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KOWLOON HOTEL
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RATES:- Daily
$5.00 Upwards
do Monthly $120.00
MODERN TOILET SYSTEM. Elevator and Telephones to each floor. SALOON BAR & BUFFET.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926.
SUNNING ENGINEER'S was whilst there that the Captain THRILLING STORY. and Second Offcor anwa
chance of
regaining con trol of the bridge. The piratee had been very anxious to make.. Chilang Point, and when a land- mark suddenly, loomed, up, the Second Officer excitedly exclaimed There's Chilang Palat" The Captain handed one of the pirates
and 80 .in-
TRAGIC MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.
DUTCH RESIDENT KILLED IN BATAVIA,
A FATAL JUMP,
A Singapore paper statos that.
tative of the B.P.M. had been kill-
Mr. Duncan said that, he last saw Mr. Lapsley near the bridge when the officers struck down the plentes. He disappeared toward. the rear and was never seen again.
Mr. H. W. Lapsley was fifty-his, binoculars three years of age, and was coming tent did the two pirates scan the the town of Batavin was on the to Hongkong for a month's holdarkness ahead that the Second 5th Inst. shocked at the news that Way. He had over thirty years' officer, selzing deep sea Mr. W. Muurling. Chief Kopresen- service with the Eastern Exten sounding lead close by, struck |sion Telegraph Company and was both of them unconscious
due to retire in about two years before
they were able ted in a motor accident on the pre- He is an old boy of the Diocesa make any noise or signal to their vious evening near Paroeng Koedu School in Hongkong,
fellow pirates elsewhere on tho
on his way to Bandoeng. vessel. Thus it WAS that, by the taking of a hazardous chance, tha Captain and Second Officer securod two revolvers and 100 rounds of ammunition and also command of the bridge, which was converted into a citadel of de, fence..
MISSING MAILS.
TWO BAGS FROM AMOY, A Telegraph representative who called to see the Superintendent of Mails at the General Post Office this.moguing, with regard to the two mail bags which were destroy. ed by the fire, was informed that the Shanghai mail was intact, and the two burnt bags were, mails from Amoy to Hongkong.
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The scene of the accident was a point just before Paroeng Kooda is reached on the Buitenzorg Soekaboemi road and the time 11: p.m. Mr. W. Muurling, who was on his way from Weltevreden to Bandoeng had the habit of riding Mac pereursy, j'at night in order to save time and The Chief Officer's, room is it would appear that the car was indor, the bridre and the travelling at a considerable speed lady passenger and all the when the accident happened. The other officers, with the excep-road. at this point has been aa- It is not known at present what tion of the Chief Engineer, were phalted and the 7-seater Buick. was the nature of the contents of pulled through the skylight up slipped at a corner. the bags, but it is thought that one to the bridge, where an carried parcels and the other night defence was put up against letters. The authorities, are in the pirates who tried to regain communication with Amoy, and it it. The Chief Engineer was down is expected that before long it will in the engine room at the time of be known exactly what the bags the Captain's act, and he
later forced up a gangway, to- contained.
wards the bridge and made shield for the pirates. In the dark, the defenders did not re- cognise him and he was shot and wounded.
MR. LAPSLEY STILL MISSING. BROTHER OF KOWLOON MAN Mr. H. W. Lapsley, one of the two European passengers, is still missing. It is not yet certain whe- ther he was taken off the ship by whether he has the pirates, or otherwise disappeared. He was
THE FIRE.
all-
was
a
The pirates could not regain the bridge, at least 11 of them having been shot in trying, 30 the plan
Mr. Muurling, who was seated
next to his native chauffeur in the front of the car, saw that an ac cident was inevitable and jumped from the car. Mr. Muurling fell. against a coffee tree and the heavy car fell on top of him, crushing, him so badly that death must have been instantaneous. Olivier, who had been passed by Dr. P. H. the Buick a few minutca previous.
ly, arrived on the scene of the disaster, but only found the dead body of Mr. Muurling.
were buried under the remains of The chauffeur and assistant the car but were soon freed from then appeared that they had only received alight injuries so that had Mr. Muurling remained in the car instead of jumping out he
Wm. Harold Parry, last seen going to the chart room was conceived of setting fire to their uncomfortable position. It
in the custody of two pirates, and the upper works of the ship in as it was just after then that the the hope of driving out the little Captain made bis successful bid handful on the bridge, At the fo: the control of the bridge, Mr. time the fire was actually started
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rued from the Mate's room. He ammunition left in the hands of speaks Chinese finently and had the defenders, and a sortie by the been acting as interpreter between pirates would undoubtedly have the Captain and the pirates. It carried the bridge, but this they' is conjectured that he was taken fortunately, did not know. They off by the pirates and is still be set fro to the woodwork of the cabins amidships but fortunately ing teld by them.
the wind favoured the bridge and it was not reached at that time..
Mr. Lapsley is of the Shanghai staff of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, with whom he had many years service. He
becoming involved in the fire The pirates themselves were
SERIOUS CHARGE.
