A BLACK CAT
Menna goral or bud luck to supersti tions peoples. But The health of your
eyes means good or bust burk
to you.
Ben Lazarus and be on the
Hafa mete.
LAZARUS
12 Q- Hoch (Patja),
The only Estpopean Aphician ze the Volný
FOUNDAD 1951- No, 13.507
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
三拜雞
號八月十英港德
WEDNESDAY
ALL WELL.
ANOTHER PIRATE OUTRAGE.
SHANGHAI STEAMER LOOTED.
VESSEL
BROUGHT NEAR HONGKONG.
TAIYO MARU REACHES
PORT.
reported
The Taiyo Maru. two days late yesterday, with a fear expressed that sho might be lost, steamed into Hongkong harbour this morning. Information from the offices of Monars, Grimble and Co., who are operating the ship, was to the affect that she had encountered bad weather come distance from Hongkong and had put into anbeltor.
The Taiyo Maru la operated by Messrs. Grimble and Co, for the Green Island Cement Co., and runs betwoon Tai Lay Bay and
OCTOBER
STRANDING OF "'TECUMSEH."
CUST ROCK BUOY OBSCURED BY SAMPANS.
Master Guilty of Error
of Judgment.
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IMPOSSIBLE. LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE.
In answer to Mr. Blake, the Captain Bald that it was not pos sible to atoor a straight courso from Lyomun as he had to koop altoring for sampane and juuks.
By the Court: He triod to koop an. straight as possible and ho did not altor more to ano side than the other. He took no fresh bearings in the harbour,
PREMIER'S CONDEMNATION
LIBERALS.
OF
and did not see the signal hilat MEDIAEVAL CROOKEDNESS AND
Kowloon, until aftor the ship had
QUARTERMASTER KILLED: FOREIGNERS ROBBED. Another piratical outrage has to be reported to-day. The Chinese steamer Ningshin, in command of Captain O. Torgerson, Hongkong, carrying cargook of on the rock as she was coming take the ship to the anchorage. loft Shanghai for Foochow on the 2nd instant, with 300 Chinoso and gevon foreign passengers aboard, as well as cargo. valued at half a million tools, and, on the following day, pirates travelling as passengers took charge of her, killing the Chinoso quarterinanter and compelling the Captain to make for Bias Bay, thirty miles from Hongkong, where the vessel was looted and the passengers robbod, the pirates oventually putting off in lightors. Tho vessel arrived at Amoy yesterday. The story of the outraga is told in the following telegram from our Shanghai correspondent:-
VALUABLE CARGO.
Shanghai October 8.
The steamer Ningshin, of 2,897, tons, owned by the San Pol Steam Navigation Company, sailing under the Chinese flag, dopart- nd from hard on October 2nd tor Foschew, carrying over 300 Chinese and wovon foreign pasaongers, all of whom boarded the vessel ni Shanghai.
„She had a cargo valued at half a million taels, which included thirty cases of silvor eyces, valuo $120,000 (Mox.), piece goods, other cargo and some mail matter.
The vossol was pirated near Wonehow on October 3rd, whos thirty-four robbers in a gang bogan firing and taking possession of thorship, killing the native quartunnuster and wounding one callor. AT BIAS BAY.
The piralos retained possession the ship until the afternoon of October 5th, having compoiled Captain O. Torgersen to sail south ward along the coast into Bian Bay, logs than thirty miles from Hongkong, and known to be a pirató rendezvour.
The pirates looted the ship, robbed the passengers foisuroly, and then put off in lighters, whereupon the Captain sailed and arrived at Ainoy yesterday. The ship is now proceeding to Foooliow.
Among the foreign passengers were three holding return pass- ages not listed at the Shanghai office, the other four being Mrs. N. Overholt, Mr. J. H. Bartlett, Mr. R. Hightower and Mr. L. Brown.
GRUESOME. FIND.
ROBBERS GAG WATCHMAN.
TORTURE.”
COMMUNISTS EXCLUDED FROM LABOUR PARTY.
