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THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE DAY HOTEL;'PEAK HOTEL

Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;

MAJESTIC HOTEL

Telegraphic Address: ““GENTRAL, SHANGHAL.""

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Don Wagons Lita, Poking, -

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Most Modorn and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Bodi, Hot and Cold Water, also. Telophone.

TEA DANCES:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8. to 7 p.m. Hotel launch meets all stoamers.

+

(5 for thirty Tifin Tickots can be had at the Office of the

above Hotel).

Tel Add: "Victoria.”

Telephone 0.873"

HOTELS OF

J. H. WITCHELL,

Manager..

DISTINCTION

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

PALACE HOTEL.

Tol, Kowloon No. 8,

Tel. Adress:"

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.

A first-class Realdential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniences of a Home.

Dar and three Billard Tables; two in Now Billiard Saloon. Moderate Terms: familles specially catered for.

Hotel newly renovated,

MRS. J. IL 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. (00.

MR. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE.

Cabla "KOWLOTEL”, Hongkong,

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 HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

LIFEBOAT HEROES FUNERAL.

PATHETIC SCENE AT BURIAL OF FIFTEEN.

FAULTY LIFEBELTS?

:

London Nov. 20." Fifteen of the seventeen life-

boatmen of Rye Harbour who were drowned last Thursday wara buried in one big gravo in the churchyard of their home village to-day. The bodies of the other two drowned lifeboatmon have not yet been given up by, the sea.

WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1928.

BRITISH WAR DEBT HAPPIER DAYS FOR

POSITION.

PAYMENTS & RECEIPTS NOW ABOUT EQUAL.

IF ALLIES PAID UP.

London, Nov. 20. Some Interosting figures in re gard to the repayment of Britain's war debt to the United States and payments to Britain from other countries were made in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Replying to a qucation, Br. An enormous crowd attended the funeral. Men of the British Churchill stated that the annual payment to the United States in Legion dug tho grave and Legionaires were among the pall-repayment of the war debt was

£33,000,000

and per annum, bearers, who were mainly life- British receipts in respect of boatmen. A band played funeral Allled debts should be $12,800,000, marches.

this sum facluding £8,000,000 from France and $4,000,000 from Italy.

Because of the press of the public, the service was held in the graveyard, not in the church. The crews of many other lifeboats around the coust wore present.

Nearly every familly in the little Hamlet of Rye Harbour had lost someone in the disaster, and the scenes at the graveside were pathetic in the extreme.

Reparations, said Mr. Churchill, should amount to 219,000,000, making a total in receipts of £32,000,000, against payments to the United States of £33,000,000,

Mr. Churchill added that the annual payment to the United States would rise to £38,000,000 after 1933 and the receipts from Allled war debts and, reparations

RUMANIA.

CONFIDENCE RESTORED BY NEW PREMIER

WISE POLICY EFFECTS.

Bucharest, Nov. 20.

The upheaval in Rumania, arising largely from the Transyl- vanian optant troubles, is now settling down, the elevation of. M. Maniu to the Premiership having restored confidence.

One of M. Maniu's first moves has bean to abolish tho Pross censorship, and he has also raleed martial law overywhere except in the frontier zones, where ameliora- tions have been introduced.

has warned the Police throughout The Minister of the Interior the country against the ill-treat ment of prisoners placed under arrest following the recent distur- bances, and as the result of com- plaints in this connexion, the Police Chief, at Balts and two police-pergeants have been dis- missed.

These are the first fruits of M.

Mantu's far-reaching programme of reforms, which has received the approbation of all interested European Powers, particularly as

Mr. Williams, Under-Secretary of the Board of Trado, stated in would also rise in proportion, in the new Cabinet, which includes

the House of Commons to-day that hia Department had decided to hold an enquiry into all the cir cumstances of the disaster. The enquiry would cover certain allegations that had been made regarding defects in the life bella worn by the dead lifeboatmen.- British Wireless.

OPIUM POSSESSION CASE.

WOMAN SENTENCED AT KOWLOON.

accordance with the settlement agreed to-British Wireless.

THREE MILE FALL AND ESCAPED DEATH.

UNCONSCIOUS IN AN AEROPLANE.

