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IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.

he "Lingnam's" Fortunate

Escape.

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號三月正英推售

WEST RIVER PIRATES.

SATURDAY,

BEING WATCHED BY NAVY.

FLIGHT OF OFFICIALS.

LIMCHOW FALLS.

New Troops Arrive on Scene.

(Our Chen Correspondent.)

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Piratos still continue to show rivor the activity between Hongkong and Kong- moon, but thanke to British naval vigilance, they have not recently been able to effect any big coups, On New Year's Day, a Japan- UHO stoam launch arrived at Kongmoon after an attempted

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The New Year epemed to have. boon colobrated with more than the usual amount of onthusiasm by certain members Shortly before midnight last

of the

From an account of the recent Japanese colony, for throp of them London Society Cage Bird Show ight, a conflagration started on

Lawas, Holaware, Jan. 2. 8.8. Lingnam, lying in Hong-

were brought up bofore tho I loarn. that the fashionablo Limehow, Dec. 27.

A firo about the Clyde liner Cantral Magistraton this morning, colour for canaries is no longor g harbour, which for a time The Christmas season has soon

eighteen of her Mohawk has boon extinguished charged with branches of the yellow but whito. This intelli- roatened to assume serious pro-another change of government piracy The pirates got after exciting acenos.

tions, The vessel, which is bere, but happily it has, so far, passengers.

The fire started in the after bold peace. In one case, Fukuyama genes, I fear, will greatly perturb little loot, vory

Haryoabi, whilst in the conditionato purobaears of yellow canaries Emmanded by Capt. W. Woston, beoo accomplished without very away

owned by the Ching Wha much bloodshed in the immediato bacauso the launch had hardly and spread to the after saloon. produced by: liquor, walked into who wore not advised of the com-

hor The 270 passengers donned life- vigation Company and is om- neighbourhood of the city, though y

not of the belts in roadiness to take to the taller's shop at Lootung Stroot, ing change in fashion, and now yed in the South American there has been stern fighting not wealthy class. H. M. S. Moorhen lifeboats. A high gale and driving jackets and throw the top of unfashionable birds. This suggests ripped up half-a-dozon jackota find themselves atuck with de, via Australia

far away, When the victors of

aowing machine out of tho to me that a lucrativo livelihood The fire appears to have started last year's fighting, who camo as afterwards escorted the launch snowstorm forced the vessel to

taka refuge in Delaware Bay, Five window. Not content with

in awaiting the person who can und the furnaces and is said opponents of the Sun Yat-son from Kongmoon to Yung Koo..

stabbod H. M. S. Robin sank two tugs wont to assist her, and a thie, ho

tailor bavo baon caused by leakage regime, about four months ago

devise a safe and spoedy mothod outsor finally took off the passen in the forearm. After those of bleaching osaarice, and to this gasoline waste. The vesmado poace with that party, ono pirate

Bailam Bors-Renter's American service.detaile had been given by Sorgt end I have been consulting my oil-burner, of the three loaders stood out surprised

Lowes, later.

O'Donovan, who had been sum-loarned and astoomed friend, the danger was immediately against the change, and took up Channel not very long ago.

The Mohawk has been beached moned post-haste to the district, Professor Barmion lised by all aboard, and help a hostilo attitude. "Whether this

A

current

Crumpott, amongst hore.-Reuter's American Service. Mr, J. R. Wood to-day imposed a F.Z. S., who has for many years 8. at once summoned. The shows that he was B man of Chinese shipping poopla is that MISSING VESSELS.

sentence of one month's hard beon experimenting to remove ra Brigade soon came along-bighar principles than the others, West River piratos have sont|

Mexico City, Jan. 2. labour on the charge of stabbing, the ugly black stripes from zobras. le with two, of their floats, ono cannot say. This Goneral, lettora to native shipowners Attempts are being made to and

ilet the Empress of Canada Tan Poon-yan, has remained with of the Hongkong-Wuchow run locate the steamship Tamaulipas, property his Worship ordered is no bleaching agent known that for damaging the tailor's Ho tells mo, however, that thoro d the Empress of Asia rendered | bis forcen somewhere to the east demanding $1,000 "safe conduct" with two hundred passengers that a sum of $40 be paid over to can be administerod to canarios prociated help by nonding of Linchow, in the north of the money from each boat. Local aboard; also five schooners, which the tailor as compensation, with without making them cough and Amps and fire extinguishers on Luichow Peninsula, not far from companies, whon approached loft Vora Cruz on Dec, 23 for Gulf a further $10 for personal injury, seriously impairing their voices,

ard. Luckily, the fire was got Onpo, For some wooks thore by our representative, noither ports,

Failing the paymont of these and suggests that a more satis ider control at about 12,30 a.m., have been rumours of fighting out confirmed nor denied the ropert. It le foured all have been lostume, his Worship said that a factory Lo damage dono not, boing very that way, but nothing vory

in gales.-Reuter, rious. Fortunately, thora were certain was known about it.

oaчualtios.

