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CABLES.
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT.] COAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND. COURT OF „ENQUIRY,"
LONDON, July 17th. The preceedings of the coal industry's Court of Inquiry, appointed by the Gov- erument, opened, but were adjourned until Monday to enable the Miners' Federation to reconsider their decision not to participate
The Mining Association's representa- tives were present
BISLEY MEETING. SINGAPORE MAN'S GOOD SHOOTING.
LONDON, July 17th.
At Bisley, Bishop, of Singapore,, won the third place in the Loder Cup chal. lenge shoot. scoring against the win.
ner's score of 100.
THE HONGKONG DAILY^ PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 18TH, 1935
FAR EASTERN CABLE] NEWS.
(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY).
THE ATTACK ON SHAMIER. BRITISH LEGATION'S NOTES TO WAIOHIAOPU.
CONFIRMATION OF CONSUL-GENERAL'S
19PATCH.
PEKING. July 17th. The British Lagation has given out the text of two further notes it has recently sent to the Waichiaopu on the subject of the Shameen incident.
The first is dated July 13th and quotes the substance of Consul-General Jamie. soa's report and goes on to observe that the deplorable incident has been exploit ed for the purposes of an unrestrained press campaign of exlumny and malice against Britain, the promoters of which, without waiting or caring to learn, the facts, have utilised these tragic events as basis of unscrupulous propaganda. It points out that the actual facts show that foreigners, on Shameen were not.the aggressors and that the foreign author- LONDON, July 17th.ities concerned limited their action to a Ave million Commanwaltob loan, what was necessary for the defence of part of the twenty million sterling issue the lives of those on the island, -will be foated is London at £901, bear- ing fire per cent. interest.
AUSTRALIAN LOAN
TO BE FLOATED IN LONDON AND NEW YORK..
'The second note dated July 15th en- closes a copy of a statement signed by
The balance will be issued in seventy-four foreigners who. it says, personally five million dollar bonds in New York, redeemable between 1645-73.
EARLIER CABLES......
NAVAL BUILDING.
MR. BRIDGEMAN'S STATEMENT.
LONDON, July 18th.
In the House of Commons with the ob- ject of extracting à Goverment statement on the building programme, Sir John Simon moved a small reduction in the
witnessed the attack against Shameen. One of these foreigners was a non-British military officer two of the remaining three were also non-British.
WUB
FLOOD'S TOLL OF DEATH.
NOTED LOCAL CHINESE AND HIS FAMILY. PERISH,
CASUALTIES ESTIMATED AT 250.
The burial under masses of wreckage anddenly and without warning of over 300 people in the quiet residential thoroughfare known as Po Eing Fong, close to Caine Read, and the death of many of them was the chief of a series of flood disasters which occurred in various parts of the Colony yesterday,
An extensive retaining wall undermined by the heavy rains gave way, and with it swept away seven buildings in which there were from 250 to 300 inhabitants. The re brigade sections of the Central and Wan- chai districts, and members of St. John Ambulance, as well as the Indian section under Mr. Rumjahn, and a large number of police reserves were soon on the scene.
Splendid work was done by the members of the fire brigade under the direction of Mr. Brooks, and owing to the promptitude and eficiency, of their work about twenty people were rescued alive within three hours. Up to a late hour late night, it was learned from Europeans at the scene of the disaster that a number of dead and over 10 injured persons had been extricated. Some of the latter were, however, sa terribly lacerated that it was thought that they would succumb to their injuries. On enquiry at the " Government Civil Hospital and the Tung Wah Hospital, it was learned that ten of these persons had died. Amongst those who tied at the Tung Wah Hospital soon after admittance was. Mr. Chau Siu Ki, J.P., a former meniber of the Legislative Council and a prominent business man. His death has cast a general gloom over the Chinese community amongst whom he had a large circle frienda. As soon as it was heard that he was amongst the injured and in the Tung Wah Hospital several of his more intimate friends visited the hospital amongst whom was the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewail, who has been intimately associated with him for many years. Mr. Kotewall and other members of the Chinese community Mr. Chan then went to the scene of the catastrophe to offer assistance. Siu Ki's aged mother and a female isember of his household are also amongst the dead, but his son, Mr. T. N. Chau, the local barrister- at-law, was rescued at 11.45 n.m., buried in the centre of & tuge pile of debris. He was severely injured and was taken to the Tung Wah Hospital. His wife was killed and the rest of his family were still entombed yesterday afternoon.
