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FUKURTI IRRI 登拜路

魏五十月弍十英悲麵

LOCAL WEDDING.

MONDAY,

CONVICT INSURRECTION.

A MACAO SENSATION.

ARMED GUARD OVERPOWERED.

SIX KILLED IN

FIGHTING.

PARREN-GRANT.

The Peak Church, which had haon tastefully decorated for the occasion, was well filled this morn- ing when the marriage took place f Miss Dorothy Alma Grant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. F. Grant, of Foochow, to Mr. J. L. Parren, only son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. J. Parron, of Ipswich, the ceremony being conducted by the Rov. V. II. Copley-Moylo.

The bride, who entered the

church on the arm of Mr. Gran-

dress of white satin embroi- dored with silver bonds. She was

Koports have been received in messenger while the guard hold Hongkong of a sensational out- the prisoners at bay--informville Murray, looked charming in break by the convicts on the ation was conveyed to Macao by island of Colowan, near Macao, as motor boat, and a sunboat was a result of which a sergeant and immediately despatched to the one mombor of the guard as well as four convicts, were killed and many wounded,

The affair occurred during Saturday morning. It is andor- stood that convicts to the number

scone with a strong armed force on board.

CONVICTS SURRENDER. When the gunboat arrived, the convicts, realising that further resistanco was uчoloss

attended by Miss Barbara King as bridesmaid, who was daintily attired in pale mauve georgette trimmed with silver ribbon and carried a boucnot of sweet peas. The brido's mother was dressed in black satin with grey furs and) mail black hat, and carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums.

Mr. J. II. Crutch successfully

man.

of 14 word engaged on roclamation and that it was impossible for carried out the duties of best work, being in charge of a sinal armed guard. and the latters" attention being diverted for a moment, cortain of the convicts

thm to escape from the island. surrendered.

On enquiry in local police cie

After the ceremony, a reception; was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Murray, whore a number of friends wished the Prosperity, and the usual toasts.

jumped upon them, and, overclos, wo were informed this after-happy couple all happiness and powering them, seized their arine noon that news of the affair han

and broke away.

1

roached the local

authorities.

It is stated in this quarter A BATTLE.

during ne disturbance aroused other that

tho fight guards in the vicinity, and these one sergeant and two other guards hastened to render aid to their were killed, and that the convicts comrades. These the convicts managed to escape into Chinose engaged in conflict, employing territory.

were honoured.

Later Mr. and Mrs. Parron left for Reguise Bay. where the honeymoon is being spent: The bride's going away dress was of biege lace over nat brown gear Hotte, with hat en suite.

The wedding cake was supplied by the Cafe Wiseman.

DECEMBER 1. 1924

FRENCH PREMIER'S

ILLNESS.

RESIGNATION PROBABLE.

Paris, Doo. 14. Even the Government press to- day admits that M. Iferriot's ill- nous may compel hla resignation. The doctors hope that M. Herriot

M. Herriot.

日九十月兗十

DOG BITES.

THREE MORE CASES.

Three moro cases of dog-bites- have been reported.

Yesterday a dog belonging to Mr. Carvalho, living at No. 3 May Road, attacked a house-boy employed in another residenco near-by and the man was sent to the Government Civil Hospital, while the dog was taken to Konnedy Town to be kept undor observation.

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LATEST PEKING SENSATION.

.

REPORTED FLIGHT OF

PRESIDENT.

Shanghai, Dec. 15. disturbances have broken out at

Nanking-Daily Bulletin.

The North China Daily News publisbon a report to the effect that Tuan Chi-jui has fled from Poking.

The report has not yet boon)

At Mosque Street, a Chinese confirmed.-Daily Bulletin. girl was bitton in the left log

In Arsona! Stroot, a littlo

CHI HSIEH-YUAN,

Shanghai, Doc. 15.

It is expected that Chi Halob. yuan will arrive at Shanghai

[It was only on Novomber 24th to-day.

Won Shib-tsen, interviewed,

Japanese girl was hitten by an that. Marshal Tuan Chi-jul as- animal belonging to the girl's sumed, office as Premier and said that he resigned with Chi fathor. In both the latter casos

the victims were sont to the acting President under the title Government Civil Hospital and of Chief Executive. He agreed the dogs removed to Kennedy to this position three days pre- Town.

NÓ PERMISSION,

+

sish-yuan.—Daily Bulletin.

