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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTELI

PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

AETOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTELI,

MAJESTIC HOTEL

HOTELS

LIMITED.

in assdeiation with the Grand Hotel ̈ Des Wagons Lits, Peking..

Hotel SAVOY

The Newest and Finest Hostelry in THE Colony

Convenient ... Cosmopolitan

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 808 & K. 609.

Mr. & Mrs. H..J. WHITE.

Cables "KowŁOTEL

Hongkong,

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kowloou No. 3.

Tel. Address "Palace."

A First Class Besidential, and Tourist Hotel with all the Con- venience of a Home. Under Entirely European Management. Qay Lounge and Billiard Baloon. Thres minutes from Ferry. Families specially catered for. Moderate term.

EUROPE

After dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Mrs. J. H. Ozberry.

Propriotream.

Cables:-

"EUROPE'

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.

Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL-PENANG

"MALAYA'S NICEST HOTEL”.

With beautiful private lawns to the Se

MODERN THROUGHOUT

Dinner-dance twice weekly

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD. George Goldsack.

CABLES." RUNNYMEDE."

Manager,

To-day & To-morrow. at 230, 5.30.7.20 & 9.20.

THE

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. * FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1930.

RATIONALISATION

PROGRAMME. A

BIG SCHEME BY BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS.

GENERAL CLEAR-UP.

London, Feb. 27. With the object of eliminating redundant capacity and of securing more economical costs of building by the resultant concentration of British ship-building yards, à re-

WAR HOSTILITIES

IN NORTH.

KUOMINCHUN TROOPS OPEN FIRE.

NANKING INDIGNANT WITH MARSHAL YEN.

gistered company has been form BIG WAR INEVITABLE. ed, entitled the National Ship- builders' Security Limited...

Naniding, Feb. 27.

EARLY MORNING

BLAZE.

WANCHAI MEDICINE SHOP DESTROYED.

CIGARETTE-END FIRE:

A fire, which completely destroy. ed a shop containing large supplies of medicine and herbs, broke out at No, 181 Queen's Road East at about 3.30 this morning.

The ground floor of the building Is occupied by the Hing Sau-hing! medicine dealers, and it is believed that the outbreak was caused by The new company has a nominal Hostilities between Nanking the master of the shop. Fun. Chi- capital of £10,000 but the directors -

sau, throwing a lighted cigarette- are given borrowing-powers up to and Kuominchun forces, have

broken out along the Lung-Haiend into the shop, from the ac a limit of £3,000,000.

The company's objects as set out Railway. Nanking is said to countant's office. This, it is thought, in the prospectus include the purbe indignant on receipt of came in contact with the herbs, and, chase of redundant and obsolete information that the Kuomin-in a very short time, the whole shipyards, and the disposal of the chun troops, acting under in place was ablaze. The loss is es- contents, and the re-sale of the structionsoft Marshal Yen Hal timated at $3,000, sites. The sites will all be sold shan, opened firmon the Nation- Fortunately, the fire was confined subject to a condition that they shall not further be used for ship-alist forces this morning to the shop itself, and no persons

Following this development, a were injured.

bullding.

sum-

The company is supported by meeting of the Kuomintang Cen-

The Fire Brigade were most of the leading shipbuilding tral Executive Committee was concerns on the North-East Coast, held, at which a resolution dismis-monded, and although they were and by the firms at Barrow, Birken-sing Marshal Yen Hsi-shan from helpless to save the shop, they suc head and Beifast. It is stated, the Kuomintang was passed. The ceeded in keeping the flames from however, that the scheme does not resolution includes the dismissal spreading to other parts of the represent in any way an amalgama- of Yen from his military posts in

the National Government, tion of interests.

Later.

The shipbuilding scheme out lined by the National Shipbuilders' Security Company is supported by all the leading firms on the Clyde. -Reuter.

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LUCKY ESCAPE FOR COOLIE.

