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HOTELS.

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS-

HONGKONG:

Peak Hotel, Repulse Bay Hotel. SHANGHAI:

Hongkong Hotel,

Astor House Hotel,

Palace Hotel. Grand Hotel Kalee. PEKING:

"Grand" Hotel des Wagon Lits.

KING

The Hongkong Hotel Co. Ltd.

In conjunction with The Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

and

The Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits. Ltd.

EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION,

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.. HOTEL LAUNCE · MEETS ALL STEAMERS.

Telegraphio Address: "VioTORIA

J. WITOSILI

Tal Dentral $73

Manager.

THE EUROPE HOTEL.

SINGAPORE.

DANCING AFTER DINNER.

EVERY

MONDAY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. TEA DANCES

TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS.

The Hotel Orchestra under the Direction of Mr. F. R. Martens

Telephones in every Room.

Telegraphic Address :-"EUROPE, SINGAPORE."

Talephone No. 2740 (9 linea).

KINGSCLERE

THE ZUROPE BOTEL, LTD.

ARTHUR E ODELL Mang

HOTEL

MID-LEVEL

KOWLOON SACHSE, LENNOX & Co. General Agents

Are resident Managers,

*KNUTSFORD HOTEL

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON. Tel. No. Kowloon 3.

Tel. Add. Prise.

Two minutes from Fairy and Railway Station, Five minutes by Perry from Hongkong aft clotel in every respect and under English maDAGRINANT. Celsins under personal supervision of the Proprietar, Loung Bar and Büliard Boom,

Turcs doderate.

Specie mangeant for familias our application to

ASTOR

HOUSE

Tisgraphic address ** ASTOR "

J. K. OXBERRY, Proprietor.

HOTEL.

Telephone Central 170. |

13, Queen's Road Usntral.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

* Lorst class Hotel centrally located in the shopping and business districts, larga bad zooms completely renovated and refurnished. Dining Room and Lounge

pened. Entirely under new managemen!

For terms apply to the Manager

ASAHI BEER

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DAI NIPPON BREWERY

Co., Ltd.

TOKYO JAPAN.

Specially Brewed for Export

Sole Agents--

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HONGKONG.

JAPAN COAL

AND

GENERAL IMPORTS AND

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HEAD OFFICE:-TOKYO

No. 14, PEDDER ST., HONGKONG.A

•

A SECOND CANAL?-

New Panama Waterway Likely.

the Pacific.

FRIDAY, MAY

1929

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

WEATHER REPORT.

May, 4d. 10h. 40m-Pressure has decreased considerably over central Japan, and slightly over Indo-China. It has increased moderately over 8.W Japan and at Yap. It is nearly stationary from Shanghai to Hongkong and the Philippines. -

pow

A somewhat deep depression, which formed to the east of the Loochoosyesterday is central to the east of Tokyo.

typhoon is uncertain.

The position of the Yap

A shallow depression is central near Tourane.

hours ending at 10 am. to-day. Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 0.05 inch. Total since January

10.22 Inches, against

sverage of 12.57 inches. FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS INDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

District.

Formosa Channel

South, oast of Chine

Forecast...

N.E. winds,

between fra h to

Hongkong 1.3. Lamocks.

