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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

Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"

HOTELS.

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Dea Wagons Lite, Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Roome Bewly renovated and installed with Box Spring Bods, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone,

Ten Dances:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Hotel Launch meets all steamers.

•

6825 for thirty Tin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above

Hotel.)

Telephone C. 878 1. H. WITCHELL,

Manager.

Tel. Add:"Victoria.".

HOTELS OF

DISTINCTION

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, MAY 28, 1928.

PRESENTATION TO ARCHBISHOP. OF CANTERBURY.

The Archbishop of Canterbury received the honorary Freedom of the City

of Canterbury, on his eightieth birthday. The certificate of the Freedom of the City was enclosed in a casket made of oak from the Arundel Tower of the Canterbury Cathedral, which dates from the year 1400.

Photo: The Archbishop with the Mayor (on left) who presented the casket.

'COME TO THE "FAIR.'

AN ANTI-JAPANESE BANNER.

(Continued from Page 1)

[By an Englishman in Paris.)

"Put on your old hat," says to carry the banner to Wing Lok Mother. "We are going to the Wharf. He could not read what fair."

This will give some iden how was on the banner and he added the Parisiana dress to mix with that he was carrying the flag the crowd that masses in the because he needed the forty.cents

which was promised him. populous district in the heart of the city, where the yearly old-iron thing was known by the police

His Worship enquired if any fair is held.

Stalls are erected along the about the defendant,

C. D. 1. Murphy-Nothing eleverly arranged to contain the known about him. He describes trunks of the trees that occupy a himself as an unemployed scamen portion of the allotted space. of ocean-going steamers, and I Wares of every description are submit that he should have known displayed to tempt the franes from about

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA Boulevard, with the background

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.

Daily from $ 5.00 Monthly from $125.00

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

MR. & MRS. II. J.,WHITE. Cables "KoWLOTEL'

Hongkong,

Phone Nos.

K. 008 & K. 809.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel Address "PALACE” Tel Kowloon No. 8

Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fan throughout. Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Dorivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terms moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

Mr. J. B. 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:

THE HOTEL RIVIERA

MACAO.

Cable Address:—" RIVIERA, MACAO"

EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

THE FINAL EXPRESSION QF COMFORT AND SERVICE

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MORLEY, at I and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

the pockets of men or the closely- His Worship:-Do I understand held bags that wonen favour now-the defendant was arrested' just adays. Not iron alone, but wear-after there was a lot of Chinese ing apparel, caps checked and feeling in this Colony against the striped, men's socks ticketed three Japanese action in North Ching?

1 Feeling Run High. at eight francs surprise strangers

ance

to

who come for the first time. But C. D. I. Murphy:-Yes. The the wary smile and turn aside: feeling amongst the coolie class They know there is a catel some-ia very high and acts of this kind where 'or other in those seemingly might lead to very serious trouble cheap socks. Must I acknowledge especially when the police are that I was foolish enough? Let interfered with in the mainten- apk of law and order. I us change the subject.

Every description of iron goods you Worship, if you decide is massed on the ground, and it convict, to take a serious view of Is the delight of the seeker after the case. There have not been bargains to drive into the heaps many cases of this kind' and this: and bring up an old kettle or is the first case brought before, saucepan that might have belong-the court.. Lecturing and smash- ed to Adam, to all appearances. ing of windows of Japanese shops One of these tempting articles commenced on the 17th and for with a peculiar handle and old about a week after, speech-making lettering thereon was seized upon by orators in different parts of the by a spectacled provincial, who city and Kowloon (where there had looked as if he had passed many also been broken windows) were hour at fairs find knew not uncommon, but it is only gon- fined to the ignorant coolie class.)

'an

thing or two.

"How much?" he asked. "Five thousand franes!" came the reply.