Last Monday (Doc. 22) the fight- Tho Lingnam has alreadying was said to be getting nearer, tumenced loading cargo again, but it was quite a surprise when, id the manager of the Company on Tuesday morning. all the dr. Charles W. Mok) states that officials of Limehow ran away e vessel will sail on the fit with General Lam Chan-tong at

accordanco

their head. They flod in the! her details supplied by the early hours of the morning, and

A correspondent writing all through the forenoon thoro perintendent of the Firo

states Decembor 30

that Brigade (Mr. Brooks) show that was a constant procession of Lai- from Wuchow under dato

tsal (the pirate families of Lui- potbrouk was located in tho

Kwong Fook Choong on rward stokehold, whore oil Chow, hired us soldiers), in at the

East Gate of the city and out at provious Sunday wont ashore & the vessel should have been in twice her draught, which was less than a ship's length from where she stuck. On Christmas day, The shops remained shut allowing to some unknown cause,

letant, in

odulo.

with

WUCHOW NEWS.

STATE OF THE RIVER.

GLEN LINER'S S.0.S.

London, Jan, 2. An event of the gule on the British coast was a Hastings wireless amateur ploking up a S.O.S. from the Glan liner Glen- sanda, bound from Shanghai for Hamburg, stating that she was drifting and out of gutral thirty smiles south of Bos by Hoad, with a crow of sixty, mluding inang Chinese.

A tug is proceeding from New

later wirelessed saying sho did not require assistance for the prosent.Reuter,

of

the

tho

other sentence of a month was to bo sorved.

method would be to frighton them soverely, when in a single night. they would probably turn white

Yano Shoji, a merchant, was in fostivo mood when be called on certain of his compatriots at

Ho further informs mo that ho another house in Leotung Stroot. has tried this method with his They offered him ask. Ho experimental Zobra with not declined, and had the bad taste altogether unfavourable résulte : to throw the liquor about. He but as the creature has now was already become quarrelsome to the extout that he broke tho furniture of the place and was at length put out by a sorvant. Roturning later with a knife, ho the arrival of Sergt. O'Donovan brought

hich had accumulated in the the West Gate, going on to Chunefow miles balow Wuchaw, where haven to assist the vossol, which ramped all over the floor until

iges between the boilera and the Kong How.

tanks was involved. Groat culty was experienced in gat-'

g a hose from the No. 1 firolloat

the spot affected, owing to the

AN EXPLOSION.

HEAVY SNOWFALL.

New York, Jan. 2. Like England. New York has

gles betweon, but eventually day, but there was no disturbance, the Kwong Ying, when bound is was done and the stokched The only looting done was in the down stream, struck rock on hean the victim of the wildest as flooded with water. Little deserted Yamens, from which the the port side close to a well-weather, snow driven by a sixty nago was dono, this bolug local poor people removed all that marked channel and had to be milo-an-hour gale rapidly filling rgely confined the stoolplates was left behind, in the customary beached; whilst on Sunday the the trusts and rendering walking Soon after mid-day three Shing Cheong, whon in the same virtually impossible. Six thousand Busted above the patch of oil in way. hich the flames originated. The men poking round the Military vicinity, kept too far on the other snow plough workers are itbreak is attributed to the over Yamen found a small store of sido and grounded on the sand. bilisod, but it is expected the snow sating of the boiler or to a buck-gunpowder and accidentally blew So that at one time there ware will be some six inches deep to re therefrom.

themselves up with it. One of them three steamers aground in sight night, making suburban dwellers' was killed at once, one lingered of one another.

homegoing a difficult task.- Reuter's American Service.

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

WU PEI-FU'S ARMS AND

on for some hours in agony

The writer status that it is not with all his clothes and skin burnt off him, while the third correct that the Wuchow Harbour Mantor is residing temporarily at was able to got away. The retreating army of Lai-tsai looked Do Sing, but in order to facilitate. more like boggars than soldiers, shipping a Customs Station in many being dressed in blankets, charge of a foreign officer has and all with very ragged clothes, boon established there. He will the lightening of Hankow, Jan. 2, According to their custom, there superviso Marshal Wu Pei-fu is romain-were many women and children Vessels to allow them to cross ing at Tachimon station. His with them, and several load the Second Bar, and also tho troopa are now estimated at over carriors took away idols in shipment of cargo sont down by

Kilded wooden boxes with glass boat from Wuchow.

a thousand.'

TROOPS.

Flis train carries five goods fronts. are, said to be laden with arma Ind ammunition-Reuter.

A MOVE THAT FAILED.

