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HOTELS.

THE.

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL PEAK HOTEL Telographic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL: PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIO HOTEL.

Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI."

HOTELS.

LIMITED.

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

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

الخير

CENTRAL LOCATION

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.

HOTEL LAUNCH, MEETS ALL STEAMERS

Telephone Contral 373

Telegraphic Address Viarontä??

KOWLOON HOTEL

Premier Hotel in Kowloon

RATES: Daily $5.00 Upwards

Monthly $120.00 do

MODERN TOILET SYSTEM: Elevator and Telephones to each floor, SALOON BAR & BUFFET.

Manager's personal attention.

Tels:- K: 608 &· K. 609, ́ Tel. Addross "KOWLOTEL" Hongkong

Tel. Address:

"Glenoaly" Hongkong,

GLENBALY HOTEL,

4 Glencaly

A first class Residential and Tourist Hotel.

Wm. Harold Porry,

Manager.

Telephone C. 980.

(Near Dairy Farm). Splendidly situated with-

in saay walking distance of all business centres. Large airy rooms. Bot and Cold water. Excellent Culeine under the personal supervision of the Proprietress. Monthly and family rates at moderate terms,

For further particulars apply to:

MRS. FREDERICKS, Proprietress,

Tel, Kowloon No. 8

PALACE HOTEL,

Tol, Addross "PALACE.” Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf," Ferry and Railway Station, Entirely under. English Management. Electric Light and Fans through out. Every Room with Privata Bath, Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terme moderato. Special terms to families on application.to:

Mrs. 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 3, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MURDER TRIAL.

"(Continued From Page 13)

"ALARM GIVEN.

One of the men rari downstairs to give the alarm, and the two partners from below appeared on

some

the scene. One of them took the axe and placed it among tools where it belonged, and the other partior went, for the police.

Sergt., Meadow and Inspector Clark arrived on the scene, and all the police witnesses would say that the prisoner smelt of drink,

and was unsteady on his feet.

A

search was made, and in the

Was

prison's room bottle found, and tho Government Analyst, who had examined it, would say he had found traces of

alcohol.

Dealing with the prisoner's move

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926.

BRILLIANT GOLF.

1. W. SHEWAN DEFEATS T. D. E. PENDERED.

'LOSER'S SENSATIONAL RECOVERY IN CHAMPIONSHIP.

THRILLING FINAL.

SAVOY HOTEL,

SOON TO BE OPENED.

Subject to official approval of the ́ ́extensive alterations — that have been effected for the pur- poses of adapting the building to

now

meet the requirements of modern hotel accommodation, the Savoy Hotel will be open to business in the course of a fow days in a centrally located part of the city.

The New establishment

Is

the

I. W. Shawan defeated T. D. E. Pendered by 2 and 1 over thirty-housed partly in the premises six-holes in the final for the cham- proviously occupied by Messrs. plonahip of the Royal Hongkong Lane, Crawford, Ltd. In the Golf Club yesterday. The honour work of reconstruction, fell to Showan for the first time results obtained are remarkable after some of the best and eer-and are a tribute to the construc tainly most thrilling golf yet seen tors, for, by taking over a portion in the history of the competition. of the King Edward Hotel (regard- It is certain that nothing pering which the promotors had an has been seen in a championship option) and adding to this tho match here than Pendered's sen- ground floor premises given up by sationally brilliant form which al-Messrs. Lane Crawford on the most saved him the game after he latter's removal to Exchango was in the apparently hopeless posi-Building, they have caused a self- tion of eight down with eleven to contained and composite hotel He settled down to play establishment to evolve from the play. perfect golf, winning hole after previous labyrinth of rooms and holo, until with breaks in the shops. sequence-at the 29th, which She- win won in birdie 4, and the 32nd which was halved in bogey four, he had reduced Shewan's lead to dormie two.

$

STYMIED!.

ments on the day before the attack, Mr. Nihill said that at 3 p.m. he asked Kwok Man for a loan of $1 to go back to the country, but this was refused. At five o'clock, when he cooked the evening meal, he appear- ed to be perfectly normal, and two hours later, when he made his usual visit to the compradore for

As the new Savoy Hotel now is, money to buy provisions, he asked for a rise in wages. The compra

it occupies the larger portion of the dore told him to come back the fol-

Building with a main entrance on lowing day. At eight o'clock the

the Ice House Street side, and an prisoner was smoking in the hut,

elevator serving its five floors. and left shortly before nine o'clock.

