POSITIVE FACTS ABOUT "CROOKES GLASS.
Claims for the Sir William Crookies 07aa4 are not general and indefinita. Each claim is positive and is substantiated by fauts
1 Almorbs all ultra-violes
3. Transmits the visible violet
3. Transmits only slightly less of the visible than
while glass.
4. Transmission of visible (rod, yellow, grean and blue) is uniform; Grookes glaes does not alter colour values.
5. Dobs not absorb the violet or yellow which, is an objectionable feature of many other ultra- violet absorption glasses.
N. LAZARUS
Hongkong's Only European Optician
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1801
No. 21,976
ULTALENT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
一拜禮
HONGKONG'S NARROW ESCAPE.
BIG OPIUM SEIZURE.
SEVERE TYPHOON JUST
THE COLONY.
MISSES
EUROPEAN DROWNED OFF NORTH POINT.
MUCH SHIPPING DISTRESS. Hongkong has to-day just missed the full effects of an extremely severe typhoon which passed a few miles south of the Colony. It has, however, experienced typhoon conditions, a squall velocity of 100 miles per hour having been registered.
The Colony's normal routine has been disorganised, there boing no low level or Peak trams until late in the day and no There has been much dislocation and harbour ferry services. distress caused to shipping, at least one vessel having gone ashore from Kowloon Bay, and a number of cargo boats having been capaised. There has, however, been no loss of life reported among
the boat people.
The saddest incident has been the death of a Dutch resident, named Mr. Jan Blankenyoort, a supervisor employed on the Netherlands Harbour Works reclamation scheme at North Point. Early this morning, he went on to the reclamation front to see if the gear was all right when a sudden gust of wind blew him into the sea. He was unfortunately drowned in spite of an attempt at rescue by an Indian Guard who was with him."
A full report of the typhoon and its consequences will be found below.
LOVER 2,000 TAELS FROM DUTCH BOAT.
On Saturday night, local revenue officers made a big seizure of Toplum on board the Dutch steamer, as. Tilibost, which had just arrived here from Amoy on her- way down to Java. The quanti ty seized was 2,100 taels..
The drug was most cleverly hidden away in a secret chamber in the chain locker, and a long search had to be made" before the. drug, which was known to be on board, was discovered.
No arrests have been made, but two Chinese members of the crew have since absconded.
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A second launch made a almiler attempt to go alongside Blake Pier, after having proceeded with extraordinary speed before the wind from the east side of the harbour, but, like the first launch, It also had to abandon the attempt and to head again, for the cast, rolling heavily in the rough seas, A large crowd witnessed these incidents from the Prays wall
GUNBOAT'S EXPERIENCE,
The small French gunboat went through a most Argus exciting experience during the worst period of the "blow". Moor- The typhoon which Hongkong H.M.S. Ambrose, which is under-ed in the man-of-war anchorage, she has experienced to-day, came upon going repairs and overhaul and was blown inshore perilously near the Colony with unusual speed. has, therefore, no steam, was the Naval Dockyard wall, but the On Saturday, it was reported to anchored in mid-stream and got crew, working like Trojans, suc be east of the Philippines, and early into difficulties off the Kowloon cessfully rode her through the yesterday it was well outside the Naval Yard' camber: She was storm. She was not to 600 miles radius. Yesterday taken in tow by two of the big unscathed, however, for one afternoon, however, the depression naval tags, and, in the safe care her masts was brought down and. spread and the centre of the ty-of these, rode out the remainder of with it the wireless installation. phoon came appreciably nearer, Bothe storm. that at about nine o'clock Inst night the first warning signals! were hoisted.
29.27 was taken just before this;
SUN ON ASKORE.
escape of
EUROPEAN DROWNED. SWEPT INTO SEA AT NORTH POINT.
A sad tragedy directly wrought by the "blow" occurred at North Point in the small hours of this morning when a Dutchman, named Jan Blankenvoort, employed ağ European supervisor at the recla mation works, met his death by
1926.
