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Hongkong Telegraph.

THE DRAGON MOTOR GAR CO., LTD.

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Kowlooa 1945.

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European Warder Murdered.

Landon, October 3.

The Soviet's protest against "blockade of the Straits is described as groundless. There is no blockade of the Dardanelles or Bosphorus.

Constantine and Family Reach Sicily.

Palermo, October 3. Ex-King Constantine and his family have arrived aboard the Patris, escorted by a destroyer.

Turks Slowly Retiring from Chanak.

Constantinople, October 3. The Turkish column which withdrew from Erenkeusn, and afterwards moved circuitously, eventually approached closer to Chansk. To-day's report shows a slight backward movement along the entire Chsnak front.

Near East Affects Exchanges.

London, October 3. Marks depreciated in London to $325 Politics in the Near East appear to be worrying Continental exchange operators. Sterling on New York rallied to 4.394.

Allied Generals Meet Turkish Leader.

Constantinople, October 4.

The Allied Generals have arrived at Mudania. They had a preliminary consultation this morning and met the Turkish represent- ative, Ismet Pashs, in the afternoon. The meeting was adjourned! until to-morrow to allow of the attendance of the Greek General.

ALLIED DEBTS TO AMERICA.

Mr. Lamont Speaks Oat.

New York, October 2.

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ANOTHER WARDER

ARRESTED.

FUKIEN INVADED.

Southern Troops Advancing.

Mar Pen Correspondent.)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922. 日四十月八

|$30 PER ANNUM

* CONDITIONS IN

GERMANY.

Hongkong Resident's Story.

"ALLIES CAN'T TAKE OUR PLEASURES AWAY."

In

night. It is a

common ex-

Foochow, Sept. 25th. The north-west of Fakien has been invaded by Southern troops Show bas been taken and they The well-known American banker, Mr. Thomas Lamont, address-are reported to be marching on! ing ten thousand delates at the American Bankers Convention, to Kienning Fa. On the 15th, inst. of the fine saloon steaciers said the question of inter-Allied indebtedness had reached a stage in 2000 Kwangtung troops

came į which

run between Cologne

HOTEL ROOF GARDEN. SANITARY NUISANCE.

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A Delay Explained.

CANTON AFFAIRS.

Land Investment Co. Fined.

The bearing was this morning

ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY.

Master of Shop Stabbed. Doubtless many peoplə have been wondering when the long- [resumed of the case in which the No. 1 Cochraneat, which is near promised roof garden of the Hongkong Land Investment the Central Police Station, -was A Hong kong resident who has Hongkong Hotel is to be opened, Company, as the owners of No. 3, the scene. ¿of in sensational KËRIS (Our Own Correspondent)} » recently been in Germany gires it having been announced some Che Hing Lane, were summoned occurring at 3.45 this morning, Singapore, Oct. 4. as some interesting information time ago that the work of pre-at the instance of the Sanitary when robbare, who entered a shop A European warder named regarding conditions In that paration was nearly completed. Department for failing to comply on the ground floor, stabbed the Fish has been found dead in his country.

a chat with al When the Hotel Company first with a notice in respect of the master because he refused to sur- representative, quarters at Taiping, with a gaping Telegraph

haj

obtained permission to cover in clearing of a choked waste pipe render the safe keys and raised wound in his body inflicted by a stated that reports of Germans part of the roof of the Ped-at this address.

the alarm. Inspector Reid, of the Sanitary The entry of the gang, which chopper, and his head and neck living "on the fat of the land" are der Street Queen's Road corner broken.

in no sense exaggerated, as he of the building. permission Department, gave evidence of the numbered four members, appears Warder Rice and deceased's was able to see for himself when was given for only a small service of the notice, and, in reply to have been surreptitiously effect.

visiting that country. cook have been arrested.

but permission has to the Magistrate, who desired to ed and it was not until the beep obtained It is alleged that Wardar Fish "In Berlin and other large now

to know why the summons should master woke up on hearing a and Warder Rice quarrelled at cities," he said, "you will see cover in a much larger area. The have been served on the owneral noise that he perceived the the Club and that the dispute was any number of people turning Company bas, therefore, decided said that he visited the houses in men standing at his bedside. He Хале with * view to was taken from the bed and had continued later at their huarters. night into day. and day into to complete the whole of the new this

work before opening, although determining who was indeed his bands tied behind his back. perience to see them at 4 er 3 the original portion for which responsible, but found that Threatening movements with a am. coming out of the night permission was granted is practi- the drain-heads at these places dagger did not frighten him, and cellars (underground, Berlin)cally ready for use. It is thought were in good working order. to every request to hand over the three sheets in the wind, wear-that it would be better to open Therefore, in the alternative, the key of the safe he returned an ing top hats and frock costs the garden in its entirety than to laummons was served on the obstinate refusal. The temper of with nice girls on their arms, open only a portion. The new owners.

