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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL,

MAJESTIC HOTEL.

HOTELS

LIMITED.

in association with the Grand Hotel

Dos Wagons Lits, Peking.

HOTEL METROPOLE

Contral, Convenience, Com- fort, Good Meals & Moderate ratos.

HOTEL BOA VISTA. MACAO. Ideal Place for werk onto.

MOTEL METROPOLL

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NEW SUBMARINE COMING TO THE CHINA STATION.

AN ACCOUNT of the WONDERFUL ADVENTURES THAT BEFELL BEAUTIFUL GIRL ON A CERTAIN

NEW YEAR'S EVE

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON. ·

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos,

K. 608 & K. 600.

Mr. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE.

Cables KowLOTEL

"!

Hongkong,

PALACE HOTEL.

Tal. Kowloon No. 3,

Tol Address;"

PALACE,

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.

A first clase Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniencou

of ■ Home.

Hur and Chree Billiard Tables; two in New Billiard Salonji, Moderate Terms: familion specially catered for.

Hotel newly renovated.

MBS, J. II. OXBERRY,

EUROPE

After dinner. dancing every Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Propristross.

Cablos:-

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.

Arthur E. Odoll, Managing-Director.

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RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD-PENANG

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(Incorporated le the Straits Settlements, LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS.

Overlooking the Sea.

Hot and Cold Running Water.

Highest Quality Catering.

Modern Banitary Bystem European Chef.

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

An Overllow

A

Above is 1.M.S. Odin, one of the new class of submarines which is coming to the China Station with the depot-ship Medway. The others are the Osiris, the Oswald and the Otis. They leave Home in October and are coming out via South America. It is Interesting to note that the Odin was launched last year and was christened by Mrs. Stirling, wife of a former Commodore on the China Station.

HARBOUR MASTER'S

WARNING.

MOTOR BOAT MASTERS AT

MARINE COURT.

TWO HEAVY FINES.

thent.

POLICE RAID IN YAUMATI.

COUNTERFEIT COINS FOUND HIDDEN IN WALL.

PLIGHT OF YOUNG GIRL OFFENDER.

DISPOSAL TO BE LEFT TO S. C. A.

of the

VERY SERIOUS CASE. AN OPIUM CARRIER,

A raid carried out by a party of When a No fewer than 15 persons were

14-year-old girl was. lined up before the Hon. Commde, detectives at No. 73, Wat Ching charged on remand, before Mr. E. G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine Street, on Monday revealed 778 W. Hamilton, to-day, with posses colna resembling slon of 36 taels of opium, the Court this morning to answer counterfeit various charges brought against Hongkong ten-cent pieces. Three question of the disposal

occupants of the floor were arrest- offender was raised.

The fact seemed obvious that A charge which his Worship con-ed and were this morning taken sidered very serious was brought before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the girl had been employed by n gang of opium smugglers as a against the runsters of twa motor the Kowloon Magistracy.

The first defendant pleaded carrier, and this, combined with boats, namely, leaving the port

called charge of unlawful her tender years,

fur without a clearance,

guilty to In imposing a fine of $100 or possession while the other two sympathetic consideration from

the Bench. Three months' imprisonment on denied the charge. each of the two defendants, hi Detective Sergeant Fitches said. A waif, without any reintives in was the the Colony, she was located by Worship intimated that he wished that the, Brst defendant

the second while the to give a public warning to the father of

a week- revenue officers during effert that in the next ease of a third was the principal tenant of end search for smugglers. A man motor boat leaving the harbour the floor..

who is believed to have employed When the raid was carried out at her evaded arrest, leaving about without a clearance which came before him he would impose a fine 10.30 pan. on Monday last, the $300 worth of opium in her posses- second defendant admitted the of $200.

sinn. The maximum fine for this Pollee, who in a search in one of found the coins offence, said his Worship, was the cubicles

hole in the watt $500, and be therefore would have secreted, in no compunction in imposing fines rangealed behind a entender.

On both father and son was an of $400 or $500,

Eight masters and one mistress unusually large amount of five cent of fishing boats were fined $5, ur pieces, and it was suggested by the tive days, for using bright lights for, prosecution that these were obtain- fishing at Shok-0, while une med an change from tendering the

itt purchase fer and two mistresses of fishing purious coin boats were also similarly fined on cigarettes or other such articles. the same charge, the area in which The Police, were of the opinion that was by this means that the they committed the offence being

money was circulated. Waglan.