A

PRISONERS SET FREE,

Reports that the water is lower than for ten years aro not quite true, provious figuros All through the afternoon there being February, 1917, olevan was a lull; the city was without inches below zoro; March. 1918, Bhanghai, Jan. 3.

responsible authority in one foot two inches bolow zoro: any Reports from Sunkiang indicate that General Ghen Lo-hsan's power, and people were wonder- February, 1920 two inches below olovon movement against Gon. Suning what was going to happon zero; December, 1924, Chuan-fang has been practically next. The morchants had early inches below zero.

Othor ships than the Gon and dissipated, and that thore are sont a deputation to General possibilition of the trouble ending Tang Poon Yan asking him to the Dilly now reach Wuchow, as come on quickly to take control there are arrivala avery day from within a day or two.

General Sun Chuan-fang has of the city, and about 5 p.m. the Hongkong and Canton, draught ained the advantage by first at-advance guard of the victors came at present being limited to 7 foot acking, and appears to have in and took possession, greatly & inches. retained it in subsequent fighting to the relief of the citizons, who which has not boon serious, had feared an attack by brigande Reuter,

in their defenceloss condition.

A RESTRICTED AMNESTY, Three or four of the retreating

Poking, Jan. 2. | Lai-teai, who had lost their way, gambling was going on at the

A mandate grants an amnesty had the misfortune to encounter street atally.

to all prisonera excepting ox-

the nowcomore and wore prompt-

President Taao Kun, who must ly shot, but there was no fighting.

face a public trial. The Mem- One of the first acts of the now-

taken off.

PURSUIT CONTINUES.

Christmas Day passed quietly,

bors of Parliament concerned in comers was to liborate prisoners and before ovoning some of the Word leaving their Tsao Kun's election, who will be from the jail, and I saw severa! soldiers placed before the forthcoming of thom walking away down the billets in private houses, schools, aational conference, and offen-main street with the chains still and temples, and wore going on lors charged

on their legs, presumably going again in pursuit of Lam Chan- with robbory, murder, tape, arson and breaking to a blacksmith to have them tong. It is said that the latter Sho dykos, are also

may got help from Kwangsi to excopted. The mandate nays the distur Next day, all day long, soldiers win back his little kingdom, but} pances during the last thirtoon poured into the city, and, in moanwhile Limehow is quito yoarn and the abusos for which marked contrast to the rabble happy aslong as present conditions the military have been respon. that had fled, these mon looked last. Of General Shan Po-Faan blo, have resulted in the do-quito businessliko, in proper nothing is known at present; It stitution of the people, and many uniforms, and armed mostly with has been said that he went away Sersons have been lod to offend ristols with long wooden stocks, to Yamshow some wooks ago, in of the kind that is popular in order to avoid the shame of fight- JA general amnesty is proclain-Chineso armies. Walking through ing against his old friend Tong his ed to mark the opochal event in the streets that ovaning, I saw Foon-yan, who the lives of the people and in the the new soldiers spending money aid last year, and helped him to history of the Cuinodo Republic. freely, paying for what they took; win his present position, before Another mandato abolishes the the barbers. especially, did a Lam Chan-teng appeared on tho College of Marshals.—Reuter. - roaring trade, and a good deal of scene at all.

Brainst the lawa.

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to

MOTOR CAR FREE.

mo.

THIS WEEK'S COUPONS.

Roadors taking part in our Motor Car Competi- tion are reminded that their coupons for this wook must be sont into this offico not later than Wednesday. 7th instant. The last of the coupona for this wook appears on Pago 4 of this lasuo.

Competitors can sond in as many solutions of each skoloton word as they choose, but each must be separate coupon. Thoy oan oven "plump" for one word each day, it they so desire, forwarding several coupons with the samo solution on it, and if this happene to be the corroot word they will get one point oredited for each coupon sont in.

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Unco more we wish to Daauro our readers that they nood not nook for out-of-the-way words, as no offort is boing mado to ronder tho Competition difficult in this way. Tho words selected are in all instancos simple Op08. The simpler you mako your solutions, the bottor will bo your chant of win- ning one of the three big prizes, offered.

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 28, 9.-13/10 Lighting Up-Time 5.52 p.m.,

Bomo measure of sobriety. As it was, he WAB charged before Mr. N. L. Smith,

He was

at the Police Court this morning grown accustomed to his sudden- when it was explained to him

ly pouncing out from behind that drunkenness was no excuse doors and shouting Boo!" It in the English law.

now suffers his efforts without fined $25 for possession of the turning a hair. dagger and a similar sum was to be pald ovor ordered

com- as compensation to the plainant for the damage to his furniture.

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COMBAT COMMUNISM.

done the kitchen is a device for lifting

STERN SERBIAN MEASURES

Belgrade Jan. 2.

