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BRITISH FINANCIAL

POLICY.

CHANCELLORS:

HR" STATEMENT IN COMMONS:

BANK GOVERNORS

polley was discussed during

TRAFFIC CASES:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CAR WHICH WAS A "WRECK.

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EMPIRE TOUR ENDS:

BUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK ARRIVE HOME.

TUESDAY

JUNE-

THREAT OF DEATH. THE COLONY'S HEALTH.

CHINESE CHARGED WITH

INTIMIDATION.

INCREASE IN ENTERIC CASES.

WIS

The health The health report for last morning, before Major Willson,

London, Jüüb 27. The mannet in whith, returning

week gives a return of ten enteric during the hearing of the usan

The Duke and Duchess of York emigrants to China are victimised fever cases, sffecting six Chinese weekly, Hat of traffic offences, Mr. arrived Home aboard H.MS. Ro- by unscrupulous countrymen, was and four others (one each British, D. Le Lear of the, Netherlands own after their Empire tour. revented this morning before Major American, French, and Dutch), Trading, Society, was summoned

The Prince of Wales Prince. Willson at the Central Folice with eight deaths from the disenso London, June 27. for driving his motor cycle. No Henry and Prince George greeted Court, when fout Chineas appeared during the week.

Seven of the cases ware from ey 823 in a dangerous manner on them at Portsmouth; and their on charges of intimidation. The Government's currency

June 16. The defendant admitted Majesties, the King and Queen,fed five Chinese with bodily harm if loon, and one from Shaukiwan It was alleged that they threaten- the city district, two from flow- the offence.

Cabinet Ministers, and high debate in the House of Commons

Trafic Sergt. Baker said he was officials of the Services Rad Em-they failed to pay molicy for space One of the Chinese cases - Chancellor of the Exche travelling along Queen's RC bassies, inet them at Victoria Sccupied by their baggage on board imported. The

There was also one case (im- quer said that the policy had been East, in an Easterly direction, at station where huge crowds gave the b.. Tjikembang, and if they on-

gagged anyone else but themselves ported), of paratyphold fiver, the re-establishment of the gold stun-18 miles an hour, when the defen them a tumultuous welcome. dard and maintenance, as far as dint passed at a speed of 26 The enthusiasm of the gather the defendants) to put their bag-victim being a Norwegian..

There were two deaths from possible, of the stability of cur- m.p.b. Witness, followed him asing outside Buckingham Palace Kage sehore.

Sub-Inspector Shaftain said that small-pox during the week, and rency and their international ex-far hs, Stubb's Rond, and all the came to n climax when their Ma when the five complainants were one fresh case reported, all being changes, the ith speed was jostles with Lhe Duke

This polley, haul, carried with it between 25 and 26 m.p. A speed Duchess, appeared on the balcony, at the Court this morning, a Chin-Chinese, There was on a heig ese threatened to kill them if they casc of diphtheria and сле a steady, correction in the disper of 18 mph was quite, fast enough and, it was observed that the gave ovidence in the case..

there, said Sergt. Bakar, and there Duchess was carrying her baby man was promptly arrested and

The Chinese case of puerperal fever. sion of prices of various commodi was no need for the defendant to daughter, Princess Elizabeth-charged, so that there would be five enses of enteric fever were report- During yesterday, two further tiss. Nothing was more impor-

have passed

pose | Router......... tant to the well-being, of the coun- His Worship imposed a line of

defendnuts. Enthusiastic Crowds.

ed (one Chinese and one Indian), He said that as the complainants also two cases of amall-pox and try than correct variation in terms

$20.

London, June 27. were only passing through the two of cerebro-spinal fever, all of money of different forms of

Despite rain, immense crowds Colony he would like an early date Chinese.. effort. The spread of prices hid

thronged the London streets to wel to be fixed. been quite normal in the years im

come home the Duke and Duchess of

His Worship remanded the defen- mediately after the war, and

Hants until Thursday at 2.15 p.m., gradually, as we had come into itnocked down and taken to the York from their great tour.

