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Mr. MOTORIST YOUR WINDSHJELD

OR YOUR EYES?RA

Faulty eyes, like a rain spattered windshield," make driving risky7. Be sure your eyes are right.

N. LAZARUS,

Hongkong's Only European Optician, 12 Queen's Bond Central

Manager-Ralph A. Cooper, Rogintarod Optometrist (Canada)

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TOONDED 1841

'No, 59,021

ABU+CA-TANT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926. 日六十月十

QUEEN'S RD. PANIC THE CANTON BOYCOTT

·OLD FIRE BUILDING IN DANGER.

'TENANTS" HURRIED EXIT.

Cracks which developed in a verandah pillar caused the harried vacuation, at 7.30, last night, of the inmates, from seven houses and shops which comprises the block

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MOVEMENT.

EXTREMISTS ARREST NEW UNION MEN:

INTIMIDATION RIFE.

A Chinese report from Canton states that the extremists elementa

EMPIRE ISSUES.

BASIS OF RELATIONS DEFINED

AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES.

Rugby, Nov. 19,

CANTON GOVERNMENT GIVES IN.

CONCESSIONS MADE TO

WORKERS

THE ARSENAL DISPUTE

Our Canton correspondent states The Imperial Conference this that the Government has agreed afternoon unanimously passed the to accept most of the demands Relations Committee, upon which by the arsenal workers., A joint engaged almost continuously for the workers' representative

is still proceeding on points of de- tall, but the former have already conceded many of the demands put forward.

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Bulls and Inners

From the Office Butts.

It would be far more practical Hotel residents should remem-

at the presont time if those over- ber that, even when new, mosquito,

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Beas firms who send such elaborate nets are full of holes. catalogues to Hongkong residents, would send the money they cost instand.

Small-town people are usually

London, Nov. 19.

announced at the national confer- The figures of the voting were

more sincere than residents of big ence of the Miners Federation, that, with a begay of 72, a competi- much everybody else carna.

citics, days a writer. Must be There is no truth in the rumour because everybody knows how held in private. The result was tion has been arranged for the

0.0 collecting of floating garbage. Perhaps the nations now busy inge, mostly by a show of hands, trict handleaps-Shek minus money from a Sinking Fund. while the men who have resumed 72, Repulse Bay work were not allowed to vote.

Cheung Chau plus ret

The modern woman can't put off too to-morrow.

Bome years ago housing the Fire Goods Union for the purpose of the Prime Ministers have bean conference between the authorities obtained by voting at lodge meet-Indicators, with the following dis-, on building submarines get the

in the new boycott movement has succeeded in intimidating those report of the Inter-Imperial who had decided to form a new body called the Wholesale Piece resisting the movement for an ex- Brigade headquarters at the tension of the boycott of British corner of Queen's Road Central | goods.. and Wellington Street.

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tion of the extremist element visit-

the past month.

The important political issues. It appears that a body of pickets referred to this Committee, includ- At a busy time last night, when from the old Union, at the instiga-ed those of Dominions' status, the the shops on the ground floors of ed Yeung Hong Street, where most relations between the various this block were still open to busi- of the piece goods shops are situ-Parts of the Empire relations with ness, an alarming crackling sound ated, and arrested a number of foreign countries, the system of men who had been active in the communication and the problem of was heard, followed by the drop- plan to organise the new Union securing closer consultation be- ping of a sighboard into the street, The Boycott Extension Com- as old bricks crumbled away from mittee is seeking to induce the Shop Employees Union, the Steve-

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tween Britain and varioda moatters have been examined in the Dominions and India. These

of legal and other experts, under

demonstration to-day (Saturday) It was intended to hold, a Big to protest against the lock-out of the Arsenal workers, but this has been cancelled in view of the con- cossions made by the Government. It is noteworthy that even the

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In the debate on future policy to-day, the left-wing delegates ad- the moderates did not conceal Vocatad continued resistance, but their belief that extremist tactics would wreck the Federation, and respondent for a certain American complained at the interference of newspaper immediately wired a left-wing propagandists in the "noose item when he noticed our districts during the voting

police dog catchers at work., - Eventually the Conference ad-

We have received no confirma.

Most appropriate that a nice too much for tomor Berg should arrive in the Colony during our cold weather.

Psychologists say loss of sleep stimulates efficiency. Perhaps that's 'why some of our Govern

白口:

It is not true that the local cor- ment servants lack ability.

central pillar, under the dores Union and the Customs closest detail with the assistance extremist element in the Labour journed to, ace whether the exocu-

on a rakish angle, and there was panic and confusion as the alarm was spread and the inmates from the upper floors rushed "pell-mell into the street:

SHORING OPERATIONS..

tion!

