efforts at all following the rescuing of the first two of the victims who were the two elder boys of the All the latest news from Lon-"" woman. From their position it is don up till May 20, is given in our surmised that they were in bed ( Air Mail Letter from that City. when tragedy visited their home.
Up to the time of going to press the woman and her younger son had not been sent to hospital, but it seems that unless they were located quite early in the 'search by rescuers, that they have little chance of escaping with their lives In spite of the difficulty of access to the spot, quite a large number of people living at Salwanho found their way up the hillside to the scene of the disaster.
iramediately sent to hospital In an ambulance that stood by in This is the first serious damage Shaukiwan Road,
cone by the heavy fall of rain The firemen did not. relax their during the past week.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
In Hong Kong and elsewhere that
General Chiang Kai Shek. Chair- One case of small-pox one of
one of man of the Military Affairs Com-diphtheria, and
enteric were reported for the 24 mission, has appointed General fever Lung Yun of Yunnan to be Pacifi-hours ended on June 4. cation Commissioner of Kweichow as a prelude to ousting General Wang Chia Lieh, the Chairman of the Kwelchow. Provincial Govern ment. General Chiang Kai Shek
cabled to Chairman Wang Chia
Lieh denying such groundless rum-
ours.
The Japanese gunboat › Baga arrived in Hong Kong yesterday and will salute the Commodore's pennant at 8.30 am. to-day. She leaves on Thursday.
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large communities thoughout the world follow with the keepest of enthusiasm the progress of the
Lan Pak, a Chinese male, was Another telegram denying · any
removed to the Kowloon Hospital different candidates for the classic
on Monday morning suffering from Faces Not so many years ago in hostile intention on the part of 1925) a Shanghai, merchant. Mr the Central Authorities towards
General Wang Chia Lieh was sent injuries to the chest received dur- Henry Morris won the Derby with his horse Manna. The horse had Minister of War. These telegrams
to him by General Ho Ying Ching, ing a fight at No. 6 Tung previously won the Two Thousand were made public through the Guineas, and there was tremendous
representative of Generati excitement, not only in Shanghai Wang Chia Lieb. but practically throughout the Far
Recently there have been many East as to Manna's fate in the rumours concerning Gen. Chiang among crockery at Kowloon City. Leger. The horse was badly beat-Kal Shek's coming offensive on en, but who can say that more, Kwelchow. Kwangs and Kwang- interest was taken in Manna'a
local
Lu Soon-hing, a Chinese work- man, was removed to the Kowloon Hospital on Monday with damage to both eyes as a result of a fall
Chung On-cheung. a stoker
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ed into China last year and the majority of these luxury goods were consumed by the Shanghal fair sex. It was reported that during the last four months pf. this year, China imported 8527.870 worth of such supplies.
China and
Shanghai, June 1-Pending the final arrangement of details, which is expected shortly, through. rail- way traffic between Manchuria on" the Peking-Mukden ine will be resumed. Messages received from the north yesterday state that the resumption will ma- terialize before the middle of June.