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SUN GLARE!

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We have the GENUINE louses and osa mika them up without optiosi piwar, or to your own prescription..

LAZARUS

The only European Optician in the Colony.

INDIAN MURDER.

GUARD STABBED IN

STREET,

HEART PENETRATED

An Indian guard, normally engaged in patrolling No. 6 beat in the Western District, is alleged to have had a quarrel with two other guards on June 23rd. At 10 p.m. that evening when on his way home after he had been relieved, he was

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

POUNDED 1981

No 21,869

MYSTERY LIFEBOATS.

FLOATING NEAR ST. JOHN'S ISLAND.

A mystery of the sea is reported by the Chinese ss. Lim Chow, which arrived in Hongkong ́yesterday from Pakhoi,

→拜疆 號十月凡英港香

ALLEGED ASSÄULT,

FILIPINO AND INDIAN

CONSTABLE.

MONDAY, AUGUST

A charge of assaulting an Indian constable, was preferred against a young Filipino, damed Eusebio Esteban, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon. Magistracy this morning. Defendant pleaded not

She was passing St. John's Is seven degrees off the St. John's Band yesterday morning, and when Point the Master saw objects float- ing, which, on closer investigation, guilty. proved to be "three life-boats, some

10,

1925.

NEW U.S. CONSUL

GENERAL..

DUE HERE WEDNESDAY,

Seventeen, Years in US. Foreign

Service.

日一十二月六

MONEY MARKET.

THE CAUSES OF STRINGENCY.

We have received the following letter for publication:-

SINGLE: COPT 10 OIKTS 936 PER ANNEW

H.M.J. HERMES IN PORT.

Present prices of the SINGLE-SIX 5-paa- senger PACKARD MOTOR CARRIAGES

are as shown below.

Touring

G. $5,750

Sedan................... Gr$4,750-

Sedan Limousine.. G. $4,950 Toscriptive literaturo and complete information on request.”

ARRIVES SHORTLY AFTER DAYLIGHT.

THE BRAGON MOTOT CAR CO., LTD.

* WONE. NOI CHUN.ADT HAPPY VALLEY

FATAL FIRE.

SERIOUS BLAZE IN WANGHAI.

BOY KILLED.

Sir, In view of the very serious

The Hermes, which is Britains' financial situation which now exists biggest and most up-to-date aero- In this Colony, may I be allowed plane carrier, arrived in port soon

Regarding the account of the fire after daylight this morning, and to explain that situation a Bttle moved up to a buoy off the Kow- at No. 4, Sun Street, which appears and suggest one way at least inoon naval camber, where she elsewhere in this issue, the official moored. She was expected yester- which it can be relieved? There day afternoon, but was delayed report to-day discloses that some is not the slightest doubt that the by the typhoon and waited out delay ensued before the alarm was money market is very tight and that side until dawn.

got through to the Brigade Head- The peculiar structure of the quarters, this being attributed to Chinese merchants are unable to

Hermes, with combined obtain advances from native banks, mast and

tower stepped to the difficulty of obtaining prompt. pay very high rates of interest.akes her a conpiousue feat that fully a quarter of an hour Loans advanced to merchants and tons, 598 foot long and 90 feet elapsed before a European employ others by the native banks before beam on the flight deck, sheed at the P.W.D. who first "spotted" draws about 19 feet of water, and the fire and gave the call, could be the strike are in some cases boing carries & very large complement.

suddenly attacked by the two tion as to where the boats are likely the direction of Nathan Road at bers of the American Foreign even though they are willing to one side, poarly, amidships, telephonic connection. It is stated

guards and was seen to fall: Taken to hospital it was ascertained that atkin pointed instrument had penetrated the heart and he died of his injuries.

FOOD SITUATIÓN.

+1

ure of the harbour. Of 11,000

We are informed. by the Amerk can Consulate General at Hong- kong, of the impending arrival of the new U.S. Consul General for Hongkong, Roger Culver Tredwoll; floating tanks and five salvage said that together with another here on Wednesday next,

The complainant, giving evidence, by the s.s. President Jackson, due drums apparatus, painted grey."