Unions showed their willingness

sections of labour under the in-cussion. full to-morrow. British Wireless. tion of the Union organisations.

The report will be published influence of the more powerful agc-

It was decided to send Mr. A, J. Cook to Russia in December, on the invitation of the Russian Trade Union Congress.-Beuter.

A bicycle appeared in one of the new Russian ballets in London. Wouldn't a motor-car encourage the performers to jump higher?:

suburbs is likely to become. famous. Meanwhile, neighbours From The Queen "A Charming have to put up with the tinkle.. Guest. Home. Loxham Gardens. tinkle of the little star. Constant hot water-Particulars Universal Aunts, Ltd., 192, Sloane Street." Charming nothing!

verandah. The column itself took Brokers Union to join.in the move-the Chairmanship of Lord Balfour, to join, the dissatisfied workers in tive was able to make any recom- tion that the House of Detention They day that a child planist

ment to keep out British goods..

A correspondent says that the

for whose services the Conference a protest against the Government mendation. The Executive then in Garden Road will now be called living in one of the London silk industry has been adversely to-day expressed deep apprecia-action, the idea being to bring all had a two-and-a-half hours' dis- the House of Comyna. affected by the boycott conditions and the trade has fallen in value to such an extent that the au- thorities in Canton are of opinion Police constables arriving on the that stops should be taken for its scene took charge of the situation, improvement. Under most favour- regulated the evacuation in more able conditions. the trade has or less orderly fashion, while totalled more than eighty million P.W.D. men who had been sum-dollars a year, but in the past few moned post-haste to the scene years it has been less than half began shoring operations, com- that amount. mencing with the most affected

part.

By ten o'clock this morning, when a Telegraph representative visited the scene, all the houses and

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shops had been evacuated. There casualties.

were 210

EIGHTY YEARS OLD.

COLONY'S FINANCES.

IMPROVEMENT DURING

AUGUST.

The Colony's financial returns up to the end of August have now Reputed to be at least 80 years been issued, and they show an im- old, and dating back to the time provement as compared with the of early British occupation of the previous year. The credit balance Colony, the block, which is of at the end of the month was three storeys," served a period of $6,821,967, ns against $6.612.870

THE CENTRAL BASIS.

London, Nov. 19.. Reuter learns that the question of Inter-Imperial relations has been finally settled by the adoption of a comprehensive resolution by the Premiers Committeo.

The Report is a document of from 8,000 to 10,000 words and takos the form of a single resolution covering all co-related, aubjects

EDITOR'S DEATH.

LOSS TO ILLUSTRATED JOURNALISM.

Lehton, Nov. 19.5 The death is announced of Mr. Clement Ke Shofter, a pioneer of

DISTRICT SETTLEMENTS.

The latest perfume is said to suggest the odoura of the country- side: Must smell something like petrol, we suppose, AAGENE

Later.

There's a rumour that the After its meeting, the Executive Hongkong Government is faced recommended the Miners Confer with a shortage of timber. Must A publisher predicts the return once that the districts should nego be due to the construction of as of the three-volume novol, We tiate settlements on the best terms many Press' tables.

Wouldn't mind seeing the return of possible.

the one-volume Isade, which we The Conference divided into

Judging by the numbers of recently lent to a friend, groups to consider their recom ladies at last night's Interport B mendation, to which Scotland and

the smoker,

womenfolk are "For Sale, attractive modern

ment They're usually attractive when they're full

connected with Imperial relations, illustrated, journalism.Reuter South Wales were chiefly opposed smoking their way into: domains house; vacant," says advertise-

Commonwealth of

public usefulness as the first head- | on 'July 31st. quarters of the Fire Brigade until Whilst there has been 2 Reuter, the natural expansion of the shrinkage of nearly $300,000 in Colony resulted in the removal of revenue for the eight months of the fire equipment and men to the current year, compared with

modern and

.more

BAVING NATIONAL TRINCIPLES,

manent wave experts can't earn a living is Zululand."

moro

failure of the A. D. C. to send the It is to be presumed that the customary tickets to the Fress

This talk of new air-mall routes ay be all right, but it's likely to

It was in December, 1922, that the is recorded for the month of full Conference resolution to-day, ed poet. Married. Miss Banfield, principles which the districts where Moses struck the rock any chase postal service to continue to -

Brigade moved out, and the build-August, The total revenue for ing, we understand, is owned by August was $1,680,206, as com- Sir Robert Ho Tung,

pared with $1,377,276 for the same month in 1925.

The expenditure for the month was $1,680,109, as against $1,829,250 for August,

PRESS CABLE RATES.

IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS.

