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The

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UNDER 1801 No. 11,167

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七十月弍十英港香

WEDNESDAY,

NORTH POINT SCHEME.

ASPECTS OF A BIG TASK.

A GROWING CAMP OF

INDUSTRY.

hillsides. Undar

the

PROTECTING HOUSES.

DECEMBER 17,

1924

MOTOR COLLISION. KALGAN LOOTED.

EUROPEAN INJURED AT

GARDEN ROAD.

A European Rovonue Officer, whose naine is not given in a roport received by the polico, mot with. an accident yesterday whon the motor cycle on which ho was riding came into collision with the G. O. 0.'s car at Garden Road, near the Military Detention

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TROOPS MUTINY.

FOREIGN PROPERTY DAMAGED.

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ART EXHIBITION,

HONGKONG'S AMATEUR

ARTISTS.

The annual exhibition of work by members of the Hongkong: Art Club has been hold to-day at the Holona May Instituto, maný visitors attending the view,

occupied by a busy industrial was being experienced through car was being driven by a soldiorrocantly boon informed that bobo artists who lack both a sense

camp.

in all directions and from every the force of the detonation was aldo have sprung up huts and such that the danger of flying engine houses-all just so many missiles was in some measure un cogs in the mighty machinery that is to win back a parcel of avoidable. However the problem was solved for the tenants by the Whatovor little regret may bocaging in of the exposed parts of thoir houses with wire netting,

land from the sea.

folt at the disappearance of one and on their part the Company of the Colony's beauty spots, the found it novossary to use heavy bright anticipation of the hopes the charges.

SCOTTISH GAMES.

SOMETHING NEW FOR

HONGKONG.

-136 PER ANNUM

Rsti--Ford Tych T

$45

8911-Light Cars,

$80

9313-Heavy targ

For 12-Volt Motor Cars:

667 K-Dodge Type

489

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LDT.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247,

33, Wong Nel Ohung-Road Happy Valley,

A MOTOR-CAR FREE.

NEW

TELEGRAPH

"

COMPETITION.

TO COMMENCE NEXT MONDAY.

Fontiment Boon gives way tochaine and wire notting to covor Mr. R. G, Showan in donating the looters controlled the Telegraph/been given tho noco, aary carefultian, there will appear daily in

Thanks to the gonorosity of

Koo Chong Cup for Inter-platoon

many

are wise in rosolving to give up

this particular Competition and roplace it by one which has many · more attractive aspects.

The space at the disposal of

How would you like to bujand brightor contest. It will be Poking, Doa, 16th. those who wore in charge of tho To enter nowadays on that drilling by hand gives way to

Boarocly large prosented with a 1925 five-pass-recalled that towards the end of stretch of the main road extend-mechanical and scientific devices,

General Chang Hei-yuan's banging was ing from the Electric Power Drills are worked by comprosaod Plant to the Sugar Refinery at air brought in pipon from the gon-

The mishap occured at the Fourth Mixed Brigade mutinted enough, having regard to the enger special model Dodge motor- last season, wo ware compelled to

number of pletures hung-two Quarry Bay is to come upon a grative machinery; and in the BOUND of unusual activity, con- holos deeply barod into the solid notion of a path loading from yesterday and carried out looting small rooms having to accom car in time for the coming delay publishing the results of our

General's quarters with

120 summer season! The Telegraph |Fontball Competition until the trasting with the quietness of rock are placed the dynamite the

hindrando rather than a bolp to it has made arrangements by the huge batohos' of coupons former days when vegetation still charge. The pieces of granits Garden Road. Going up the in Kalgan all night long, but their modate something liko luxuriated in abundance on the thus dislodged from the foll are incline, the motor cycle collided activities terminated this morn-plete, and the result was a is to-day happy to announce that Tuesday in each week, owing to

oho who tied to discriminato

had to be ohocked. hillsides to gladden the eyes of then hown to a uniform size. A with the car, which was coming ing.

Legation telegrama received between the marile of the respec-which this will be the first prize which

tivo exbiblis. The suggestion in a new Competition open to all | Again: this- sbason our the passing motorist and the number of these comented to-round the corner. Tho. Revenue bather could enjoy his dip and gothor come out of the yard in Officer was thrown from his be still at onse in quiet surround- the form of 60-ton blocks that go machine. Fortunately, his in this evening state that no foreign can honestly be made that if

minor juries were of only ings. This aspect has now to make up the quay wall.

nature and it was not found lives wore lost, but much damage there are as many picturos next our readers—a Competition which staff has been confronted with a Add to this the fact should be found. changed as pick and dynamite

necessary to detain him at the was done to both Chinese and year, increased accommodation is simplicity itself and which like task, constantly growing

involves no undue calls on either heavier. are at work on the once picturus- It was explained to a Telegraph Government Civil Hospital where foreign property.

