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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, SHANGHAL"

HOTELS

LIMITED,

In assoolation with the Grand Hotel

Dos 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.

TEA DANCES:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Hotel launch meets all steamers.

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

above Hotel).

Tel. Add:"Victoria."

Telephone C. 373

HOTELS OF

HOTEL METROPOR

J. H. WITCHELL,

Manager.

DISTINCTION

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

PALACE HOTEL.

Tol. Kowloon No. 8

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

Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress,

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.

Daily from $ 5.00. Monthly from $125.00

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 008 & K. 609.

MR. & Mrs. II. J. WHITE Cables KoWLOTEL'

Hongkong.

EUROPE

After-dinner dancing overy

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Cables:-

"EUROPE

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE..

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL

Arthur E. Odell, Managing - Director.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1928.

SCOTS GUARDS ARRIVE IN SHANGHAI.

ACTION, FUN and ROMANCE!

Headed by their kilted pipers, the 2nd battalion Scots Guards, from Hongkong, arrived In Shanghai last week and marched through the Settlement 1q billets in the Now World. Picture shows the Guards marching along the Bund past admiring and applauding crowds.

FOUR DRUG TRAFFIC ARRESTS.

MORPHIA IN RAIDED DES VOEUX RD. HOUSE.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

A quantity of morphia was seized in a raid on a house in Des Voeux Rond Central yesterday and as a result two Chinese appeared before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning on charges of possession of the drug.

The exact amount of the seizure is not certain as the Analyst's certificate is not. ready,

CHINESE RAILWAY

DEBTS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Divided Opinions.

Shanghai, July 9.

BISLEY SHOOT BY CHINA PORTS.

GOOD SECOND FOR JUNIOR IMPERIAL CUP.

London, July 9.

A fine shoot was witnessed at

In connexion with the proposed expedition into Manchuria; Mar- BISHOP'S GOOD TALLY. shal Feng Yu-hsiang, the "Chris- Lian General," has urged the military leaders to launch an im- mediate onslaught on the Three Bisley to-day for the Aforning Post Eastern Provinces against Mar- Junior Imperial Kolapore Chal- shai Chang Hsuch-liang,

lenge Cup, Nigeria and British On the other hand, General Li Treaty Ports in Chins fighting and Marshal Yen hurd for first place, Nigeria even- Chung-yen

524 points Shi-shan hold an entirely different tually winning by view, being of opinion that the against a score of 523 by the Nationalist Government should China Trenty Ports,

who were negotiate with the Fenglien Party second. for peace.

The Federated Malay States

An adjournment was granted. Revenue Officer Grimmitt stated he had a further charge to prefer ngainst one of the defen-: At present no definite decision were sixth with 503 points, the dants, while he mentioned has been reached. that the other jumped from the cackloft in the raided house and managed to get to the ground floor, where he was arreal- [ed. Six men were in the raided house at the time and some of them might be called as witnesses.

The house was equipped with opium pipes and lamps and might have been in use as a divan, but as nobody was found amoking opium no arrest could be made.

Other Cases,

A fine of $100 or in default two months hard labour was imposed

Straits Settlements eighth with 492 points, and Johore ninth with Recruiting the Northerners.

ja score of 479. Shanghai, Juyl 9. The conditions were four com- As a result of an arrangement pettors, each to have ten shots between Chiang Kai-shek, Feng at 300 yards, 500 yards and 600 Yu-hsiang and Yen Shi-shan, yards.

"

it has been decided that the re- The China Treaty Port scores cruiting of the defeated Northern were: units, formerly under Marshal Sun Chuan-fang should be entrusted to Marshal Chiang.

Marshal Yen to Resign?

Shanghal, July 9. It is reported that Marshal Yen

Gunner Lancaster

.138

Corpl. Glover ..... Corpl. Grimes

Sergt. Trill....

:135 .127 .123

Bishop Ferguson-Davie compet-

ed for Singapore and returned the Capital score of 128.--Reuter

Later.

on a Chinese who admitted posses- Shi-shan has tendered his resignn- sion of a small quantity of opium.tion from the post of Commander The Prime Minister of Johore, When the man was arrested he of the Peking and Tientsin Garri-Dato Abdullah, was captain of the told C. P. O. Clarke a story to the son Troops, urging the Nationalist Johore team.-Reiter. effect that he was employed to Government to appoint General Pei

carry the drug from one ship to another. In Court he told an en- tirely different story, saying he was asked to look after the drug by a stranger.

The

viung-hsi in his place.

Money for Peking.

Shanghal, July 9.

THE POLICE RESERVE.

