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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HÓTEL: REPU. SE BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL.

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUS: PALACE HOTEL:

MAJESTIC HOTEL

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Don Wagons Lite, Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Mort Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Booms newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold

Water, also Telephons,

Telephone 0,873

HOTELS OF

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,

HUGE DIAMOND THEFT.

EUROPEAN'S. ALLEGED

CONFESSION.

IN A LETTER SÉNT FROM HONGKONG.

VALUED AT $125,000.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929.

SURPRISES IN CUP BRITISH POLICY IN

REPLAYS.

ASTON VILLA GET EIGHT GOALS AT CLAPTON.

DERBY COUNTY OUT.

London, Jan. 30. There

Word two astonishing" results in the F. A. Cup ro-playe to-day, Aston Villa, famous Cup-fighters, who sur- prised by failing to beat

AFGHANISTAN.

THREE GOVERNMENTS

BATTLING.

STRICT NEUTRALITY TO BE · OBSERVED.

the Orient at Birmingham, made THE R.A.F. ACCIDENT. no mistake in London. trouncing their opponents to the tune of

New Delhi, Jan. 30. eight clear goals.

Much of the alarm created by the Derby County shock, Blackburn Rovers qualifying planes engaged in the evacun- also received a reports that two of the giant troop ing for the next round by a bril-tlan of Europeans from Afghanis- Hant performance.

tan had met with disaster, has boon Bolton and Liverpool had a grim dispelled by an authoritative state- tussle at Bolton, and when the ment to the effect that only one whistle blew after ninety minutes, of the Victoria troop-carrying no decision had been reached. In machines. which started from the extra time, however, Bolton Feahawar for Kabul yesterday is piled on their biggest guns and missing. ran out easy winners.

The Singapore branch of a firm of diamond merchants doing business all over the world is the centre of a sensational diamond theft story says the Straits Times, One of its Europeans, holding a general power of attorney, is alleged to have confessed to the theft of $125,000 worth of precious stones in a letter from Hongkong, thereby clearing up a mystery that has engaged the attention of the police of Singapore and Colombo

All the replays were completed, for over three months.

The employee was in the Singa-Clapton Or..

the results being:

0 Aeton Villa pore firm of Sam Buchenholz and Cry. Palace 5 Millwall DISTINCTION Co., In North Bridge Road, and a Swindon

warrant has been issued for his arrest, but the latest news of him | is that he has disappeared from Nanking Into the interior of China.

J. H. WITCHELL, Manager.

METROPOLE - SAVOY - BOA VISTA

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos..

K, 008 & K. 600,

MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.

Cables KOWLOȚEL” Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL

Tel. Kowloon No, 3,

Tel, Adress:" UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,

A first-class Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the convenience of a Home.

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

Hotel newly renovated,

EUROPE

After.dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

MRS, J. H. OIBERRY,

Proprietress.

Oables:-

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD,

Arthur E. Odell, Managing - Director,

Parcel Despatched.

Derby Cnty. Bolton, Wn.

3 Burnley

0 Blackburn. 5 Liverpool

Y. Aston Villa.

failed to trace the machine or its Reconnaissance machines have

& occupants, and it will be difficult to sfind if it crashed as it appears to 2 have been forced down in mountain.

Que country.

k

The revised draw for the Fifth Round of the Competition to be played on February 16th, is as follows: On Sept. 12 a parcel of diamonds Reading valued at $128,000 was seit by Sam Huddersfeld Buchenholz and Co., by registers Swindon T. letter post, to Colombo, addreased | West Brom. A. to the European at Post Restante, Leicester Colombo. The reel was taken Blackburn R. to the Post Office at Singapore by Bournemouth

Chelsen

v. Portsmouth, this employee and by Mr. E Buchen-

Four matches are in the South holz, the employee following it up and four in the North or Midlands. to Colombo a few days later.

Lengue Matches.

4

v.

Crystal Palace,

v.

The Arsenal,

v.

Bradford, ́ ́

Y

Holton Wndrм.

v. Bury.

v.. West Ham.

