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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1933.
HONG KONG ESCAPES THE TYPHOON
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SUDDEN APPEARANCE AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR
Storms The World Over
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Although extra rainfall would have been welcome Hong Kong was lucky to escape the typhoon which passed to the South of the Colony yesterday morning. According to the official report a small typhoon formed on Tues day afternoon to the south-east of Pratas Island, and, travelling successively on N.N.W. N.W. and W. tracks passed close to the south of Hong Kong at 10.30 a.m. yesterday morning. The disturbance was unusual "in several ways, says the official report.
By a curious coincidence several parts of the world have suffered heavily during the last few". days. Japan and Shanghai have experienced typhoons of most unusual intensity, and copies to hand of the Manila papers show that while the P.I. capital escaped lightly widespread dam- "age has been caused in the North of Luzon.
Further afield North Carolina and Mexico have had similar experiences.
AN ANXIOUS MORNING
Yesterday dawned wet, overcast and unexpectedly cool No. 1 signal, hotsted late. the night be fore had been replaced by No. 5 Rain fell in fairly heavy showers. and the wind came in gusts, with long periods of calm The junks were in the typhoon shelter, the wharves were empty, and the war- ships out at the buoys were "clear- for action." "The curious thing was, however, that instead of.con- ditions worsening. the sun ocea- sionally appeared and the showers became shorter and less frequent.
The Observatory experts, were obviously anxious and the No. 9 signal going up at about 10 am. was the sign for Kowloon resident to make a rush for the ferry.
RUSH FOR TERRIES. The scene at the ferry wharf.
therefore, was reminiscent of our
school days, when launch picnics were popular and at every one of which was a mad rush for seats.
The writer was one of the hun- dreds of people who made the trip across to the peninsula by one of the fully-loaded launches" in fact it was so loaded that quite a number of people, including many ladies, had to be constant with standing room.
The trip itself, was just the same as the every-day one, for the sea was calm as the proverbial mill- pond, and, apart from the fact that the ships in the harbour were all prepared for a blow, there was nothing to indicate that a typhoon was in the offing.
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One old resident, a teacher in
"one of our leading colleges. told the writer that he did not like the look of things, for it was in times like this. when there is scarcely any rain, that the big typhoons come."
It was quite amusing, watching the people making for the ferry Wharf. The red Dag had been holsted and the pessimistic ones thought they would leave nothing to chance and were all agog about getting home. before the real typhoon came!
Ladies with umbrellas, half blown out, some with their rain- coats flying in all directions and atately old men, were all brought back to their less dignified youth. Never had there been so much ac- tivity, and the Inspector on duty at the Hong Kong" whart had plenty to do, coping with the
situation.
Over in Kowloon, the scene was quite unlike the busy, every-day one. The buses were still running, but only a handful of people. were seen in the streets. We
· THE OFFICIAL REPORT
AN UNUSUAL DISTURBANCE.
The
Governor Sabíno - de Leon has inspected the damage to crops, roads, bridges, other public works, and private property in Bataan, After completing his survoy - he told the Bulletin correspondent that the damage is probably P.63,000,
HEAVY IN PAMPANGA,
TROUBLE IN THE
NEUTRAL ZONE
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Japanese Threat To Use
Drastic Measures
Telegrams received by the bureau of public works show that
Peiping, Sept. 17-Threats of re-, tions dropping leaflets urging that damage in central Luzon is heavy in Pampanga. Several kilometers newed Sino-Japanese hostilities in a wide area around Shanhaikwan of road in this province ending in the north were voiced today as a also be included in the extension of Mexico and Magalang have been result of a dispute over the admi- the boundaries of the new state. partially gullied by the heavy nistration of the neutral zone be runoff. Some sections are underween Manchukuo and China, water so that trafic is complete-panese legation warned that "dras
The military attache of the ly blocked. Kilometers 81 and 82
tic measures". would be taken of the Mexico road have disap-against China unless Chinese troops peared under three feet of water are withdrawn from the Kuyuan and are therefore, impassable to motor trafic,
The Pampanga and Agno rivers, which threatened to burst through their dikes during the typhoon in. August,
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In advance of the return of the delegation it was widely reported residents to hoist Manchukuo flags Ja-Japanese officials ordered Chinese
and otherwise, to indicate approval of the proposed transfer.
