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N. LAZARUS

OPTICIAN

12. Queen's Road

The

Hongkong Telegraph

No. 14,431

FIL

六十月十英港香

TUESDAY

16, OCTOBER

DEATH OF MRS. B. L. FROST.

MOTOR GYMKHANA.

1923, 日七初月九

SENSATIONAL PIRACY.

LATEST GERMAN DEVELOPMENTS.

A SOCIALIST GRIEVANCE.

#Reuter's Service)

Berlin, October 15.

WELL-KNOWN LADY PASSES AWAY.

ARRANGING THE DETAILS. BIG HAUL OF PASSENGERS,

AND MONEY.

A meeting of the Committee of the Hongkong Motor Trials was A Macao correspondent sends held last evening in the offices of us the report of a piracy which The Saxon Government has unsuccessfully protested to Berlin

It is with the greatest regret the Hongkong Telegraph for the occurred during a

voyage be- against General Mueller's prohibition of the formation of "pro- letarian centuries". Mueller has incurred further Baxon displeasure that we have to chronicle the purpose of arranging preliminary tween the Portuguesa Colony and by forbidding the Congress of the Sazon and Thuringian Workmen's death of Mrs. Frost, wife of Mr. details in connection with the Shaki on October 11th. It appears B.L. Frost, of the Eastern Exten-propused Motor Gymkhana" at that the pirates were on board the Councils at Dresden on the 18th instant.

Torunerte roundly condemns the one-sidedness of the state of sion Telegraph Company, which the conclusion of which the Haungsban magistrate's armed emergency which it complains is chiefly applied in States where the occurred early this morning at prizes won in the recent trials launch, and the victim was a Clovernment includes Socialists, whereas Bavaria is let off scot free. the French Hospital, Cansoway will be presented.

passenger junk which had a large; President Ebert has renounced half his special allowance in Bay. The news of ber demise A report was received from a number of people on board, and view of the seriousness of the times."

will come as a shock to many sub-committee; submitting a pro-was being towed by a launch. A semi-official statement, dealing with the non-fulfillment of residents, as she was only ill for visional programme of events, According to our correspondent, and these were discussed at about two hundred passengers of the expectation that a resumption of work on the railways would a brief period. follow the cessation of resistance, declares that the continuation of The deceased lady was taken some length and subsequently both sexes were taken as hostages the France-Belgian railway regie is not justified and its only aim is sick about a fortnigh: ago, but approved, the details in tonned by the desperadoes, whose haul not considered sion with which are to be work of loot amounted in value to some: the cutting off of Germany politically from the Ruhr.

her illness was

Oned out by the sub-committee. The $10,000. The towing launch was serious until Saturday last. Sunday morning, her condition programme submitted included also taken. having become worse, she was events for cars, combinations and

It is said that the launch was removed to the French Hospital, cycle solos. Full details will be where she passed awAY at published later. The entrance seen in Shaki harbour on October o'clock this morning. Mrs. Frost fee was fixed at fifty cents for each 10th, and was then flying the had resided in the Colony for event, with a reduction for com magistrate's flag at the mast, London. October 13. 17 years, and was formerly petitors entering the hole of being also decorated in honour of the Chinese Republican anniver-

When the Arguing on the assumption that battleships are useless against on the staff of the Grover-the events in any one section..

junk WAS Hospital. Civil

She The Gymkhana will be held sary. andern defen-ive weapons like airships, aeroplanes, mines, torment pedoes and submarines, Admiral Sir Percy Scott, addressing the was the second wife of Mr. at the Hongkong Football Club's stopped and pirated the following Australian Natives Association at the Colonial Institute, described Frost, and besides the bereaved ground on Saturday, November day the launch was still flying its flags. It is also declared that, the Singapore base as a wicked scheme. He expressed the opinion husband there are left one son and

The son.i A further meeting of the Lam-somewhat significantly, the cabin that the Dominions should not contribute a penny towards it they four step-children.

cubine of a certain Southern should rather spend money on modera defence methods. He ad-Archie. is at present a student at mittee is to be held on Monday in which was travelling the con vocated keeping a large number of cruisers and destroyers all over Wei Hai Wei School, whilst the next.

military commander, was guarded the world to guard. Dominion trade.

by the leader of the pirates whilst [the junk was being ransacked.

A Paris message says the German Charge d' Affairs has been instructed to seek another interview with M: Poincare.

THE SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.

