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ENGLAND SWEPT BY A GALE. PROTECTION FOR BRUINAS TRADE. ALCOHOL TOLL IN Bulls and Inners

BORROWERS.

MOST VIOLENT STORM FOR NEW MONEY-LENDING

MANY YEARS.

ORDINANCE.

SEVERE DAMAGE

AND SEVERAL LIVES LOST.

THE HONGKONG LAW TO BE STRENGTHENED.

BIG. TEXTILE COMBINATION AGAINST JAPAN.

LANCASHIRE SCHEME.

London, Nov. 16. A determined effort by British textile firms to restore the piece- goods trade with China to its form- er prosperity has resulted in the formation of a new comunny, to be

tion, Limited.

NEW YORK.

VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN ON "SPEAK-EASIES.”

OVER 500 DEAD OF RAW SPIRIT IN 8 MONTHS.

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From the Office Butts.

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From the Daily Press racing A newly-discovered explanation notes: "Anyhow hore's wishing as to why ships are called "sha" * you the best, old Blue with the is that they dress whenever occa- red rash." Bet that nettled him! sion demands.

A Home writer asserts that H.M.S. Hormes. was Illuminated modern women wear rubbishi on the eve of Armistice—and so Matter of fact they do live in a were several others.

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strango garb-age.

0.0 A Shanghai paper states that at A correspondent in a Homo last a President has been appoint- IMPORTANT CHANGES. called the Eastern Textile Associa- LATIN QUARTER RAIDS newspaper asks how to feed pat ed to the dining bottega

No storks. Judging from the fre- doubt there'd have been a rush for quency of this bird's visits to the the job if the "B" had been Peak, he should write to the Peak included..." Residents' Association.

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The directors of the now com-

New York, Nov. 16. The Money-lenders Ordinance

The vigorous campaign instituted CHANNEL SHIPS' DISTRESS. of 1911, having been found in many are all prominent in the Lan-

practice insufficient for the pro-cashire cotton trade and are re-by the City authorities to wipe out the "speak-casies" as the numerous tection of borrowers, is to be re-presentative of at least fifty firms,

The effect of Japanese competi-illicit liquor bars are popularly A destructive gale, stated to be the most violent ex- pealed. It will be replaced by a

new Ordinance to consolidate and tion has been severely felt and the called, continues. The campaign perienced for many years, swept up the Channel and across

amend the law with respect to object of the company is to com- is the direct result of an epidemic Great Britain yesterday. The damage is reported to be ex-

A wind persons carrying on business as pete against Japan on equal terms of deaths in New York caused by

The company will carry on bust-drinking of poisoned spirits. tensive, though no accurate estimate is yet possible.

money-lenders.

In one-weck quite recently no velocity of over sixty miles an hour was recorded in London,

The new Ordinance, of which a ness as spinners, doublers, manu-

packers, shippers, fewer that 97 people died after be draft la published in the Gastte, facturers, which felt the full fury of the storm in the afternoon.

Telephonic communication between London and the pro-will come into force on January bleachers, callco-printers, dyers, ing picked out of gutters suffering finishers, calender, merchants, im from alcoolic poisoning, while dozens of others were seriously ill. vinces has been almost suspended, over two hundred trunk 1st, 1929. lines having been blown down.

makes any licence inuued prior to

Ships in the Channel have had exciting experiences, and The "Mald of several are reported to be in distress. Orleans" from Boulogne, and the "Vera" from Southampton to Guernsey made the trip in the teeth of the. gale, braving many perils before they reached the safety of harbour.

Several persons have been killed, while house collapses are reported from all over the country,

Southampton 'shipping was suspended, none of the liners venturing out while the storm was at its height. The storm was accompanied by torrential rain.

BRITISH PLANE'S NARROW ESCAPE.

Holier, Jersey, where it arrived lato-British nearly 24 hours Wireless.

the

Section 4 of the new Ordinance

commencement

Ordinance null and void.

of this

KITANDANI BARSETS CAME IN TOKY KOULINETE COMPARER FRIGHTE

DUTCH AIR MAIL'S FINE FEAT.

To East Indies and Back in Ten Days,

also

MUCH MAIL CARRIED,

Licence Fee Increased. Section & makes it illegal for a person, which by the Interpretation clause includes a corporate body and firm, to carry on the business of money-lender without being the holder of a licence. It provides for the grant, duration, of renewal and cancellation licences and raises the annual fee from ten to twenty-five dollara.

Section 7 is specially drafted so as to make the money-lender responsible for the insertion of full particulars of the contract in the money-lending agreement, and also; provides for the delivery of a copy of the agreement to the borrower, and in those respects it la da conformity with the pro- visions of section 6 of the English Money-lenders Act, 1927. Section

London, Nov. 16. The great gale which has creat od considerable havoc all over the country and in the Channel, swept London this afternoon with ter- rifle violence. The wind attained many years, swept the whole coun-7 also provides for the further

200 Trunk Lines Down. The storm, the most violent, for try, though the Southern counties

Amsterdam, Nov. 16.