A Marine Court of Enqdiry |struck. When the ship struck into the circumstances attending the rook it had almost stopped: the stranding of the 8.8. Tecumseh, the engines had been going astorn a Standard Oil boat, on Cast for some tline. Rock, Kowloon, on September Did you think you knew the 11th, was oponed at the Harbour | harbour sufficiently well to bring Office this morning. It will be the ship in without a pilot-I remembered that the vessel went thought I know it well enough to
Witness admitted through the barbour on her way limestone. According to lato into Lalchikok, and that she was could not see the Hongkong elde, that ho
London, October 7. The Labour Party Conference oponed at, the Queen's Hall, formation, the Talyo Maru got later ro-floated and taken to but stated that he intended sight London, an unusual amount of Interest being shown in the proceed- directly in the path of the typhoon Kowloon Dock, where she is now ing the Cust Rock Buoy and then ings in anticipation of a pronouncement by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on Friday and was forced to put under repair.
anchoring until tho weatlier
on the Government arisis, Tho into Kami Bay, Hainan Island.
conferonoa was preceded by s until the blow was over. She is not The Court was composed of cleared. He was expecting a
breakfast at a West End restau- Liout.-Com. G. F. Hole, R. N.,pilot, as he had had no mossage
to the contrary.
rant, at which members of the damaged and the cargo is safe,
Harbour Master (President);
Questioned as to why he did not
Cabinot, the Labour Executivo Liout-Com. C. R. 11. Harvey anchor when he found the visibil O.B.E., R.N., of the Chart Deposity so bad, witness said he did not
and representativce of tho Trado Union Congress attended. Mr. Royal Naval Yard, Lieut.-Com.
Ramsay MacDonald was not pre- sont, but went straight to the Conference, appearing a quarter of an hour before the opening. He was ovated by the crowd out- side and his appearance on the platform was granted with the singing of the Red Flag and Internationale.
LUCKY STOWAWAYS.
FREE PASSAGE AND POOR BOX GIFT.
A. J. Hailey R.N.R., R.M.S. want to anchor in the fairway for Fimpress of Australia, Capt. Efor foar of fouling cables. This was the first time he had brought Jones, 8.8. Philostotes; and Capt. H. Hamilton. 8.8,
Tai-
yil.
Mr. D. H. Blake appeared for the master of the s.s. Tecumsob, Capt. Errott.
a ship into the harbour since be had hoon in command. It was: the fourth time he had been through Lyemuo Channel, CHIEF OFFICER'S EVIDENCE' Mr. A. Livingstone, the Chief Officer of the ship, next gavo evidence, saying that as the ship was passing through Lyomun ho was on the fo'castle end. Thoro was a lot of shipping and sampans A chair was provided in the and it was hazy over in Kow- loon Bay. He could not soo the shore, and the 'tido
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. WAS with thom. They had
At the opening of the Court, Mr. Blake raid that Capt. Errott was still under the doctor, and he oraved the indulgence and consideration of the Court.
CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE.
·
POISON CLOUDS OF PAST BLUNDERS.
In the course of his address, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald said that the work of the Labour delegation at Gonova should give pride to all seoking for the security of peno0. A trial must be given to the
The two stowaways, G. G. Noi-, fold (who was yesterday stated to bo a German but has since boan found to be a native of Russia) and Alexis A. Kotitsky, a Polo, again appeared buforo Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at tho Kowloon Magistracy this morning, and wero leniently dealt with." They were the most fortunate stowaways to have appeared || box. at the Kowloon Magistracy, for besides being promised a passage to Haiphong they were
to alter course continually to Dawas Plan-but the whole Trade Union movement of the world was bach given $3 from the poor box. Capt. J. Errott, the master, avoid-sampath. As they got morally bound to support the Gormun Trade Unions against capital- Addressing the defondants stated that to had been employed down the harbour the visibility lat attempts to roduce wagos and lengthen hours on the plea of through the interpretation of Mr. for nine years by the Standard was not so good and he could not reparations payments.
He defended the Anglo-Russian Treaty, declaring there were W. C. Folehow, the Magistrate Oil Company and had been in see Kowloon Dock or Kowloon said that as stowing away was command of the Tecumseh for Point. There were sampons and intereats in the country prepared in the bitterest way to sacrifice not permitted, they should have twelve months. Ho had boon a junks ahead with their alls up,jovery national concern to themselves. If the Treaty camo short of baon sont to prison for one mastor on one previous ship. The As one junk on their port bow a really satisfactory settlement that was because the blunders and month, but, for some reason, the Tecumseh was of 6,828 tone gross, moved out of the way he noticed scapades of our predecessors still hung like poison clouds over all French Consul had interested and 4,246 nett tonnage. On the Cuat Rack Buoy about four points our endeavoura
LIBERAL "MANOEUVRE" CONDEMNED. himself in the defondante and day of arrival in Hongkong the on the port bow. Roughly, it was
Mr. MacDonald, referring to the recent action of Liberals, said had agrood to send them to ship was fully loaded with 8,570 about 400 foot away when ho
He then heard the that their plan was to force a humiliated Government to go to the. Haiphong. The ship would batons of oil in bulk and was draw. first saw it.
astern. If it bad country in a fortnight's time. The Conservatives had a straight- sailing on Friday and until then ing 27 foot, At 1.57 a.m. they engines go
for the juak ho forward voto of consure, but the Liberal amendment was conceived they would go to prison.
picked up the Waglan Light and not beon
have seen the buoy in spirit of mediaoval crookedness and torturo. The Government Tho
A. "packed" Committao ex-waited for daylight, coming into could pressad gratitude on behalf of the the harbour later. The weather in ample time to have avoided it. would not be censured, but only insulted.
