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

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31st December, 8 p.m. to 12 m.n.

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Cables "KowLOTEL"

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Hongkong,

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Bar and three Billiard Tables; two in Now Billiard' Baloon Moderate Terms: £arnillos specially catered for,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928.

WORKS OF HONGKONG COMPOSERS..

INTERESTING CONCERT

ARRANGED.

Below is the abbreviated pro- gramme of the extra concert at the Helena May Institute on Tuesday, 15th Jan., at 6.30, organised by Mrs. Bonenfant. it is the first of its kind given here, all tho works being by local composers

RUSSO-GERMAN' ACCORD.

IMPORTANT EXTENSION OF TRADE RELATIONS.

£50,000 LOST BY AN ERROR.

= 1

VOID BEQUEST TO A

BARONET..

An error framing the terms of a bequeat under a will has resulted in a baronet undergraduato losing a fortune of £50,000.

PROTOCOL SIGNED.

Berlin, Dec. 28 In the 'Chancery Division recent- That Gormany and Russia urely. Mr. Justico Clauson heard a summons by the trustees of the will getting closer together is Indicat of the late Michael Williams for a 1. Variations and Fugue on aed by the foreshadowing of, an decision on the question whether a theme of Beethoven for 2 pianos, Important extension of Russo- bequest of £50,000 to endow the (Harry Ore). Mrs, Bonenfant and German trade relations following baronetcy was vold. the composer..

the algning of a Protocol in Tho present baronet, Sir William 2. Three Songs (A. M. Bowes- Moscow on the 21st instant. Law Williams, of Barnstaple, claim- Smith), Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith. The new Protocol will smoothed the legacy. The residuary

3.. Piano

TranscripHous of immediate difficullen, for example, legater, the Rev. L. A. Williams, of Chinese Songs (Harry Ore), Mr. commercial espionage, which the Hessenford Vicarage, essenford, Harry Ore,

Soviet has agreed to interpret in' a | Cornwall, was a party to the suni- 4. Elegle for Cello and Piano manner corresponding to Intermons. (Harry Ore), Mr. and Mrs. Bonen-¡national usages. font.

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The judge said that the bequest The bases of further detalled, was for the first person born after 6. (a) Three Preludes for negotiations have been laid down, the testator's death who became Plano (Lt. Col. P. A. Cardew) and|faellitles being granted by which entitled to the baronetcy and at- (b) Barcarolle (Capt. Macnair), German holders of Russian contained the age of 21. Mrs. Bonenfant.

cessions will negotiato directly

Reuter.

6. Trio in A minor for Piano, with the Soviet authorities. Violin and Cello (Lt. Col. P. A. Cardew), Mrs. Bonenfant, Capt. Macaair and Mr. Bonenfant.

EXCHANGE RATES.

.124 .26.16

London, Dec. 28.

Parin Geneva

Berlin

Oslo Helsingfors Athens

Buenos Aires Hongkong

New York Amsterdam Stockholm Vienna Madrid Bucharest

Bombay

Yokohama Brussels Man

Copenhagen Prague

Lisbon,

Rio

Shanghai

Silver (apot) Silver (forward)

CHINESE DETECTIVE

· ·DISCHARGED.

DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO WITNESSES.

He held that it was vold under the rule against perpetuities.

The rule against perpetuities re- quires that every gift of property take effect during the lifetime of some person living at the testa- tor's death, plus a period of 21 years.

Money under a void bequest goes to the residuary legatee.

.20.385 Yeung Kong, a Chinese detec- THE STOWAWAY WHO

18.19 tive, who appeared last week 1024 before Mr. R. E. Lindsell on a

375 charge of misconduct as a end- 47.11/32 | stable, was discharged at the Cen-

2/0tral Magistracy this morning. 4.85 21/32 It is understand that Yeung 12.07% Kong was alleged to have accepted 18.10 bribe from a Chinese woman. 34.45

SNEEZED.

IS SOLICITOR PAYS FOR LINER PASSAGE.

Liverpool, Nov. 20. When the Court at this morn- When the liner Calgarig reach- .20.776

807% ing, Mr. Lindsell informed Mr.ed here to-day, she had on board had begun the .1/8.1/32 C. A. S, Russ, who represented the two boys who 1/10.23/32 defendant, that he learned from voyage from Canada an stowaways

34,87 Mr. W. Kent, A.S.P., that it was and ended it as passengers. ..92.70 unlikely that the ease against the 18.18 accused would go any further, -163% because two of the witnesses. who 100% made statements to the police had 5.29/32 isappeared. The woman, who 2/7 was supposed to have made the 26.7/16 original statement, was in hos-

.20 pital. British Virolcán,

*PEKING AGITATORS STILL BUSY.

CHIANG AND FENG DENOUNCED.

Peking, Dec. 28. Kuomintang extremists hero arc still agitating, and yesterday there were exhibitions in Rome parts of the city of slogans and Macards de-- nouncing Marstal Chiang Kai-shek and Marshal Feng Yu-hsinng.

The police are making thorough investigations regarding the nu- thora of these slogana..

Mr. Kent: understand now that she did not go to the hospital at all and that she has cleared out.

His Worship-In these elreum- stances are you asking for a further remand?

Mr. Keht: I don't think it will be nécessary.

One of them was John Walpole Fletcher, the. 19-year-old son of a retired R.A.F. officer, living at Radeliffe-gardens, Earl's Court,

Telling of his adventure, he said that he and a friend climbed on board the Calgaric the night before she salled. "We evaded the searching inspectors by get- ting to the rear of them and fol- lowing them round.

"All went well for nearly two days and then, having a cold, 1 sucezed and coughed, and an off- cer discovered us."

The two youths were taken be-- fore the captain, but wireless: messages to their homea saved them from punishment. On the

| HUGE AVIATION SHED. promise of their fares being pald

BIGGEST IN WORLD AT CROYDON.

London, Dec. 28. What is believed to be the

largest aeroplane shed in the world will be available at Croydon on January 1st for the housing of air linera employed on the Cross-

Channel routes.

Among those. on board the Katuri Maru, which leaves Hong-

It will accommodate fifty liners. kong to-day for Europe, are Dr. Although built as recently as Self, late Gerinan Ambassador 10 January last, so rapid has been Japan, and Mr. A. de Feitosa, the the growth of the traffic that this Brazilian Ambassador. The Ger- man Ambassador is going home accommodation has already proved.

Inadequate.-British Wireless. after eight years' service.

at Liverpool they were allowed to travel as third-class passengers.

A solicitor paid Fletcher's fare.

Mr. Clarke Irvine will give a lecturo and show one of the most wonderful films on the growth of planta and flowers at the Helena May on Monday, 7th January, at 5 p.m.-advt.

Dr. Barnardo's Homes have received £25 AB 1 Christmas donation from the King..

Goldsmiths' Company have given £25 to North London Police Court poor-box.

NEW PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED.

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Mr. Hoover shown reading some of the hundreds of congratulatory telegrams he re- ceived hourly from all parto of the country after his election. With Mrs. Hoover is Peggy, a Hoover granddaughter. At the back, left to right, ars Alan Hoover, Mrs. Herbert Hoover jr and Herbert Hoover fr.

With

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IN

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