London, Nov. 19.. A deputation of the Empire Press Union headed by Lord Burn- ham, waited on the Communica- tions Committee of the Imperial

1925,

Taking the whole period. from January 1st to August 31st, the revenue totals $12,003,634, com- pared with $16,348,517 last year, whilst the respective expenditure figures are $14,685,149 and $17,496,607. |-

"SUNNING" PIRATES.

1920.

An explorer has found the placa

Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1922. the settlements. Reuter.

Edited with rare ability shall endeavour to incorporate in got water. But nothing is reveal- Edited a charming Norwich Edition of George Borrow's Works, 1923 and a volume of Bronte stories last year.]

A VERY OUTSPOKEN

DOCUMENT.

10,000 MORE.

Lonlon, Nov. 19.

·There were 376,374 miners work- Ing to-day, this, being an Increase of 10,344.-Reuter.

EMPIRE PREMIERS HONOURED.

KRUGER'S WAGGON FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

go up.

The

can

ed as to the prophet's whereabouts

latest aeroplanes when the light went out.

travel faster than the speedlest bird. But, then, birds aren't There's a craze in America now bothered with engine trouble. for buying up old suits of armour. But we thought, most Americans owned an automobile, anyhow.

To hear some of our amateur politicians talking, makes it clear

international law are very good at

A wife charged with throwing that many who've never taken up a flat-fron at her bosband pleaded that she was only trying to take laying it down. the wrinkles out of his face. Now that the hot weather? is

over, fewer Hongkong men are

Cheer up A truckload of "sticking to their jobs. saxophones was recently destroy-

ed in an American railway smash,

[The deceased left the Civil Serdang It is understood that the basis

hitherto closed, to them. around which the whole Report vice for journalism; was Editor of centres, is the statement that the Illustrated London News, has

We've come to the conclusion Britain and the Dominions Are founded successively the Sketch,

Prior to adjourning the Delegate that the real object of jazz is to autonomous communities one to Sphere, and Tatler; and at the time Conference carried a resolution, enliven the waiter when he's another, and in any aspect of of his death was editor of the moved by South Wales, recom- jotting down the bill domestic and external affairs they Sphere. He was an authority on mending all the districts fume- are united by a common allegiance the life and works of the Brontes diately to open negotiations with

was due to the exceptional If they get many more Royal demands for seata. to the Crown and are freely asso- family and on the Napoleonic era, cosiowners in their respectiva dis- visitors in America, the United cinted as members of the British One of the founders of the Omar tricts with a view to arriving at States Army will take the world

Nations." Khayyam Club, and an ex-president agreements, but no district to en-championship for presenting arms. Gambusia patruelis is said to be A fish rejoicing in the name of of the Johnson Club. He wrote ter on a final settlement until a delightfully of Buckinghamshire, national conference has been held

very fond of mosquitous. With à Rugby, Nov. 19.

and, in 1913,, on "George Borrow to receive reports of all the nego About the only place where per name like that, he deserves to be. The question of Overseas Settle and his Circle." Mr. Shorter visit- tiations.

oo commodious the same period last year, an in- ment is exhaustively examined in ed U. S. "A., 1919. His first wife 1 the Executiva is to meet to-l quarters in Stephen's Building, crease of more than this amount the report of the Committee and a

was Dora Sigerson, the distinguish-morrow to decide the national approving the report, recognises that the problem of the re-distribu- tion of the white population of the Empire to the best interests of the whole British Cominonwealth is, one of paramount importance, es- pecially as between Britain on the one hand and Canada, Australia and New Zealand on the other: Satisfaction is expressed that the BRITAIN & MANDATES.

tion is being accelerated by the desired redistribution of popula-

policy consistently pursued since its acceptance by the Conference in 1921, and the view of that Con- ference that that policy should be

Geneva, Nov. 19. a permanent one, is endorsed. The Conference recognises it

The British Government, reply- would be impracticable, owing to ing to the famous questionnaire Conference this afternoon and HOSPITAL PATIENTS GETTING financial, economic and political of the Mandato'ak Commission, De- submitted a Memorandum

London, Nov. 19. considerations, to promote the clares that the questionnaire was phasising, the necessity of a re-

One of the most notable cere duction of cable and wireless We learn from the Government is satisfied that by a continuous with the statutory principles of perial Conference took place to-day,

mass movements of population, but unneccessary and irreconcilable monies in connection with the Ira-motion le a Scot signing a chit. press rates within the Empire. Civil Hospital that there is steady adherence to the present polley it the Mandate' Commission's The speakers, besides Lord improvement in the condition of should be possible steadily i la duties. It argues that it is an in- Burnham, included Sir Robert the pirates who were taken off the crease the flow of population to correct and dangerous practice to Donald, Sir Roderick Jones, Sir Sunning and detained in hospital those parts of the British Com-grant audience to aggrieved Stanley Reed, Mr. Francis Brosbie for treatment. Roles and Mr. Taylor Darbyshire.

