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"HONAM" RETURNS.
PASSENGERS LEAVE BUT FEW EMBARK.
CARGO BROUGHT BACK.
PRESSMEN WHO WERE MADE
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HONGKONG," SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1925. PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
SNATCHER FOILED.
ARREST LEADS TO BREAK. UP OF GANG,
EUROPEAN'S EXPERIENCE.
WIDOW'S CHARGES.
"SHENANDOAH DISASTER
There should be considerably fewer bag-snatching cases in the future, judging from evidence given in the courge of hearing of a case at the Central Magistracy |--|
WARNING..
HUSBAND OPPOSED FLIGHT.
(Router's "American Servica.)
New York, Sept. 4, While denying that
she
this morning when a Chinese boy criticised Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur, of 18 years of age was charged with attempting to match the purse of Mrs. J. Walsh.
From information given by the
SILVER MARKET.
UNITED STATES TREASURY "PURCHASES.
SUBSIDIARY QOLNAOS NERDB.
(Reuter's American Service.)
-24 Wasigington,, 1opů. 4. The Trestny enteral the silver market to-day for the first time in veral months, purchasing a quar the Secretary of the Navy, in confer of a milion ounces &4 72.695 nection with the Shenandoah cents an ounce nid 100,000 ounces et 70.75 conta un ounce. It is disaster, the widow of Comman-understood the silver is required for der Lansdowne, who perished, the aubsidiary coinnge. asserts that her husband was opposed to the fight which ended TYPHOON DELAYS. in disaster and advised the Navy' Department accordingly.
The s.s. "Homam" returned to Hongkong from Canton shortly after 4.30 p.m. yesterday.
Crowds of Chinese assembled on the Praya Trom the early after noon at first in groups and then in crowds. Eventually, traffle boy it had been possible to arrest being hindered somewhat, the five other members of a gang of crowd had to be cleared back to ten who had been connected in the pavement, the sight of a re-extensive lareenies and snatch venue officer with a broom proving cases, said the police officer in ing quite sufficient enough for the charge of the case. purpose! The talk among these The facts concerning the parti Chinese on the Praya, a "China cular case in which the boy was... Mail representative was inform, charged were that on Thursday ed by one who spoke the lan-between 2 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. Mrs. guage well was that the "Honam" Walsh was walking along had sunk with all hands aboard! Kennedy Road when the boy, On the wharf itself were a few who was in the company of two Europeans who were expecting | men, dodged in front of her and friends to arrive from Shameen, Mr. T. H. King, D.C.I., with police! officers, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, the Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer, Mr. J. Arnold, Mr. J. D. Lloyd. Superintendent, Imports | and Exports Department, and re- venue officers.
When the ship approached near enough for figures to be observed, it was noticed that there were not many aboard apart from officers and Indien guards. Actually; it! H transpire that there were about thirty Chinese, nearly all women and children and the rest were mostly "white" Russiana who had helped to take up the "Sui An" and the "Sui Tai" and had remained in Canton looking for work, 4.
•
The cargo which was taken up was brought back again, as there were no lighters available. The passengers who went up; how- ever, managed to get off by sampan. The reason for so few boarding the ship was undoubted-
ly that pickets were busy in- timidating the sampan people who had evidently been instructed that they might take anyone away from the ship, but none to it.
PINEDO HELD UP AT
MANILA.
CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
Lakehurst. Sept. 4.
(Reuter's Service.) The survivors of the "Shenän- doah disaster hold the opinion
Rome, Sept. 1. that the, breaking of a gasbag Colonel Bi Pinedo hus telographed over one of the power cars during from Manila that he will not be the storm was a possible cause of able to resume his flight befree the disaster. Another surmise is September 10, owing to typhoons.
MWAE
Flying the neoplane in which they set out from Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, on their unsuccessful flight to the North Pole, Roald Amundeyn and Lincoln Ellsworth, returned to Oslo, Norway, and were wolcomed at heroes.
made a grab at the purse she was that the newly installed water carrying. As she had tight hold recovery system for which two of it he failed to carry it away wings wert at near the centre of and started to run in the direction the dirigible may have weakened of Victoria Gurdens. Mrs. Walsh the structure, although these called out for the boy to be were afterwards riveted. stopped and a soldier gave chase. He disappeared. from her view, but she saw him brought back a few minutes later by an Indian
The skipper of the vessel told a "China Mail"" representative that he did not see vessels which he could say with definite assurance contained pickets but other officers told the reporter that they had been assured by the Customs officials who came aboard that certain bouts and launches were those of strike pickets. The only way in which the few passengers
The supper who chased the boy had managed to get aboard was gave corroborative evidence and that when these craft were on the said that it was he who actually other side of the ship the sampans caught him and handed him over in which were those desirous of to the sergeant.. boarding came nearer the ship and then cocupants were hauled in, much to their triumph and Batisfaction.
sergeant:
The boy's evidence in court was that "It was Ah Kau who did it.".
....
· The survivors relate that the whole of the great gasbaga spun and rocked in the gale. They worked their way nearly 100 feet to near the bottom of the wreckage, sometimes tearing the envelopes of the gasbags to get a hand-hold and hung there until they saw an opportunity to drop ten or fifteen feet to safety.