Their Highnesses drove in semi-refuging bail.. a more harmonious and settled Government Civil Hospital was re- condition of demand, the disper-called when Mr. C. D. Wright, who stato in open carriages, so that the sion had markedly diminished in has an office in the Chartered Bank thousands who had come to great provide coolies to remove passen-

the establishment of the gold stan-

dard.

Expression of Opinion.

The Government believed that commodities.Had been brought into truer relation as a result of the adoption of the gold standard, with Its bullasting effect on money values and

exchanges, There had been a substantial di- minution in the cost of living, affecting as it did the purchases of every household in the coun- try.

Referring to the policy of a managed currency for the balance of the gold standard, which some favoured, he asked experts whether the party, supported the gold standard or not.

Road Mishap.

Hollywood Ro

An incident when a Chincue was

Building, was summoned for driving his motor eyele No. 917 in Hollywood Read, being a road pro- hibited to motor traffic. He ad- mitted the offence.

man.

and

the should not be disappointed, and throughout the mile drive from the station to Buckingham Palace there was a continuous roar of cheering.

where

4.

It appears that the companies LIVED IN GRASS HUT.

AMAZING STORY OF EUROPEAN IN JUNGLE.

Ers' baggage, but these are fright- oned away by certain, men, who claim space for baggage on board a vessel as their own, and try and induce credulous Chinese to pay for Calcutta, June 18.-The amazing. that space under threat of injurylife of a European in the wilds of the Berar jungles was unfolded at the hearing in Calcutta when Douglas Devrili was charged with cheating big firms in Calcutta of Rs. 20,000.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

The King and Queen met the re- Sub-Inspector Alexander said a turned travellers at the railway ter- man was knocked down.and was

minus,

there was still in hospital, but would be dis- touching reunion. The Queen re charged in three or four days. Hepeatedly kissed the Duchess, and added that he understood the de- when the Duchess curtsied, low to fendant would compensate the kiss the Queen's hand in a more formal manner, her Majesty ruised her hand and again embraced her. The King, Queen and Princes took 媳 shorter route to The following Police Reserve the palace, and the Duke orders are issued by the Hon. Mr. and Duchess, who had readily E. D. C...Wolfe, C.S.P.: agreed to making more formal pre-

Chinese Company. gress by way of Whitehall and the

Strength-The following have Mall, hnd an overwhelming recop-enrolled in the Chinese. Company tion on leaving the station.

and are posted respectively as under:

His Worship asked the defund- ant whether he was prepared to give compensation..

Defendant replied that the mishap was not caused through any negligence on his part, as he only had the machine for three or four days, and the foot-brake failed to function.

His Worship: But you shouldn't have been there.

Mr. Grahame, who was Tinun cial Secretary to the Treasury in

Replying, the defendant said he the Labour Government, said he knew that now, but he could only was an enthusiastic supporter of plead ignorance, as he had been the gold standard, but also sup-in the Colony for just a few weeks. ported the plea for a general in- quiry which Mr. Reginald Mc- Kenna had advanced.

Mr. Winston Churchill anid he did not think a sufficient euse had been made out for an inquiry into the whole question of British banking arrangements.

At Portsmouth.

No formal speeches were made. on reaching London, but the Duke had already at Portsmouth record- ed his impressions of the reception he and the Duchess had been accord-*

A fine of $10 was imposed, auded throughout their tour. His Worship said he would leave the matter of compensation to the parties concerned.

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Car's Büd Condition. Sergt. Hopkins described private motor-car as a "wreck" when the

0. F. Mr owner, Ribeiro, of Messrs.. Ribeiro and Company,

for summoned Was allowing his motor car to be in an unfit condition.

Replying to an address from the Mayor of Portsmouth, he said, "We share with you the hope that the mission, which we have just just completed will serve to draw still closer the bonds which unite, this country with the other purtions of the Empire. At every place we have visited, we have been deeply moved by the demonstrations of affectionate loyalty to the Throne with which we have been greeted. They far exceeded anything we had imagined, and throughout the tour- Awe have been conscious of one thing, that we were among our own kith and kin."

