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thing that they valued and which they might be able to uso again. Others feared to venture into the
KNOCK THE "TU" OFF CÄNT. ruins, leat further collapses taka Coleman Cox, place and entomb them. They atood in knots, or eat on benches The health return for yesterday that they had retrieved, with their shows one Chinese case of small- bundles of property around them Pux and conversed in low tones.
The subscription list for the Perhaps they were discussing Hongkong Tug and Lighter Co. the question of whether they Ltd., has closed. obould have been left, hemmed in like that, at the maroy of the flood-waters. Over everything | hang a spirit of gloom.
Amongst the passengers who arrived by the President Grant wore Mr. L. Forster, Mr. R. C. Morton and Mrs. C. C, Wu,
Wo yesterday wrongly adver. tised a sale of postage stampe which takes place to morrow as being held by Messrs Hughes and Hough. The sale is being held by Messrs. Lammert Bros.
TYPHOON PRECAUTIONS."
Rocket Apparatus Not Approved,
LAUNCH DISASTER.
Findings of the Commission of Enquiry.
There was laid on the table at At this afternoon's meeting of the Legislative Council this after the Legislative Council, the Hon. noon the findings of the Commis. Mr. H. E. Pollock asked the fol- sioners appointed to enquire into lawing questions =
the circumstances attending the capsizing of the steam launch Fei Will the Government-
Din Yat, which occurred in the (a) Keep a stock of rockets with southern fairway of the harbour Life Saving Lines attached on July 8th, resulting in soma 25 at the principal wharves en persona losing their lives. The both the Hongkong and Commissioners were Commander Kowloon sides of the CW. Backwith (Chairman), Mr. barbour
W. Davisonand Mr. F. W. James.
(6) Build high-powered Motor Their report is as follows
Life Boats or high-powered Tugs for saving life in had weather;
1. We find that the capsizing of this launch was due to the following rossaus
(t) A large number of passen. (c) Form & Life Saving Corps, gers with their baggage dollected consisting partly of Govern on the starboard side preparatory ment officials, and partly of to leaving the launch which was others who are not in the then lying stopped in the Government Service and Southern Fairway off Salt Fish who are willing to be en-Lane,
rolled for Life-Saving Ser- (6) A number of cargo dealers vica in typhoons.
with their coolies came on board The Hou. Colonial Secretary over the starboard side at the replied as follows
Same time as the passengers were
This old village was already | doomed, we understand." In a
A Chinese girl, 17 years of age,{ attempted suicide yesterday by very faw yours we shall see jumping into the barbour from a big reclamation completed, with pler off Ship Street. She was 208- substantial edifices, in the place cued by a member of the Fire
Brigade. of the present hovels-such of them as are now left standing. Gradually, these dilapidatod old houses were to have been pulled down, as the work progressed. Eventually, another link with olden-day Hoogkong, when a
(a) A similar proposal was preparing to leave, quiet creek ran through Happy
There has been admitted to the Government Civil Hospital antyphoon of 1906, and after careful the launch to list heavily to star made in consequence of the Valles, would have gone. Indian guard employed on the consideration and consultation board and to abip a large amount The effect of this was to cause
Gradually, too, the inhabitants a.. Haihong, suffering from with the Commodore it was of water with the result that she would have left to make a fresh wounds in the head inflicted by decided that a rocket life-saving lost her stability and sank almost start perhaps a successful ons some person unknown at Con- apparatus would not serve
naught Road Central.
immediately. somewhere else. Their present
useful purpose. The conform
As far as can be ascertained, ation of the harbour is such that the launch was carrying not more trial is, maybe, but a hastening. A prisoner at Lai Chi Kok Gaol vessels awept from their anchor than eighty passengers (which is of the inevitable exodus. No who was serving six months for age in typhoons are ordinarily some fifty less than the maximum 29th doubt they can find temporary burglary was this morning given stranded in positions from which allowed by her licence) and fifty-
accommodation, and perhaps Melbourne
another three weeks by Mr. C. D. there is direct access to the shore piculs of cargo consisting of
for assaulting
or where there is no danger of lichess, vegetables and salt fitb. even assistance, from their more fellow-prisoner on July 25th. The breaking up from the action of We are of opinion that this fortunate neighbours. With their complainant is still in hospital."
theses. In a case such as that amount was not excessive, and. of the..s. Loong Sang, where a that in all probability the disaster hard schooling, they can get 'over Much of the American mail vessel drifts at a rapid pace and would have been averted and it their sense of loss in time. They which arrived here by the Pre finally sinks, a rocket apparatus not been for the antion of the. do not unduly complain, for they | sidont Grant was delivered would be useless, as the ship cargo dealers and their coolies,
It will be must be stationary to allow accept their calamity as part of sodden with water.
remembered that there HONGKONG, 30th August, 1923. the schema of things. In a very recently a fire aboard this vessel A Committee appointed in 1920, was of the hawser being set up.
