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THE BOYCOTT,
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CantonJuly-18, -.-.-. The Strike Executive Committee has petitioned for the despatch of their delegates to attend. us spectus tom, the Buycott Conference, but is not known how Mr. Eugene hen, has replied.
Mr. Eugene Chen has instructed the Burman of Information. Foreign Ministry, to publish details of the negotiations, so that rumoura may no spread.
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RECORD HONGKONG DELUGE.
EXTENSIVE SERIES OF DAMAGE BY RAINSTORM.
LIGHTNING
WRECKS TWO BIG BUILDINGS.
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Deaths and Injuries; Firecracker Explosions: Tram Cable Severed.
SCENES OF CONFUSION IN CITY DESCRIBED.
If not the greatest in mere figures, 15 the most destructive deluge of Hongkong's history has wrought indescribable damage and confusion in all parts of the Colony.
In the short space of time, it is impossible to give a rough estimate of the loss in money. The havoc will take time men and cash to repair. But worse still, lives have been lost as a result of the furious rainstorm which started last night and has not ended this afternoon,
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Dotadia given below to of the When I was realhied that the wide scope of the damage, On Canton and Hongkong delegates Dides residents, the point which would meet in conference to discuss had caused the biggest impression the situation. the Strike Executive is the perind during which thunder.
lightning and rain by the bucket Committer specially convened 4
ful came without a moment's break. meeting to decide what policy they
It must be an unusual pheno should adopt. such polley to be Frommunicated to both delegations.enon for Hongkong to be prae- Finally, it was decided that two tically alight for more than half "important points" would be con-
an hour before 4 nm. The peuls centrated upon, viz., (1) the res
of thunder which chased each other foration of the position existing before the strike began. and (2) the question of wares during the
period of the strike.
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CANTON PROTEST.
SENATOR BORAH AND THE
y TARIFF.
THE REASON WHY.
Other Power§'--Interests-in China.
To Senator Borah_at_Washing ton, Mr. Eugene Chen (noting Foreign. Minister at. Canton) "has addressed a message on the ques- tion of the projected resumption of the Tariff Conference
Mr. Chen informs Senator Borah that he has protested to
the
U.S. Minister to China, through Mr Douglas Jenkins (Consul at Canton), as published in the "China Mail on Saturday. The subject matter is similar as that in the, despatch to Mr. Jenkins. But to Senator Borah,
sidents will be well content to leave to them. There are a good many hours to go before midnight oid Feak read and all routes from to-night, when 24 hours will have the outskirts to the city must have
By then, the been, on been completed.
a miniature scale, some Mr. Chen says:-1 bring this to experts expect that we shall have thing like the condition of affairs your attention because you are left everything behind and set at Home during the general strike.known among us as an American up a new best. Excepting the Added to the discomfort of the leader who is entirely opposed to really curious, Hongkong prefers pedestrians, of course, was the con- the subordination of real Ameri- not to shatter records but
sinual downpour and the necessity can interest to the competitive home dry to-night.
of fording streams which in places interests of other Powers in For a civil day (midnight to were as much as four feet deep.China. midnight) Hongkong's best is Cataracts were as numerous" as 20.495 inches on May 30, 1889.people stranded.
For any period of 24" consecu- tive hours, the best is 27.44 inches, being from 6 a.m. on May From the earliest hours, the Police, 29, 1889, to 6 am, on May 30, Fire Brigade, Public Works Depart-1989. ment. Sanitary Department and athers were out in rescue and re-
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bross the heavens portended ill for Colony this morning the effects being described below.
Much time will elapse before The attitude of the Canton order 19 restored throughout. Goverment towards the rexdlu bons of the strikers, may be known on Monday--Wah Tze Yat..Po.
Official Communique.
The following communique has been received through the agency of the Hongkong representative of Reuter's:-
Canton, July 16, 1926, The fallowing communique har heen jointly issued by the British and Chinese Delegations negos tiating settlement of
MECPT,
Hongkong Well-off? »
In other words, May 29 and 30 habilitation parties but the com-of 27 years ago, may have paratively small number available, brought down a bigger volume of made but little headway against the water, but the series of damage all over the Colony, may not have been so great. Then there was not, so much building, site-cutting and other structures of man to un- loosen and cause havoc as is the case to-day.
the average Briton from Home. The above figures will convince
PEAK TRAM DAMAGE,
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Kowloonites came off compara tively well considering. Many of the older buses were "stuck" in Yamati and other places and the
When will the Peak trams be service was very limited rendering necessary something like a twenty Mail" reporter
running again, inquired a "China minutes wait it the stopping places
Mr. Henry fr would-be travellers. The "Star Humphreys, chairman of the com- furry, service continued as usualpany, who replied. "Not for 24 but Yaumati suffered very badly hours at least, possibly more." from inundation and the ferry ser- vice" there was temporarily sus pended.