monwealth where settlers are most petitioners inhabiting the mandat- An improvement is also record- needed for development and gen-ed territories, and points out that Mr. Amery and Mr. Bruce res-ed in the case of the man who was eral security, and where they will British mandatories are always ponded most sympathetically and previously stated to be in a very find greatest opportunities. promised most careful considera-bad way, but who has since, quite.

raudy to supply. Information on The report points out that a suc. any petition submitted to the Alon. of the representations. unexpectedly, taken a turn for the cessful policy of Overseas Settle League-Router /

better.

ment must be accompaaled by the The condition of Mr. McCor- provision of adequate marketing mack, the Chief Engineer, is ne facilities for settlers' produce. It favourable as can be expected and particularly urges that steps be he is progressing towards re-taken to stimulate the demand for covery,

Empire products within the Em- None of the Chinese held on pire and in world markets, Re- suspicion of taking part-in the warding, passages, the agreement piracy have yet been charged at under which in the present year, The Colonial Minister, Heer waggon exiled in London as a proof still.

In low trick on the part of the Police Court..

Canada received nearly 10,000 as Koningsberger, interviewed with of Britain's victory will return to

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pada the dollar to drop so much...... sisted emigrants, (8 to be renewed referente do the insurrection in its old home as a proof that Britain We understand that a gentleman with certain amendments for two Batavia, husurned in the absence of has been defeated by friendship on the Park who fondly collects years.

official despatches, that it was DOW (Cheers)

local butterflies and moths has Manila has her earthquakes, The Australian representatives only a question of sporadic happen-

Referring to the Imperial Con- applied for his money back for whilst Hongkong has her high- agread to recommend free pas inge. The legal Government were, ference, General Hertzog said buying a book entitled "Hints to price shocks.

YOYO Bages for women, accopted as do- apparently, masters of the situs "Our endeavours have been to build Young Mothers Moscow, Nov. 19.

Free passages tion. He emphasised that anxiety up and destroy. I leave London BQ

A Society of Married Women in for approved boys and girls and was medless regarding the reliabl full of satisfaction. Our achieve. It in sald; that many of the America has agreed to meet week- single women and passages for lity of fecal troops which were thor- ment will prove a lasting sucecas pirates captured possessed gold $11 for all other approved migongidependable and ample to and pleasure to us all, severally watches. One might almost any

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cope with the situation Router. and Jointly "Router-

ask a Pirate

Reuter.

STEEL WITHOUT SMELTING.

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GERMAN CHINESE PROCESS.

Berlin, Nov. 19. The German Dye Trust has patented a new chemical process of making steel without smelting, It is claimed that the steel is cheapor, harder, more elastic, and ithout the impurities unavoidable In ordinaryStuel. It is thereby that the German will be able to domi ternational market,

BETTER.

RUSSIAN REVOLT.

A MOSCOW DENIAL.

mestic workers.

It is semi-oficially stated that

the reports of the alleged revolt near Pakoff are entirely fabricated. Reuter,

BATAVIA REVOLT.

DUTCH CONFIDENCE.

Amsterdam, Nov, 19

"Comfortablé home for business" man, large bedroom, sitting-room; The latest definition of slow piano bathroom."Advt. Who we might ask, will be the accom→ panistr

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this being the conferment of the There is no truth in the rumour the Premiers of South Africa, New has received an invitation to tour by which time it is expected that Summer will soon be here again, Freedom of the City of London on that a well-known local cricketer Zealand and Newfoundland, at the Australia with his team of per the Government will be consider

forming rabbits..

ing its reply to next year's “un- At a subsequent luncheon at the

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official" criticisms with regard to Mansion House, the Lord An American newspaper, states the absence of public bathing ac Mayor offered General Hertzog that acrobats are making-a- good commodation. President Kruger's travelling wag living in that country,We've

Guildhall

gon which the late Lord Kitchener always been under the impression It is not true that the cat which originally presented to Lord that they could make ends meet. strolled into the Kowloon Police Bearsted, ex-Lord Mayor of London,

Station, wanted to give itself: up who later presented it to the city,A Secret Still" was the head for bigamy.

General Hertzog, in accepting the ing to a news item to the effect

gift on behalf of South Africa, that whisky had been discovered "Anxious Resident. The best. BaldThis act of friendship and in the vicinity of an American way to keep your billa down is to goodwill will be deeply appreciated University We presume that the use a paperweight.

for the motives inspiring it.The Varsity's'adversity is not a secret

"If you want to bow the ume

ly to discuss their grlovancos, The latter will now be able to drop into the Club for a quiet game of billiards.