BATURDAY”, JULY 12, 1924
TERRIBLE FIRE DISASTER. TRAGIC QUEEN'S ROAD BLAZE
TRAPPED
FIREMAN
INMATES'
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BASEBALL.
THE CHINA MAIL.
HONGKONG'S HOUSING' PROBLEM. LEAGUE MATCH TO-DAY HOW-SUB-TENANTS ARE "SQUEEZED,”
DEATHS.this morning did too much
FEARFUL
AMONG THE KILLED.
MANY INJURED INCLUDING MR. G. C. MOSS. Several people lost their lives, including, a member of the Fire Brigade, in a fire which broke out early this morning in a house near the junction of Queen's Road West and Wilmer Street. Many others were injured, among them Mr. G. Moss, Station Officer at the Central Fire Station,
This house is only a small building of three floors, measuring 40 by 15 feet
I designsis, such that the pairs learling to the upper theats que at the Thick of the grou'd door. As the fire is supposed to have broken cast at the food of the stairs, escape for occupants of the sippon Bure was cut off their frenzy they crowded to the verandah nd the topadané than) when the granite Team support gave way and wapward.
America's
Some Glaring Examples. Described.
(By "Cini Ming" for the China. ¿lail,) |
Unless the rain that fell
damage and provided there is no further down-fall-the Hooge kong Baseball Club will meet the Filipino aggregate in a league
There is one aspect of Hongkong's housing problem which is fixture at 4.30 this afternoon on the becoming ever more'nente, namely the differences between the prin- Hongkong F.C. ground at 430 cipal tenant and sub-tenant. These now constitute a próblend which Logan, a Britisher, is appearing the legislature will have the utmost difficulty in solving. for the H.K.B.C, which, is a
that healthy sign national pastime is gaining ad-rent from landlords, a Certain the ground floors have partitioned Principal tenants are those who that itself. Most of the shops in berents among the local British amount of accommodation uff small shop-fronts or counters. community. Baseball found many adherents they split up, and let out to sub- und $70 a month, although they In "days gone by, usually on a monilily basis--which let them out at between $60 Jamong the British community in
Each sub-leiant gen- themselves are not paying more Japan. The writer knows of "no better, way for a cricketer to rally takes a enbiele or a bed, than $35 for the whole floor. This improve his throwing and ground space. There are two reasons for is only one example among many Belding, than haschall; and in this crowding. The first is the in all parts of the Colony,
Moreover there are many cases Kobe at one time Cricketers v. desire to save money by paying It was this college thuat dipretty Iginight about the death of the Baseb er was an annual fixture guly a small rent. The second is of extortion. When the water tireann he was just beneath them with a hose in his hand A, Tanter did not always the de-rooted liking of the restrictions were in force. It was Chinese for living closely together.common to find principal tenants The time of writing it is rint possible to state whether he was killed through"contact with the block of granite' or through falling into the stored Lodnys Ryowitpessos interviewed, by a (kim Mail, reporter
like tant les latim fell clear of the midorianate freman.
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O the serpents who had huddled themselves together on the fertorid Poor Norrisch, a wouân,: The wife of the master of the shop "downstairs, la a her life as did her,two children, a bay and a girl. When the verandali sive way they were projected heavily to the ground but is is also seen feed that they met their death through being unable to get
Up a illele von alet vis Fhis morning the Police and Kika Bridae were Sijf busy searching the detais, dur, nwo women---nunther and daughter who were reported missing. It is feared that they perished in the Hatus.
Chought 'Oh The Laulders. When the' vérandalí collapsed, egetubers of The Pie Brigrádé fad fought the outbreak to such an. swear that they were able to get 24 close quarters with the flames, Some of them werd on ladders using the hoses and it was im tossible for them to get out of the way of the filling griinite block. Mr. Als had the misfortune to be injured in the instep of both feet through debris falling on him, Bight Chinese meulars of the Brigade, including an assistant - perenain, repeivel" wounds to thes Buah bruises and cuts which re-, quired stitching. Both Mr. Moss uh his eight subordinates are in Tin Clovertiment Civil Hospitalk
ORAY
Leap Into The Street. Of the inmates trapped on the doned veranual, the master of the shop, (the bushand of the woman who was killed outright) was burned in the fire while esaping. His commubife received severe burns to her left ara and left leg. Finding the pain insuffer; Able she lust control of herself and jumped into the street below, receiving further injuries. She is also in hospital and her condition Is, giving cause for alarm.