The merits of the pictures ox- the time or monoy of those taking that the prize baa, on several raporter who visited the soone yes-ho was taken. The motor cycle

Gonoral Chang Hei-yuan is tend over a wide range, some

accasions, had to be divided onslaughts of an army of men, torday that a difficulty which had was not much damaged.

being decidedly good whilst part. At the time of the accident, the Tutung of Chabar, and he had others are the attempts of would- the hills are gradually recoding retarded the progress of the work

amonget

competitors, This new Competition is inland, and tho vacated дгор

thereby reducing the, roward for take the placo of our the proximity of dwelling houses, and it had no other occupants.

would be superseded shortly. He of colour values and the ability to

acourato forecasting, and wo to draw. Good drawing must be weekly football forecasting con- think it will be agreed that wo Railway lines run criss-cross However carefully the explosive charges might be covered over,

ronchod Poking yesterday and

an accomplishmont of any who bin troops were left at Kaidan, would essay the task of painting a test which will be discontinued as Apparently he did not know what ploture, and in no carping spiritwo from this week. It commoncos suggest that many of those whose on Monday next and continues to expect.

offorts wore on view to-day would Latest reports show that all is do well to study much oloser the uaill April 25th, 1925. The result drawing side of their work. Por will be announced on May Day, quiet.

spective and outline (taking the During the period of the coinpoti. There are indications that the oxhibition ana w lo) had not

attention, though thoro wore the Telegraph a special soupon com-some notable exceptions.

and all that competitors have to Taking the exhibitors and do is to collect as many of these their pictures in thoir catalogue order, Mr. C. Paake coupons as possible and sond Anderson had the best display in them in to this office. the exhibition. The whole of his

To the competitor forwarding savon works possessed artistry, the view of Tai Mo Shan, from the highest number of coupons, by competitors. All that you the top of Tsin Wan Hill, and the new 1925 model Jvo-passenger have to do is to make a point of view from No. 298 the Poak, being Dodge car will be presented: the collecting as many coupons, as Before the Legations received ospacially good. He makes a

Ad. discriminato use of colour and his scoond prize will be a handsome you can. If you procure the jany nows the Postal

gramophone; whilst a now model highest number, you will be given 1-A Sports Meating, to be held ministration received a telegram drawing is correct,

Mrs. Aubrey has thirteen ox-typewriter will be given the at a date to be fixed some time in stating that cash and stamps to hibits, most of them being garden third prize. There will be no two other attractivo prizes are a brand new motor car, whilst

ing wharves had been thrown engineer's plane convey a cloar February or Marcb.

a large amount had been taken and flower soonos in which strong over in favour of a long quay idea of the nature of the work 2-A Bowling Compotition.

and high colours are liberally entrance foo, and the compet-also being offered. Mako a point Football from three post offices in Kalgan, used. It is not easy to paint ition will be open to all Telegraph of entering this Competition from wall. According to present plana,

3-A Sovon-a-side in contemplation. this wall is to oxtond for tho It is gathered that first of all a Competition..

but not giving the oircumstances, sunlit garden scones, but Mer. whole of the sea-frontage to bo

For the sports meeting, the

have 'been the sondor, porhaps, thinking Aubroy successfully conveys the readers, whether they are sub- the very start. Systematic collec

tion of coupons may win you a reclaimed, to a distance of 1,700 deep tronch will have to be

excavated by dredging in the following evoats

flowers. Her colouring in the fest, with a sufficient depth of sea-bed along the foreshore, of & arranged:--100 yards, 220 yards, that the nowa of the looting warmth and tone of midsummar soribors or not,

In spite of the popularity of our magnificent motor car. water at low tide to accommodate sufficient depth to onable a good 440 yards, 880 yards, throwing would be known in advance.

two pioturos entitled "Harvest"

A proliminary announcement maritorious. whilat Football Competition, which is vory ocean-going liners.

foundation for the wall to be laid the hammer, putting the shot,

The Ministry of Communica

"Hollyhooks' Whilst a new district is boing on solid strata. The tronch is high jump, 120 yards hurdles,

ទ also well evidenged by the thousands of regarding the Competition will thus oponed up by the cutting then to be filled in with rubble rolay race, tug-of-war, and last tions at first thought that the executed.

coupons sent in weekly, we have be found on Page 11 of this issue. sway of the spurs in the hill

Mrs. Aucoit has only two decided to discontinue it, sub-Watch the Telegraph for further range hero, roclamation work at and the first of the layers of but not least, Eightsomo Reel.

on viow, Siloat the waterside has so far advanced ranita blocks built theroon. In Conditions have been laid down looting had been done by Ma Fu-

all there are five layers of 60-ton regulating the number of men hsinng's troops, who were return pictures

