YESTERDAY'S
BLOW
MANY JUNKS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY
DAMAGED.
PATHETIC SCENES ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
Owing to the fact that the full force of the typhoon did not strike the Colony the blow" yesforday did little damage and up to a late hour last night no loss of life was ropested. There was, however, considerable dislocation of traffic and much personal inconvenienco-particularly to Kowloon residents, many of whom were delayed in Hong Kong till a late hour.
Damage to Waterfront people during the height of the The typhoon developed in inten gale. In one instance when an ups sity with such rapidity that quite.ortunata junk-owner appeared r a larga number of junks were fuctant to leave his junk after the trapped before they had time latter had been hopelessly battered to make off for the various typhoon about, these volunteer workers Ipr shelters. There was tremendous cibly removed him from his danger. damage along the waterfront, no ous craft, Within a few minutes of fewer than eighty-three junks being their act, the junk from which the either wholly or partially damaged man was pulled of received one between the Yaumati Ferry Pier final blow which made it ship an and West Point.
much water that it wank in a few seconds.
Pathetic, scones were withosted | all along the waterfront which bore the brunt of yesterday's blow, Many big junks, and not a low sunak önce were in distress and whenever it was realised by their owners that no useful purpose could be served by staying on the vessels, they landed as best they could and squatting on the seafront watched the angry waves dash their craft to pinces,
As was to be expected, thousands of spectators, both European end Chivers, crowded the waterfront to watch the fate of these unfortunato vessels. The biggest attraction ap: peared to be an extraordinarily large trading junk and house boat
nt West Point which was tossed about as it was tied up to the wharf belonging to the Ping On Godown. The junk was ond of unusually large size and towered over the wharf and the seafront. One huge "wave after another soot it crash ing against first the pier and then the Prays Wall Eventually the vessel's stern was torn loaving a gaping hole. A few minutes later, one huge wave, bigger than the rést, kent the vessel crashing through the wharf, tearing a large portion of iron and woodwork in its career. The boat was entirely de serted and owing to its size and the precarious position it was in, formed the centre of attraction on the Harbour front in the West Point district,
Dashed to Pistes.
The Leun, Cheong wharf, at which the junks trading between Hong Kong and Shokki tie up, was also the scens of much excitement. A
· huge junk, with its foremast stick- ing high out of water, foundered shortly after 2 pm, and was dash ed to pieces. This was on the east side of the wharf. On the other side, several other junks, with their crew on board were being wildly tossed about on the waves, some with their rudders torn away and
„Shops Closed,
All shops on the water front, not only closed for the day, but heavily barriended their shop fronts in order to prevent water from enter- ing. However, yesterday's typhoon was marked for its absence of rain and nowhere in the city was there anything resembling à food.
Most European offices and shops closed for the afternoon, giving their employees time to get to their homes before the full force of the typhoon should strike the Colony The Star Ferry hoisted the red flag at 1 o'clock and there was a rush. to catch the last ferry. The service was suspended 'at 2.10.
Junks Sunk on Wanchai. Outside the Praya Wall, near the Bowrington Canal, three cargo junks and a sampan were smashed to pieces, but fortunately no lives were lost. Apparently the host people, seeing the danger, immedi- ately took what they cou'd of their belongings and
abandoned the boats, leaving them at the mercy of the elements. The disaster was probally due to the fact, that the bosts were not given enough time to be towed into the typhoon shel tere, and as a result had to anchor near the Prays, Walt where they were battered to pieces by the huge waves.
In Kowloon.
Kowloon suffered but little dam ane from the typhoon A length of senffalding erected against the wall of a row of houses in pro- cess of 'demolition in Ningpa Street was blown' down at 1.30 p.m. when the gale was at its height. The street was completely blocker for some hours, and up to a late hour yesterday had not been cleared. It appears that the wind tore one end of the erection away from the wall causing it to fall into the street, while the other end remained at
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDA
POLICE RECORD FOR 1929-30.
SLIGHT INCREASE IN CRIME IN THE
COLONY
STERN REPRESSION OF COMMUNISM.
The report of the Inspector-General of Police (The Hon. Mr. E D. O. Wolfo, UM. G.) for the year 1930 states inter alia that the total number of cases reported to the Police during the year 1930, was 24,931 as against $1,140 in 1990, being an increase of 3,701 casos or
Singh Abang,
11.2 per cent. The average for the last five years 10 22,034,
SERIOUS CRIME.
