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HONG KONG HOTEL
GARAGE
25, Queen's Road C. & at Stubbs Road,
No. 27,585
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LISHED
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1930.
ALL READY FOR THE SCENES OF HORROR IN GREAT BLAZE IN
BIG BATTLE.
Nationalists Prepare to Launch Grand Offensive
ATTACK ON CHENGCHOW.
Chengchow, Yesterday.
HURRICANE.
Lunatics' Mad Career, Through the Streets.
WHOLE-CITY DESTROYED.
New York, Yesterday,
LONDON.
Ten Miles of Fire
Hose.
DAMAGE £300,000.
London, Yesterday.
THE FALL IN SILVER
LEADS CHINA INTO DIFFICULTIES.
BRITISH AID.
DENIAL BY INDIAN
GOVERNMENT.--
London, Yesterday.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of, the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/8
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician
· 13, Queen's Road, Central,
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
IN UNDERWORLD KING
AT LARGE.
COMMUNIST PLOT
AUSTRALIA.
Plan to Electrocute Police Patrol.
RESULT OF RAID.
Adelaide, Yesterday.
Not Wanted by Ireland or Germany.
ESCAPE FROM VENGEANCE,
LUNCHEON IN THE
SKY.
Aircraft Show in America.
WOMEN'S VENTURE,
?
London, Yesterday.. Leading Detroit women's club The hurricane was followed by It is estimated that 100,000
The discovery of a Communist
The secret departure from New officers
and newspaper wonten In order to strengthen the de
plot in South Australia was re York of Jack Diamond, described had their luncheon in the sky one fence on the Lung-Hai and Ping-scenes exceeding in horror any people watched a great blaze at Crane wharf, Wap- Han lines, Feng Yu-hsinng has thing witnessed in Santo Domingo the New
vealed by the State Premier, Mr. yesterday evening,
Hill, to-day, when introducing a as a New York gangster and boot-afternoon last month, in connec called all his available troops for the past decade. The disorder ping.
Bill in the State Parliament em-leggers, and "King of New York tion with the All-American Air- from the rear to the front, as wit-and alarm were increased by the which was the biggest London fire
powering the Government to deal Underworld," reported to be an craft Show. The luncheon; so far nessed yesterday by the trans-destruction of the principal luna-for many years.
It began in a six-storey ware-
with a strike of the Carters' port of two brigades of garrison tic asylum, whence the inmates
In reference to Dr. T. V. and Drivers' Union, as a protest attempt to escape the vengeance as known, was the first ever to be troops from Tungkuan Pass to who escaped death and injury house packed with cocoa beans
Alcapone, has both prepared and served in an Chengchow and thence to Hsu-careered wildly through the and spices. Seventy fire engines Soong's statement, Reuter is in against the employment of volun- of "Scarface"
caused a "first class” · sensation aeroplane. chang front on the Ping-Han line. streets. The entire army paraded and two river floats pumped an
Mr. Hill said that a police raid with the British and Continental While the clubwomen and other The garrison troops who are com-to give assistance, and the Pre- enormous mass of water through formed that a Memorandum teer labour at the docks. manded by Cheng Yoh-hsou, sident. Senhor Trujillo, has taken ten miles of fire hose. Neverthe pointing out Chan's difficulties in revealed interference with vid garrison commandant of Sian, will personal charge of relief mea-less the fire spread, and 2,000 consequence of the fall in silver electric cables, leading to an inter- Press, and the various liners on women guests were cruising in a gerr be placed under the direction sures, and appealed to the Ameri-people were ordered to evacuate asking British co-operation, parti- ruption of the clectric light supply, which he is reported to be were be Ford de luxe club plane high over ne by Pao-shan, to resist the can Red Cross to send food, cloth-their homes while hundreds of cularly in reference to the sale of also a fence had been electrified sieged by wireless enquiries in Detroit and its suburbs, the fun-
the silver by the Government of with the intention of causing mid ocean. coming attack of the Nationalists.ing, shelters, and medical supplies masked firemen controlled
India, was addressed by the Bri- fatalities among the police patrol. This would go to indicate that the as soon as possible.
