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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Addros8: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.”

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL: PALACE HOTEL: MAJESTIC HOTEL,

Tolographio Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"

HOTELS.

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Dos Wagons Lits, Peking.

".

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOUATION

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING,

TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR,

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS

Telephone Central 373

Telegraphic Address

14 VICTORIA

KOWLOON HOTEL

片 Premier Hotel in Kowloon

FI

RATES:- Daily $5.00 Upwards

Monthly $120.00 do

MODERN TOILET SYSTEM

Elevator and Telephones to each floor. SALOON BAR & BUFFET.

Manager's personal

Tels:- K. 608 & K. 609.

Tel. Addross "KOWLOTEL" Hongkong

Tel. Address:

"Glenealy" Hongkong..

GLENEALY HOTEL,

3 & 4, Glenenly,

A first clara Residential and Tourist Hotel.

attention.

Wm. Harold Perry,

Manager.

Telephone C. 980.

(Near Dairy Farm). Splendidly situated with- in easy walking distance of all business centres. Large airy rooms. Hot and Cold water. Excellent Cuisine under the personal supervision of the Proprietress. Monthly and family rates at moderate torms.

For farther particolars, apply to:

Tal. Kowloon No. 8

MRS. FREDERICKS,

PALACE HOTEL.

Proprietress.

Tel, Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fana through- out. Every Room with Private Bath, Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooma. Varivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

Mra. J. H. OXBERRY. Proprietress,

EUROPE

After-dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Cables

EUROPE

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD.

Arthur E. Odell, Managing Director.

ASAHI BEER

BREWED BY

DAI¶NIPPON BREWERY

Co., Ltd.

TOKYO JAPAN

Specially Brewed for Export,

Sole Agents:

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Ltd.

HONGKONG,

Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1926.

CONDITIONS IN BROKER SUES BROKER AMERICA.

IN, F. M. S.

CANTON LABOUR'

İLABOUR

BRITISH MISSION'S REPORT.

FEUD.

POLICE ARREST SIX PICKETS.

FIRM ACTION TAKEN.

SEQUEL TO PURCHASE OF: SHARES.

the

London, Dee. 17:" The Government industrial mle sion to Canada and the U. S. final

AN UNDEFENDED SUIT. A Canton correspondent states returned, most impressed with in the

An undefended huit in which that on Thursday, a serious labour many new experiments feud occurred at Tai Tak Malog United States and Canada and between the members of two rival the effect of healthier and more Mr. A.H. Froda, a Kuala Lumpur Unions of comb-makers, resulting harmonious relationships between broker, was the plaintif and in one being killed and many capital and labour, both with and Fearon and; Co. were

without the Trade Unions co-defendants, was heard in the wounded.

Supreme Court, last operation A noticeable feature FM.S. Despite police, interference, the is the large and constantly in- week, before the Chief Justice fight continued, and General Chien creasing amount of stocks and (Sir Henry Gompertz). Ta-chun, the new Commissioner of shares held by work people in the Mr. E. D. Shearn, appearing for Public Safety on learning the companies with which they are the plaintiff, said that no defence nawa, at once despatched a large employed and another develop-had been filed by the defendants body of armed police to suppress ment is group insurance, under and as they were not in court he the feud. Subsequently, the which the workers are individual presumed that they were not con- police arrested six pickets and took ly insured, both aides contributing testing the case. He would, thort- them to the Canton Police Head- to the premiums. Many of the fore, formally put Mr. Fröda in the quarters, where they were accused larger plants have full time quali- box for his evidence. of breaking the law.

The plaintiff said that, on July fled doctors and nurses, to attend But the trouble did not end their work people gratis at sur-7 last he bought 1,000 shares in there. The Workers' Representa-geries at the works, and these are Tin Land Consolidated Ltd., at $1 tive Conference represented to the provided on business and not on per share from the defendants for Commissioner, on behalf of the sentimental ground. The wages which he obtained the usual ro- comb-makers, that the action taken level is much higher than in Eng-eipt. He, however, never recoiy- by the police was entirely con-hand and much is done to relieve ed the shares although he called trary to Kuomintang principles the workman of heavy manual toil. for them on several occasions. He which guaranteed protection to the Normal hours vary from 40 to 60wrote several letters, but the de- proletariat, and further stated that hours weekly. There have been fendants did not even reply to the arrested should be immediately a few strikes lately, but these them.

