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THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; FEAK HOTEL

"KREMLIN, HONGKONG. · Telegraphic Address:

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AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;

MAJESTIC HOTEL

Telegraphic Address:

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HOTELS.

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Poking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1928.

FOUR ATTEMPTS AT RECENT MUKDEN | ITALIA RESCUERS

SUICIDE.

REGULAR EPIDEMIC OVER WEEK-END.

CASES FOR HOSPITAL.

There were three cases of at- tempted suicide reported to the police during Saturday and one culo yesterday.

The first case was reported at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday when the Yaumati Police Station learned that a Chinese, twenty years of age, took an overdose of opium in an attempt to end his life. The would-be suicide was immediately rushed to the Kwong Wah Hospi tal for medical attention.

Ten minutes later, a report was made that a Chinese woman had attempted to end her life by jump Rooming into the harbour from the Yaumat! ferry launch Man Ying. This woman was also sent to the Kwong Wah Hospital.

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

Hotel.)

Tea Dance#:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 6 to 7 p.m.' Hotel Launch meets all steamers.

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

Telophone C. 878 J. I. WYTCHELL,

Manager.

Tal. Add:"Victoria."

HOTELS OF

PAPEEL PRET

DISTINCTION

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KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.

Daily from $5.00 .M cnthly from $125.00

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 608 & K. 609.

PALACE

MR. & Mus. H. J. WHITE.

Cables "KowiOTEL" Hongkong

HOTEL.

Tel. Address "PALACE." Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Electric Light and Fan throughout. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooma.

Tel Kowloon No. 8

Three minutes from Kowloon Kasiraly, under English Management: Try Room with Private Bath. Unrivalled Chisins under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

Mrs. J. B. OXUERRY, Proprietress,

EUROPE

fi

After-dinner

dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Cables:-

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Singapore.

HOTEL

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Arthur E. Odell, Managing - Director.

THE HOTEL RIVIERA

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Cable Address:—" RIVIERA, MAGAO"

EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF COMFORT AND SERVICE

Frinted and Fubilobed for the Proprietors by ALFRED MORLEY, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

OUTRAGES.

INFERNAL MACHINES

EXPLODE.

BLAME LAID ON CHINESE PLAIN-CLOTHES TROOPS.

POLICE BOLT IN FEAR.

BAULKED.

THICK FOG PREVENTS AIR SEARCHES.

WIRELESS BREAKDOWN

Rome, June 17. Some little apprehension is felt at an entro lack of news from the survivors of the "Italia" disaster,

Full details of the bomb out-no wireless messages having been rages which occurred in Mukden received by the base-slip "Citta on the 10th instant are given by di Milano" all day yesterday,

Meanwhile, a thick fog is pre- the Toho New Agency, which states:

Fpg, Difficulties,

Rome, June 16, A wireless message from the Citta da Milano says that the wind is opening up the fee.

The relief-ships Hobby and Cape. Aeroplanes which took off Braganza are in sight of North from the Hobby were obliged to return because of thick fog.

The weather in King's Bay is perfect.-Reuter,

The office of the Japancac venting the Norwegian pilots, Lar- Residents' Corporation in the wall-son and Holm, from reconnoitring eu city of Mukden was bombed by serially.Renter. unknown persons at 8.25 o'clock to-night. Bomba were thrown in the vicinity of the Shan Hei Pien The old city Gate nt 9.20 p.m. is now in great confusion.

Another bomb exploded in the At 10.15 p.m. a report, reached the police to the effect that n wo-neighbourhood of the Nan Shih nt No. 201, Temple Street, Ynuma- Pien Gate at 9.40 o'clock to-night. man, twenty-one years of age, living Chang (market) outside the Ta-hal 11, had tried to end her life by some At 9.40 and 9.47 bombs were She again thrown and exploded in the form of alcoholic poisoning.

walled city. Frightened by the was also sent to hospital.

Sunday's ease occurred at the explosions, all Chinese police con- Kennedy Town Praya,, where, ne-atables have disappeared.

