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SHAM-SHUI-PO EXPLOSION, "CARGO CATCHES FIRE.
YESTERDAY'S RESUMED ENQUIRY.
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MEMORIAL DAY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 31ST 1994
CS. LADIES DECORATE GRAVES AT HAPPY VALLEY,”
A function that was both graceful and At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday pathetic in its character took place yes, helore Mr. E M Hamilton, the exterday at Happy Valley Cemetery, quiry was resumed into the circumstances the principal participant being a com- attending the death, of four persons who mittee of American ladies. were killed in an explosion which occurred on a junk off the praya at Sham-shui-po -on March 13th.
Mr. Leo d'Almada watched the case on
behalf of the Kwong Wah Hing Company, from whose godown the enrgo was being faded into the junk.
A Chinese witness anil that he was in the junk on which the explosion occurred, when the cargo was being loaded. About hundred bags of sulphur were put on board. Coolies next brought bags of 'saltpetre, which they slid down into the oat along planks. Some were dumped on the praya and caught fire. Witness heard a crackling noise coming from some of these sacks, and soon after saw that
several of the bags were on fire. At that time the cargo was all right,
His Worship: Were you toll to move the junk -Yes,
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COMPANY MEETING.
THE STAR FERRY COMPANY, LTD. COMPANY TO CONFINE ITSELF TO
PASSENGER TRAFFIC ONLY.
The twenty-sixth ordinary general meeting of the Star Ferry Co., Ltd., was held at the ofhoes of Meware Jardins,
Thord
ANOTHER PIRATICAL
OUTRAGE.
TOW BOAT FIRED ON: SEVEN
WOUNDED ONE KILLED. Word has been received by the Naval authoritics in Hongkong that a piratical | outrage occurred recently on the West hiver not far from Kongmoon. The news.
kong by the Commander of HMS. Tariatula.
The occasion was Memorial Day, & Matheson & Co., Ltd.. yesterday at noon of the piracy was despatched to Hong- day which has been set apart in the Mr. B. D. F. Beith presiding. United States for the decoration of were also present: Mr. C. Gordon Mackie (Director), Mr. W. S. Brown
It appears that the incident, took place originally intended chiefly for the honouring of the last rest (Secretary) and the following share of Yah Ming. The Tok Shan-Kongmoon ing places of Civil War heroes, but of holders: Messrs. E. E. Neave passenger service boat was fired ou by date years the observance has grown to Davison, D. Mackenzie. H. Hyde, Epirates from the banks of the river ro Ford, L. S. Greenhill, F. H. Crapnell, embrace a wider scope.
O. F. Ribeiro, A. A. Alves, and A. H. da Silva
Carrying a profusion of beautiful wreaths and other foral offerings, the ladies proceeded by, car to Happy Valley in the morning, and decorated the graves of American subjects buried there.
“A 'US, saval detachment, under an
officer, was present and assisted the
ladies in the work.
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sulting in one passenger being killed and even wounded. H.L.B. Tarcalule later arrived on the scene and the wounded The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemen.-passengers were transferred to the Naval pressume it, is your wish that the report boat and taken to Canton where they and accounts which have been in your were handed over to the Civil authorities bands for several days, should, as usual, for transfer to hospital. Company continues to give a satisfactory the pirates from the banks of the river be taken as read. The working of the A projectile said to have been fred by
return and in view of the increased was found on board the tow boat, and is earnings for last year, we are ezabled now in the hands of the Naval authorities. The Commander of the Tarantule, as to, place a reserve account which has not been add- Chief British Naval Offect on the West River, has asked the Naval authorities The balance available for appropria fongkong to approach the Consul- tion, including 833,620.30 brought forward General in Canton with a view to getting from inat year, is $207,32.71 and your the Chinese Authorities to adopt inea- directors recommend dealing with this sures to put a stop to piratical attacks in this particular section of he river, where amount as follows:-
they appear to be of frequent occurrence.
substantial sum to
Among the Committee were: Mrs. Chas E. Richardson (chairman), Mrs. Dunbar, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Duclos, Mrs. bayers, Mrs. Holman Scott, Mrs. Benson, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Tracey, arul a numbered to since, 1921. of wives and daughters of American naval men.