the robbers was sorely tired, sod going along the streets in work has already been put in Mr. W. J. Wilkinson, overseer when the master went to the bucches, singing on their way

band, and it is estimated that the fof the Hongkong Laud Invest-extent of raising the alarm he home. They tell you straight Lat completed garden will be ready ment Company, who represented was immediately stabbed in the the Allies won the war, but they for opening sometime in January, the Company in the case, produced arm and right side, with serious cannot take our pleasures away,

The shop front to Pedder in Court certain documents results. No property was taken and they must give us food."

Street, formerly occupied by the relative to a private agreement away by the gang, who were now Nothing But the Best.

Anglo-Egyptian Tobacco Store is with the Sanitary Department solely concerned with getting "One

us being taken out and this will which fixed the responsibility in away safely. day whilst og 039

be made the main entrance to the these cases, and, after perusing On the arrival of the police the roof garden. Two 17-pas senger them, bis Worship observed that injured man was taken to the the public opinion both of America and Europe in which reparations into collision with those sent out and Maing on the Rbine I lifts are being installed.

there was a letter which stipulat- | Government Civil Hospital. were taking a secondary place. Germany either could not or would from Kierning, when they re- asked the Chief Steward

ed that nuisance notices abould not pay anything like the reparations total fixed by the Versailles treated, leaving 300 killed and:

be served on the lessees of Chinese Treats. He appealed to the practical sense of Americans to deter-about 40 prisoners, together with why all the passengers drank

tenements owned by the defend- mine what, if any. Allied debts to America could not be collected and quantity of ammunition in the champagne, and in confidence ba

ants. The point was as indicat- remarked. Ab, champagna i should be written off in order that we may quit fooling ourselves." bands of the Kiensing army.

led by Inspector Raid that in this Mr. Lamont declared that Europe was mending economically, Later reports say a battle is the best, and in Germany nobod

case the Department could not notwithstanding the stormy political situation. He also criticised expected at Kienyenz Hsien, and now wanta anything but th

6x the rasponsibility on any of the American Tariff, which protects industries not requiring that the Kieaning General has champagne be sold a month, and

the tenants. protection, while cutting off important foreign markets from sent a depatation to endeavour to he told me that in three months

Giving the facts as the private manufacturers and farmers. America was recovering from business hy off the invaders from entering

agreement between the Sanitary depressions, though the low prices of farm produce, strikes, the tai. Kiennine City. They are expect that one steamer alone be had

Canton correspondent Department and the d-fendants. inter-Allied loans and reparations were still standing in the path of ec to make their way down the over three and full prosperity.

r.Sur to Fanchow. General Liis million mark's worth, the mates the Civil Governor, Mr. G. K. Sayer, the Head of the

at that time being 480 to the Chan Chi ge, has declared that Department, said that there was postage_stamps on Wadoesias getting in reinforcements for

in three months if no dispute that the drain was not next-Page pound sterling.” position strengthening his

Asked if there were many poor)

the bankcolas are not quoted at choked, and the Department bad Mesers: Wm. C. Jack and Co., Pooshow. Three bostads of;

sarved notices on the defendants Ltd. bave removed to the first troops arrived on Saturday from People to he seen, our informer Far value.

stated that there were some to hel A number of members of the which were not complied with door Astor House Building → Hinghwa..

encountered. But," he added Provincial Assembly have draft-Their caly defence was that they Page 4 Sept 27th.

2. question regarding held a" private agreement with A large antity of raia- Kienyang Helen is now report-sou don't see many out of worked out

loxa big - foreign for if it gets known that there are

said the Department, which was to ceilaneous articles is being sold led to be in the bands of the

be concluded, with

the the effect that notices in respect by Lammert Bros to-morrow.— Southern troops, and they are unemployed about, the Governo

ment compels the factories and object of putting it to the Civil of nursauces were to be served Page 4. advancing on Kimning Fu.

the sub-lessees . Whilst To-day is the opening date of Peking, Oct. 3.-It is reported shops to engage the men, the Governor at the meeting of the on

the admitting

existance of The International Variety Com- Government paying their wages. Assembly on the 9th. instant. that Hsu Chung-chib's force

The officials say that if

In compliance with a request such an agreement. Mr. Sayer pany at the Star Theatre, Kow- now sixty miles from Foochow employed gather in the streets made by the superintendent of pointed out that the Company 1000.-Page 3.

the Chinese section of the Canton-had the remedy, if they had an they are apt 10 get up to mischief. 1.

