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Hongkong Telegraph.
PODEN TA-IN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926, 日三十月十
"SUNNING" ARRIVES IN PORT.
VESSEL BADLY GUTTED BY FIRE.
HEROIC DEFENCE BY SHIP'S
OFFICERS.
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OFF TO WUCHANG. WAR DEBTS OWING TO HUGE CONTRACT. KEEN CRICKET
'CANTON OFFICIALS
LEAVE.
NEW AND BIGGER SPHERE.
Word was brought 'down from Canton yesterday by an official. in the Canton Government, that the
first Afteen members of the new
| Nationalist Government, the scat
of which ja to be trans- ferred to Wuching, left at eight
BRITAIN.
ONLY SIX MILLION YET. RECEIVED:
BIG SUM OUTSTANDING,
SINGAPORE FLOATING
DOCK.
HOME FIRM GETS TENDER.
London, Nov 16.
Rugby, Nov. 16:
Messrs. Sivan Hunters, Wigham Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the and Richardson, of Wallsend have Exchequer, replying to a question received the contract for the Sin- In the House of Commons, stated gapers floating dock at an esti the amount received by this coun-mated cost of £1,200,000-Router. try on account of war debts in
ENGINEER'S GRAPHIC TALE o'clock yesterday morning for that respect of which funding agres-
This morning has been a period of anxious waiting for details of the fire and piracy aboard the China Navigation Company's steamer Sunning, for, until the actual arrival of the vessel, only the barest details were available as to what had actually transpjired aboard the ship when the pirates attempted to seize control and later set the boat afire.
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"
The Sunning was towed into port just after one o'clock this afternoon, and it became immediately apparent that she had suffered badly from the fire, the vessel, being almost gutted amidships. At the time of writing, it has not been possible to glean a full story of the affair, but from the tale told by, the master of the .s. Sulyang, which rendered aid, it appears that quite a number of lives were lost. There are said to be over twenty captured pirates aboard the Sunning now at Taikoo.
It was about 1.15 p.m. that the decided to rush the bridge and, on Sunning was sighted being towed arrival there, they shot two pirates into harbour by "way of the Lyco-dead.
engine room but later, in the dead of night, he was forced by the pirates up the gangway towards the bridge. Before he could give
leg
tments had been signed, and the total further amount of principal and interest due over the total period of sixty-two years.
.
From France, we had received £2,000,000, and there was still to be received £797,400,000,
From Italy, we had received
ha £4,000,000, and there was to be re- ceived £270,750,000.
KOWLOONDOCK TENDER.
time paat, the Hongkong and As has been known for: some Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., tendered. for the construction of this float- ing dock, but the above telegram shows that they have not been suc cessful. Commenting on the sub- ject on October 7th, the China - press and Telegraph (London) stated:-
STRUGGLE.
HONGKONG SET SHANGHAI 111 TO WIN.
VISITORS WEAK ON RESUMING.
The Interport cricket match was resumed this morning At first the sky was dull, but later the sun came out and the weather conditions became ideal for play, whilst the wicket rapidly began to dry.
Hongkong's second venture came to an end when a score of 121 had been reached, this representing an addition of 24 to the overnight total. Shanghal thus needed 111 to win.
When, Shanghai went in for their second knock, the e scoring was on the slow side. The llongkong bowling was quite effective and by one o'clock four Shanghai men had been dismissed for 42, Leach being one of these with only 19 to his credit.
At tiffin time, Shanghai had scored 80 for the loss" of "eight wicketa
City, going by way of the Yueh Han Railway. They have been, given the name of The Observa- tion Party" and while their Im- mediate work will be to inspect the new areas and bring their! fiscal administration within the
As briefly reported in our issue. Divecha offering, Rumsey a very control of a central system, they
"It is now reported that the of last evening, Shanghai were dis-hard chance at first slip which the Furness Shipbuilding Co., of Mid-missed in their first venture for latter just failed to hold. Rood will reconstruct the Nationalit
diesborough, has tendered for the 185, which was 11 runs more than sent down a maiden and Dabble's Government on the broader tines
From Rumania we had received work to be done on Tees-side and Hongkong's opening venture. second over only produced a single." suggested by this Inspection.
that the Tees Conservancy Com- The Hongkong men went to the Divecha secured the first boundary £50,000, and the amount to be re-mission has actually agreed to wicket for the second time at 3:47 of the morning by hooking Reed Included in the Mission were ceived was £81,200,000. Mr. T. V. Soong, who hold the ap- Mr. Eugene. Chen, Mr. Sun Fo nnd
deepen the navigable channel of yesterday afternoon, and did not to the Queen's Road fance, and the pointments of Minister for Foreig1000, and there was still to be re- that the competition of the Clyde, and with the Shanghat bowling of de, quarter of an
The total received was £6,050, the river contract being carried out. make too good an impression, bowler then gave way to Goodwin.