í

ALL PO

Mr. Wang Pel-chun, the Nation- ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT

A Chinese woman was fined $600 alist Minister of Communications, or in default three months' hard left Nanking on Sunday for Peking labour when found guilty of on an important mission, passessing illicit opium. woman pleaded she was given forty cents to carry the parcel but her story was not believed.

ARMED ROBBERY SEQUEL.

SIX MEN ARE AGAIN REMANDED.

Mr. T. V. Soong hag also left, for Peking with a large sum of money, which will be assigned to the Pe- king military leaders.

Human Troop Disbandment.

Shanghai, July 9..

WEEK,

Hongkong Police Reserve Or ders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.. Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten- dent of Police slate:

Police Training School. The weekly classes for Police Reservists at the Police Training School, Kowloon, will be hold on The leader of the 44th Nation- Wednesday, July 11th. at 6.00 p.m. alist Arnly, now stationed in Hupeh, sharp. All members of the has wired to the Nanking Govern-Chinese and Indian Companies ment stating that the Army has who have not yet passed Part 2 of disbanded 4,000 of its men, who Training Course must attend. have been sent back, after being

Finance Conference,

Shanghai, July 9.

Squad Drill.

paid, to their respective districts. All recruits of the Chinese and Six men who were arrested at

Indian Companies, and of the Fly- various addresses in Hongkong and

ing Squad will parade at Central Kowloon, following an armed rob-

Police Station on Thursday, July bery at 84, Des Voeux Road West, The Finance Conference in Nan-12th. at 5.30 p.m. sharp for Squad again appeared before Major C. king is still in progress. Yesterday Drill under Sergeant Conden. Willson this morning, when De-its fourth meeting was held and Dress-Muft tection Sergeant M. Murphy asked was, well-attended.

LTD.

his Worship to fixo a date for the hearing.

Chang Stands Firm.

3

41

His Worship fixed Thursday afternoon.

THE HOTEL RIVIERA

MACAO

Cable Address:—!' RIVIERA,' MACAO"

EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

THE FINAL EXPRESSION

OF COMFORT AND SERVICE

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MOLLEY, at 1 and 2, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

Chinese Company. Advanced men of the Chinese Company to be detailed by the O.C. Peking, July 9. will parado at the Police Training The Fengtien peace delegates School, Kowloon, Wednesday, July The charges against the defen-have arrived in Tientsin and are 11th at 6.00 pm. sharp for Ex- tended Order and Baton Drill dants were that four of them were leaving for Peking shortly. It is under Inspector Paterson.

Dress: concerned In the armed robbery, understood that the terms which whilst two others were found to be Manchuria will fly the Kuomintangufti, Rife, Side-Arms, and in possession of arms. One of the flag and accept the Three Principles Truncheon to be carried. defendants, it will be recalled, was are that Chang Hsueh-liang shall

Indian Company,

1

R304 Lam

a servant employed at the Govern-be appointed Chairman of the Man- Strength. Constable R220 R. P. ment Civil Hospital

churian Political Committee, Chang Ghiloto is permitted to resign as There was one additional charge Tao-halang, Chairman of the Kirin fnom June 30th.

Flying Squad brought by the police against one Committee, Yang Yu-ting, Chair- of the defendants this morning, man of the Fengtien Committee Leave-Constable that of returning from banishment. Wan Fu-lin, Chairman of the Hel-Chung Mow, R305 Lo Shiu, Wah, This defendant pleaded guilty to lungklang Committee, and also that and R344 Poon Lak Chi, have been they shall retain their armies un granted one month's leave of ab- the charge.

der their own jurisdiction.-Reuter, Kance from the Colony commenc-

No Split Anticipated.

ing July 8th.

SHANGHAI DOCKS.

The weekly instructional patrol Peking, July 9. of the Hongkong Soction wili tako Feng Yu-hsiang's arrival here place on Thursday, July 12th, last week is regarded as dispelling Fall in at Central Police Station the reports of serious dissension at 5.15 p.m. sharp., Dress:- among the leaders of the victorious Khaki Uniform.

there 18 Sharpshooter's Company,

DIVIDEND OF TES. 71⁄2. Mesars Benjamin and Potts in-armies. Undoubtedly form us that they have received a some disagreement on the question Revolver practice will be carried cable intimating that the Shanghai as to whether to attack Manchuria oat at Kennedy Road Range on Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., and on the disbandment of troops, Wednesday, July 11th. at 5.00 p.m. has declared a dividend of Tia. 7 and other problems will require Members will assemble at tho careful handling, but an open split range at that time with their re- for the past financial year.

The profit for the period is Tls.or conflict is generally regarded as volvera, belts and holsters.

very unlikely at the present time,

(Bgd;) W. KENT, A.B.P. 504,000.

Reuter.

Adjutant.

+

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