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KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

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Mr. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE.

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PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kowloon Na. 3.........

·Tal Address "Paluce."-

A First Class. Bidenwal, and Tourist Hotel with all the Con..." vanienses of a Roma, Onder Entirely European Management. Cary Lesungs and Billiard Baloon. Three minutes from Fatry, Familise specially. salared for. Moderate term),

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fra. J. H. Oxberry,

Pristrom.

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Singapore..

HOTEL

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RUNNYMEDE HOTEL-PENANG

"MALAYA'S NICEST HOTEL”

With beautiful private lawns to the Sea.

"MODERN" THROUGHOUT.

Dinner-dance twice weekly

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD. George Goldeack.

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•Manager,

ADOLPHE MENJOU

"A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS

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story of high life in Paris! Menjou like to see him-loved by all and loving ladies!

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TO BILL NOW CONTEMPLATED,

BREACH OF TREATY.

A Constantinople, Dec. 50

Vigorous protesta by the alien comminitles in ˇT are certain

to be made regarding a new Bill which has been dra Turkish Government

by the which in

ENORMOUS BLAZE IN CANTON

COMMERCIAL PRESS

POSSI

GODOWNS GUTTED IN BIG CONFLAGRATION:

STATISTICS

AILWAY REVENUE HIGHEST FOR TEN YEARS:

POPULATION GROWTH.

certain of adoption, Allecting the GOOD BRIGADE WORK. corresponding period last year, se-

whole of the children residing in Turkey

The Bill provides that all Turkish chlidren, even though they b Greek Armenian, or Jewish ext tion must attend Turkish Pri schools between the ages of seven and twelve,

Washington, Dec. 30. FaUnited States exports for, the first nine months of 1929 total G.88,844,000,000, or slightly over 8 per cent, above the total of the

cording to a report issued by the Canton, Dec. 29: Foreign Commerce Department of

the Chamber of Commerce.

Automobiles parts and acces red here, yesterday morning corice valued at G.$455,000,000 very old building original-head the list, showing an increase

An enormous, confarration

ly built as a granary, but now of 22/1 per cent. This is follow. Docupled as the godowns of the ed; by unmanufactured cotton, gasolene, refined copper and agri- The Measure la bound to raise a Commercial Press: Company was cultural machinery, great outery among the ver large Christian and Non-Moslem minor completely destroyed by fire. The sales of unmanufactured ition, whose rights with regard to This building is aftusted in Sal cotton abroad amounted to G$444,- language Instruction are specifical-Woo Kal. Just behind the North 900,000, a decline of 14.9 per cont ly guaranteed under the Treaty of wins Hon Maloo, Fire broke out compared with the first nine

months of 1928.

Lausanne.

cipated from foreign Missions and Strenuous opposition is also anti- other educational establishments In Turkey-Reuter

GANDHI INTERVENES AS PEACEMAKER.

(Continued from · Page 1)

Dominion Status automatically without periodical ́enquiries.

Party Combinations? Sir Tej Sapru went on to unge that the round-table conference should be called not later than May this year.

The debate is still going on.. The Rt. Hon. V, B, Srinivasa

moment it has not been possible about 10.30 am, and up to the

to ascertain the cause.

Fortunately the Central Fire Station is quite near to the spot and the Fire Brigade were very promptly on the ecano, and though they were not able to save the building, they did some very efficient preventive work and did not allow the flames to spread to neighbouring buildings.

Huge Damage. Large stocks of books, mostiv foreign, were destroyed and the damage is altogether probably not far short of half a million dollars. It is not known here what insur- ance was in force on the

The operating income of in- portant American railways during the past year, on the basis of a preliminary report by the Ameri can Railway Association, totalled 260,400,000, representing a re turn of 4.90 per cent, this being the bighost within a period of ten

years.

Statistics compiled by the Nu- tional Bureau of Economic Re- search show that the population of the Continental United States has Increased by 4,299,000 to 119,305;- 000 during the ten years ended, on July 1st, 1928-Reuter's American

Service.

and HIGH JINKS AT THE

K.F.C.

on the stocks, as it is believed to have been covered in Shanghai.

will be recalled that the Com- Satrl, the author of Self-Govern ment for India under the British mercial Press godowns in Shang- Flag, will later move, and Mrs, hai were also recently destroyed Annie Besant will second, a reso by fire, the damage on that occa lution (approved by the Subjects sion being put at over a million Committee) urging the combinadollara.Our Own Correspondent. tion of all parties in India, to secure

a Constitution based on Dominion Status, subject to the necessary safeguards for the

· period of transition.

Gandhi's Blunders,

Later

Big Crowd Gathers.

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TIME-TABLE FOR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.

The BLACK

WATCH

SEE IT HEAR IT.