"By this littla other defondant and himself at was showery but clear. He was On the morning of September would on the eve of the election publish a roport which he knew had the Magistrata's lenient decision. on the look-out for pilot boats but 29th. whilst on his way from already been drawn up, censuring the Government.
Dack to Court he shoouvre, we go down and tho fortunes of the Liberal Party will A watchman posted al
Answering his Worship both did not soo any until he was Kowloon o'clock thie morning, Thoy entrance was to deterrent to the men said that they wore though Lyemun Channel. He noticed four sampans made fast be restored. But they mistake thoir men.-(Cheers). This chicanery were walking in the Wongnoiwa¦ enterprise of a number of robbers ponnitesa, to which Mr.hailed thein, but they all replied to the buoy, hiding it from view. will provoke resentment that will make our victories all the more numerous, Fresh clean fighting in the constituencies will clear tho Valley when they noticed the who forced their way into the Hamilton-replied that he did not they were for other ships. The THIRD OFFICER'S STORY,
air and give us strength in the House of Commone making us in- body of an olderly Chinese man Kwong Tai Long engineering suppose the men would have a Chief Officer was with him on the
Mr. E. S. Atlerwill, the third depondent of partisan tactics." He hoped that the Conference in its lying in a nullah. A rope was shop at 995; Canton Rand, early very good voyage without any bridge, and the speed of the ship officer, who was on the bridge at deliterations would remember what was at stake, and that when tied round his neck, the loweri yesterday morning.
money. He would make them was slow. As they came down at the time the ship struck, the time came for it to dissolve, the thousand men and women half had been used tu fje his feel; The watchaan informs the 14 small grant from the Poor the harbour the weather got less stated that previous 12 coming gathered there would return to thoir posts and steep in armour until together, and had the appearance,
into police that he was five to the Box to buy cigarettes and other clear, and the engines were put at
the harbour bo had the ward was given for the Labour Party to take the field not to of a man who had died from our post, 'a pies of wood thrust
minor articles hafore they found half spoed. There was a lot of handl instructions 11 keep dofond itself but to attack. in between his tent a
mployment in Haiphong.
shipping with junks and sampane
AN OPTIMISTIC PROPHET. Examination revealed that the!
They were accordingly son-
with a number of ships going outlook-out for pilots. They hailed
somo pilot bouts, but they were Mr. Cramp in proposing a resolution which was unanimously man was in an advanced stage and the shop cansacked.
tanced ic three days hard There was a haze, with fogin engager. Witness went on to carriol, congratulating Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on the success of patches. He had previously set corroborate the previous witnes-his political organisation of the Labour movement, prophesied that his Courso EL TICI at 640 x.in,
ses regarding the fog and bad after the election Labour would be the largest party in the House of ho chungod it. At that time visibility, and also the junks. Con mons. (Cheers), ho could Dob #Co Kowloon All that he couĥ seo of Kowloon
Mr. Horbort Smith, Prosidont of the Miners' Foderation, in shore, the ship than being in
was the top of the derricks on seconding declared that the miners were determined to roturn the Kowloon Bay. He altered course the slipways at the Dock, and Labour Government not because they believed in reparations as to pass between Cust Rock Buoy it was impossible and Belcher's Ridge, This was distance from them.
A
BODY DISCOVERED AT
KOWLOON TONG.
gruesome discovery was! made by a party of workmen in Kowloon Tong at about eight
#trangulation.
leprosy, and it is surmised that)
THEFT FROM ENGINEER- ING SHOP
the
a pay,
There does not appears to have It was on this account that has been great deui roully atrašlivo
it was taken.
“ LAUNCH PIRATED,
VESSEL RETURNS TO HONGKONG.
The stona aunch Tung Chi returned to the Colony yesterday! with a story of having been holdi up and seized by pirates on her last trip to Wuchow.
Whon off Sai. Ma-ling, noBe
* Sun Tak, 'with a lighter in tow,
the launch was fired upon by
For the robbers in the Shop, al Bhone they remained in it for nearly an hour. When they at length left, they took with them. In quantity of brass filings valued.
at $50,
HOCKEY.
CLUB
1 v.