On Tyneside, howover, the belief is The wicket was rather badly worn,
Scoring was on the alow Affairs, Minister of Communica-ceived £1,099,000,000,
hour Teos, Tyne and other firms has been a high standard there was little of Finance,
taken .to Score the respectively in the reorganised The capital account of the Bri. narrowed down to two Tyneside inducement for the batsmen, to hit first ten. Neither Leach nor Dive- Nationalist Government,
tish debt to the United States Goshortly be placed with one of these. At.4.45, stumps were drawn on de-though the former showed, the firms alone, and that the order will out. Scoring was therefore slow. cha appeared any too comfortable, outstanding The Tyne tenderers are Armstrong, count of falling light; the Hong-greater enterprise and was respon- Mrs. Sun Yat-sen is also one of amounted to $4,500,000,000, or
Swan and Hunters, and Palmer's, kong score being 97 for the loss sible for some the members of the Mission, as is about £982,000,000.—British Wire-
ncat lato cuta of six wickets, the not-out men be through the slips. Divechu was General Li Lieh-kwan, who ac- less,
"Tynesiders appear to be very ing Ramsey (20) and Parker (2).but he managed to get another playing purely defensive cricket, cording to our informanty is to hoad the Provincial Government
boundary, this time at the expense of Goodwin, by means of a leg glance,
tions and Minister
MRS SUN IN PARTY.
that is being proposed for Kiangsí. General Li is a native of Klangsi, and it is viewed as being á matter
nów vernment
MURDER MYSTERY.
TO-DAY'S PLAV.
Jarrow.
confident of the contract it seems, but with Hongkong in the running there are factors. to be reckoned The Hongkong batsmen opened with, not least of which is that this morning to the bowling of Hongkong la but five days steam-Leach and O'Hara. A leg bye ing from Singapore, and therefore resulted from Leach's first ball to
of course that he should be AT KOWLOON CITY SEAMEN'S in a position to select its weather Ramsey, and off the second Parker that province. charged with the administration of
lost over 40,000 of this. number in
THE NEW BURDEN.
CLUB.
TWO YEARS' WORK.
being.
DIVECHA 'CAUGHT.
The last ball of Goodwin's over
He found some
BOWLING CHANGE. 2.20,
mn Puss, and very soon the ship The officers then managed to get was off the Taikoo Dockyard, where on the bridge and they kept up there was a large gathering com-spasmodic fight all night. During prising police and dockyard offlelats, this time Mr. Cormack was in the and others, as well as a number of Press representatives awaiting her Arrival. The fire-flout was filso on the spot, having been sent down from Blake. Pier just before noon. the alarm those defending the As soon as the Sunning came bridge opened fire and Mr. Cor- into sight, it was seen that the mack was shot in the cheat and superstructure of the vessel had by the defending officers.. He seriously suffered in the fire. Th
for the big task of towing the dock was taken by Barnes behind the proved fatal for Divecha. It was whole of the upper works appeared, then, however, managed to get. Speaking of the Kiangsi
to Singapore, whereas a successful wicket, off a fairly short-pitched a rank bad ball-a long hop on the to have been badly burnt, whilst away from the pirates and joined campaign, a Canton official says
The occurrence of a mysterious towing the unwieldy buik for some
Tyne tenderer must reckon upon ball which broke from the leg.leg-which the batsman attempted even from the shore it was appar- the party on the bridge, helping to that General Sun Chuan-fang, murder, in regard to which very 16,000 miles round the Cape, who followed, sert up the century caught by Ramsey near the um- A couple of singles to Bowke to hook to leg, only to be well ent that the passenger section and
who had altogether 58,000 men, few details are available at the While the material of which the amid applause. saloors had become involved in the continue the fight.
The Hongkong pire. The first wickot-fell with outbreak.
It was now obvious that the captures by the enemy. What is moment, is reported from Kowloon would have to be imported and comfortable against O'Hara wh Dr Morris play a maiden
proposed dock must be constructed bowler, apeared to be nome too the score at 16. When the Sunning came along-pirates. seeing they had lost com left to him is only side at Taikoo, it was seen that
which our informant is confident
A remnant City. Some time during the din- would therefore be expensive in was keeping a very good length over from Goodwin before Loach the whole of the vessel amidships trol of the bridge, realised that will be disposed of in the presenter interval last night, when most Hongkong; labour costs would not and coming in sharply from the caused 20 to be hoisted with a had been gutted by the fire. their efforts had failed, and they phase in the campaign which has of the members were absent from Hongkong workmanship has al-air with no-one there to take then, all-rounder had now settled down bo so heavy as in Britain, and leg. Twice he put balls into the nice shot to cover. The Shanghai There was naval guard aboard therefore-set fire to the superstruc-Napking and Shanghai as its oh the premises, an assault wa's the ship, and it was impossible for|ture near the after dock. The jectives...