The Japanese assert that General Sung Chen-yuan's forces, there have violated the Tangku truce.
After Bandits.
War Minister, said that the troops General Ho Ying-ching, Chinesi
were suppressing bandite, and that | No definite reports have been their presence was justified on that TECelved from the northern pro- score. rinces. including Cagayan and
The Japanese attache. Colonel the Nocos. It is possible, ac-Shibayama, confirmed reports that cording to Director A. D. Wiliams, Japanese airplanes flew over Kab that ferries in these provinces gan and threatened to drop bombs, have been washed away or damag, on the city unless the Chinese with ed by bloated streams. He said drew, also that sections of the Manila Ho Ying-ching planned to protest North road in the Hocos pro- | against the bomb threat. vinces may be under water al- though should this. happen inter- rupted traffic will be resurned within forty-eight hours.
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The administration of the neutral zone has provided a problem.
Under the terms of the Tangku truce. China may not send troops into the area between the Great Wall and a defined fine running across the country from a point north of Peiping to north of Tient-
In Manila the only damage re- Shanghai yesterday developed on typhoon which
ported thus far is to telephone sin. passed
and are department poles. or about the 15th of September Aumber of trees have been blown in a trough of relatively low pres-
down as torrential rains gullled sure exteriding from Indo-China and loosened the soll at their across Luzon to the Pacific. This bases. trough had been in existence for Several sections of Manila were several days and, during the pas-permanently under water
during sage of the typhoon northwards, It continued to exist in the Nor thern China Sea
Yesterday afternoon the reports from ships indicated B week cyclonic circulation, and Pratas Island was accordingly asked to report hourly if the barometer showed ∙any tendency to fall. Pratas commenced to send obser- vations at 9 p.m. and before. 11 p.m. it was obvious that a small disturbance was approaching. The centre passed to the eastward of the island producing a strong gale from N.N.W. to WSW. with a minimum reading of the baro- meter in 29.35 in. It contained on
N.N.W. track until 6 am, and successively on N.W. and W. tracks until 10.30 am. when it passed close to the south of the Colony.
The disturbance was unusual in several ways. Its rate of travel, 20 m.p.h., was abnormal, rainfall was very small and the highest squall about 67 miles per hour
from NNE. at 9.55 m. occurred before the barametric minimum. The barometer fell 0.10 in. be- tween 9 and 10 a.m. and rose with
nearly equal rapidly between 11 a.m. and noon. After the maximum squall the wind rapidly moderated, freshening again at 12.30 p.m. to a fresh breeze from the 8. and 8.W.
WIDE DAMAGE IN LUZON
MANILA ESCAPES THE
STORM.
Manila, September 18-Central and Northern Luzon is hard hit by Pacific storm raging north of ports from these typhoon-struck the Philippines, according to re- tons. Thousands of pesos have been lost in damage to houses and public works and transportation and communication have been par tially paralyzed.
At 9 o'clock last night. the wea- ther Bureau reported that a severe typhoon was situated at 5 pan. about 150 miles east of Formosa, several hundred miles north of Luzon. However, the typhoon was slowly moving away in a northerly.
direction.
In
Bataan
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Inspector Lane of the Water Police Station: together with In spectors Nicol and Saunders were also "looking round" near the
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CUTTER LOOKS FOR VICTIMS.
The customs cutter Aravat was dispatched at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon to scour the coast of Tablas and Mindoro for the sur- vivors and bodies of 30 persons reported to have gone down with the launch Feter in the typhoon of last Thursday. Up to late last night no word had been received by customs officials from the Arayat,
CAROLINA HIT BY HURRICANE
SEABOARD, CITIES FLOODED,
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 18.
tides and high
Destructive
and
winds swept the North Carolina coast to-day, inundated towns and severed communications, caused the drowning of at least two persons, while another was listed as missing..