There were 5,081 serious cases in 1930, as against 5,348 in 1929, an increase of 333 deads or 6.8 per cent. House and
godown break ring showed an increasevol 40 cases, burgleries, 20 and larcenics 341 Robberies showed a decrease of 55 cases (in Hong Kong and 8 in the New Territories). Murders stand the same as for 1929 Je. 22 cases,
MINOR CRIME.
There were 19,930 minor cases in 1930, as against 12,799 in 1929, 'an increase of 3,458 cases or 17.9 per cent. The increase is prin- cipally due to offences under the following headings-Hawking Mendicants, Merchant Shipping, Nuisances, Opium, and Traffic.
Stolen Property.
The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $1,496,095.
crease of 8830,203 or 60.2 per cent.
The average for the last five years
8715,574.
Donduct,
CONTINGENT.
The conduct of the European Con-
as against 3406,485 in 1999 an in-tingent was good. The total num ber of reports against them was 111 as against 120 in 1920. There were Alve reports for being drunk or The value of property recovered under the influence of drink, the during the year was 872,840 or 5 per same number as in 1909. There were cent, of the property stolen as 23 reports for neglect of duty as against 867,617 or 11 per cent. ufagainst 30 in 1999, for misconduct the property stolen in 1929 a dle there were 16. reporté' as against 14 crease of 6 per cont, in ratio Be- in 1989, tween the property stolen and uro- party recovered.
Included in the sum of $1,426,693 shown in the estimated value of property stolen are the following amounts which were embezzled, mis appropriated, or stolen by clerks or servants of banks and business houses, such thefts are classed by the Police 43 Unpreventable Crimes"-
bod
thorities.
$11931
Shipping Companies, been supplied with tary Guards aboard their steamera on the China Coast as special precaution and protection against pirater (piracies from within the ships) for some two years, that they would be unable to continuo supply ing Guards after March 31. Negotiations followed as a result of which it was decided that the Hong Kong Government would provide special Police Anti-Piracy Guards and the Military Authorities would continue their Military Guards, on payment of all expenses by the Shipping Companies until uch time after, April 1, as the Hong! Kong Police could recruit, train and supply the mon required. This decision was reached at the and of April and recruiting commanded in May. The Inspector General per- sonally recruited the Russian and Chinese (Northern) Guards and an Indian Officer was despatched to In- dia to recruit the special Indian Guards. These Guards have seen. travelling fegularly on the ships: for over six months and no attempt nt piracy has been made on any ship provided with them, though it.. will be noted that two foreign ships, which carried no Guards, warn pirated, one in July and another in November.
Communism.
local Communiste attempted to During the period under review carry out demonstrations on ning The places selected wore usually in occasions between May and October. the vicinity of the Central Market in Victoria and occasionally on the Now Reclamation in Wanchai, the CONTIN
idea boing, apparently, to attract as The conduct of Indian Contingent twenty-five leading Communists much attention as possible. In all, was good on the whole. There were were banished and one local news- 1,150 reports as against 1,970 in the paper the Si Fat Po was proscrib Preceding year. For drunkennum the Office closed, the Manager, and ed by the Governor-in-Council and there were 28 as against 24 in 1929. Editor being banished. A serious For neglect of duty there were 295 effort at interference in industrisi as against 263 in 1920. For misconstrike of some azz hundred female matters was in connection with the duct there were 984 as against 215. workers at the Nan Yang Tobacco
inor offences totalled 559 as
Co.'s premises on November 10 A Larceny by servant from
againat 674 in 1999. Three men Police and the leaders all Com- meeting was broken up by the The Eastern Equitable
were convicted by the Police Magie munists, were convicted and obse- Banking Corporation 8884,15 Embezzlement, Bank of
trate (dismissed from the Forcequently deported. The most serious China
94,334 150 for larceny and one for receiv der of LS.C.384 Tse On, a member ocourrence, however was the mur- Emberlemont, Kwong
ing a bribe, 268, men had no re- of the Police Anti-Communist Cheung Hing Lung Kee Firm, 902, Des
ports as against 944 in 1929.
Squad, who was trapped hy Com Vieux Road Central
munists in the Nga, Lok Restaur "C" CONTINGENT,
ant, Yaumati,and shot dead on December, while attempting to with a Communist Anniversary: obtain information in connection Following his murder considerable activity ensued revealing in un further Anti-Communist Police
Colony which has been definitely portant organisation within the suppressed for the time being,
Στο
Piracy.