LU YUNG-HSIANG'S APPOINTMENT,

Poking. Dec. 14.

viously, when he issued a circu lar telegram expressing his in- tention to offect ull-round roforms, Several Chinese papers criticise adding that a Reorganisation the appointment of Lu Yung- Conference would be held within heiang, saying that while no one a month, to be attended by dele-doubts the necessity to remove gates from the various provincos, Chi Esich-yuan, whose ad- to be followed within six months ministration has not been good, charged at the Marine Court this by a National Conference to deal there are a number of other morning with being on board the with fundamontal questions. officers who would have •sqrvod .. Bonvonue without the per- When the work of this latter the Government's purpose equally mission of the master.

STOKERS LET OFF WITH CAUTION.

Three unemployed stokers wero

GRAVE REPORTS FROM NANKING.

Shanghai, Dec, 15.

It is reported that mutinies and

amid the smouldering ashes of a former hatred, which looks like jan act of rovongo.—Daily Bulletin.

Official confirmation of the re- ports has not yet boon received.

The defendants pleaded guilty" Conference was concluded, he well, and it would not be wise and it was stated by Inspector intended retiring from public to sond him back to Yangtázo Bond that he did not think the life. will be able to leave bed in ton case a bad one. Sergeant Dorling days time, but it is doubtful had to go on board on other busi- whether he will then be fit to pess and the master of the vessol tackle immediately the

drow the Sergeant's attention to muany difficult urgent problems, includ.the men, who word obviously an ing the Budget, Allied finance board for the purpose of obtaining. the arms and ammunition they [Colowan is an island near

conference, and Franco Germana situation, if possible. Nothing! Will UNCANCELLED STAMP. commercial negotiations. which. had seized, with the result that Macan over

it

was known against thom the sergeant and one member of ¦ be recalled,

His Worship (Lieut.-Com. G.; the Portuguese

M. Herriot's personality in largely responsible for the work- F. Hole, R.N.) registored a con- able alliance of Radicals and viction, but let the men off with a Socialiste. His vacation of caution. Judgmont was given by Mr. office will bequeath a difficult! Justico Gomportz this morning task to his successor. The names in the case in which the Kam of M. Painlevo and M. Briand Tai firm suod the Tsun Fung are mentioned in such an oventa- bank for payment of a foreign ality.Renter. Bill of Exchange.

the guard was killed and others, authorities asserted their juris. wounded. Four convicts wero diction in 1910, when they cleared also killed in the fight.

the place of a piratical horde which had terrorised the whole delta.

By some means it is hinted that a civilian was employed as

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

NEW TRAFFIC COMMISSION.

JAPANESE VESSEL.

BROKEN UP BY HEAVY SEAS.

Poking. Dec. 14.--Yoh Kung- Tokyo, Bee. B. The Kwanto cho has established a Commission Maru, which grounded yesterday the chairman and staff of which morning in a blizzard, was broken are drawn from the Ministries of up by the heavy suas lust night. Communications and War and Later. The Kwanto Maru, a various railway administrations. special service vessel, sank off Provision has inado for five viço. [Tsuruga.

Later. It is officially stated chairman appointed from various military commands, the idea bo- that the Kwanto Maru has broken ing that they will atlond when in half. Forty members of the qucations rolating to transporta-crew are still aboard; the rest tion of their respective troops have been landed. rome up for discussion.

Later. Of the Kwanto Mara's The purpose of the Commission full complemont of 150, fifty-six, i- to arrange for better military including the Captain and five and commercial traffic pending other officers, wore taken off by the restoration of normal con- ja wara) p. Forty are believed to ditions, and in other ways to have been landed on the court, overcome the horrible congestion Eight bodios have been recovered. which attended military trans-Tho fate of the remaining mom portation in North China, tho bors of the crow is at presont un

ffects of which are still paralys known, according to an official

ing trafße.—Renter.

DEBT QUESTION.

FRENCH PROMISE TO BRITAIN.

Paris, Dec. 14.

statoment.-Router. *

OPIUM DEADLOCK.

INDIA'S ATTITUDE

BLAMED.

AN INTERESTING

JUDGMENT. ̈

ECHO OF CAIRO OUTRAGE.

A NUMBER OF MEN

RELEASED.

Cairo, Dec. 14. Ninotoon of the forty-two mon arrested on Nov. 27 and 28 have boon released.

DAY BY DAY.