Per EMPRESS OF AUS- The news that the Administra-|TRALIA," for Vancouver sto.--- tion will favour the application Dr. J. Alian, Mr. J. O. Ander- of the profits of the Panama Canalion, Mr. W. A. Briscoe, Mr. R. to the construction of a second C. Briscoe, Mr. J. M. Bickert, Isthmain waterway will no Mr. Max Basker, Mr. W. J. Brett, doubt surprise the country. Mr. & Mrs. H. 8. Bennett, Miss There will be a disposition to ask. Joan Bennett, Mias S. Bennett, Why a second canal?" The Miss C. M. Braga, Mr. F. Bogla, Panama Canal is A deroon-Mr. J. Symington Boyle, Mr. E. }strated success. Its receipta G. A. Breed, Mr. M. J. Breecart. for the month of January exosed- Mrs. M. Z. Connor, Sir Paul & ed $1,500,000, and with the further Lady Chater, Mr. T. E Cooper, development of commerce and Miss E. Cor. Col. & Mrs. A. the resulting prosperity, it will Corne, Miss I. L Cope, Miss M. be still more profitable. It has J. Courtney, Mr. J. Casswell, not to be sure, paid for itself a Capt. & Mrs. D. R. Davies, Capt. going enterprise. It bas cost G. G. Davis, Mr. & Mrs. H. L. the American people the price of Dennys, Mr. G. Dietrich, Mr. & a empire. But the American Mrs. P. M. N. da Silva, Mr. P. N. people have paid for it, and da Silva, Mr. M. Dargelos. Mr. gladly. Why not rest upon that? E Des Voeux, Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Our ships have found the way to Dyer, Mr. J. de Raat, Mr. T. G. Drakeford, Mr. G. Danikar, Mr. We say that this question may G. A. R. Emery, Mr. P. T. Segbert, be asked, but the answer is not so Mr. C. Fisher, Mrs. W. H. Forbes, | simple, so summary, as some may Mr. F. Field, Mr. & Mrs. E suppose. Io the first place, the Fisher, Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Fisher, people are not keeping a strict cash La Col. M Greer, Mr. & Mrs. account with this great enterprise. J. J. Guttierrez. Mr. & Mrs. E They did not build the osas! to Howard, Mr. C. Hammer, Mr. E make money upon it. They builsir, O.. Haight, Mr. D.L. Hutchison, first of all, for the national safety Mr. H. W. and advantage. And the national Huston, Mrs. L. C. Herre, Mr.

House, Miss A.2 safety and advantage may well Ho Fook, Mr. & Mrs. Ho Kom uggest another string to our bow, Tong, Mrs. K. T. Ho, Mr. J. E3 There is no such thing as setting Joseph, Mr. B. S. Janez, Misa R. mates and bounds to the commerJudah, Mr. & Mrs, O. B Johnson, cial, the business, the maritime ex Mr. E G. Johnstone," Mrs. L. pansion of the United States. Al-9. Keeler, Mr. M. Katrwinkel ready the Panama Canal is becom-Miss E. C. Kirby, Miss M. ing crowded. The stream of traffic B Kirby. Mr. Mary Levi, Mr. through it is and evidently always M. P. Latter, Miss G. F. Lee. will be limited by the operation of Mr. & Mrs. Lawe, Mr. A. Mal- the locks. It may be asked whether calm. Miss C. McAdie, Mr. R. F. the profits of the Panama Canal Mattingly. Mr. & Mr. F. R. had not better beemployed in mak Marsh, Bev. Paul Martin. Mr. ig that avenue of interposanic P. W. Masser, Capt. A. Me- communication a sea-level canal. Dowall, Mr. M. J. McNicol. Mr. Mr. & Mr. E. L. Sim. Miss converting it into an arm of the & Mrs. RH. Nichols, Mr. & Mr. M. K Sim, Mr. Y. Tsutsumi, Mr. sea, through which the traffic of Durrey, Mr. E Payue. Mr. J. H. Van Dolden. Mr. M. E. the world might pass in an unlo. Pommez, Mr. T. E Parce, Mrs. Woodbonse. Mr T. Williams. Mr. errupted procession. To that, M. Pritchard. Mrs. Petrie, Mr. & Mr. E. G. Wire, Mine Jean the answer of the Government's H F. Payne, Miss B. Rahnsen. Wise. Mr. C. A. Wegelin, engineers seems to be conclusive: Miss 8. Bemedois, Col. Alex. Dr. & Mr. 0. H Wilson. a sea-level canal is impracticable Reins, Mr. & Mrs. 1. Rosenfeld, Mr. Wm. Ward, Mr. Jas, Ward, on account of the earth-slides, Mr. E. C. Rock, Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Mr T. G. Well, Mr. & Mrs. W. which have lately been mastered Robb, Mrs. Andrew L. Shields, E. Ward, Mr. J. L. Wilson. Mr. on the basis of the present eleva. Mr. M. S. Sassoon, Mrs. L. N.P. J. Wingrave. Mr. J. Wilson, tion, but which would, in the views Silva, Miss C. M. Silva, Miss D. Mr. F. A. Xavier. Mr. Eans of these engineere, forever mili-Silva, Miss M. Smith, Mrs. G. M. Gerbard, Mr. Eans David, Mr. tate against an artery at the ocean Shaw, Mrs. G. S. Schroter, Miss Eans Jacob, Mr. Enas Heinrich, into a sea-level canal would cost level. To turn the Panama Canal E. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Asger. Mr. & Mrs. S. R. McL. Sherman. quite as much as to construct a new canal at another point, and after all the expenditure it might; and probably would be found that! the process had thwarted, instead of furthering, interoceanic com- Imunication,