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Just before going to press, it was ascertained that some 50 persons had been extricated, still living, from the wreckage, and removed to diarent hospitals. Fifteen, died in the Tung Wah Hospital, and many
Late last night, the rescue of the others are not expected to survive. workers, who were still convinced, that several persons were still alive among the ruins, were making frantic efforts to obtain communication with them, and if possible to administer food.
REMARKABLE ESCAPES.
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Sergt. W. R. Chesterwood's bad narrow escape from being caught in the avalanche of earth. He was on his way The note sus their statement
to the Government Civil Hospital, and drawn up on the day of the incident but had reached the steps leading to the was not harded to Sir James Jamieson cross-road, when the way was barred by the first landslide. Seeing the retain until June 30th, and the latter had no ing wall giving way, he reached safety by getting to the western side and knowledge of its contents when drawing just as he got clear, the landslide occur- up his own report. The foreigners' acred and the houses crashed. Sergt. Chesterwoods immediately got to work count entirely confirms the Consul and effected the rescue of several persons General's account and shows that the single handed. He also sent two con-
and the Fire Brigade.
unrescued
were
last
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night were
THE "STRIKE SITUATION, LABOUR MORE PLENTIFUL.
Yesterday, all thought of the strike was overshadowed by the terrible catastrophes caused by the land-slides and collapsing
CREEPING BACK.
THE HOUSEBOY'S RETURN.
(Contributed..)
He was not particularly cheerful when
houses following the heavy rains. No he loft us nearly a month ago, but he one seemed to worry whether the workers had that appearance of general wall-' were returning or not. As a matter of being which goes with a thoroughly satis fact, however, the situation continues to fied appetite and a diet that includes improve and the supply of labour is be
plenty of fat. Last night, when, be coming steadily greater.
crept back, into the house, he conveyed an altogether different impression. He
THE CHINESE ASPECT. The situation from the Chinese aspect
Lis improving with great rapidity. Dar looked hungry and scared. He begged to ing the last two days more tea houses, be allowed to come back again to work; restaurants and eating houses have but, in the same breath he zaked for
opened, and the majority of Chinese
harbers have also re-opened. The ver protection. It was quite obvious that nacular press announces new bodies of hunger had forced him to run what he special guards which have been formed
with the object of assisting to preserve genuinely. believed was "a grave risk of the pesce, and it is suggested that the bodily injury. · district special guards should also super-
vise the disposal of nightsoil. Nightsoil He was willing to agree to any terms coolies are returning to work, especially of service. We made it clear that not in the Central district and Yaumati.
TRADE MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION:
only Hould be get-no strike wiger, but that there would be no China New Year *cumshaw." Could we buy his "rice?
The Hongkong Trade Maintenance Association, formed with the object Yes-we agreed to do that, but he must assisting merchants in taking delivery of pay for it. He was quite willing to do cargo lying in the various godownsso, could he bring his relatives this side t and/or in shipping it to various out-
Certainly not was the answer. There ports, has now been duly inaugurated.
Mr. Ha Sai Kwong, has been elected was a critical moment when it seemed
chairman of the Association. Mr. M. E
Lo has been elected as legal adviser of as if he would bolt. He continued to the Association, and Mr. Lo Woon Che plead for his women-folk. We realised as its Hon. Secretary.
