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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1923.

OBITUARY.

Mr. A. W. Pontins,

EMPRESS OF AUSTRA IA.

Probable World Cruise Next Year.

The death took plaos at Mukden of her brist_ff of th. Ryalistinn Feb. 2 of Mr Albert William: Dewapaper L'acudo Francave," Pantius, Aurreican Consul-General

The liner Espress of Australia We5 shot in office sa Mrikden, Mangbuna, Mr. P now in Hongkong, has been de this afterrbau by a woman tins, who is survived by his wife, initaly selected as the Pacific named Germaino Bertson, a had been in ill-heakh for the last steamer that will be employed by jihree months, and was cozapelled the Canadian Pacific in cruising The cereals the murder of lately to travel with a

next winter.. The company. which | Gas on C-lmette, eavor of the|reenpersting

has five cruises under considera- Figaro, by Mime. Colliex.

Bora at St, Paul's, Minn., cation altogether, will run its own August 29, 1870, the late Mr. Pon trips in future, instead of charter- At 3 0.0, M. Pistean was tius was apported to Chias afing the vessels to other concerns busy in his office when a youngzudent interpreteren February 12, and elegantly-dressed

ELEGANT VISITOR

View to

woman, 193. He has singe verved in the 13, in the past. The fire voyages called, and told the office attend-Consular service at Tientsin, Newbeing considered include a Medi ant to tell M. Plateau that Mmchwang. Hankow, Swatow, Dalny,terranean trip, a round-the-world Berthon desired to see him for a Nanking, Foochow and Mukden, voyage, the usual two Wast Indies few seconds.

+pending one year with the Division M.Plateau told the man to show of Far Eastern Affairs, Washing Mme. Berthen into his private ton, DC., as assistant to the chief

office. She had not been in the room for more than a couple of minutes when members of the staff beard sounds of violent dispute.

WEATHER REPORT

cruises, and a coast-to-coast trip from Vancouver to New York,

It is considered not improbable

that the Empress of Australia will

not only make the coast-to-coast trip but the globe-encircling,vor-| age as well, which would bring her back to Vancouver eventually. The steamer that makes the world cruise will start from New York and finish at Vancouver. Should Mar. d. 11h 03m.-Pressure the Australia not be assigned to considerably at this, it is likely that she will not Weibaiwei and slightly trom come back to the Pacific at all, but Altogether she fired five stols Foochow to Haiphong. I bastay on the Atlantic and be replac

They were about to enter when abots rang out. Five in all are said to have been fired. Then the door opened, and Mme. Benhon appeared on the threshold, re- has decreased volver in baad.

at her vi tim. She bad presum-fiaccessed slightly at Manila ably reserved the last of ber revolver for herself. She placed the weapon against ber Areast and pulled the trigget. The bu let infl ctd & Xhancing wound, which, i

is thought. will go: prove fatal.

The anticyclone is probably central aver mid-Japan.

"I HAVE DONE MY DUTY." The woman was Te moved to hospital, here subsequemly she i was interrogated by the police

She'ixclained: "Now you canį say to the Anarchists that I hate done my quis." She also declared that it ha not been her intention rier tended to kill M. Latesu, vietimas M. Leon Daudet, but, being unable to gain access to bim, she decided to assassinate M. Pateau instead.

Moderate monsoon may be pected over the Chine Sea.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 2 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 100 inch Total since January

1.5 inches. against Vecage of 3.23 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

District.

Forecast.

Formoss Channel

Z South coast of She added that in order to se

China between NE. winds, complish her obj-et acains: M. .. Lamocks. moderate; Daudet she went yesterday to 3 Hoogkong

to fair. Paria church, where the Royalists Gap Rock........ were holding a commemorative & South coast of service on the anniversary of the xecution of Louis XVI She found, however, thas M. Daudet! was 100 well protected for her to kill him without danger to others of the congregation,

BETRAYED BY FRIENDS. Later inquiries showed wist on Saturday Mme. Berthon presented herself at the house of M. Leon Daudet. the deputy and political director of the "L' action Fran- caise," but be refu-ed to s- her

Chian between H.K. & Hanen.

1. 7. CLAXTON, Director. 4.K Owervatory, Mar. 2, 1923.

ed on this side by the liner that makes the globe-eircling trip.

The world voyage will begin in January and take four months, via the Mediterranean, Indian ports.

Singaport, Java, China, Japan, Hawaiian Islands and Vancouver. The Mediterranean cruise will also start from New York in January and be a 70-day trip. Anishing at Southampton. The two West In- dies trips will be in January and February, aboy: thirty days' duration port of departure New Yerk, and with new ports of call in Central and South America featured

The world cruise will probably be restricted to 500 passengers, the Mediterranean to 600, the West Indies to 400 each, and the Van- couvar to New York trip to 330 or 400.

AIR PILOT FINED. Derrick A. Shefferson, aviator, broke the air traffic laws when he flew over Leeds at a height lower than 4,000 feet The magistrate fined bim £2.

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he was counselled to go to the T:T ffice of the wawapaper, and Demand address berself to M. Jacques 30s. Alord, M. Dandet's secretary, or | 60 dị.

4 m/ to M. Plateau, of the editorial

[T/T. Shanghai staff.

T T. Sing pore

She telephoned to the office TT Japan asking for an appointment, and T/T. India was told to come on Salarday Demand fadia

York...

at 6 o'clock. She kept the TT. S Francisco and Sen appointment, and told M. Allard T/T. JA that she had interesting revel-TT. Marks tions to make concerning the T/T. Francs anarchist party, by whom, the Demand, Paris Isaid, she had been betrayed.

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Demand, Bombay

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T/T. Caleuths

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Demand, Calcutta

On Yokoham

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Demand, Singapore

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Demand, Batavia

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Mme. Berthon further asserted that she had been in prison several

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times because of her Anarchist 6 L/C.

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