STRATEGIC REASONS: Moreover, important strategic reasons are urged for the cons- truction of, a second canal. We have fortfied the Panama route, but we cannot build fortresses in the air. The locks are vulnerable to air attacks.

We have lately, apparently, made a present of the Pacific Ocean to a foreign Power that bas already exceeded us in sirplane construction. If it ever became our enemy, it would be the most mobile, both on the se and in the air, of all enemies. It is within the passibilities that its first blow, in case of war, would be the paralysis of the Panama Canal, with the bulk of the American sea power stranded, as it were, on the Atlantic side. A second canal would at least lessen by one-half- of the danger of such a blow, and there are strategic reasons to indicate that it would leason the danger by much more than one- balf.

TT Demand

60 8.

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

To-day

at 5.15

To-night

THE CORONET at 9 p.m.

DE LUXE PRESENTATION

of

D. W. GRIFFITH'S

·རྩྭ་

Screen Masterpiece.

INTOLERANCE

· Prices:

5.15, $1.50 & 80 cts.; 9 p.m. $2.00 & $1,00 Children's Matinee, Saturday, at 2 ..

$1.00 & 50 cts.

To-day at 2.30 only CROOKED STRAIGHT

to

moderate; Overcast. Occasional

To-day

at 5.15

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THE STAR

Saturday

South coast of rain. Gap Rock

China

between

.K. & Hainan.

1. F. CLAXTON, Director. 4.K. Observatory, May 4, 1923.

EXCHANGE.

Opening Rate: closing Rate on Page 13

SELLING

T/T. Shanghai T T. Singapore T/T. Japan T/T. India Demand India

KADRY GARSON

CLARA KIMBALL

The FORBIDDEN WOMAN

From the Frode BRDA, AE, LENOŽE I COFCE

and 9.15 p.m.

30 d/s. San Francisco and New

Fork

55A

2,4

4 m/s. Mark

Nom

2/4.1:16

4 m. France

8.75

6 m/

8.90

Demand, Germany.

2/42

Demand, New York

541

Nom

TT

T. Bombay

Demand, Bombay

.174

110:

T/T. Calcutta

7 Gorgeous Reels. Usual Prices.

Demand, Calcutta

374

On Yokoham A

San Francisco and Nax

Demand, Manila

York

54;

Demand, Singapore

,139)

llemand, Batavia

Nom

Un Haiphona

8 15

On Saigno

On Bangkok

BUYING.

791 8.31 46.40 32.13/16 32.9/16 3

4.041

T:T. Java TiT. Marka TT. Francs Demand, Paris

4 mL/C. 4 m/s. D'P. 6 m/s L/C.

Sovereign

Gold leaf per Tael

2/4,11/16 Bar Silver......ready 2/4.13/16 forward 2/41

Bank of England rai New York/London SUBSIDIARY COINS.

30. Syriney and Melbourne 2/5

Hongkong O cent pieces

10 5

Canton sab. coin

Hongkong May 4. 1923.

Shanghai Manila ...

From

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

INWARD MAILS.

