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·FRANCE'S REPLY, “
ARGUMENT FOR ARGUMENT.
Paris, August 17th
The Imernal dee Debata sags that the first portion of the French reply to the British note reproduces the British text and the French observations' thereon in pamilel eclimas.
The paper hopes that this detailed discussion, which London initipted. "will not divert attention from the remainder of the reply in which M. Foincare sets out Jus riews.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, .~AUGUST 20TH, 1928.
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LABOUR TROUBLES IN GERMANY:
STETTIN, August 17th. The shipyahl workers have resumed work. The dockers' strike continues.
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NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED. "
BERLIN, August 18th. The Deuterka Tageblatt Kas been sus praded for a fortnight for attacking Herr Stresemann and the Republican form of Government
GROWING AGITATION AGAINST
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REICHSBANK OFFICIALS,
BERLIN, August 17th. The agitation is graying against Haven: - stern and von Glovemapp. President and' Vice-President of the Reichslunk, who are-Idamed for the depreciation of the Mark.
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WORLD OF SPORT.
FOOTBALL.
CHINA 11, AUSTRYLIA,
SYDNEY, August 18th. The fird football test match. Austra lia e. China, resulted in a win for Aus- „tralia by five "goals" to one.
The atteinlance numbered 25,000.
TYPHOON NEWS.
(Continued from page 5) house (The Mount) From being under mined by the road works, the hillside there having had several landslides this
summer.
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HAPPY VALLEY.
trees uprooted by the wind lay across Happy Valley and the surrounding 'rosi. the road. The roots of one of these trees dential arons experienced in full force et would probably measure twenty feet in the blow, Trees Were aproatel and branches circumference and they had evidently. hurled in all directions, causing consider reached well into the ground. The dam- able damage to property and danger to age along the road was not confined to Telephone wires had been pulled life. The grand stand belonging to the t Barker Road and Magazine Gap Road Baseball League is again in ruas, while down by falling trees and these entangle were hot 36 yerely affretel, but houses ading through the valley have been torn Light standards had been bent by the a numbe of the trees alongside the rondents were strewn all over the place. there, too, now let in rain through at up by the roots A number of residential wind whilst a number of the stout irva lenst part of their roofs. The trees on buildings in Morrison Gap Road had telephone poles near the military mule this slope of the hill now present a sorry their verandah roots torn off, the iron depot were doubled over and lying ou spectacle, the damages to branches result hurtling in allirections. The Anglo- top of the wall. Nearly every road on ing in so many dying leaves.
Chinese school in Wanchai Gap Road will the right hand side going up Nathan The military mule atables-the hideons A party of businessmen who left the be lit for occupation for some time as Road was blocked by trees. Following are the results of Saturday's Peak for the City at 8.30 am, da Salur a large tree opposite was blow overlocking structures on the left hand side
day and an exciting experience when they crashing through the roof, reached Wanchai Gap. The bond of the strength of the gale must also have beat of the road, opposite St. Andrew's car was blown away and they were forced felt at the Naval Hospital, for the Church were brought down and water
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among the trees in this was pouring over the wall in a sheet to crawl on their stomaches to ehelter.
During the typhoon an amab, employed quarter have been particularly heavy. Two of the matsheds had only partially. by Mrs, Logan nt No., The Peak, Some of them fouled the telephone wires collapsed whilst the third was altogether either jumped or fell from the first floor and the weight of the sodden timber down. None of the mules were lost. verandah. The unfortunate wonian was dragged the wires down, causing a number They were turned loose by the Indian seriously injured. Dr. Brawn was called of the iron telephone poles to snap off soldiers and allowed to roam about the in and he rendered medical assistance at the base. It is probable that telephone depot ground at will, and later the amah was sent to
thecommunication will be interrupted for: Government Civil Hospital
some time.
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Scottish League matches-
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Aberdeen, 3; Clydebank, 1. Airdrieonians, 3: Hamilton, 2/ Celtic 2: Falkirk, 1. Partick, a; Ayr, D. Hearts, 0; Clyde, 0. Raith, 3; Dundee, 0. Third Lanark, 1; Hibernian, 4....... Kilmarnock, 1; Queen's Park, 4. St. Mirren, 3; Morton, 1. Motherwell, o; Glasgow Rangers, 3.