TAX COFT ID DENTS
built on the
UDRUN ihopa po. In qualit BON and ESSEX AID ANES
$1995)
Includfix complete special,
COAL COMPROMISE THE LATEST BOYCOTT WANHSIEN BOMBARDMENT.
MINERS APPROVE OF ARBITRATION.
"DISCIPLINED RETREAT
Rugby, Sept 26 The Secretary of the Miners Federation, Mr. AJ. Cook, struck a new note in a speech at Rad stock last night when he said bø beligved in an organised retreat.
TALKA
MR. SUN FO AS WORKERS
CHAMPION
TAX PROCEEDS
According to the latest reports in connection with the calling off of the boycott, Mr. Sun Fo is now being looked upon as their cham- plon by certain group of workers, to whom he has conveyed the Infor
The spooch, is of special impor tance in view of the fact that Miners' Delegate Conference has been summoned for Wednesday,mation that free boarding houses House of Commons and meetings be kept open for four months following upon the debate in the for strikers from Hongkong w!!! between the Minora Executive
provided that they do: so in such a manner as not to cause any ground for complaint.
an the Labour Party Trades longer; and that, while trufe de- Union Connell and the Miners, tween Hongkong and Canton is-to" Members of Parliamenti: st“. be resumed, workers may still In the course of his speech Mr. Continue the boycott of British Cook said:"If we have got to re-
goods prov treat and to recommend in com promise we must do it in a die ciplined way. I do not like com pulsory arbitration, bun. I would accept arbitration, because I know that wages cannot justly be reduc ed. It is the eight-hours day we do not like. We have to get round it somehow, because it is thute in an Act of Parliament. We are
LATEST HANKOW INCIDENT.
Jardine Launch Commandeered.
Hanksy, Sept. 24. Southern military leaders" commandeered Jardine launch to ferry thirty soldiers across the river.
The launch was finally re- leased, but tliè action is re- garded as the forerunner of things to cometen.
pepared to resume work on a re duced national minimum.
We
will accept the report of the Royal Commission, and we will not quibble over it. We are preperad to allow the people who drafted that report, to interpret it. I wish we had not got to compromise, but a compromise has to be faced."
PREMIER TO EXPLAIN.
HOW THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY FARED.
SOME EXAGGERATED STORIES.
Soma Interesting details of how the small foreign community ut Wanhafen fared during the bombardment of that city by British Bunboats are related by a resident who recently arrived at Han«, kow. He tells of the treatment accorded to foreigners.after the bombardment, and explains how a party took refuge ona Japanese gunboat and later got aboard a steamer flying the French ng which took them to chang
Another account says that the Chinese reports of the effect of the bombardment have been much exaggerated, as also have the stories of the foss of life to clvillada,
A
different times, they were pres vented from doing so.
Talking with a newspaper IG presentative he said:On Sunday, September. 5 the date on which The next morning, Sept. 6. the the bombardment took place, soldiers tried to obtain an ex- next day moved up above the 5.5 trance. On looking to see why they ared, we saw the Hain Shu- Wantung.
On Sunday, Sept. 5, I was in tang (Under French Flag). We The workers who question, the formed that the students had put heard later that two Chinese had sudden change of Kuomintang a stop to the Compradore selling hoon injured as the result of this polley regarding the boycott and to the British residents, to the gun- Bring Word then came to us that strike have been advised that the boats or to steamers, any stores of the soldiers were looking for us, Party will do everything it can to any kind. This day the gunboats (Mr. Dalton and me), and that protect their interests. With the cleared for action. I was in- money was being offered for us proceeds expected from the structed to look out for the .. should we be captured. We them per cent surtax on ordinary Im- Kaiwo. As she had not arrived at tried to send word to the Customs. ports and 5 per cent, on luxuries, 5 o'clock I decided to go and visit Commissioner who, being Japan- the Kuomintang expects to create my friends. On going outside eso, was not being molested. Our demands for labour through the saw that my house was surrounded messengers were stopped, four
times and our mesanges. taken. completion of the Wwangtung by soldiers. Section of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the extension of the
KIAWO'S APPROACH.
