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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MAC'S CAFETERIA

PEDDER STREET..

CAKE SPECIALITIES.

BOOK CAKES

For your next Birthday Party, Order one of our Special Book Cakes, Made of the best ingredients- and beautifully decorated for the occasion.

M

QUAKER CAKE

Was always a cake of great success and therefore you should not miss ordering one for your next Tea Party. Made of Sponge Cake filled with Cream Chantilly and Cherries, Ornamented with small Bavarois and Cream.

MAC'S CAFETERIA Telephone Central 4801,

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THE HONGKONG. AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

HONGKONG HOTEL

DERBY DAY

TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH.

NIGHT

CARNIVAL

Special Dinner Dansant

(Fancy or Evening Dress Optional)

THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE

-TABLES FOR ABOVE MAY NOW BE BOOKED

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

P. T. FARRELL Consulting Engineer

- AND

Manufacturers' Representative.

Agent for Bolinder's Crude Oil Engines &

Marine, Stationary and Lighting. King's Building, Top Floor.

Telephone C. 2566. Telegraphic Address "FARSEEING."

VICTORIA PRINTING PRESS

Telephone: Central 1399.

REMOVAL NOTICE

We beg to inform our Customers that we have removed to more commodious Premises at No. 3 A Duddell Street.

Heat or cold

they need "SCOTT'S"

SCOTT'S Emulsion brings health and strength, at all arges of life. Contented and happy are little ones who are nourished

hy SCOTT'S

Emulsion,

OBITUARY,

LIEUT. COLONEL J. B. R. BACCHUS.

SATURDA

THE WING ON CASE.

BAIL GRANTED TO ALL DEFENDANTS.

The case in which turee Chinezo

FEBRUARY 20, 1926.

-"BRAZEN AUDACITY.”

RAILWAY CARS ON

OFFER:

Tientsin, Feb. 19. It is with great repret that we

To-day the Peking and Tientsin have to record the death of Lieut.are alleged to be concerned in a Colonel J. B. R. Baechua, Royal conspiracy to defraud the Wing On Times contains an advertisement Company was continued before inserted by the “Kusminchun M- Army Pay Corpa, Command Pay- Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central

Transportation Bureau," tory master and Treasury Cheat 01-

Magistracy yesterday.

which the P. and T. Times editori. fter of the South China Command,

Mr. F. C. Jenkin appeared to Jaily characterises as "aheer bra who died at his houac. No. 10 Queen's Gardens, yesterday mornprosecute, and the defendants were zen audacity, unparalleled even in ing, from heart failure.

SALESMAN $AM.

UNDER

DISGUISE SAM AND ¡AWLTUMMY MANAGED ITO GAIN

SHELTER FOR THI NIGHT IN TH GANG'S

CABIN IN WHICH THE $15,000 THAT WAS STOLEN FROMÉ

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HIDDEN UNDER TH

CARPET OF THE ROOM AND TONIGHT THEY PLAN TO GET IT

OR DIE

IN_TH" ATTERDI

THAT

China,"

represented by Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn, Evidence of arrest and the result

The advertisement reads: "Rail- of the searches carried out at the homes of the three, defendants lincs. Terms strictly cash way cars. Cark of all sizes and was given, and a representative of Orders promptly excouted. --For company gave a detailed acrates apply. Military Transportn count of the procedure adopted in tion Bureau, Grand National dealing with deposits.

Hotel, Japanese Concession. Router.

Lieut. Colonel Bacchus has beer i. bad health for some time, and recently made a recuperative trip to Japan, from which he retúrne seemingly improved. He left the house yesterday morning for the cffice, but before reaching there

An assistant cashier said that felt overcome and returned, ex

iring shortly after in a chair beregarding the book which repré- sented the deposit of $50,000, there fore medical ald could be called.

was $23,000 remaining when an The deceased officer would have application was made on May 4, been 62 years of age next month 1023, for $22,000 to be withdrawn.

service in many and has seen parts. He arrived in Hongkong in- October, 1924, and would haveing $1,000 could not remain on de been due for retirement in three posit and that the whole amount years. Previous to being appoint should be withdrawn at once.

It was decided that the remain-

No, receipt, was given because no

ed here, he was stationed at Edin-. burgh for some years, and duriinterest was payable. "T

remained at Woolwich the war without serving overseas,

The Master Mind."

THE PROHIBITION

PROBLEM.

PROPOSAL TO BUY UP ALL

With "

WHISKY.

Washington, Feb. 18. h the object of enforcing

sidering a proposal to buy the en- Prohibition, the Government is con

The question of bail was raised He was an enthusinatie golfer by Mr. Zeitlyn, and Mr. Jenkin and was a member of the Royal said he was not instructed to oppose tire stock of medicinal whisky in Hongkong Golf Club, spending ball, but to ask that it should be the country to prevent it flowing frequent week-ends on the Fan-ubstantial. Mr. Zetlyn suggest into bootleg channels, at an esti ling course. In other aport heed that perhaps ball of hetween

was pot an active participant, n$3,000 and $5,000 would meet themated cost of 300 million dollars. was always ready to lend his supcase, Mr. Jenkin replying that something like $25,000 was in his port La regimental fixtures.

pinion nearer the mark,

Mr. Zeitlyn said that bail in very

Lieut: Colonel Banchus leavestis widow, to whom the deepest sym-.

