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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926.

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This picture, showing the British evacuation of Cologne, depicts German inhabitants watching the artillery louve for Englund.

DEATH OF MR. FINDLAY SMITH,

A HONGKONG PIONEER.

MEXICAN HORROR.

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HONGKONG HOTEL.

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Covers

Vanity Cases

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Work is already proceeding

A tale of horror practically un-apace to make the very beat possi

ble use of the undestroyed portion palled in Mexican history is told of the Hongkong Hotel which by the survivors of the train out will be left to do duty while the rage reported last night. On their burnt out part is being recons- arrival here, they were penniless. having been stripped of all their belongings,

Many of the old residents of The Colony will learn with regrot of the death of Mr. Alexander Findlay Smith, which occurred in the Isle of Wight yesterday. Cablu news to this effect was re- deived in Hongkong this morning

The deceased gentleman, who lived to an advanced age, resided in Hongkong for very many years, and it was only about belonging to the escort and many year ago that, on accimnt of fail- | Mexican plissengers were brutally ing health, he left for Home, slaughtered, the total being fully His name will always be associat-ifty murdered.

It appears that no foreigns were killed, though all the soldiers

ad with the Peak Tramway and The bandita Jack the dours of the Peak Hotel, as he was reall the coaches and cut the throats sponsible for the establishment of of the soldiers as they slept, or shot both these enterprisex

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tructed.

The most recently built portion of the hotel is that which extends from tho shop lately occupied by the mon's department of Messrs. William Powell, Ltd., to Queen's Road, and it was his portion fire although it becamo saturated which escaped the ravages of the with water.

A pew party wall

is being built right up throughout the building to cut off this unda- maged section from that which will have to be rebuilt.

It is proposed, according to what we have gathered by on- them in cold blood. They thenquiries, to make a new entrance proceeded to rob the passengers Into the Hotel by way of what

floor, reaching that floor at a point) The aches resembled a sham-near the top of the old main-stair-

It must have been nearly sixty mercilessly, killing any who re- was Powell's shop, and a stairway years ago when the late Mr.sisted and many who did not re- will lead up from this to the first Findlay Smita first CHRENO to sist.. Hongkong as a merebant. He

partner in the firm

Way. What was formerly the Messrs. MacEwen, Frickel and bles The survivors plainly heard Company. It was in 1881 Chat-le the agonised shrieks of the wound-reading room on the first floor and the Hon. Mr. Phineas Ryrie ed, mingled with the crackling of undamaged except by water will be converted into a new lounge, secured an

Foreigners option from the burning woodwork.

and workmen are now busity Government

construct LE in the Pallman ear, which was also

tramway 0

the Peak, and it incinerated, are reported to have engaged on this in preparation for the large number of round-the- Was four

years later

that escaped, though :heir- whereabouts world tourists due to arrive here those two gentlemen sold that are unknown."

by the s.s. Belgenland on the 21st option to Rowly-formet Com's

Underneath this The guard, who is the hero of of this month. pany known as the Hongkong the tragede, narrowly escaped now lounge in what was former- High Levels Tramway Company. death. He tramped all night andly Messrs, Lane Crawford's ladies' Construction was started in 1885 and the first tram ran in 1887, got through a telephone message department will be a

to Guadala Jara, imploring aid., lounge from which there will be Mr. Findlay Smith remained my

direct, access to Mac's Cafeteria the directorate of the Company A relief train quickly appeared until 1889, when he went on on the Seene, carrying irons, and and the lifts. When all this work, on leave and he did not rejoin as the batulits made off on the lect nearly as mich public space in

has been carried out there will be i the Board as the Company was motive they stopped at Yureguard the fuel as formerly. Laken over by Mosses, 5. D. station and looted the town, after Humphreys and Co., Ltd, and which they resumed their fight to the concern was renamed the the mountains, where they fure up Poak Tramway Company. With the track-Reuter's American Ser- regard to the Ponk Hotel, he was vice. the purchaser of the original síte] and helped to form a company which built the Hotel. When

this company went bankrupt some years later he took over the institution and only relinquished his interest a few years ago to the Hongkong Holet Company.

THE F. A. CUP.

FOURTH ROUND DRAW.

London, Jan, 11.

new tea

Upstairs, thero will be some. thing like 60 bedrooms eventually available for occupation and, |with the dining room and rool garden in full swing, the Hong- kong Hotel, although so lessened in size, wilt continue its role of being the Colony's public, social

centre..

TO BE WOUND UP.

The deceased leaves two sons, one of whom practised for a The draw for the fourth round CHINESE BANK BADLY HIT. while in Hongkong as a barrister. of the English Cup was made Mrs. A. Depison is a niece of the to-day as" follows:

The story of a Chinese hank's deconsol.

Swansia v. Stoke, Cardiff or Burnley. Newcastle, failure owing In the present Everton or Fulham v. Southamp-situation was indicated in the

tom or Liverpool

GAMBLING RAID,

TWO MEN INJURED,

Gamiting, as it grene,

the

strains of an orchestra, which was providing

Chinuse! appropriate music, a large number of Chinese,) of the coolic class, congregated on the first floor of No. 184, Canton Road, and were participating in games of chance, when the premises were raided by the police, resulting in the appearance of aver twenty of the delinquents at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

Court this morning, Supreme when an application was male for the winding ap of the Kan

Nolls County v. New Brighton. Tottenham v. Manchester Us. Nelts Forest v. Swindon Town. South Shields v. Birmingham."Wing Buak, of Queen's Road Wolverhampton or Arsenal v. Centrair

Blackburn or Preston.

West Bromwich v Aston Villa. Sheffield Un. v. Sunderland.

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THOS. COOK & SON, Ltd.

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Clapton Orient v. Middlesbrough. tories. The assets of the Bank THOS. COOK & SON (Bankers), Ltd.

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v, would normally amount to about $2,210,000 and the liabilities were Corinthians or Manchester City stated to be $1,500,000. The capi-,

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Lal, which was fully paid up was Matches are to be played on $600,000. The Bank's assets con- sisted mostly of leasehold land' and property which had recently depreciated in realisable value to $1,200,000, so that there was a deficit of $300,000.

The majority of the coolies were January 30th.-Reuter,

charged with gambling in a com

mon gaming house, while three

men

were charged with being

keepers.

During the contmotion which

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There was no objection to the

followed the entrance of the police, SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S application, which was granted.

two of the gamblers, in attempting |

to escape, are believed to have

fallen into the street, where they

were discovered lying in a precari- ous condition.

MISFORTUNE.

Rapallo, Jan. 11.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, who is

Of the men arrested, fines rang- holidaying in Italy is confined to ing from $160, or three months' bed with influenza. hard labour in default, to $3, with

He has fairly high fever, and the alternative of five days, were symptoms of bronchial affection. Imposed.

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New York, Jan. 11. The conference called to settle the anthracite coal strike again ad- journed, after the men's represen- tatives had rejected the owners". proposal to submit the dispute to arbitration-Reuter's

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Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, etc.'

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