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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL:

(PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTELİ

MAJESTIC HOTEL.

HOTELS

LIMITED.

in association with the Grand. Botet Dos Wagons Lits, Poking.

HOTEL METROPOLE

Contral, Convenience, Com-

fort, Good Meals & Moderate raton.

HOTEL BOA VISTA. MACAO.

Ideal P'Ince for week andı..

MOTEL METROPO

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929.

THE ALOHA SERENADERS.

A LOVE SYMPHONY OF YOUNG HEARTS! HERE truly is a picture that excites and absorbs. Gorgeous 'in' ils panorama of passion, tender in its moonlit romance-a picture to hold you enthralled until the very last flicker! -

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 608 & K. 609.

Mr. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE, Cables KowLOTEL *** Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kawloon No. 3,

Tal. Addren"

PALACE.

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT..

A first clues Residential and Tourist Hotel with all the conveniences

of a Home

Hur and three Billiard Tables; two in New Billiard Saloon. Moderate Tertus: Entoilies specially catered for.

Hotel newly renovated.

MIS, J. I. OXBERRY, -

Proprietress,

EUROPE

After dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday,

Cables:--

** EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.

Arthur E. Odoll, Managing-Director.

TD

"The Aloha Serenaders," a talented combination of musicians, who will appear at the Kowloon Football Club's open-air concert to night. They have gained a high reputation in special per-

formances given locally to the troops. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

COUNTY CRICKET WASHED OUT.

¡Continued from Page 1) POINTS SHARED. Lancashire on Top. Lancashire had to be content with four points from their match with Derbyshire, at Manchester, the visitors failing to complete an

made innings. Lancashire smart, declaration in an effort to kain first innings points. The heae roanty took Bret knock and the closure was applied when the for the

score-board showed 200 loss of three wirkets,

Derbyshire had made 101 wiekets when the mate bright to an end.

Vice's Great Display.

for

was

London, Aug. 2.

CABINET'S POLICY IN EGYPT.

NEW DRAFT TREATY GIVEN APPROVAL.

TERMS UNDISCLOSED.

London, Aug. 2:

SINCERE'S JEWEL

ROBBERY.

BAUL OF $300 GRANTED

TO AMAH

To-day, at the Central Magis- | tracy, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Mr. M. Hall made an application for ball to be granted to an amah, who, charged with receiving stolen As the third It is officially disclosed that the property, figures

in the case pending Cabinet has approved the Anglo-accused Egyptian draft treaty, which, was against two men and two women initialled by Mr. Arthur Hender connexion with the recent rol and Mahmoud Pasha, the very of jewellery from the Sincere

Company, Egyptian Premier.

The details of the Treaty are to be published at an early date.

Mr. Hall pointed out that the worian was employed by the other

It will be recalled that list week-woman who was also charged in end, the Egyptian journal, the ease, Mokattam,

reported that the

Replying to. Mr. Hamilton, Ser- Treaty drawn up by Egypt's re-gennt Flattery agreed that the presentatives was being favour-amah was in the same position as ably considered by the British the other woman, and he had no At Nottingham, Notts beat Nor-Government and that the terms objection to bail. thants by an innings and 7 runs.

Batting Brst, Narthants scored 76, Voce taking 7 for 28; and then 75; Vore taking 7 for 23.

Notts compilot 218,

Somerset. Overwhelmed.

The South Africans beat Somerset at Taunton hy on fnnings and 34

ring.

would comprise the following:--| Bail was allowed in the sum of

The British High Cominissioner $300.

in Egypt will become Ambassador The case has been remanded for and the Egyptian Minister in Lon-in week. don will be raised to ambassado- rial rank;

The Soudan Treaty

of 16:9 PEER'S BANKRUPTCY.

under which the Smidan was to

he administered jointly by Britain and Egypt) to be recognised;

Soudan debts to Egypt will be

The tourists scored 302 for 4, 4.3 leclared. Mitchell rontributed 127.

Somerset replied with 122, Mac-recognised; Millan taking 8 for 60; and then 146, -Bell taking 3 for 23.

Match Abandoned. The match u Sheffield hetween Yorkshire and an All England X was abandened owing to raing

Yorkshire compiled 320 for 4 and Barber. declared, the Oxoniun, A. kuorking up 100 and Oldroyd 143.

The AB England XI had scored 55 for when plny ceased.

WATER LEVELS.

FOR WEST, NORTH AND

EAST RIVERS.

The following table, compiled by the Board of Conservancy

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTM —PENANG Works of Kwangtung, shows the

(Incorporated in the Strafls Settlements..

LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS.

Overlooking the Sea.

Hot and Cold Running Water.

Highest Quality Catering.

Modern Sanitary Syalem European Chef.

PRODUCTS DIrect from LONDON MARKET.