10,039,
יזי
The behaviour of the Chiness piracies were recorded on (Cantonese) was fair. There were steamships, one being on the British 1,382 reports as against 1,045 in
Helikon, owned by Messrs. while she was on a voyage from none. For neglect of duty there Wo Fat Shing & Co., Hong Kong, 1929. For drunkenness, there was Hong Kong to Saigon on July 21, were 819 as against 200 in lege, and 1930; The second case was on the Norwegian s.s. Hirundo on Novem- for misconduct there were 289 at ber, 1030. As in the first case, against 193 in 1929. There were 158
WLA
Gambing,
shipping water, others threatening tached to the house. The whole pirates boarded the ship as passan-minor offences: One man can-1 Following on the restrintive-
at any moment to go under. The crew, having fixed several "lines" between the junks and the shore wore busily occupied in the task of of rescuing such of their belonginge as they could, at great personal risk,
Between the Ping On and the Po Tak, wharves, many junks were trapped, some of them heavily inden with cargo. The toddenneas of the typphoon allowed these junks no time to make a galaway and as a result, they linked up with each other by means of heavy ropes. But the elemtits played bavoc with them and having dush- éd one on two of them against the Praya Wall, the squadron вооп became loose and bumped into each other with such force that practic ally the whole of the junka in that Aren were destroyed. Their cargo, bundles of firewood, bales of mats, vermicelli and cocoanuts were all mixed up in the waves while heroid efforts were made by the "junk neople to retreive such part of their bakugings, and cargo, as was pos. sible.
At the Mercy of the Waves. Sunken
junks could be seen every fifty yards along the water front to the West of the Hong Kong and
length of scaffolding threatened to fall at any moment, and the work of dismantling it was, nct unnt tended with a certain amount of danger.
cr
A large bamboo erection, presum ably a Chinese play-house in Public Square Street, although surmounted by a tall tower, gap- ed scot free, though it presented a on December 31, 1930, was:--- somewhat ragged and weatlier.. beaten appearance at four o'clock.
Criminal Investigation Dapart ment.
The strength of the Department
noon no reports of any personal
Up to late hour yesterday after injuries sustained by anyone on the peninsula had been received.,
Oncial Statement.
The Director of the Royal Ob servatory (Mr. T F. Claxton) is sued the following statement at noon gesterday * ----
Two piracies on junks were re-victed by the Police Magistrate (dismessures adopted by the Police ported (one of which is a doubtfulmissed from the Force) for receive during succeeding years, since 1998 report) against six during 1969.
ing a bribe.raz men had no report to prevent the running of irregular No piracies were reported in the as against 240 in 1919.
lotterics by all and sundry in cön- Canton River Delta.
"CONTINGENT.
nection with the local Race Meet- The behaviour of the Chinese Con-serious proportions, the necessary ings, which had assumed very tingont (W.H.W.) was fair. There legislation to enable Police to deal were 66 reports as against 553 in more effectively with such lotteries 1929. There were three for drunken- was enacted during the year when nem as against two in 1829. There Ordinanco No. 12, amending the were 188 for misconduct as against Gambling Ordinance No. 2 of 1801, 94 in 1020 and 154 for neglect of was passed. The effect has been to duty as against 80 in 1929. For reduce such lotteries to more reason- minor, offences there were 342 34able proportions and to eliminate against 367 in 1929. Two men were irregular sweepstakes. convicted by the Police Magistrate (dismissed from the Force), one for for bribery and one for refusing possession of duplicats chops and duty 92 men had no reports
Europeans Chinese
Total
3030 1920
39
134 129
173
167
Deed Bodies.
number of unknown dead bodies The following table shows tas found by Police in the streets and elsewhere during 1930:-
Victoria Kowloon Harbour Elsowhere
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This typhoon formed in some what unusual circumstances. The first news of it was from the as Silver Bandal. At 1.15 p.m. on September 1, when in latituda. 41 50' N. and longtitude: 118 107 E., sho reported as follows: Typhoon squalls, high ronfused sen. Wind hauled from East to Scuth within 1923, 1,080. last 4 hours. Barometer 20.20 ins., rising?, di din pre
+418: 060!
190
103
1,310
against 20 in 1929.
Kalth
Admissions to Hospital during the last three years are as follows Europeane 167, Indians 863, Chinese
Medals and Commendations.