Dramatic Messages
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Gravely aggravating the situa- tion was the fact that the stairs were practically burned away Shortly after the start of the mtbreak. Those on the first floor had the presence of mind to find an avenue of escape. They dal and climbed round the got on to the parapet of the ver dividing pillar into the next house, No. 103, and escaped into the street.
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FILIPINOS. Bradford C. Sancho OVCumbr
D. Malig 1b. Leonardo 2b.. Cruz
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tenants.
SPECIAL OFFER.
20%
REDUCTION IN PRICE
· The line-up to-day will probablyļa liking which was commented monopolising the water that game kupon by Lieut. Olitzky, The Anteri- through the tap so that the sub- can specialist who made a report tenants would not find it worth on. Hongkong health during the while to shy on at the old rentals, meningitis,outbreak a few years Noises at night. fareing sub- Jack.
tenants to koup provisions and A principal. tenant who lives in firewood in their own cubicles a building which comes within the instead of in the kitchen, for- scope of the Rents Ordinance is bidding sub-temuits to us the, prevented from increasing the projectors on verandahs for dry-' Logan
rents paid by his sub-Congata, Buiting clothes, locking the street door Lane
Chinese Bfe in Hongkong is such and purposely breaking cooking The substitutes are: HK.B.C. that there is always a large mum-utensils left in the cook-house, are asem -Werschke Hogan, Finan ber of sub-tenants moving in or only a few of the dodges user by F.B.C.-Castro, Drigado.
Fout of dwellings. Europeans muy unserupdous principal tenants.
have noticed pasted to the doors
Magee Wilsou Shank Joyner
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$ 5.
Rell Francisco 1.f. Angeles
*r.f. Garcia
c.f. Silos
THE US LEAGUES.
(Reuter's American Service,)
of Chinese tenements street- lamposts and elsewhere. slips of
Need For Actión.
One handicap against efforts to
red paper of about four by six stop this ramp is that Chinese sub-tenants will not come forward inches with Chinese writing, NEW YORK, July 12. These are the "To Let notices with their grievances. If they
leagues are as under :-*
The latest results in the baseball.oncerning "front parlours." "back were encouraged to ask for redress room with "window," middle persecation would soon stop. But there still remains the aspect of cubicle" or "bed-space," with an NATIONAL LEAGUE.
what rentals are to be charged for invariable clause that only
vacant cubicles. Principal tenants "Pittsburgh.3 Boston .........6
families feed, apply." Changes |
31
Efforts were made to reach the Cincinatti...5 Philadelphia are frequently desired by thetan ask what they like when a
infortunate ones on the second floor and it was while firemen were climbing up the ladders that the collapse took place with such disastrous results,
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Brigade's Good Work, verything happened so quickly that it was diffienit to take note of) things consecutively. But for the presence of mind of the Pro rigide auder Mr. H. Brooks Superintendent, the flames would have spread to the miljoning build- ings, the occupants of which Indl truly fled. As it was the house was gutted, the biglig inflammble materials usually associated - with, the Chinese type of tenement-slapp grently contributing towards the destruction.
From inquiries. made, bis morning it uppeurs Han, the shop. The report of the Fire Brigades insured" for $2.50 with a ni executive gives the account with grankic details. reads:---
any for which Messrs. "Shewan Tomes & Care said to be agents, and for a further $1,000 with thei
At 3.23 at the alarm was sent hrough from the Wilmer Street ng Insurance Co. The standard.
At 329, the bodie call" was sent at this is the call to all tions When a big coaftigration Das to be faced.