Answering the alagistrate, the witness said that sparks from the burning sacks were blown into the junk: and all of a Two magnificent floral pieces, fashion sudden the cargo caught fire. Witnessed to represent the U.S. Bag were espe jumped into the water before the explo cially noticeabue among the decorations, sion occurred. He was strack ou the which also included tau anchors, threa acek by some object while in the water, crosses, and sixty large wreaths. but was not seriously injured."
A storekeeper in the employ" of the Kwong Wah Hing Company said that his firm dealt in sulphur and saltpetro. In answer to his Worship, witness said that his company had from 300 to 400' casky of potassium chlorate in stock'in January last. On March 13th he received an order
to deliver 100 bags of sulphur, and he Here engaged coolies for the work. ceived no order for saltpetre. but had an order for chlorate of potash. Ile sent aut about 200 bags of it.
SEQUEL TO BIG ARMS SEIZURE.
DEFENDANTS RELEASED. ON
$10,000. HAIL.
At the Central Magistracy, yesterday, afternoon, two Chinese named Chan Fat, aged 37, unemployed and Ng Tit Hang, manager of the Chum Kee Money changer's shop, was charged with un- lawfully importing into the Colony without the licence of the Captain
spare
Pay a dividend of $2 per
share
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$80.000.00 Pay a bonus of $9 per share 80,000.00 Transfer to reserve fund..... 100,000.00 Carry forward to new ne-,
count
37,239.1
$297,252.71
NEW FERRY BOATE BEING CONSTRUCTED.
PIRATES SHOT.
EAST RIVER GANG CLEARED OUT.
Following up their campaign for the suppression of pirates haunting the East At our last meeting, reference was River creeks, General Chen Kwing Ming's made to the congesion on the ferries and to the proposed plans for the construc. troops have now practienily cleared out tion of larger beats capable of carrying the whole of the notorious gang of pirates. motor vehicles, at the same time as which has been responsible for so many passengers. After rature consideration, however, your directors have come to the daring piracies during the last two years, conclusion that this Company should con- the most sensational of which was the fine its operations to a purely passenger piracy of the s.5. Suid. We are inform- Sered to meet the congestion od on good authority that only quite caused by the larger number of passen-
- In answer to big Worship, witness said he did not realize "fully, the dangerous Superintendent of Police, four cases congers travelling on our ferries two new recently at Tam Shui two pirates who nature of the stuff, but he had given or-taining 00 Luger pistols, 190 ders to the coolies to be careful in their handling of it.
He was ordered by the storekeeper from
magazines, 50 stocks, 5,0 rounds of a munition, rounds of flat nosed, an munition, and ten, cases containing 3
The
the head office to send out the stuff in auser, pistals, 10,070 rounds of muring the day. These arrangements we attacks in that direction, for some time
bags. It was delivered at his gudowa in casks, which had since been taken tu picces for use as firewood..
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His Worship: I take it that you took the casks to pieces -Some of them.-.
Did you do this on an order from the hop Yes.
Are you sure you did not do it for your own, beac&t 1-I did not.
Have you ever sent out a big consign- ucat of potassium chlorate before in bags --Yes
When I cannot remember.
His Worship: I put it to you that you have never before sent out potassium chlorate in bags-Yes. I have.
The other rooms in the godowns are let to families -Yes, private people,
Witness admitted that on the casks there were the words ""Chlorate of Potash. Dangerous," but on the bags there was no such notice.
A member of the Jury said he would like to ask bow long the witness had been. in the employ of the firm. The answer was since the seventh moon last year, when the godowns were started.
Juspector Murphy: How many bags did you have in the godown on the day after. the explosion Twenty-eight, A few were afterwards recovered from the praya
munition.
Mr. R. E. A. Webster" appeared for the defence. Chief Detective Inspector J. Grant, who, prosecuted, asked for formal remand and the case was remand ed to June 6th Bail of $5,000 each being allowed. As ball was forthcoming the defendants were released.