Following the suggestion of the Shing the risk that we were taking, but we Yip Company, No. 189. Queen's Road remained firm. Finally, with that our- Central, it has been decided to hold a ious air of indifference that he always meeting of the Chinese landlords off
Hongkong and Kowloon at the Hong Fai put on when he found himself beaten, Restaurant, Queen's Houd Central for he accepted the inevitable.
EMERGENCY CREWS.
THE SIMPLE LIFE:
He departed from us in a hurry and,
at intervals, we wondered whether ha
the purpose of discussing ways and means of curing the Government's assist- of coolies carried away the rubbish. a3ce in the maintenance of the property Several openings
made and market in Hongkong and Kowloon, rescuera entered the remnants of what i had been rooms. The police and Bremen
The President Pieres and the Prewould be true to his word and return were straining every nerve to get to the sident Grant carry emergency crews of next day. We continued our household entombed persons, and continually the cries of women and children were reach Filipinos, shipped at Manila, so that routine, preparing for the worst so as the Chinese crews walk out" either in
not to be disappointed. We washed up Hongkong or Shanghai the Company is ing the ears of the workers.
Among the prominens Chinese who fully prepared to meet the situation. If the croakery, knives, Zorks, etc., after were Chui Yuj Tin, manager of the Kwong the Chinese crews remain loyal the emer the evening meal, although the thriftless Mau Tai firm and his two sons, Wong eacy crews are discharged from the
from Hongkong and are then transhipped to-morrow-the boy may come back." Tak San, proprietor of the Ching Wa steamers when they arrive at Shanghai male (well-fed) said "Leave it until firm,
It may be as well to explain that our Amongst those rescued were two little back to Manila by the next President girls aged 8 and 9 who were found leaving Shanghai. They sign on evening meal is, in these days of the much simpler affair than Shanghai Hongkong and back to formerly Experience has taught us that mother lay a few yards away. The little Manila, and if on their return to their it is easier to open a tin of salmon than Mr. Bridgeman, replying, promised firing was commenced by armed forces stables to telephone to the Police Station rouched under a little table and their for the round trip, ie, from Manila to strike, a
girls were uninjured. Another fortunate rescue was that of a woman with her baby home port they wish to sign or again for to prepare, cook and carve a chicken When a Daily Presa representative yes strapped to her back. Mother, and child a similar trip they are at liberty to do also it is more satisfactory to eat bread 8. Frovided the Chinese crews remain and cheese or jam than to stand over a beterday afternoon visited the scene of the were uninjured.
Amongst the Europeans taking active loyal it is little work and all pay for the fire in the hope of making a Fudding disaster he found it almost indescribabie in its confusion. In the red-clayey bill part in rescue work were Mr. Burling Filipinos. but while the strike lasts the which may, or may not, be edible. The side yawned a big ugly gap and below, ham, Mr. Ralphs, Detective Inspector T Company is determined to continue this simple life has its advantage-expe a heap of débris. wood and stone Murphy. Inspector Lanigan Sub-Insper practice of keeping emergency crews on cially when you are in the tropice with- veritable wilderness. Nearly two han tors Fallon, Watt, and Murphy and board their vessela in readiness to meet. a superhuman task to pierce through the The Chinese doctors presert were Drs their regular men. mass of wreckage. Firemen and police Wan Man Kai. Wan Yik Ling, Wo Tin. hacked at the woodwork whilst a crowd Po, and Wong..
Naval vote.
that Mr. Baldwin would make a state meut within a week. In the meantime, he pointed out that on the pre-war- pur- chasing value Great Britain was spend- ing £1,000,000 on the Navy below the pre-war figure.
participating in the procession.
The note requests the Waichinops to cause this note and its enclosure to Published in the Chinese press.
YEGOTIATION COMMISSION.. The Japaness Legation this morning proached with a view to replacing M. Martel on the negotiation commission.
"RESULT OF DOSSER TRIAL.: **
EXPELLED FROM THE SETTLEMENT.
