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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREHLIN, HONGKONG,

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;

MAJESTIC HOTEL.

Talographic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"

HOTELS.

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Des Waxoes Lits. Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and All Trams pass in front of Cold Water, also Telephone.

Hotel. Most Moderate Rates in the Colony. Hotel launch meets all steamers.

Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.

PROF. C. THERESES

and

MISS MARGUERITE SENOUR

will give Exhibition Dances every TUESDAY & FRIDAY

5 to 6.30 p.m.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,

1927.

KING OF EGYPT IN CITY.

Entertainments

AT THE

THURS, to SAT.

QUEEN'S 2.50, 5.15, 7.10 and 9.20

Tel. Add Victoria.

Telephone C.$73. J. H. WITCHELL,

Manager.

HOTEL SAVOY

Famous for ita Comfert, Conveni-

ence, Appoints and Cuisine.

You'll un ped to stay at the Savoy,

HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL BOA VISTA.

22, Ica House Street.

Масво

UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT.

KOWLOON HOTEL

PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON

Modern Toilet System.

Elevator and Telephones to each floor. Smoking Room and Saloon Bar. First Class. Billiard Table

Recently renovated throughout.

Manager's Personal Attention

Tels. K. 608-609. Cables KowLOTEL. HONGKONG

al. Kowloon No. 8

H.J WHITE

Managor

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely under English Management-Electric Light and. Fans throughout. Ivry Boom with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Uariralled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terms moderate. 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.

ERVEN LUCAS

BOLS

QUAD-DECANTERS ·

Four Liqueurs

in one Bottle.

A saving of time

and

joy to the eye.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated under the Hongkong Companios" Ordinances 1011-1815.) Prince's Building.

Telephone 75 Central

The King of Egypt was presented with an address by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London and afterwards citertained to luncheon at the Guildhall during his In addition to recent visit. Our photo shows the scene in the Library at the Guildhall.. King Fuad and the Lord Mayor are also seen the Prince of Wales, Prince Henry, Prince George, Prince Arthur of Connaught und Sarwat Pasha, besides many other notabilities.

JAPAN TO REFUSE

TO PAY.

MALAYA'S PLANTING

INDUSTRY,

HIGH COMMISSIONER AT KUALA LUMPUR.

MEMORIES OF CEYLON.

(Continued from Page 1.) BOYCOTT IN WUCHOW.

Effect of Summer Holiday, The anti-Japanese boycott and the picketing of places handling

The Planters' Association of Japanese goods in Wuchow

has Malaya on Monday of last week slackened recently, states the ver- held a tiffin at the Station Hotel, nacular press. Some time ago, Kuala Lumpur, in honour of the when the anti-Japanese Society High Commissioner (Sir Hugh was formed, all it's members were Clifford). The Hon. Mr. J. S. Arter students, and therefore when the (President of the Association), summer holidays began, recently, presided. most of the students who worked In the course of a brief address for the society went to other places the High Commissioner said that for their holidays, hence the pie-in the planting days of his youth: keting work is not belag so ac- the planters were generally men tively carried out.

STRANGE COURT SCENES.

(Continued from Page 1.)

consisted of two half hitches and that there was nothing extra- ordinary, about the knot.

Mr. Jenkin: It is a simple knot?-Yes.

In fact it is the simplest of all knots?--Yes.

I put it to you that it is so simple that a person may make it unknowingly.

Mr. Jenkin than slipped a rope around a dummy and asked wit ness whether it was easy to le the slippery hitch without first slipping the noose over the head.

Witness agreed that the knot could be tied just as easily one who had failed at Sandhurst. way as the other. He added that

were mostly Merchants in Wuchów are tak-Nowadays, they

a noose made with the "slippery ing advantage of this, and have honours men or men of a similar hitch" would not give. been able to import a great amount high intellect, capable of dealing of Japanese goods into the city with extraordinarily dificult pro- while most of the students are. away".

blemy,

In answer to Mr. Fitzroy, wit- ness stated that he would not ex- pect any but a seaman to tie such Inter-Colonial Sport.

knot. It may be possible for an unexperienced person to use such JAPANESE REFUGEES.

Referring to sport, Sir Hugh, a knot, but it is not likely. according to the Malay Mail, said

A road making contractor was that he was in favour of teams at next called and said that on hear- Government's Relief Fund.

every sort of game playing neighing of a reward for the discovery Tokyo, July 29.

houring-Colonies, but his sugges- With reference to the relief of tion to that end had, from a section of the body of the deceased wo the Japanese refugees from the whom he himself and always re-man he made a thorough seach of Yangtze Valley, it is reported that, garded as superfluous, the Visit- the countryside and came across at a Cabinet meeting on Wednes- ing Agents, (laughter), met with the head of the dead woman in a sand pit, . He immediately noti- day, it was decided to appropriate some opposition, the only suppor- Yen 250,000 for the relief of someter of his idea being the Chief fed the police. 2,000 destitute persons. As to a Secretary, who thought he might The case, is proceeding. grant for the restoration of Japan-be able to spare a team of Gov-

ese trade in the Yangtze the ernment officers."

Government will consider it

another Cabinet meeting.

HANKOW SITUATION,

New Arms Proclamation.

at

He still cherished the hope! that it might be possible to get a team together to play the Colony! that he had recently left, and

he could assure them that Ceylon would give them a better cricket]

A proclamation was issued re-pitch than they had presented to cently in Ifankow by the Bureau of the Australians in the match that the Wuhan Garrison which notifies he had witnessed in Kuala Lum- the public that firearms are for pur soldiers and military organisations

only.

arms,

can

"Estate Sanitation.