"THE FASTEST HORSE IN THE
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Loxins. August 18th
Pants, August 18th. The Premier, M. Poingare, intends to invert the original order of the French The newspaper Foraarde, mys" that ENGLISH DERBY WISNER TO CONTEST TITLE reply, making the general exposition of unless they resign within three days, the the French policy precede, and not fol Social Democrats will demand an immedi low, the detailed analysis of the British ate Raichstag uleeting, with the object of Note; thus, the exposition will prepare turning' them out. It appears that this the way for subsequent discussion, and is the only way of getting rid of them, the points on which it is hoped an agrees their appointments are lite ones. It ment may be reached will be brought out before the objections to the British argu- ments have been raised, thus making „Clear Françe's goodwill and friendliçess.
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is asserted that they are oppily mutinous against the Government policy,' and the power with which they are invested is hek to be largely responsible for the present financial situation.
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OIL TANK THE ELLIS ISLAND SCANDAL
· DISASTER.
SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, August 17th. An underground tank with a capacity of of 200.000 barrels, owned by the General Petrolema Company, exploded owing to spontaneous combination, shaking the entire eity. The less is estimated at bundreds of
ahousands of dollars.
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A south-west wind is sweeping the Blames in the direction of the neighbour ing residences, and hundreds are feing from the vicinity of the tank, carrying their personal effects.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
RALLY IN FRENCH FRANCS.
Au suprovement in Francs
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feature of to-day's exchanges.
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IMMIGRANTS BLAMED.
WASHINGTON. August 17th.
Mr. Ben Irish, the owner of the Derby winner Papyrus, has accepted a tha lenge from American racing men to race against, a selected American champion, at Belmont Park on October 20th for £10,000 and the title of "fastest horse in the world." The loser is to receive 24,000.
TENNIS
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SIGHT.
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The Kowloon Cricket Club Pavilion weathered the storm well. The front part of the pavilion has got been dam- aged, but a very small portion of the roof at the back has been lifted. The ericket ground was, strewn with rubbish and under water.
The Government quarters, known as Cox's Path, are said to have been dans-
CONSIDER BLE DAMAGE, AT THE PEAK HOTEL.
Resident at the Peak Hotel took breakfast on Saturday morning huddled into the centre of the dining room, the NATHAN ROAD A BEWILDERING enclosed verandahs being under water from leakage through the window panes, particularly at the North end against EIGHT MOTOR-BUSES OVERTURNED. aged rather badly These buildings which the wind and rain beat with extra- that attendance at their offices would be ordinary violence. Those who, realising impossible, turned over and took another dilatoriness. About half-past-nine o'clock forty winks.were punished for their several of the panes of glass at the North end came in with a crash and the dining room was exposed to the full fury of the storm. Floors were swamped,, table cloths were flapping like torn sails, and the dining room had to be cleared and the doors barred as firmly as possible, to prevent the wind gaining further access. to` the building.