ready taken very high rank in the Ramsey, after a quiet opening, to good cricket, and brought off a Press representatives to getfire raged for some hours, but the no "conversion" of other pro-
carried out on a man employed as world of shipbuilding. Hongkong's settled down and brought off a number of nent strokes in front aboard until police and other in-wind kept the flames from the vinces is being proceeded with,.a
fa boy at the Seaman's Club at should not be surprised to hear of and 110 went up after the morn-difficulty in getting, Goodwin away,
chances seem to be rosy, and we number of fine shots to the off, of the wicket. vestigations had been carried out. bridge, for a long time. During and General Chan Chiu-guan, w. No. 19, Cheong On Street, in the contract being placed there," ing's play had been in progress and the Kowloon man was able to
It was reported that there were the night the officers took toll of has been mentioned hitherto a Kowloon City, and his dead body, over twenty pirates, held in custody every pirate who showed his face great obstacle in this direction,
less than a quarter of an hour, claim another maiden, aboard the vessel, and arrange-and by the time help had arrived has now, sent down a representa with a wound in the throat, was
Runs came chiefly by singles, the ments were being made to trans-it was found that they had killed tive to discuss the affiliation of his later found dumped under a bed fer these to police launches to be eleven whilst the only casually of province of Anhui with the Na on the second floor. Of the mar-contract for the floating dock at
Rugby, Nov. 16... batsmen finding difficulty in get- It was stated to-day that the ting the ball outside a well-placed At 12.20, Bowker relieved conveyed to Hongkong. the police the defenders' side was the acci- tionalist movement,
field...
Dobbic and opened with a very Yan having been ordered to dental, wounding of Mr. Cormack.
derer ther ewas no sign, but near Singapore has been secured by the
poor over, Leach meeting out suit- Queen's Pier to await the arrival- During the early period of 'the
RAMSEY "CAUGHT OUT. by on the staircase, a blood-stain- firm of Swan, Hunter and Wigham
fable punishment to a ball that of the captured men.
configration, when the Are seem- Mr. Sun Fo, interviewed before ed chopper was picked up which The dock will be built at Wallsend ther misfortune befell Hongkong, reached him.
Richardson, of Wallsend-on-Tyne. With the score at 118, fur- almost pitched twice before it ed likely to be serious, the third leaving for Canton, said:At the was believed to have been the and towed out to Singapore when Ramsey cutting a ball from Leach officer toak a ship's lifeboat with establishment of the Nationalist
Goodwin was sending down a lady passenger and others clear Government there were only two
weapon used.
it is ready.
It is to be capable into the hands of Dr. Morris and some good, stuff, but was inclined of the ship. Some of the pirates provinces, Kwangtung and Kwang Statements were taken this The amount of the contract is sey's contribution to the total was his third successive maiden to of lifting a ship of 50,000 tons, receiving marching orders., Ram- at times to be short. He bowled had already left by other boats. si. Recently, Hunan, Hupeh, morning by police ofBeers from £1,200,000 and it will provide work 25, the highest score of the in- Morris, who was content to keep
Fukien and Kiangsi have been con number of persons but no arrests for many men for nearly two nings. quered consecutively by
his end up and leave the scoring Northern Expeditive Forces. have been made in the case.
|to" Leachi Other provinces such as Honan
Thirty were on and Ohekiang are going to be our
the board Goodwin joined Bowker at 11.20 after 45 minutes play. Leach possessions. Kwangtung was the
This is the second big contract and opened his account with facing Goodwin, and allowed the found run-getting difficult when only province to be the background
placed in this country within a neat
leg glance to The mystery of the murder re-week. It has already been mon-two of the revolutionary armies. The
Bowker continued to get a
Kowloon man to secure another expenditures of this Northern mains unexplained by a later actioned in the British Official Wire few singles, but was putting them
malden. Punitive Expedition were entirely count to hand. An old man, who has been, entrusted with the con- was in double figures when he last had his figures spoiled by a four less Service that a London firm up perilously near the fielders. Ho The following over, however, het dependent upon the revenues of is a member of the Club, is in the struction of electric underground Goodwin, who, in attempting for to the Queen's Road fence, from CAPT. PURSEOW'S STORY.. Mr. Carmack stated that the actual trouble began at 4 pm: on
Although Kwangtung is a rich habit of sending to the premises railways for Buenos Aires. It the first time to hit O'Hara out of one of the few loose balls he sent No passengers Monday when about "40 "pirates, from the Sunning by the Suiyang heavy burden, for long There boy went yesterday evening at tube railways in six scetions link-
were brought province, she can not bear such a for his daily paper, but when the appears that this contract involves the ground, had his off-stump up down. who are believed to have come off which arrived this morning short-fore, it is advisable to share a part
the work of laying a system of set instead. The score was 118.