A Dutch air liner, has just returned here from the Dutch East Indica,

A notable feat was accom-

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A new film shows "the manu-

Wo've seen some.

Advice to young Hongkong brides:-Don't put all your eggs facture of artificial into one biscuit."

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women."

"Chinose War Operations De- Talking of Armistice Day, we wonder what has become of all finitely Ended," says a Shangha!. these colour-headed tacks which newspaper heading. But some he didn't hear the referee blow we used to move about on maps stupid General will probably say ten years ago?

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☐ ☐ Bank returns show that over $63,000,000 worth of banknotes We read that accidents have were in circulation in Hongkong decreased greatly since women's have beon shorter. MacWhirter dresses during October.

Latin Quarter Clean-Up. Two hundred prohibition agenta yesterday swooped down on Green- wich Village, the so-called Latin Quarter of New York, and in the says the trouble was that they Maybe soon wo shan't have any

accidents at all. course of a series of raids, they were circulating too fast. closed. no fewer than twenty-two dance halls and arrested the guests. The guests however, were subac quently released.

Army and Federal defectives have been working for a fortnight to

Thero suerus a great to bo deal of differ- between exce

Pinin John and

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Some may

obtain evidence under the direction Explain John. of Mra. Mabel Willebrandt, the nt Assistant Attorney-General Washington, who was a staunch supporter of Mr. Hoover in the pre- Router's American Service.

plished, the double journey besidential election campaign.

Ing completed in ten days, The eraft carried sufficient mails to cover the cost of the trip.

A postal official, commenting on the feat, expressed the opinion that when larger and more powerful planes are built, malls will be almost entirely conveyed by air.—Reuter, -

protest against

His Excellency

ahowing a bias.

But it is only on the bowling green.

ឆ ជ In Hongkong,

Is to

Husband: "You make mo sad. Your dress is so short that the whole neighbourhood is talking about it.”

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Revised Pro- verb: The hand that rocka the goar-lever rules the road.

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No film fan has written to the papers re- marking that

when Beery you cannot keep your Hatton.

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On Tuesday,

a coolie coolly walked into the Police Court "amoking

cigarette. What

Recent Scrione Outbreak. Prohibition agents were forced into strenuous activity at the be ginning of last month when the worst outbreak of alcoholic polson- Ing since last Christmas holidays the secret of was brought forcibly to the aften- sucreSE protection of the borrower under

tion of the authorities. Most of find something a velocity of over 50 miles an hour. experienced the worst spells. local conditions that the agreement

the victims were found dead in the that wants and in some of the furious gusta, Reports are coming in hourly tell- shall be drawn up, if the borrower

Wife: "How fine! I wa gutter in the East Side waterfront doing and then ing of considerable damage to does not understand the English

'afrold it wasn't going to be a it was even greator.

communications and to property, language, in language selected by porters, exporters and dealers in all district, New York's Limehouse discover some-

SUCCESS." Much damage was done all over It is stated that over 200 trunk the borrower, with an English descriptions, of cotton, calice, linen, section.

The first of the deaths occurred one to do it.

☐ ☐ the elty, chimney, pots and even lines are down, while many houses

on October 6th, there were twelve

Experimenta are being made to The answer to the local Magis- roofs coming off in places, while have lost their roofs, and adver- tion and filing within seven days

Section 8 provides for registraalk, worsted, and woollen textile

It is hoped that by mass produc- more on the following day, seven cool the atmosphere in dwelling- trate who asked whether a duck the telegraph and telephone lines leement hoardings have been of correct copies of moneylending tion and the centralisation of all others on the Monday, and soven-hauses at Home. A good hot row objected to being ill-treated la

branches of the trade in one con-teen on Tuesday.

translation attached,

smashed to matchwood and

agreements.

suffered considerably.

The force of the wind was so carried away.

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else. do

you ,expect a cool

coolle to do?

Many of our local controversi-

Dr. Charles Norris, the New York between hubby and wife has been "Quack!" to the growing habit among the City's poor of drinking "smoke" or other poorly distilled liquors,

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"Gusey"-If you really want alista are all write, your dreams to come true, you must wake up.

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Section 9 provides penalties great that at many points, parti- The full fury of the gale swept for offences against sections, certo meet the Japanese producers medical examiner, attributed them found to work well in Hongkong. cularly when it went howling over London, and one of the most 6, 7 and 8; with a proviso that round corners, peoplo were blown remarkable incidents occurred out-no prosecution under section G down, while it was a curious sight side the House of Lords, where the or sub-section (1) (a) of section to aco pedestrians loaning against sword of the statue of King 6 shall be instituted except with the storm in making progress. Richard the First was snapped off the For the most part, normal traffic as clean as a whistle.