At 3.31 the ambulancu at Central Station was sent for,
At 3 44 the order for "stop", was: given.
At 352 the Wanchai appliance and atribulamee were ordered to the scene
owner of the house is mentioned as having effected JISORILIEV For" | $1,000 on his property.
Glare In The Sky."
AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York.........6 Chicago
j Philadelphia. 1 Cleveland Philadelphia..3 Cleveland
* j Washington...2 Detroit Washington...S Detroit Boston St. Louis 1 Boston.4 St. Louis "Signifies "double-header."
VISITS WEMBLEY.
Queen Victoria of Spain
Wihner Street is the side-street. Reuter message announces Which is reached on the way from that the Queen of Spain, whose town westwards-just before East-picture appears above, visited the en Street which leads up to the Hongkong section of the Wembley Pivil Hospital, Jaiatic AssiemExhibition yesterday afternoon. inud the Dine?sion Hoys' School. It
A firm of glectrical litters by commels de tram mute with that muse of Yiu "Wing coupled the | part of Queen's Heidi West which ground Poor. The first floor was leads to
the Hospital lower
the tram lines.
used as a terement although it is, entrance, wa reported that members of a guild before the fire was subdued last were, in ocupḍion. The second floor was also used as a dwelling by the family if une master of the
shop downstairs.
Building Doomed,
CORRESPONDENCE.
night, ames could be seen front! NEW MAH JONG RULES. the western upper levels,
This disder mealls "a fre átf
Kennedy Town a few years ago To the Editor of the Chino Mail.]
On arriving with several engines when the dwupants of the upper
at the house, the Fire Brigade Doors of ine block rushed in a
Si-Your correspondent "E.:
found the building blazing away orige staircase and were burnt 10A. S is right about the new from the ground to the root. There death when the stairs collapsed by method of pinying Mah Jong in was little hope of saving it frank reason of ther: being too out the North. As far as I can minke being gutted and attention was concentrated on getting out the weight on them.
On that oc-out these new rules are the result
inates who could be seen flitting so none of the Brigule was
about through the smoke
WATER · POLO,
LEAGUE FIXTURES.
The following are the dates fixed for the decision of the matches in the Water Polo Association League which have had to be postponed.
*Teams
Teams July A.D.P. (B) v. Surrey (B) 16 V.R.C. (A) v, K.B.S. (B) 16. A.D.P. (A) v. V.R.C. (A) 23 A.D.P. (B) v. VRC. (B) 23 V.R.C. (A) v. A.D.P. (B) 30- The fixtures for August follow: KB.S. (A) play. V.R.C. (B) and A.D.P. (A) meet. A D.P. (B) on the
sixth.
hart,
CHINA AND RUSSIA.
THE FALLEN ROUBLE.
of playing for high stakes and the desire to make sharping" as dif- ficult as possible.
Skilled
bean ekarpers Lave known to be able to shuffle the; cards in such "B manner that "super" (or doubling) cards are
principal tenants because oppor-spective sub-tenant applies for tunity is thus provided for charg-roon. Our housing lars have as ing new sub-tenants higher rents own of rents to a reasonablo-level. their main object the keeping
How It Is Done.
If "Bir rents" only are to be per- There is a block of houses in mitted. there must be some Yaumati in which profiteering by authority to fix them. My sug- principal tenants calls for special gestion is that there should be u comment. The upper floors, used hoary to regulate the
rants
as tenements by middle class demanded by principal tenants Chinese, were rented out by their and my reason is that it is futile respective owners a few years ago, to control the relations between at about $18 per month each. Any landlord and tenant, when the one of these floors could be divid- latter can do as he pleases with led into five cubicles, Occupants the accommodation let out to him. of these cubicles who were there I maintain that there is such big before the Rents restriction began, difference between "principal” and are still paying anything from "sub" tenancies, that there should" $7 to $11 each. But those who be special provision for the smaller have taken cubicles since, are class of occupant who forms a very charged not less than $20 each, or large percentage of the Colony's more than the rent for the whole population.