Two league matches were also played to-day. resulting

At Colombo the parcel was open- ed in the presence of the Customs Appraiser, and the sensational discovery was then made that follows: $125,000 of precious stones hud been stolen and only a small packet Manchester valued at $3,000, left,

An examination of the package revealed that a hole had been cut Barnsley in the ease in which the various packets of diamonds had been placed.

Tho Seal Removed.

A seal which had been impressed on sealing 'wax had been very carefully cut round and removed, the paper underneath it and the tin being similarly cut. A plece of cardboard was replaced to cover the hole. The seal coming on top

Division I

8 Bury

Division II.

0 Chelsea''.

-Reuter.

as

NANKING AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

NEWSPAPERS, ORDERED TO

"PUBLISH.

•

Nanking, Jan. 30.

A Hinaidi machine which started with the troop-carrier landed safe-

has been held up owing to lack of sparking plugs,

at the aerodrome at Kabul, but

Others Setting Out.

Two more of the giant Victoria machinea are due to leave Pesha war for Kabul to-day.

re-

It is learned that the Foreign Office at Kabul has been

and that the Amir opened Habibullah is maintaining friendly relations with all Legations.

All foreigners are courteously and impartially treated by Afghan oficials.

India is placed in a most difficult position as the authorities are re- 4ceiving contradictory instructions with regard to the supply of lorries and the sending of remittances, etc. 1 from three conflicting Governments at Kabul, Kandahar ́and Jelalabad. -Router.

British Neutrality.,

London, Jan, 30. Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Labour leader, asked the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons to-dny for a statement regarding the at- titude the British Government pro- poses to adopt towards the present disturbances In Afghanistan.

Sir Austen Chamberlain replied: "The Government has no intention of interfering in the internal af-

or assisting any of the parties at present contending for power in that country.

of this was no carefully worked at An interesting order has been the edges that it was difficult issued by the Central Committee except by careful examination to of the Kuomintang, requiring tell that it had been taken off.· Chinese newspapers in Shanghai, fairs of Afghanistan by supporting

The package had been posted at Nanking and Peking to forego Singapore immediately before the their usual New Year holidays, closing of the homeward mail, and and to issue at least one cheet there was no time for the theft, each day giving the more import- which was apparently the work of ant news. an expert, to have been done there.

"The British Government earn- estly desire the establishment of a

It is the usual custom for Chin-strong central government and

The police, however, had ese papers to take a week's holi-will be prepared when that

an

analysis made of the wax of the seal that had been tampered with,

duy

It. In not known how South

government is established, to show their 'friendship for the Afghan people by giving

reconstruction and the development of the country.

and this showed that in the replac China will be affected by the order. auch assistance as they can in the

ing of the seal the same wax had been used. That cleared the Singa pore Pustal employees of all sus. picion.

Alleged Confession. Investigations were continued, both by the Singapore and the Colombo police. The European employer, in the meantime, having reported the loss at Colomba, went on to Cairo, on the firm's business. I returned to the Far Eust, pass- ing through Singapore on his way to Saigon, also on the firm's busi- ness, and the affaly remained a mystery till a fow days ago.

Then Mr. E. Buchenholz Singapore received a letter from his employee. It was written from Hongkong and in it he is alleged to have confessed the theft, ex- plaining that he substituted n dummy package, in which he had placed only $3,000 worth of dia-. monds, for the genuine parcel.

BRITISH MOTOR ATTEMPTS.

London, Jan. 30. Major Segrave. salled from Southamption to-day for America, where he will make attempts upon the land and sea speed records British Wireless.

..

SNOW AT CANTON.

A Chinese report to a vernacular newspaper states that early in the morning, on Tuesday, snow began outlying districts trees and shrubs to fall la Canton, and that in the were covered with frost.

"ROYAL ARROW"

TRAGEDY.

(Continued from Page 1.)

The Hongkong police were imme- diately notified but the self-con- fessed thief, expecting such pro- who had been in his enbin during

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD-PENANG de tion, head left for Nanking, the day had practically finished

(Incorporated in the Straits Settlements,} LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS. Overlooking the Sep.