At the same time a hurricane from the tropics speed toward Virginia and residents of sea re-
20,000 Bandits at Large. Japanese troops have withdrawn from this area, leaving only a small Chinese police force which is in adequate to cope with banditry, which has been growing more and more serious bandits are at large in the neutral It is estimated that some 20.000
area.
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The Chinese say the situation is Becoming intolerable, Some, Chinese charge that the Japanese are will-] ing enough to see conditions as they are, as it will give them an ex- cuse for further military penetra- tion into China.
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Chinese postal authorities have been trying for weeks to take over the Shanhaikwan postodice again, but have met with "delay.
Pressure by Japan.
Tientsin. Sept. 17-Yu Hsouth- asserted to-day that the Japanese chung, Governor of Hopsi province
military in Manchuris was "bring" ing pressure to bear on the Chinese population of Shanbaikwan and the murrounding area of that border city to urge annexation to Man chukuo.
Yu said the Japanese contral the city, enabling them to force the celebrations going on there the past two days aimed to present the ap 'pearance that the Chinese want an- nexation."
The Japanese information bureau here stated that a large area around Shanhaikwan south of the Great Wall had petitioned Henry Pu Yi, head of Manchukuo, to take "over this territory,
At Charhar.
Peiping. Sept. 17. Another Sino- Japanese clash, in southeastern Charhar, was declared to-day in some Chinese quarters to be im- pending, but neutral opinion was the danger was alight despite the Japanese allegation that Chinese military had occupied Kayuan near the Tangku truce. the Jeñol border, thereby violating
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stated the situation, для easier to-night- and no serious de- The foreign office instructed the velopments were anticipated. Chinese delegation at Geneva to de- The Chinese authorities stated mand that the League strictly exe their troops entered the Kuyuan cute the resolution of non-recogni-area to combat bandite, had tion of Manchukuo, and also declare desire to threaten Jehol and had that Japanese military activities in not occupied Kuyus, but as a re Jehol and North China are still quit of Japanese disapproval had threatening the safety of Poiping withdrawn to the west. And Tientsin.
Rumours of a threatened clash re- Japanese and Shanhalkwan.
sulted from Chinese reports from Shanbakwan, Sept. 17-A dele- ese military in Jehol had threaten Kalgan, Charhar, that the Japan- gation sent to Changalun to asked to enter the ares unless the Henry Pi Yi to incorporate Shan Chinese withdrew to the west of a haikwan, strategic North China line established by horder city into Manchukuo,
the Tangku re- truce, which ended the Japanese turned to-day, and under Japanese foray into North China in May. direction the population staged a The Chinese authorities here celebration.
stated that requests that they be permitted to send troops to other parts of the demilitarized to sup- press bandits had been handed, the Japanese but the latter rejected them saying no Chinese troops were allowed but that additional Chinese police were permissible.
This was considered in Chinese circles the first step toward the in corporation of the city, which was occupied last January by the Ja panese, into the new state.
Japanese airplanes have been fly- ing over the city and nearby see
sorts, warped by the destruction LONDON TO THE FAR EAST BY AIR
wrought by an earlier Caribbean tempest, fled to safer ground.
The hurricane was the second in two days. The first struck.the coast of Mexico yesterday, leaving many, dead and homeless in the Tampico district.
91 DEAD IN MEXICO.
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Regular Air Service To Hong Kong
Expected In Two Years?
London, Sept. 14.
river near the coast, was inundat- Newbeln, N.C., on the Neuse
ed waist deep by to-day's tide and
and the Antipodes will be, Regular air-lines linking London direct aerial communication with wind and the coast guard cutter with diam, Hong Kong, Manila, Loreet aerial lief workers and landed a party to be in operation within the next the London-Sydney route was re- Pamlico sent a radio call for re-shanghai and Tokyo are expected A satisfactory survey fight over to give immediata ald Beveral two years, says the Associated cently completed by Major H. G. other Carolina coastal towns were Press.
Brackley, Air Superintendent "of reported flooded.