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For spectacular damage Kowloon takes and they received the fall force of the the maia typhoon. The roofs and verandahs of thoroughfare, Nathan Road, where people the houses were damaged. uprooted trees lying at all ungles across railing running along the railway line on Saturday at tifin time encountered Along Chatham Road most of the iron the road at practically every 30 yards to the railway bridge was blown down as 50 along the whole of this fine also was the matshed on the children's thoroughfare leading out to Yaumati. ground. Several matsheds behind Holt's Rut naturally the damage was not con Wharf collapsed, and the Kowloon Fire Gued to the uprooting of trees. The read Brigade was called to rescue a number of were Hooded, and live electric wires for coolies who were said to have been buried a time formed a deadly anare to the un- there. By the time they arrived the wary Matsheds were torn from their buried inmates had been rescued by en- foundations and in some places had been ployds ́ of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Soon afterwards end windows of the lifted by the wind into the roads
In Austin Rond, a coolie belonging to a contractor's matshed was electrocuted corridors on upper floors gave way and were several serious collapses of houses
When the police dis- portions of the roof were tem off, ren and matsbeds, involving loss of life. by a live wire. dering several
uninhabitable. Further out in the districts, towards Kow-covered him he was lying with the wire Lath and plaster partitions were apping loon City, Hung Hom and Sham Shui Po touching his body whilst the dead man's in the wind and sending clouds of dust motor buses had been caught by the band was touching a goat which lay dead through the corridors. Before the wind elements and overturned on their sides, beside him. abated, at about I am considerable some of them being badly smashed. Oce In Yaumati extensive damage has been damage had been done at the Hotel. of those on the Kowloon City Road had
As the kitchen and pantry were put out of action a picnic tiffin of sandwiches was arranged by the management and The British couple, Miss McKane and in the evening dinner was served in the Mrs. Covell, won the Doubles Champion lounge, which will be used for meals ship against Miss Goss and. Mrs. Wight-pending the repair of the dining room windows Eleven bedrooms are out of
AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Forest Hils, August 18th, Miss Helen Wills won the Women's American Lawn Tennis Championship, defeating,Mrs, Mallory by 6-2, 6-1,
Miss Wills, who is a Californian school girl played spectacularly. Right through out the game she out-generalled Mrs. Mallory, who has held the title seven times.
U.S. DOCHLES CHAMPIONSHIP.
clares that immigrants themselves aro Mr. Davis, Secretary of Labour, de responsible for conditions at Ellis Island 31r. Davis asserts that the remedy for disclosed in Sir Auckland Geddes report.
the congestion lies in the control of imigration at the source.Mr. Carran, the Immigration Commissioner at Ellis Islanil. insists that conditions have im- itored since Sir Auckland Geddes --6, 6-2, 6-1. investigated them. Mr. Wallis, former Commissioner, strongly supports the charges in the Geddes report.
STEAMER'S DISPUTED PASS AGE THROUGH BIEL CANAL. GERMANY MUST PAY DAMAGES.
TUR BADCE, August 17th. The Court of International Justice has decided that Germany was not justified in preventing the Wimbledon entering the Kiel
DAVIS CUP.
Bostos, Angust 19th.. Anderson defeated Hirsh, 7-5, 6-2, 6-), of the game. oit-playing the Freuchmau at every stage
In the final match Laveste beat Melanes, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
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been lifted right off the road and hurled into a paddy field. Strange to say. Hung collapses. The roof of Police Inspector Hom nad Kowloon City got off lightly. Murphy's quarters has been blown off casualties have been reported from these bai Street, a house collapsed. All the Both places had minor collapses, hut no and the furniture damaged. In Shang- inmates escaped with the exception of two places.
one man who was buried in the debris, Starting on a tour of inspection from and when he was reached by police and the Kowloon Ferry Wharf the first thing fire brigade men he was found to be life- to be noticed is that the clock face of the less. In Saigon Street a Chinese was Kowloon-Canton Railway Station Clock Tower (the side facing the Water Policoectrocuted by a live wire. Station) has been badly boled, though the clock itself seems to have withstood the typhoon and to have showed the time throughout. Not so with the electric clock on the wharf.. Thly one had stopped at 9.50 .m. just when the typhoon was working up to its climax.
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On the main road leading from Yau- mati to the motor bus station no fewer than three motor-busca were to be seen lying on their sides. Apparently no per- son was injured when the wind toppled them over. They may have been aban- doned at the time they were overturned." Their drivers and passengers, if they had any, probably seeking a sofer refuge elsewhere.
AN ADVENTURE ON THE HILL AIDE. Three residents of the Peak Hotel, one a young lady, decided, when the Tram service was suspended, to proceed to their several advocations on font: win the Penk Road. They struggled about half way down the hill, but when branches began to be torn from trees all around them they took shelter in a ravine. It was soon eviilent that they were not sale
Locking along Canton Road, it Beon that the road was blocked by sex there from falling boughs, so the party resolved to make the best of their way eral trees. It was, in fact, completely. back to the Hotel, an undertaking oc blocked for the length of about 300 yards.