tish Government earlier in the Mr. Hill declared that South Kuominchun have left but few
Toward midnight the people Summer and referred by the For-Australia had been selected for Queenstown, Ireland, aboard the direction of Mias, Mary I. Barber, The damage in Santo Domingo troops in their rear, Shensi pro-is estimated at £1,000,000. The were allowed to
return to their eign Office to India, from where the plot owing to their financial Belgenland, but was not allowed director of the Home Economics homes. vince. The Nationalist Comman-junfortunate inhabitants are in
what is described as a sympathe difficulties. The Seamen's Union to land. He proceeded to der, Fan Shih-sheng, of the urgent need of water,
Many
Two warehouses were gutted. tic reply was (despatched. Hsiangyang aren, in northern robberies already have been re- The material damage is estim- Hupeh, has been instructed to lead ported as a result of hunger.
ated at £300,000,-Reuter. his forces, advancing toward the
Dominica Destroyed. south border of Shensi, and
Twenty persons are dead as a threatening Sian, the capital.
The vanguard of General Fan result of the Santo Domingo hur ricane. Immense damage was are reported to have penetrated done to property, and the wireless into the Shensi border, while station and most of the buildings General Fan himself will leave for in the City were destroyed. the front on September 4, person-
ally to direct the attack. Alarm-
·
It is now estimated that the
ed by this report, much anxiety casualties in the Santo Domingo is felt among the Kuominchun hurricane are 800, besides 20 kill-
generals.
A Big Drive.
fire.
CLUTCHING HAND.
THIEF PASSES HAND BAG TO ACCOMPLICE.
CHINESE GIRL'S CHASE.
Miss Lee Chi, of,5, Conduit ed at Dominica, where the wire. Road, was the victim of a sneak less was
demolished and great thief yesterday. She was walk- damage wrought.
ing in Gleneuly when she was sud- It appears that the Nationalists
Halt escaped the hurricane,denly pushed violently from be- are now planning to launch a big which blew at the rate of 150 hind. This caused her to drop drive against the Kuominchun miles an hour and razed the better her hand bag which a young Chin- simultaneously from four routes: class houses in Santo Domingo to ese whom she was certain was the the first to attack Kaifeng from the ground. The poorer dwellings person who had pushed her, pick- the Lung-Hai; the second to at-in some cases simply disappeared. ed up and bolted. tack Chengchow from Ping-Han; Bridges were wrecked, roads made In order to avoid pursuit he ran the third to attack Loyang, via impassable, and telegraphs blown uphill toward Robinson
knowing that it was difficult for a
Road,
cheon was prepared in the plane's Eventually Diamond arrives at kitchenetta and served under the
had given notice of their intention Antwerp, where he is stated to be Department of the Kellogg Com The Chinese Minister, whilst to strike out of sympathy.proceeding to Germany to take a rany, Battle Creek, Michigan, who discussing with Mr. Arthur Reuter..
cure for "stomach trouble." Henderson other business this week, again made reference to the subject. It is pointed out Fin Chinese quarters in
London that
the Govern-
SOME RAIN.
The Royal Observatory re- ports to-day:
An anti-cyclone is central near Vladivostock.
The typhoon is about 250 miles north of Guam, moving N.W.
Forecast Light northerly of. variable winds; generally overcast; some rain.
- The American Consulate General has received the fol-
RADIO AT HOME, ·
PLANS FOR RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN MUSIC..
case.
were hostess of the unique- lun- He was arrested at Aix La cheon flight. For it Miss Barber Chapelle at the instance of the prepared a menu, planned dietoti- American authorities, but the latter subsequently withdrew the cally, to Include light, crisp, savoury "food (which is expected, to The German authorities, after e especially appetizing It In- having Diamond medically-ex-h
cluded a consomme, olives, celery, amined to ascertain whether al cure at the German Spa WAA a salad, all-bran muffins, caffeine- necessary, decided to deport him, free coffee and macaroons, salted By an extension of the relay Diamond was escorted by Police nuts and iminte. system British listeners to wire found to be "full up," and a num- to Bremen, but all the liners were
"BRITAIN CALLING.".