Mr. Tredwell, who will assume In the Master's report to the constable he was walking along the Harbour Master there is no indica-pavement of Haiphong Road from charge of the Consulate General, is one of the most distinguished men- to have come from.

nine o'clock on Saturday night Service. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y, when accused intentionally collided he is a graduate of St. Paul's School,

of Yale University, and attended| with him, knocking him into the the University at Grenoble, France gutter. On rising, complainant in 1908. At the Criminal Sessions this MORE LIVESTOCK COMING IN. proceeded to arrest the defendant, He was appointed to the Foreigur called in. The blame for such a It is understood that she has 20 put through on the telephone to the who resisted and struggled with the Service in 1908, served as Vice and serious cash shortage as now exists seaplanes housed aboard, and Central Fire Station, with the con-

those will form a very useful arm morning, Nur Ahmed and Sardar Khan were charged with murder uities, nearly normal stocks of

With ample supplies of neces-constable,

Deputy Consul-General at Yoko is, in some quarters, being attri-in the present crisis. The vessels sequence that when the Brigade hama in 1910 Deputy Consulbuted to the native banks for over-armament includes six 5.5 inch arrived at Sun Street, they found and pleaded not guilty.

Accused made a statement in General at London in 1911; vegetables and fruit, and increasing The prosecution was conducted imparts of livestock, the food situa- which he said that he accidentally in charge at

Burslem 1911 trading during the pre-strike period guns, four anti-aircraft cannon, the house in question ablaze frame

and nine smaller quick-firing by the Attorney General, Sir Henry tion in the Colony is

1912: reappointed Deputy Consul-using deposits payable at call to guns. Laid down in 1918, she top to bottom. The framework of much bumped into the other constable General; at London, 1512; at advance fairly long-term loans on Pollock, K.C., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin improved, and it seems merely a who was with complainant and that Dresden, 1912; assigned to duty in

W68 completed in 1923, and the structure was then outlined by Appeared for the defence.

Opening the ease for the Crown, practically be back to normal. the latter, believing that the con- the Department of State, October securities, but, although it is true embodies various improvements the fames which had obtained a Sir Henry Pollock, told the story of Naturally, there is an increase of stuble was being assaulted, arrested 1912; appointed Consul at Bristol, that there has been a little of such suggested by wartime experience.Arm höld of all the woodwork,

The Hermes was stationed in 1913; at Amsterdam, 1914; at over-trading, it is not responsible the murder.and said that when the prices in certain instances. This him. (defendant), The party pro-Lezborn. 1914; at Naplos, 1914; as. to the extent some folk think. Be-the Mediterranean until recently. Bucketfuls of water which had been police went to Wanchai, to arrest cannot be avoided, and is merely ceeded to the Police Station and onsigned to Turin, 1915; Rome, 1916;fore the strike, the native banks Her visit to these waters will thrown on the flames had not been the prisoners some two hours after to be expected under the abnormal their way the complainant knocked wards, they found a pair of trousers circumstances ruling. The Govern-him down and jumped on him."

Petrograd, 1917; Vologda, 1918; had been assisted to the extent of form an extension of her training sufficient to check the 'progress of recently washed and hanging on ament has managed to keep the

Inspector Cashman, stated that Moscow, 1918; Tashkent, 1918; de- between 12 and 14 million dollars programme rail. The trousers which the pro-prices of necessary foods, such us the defendant was perfectly calm/talled to the American Commis by British and other foreign banks, augmenting the Chins squadron. the conflagration, before the arrival secution woukl prove to the salis- the staple, rice, from soaring, and and treated the affair as a joke,sion to negotiate peace at Paris. This money had been loaned out/She is commanded by captain of the firemen. Appliances were of the jury were the it can be said that only the more He told witness that he was short May, 1919; appointed Consul Gen-by the native banks (mainly on R. N., formerly of the Roval brought from the Central Station property of Nur Ahmed, showed luxurious articles of diet, like pork, sighted and did not see the con-eral at Large, November, 1921.

faction

matter of a few weeks before it will

are greatly affected.

signs of blood and Dr. Minett, who examined them, would say

A representative of the Telegraph that although the trousers had called on the Food Controller, Mr. been washed he found traces of N. Smith, this morning, and blood, but was unable to say whe learned that the imports of livestock ther or not that blood was human. It was significant, sald the Atare much greater than they have torney General, that the first pri- been for some time, though still Boner when taken to the police somewhat short of the normal

shortage.

