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HOTELS
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL. Tolographic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL.
Tolographic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI."
HOTELS.
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons 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 Cold Water, also Telephone.
All Trams pass in front of Hotel.
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch meets all steamers.
Dizing Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office -
of the above Hotel).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
6 to 7 p.m.
Telephone C.373."" J. H. WITCHELL,
Banager,
HOTEL SAVOY
Comfort, Convenience and Distinction.
HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL BOA VISTA.
2. Ice House Street.
UNDER THE SAME
Macao. MANAGEMENT.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL WITH ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES.
High Class Cuisine and Table Appointments. Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes from the Ferry, Wharves and Station.
Drawing Room, Saloon Bar and Billiard Room.
Very moderate rates
on application to--
Tel. Nos. K608 & K609.- Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,'
Hongkong.
PALACE HOTEL
H. J. WHITE,
Manager.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Tel. Address "PALACE." Tal Kowloon No. 8
Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout.
Billiard-Rooma.. Every Room with Private Bath. Loungo, Bar and Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal Bupervision of the proprietress. Termoderate. Special terms to families on application to:
Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
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Cables:
"EUROPE"
Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE.
Grill
THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD.
Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.
Don't Forget
NAVY
SOUTH ABANDONS OFFENSIVE?
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· RESERVISTS GET HOME.
The First to Come Out Here.
London; Oct. 19.
The first troops home from China are expected to reach tho
Royal Albert Docks in the Thames
to-morrow.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927.
SHANGHẢI SENTENCES TOO LIGHT.
MR. FORD'S BRAZIL RUBBER.
AT THE
APPEAL IN PROVISIONAL
COURT.
OBJECTIONS BY POLICE
MALAYAN PRODUCERS.
UNCONCERNED.
It is doubtful whether rubber will be producers in Malaya greatly concerned over the Ford Motor Company's plans for a Before Judges Ziar (presiding)"rubber empire" in Brazil, saya Loo and Chan in the Shanghai the Straits Times. We are told Provisional Court of Appeal on that a concession of 4,000,000 acres Friday, an appeal was ledged by is held and that "the most modern the Shanghai Municipal Police, methods of development" will be represented by the Prosecuting employed, including the use Solicitor, Mr. E. T. Maitland, of aeroplanes And trans- against "inadequate sentences".
port of rubber by steamers imposed by the Court of the First of the Ford. floot to the Instance on Dimitry Doubof and factories in the United States.
lished a few weeks ago, only to be subsequently denied..
They will arrive by the troop- carrier Herminius, and will in- clude 400 class A reservis These were the first men to go out, being part of the 1,600 recall ed to the colours at the begin ning of the year.--British Wire-Shetsel Penzovsky, Russians, ufA report of the scheme was pub- less.
SHANSI CAMPAIGN.
Was Planned by Borodin.
The present news is more de finite, and it seems that Malaya may really have to meet Mr. Ford's competition from Brazil as well as that of Mr. Firestone from Liberia If those who still prophesy a com- ing shortage of rubber are justi fed, there will be room and to spare for all in seven years' time yhen Ford and Firestone begin to get some return on their outlay. With 40 per cont. restriction in force and rubber still around 57 cents Straits a pound, it is difficult to see how American producers will be able to make it a paying proposition.
one year's imprisonment each, they having been found guilty i having attempted to break into the National Commercial and Savings Bank, Ltd., laat month.
Mr. Maitland stated that this Shanghai, Oct. 19.- was in appeal by the police "It has been conclusively proved against a sentence imposed on the that the Shaitsi campaign against accused by the lower court for Peking was planned by Borodin attempting to break into the during his recent sojourn in Slan- National Commercial and Savings fu. Offensives against Kalgan Bank, Ltd., on September 9 and against Chentinglu were open- They were convicted under Article ed for the purpose of drawing 368 of the Chinese Provisional away the Fengtien forces from Criminal Code and, under that Peking after which strong raiding article, the minimum sentence was columns marching from Shans! imrisent under the third due east lo Péking actually captur- degree, and that meant that ed Mentokou twenty miles east of accused must receive sentences of Peking and Chochow forty miles over three years' imprisonment south east of Peking
ench, instead of which they had been sentenced to one year, which The Shans forces are reported was totally inadequate. The Judge still to be holding Chechow, repell- in the lower court, counsel subinit ing Fengtien attacks, but their ted, was wrong and the sentence main objective has not been achiev was an oversight. Counsel would ed because the inital success of like to point out that, even if the the Shans offensiva threw back sentence of one year was correct the large Fengtien forces on Peunder the Code, it would be totally king, whe held off the raiders inadequate. The while the planned communist ris-clear and the accused undoubtedly
Not much is heard on this side ing in Peking failed to eventuate.. were profession criminal experts. --Reader.
