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SAVE YOUR EYES FROM SUN GLARE!

the best protoction for tho tropics is tho tinted-SIR WILLIAM CROOKES LENS,

We have the GENUINE lonsos and can make them up without optied power or to your own prescription.

LAZARUS

The only European Optician in the Colony.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1841

No. 12 760

四拜禮 斃六廿月三英港香

THUSDAY

HONGKONG STORE MOTOR LORRY AFIRES. S. TALMA ON FIRE.

BURGLED.

P

$13.000 IN BOOTY.

BIG HAUL FROM A. TACK'S.

The well-known firm of A. Tack, and Co., of 26, Des Voeux Road Contral, dealerain furniture, jewellary and photographic, ap- paratus, experienced a heavy loss whon, in the small hours of this morning, a burglar, or burglare, broke into their store and affected a haul estimated to amount to $13,000.

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CHINESE FITTER BADLY BURNED.

Firo destroyed a service motor- lorry ownod by the Kai Tack Motor Bus Company at 1,30 this morning.

BLAZE AMONGST

JUTE CARGO.

ENGINES AND FLOATS

IN. ACTION.

Considerablo excitement was

The lorry bad been brought| back to the yard and a fittor was rofilling the potrel tank when be caused at the Kowloon Wharf inadvertently dropped a quantity in the early hours of this morn- on the engine. This being almost rod-hot from the drive, the whole ing, when it was found that machine was soon one mass of thick smoke was arising from flames. The woodon structure the British India Stoam Navig- was burnt out, whilst the fitter, who received severe burns about ation Co's "Talma", one of the his body, was taken to Hospital. now two-funnelled vessain,' which camo into park on Tuesday and later wont alongside the wharf at Kowloon. The alarm Way immediately givon, and tho prompt moasuros takon have no [doubt averted what might have

boon a very serious affair,

JAPANESE POLITICS.

A TENSE SITUATION.

Tho tore is situated almost back to back with that of Lock: Hing, which recently received the attention of a

gang of thiover, Through tho mazo of lanos

Tokyo, Mar. 25. Tho teneoness of the prosent) and alloyways intersecting thoro

The call for assistanco Iwont political situation has boon in- blocks, the burglar is supposed creased by the fact that normally out shortly before five o'clock, нау to to day is the last day of the cur-and vary soon afterwards three a small passage separating the rent session, which, it is now firefloate ware on thej svang-the A. Tack promises from those reported, may be prolonged to

enable the Government to come naval float, Government float and occupied by the Dragon Motor to some arrangement with the Fire Brigado float as well as the Car Company, or he may have Peers regarding the major ques- two engines from! the] Kowloon dropped down from the scaffold-tion of universal suffrage and the

reform of the Upper House, ing erected around the old P. and

to

found his bavo

was actually takon. once arrived at a small door sot in the

firo station.

MARCH 26,

1925

日三初月三

A HEBREW UNIVERSITY.

MOURNING IN JERUSALEM.

Jerusalem, March 25. Earl Balfour has arrived to open the Hebrew University on April Ist. He is the guest of the High Commisaloner.

Lord Balfour.

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BIG LIABILITIES.

M. Y. SAN CO. TO LIQUIDATE.

UNABLE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS.

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

REPORTS OF DEMOLITION.

Reports have recently boon in circulation to the effect that th owners of Queon's Theatre intens to domolish the building and eroot in its ploca a businose sky- seraper, in tha hope of securing at batter return on their capital expenditure.

Charged with inlawful possess. lon of two revolvers, one rifle and 357 rounds of ammunition, Tam Shoung, a passongor from Mon- treal, Canada, by the Empross of Russla, was fined $1,000, with the A mild sensation has boon alternative of twelve months' | created amongst Chinese business hard labour, by Mr. E. W. Ham circles in Hongkong and Shang- tentative plane for a seven-storey hai by the news that, owing to that no decision has yet bean.

ilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

On enquiries, we learn'” that

odifice have boon proparod, but

The ergs, which were disco-heavy financial liabilities which reached in regard to the question vered by Revenue Cilioer Lunigan. were alleged to have it is unable to most, the woll-of pulling down the Queen's boon concealed among oakos of known firm of M. Y. San and Co. soap and a quantity of lige.

The defendant admitted po8608. sion, but said that they were hidden by his friend in Canada.

His Worship Infloted the maximum penalty.