A test-pilot whose name is not disclosed for Service 'reasons has had an amazing escape from death.

He was testing a new all-metal Bristol Bulldog fighting plane, when, in mid-air, he becume dizzy and lost consciousness.

The aeroplane began to dive earthward at a speed which in- creased until the machine was. miles rushing earthward at 300 an hour.

Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared be- fore Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, to defend a man and woman who were jointly charged with being in possession, at No. 108, Canton

After he had plunged down for Road, of 3.7 taels of prepared opium and 20 trels of raw opłum.

15,000 feet the airman regained Mr. d'Almada pleaded guilty on his senses and autoniatically pull behalf of the woman, but anid that fed the machine out of its dive. he understood the prosecution would accept that plea and with-) draw against the man.

Mind a Blank.

many Transylvanians, has pro- mised to deal with the minorities question "in a manner befitting its Importance."

Meanwhile preparations for the general elections, which are to take place on December 12th, are progressing. The Peasant Party,

of which M. Maniu is the leader, has concluded electoral pacts with the Social Democrats, the Saxon group and the Transylvanian

Zionists,-Reuters

ONE-MAN ARMY CAPTURED.

IRISHMAN'S LITTLE WARS ALL TO HIMSELF.

Cornelius Healy, known as the one-eyed gunner, one of the most- the Irish Free wanted men In State, was captured by Civic Guarda recently.

Among other charges against him were two of attempting to murder police.

His mind was a blank as to what

Police have been searching had been happening during his night and day for him for a con- Revenue Officer Grimmitt ne-fall, but, feeling normal again, alderable time, but he had evaded. cepted the plen and remarked that he continued his tests and did not arrest until he was taken by aur in respect of 10 taels of raw aplum, land for some time. the prosecution was unable to prove that it belonged to either of the defendants as it was found

outside the cubicle.

The second charge was accord- jagly amended to possession of ten

tales. The man was discharged.

Mr. d'Almada naked for leniency for the woman, remarking that the opium had been loft by a relative. She knew what the parcel had con- tained, but did not know it was Illeral.

The woman was fined $100, or six weeks' hard labour, on cach charge,

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MANILA SHOWS.

COMING TO HONGKONG SHORTLY.

·

surrounded his home.

When his automatically-record-prise by a force of police who ing altimeter was examined the He offered no resistance, and story of what might have proved was brought under a heavy escort a death-dive was clearly told.

The pen of the recorder had to Cork City, where he

remanded. traced, in the shape of an abrupt charged before a special court and ly descending line, that headlong plunge for three miles.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin

Copenhagen

Vienna

Helsingfors Liabon Bucharest Buenos Aires Shanghal Yokohama New York

The public will be interested to learn that the Manila Shows, A Geneva

will Milan miniature Wembley show, shortly open in Hongkong. A site Stockholm has been secured on the Praya East | Oslo reclamation, and the opening date Prague Madrid will probably be December 5th.

Athens Part of the Show is at present in Rio Macao in connexion with the big Bombay Fair there, and this will unite with Hongkong another section from Manila. The Bilver (spot) attractions includa a circus, various Silver (forward) side shows, roundabouts and flying plunce.

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD-PENANG ARGENTINE TRAINING

(Incorporated in the Straits Settlements)

LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS. Overlooking the Sea.

Hot and Cold Running Water.

Highest Quality Catering.

I

Modern Banitary System. European Chef,

PRODUCTS DIRECT FROM LONDON MARKET.

WILLIAM HAROLD PERRY--Man......¡

Courtesy, Comfort, Service

́and Luxuries of Modern Hotel

Construction

THE HOTEL RIVIERA,

MACAU.

Cable Address: RIVIÉRA, MACÁU”"

SHIP.

Wax

Healy was a one-man army. He had neither leader nor followers, but during the Irish disturbances went around the country carrying on a flight on his own.

Ho carried a machine gun on his shoulder and started a fight when he thought fit. He referred London, Nov. 20.

gun as his .124.10 to the machine.

34.89 "Lizzie." .12.08%

He showed great alertness In .20.30 avoiding the police, although .18.10 houses in which he was staying 84.52 were repeatedly surrounded. His said to be 102% running powers are 108.1/18 wonderful.

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WOMAN EXPLORER'S

TASK.