URGENT MESSAGE
Soldiers were then seen to dig
Kwangtung Arsenal, the re-open- After walking through the solches near to the installation.
ing of the Canton Mint, the diers for about ten minutes I saw putting into operation again of the a steamer coming up the river. As I did not like the iden of en- dangering the lives of our Ameri- Kwangtung Cement Works, and As she was painted rather pecu-can friends, an urgent menange was the commencement of the Whom liarly I did not pay much attention sent to the Japanese gunboat re poa Port Development scheme to her but, on seeing the British
FIRE CALLS.
effect that a motorboat would come
Several thousand strike pickets Naval ensign I turned and watched questing them to take off Mr. D. and myself ns, 6 that time, the are to be enlisted into the Kuomin- her as she steamed along. I then soldiers had left for their meals, tang Revolutionary Army as regu- proceeded up the hill, passing we believed. A reply came to the lar troops.
through more soldiers. As I bad a good view of the river I looked shortly. We watched it go up back from time to time and watched the moventents of the river. (We heard later that it Kaiwo, as I guessed it to be. Very missioner down so that he could get went up to bring the Customs Com- acon, about 5.30 p.m. in fact (Wan- helen time) I saw her steam alongus); very soon a coolie came and informed us that the motor boat TWO OVER WEEK-END.
side the Wanhsien. I then heard had met with an accident and sunk The Fire Brigade received a call the sound of rifle-fire coming between the Butterfield and Swire steamers, these steamers having at eleven o'clock this morning from the B. and S. steamer
then a rapid return and machine-gun fire. Immediately been brought over to the opposite. from tenants of No. 2 Bridges
sides side of the river, (City Side). the Chinese on both
Street, where a small fire had broken out on the first floor," used.
of
The only boat which at the time Most of the small craft began of writing (1 o'clock) is definitely to get away to shelter but, as is known to have gone, ashore is the told below, some were caught in a.s. Sun On. This vessel, was the high winds which followed anchored in Kowloon Bay and drift- At 6.35 a.m., for two hours priored westward until she beached her to which there had been wind of self close by the works of the almost gale force, the No. 7 Signal Green Island Cement Company, *(Black Cross) was hoisted and the Hok Un.
warning gun fired. At this time Nine large cargo boats, which drowning. the centre of the typhoon was
to get away from Praya
At 3.20, Mr. Blankenvoort went south-west of Gap Ruck and the Wall before the harbour waters out on the foreshore in order to direction it was travelling was rose, had to be left where. they batten down the reclamation gear "direct for Hongkong. The baro-were to ride it out. The boats and to see that everything was au meter here began to drop very were between two of the wharves it should be to meet the weather
The Prime Minister will, it is as a vernacular school. Some of the river opened fire with After talking it over we decided Kaiwo, and gunboats who had com-ly lent us by Mr. Jenkins of the.. rapidly, and the lowest reading below the Harbour Office and their conditions prevailing. On near- understood, make a full statement woodwork under the verandah had both field-pieces and rifles on the to take a sampan. This was kind- was in the City taken at nine occupants had several thrilling ing the edge of the sea-wall, a in the House of Commons, which caught fire from defective electric. menced to heave up their anchors. American Oil Co. Whilst we were o'clock, when it went 29.35.. A hours of tossing about. When strong gust of wind lifted him off meets to-morrow on the negotia-wires, and a blaze was started I then joined my friends who were waiting for the bout to come the the Harbour Office a reading of last seen after tiffin, they were all his feet and carried him bodily tioris of last week, and the reasons which was extinguished on the ar standing on a rock higher up. W. Boldiers returned and started dri-7
shore. Nevertheless we decided to into the water. It was quite hope which actuated the Cabinet in rival of the firemen.
