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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

DUTCH AND AMERICAN ADMIRALS.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929,

EMIL JANNINGS

HOTELS OF

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METROPOLE-SAVOY BOA VISTA

Rear-Admiral A, ten Broecke Hoekstra, who yesterday made an official landing in Hongkong is here seon, on extreme right, on the occasion of an official visit paid to the Dutch cruiser Java in Shanghat by Rear-Admiral Yates Stirling, of the U.S. Navy. The latter is seen on the Dutch Admiral's right. Others in the group are Captain A, F.” H, La-

lufsen and Mr. W. Daniela, the Dutch Consul-General.

DOGS THAT STAY IN GARDEN.

MAGISTRATE ON KOWLOON TONG HAPPENINGS.

CHINESE CUSTOMS

WRANGLE.

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"1. The same financier, Chang, is running about on his behalf so) that the resignation will not be accepted,

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Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

The hostile comment on the ease by the North-China Daily Neuer,

LADY SUED FOR RENTAL

STORY OF MARRIAGE WHICH DID NOT TAKE PLACE.

LANDLORD SUCCEEDS.

A- Chinese lady, residing at No.,

In the Supmary Court this 142, Kowloon Tong was charged 9. The petition Haelf is, de-morning, before Mr. Justice Jacka, before Mr. B. W. Hamilton, at the signed to entist the official support Mr. H. Ruttanjee, No. 39, Haiphong Kowloon Magistracy this morning, of the British Government, because Road, Kowloon, sued Mrs. Webb, with keeping a black dog and a they will understand that justler No. 2, Banco Buildings, Hankow brown dog without licences and is on his side.

Road, for the sum $387.96 repre- with allowing the black dog to be ? abroad withput a muzzle. -

The defendant admitted the charge in respect of the brown dog, but said that the black dog did not belong to her.

"But Mr. F. Chang, Director ofsenting the rent for three months the Customs Administration, has of a furnished slat at Banoo absolutely decided to accept his Buildings. Mr. F. X D'Almada, resignation. But Mr. T. V. Soong senior, was for Mr. Ruttonjee is once again, undecided as to what while Mrs. Webb was neither prai step to take on account of the sent in Court nor legally represent- interference the. powerfuled. financial "boss".”

of

Mr. Ruttonjec claimed money in alternative ways,

Mr.

the

ong

of

In evidence, Sergeant Cordeux said he saw the black dog on the roadway and I ran into the de-

"Drivel and Falsehood." fendant's garden. An amah whom

| being money for occupation of the witheas saw and that the black;

In the alternative, the The above propagandist drivel premises. dog belonged to her mistress, and falachood requires explanation plaintiff claimed from the defen-

In dismissing the charges in so that its moaning may be under-dant, the money by way

misrepresentation respect of the black dog, his Wor-standable to intelligent persona, damages for ship pointed out to the defendant In the first place, it is obviously a that the defendant was shortly to Donald MacBean, that if a black dog were found on boost for Mr. F. Chang and an marry, her premises, the police would attack on his chief, Mr. T, V. whereby the plaintiff was induced shoot it.

Soong. Whereas Mr. Chang is reto, and consented to, the defondant ferred to by title, Mr. Soong le only entering into occupation of the The defendant replied that she mentioned by name. In appealing said promises. did not possess a black dog and to Nationalist sentiment, the writer In evidence, plaintiff oxplained had no objections to the police attempts to make it clear that Mr. that Mra., Webb gave him to F. Chang, is a revolutionary hero, understand she was to marry Mr. His Worship remarked that while Mr. Soong in the tool of a MacBean when she took the Kowloon Tong seemed to he financial boss. Cables:-

premises but she did not wet wonderful place. Either a dog

Bat the value of the above married. "EUROFE”.

'never went outside the garden or

translation is that it completely Plaintiff added that he would alse it ran into someone else's Singapore.

house. He had never known a dog gives away the game of the dea not let her have the fat if poilers of the Customs Service she had not said she was getting Lo be loose in the settlement, They attack the Minister of Fla-married.

On the charge of not having a

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shooting one if found.

licence for the brown dog, his ance, the head of a powerful and His Lordship gave judgment for

constructive banking group and Worship imposed a fine of $8 and attempt to make a hero out of o informed the defendant that she subordinate and hardly known}

had better get a licence imme-official as a smoke green for the diately.

utter destruction of China's one remaining soundly administered) government agency.-N. C. Daily News,

FIREWORKS IN A HOUSE.

A WOMAN FINED FOR. MANUFACTURING.

A amal outbreak of fire Ju the Yumati district last night had a sequel at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning when a married wo-

J

PRISON/FOR UTTERING

FORGERIES.

STRAITS BANKNOTE CASE,

CONCLUDES,

Sentence of eight months' hard

the plaintiff.

NEW BATTALION.

SOMERSETS NOT DUE TILL TO-MORROW.

The transport City of Marseilles, which is bringing the 1st Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry from Egypt to Hongkong, was due to ar- rive here at 7 p.m.__jo-dhy,

The transport has been delayed by the mansoon, however, and will not reach Hongkong until 5 p.m. to-)

man was charged, before Mr. E. Wabour was imposed by Major (morrow, Hamilton, with manufacturing| fireworks in a place other than a factory or licensed premises.

The defendant admitted insert- ing fuses into eruckers..

Sergeant Clark told his Worship that a fire broke out among the bed clothes, requiring the atten- dance of the Brigade.

It is expected that the City of Willson this morning on the Chin ese who was charged with con Marseilles will go alongside Kow- spiracy to utter thirty-two Straits loon Wharf and that the Somersets

will be disembarked and quarter- i $10 Bank notes in Hongkong.

Evidelice was called by the pro-fed at the Shumshuipở camp. j secution to show that a woman Later, the transport will proceed was employed to carry the notes North, embark the 2nd Battalion to the defendant where they were Scots Guards and proceed to Eng- His Worahip pointed out the to be sold to, a supponed buyer land, being due at Southampton on serlousness of the offence and said in the person of a Chinese-detec February. 27. that it was a stupid thing to do. tive, On the woman producing However, as the woman was 58 the notes, a signal was given years of age, he would impose a which brought further police fine of only $25. It would have officers on the scene.. been $100, he said, if the defen-. dant had not been an elderly wu-

min.

CHINESE NEWSPAPER

CONTROL.

DR. J. C. FERGUSON SELLS OUT INTERESTS.

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The case was adjourned yester:| day for the prosecution to decide whether the woman arrested was to be used as a witness in the case. This morning, the polite called the woman as a witnesa, and she told the court she was The Bishop of. Barking told a introduced by the defendant tatory at the festival dinner of the another man, who handed her the Queen Mary Hospital for the note

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