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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTELE

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTELI

PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

'ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL!

MAJESTIC HOTEL

HOTELS

LIMITED

In association with the Grand Hotel Dos Wagons Lits) Peking.

Hotel SAVOY

The Newest and Finest Hostelry in THE Colony

ConvenientTM... Gosmopolitän

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 008 & K. 000,

Mr. & Mrs. `H. J. WHITE. Cables "KOWLOTEL

Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kowlood No, 3.

Tel. Address "Palnce.".

A First Olues Residential, and Tourist Hotel with all the Uon. Cory veniences of a Homo. Ondor Entirely Europano Management. Lounge and Billided Saloon. Three minutes from Parry. Families specially 3 entered for. Moderate term,

EUROPE

After dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday

and Baturday.

Mr. J. H. Oxherṛy,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRANCE ON NAVAL ISSUES.

NOT A STRIKINGLY 'HELPFUL ATTITUDE.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

MISSING. AIRMAN

EXPLORER,

THREE CANADIAN PLANES. TO JOIN SEARCH

TONNAGE LIMITATION. CAMERA EXPERIMENT.

Paris, Dec. 26.

New York, Dec. 26. The French Government hae ad-

Three powerful cabined nero- dreased a Memorandum to the Bri-planes and a number of experienced tish Government on the subject of Canadian pilets have arrived at naval disarmament.

Soward, Alabama, in order to part!- cipate in the search for Lieutenant Fielson, the Norwegian airman- explorer.

The French contention in that the reduction of armaments should be based on Clause Eight of the Covenant of the League of Nations

The planes will be reassembled at which it declaros offers the only once and will fly either to Nome, the basis for "suitable preparation of starting point of Lieut. Eielson's an agreement, not involving a priori last flight, or to Teller. They will mathematical formula, acceptable begin their search methodically, ar to all Governments not to be re-rangements having been made presented at the London Confer whereby all the ground will be

covered...

ence.

The Memorandum indicates a preference for limitation by ton nage, but declares the readiness of the French Government to adhere to a compromise method, regulating the distribution of tonnage among the different classes of shipa.

Wan

flown

A special foatre of the Canadian arrangements in that each of the planes will carry special cameras to recórt details of the areas over. It is considered highly pro bable that these cameras might be unnoticed by the human eye. »

Eielson Lieut.

wrecked It is made clear once again that the interdependence of air, land somewhere between Nome, Alaska, and sua armaments is the funda and a furship which is frozen-in mental principle of French policy of the Siberian coast. He had The French Government hopes made several journeys carrying sup-| that it will not be obliged to deal plies and crashed about mid-way with questions relating to the Axing between the two points a few days. of land and air armaments, but it ago, since when nothing has been must point out that tonnage heard of him. The Soviet Govern adequate to its naval requirements ment is also arranging to co-operate are closely related to the general in the search. Reuter, American

Service. level of armaments.

The Note anys that France is not averse to solutions enabling Powers so desirous of entering into definite mutual agreements, not awaiting the conclusion of an agreement for the limitation of all armaments.

I also emphasices the importance that France should have warship: tonnage adequate to her national needs from a geographical and colonial viewpoint.

Finally, France suggests that the Mediterranean Powers should have mutual guarantee and non-agres eion #greement, including the Powers not represented at the

Conference, London

especially Spain.-Reuter,

Proprietross,

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MODERN THROUGHOUT

Dinner-dance twice weekly

CABLES" RUNNYWEDE."

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL (TD. George Goldsack..

Manager.

To-day & To-morrow. at 2 30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20. p.m.

A HAROLD LLOYD IN "SPEEDY"

N

HAROLD LLOYD

The king of Comedians

his latest and funniest Super Special Comedy..

GETS OFF LIGHTLY.

"

POLICE SUSPICIOUS OF A "RUNNEIL"

Prosecuting a Chinese named Chan Wong-suti, who was described as a boarding-house runner, for

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HYGIENE LESSON IN COURT.

DUSTBIN RAKERS BEFORE MAGISTRATE.

Two Individuals in tattered clothing and of froway appearance were brought before Mr. Grantham at the Central Police Court this morning, the case against them being that they raked up dustbins and thereby caused a nuisance.

Giving an elementary lesson in hygiene, the Magistrate carefully explained to the culprits that they had better leave dustbins alone, as, germs contents, disturbing the might be released which would not only be a danger to themselves, but also to the community at large.

Having promited not to do it: again", the men were discharged

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PART TALKING Samuel

Goldwyn Spresents

UNITED

AT THE

1929.

Vilma

Banky

THIS IS HEAVEN

with JAMES HALL

A ALFRED SANTELL

The screen's most radiant beauty will with her delicious portrayal of a sofi

waitress in the mout charming little

romance" of her screen career. Hear tha marvelous voice of Vilma Banky when she talkı James Hall in some of the greatent lova scenis ever filmed,

You'll my "Thiu in Heaven" when you Thrill to this Great Triumpă

ARTISTS

HEAR ENGLAND'S

QUEEN'S

SHIP'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

boarding the 6.. Van Heutaz on THE I'M ALONE CASE Christmas Day without the per- mission of the Master or the Officer on duty. Sgt. Galvin informed. Mr. T. W. H. Hosegood at the Marine Court this morning that attention was drawn to the defendant by the fact that he was accused by a pas

New York, Dec. 20. senger of having "picked" the lat-i ter's pockets.