EXCAVATIONS AT KING SOLOMON'S MINES.

,875 Entirely new light may be thrown .5.29/32 ou the distant past of South Africa 1/0 1/32 by excavation work which is to be 2/0% carried out by a British woman 26.11/16 archeologist under the ausplecs of .20.13/16 of the British Association. British Wireless,

FINE WEATHER::|

Miss Gertrudo Caton-Thompson has been chosen by the Association to undertake the task of excavating the mysterious ruins of Zimbabwe, in Rhodesia.

Professor J. L. Myres, Librarian of New College, Oxford, is taking To-day's Observatory report a great interest in the work. He states that the anticyclone has told a Daily Mail reporter: passed into the Pacific. Another "These substanial and elaborate has formed over China. The ruins, with their granite walls and lyphoon is about 150 miles north terraces, archways and roadways, north-west of Yap, moving west or their so-called fortresses and ten- west-north-west. Fresh to strong plas, have for some time provided a the 'China Sea. The forecast till monadon may be expected along perplexing problem to antiquarians.

winds, fresh; fine.

to-morrow 18:-North-east

noon

·VISITED BY BRITISH FINST LORD.

London, Nov. 20. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Bridgeman, accompanied by Rear Admiral Fullerton, went to Portsmouth to-day to visit the Argentine training ship Presidente Sarmiento. The Argentine An- bassador was also in the party.

This morning's 'Harbour Office The First Lord was very in- terested in all he saw and partley-reports gave 19 arrivals and 28I larly in the exhibition of sail drill departures, leaving 65 vessels in port of which 18 were British... by the cadets.-British Wireless.

YEN'S WAR ON BANDITS,

It is impossible to surmise who built the works. There has been soma talk about the legendary King Solomon's Mines in connexion with the ruins.

"Miss Caton-Thompson, na far as know, will go out alone and will tions herself. It must not be im organlee the whole of the excava agined that she is going to a very wild and dangerous spot, because there is a motor-road to Zimbabwe, stay who go to inspect the ruins."

The Ba. San Nam Hoi went into dock at noon to-day for annual and an hotel there where people overhaul and refit and is expected to be off the run for about three weeke.

SUN YAT-SEN'S BURIAL.

Shanghai, Nov, 20.

Peking, Nov. 20.

Amongst the passengers who To carry out much-needed bandit suppression campaigns Arrived by the Empress of Canada Marshal Yen Hal-shan has order- to-day were Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Leavell, Mr. J. Scott Haraton, Miss ed General Sheng Chon to divide P. J. Scott Haraton, Mr. and Mrs. Chibli into a few districts and to A. Cameron, Mr. A. N. Lacey, Mrs. Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY appoint military officers to control R. M. Dyer, Mr. E. B. C. Hernell to attend in State Burial of the

Wyndham Street. In the City of Victoria |these diatrists.

and Mr. and Mrs, U. Spalinger."

FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Hongkong.

A message from Mukden states that General Chang Isuch-liang will visit Nanking in the Spring late Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

A ROMANCE OF DEVOTIONI

The story of a beautiful young girl who thought she could play and dance through life-forget- ting the fiddler had to be paid

An

ARTHUR ROSSON

The

Production

PLAY

GIRL

With

MADGE BELLAMY,

John Mack Brown, Lionel Belmore.

Laughter thrills, auspense, and above everything else— Romance to set the pulse tingling with exhilarating pleasure!

-ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION-

FELIX

“FELIX FLIRTS

THE CAT in WITH FATE".

AT THE

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20

REGINALD

DENNY

IN

"THE CHEERFUL FRAUD"

LAUGHS

THRILLS

and love in this rol-.

ficking comedy full of régular Denny speed, pep and action!

AT THE

A UNIVERSAL SUPER COMEDY!

WORLD

Orchestra 8.15 #9.20.)

The love glory of a lovely indy wha playad in the comp "of lova -hut' "didn't play aecording" to Hoyte!

"FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY Interpretar 2.30 # 7.15.

WITHE RICARDO CORTEZ GRETA NISSEN WALLACE BEERY

RAYMOND HATTON

a

Ainumount Picture

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

AT THE

STAR FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Continuons 2.80 to 11.15.