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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL!

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPU SE 'BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL.

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL: MAJESTIC HOTEL.

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Dos Wagons Lite, Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Mort Modern and Central 'Hotal in the Colony, all Bad Eeorum newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Bode, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone,

Telephone 0.273

HOTELS OF

J. H. WITCHELL, Manager.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929.

SHANGHAI HOTEL MAGNIFICENT ART

ROBBERY.

YOUNG RUSSIAN IN THE DOCK.

SAYS HE WAS UNWITTING TOOL OF GERMAN.

THREAT OF DEATH.

Shanghai, Dec. 28. Charged on remand in the Pro- visional Court yesterday with being concerned with another in the recent theft of more than

$10,000 worth of jewellery from the room of Mrs, E. Stewart at the

COLLECTION,

SPECIAL DUTCH EXHIBITION AT ROYAL ACADEMY.

PRICELESS PICTURES.

BANKRUPT MOTOR CAR OWNER.

EXPLAINS DEALINGS TO COURT.

HIRE-PURCHASE CARS WHICH DID NOT PAY,

London, Jan. 2. No fewer than eight hundred and twenty, paintings, drawings and objects d'art'in silver and glass, constituting the greatest BORROWED MONEY... collection of Dutch art ever

Complicated dealings in public shown, was opened to-day for pub- le exhibition at the Royal Acn-Bankruptcy Court this morning. motor-cars were described at the

demy,

when the public examination of Hau Pak-yan, of 15, Sing Wo Road, was held.

Debtor said that he was forty

The pictures, some of which are priceless, have been brought from Palace Hotel, a Russian youth the ends of the earth for the ex-years of age and had been employ named Sladivosky ́etrenuously | hibition. They, Include a large ed by the Dragon Motor Company number of Rembrandts, each of since 1014. His wages were $150 which is worth a fortune, lent by He received no commission of any

·His Majesty the King, American sort, and never sold cars for the millionaire art collectors, and Bri-Company. tish peers.

donled his guilt and related how he unwittingly became the tool of

another.

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Accused also pleaded not gulity to a theft of a cine camera from the Celesta Co., in Bubbling Well Road with a Rumariian, Josoph

DISTINCTION;. || Nadias, who was arrested by D. S. Satula as he was leaving the court room after the preliminary trial of his companion in the dock for the hotel theft.

METROPOL SAVOY-BOA VISTA

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone No

K. 608 & K. UOW,

MR. & MRB. H. J. WHITE.

Cables KowLOTEL”

Hongkong,

PALACE HOTEL

Tok Adress:"

Tel. Kowloon No. 8,

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,

A first-class Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniences

of a Home,

Bar and three Billiard Tablon; two in New Billiard Saloon. Moderate Terms: familles specially entered for.

Hotel newly renovated.

EUROPE

Aftor.dinner dancing every

• Tuesday, Thursday.

and Saturday,

MRS. J. H. OXBERRY,

Proprietress.

Cables:-

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD,

Arthur E. Odoll, Managing Director.

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD-PENANG

(Incorporated in the Straits Settlements,}

LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS. Overlooking the Sea,

'Hot and Cold Running Water,

Highest Quality Oatering.

Modern Sanitary System; European Chot,

PRODUCTS DIRECT FROM LONDON MARKET.

WILLIAN HAROLD PERRY--Manager

GABLES' --"RUNNYMEDE."

Courtesy, Comfort, Service and Luxuries of Modern Hotel ·

Construction

THE HOTEL RIVIERA,

MAÇAU.

Cablo Ad ress:-"RIVIERA, MACAU."-

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

Accused's Story,

The Russian's story, unfolded bofore Judge Shen and Senior Consul'a Deputy C. E. Whitamore yesterday, said he had unknowing- ly become the tool of a German The latter, he said, had a room in the hotel nud invited him for tea, after which he offered to take the witness upstairs and introduge him to a lady friend.

Accused stated that he followed the man jutu a rooni," The former

| switched on the light, and searched | the place which gave accused the Best warning that his compaulon was a thief.

Accused added that he wanted

to leave the room but Lae' German- threatened to kill him if he did so.

Hurried Escape.