CABLES.-"RUNNYMEDE.” WILLIAM HAROLD PERRY-Manarar

100

Just

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

Hongkong.

water levels in English feet on the West, North and East Rivers on the dates named:

Aug. 3 Aug 2.

29.8

Shiuhing ..

Tsingyen

98

Shamshiu

18.8

Sheklung

4.4

6,2

The level at Tsingyuen 30th July was G-feet,

am the

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following warships are now in port

Basin.-H.M.S.

HLM.S. Stormcloud.

Tamar

inct

A small portion of the Egyptian'

APPLICATION POR DISCHARGE ADJOURNED.

Army will return to the Sonidan; An application by the Marquis Britain will agree to the aboli- af Hertford, at Exeter County tion of foreign enpitulations and Court for discharge from bank- the transfer of the powers of Con-ruptcy was adjourned to Septem-'

COUNTFERRISTAMALE STAFYA ALINACANBERRANTES BALEARSALS CARENARIOZI

BATHING PICTURES.

Anncuncement Regarding the

Award.

As stated yesterday, Mr. J. H. Hant, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., has kindly under- taken the judging of our Bathing Picture Contest, further entries in which will he published next Saturday. The result will be announc ed on Monday, 12th instant, and not Saturday, 10th instant,

stated yesterday. change of date in necessary in order that the Judge may be able to see all the published entries,

The

sular courts to mixed courts: Britain will relinquish claims for the protection of mino- rities;

her.

The judge stated that if an n- nulment were applied for the fl would be granted.

The Official Receiver said that liabilities expected to rank were (estimated at £2,521, but proof's admitted and probable claims not

admitted, yet

amounted

7

ני

£9.829.

Assets were estimuted to pro- duce £500, but had already raised £3,397. An alleged course of failure was being able to repay divi- dends on borrowed money. Every- one would be paid by the end of July.

DUMPING OF CHILD'S BODY.

AGED CHINESE CAUTIONED BY COURT.

"You don't want the old gentic- her man to go to prison?" asked Mr. E. W. Hamilton this morning of a representative of the Sanitary Department, who was prosecuting- an aged Chinese for dumping the body of an infant.

Britaia will support Egypt with force of arms ju case of aggression ngainst Egypt;

Egypt will, similarly, support Britain; and, lastly,

The British force in Egypt will be transferred to the Suez Canal

North Arm.-H.M.S. Sandwich. West Wall Doch.-H.M.S. Cas-zone.

for.

In London it was stated that the

In Dock.-H.M.S. Cleala and sub- Egyptian version was incomplete

and not fully accurate.-Reuter,

marine 119.

No. 13 Baoy.-H.M.S. Bridge-

water.

1

Foreign.---U.5.S. Mirytunao and TO BE VOLUNTARILY French gunboat Vigilante.

JI

WOUND UP.

~CO, ETU.

Amongst the passengers who ar- VICTORIA FOOD PRODUCTS rived here by the s.s. President Lin- coln were Judge William H Atwell.

of Dallas, Texas, accompanied by At an extraordinary general his wife. They are making a meeting of the members of the world tour and are staying over in Victoria Food Products Co., Ltd.,| Hongkong for a time.

held at the Office of Messrs. Russ

The Sanitary Department ofetal replied in the negative, and the man, whose age was 70, was dis- charged with a caution.

Inspector Bloor and there were no suspicious dircumstances, at- tached to the discovery of the body on the hillside near Sand Street, The child appeared to have 'dled three days previously.

INDIAN CONSTABLE'S SUICIDE.

SHOOTS HIMSELF THROUGHI ! THE HEAD,

Police Constable B632, Sher and Company on Wednesday last, Mahomed, yesterday afternoon cem- Colonel and Mrs. R. B. Skinner, the following resolution was pass-mitted suicide by shooting himself Mr. and Mra N. IL Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Ferris, Mr. B. C. Losed as an extraordinary resolution: in the head with a Service revolver "That it has been proved to the in the storeroom of the West Point and Mr. LK.. Wang arrived on the

satisfaction of this: meeting that Police Station.

The bullat went through the Khyber yesterday.

the Company cannot by reason of ita liabilities continue its business man's head, and he died instantly. The deceased joined the Force There is a slight alteration in and that it is advisable to wind the Hat of new officials elected for up voluntarily and that Lam Kam upon arrival here from India three the South China Athletic Associa-Wang, of No. 224, Des Voeux Roud years ago, and latterly, had been tion this year, as published the West; Victoria, in the Colony of attached to the Western Division. other day. Mr. Ho fu has been Hongkong, be and he is hereby It is understood that he lind Instead of Mr.appointed Liquidator for the pur suffered from ill-health ever since

poses of such winding-up".

elected Chairman TROI Kin-yung.

his arrival here.

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M. G. M. PRESENTS -

OUR

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DAUGHTERS

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