General. was suspended.

Torrential Rain.

Euston Station Isolated,

consent. of

the

Attorney

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SIR AUSTEN ON WAY HOME.

QUITE RECOVERED FROM ILLNESS.

Ho ridiculed the suggestion that it might result from attempts to re- distil commercial alcohol in which

A young Kowloon blood has just the Government places poisons,' say.

some new dancing ing thut such beverages are too ex- discovered

ife is certain steps. He went to the dentist last ponsive for slums. that it is "smoke," which is the week.

for wood alcohol diluted in two parts of water and a cloudy ahaken until I attains colour.

name

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A grave-digger in a small town at Home has just taken up golf. He's expected to make his mark on the course,

We sympathise with the male escort who had to explain to his lady companion where the shells went when salutes were firad:

Some of these pearl advertise- ments almost tecla to death,

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About the only thing left for the Sanitary Department to do is to send a fow spara inspectors out to sharpen the spikes on the barb- Garbage Whisky.

ed wire, in tho hope that the He admitted, however, that the Herr Ellenberger of Berlin, who mosquitoes will stab themselves to

death. practice of distilling "garbage talked for several days, set a new

OD whiskey" had increased alarming-marathon elocution record.

At Taipo, the monsoon and the Won Last Side. At best this gar-show must have been for men only. Mayor's language are moderating. baga whisky was extremely danger-

Otherwise, crime in the district is It would please better if some normal. of these flappers had better sconte

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False Statements, Euston Station was isolated, for Section 10 is a penalty clause Even rougher sena than those over an hour by a large clm tree for false statements and repre- which caused the wreck of the which was torn up and fell across sentation made to induce any

London, Nov. 16. gerson to borrow money Latvian steamer "Alice" and the the lines.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, accom- E30 hichi disaster to the Rye life-bont, raged At Southampton, a gale of over agree to the terms

panied by Lady Chamberlain and in the English Channel, the gale sixty miles an hour le reported. money is borrowed, and is Are their younger son and daughter, left being accompanied by torrential Huge liners were bobbing up and enactment of section 5 of Ordinance Canada to-day on their return to London. They will arrive on Sun- rafu.

down like corks, while four huge 16 of 1911.

Section 11 makes it imperative day, November 25th. Steamers in the Bristol Channel cranes crashed down, one faliing

A A "message on a money-londer to supply

from received hurriedly took refuge in the Barry through a restaurant, three per statement to the borrower in rathe Foreign Secretary states Roads until the storm had ensed, sons being injured.

gard to the loan and to supply that he is quite recovered and no ships wore able to leave

shipping WAS stopped him with a copy of any documents from his recent. Illness and Swansea,

although several liners, including relating to the loan under penalty will attend the Council of Leagueous, while smoke was even more The harbour at Plymouth pre- the great Cunarder, Alaunin, were of a daily fine of $50 for each of Nations in December-British

day during which the defaults Wireless. sented an amazing eight. The due to leave. raging ses tossed ships about like shuttlecocks, and it was impossible to land the West African maila er a big gold consignment at Ply mouth from the liner "Aba",

Channel Ships Battle.

All

Several Fatalities.

At Yarmouth, more than a dozen of the small craft In Harbour were torn from their mooringe add smashed.

to supply such information con- tinue. This section is based to a certain extent upon section 8 of the English Act of 1927.

Boction 12

Ordinance of the prohibits the assignment of any agreement so as to prevent a money-lender from passing on an unconscionable agreement to an innocent third party,

No Advertising-

GERMANY'S LATEST CRUISER.

SOCIALIST OPPOSITION

DEFEATED.

Berlin, Nov. 16.

deadly.

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Some fish will even eat bread and cheese, saya B scientist.

Apparently large amounts of both are distributed for from five to ten cents (21⁄2d. to bd.) a drink.

The straw vote which showed MacWhirter adds that he's noticed Somo City authorities incline to attribute the situation to increased Al, Smith ahead of Hoover turned that at a certain local club.. Government activity against out to be rye.- bootleggers, which prevented the

Denatured Spirit,

It is understood that the latest hospital report of the Scots girlie who accidentally swallowed a ten cent plecs is No Change."

At the Criminal Bessions which

Some men are born great, some achieve greatness-and others become Unofficials.

0.0 "Puritan:"No, we cannot sea why bobbed hair should make a woman bad, any more than whiskers make a man a saint.