Hot and Cold Running Water.

Highest Quality Catering.

Modern Sanitary Systom. European Oból.

PRODUCTS DIRECT FROM LONDON MARKET, GABLES.-"RUNNYMEDE." WILLIAM HAROLD PERRY-Manager

Courtesy, Comfort, Service and Luxuries of Modern Hotel Construction

THE HOTEL RIVIERA,

MACAU.

Cable Ad irons:-RIVIERA, MACAU,”

and now it is believed that he has the rest. disappeared into the interior of China.

SECOND OFFICER'S

PUNISHMENT.

PORTUGAL ASKED TO ORDER REVISION.

Only Three Bottles.

J

Amanullah's Position.

"King Amanullah has formally aunouneed his abdication to the British Government, and, in conse- uence, until it is clear that despite his abdication he is regarded as their King by the people of Afghan- Istan generally, the British Govern- ment will be unable to regard his government as the rightful Afghan Government.

Sanctity Respected. Asked what had been the atiltude

British Mission or Consulates, Sir of the Afghan factions towards the

Austen said that the various partles had all respected the sanctity of the British Legation at Kabul al- though considerable material dam- age was done to the buildings in December when the Legation lay in the line of fire between the forces of King Amanullah and Habibullah Khan.

tish Consul at Jelalabad appoared

Similarly, the position of the Bri

respected by

to have been

all parties although there had been a report, not confirmed, that Mt. Marton--Between twelve the Consulate had suffered damage and 2.30 is it your story that you in the course of the disturbances. only had three bottles of beer?-the area of the British Consulate at No disturbances had taken place in

Kandahar..

Yes..

Now you wouldn't get drunk on three bottles of beer; would you? --No.

Do you remember Mr. McDer- mott saying that when he came to your cabin at 2.30 p.m. he found you unfit for duty because you had In the House of Commons to-had, too much liquor? I could feel day, the Foreign Secretary said that I had some drink, but I was that instructions are being sent not drunk.

London, Jan. 30.

Witness said that the first on- to the British Ambassador in Lisbon ta request the Portuguese gineer did not say he was drunk, Government to order a revision of but merely said that he should take

the case of Mr. Brewer, second

officer of the steamer

Clan Lamont,

**

the watch at midnight.

Witness could not explain why the first engineer told him to change watolies,

After arrest on a charge of the, theft of £1, Mr. Brower was im-ness said he had also taken some Answerin another question, wit- prisoned for nine months while neat whisky.. It was about three awaiting trial in Portuguese West inches in a coffee cup. Africa, and was then condemned

to 360 days' imprisonment and £18 Fribed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICH PERCY fine, or another 30 days' imprison- FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria' ment---British Wirelcan. Hongkong.

Germany's Thanks, Replying to a question regarding the rescue of German nationals from Kabul by British aircraft, Sir Austen Chamberlain and he had received from the German Ambassa thanks for the services rendered dor an expression of his warm.

and 'the German Government had similarly expressed their thanks to the British Ambassador in Berlin, in the following communication; "They would take the opportunity of expressing to His Majesty's Gov- ernment their sincero, thanks for

and by the Indian Government in the assistanco rendered by them rescuing German women and child- ren from Kabul in most difficult cir- cumstances. The German Govern- ment requests that their thanks may also be conveyed to the Govern- ment of India.”—British Wireless..

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HANGMAN'S HOUSE

With

JUNE COLLYER HOBART BOSWORTH

A fascinating romance of thwarted hate, satisfied vengeance, a woman's faith and a love that conquered jeal ousy. Sea Victor McLaglen, the "Captain Flagg" of "What Price Glory," in his latest and greatest role,

■ soldier of the Foreign Legion scourging, his enemies..

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SHE famous comedian in another perfect riot

THE

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STAR

AT THE Witness later admitted that he

drunk. The case was adjourned until next Tuesday,

WALK

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