In the early hours of yesterday watched the action for about ing and some stood about on the
twenty minutes.
rlak it, and by altting on the bot- but the Gap Rock reading, which The Praya was of course, less to devise a means of rescue putting forward the offer of a tri
tom of the 'sampan we were not we are unable to obtain, went very absolutely deserted, big seas under such circumstances as were busal provided the minera return-morning a fire alarm was received low, we are officially informed. breaking over the Praya. Wall and then provailing, but an Indian ed to work. It is anticipated that from Exchange Building. When
Very soon after the 6" guns. had noticed, even though we had to row up past all the soldiers. In about At 8.40, am. the centre of the the wharves, making a spectacular guard of the works, who accom- the debate may extend over three the Brigade arrived at the build-| ing, the outbreak, which occurred, న typhoon passed a few miles south-sight which attracted crowds of panied Mr. Blankenvoort, and was, daye... ́ ́ west of Gap Rock, its direction be- Chinese under the shops veran-in fact, the only man who witness- The steady refure to work of in the motor house operating the opened fire, smoke was seen to half-an-hour we reached the Japan- ing. W.N.W., heading for the dahs. Blake Pier was a favourite ed the tragedy, did the only thing miners in various parts of the lifts, and was caused by a short rise up from different parts of the ese gunboat Seta where we were
continues, and
circuit, had been already put out city. We then decided to try made very welcome and everything. south of Lantau and Macao. The vantage point, until one or two possible for him to do. fie quick country
lation. After walking through who were near by. wind on Hongkong Harbour, which seas broke and drenched the cur- ly unrolled his turban and with a 100,000 are now, in their places. through the cutting off of the and reach the Standard Oil Instal done to hide us from the soldiers. had previously been more norther fous ones. There was much float- piece of wood to weight one end There has, however, been no recurrent and the application of about two hunded soldiers who ly than anything else, veered rounding wreckage to be seen, but there down, cast the improvised life-line turn to work on the part of the bucketful of water on the affected to the cast, and it was then known has, as yet, been no report of any into the water. By this time the miners in some pt the largest real part. that all grave danger had passed fatalities among the boat people. unfortunate man was too far gone eas, abinulyLancashire and and that the blow" would blow
A small trading junk, No. 03779, to be able to grasp it and he was vorkehire and the north-eastern which had neglected to get into carried away into the darkness and cJuntiee: shelter before the blow came in disappeared from view. real earnest, was wrecked at 5.30 We are informed by the Nether- this morning whilst lying anchor- lands. Harbour Works, by whom ed and off the Praya at Kennedy Mr. Blankenvoort was employed,
itself put
very
quite all right. --
HUGH LOSSES,
over
Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, Fre- sident of the Board of Trade
me
FIRE OPENED.
were taking up positions higher E. AND S. BOATS LOOTED. up, we reached the installation in
The next day, Thursday, Sept. 7. safety. There we met the Post we heard that the soldiers were maater, Mr. Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. taking the cargo out from the B LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Jenkins, the Standard Oll Co.and S. steamers, and diamantling manager, Mr. Lorentsen. With the Wantung's machinery, and that. they had taken were Mr. and Mrs. Farker. also IN THE HARBOUR.
ARGENTINE TO RETURN. Miss Wagnar, and Mr. Pugh the bodies of three Britishers, two "KAU SING" TO THE RESCUE
Shortly afterwards Mr. Leopoldsailors and one officer, and buried Geneva, Sept. 26. arrived he having been stopped them Late that afternoon the Very big seas had, however, Town: Lifted on the crest of a that he had been with them for a speaking at Warrington yesterday,"
As the curtain was lowered on by the soldiers and robbed of his other people came over from the with high winds continued all the against the seawall, and broke up been employed in their undertak early Settlement of the coal die-the seventh session of the Assemb-gold watch and other articles that Standard Oil Installation with the occurred in the Harbour and these gigantic wave, it was dashed great number of years, having emphasised the urgency of an morning, causing much concern inte fragments. The crew, who, ings in various parts of the world pate being reached. Services ly of the League of Nations, the he was carrying at that time, exception of Mr. Lorentsen. They and distress to shipping. From 'a with that hardiness which is a before he came to Hongkong over which were essential to maintain welcome news was received that There were now ten of us, two were on the top deck of the
about the life of the country could, he carly. hour the Govtrait with these harbour folk, had two years ago. He was
of age, and leaves a said, carry du Indefinitely, but at the Foreign Affairs Committee of being British. From this place we Yuryung Maru arrived from crnment Rescue Tug, Kau clung to their craft and remained 18 years
then requested the other people to was out, helping junks on board to the last; were thrown widow and family at home in Hol- what a loss to all! He stated that the Argentine Chamber had ap- were able to view the rest of the char. The company's agent The Kiawo was then seen to go and stay aboard her, which and sampins to safety into the water but were all res- Innd, to whom much sympathy will the direct lods up to the present proved of Argentina's return to firing.