Soon a foreign Indy, knocked and entered and the German muttered something to her in English which accused said he could not under stand. His companion then made a dash for the staircase accused and he followed in order

and

not to be left in the lurch. In hia hurry, prisoner stated, he left his overcoat and n. cigarette casa, bearing his initials behind.

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"The great Dutch galleries of the exhibition will remain open for three months,

He bought a Hudson car from the Company under a hire-pur- chase agreement in 1927, agreeing. to pay $3,000, He made an It was arranged by the most initial payment of $000 and was to distinguished

pay $200 for twelve months. connoisseurs of England and Holland. After the When there was only $350 remain- inaugural ceremony, a luncheon ing to be paid, he defaulted and was given at which the food and While the car was in his posses- the Company Beized the car. drinks supplied were exclusively Dutch, being brought from Bosion, he let it out for public hire. He had no arrangement with the land specially for the occasion.

Company whereby he could get the vehicle back again.

Art-lovers from all over Eng and are expected in London dur- ing the next month or two with a Academy.-Router. view to paying a visit to the Royal

.

SWATOW FERRY CAPSIZES.-

CONSIDerable loss of lIFE THOUGHT LIKELY.

CROWDED LAUNCH.

I

Borrowed Money.

He borrowed money from in Indian money-lender in order to pay the first instalment, receiving $600 and signing for $1,200. Ie had to sia for double the amount| before he could get the money he needed to buy the car. Asked why: he signed double the amount, deb- tor said he was asked to do so.

Sir Henry Gollan thought debtor would spend his life in bankruptcy if that was the way in which he did businesA.

car.

Ile also second vehicle, an

LON CHANEY

IN HIS MOST AMAZING PICTURE!

Athrilling story of the Russian revolution in which the man of a thousand faces gives the most remarkablë performance of his career!

Mockery

Also

RICARDO CORTEZ, BARBARA BEDFORD

PROFESSOR OTTO HARTRATH

AND HIS...

MUSICAL NOVELY ACT

QUEEN'S TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

In answer Lo questions by the Ofeinl Receiver, debtor said that he borrowed a further! Swatow reports that an accident takings of his

The Telegraph correspondent at 3600, intending to repay from the AT THE has occurred in connexion with one bought a of the launches running in to Austin, from the Dragon Company Swatow from Kit-yang, after the in the following month, paying Winter Solstice holiday.

$1,240, for it in cash with borrow- ed money. In the same month; he| had paid $600 on the first ear.

As usual, crowds of passengera joined the launch at the successive stopping places, and at one of these the smallboat on which the passen gern are ferried out to the launch capsized, and all were thrown into the water:

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They passed the night in another. hotel and he was taken by hin com- panion the following morning to a shop where he asked the man to compensate him for the loan of

At the time of writing, the num- his things in the hotel, The Gerber of casualties is unknown, but man then handed him a packet it is feared that there must have which contained $73 and two rings, been considerable loss of life. one with a diamond setting and the other a jade setting.

After that they separated, ngreeing to meet Inter in Nanking tond. He kept the appointment hut his companion did not show up. On his return home he was. arrested with the rings and money on him.

Prisoner Identified,

Prisoner was identified by a Japanese who.told the court that he way the party who sold him a

cuinera,

Acensed strongly denied his guilt on this charge and declared that he was the victim of cireum- stances,

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He employed two drivers, paying them $45 and $70 a month respec- tively. The cars were garaged at the Dragon Company's premises, the rent for the two cars being| $30 a month.

No Profits Made.

In the first month, he made a Journey by launch after the dif-profit on his cars of $200, but he ferent holidays in the year is al-had never made any money since. waya perilous. Regulations ns to The Hudson car was seized Inst the number of passengers carried are not enforced, and those his possession.

to be October and the other was still in returning to their work and busi- ness after the few days at home heel over with the movement of the crowd the vessels, which tend to

passengers to the side. On this oc- casjon, the danger attended not the launch itself, but the ferry which supplied it.

I

COTTON MAGNATE'S

DEATH.

SIR CHARLES MACARA'S BUSY LIFE.

London, Jan. 2.