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CAUSE OF DELUGE.
Although the week-end typhoon the-the first of the current season Chinese-British disputes in Lians did not actually visit Hongkong, Kuang
"The Conference resumed itsing's complete deluge.
it is the direct cause of this morn But there are other places in the waterfall over the Praya wall was sittings to-day at.10.30 am, ben That typhoon went inland
Chinese Delegation staté..about 80
miles to the East of their views on the origin of the Hongkong, near Swatcw. Then it British boycott. They refrained stopped and started to “fill-up." femformulating any conditions of settlement pending a reply to their statement. The Conferenco has adjourned till Monday, July
the
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RACIAL FEUDS.
VICEROY APPEALS FOR TOLERANCE.
REPLY TO CRITICS.
London, July 18.
Speaking at a banquet at the Chelmsford Club, which was found-
LATEST FIGURES.
Between midnight last night and 1 p.m. to-day 20.79 inches of rain were recorded at the. Observatory.
From 10 am. yesterday to 10 am, ig-day, the figures are 21.44 inches,
Weather forecast till, noon to-morrow:-South-west winds, fresh overcast, min.
ed to promote friendly intercourse | By doing so it became a little arta between the communities in India, of intense depression, with con- the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, dealt siderable effect on atmospheric (exhaustively with the present com- circulation. The result is all this munal troubles in India, and weather upheaval, thunder storms vigorously disclaimed the insinua and abnormal rains. tions that the Government was indifferent to Ut even welcomed these disorders.
GRAND PRIX.
REMARKABLE FEAT ON A
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NEW RECORDS.
Nearly 4 lnches An Hour,
He dwelt on the measures which the Central Government, in con- junction, with the local Gov- ernments, WIR taking to соре with the situation, and the impur-tinuous, or as though the artillery When the thunder was con- tiality of the authorities, and barrage had started to usher in generally appealed for tolerance another early morning "offensive and forbearance.--Reuter.
in Flanders (as an ex-service inan put it), all records for any one hour of rainfall were broken.
The previous best, for an hour of rainfall in Hongkong. was 3.180 inches which fell in one hour on July 15, 1886. This figure is just below 3 inches). Between San Sebastian, July 18. 3.30 and 4.30 this morning Goox, driving a Bugatti, won the Grand Prix D'Europe of 50,000 that is, when the lightning was so pesetas and the King's Cup, cover- always lit up the rain-gauge at: incessant that the skies were ing a distance of 770 kilometres. the Royal Observatory, Kowloon, 175 metres. The time was 6 hours recorded 3.965 inches, (This is dearly 4 inches and almost exceeds the previous highest by half an inch.)
BUGATTI
51 minutes.--Reuter.
MOTOR MISHAP.
'Slimy, Yellow Rivers. Arrived at the "Star" ferry wharf
gan in real earnest. (Hongkong side) the troubles be- The sandy
world, where even Hongkong's sufficient indication of what they
considered
had to face and the streams of great, bath-day i trivial.
water traversing pavement and Cherra Punji in the Khasi road in every direction confirmed their apprehensions. Des Voeux Hills Assam (India) has 464 inches a year (this average ex-
Road, Queen's Road, Ice House tending over 23 years). In July there, the wettest month, they have 30 inches a day for five suc cessive days, and a mean of 115 years (equal to our total year) for this month..
The Storm.
for a
The storm itself, as regards ita duration and the force of the cups (there was barely a second between the flash and report), is generally recognised as the worst Hongkong has ever experienced. Residents of twenty-six or even longer residence are unanimous in this respect.
FOUR DEAD, BODIES,
The Fire Brigade were out early to assist in rescue work at the No, 3 pumping station, near the Univer sity. A portion of the bullding collapsed and several men went under.
Two dead bodies were dug out from the debris. Four others were rescued and sent to hospital.
This was the first fatality report.
talls, but it is known that strenuous ed to the authorities. The above are the only available meagre de- efforts are being made there.
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WATER RATIONS.
the Owing to damage to pumping station, which has" completely cut off all supplies for the time being to Robinson' Road, Conduit Road and the Peak districts, it is essential that even for cooking purposes, only the minimum quantity of water should be used.
As far as possible, realdents in those districts must tem- porarily cease using water for bathrooms, &c. Every endes- your should be made to use spring or rain water for wash- ing and general purposes. «
All water should be baled.
Street were feet
The worst damage is at Kennedy Road, where tons and tons of earth bave fallen over the track. There are several other landslips near the line. A part of the bridge at Kennedy Road is broken, but not There was exactly carried away. also no “juice” this merning to ruž 'the cars, an electric cable having
been washed away near the Helena
May Institute.