At Kowloon Teai it was at first feared that there had been serious loss of life force of the storm which threatened to atretched across from one wall to another.in the collapse of a tile-roof matshed and lift them off their lect and fling them At the Water Police Station the huge it was rumoured that some, 60 coolies, over the cliff side. Only by clinging to matahod which has for some months past employed by Lee Hing, the contractor. branches during the severest gusta was covered the 100f of the station was blown this fate averted. Her companions were full of praise of the plucky conduct of the young lady under the trying ordeal.
CONDITIONS ON THE HIGHER LEVELS.
Irines. were quoted at 82:37 and Belgian Caual, and should therefore pay compensa. | tralia bas thus won the final and will meetcupying more than an hour, owing to the This road is narrow and the fallen trees
at 103.35. Marks were quoted at eighteen millions.to £1.
LONDON, August 17th.. Foreign exchanges are rather erratic. French francs elossil at 81.65 and Belgian at 103.90, Marks are quoted about weventeen millions.
SPECULATIVË ' INFLAKNCES HARASSING FRASCE.
اسه
PARIS, August 18th, The Finance Minister, M. Delasteyrie quoted taxation, export and other figures support of his contention that the impreciation of the frane was is wise
tion.
اوبر
D. Basdevant for France, opening the chse against Germany, demanded an indem pity of 176,000 francs plus six per cent interest,
America în the challenge round.
JATEL
Hawkes and Anderson represented Australia; Lacoste and Brugnon France.
The match was closely and most bril- British, Italian and Japanese representa. Hintly contested. The Frenchinen showed tives maile statements for the prosecution. | sensational flashes, but, the Australians They contended that Germany's action wne│piny was remarkable throughout. contrary to the Peace Treaty.
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Herr Schiffer for Germany declared that implication in the Russo-Polish war would have held serious internal dangers for FRENCH GLIDING COMPETITION. Germany. He expressed the opinion that
PARIS, August 18th. the provisions of the treaty is this regard should be interpreted in the spirit instead Simon remained in the air 47mins. 35secs. In the gliders competition at Vauville,
[The German Government refused passage for the steamer Windfeldon through the Kiel Canal in 1921, and France claimed damages against Germany under the Versailles Treaty. Germany alleged that the ship was proceeding to Danzig with a cargo of 4,000 tons of war material for Poland which was then warring against Russia.]
dun to the ewnomic situation, but to of the letter. speculative influences directed towards harassing France in her grutal policy He
expressed confidence that mutenvres would be defeated,
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U.S. IMMIGRATION.
*NEW YORK, August 18th. General Leukonisky, ex-Chief of Staff of the Russian Monarchist Army, and his family have been now admitted into the United States.
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They were at first vefused permission | months. to land on the ground that the Russian #quota had been exhausted.]
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EFFECTIVE.
ORDERS TO SCRAP 28 AMERICAN BBIPS.
WASHINGTON, August 17th:
The naval limitation and fotir-power treaties negotiated at the Washington Con- ferenes were made effective to-day when the representatives of all the signatory Powers" assembled and formally exchanged ratifica- tions.
Immediately the ceremony ended, the Haval Department released orders to scrap the American ships: condemned under the treaty whereby 28 ships, with a tonnage of three quarters of a million, will be demolish
ød.
THE PYRENEES TRAGEDY.
THE HAGUE, August 17th. The charabant victims at Tarbes were not pilgrims but members of a co-operative Dutch travelling society, mostly young un- married peoplo headed by the editor of a weekly paper, The Protestant,
[Twenty-three Dutch subjects after visit- ing Lourdes were killed at Saint Satreur in the Pyrenees, through a charabane fall ing into a ravine. The accident was caused by the driver trying to avoid a woman in tho mad
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INDIAN AGITATOR
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TOO ILL" FOR JAIL,
LAHORE, August 17th. Laipatrai who was imprisoned for par ticipation in Gandhi's non-co-operation cam. paign has been released on the ground of liness. He is believed to be suffering from tuberculosis.
COMMUNIST DISTURBANCES
AT AIX-
AIXLA CHAPELL), August 17th.
