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10.000

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TEN THOUSAND MILES:

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Nort Sailing to the Pacific Const

EMPRESS OF ASIA Noon-1th September, 1920.

WORLD'S

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SYSTEM

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AND

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88. "CITY OF NORWICHI”

8.8. "DARDANUS"

via Suez Canal 10th Sept. via Suez Canal 6th Oct. via Suez Canal 28th Oct.

Stoamera procood via Suoz Canal or Panama Canal at owners'

option.

Subject to Chango without notice.

For freight and particulars apply to:- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE 11 THE BANK LINE, LTD., HONGKONG. Hongkong & Canton. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., Canton.

THE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC.

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ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG AND SCANDINAVIA

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4 Alan loading direct for Pruste,

Loudung ab at

7th September 12th October

5th November

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€ Kobe.

"

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

CANTON-HONGKONG.

QUESTION OF TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION.

Canton, Aug. 28.

Our correspondent learns from official circles that the chances of establishing a telephone ent- nexton betaveen Canton and long- kong are very encouraging.

Considerable progress has been made in the negellations between Canton and Hongkong. One thing has been settled, and that is, the lines will be laid underground. Canton prefers, however, tho. over-head lines for the reason that they are cheaper to instal and quicker to complde, but Hongkong insists on the underground lines for safety and less chances of in- terruption of communications.

THURSDAY,

LETTER GOLF.

To-day's quiet round for WELL BRED, letter golfers is a par six.

WELL

B

RED

The only impediment to Tho final settlement of the present negotiations lies in the difficulty of fixing the rates of charges and

1.-The Idea of letter golf in to the division of profits. It is be- lieved that this.question will be change one word to another and studied very carefully by both do it in par, a given number of sides, and as far as the Chinese strokes, Thus to change COW to views are concerned, the prHEN, in three strokes, Cow, pects of an understanding being

HOW, HEW, HEN. $ reached in the near future ara good,

2-You can change only one Canton expects that the pro-letter at a time. posed telephone line will become very popular and that the profita 3-You must have a complete will in a few years pay for the word, of common usage, for each cost. of the installation.-Canton fump. Slang words and abbrevia News Agency.

tions don't count."

VOLUNTEER POLICE.

CANTON'S DECISION TO' ABOLISH CORPS.

4-The order of letters cannot be changed.

A

One solution is printed o another page.

AUGUST

FOR THE FLAGSHIP.

A NEW COMMANDER FOR

H.M.S. KENT.

Commander J. W. Rivoli-Carnne, D.S.C., whose appointment to the Kent, flagship in China, dates from last mouth, last served in the Training and Staf Duties Division at the Admiralty. At the beginning of the War he was 11 watch-keeping lieutenant in the Orion, flagship of the late Str Robert Arbuthnot in the Grand Fleet. In July, 1916, he was ap- pointed to qualify in gumery, and six months later joined the Fleet flagship Queen Elizabeth In October, 1918, he became first and Kunnery officer of the cruiser Cleopatra, and won the DS.C. fər his sorvice in her in the Balle. In 1920-21 he qualified at the R.N. Staff College. In 1922 ho took a course at the Military Staff College and in 1925 at the R.A.F. Staff College, being the only officer now on the active list who has completed staff studies at all three colleges. He promotion to com mander was in June, 1926, while he was serving at Greenwich,

KWANGSI NEEDS.

$700.000 MONTHLY FOR ARMY

EXPENSES.

Expenditure for the Kwangsi armies for the month, of July 'and August was fixed by the Central Government at the sum of $500,000, 'monthly, the funds to be advanced

TORCAT'S ROOSTERS. Kwangtung for the time being.

14.

This, heavy expenditure was essitated by this increased numl;yat

The Volunteer Police Corps of Canton was formed after the pain- ful experience of Communist rule | NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT FOR of troops that had to be ent to the

HONGKONG,

31. Toreat and his "trompe" of 20 tane roosters are to appear at the Queen's Theatre for a short sea-

in Deumber 1927 for the purpose of aiding the regalar pollee in main- laining order. These volunteer police are supported entirely by funds raised by the street kaifongs: they have no pulitic colour, and exist purely for the purpose of pre-son commencing Sunday, according serving, law and orde..

to speeinl advertisement in this

.

Conditions in Canton have now issue been normal for several months. and therd has been no serious At a huncheon party given rueght- disturbance or throai of dis-ly in Tientsin by members of the furbance, and in view of the peace. Rotary Club in honour of Mr. and ful state that now prevails, there Mrs. Tercat, the former, during the sernes to be no reason why, this curse of a speech thanking the club corps should be kept on, says the for its kind, support, explained that Canton Gazette. The Municipal

bo was EL doctor of veterinary authorities have therefore decided that this volunteer corps must be science and had devoted the whole dishaded, and Canton inhabitants of his life to the study of birde will therefore be relieved of the

The birds in his present "company" burden of providing for their all had "ets" and were able to upkeep. All arms of this corps aro to be handed over to the military use it to advantage. when the corps & dissolved.

difficult to train, they never forgot. Each bird know when it was timo to do is work and got quite excited THE TOWNSEND CASE, before going on the stage, They were intelligent but very jonlaus- jealous of each other. Bome of ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY OF them were very old and they had

FRAUD CHARGES,

une 21 years of nga yet still perfect ly good at his worke

Slanghai, Ang. 28. Aliort Ceril Townsend, manag- ing director of Townsend Day and Company, has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the British Supreme Court by Judge G. W. King, following a two days trial on charges of fraud, the Chartered Bank, complainants, al- leging that he knowingly mande false statements concerning the aturage of goods, causing losses of Approximately Tx. 70,000.

The jury found Townsend guilty of two out of three charges.- Our Own Correspondent.

Although

Mr. Torcat and his roosters have played in alment every large city in the world, and have appeared twice before the King and Queen of Spain, The King of Italy and the King of Stam.

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province to dispoño of the rebellious units of the old Kwangsi militarikin Although the forces of the military eliquo have now been brought under control, the government fureus are still in the province, where they will he kept pending disbandment.

It is now reported that the Cen- tral Government has decided, on the expenditure of $200,000, for each division per month, and since there are three divisions and on brigade,

montbly requirements the Kwangsi will total $70000). Add- views to this effect have been sent to General Li, the Special Offeer, and that the funds will he want direek from the Central Govern

inent.

CANTON EXAMPLE.

HANGING SIGNBOARDS MUST BE REMOVED.

1

A notification has been issued by the Canton Bureau of Pubile Safety ordering

that all signboardle suspended over the stress or over the side-walks must be taken down within three days of the publica- tinn of the order.

The reuson given for this order is that most of much signboards are no securely suspended and in times of typhoons or storms their fasten- ings are liable to give way and thus the heavy hoards may drop, per- laps on to the heads of unsuspect- ing pedestrians.

Theatre-goers will be well advised nut to miss this novel entertaintment

A secondary reason is that these comes to the Queen's. boards are when it

strung up under the There will be two performances daily | verandals u haphazard fashion, at 7.1 and 0.90, with special and the streets of Canton thus pre- sest an unsightly vista-Canton Malinen on Sunday at 230 pan.

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1920.

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