ALL TALKING

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VICTOR MCLAGLER

A thoroughly enjoyable enter. MYRNA LOY · DAYID POLL tainment will be afforded Kowloon residents to-morrow when the Kowloon Football Club Indulis in High Jinks us in the Invariable rule on New Year's Day. The time-table follows:

Directed by JOHN FORD

The Canton Gazette, reporting on the outbreak, says, that immediate ly after the flames were seen, Captain Chan Muk-henung with

10.16 am Sir Cumference and his Brigade" arrived on the scene with the new Magirus engine and Lady de Tong will arrive at the pumping machines and the new Star Ferry. They will be escorted In the course of the debate on Extension, ladders Spectacular to the Kowloon Football Club by Sir, Toj Saprur's resolution, which afforts of the Brigade were wit the Motor-Cycle Footballers. was seconded by Sir Chiman Lainossed by over three hundred 10,80 nm. Full procession of Sitalvad (7) who paid a high tri-people who soon gathered around carnival sprite, and what-not will bate to Lord Irwin, and referring Wing Hon Maloo by the entrance leave the Club for a tour of the to the Gandhi resolution at the of Bat Woo Street. Over 1,000 | vlllage.

all-India Congress, said that it feet of hose were used and all the 11 am. Married v. Single passed his imagination how fire-fighting forces in the City match will commence, Mr. E. Cock, Gandhi, who previously committed turned out to deal with the situa-kicking-off. the Himalayan Blunder could|tion."" think of committing a greater

one. (Gandhi confessed it The old granary is a very large was the "Himalayan Blunder building specially constructed in the old days to store grain and when serious disturbances occur food products for relief purposes, red in 1921 and 1922 in con- and since granaries have become nexion with the non-co-operation things of the past, the place could movement despite the advice to be used for no other purpose than maintain a non-violent attitude.

for-storage. Gandal suspended the campaign when he saw it getting out of hand).

Unanimous Favour.

The Commercial Press Co, have rented this building for some time to serve na their warehouse and one of the small houses adjoining Several prominent leaders in was the employees' quarters, cluding the Rt. Hon. Srinivasa where, ita said, the are originat Sastri and Mrs. Annie Besant sup-ed, after the Inmates had gone to ported the resolution which was work in the shop at 9 a.m. carried unanimously.

Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru was appointed chairman of a commit- tce aimed at bringing into common deliberation all parties having the ideal of Dominion Status.--Router,

STORM HAVOC IN MAURITIUS.

PORT LOUIS SUFFERS HEAVY

́DAMAGE...

London, Dec. 30%

Half Of Granary Gone,

There were altogether in houses in the ill-fated granary which the Commercial Press have been using until recently when the Municipality gave them notice to return half of the premises to accommodate the Municipal Girl's Normal School which is situate at Yuet Shou Shu Yuen by the side of the gratiary. All the stocks on Nos 6, 7, 8, 9. and 10 godowns had been removed to Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, No. 5 was the hostel.

According to one of the officials of the Company, the stock which A terrific thunderstorm burst was destroyed consisted mostly of over the town of Port Louis, valuable books in foreign langu to-day, accompanied by torrential ages, and it was "lucky" in a way rains which wreaked havbe among that the destruction occurred at the sugar plantations, many of this time of the year, when the which have suffered severe schools have already opened, and damage.

A message from Port Louis says that part of the town and the rails way have been inundated.

Railway traffic in a part of North Island has been suspender and the poor of Fort Louis are suffering from exposure and des- titution. Reuter.

BIGGEST SUBMARINE IN GALE.

COMING TO CHINA STATION VERÝ BOON..

London, Dec. 80. The now submarine Odin, the largest vessel of her type in the world, has arrived at Portland from Chatham, after encountering a fieres gale en route, Cuba

Sho will carry out her trials be Tore proceding to the China Station in a mouth'a HmeRe

considerable purchases had been made by the students otherwise the losses would have been greater and the call for books could not have been met.

The firefighters were at the time when flie fire commenced, prepat ng for their Saturday Dress Parade, and therefore their rea ponse to the cali was very prompt, Captain Chon Mak Heung personal, ly supervised his men and perfect: order was maintained by the policy nearby Mag

The following passengers arrived from Singapore, by the 6s, Tamba Maru to-dayMr. J. Guild Wood, Mra L. C. Wood, Miss Norma Jenn, Miss Belty, Master Martin David, Mr N.A. Lilley, Mr. P. Martin, Miss A Rizgiis, Mr. A.M. Mitchell MT3 Crawford, Mr. Nowled Crawford: Mr. R. BaK, EG Toiyo, M Hemsidan

11:20 am:

Half-time.. 11.30 am. Motor cycle Football begins

12.10 p.m. Married v. Single match will be resumed after a much needed rest.

12.30" : p.m. Presentation. "of prizer and raffles, "'-

NEW DESIGNS FOR FORD CARS.

VARIED COLOURS AND BOOMY INTERIORS.

Detroit, Dec. 30.

It is announced that the Ford Motor Car Company is introducing new bodies for its cars throughout the United States,

The bodies, which will have room. ler interiors and larger fenders, will be in a variety of new colours and will have "hdded sweep of line."

The Company plans to spend £6,- 000,000 in plant development dur og the coming year-Reuter | American Service.

MILITARY ACTIVITY AT WUCHOW.

TRENCHES AND BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS.

Wuchow, Dec, 20: Further movements by Can- tonese troops are taking place, many having started to proceed up river,

Some tronch-digging and erec- tion of barbed wire entanglements is taking place on the hills around Wuchow

FINE LATER.

The Royal Observatory reports" that the alleyclone remains central over North China Fresh -east menspon along the sou coast of China and over the North China Sea. The forecast till noor to-morrosy

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