UNEMPLOYMENT AT HOME.

PROBLEM OF JUVENILE LABOUR.

The report on the work of the Advisory Committees for Juvenile Employment which has just been published by the Ministry of Lu- bour (Stationery Office, 4d), deals with the surplus of unemployed

As there have been several arm- Turning to more serious topics ed robberies of late, no person in the speaker said that one of the juvenile labour and the placing of future other than. those specified most interesting things he had boys and girls and their after- will be allowed to carry or store noticed since he came to Malaya care. Two points are emphasised: was the manner in which the pro- the first is the difficulty in adjust- Any civilian wishing to pur-perity of the planting industrying the needs of the boys and girls chase arms, for his own defence had been built up by the advance to the local industries; in Hud- can do

so by applying for a in sanitation.

dersfield all the boys want to enter Before he went to Ceylon he had the electrical and motor engineer- bel special licence, which obtained on complying with cer-spent a week with Mr. Masefield, ing trades in which there are only tain conditions, chief among which the brother of the poet, who was a few vacancies, while in the tailor- is the production of a strong shop Ceylon visiting agent, in order that ing and mechanical engineering guarantee and a four inch photo he might learn something of the trades there is an unsatisfied de- planting situation, and that a mand for boys. The second is the graph of the applicant:

Should the applicant, however,thority had, impressed upon him strong inclination on the part of commit any crime afterwards, the the great advance in sanitation in employers to regard the juvenile labourer not as the skilled worker permission to carry arma will be Malaya. withdrawn, and the shop guaran- In this respect he wished to pay of the future, but as a cheap and Com- tor many possibly be punished as a tribute to the name of Watson. easy agent in production.

planters (Applause). The

iaments from Tooting and Wimble- Malaya had succeeded in achiev- don filustrate this point. In Toot ing a system of sanitation unrivallig itself more than 40 per cent. ed in any other part of the British of the jobs for juveniles are blind- Empire, and their coolies were alley jobs. looked after. better than anywhere else in the world.

well.

THE CHINESE OF MALAYA.

SIR HUGH CLIFFORD'S GREAT TRIBUTE.

The section of the report which

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THURSDAY to SATURDAY Lrchestra at 5.15 and 9.20 Only Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 and 7.15.

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The following are the replies to to-day's questions:--

The goods and chattels of the HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? deals with after-care emphasises the lack of attention paid to the Cafe Parisien, Au Chic Parisien, Sympathy with the Industry.

public supervision of boys and Beauty Parlour. Parisien and the Speaking from 20 years experi- girls between the ages of 14, when Europe Asia Trading Company are ence in the Malay Peninsula and they leave school, and 16, when to be sold by public auction to- 12 in West Africa he could say they enter the insurance system. Kuala Lumpur, August 4. that malaria was now a far less Also the effect that attending night Sir Hugh Clifford was accorded fatal thing than formerly, and he classes must have on a child whe hearty reception by the Chinese had great pleasure in bearing test has worked from 8 in the morning community yesterday evening at mony to the work the planters of until 5 in the afternoon is fully and the Confusican school premises Malaya had done in that respect. clearly described. which were elaborately decorated,

He thanked those present for

An address of welcome was read the kind words that had been said. and Sir Hugh Clifford in his reply about him and his wife. He had expressed sorrow at the inability noticed the

After being lost for two years, synthetic rubber 4 14ft. high buoy, which "wander of Lady Clifford to attend, He flowers that were blooming on the d from the Canadian Const, has paid a great tribute to the part table in a way that he was glad been found in the Firth of Clyde.

would

neve: It is of the gas type and despite played by the Chinese in Malaya, synthetic. rubber saying that the financial proeper-bloom, and he intended to take its long journey, the light is still ity of the country was due in a them back to Lady Clifford. He functioning. The buoy, which Printed and Pablished for the Proprietor b FREDERICK great measure to the energy, en concluded by assuring the gather has been claimed by the Canadian PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Etreet, in the City ofterprise and business acumen of ing of his keenest sympathy with Government, is being towed Victoria, Hongkong.

the Chinese.

the planting industry.

Port Glasgow for an overhaul:

1. At Meerat., 2. Ivita, Majorca. Minoren 3. To Russell-equre, London. 4 Chirgwin, Cha famous musicshall star, 5. In Milton's

A

The complete and official "refdes," 0. Antananarivo, 7, Mamenet, the pictorial record of Commander 9. A French land measure, approximately Be Byrd's flight to the North Pola is acres. 19. St. Patrick, Bt. David, St. Denis, St. James, St. Anthony, St. Andrew, and Bt. to be seen in the current pro- dogs. 11. At Cockermouth, in Cumberland. gramme at the Quoon's Theatre. 12. A limestone region where the rivers die. Besides

appear underground to reappear further on. giving Interesting 13, Marcel Prasst. 14. Keeper of the wax- glimpses of the preparations fork in Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop," the flight, the film shows a pumber 16. William Bydney Porter, of views taken while the plane was actually circling over the region of the North Pole, so that the speétator sees for himself very

Départures by ss. Empress of much what Commander Byrd saw Russia for Manila yesterday in- from his machine. The film also cluded Dr. C. Best, Mr. D. Bluett, to shows the start of Captain Dr. A. P. Gustilo, Mr. R. B. Shaw, Amundsen's flight to the North Lieut. C. Urwick, and Mr. B. Mol-

seiwitch. Pole in the airship Norge..