LOCAL SHIPPING,

MACAO'S SENATOR.

(Our Own Correspondent)

Macao, Deo. 13. -

BAD WEATHER CONTINUES. HEARTY WELCOME BACK,

The Danish East Asiatic Com pany's Diesel moter ship Malaya And the Hamburg-Amorican Line's steamer Pfalz, Captain Pritzel, both arrived yesterday Macao bas just given a hearty morning from Singapore and wont welcome to Mr. F. A. de Silva, alongside at Kowloon. These Senator for Macao, and family two powerful vessels both report who have returned from Lisbon. vorough passages from Singa- There was a large gathering on There is no marked change in pare, and although each of them the wharf to great the Sonator the local Share Market to day, is capable of making over 11 knots and his family, and it wae with the most notable rise being

an hour, they were rarely able to great difficulty that the party Wharves, which are quoted at make more than seven knots passed through the throng of $217 salos and buyers.

Sir Claud Sovorn is to distribute the prizes at Salyingpun School on the 30th instant.

饰觯

.

His Lordship said that it was an action by the payos against The accoptor, and the admitted facis were that the bill was! received from Swatow unstamped.j It was prosented and accepted, but, on presentation for payment, payment was refused. It bore an adhesiva stamp, which was not there cancelled.

The defendant argued

that the bill having boon pro- sented bofore

A fall of oarth buried. a coolie cancellation of the

it stamp, followed

The evidence at Mongkok yesterday. Life was that under Section 11 (4) of the was deemed insufficient to con-extinct when the coolio act which said "an instrument, vict.

evontually dug out, and the body the stamp duty of which is The mon released include Mak-was taken to the Mortuary, denoted by an adhesive stamp. ramobeid and two other Deputios. shall not be deemed to be stamped The Ministry of the Intorior untors such stamp bas been intends further to charge Muk. cancelled," that the instrument ramobeid with making incendiary was not stamped. It could not speeches. therefore be put in as ovidonce. The remainder of the arrested manager has

His Lordship said he did not mon will appear in court to-goods and money to the value of think the Logislatura intended morrow. The authorities are of nearly $5,000. to bar remedies for over an opinion that investigations into

an instrument bearing

the tho

was

against the strong N: E. gale and admiring friends, A recoption the heavy son and ourront. Both was held at the Maoso Club, several apoechos word vessels being extremely strong where

One of the speakers and seaworthy, no damage was delivered. done to either the ships or their was Mr. Pires de Castro, who

eloquently praised Senator Silva- cargo.

The Admiral Oriental liner for his work in the Old Country: President Jefferson arrived this and the latter suitably replied. morning from Manila at 10.30a.m. The propriotross of a firm of and also had rough woathor,

The Kongmoon steamer Tai inseed oil dealers at Aberdeen bas notified the police that her Lee was finished at the Taikoo absconded with decks on Saturday and left for

Kongmoon.

$1,500 FINE.

POSSESSION OF OPIUM. The American fraighter West Sequano arrived this morning at

A married woman, living at No. 10a.m. and reports bad weather 108 Woosung Street, wae to-day outrage are proceeding

A Tokyo telegram to the Daily north of hero.

fined $1,500 for possession of 124 appropriate atanip. In the present antisfactorily but the enquiry Bulletin, says tho death is For allowing their boats to lietsole of oplum which was found case the stamp had been cancelled will necessarily be prolonged.announced of Lieut-Genoral inshore off Eastern Street during concealed in various parts of before it was put in as uvidence, Reuter

Aoki, ex-Military Attacho at prohibited hours, 19 boat poople furnituro in a cublelo occupied by Poking and ex-Adviser to the ware each fined $5 or five days hor. Chinese Government,

and in his opinion that was all that was necessary.

Judgment would be given for the plaintiffs on the claim with. costs.

Mr. F. E. Nach appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. W. B. Hind defended.

London, Deo, 14: Reforring to the oplum dead- lock at Geneva, tho Observer say a La fournal says that in tho that, in the supposed into rest of: course of a conversation with M. convention already reached, to| Clementel, the Minister of Fin- which experts attach vory little ance, yesterday,” Mr. Auston value, the discussion of tho Chamberlain stated the British British-Amarloan proposals sub- overnment would roserve its mitted by дп axcoptionally doclsion with regard to the authoritative American delega- EX-SERVICE MEN TO JOIN

Gionova protocol until the Dom- tion is being resisted. inlone had been consulted.