TERRIBLE SCENES,
out servants. It is now quite easy to
Nature in the tropics, the natives "live on bananas and wear no clothem. It saves so much cooking and so much washing. If this strike continues inde: finitely fashions in Hongkong, will change. The ladies will find bathing
A debate on Sir John Simon's amend. I denied that Mr. Yoshizawa had been ap.dred humans were still entombed. It was Sergests Wheilan and Chesterwoods, any situation caused by defections among understand why, in all stories about ments sed the Naval estimates was ad. journed. Before the adjournment. Mr. Bridgeman denied that the replacementt programme meant replacing Feris by Rolls-Royces On the contrary, it meant replacing a number of Fords by one. Rolls-Royce.
MANY LANDSLIDES.
water.
costumes much tem trouble than skirts
worse.
houseboy.
HIS FIRST THOUGHT,
THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.” The RM.S. Empress of Hussia, which was delayed on account of rough weather, arrived here yesterday morning with mails on board from Canada, U.S.A Japan, Shanghai and Europe vid Siberia (London June 28th). She also brought in the kitchen. Then, if the heat gets Apologies for this diver the mails from the President Grant. Owing, however, to an outbreak of mallion. Let us return to the story of the pox on board, the vessel had to proceed direct to the quarantine anchorage fol. lowing her arrival. There way it is understood, only one case of small-pox.
The discharge of cargo for Hongkong will be carried out during to-day, pro sided weather permits. The vessel saile The mail was landed in batches during for Manila this evening at five o'clock.
launch, manned by the emergency crew. the afternoon by means of the Post Office
the morning, but was unable to receive
We discovered him at work in the kitchen, cooking a tasty meal for him sell. His first thought was food. Bome- China hand what, in these days of new body in England once asked an old political thought, the 400 odd millionS in China were thinking. The immediate answer was They are thinking about their next meal.' Our houseboy must
HAPPY VALLEY Wongueicheng and Happy Valley, ROADS RENDERED IMPASSABLE.
usual in such times as these, suffered badly. The heavy fall of rain during the pust In the valley itself the drains were, anable SHANGHAI, July 17th.
few days has been followed by land-slides. to cope with the rush of water and the place was quickly inundated. Doener has been ordered to be expelled the collapse of a number of houses and whole He added that as regards Singapore, from the International Settlement as the loss of many lives-exactly how many Yesterday morning it presented a scene there was
no difference in the situa an undesirable by Magistrate Zau andis impossible to say at the moment for of desolation almost impossible to describe. in some quarters the work of removing The Pale gound and all the playing fields tion since the last debate. They were the British Assessor of the Mixed Court. debris and extricating bodies is still con- in the ueighbourhood are, of course, ander proceeding with the installation of a
The charge brought against the defending.
Four of the houses in Wongneichong The details of the disaster in Po Hing'
The village acts nea floating dock, and considering a larger ant of being in possession of inflamma Fong Street (Tai Ping Shan) are given collapsed and a good deal of damage programme, which in any case, cannot tory literature of a nature, tending to elsewhere. It is estimated that between generally was done.
cause a breach of the peace was dismiss-250 and 300 people were living in these kind of dam to the water rushing down
houses alone. The death of one Chinese the hillsides and in some cases little more The launch remained near the vessel all have been thinking about his next meal, be begun before next year. He would make an announcement about it when the Government had made up their minds,
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES AT NEXT ASSEMBLY.
LONDON, July 18th.
In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Mr. Baldwin
Mr. A. M. Samuel would represent"Great Britain at the League of Nations As.. sently at Geneva in September.
cd.
and the injury of several others is reported than the rods of houses could be seen from Kowloon as the result of a collapse
above the flood. Den "old houses
Stay of execution of the sentence for a fortnight was granted on the applica. near Nathan Road. tion of the Counsel for the defence who collapsed in Kowloon Tong but, fortun intimated that he might file an appli-stely, a far as is known, no loss of life cation for re-hearing when he would raise the question of the Court's autho. rity to expel foreigners.
occurred there.
