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FIRE BRIGADE ORDINANCE.
Procedure for Serious Offences.
row.
SYSTEM OF GRATUITIES.
No. 27,565
ROAD ACCIDENT.
SKIDS DUE TO GREASY · SURFACES..
CHINESE KILLED BY LORRY:
This morning's slight rain had had the effect of causing two ac- cidents on the Island, one on Pokfulam Road and the other, in Queen's Road Central
As the result of these two acci-
DAT
BI SHED 18
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930.
On
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar demand, to-day was 1/3 .
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician
13, Queen's Road Central
NO MORE FRAUDS ON SELECTORS TASK FOR GENERAL WHO SAVED COUNCIL MEETING.
STOCK EXCHANGE.
OVAL MATCH.
Currency of Temporary R. E. S. Wyatt Displaces
Documents Limited.
LESSONS OF HATRY.
Chapman.
FOURTEEN INVITED.
London, Yesterday.
The selectors are finding it a difficult task to select an England
A Bill intituled an Ordinance to dents, one Chinese was killed and
London, Yesterday. These are amend the Fire Brigade Ordin-seven were injured.
As a sequel to the Hatry frauds ance, 1923, will be introduced in all now in the Government Civil General Purposes Committee of Hospital, and the condition of
Motor the Stock Exchange has adopted the Legislative Council to-mor-lone. of them is critical.
The text is as under:-
lorries were concerned in bout ac- certain recommendations of a 1.This Ordinance may decidents. -
special sub-committee intended to players:- The first accident occurred just prevent as far as possible future cited as the Fire Brigade Amend-
before 9 a.m., whilst a lorry was frauds of a similar character, in- ment Ordinance, 1930.
going down the steep Pokfulam Road incline towards Queen's cluding steps to limit the currency Road West, past the No. 7 Police of temporary documents provid. jing, inter alia, that the period for Station.
According to eye-witnesses of the renunciation of fully-paid the accident, the lorry was going shares must not exceed
a six slowly downhill when near the (b) such gratuities as he Second Street junction it sudden-weeks' maximum, and partly-paid may deem it to members of the ly skidded on the slippery road shares one month after date of Brigade or other persons for rendered greasy by the rain on the the final call. extraordinary services per- asphalt.
2-Section 3 (1). (b) of the Fire Brigade Ordinance, 1923, is repealed and there shall be sub- stituted therefor the following paragraph:-
formed in cases of fire or in
Killed Instantly,
Arrangements are being made
K. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex); - Hobbs (Surrey). Sutcliffe (Yorkshire). Whysall (Notts). Hammond (Gloucester), Leyland (Yorkshire).
THE ALLIES.
Prevented Germany Winning the War.
GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN.
THE FUTURE OF.-CAROLINE -HILL..
TELEPHONE BILL
Was
AFRIDIS WITHDRAW FROM PESHAWAR.
Stern Measures Taken Against Tribesmen..
SCENE OF ACTION SHIFTS.
At the meeting of the Legislative Council to-morrow the Hon Mp R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., purauant to notice; will ask the following question:----
With reference to the report of the Playing Fields Committee dated
Peshawar, Yesterday. January 20, 1930, which
While the situation in Peshawar published as Sessional Paper No. 2 on June 19, 1990, will the Govern-tre of the trouble is shifting to of 1930 and laid before this Council district is well in hand, the thea- meat atate what decision, if any, it Parachinar and Kohat, where the has come to in regard to Caroline Oraksais have joined the Afridis, not concurred in, by four members The latter are withdrawing from hill, the proposed sale of which was
of that Committee?