The arms and ammunition wete seized by the Revenue Officers in fourteen cases No. 99 godown at the Kowloon go downs. The cases were unloaded, from the s.. Awar Maru which arrived in port on May 24th from Bremen and Ham-
burg:
MODERN JACK SHEPPARD. RETURNS FROM BANISHMENT TO DO TWELVE MONTHS.
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vessels with increased accommodation are took part in the piracy of the s.5. now under construction. When these are completed it is our intention to continue dragen were executed there. with the reconditioning of the older fergang has now been definitely been broken rms, and as soon as circumstances per-up and it is thought that Hoogkong ship. mit to introduce a five minutes service ping will be quite safe from piratical hope will materially add to the comfort and convenience of our patrons a matter that will continue to receive the close attention of your Directors and should the volume of traffic still further increase they ma find it recessary to replace the dious vessels. smaller boats by new and more.commu-
TYPHOON DAYAOK.
The typhoons in July and August, regret to say, caused considerable dam. age to Ice House Street Pier. Part of the cost of repairs has been recovered under the insurance policy, and the balance, amounting to 85,371, bas been debited to Prait and Loss Accounti
While on this subject I feel sure I am voicing your sentiments in recording our appreciation of the loyal and gallant ser- vices rendered by the boxswains and crews of our launches during those trying times. It is due chiefly to their efforts "that no sericus nevident happened to the passengers on the morning of 18th. passengers on the morning of August When a Chinese appeared at Kowloon 18th, and incidentally that the bill for Magistracy yesterday, charged with re-repairs to our Bleet, was a comparatively turning from barishment, Inspector small one." Hutchins naked for the maximum punish ment to be inflicted.
I do not think there is anything for ther in the necpants that calls for con meut ned i now beg to proopse that the report an accounts, as presented, bo adopted and passed.
to come.
MARINE COURT CASES.
At the Marine Court yesterday morning Chan Kan, the master of a fishing jaun. was fined 225, for using drags and grap- pling irons in the Harbour without per
mission of the Harbour Master. He was. also- fined $a for dumping #rubbish or other substance in the Harbour without permission.
Four masters and ten mistresses of bouts were charged with mooring inshore during probibiting hours. One mistress failed to put in an appearance and her bail of 8. was estreated. The rest pleaded Guilty." Fines of 3 were im pused on the heavier boats and $1 on the small craft.
VALUABLE IRON MINES IN
CHINA.. DESTRUCTIVE «INFLUENCE OF POLITICS I BUSINESS.
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The Asiatic News Agency says:-For the purpose of reorganising the valuable iron mines at Lungkuan and Yestungshan along the. Peking-Shuiyuan Railway, the shareholders of the corporation have elected Admiral Wa Yu-lis, Minister of managing director. Communications, as These valuable iron mines were originally
The man had given a great deal of After an elderly Chinese woman had trouble, said the Inspector. He had on described how she heard shouts of one occasion escaped from a detective by "Smoke! Bun!'"', Sergt. Goble was sworn. He said that on the afternoon jumping off the Praya, and the detective, of March 13th he was in Shau-shui-po in trying to follow, had broken his leg. polico station when he heard two explo Captured later, the man had again at sions in rapid succession. He proceeded tempted to escape by jumping into the the proposition of Mr. F. H. CHAPNELL, discovered by Mr. Anderson. a Swedish!
out, and near the ice factory on Sham- shui-po praya he saw the ruins of a junk it the water. People were then being taken from the water. Witness got a
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Hi Worship (Mr. E W. Hamilton) passed sentence of twelve months' hard
small bout, and in part of the wreckage Labour.. he found the body of a mad.
Opposite the wreckage, 00 feet from the
ive factory's wall was a heap of white A DEAF RICKSHAW COOLIU material which was afterwards shown to
he saltpetre and chloreto of potash. Over
Said to be stone deal, a ricksha coolie,
the heap was a very thin layer of sulphur appeared before Mr. P E Lindsell Witness saw picors of bags burning on yesterday, at the Central Magistracy,
the heap. PRE
Mr. C. Gounox MACKIE seconded the adoption of the report and accounts and the motion was unanimously carried.