FRENCH TRAIN

DERAILMENT.

is to go into liquidation,

Theatro, as this building was recently lossad to 猩 syn- dicato which is running it

ů cinoma show. Ono past considerable withdrawals of point which is being investigated is the matter of comparative deposits from the bank managed roturn from the existing Isaso in conjunction and the probable rents which by tho firm with its other business as manu- might be occured if a business facturers of biscuits and confeo- tionery. In consequence, payment had to be suspended whilst the mattor came up for consideration

There have boon for some time as

RESCUE WORK DIFFICULT,

Polctiers, March 25. No Britishor was killed in the at a number of Board meetings. Paris Bordeaux express, but a

no Apparently

satisfactory Londoner was among the injured.

block were built on the site.

In the ovent of a sky-scraper being erected on the sito, it is most likely that accommodation would be provided for a small picture house at the rear of the building.

ARREARS OF RENT.

CAREFULLY COACHED

CHILD.

The accident was ous to break-arrangamont could be decided age of a coupling as the train upon at theso mootings, and yes- roached a viaduct over a narrow, torday shareholders and deposi- The Arabs, both Mohammedan deep river.

Tho loading carriage, exclu-tore wore circularised with the; With the Budget settled, the Meanwhile the large number of and Christian, have closed their sively first-class, toppled over the following-

That the child called had boon shops and ceased work. Signs of O. Building, and, traversing the suffrage move loams more im- dack passengers were ordered off mourning are being displayed. viaduct, and foll with a organ "Notica is hereby given, that carefully coached in bor ovidence

across the river. Two carriages roof of the Dragon Motor Carportant. The Poors' committon the ship on to the wharf.

Othor boycott plans include fall atop of this one. Tho pas-an.oxtraordinary general meet-as to the offoring of the ront to have already approved of cortain building, slid down into the same amendments to the suffrage mos-

It was discovered that the par.reful to give Earl Balfour

made by Mr. Q.A.S. Ruse, in the cess to the holy places, the songers in the first carriage wereirs of M. Y. San & Company, the plaintiff was the comment one of which eliminates go deep down in No. 3 hold, can printing of black borders in the foulty from the wreckage, into registered office of the Company, when he appeared in a part-heard

extricated with the greatest dif- Limited. small passago. Whatever course sure,

will be hold at the Summary Court this morning, from the franchise any male visting of jute, was on fire, and newspapers, and the holding of who is dependent upon others for support, wiilo another extends all efforts wore concentrated on protest prayer protinge. The which the river was pouring.

Government has temporarily the rosidential qualification from keeping the conflagration in check.closed the Government training six months to a twelvemonth.

For a time the bulkheads became college, where students struck on Should the Houso adopt the committeo's changes, the Bilsohanted that the jute in No.2 bold account of the visit. must be returned to the Ro-was in danger of getting alight, to Lord Balfour's famous aftor Thoso demonstrations are due

prosentatives in the Lower

and the flames in No. 3 resisting war declaration of support to House, whore it is anticipated

Zionism.-Reuter the amendments will be rejected, the attempts to subdue them,

a deadlock.- Daily tho hold had to be flooded. resulting in

Up to the forenoon the jute was still smouldering, with a con

iderable quantity of smoke issning, but the work of kooping: the fire in check had succooded, and all further dangor had

passage ine burglar would have no difficulty in removing the staple and bolt, which was done. The rest of his task would be fairly easy.

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WATCHES AND PENS. By prieing open a number of show cases, thu robber was ablo to select the choicest range of gold and platinum watchos, as woll fountain

and pons other things which combined the advantages of valno and con- vonionce in bandling. Tho search WIE evidently but a hurried one, as a number of quito valuable gold watches, which it was supposed might easily have been takon, wore

Bulletin.

ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION.

DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME. passed.

Washington, March 25,

Meanwhile the 6.6. President Mr. Theodore Roosevelt an. Madison, waiting to go alongside nounces that he and his brothar the wharf, had to keep about a Kermit will sail on April 11th for hundred yards out until the India. They hope to leave Kashmir about the middle of May.space allotted to her was clear.

GERMAN PEACE

PROPOSAL.

UNFAVOURABLY RECEIVED.

and,

Mr. J.T. Prior appeared for tho defondant, and he said that the plaintiff's had domanded increased rent, and, on this being refused, declined to accept the proper rent.