They had the report of the Con- Te and Bradford Committees, and it was on their recomienda tion that the Government policy was based.. Referring to the Geneva resolution, and the gold Sergt. Hopkins said, in reply to movement, which had recently his Worship, that there was really taken place on the initiative of nothing right with the car. the Bank of Franee, Mr. Churchill tyre was punctured, the engine was agreed that those withdrawals not functioning properly, and the the wheels were loose. There was no had prejudicially affected money markets and rates at unholstery worth "speaking of in which the Treasury would bor- the back part. row, and it might be held they had exercised a deterring 'affect upon reduction of the bank rate and consequently on the movement of trade.

International Meeting.

cerned:

The defendant said he did not know the car was in bad condition because he had just paid for it to be overhauled, and he had taken it -out for a trial run. He added he did not know anything about cars.

Sub-Inspector Alexander: could not have been taken out and

It

This, however, was a matter in tested, because I saw the car which the bankers of France and myself and it was in an awful con- England were principally con- | «ition."

Co-operation between The defendant said he would the heads of these great national like to know whether he could banks had increased.

bring a civil action against the At the present moment the man who-overhauled it, and his Governor of the Bank of England Worship replied he could if he and the Governor or Deputy of wanted to. Remarking. Abat a car the Bank of France, were travel in such a condition was dangerous ling to the United States to set to other traffic, the Magistrate im the Governor of the Federal Reposed a fine.of $10.

serve Bank, and Doctor Schacht,

head of the Reichsbank, Was

travelling in the same ship.

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We should see for the first time in this intimate manner, the highest financial authorities. of Gerniany Franee, Great Britain and United States in amicable consul tation and co-operation. It would be premature to say, and he had no warrant for saying, what re- sults might be expected from their deliberations-British Wireless..

POET'S CORNER.

A RUPERT BROOKE GEM.

Ohi Death will find me, long be-

foro I tira

FRANCE'S BUDGET.

INCREASED EXPENDITURE FOR 1928.

Puris, June 27.

M. Poineare, in a statement on the Budget for 1928, said the re- venue will be 42,160 millions of franca and the expenditure 41,527

millions.

The expenditure would be in- creased 1,286 millions of francs as compared with 1927, mainly owing to the betterment of the positions of officials and modification of the military organisation, but the Budget svas balanced by a reduc tion of 1,974 millions in the public

Of watching you; and swing me debt-Reuter,

suddenly

Into the nhado and loneliness and

miro

of will: in the

Referring to the inauguration of Australia's new capital, Canberra he said, "The memory

historic

ceremony that

fresh remain ever minds of all who were present, and I am confident that it marks the opening, of a new and glorious epoch in the history of Australla."

British Wireless.

THE LEUNG KWONG INQUEST.

MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT GRILLES:

ORDERS BY THE C.S.P.

Constable R. 67 Lai Kim Ying,

No. 1 Section. Constable R. 68 Wm. K. S. Mok,

No. 1 Section. Constable R. 22 Leung Kwong

Choi, No. 2 Section. Constito R. 52 Li Yau, No. 2

Section.

Parades. All ranks of the Chinese Company will parade at the Central Police Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp on the following dates for Squad Drill under Sergt.

E. J. Hunt:"

Thursday, 80th June. Tuesday, 5th July. Dress on both days:-Mufti.

Indian Company.

All members of the Indian Com pany will parade at Central Police Station at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, July 4th.

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G. B. Hartford, D.S.P. (R.)

Adjutant. Hongkong, 28th June, 1927

TAXIS SUSPEND.

COMPANY LIKELY TO BE WOUND UP

Following the auspension dur ing the week-end of the Colony's only taxi-cab service, a meeting of the shareholders of the Hongkong and Kowloon Taxicab Company, Ltd.. has been called for Tuesday next.