Sentinele" being a tree study stituting in its place this bigger dotails, as to enable the first huge block blocks (the weight and shape from caob Platoon who may ing from Juhol, but there is reason which shows promise. of the quay wall to be laid. This may vary a little); and looking compete in the various events." was done with appropriate pomp.

cross-section plan tho In the bowling competion, there to bollove that they passed through and ceremony towards the end of thickness of this granite wall will be two rinks of four mon Kalgan several days ago. In any last month when the first stago was marked in the work entrusted decreases from the foundation each from Platoons, whilst x caso, Chang Hai-yuan's troops

on

that are held out for the morrow; In the later stages of convey-competition in sports by the Office until their work was for the change that has come over the face of things at North anco, the huge blocks mentioned members of the Scottish Com- plotod.---Router.

abova are moved, on railway pany of the Dofonce Corps

MORE DETAILS. Point has in it the promise of carriages to a spocially construct- Hongkong will early next year bo

Peking, Dec. 16. A bigger prosperity for the

od jetty from which point they able to witness something in the Colony. We are reminded of the

Trains from Kalgan to-day benefits which will accrue to are transferred on barges to the nature of a big Scottish Games

The cup is to bo hold each year were stopped samo dietanos shipping and industry from the required spot. At all stages meeting.

whero fting power is required, completion of this big task.

Of the details of this North is cranes come into operation, by the Platoon gaining most this side of Kalgan.

Nature has well favoured the points, and a scheme has now the public has hitherto boon informed from time scheme in an abundance of good been drawn up on lines to provide At the considerable variety in contests. to time; but it was only quite granite in the locality. rocently that the fact was known moment it is not possible to stato Thore will be:- that the original project of build. the amount of granite and other

materials required; but

Point scheme

to

the Netherlands

Works Corapany.

JOINT LABOUR.

Harbour

nt a

until it measures only 14 foot at tures

the top. This airangmont makes for the for stability and greator strength A

of the wall. At low tide a dopth also boon worked out for all

.

of 32 feet will be available for contests, and no doubt the utmost

rivalry will prevail between the battalion of Chang Hsi-yuan's

vessels mooring alongside.

is

Mrs. Broyer has hung sight |

of which M.C.C. PLAY JUNIORS. water colours, alt possess a clearness that makes for austerity and unreality. The drawing is quite good.

HOBBS SCORES CENTURY.

Sydney, Doc 16.

.

We wish it to be understood that, the "Talograph" Motor. Car Competition is not a siunt donigbed for tho purpose of procuring new sub- eorlbors to the paper. As wo, say, it is open to all, whether (subscribers or not. Neither dood it involve any canvassing work

BITTEN BY DÓG.

will later be arranged

football competition. could have prevented Ma Fu

ANOTHER PEAK CASE. system of points has baiang's mon from looting.

Mrs. Byrd, who works in oil. Lator inforination says that one has seven pictures on view, the

Another Chinese servant on tho bort of which is undoubtedly In fine, cool weather, on an Peak was taken to the Govern "Biddy"-the study of a little easy wicket, Marylebone compil-ment Civil Hospital yesterday various Platoons for the honour Fourth Mixed Brigade started

girl. There is expression and ed 319 for 5, and declared. aftor an attack by a dog. He was of winning this handsome trophy the looting.

individuality in the face. No. 31 Hobbs contributed 114, Sutcliff bitton in both logs.

The dog belongs to Mr. Mac- The absence of foreign tele--"Kau Lung Shan Teng"-laoks 68, and Hondron 54.

perspective, but "Poinsettias". The Combined Juniors replied Kichan.. grams until lato this evening is unfinished) and "Tiddios Sloops" with 93 for 7, and the match was takon to indicate that the lootors saw that Mrs. Byrd can dol drawn.-Reuter. controlled the tolograph offico quite good work. unil their work was completod. -Daily Bulletin.

DEBT FUNDING.

AMERICAN COMMISSION

EXTENDED.

Washington, Doo. 15.

and

SMUGGLED SILK.

OPIUM CONTROL.

CONFERENCE NEAR AN

END.