They broke into an empty office of the frontier, says the Bangkok which was next to the National Times, of the progress of the east Shanxi Sorite Fails. Commercial and Savings Bank, Ltd., const railway which will link up with the which consisted of a large room Kelantan, and Pahang Shanghai, Oct. 19.
with glass doors. Over the latter F.M.S. system, and provide Bang- Shansi troops under General Fu the accused pasted paper so that kok with an alternative rail route Yik-sang are reported to have ad- persons outside could not see into Singapore. vanced to Liangsiang south of side. At the back left hand corner The recent visit to the Guille- Cheng-sin-tin. Serious fighting of the room was a small compart-mard Bridge by Sir Hugh Clifford 'still continues in that vicinity. ment which Way used as a
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MALAY PENINSULA RAILWAY.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FROM SIAM TO SINGAPORE.
lavatory. That part was side of may perhaps lead to an accelera- It is also reported that a cer- the wall between the bank and the tion in the rate of construction of tain number of Shansi soldiers empty office. Accused deliberately this very necessary railway. The have appeared at Lukoukiu, Gan made a large hole in the wall and structure which spans the Kelan- firing was heard at Paking but thell but got through into the bank tan river has now been visited by Military Authorities explained that building, their only object being to many highly placed people includ it came from the vicinity of Min: commit burglary. Only a few more in the Commisssoner General of tau-kau where fighting is still bricks moved away and they would Siamese State Railways. going on..
have broken through.
Shansi troops who have been' shut up in the Chochow, which is surrounded by the Fengtien forces attempted a sortie on the evening of the 18th but owing to the heavy firing of the machine guns the effort failed,
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang left the Ko-pei-tin front for Paoting of the 18th.-Wah, Kiu Yat "Po.
SINGAPORE GUNMEN.
Thwarted by Police. These men, continued counsel, were found there by the police, together with implements used by expert burglars, so there was, no question of punishment for a sud- [den, foolish and unthoughtful act, the accused being professional criminals," The men were dangers to society. They were liable, to be punished for a period under the econd and third degrees. There was no reason for leniency. Under the second degree punishment was provided for more than five years and less than ten years. Counsel suggested that to deal with these men who were social dangers to the by giving them community Six Chinese bandita, all armed year each was rendering an with pistols, held up the occupanti-service to the community. The of a Rowell Road house at about men should be put away as they 7.30 p.m. on Thursday night. were public dangers. The police had written to the Harbin police to It is reported that the men drove et accused's records but these up in a car in which they left were not expected for a few days. with a sum of $500 in cash, whics Det. Sgt. Babenin produced the they had obtained from their outfit seized and explained what terrified victims.
the contents were. Mr. Maitland The house is that of Mr. Qwek described it as a regular burglar Ah Kee, A Municipal clerk outfit. Access was gained by a rusc Judge Ziar-These men have
DARING HOLD-UP BY MOTOR CAR BANDITS.
rushed in.
There have been no arrests.
Attacked by Eight Hokiens. In Macpherson Road a little later, eight Hokiens attacked two Teochews, one of whom is in hos- pital with knife wounds in his chest and stomach.
sentenced
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Following Sir Hugh's visit the general, manager of the F.M.S. railways and a party left Penang. on a visit to Kelantan on inapee- tion. They travelled via Pattani and so will see something of the Siamese system.
Communication between Kedah and Kelantan is very easy thanks to the rail connection via Haad Yai, and is being increasingly used by the Malay population of both States.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
The following are the replies to to-day's questions:- 1701), Herman Melville. 4. Lord fyran.
1. The Miller 2. Samuel Richardson (1690-
Loss, in "Gentlemen Prefer Floden." 6. Gulliver's Travels, by Denn
Swift. . nn the Terribin Roger Bacon Haroun a Raachid. S, Shelley. 9. Oxcar Wilde. 101-Jules Verne, B. L. Stevenson, Lerd Maerlay. "aidin." 11 Queen Anne's. 12. The Constant Nymph, by Margaret Kennedy,
Forty-nine United States peri- class odicals of the "Thriller" dealing with "Underworld" erime and cinematograph stories, have been made the subject of a customs? duty of 25 per cent., at Ottawa, al- though they have hitherto entered Canada free. The departmental re sisting almost wholly of fiction, and gulations say: "Periodicals con- not containing a reasonable amount of critical and descriptive articles, news items, or articles relating thereto, or to current topics are de clared not entitled to free entry. The same ruling would apply to British periodicals of the same cafe-
gory.