Bombs exploded again to-night cording to a police report, a Chin- ese servant girl, from No. 10, Li in the neighbourhood of the office Lung Terrace, was picked out of of the Japanese Residents' Cor- the harbour. She was sent to the puration. The outrages are under Government Civil Hospital, but, investigation. her condition not being serious, she was not detained.

SHANGHAI FEARS COMMUNISM.

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.

Japanese Terrified,

The bombings occurred when the rain was pouring down. The Japanese, residents in the walled city were terrified by the explo

aion.

A Search in Vain.

"Oslo, June 16. The Italian aeroplane, piloted by Major Maddelena, went to Spitzbergen from Vadsoe to search Nobile but was for General obliged to return to Vadsee owing to very heavy weather and engine trouble.

The King's Bay party, with dogs from the flobby, covered nine The Chinese authorities imme-iles In a vain search-Reuter.

The Swedish super-scapiane diately closed all the gates of the which is going to Spitzbergen to wall, The Japanese residents are help in the relief of General Nobile extremely panic-stricken, fearing

has arrived at Narvik.-Router. possible outbreaks.

Oslo, June 17. The first bombs were thrown at

The French seaplane piloted by the houses of Mr. Eizo Inaba and of Mr. Maoltiro Takebe, which are Guilband has arrived and will located outside the Shan Ist Pieu probably start for Spitzbergen Gate near the office of the with Amundsen to-day.-Router. Japanese Residents' Corporation, but there were no casualties, as the occupants of the both houses were absent at that time.

Two Men Flee.

Ú.S. PRESIDENTIAL

NOMINATION..

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Manchuria's readiness to adopt the Kuomintang ng and that a com- milee would form a Government conditionally upon members of the Fenglien faction receiving impor- tant appointments-Reuter.

Adviser for Feng Yu-hsiang. Tokyo, June 16. AL the request of Feng Yu-hsiang who has been without Japanese adviser for three years, Lt. Col. Matsumuro (Chief of the

A bomb hit an electric light line Chinese section of the Imperialat Miyajima-machi In the South Two Japanese General Staff), who was Manchuria Railway zone.

Other Nominations. formerly his adviser, will again be men who appeared to be Chinese lent to him for that purpose.

the direction of Yanagi-

Former Governor MeKelvie, of Major-General Matsui, who has machi

Soon after the outbreak of the Nebraska, and John R. Hawkins, a been Marshal Chang Tso-lin's ad- viser for several years, is return-outrages, Mr. Hayashi, the local negro church leader of Washing- ton, seconded Hoover's nomina- ing to Japan. It is expected that Japanese Consul-General, he will be appointed to command moned Mr. Wada, Chief of the tlon..

of names.

President brigade-Reuter.

Japanese police, and several other Japanese officials to his offcial Coolidge, Curtis, Watson, Golf and in then placed residence at 9.10 p.m., and eon-Norris ferred with them regarding nomination. Mrs. H. J. Cornwell, measures to be taken for the pro- of St. John; Kansas, seconded ection of the lives and property Curtis, and was cheered by the

the Japanese living outside the convention, as she spoke well.

The Tsinan Affair.

Tokyo, June 16, It is reliably reported that the Japanese Government is shortly opening formal negotiations with the Nanking Government regard- ing the Tsinan affair.

fled in

S.M: zone.

Sun-

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The

were

President Coolidge was placed In nomination by Representative Palice Mobilized.

Cole, of Ohio. The move came as It is understood that the Japan-

Japanese policemen, stationed a surprise and evoked a demons- ese will demand compensation for

Walled City of tration of several minutes' dura- the death of those killed and for outside the

weretion, with some of the Lowden. Mukden, numbering 130, losses due to looting; also an apo-called out in full force nt 10.30 delegates leading, but at ne ume logy, punishment of those respon-

o'clock to-night. They were was there the slightest indication sible for the outrages, and guar-

immediately posted at every that it would alter the result of antee as to the future.

the balloting. Japanese house outside the Wall.

Investigation has revealed that the bombs thrown in the vicinity of the office of the Japanese Residents Corporation hit Chinese house just behind the Despite this, 10 Illinois, 22 lowa, Japanese office and partially 15 Minnesota voies, together with destroyed it.