DESCRIBED AS "A WICKED SCHEME"

BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYMENT.

THE MENACE FROM THE RUHR.

London, October 15.

for the Government to allow,

eldest stepson is with Messrs. Jardine. Matheson and Co. in Tientsin and the other step-son is in Canton on the staff of the Asiatic Petroleum Company. The two step-daughters both reside in. Hongkong.

The utmost sympathy will be

3rd.

EMPRESS HOTEL:

HONGKONG'S TALLEST

BUILDING.

On the Portuguese Govern-| ment receiving a report of the affair. from the owners of the pirated vessel, they despatched the gunboat Macao to the

SINGLE: COST 10 CTS 936 PAR ANNUM

"RECONDITIONED CARS."

Dodge Brothers have been building Motor Cars for eight years and x lọt of people are still driving the Cars they banght back in 1913. Proving that you can buy a used Dodge Brothers Motor Car at almost any stage of its life and still get dollar for dollar in value provided you buy from the right dealer.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., TLD. Telephone................... Central 3950,

FOOTBALL COMPETITION.

$50 WON OUTRIGHT.

Once again there was a big entry for our Football Competition last week. In

no case did any of the three teams included in the con- pon secure a win by a larger margin than one goal, but, despite that fact. only one competitor suc- ceeded in sending in cor- rect forecasts of all the matches. This competitor

was:-

MR. J. F. KING, 2. Aimai Villas, Kowloon.

The prize of $50 there. fore goes to Mr. King, to

whom we offer our con- gratilations. If he will cat this office, we shall beased to hand him the te

A new Competition is now in progress, entries for which close at noon on Saturday. The coupon appears elsewhere in this issue.

HOUSE SEIZURES.

HONAM RESIDENTS'

PROTEST.

No fewer than one hundred

reported to the Canton

STEAMER RAMMED BY TUG.

GERMAN SHIP BADLY DAMAGED.

Whilst lying at her bugy in the harbour this morning, the German steamer Pfalz was ram- med, by the tug Taimoshan. which was towing a lighter. The exact damage to the Pfalz will not be known until an examin- ation has been made, but it is thought to be considerable.

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 28. 3. 3/168. Barometer 2 p.m. 30.12 Temperature 2 p.m. Humidity

1-2 p.m.

76

High Tide 42 pm. Low Water 7.0 p.m.

Lighting Up-Time 5.58 p.m.

News in To-Day's New Advertisements.

Owing to the great demand for Filipino Embroideries, the sale will be continued during this week at Room 206, Hongkong Hotel. Page 4.

Powell's tailoring department have just unpacked the latest in saitings and overcoatings.-- Page. 7.

Consignees are notified of the arrival of the s.s. "Rozan Maru." -Page 4

Parkculars of important adc- tion sales are given on Page..

The film record of the Japanese Disaster is being shown at the World Theatre.--Pages 4 and 12.

"The Prisoner of Zenda" is

Sir W. Jonson Hick-speaking at Hounslow, referring to the question of unemployment said that in addition to the relief work be folt for Mr. Frost and family The new Empress Hotel, go-vicinity of the piracy, to cruise blocks of houses in Honam have being screened at the Coronet

Theatre.-Page 12.

A Promenade Concert will be already pooreeding, the Cabinet had authorised a further expendi- in their unexpected bereavement. nounced in the Gazette as having up the river in the neighbourhood been ture of fourteen million pounds sterling, making a total of approxi- The deceased lady was ex-had its name stock off the Regish a view to capturing the authorities by informers as being

public property. The result has given under the auspices of the mately forty millions, A large stock of iron and steel in the Ruhrtremely well known locally, try, has adjusted certain remize towing launch.

been that the owners have held H. K. V. D. C. on the 19th. inst.- was waiting to be dumped much below the British manufacturing and she had been prominen-ments it overlooked in respect of Later, news was received thatja meeting in the Yun Chai Ho-Page 4 price, and constituted & menare which it would be stoperous folly tly identified with war charities the Building regulations and ex-five Chinese gunboats came up pital, at which protests were de- and other efforts of a charitable pects shortly to be readmitted to with the armed launch while it livered against the seizure of this nature, for which she raised registry, according to information was engaged in pirating another property. considerable sums of money. given yesterday to a Telegraph vessel, a steamer from Suitung. The meeting decided to appoint

The funeral takes place this representative.

