the present shortage.

A fitter of the Water Works Department stated that he BAW & crowd collect round a hydrant in First Street, with tins and other which had been produced with a stick in defendant's possession. They fed at witness's approach but the boy, was caught

News in To-day's- New Advertisements.

The O.S.K. advisa consignDOR that the Alabama Maru is now discharging cargo at Kowloon Whart-Page 4.

The Blue Fannel s. Calchas thas arrived and consignees sis ivan the usual notice on Page 4.

There are all-comedy pro- grammes at the Coronet and Kow- toon Theatres to-day-Page 12.

Office rooms are to let in the Bank of China Building Page

C.A.) certify the Balance Sheet subject to specific pro- vision for depreciation and sccru- ing renewals which means the As a continuing company it is dogbtful whether £103,000 is a

city in Kiangsi during the past i point of view of the seamen, fair valus for the plans having few days, says the Canton Times, who took pains to lay stress on regard to old age and partial ob The planes, driven by aviators of, the fact that a large revenue from

Consignees of cargo, per the solescenes and that this reselling the First Aviation Coras, arrived this business W15 obtained

T.K.K. Taiyo Marn abould con- to itself

2 profit of (say)}

at the city on the 8th. A bomb through the custom of the seamen salt the notice on page 5. £150,000 means the extortion of

was thrown at the Head-quarters of Hongkong. bigher rates from subscribers of the Garrison Commission As a counter-measure these largely

io: Yuan-chow and exploded. proprietors have obrom Our then Correspondent.: Local Company for depreciation Several soldiers were wounded. themselves together into a protec- and obsolescence on the old Hand-bills were distributed from tive association or guild, which Singapore, June 14.

the air advising the northern includes a membership of over a plant? A London telegram says the Mincing Lane brokers take a 3. In view of the fact that the troops to turn their loyalty to the hundred.

For the present at least, it is view of the rubber China and Japan Telephone and Constitutional army. Large for situation. The fall in prices is | Electric Co. Ltd. is in a sound ces of the Northern Expedition apparent that the local Seamen's attributed to rumours of market financial condition, even without army oder Genera! Chau Ka-Union do not intend to proceedperature:-82. Humidity:-83. difficulties, due t increased taking into account the assumed fau, a brigade Commander of the with the plan recently announced With reference to Renter's telegram from Pretorie on June 11th.. locks, also to the improvement accretion in the capital value of Hanan Army, will soon arrive atot establishing their own quarter stating that five prominent Nationalist leaders (including the in American exchange and the its assets, and is now seeking to the city to launch & general attack.for unemployed members. Secretary of the Transvaal Nationalist Party, the editor of growing belief that rubber must Federland and General Pienaar) had been arrested for treason, it find its own economic level. transpires that Reater has been made the victim of a forgery. The telegram bore the signature of Reuter's correspondent at Pretoria |

At Brighton, Sussex best Northants by an innings and 12 ruas. In the winners' first innings Watson scored 111.

A FORGED TELEGRAM.

Reater's Agency Let Down.

Londos, June 13.

gloomy

and was correctly and regularly addressed, but the correspondent AMERICAN LECTURER. sent no such message, nor has he any knowledge of it. The matter has been placed in the bands of the police.

YACHT'S WORLD TOUR.

Coming to Hongkong.

break the contract of 1905 on the ground that the £10 rate does not pay, as well as the old $100

which tate

Istter za te if it had been continued would have proved a source of great profit to the Company during the regime of the high rate of the dollar and bearing in mind, that the new rates not only reinstate the old rate but are in themselves 40% to: 54% higher

will the Government claim damages The yacht Malaya is about to leave London on a thirty-thousand

the based on the present value of the Inle world trip through the Atlantic and Pacific, visiting New American

bas dollar 26 i.e. say 5.000 subscribers Guinea, and carrying the scientific expedition led by Dr. Cottle, & departed

Yangisze at $20.00 ssuh for the 7 years young Liverpool scientist, especially to bunt dolphins on behalf of Gorges. He is later planning & remaining of the agreement ex- the British Museum with a view to obtaining a more complete trip to Hongkong, Capton and the piring 1930 in all say $750,000 or

Collecting Dolphins for the British Museum.

classification of these.

London June 14.

HELPING DISTRESSED EUROPE.

America's Splendid Work.

London, June 13.

The American Relief Administration was feeding over seven million people in the Volga Valley on May 31.

The work is rapidly extending to include over another million, while a quarter of a million children are being fed in Ukraine. This number is expected to reach 800,000 on July 1st.

BRITISH TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

On a Cash Basis.

London. June 13.

From Dur Quen l'orrespondent)

Shanghai, June 14. Mr. Burton Holmes, travel-lecturer. for the

West River.

thereabouts?

INDIAN LOAN OF £12,500,000.

Underwriting Arrangements in London.

London, June 13.

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To-Day's Exchange. The closing rate of the dollar os. demand to-day was 2. 7.5/16d

The Weather.”

2 p.m. Barometer:-29.74. Tem-

Lighting Up-Time. Lighting-up time to-day 7.08:

0.10.

SPEAKING OF FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

MUKDEN

TIENTSIN

CHOW TSUCHI

LANG SHIH YE

TEKING

c.

ཞིམ་གང་མང་

FENGTA

WO PEI FO

GAANG TSO LIN

Таки

The underwriting is being arranged of a new Indian Govern- ment loan of 124 millions sterling at 5 per cent, to be issued at 96, repayable at par in 1932.

DUTCH COLONIAL MINISTER TO RESIGN.

Amsterdam, June 13..

In the House of Commons at question-time, Sir William Mitchell- Thomson aid he was informed that some orders were being placed

It is understood that whatever the result of the Parliamentary by Russia in this country, asually, be understood, upon a cash basis. There was no bar to Russia's obtaining practically all bet require-elections on July 5th, M. de Graaf, Minister (for the Colonies, will

resign. ments if she was rondy with the actual cash.

DROUGHT AT HOME TOO.

Rain Brings Partial Relief.

London, June 13.

Following several hours, heavy rain in the provinces, benefiting

oh had been suffering from dromic

SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR EMBARGO.

Capetowa, Jana 13.

The Assembly has adopted & Bill extending for onesTORY:

CHNWANGTAO

HSU SHIH CHANG

SUN YAT SEN

प्

FATHER

WRATES ALL THIS TROUBLE IN CHINA ABOUT, ANYWAY?

CHINESE WAR