THE AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT.

UNION.

SCHELDT MISHAP.

SHIPS IN COLLISION.

by the Marine Magistrate this The story sho frat gave the morning. The masters of two police was that the drug was left There returned by the s.s.cargo boats were fined a like sum bobind by a man who had gone Heptor yesterday the Hon. Mr. for allowing their boats to obstruct to son, but at the Kowloon P. H. Holyoak, Miss Joyce the Wing Lok Stroot steps.

Magistracy this morning, when Holyoak, Mr. J. Kinnaird, Mr. A. A wireless message has boon sho was charged before Mr. E. W. D. Keigwin, Mr. H. M. Steigb, received by the Harbour Office Hamilton, defendant denied ali The American steamer Man-Mr. W. J. Hawker and Mr. H. hero from the Cavite station, knowledge of the opium.

W. Ray.

atating that ae sording to a report Mr. Fitzroy appeared for the hatton Island, outward bound.

made by the s.8. Oshfa, the San dofence. being instructed by and the Gorman motor-boat

Nicolas Light was not burning Messrs. Loo and Russ. Bhoinfand, bound from Antwerp A price of rock from a blasting on the 14th, instant- to China, came into collision in charge at Tolograph Bay yester

Flushing, Deg. 14.

the River Scheldt. The damage day crashed through the roof of to the former is unknown. Thoa matshod and fall on the back of latter is only slightly damaged a coolie, who was stooping over and proceeds on its voyago a cooking chotty. The man was romoved to the Government Civil Hospital in a sorious condition.

The contro of the resistance is M. Clemontol declared that India's British representativo,

Melbourne, Dec. 14. Franco had no intention of sotti- presumably instructed

The basis of the settlement of Reuter, from ing her debts with America with Whitohall. That is not a position the shipping strike is an agros. out consulting/Britain.-Reuter. Įwo can croditably maintain under

ment that the Sydney Ex-Service the keen Horutiny of American Labour Bureau be abolished by and world opinion. "We trust February 28, and that the bureau that carly instructions will be members bo allowed to join the Its abandonmont." Waterside Workors' Foderation Reuter...

with full union benefits.

All orders and awards of tho arbitration court must be oboyed.

SPANISH RETREAT. sont for

FRENCH ENQUIRY,

Paris, Doo. 14. Tho Petit Parisien's Madrid correspondant understands that

CHILEAN POLITICS.

Santiago do Chille, Doo. 14. - France has asked · ́Spain ber The Cabinet has rosigned and intentions with regard to the part the military junts has boon die of Spanish Morocco which the solved. Reuter's American Ber Spanish troops are ovacuating. vice.

GERMAN CABINET.

LOCAL GOLF.

DEAF AND DUMR.

PROBLEM FOR POLICE. f FINAL NEXT SUNDAY. The dumb Chinese who was The final of the Golf Champion. charged with theft of $225 from a ship will bo played at Farling on passongor of the 8.8. Shan Tung Sunday next starting at 0.40 a.m. Dr. R.M. Ross and Dr. Mar- on the 4th. inst., was discharged Those interested are informed garet Taylor wore united in by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the, that the 8.35 train from Kowloon marriage on Thursday avoning Kowloon Magistracy this mora- will be in good time for the start. Doc. 11th, at the home of the ing. The doctor of Victoris Gaol bride at Lafayette Compound, testified to the defendant's dumb- Western Suburbs, Canton. The noss boing genuine, and he was The German Ainbassadors in ceremony Was performed by also, in the doctor's opinion, doat, In the event of future disputes London, Paris and Romo have the bride's uncle, Dr.. Charlos Inspector Angus raid that ho thero shall be no stoppages or boon summoved to Berlin to report Taylor of New York, Dr. Ross did not think that defendant sympathetlo'' strikes · until the views of Britain, France and is physician at the Kerr Hospital could be banished as he would decision has been taken by a Italy with regard to the construe for the Insane and Dr. Taylor is not understand the order and if properly constituted body. tion of a now Gorman Cabinet.-- a tokohor at the Hackett Madical he returned it could not be cons-Tampereure à pas dB Reuter,

Reuter,

College.

in the letter and spirit.

OUTSIDE OPINION SOUGHT.

Berlin, Dec. 14.

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 28. 4. 7/10/ Lighting Up-Time 5.41: p.m. Barometer 2pm. 30.06