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MAXIMUM RESCUE WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
Hearing Adjourned.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1925.
SHORTAGE OF RUBBER.
ONLY FOUR MONTHS' SUPPLIES IN STOCK.
Manufacturers Manifesto.
The inquiry into the Po Hing London, August 7-A manf Fong disaster was.continued yester-festo, signed by fourteen rubber day afternoon at the Central manufacturing firms, has been Magistracy, Mr. S. B, B. McElderry, issued urging the Government to sitting as coroner, the jury being consider the immediate modifien- composed of the following, Capt. T. tion of the Stevenson restriction Arthur (foreman), Mr. J. 6. scheme. It estimates that at pro- Sheppard and Mr. Ho Kom-teng," sent thore fa less than four Mr. F. C. Jenkin, Instructed by months' of the world consumption Johnson, Stokes and Masters.
of rubber in stock, while it is appeared to represent relatives of generally acknowledged the several who lost their lives in the normal stocks are eight months' collapse,
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Mr. Edward Newhouse, Engineer,
The Stevenson scheme provides P.W.D., was recalled and put in new for an extra release of a maximum plans of the drainage system of the of eighty thousand tons a year, area above Po Iling Fong, stating equivalent only to two months. they were larger and more accurate supply at the present rate of con- than was the case with those put sumption, Unless the scheme is in formerly. They showed the modifed the result will be a sizes of storm water drains and growingly acute shortage of sup- culverts. It also showed that the plies for a few years, which will drain at the junction of Seymourbe naturally gradually terminated Road and Castle Road had been by great suppiles from countries reduced from two feet by one foot outside the Empire and from: ten inches to a twelve inch pipe. estates financed by foreign in-
tersts-Reuter,
When it was altered he did. not know.
ARMED ROBBERY.
Asked as to what the, result of this smaller pipe would be, witness said in heavy rain the narrower pipe would set as a throttle and if the rain was heavy enough it would
PEARS USED AS GAGS. be forced up through the manhole covers and would flow down over use of gags by armed robbers, is The latest Innovation in thu Caing Road. A part of it, however, the introduction of pears, which would be intercepted by gullies and are being substituted storm water drains which would wine cups, usually employed in for the take the water down to the Disin-such outrages. The remnants of fecting Station.
a dried pear were produced at the| as an exhibit in a case in which Kowloon Magistracy yesterday
a Chinese was charged with being]
Retaining Wall Construction, Mr. H. E. Goldsmith, engineer, P.W.D., gave evidence as to the retaining wall built below the site concerned in an armed robbery of the new No. 8 Police Station. committed at 55 Wai Ching Street, He said in his opinion very littlejon July 27. water would go below the founda-
It appears that ten days prior
tions of the wall. It might get to the robbery, a man rented a down to the foundations, but not cubicle at the house for the sum below them. The wall was built up against the existing strata, he said in reply to the foreman.
"Mr. T. Bolt, overseer, said he was in charge of the building of the wall. He was never on the site during any heavy rafi.
of $2. A week later another man, together with a small boy who was described as the first visitor's brother, went to the floor with certain' articles of furniture. On the day of the robbery they again appeared and when asked why Mr. E. Ralphs was then called they had not removed to their| to give evidence as to the reghiin....... work carried out by the St. John's little child had been ill. Ambulance Brigade. He said They had not been on the floor within half an hour of the collapse long before they commenced there were 24 ambulance men on operation and gagged the occu the scene assisting the Police, and pants with pears, prior to by 11 a.m. the number had increased fining them in one room. Before to 40. This number worked all that they had sufficient time to day and for ten days after there sack the house, one of the tenants were always ten men on duty, who had been in the kitchen, taking charge of bodies when they rushed into the front.part of the came to the surface.
floor and blew a police whistle, He considered that the arrange-causing the men to decamp, iments for the saving of life were After hearing the evidence the adequate and could not have been case was adjourned. Improved.
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Mr. D. Burlingham, Assistant BANK RATE REDUCTION. Superintendent of Police, described the work carried out by the Police after, the collapse. He said the
OUTCOME OF RESTORATION alarm was given at 9.30 a.m. He
OF GOLD STANDARD. arrived on the scene at 9.40 and stayed there until 7.15 p.m. that City Editor says the reduction in Londer, August 7-The Times night, at which time there had the Bunk rate is the direct out- censed to be any signs of life among come of the restoration of the gold the debris. Thirty policemen were standard. working there altogether and when influx of eight and a half milliona There has been a net people or bodies were extricated gold since April 29, which has they were handed over to the raised the Bank of Englund stock of Ambulance Brigade. He had ample metal to the unprecedented figure of men there to assist; in fact he had one hundred and sixty-four and a refused further help which was half millions, and consequently offered. The Tung Wah Hospital there has been a considerable addi- very kindly housed a number oftion to the actual and potential coolics who were working there supply of credit. under the Police. On July 17 there reserve ratio la lately higher than The Bank's were 21 people extricated alive and for the past nine years and the at & pm or the following day discount rate has fallen away to a voice was heard in the debris and figure which has left the bank rate at 2.45a.m. the next morning a girl ineffective-Reuter." was taken out alive. He considered that nothing more than was done could have been done in the matter) of saving life. ・・
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Mr.. H. T. Brooks, superintendent. of the Fire Brigade, stated that the
London, August 7 alarm was raised at 9.33 a.m. and After a few speechies by fabour- two appliances with 15 men and Ites, Mr. Saklatvala contendod one motor ambulance were sent. that if the profits of the British Later another appliance. and coal industry could be restricted another ambulance were despatck-in order to preserve wages, the ed. The Brigade worked there for same thing ought to be applied ten days at the end of which time to British mine owners in South the P.W.D. took over,
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On the experts present "stating wages in-those arons could not be that they expected that it would reduced to a minimum and react be another wook or ten days before on British wages. Mr. Purcell de the site was cleared the Coroner clared that conditions in the coal adjourned the hearing.aine die.
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