May Be Commuted. His Worship in passing sentence," addressed the defendant as follow: The provincial was frankly sur-"I am not, of course, concerned

any

between prised. Five thousands francs at with

quarrel Chinese and. Japanese a fair! where the majority of the

concerned oddmente are brought together nations. What I am from rag-pickers' boards! What with is the maintenance of the did this signify?

peace in this Colony. It must be The mystery is thus explained. remembered that in a British When it became the custom for Colony every person of whatever fashionable Paris to wander from nationality is entitled to the same the Rue de in Paix and its pre-protection as a Britisher. The law einets into the heart of the fair-will not tolerats: any interference lying district the swell antiquity with foregners living here, whose dealers began to discover that only desire is to peacefully pursue lawful avocations. Your there was gold to be picked up on their Tom Tiddler's ground. Conse-actions are calculated to breed the quently this year the favourite xerms of public disorder, rinting, spots have been hired by nearly and possibly ultimate bloodshed. I all the well-known dealers, and must regard the matter seriously If they themselves are not seen in and, therefore sentence you to nine their bootha they are well repre-manths' hard labour and if for the sented, and there is much smiling next three months your associates and shaking of hands when the large refrain from carrying on this unlawful propagandu, I may, at day is over.

Americans come in numbers the end of that period, advise the and leave the equivalent of many proper authority to commute the dollars at the old-iron fair, and remainder of your sentence. In this they are content to believe that sense you may regard yourself as a hostage for the good behaviour of j they are the smartest of people,

A curious story is told of one your associates."

of the famous dealers, some years

ago, who kicked a piece of wood

in the dust of the fair and stoop-DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

ed to pick it up. It happened to

be a small square with the name

of a pianoforte manufacturer in- acribed upon it,

TAKES OATH AND HIS SEAT

IN HOUSE OF LORDS. The Prince of Wales took parti The dealer had this piece of Wood repeated three times and in a brief but brillant scene in ordered three spinets to be made the House of Lords recently, when Inlaid with each piece. These Prince Henry took his seat as the Instruments he sold at the fabul- Duke of Gloucester.

In full Court dress the Gentle-! ous price of 450,000 francs each,

as they were supposed to have men Usher of the Black Rod led been made for Marie Antoinette. into the Chamber the Duke of One of these found its way to a Norfolk and Lord Nunburnholme, German Court. The Sovereign, in crimson robes, followed by however, having a doubt as to the Garter King of Arms in heraldic authenticity, requested the dealer splendour. Then

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SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.,

The following is the list of loom! share quotations issued to-day:

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $1297) n Chartered Bank, £21 b. Morcantile A. & B., £33].

.P, and Q. n.

East Asia. $75.

Insurances.

Canton Inn., $620 8. Union Ins., $3227 X. Div North, China, Ins., Tls. 140 n. Yangtaze Ins., $50 b..

China Underwriters, 821. b. Chins Fires, $204 b. X. Div. H. K. Fire Ins., $750 n.

Shipping,

Douglases, $38 8.

B.

H. K. Steamboats, $28 B. H. K. Tuga, $2} Indo-Chinas, (Dof.) 865 n. Shell Trans., 94/- Union Waterbants, $201 b

Mining.

Benguets, $1 n.

Kailans, 60/- b.

11.

Langkats, Tie. $12.20 b.

S'hai Exploration, Tle. 2.80 b Raube,

n.

Tronohs, 17/6 n.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharves, $130 n. Whampoa Docks, $40 n. China Providents $5.10 s. Hongkows, Tls. 160. b. New Engineerings, Tls. 5 b. Shanghai Dooks, Tls. 110 n.

Cottona,

Ewo Cottons, Tls. B.75 b. Orientals, Ts, 2.20 s. S'hai Cottons, Tls. 51 (old) e

Landa, Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $9.15 b. H. K. Lands, 8641

B.

S'hai Jands Tis. 144 Humphreys, $147

b.

*

21

11.

Roaltios, $8.25 b. Territorials, $1

:

Public Utilities. Tramways, $21 6.