Telephone 'Ordinance. The Attorney General will move
Peshawar,
Stern measures are being taken
Rugby,, Yesterday. The outstanding incident in the XI for the final Test match at the career of General Sir
Horace Oval, and have extended invita- Smith-Dorzien, who died to-day tiore to the following fourteen from injuries received in a "motor car accident, was the stand which R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwickshire) be made in the retreat from Mons
(captain).
when commanding the Second Army Corps.. He had been given the order to retreat from
the second reading of "A Bill to against the tribesmen. It is under- Le Cateau by Sir John French, amend the Telephone Ordinance, stood that the few British women Commander-in-Chief,
and children in Parachinar have agreed with that polley and de- Note The Attorney General will been evacuated by aeroplane. cided to fight.
move in Committee that clause 5 of
Simla, Yesterday. the Telephone Amendment Bill be The onemy was at least twice deleted and that the following
Fifteen hundred Mossozais, Smith-Dorrien's clause be substituted therefor:--
whose attack on the post of the German advance
5. The following new section is Badama, north of Hurmana, on was completely checked.
Inserted immediately after section Saturday, was repulsed by militia The
83 of the principal Ordinance:→→→ obituaries of General Smith- 33A. Whenever any system of terday. After desultory fighting, and villagers, again attacked yes- Dorrien declare that his disobedi-i wireless telephony is established -Reuter. fence saved the Allies, and they elte the following admission of Wyatt a Great Cricketer.
Tate (Sussex),
Larwood (Notts).
Duckworth (Lancashire).
I. A. R. Peebles. (Middlesex). Ames (Kent).:
Parker (Gloucester). Hendren (Middlesex).
As strong
force, but
but
dis-,
1925."
the interest of the Brigade. The skid caused the heavy whereby the share and loan de- lorry to turn completely round partment of the Stock Exchange 3.-The Fire Brigade Ordin- and its back mounted the pave-will gradually undertake the certi- ance, 1923, is amended by add-ment on which four Chinese were fieation of transfers stocks and ing the following new sectións at walking. They were all knocked the end thereof:-
down. An old man who was nearer shares, both quoted and unquoted.
Arrangements will also be made | the full force of the impact and to accept as "good delivery" trans- was killed instantly.
It must have come as a surprise General Von Kluck, was badly crushed.
fers certified at such associated to the cricket public to see that Commander-in-Chief, "I tried bard proper safeguards. Stock Exchanges as adopt the Wyatt, the Warwickshire skipper, to outflank Smith-Dorrień but has been considered good enough could not do so. If I had succeed- Proposals for additional safe- to supersede Chapman. The Kented the War would have been won guards in regard to future muni-player has played some good inn- by Germany-British Wireless cipal issues have been submitted
Service.
6. Every member of the the edge of the pavement received Brigade whoe
(a) is guilty of misconduct as
a member of the Brigade;
or
(b) having engaged to serve in the Brigade deserts there. from; or
(e) being permitted to resign, does not, upon ceasing to belong to the Brigade de- liver up all implements, ac- coutrements and appoint- ments whatsoever.entrust- ed to him for the perform- ance of his duty,
shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months together with forfeiture of pay during such imprisonment.
7. It shall be lawful for the
Governor on the representation
of the Chief Officer to dismiss
His head
The other three received more or less serious injuries and were
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TYPHOON STRIKES JAPAN.
South Eastern Coast Ravaged.
Osaka, Yesterday,
A typhoon last night; travell- ing at the velocity of 26 metres per second, ravaged south-east of Japan, resulting in the inter- communications, ruption of damaging buildings, and inun dating houses. The typhoon is turning to the Sea, of Japan. Communications have, since re- turned to normal-Reuter.
any, member of the Brigade for unconscious when picked up by
to the authorities concerned and now being considered.Reuter.
"SOBERING UP.”
AVIATOR DROPS BOMBS ON MINERS.
HIS EXPLANATION. ·
Murphysbord, Illinois,
Yesterday.
Paul Montgomery, a local avia- tor, has been arrested on a charge: of piloting the aeroplane which bombed mines in Providence Dis- trict yesterday. Montgomery de- nied the charge.
He admitted Aying early yester-
any refusal or neglect of duty the Police and taken to the Gov-day, but said that it was merely
in order to "sober up" after being drunk on Sunday.
-Reuter's the vehicle in American Service.
or insubordination or breach of jernment Civil Hospital. discipline or misconduct, or for} The other accident occurred at any contravention of any of the about 9.45 a.m.,
Objects and Reasons. This Ordinance amends the
K. E.S. Wyatt War- wickshire and All-Eng- land), who has been elected skipper of the England XI for the final. Test at the Oval on Saturday.
the German
JUNK COLLISION. ·
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER DROPPED.