Kowloon told was

Railway, that

General objection to being summoned in there is any amount of looted Chung King-tong has been order the present case, to ask for a property, materials, etc.. hidden to distribute troops as he review of the notice under the

The public has learned away and that it will he brought thinks fit for the protection of the Ordinance. All they had to do, prefer the firms that out slowly and put to best ac-ailway in the Punya and Tesa-after receipt of the notice, was heticity by advertising. THE FRENCH SHIPPING STRIKE.

Shanghai Threatened With count. Much of the loot has sing districts.

Stoppage.

come from Poland. I was in Government Decision To Be Adhered To.

formed that for about fifty days) Shanghai, October 4.-A strike trainloads of stuff left Lodz (called Discussing the dispute in regard to the abolition of the eight of rickshamen is threatening the Polish Manchester) packėj hour day for the Mercantile Marine, M. Rio, Under-Secretary for Shanghai. The sub-foremen of with materials and when all the Merebant Marine, opined that overses ports would not follow the Star Ricksha Company the cotton and finished material the example of the Inscrits Maritimes de Marseilles by striking. He bave issued · manifesto were seized the factories were was confident that a settlement would be reached, and declared that, declaring that the ricksha-pullers dismantled and the machin-i whatever the Inscrits Maritimes did, the Government's anazimove are cessing work on the 7th. [ery sent into Germiny. One man decision would be strictly adhered to.

Mr. Herrick. American Araba-ator to France, speaking at the same meeting, predicted that within a year America would formulate & programme leading to the rejuvenation of Europe.

DISPUTES AT, GERMAN ELECTRICAL 'WORKS.

Wholesale Dismissals in Consequence of "Ca Canny

and Threats.

Berlin, October 15. The Siemens Halske Company has closed its Werner Works, rendering ten thousand workers idle, following threats of violence hy a aumber workmen in consequence of the dismissal of a shop

steward.

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The Allgemeine Elektrizitate Gesellschaft bas dismissed ten thousand men from one of its works, owing to the "ca canny titude of some of the workmen.

Paris, October 3.

SMOOTH PROGRESS OF THE IRISH CONSTITUTION.

Oath of Loyalty Adopted.

London, October 3. The Irish Provisional Parliament, by a large majority, adopted a motion accepting an Article embodying the Oath of Loyalty. The rapid and smooth progress hitherto warrants the belief that the full Constitution, based on the Treaty, will be pamed in time for sub- mission to the British Parliament at the actoma session.

IMPROVING THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.

Experimental Plan.

London. October

A correspondent in the Timex suggests that the Rubber Growers Association should-establish a small estate purely for the purposes. of experimental and research work and the training of future managers and sub-managers. The Times considers the suggestion valuable, and hopes that the Association will carefully consider it.

Reuben

RICKSHA STRIKE.

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ist

"THE POWDER PUFFS.”

Another Splendid Show.

appeared

"The Powder Puffs"

best." Thea I asked him how mute!

a quarter

un.

The Civil Governor's

Promise.

Our

be will

the

PEKING NEWS.

Attempt to Settle

Differences.

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

A meeting of the Hongkung Hockey Club takes place on Tuesday next —Pago 4.

Lammert Bros. are auctioning

LISTEN!

to

promote

to remind the Department of the agreement and investigate the nature of the complaint.Bu: they' Thele is no public performanc had done nothing of the sort. An-(at the Kowloon Theatre to-nights other point to which Mr. Sayer Page 12. {draw the attention of the Magis- A sale of Crown Land at trate was that the Department Magazine Gap Road takes place on many occasions had to desilat the P.W.D. on Tuesday with the senses of the Com-afternoon-Pago 4.

with

pang in this matter of notice The farewell performance of instant unless the Company who is in a position to know A Peking telegram states that and he complained that the re-the" Powder Puffs

takes place settles their grievances regarding told me that the Germans have on hearing that the Italian firs-gister in which the Company was on Friday.—Page 4. payments for repairs and rent of stolen more than three and arms : Chinwanghao may be required to fill in the names of On Saturday Lammert Bros. rickabas.-euter.

quarter million homes from bought by Chang Teo-lin, the the tenante bad not until lately are selling sewing machines, ato.. Poland. The farmers could not Chibli party is preparing to raise been kept up-to-date so as to -Pags 4. read nor write and they got from sum of two million pounds to keep the Departmental officers Mishel Fiastro gives his recital

fally [the Germans receipts saying they purchase the same.