COLLISIONS.
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LOCAL
"HERMES" AGAINST HONG-
KONG VOLUNTEERS
OLYMPIAD.
ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT"
H.M.S. "Hermes" is. to take part in an Olympiad in Hong kong, their opponents being the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps,
A good many branches of sport will be covered and arrangements are now being made. At a sports committee meeting of the Defence Corps yesterday the following secretaries of sub-committees were appointed;
Rugby football: Pte. G. P.
Lamm
Pte.
Association football:
F. G. E.Wheeler. Hockey 2nd Lieut. E. J. R.
Mitchell
Cricket: Corp. H.. Owen
Hughes.
Water Polo and Swimming:
Pte. D. Lyon. Athletics: CQ.M.S.
Mackenzle.
A. K.
Lawn Tennis: Pte. H. J. Arm-
strong.
Shooting: Sergt. H. G. Burna Golf: Captain R. Melville
Smith.
Billiards: 2nd Lieut. F. N
Young.
Polo: 2nd Lieut. J. Bartholo-
mew.
Boxing: Lee. Cpl. L. P. Ralph. Fencing and Bayonet fighting: Secretarics to be announced later.
2nd Lieut. E. J. R. Mitchell, ne Sporta Officer for the Corps, will, of course, act as general secre tary.
Owing to it being so late in the season, the water-polo match had to be arranged at rather short notice. As already notified, it will take place at the V.R.C. bath to-night. The other events will take place from time to time and may be spread out over a few months. Some excellent com- petition is anticipated.
BACK TO HONGKONG, HOW A STRIKER DODGED THE PICKETS.
JAMCHUN RIVER.
Howh kong from Canton this week, in risk of his life, was related to a "China Mail" reporter this morn- ing, •
After a stay of about two months in Canton he began to get Three car collisions have been tired of the inactivity. Some of reported to the police, in none of his colleagues were earning money
serious which were
injuries there by working at 20.cents & day sustained by anyone..
A driver employed by the the Executive on the road to in addition to food provided by Chung Mel garage reports that Whampoa. This road was now as while driving one of the cars along long as "the aye could see" but ROSE TOO FAST?
the Taipo Road and endeavouring people, whose property adjoined Toms Rivers New Jersey,
to pass another lotry he failed to the highway were up in protest as Sept. 4. observe another lorry coming in their addi fields had been ruth-
the opposite direction. The two lessly eut up without compensa met head on but at no great speed. tian. Others, who a had a few Damage was done to the fronts of dollars, pitched stalls in the streets. They snipped off electric
'He had other convictions for The following incident shows theft recorded and Mr. R. A. D. Anton Hofner, ex-German how keen the Chinese in Hong-Forrest, the Magistrate, ordered dirigible pilot and one of the kong are to know more intimate that he should have 10 strokes of American advisers in the building both lorries. details of events in Canton and the light cane and be imprisoned of the Shemandoah," declares the prospects of their friends for one month. there being able to get away. A Chinese woman who came off the "Honam" was questioned outside the wharf by representatives of the Trade Maintenance Associa... tion
whose intentions were entirely friendly and, who merely wished to obtain information as to how she had boarded the "Honam."
TURKS DECREE.
EUROPEAN DRESS FOR OFFICIALS.
(Reutor's Service.) - The woman, however, took
Constantinople, Sept. 4. fright, thinking that they were| The Council of Commissare bas seeking to intimidate her. She ordered the closing of all the took to her heels, being pursued Tekkes and Dervish convents and by the Chinese seekers after in-the suppression of all the religious METAL ROOFING formation. She finally rid herself orders of all Sheikhs Dervishes of them by jumping into a riesta within the limits of the Turkish
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since those who were responsible to wear turbans and they must for it acted on their own account, uncover within Government was the disappearance of two offices. All officia's must dress in Prase representatives who went European fashion and wear hats. up as passengers--Mr. F. Oliver, i
of the South China Morning
- Post” mid Mr. J. S. Cax, of the
"Hongkong Daily Press." They "China Mall" was informed that went ashore in the Customa wireless communication bad been launch shortly after the received stating that Mr. Olivar boat amived on Thursday and Mr. Cox were arrested by afternoon and were seen Chinese authorities but that their to land on the Customs release was anticipa in tim steps on the Bund.
eir non- for appearance was not the Captain of the until the ship was un about 10a.m. sterda medi
the disaster due cues taxi driver reports that he wires, took whatever current, they removal of eight of the eighteen knocked down an Indian soldier wanted also without payment safety-valves on the gas bags.. who crossed unexpectedly in front and made money by hawking. The craft rose too fast in the of his vehicle near Murray Bar. This man's batch was quartered storm for the remaining valves to racks in Queen's Road. Then a block of new buildings but Indian sustained injury but refus they got their meals in a disused ed the offer of a lift to Hospital fantan house. Mosquito nets or
A driver of the Nan Yang slept on the hard floor.
even beds were absent. They Tobacco Company reports that as A trip to Shekki bad proved he was driving along Praya East, abortive as the tow-boat carried atramear bumped into the rear about ten batches of new pickets of his vehicle near Percival Street. for. Chinshan. Taking the train at The front of the tram car was Taishatau, the striker reached slightly damaged.
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