THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
NIAGARA FALLS IN WINTER'S GRIP,
STERLING SILVER CUPS.
Wm.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1926.
Powell
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Ltd
This striking picture shows Niagara Falls in the grip of winter. Visitors were attracted
In large numbers to see the strange leeformations,
POLICE TRAP: "FAILS.”
BUT INDIAN IS SENT TO PRISON.
The base in which an Indian poller constable was charged, with accepting a bribe of $4 from a Chinese driver al & motur ear was" again before My H. E. Linds!! at the Central Poliès caurt this morning, when the driver of the ear was cross-examined by Mr. D MeCalling who appeared for the defence.
Witness said the defendant sk ed him for a bribe. He did zol the harila, Witness suggest denied that when he met the de fendant the next day be tricol to
force money on him. He alleged the defendant took it quite will ingly.
A Chinese detective, said that acting on certain instructions fr went to Blake pier.
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He saw a car drive up and the driver get out and follow the defendant, who was waiting there, a short dis tance awa He saw the defend- ant accept white packet from the driver. Witness tried arrust the defendunt, who throw the picited away. Witness sai. that the parket enntained bank- notes: Acrused was arrested by a Europe Police Sergeant. after witness had Blown his whistle."
The defendant in the witness bas, said on the night of Decem ber 13th he stopped the defend- ant twice. On the second occa- ston, he had a detective light on
His ear. The Chinese snid he
Another picture of the frozen Niagara Falls, showing a
close-up view of misection.
would pay him something, and FUTURE OF AVIATION,
they arranged to meet at Blake
pier on, the following afternoon.
When they met The driver threw a TO AUSTRALIA IN TEN DAYS. white packet towards him. Which
he let fall on the ground, and did
not accept it.
London, Jah. 19,
Tauberth deeping rabins. Mr. McCallum said in that case a trap was set for a man to us dining saloon and a binge wer among the details sketebed by Phis honesty, and it those cases
4 Major Geveral Sir Sefton Brancken, were necessary, the were Llen distastful. They should be carrilcturing to tac Overseas Tim.ue od out in such 3 manner as
to show that without doubt a crime has been ceminitted. He submitted that the story fold by The defendant was hite ani added, "in effect, it is a plot that has failed."
Mr. Lindsell remarked that the defendant's record" was
a kood! He would be sent to prison three months with hard
one.
for
labour...
ARMED ROBBERY.
OLD WOMAN VICTIMISED, Early yesterday irning twis men entered a matshed be the new Shingmun-Tsin Wan Road, nea the village of Wo Li Hop, and carried out an armed robbery..
One of the men carried a torch improvised from some old paper · twisted together, while his com-- panion was armed with a knife. They terrorised an old woman, who was the sole tenant of the hut and stole $5 from her. Re- maining for fifteen minutes in the place, they, then made their scape, running off in the direc tion of Tain Wan.
THEATRE QUEUES, .
TORD CHAMBERLAIN ACTS.
Rugby, Jan. 20.
whred arainst the theatre queue 0 lat, a campaign has been
and a Snelele has been formed aiming at its abolition.
It appears that official betion and describing airships, whier has now been taken in the matter. possibly in 10 very near future" Lord Cromer, the Lord Chamber- world in able to carry a hundred lain. By virtue of the control passengers with baggage from Eng-which he exercises over London and to Australia via India, within theatres, has asked their proprie- ten or twelve days cruising at tors to notify queues when there about sixty-five miles per hofir. is no possibility of obtaining seats. He added: "We have Maried the flis netion will remove one of the Chero-Karachi service and Austra-chief grievances of theatre-goers lia has started to meet us. The namely, that they often wait in meeting will probably be at Singa a queue ignorant of the fact that pore."-Reuter
the queue already numbers moiv persive than can be accommodat Ped--British Wireless Service,
EXCHANGE RATES,
QUOTATIONS BY WIRELESS.
London, Jan. 19.. Today's exchange rates are: Paris
129% New York
.4.88 5/10 Brussels
.107 Geneva
.26.16
Milan Berlin
Amsterdami
12.1
12034
:20.42
Stockholm
.18.15
Copenhagen
.19.57
Oxio
.23.89
Yokohama
1/9/
Vienna "
34.52
Prague
.168
Helsingfors
.193
34,3G
Rio
.21⁄4 7%
Dollar on demand 2.4.9,16d.
Buenos Aires Bombay
.46%
Lighting-up 6.03 p.m.
Shanghai
Temperaturo (p.m.) "."
58
Hongkong
Barometer('pan?
30.07
Humidity 2 p.m.)
98
TO-DAY.
Madrid
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FRENCH FINANCES.
BALANCING 1......... BUDGET,
Paris, Jan. 19. The Finance Committee yester- day adopted the text relating to the balancing of the Budget. Amongst the estimated revenues, cconomics will give 500 millions, taxes on exchange re-exports 80, millions, and new taxes on pro- duction 350 millions,
Le Matin says that the question has now passed from the politica! to the technical ground. This change again places the problem on its true plane and leaves the door open for discussions.
M. Malvy declares that he hay
given to M. Briand an assurance of a desire to collaborate with the Government in the widest! .1/6.3/16pirit of conciliation.
3/0 7/8 The proposals of the committee .2/1/% now render useless the tax on transactions--Indo- Silver Spot and forward 31 6/16. commercial -British Wirelcas. Service.
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