Rugby, Yesterday.
The club plane took off from
less broadcasts will, in a few ber of freighters declined to take Ford Airport at Dearborn, Mich.,
months, be connected direct with Diamond.-Reuter. three big European music centres
AMAZING SPEEDS BY SQUADRON LEADER ORLEBAR.
----Vienna, Budapest, and Waranw. SCHNEIDER TROPHY,
The success which recently at tended the relaying of the Salz- burg Mozart Festival in part led to an extension of the arrange- ments made possible by the Inter- the Manila Observatory: national Broadcasting Union,
Typhoon in about 147 degrees Long. E and 17 degrees Lat. N., direction ui- known.
Tenfeng and Lingue; and the last away. Three districts were come lady wearing high heeled shoes to "lowing typhoon 'warning from
to capture Sian.
pletely destroyed. The American
As the so-called picked troops Red Cross has cabled funds to re- keep up with him. of the Kuominrhun have been lieve the hunger, which is already transferred to defend the Ping-apparent.
Earlier News.
Later.
chased the rascal, raising the However, Miss Lee pluckily i
alarm as she ran. After run- he passed the hand bag t ning a little distance up the hill
complice who made an ac-
Han and Lung-Hai lines, the Na- tionalists of the last route, com-
It is later reported that 900 manded by Fan Shih-seng, will persons were killed and injured in find little difficulty to reach the the Santo Domingo hurricane.
off with it through the objective. Fierce engagement is
Roman Catholic expected to break out soon on the
Cathedral compound whilst the central section of the Ping-Han A message from Havana states snatcher continued up Glenealy
Round a bend this rascal was and south of Kaifeng, where the that the hurricane has done terrific main bodies of the two contending damage to large sections of Santo caught by a European Sergeant parties are assembled.
Domingo, but no loss of life is re- who was coming down Glenealy ported-Reuter's American Ser-on his way down after his rounds in the mid-levels. Simultaneously a Chinese detective and a Euro- pean plain-clothes officer came up from Caine Road and together with Miss Lee they entered the Cathedral compound in search for the man with the bag.
Violent Fighting. Violent fighting between the Nationalists and the Kuominchun under Chang Wal-ai, Sun Tien- ying and Yen Ying-chi is reported to have taken place in the vicinity. of Taikong, south of Lung-Hai | line. In spite of the rebels giying! stubborn resistance, they are com- pelled to yield over 10 miles of their ground.
The Hauchow F.H.Q. announce that a contingent of Kuominchun in Luyi, east of Honan, were successfully disarmed by the Nationalista under Chen Cheng on
vice.
AIRMEN ARRIVE.
ATLANTIC FLYERS REACH DALLAS IN SAFETY.
Dallas, Yesterday. The airmen Costes and Bellonte have arrived here. Reuters American Service.
Early Cables.
New York, Yesterday." Coates and Bellante took off on September 1, and that there was a flight to Dallas, Texas, in an at- no trace of rebels along the tempt to win the £5,000 prize recent banks of Waltsi River.
ly offered by the millionaire, Colonel The Shantung forces command- W. E. Easterwood, for the first flight ed by General Chen Tlao-yuan, from Europe to New York and who were stationed in the western thence to Dallas-Router's Ameri sector of Shantung, are now re-can Service.
ported to have arrived at Kao- cheng and Lanfeng, and will at tack Kaifeng by a flanking move- ment. Upon the approach of the Nationalists, the rebela under Shih Yu-san were retreating westward without giving resist ance, and
Kwangs! Situation.",
As previously intimated that Nanning, the capital of Kwangst,
FLOODS IN INDIA.
· DAMAGE CAUSED BY RISE IN THE RIVER.
RAILWAYS BRÖKEN.
Shillong, Yesterday.
The
He was found round a bend in the pathway leading up to St.) Joseph's Building and was seized on being identified by Miss Lee Realising that the game was up, he volunteered to show them where he had hidden the hand bag, the contents of which were found by Miss Lee to be intact.
In the bag were $561.70 in money, a pair of spectacles worth $15, and a allver powder-box valued at $10.
