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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTELI

¡PEAK HOTEL,

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTELI MAJESTIC HOTEL.

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

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

Water, alas Telephone.

Telephone C. 878

HOTELSZ OF

J. B, WITCHELL, Manager,

DISTINCTION

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY.

YAUMATI HOVELS

REMOVED.

FILTHY HUTS ON JETTY CLEARED AWAY.

AGITATION SEQUEL.

EAST INDIES AIR SERVICES

RECAPTURED NEAR THE BORDER.

PRISONER'S DESPERATE BID

EXPERIMENT PROVES A SUCCESS.

During the past week, the collec- TO PLAY IMPORTANT PART-IN |tion of filthy Chinene hövals on the

stone jetty of the

Yaumati

typhoon shelter, which recently formed the subject of enquiries at

THE FUTURE.

a meeting of the Sanitary Board, NEW PLANS OUTLINED.

has been removed.

Interesting particulars of the

'FOR LIBERTY.,

CAUGHT AT LAST LAP.

4

A desperate bid for liberty by a Chinese arrested in connexion with the $40,000 daylight armed rob bery at Lower Castle Road last week was abruptly terminated at Shum Chan yesterday, where ha was recaptured at the last lap of

It will be recalled that in Decem bor, Mr, J, P. Braga, on behalf of the Kowloon Residents Assocla-services of the Royal Netherlands his effort to get into Chinese terri- tion, drew attention to the cxls Indies Air Lines, Lid, are forward-tory. tance of these huts, which were described as a real monace to pub- lic health.

at the

ed us by the Hongkong office of He had escaped from Police the Java-China-Japan Line, which custody in Woosung Street Yau- Company has been appointed mati, on Saturday morning, and A visit to the scone by a Press Agents for this now enterprise.. though handcuffed got cloar away, representative showed that the

The Royal Netherlands Indios When re-arrested, he had removed hovels were exected on the spacf Airlines Ltd. (Koninklijke Neder- the handcuffs, and made excellent ous stone jetty forming the south landscir Indische Luchtvaart Mant-progress, to be baulked. ern arm of the Yaumati typhoon schappij), popularly known in the Witter end. shelter. In all, they numbered Netherlands Indies 48.. the He was originally arrested in about forty or fifty and accommo- «K.N.I.L.M.," was founded on the the course of a raid on a house In dated over a hundred poverty- 16th of July last.

Yaumati by a posse of detectives, stricken people who were living On the lat of November, the air headed by Detective-Inspector ander the most insanitary condi-services were inaugurated by the Shannon. tions.

Official replies to Mr. Braga's Governor General at the nerodrome questions showed that the huts, Titan, of Batavia. were not licensed and could there- fore be removed. The matter of their removal was referred to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the Tung Wah Hospital authori-Bandoeng vice-versa and Batavia ties.

The desirability of removing the huts as evidently impressed the authorities, for the whole collée, tion has now been removed and the jetty is thus no longer ob structed by these unsightly hovels.

First Lines.

The first linca in operation are a daily connexion between Batavia-

Semarang vice-versa. The inter will be extended to Socrabaya as soon as this town is in posscasion of an adequnto aerodrome,

The first two months have proved that the air lines are going to be a great success and are even felt as a necessity owing to the present demand for quick traffle.

KOWLOON HOTEL BANDYTIS ARRESTED a renter

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 608 & K. BON,

MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE,"

Cables KowLOTEL” ·

Hongkong,

PALACE HOTEL

Tel. Adress:”

Tel. Kowloon No. 8,

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,

A first-class Residential and Tourias Hotel with all the convenienoss of a Home,

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

Hotel newly renovated."

EUROPE

After.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.

IN PEKING.

PORTION OF MR. EASTHAM'S VALUABLES.

As the result of examination, he

was inken back to Woosung Street from the Central Police Station for the purpose of pointing out two other men.

In Woosung Street, It is alleged he pointed out one man to the police and was being taken across the street for the purpose of iden- tifying a second man, when he made a bold dash for liberty.

The prisoner in crossing the road had to negotiate a jump of about two or three feel, on to the footpath. The detective in charge of him jumped first, but the prison-

ber, 1,382. passengers were trans-ed back and by mingling with the ported by the two lines in opera-crowd which had by then collected, tion, whilst more than 650 passen- escaped.

gers made use of the opportunity,| offered to make sight-seeing trips

over Bandoeng, Batavia and ACTION FOR LIBEL Semarang.

This success was to be expected, the conditions for flying being

SERIES OF ROBBERIES. practically ideal in the Nether-

STRUCK OUT.

"DEFAMED" CONTRACTOR DOES NOT PROCEED.

lands Indies. For is absent, Peking, Jan. 29. storms seldom occur and even Discussion in Chinese circles of when they do they are of a very the robbery of Mr. and Mrs, East- local character and can be avoid- ham on the road from Peking to ed. The tropical heat creates the Tientsin on Sunday reveals the advantage of a cool voyage CHINESE NEWSPAPER. fact that banditry is much com-through the air, without dust and moner now than it has been be- smoke, as in trains. fore in the environs of Peking. Chinese motor cars and buses are being robbed daily, while the blackmail of local merchants by armed gangs in the city is alarm ingly frequent.

Fokker Monoplanes.

The planes used by the "KN.LL.M."

are the famous Fokker monoplanes tyno VII/B, ench provided with three Arm- Chinese detectives yesterday ar- rested two robbers in a robber strong-Siddeley Lynx engines of den in Peking. It is alleged that 225 H.P. each. Each plane has thy are members of the gang room for eight passengers seated which held up Mr. and Mrs. East in comfortable armchairs.