Mr. Sheern next produced one. released. It was added that the were regarded as local and did not labour feuds were encouraged by affect an industry as a whole of the letters calling upon Fearon reactionary elements or "running Reuter.

dogs of Imperialists" who were attempting to -crush Trade Unionism.

1)

The Commissioner, however, turned a deaf ear to the pleas and the arrested pickets are still de tained. What action will be taken by the

Conference Workers' remains to be seen...

It will be recalled that when General Chien Ta-chun took office

as Commissioner of Public Safety

SHORT TIME ABANDONED.

A SURPRISING LANCASHIRE

DECISION.

London, Dec. 17. Lancashire is surprised at the recently, he declared that no decision of the Short-time Organi labour trouble ог

and Co. to deliver the shares and asked witness whether that had been aent to defendants.

Witness replied that it had, but he could not say whether it was posted or delivered by hand. Mr. Shearn" said, that Pooley and Co. had also written to Fearon and Co. on this gabject, but there was no reply.

His Lordship: Has there been any admission by the defendants that these letters reached them?

Witness replied that there was

His Lordship: In your letter

lawlessnesssation Committee of the Federa-no such admission. would be tolerated: He also saidtion of Muster Cottonspinners' As- that arbitrary arrests and picket-sociations, at a meeting at Man of October 12 you called upon the ing of business shops by Unions cheater to-day to abandon short-defendants to deliver the shares must be suppressed without time in the American yarn-spin-within three days?--Yes.. clemency.

ning section.

The official reason given is the manner in which short-time Is being

THE DOHENY VERDICT. observed. Reuter.

CONFLICTING POLITICAL

COMMENTS.

New York, Dec. 17: Newspaper comments on the ne- quittal of Messrs. Fall and Do heny are tinged with political bias.

The Republican Herald and Tribune rejoices at the acquittal as

THE FRANC,

IMPROVEMENT BRINGS BANK RATE REDUCTION..

At that date what was the mar- ket price of these shares?-$2.10.

His Lordship said that the de- livery of the betters would have to be proved and after a short ad- journment the two chit books were produced and put in as evi- dence.

His Lordship gave judgement for the plaintiff for $850.

REMARKABLE FLYING.

BY MOTH AEROPLANE TO

BAGDAD....

Paris, Dec., 17. The Banque de France has re- a wholesome corrective to sensa-duced its discount rate to six and a tionalism and as a triumph for the half per cont. The rate was jury system. It admits that the raised to seven and a half per cent result is far from being a clean when the franc was quoted at bill of health for Tail, but thinks 200 to the £1 in order to compel the jury could not ignore the the repatriation of French capital.

Bagdad, Dec. 17. patriotic motives behind the Do- It is now considered that the The meritorious performance of heny contract or the fact that the object is largely attained and the flying from London in a couple of country benefited by the transac-reduction comes as a boon to 26 horse-power Moth aeroplanes tion in the swift construction of French trade which is languishing.has been accomplished by Captain oil tanks.

A Honolulu paper also thinks

that Döheny's character as a plon-

-Reuter.

Stack and E. S. Leete, who have just crossed 86 miles of Syrian desert, handicapped by sandstorms

eering American type, influenced RUBBER RESTRICTION. and adverse winds, each man carry- the jury in his favour."

CEYLON TO REMAIN A PARTICIPANT.

ing out the joint duties of pilot, navigator and mechanic and lack ing the elaborate ground oganisa- tion which was prepared for fore- runners flying more powerful ma- chines,

On the contrary the Democratic New York Times declares that the charges are notoriously hard to prove and the people of the United States, who constitute the larger Jury, will feel that scandalous in- propriety, if not technically a motion to stand out of the rubber taining the airmen, who will re- crime, was committed.-Reuter's restriction scheme. The mover eume the flight to India in a few American Service.

daya.-Reuter.

Colombo, Dec. 17, The Council has rejected a

dfd not vote.--Reuter.

LOCAL MILITARY WEDDING,

Local Air Force men are enter-

This group was taken at the wedding on Thursday of Major G L Peterson, R.A.S.C.; and Mra Compton Smith. The bride was given away Major General Luard, who is

sean on extreme leit. Photo: Ming Yu

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