A racont invention for use in

down jars from the top shelves of the lardor and pantry. A lady friond of mine whose attention 1 directed to the mattor Informs mo somo years sho has possessed an infallible ono. He is at prosont in bed with the measles.

that for

Fair pillion-rider: That was

A first-olaus political sensation a big building we just passed 1 has been created by a Govern- The scorobor: Big building? mont doardo ordering the dis- That was Manchester! solution of the Radich Croatian peasants' party, on the ground. that the party has allied itself with Commanism.

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An osteomed contemporary has boen offoring prizes to its readers The decreo orders the confls- for the best authenticated inst- cation of the party's archivos and ancos of absentmindedness. tho immediato arrest of the have refrained from ontoring the executive, and forbids its mom-competition because the idea of bors to hold posts in the public winning money through the un- sarvioes or onter Parliament.-fortunate mental lesion of a Reuter,

friend is repugnant to mo; horo aro the facts.

SOUTH AFRICAN

TEST.

A CLOSE MATCH.

Durban, Jan. 2, The weather was hot, and thoro

was a small attendance on the

Test boing resumed. The wicket was good.

Mr. Jool's eleven scored 285, Nupen taking 5 for 65.

I one day ontored the Ameri- can bar at Romano's, and there et.countered an old schoolfollow whom I hadn't seen for years. At his urgont invitation I agreed to join him in a cocktail. In due course the shakor handed over the invigorating fluid, when, without an instant's hesitation, my friend plunged his hand into his pocket and gave the man half-a-

crown.

What you don't soo It? Well, porhaps ought to have mention- South Africa roplled with 206 od before that I wont to school for 7, Taylor contributing 109, at Abordeon. not out.

Reuter.

HOME "SOCCER",

LATEST LEAGUE RESULTS.

London, Jan. 2, In the Northorn section of the Third Division, of the English Football Leaguo, to-day's matches resulted as follows:- Ashington... 4 Rochdale. 3 Darlington.... 3 Halifax Town 0

* Reuter,

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Several tabla knives have lately boon stolen from a certain Rowton House in the north of London.

It is rumoured that detḍatives aro olosely scrutinsing the pre-

GRILL

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• TWISTED TALES

senté displayed at fashionable weddings.

A fashion journal statos that the winter soason's costumes are to be a blond of goveral different materials. Thank hoavon, my office coat will be in fashion at last!

*

I have just heard a story of the rosent Rat Weok. A man enterod tramcar. boaring a closed wicker basket into which ho kept taking anxious poeps at frequent intervals. His behaviour aroused the curiosity of a

pasaonger sitting opposite, who, at length unable to restrain hie inquisitivo- noan, leant across and asked his follow-travellor what the baskot contained.

"It's like this," said the owner of the basket. "I've got a brother wot's bin took bad and badtor goter bod, and. 'o'a bin com- plainin that 'o's overrun with rata wot como and sit on tho bed posts and gnash their tooth at 'im. This boin' Rat Wook I'm takin' this 'ero mongoose along o' me to kill 'om far' im."

“But," said the inquisitive ono, with a superior smile, "those rats your brother sees aren't real rats, you know,"

"Woll, between ourselves," tha other remarkod, "nor ain't this a real mong3080."

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If you missed the opening chapter of my splendid new serial- story you can start reading it to- day. It won't make any differ enco. So mastorly is its construc- tion that you can, commeдco reading it at any time, in any place. You can read it back- warde, eldoways, upside down. It is just as intelligible as when read in the usual manner.

KNOCK-KNEED KNORA:

(or, the Girl who took the Wrong Umbrella.

SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER 1.

Lord Hammond Egg, dishonest taploca broker, bas fallon violently in love with his ward,

Gwladwys Goop, a boautiful girl, but a socrot, Arinker of cad- livor oil, a vico to which sho has boon Introduced by the sinistor

Wun Long Kow, a Chinese chopstick-poliehor, who runs a Mah Jongg holi, Gwladwys is seen leaving his promises by Paroy Pilch, a dashing young athloto, who is Captain of the Y.M.C.A. apolling-bao team. Ho Books to woo Gwladwys from the doadly drug by giving hora blood-orange, but in doing so is knocked down by a runaway steam-roller.

CHAPTER 11..

Marmaduke Mivvers made no reply, but moraly laughed as he handed his aunt into the waiting motorcar, though why he laughed ho could not say.

(Norcan. I ot the moment. The synopsis has taken up so muchi space that I have no room for any moro this week 'But look out for) a specially long and thrilling ins stalment next week 1)

"One of the groatost cursos of modern life," says a writer on. economice, 2 is the multiplication of publle officials.". I've just baan checking my income tax azOOLS- ment and feal constrained to add). that another great purse is, their compound addition,