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stables.

STUDENT CHARGED.

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“RED” CANTON.

in addition to

the Hon. Arthur Stopford, C. M.G., Naval Air Force.

YESTERDAY GALES.

TYPHOON BEHAVES

ERRATICALLY.

were

and from the Kennedy Town. Station in addition to the ones at Wanchal Station, which ones course the frat to be on the spot. Four deliveries were operated, the efforts of the firemen being mainly concentrated on the adjoining houses which were saved although badly scorched. The verandahs of these buildings were also damaged. by water and breakage.

atocks and mortgages) to their clients at about eight or nine per Consul Algar E. Carleton has cent. (sometimes ten per cent.) His Worship, after hearing all the been in charge of the Consulate although the foreign banks were evidence, dismissed the case.

General since September 1, 1924, only charging the native banks when Consul General William H.even or seven-and-a-half per cent. Gale was transferred to Amsterdam.

interest. When the strike broke out there was a run on the native banks. by cash depositors and so Heavy did that run prove to be. and so short of cash had the banks station was wearing a pair of or-supplies. There is, as can only be MAGISTRATE'S STERN ACTION.

become by reason of the previous Strong gales and heavy rain dinary white duck trousers while expected, some difficulty in getting livestock from neighbouring ports.

Toons to clients that there was a ware the Colony's portion over

The "stop" signal was givan" his tunic was of khaki, Dr.

A student of Queen's College:

one o'clock some fear that some of the banks would the week-end, occasioned by a shortly after Paterson's evidence would show Rice supplies in the Colony are appeared before Mr. E. W. Hamil-

A GERMAN COMMENT.

have to close not because of in-typhoon to the south-west. The fifteen minutes after the firemen that a thin blade penetrated the ample: and as regards European ton, at the Kowloon Magistracy, this man's body just below the eighth food, there absolutely no morning, charged with attempting The chief Asiatic correspondent solvency but because of a shortage lowest barometer reading at the had got to work. In the debris to export by train $7 in Hongkong of the German paper Koinische of cash. In the end the Govern Royal Observatory was at 6a.m. later were found the charred re Price of Pork

notes and $40 in Canton silver car-Zeitung deals with the situation atment came to their rescue by grant- yesterday, and No. 3 signal was mains of a boy, eighteen years of

hoisted soon after 7 o'clock, to be ing a moratorium. It must be ren taken down in the evening. There have been various com- reney.

Canton at the beginning of May.

The ground floor, where the fire plaints as regards the high price! His Worship, on finding the case- The correspondent soon discover-lised that the native banks canact

The typhoon was reported on Rashan Khan, who was the de- of pork, said Mr. Smith, but it is proved, said that as the defendanted that Moscow has not only great get back the money they have loan Saturday afternoon in lat: 20 originated, was occupied by a rat over from the dead man at about wise. If the Government were to of the sum allowed by the Ordinance Canton. For example, the military merchants are faced with the total is it was ascertained to be first floor, whilst a family of ceased's relief, said that he took impossible for things to be other was an educated youth he would influence, but also great power ined to clients until the date of the N., Long 111 E, position un-tan furniture shop. Another rat maturity of such loans and that certain and direction unknown. tan furniture dealer tenanted the ten o'clock. He saw him walk restrict the price there would be no not only forfeit all money in excess Instructors in the school for cadets cessation of all business, owing to moving N.N.E, from the vicinity Indians lived in the top storey- away in a westerly direction and Imports, for we are having practi- but would be further fined $25, or at Whampoa are appointed by Rus- the strike and the absence of trans- of Hainan Island. It is believed! There were no other casualties, hearing a commotion turned round cally siege conditions here, and it one month's hard labour in default.sia, as are the expert advisers of portation facilities. Merchants to have entered the coast about with the exception of the box" and saw the two prisoners holding is the people at the producing

the General Staff of the Flying the deceased. Almost immediate-centres who are putting up the