Revenue and Expenditure,
year amounted to 8487,169 s The revenue collected during the against 8463,148 in 1999. Compar ed with 1921 when the revenue was $259,878, the collections have doubled fo
The cost of the Force amounted to 32,007, 797-60, as against 81,445,490.12 in 1999. The enhanced Agure is due to two causes, firstly the revision of salaries based on the Balaries Com
The total in 1920 was 2,033, and in His Majesty the King was graui-mission Report of 1929 which was ously plansed, to award the King's adopted by the Government and ap Police Medal to Mr. Walter Kont, proved by the Secretary of State granted Medals for special service in the sterling value of the dollar. Assistant Superintendent of Police. with effect from January 1, 300, His Excelleney the Governor and secondly the phenomenal drop and for long and efficient service nd Commendations to Police (18-
Conton Steamboat Company's ad from Indo-China to Formican, the year was 1,401 as against 834 in wharf. Some of them were dashed to splinters, others had foundered and a good many were at the memy of the waves.
Launches Do Good, Business Towing launches which vontured near the junks in the teeth of the gale and offered to tow them to
1 n trough of low pressure extend "On the morning of September
with no indication of a typhoon, though on the previous "day the trough extended much farther east ward with, peasibly, a typhoon in ila eastorn, extremity, but no de finite indication thereof,
**Neither in the morning nor in the evening of September 1 wore there indications of a typhoon from
Trafo. Regulations, examined as motor drivers during The total number of persons
1929; of persons, passed as motor drivers during the year was 1,37% as against 707 in 1920; of accidents cera reported during the year was 1,944 43 against 948 in 1000; of Intai | accidents during the year was 60 as against 36 in 1929; of public motor vehicles examined and passed fit for public use during the year was
found unlit for public use during publio motor vehicles examined and
A total of 10 medals and 64 com mendations were awarded..
The increase in motor traffic which mounted to close on one thousand vehicles during the year is unfor tunately also reflected in the num SPECTAL MATTERS AND ber of fatal accidents which show a PRINCIPAL EVENTS regrotable increase from thirty-six Sin 1929 to fifty-nine in the year Inoreased activity was mainly under review. The disregard of munism throughout the year. As in City and Kowloon even where cross- the year was 081 d against 704 in 1969, efforts were again directed ings for passengers are marked out 1920 of motor driver's licences towards causing industrial disturb in white lines, and the further fact suspended during the year was 74 ances which were fortunately, not of that youngsters are permitted by driver's licençar cancelled during showed an increase particularly in ball games in motor thorough as against 150 in 1920 of motor sqrious nature, Crime generally their parente, to indulge unchecked the year was one as against 10 in minor crime (three thousand five fares makes the task of the Polies cases. However, armed robberies tice of riding on the sides and tail hundred cases) mainly hawkers, a very arduous one, and accidents mendicants, nuisances and traffic are inevitable. The dangerous prac- showed a welcome decrease of fifty, haards of lorries and standing in
safety, did a roaring business, and the observations received in the 729 Garagninat 1,839 m 1929 of directed towards suppressing Com- motor, trafic by pedestrians in the it is understood that as much as district surrounding the .. Silver $100 was paid to some cases for the Sandal. The harometer was stendy service of these launches. The won at all reporting stationsThe of tying up the junks to the winds were such as might be ex Inunches was extremely dangerouspected" in n trough of low prea and rendered both the ink and the Taunch liable to a heavy list, but Oystone Circulation, the skill of the men engaged in this
"At 6 am. on th morning of 1920 work was such that nothing un- September however, there were The Establishment, yoward happened, although many signs of a ovolenia circulation to
Junks found their way to the shathe east of Hong Kong The baro The establishment of the force was ters during the alternges through meter fell from 20.59.ins at 2.6.mus follows-Europeans 21 Indians ve cases which may be considered lorries also accounts for numerona the assistance of these tow-boats to 29,60 ins and is now (noon) 150, Chinese 752 Water Felice 244,ominently satisfactory. The followfatalitian FartherSafety First!
Police officers were everywhere 21.37 ms falling rapidly. EAR total 2,037. Of these 173 left the ing notes deal with all matters call propaganda supported by the on the water front and a party ofThe typhoon, le of small diameforos during the year, hanging for special comment.
lunteer workers.comprising both-d-bar and will probably prar Between The Lotual strength" on December Licu
Till nex and Chinese, rendered in Hong-Kring and Gap Rock thin 31-1930 was Europeans-230 In- vajunőlə”, assistance, to "the, junk afternoon."
dians 601, Chinese 700, total 1,000.
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