A NEW CHARGE.
To So-tal, a coxswain on the Sun Tot ferry launch, made his third appearance before Mr. T. S. Whyte. Smith at the Kowloon Police Court: this morning, on a charge of the manslaughter of a Chinese boy, one year of age, on a junk on July 24, as the result of a collision off Stonecutter's Island.
1
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy appeared, and intimated that the Crown was not proceeding with the charge of manslaughter, but instead were aubstituting a new charge under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, Section 422.
The charge was: "Being a per-
son in charge of a vessel which was, in collision with another vessel fail-
the
consider
FINE TO SHOWERY.
ers.
in the Colony, the company shall, the Air Force bombed the attack- if so requested by the Govern-
News has been received from ment, permit its system of tele-Parachinar that parties of Cham- phony to be connected therewith kennis attacked villages in the on auch terms as the Governor in Mandosam and Kurram districts Council, after discussion with
and that a large number' of Paras, company, shall
yesterday attacked the village of Teasonable,
Chichas. Two villagers and three of the militia were killed.
More Kloting. Ahmedabad, Yesterday. Up to the moment 74 arrests have been made due to rioting in connection with the selling of con- traband salt, which the civil dis- obedience volunteers started yes- terday, after an interval of two months. The trouble started when volunteers paraded the streets selling salt from a, hand cart. A crowd surrounded the cart and a scuffle ensued. Some volunteers hurt the police who, in spite of a lathi charge, were un- able completely to disperse the crowd, which gathered in front of the police post-Reuter.
Earlier NewS.
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: The typhoon passed near Nagasaki yesterday afternoon. It continues to move north- ward.
A depression is central over S.W. China.
Forecast:-S.W, or variable moderate; fine to
winda.
showery.
Rainfall
Rainfall to 10 a.m. to-day 0.01 inch. Rainfall since January 1, 62,40 inches against an average of 58.18 Inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock
were:-
Hong Kong 81 Macao
Temp. Humid..
89
81
89
Pratas Island Manila
82
84
77
94
Foochow Amoy
84
87
81
.. 96
Chefoo
76
100
Swatow
77
86
77
79
KITE FLYING.
Simla, Yesterday.
were
Sir thousand small bombs dropped in
a single day in the gullies sheltering crouching Afridis around Peshawar. This indicates the activities of the Royal
Air Force, which has prevented the approach of large bodies of the enemy. Hitherto less than three hundred tribesmen have managed to approach the town, creeping along nullahs and ditches.
The authorities are confident of their ability to handle the situation. -Reuter,
REBELS ON WING. KWANGSI TROOPS EVACUATE KWEILIN.
provisions of this Ordinance or volved being a Public Works De-district of Kentucky, which has [The Providence coal mining of any regulation or departmen- partment lorry. It suddenly skid- been torn by labour troubles for tal order made thereunder, wheded at the junction of Hollywood ther any action in respect of Road and Queen's Road Central months, was thrown into an up- the matter in question shall or and ran into a hawker's stall at morning, when the miners were roar by an aeroplane at six in the shall not have been taken which a Chinese man, a small boy going to work, dropping a number under section 4 or section 6. and two women were gathered.
of bombs near the entrance to the Stall Knocked Over. The stall was knocked over and mines. There were no casualties ings in the previous Tests, and Fire Brigade, Ordinance, 1923, by badly smashed. The four per-bombs did not explode. They drives in the field, and it comes her passengers such assistance as
and no damage, whilst some has hung on to some full blooded ed to reader the other vessel and..Shanghai introducing provisions similar to sons at the stall were also knock were found to be made of dyna- as a great shock to see that he was practicable and to save then those contained in the Naval ed down and all received injuries mite wrapped up in adhesive tape has been passed over for the vital from danger caused by the colli- Establishments Police, Ordinance, which necessitated their removal with fuses attached. 1876, with regard to offences to the Government Civil Hospital,
match. Wyatt is a great cricket- The boy is understood to have owing to wage disagreements re- and can do his share of the bowl-
The mines closed in April, and er, suited to a no time-limit Test, sion." such as misconduct as a member of the Brigade, desertion and re-suffered more than the others and cently re-opened, but there haveing, but he has had only this trate intimated that it was not Regarding the charge, the Magls tention of kit, of too serious ais in a bad way.