TWO MORE MEN OUT Reed got a single of his first board at Amey, overpowered those ly before noon, preceding the Sun- of this heavy Furden with the about six o'clock he found the dooring up the principal railway ter- ball and raised a cheer by driving in charge of the vessel and seizeding into the harbour.
Bowker improved, but did not control. At the time. Mr. Cor-Captain-Purslow, master of the of the Yangtze River.
newly conquered provinces south locked Thinking that the care minus end chief business centres Loach for a couple, sending up the and the wicket Altogether to hig mack was on the bridge with the Suiyang,, very kindly supplied the
taker must be but temporarily be built on the same system as
of Buenos Aires. Railways are to 120.
liking. In his fourth over, how- Captain.
As to Hupeh, the amount of re-
ever, he met with success, gotting The pirates soon took following details to a Telegraph venues is not less than Kwang-away, he returned later but again that of the London Tube Railways, charge of the bridge and the representative, in regard to the tung. A part of the revenues of reported the unusual circumstance The contract not only includes the innings to a close. His third ball The score stood at 46, of which
found the door closed.
rld of Shanghai's most dangerous engine room, leaving the Chio share which the Suiyang took in Kwangtung to be deposited as to his master, who himself went construction of the actual railways proved fatal to Bowker, who had Leach had made 19.
He then with all their latest improvements, O'Hara's next over brought the man by clean-bowling Loach. Officer on the bridge and the third the towing operations. Engineer in the engine room,
surplus is used for the develop to the Club to investigate. It was but also their whole equipment his leg-stump disturbed by a well- covered with the pirates revolvers yesterday, the ship got an urgent of railroads, the opening of roads, lattice work above the door, he dis-tors and gear, etc. An Interesting The innings closed for 121, an ad- without any addition to the ecore He said that at about 1.45 p.m. ment of industry, the construction then that, by poeping through the motors, trains, electrical genera-pitched-up, ball which kept low. kong, for in Goodwin's next over The six officers and a Russian wireless call from Messrs. Butter- the Improvement of the silk in-covered that the man had been mur-feature will be that lifts will be dition of 24 runs to the overnight Dr. Morris skied one to leg, which lady passenger were locked in the field and Swirb's head office industry, the suppression of bandits dered, for the body could be seen dispensed with, moving: escalators, tatal, leaving Shanghai with 111 Ramsey safely, held. Mate's room and there they re Hongkong to go to the assistance and the establishment of schools protruding out from under the being used instead. Altogether runs to get to win. mained for several hours not of the Sunning off Chelang Point and colleges.... knowing what was happening"We directed our course toward
bed. The police were, at once the work will mean an expenditure The Chief Engineer was later that point and in about an hour's.
Informed.
of nearly £1,000,000. allowed to go to the engine room. time came up with the Sunning
SHANGHAI AT THE WICKET.
Burn and Capt. Barrett coxt bo A third big contract is algo Shanghai started on their task came associated, the latter sending announced to-day. This is an at 11.45, Lanch and Divecha open up 40, with a pretty glance to the order which has been received by ing the innings to the bowling of pavilion off Bowker. A brilliant an Accrington arm for cotton mill Dobbie and Reed. A couple of catch by Owen Hughes, low down. machinery Ter Melbourne, Austra- single were obtained from the in the slips off Goodwin, got rid Ha, the amount involved being former's first over, but neither of Burn, with the cord at 42, and £1,000,000.—British Wircless.
bataman appeared comfortable, (Continued on Page 7),
FIGHT WITH PIRATES.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S THRILLING
'STORY.
*
A Telegraph representative who went aboard the Sunning this afternoon secured from the Chier Engineer, Mr. G. Cormack, thrilling story of the actual in- cidents immediately after the pirates attempted to make the seizuro.
·
PASSENGER MISSING
It transpires that Mr. H. W. Lapsley, one of passengers, was taken away by the pirates and is still in their hands.
il
SUIYANG'S HELP.
Kwangtung.
BIG JOB.
the
1
This regulation of the finance of
quires a period of three months.
Shortly after midnight, the officer with the B. and S. Kaying stand-the newly conquered provinces re- in the Mate's room decided to make ing by.
WHO WAS THE CRIMINAL?
Later.
TO-DAY
A desperate fight to regain the "At dbout this time we got for the reason that a rest should control of the ship. They found another wireless call to send the be given to the people after a In the room two revolvers and 150 Kaying away and take the Sun-battle and that the reorganization Dollar on domand 1/11 7/16- rounds of ammunition. They (Continued On Page 18.j
(Continued On Page 12)
Lighting-
5.38. p.m.
years,
ANOTHER BIG CONTRACT.
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GOODWIN'S BRIEF STAY.
INNINGS CLOBES.
for
Further aucdeas awaited Hong-
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