Fodder Street will soon become

illicit saloons from getting normal. There is nothing like digging as start on Monday, our Judges' supplies and forcing them to sell an exercise for middle age, de volces are expected to carry con- Nearly fifty houses in the course

inferior stuff,

clares a doctor. Agreed, but you vietton, construction at Newport, The Channel mail ateamer "Maid of

The seriousness of the situation must not let Kerr see you at it of Orleans" the afternoon boat Monmouthshire, collapsed.

at Fanling. in indicated by the fact that in one from Boulogro to Folketono after A man was killed by the fall of

The Reichstag has rejected the week Bellevue Hospital alone treat- a torride battle across had con a tree at Bristol, and another man siderable difficulty in reaching its lost his life in the same way

Section 13 prohibits the money. Socialist motion urging the cessaed more than 200 alcoholic cases- new or nearly double the number treat- Berth at Folkstone, and even when at Exeter. In the later case, the lender, under a penalty, from tion of construction of the it got into harbour safely, the man was driving a mobor-car, the advertising his business.

10,000-ton cruiser of which details ed in any previous week in 1928. wind and tide were so strong that tree falling across it and crush-

Section 14 prohibits an action were given by General Grocner, It took over twenty minutes to get ing the victim

In tort being brought by a money- Minister of Defence, yesterday.

The motion wos defeated by 256 to the quayside.

Another man was killed in fall of land at Torquay, while a Loan so as to prevent him, if his votes to 208.-Reuter. village hall collapsed at Stubbing-contract is declared void, from

pufng in tort for damages, In spite of the violence of the ton, Hampshire, killing a child.

Section 15 (1) is intended to TARIFF RATE INCREASE. The gala in the Channel, which gale, the Imperial Airways con-

money-lendor from tinued a reduced service. A great made Rye a village of mourning prevent a

Washington, Nov. 16. machine from the Continent almost yesterday, broke with renewed fury using proceedings as a means of

squeezing money out of net with disaster., It had a tre- to-day..

President Coolidge has increased borrower. Sub-section (2) enacts .mendous fight against the wind,

of the tariff on potassium perman- that except by special order

Airliner's Escape,

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with lender in connexion

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In the opinion of medical officers of the city the Federal Govern- ment, and not the vendors of the stuff, should be brought to trial for homicide.

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The Buda Pest man who was sent to prison for biting his pponent in a duel is now adding. Insult to injury by declaring that the Mecca of mechanism,

Joseph: The bird you saw The Government, in order to the other follow showed bad taste.

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erane, It-Ta prevent raw alcohol from.. being

"Have it right, that little bit of was probably a used for beverage, purposely dena. tures it with deadly polsion, and, white" says a current advertise thought that the reason it stands

DO although it is redistilled, enough ment. This, of course, has no on one foot is that if it lifted both,

ferry

Suggestion for an up-to-date car advertisement: —“Gear-without tears,"

and when flying over the "Maid of in distress and all the Atlante the Court a money-londer shall ganate from four to six cents per of the polson remains to cause bearing with opposite seats on the it might fall down.

The Rye Dlunster,

Many ships are reported to be Orleana" it suddenly dipped and linera have been delayed several only cleared the wireless mast of hours already... the steamer by ten festi

The Southern Railway 8.6. Veraj ventured tho crossing from Subscriptions are pouring in to Southampton to Guernsey In the the fund opened by the Mayor of teeth of tho gale. There were Rye on behalf of the stricken de seventy passengers on board and pendente of the victims of yester they experienced one of the worst day's lifeboat disaster,

Thirteen bodies have now been passages of recent years. It took over ifteen bours to make the recovered and they will be buried

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not recover any legal coots except pound, to be effective on Docom ber. 6th-Reuter's American Ser. actual, disbursements.

Section 16 debars a money-vice, londer from issuing execution | without leave of the Court.

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death.

Statistics compiled by the pollée

"Women" Love Diamonds" is a show that in the Inst eight months In New York City 518 lives have fim. They never did love Clubs.

Moden Great words of little women's---- been lost through the drinking of poisoned liquar

A business men's physical cal, "My dear, I admit I was wrong. Section 17 reponla the Money-ance accompanied with a proviso A force of 40 detectives after ture class is advocated, We Bug What did I do? Jenders Ordinance, 1911, and the that on the coming into operation wards, raided twenty-one drinking gest that the first exercise will regulations made thereunder, but of this Ordinance, all of te deos in East Side, New York, and be balancing the ledger under "Curious: Yes, they are contains a saving clause as to the provisions shall ann flere have arrested the owners and bar i adverse trade conditions.

digging a hole in the Helena May validity and continuance of any practicable to any agreement made tenders. Samples of the liquor

Institute grounds. They are describas Heary as searching for a lost chord which agreement entered into prior to prior to the commencement of seized have been submitted a dor the commencement of the Ordin- this Ordinance,

analysis.

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