Court of A fight ensued. in the course of delegates to go to a The site for this new hotel is which five pirates were killed. Justice with the informer, and if evening, the cortege passing the

next to the Western Marke Five others were captured along it is found that the property is Monument at 3 o'clock.

having an area of 180 by 40 feet with the towing launch,, which privately-owned, a demand will It will be of reinforced concrete has now been banded back to its be made for the arrest `and and its builders expect to put up

owner. However, not one of the punishment of the informer. eigh: storeys on the site, making kidnapped passengers has been the building the tallest in the rescued yet, and it is believed Colony. The catering will be on that the unfortunate people have CRUSHED TO DEATH. the American plan, with a Chin been removed to some secret lair

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

DISCUSSIONS TO BE PRIVATE.

London, October 15. The Imperial Conference discussed the question of Imperial) defence and then adjourned until Wednesday to deal with naval defence. The proceedings will not be published.

FRENCH AVIATOR'S DEATH.

London, October 15.

At the inquest on the French airman Maneyrol at Lympne. "a verdict of death by misadventure was returned. An expert witness attributed the accident to the failure of the main spar of the wing of the machine.

-COLL”MBIA GRAMAPHONE CO. FAILS,

New York, October 15." The Federal Court has appointed receivers for the Columbia Gramaphone Company. The assets are estimated at nineteen million dollars and the liabilities at twenty-one millions.

LL. G. IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis. October 15. Mr. Lloyd George arrived here and was welcomed by the Governor of Minnesota and other officials. A huge crowd ovated

him.

HEIFETZ.

A DESERVED TRIBUTE

ese menu for native customers.

There will be three lifts installed of the freebooters. in the building, and a hanking Sometimes, not often, it falls to office will be run on the ground the lot of Hongkong to be visited floor on lines akin to Cook's by a great world artist. I do not organization for travellers. The suppore for a moment that these whole project when completed visits are planned from a philan-will involve an outlay of over a thropic point of view. To my million dollars, mind they mean more or less

a kind of world tour with ex- penses paid, but, nevertheless, if

VISIT OF REV. BRO. JAMES

JAPANESE RELIEF.

ORIENTAL" FOR

YOKOHAMA

the

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LISTEN.

Advertising is a cocement with the public and should be us bind- ing as on cath

judicial tribunat.

in a

The CEMS. are holding a Social in St. John's Cathedral Hall to-night. -Page 4.

Wanted. General assistant with good knowledge of English and Chinese. Page 4.

CRUELTY TO FOWLS. Sergeant Claud Earnshaw, in a case brought against three Chinese for cruelty to fowls, before Mr. C. D. Melbourne this "Hearts Aflame" is the current morning, explained that one crare attraction at the Star Theatre. measuring two feet six inches Page 12. across contained no fewer than

European lady would like to 49 birds. Two of them were share flat with another lady. --` crushed to death.

Page 4: A fine of $10 was imposed on Consignees are notified of the nothing of this kind ever happen- ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.

The charter of the Japanese

** Machaon" ed. Mabomet would certainly

relief ship. Namsang. having ex- the first two offenders, the driver arrival of the .. Lave to go to the mountain and

Fired, it was announced at the of the truck and the owner of the Page 4.

The monthly meeting of the not the mountain to Mebomet

baskets respectively. while the meeting of

Hongkong

Guild of Mahomet in this instance being

St. Joseph's College has again Japanese Earthquake Disaster third, who was merely one of the Marine Engineers'

Fund Committee this truck coolies, was let off with a China will be held on the 18th, Hongkong.

been favoured by a visit from the Relief

inst. Page 4. I have never heard Heifetz play Rev. Bro. James. This time he morning that her place is to be caution. in person. but the accounts one brings with him an "O.B." This taken by the Oriental. The Chair- can read everywhere proclaim honour was conferred on him last man. Mr. G. T. Edkins, told the

that committee this youth (be is still only just in June for valuable services in con-

through the THE HUMAN ZOO his twenties) to be the greatest nection with education in the Far initiative of Mr. A. G. Stephen violinist of to-day. No amount of East

and the public spirit of the Hong! For thirty years Bro. advertising would help a violinist James had been active in the kong and Shanghai Bank they had acquired the Oriental to the top of the tree if he were Malay Peninsula, while since

were and

placing her not a real genius. and to say,that 1912 the duty has devolved upont

the disposal of

Kobe he has not only taken England him of making visitations of the and America, but the whole world. Brothers' Schools in the British Foreign Board of Trade for relief In connection with the hilt by storm is surely universal ac- and American possessions in the service at Yokohama. It was mentioned that there would be no climb for motor egele com-ceptance of his almost uncanny East

charge in connection with her binations held recently at Shau-gift.

