Hongkong, Aug. 31 Hongkong 18 going 10 lose one of ins Tending hostelries when the Beale Hotel which has been under the management of the Hongkong. Shanghai Hotels, Ltd, since 1022 will be. cloted tomorrow, following the decision of the Board of Dives {ors'made' tome months ago.
the. management' of the Hotel wil, give "a farewell. cocktail party to. the guests as well as a humber of people who had formerly put up at {he hotel, Among those who have been me viled to this gathering are Mr. and
Mackenzie, Mr, and Mfrs, 1, G. Mor Barry, Mr. and 1 stging tr, anda
fan, Dr, and Mrs, D. J. Valentine, Mrs, Gralsam-Barrow, Capt, and Mrs. MacMillan, Me. and Mrs. Pegs and Miss Pogg, Me, B. 0. 'Murphy, Miss Sigeins, N- B. Hail, Miss And= son, Mie. and Mrs. W. UN. Ploming, Mir, W. 4. Busting and many others, is learned from Me. P. H. Suck: Jing, general manager of the' Hong-Kong "and Shanghat Hotels, Lid thatthe decision to close the hotel was mode only" after careful consideration, and it is now felt that {the building Is too old to be used us hotel tue Bocca Tigris Fort on the Peart River near Canton has been handed over to. the Central Government, Admiral Chan Chak has been named commander of the fort,
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