In this situation, the ghost of that great senator, John T. Mor gan of Alabama, steps into the scene. He was the great advocate Shangbai of the Nicaragua route for

Straits Isthmian Canal, and in the famous

Straits speech which he delivered on the subject in 1897 he marsballed all the reasons for a canal by that Europe via Buez (Parcels only) London route. He proved that it was

28th March... feasible. Nature has indeed plainly Mail Japan marked a way waterway Rangoon across the Isthmian region Japan

Japan

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par

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375% dia.

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Due

4th May

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5th

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OUTWARD MAILS.

Per

Heibow, Pakhoi & Haiphong ←→ Biraita, Caylon Mauritias, L Marques, 8. Africs, India via Dhannakhodi, Bombay & Adea... Ftrafts & Bomber Philippine Islands. Australia & New

Zealand via Thursday Yaland

Weibaiwei

Heibow ...

at this point Eleven miles 3.4. Japan & Shanghai from the Pacific. coast, and at an elevation of 106 feet from that; ocean's waters, there lies the great Lake of Nicaragua, 3,000 square miles in area, 45 miles wide, 200 feet deep, and dis- charging its waters into, the Caribbean Sea-the Atlantic side through the San Juan river, which could be practicably cADA. lized nearly all the way. The eleven miles to the Pacific could be negotiated with probably but one lock. All surveys, all estim- ates, have indicated that the practicable, but that a canal by Nicaragua, route is not only this route could be constructed at a considerably less cost than that of the Panama Canal.

Events resulted in the choice under all circumstances the wiser choice of the Panama route for the cannal that was actually built. But the sug- gestion of a second

canal

Shanglai may vitalize the old Nicaragua Badakan project.

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Sat., & inst., 9.30am. . Bat.. inst. 10a.m. Parcels 4th Fri., 5 p.m.

8, 6jzat,

Registration 9 45 a.m.

Letters

10.30m (Dee Thunday Islands 18th May)

Sat.. 5 inst., 2.30 p.z.

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Extavis, Fuzsarung & Bourabaya

Fees. Lincoln

WORLD THEATRE

PHONE. 1337.

PHONE. 1337

Wednesday, 2nd. to Saturday, 5th. May

At 5.15 & 9.15 pm.

HER MAJESTY "

with

MOLLIE KING & CREIGHTON HALE COMEDY-ROMANCE-SUSPENSE also

SNUB POLLARD

in

His latest 2-part comedy "365 DAYS"

Prices of Admission:-

9.15 p.m. $1-20 & 80 eta. 9.15 p. 80 & 60 cts.

2.30 & 7.15 pm. THE RADIO KING "Epis, 5 & 6

Booking at the Theatre,

Usual Prices:

"HOME SWEET HOME”

MS. SOLD FOR £330,

New York: "Home, Sweet Sat., Sinet., 5p. Home," in the original musical Bat., 6 inst., &p macuscript, by John Howard ...Jun., 6 inst. g & B.

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when he was 13. The song is believed to have been first song at the King's Theatre, Hay- ket, about 100 years. ago..

WORKERS UNEARTH BRONZE IMAGES.

Bos., 6 inst.. 9am Payne and Sir Henry Bishop..

7. insky 8,30 sim. was sold for 1,590 dollars (abant The unearthing of more than ...Mon, 7 fost. 10a.m. £330)

Anderson's auction, 20 bronze images of Kannon, God Man., 7ft, 2p.m. rooms. It was included with the of Mercy, is reported from Hyogo Mon., 7., 2 p.m.

Parcala noon.

Mon, 7 inak. 2 p.m. manuscript of the opera Clari, | prefecture, Japan. The discovery Mon., 7 inst. 3.30 pm. or the Maid of Milan," of which was made during the work of Tues., Binst noon, it is a part. John Howard Payne, levelling the ground for the site who wrote the words of the of a shrine to Minamitani. ...Tel. 8 inak.''

famous song, was a bachelor, and According to the Nichi Nichi, 17 Registration 5 p.m. never knew what it was to have of the images are la perfect

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