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INTIMIDATION CANE.

SEQUEL TO BUS ACCIDENT.

Two Sanitary Dopartment coolice were charged before Mr. E. W. Hainilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, with Intimidating a bus driver In the employ of the Kowloon Motor Вия Сотралу.

Sub-Inspector Hutchin told the Court that the complainant was driving a bus along Nathan Road on the 2nd inst., when an old man, in attempting to allght, fell and received injuries 110008- sitating his removal to the Kwong Wab Hospital. The complainant's bus was outside) the Star Forry at p.m. on the 12th inst when the two defor dants approached him and told him to go to a certain taa honso or he would have to opaso work. ; Those two mon were met at the toa house by the complainant and a Company's Inspector. The mon again threatened the com plainant and asked for com- pongation. Dotectives who woro waiting in ambush then arrested thom.

His Worship said he had ro ceived a telephone message that Mr. R. E. A. Webster would prosecute, and adjourned the Caso till Tuesday,

COMMANDER'S

DAUGHTER KIDNAPPED,

ITALIAN

PRECAUTIONS.

PLOTTERS ACROSS THE

BORDER.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

DAY BY DAY.

The Rev. W. T. Fantherstono returned yesterday by the Pand- O. liner Mantua.

Mrs. Braga, of No. 14 Condult Road, has reported the theft from

wardrobe in her bedroom of jewellery of the value of $1,044.

San Romo, Nov. 13. Following the events on the frontfor lant Franco-Spaniab wook, the Italian Government has disposed several infantry detachments along the Franco Italian frontior, and has urgently despatched a destroyer and four torpedo boste hither, with the

A woman was slightly injured object of preventing what is believed to be a plot by com-at Praya Last yesterday in an munists across the French border accident

servant-boy who has since disappeared is suspected.

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to make an anti-Fascist incursion knocked down by a motor car.

Bho was taken to the Govern into Italy.- Reuter,

ment Civil Hospital for treatment.

NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.

Stockholm, Nov. 13. The Swedish Academy has awarded the Nobel prize for 1ltorature to Vladislav Reymont, for his great work "Peasants, which reviews in the form of four Poland novais the history of

century since the eighteenth partition-Reuter.

NEW HEAD. OF MARCONPS.

London, Nov. 13. Mr. F. G. Kellaway succeeds Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, who, owing to ill-health, has rosigned the managing directorship of Mar- coni's whom, however, he con- tinues to serve in a consultative

CANTON OFFICER ACCUSED. | capacity.— Reuter.

How an officer in Dr. Sun Yat- son's Yunnanese forcos was able to work a trick at theexpense-of a colleague was told police circles yesterday in connection with the report that the young daughter of Pun Wing-chung, an official in Sun'e Army, had been kidnapped from hor home at No. 48 Bonham

Road.

SUCCESSOR TO MR. LODGE.

Boston, Nov. 13. Mr. Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has been appointed Massachusetts Sonator Lodge.-Renter's Ameri- can Service.

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Amongst the pictorial features to appoar in to-morrow's Telegraph will be photographs | taken in Hongkong on Armistico Day; pictures taken at the recent Fire Brigade display at the Central Polico Station; a group of the flongkong and Shanghai Interport cricket teams, as well as pictures of the Shanghai team practicing aboard the Empress of Russia on the trip down and a group taken at the wodding of Mr. H. U. Iroland and Miss E. A. Mackintosh. Special football cartoons will also appear.

LOCAL BOXING.

SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT,

In spite of the difficulty of arranging suitable matches, a difficulty occasioned by tho abaonco of tho Fleet, a first ruto programing has been drawn up by the Hongkong Boxing As- sociation..for their tournament at the City Hall to-morrow ovoning.

In addition to the champion- ship bout, five six-round contests, in each of which an Army man will ho opposed to a Navy man, have been arranged and there is

The officer was absent at his Senator in Buceossion to the late every prospect of oxcellent sport.

post in Canton but the girl was placed under the care of an amat at the house. On the 10th, a math called at the house #ating that ho

Baltimoro, Nov. 13.

had been told by Corumanger HOME BREW WINS. Fun Wing-chung to take the girl to rojoin or father in Canton. This visitor was recognised as an officer under Commander Pan in the Yunnaneso army, and his mission appearing to be very reasonable, he was allowed to take the girl away.

The jury have acquitted John Hill on a charge of violating the prohibition law, by distributing home-made wine to neighbours,

Reuter's American Service.

CRICKET.

Whon Comunandor Pun return- ed home yesterday he was in- formed of what had happened. He than declared that he had not sent for his daughter nor had

The following will reprosent entrusted Mak Ming-ching or any the K.C.C. 2nd XI in their match other officer to take her to Canton against Navy "A" at home to It is now realised that the girl morrow, cominencing at 2 p.m. has been kidnapped. When she B. Petharam, E. J. Jordan, O. B. loft the house in the company of Raven, C. Earnshaw, W. Hill, the officer who had all her jewel J. C. Long, W. F. J. Gorvin, lory on her, amounting in value A. R. F. Raven, W. J. Brown, to several thousand dollars,

G. Leo and T. E. Jones.

از راسته

CARTLIDGE v. MATTY!'

SMITH.

Both Cartlidgo and -Smith will onter the ring perfectly fit. The lightweight championship of the Colony is at stake and both are vary keen on winning. They weigh in at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Cartlidgo will probably, ho alightly the hoavior. They are very woll matched, though public opinion favoure Cartlidgo.

THE MINOR CONTESTS. A ding-dong struggle is likely to rosult from the moeting of Stoker P. O. Young and Pte. Eaton. Young has fought BovoTal times in Hongkong. He is very aggressive but his footwork is not overgood, and in Eaton he will find a stiff proposition,

Corp. Major concades several pounde to A. B. Castle in what is really a catchweights fight. Major is a boxer of merit and he will be seen in perfect condition. Castle

LOCAL FOOTBALL PICTURES.

Soopa taken at last Saturday's football match between the Club and South Obina

(Pho

1 by Moe Cheong and Ming Yuen),

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TREATY PORT DEFENCE.

COMMENT ON HONGKONG SUGGESTION.

In the debate on the Budget at Hongkong the Hon. Mr. R. H. Holyoak alluded to the contribu- tion which, Hongkong pays for its garrison, which appears to bo tolerably hoayy; and, went on to day P

"It is our conviction of China at present, Hongkong is seriously under-garrisoned and that a far larger force should be kept here for emergency purposes here and elsowhere: suftably and tactfully

Speaking generally however, with tho conditions of Shanghai and other ports in our mind, it Booms as if the obstacles in the way of such a contribution would |be too great to admit of its boing| successfully adopted, says the North China Daily News.

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