The railway has not suffered as much damage as was anticipated. Avrepresenta tive of the Daily Press made a journey to Taumali yesterday morning and his des The Court held the document, type-cription of the conditions will be found written" on a piece of silk, purporting in another column.
THE RAIN FALL
the mail earlier on account of the heavy for quite a long time. He borrowed" rain. The mail consisted of 500 bags. our potaties and a few odd bits of food, Of this number 40 bags were from Home thinking, as usual, that they never would be missed." He didn't realise There were 242 bags from Shanghai and 4 from Japan, the remainder being from that now we know to an ounce the weekly consumption of butter and all sorts of Canada and America.
other things. The strike has been a revelation as to where master's money has gone. We will pay the boy the same monthly wages in the future as in the past, but his job will not be worth to him anything like it was before the atrike.
It would be idle to try to make our-
FIRE BRIGADE. Naturally the Fire Brigade were kept hard at work the whole day. Their first call came about 7.30 h.m. from No. 7 Police
The Post Office strike staff began sort Station, their services being required in connection with the slide in Hill-roading the mail as soon as it arrived in the where, as stated, an unfortante passer by lost G.P.O. and by this morning it will be The second call was to the scene possible for residents to collect their his life. of the terrible disaster at Po Hing Fong correspondence from the enquiry office.
REGULAR SHIPPING SERVICES. The roads which have had to le closed Street. Two calls were then received fram
The Agent in Hongkong for the Com- said that Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Lord to be a certificate issued to Doseer by comprise Stubbs Hond. Wongneichong Kowloon and others from Yanmati and
Victoria and Shamruipo. In Shamsuipo some pagnie des Messageries Maritimes writes: Referring to your item in connection Robert Cecil, the Duchess of Atboll, Sir the Agitation Department of the Russian Gap Repulse Bay Road,
Road, Sasgoon Road (communicating bouses callapaid cear the Police Station.
with P.&O. and N.Y.K. regular ser from Pokfulao Road to Victoria Roadj George Grahame, Sir Cecil Hurst, and Communist Party, to be authentic.
vice to all schedule ports in the East, Kennedy Road, Hill Road, Belchers Street, Repulse Bay-Shaukiwan Road, Moust In the middle of last month the fall! I beg to inform you that the Messageries Davis Road and the Taipo Road from the water service was curtailed for fear of a Maritimes Cie have also maintained a 14th mile stone.
shortage. Then came ten inches of rain similar regular service, and if the .8.brating his return to work in a single night and there has been Paul Lecat is not coming from Mar good deal of rain almost every day since.seilles on the 21st of this month as pre- Stubby Fout was blocked in several Yesterday Egures were published in the riously advised it is not owing to the Hongkong strike but to another matter places but several hundred P.W.D. coolics Daily Press showing that all the reservoirs which has nothing to do with the events were put to work at an early hour yester were full to overflowing. "Since then there here." day morning and it was hoped to have the has been this second heavy downpour and The aa Paul Lecat left Marseilles on road open gain te last night. There considering the sodden sisie of the ground the 3rd July and is expected in Hong was a particularly heavy hard-slide near it is little wonder that great damage was the Gough Hill Police Station and a breach
From midaiaght to 11.30 am, yesterday so that all traffic for the Peak Hotel had to 10.10 inches of rain fall is below was made in the road near the Peak Hotel use the Chamberlain B ad.
hour.
nches. 0.026 ....0.500
FRENCH FLEETS. REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT.
OKERBOUZO, July 16th.
"LITTLE" HSU. ARRIVES IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, July 16th. General Hsu has arrived here and is to stay ten days.
President Doumergue, M. Painleve and SHOOTING AT BISLEY. the Presidents of the Senate and the
LONDON, July 16th. "Chamber, aboard a submarine, reviewed the warships of the Mediterranean, At Bisley, the Mackinnon Cup was score of 1,084, "Channel, and North Sea fleets. They won by Canada with a attended later & ceremonial luncheon England was second, with 1,063, and
Scotland third, with 1,061. abcard the battleship Parie.