Pending the acceptance of these terms the complete withdrawal of Japanese troops will not be car ried out and the Japanese will not permit any political propagandist within 20 Chinese miles (17) of

Tsinan.-Renter.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the farm relief plank adopted by the convention earlier in the day, aLowden withdrew as a candidate,

a few scattered votes by other All the gates of the City Walldelegations, were cast for him. are closed. The Japanese garri- The balloting began at 8.45 and son troops are Laking extra was over within a few minutes. ordinary precautions.

Later.

It has transpired that bomb

Pei Chung-hst and Shansi.

Peking, June 17. As the Shanat troops, advance eastward Pei Chung-hsi'a forces. are taking their place. This has already occurred at Shihchia-nutra which have occured six DISPUTE OVER CYCLE chuang and Paotingfu and now the times since 8.25 o'clock to-night Shana forees are. making for were the work of Nationalist olain Tientsin,

clothes soldiers. These men, Two of Pel'a armies have arrive divided into several groups, per- ed in the vicinity of Peking.petrated the outragen, taking ad- One division has entered the city vantage of the rainy weather.. and two more of his armies have Thanks to the rain, no fire broke reached Changsintien. Reuter.

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON WOMAN.

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ao, alleged that they were benten by the police, but explained that they did not complain because they were afraid.

Sergt. Rozesky, questioned on this allegation, said he did not see the prisonera ill-trented.

tive.

out.

The Japanese authorities are searching for offenders,

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

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

1. Bir Georgs Newman Theumatism. 2. The

HIRE.

STONE THROWN INTO SHOP.

shop

Following a dispute in a bicycle in Reclamation Street, Yaumati, a young Chinese who had returned a machine to the owner, resented the demand of an extra five cents for overtime, and, on leaving the shop, threw a stone in- to the premises, striking one of the men on the arm.. ...

He was promptly arrested and handed over to the police. On his appearance before Mr. W. Scho- king inalalled ten new Knights of the Most field, at the Kowloon Magistracy Honourable Cirder of the Bath, 3, Poetry and this morning, he admitted throw- painting. Liverpool.. Adictive indicating the stone, but said he did not ing the earliest beginning, dawning; gang of chained alaves; fuld supposed to take the know whether anybody had been place of blood in the veins of the gods, role-hit. applied (used in regard to words I

on with bricks). 6. 437 runs, by Ponsford, Victoris Queensland,

1927-25;

According to Inspector Marks,

The prisoners promptly replied that Sergt. Rozesky was not

1.107 rune, Victoria v. New Bouth Wales, the defendant hired a bicycle from present when they were struck, 1926-27. 7. The three days preceding the shop and returned it after hav They alleged that the ill-treatment cension Tar, set apart by the Church as daya wa's meted out by a Chinese detec-for special prayer on behalf of the senson's ing had it for a quarter of an hour crops. In many places the ok custom of more than he had paid for. He "beating the bounds of the parials le was requested to pay a further five

Tuesday, and Wedne His Lordship pointed out that carried ousandy. In the Strand, exposite conts but refused and an argument the allegation was an easy one to the Law Courts, marking the boundary be make, but the prisoners had not tween the City of London and the City of arose. The master of the shop, Westminster. 9. The Fast Kente. 10. realising the futility of further complained when they were before Lord of the Treasury, 11. Telescope: vaccina discussion, dismissed the defen- dant without having collected the the magistrate. It was a question on; unpowder; antbeolies. 12.

Staffordshire; Westmorlard; Cornwall, for the jury.

money due to him. On going out- side the shon the defendant picked In passing sentence, his Lord-up a stone and threw it into the hip said he considered the verditshop. One of the Inmates wES struck on the arm, causing a small to be, a perfectly sound onc

They are convicted of a very injury. cowardly and wanton offence. A fine of $5. was imposed." against an old Indy."

Five Years,

After a short retirement, the jury returned a verdict of "Gulity" and the prisoners wero each sen- tenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour.

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