Corps and of other military institu- cannot turn their goods into money 120 miles south-west of Hongkong stated above. He was a foki of the ly he fell to the ground and the prices. As an instance of the pork

rattan establishment occupying, the any more than the possessors of yesterday morning. tions. The Bolsheviks, the corres share scrip or property deeds can

first floor. Nothing is yet known prisoners walked away in the shortage, there used to be 500 to

pondent continues, have been ex-

turn their documents into cash,

as regards the extent of the damage direction of the fruit market. 600 pigs killed at the slaughter-

perimenting in Canton for ten The Chinese banks are absolutely

nor the extent of the insurance. Nur Ahmed was, aa far nahe house every day before the strike, ANOTHER VICTIM RECOVERED. years. The experiments took the short of cash and the factors al- CHINESE GIRL'S DIVE. The official report states that the

form of a "Young Chinese" move-

outbreak was due to a lighted cigarette coming into contact with rattan shavings.

rib on the left side and would say that it must have been inflicted from the front by a man using his right hand.

11

PO HING FONG.

:

standing at the back of him hold The man with a pig to sell will collapse, sanitary coolics employedjably. Since the Russian revolution.other factors until there is a very

Twenty-three days after the ment which was looked on favour-ready mentioned have re-acted on

Ho

SUPPOSED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

Inge...

A Chinese girl dressed in silk NEW POLICE STATION

could see, holding the deceased's whilst now the average is some- arma and the second prisoner was thing like 60 to 80 pigs a day. ing him round the waist.' walked quickly to the scene and naturally try to get as much as on clearing away the debris on the however, terrorist methods have general stringency all through the Not only money market. The free circula- another guard went for the Police, possible before he will part with it.site of the fallen houses at Po Hing gained the upper band.

tion of money has also been ham- in accordance with an agreement Fong, last night came across the is there at present, the correspon-pered by the fact that the Labour, "He knew both prisoners. · reached about a fortnight ago in remains of yet another victim. De-dent asserts, no way to the interior Unions whose members went out on clothes and apparently of the Cross-examined, he said he did discussion with the Chinese mem-composition was fag advanced, and of China that is safe, but the city strike took their money away up to better class, appeared to jump off not see Nur Ahmed pass him at any bers of the Legislative Council, but for the clothing it would have of Canton gives the impression that Canton and also by the fact that the "Star" forry pist at Hong- THE GROWTH OF SHAMSHUIFO. time. He noticed when taking over pork is still permitted to be sold been impossible to recognize the its ruin is inevitable. The corres- that deceneed was untidy but though he pointed it out to him he away from the markets, which is skeleton as being all that remains pontient adds that England's grow the Chinese people generally are kong late on Saturday night.

hoarding money in liquid form The 11.30 ferry was coming Shamshulpo district now has its eceived me explanation. Inge keeping the price down. But the of a young mui-tsai, fourteen years ing aversion to Russia manifests it against the possibility of even alongside, so the wharf hands own up-to-date Police Station, this

She was employed at No, self in hostility between Hongkong harder times. During the first two happened to be near the girl at having been constructed Crowdy arrived as thence the is for abundant supplies to come 15, and was found in a cumbrant and Canton, and everything labels or three days of the strike about the time, and they threw lifebuoys same lines as the one recently

of Chinese and rickshas only hope of a reduction in charges of age.

in. Conditions as it happens are position, lying on her face. murder but they did not obstruct

done by the British with intellec-16 million dollars in cash were in, to one of which she cling finished and occupied at Kowloon considerably improved, in this The official 1st of the dead now tual and material means to starve taken out of the native banks by She was fished out in a somewhat city. In size and appearance the bis view.