President Doumergue in a speech de. clared that the Navy had suffered heavily "SINGAPORE MARU" FLOATED. in the war therefore it was natural that France should endeavour to replace it on a footing capable of safeguarding the national defenes so far as the financial position and treaty obligations permait
ted.
FRENCH IN MOROCCO. REINFORCEMENTS CONTINUED.
Lonnor, July 18th Reports from Perim state that the Singapore Mary has been towed off and arrived at Perim this evening with no apparent damage.
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NAVIGATION BILL.
MELBOURNE, July 18th. The Senate has passed the Coastal Navigation Bill. PARIS, July 16th, Marshal Petain has departed for Marocco to confer with Marshal Lyautey regarding the measures to be taken against the Riffs
Reinforcements continue to be sent
Morocco.
"MAJOR DI PINEDO.
MELBOURNE, July 16th. Major Di Pinede has restarted for Sydney.
THE PEAK.
RÉPULSE "BAY.
All traffic between Hongkong and Be pulse Bay had to use the old road Pokfulam and Aberdeen. The road io Shaukiwau near Quarry Bay was covered to a considerable depth with water and mud- and was practically impassable. Victoria Road, formerly known as Jubilee Road, was choked at the junction of Sassoon. Boad, and there was, a considerable landslide in Bassoon Road itself.
HILL ROAD
The big full of earth which closed up Hill Road caused the death of a Chineso, who, it is presumed, happened to be passing at the time.
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1.525.
2.880 2.070- 1.240 .0.860 0.200
10.100
kong on or about 4th August and will sail for Shanghai and Japan very likely the same day
Our 8.8. Compiegne is due from Shanghai on Tuesday the 21st inst, and will sail for Marseilles via usual ports of call on the same afternoon,"
GENERAL NOTES,
The Chap Sin Hospital, Wanchai, has commences the cheap sale of rice for the benefit of the poor people. The price is 81 for 15 and 18 catties of rice of the medium and lower qualities respectively, and each person is allowed to buy it cents to $1 worth of rice at a time only.
The Sanitary Department report that the question of securing labour is becom- ing easier every day, more men offering themselves for duty than are required.
Typhoon weather has preventing the on May 30th, 1889. The record daily rain-boats from coming in to Hongkong, and fall for July is 13.480 inches on July 15th, consequently there is a scarcity of fish 1885. The hourly record is 3.480 inches There is, however, a plentiful supply of
pork, beef and regatables on July 16th, 1886.
· The record daily, rainfall is 20.495 inches
Confound
selves, or anyone else, believe that we were not glad to see the prodigal return. We did not kill the fatted calf, but there was something about that first meal that made us feel uncomfortable. it altogether," we said, "the boy is cele
c" As in the old days before the strike it was no use arguing. There was always some-
Oriental Ber- thing childish, in spite of the satanic cunning, about the boy." vants always make one feel rather like A pariarch of old-in one's most expan- sive moments. Altogether we had loathed the prodigal during his absence, we We really were glad to see him back. meant to punish him-we still mean to punish him, but were unable to prevent the prodigal getting hold of the fatted calf. He was always telling us, in the old days, that he wanted a few bours eff to go to the Y.M.C.A. We used to auspect that he went to a gambling house. We think, however, that, in some way or other ho must have picked up the central-idea of the parable of the pro "digal's return,"
The amazing thing is that bo is doing. his old work as if nothing had happened. It is impossible to hate him, although we cursed him daily during his absence. He is so obviously glad to come back again. He is so anxious to please. For all his curious cunning, he is just like a child and it is difficult to maintain anger in the presence of a child.
it is all most unsatisfactory, but then there is so much in life in the Far East that is unsatisfactory. We just have to
make the best of a bad busineES.