A Further eight persons were killed and 50 injured in Communist disturbances which are continuing..
Fifteen of the persons earlier reported injured bave died.
"Two bundred civilians have been to reinforce the police at authorised Alsdorf,
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INTIMATES DECEIVED.
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LONDON, August 17th. Lancashire, at Southend, deleated Eisex by uine wickets. Hallows for Lancashire compiled 179 not out and O'Connor 98 for Essex, both in their first innings.
At Hastings Surrey's innings was de- clared at 552 for 8 wickets. Ducat con- tributing 120, Shepherd 106. P.G.H. Fender 64 and Hobbs 79. Sussex's scores were 164 and 279 for 7.
Sunterset defeated Worcestershire by 84 runs at Westen-super-Mare. ML Foster compiled 90 in Worcestershire's first innings.
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who is making the 100ft. road, had been buried. On arrival of the Fire Brigade, Police, and Sanitary Department coolies it was found that a large number had been buried, but the majority of those were only imprisoned and not injured. They apparently owe their lives to smart work on the part of the rescuers. When the debris had been gone through it was found that five coolics had been killed and three injured. They were removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital.
away and the rooms on the top foors Inid open to the weather. The strong scaffold ing round about the Station collapsed in a bear, and mixed up with the bamboo poles lying all over the place there were electric wires. It goes without the say. The wind swept up the north side of ing that the hoardings surrounding the the Penk with the effect of shears, top site of the European Y.M.C.A. and the ping off branches and uprooting trees Peninsula Hotel site came down; and a
to roofs, and the telephone wires there was later found over the other side of the over the whole face of the cliff. Houses lot of it has simply disappeared. A quan- in Lugard Road have sustained darsage tity of the Peninsula Hotel's hoarding are down. Interruption of the tolephone railway lines a considerable distance service through this cause is extensive away. The windows of the new Kowloon Hotel appear to have suffered badly on throughout the Hill District.
the Nathan Road front, where only a few. of the large oblong panes of glass remaiu whole out of a very large number of collapse at No. 127, Kramor Street, Tai
windows.
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In all, in the Yaumati police district, other buildings have been reported as damaged. These are minor collapses in which no person was injured.
A COLLAPSE IN SHAM SHUI PD Large portions of the roof of the
In Sham Shui Po there was a "serious manager's house at the Upper Peak Station wore torn off and much damage
Kok Tsui. The house is a three-storied the wind was very strongly felt at Vic- has been done to contents. The force of
Vitoria View-the terrace which runs one and the walla caved in. It was said toris Gap. Many instances were ob at the back of the Kowloon Hotel-hasut first that eight persons were buried in served from the Peak Hotel windows of suffered miscellaneous damage. Jalouses the debris, but when the Police and Firo people being carried off their feet by the are missing, windows have been blown in Brigade arrived only five dead bodios gale. A sanitary bin was carried along and the verandahs have been cleared, for were recovered. Apparently the other. almost with the force of a cannonball and the most part, of the wooden structures occupants had made good their escape. narrowly missed a pedestrian. A. riekaba which have been built thereon, The en- Thero was another house collapse in For.. was awept through the gap between the trance from Nathan, Road to the Terrace chow Street. No person was injured. Peak Hotel and the Tram Station, inis completely blocked; several tress having Proceeding along the Kowloon City
no fewer than five spite of all the efforts of the two coolies, fallen on top of one another in the gate Road there were
motor-buses turned over on their sides.. This vehicle was dashed against the way. coolie shelter and the coolie in the shafts The Star Theatre, seems to have caught One at the Cement Works has had, its was knocked senseless. The Tram Station it rather heavily. The wooden folding back badly smashed in, whilst another was bestrewn with brick rubble from the doors, used as the wide main entrance in has been thrown into a paddy field. Hotel and the vicinity looked like a sec- Hankow Road, were blown in and the fitVery little dorange has been done at tion of Armentieres.
tings just inside were damaged. Through Hung Hom and Kowloon City. In both this wide breach the wind screamed and places there are matsheds down and in screeched and at one time there was a Kowloon City a few old Chinese houses grave danger of the wind lifting up the in the old city have toppled down. Two roof. A large window giving light to the houses at Nos. 3 and 4, Sai Kong Road, have collapsed and about 30 people have cash office has been smashed in.
been rendered homcelas.