acquainted

the at the City Hall this afterndon.-- would be paid when the Russians Another Peking telegram states particulare required. In many Page came back. Many of the farmers that at a meeting held at Chin cases it had been the experience The Hongkong Cigar Store who took the receipts to the Yaen pang's residence in Tientsin of the Department, in serving advertise cigars.-Page 7, German headquarters later and for the purpose of composing (notices of nuisances commit- complained at non-payment were the difference between the Fengtad, that the tenants would tien and Chihli parties it was By that they had nothing agreed that the two parties ask to do with the question of the up futurs war, our informant stated tian of the Premiership and that biust be held responsibile and, Regarding preparations for for Wong Chung-ware resigns-keep of the tegemeats. Someone that there is mach talk in Chin Yasa-pang be appointed to failing to bring in any of the demand to-day was 2. 6.13/18d. Germany of. something more the post terrible than poisonous gas in the next far-namely wireless certed number, the artistes shone advanced so far with bis in- Whether is individust or con German Army is said to have electricty. A major of the old

brilliantly. The thing that strikes onemostabout "The Powder Puffs'

vestigations and experiments that with a wireless current be can

in their No. 2 Programme at the

Theate Royal last night and save noalloyed delight to the large and enthusia-tic andi-ce. First im pressions of the high standard set by the little Company were moze than confirmed--if possible, they were even better than on the first night.

very roughly treated."

The Next War.

is the freshness and originality lay out any living being within

CRICKET.

tenante, the Corpses must be saumoned.

Mr. Wilkinson replied that it) · was his practice to visit the bouse;

To-Day's Exchange.

The closing rate of the dollar on

The Weather.

referred to," on a sanitary comperature-19. Humidity: 67.

2 p.m. Barometer:—29.92. Fer- plaint, immediately on receipt of

Lighting Up-Time."

Lighting-up time today, S

a second notice, but in the Present instance the fixing DUTCH CIGAR. FACTORY STRIKE.

Another Interport Trial.

of the period for complying of their entertainment. There is

with the requirement, of the Men Object to New Conditions.

no hashing up of the old gags or radius of five miles, though

There will be further inter-notice to the short term of forty- P.. the current does Amsterdam, October 3.

Bongsomething new" is the, et A general strike has broken out in cigar factories at Haarlem, Company's motto: and not only got kill-it merely readers living port practice match on the Club sight hours gave him no chance beings unconscious for a time ground op Saturday. com-of seeing it done. He added that Kampen and Delft against & proposed reduction of wages by 5 per are the items new, they are good Everybody in Germany, he mencing at 2 pm sharp. The be bad been with the Compaɔr cent, and the introduction of a 48 instead of a 45-hour week. The as well. Another feature is the

for thirteen years and this was concern him at all. He was there strike is only sporadic in Amsterdam, as most of the employers variety offer-d-there is some-said, will tell you that in the teams will be

next was they will not need krme | R. Hancock (Capt.), Cipt. P. H. the first summons be had seen to administer the Ordinance and have yielded to the men's objections.

thing to suit all tastes. Fas and and ammunition, and that before Davies, G. R.Sayer, D. E. Don served on the owrers.

not to be bound by whatever frolic are mingled with good ten years there will be another nelly, Liant W. D. Bacon, Major Asked by Mr. Hamilton as to agreement might be made outside music and oleverdancing. Above big war Myself, judging from Mathews, FJ de Rome, E. B. why he did not ask for a zaylow the Court. It was quite clear, in all, it is a thoroughly clósn show. Mr. Youns knows the what I saw in Germany, I should Reed, Capt. R. Le Fleming, L. J. of the notice, Mr. Wilkiece his Warship's view that

say that I don't think it will be Davies and Al Areal replied that the present was notice with ha East and its want to a nicety four years is no doubt T. E. Pestue (Cart), EG isolated case and they had navy, the ow

BIG OIL DEPOT FOR CARDIFF.

New York Believed to be Supporting the

A scheme had bõeir inaugurated si tiidil

of an oil-Importing industry similar to the

( cupital of £500,000. It remind azten are backing the venture!

And in The Powder Puffe" be the Gerinaar

bas brought out a show which

with popular requirementk,

There will be another change mente söz programme to-night.”

ting for

are stud

Lammert H. Owen Hughes, A. L

expected the work would have ta GRA Webster; A E be done by them Wood, B.D. Evans, Capt. CO.: The Magistrate [Olívar C. Stapleton. A. A. Ramg