The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.H.G., was re-elected to the Board of Directors on schouded by Mr. E. H. NEAVE-
The appointmicot of Mr. C. Gordon Mackie as a Director of the Company in place of Mr. A. O. Lang resigned, was confirmed on the motion of Mr. L. S. GREENHILL BCCorded by Mr. K. 5. Fond. Mr. C. Bernard Brown was re-elected auditor for the ensuing year at a remu ration of $300 per annum on the motion of Mr. J. Hyns, seconded by Mr. D. Mackenzie,
This was all the business before the meeting, the Chairmar announcing that
He was of opinion that the sulphur was on a charge of pulling a ricksha without dividend warrants were ready and could blown on to the heap by the explosion.a licence and offering a bribe to a polies be had an application. Forty feet from the heap he found the officer. hody of a woman, with a large wound at the back of the head,
"At this point the enquiry was adjourn od until next Friday:
FARIES OF THE FOUNTAIN. ZEAL TO EARN MONEY LEADS TO BLACK EYE.
try of Agriculture and Commerce, and the mining corporation was organized by the Anlu leaders, "La Chung-yu, former Minister to Japan; Tsao Ju-lin, former Minister of Finance; and Ting Shih-ynas, former director of the Peking-Hankow and the Peking-Shuiyuan Railways. With the support of Marshal Tan Chi-jut, ex- Fremior, and Hsu Shih-chang, ex-Presi dent, the company started working with
capital of five million dollars. Darin the course of the world war. large quan- purchasers and Japan, and consequently tities of iron cres were sold to Western a loan of two million dollars was contract- ed from the Sino-Japanese Exchange Bank for the erection of modern furnaces
tical defeat of the Aalu party in Peking at Yeutungshan. Unfortunately, the poli caused great confusion in the administra-. tion of the corporation, and at the pre- sent time, the company is practically life- less For the re-construction of this valuable company, whose iron ores are reported to be equal in quality to the Taych iron ores of the Han Yeh Ping. Corporation, and the Japanese iron mines. Inspector Blackman explained that the nt Fushun, South, Manchuris, the Anfa trouble arose over the use of the public leaders have now transferred their rights fountain in Parker Street, where women to the Chibli lenders. filled buckets to curry for their era- It is reported that Japanese and other ployers at one cent per bucket. The foreign capitalists are willing to invest injured girl, being anxious to earn a money for the successful development of ronch money as possible, attempted to the mines provided the organization and Detective Inspector Pincott said that
use the foundation out of turn. A dispute management of the Chinese corporation documents seized at the arrest disclosed
The Magistrato found the charges arpa, said the Inspector, and he rather be thoroughly reorganised on, up-to-date that defendant was holding communica tion with a band of pirates. For the proved and imposed sentence as follows: thought she got the worst of it. business lines. Admiral Wu Ju-lin, on purpose of further examining these For pulling a rieksha without a licence is Worship's decision was quite im account of the pressure of bis duties, bas documenta he asked for a remand. he was fired to or 7 days; for offering partial, a fine of $5, with the alternative appointed M Sheng Chi, technical ex- Mr. Lizdsel acceded to this request a bribe he was food $25 or three weeks of one weck's imprisonment, being impert of the Chisotaugpu, as the resident
the sentences to run consecutively! posed on each woman.
firector of the Long-Yen Mines. and fixed bail at $1,000.
COMMUNICATING WITH
PIRATES.
ACCUSATION AGAINST TRIAD SOCIETY MAN.
A Chinese was charged at the Central Zingistricy sesterday with belonging to an unlawful society, to wit the Triad Society,
of a
His Worship naked, why defendant was allowed to go out and pull a ricksha when he was deaf. Wast would happen, he asked, if he got in the way motor-car To this n clansman of the Two young Chinese wouien, one with defendant's, replied that although de badly bluckened left eye, appeared be fendant was denf he could see, wherefore M, E W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy. yesterday,, charged with dis upon the Magistrate asked how he could orderly conduct. see behind him.
Ultimately the charges had be written out in Chinese and shown to defendant who pleaded not guilty to the court of offering a sum of $1.26 as a bribe. The police officer then gave evidence and this had also to be written.
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