At Leeds, Hampshire led Yorkshire on the first innings. Mead scored 132 in Hampshire's first innings and Sutcliffe 87 in Yorkshire's second innings. lead against Middleser. Hardstaff made
»At Lord's Notts obtained a first innings CONDITIONS. AT WEST POINT.
A survey of the West Point district 113 in the first Notts innings and Hendren indicated that the walls of buildings, scored 142 not quit for Middlesex in the even of the older property, stood the
force of the wind unexpectedly well. In Haiphong Road the Palace Hotel is Kent beat Gloucestershire by ten wickets The streets, however, are littered every- the next place to attract, one by damage Ho Mun Tin Garden City village at Chellenbata. Hardinge (Kent) hit up where with debris, consisting mainly of done. The whole of the wooden and escaped with only minor damage to win- 129 in the first inpings.
rool tiles, which points to extensive dam- glass partition screening the dining room, dows and the wind played the mischief At Leicester, Leicestershire defeated age to interiors from water, a, deduction which is on the strect, lovel, has been with gardens. Glamorgan by 109 run.
The workshops in the Kowloon Tong C. H. Taylor home out by the fact that every few blown in and the interior of the room on nings compiled 102 in Leicesterabites accond in-yards the pedestrians risked an addition Saturday was exposed to the view of Estate were badly damaged.
al soaking by the discharge from open passera by. The wind literally wrecked The Steam Laundry at Yaumati has doorways of buckets of dirty water the room. «I Pictures were torn of the heen damaged... mopped up from the floors."
walls, cruete and glass ware hurled on to
"DAMAGE IN THE NEW. THE ABERDEEN FISHING FLEET. the floor and smashed. It was only the ready assistance of Mr. Oxberry's
TERRITORIES,
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At Tai Po the wooden part of the Rail- Aberdeen fishing fleet. On the night be- ture and preventing the wind from lift fore the typhoon the visibility was extra ing them round the room, that saved the way Pier has been demolished, and the ordinarily good, and the fleet could be place from being more severely damaged. stone pitching considerably damaged. easily discerned, operating, with bright The bar room floor of the hotel was under The rond has been breached between the Railway crossing and the causeway lights, near the three islands (called the water during the heavy rain, Lammas) on the horizon beyond Laroma- Nathan Road itself presented a be-bridge..
The railway embankment round Tolo In the morning the fleet was tacking and wildering sight. It reminded, the writer manauyring, evidently trying to make of the have caused to the poplar-lined Harbour has suffered considerably, acces Aberdeen Harbour, but many of them had roads in North Franco by an intense bom sitating a change of trains between not, reached anfety when the typhoon hardment from the enemy's gun during Shatin and Tai Po vy
At hatin several embankments are struck the Colony and the crews probably the days of the War. Nathan Road decided to run before the wind and try brought back thone mental pictures of the broken and much paddy has been ruined, and get under the los of Cheung Chak or war very clearly. Within a hundred by sand and salt water.
(Commurd on page 8.) yards of the Kowloon Theatre five large neighbouring islets. *
One of the most extraordinary happen- ings of the day was the way in which heavy steel oil lighter broke her moor- ings and was driven by the wind through the Harbour at a speed believed to be at least twenty knots an hour, and finally glided smoothly alongside of the Hong London, August 17th-
kong and Macao Steamboat Company's wharf just outside the "Harbour Office. It appears that Major Esterhazy of The stern of the lighter hit the pier and Dreyfus case fame died at Harpenden aged ao siewed the rest of the vessel into posi 74 years. Ho had lived there 16 years as tion. Had there been a compotent navi- a country gentleman with his wife and two gator aboard and had the lighter been sorrants. He was continually engaged in a yacht instead of the ungainly craft it literary work, frequently contributing to was, the thing could not have been better Continental journals. His identity was done. There were about ten Chinese on
board, at the time.") not suspected oven by intimate friends.
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