OUTBREAK IN BRAZIL,
SITUATION GROWING GRAVER,
REBELS IN CONTROL AT SAO PAULO..
(Reuter's "Service}'
LONDON July II.
continuing their operations with success, having obtained complete A Monte Video message states that the rebels are reported to be control of Sao Paulo.
The Buenos Ayres newspaper "La Nacion" says that the Government at Sao Paulo has been deposed, and that the revolutionary | juota has formed a temporary government,
"ampinas
MILES
victoriag
Oura Prats
POWER FLANT
The above map shows where the fighting is taking place between
placed where they will draw them. the Spanish forces and the rebels. The rule of each player taking one card in turn-instead of four at a
BOMBARD SÃO PAULO.
(Reuter's American Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 11.
As Dr. Wellington Koo has ex- pressed his willingness to hear the as is customary is to pre- views of Chinese merchants before vent, as far as possible, any onfair the forthcoming Conference with player taking several drags or have bombarded Sao Paulo, which has already suffered severely at the A message from Rio de Janeiro states that the Federal artillery set of his own wind. Pising of hands of the rebels. Russia, the Chinese General Cham the banker or East Wind after ber of Commerce at, Shanghai has each hand instead of autematically, submitted three questions for the
is due to the same reason. In- Wichlopu to consider. The most Urgent one is that concerning the stead of the player who throws the losses, suffered by Chinese nerdice being the banker, the one who chants in rouble notes, a con- discards the curd for another to siderable number of which are chow or mahjong in treated as the on their hands through deal banker for, that game and he pays follows:- ings with Russian merchants. In double. If a player self-imies to REVENUE & EXPENDITURE.to March 31, 1924, $6,859,475.18 and o.e firm alone, rouble notes how he is treated as the banker Balance of Assels.
of the face value of 1674840 and wins double points. Other roubles are lying in the safe. This minor rules have also been adopted
'COLONY'S FINANCES, FIGURES FOR LAST MARCH
for the month of March 1924 is as The Colony's financial statement
and Liabiliter.
Feb. 29, 1924$
THAT FIRE STATION.
TENDERS, INVITED FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE,
To-day's Government Gazette or make good all the losses from They make no material difference ammounces that lenders are | accepting them, inasmuch as the being
invited"
to the game disciT. ----- "under" the Russian, Legation, when these heading "Tenders for Fire Station | notes were put into circulation. In: Should any of your readers Building, Erection of Superstruc- China, inserted 4 noiice in the desire further information on Mah ture." Tenders will be received at newspapers at Shanghai and Now. Jong, I shall be pleased to assist the Colonial Secretary's Office until chwang, assure the Chinese as far as I can. noon of Monday, July 28. The people that these notes were work consists of the erection of the secured by all the 'property, taxes auperstructure on existing founday and other incomes of the Russian tion and steel framework.
firm contends that the Russian bnt all these can be classified as Revenue from Mar Government should redeem them
local rules and can be ignored. I, to 31, 1924 ...$
Government..
Your etc.,
GAY MING. Hongkong, July 11, 1924.
Expenditure from
Mar. 1, to 31, 1924..$
|
1914. gives the following totals under, revenue head-
Estimates, 19249 || $21.369,934, revenue from March I, to 31, 1924. corresponding period the previous $2,562.736 87; revenue. for the
year, $2,014,28183., Actual revenue
revenue for the corresponding period the previous, year 17,581,283.14 16,207,042.02.
Under the expenditure head the 2,562,73687temont gives the following
total:
Estimmtes, 1914 $24524,66) penditure from March 1 to 31, 1924 „166 36 |$1,700,166.36; expenditure for cor. responding period the previous
Balance......$. 18.443853.65 | Year, $1,297,68601; actual expondi- ture to March 31. $438,116.76; and
A comparative statement of the expenditure for corresponding Colony's revenue and expenditure period the previous year, for the period ended March 31, 33,807,999.87.
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