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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL

Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL SHANGILAL"

HOTELS.

'LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Des Wagona 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,

Botel.)

Tea Dances:

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

Hotel launch meets all steamers.

($25 for thirty Tin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above

Tal. Add "Victoria.”

Telephone C. 873

J. B. WITCHELL,

Manager.

HOTELS OF

DISTINCTION

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1928.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

YESTERDAY'S KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

Jazz-Mystery Thrills!--

THE STARTLING adventures of

A pretty flapper who played with fire in the gay, reckless Art Colony ¡—

•

The SECRET

STUDIO

Welch the Artists and Hodels of the Latin Quarter

·Brest ping

OLIVE BORDEN

WALTER MCGRAIL

MARGARET LIVINGSTON BEN BARD CLIFFORD HOLLAND

Gameto by JAMES KANGANXESS

Bond on the area proper portal de KATE, IVINGITUS

VICTOR SCHERTZINGER Production

A fascinating re- velation of the hectic life of the Latin Quarter fold with sopp. hu- mour and dra- mafic realism!

·HOTEL

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON..

SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.

Daily from $ 5.00 Monthly from $125.00

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

4

MR. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE. Cables, KOWLOTEL'

Hongkong.

Phone. Nos.

K. 008 & K. 609.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kowloon No. 8

Tal. Address "PALACE." Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fan' throughout. Ivery Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

Mr. 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.

THE HOTEL RIVIERA

MACAO

Cable_Address:—"RIVIERÁ, MACAO”

EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL

CONSTRUCTION ·

THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF COMFORT. AND SERVICE

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MORLEY, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong.

Scenes at yesterday's, celebration of HM the King's birthday in Hongkong. Top photo, by Mee Cheung, shows 11.E, the Officer Administering the Government and others cheering for His Majesty. Bottom picture, by Welcome Studio, shows. some of the naval contingent marching past the saluting base,

MANCHURIA BOMB OUTRAGE.

(Continued from Pune 1.) - shal Yen Hsi-shan as Commander- in-Chief of the Peking and Tien-' tsin area for the time, being.

Shansi To Lend,

DOLLAR LINE'S ENTERPRISE.

NEW SHIPS TO CARRY AEROPLANES.

►

Los Angeles, piny 30, Mr. R. S. Dellar, of the Dollar! Line, today announced plans for the construction of five ships to be The move is interpreted as a placed in the company's around the gesture by Marshal Chiang toworld service.

The ships will cost $35,000,000 vnsure Yen Hsi-shan's support

gainst Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang. and will be completed within two Ty. Yen Hsi-glan

been years, has

They will carry aeroplanes of the accorded the sole responsibility for the maintenance of order in cabin passenger type which will be Peking and Tientsin, while he has used for, sight seeing trips while

his the ships are in port. heen instructed to take up

The vessels will be faster and ap appointment at the earliest pos-proximately 100 feet longer than any now in the Dollar service.

sible moment.

It is presumed that the Shansi They will be powered by Diesel forces will be the first to enter engines.-Associated Press. Peking.

Marshal Feng's troops are re-

Sir Ernest Moon, Counsel to the ported to be marching on Tien-Speaker of the House of Commons, Lain.

has intimated his desire to retire, after nearly 21 years service,

Peking As Capital

A message from Nanking states that the Nationalist Government establishment of the new Peking is not anxious to immediately Government. transfer the

"WANTED" MAN A KIDNAPPED.

(Continued from Page 1.)

by, who pleaded "not guilty" on his behalf.

It was claimed by Mr. Loseby that the person who appeared as complainant on the warrants had absconded from the Colony,

C.D.I. Murply informed his Wor- hip that he was not prepared to absconded. He asked for a remand gree that the complainant, had for a week. In the meantime he asked his Worship to alter the war- as if the Captain Superintendent of ant no as to make the latter read Police were "rosecuting.

In the matter of bail, the warrant called for $10,000, but, after hear-

the facts, his Warship agreed to reduce this amount by half, and also informed Mr. Loseby that in the event of any fresh development be would be prepared to hear any application which the latter might wish to make before the next hear- Ing.

The charges against Mau Yat- of the Lee Kee firm, defrauded the huen were that he, being a clerk rm of the sum of $1,198.16 on 18th March, 1923. He was also charged with defrauding the Kwong Cheuk two sums of $215.86 and $194.65. au firm of $280.54 as well as of The original complainant was Yuen Yet-hong, partner of the Lee Kee firm.