The Spectator announces that it will devote a page each week until the end of the year to the League of Nations.
One of the men stated that he had been
for attempted arrived from Johore with a meg burglary only. The offence of sage for Mr. Ah Kee, and, on the burglary itself was not completed. front door being thereupon open-
Mr. Maitland; That does not ed by a maidservant, the others lessen the degree of the offence
It was simply because the police were clever enough to find out and frustrate the plot that they did not succced. The mere fact that they did not get through the wall was no credit to them. The police got the information and acted promptly, and it was a fortunate thing that the accused did not get into the bank and therefore losses were suffered.
Judge Ziar:-They did not get In the finding of the The construction of underground anything. garages beneath London squares is Court of the First Jnstance, accus- a suggestion which will be placed ed were found guilty of breaking before the Royal Commission on into and entering, but no taking such, are menaces to society. London squares by the Incorporated or carrying away was proved. The They have not produced any Society of Auctioneers and Landed Chinese law and English law, on
evidence regarding extenuating Property Agente, states the Finan- this point differ. In Chinese law, circumstances. Mr. Maitland then cial News. The Society will also you must prove that the burglar compared accused with a man who state that "they think it will be not only broke into and entered was starving and had to break necessary to consider the future of but also took and carried away. into a house. in order to get some- each square separately. Where, for Mr. Maitland:- quite under- thing to eat. instance, houses are the primary stand that, but it was fortunate The first accused then appealed need, development schemes ought that the police got the warning to the Court for leniency on the not to be ruled out, though strict and acted promptly. It does not ground of ill-health. He admitted conditions should be laid down as to lessen the degree of guilt. I sub-the offence and had done so from the class of houses to be erected." mit that the sentence was totally the very beginning. He had not
Inadequate.
the intention to commit the offence long before he was arrested.
The second accused said that Mr. William Bernett, of Mold- road, Connah's Quay, who was The Judges discussed Article 17 the Court of the First Instance was paralysed by a fish five inches long of the Criminal Procedure and quite justified in sentencing him while in a boat in the River Mersey, thought it operated. By this, they to a year's imprisonment, but he Seacombe, has recovered. Mr T had the power to reduce the sen- would ask for leniency because he Jefferies, secretary of the Mersey- tence. Judge Ziur thien told Mr. had a wife and three children to side Aquarium Association, said Maitland that he must argue and support. They did not actually that the fish was a lesser weaver give his reasons, to show why the commit any theft. Printed, and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK | and was not uncommon in the sentence should not be reduced. Judgment was then reserved and PHECY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Mersey estuary. If pressed of Mr. Maitland-The accused are will be rendered at two p.m. on
as the 21st instant, Vigloria, Hongkong.
trodden upon it emitted a poison professional criminals and, through a sharp spise.
LEAGUE
CONCERT
at QUEEN'S THEATRE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st at 9.30 p.m.
Booking at the Queen's from 19th inst. Seats $3.00 each.
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Power to Reduce Sentence.
QUEEN'S
THURSDAY
TO
SATURDAY
The greatest my aterydrama of the age-
THRILLS LAUGHS CHILLS
The
Based on the famous play
WITH
LAURA LA PLANTE
Creighton Hale Arthur Edmund Carew Flora Finah Tully Marshall Gertrude Astor
at and the Canary
BIZARRE SETTINGS, WEIRD LIGHTING, EERIE EFFECTS
AT THE
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20.
WORLD
THURSDAY
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SATURDAY
The greatest sea picture ever made-
DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS
THE
IN
BLACK
PIRATE
Filmed entirely in natural colours. The wander film of a
year.
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Orchestra at 5.15 8.9.20. Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 8 7.15.
AT THE
STAR
...
THURSDAY
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SATURDAY CECIL B. DE MILLE'S Startling social satire based on the novel by Wallace Irwin-
with
ROD LA ROCQUE
VERA REYNOLDS
LILLIAN RICH
WARNER BAXTER
THEO
KOSLOFF
JULIA FAYE
The
GOLDEN BED
See the dazzling Candy Ball, the millionaire wedding, the fight on the Alpine crag, the beautiful women and the lavish settings.
Continuous From 2.30 to 11.15.
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