been several outbreaks of violence season's captaincy of Warwick for within his jurisdiction at Kowloon, among the workers, and, the experience of leadership. Federal Court made an injunction Two other names which cause but more in the Marine Magis restraining 100 men from inter-surprise are those of Whysall and trate's jurisdiction, and he pointed fering with the working of the Parker. Both mines.]
are splendid in out that the latter knew more of the their different departments, but they are getting on in years, ways of the sea than he did. Whysall being 43 and Parker 46. Mr. Hin-ching Lo, for the de- Can they stand up to the mental fence, asked for the immediate dia- R. E. Lindsell this morning in dis- as well as the physical strain of charge of his cllent on the charge charging a Chinese boy even now an important trading cen- a Test match?
nature to be adequately dealt with under the fines and stop- pages from pay authorised by the
principal Ordinance. This Ordin- ançe also contains a section based on, section 24 of the Police Force
"
FOKIS AT WAR.”
SEQUEL TO JEALOUSY IN BUSINESS.
Ordinance, 1911, dealing with dis-THIRTEEN MEN REMANDED.
missal and extends the powers of
the Governor in Council as to the
Thirteen men appeared before
payment of gratuities which Mr. Whyte-Smith this morning under the principal Ordinance are on charge of fighting in Shanghai limited to extraordinary services Street. performed in cases of fire.
DROUGHT CRISIS.
PRESIDENT CANCELS HIS HOLIDAY.
TREMENDOUS LOSSES.
Ames
"NOT A NUISANCE” DECLARES MAGISTRATE.
OLD ORDINANCE QUOTED.
"It is hard to convince me that a boy flying a kite in a Chinese neighbourhood le causing ▸ nuisance."
This comment was made by Mr.
ATTACK BY CANTONESE.
Canton, Yesterday.
As previously intimated, realis- ing the futility of holding out any alouger against the huge army under the 8th Route (Cantonese) Army, the Kwanget insurgenta evacuated sometime last week Kwellin, the former capital of Kwangsi, and
REDS' THREAT, WAITING TO ADVANCE ON NANKING TO-DAY.
The introduction of
of manslaughter, as there was no Chang Kit-chee who was summoned
tre, by a European constable for un evidence whatever. Shanghai, To-day. shows that doubt lingers in the
Of course the lawfully flying a kite at the junction
Reconnottring 'planes have re- Detective-Sergeants Naughton Bug hunting students have they play the best wicket-keeper liked but he did not care how they Road. and Fitchies appeared for the brought back to Nanking alarm or the best keeper-batsman? prosecuted his client, as long as he Police and the former officer in- ing stories of encampments of For this Test of unknown limits was clear that the charge of mane that it was something new to him. trench themselves at Yungfu, an minds of the selectors. Should Crown could frame any charge they of Mosque Street and Robinson ported the seige of Yungfu by the Cantonese armies. From this it is As soon as the summons was falled to reach their objective
apparent that the insurgents have timated that the trouble started Communists, armed with rifles in it is a difficult problem to decide.
called the Magistrate, commented Liuchow-and are forced to e on August 6 In the night. A the hills fifteen, miles from the truck load of rice from 68 Shang-capital, apparently quietly waiting hai Street passed cake orders to advance on Nanking. The newspapers learn that thir His Worship Baid that the defen- kite fouled telephone wire, and Yip Shin and Li Chan-kaw
Rugby, Yesterday, laughter was dropped.
The Sergeant explained that the outpost situated midway between vier truckload from Shanghai Street, so they had a troops.