The entrance opens into an ex- The proprietor, of a stall, which the

tensive lounge above which, is a prisoner patronised, would be call- The match onded on the thirty mezzanine floor which greatly cd. The prisoner usually spent fifth green in. a manner very un-adds to the sitting accommoda- about ten cerits there, but on the fortunate for Pendered, He wasion. A lounge is also install- "night of October 19th, he ordered a on the green within eight feet of ed on the main floor as a full big meal casting $1.20 He ate the pin with his third, Shewan licence has been accorded the very little of it, however, and ap- having made a brilliant recovery promoters. peared to be in a hurry and anxious from his drive but failed to do The four upper floors of the to get away. The proprietor would better than just reach the edge building have undergone extensive sty that he saw a bottle in the pri- of the green with his mashie. repairs and alterations, and they soner's hand, and he emptied some Shewan, went for the hole and laid offer a uniform appearance as für thing from the bottle into a bowl a stymie. With the slightest luck as the lay-out of the guests' rooms and drank it with his meal. He Pendered might have got round it is concerned. also had evidence to show that but a true shot just grazed his sometime during the day the pri- opponent's ball and came to rest soner went to a shop and bought about two inches from the hole. three or four cents worth of wine. Shewan halved in bogey five and

1!་

NO MOTIVE

the match was over..

Mr. Nihill continued that the Crown was not able to put forward ang motive. There was evidence to show that the two men had never had a quarrel and there was no known .cause

of disagreement between them. He added that a motive was not an essential part

Crown's

of the

case

in

The spacious character of the accommodation for residents at this new

establishment deserves special mention. The rooms are unusually large, h feature. which has enabled twin beds to be accommodated whilst separate telephones are installed in every Altogether, 50 rooms have room. been thus Atted out.

A WORTHY WINNER. Pendered did the Inst. ten holes in 4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3 and 6, four under bogey, brilliant golf which

The dining or grill room, on the was undoubtedly the outstanding. feature of a wonderful match, but first floor, is stated to be one of Shewan was a worthy winner. He the largest rooms of its kind in droyo a slightly longer ball than the Colony, and offers a floor space Pendered, and was seldom off the of 5,000 square feet, a fact which also be appreciated bý straight, and when he found will

this room in trouble, his recoveries were invari- dancers who use

social functione. ably brilliant.

The promoters of this new addi-

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murder charge. When no motive could be found, traces of insanity. were usually looked for, but me- dical evidence would show that the

His short game was almost per- prisoner was sane, although of a low type of mentality. His fellow-fect. Only during the late morn- tion to Hongkong's already large workers regarded him as a quiet ing when six holes were halved number of hotels, Messrs. A and and unassuming man. Evidence successively, did he give anything. Leong Hing Kee, are already was called at the Central Magis-away on the greens, and on occa-well-known in the Colony, being tracy which was to the effect that sion he holed out sensationally also the proprietors of the Hotel

from long distance. the prisoner had been unsuccess-.

Metropole and the Boa Vista of A twenty

They come of a family ful in a love affair, and that some-foot putt gained him the third Macao. time in May he had been 'ill, but hole in the morning in birdie 3, which has a penchant for hotel- he did not consider that that at the long sixth he holed out in keeping, and which has achieved four by putting to within inches considerable success in all its helped to supply a motive.

of the hole from the extreme edge of the green, and at the eighteenth ahe aank his ball for a three with

a twenty foot putt.

MANY WOUNDS.

FOUR UP IN THE MORNING.

Shewan was four up at the end

ventures.

HOME FOOTBALL.

League Matches.

Dr. J. R. Craig, who made post mortem examination gave evidence as to the wounds. One was a wound on" the right side of the face, extending from the right

London, Dec, 18, car to a length of four and a half of the morning round, having com-weather and in the presence of ter Playing at Leicester in finc inches. It was 4-inch wide at thepleted the round in 78. He con- thousand spectators, the first Ama. top, and 1-inches wide at the bot- tinued his splendid golf in the, teur Soccer International match tom. The brain had been cleft early afternoon, winning the 19th ever played between England and and the temple bone fractured. Another wound was on the right in 1 to 6, 21st in 3, 23rd in 4, the Scotland resulted in a 4-1 vic.org cheek, three inches long, and had Long, Hole he again did in 4 and for Scotland fractured the base of the skull. had haived the "Twins" a bad hole played in the English and Scot the Bog in bogey 3 Pendered The results of the matches The third wound was three inches for both in 5, and had won the tish Leagues on Saturday were as long and -inch across, and had Rise in 4 to 5, Shewan having follow: penetrated to a depth of three found the trees, at the latter hole. inches, Death was due to a frac and requiring three strokes to Arsenal tured skill and laceration of the reach the green. Pendered was Aston Villa brain. Witness considéred that

eight down when Shewan tec-od Bolton the injuries could have been in-.

Burnley. Both met with Cardi up for the 26th. #licted by a weapon similar to the

trouble but Pendered's approach The case is proceeding.

was perfect and he holed out in

axc.