Why did you keep running these cars month after month when you made à loss on them? hud to pay my instalments.

And you thought lasing money was a good way of paying the instalments ? had hoped that my car would not be seized After

I had paid my instalments, I could have paid my creditors.

What, if you were making a loss?- could sell the car.

Asked why he had not sold the ear, debtor said that he could not; find a buyer.

A Third Car, Questioned with regard to ani

Questioned regarding the full name and whereabouts of the Ger

he mentioned, prisoner replied that it would be impossible now for him to locate the man.

Further evidence was given by the police who informed the court died to-day at his home at AltrinIndian, paying $250. He got rid

that Mrs. Stewart was sick and was unable to attend the pro- ceedings. The two nceused were remanded in police custody til January 10.

SHANGHAI, OPIUM SCANDAL.

DIFFERENT PERSONS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TRIALS.

Shanghái, Jon. 2.

..

The late Sir Charles Macara, the interest in a third car, debtor nail he went half-shares with ал well-known cotton 'magnate, who

of his share, however, when the cham, Cheshire, aged nearly 83, was recognised all over the world car failed to make a profit, and This as one of the kings of the cotton received his money back,

WAR a Dodge car, which was industry.

garaged in the ground floor of 61, Wong Nei Chong Load.

Despite his age, he had applied his wisdom and experience since the war to grappling with the troubles of Lancashire... He was Chairman of the Provisional Emergency Cot- ton Committee set up in

1922: from 1892 to 1920 he was Chairman of the Manchester Cotton Employ ers' Association; and from 1894 to 1914 he was President of the Eng 1ish Federation of Master Cotton Spinners.

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Outalde the business sphere, sir It is understood from an au- Charles Macara was prominently thoritative source that a trial in | identified with the nationni lifeboat connexion with the Shanghai movement.-Britisk Wireless, Opium Scandal will be opened on Friday in the Chinese district Court,

The defendants will be the de- tained Chinese seamen, and a few others.

It is, however, atuted, that the authorities have adopted a rather astonishing course with regard to the men regarded as the most im- portant figures in the case.

SOUTH AMERICAN ·

DISPUTE.

ARGENTINE NOT WILLING

TO HELP.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 2.

Debtor admitted that he repair- ed motor cara and motor cycles at his home, Baying that repairs were done for friends and he

never received pay- ment, bat he would occasionally receive an invitation out to tin. He had never received, cash for work done by himself at his home.

Question with regard to his pog- session of n motor cycle, debtor said it had been in his possession since 1925, when it was left there by a European named Stevens, with in- structions to sell it. The European had never returned for the machine, and debtor had been unable to sell it.

The examination was concluded.

WEATHER FORECAST,

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.19 & 9.20.

THE VIVACIOUS STAR OF “SENORITA" and' "THE MANICURE GIRL”, in another excellent comedy |-

AT THE

ADOLPH ZUKOR MIJESSE & LASKY PARKING

Bebe Daniels

IN

WILD

WVD SUSAN

WORLD

Orchestra 1.00 and 2.30..

ROD-LAROCQUE

·TO-DAY ́AND TO-MORROW

Interprater -2,50 kg 1,15,

An Immortal Love Story!

The Greatest Spectacle of Stage or Screen!

BEN-HUR

To-day's Observatory report states that the typhoon, is still Mr. Fu Chao-sen, the Chlef of Argentino has refused the in-shown to the N.E. of Japan. The the Intelligence Department of the vitation by the Pan-American Con- anticyclone now appears as a belt Gendarmeries, for instance, one of ference to appoint a representative of high pressure stretching from the officials detained, and a num- to the Commission to settle the dis- the Yanglaze Valley to South Man- ber of the men in his command, puté between Bolivia and Paraguay. churia, The monsoon will mo-| will be subjected to an enquiry by Argentine had already offered to derato. The forecast til noon to AT THE the Nanking Military Administra-medlate, but Bellvin made reserva-morrow is:-NE. winds, mo tive Council. They will not appear tions; hence Argentine's abstention. derate; overcast at first, clearing in the Shanghai trial,

-Reuter.

later.

WITH RAMON NOVARRO

STAR

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

At 5-15 and 9.20.