An action for libel against the Wah Kiu Yat Po Chinese 'nows- paper in which the sum of $25,000 damages was claimed, was struck (Sir out by the Chief Justice Henry Gollan) in the Suprene Court this morning when neither the plaintiff nor his legal repre- sentative appeared.

The plaintiff was Chan Chok, alina Chan Pat-tong, a building on business ham and which during the pant The pilots have all had long contractor carrying fortnight has held up and robbed experience In piloting heavy at No. 1, Wing Wo Street, under 14 motor-ears on the Peking-passenger planes. Everything the name of Chan Tal Kee. He Tientsin road. It is understood shows that the Company's first sued the Overseas Chinese Dally they were in possession of some principle has been "Safety First." News Limited, proprietors of the of the Eastham's valuables, which The next line to be put into Wah Kiu Yat Po, the registered the police recovered.

operation will be Batavia-Palem- office being at Now. 1 and 2, Yuen bang-Singapore-Medan, with an extension in the future to Sabang in connexion with the mallboats.

LOCAL WILLS.

THE LATE CAPTAIN KAY'S ESTATE. "The following local estates have recently been dealt with at the Supreme Court:

Future Extensions. The Socrabaya line, will be ex- tended in the future to Koepang in Timor. This is the nearest point from the Dutch East Indies to Australia, so that as soon as Mr. George Albert Lloyd Kay, the British airlines extend to master mariner, who died on Jan-Singapore and the Australian lines uary 10, 1929, at St. Paul's Hosto Port Darwin, with co-operating pital, Hongkong, left Hongkong line between this port and Koe- estate to the value of $27,400. pang a regular connexion by air Capt. Lloyd Kay was the chief from England to Australia will be wharfinger nt Kowloon at created,

On Lane.

It was alleged by the plaintiff that on October 8, 1927, the now- paper concerned published cer- tain words as, a consequence of which he had been and still was greatly injured in his credit and reputation, and that he had suffered loss by way of special damage through the loss of n con- tract with the Yuen Cheong Tai Firm, No. 18, Lee Yuen Street West,, to the extent of $4,960.

Mr Eldon Potter, K.C., In- structed by Mr. F. H. Loseby ap- peared for the defendant,

Counsel asked his Lordship to the time of his 'death. As soon as sufficient aerodromes exercise his decretion which was Letters of administration have are available, all the principal give him under a section of the been granted to Mrs. Edith Dal islands of the Netherlands Indies Code, and to strike out the action zell Kay, the widow, residing at will be connected by air, and the with costs. Mr. Putter mention- No. 76a, Nathan Road Kowloon.

influence on social and commercialed that it was an action for libel Mrs. Kay in shortly returning conditions will be most important. in which the sum of $25,000 was

Special planes can be chartered claimed as damages,

Home with her son.

Local estate to the value of

for sight-seeing trips, advertising The question was raised as to $21,000 and net estate in the United Kingdom worth £18,834 purposes and urgent business calls, the notification of the plaintiff was left by Mr. Edward Charles whilst specially-bulit planes will that the trial had been set down. Dunford, who died on August 8, be sent out in the near future for for hearing, when Mr. Polter 1928. He was formerly of the Or-crop-dusting and photographic stated that as the solicitors, who wera acting for the plaintiff. The Company's slogan "travel (Messrs Hastings, Dennys and lenhall, New Barnet, Hertford- shire. There are four executors,cool, quick, comfortable," could Bowley) were parties to the order fixing the date, he did not think for whom Mr. W.. B. L. Shenton not have been better chosen.

any more was necessary to appriso is attorney. Re-sealing of pro-

the plaintiff that the case had been bate and two codicils has been

fixed for today. granted to Mr. Shenton...

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EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris Brussels Amsterdom Berlin

Letters of administration for the Hongkong estate of Mr. Wil liam Alfred Sampson Sparling, of Sunny Bank Hospital, Cannes, France, and of St. Brelades, Jersey, Channel Islands, who left estate worth $24,800, have been granted to Mr. W. E. L. Shenton. Copenhagen Mr. Sparling died at Cannes on Vienna January 14, 1928.

Helsingfors Athens

CHINESE NEW YEAR Bombay

SUICIDES.

Rio Hongkong New York Genova Milan Stockholm

Shanghai, Feb. 4.. Sovorni tragédies have already Qilo

occurred, and a number of at-

Prague tempted suicides have been report-Madrid ed to the police, the majority be- Bucharest: ing of Chinese traders who Are Buenos Aires supposed to be inable to meet Shanghai their obligations on the eve of Yokohama Fristad and Published for the Proprietors by FaioLOR PESOY the New Year. Our Own Corres Lisbon FRANKLIN, AT 1 and B. Wyndham. Streets in the City of Victoria pondent. Honk

His Lordship wald he thought that should be enough but as it i was a very technical procedure ft would have been better to have sent notice of trial.

London, Feb. 3.

.124.08% .34.80%

Mr. Potter stated that ho would' .12.10 9/16

call Mr. W. D. Owon, of Messrs. 20.43 .18.1814

Hastings, Donnys and Bowley, to 84.50% give evidence on the point.. ..102% Mr. Owen stated, in evidence, 875 that Messrs. Hastings, Dennys :76.60784] and Bowley wore acting for the .1/8.1/84] plaintiff and the latter had to

1512/-| celved notice that the trial had 4.84 13/16 been fixed for to-day.

.25.21

.92.654 His Lordship accordingly struck

18.14% the case out with costs. 18.19%

.1681

30.49

.800

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The police attempted recently to drain a pool on the seashore between Dover and Folkestone, on the edge. 2/6% of which, the nude and headless 1/10.11/82 body of a child was. found but found it impossible owing to the depth of water. **.

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—British Wireless,

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