Plans are already completed for Imperial Airways, covering 23340 the Inauguration of the much dis- miles 1. “ “Astrasa," one of the
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cussed England-Australia "air ser-neet of eight four-engined Arm- pan of the Godown Company was
vice in March of next year. The strong Whitwork monoplane, de making a tour of inspection at the
present England-India. airline aigned specially for operation Kowloon Wharf, and it was BIO'XS-
which terminates at Calcutta is along the extra-European router of Mexico Chy, Sept. 16. ing to see a coolle making fruit-
two persons have been killed and F.83.000 worth of The death of at least 81 persons september and before the end of Bccompanied by Hudson Fysh,
to be extended to Rangoon Imperial Altways. less attempts to hoist the red flag. Evers time he went up the bamboo property has been damaged, ac- from the hurricane which struck the year Imperial Airways linera managing director of Queensland ladder, "he found the blow too cording to the Bulletin correspon Tampico: yesterday was reported severe and had to come down dent from Balanga, the capital of to-day in dispatches, which said bearing regularly between and Northern Territories Aerial
London and Bingapore. again.
the storm spread death and
Services, Major Brackley, made the destruction as far as 300 miles the Australian terminus of the land in ten days, which is very From Singapore to Port Darwin, return trip from Australia to Eng- inland in Mexico.
Delayed dispatches from Santaken over by company selected for the journey A
main airline, the service will be little outside the existing record Luis Potosi, 175 miles west of by the Australian government. s Tampico, reported that at least 80 soon as this main line is establish- These Armstrong Whitworth ma-
THE PLANES: were dead there and possibly 100 ed, the organization of further ex- chines, which are to be used on drowned in a flood resulting from tensions and auxiliary services will the England-Australia service, the breaking of adam in the Sin be begun. The linking of the Aus- when loaded to a total weight, of tiago river,
kuma trallan airway with Blam, Hong 20000 pounds reach a maximam Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo is al speed of 158 miles an hour and ready under consideration for it, cruise comfortably st 180 miles an is foreseen that at each of these bour. With any one engine stop- points the ramifications of local ped and with full load on board and international airliner will they can maintain level fight at serve to increase the flow of traffic all heights up to seven thousand on the main British trunk line feet. Accommodation may be pro- It is understood that service is De- vided for seventeen passengers. Remanded from Tuesday for son ng planned between Hong Kong Further improvements are being a result of damage to roads and tence, Hui Shing kwan, 22, charg. and Manda The 8.8. Mantua from Bingapore bridges.. Roads to Zambales have ed with importing and possession of
que considered, however, which will EXTENSION TO AUSTRALIA · give the planes a cruising speed of also escaped bad weather and been partly washed away. Bome 2,050 thels of raw plus was ined Other plans for the extension of 135 mph with a load of 23.000 when interviewed by a "Daily sections are completely under a total of $10,000 with the alters the Australian service fnclude pound a rate of climb of 1,000 Press" representative, one of her water, Wooden bridges along tive of two years hard labour by routes to Tasmania and New Zea feet per minute and seating ac passengers described the voyages these roads have been greatly Mr Balfour in the Central Police land. Thus, in a comparatively commodation for twenty passeng as “not so bad."
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Court yesterday.
short time, all Darts of the Orientem
Railway Station," but nothing hap pened and at 11.57 am..all, signals were lowered.
WINDS AND RAIN. The Empress of Russia which ar rived from Manila yesterday re ported that she did not encounter heavy seas although there was con- siderable wind and rain. She was due in port at 8 am but as she was coming slowly, waiting for the typhoon to blow off, she was de- layed and did not berth until about noon.
The Bataan rivers, swollen with the rains of many days, have burst through their confines, washing way the dikes and flooding the three towns. When the correspon dent sent his report at 4.10 p.m. yesterday water was still raising in Balanga.
CROPS DAMAGED. Rice neids have been drowned and crops damaged, according to
In addition more than 100 per the report Fishponds have lost sons were reported injured, thous their natural boundaries in the sands homeless and property general food. At Orion and at losses were believed to run into Hermosa several houses have been millions, blown down, leaving many people homelesi.
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