Stability.
short time we more fortunate and, that some of the bolde had to "to consider the question of mak goes to prove that this launch ing provision for the protection of bad exceptionally good stability ones will probably forget all about be flooded. them and their troubles. It is
life and property in the barbour with a large righting moment,
The foreigner who observes but, the pity of it.
the inevitable in human woe; their daily life must oftop ponder the reasons for the stoical calm
BIRTH. REMEDIOS.-On the August, at 36 Morrison Hil Road, to Mr. and Mrs. M. P Remedios, a BoII.
The Telegraph.
THE PITY OF IT.
a
begins at home, and the Indian
Police Station.
2. All the technical evidence
A saloon boy, a porter and a during typhoon weather," did not thus making ber safe but uncom pantry, boy, all employed aboard see fit to recommend the use of a fortable in a seaway owing to thes.a. President Grant, have bron rocket apparatus. There were no quick roll. admitted to hospital. They ac-circumstances connected with the. Recommendations. sidentally fell overboard whilst recent typhoon which in the 3. (a) Under existing regula.. with which the lower-class Indians and Kenya. the ship was at Lyeemua Pass, opinion of the Government, call tions, say launch or ship under Chinese meet trouble and dis-
Apparently the professional but were picked up by a fishing for a reconsideration of this 60 tons holding passenger licence is, entitled to carry pas- aster. No doubt it is bred of the agitators in India have found a boat and taken to the Shaukiwan matter.
good thing in the recent Kenya
(b.) The proposal for the provis sengers outside the Harbour centuries through which their decision, and are now working up
ion of a high-powered lifebost has Limits according to the number forbears have struggled against trouble for all. they are worth.
With reference to the charge been considered on former occas-specified in her licence, adversity, and especially famine! We wonder what they would do against Mossre. Reuter, Brockel-ione and has been rejected. The We are of opinion that in
if the Government were ever to mana yesterday of failing to affix Committee of 1913 recorded the future, launches carrying pas And food. These reflections were rans all their demande in full, ac embossed stamp on a bill of opinion that there was no work sengers to places outside the called up yesterday evening by Probably the shook of having lading, we are informed that the within the scope of a life-bost Harbour Limite should be tested visit to Wong Nei Chong village, nothing to agitate about would mistake was made by a Chinese which could not equally well be for stability, and if necessary ball. nestling at the southern end of put the quiolus on them; so it clerk who had recently joined the carried out by tuge and launches asted in order to give them
might be worth trying, if for no firm and not, as stated, by a provided with life-lines. An greater margin of safety. Happy Valley, misnamed, for the other reason than that. Charity European employee
arrangement w36 made in We consider this necessary be. nonce. The village is composed
the year 1920 with the Naval cause of the common practice of of very old Chinese dwelling. Nationaliste raight be better ec The Post Office notifies that Authorities, whereunder, when Chinese passengers to buddle to- houses, with brick walls and cupied in trying to uplift the the mails from Australia which there are immediate prospects gether in any one place to avoid
masecs in their own country. We were despatched by the ae, of the weather conditions becom-wind, raid or sun, tiled roofs, ali set together in do not intend to suggest more Changsha were received intacting so bad as to place, native (b) All direct openings to the rows with only a narrow paved universal education, because if per s.s. Victoria yesterday morn craft in danger of being unable engine room or "tween deck" anything were required to prove ing. The Changsha, it will be to make shelter on their own spaces should be provided with path between them. They con that improved education is at an remembered, wont ashore recent account, two naval tugs are made effective water tight coamings to sist of one storey, with an attic, unmixed blessing, it is the agita-ly, the passengers being brought available to assist to tow such prevent the ingress of water under and every square foot of this tor himself. The truth of the on here by the Victoria.
craft to shelter. The Govern-normal conditions. ment will give further considera. space is utilised. The villagers adage that a little learning is a
(c) No passenger-carrying |dangerous thing was never better We have received from the tion to the use of tugs for the launch should in future be aro of the coolie class, labouring demonstrated, with all the trouble Colonial Secretariat a copy of a purpose of saving life during a permitted to embark or disembark for hire where and when they can, that these half-baked politicians letter from M. Paul Kremer, typhoon.da
passengers, or to lead or unload and supplementing their income are causing. One of the English Consul for France, conveying to
(c) A volunteer corps for say cargo, in any fairway or at any by keeping pige-many of them- papers published in India points H.E. the Governor a message established in 1872, and it was or ship, or at such place as the, ing life in typhoons was place, other than at a wharf, pier, out that "the solicitude displayed of sympathy from H.E. the and some poultry A portion of by Indian politicians for their Governor-General of Indo-China re-established after the typhoon Harbour Master may direct. the village has now gone, the fellow countrymon in British with regard to the losses eustain of 1908. The movement died out old mortar crumbling under the Colonies contrasts strangely with ed by the Colony in the recent 8 soon as the first enthusiasm the indifference shown towards typhoon, as well as the Colonial was gone, and there is no racord action of yesterday's flood. More the terrible disabilities under Secretary's reply thereto. The of any useful work done by the than a score of houses collapsed which millions of Indians Labour latter's reply states-The the corps. In view of this ex- of a few in India. The reference is to Colony of Hongkong deeply ap- Perience, the Government coa- hours, fortunately without much the depressed classes, or untou-preciates this indication of the siders that it would be useless to in the way of casualties. The comments, it is indeed extra-Government of Indo-China and I direction.