MONEY LEFT.
RETIRED SCOTS MERCHANT'S ESTATE.
To-day 10.45 a.m.-Typhoon In about 145 degrees Long. E. nd 17 degrees Lat. E. moving W.N.W.
Hong Kong Long. ile từ 27 Hong Kong Lat, -. 22° 18′13′′- Rainfall.
Rainfall to 10 am. to-day 0.04 inch. Rainfall since January 1, 67:11 inches against an average of 67,55 inches.
Temperature.
The temperature at certain apecified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was!-
*Hong Kong
Масло
Pratas Island Manila Foochow Amoy Swatow Chefoo Shanghai
Temperature.
77
89
76
76
80
70
74-
74 76
LAST RECORD BEATEN.
shortly after noon. After climbing high over the city, it cruised over the downtown district and Belle fale, thence over the Detroit Müñl- cipal Airport, where the All- American Aircraft Show was in progress and back to Ford Airport. The fight lasted two hours, which has its headquarters in
Rugby, Yesterday... Invited guests of the Ford Geneva. Land lines of an im-
Remarkable speeds are being Motor Company on the flight in- proved type will provide British attained by the high speed section cluded Mrs. Carl B. Chamberlain, listeners with broadcasts equal in of the Royal Air Force, which is clearness to a studio performance, practising in Felixstowe under president of the Detroit Federa-
direction. of The British Broadcasting Cor the
Squadron tion of Women's Clubs, Mrs. paration are also developing com- Leader Orlebar on the super-George T. Hendrie, president of munications with America and in- marine Rolls Royce and Gloster the Twentieth Century Club, Misa terchanges of items will be more Napier racing planes, built for frequent in future: America will the Schneider Trophy. shortly hear among other Itema a It is now expected that the dif-director of Good Housekeeping series of talks entitled "Britain ficulties in regard to the Italian Clench, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Calling," to which Sir Oliver and French entries for next year's national president of the Business Lodge, Mr. H. G. Wells, Mr. John Schneider contest will be over-and Frofessional Women's Clubs, Masefield, and other famous Bri- come and the race held in British Miss Suaan Breuckman, anclety tons will contribute. -British waters. Wireless Service.
Although the speeds now being editor of the Detroit News, Miss attained by British pilots are not the Detroit Free Press, and Miss Mary Humphrey, Sunday editor of being divulged, it is stated that Marion Taylor, of the Detroit the world's record of 367 miles per Times. [hour set up by Squadron Leader
IN ROME.
Katherine A, Fisher, of New York,
Institute, Miss Marlon H.". Men ́
The de luxe Ford club plane is
VISIT OF FIRST LORD OF THE Orlebar has since been exceeded in ideally equipped for the serving
ADMIRALTY.
Rugby, Yesterday.
these practice flights. British Wireless Service.
THAT CHOPPER. ALLEGED BURGLAR'S ATTACK
-ON AMAH.
of the unique luncheon planned by Miss Earber. Seven. reclining overstuffed chairs and a well- appointed two-place davenport sockets on the arms of the chairs provide seats for nine. Special..
hold individual serving trays. Music was provided during the luncheon by the plane's Joud- speaker radio. SEE
The First Lord of the Ad- miralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander,; visited Rome today. He was ac- companied by Rear-Admiral Chetwode and was met by the Minister of Marine, Admiral Sirlanna, and other high Italian A Chinese was to-day charged be Naval and Foreign Office officials, fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell with bur ..........................................................and members of the British glary on the first floor of 110 Lock The kitchenette in which the
Embassy staff.-British Wireless hart Road, Wanchai, and, with caus- aerial luncheon was prepared is. ment of India's denial evident-Service..
ing grievous harm to an amah em- one of the most interesting ly refers to a reported later kale,
ployed there. He admitted the features of the plane. It is situat- charges.
ed just opposite the entrance door Detective Sergeant M. Murphy of the plane and partitioned off said that the accused gained admia- from the remainder of the cabin. sion to the flat by climbing up the 1hough compact, it is fully equip drain water pipe. He was discover ped to prepare and serve ed by the amah, who raised the elaborate club luncheon. alarm. In an attempt to quieten A combination aluminium sink,.
as it is known that a further sale THAMES TUNNEL of silver actually occurred lasti
eek.-Reuter:
of China trade.