Division I.

..2 Tottenham .3 Huddersfield 2 Sunderland,

... Evertou

..0 Blackburn

2 Bury

4 Wednesday

....0 West Ham

1 to begin the wonderful display Manchester U... West Brom which most effectively renewed interest in the match.

The stroke acures are appended:-

London, Dec. 17. The trial has been concluded at the Central Criminal Court in 'Dublin' of Patrick Brennan, Wil-out liam Ford and Patrick Downing, Hoine owner, leasee and operator, re- Out spectively, of the Drumcollogher Home cinema.

Brennan was found not guilty;" and the jury disagreed as regards | Out. Ford and Downing-Reuter.

SHEWAN,

....638 143 55-37

..5.5 6 5 4 5 4534178

4 5 3 5 44-367-40 ..5.4 4.5 4 5 5 637-155

FENDERED:

Home..605 6 4 6 4 6443 62 Out G 5 4 4 5 5 4 45-42 Lisbon, Dec. 18. Home ..4 5 3 4 4

-32-166 "A great earthquake shock of Shewan's best ball score was three seconds duration was experi-78, Pendered's best ball was 71, enced to-day in Lisbon and Madeira, Considerable damage was done, in and the best tall of the match Lisbon.

There was much alarm was 67. but no casualties. There is no news as to the effects of the earth- quake in Maderia.—Router.

The Empress of Canada loft Kobo yesterday morning and la duc at Shanghai "to-morrow at 1 p.m.

Newcastle ....1 Leicester... Shoffeld.. ..d Birmingham

Division Il

Entertainments.

The Tale of a Trial Honeymoon!

"WINE OF YOUTH"

with

ELEANOR BOARDMAN

together with

الن

DICK NORTON'S GLOBE-TROTTERS

QUEEN'S-

James Oliver, Curword's Virile Stork.

THUNDER MOUNTAIN

WORLD

HOOT GIBSON

in

THE CALGARY STAMPEDE

STAR-

DIPHENSO"

WOOD PRESERVATIVE AND WHITE ANT

DESTROYER

Stocks Held By

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.

Sole Agents. Prices & Full Particulars on Application.

EUROPEAN UNREST.

Memal

NLA

Tilsit

Manchester C.

nigsberg

GERMAN

Bradford Chelsea

2 Darlington Clapton

Reading Hull City

Fulham Middlesbrough..7 Swansea Notts County...2.

Blackpool Port Vale.. .0 Nottingham Preston

1 Portsmouth' Southampton .3 Bornstey South Shields..4 Oldham Whampton.....3 Grimsby

Division III. (Southern), -Brentford

....8 Watford Brighton

Bristol Exeter

Luton...

Merthyr. Millwall Northampton Norwich Southend- Swindon

.3 Aberdaro

Charlton 3.Plymouth

1 Bristol City

Crystal Palace 2.0

2 Gillingham

1 Newport

..0 Bournemouth

Grodno MILES

tina

Havagrudak

The above map shows Lithuania, where a military coup has been effected, and which has given rise to much poli- tical anxiety In surrounding countries.

"Airdrie

18

1.6 Queen's Park R. 2 Division III. (Northern) Accrington 3.2 Bradford ́......... Barrow

..0 Donenster R. Crowa... Durham..

Washington, Dec. 19. The House of Representativos by 279 to 66 has passed the Alien Property Bill, providing for settle-of a house in Spring Garden Lane, Halifax.

Leaping from the second floor ment of German-American war claims, 80 per cent of allen pro- yesterday, a Chinese received in Hartlepools.. perty held by the custodian being juries from which he died shortly Linepin

after admission Into the Govern- Southport. roturned.

Stockport The measure goes to the Seantement Civil Hospital. The case Rochdale. -Router American Service.

is regarded as one of suleide.

Trammoro..

Stoke Wroxham Rotheram Ashington

Chesterfield Nelson

1 N. Brighton

Scottish Lengue,

.0 St. Johnstone .6 Morton'

2 St. "Mirren. .0 Hearts

Hamilton

Clydo Dundee U. Dunferlina.. Falkirk... Hibernians 2 Cowdenbeath Kilmarnock...0 Rangers Motherwell....1 Aberdeen

10 Celtic Queen's Park Dundee *Not played.

Partick

Reute

A re-sealing of probate has beon granted in respect of the will of Mr. D. Cranston, late of Ma Kan Shan, 16, Bolmont Drive, Giffnock, Scotland, formerly of Hongkong, who died at Richmond, Yorkshire, on February 12th this year. It has been granted to Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the attorney of Mrs. M. Cranston, the widow. Mr. Grang- ton loft property in England. £8,627 104, 8d. gross, and in Hong- kong of $16,900 hett.