Peak Trams, (old) $132 b. Star Ferries, #64) China Lights, (Old) $118. H'kong Electrics, $691 B. Macao Electrics, $26 b. Telephones $5.25 b. China Busos, Tla. 9 b. Bingaporo Tractions, 9/6 b. Industrials. China Sugars, $2.90 b. Malabons, $24) Canton Icos, 64 n. Coments (Comb.)$9 Ropes (Old) $7.10 n. United Asbestos $10 p.

Stores &c.

n.

B.

Dairy Farms, $21 8. Watsons, $14.10 n. Der A. Wing, .50 n. Lano Crawfords, $3.75 Mackintosh, $20 m. Sinceros, $91 Wm. Powells, $3 m.

n.

Miscellaneons.

Amussments, $29" | 's. Constructions, $11 n.

B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 62% b. H. K. G. Loan, 5%

came Prince HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

five-

to take it back. This man was Henry, wearing new robes, sharp enough to send a cheque of barred with ermine,

His introducers were the Prince 50,000 francs to the Royal ellent

The following are the replies to as a donation to the poor of the of Wales (Duke of Lancashire) country, with a letter expressing and the Duke of Sutherland, who to-day's questions:-

1. A terapie on the Jordan dedicated to the his acknowledgment of the honour brought up the rear of the pro-rod Meat, the "flerze devourer 2. That

they are not white, bet a reddish brown, of the instrument having been in cession.

After the oath had been ad-Eight, those of Italy, France, Spain, England. Jarnastem, Greece, Alexandria, and Hamburg, her possession.

The great lady was so much im ministered the procession circled Ruler of the Midway Bos, Master of the pressed by this act that she kept the cross benches, and returned Deep, Protecine of the lioly Land, and Klax the spinet in the belief that a man to the front of the Thrane, where so generous could not be capable one of the supporting chairs had

of the Earth.

5. The Middle Temple; it is

survival of the days of the Crusaders, 6. Bone of peers, eldest sona of Landfeta,. 'Knights justices of the peace and barristers. %. The Maximus, which seavallon of the Circus

of a treacherous act. The dealer been brought forward, and the

The Greck "Margarito,” a pr. 11 Assen. was clever enough to sacrifice new Dake, seating himself, saluted seated $10,000 people. 8. Howth. . 4,600, 10. 50,000 franes and not have to re-the Lord Chancellor three times tralian aborigin, and Fataronian Indiana, by raising his three-cornered hat, both areasing ft. 91. 12. The discstablish fund 450,000,

ment of Jalam as the Biata religion,

COMEDY & ROMANCE!

DIGIRALD

DENNY That's My Daddy

FRED NEWMEYER "Pusduction

AT THE

When a Fellow

Needs a Friend!

I

He had been, a bachelor For a long, long time.

And the minister was ready And so was he and the girl For a wonderful, wedding On a palatial yacht. When all of a sudden A little girl cried out, "That's My Daddy!"* And busted up everything,,

It's a laugh-a joy.

To see Reginald Denny In this capital comedy.

"That's when a fellow needs 'a friend.

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

-USUAL TIMES & PRICES

At 2.30, 5.10 & 7.15. $1.00, 60 cts., 40 cts. & 30 cta. At 9.20 ...

$1,50, $1.00, 60 cis. & 40 cls.

T

"HE THRILLS and glamour of the world's gayest

city in a rollicking new comedy!—

THREE WEEKS IN PARIS

Starring

MATT MOORE

DOROTHY DEVORE

WILLARD LOUIS

GAYNE WHITHAN

Based on the

popular story.

by Gregory

Rogers..

The diverting adventures of a bashful bridegroom torn away from his bride to face the perils of Paris with a jovial, reckless friend.

AT THE

WORLD

Orchestra 5.15 6 9.20,

Thrills & Romancel

AT THE

KODUZUNOR JÁSBL L LÁSKY DIGUEN

Zane Grey's

MAN OF FOREST

JOHN WATERS MORUCTIOK A stirring tale of ad-

venture in the moun- tain regions of

Far West the

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

Interprater 2.30 U

A Paramount Picture

„ACK HOLT: GEORGIA HALE

STAR

EL BRENDEL

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Continuous 2:30 to 11.15.