A party of soldiers from dis- at No. 98, Queen's Road Central, fosse in which the Hung Shuk. Hing Tong claimed possession of who were on board the train, were day the 2nd April, 1925, at 3 Street, arrears of reat boing ciplinary regiments in Morocco, Victoria, Hongkong, on Thurs the second floor of 32, Staunton

most helpful in the rosous work, carrying the passengers out on o'clock in the afternoon, for the alleged. thoir backs.

purpose of considering, It is estimated that altogether five persons are killed and 23 in if deemod expedient, passing, jured in the derailment.-Reuter, as an extraordinary' resolution the resolution following, that is

Mr. Russ skid the ovidonca to say:-That is has boon proved called by the defonce was in his and his to the satisfaction of this meeting favour, if anything,

Lordship mado In order for that the Company cannot by roa-possession on the 30th day of

DISARM!

HOME FOOTBALL,

U. S. TAKING ACTION.

Washington, March 25. Mr. Stearns, intimato friend of son of its liabilities continue its the prosent Chinese moon, for Berlin, March 25. President Coolidgo, sails to-business, and that it is advisable ront and mesne profits and costs, It is authoritatively stated that morrow on a two months' tour of to wind up the same, and accord- thero is no truth in the report that Europe. The trip has aroused Germany is prepared to enter the much interest in diplomatic cir-ingly that the Company bo wound League of Nations unconditional-clon, though Mr. Stoarne says up voluntarily. And that Mr.

On tho ly.

contrary, the it is not connected with inter- Lan Yuk-wan, of No. 101 Wing Government maintains its origin-national politics.

Mr. Coolidge to-day conferred Lok Stroot, Victoria, aforesaid, al attitude on the matter.

Hitherto only a few Nationalist with Mr. Borah and the Senate Accountant, be appointed liquida- nowspapers have commented on foreign committee in connection tor for the purposes of such Mr. Chamberlain's pench of with the projected disarmament winding-up.-Dated the 24th day conference. Mr. Borah Was yesterday, none favourably.

The

The above dovelopment has come somewhat as a surpriso, ARMS TRAFFIC.

having rogard to the fact that only recently the Company was AMERICAN ENQUIRIES.

contemplationg the extension of Washington, March 25.

its business by the orection of Stato Department has Instructed the American repre- a commodious edifice to take the sontativos all over the world, place of the existing promises in including the Orient, to ascertain Queen's Road Contral, the facts regarding the traffic in

The Company was established arins, which might be helpful to the United States in viow of the for many years in Manila and proposed conference at Goneva.~ was transferred to Hongkong in 1913. It has branchos at Shang- Reuter's American Service.

hai, Manila, Singapore. Tientsin, Peking, Sooohow, Hankow, Nan- king, Naatung, Fooohow, Canton, PEERS TO DECIDE.

Масло And Sourabaya. Its Tokyo, Maroli 25. The House of Poors has passed capital is three million dollars. of the Treaty of Versailles. The the Reform Bill, modified by Liberte declares that the German themselves aftor agrooment with pact idea is merely a parliament- the Government; and is now dis- ary expedient,-Reuter.

He adds that all difficulties. The origin of the conflagration overlookod. The shustors of the

have now boon obviated. The Ia surmised to be the usual light- shop being up, the intruder was British Government and Viceroy

The Boersen Zeitung attacks heartily sympathetic, though of March 1925. By Order of

to whether enabled to make a selection of have been very kind and helpful, od cigarette stump carolosely Horr Stresemann's security pact dubious

the Directors, Tau Hoo-choun, Secre-

tary." gold fountain.

from the and have extended them every thrown down the hatchway, but it proposals and declares that any situation la Europe at prosont is pone

courtory in the matter of thoir was possibly a case of spontane-treaty made will remain a sorap conducive to success.-Reuter's window showcases without big game expedition to Turkestan.

of paper to the Opposition. The American Service. ous combustion. -Reuter'a American Service.

Deutsche Zeitung is of opinion attracting the attention of a

The fire brigado were able to that Herr Stresemann's failure watchman who was supposed to

the

leave shortly beforo elavon to- makes his resignation essential, be on duty at

entrance.

-Reuter. Leathor and velvet casos con-

was left to keep guard inside and day. The No. 3 hold which con

FRENCH VIEW's taining the articlos stolon wore a watchman was stationed at the tained peanuts as well as juto is discarded as being superfluous entrance. The manager, who lives extensively damaged both by fire when the loot was presumably in the top floor of the building, and water, and the No. 2 hold traneforrod to two leather bags stated that he heard the dog and its contents have suffered and taken away. One of the barking shortly after ono o'clock damage by water and the intense on bags was picked up by police this morning, but as he had been host. It will probably be found for which the other proposed is officers in the passage way, but previously brought down several necessary to put now plates in it war empty, the contents ap- times through the samo cause the side of the vessel, the present parently having been all trans- only to find that the animal was ones having been badly buckled forrod to the other bag or into baking without any apparent by the heat. Hosos were played the thief's pockots.

caueo or justification, he had not against the ship'a sido as well as An attempt was made to open paid any attention to the noise on down the hatch.