He
WORK TO BEGIN ON NEW £3,000,000 SCHEME.
"Rugby, Yesterday.
ESCAPED CHIMPANZEE.
Mr. Alexander Moir, retired
[A message of August 29 merchant, who died on July 14, as stated: Opinions of financiera Burgh House, left estate in, the concerning financial aid for China Colony amounting to $56,700, and differ widely, it was indicated to- gross personally in the United day at hearings of Senator Key Work on the new home her the accused dragged bar into the drain board and hot plate, with Kingdom to the value of £19,078 Pittman's committee on probleme tunnel between Dartford; and kitchen. In the course of a strug: shelf and closet space above and A hundred thousand people are (168. 1d.
Purfleet, which is to cast gle in the cook-house, accused below, provide the working place £3,000,000, will begin before was alleged to have picked up a for the chef. Water is provided was captured by the Government affected by the foods, due to the
Mr. Moir was residing in Burgh Some favour a gold loan and Christmas-British Wireless Ser- chopper and struck the amah with from a tap supplied from an over- - troops last Saturday, it is now sudden rise of the Brahmaputra in House, Burgh by Sands in Cumber others beve that a large silver vice. confirmed that the 10th Route the Nowgong District.
it. The alarm was taken up by head tank, with gauge to indicate (Yunnan) Army were the first in water in some places has reached land at the time of his death. He credit be most serviceable.
other Inmates. The Police arrived the amount available, entering the city followed by a the house tops and granaries, and formerly came from Little Firth Mr Wilson, San Francisco
and arrested the accused in the The hot plate on which the portion of the 59th division under cattle have been washed away and head, near. Dalbeattle, Kirkcudbanker told, the committes that
advocated silver Boazis."!
house, bright, the roads and railways broken..
Berling August 18. Yu Hon-mou, the 16th newly-
luncheon was prepared ......... is In his will, he beques
also supported the return to a
The capital's subway trafle was
The amah was taken to the Gov-haated by Pyrofat con organised. division under Yang
thing to his wife,
policy of goreign concessions, dislocated for half an hour when ernment Civil Hospital where she contrated gas carried fa a tank Ting-chung and the independent
Moir, with the
* rather than a drift in the other full-grown Chimpanzee escaped will have to remain for a fortnight concealed in a small cabinet. brigade under Wang Yam-wan
legacy of a
direction, unless early measures from a travelling circus and at least. She is able to lose two Small round windows furnish light from the east and south gates. bouring village for refuge dar
then were taken to restore order evaded capture by running for fingers of her right hand, and her to the compartment. There are The insurgent remnants coming the occupation of the city by
Fears were expressed by Mr. shelter in the subway station other Injuries are cute on the face also a small dome light, ventilator manded by Wei Yun-chung were the rebels are gradually comfürge
Wilson that Japan and Soviet where it dumped past open-mooth and ear
and electric; fan,
N retreating in the direction of Wu-back when they learned
Russia might assist China to gained guards and disappeared into ming, the home of the late Lu Nationalists success
wide control:
the tunnel evading mirad He said that he believed Chins elec shi; preferred to borrow from the tem- United
Government in subway.
and
Yung-ting, ex-Liang Kwang Gov-
ernor MA
Reuter
"The main boo
ment f
Upon the arrival of the Govern nor
ment, forces, peace and order in
Nanning was immediately
ed, while the résident ..
suing their usu 19
Frob
Jatead?
disband armitea
In view of the serious nature Specially constructed felt-lined susly, the injuries the Bergeant saked that racks are provided © for-cupa
sentence be deferred until a further saucera, plates and glasses, while medical report can be obtained as to linen and silver ware are available the aman's condition
in special drawers
the
L'If the accused succeeded in Ferlowing their luncheon the ything the Sergeant sald chubwomen and other guests wrote managed to get only 48 conta" | serial notes to their friends below at the writing desk In the forward part of the cabin.