Hong Kong Daily Press 1923-03-14
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- Hong Kong Daily Press 1923-03-14
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Hong Kong Daily Press 1923-03-14
Year: 1923
NEW BLUE FUNNEL LINER. LAUNCH OF THE "SARPEDON." PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION. SUCCESS TO THE "SARPEDON." A HOLT MOTOR SHIP. THE VESSEL. THE OLDEST LIVING BEING. A CHINESE AGED 162. A BACKWATER OF PROGRESS. LIFE IN A CHINESE COUNTRY TOWN. QUAINT SUPERSTITIONS. A HADLY TREATKD GOD. THE HEADENED OFFICIALS. VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT SEA. A SMOKE GEYSER. ANOTHER ARMS SEIZURE. POLICE SERGEANT'S EXPERIENCE ON A JUNK. NO DISCRIMINATION. FILIPINO FIREMAN HEAVILY FINED FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION. THE PRESTIGE OF THE WHITE RACE. MAGISTRATE'S HOMILY TO S SOLDIER. CABLES. BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES. BIG REDUCTION IN NAVAL EXPENRITURE. BALANCE OF POWER IN THE FAR EAST. NO EXTENSION OF FACILITIES AT HONGKONG. THE SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE PROJECT. BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES. BIG REDUCTIONS. THE IRISH ARRESTS. THE IRISH OFFICIAL REPORT. INCREASE OF REBEL ACTIVITIES IN BRITAIN. DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. CYCLONES IN AMERICA. MANY FATALITIES AND MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. DISASTROUS EFFECT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. WRECK OF THE "MINDINI." CREW AND PASSENGERS SAVED. THE RUHR. DIFFICULTIES WITH HOLLAND PARTIALLY REMOVED. UNENVIABLE POSITION OF BUER BURGOMASTER. GERMANS TO BE "PITILESSLY" PUNISHED. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENS. RESULT