The case is proceeding,

stands at 71 killed.

out Bolshevist ideas in Canton.. An Chinese depositors and most of this exhausted stato, from which she new Station is exactly a duplicate experiment is being conducted in

Is now being privately held. BOOD recovered, however, being of the latter, and its completion is Canton which the whole of Asia in am convinced that the only able to walk with a little assist but another step marking the

way of getting over this cash ance. embittered struggle between Eng-

stripgency ls for the foreign banks land and Rusala, and the outcome cannot be foreseen.

connection:

Rice and Firewood. The first thing in regard to

MOROCCO SITUATION. Chinese food supplies was to con K.K.K. IN WASHINGTON. watching. It is crystallised in a

tról rice and firewood, Mr. Smithi continued, and at the beginning of the strike the authorities stepped In with measures which have kept| down the prices of these necessities. Indeed, while certain grades of

مینوا

BRYAN'S WILL.

THE HORIZON CLEARING, -

HOLDS MONSTER PARADE,

Paris, August 10,

Washington, August 9. The horizon is clearing." says

The Ku Klux Klan held a mon- The police Marshal Petain in the report on rico have risen in cost, other ster parade to-day. his mission to Moracao, which M, qualities have actually become estimated that there were thirty Painleve has just issued. Marshal cheaper than they wore before the thousand marchóra, including many Petain describes the events since strike. In any case there is no women. The marchers were un- LEAVES OVER $500,000 GOLD. the first Ri attack and sponka of great rise. Fruit and vegetables masked owing to a local ordļaanco |

are now coming in abundantly.

the strong, skilful, bold well- equipped, mobile and frugal Riffs

forbidding this.

A great crowd

on the

The girl is believed to have growth of a new populous area. to be a little more openbanded and jumped into the water in an release more of the cash they have. attempt at suicido. They ought to take a broader aur- vey of the situation and give greater assistance to Chinese mer- chants and the native banks. The welfare of both Chinese and foreig nors is at stake their interests are Interlocked and entirely dependent on each other. Unless money is allowed to flow more freely there will undoubtedly be a 'serious eriala

M. VARENNE. CENSORED.

ACTION BY SOCIALIST CONGRESS,

During the week-end the men from the old Stations in Bhamshuipo and Tainam Street moved into the new building; but in spite of a very free use of space for "elbow roomTM the whole building could not be oce cupied. However, present indica- tlons are that the development of the district and the growth of its population will be such as to neces sithte constant additions to the por« sonnel of the Police station, In thus providing for a much larger in the commercial circles of the

building than is necessary for pre- has not been very much. It is larly colourful spectacle. There probate. It disposes of an estate Colony. There should be closer co-

The Socialist Congress, being sent requirements, the authorities tion of the French troops held Fez mainly a matter of getting supplies. were, no disorders-Router a valued, approximately, at half operation between the two banking bold at Fuydedoms, after hearing are simply taking time by the fore-

million dollars. Eighty per cont sections of the Colony, and, where the explanations by M. Varenne goes to the widow, and family, and the securities are obviously good, Deputy of the Department, has ho interior of Morocco is still River district, and th

the remainder to various churches, there should be larger advances passed a resolution condemning In addition to the usual officer his acceptance of office and call and cells there are also provided oyal to France, and that a com- now almost "closed. The Govern

Princess Tleans, the charming The bequests include one of $50,000 made to clients.. bined action is now being propared meat had to take steps to get 17-year-old daughter of the King to establish an academy for boys Thanking you for inserting this, ing on him to choosn between comfortable quarters for both the the Governorship of Indo-Chins single and married members of the to drive out the enemy and re- supplies elsewhere, and they are and Queen of Roumania, is the under the supervision of Yours, etc.,

and membership of the Bocialist force, Up-to-date lavatory, estabilah French authority-Feu coming chiefly from Singapore and only daughter of a reigning mon- some evangelical church-Reuter's

partyRouter.

Step rangements are also included. Saigon,

arch who wours her hair babbed. American Service.

and Djebalas against which only

the remarkable tenacity and devo

Miami, August 9. Firowood rose slightly after the watched the parade allently, except The will of the Into Mr. William strike broke out, but the increase when it applauded some particu- Jennings Bryan has been fled for

d the Tasa Road to Algeria. The chief source of the Colony's American Service. Marshal Petain emphasises that firewood is normally the Weat

"A MERCHANT.

Hongkong, August 0, 1925.

Paris, Aug, 0.