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THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY KOTEL; PEAK HOTEL Tolegraphie Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG,

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL Tolographic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL",

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Dos Wagona Lits, Peking.

KING. EDWARD HOTEL.

Meet Modern and Central Hotel in the Caleny, all Bed Rooma newly renovated and Installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.

TEA DANCES:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 5 to 7 pm, Hotel lunch meets all steamers,

(185 for thirty Tifin Tickets can be had at the Office of the

sboro Hotel).

Tel. Add: Victoria."

Telephone C. 378

HOTELS OF

J. IL. WITCHÉLL,

Manager.

DISTINCTION

MET OPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Adresa:"

Tel. Kowloon No. 3,

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.

A Arst-class Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniences of Home.

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

Hotel newly renovated,

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 MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.

Phone Nos.

K. 608 & K. 6o9.

Cables KowLOTEL" Hongkong.

EUROPE

After.dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Cables:

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.

Arthur E. Odal, Managing Director.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

BIG FINANCIAL VOTES.

MANY FOR COUNCIL MEETING.

KOWLOON JUNIOR SCHOOL TO

BE TRANSFERRED.

DEMAND FOR METERS.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1928,

FRENCH VIEWS ON LAHORE INCIDENT

GERMAN NOTE.

| REPARATIONS COMMISSION TO'

· APPOINT EXPERTS?

TREATY PROVISIONS.

ACCUSATIONS.

LAJPAT RAIS DEATH RENEWS ATTACK.

INDIA OFFICE DISPELS ANY DOUBTS IN COMMONS.

Parla, Nov. 20. The French Cabinet after a long discussion of the German Note on reparations requesting the Powers to appoint independent experte not! bound by any fixed instructions, has proposed that as the Treaty POLICE FORCED TO ACT of Versailles provides that all re-

London, Nov. 26. Twenty-three financial, votes, parations questions shall concern

The allegations of unprovoked | totalling $147.782, are to come the Reparations Commission, the before the Finance Committeo of latter shall be invited by the violence by the police at Lahore at the Legislative Council on Thurs- Allled Governments to desigante the end of last month when the day afternoon for the purpose of the Committee of Exports to finally Simon Commission werò greeted, meeting supplementary expendi-settle the problem.

on arrival by a hostile demonstra- ture.

The Reparations Commission tion, have been renewed as the will request the German member result of the sudden death of Lala attached to the Commission to Lajpat Ral, the Punjab boycott designate the German experts, and lender, and the subject was men- it will also decide whether to tioned in the House of Commons invite the United States to parti-to-day, cipate in the incolings of the Com- mittec.

One of the most interesting of these is a sum of $13,000 for the conversion of Parkside," Government house formerly allot- ted as a residence to the Manager of the Railway, for school pur- розея.

1

It is explained that in view of the intended reoccupation by the

The Secretary for India was

the asked a series of questions regard- It is considered that experts, when appointed, are un-ing the circumstances of the death |of Lajpat Rai, with particular re-

military authorities early in 1929 likely to meet before Januaryference to the accusations of' the!

of the Gun Club Hill premises at present used for the Kowloon Junior School, It, is proposed to remove the school to "Parkside," No other premises are available and it is therefore, necessary to carry out the work this year, as the school reopens in January,

Death Gratuítics. Another interesting item relates to denth gratuities, for which a sum of $7,050 is asked.

In the case of the late Mr. M. J. D. Alves, formerly of the Imports and Exports Department, who died in September after 20 years' service, it is proposed to pay his widow the equivalent of one year's salary, less the amount of pension drawn. The sum rc- quired is $2,649.59.

Router.

London, Nov. 20. The German Memorandum, which was handed to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wina ton Churchill, has been subject to a preliminary examination, and no difficulties having been revealed, the way is now clear for an answer to be concerted among the Powers concerned.-British Wireless.

TREATY MAKING IN

EMPIRE.

ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE ASKED THEIR VIEWS.

agitator's friends that his death; resulted from blows delivered by

public police officer on the occasion of

. demonstration Lahore. the

Illegal Processions.

at

Lord Winterton, the Under- Secretary for India, replied that two enquiries, had since been held) into the incidents'nt Lahore, which arose out of an legal procession forbidden by the police.

The Secretary for India had received the reports of the en- quiries and was satisfied that no more force than necessary used to prevent the crowds from breaking through the barricades.

No Deliberate Attack.

Wats

He was satisfied that there was deliberate and unprovoked attack by the police, and that no individual was singled out for annuit.

In the ease of the late Mr. R.S. AFRICA & GERMANY.no

Witchell, Senior C.

Sanitary Inspector, who died in October after 28 years' service, it is pro- posed to pay his estate the equivit lent of one year's salvry' (£440) which comes to $4,400.

More Meters Needed.

installace.

1.

London, Nov. 26.. for the Dominions, was naked in the Mr. 1. M. S. Amery, Secretary

No evidence had been adduced House of Commons to-day whether to show that Lala Lajpat Rai's in the case of the recent trude death was due to blows received Treaty between the Union of South from the police, The Punjab Africh and Germany any prior con-leader died on November 17th, A sum of $12,500 is to be asked sultations with his country nineteen days after the incident, for

to purchase and

Mr. Amery replied that the Gov-and death was attributed to heart. Additional water meters In Kow-

failure.--British Wireless. loon. These elers produce re-rnment in Great Britain equally. of the the Government.