CARRIED DOWN HILLSIDE HY FALL OF EARTH

Whilst working on the hillside in Argyle Street, near its junction with Waterloo Road.át? Homun- tin, this morning, an earth-carry- ing coolle was precipitated down the slope by a quantity of earth becoming dislodged.

The fall, fortunately, was not very great, while the presence of a great deal of loose earth on the side of the hill saved the man from serious injury. His hand was slightly hurt, and when picked up he was suffering from shock, but otherwise

the worse was none for his unpleasant experienc.

The Kowloon Fire Brigade was immediately on the scene ac companied by the ambulance, but it was found, on their arrival, that the accident was not attended with any serious results, and the ambulance returned to the Station almost immediately.

ICE CHEST STOLEN BY TRICK.

HOW A KOWLOON LADY WAS DUPED,

the

It is generally expected that the first, serfous battle between opposing troops will take place along the Lung-Hai Railway. The train services to Hankow from the Peking along the Peking-Hankow Railway have been auspended on account of the seizure by the Shansi troops of a large number of coaches at Shihchiachwang.

Troops on the Move.

News received in Hongkong this morning states that the situation between Marshal Yen and Marshal Chiang is still developing.

It is reported that Marshal Yen's lat. 2nd and 3rd Route Armies are definitely on the move.

The allegiance of General Han Chu-fu, formerly Marshal Feng's right-hand man, is claimed by both

sides.

Japanese Precautions.

Shanghai, Feb. 27. Japanese residents in Shantung are alarmed over the Nanking deci sion to disband all doubtful troops in the vicinity of Shantung. To ensure the safety of the Japanese residents at Tainanfu, the Japanese authorities are contemplating dis patching troops athither: If the Kuominchun-Nanking war eventy

ates.

building.

The contents of the shop were insured for $4,000 with the Sai Ah Insurance Company of 170, Wing. Lok Street.

THE KUOMINTANG CONFERENCE.

GENERAL CHAN-MING-SHU NOT ATTENDING.

Canton, Feb. 27. His Excellency General Chan

Civil Governor Ming-shu,

of Kwangtung, will not proceed to Nanking to attend the 3rd Plenary Session of the Kuomintang. All the other delegates from the Kwangtung Provincial Party Headquarters have left the city en route for Nanking. These in- Iclude Mr. Lam Wen-kol, Mayor of Canton; Mr. Lum Yick-chung, Commissioner of the Provincial Council, who will represent General Chan Ming-shu; Mr. Tai Chi-tao, President of the Examira- tion Yuan, and others.

General Can Chai-tong, Com- mander-in-Chief of the 8th Route Army (Cantonese Forces) is on- other member of the Provincial Council who has found it impos sible to absent himself from the South to attend the conference. It is understood that he will pre- sent certain suggestions at the 3rd Plenary Session by telegram.

I anticipation of early encoun- ters with the Shansi and Kuomin- chun leaders, the National Govern- ment has instructed Mr. T. V. Soong, (Finance Minister) to float Mr. Lai Tso-kam and Mr. Cheung a loan of $10,000,000 from Chinese King-fai, Secretaries to Mr. Lam and foreign bankera in Shanghai Wen-koi, will be in charge of the in order to provide war funds. Mr. affairs of the Municipality during Soong Inter left for Shanghai and the absence of the Mayor- held a meeting with prominent Our Own Correspondent. Chinese bankers yesterday at the Central Bank office.

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Big War Inevitable.

FOG NOT SO BAD.