Geneva. Dec 16, The second opium conference has adjourned until January 12. The British, Indian, Fronch and Dutch.delegations aro mala '

It should be explained hero that the enterprise is in the hands of two different contracting firms

500 WORKERS ON WALL. -that whilst the reclamation; work has boon entrusted to a Some 500 mon are employed Chinese company of local stand-for work in connection with tho ing, the more difficult task of construction of this wall alone, building the son-wall and carry-irrespective of those employed by for the ing out the dredging operations in the other contractor connection with it has boon con-roclamation work; and the area:

Mrs. C. 3. Browne has made tracted for by the Netherlands coming under the attention of the Harbour. Worka

quite a big contribution to the Harbour Works Company, which Netherlands

exhibition, no fower than twelvo can point to the construction of Company has asanmed the nature Chefob Harbour and the present and dimensions of a huge camp

[Kalgan is situato 110 miles of her works being hung: The favourite subject of High West roclamation project at Mauao as Here, within an area of a ball

The Senate as passed a Bill north-west of Poking and 's the has been well treated, whilst the amongst its recont uchiovemonta, mile square, are located the officer Commoneing from August of of the Company, a plint for extending the life of the Americus eblof emporium of the mose view of Lan-Tao from Mount CANADIAN PRECAUTIONS. this your, two yura are gen rating nonprossed air, Foreign Dob!-Funding Conde

are both distinctly good.

Ottawa, Deu. 16;- stipulated in the contract for pumping station for bringing in slon for two years, enter to trade with Mongolia Kelleit and the study of Bamboos

Siboria, It commands the main

Miss Crawford also makes a The Canadia Premier has pre- completion of the roa-wall at a soa-water for the mixing of con-1 American Service. coat to Mr. Kwik Djiong--ng, the urote, workshops for the ami hs,

road from Poking to Mongolia big addition, showing ton pictures, mised a deputation representing taining their reservations regard FRENCH LIABILITY.

the American proposal. originator of the sebuma, at awoll-built quartors of wood and|

and is in railway communication The aulours gonorally choren are Montreal and Toronto silk manuing their competence to deal with fraction short of two million structural iron for the toilors, and.

Washington, Dec. 16.

Dr. Sze said he hoped the 100 heightened and not subdued facturers that the Government first-aid: In the House of Repr-sent- with Pekingl dollars. Meantime the work ha-last but not least, a

or suggestive-enough, but there is will take effective measures to Powers possessing extra-torrit- distinct promise in this oxhibitor's prevent smuggling of silks into orial privileges in China would beon fairly entered upon, with hospital for any who may happen|atives vir. Crlap, a member of Debt Funding

the Dominion. Router's American endearuto harmonise them, that thorough regard for details of to be injured in the ourse of their the American

Tho thirteen pioturos by Mrs. Bervice. organization which promises wall work. It is with pardonable Commission, announced that no proposal for

Gomperta ATO

or moro prido that the officials of the offivil, comoroto for the success of the project.

Iras meritorious, but tho bost To begin with, the Netherlands Company can point to the abs roetanding the Franch war debt hadi

work has boen roached in Harbour Works Company has laid] · itherto of aori un mishaps with heon bronchad hitherto, but the

the little miniature of Deep down a plant for the rapid curry-in their own ares of operations, Commission hoped that such it Wan

MORE PLATITUDES.

Water Bay. A bo'd attempt has paint a view in the Botanical endeavouring to cumplete the. ing out of the quarrying; operation and they hope for a ling continu- would materialiso, OB

Gardens. desirous of negotiating a sotilo, of anoe of this immunity.

bea mado to rouder Hongkong The old-fashioned method

ment.

Among the other axhibitors; aro Moscow, Dee. 16, at Night from the Kowloon sido, He expressad the opluton that

The British rado union de-and a very praiseworthy attempt Miss E. Ganghegan, Mrs. do Martin, Mrs. H. K. Prouser, Miss without respect to stops taken by the funding arrangomonts with other nationa.

Britain should be the basis for legation, headed by Mr Proell, it is.

Mr. Waltor Lang has four A. Wade and Mr. R. W. Stoddart, Ho deemed a Congressional agreements with other debtor liss loft Loningrad for England.

It was presented boforu, dewa ur colour views which would the last-named having thres vory enquiry into the condition of the nations. Navy unnecessary, as the annual An animated debate ensued as parture with addresxus, ut the no dʊust show up to much better unconventional studios extremely Waubington, Doo. 16.

There are some really splendid President Coolidge in a state-investigations in conanotion with regards the British attitude to headquarters of the Soviet unions, advantage, if bung - better woll executed, ment to-day said he desired for the Navy Appropriation Bill were wards the settlement of inter- hoping for an early attainment of light than where they were. Amotion a navy adequate for the sufficient-Reuter's American Allled debts-Router's American unity in the Labour movement. Mr. Pattenden's best ploture of photographs by Mr. C. L. Packe

Service.

six in his rather bold venture inta and Mas, G. M Servico. delenge of the country only,

U.S. NAVY.

NO SPECIAL MEASURES.

LABOUR UNITY.

Reuter,

Javork.

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with the Chinese laws in order to assist China in carrying out ttie Hague provisions,

Various subcommittees ATS work by: tho. end of the week. Reuter,

TO-DAY,

Closing Exchange 28. 4. '1/16;

Up-Time 5:48

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