Maher Telegrams on Page 21

THE LINCHENG AFFAIR.

THE HILL CLIMB.

CHINA'S SECOND REPLY.

report of

official named in the Diplomatic

CORRECTION EN COM- BINATION CLASS,

the

EX

Pekinz, Oct. 15.-The Chinese second reply to the Lincheng Note agrees to the principle of

In his capacity. as visiting! charter. inclusion of supplementary in-

kiwan, a correction has to be I remember when a boy how IDirector. Bro. James has be- demnities, reserving till later the made in regard to the winner of was made to do my hourly praecome a most prominent figure. The Oriental is to be re-named discussion of the nature of these the second prize on formula. tice on the piano, and I suppose At St. Joseph's College the the Taiwayfong and is to be under damages and the reasonableness

In the results as published. Mr.there are artists to-day who students welcome him with the charge of Captain, Weston. of the amounts. Acting upon the F. C. Weller, who won first place have achieved success by con-delight and his presence is always She will probably stay at. Yoko. the War Ministry on time, was given third place on tinual practice and perseveren-marked by a half holiday. This hams for six months. the Government will issue a formula, with a figure of merit ofice. But Heifetz is different. morning the pupils of St. Joseph's It Was mentioned that Presidential Mandate relieving 9.2. Mr. A. Gascon being second He seems to have been born College assembled to show Low Tien Chung-yu of the Tuchunship with a figure of 8.9.

with a violin under his chin, much they appreciated his visit. H.B.M. Charge D'Affaires had of Shantung. He was the fourth

and to him It has now been brought to

comes naturally An address of welcome was read, indicated that the chief needs at notice that in making the cal that mastership of his instru-J. E. Noronha being delegated to the present time are money, warm Note. The others have already culation on Mr. Weller's machine meat which would take months, that pleasant performance. Bro. clothing and materials. It was the c.c. capacity of the cylindersr, perhaps years, of practice by James on rising to speak was decided to send a full equipment Since the receipt of the was given for a larger model of other artists with ordinary gifts.greeted with cheers. He suitably of winter comforts by the Tal- wayfong, including a quantity of Diplomatic Note, the Government the Henderson than Mr. Weller has issued instructions to the used. The calculation has now collection of them, and to me they recall happy memories of his

Many old boys perhaps can boots and shoes and blankets.

It was also decided to put re- provincial authorities to redouble been revised, with the result that their efforts towards bandit sup-the figure of merit works out at just breath genius. I delight in visits and will no doubt call upon creational facilities on board for 7.4. thus giving Mr. Weller second the thorough control of the violin him. An old boy who had the the fifty people for whom the ship his tone power and the delicate pleasure of a quarter of an hour'e will provide accommodation. fingering are all a constant source talk with him tells how kindly he Reading matter is required to of pleasure to me. I have longed was received by him and how on form the nucleus of a library and for the time when I could hear congratulating him, he replied:—the committee will be grateful for and see Heifetz. That opportunity "This honour is not for me, it's any books which readers can has come, and I can assure you I for all the Brothers. It is just

spare.

been punished.

pression.

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Regarding the policing and protection of the principal rail- ways, the Government, without committing themselves to the scheme or schemes to be sub-

place on formula.

NASTY 1

I admit being crazy over replied. Heifetz' records, I have a rare

mitted by the Diplomatic Body, The Pall Mall Quelle sug-lost no time in booking & seat for like when a father in a family fully appreciate the Diplomatic gests that en economical pet for this night of nights. Bix dollars receives an honour the whole Japanese and Chinese members Body's interest in the problem and a Scotsman, is a moth. It costs is a lot to pay, but I feel justified family is honoured Bro. James undertook to consult with their express readiness to collaborate little to keep, and it only eats in parting up to hear the one and leaves on Friday by the F & O. countrymen and make sugges in the matter.-Reuter.

holes.

only Heifetz-Contributed.

Karmala Communicater: tions before the ship saili

"LISTEN TO THIS WARKONE GIRLS BEFORE YOU GE

✔ I STOOD ON THE BEACH AND THE MOON. ROSE

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