-Secretary Mellon opposed the step on the ground that the Govern- ment is thereby engaging in bus- ess, but is assistant, Secretary

favours the scheme-Reuters enforcement of prohibition, strong-

American Service.

rathy of the community will be large sums became merely illu-ndrews, who is in charge of the extended in her heavy, bereavemory. Mr. Junkin said he bad ment.

SHANGHAL GAOL .-

SENSATION.

PRISONERS ATTEMPT TÓ

ESCAPE,

Sha hai, Feb. 19. An attempt to escape was made at midnight on Wednesday by from thirty to forty exaviets under going sentences ranging from fivé to twenty years, at the French municipal gaol, and resulted in the death of nine, including four suicides. Eight men were criti cally wounded.

Two warders, who were locking the main door, were attacked, lime being ung at the face of one and a sack being thrown over his head. His companion blew a whistle and pulled his pistol and fired.

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Assistance arrived, but the pri- soners only halted after nearly half their number had dropped wounded.-Reuter.

of

SYRIAN CAMPAIGN.

perhaps not outlined the -case against the third defendant saff- ciently, and added that he though the evidence would show that the third defendant was the master mind in the perpetration of the forgery.

THE BOXER INDEMNITY.

Eventually bail was fixed for all LORD WILLINGDON REACHES three defendants at $10,000 Cach and an approved security 310,000. Next Tuesday afternoon. The following morning and after- noon and the afternoons of March

JAPAN.

Tokyo, Feb. 19,

Lord Willingdon arrived a

the

Russia en route

4 and 5 were provisionally fixed Yokohama this morning on for further hearing of the charges [Emprese ut against the three defendants.

AIR ESTIMATES.

A CAUTIOUS POLICY "INDICATED,

to

the China

discuss to disposal of the British por-. tion of the Boxer indemnity! Reuter.

A cement works in England is saving from 6 to £10 per day by cleaning the gases coming from London, Feb. 19.

the rotary kilns in which the The Air estimates amount to cement is burned or roasted. £16,000,000 net, being an increase These gases contain a considera. of nearly half a million, but the hle amount of dust, and, although have decreased they were formerly равнед gross estimates owing to a reduction of air service through dust, settling chambers, expenditure, which falls finally on only a small proportion of the the Middle East vote in respect of dust was caught, the butk being Iraq, Palestine abd Trang carried to the chimney and Jordania, and the Navy votes in discharged into the atmosphere. respect of the fleet air arm. Apart from creating a nuisance to the surrounding neighbour- -The incrense. in the net

hood, it constituted a serious loss estimates reflects the strengthen- of valuable raw material, a ro'nt ing of the home.defence force. amply confirmed after the latest It is pointed out that the dec-form of dust collecting apparatus: sion in 1926 to increase this had been put into operation. The force's strength to 52 squadrons, apparatus in question is & Patent by 1928 is unlikely to be carried Dust Collector inade by Davidson out, even before 1930, and the & Co., Ltd., of Belfast, and is A Beiruth message states that in

gradual progress to greater applied to the chimney serving Prior to enter- the course of др engagement strength remains reviewable ac-the cement kiln.

chimney, the gases around Rashaya, the Druses suf- cording to the 'International situa-ing the fered severely.

tea, particularly the resulta el coming from the ratory kiln are the collector, international discussions on dig-passed trough A French column attacked south

which cleans them throughly, armament.. of Damas, and pursued the enemy,

and retrieves no less than 5-lb. of As regards research, a number of dust per minute. Considering who underwent heavy losses.

experimental' machines have been that a coment kiln is usually in The Assembly of elected repre-ordered, embodying the principle continuous operation for 24 hours sentatives of the vilayet of Aleppo of the Cierva autogiro, but it has per day for months at a time, beer decided not to continue cx-hundreds of tons of dust are soon has voted a resolution expressing periments with the Brennan hell collected, the monetary saving attachment to France-Havas.

copter Reuter.

being correspondingly large.

DRUSES SUFFER IN ENGAGEMENTS,

Faris, Feb. 19.

"PSST-AWLTUMMYİ --- NIGHTO THEY'RE ALL ASLEEP. NOW'S, OUR CHANCE TO GET THAT

MONEY FROM UNDER TH CARPET AND MAKE OUR GETAWAY BEFORE

CIMON THEY WAKE UP

7.2.

2.-2

SHORE

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It Pays to Kick, Sometimes

GREAT SCOTT! THEY'VE GOT "ÚDO MEN SLE ON TH CARPET SAM- THEY AIN'T TAKING NO CHANCES OF LOSING - WE'RE OUTTA LUCK.

NO WE AIN JUST WATCH

ME

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