time on output alone was not less the League. This is regarded as was able to justify its name cued. Police Sergeant Simpson, be extended.
probably than £200,000,000. In direct result of Germany's atcam near to the Wantung. All they did.
On Wednesday; Sept. 8 "Save Life," when cargo junk No. from the West Point Police
addition to that, there was the admission and is likely to have a the naval vessels, including the 0393 capsised in the western end Station, threw a repe into the
considerable moral effect on Spain. Kiawo were then seen to proceed were informed that General Yang Indirect loss, which it would tako
Reuter,
a short way up river and steam Sen had received a telegram from time to recover, and in all that
down the river on the city side Marshal Wu Pel-fu to the effect loss the coal trade itself had been
firing as they steamed along. On that he must hand over the boata the greatest sufferer of all. The
drawing near to the Standard Oil to the British, and therefore he country was in need of a settle-
installation the firing slackened, had requested the assistance of the ment. It must, however, be
and then broke out again the other engineers of the Japanese steamer, economic and falt. He had no
side of us, Then silence: after to replace the machinery of the doubt that economies and improve-
about an hour's engagement, Wantung; this was granted, and killing many soldiers and doing that evening at about 180 p.m. Washington, Sept, 26. considerable damage to the city, we saw the Wantung steaming The Guatemalan Minister an- they steamed away. The night down river with the Wanbalon tied
Sing'
of the harbour, the Kau Sing taltwater amongst the victims and one
ing off the whole crew of 29 by one the five members of the were hauled into safety. people, aboard her. This was at crew 2.80. A little while later, five The Tuk Kau Sing assisted in this more lives were saved.
Various big ships were helped,
rescue.
At about half-past eleven this
YAUMATI FATALITIES.
TWO PERSONS ELECTROCUTED..
Two Chince were killed by electrocution in Yaumat this morning, just after eight o'clock,
among those to report themselves morning, several small launches owing to overhead electric light
PRESIDENT'S DEATH.
SUCCUMBS TO HEART TROUBLE.
•
in distress being the ss. Lingnam, were scen scurrying about the har-wires having been blown down. ments in the coal industry could the s.3. Peking in Kowloon Bay, hour endeavouring to make for One was a campan man, aged 54 be made by amalgamationė, but the ss. Wing On, in Kowloon Bay, shelter. One small craff the years, and be was killed whilst no-one with a real knowledge and and the p.8. Sui. Tai, near Stone Hung Fat, attempted to go along walking nedr No. 307, Shanghai eppreciation of that industry nounces the death of General having then far advanced we alongside her on the starboard cutters. All these were given side the Douglas wharf, on the Street. A few moments after would be quick to generalise on assistance, the last named sending leeward alde, but was prevented wards a small Chinese girl, seven the magnitude of the Aavings that Orellana, the President, from were able to see the city in flames aide. We expected the Iyang Maru out a wireless message just at therefrom by the choppy state of years of age, was killed at the could be effected Money for heart trouble, 10 o'clock saying she needed Im the water. Finally, facing the same spot in a similar manner. such devalopidents and improve mediate help. The Kau Sing was strong wind if went eastwards Both bodies were sent to the Pub ments could, however, only be instructed to proceed to bor at in the direction of the Causeway He Mortuary.
found if there was pened, stability Bay refuge.
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and confidence-British Wirelesži,
once
in four placca. That night the to arrive from Chungking that General Lozaro Chacon, the soldiers tried to enter the cum day but as the gunboat Captain constitutional successer, bas paund four or five times but, informed us, owing to the trouble, assumed the Presidency-Reuters owing to the vigilance of Mr. she would leave that day, and that
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Lorentsen, who patrolled the place