The Inquest on the bodies of

The directors have decided to victims of the Leung Kwong dis- aster was continued this morning suggest that the Company should before Mr. I. E. Lindsell, the Har- go into voluntary liquidation. bour Master, Licut. Commander The Taxicab Company has been G. F. Hole, and a special jury, at in difficulties for some time past, the Central Magistraty, and the bhares being quoted at $1 further evidence as to grilles was given.

Mr. T. G. Bennett is appearing for the owners, coxswain, and crew of the launch Moonshine, the ves "sel which came into collision with the Leung Kwong. Mr. G. K. Hall Brutten represents Captain Wil son of the Loung Kwong, and Mrs. Martin, widow of Mr. F. E. A. Martin who was drowned, and Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones is for the owners of the Leung Kwong.

This morning Mr. Leung Hin- sang, the managing partner of the Kwong Fat Shipbuilding Com. pany, Hunghom, said his firm built the Leung Kwong and she was launched in 1922. For a time she was on the Wuchow ran, but was later sold to the Chiat Wo Com- pany, the present owners.

Of the last lond! There, waiting NOTICE TO MARINERS. anti-piracy regulations at the sug

patiently,

One day, I think, I'll feel a cool

Soo

wind blowing,

Д slow light aéross the Stygian tide,

t

ROCK IN CAMBRIAN PASS.

When built she was fitted with devices in compliance with the gestion of the Government Marino Surveyor. There was a grille be tween the second and third classi which could be locked. They had! The following notice to mariners instructions to lock it when the has been issued by the Marine De.ahip was under weigh. When they? partment of the Maritime Customs had the ship they could not of ht, Shanghai, under date June 20: tain a passenger licence until the And watch you, a broad-browed Notice is hereby given that a grilles had been put in.

"and smiling dream,roels, awash at low water, with Pass, light as ever, through the foul ground in the vicinity, has

lightless host,

been located to the south-east of Quietly ponder, start, and sway,Ush Island,

and gleam.

Position: From the rock, 617

unknowing,

And hear the Dead about mo atir, And tremble. And I shall know

that you have died,

(nominal):

In the event of the winding-up of the Taxicab Company, Mr. H. R. Cleland, C.A., is to be appoint- ed 'liquidator.

Mr. C. A. Ribeiro, residing at No. 13 Granville Rond, Kowloon, has reported to the police the loss of an eight-day clock from his house, probably stolen between four and eight in the afternoon. clock is valued at $40,

The

The accused, representing him- self as the manager of a big agri- cultural estate, ordered from Cal- cutta jewellery and guns and fail- ed to pay. Criminal Investigation Department officers were sent to arrest him and found he was not at the estate.

foresters traced him through dense Acting on information received,

jungle in the Kukru Hills, 4,000 feet high, and found him living in a hat made of grass and stones with his wife and young child, and

destitute.

Devrill prepared to defend him self, but the party surrounded the hut and captured him.

HOW MUCH DO YOU

KNOW?.

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.

The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Deity Express.

Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 14

of this issue.

1.Who werd the Triumvirate of

the French Revolution?

2. What English King and Queen

had fifteen children?

3. What is generally considered. the finest picture in the world?! 4-What Archbishop had five

children who wrote books? 5. How many dresses had. Queen'

Elizabeth?

6.What is the meaning of the

word curate?

7. Who gave a great ball on June

17, 18157

was

8.-Who was Charlotte Corday? 0,-Who eclebrated book published in 18277 10.Whence la cochineal chiefly

Imported?

11. Who had for his epitaph, "He tried to do his duty"? 12.How many cups of tea did Dr. Johnson drink on one well- known occasion?

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13.In what battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

14. How many storeys high is the Woolworth Building in New York?

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15. Whose was the first, monu- ment placed in St. Paul's Cathedral?

Judge Cluer, at Shoreditch County Court, told a woman of 74, summoned for the jury, to get her name removed from the list, but declined to exempt a woman from service because she had young children at home.

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In reply to the Coroner, witress said grilles on the lower decks were not always kept locked. They were put there to prevent the third class passengers from Most ludividual and bewildering Foot Hill, Isha Island, bears coming into the second class, and

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