Defiance of Orders. venue, and to date 675 new meters with have been fixed in Kowloon this Dominions, was notified by the Gov-

The trouble at Lahore develop- year, as against a total of 500 and erniment of South Afries of their 582 in 1926 and 1927 respectively. intentions, and asked to express itsed from a defiance of prohibitory! There are 200 applications at views, in the manner contemplated orders against processions. Boy-

Lajpat present and further applications by the Imperial Conference of 1926, cotters in considerable numbers, Ral are received almost daily. The and was subsequently kept inform- hended by Lala vote now asked for will enable aed of the progress of the negotia- approached the station, and when held back by a fence of barbed further 250 meters to be supplied tions,

The whole position to day was wire, indulged in the usual form and fixed.

that no one Government of the Em- of demonstration, flaunting black pire restrained any other Govern- flags, and shouting deorgatory mont of the Empire, but all Gov-remarks. ernments of the Empire, if they un- The police eventually were dertook anything that might have a forced to charge the crowd with reaction on the others, informed inthis and a number of the de- them in case they had views to ex-

received monstrators

Injuries, press-British Wireless,

Including Lajpat Rai.

Hongkong Waterworks.

To meet maintenance charges for the waterworks in the City and Hill District to the end of the year, a sum of $25,000 is requested.

This additional expenditure is largely due to increased pumping and general charges necessitated by the inadequate rainfall this

year.

'Other Items.

NEW OIL EXPORT ASSOCIATION.

STANDARD OIL CO. TO BE MEMBERS.

Statement at the Time,"

Two statements were afterwards issued by Lajpat Rai, the leader of the National Party in the Assembly, and Maulana Kasura, the President of the so-called All Parties Committee on the situa tion arising out of the Commis- sion's arrival at Lahore.,.

General maintenance charges also have been considerably higher, owing to the long period of restriction necessitating con- siderable renewals of Rider Mains which are now getting very old,

New York, Nov. 26. Stro Fountains, which have not

The former sald. the attack by The Standard Oil Company of been in operation since 1923, also

that a the police on the people was required reconditioning before New Jersey announces they could be brought back Into Standard Oil Export Corporation absolutely unprovoked and "un- has been formed to handle the warranted and it was led by the operation.

export business of five operating Superintendent of Police himself. subsidiaries of the New Jersey Laia sald that "happily the lathi blows did not fall very heavily on Company.

him." The blows on his chest fell just over the heart, region and on the express through trains to Association under the Webb, Act, caused a bruise resulting in slight Carton, and a sum of $10 for rent in which the new Standard Oil faver and swellings. Lala Lajpat nesaulted Raizada officials of a ground floor as a branch post concern will be eligible for mem-Rai added that the same police office at Kowloon City, where the berahip-Reuters American Ser

Hansraj, MLC., Dr. Gopichand rapid urbanisation of the district vice.

and Dr. Satyapml. calls for improved postal facilities. Another Item shows that the Government intends taking over

Of the other items, mention may

This step is preparatory to the be made of $1,888 for providing upholstered second-class coaches formation of a General Oil Export

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(Incorporated in the Straits Settlements }

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THE HOTEL RIVIERA. MACAU.

Cable Address" RIVIERA, MACAU,”

East reclamation work, no tenders for its purchase being received. A vote for $8,949 is asked for this purpose.

PICKETS BUSY IN TIENTSIN.

JAPANESE GOODS SEIZED FROM SHOPS.

ATTACK ON SHANGHAI DRAG HUNTS.

AIBED AT EMBARRASSMENT

"OF GEN. WARDROP.

Shanghai, Nov. 27." The vernacular newspapers con- tain long accounts of alleged.des- truction by foreignera on drag hunts and state that farmers are protesting against the damage of

Maulana Kasuri said Raizada Hansraj bled profusely from his thumb and his shirt and dhoti were spoilt by blood stains.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL VON SCHEER,

GLOWING TRIBUTE BY PRESIDENT.

of

Berlin, Nov. 20. The death is announced the crops and are petitioning for Admiral von Scheer, at the age of a censation of the drag-hunts and 66 years. puper-chasing races.

The Admiral died from heart! failure, whilst on a journey from Dresden to Mannheim.

Tientsin, Nov, 26.

The reports are grossly exag Renewed activity by the Anti- Japanese Society's picketing corpsgerated, in order, it is believed, to has occurred in many quarters of embarrass General Wardrop and the city during the past few days. other members of the Shanghal message of sympathy

Defence Force who participate in Admiral's daughter, says that he the hunts-Our Own Correspon-Will, always honour the memory

Largo quantities of Japanese products have been acized by pic kets from Chinese shops, with the result that some of the victimised trailers having suffered heavy loss had to suspend business..

It is understood from a reliable source that the Chinese Municipal Government Intends to curb the Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY movement with a view to assist

Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria ing the merchants. FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3,

Hongkong.

dont,

The 5.5. Hosang, of the Indo- China Navigation Company, which returned to harbour after striking submereged object whon en route to Swatow, has been taken in hand for examination at the Kowloon

Docks,

President von Hindenburg, in a to the

of the glorious leader of the Ger- man Navy, whose name will live in history in connexion with the Battle of Jutland. Reuter,

London, Nov, 20, The British Admiralty have sent their condolences to the German naval authorities on the death of Admiral von Scheer, British Wire- Tess.

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The

King

of

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irected by

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WITH

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