chables, and, as our contemporary friendship and good-will of the make further experimente in this
recent big typhoon had wrecked ordinary that, when equal rights am to request that you will be so two houses here, and damaged with Europeans are claimed in goad as to inform His Excellency.
the Colonies for Indians. several others, and what the wind did not complete the floods have accomplished.
within the space
There was one woman crying yesterday, standing a little apart from the groups of homeless oner. Probably she had suffored
CHINSHAN TROUBLE.
Threat to Destroy Model Village.
News from Macro is to the effect that Chen Chak, the River Defence Commissioner under Dr.
the Governor Genera! accord- EAST RIVER FIGHTING. Sun, with seven gunboats from
a large proportion of the popula-ingly." tion are debarred, not by Govern ment but by their fellow country- men, from the elementary rights, of humanity," German Chemicals.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(To the Editor of the "Bangkong.. Telegraph."}
Getting Ready for the Battle.
Kongmoon and a few hundred eoldiers, recaptured Chinshan and Pappa Island on the 27th instant. General Chan Wing-od bed pre- viously loft with his forces, pro- Owing to the serious situation/ceeding towards Houngehow. A lot of the German chemical
on the East River, all the available Therefore no fighting took place. patente, seized during the war,
forces from Canton, as well as It is said that Chan Chak a bereavement. In the general proved "unworkable. So tosti-
from the Shun Tak and Fa Ynen intends to demolish General Chan philosophic way in which the fies a chemist in a lawsuit result-
The Chit System.
diatrists, have been ordered to the Wing-on's native village, Wang calamity had been met, this ing from the seizure and sale-of
front. The commandeering of Man Chay, which is situate these patents. This has been
coolios and of junke is again pro. about three miles from Chiu- visible human sorrow was peculi common knowledge in the chemisomewhat humorous editorial re. A report from Sheklung states built in the American style, with
Sir.-Apropos of Monday's ceeding in full swing,
shan. This is a model village arly contrasted. One family had cal industry. The Germans pat the chit system, I think that the that the Yunnanese troops, there, electric light and waterworks fost a pig, crushed to death ented just enough to protect their custoin so prevalent in Hong-after Dr. Sun had promised to scheme. The villagers have fled before it could get away, as enough details to keep their Kong of living high and faring pay them a lakh and a half of in panic.
processes, and left unmentioned all the others seemed sagacię ply secrets biddea. For instance, in the rest of the
sumptuously at the expense of dollars in three days, have agreed
community, to have done; and in this lose of the case of a dye involving 16 steps including often poor, hard-work to proceed to the fraat, and that
WOMAN KILLED.
6- valuable asset ono saw they in the manufacture, they would ing Chinese tradesmen and General Chau's forces, in view had suffered a severe blow. In patent only three steps, and any pedlare, le criminally sinful and of the reinforcement of Sun's one using the patent would have damnably presumptuous (using positions, ponding the arrival of troops, bave taken up defensive other ways, fate had dealt un to work out the other 13. It is the language of John Bunyan), further mor from the east Knocked Down by Train. kindly with these villagers. Two whispered among chemists that and
some of these patented formulas humorous notice.
deserves anything but Another report says that Gon. women, with stolid faces, wero
wore misleading to the extent of
Lau Tsun, wan's forces have been A fatality on the Kowloon- digging amidst the bricks and being more apt to produce an hard labour of the most rigorous munication with the main force Chinese women, aged about It is a great moral wrong that encircled at Fei Ngo Lung, com- Canton Railway le reported. A of their demolished explosion than the deskt kind cannot be given to such being cut off home out of the elush they drew ed results, when compound parasites on society,
timbers
ed by outsidors. We note that forth odds and ends of house-one chemical patent deals with hold goods, occasionally an paranitrobenzoyleblorethanol, so article of clothing, always some we won't go into technicalities,
Youre etc.
CASH DOWN. Hongkong, Aug. 29th, 1923.
thirty, was knocked down by a
It is believed that both sides train at No. 25 bridge near Taipo aro collecting strong forces and Kau, and was killed. This that a big battle may take place occurred as the last train from
Kowloon was passing the spot, in about ten days,