DELAYED SHIPS COME

INTO 'PORT. ·

How three Chinese successfully carried out the theft of an ice'

A prominent Kuomintang leader chest by means of false pretences told newspaper correspondents that is reported by the police to-day, war between Nanking and the who state that Mrs. Hopwar, of 3. Kuominchun was inevitable. There Jordan Road, arranged with a foki are, he said, 200,000 Chinese troops at the Peninsula Stores on Wednes- belonging to both sides and ex-of the vessels that arrived in port According to the reports of some day for the repair of the ice chest. tensive fortifications are being

On the following day, a Chinese built along the three principal rail this morning after being held up went to her house, pretending to ways in the North. When war be an employee of the Peninsula actually breaks out, the casualties Stores, and engaged two coolies to would most likely be bigger than The P. and O. Rawalpindi, remove the ice chest, which was in any previous wars in China. which was due here from Singa- valued at $25, saying it would be

The speaker stated that he antic-pore yesterday, 'entered the har returned the next day.

bour this morning and berthed alongside

As it was not forthcoming yes-ipated that thousands of doubtful terday, the owner made chquiries troops in Southern Honan would at the Peninsula Stores, and dis- join the Kuominchun troops. covered that they had not sent any- body for the chest, and that she thus been duped by the masquera- dera.

Other Troop Movements.

Regarding the troop movements in Honan, it is understood that the Kuominchun Division under Gen- eral Wan Shin-tsoi has arrived at re-

TOUTING NUISANCE. Chengchow, where conditions

EVEN MAGISTRATES' NOT. IMMUNE.

main quiet.

At Loyang, the arrival of two Brigades of Kuominchun forces is reported These will be mobilsed for war along the Lang-Hai Rail way.

Charged with soliciting for hire, from passengers leaving a Canton

Shansi forces at Taiming and steamer, a public-car driver was Tehchow are being mobilised for fined $10, or 14 days, by

Mr. the Yellow River and for Honan. Hamilton at the Central Police They will form the rearguard of Court this morning.

the Kuominchun troops.

Newspaper Banned,

Commenting on the touting nui- sance, his Worship observed that these drivers ought to know him. A prominent Chinese daily news by this time, yet he could not walk paper in Shanghai, the Tze Pao through Pedder Street without has been banned by the National half-a-dozen of them soliciting Government on the ground, that it has published reports of the sci-

him.

at Waglan, the fog appeas to be lifting slightly,

Kowloon Whari. Another vessel, the Dutch steamer Cremer, has been delayed for about 48 hours. She arrived at Waglan on Wednesday morning and was unable to come into port until this morning.

The Douglas steamer Halyang did not leave. Swatow until 4 p.m. yesterday and is due here to-day. She will sail for Swatow, Amoy and Foochow to-morrow at 2.p.m. instead of to-day.

The E. and A. Tanda, which was involved in the collision with the Anking, is now in Whampoa Dock and repairs are expected to take about two weeks.

The Kako Maru is now anchored at Kowloon Bay and, it is under- stood, will dock at Taikoo for repairs to-morrow morning. She was damaged amidships as a result of her collision with the Tung Foong near Amoy.

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Two drivers who failed to ob. zure by the National Government of it was stated that political intrigue serve the etiquette of removing many steamers on the Yangtze was behind the affair.

their hats, while in the Court, were River run for transport of troops. sharply called to attention by the

Magistrate, who directed that

The Government edict adds that

they remain where they were until the Tee Pao should also be punished

Feng Meets Yen.

the close of the proceedings, for publishing matter relating Chinese reports from Taiyuanfu

Chlang to Marshal

Kai-shek's

ex-

Peking, Feb. 27.

They were also compelled to leave

state that Feng Yu-hsiang arrived their hats in the custody of the alleged offer to pay funeral Court.

penses to the family of the de- there yesterday, when Yen Hsi- ceased Kuomintang Central Execu-shan and other Shani leaders The first prize in the Hongkong tive Commissioner, Mr. Wang Lok- welcomed him.

Preparations are proceeding at Jockey Club sweep on the Champions bing, who was recently murdered: was won by a Europear gentleman The same journal atated that the Taiyuanfu for the departure. of who does not wish his name to be dis- family of this Kuomintang, leader Yen Hsi-shan, presumably for closed. The prize is worth $47,280 had refused Marshal Chiang's offer. Peking, and was purchased on the course on It will be recalled that news of the ions towards the Yellow River The movement of Shansi divi- the day of the race. The second assassination of Mr. Wang was trader.

published in detail recently, when continues.Reuter.

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