Mr. Humphreys is informed by his technical experts that it will take a full day to remove the debris at Kennedy Road and further time may be occupied in repairing other damage.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
The house in which is the P. & O. Mess at Mountain View was struck by lightning, the cop- ing of the south-west corner being carried away and the telephone and electric lighting system being put out of order. Four trees out- aide were also struck.
A resident in another district of the Peak also had a scare. being surrounded by smoke and fumes thought to be due to light- ning striking something He was unable to trace anything be- yond minor damage to a few things in the house.
The tennis court at the Hospital at Barker Road was carried away by the inundation of the rain. anaSeveral landslides are reported Street, Peuder Chater Rood
deep from different localities, and a everywhere and in places the part of the old Peak Road below pedestrian would find himself with-Barker Road has been washed A subsidence also occur- cut warning about waist deep in away.
Many shops red outside "St. Paul's and also slimy, yellow rivers. were flooded out.
further down Lower Albert Road, Outside the Post Office "one waded the waterbeds, groping blindly for a foothold, cheered by Ionely spectators from afar.
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STREET "BURSTS UP!"
The queer experience of a street bursting up is reported from the Wanchai district.
fulam Road, just beyond the medi- No. 3 pumping station is on Pak cal buildings of the University.
Wyndham Street Rapide. Higher above are Elliot Alter beds.
Dua, apparently, to a water main
St. Francia Street, leading from The station supplies the burst, masses of road surface had the square, downhill, into Queen's Peak from the filter bedя
been torn up in Pedder Street, near Road East, is stated to have had Later,
the Hongkong Hotel entrance and its surface carried away by the A large boulder-was unloosened parts of the hoarding used in
torrents, from the hillside and crashed on connection with the re-construc Spring Garden Lane became a One result is that the station.
tlon were lying helplessly in the canal, connecting Queen's Road Four dead bodles have been water. A palm tree, apparently with Praya East. A complete found.
carried down from Gleneply, had matshed, private rieshas and come to rest outside the Hotel. A other odds and ends were swept smaller palm tree (complete with down the incline and deposited MORNING TREK." pot) was carried down Wyndham near the Tai Wo restaurant.
Street as far as On Lan Street:
Queen's Road East, itself, was Unprecedented Scenes In City.
Wyndham Street presented a re- markable spectacle, water descend-under several feet of water, shop- Unprecedented scenes were wit
ing the road and pavements early keepers down there baling out as pose. Any flat surface. Unless that while driving a motor car along hours were available this morn-nosed in the city and all parts of this morning with the force of fast as they could but to no pur-
rapids. There were several cases Castle Peak Road on Saturday in ing, we found that we had already the Colony this morning when in
of people being carried awny Lunusually high, was under water.
Near Naval Hospital. the direction of Tsim Sha Toul a beaten, by about 50 per cent., the their morning "trek" to the offled attempting to traverse it. A child
Aslandslide occurred at the Juric- woman ran from the hillside and record for any 24 hours (or, business people tried by ways and
who endeavoured. to cross to join devious routes to find in practical her mother was carried one die Gap Road closing it to motor traffic. tion of Stubbs Road and Magazína 'was caught by the fender sustain-strictly speaking; a civil day). ing minor injuries. She refused A civil day is from 12 mid-ly every instance that the only Lance and eventually rescued by to go to Hospital and was compen-night to 12 midnight. The high-solution was to wade several feet
some coolies; a Chinese who "came All along up to the Naval Hospital sated.
eat in the books for any day in deep in water
down with the flood" was stopped the road was filled with earth the month of July is. 15.480 Ricshas and chairs were eager-
near the bottom by a European who brought from the hill. inches, for the 15th of that month, ly plying for fares but many used the original method of an
In Queen's Road East, near the vehicles were unable to get far umbrella as a hook. “
Grand Theatre, the whole scaffold- along the main thoroughfares; soni
Calne Road and Bonham Reading of a building collapsed and the actually capsized and precipitated were impassable to motor traffic road War completely blocked. their, occupants into the flood.
Crowds were busy collecting what firewood they can get and this work proceeded without any interference from the law,.
(Continued on Page 7)
Mr. R. M. Johnson," of 17 Hum- phrey's Bulidings, Kowloon, reports
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Highest For Any July Day. When the figures for nine
PETTY THEFT.
in the year 1886. From mlänight Last night till 9 this morning, the Mr. G. A. Charles, a tailor resid- Observatory had already regis ing at 4 Bowring Stroet, Yaumati,tered 19.456 inches of rain. reports to the Police that between 1 and 6 p.m. on Saturday clothing and money was taken from the House amounting to $14.
Impressive Figurės.
Still, the old brigade hold a few relice which the majority of re-
The rivers of water pouring over roads and tracks put a stop to the Peak tram servico, Jower lével trams, buses, taxis, etc.
during the early part of the`morn- ing..
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