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Enquiries have been made nt the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, the girl has been lodged for iwa lays at the Pa Leung Kuk, a enevolent institution which offers shelter for people placed in her ∙ircumstances.

According to Revenue Officer Grimmitt, the girl's case in to go before the Secretariat for further consideration.

Mr. Hamilton addressed the giri this morning as follows:-1 know

It was stated that the coins you are working for the gang.

Two endlies enplayed on Jar- dine's Sugar Refinery building were quite good imitationsk, pleaded guilty to a charge of de-

Now, I am going to send you to the

His Worship asked if the Police S.C.A. I don't know what he will

positing building material into did not think the case serious do with you. He may and a place Causeway Bay without a permit enough for committal and was in- for you, to live, or he may send and were each fined $10, with the formed that no moulds were found you to the Po Leung Kuk. But no alternative of 10 days imprison-or the prosecution would have ap-more smuggling. If you come up

plied for committal.

here again I will send you Lo ment.

His Worship said that he thought prison. How would you like to go this was as serious a case as heto prison for, say, six months? could deal with and intimated that The girl:-No, ALLEGED SMUGGLER'S | he would impose the maximum penalty. There seemed to have been a good deal of rather clever) deception.

DEFENCE.

The first defendant was sent cre INTERESTING LEGAL POINT: to six months' 'hard labour, the

RAISED.

An unusual point arose during the hearing of a vise before Mr T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowluoni Magistracy this morning, when) Sergeant Stewart charged a hout- man with having in his possession) five jars of dutiable liquor and 903 packages of tobacco on board junk at Cap Sai Mun Pass,

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charge against the other two mies being withdraws.

"ST. LOUIS ROBIN" COMES DOWN.

Mr. Hamilton:Don't do it agam.

The girl:--I will not dare.

"NEW YEAR'S EVE.”

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FINAL SCREENING. AT THE QUEEN'S TO-DAY.

"New Year's Eve," screened for] the first time at the Queen's. Thentre yesterday, is better than OVER 17% DAYS SPENT IN

some films recently seen. Portray. THE AIR

ing the, adventures that · hefall a young girl in a big city one Nerj New York, July 20. Year's Eve, it tackles a problem The monoplane. "St. Louis that is worthy of serious attention. Robin," piloted by Dale Jackson There is hardly anything that may und Forest O'Brien, has at length be considered silly or inane in the landed after a record period in the production, which can be justly air, made possible by refuelling aid to possess at least a gand

The defendant admitted posser- sion but said that he was taking the wine and tabazeo to a place in Chinese Territories and was pule passing through British Waters.

His Worship remarked that the question raised was a little out of the ordinary and asked for the authority on the point The de- on the 11th instant, and descended many of the attributen advertised. fendant said he was stopped at 1 7.38 p.m. to-day, having thus been in the wir for 17 days, a. His Worship said that it was

12 hours 21 ́ minutes. clearly legal point and remanded defendant for 24 hours for the

She made her ascent at 7.17 a.m.

The previous, record was 10'days, 6 hours, 44 minutes.--Renter's offfeer to consult the Superinten-American Service," dent of Imports and Exports.

SOVIET PLANE LANDS AT CROYDON,

THE SINO-BELGIAN NEGOTIATIONS.

of

Enjoyment In Every Bottle

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RUSSIANS TOURING CAPITALS|

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OF EUROPE,

London, July 50.

NO SETTLEMENT YET REACHED.

Shanghai, July 21.

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HITSUI

BUSSAN

KAISHA, Lud. Bole Agents Hongkong.

The last sereenings of the pic-. ture are advertised for to-day.

ILLICIT OPIUM.

WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO CHANGES,

in

were

Two charges of being possession of illicit opfunt brought against a woman, thu tenant of No. 33, Wai Ching Street, before Mr. T

S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy defendant morning. The this

of

The Grat Russlan aeroplane to It is reported from Tientsin that vialt England since the War land- negotiations between the Chinese pleaded guilty to both counts,

On the first charge, which won ed at Croydon this afternoon, inand Belgian representatives for the course of a tour of the princi- the rendition of the Belgian Settle- for possession of eight teels

ments in China were lengthily dis-raw opium, the defendant was fued The machine is a hugo triple cussed yesterday, but no agree-$240 or ore month's imprisonment in default. The other charge was engined, craft named "The Wings ment resulted.

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