Nationalist capital It is understood that the central to Peking, and that for the present, administration of the Nationalist the government will not be moved to they will be content with establishment of a Branch Political Peking, and that Nanking will Council, with Yen Hsi-shan as remain the Nationalist capital.

As at Canton, Hankow and chairman.

other centres, there will be estab Incidentally, it is reported that fished a branch of the Central both Sun Chuan-fang and Chang Political Council to control the Chung-chang are negotiating with Province of Chihli and the special Yen Hsi-shan, though it not clear territories of Chahar, Jehol and COCHET THE WINNER. whether they desire to collaborate Suiyuan and probably Shansi as with him, or merely seek respite from pursuit of their forces.

I

Tientsin Excited.

well.

Shansi Control. General Yen will probably be Come Chairman of the Peking

Tlehtsin, June 4, Branch of the Political Council and

BEATS LACOSTE IN HARD COURT TENNIS FINAL.

Paris, June 4. In the final of the Men's Singles The retreat of the Fengtien other Commissioners of the Council at the French hardcourt tennis armies has caused considerable will most likely include General tournament Henri Cochet bout ivene

Miss Bentelt Defeated. alarm, and everyone is busy trans-Shang Cheng, of the Shansi Army: Lacoste 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3,--Reuter.

Chi,

Kuomintang, / ferring valuables to the foreign Chang

Paris, June 4. concessions.

"rightist," and other political lead- In the French hard court cham- The pressure grew so groaters in the Shansi Army.

The Shansi Army will also pro-plonships final Miss Helen Willa that on Sunday, the foreign com- manders after a consultation de-bably take over the control of the beat Miss, Eileen Bennett 6-1, 6-2. cided to erect barbed-wired harri- Chihli Provincial Government and-Reuter. cades at all points between the General Shang Cheng Is the most Concessions and the native city..

Nanking Remains Capital,

я

likely man for the chairmanship.

General Tan Yen-kal, Chairman

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

No pedestrians are allowed into of the Nationalist Government, has The following are the replies to the Japanese quarter without, altelegraphed to the commanders atso-day's questions

1. The Tale of Juan de Nova, off Portuguese permit.

the front stating that since Mar-

who has written. tan The King of Italy, Shanghal, June 4. shal Chang Tse-lin has evacuated at Africa ("Daily Express," April 28), 2. Marshal Sun Chuan-fang has Peking, fighting should cease for volumes on the coins of that country. 3. In Lesson, 4, Modelled by order of Charles 17. announced his retirement from the time being. He suggests that shop at 123, Mineries, near the Tower of politics,

General Yen Shi-shan should pro- from Frances Stewart, afterwards Duchess of ceed to Peking without delay to Richmond. 8. Norman building at Shoreham, ance used as a guest home for the monks of take over the control of the GOY- Lewa. C. In Germany, the bridge serong the Worer, near Bremen. f. Hecause the Supreme ernment. Shanghai, June 6,

General Yen Shi-shan has sent Court has decided that the word "persona" in the British North America Aet makna only The occupation of Peking by the his Chief of Staff to Peking to male persons. The set of marriage (Via Nationalists is considered to be confer with Marshal Chang Hsuehunt Haldane, In the House of Lords). 9. now only a matter of time. In this Hang and General Yang Yu-ting as connexion, the leaders of the to how the change in the Peking Nationalist Armies have been busy Administration can best be car Fconferring on the question of the ried out. Nam, Chung Pao

The letter "g"" according to the Oxford Dis (Lonary, 10. Bockety of bookloves, founded

compared with

in 1878 by Bernard Quaritch and his friends, Mr. A. M. Hamuel in the Ho 184, according to

1. Owen Gwynedd, of Angimey, 800, your be More Columbs.

AT THE

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beautiful girls, at

gorgeous Artists Ball!,

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At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20.

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AT THE

A

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WANDERER

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With

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WORLD

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Breathless Thrills!

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

Interpreter 2.30 and 7,15.

VIVID romance of the early Red Indian

AV

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TIM MCCOY

THE

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With

CLAIRE WINDSOR

Love, warfare and intrigue in an exciting story

of pioneer days in the wilds.

AT THE

STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Continuous 2.30 to II.15.