62 which is at present denuded of teen English players will be dant was discharged on the mane previously almost broke, a pane of mediye invited to attend at the Oval on laughter charge, but he would re glass in a window of one of the
Fighting at Bookla.·.· row. The next night a second The Communists are wearing Saturday for the fifth and final mand him on bail of $1,000 for 24 houses in the vicinity.
Messages received from Kweilin Washington, Yesterday.fight took place in Shanghai Street red brassards. They are not in Test match against the Austra... hours for the case to be taken be Owing to the drought crisis over spaces taken up by the rival terfering with the villagers, who llans, which will be played to a fore the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole,
The Ordinance under which the erament punitive forces and ather state that fighting between the Gov- President Hoover has cancelled trucks in unloading. Sergeant are friendly toward them
defendant was charged dates as far.contingents of the insurgents have his proposed holiday to the Rocky Fitches indicated that the shop Reuter...
as 1845; and provides for the pro- also taken place at Sookiu, 10 miles Mountains. He will confer in at 68 Shanghai Street had been
the thirteen are Hobbs, Suutcliffe, THEFT FROM A LAUNCH. secution of anyone who "plays to the north of Yungfu, an indica Washington on Thursday with the trading for 12 years while the
Whysall, Daleerisinhji, Hammond, ...
games or pastimes to the annoyance tion that portions of the enemy had Governors of the States affected shop at No. 62 had traded for 6
Wyatt, Leyland, Tate, Larwood, Chan Ting, an engineer of the of any inhabitant or pedestrian," falled to come into contact with the by the drought, and on Friday years. It was a matter of jealousy
Peables, Duckworth Parker and steam launch Mitaus, and Leung and Mr. Lindseli Inquired if kite rain body. will meet representatives of the hetween the masters more than
Ames Mr. Wyatt, who was ap Ngau, an unemployed seamian, were flying was a game or pastime. farmers,
the tokia. He intimated that a
pointed this year captain of War. to-day charged before Mr. T. 8. The constable was unable to give ed to deal with the Sookiu situa- The Cantonese troops, despatch: officially reported that third fight took place shortly
wickshire, will be captain of the Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Ma- an opinion food shortage in a num-afterward, and the Police had in-
tion, Include the brigades under team in place of Mr. Chapman, gistracy, with the theft of four of States as a result of the formation about a fourth fight to Marshal Feng Yu-halang claims Wyatt did well in India in 1924 launch Mitsul. Separ
who is not included in the team pieces of brass from the M.B.K. plainant? Did It annoy anyone? Yip Chiu, and Li Chan-kaw.d
Magistrate: Where is the com- Wong Chat-man, Wong Yin-ching, that after heavy fighting he playing for the English team and Detective-Sergeant M. Naughton The constable claimed, however, of those places on the part of the Antleipating an early evacuation crushed the Nationalist left wing this year played in all five fest stated that the second man, when that according to the Ordinance enemy with the object of retiring on the Lunghal Railway in the matches in South Africa The arrested, had the brass wrapped in anyone flying a kite must not allow to Liuchow, C-in-C. Chan Chai neighbourhood of Kweiteh, and choice of thirteen players has an old piece of cloth, and when it to come into constact with any tong of the 8th Route Army, has captured enormous supplies of been made, it is understood, to en- questioned stated that he received telephone wire.
unitions, which the Nationalists able the selectors to field a team it from the first man.
Instructed Colonel Chan Hon-kwong remanded the were unable to carry away owing good for a dry or a wet wicket. Both were given a month's hard that effect in the section you use. cutting the retreat of the enemy.
Mr. Lindsell: There is nothing to to attack Loyang with a view of Jabour each.
Where can I find it? Discharged. Canton News Agency.
el
don of corn for a take place tonight, so prepara
ry, and the ex- tions are well in hand,
crops. It is Two of the participants went $100 million bushels hospital, one having have been lost ainee nose. Several others
There are still injured with bambe
lerable rain: The Ma
cón
Bervice case
NORTHERN WIN.
CRUSHING DEFEAT. OF NATIONALISTS,
Peking, To-day
to heavy rains. Reutér,
finish It is understood that
British Wireless Servico
No