The thiof musti The tug Henry Keswick was the safe, but after sliding the this occasion. shutter from the keyhole, the have "struck it" friendly with alongside this afternoon, and up thief gavo up the attempt. Ho, the dog and managed to keep it to the time of our going to preas, however, opened the drawers of quiet whilst proceeding about his amo smoke and steam was still the dosks, but did not pntor the task. As for the watchman, hoiseuing from No. 3 hold.

A photograph of the s.8. Talma rear of the shop,, where the was supposed to koop a watch manager's deak was placed. The outside and look at intervals appears on to-day's camera nowa casos containing Kodaks were through a peop-hole into the shop, page. loft untampared with, tha thief which was left lighted up at night;

giving his attention only to tho for this purpose. Jowellery.

A check taken of the stock

Tovealed that the most valuable

VARSITY GOLF.

Paris, March 25, The nowspapers welcome the cordiality of Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons, but regret that Britain opposes Anglo-Franco-Belgian paot, deemed an inadequate substitute

Thoy admit the expediency of following up the proposals, but insist that first of all Germany must enter the League as a tokon of good faith, also that there be a proflminary settlement of the dis- armament question.

The Tempa utiere a warning

against slipping into a rovision"

JAPANESE REFORMS.

cussing the suffrage Bill, as to DUNLOP RUBBER CO. which the Diet soasion (which should have onded to-day) has! bean prolonged one day, to enable

a decision to be roached.-Reuter. LAST YEAR'S EARNINGS.

London, March 25, The Dunlop Rubber Company's raport shows that the not profits for the year ended December 31 wore £1,500,000, compared with £1,452,000 the previous sighteen months.

EXPLOSION ON OIL.

THIRTEEN MEN KILLED.

Borlin, March 25. Eleven "mon wore killed and THE LINCOLNSHIRE. two are missing as a result of a terrific explosion in an oil tanker WINNER AT NINE TO ONE.

London, March 25, in Hamburg 'barbour, apparently caused by repairmen uring oxygen The result of the Lincolnshire of the gold watches, as well as OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE blowers before the tank was Handicap was 1- a Telegraph reporter gold and platinum rings and

Tapin (9/1) 1. called at the shop this morning, fountain pens, were those takon. the mystory was being cleared up: The goods were not insured, and varsity golf, contest Oxford beat half-ton anchor were hurled hub- of how a burglar could enter the the loss for the shop is, as stated, Cambridge by nine matches to dreds of yards over house roofs. premises unnoticed when a dog estimated to amount to $18,000. | six-Reuter,

A BARKING DOG. When

Lemptied of gab. London, March 95.. So tremendous' was the ex- At Hunstanton, in the Inter-plosion that the victims and

Reuter

Grave Fairy (33/1) 2. King Willow (40/1) 3. Twenty-six ran. Won by four lengths and half length

Reuters

Bix hundred thousand sterling is transferred to the general re- serve, £375,000 is absorbed in dividende on the proference shares And: £525,000, is carried forward.

Reuter,

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH MATCHES.

London, March 25, Latest English football Leaguo results are m

Third Division (South): Brighton 4. Aberdaro 1. Bournemouth 1, Exeter 1. Third Division (North); Hartlepools 2, Nelson 4. Scottish League results are Quoon's Park 2, Falkirk 0. Raith 0, Rangore 4.

CUP REPLAY.

On the Scottish Cup somi-final replay, Dundee boat Hamilton by 2 to nii, at Edinburgh.-Reuter.

[The Hartlepools score is cabled FT" (dot, det, dash, dot, and mis- dash), and is evidently a roading, or wrong sending, of the figure 2. (dot, dat, dash dash, dash).

AS

WEMBLEY REPRE-

SENTATIVE.

London, March 25, Mr. J. H. Thomas apecially represents the small Colonies, Protectorates, and mandated tar ritorios on the board of the British Empiro Exhibition.--Reuter,

IN ADDITION TO SINGAPORE?

Sydney, March 25. It is ropartod that the Now! Bouth Wales Government has offered to build a floating dook at Waleh Island,-Router.

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 3#. 8. 1/16: Lighting Up-Time 8.37′′ Dakika Barometer

Temperature 2.3 p.m. Humidity

p