UNIVERSITY
The following will ropresent tho pirates. Vory soon a number of Club on Wednesday, October 8th, Armed mon boarded both craft, at Happy Valley, at 5.15. pm. took them apart, and sailed the Club in-coloure
1. R. Black, W. A. Nowers, Jaunoh up rivar. At the end of u three days' cruise, the Tung On. G. Gardner. J. C. Faers, L. A. was released, and returned to the R. Duncan, D. S. Green. J. H. Colony yesterday. The coxswain Kearny, H. C. Macnamara. A. reports that all the rope, canvas, Bawor (Captain) and two others. lamps and other fittings, wore stolen, the loss being placed at$300.
CANTON THREATENED.
Much excitement has been
caused in Canton by a report to
RECENT ROBBERY,
FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
the effoot that Chan King-ming's A raid made by the police at a Jorgos ara planning to capture house in Wanchai resulted in the The: Bodos Tigris. Forts prior to arrest of four mon suspected of attacking Canton city.
being concornod in the robbory donsequence of this report, committed on Mrs. Deacon at Rivals Government has despatched Broadwood Road on Saturday Pero gunboate and a number of morning.
Mops to strengthen the defence
labour.
second defendant
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to judge brought about in the Dawes Roport, but because Mr. Ramsay Mao. It was only Donald and his friends were in the right direction to bring about the
in accordance with sailing in when a junk moved out of ultimate aim of reparations and the end of wars for aver.-(Choers). structions. As he was approach the way that he saw the ing the Cust Rock, ho could son Cust Rock Boy. If the junk
That was only.
a rough computation,
COMMUNISTS EXCLUDED.
AMAZING EGYPTIAN DEMANDS. BRITISH PROTECTION OF CANAL CONTESTED.
London, October 7.
The Conference refused a Communist application for affiliation the derricks at Kowloon Dock, had not been there they could by 3,185,000 votos to 193,000 and carried the executive's further, res but it was impossible to judge the have seen the buoy much earlier. commentating that no member of the Communist Party should bo dietance on account of ground The engines wore put astern eligible for endorsement as a Labour candidato for Parliament or fog. In front ho saw soveral sampans and one junk, all with immediately, and the ship struck any local authority, by 2,456,000 votes to 654,000,
The Conference finally passed a resolution by 1,804,000 votos: wind at 6.57 a.m. The ship bad just sails up. Thore was no
steering way on at the time that no member of the Communist Party be eligible for membership and the boats were being rowed. When he saw the buoy first, it in the Labour Party.-Reuter. They wore in view for some time, would be about 500 yards away. and the junk was going from Kowloon to Hongkong, whilst the sampans were going in all direo-
THE FINDING. tions. The Gust Rock Buoy was obscured by the sails of these! The Court than adjourned to Vossels. When the Buoy was considor its finding, and on coming! first sighted, ho rang for the into Court the President said that
Zagblul Pasha's domande in the recont negotiations in London engines to go astern and star- the Court found that the ground-are summarised in a White Papor issued to-night. boarded the hoim. Tho ship strucking was due to the Cust Rock Thoy wore A withdrawal of all British forces from Egyptian the buoy rock on the port bow. Buoy being obscured at the time territory, withdrawal of the financial and judicial advisors, dis- This was at 6:57 am. The tido by junks and sampane. Wo con-appearance of all British control over the Egyptian Government. was still flooding. He kept the sidor that the Mastor, Mr. Joseph notably in connection with foreign affairs, abandonment of the British ongines full astorn until 7.15, try. Errott, navigated his ship in claim to protect foreigners and minorities in Egypt, and abandonment. ing to get the ship off, but could seamanlike manner and with of the British olsim to participate in the protection of the Suez Canal not do so. At 6.30 the fug Honry propor caution, but that ho was Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, while not abandoning hope of a sub- Koswick arrived and tried to tow guilty of an error of judgmont, sequent agreement, expressad the opinion that Zaghiul's attitude at the vessel off, but with no result, not amounting to culpability, in present rendered an agreement Impossible. He déclared that no Brit Lator in the day, the oil in the that he did not immediately an-ish Government could wholly saorifice its interests, guarding a vital ford tanks was pumped into a chor on seeing the derricks of the link of British communications like the Cana), and samurod Zagblul lighter, and at 5.38 the vessel was Hongkong and Whampoa Dock-that Britain does not intend to attempt direct control of the polloy got off with the assistance of tuga, yard on his starboard beam.”
After prooseding to Lalohikok The Captain's certificate of of the Egyptain Government. Mr. MacDonald adhered to the
previous British statements regarding the Sudan-Rauler and unloading, the vessel want to competency was then handedi