A federal

grand jury to-day On being searched, the defendunt returned an Indictment against was found to have $2.50 in' his Daniel Hogan charging him with

¡Continued from Page 1.) possession, the passenger claiming being the head of a rum-running this sum to have been stolen from syndicate which "owned the rum-

what was happening. One male his pocket. In addition to this, a draft for $110 was found on the de-

This was the first time such passenger was told of the position fendant. This draft, continued Sgt. Galvin, was believed to have, also ownership had been revealed. The and warned to hold his pence. He I'm Alone figured in a sensational did so and preparations were made engagament some months ago, when in case of the worst happening.

was pursued and fired upon by a It had

Then the wireless failed. A short U. S. Government cutter. been understood that the I'm Alone Wwas of Canadian ownership as it circuit had been caused through the lashing of the aerial against other had Canadian registry.

been stolen.

The Police officer then produced a letter from the skipper of the Van Heutsz corroborating the story Sgt. Galvin had just told the Couri. Defendant was fined $30 with the alternative of one month's hard inbour.

A PECULIAR STORY.

MEN HIRED TO ASSAULT COMPATRIOT.

A peculiar story was related to Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning wher Inspector Stimson prosecuted two Chinese on charges of asunulting a compatriot necessitating his removal to Hospital for treatmen of nasty injury to his head, stated to have been caused by a hammer.

Inspector Stimson informed his Worship that two men made a re- Kunghom Police port at the Slation of the alleged death of the brother of one of them. It was stated that the deceased man hud been assaulted and succumbed to his injuries in Hospital.

The men were told to obtain a doctor's certificate of the man's death but instead, had apparently hired the two defendants to assault the alleged assailant (the complainant in the present case). The prosecution asked for," a short remand, pending the com-

"SPEEDY" plainant's discharge from Hosni-

AT THE

MAJESTIC

Nathan Road Kowloon

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

The case was adjourned till next Thursday.

Among the latest naval appoint ments in that of Commander H. Hickling to H. M. S. Kent (Dee.. 28rd), and Acting Mate E. W: Low- son to H. M. S. Cumberland.

The Tajambal Silk Store has opened at No. 5. Wyndham Street, having moved from China Building

Funner I'm Alone."

The Wireless Falls,

KAPICTUREZ

PRIME MINISTER'S

MESSAGE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20)

the ship would make for port. She -was then somewhere near Port

Arthur.

Further alarm. was caused when it was observed that the union joint on its last of the rudder was threads. The emergency gear had been smashed by pounding seas and of the crew to go down to make the the danger was therefore acute, The Chief Officer ordered members necessary adjustment. They re fused owing to the peril of the at- tempt and the Chief Dicer went. himself."

Hogan will be tried in New Or-objects. leans, as the I'm Alone affair took The chief officer, Mr. Bray-saloon and a dance was carried on place in the Gulf of Mexico not far brook, heroically went up the from New Orleans.

The annual dance given by the President of the Club will be held at the Craigengower Cricket Club on New Year's Eve.

rigging and got to the mast where he made the noçessary adjustments with the gale blowing at its height A message was sent to Chefoo to the effect that the ship was safely riding the seas, that repairs to the shaft had been carried out, and that

MELO-DRAMA OF NEW YORK'S NIGHT LIFE!

DOLORES COSTELLO

IN TENDERLOIN ” with CONRAD NAGEL

TO-DAY & TOMORROW

WORLD At 2.30, 5.15, 7:15 & 9.20.1

When the storm was at its worst a gramophone was taken into the whilst officers told white lies to all They got to Chefoo after 132 hours at sea--and moored in the harbour at 7 am. on Tuesday, the

17th.

The skip left for Shanghai on the 18th after an extensive examination had been made berthing at the

DESERT LOVE AND DESERT THRILLS WITH MARY NOLAN

French Bunt

The officern and engineers are ad follows: Capt. Byrne is an Australian; the chief officer, Mr Braybrook is an Englishman, the second officer, Mr. Wörnley, wha born in the Isle of Man Manx man; the chief engineer, Mr. T. R

Wales and the 3rd engineer, M R. L. Sweet, comes from New Zee- Pringle, is Scottish the second en- gineer, Mr. W. J, G. Jones, la fram

land. A British Empire aggrożeń tion.

On being assured of employment, a young Chinese, who was yester day remanded by Mr,,Whyte. Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy, we this morning discharged with.. caution. The defendant, it will e be remembered, showed reluctance t at being sent to the Police Boyn": Club following his arrest. for hawking newspapers without licence.

JOHN

GILBERT

IN THE

TREM

DRA

OF TENSE

PASSIONE

IN AFRICAN WASTES

DESERT NIGHTS

STAR Tomorrow at $1.30, 5.30 & 9