MEN TRICKED FOR EMIGRATION?
Subsequent to a complaint receiv-
has just retired. He is a brother which spread with great rapidityed from a number of Kwangsi
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Entertainments.
JACKIE
COOGAN
The Kid Himself
The Rag Man
Metro Goldwyn
Picture
To-Night at The QUEEN'S
A Parson, an actress:
and the Law!
HOUSE PETERS
in
HELD TO ANSWER
SHAR
WORLD
ON THIN ICE
with
TOM MOORE
A REAL SAFEGUARD
AGAINST
ACCIDENTS
& SICKNESS.
A POLICY ́WITH'
of Mr. R. Lapsley, of Kowloon and which was sending up dames men to the effect that they had been CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED. Dock, the well-known local bowl-to a great height, so they decided tricked into enrolling themselves as er and who was a member of the to leave the ship in boats. Two. Inbour emigrants, officers from the
last Hongkong team to go to Shanghai. Much sympathy will be extended to Mr. Lapsley by his very numerous friends in the try- ing time through which he is pass- Eng
THE ACTUAL OCCURRENCES. "SUNNING" OFFICER'S BOLD
· STROKE.
boatloads got away, the remainder. Secretariat for Chinese Affairs ar- staying on board and remingling who is connected with the emigra- rested a man named Teang Luk, with the passengers.
tion business, in Hongong last week,
BOAT PICKED UP.
were now
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every
Eventually, the bridge and all the
work-
The ship was then once more in The defendant appeared at the the hands of its rightful com- Central Magistracy this morning, manders, and
effort was
charged on remand, with unlawful- made to quell the flames whichly, and by Traud, and with the axer- threatening the cise of force, detaining Wong Ping, whole vessel. As matters looked a native of Kwang Chow Wan, It was inevitable that the earlier bad, the ship's last boat was launch against his will and with intent to accounts of the Sunning piracyed and in it were put the lady pas, put him aboard an emigrunt ship. failed to give the details of the senger, the Second Ocer, the The churgu is covered by the Asia- affair correctly. Even among Third Engineer, the Wireless tic Emigration Ordinance. those on board the vessel there Operator, and two Chinese quarter- Evidence was given by the was a diversity of account when masters. It was not intended that complainant.
unti two other they related their experiences yes the boat should leave the ship, but, witnesses that, while terday, the story told by the Chief the charred rope with which it was ing '2 bridge near their Engineer, which we published yes being held broke in two and it native village in Kwangsi, they terday, stating that the officers drifted away in the heavy seas, out were approached by the defendant regained control of the bridge by of control. After being nine hours who held out alluring prospects at carrying out a sortie from the at sea, this boat was later picked the same time that he offered to mate's room. It has since been up by a Norwegian ship from which enlist them as soldiers in Hongkong. [disclosed that it was due to the the occupants were later transfer-
They put themselves under his action of the Captain and the red to H.M.S. Verily and brought Second Officer, who were on the back to Hongkong early this management, embarking at Kwang bridge navigating the ship, under morning.
Chow Wan, to come to Hongkong. Not until they had been kept one armed pirale guards, that the pir- ates were defeated.
night in a local emigrant's board- As has already been stated in upperworks of the ship were des- ing house did they learn that they' these columns,, the pirate gang troyed by fire. those on board were to be made che tagi (1.6. effected their pre-arranged coup at fighting the flames ineffectually. "small plya") a slang term given about four o'clock on Monday. Some of the bodies of the pirates to Inbourer-emigrants. The would- The Sunning had left Amoy that who had been shot from the bridge he soldiers thereupon put their morning, with two European pas- were incinerated in the flames. case in the hands of the notice. sengers. Mrs. A. Prokofier and Mr. Just before dawn, an unknown ship
Defendant, in replying to the W. H. Labaley, and with about 80 was sighted and came to within Chinese passengers and 100 crew, three miles of the distressed Sun- Magistrate, said that his inten-- The officers aboard were Captain ning, but, in spite of the obvious tons were bona-fide from the (J. Pringle), Chief Ofleer (T."P. fire and argent signals from those start. These were that he had Beatty). Second Officer (J Won board, the vessel stocd off again wanted the men to join as labour- Hurst), Chief Engineer (G. Cor- and continued on its way withouter-emigrants, and he had never deceived them into thinking other- Surely, a mack), Second Engineer (W. Orr); rendering assistance. and Third Engineer (A. Duncan). most amazing proceeding. At day wise by telling thera that they
light, real help came, the s.s. Knijo would be wanted as soldiers. CONTROL REGAINED.
Magu coming up, wirelessing for Later, in the course of the" ex- The actual seizure was carried help to Hongkong, and standing by.amination of the defendant his The story of how H.M.S. Blue-Worship asked if the defendant's out like so many former affairs of bull arrived just later, arrested own statement did not amount to the character the sudden meto- morphosis of Chinese passengers suspects on board, put out the fire flying the male white pigeon.""
and went in search of other pirates into armed pirates.
A discussion ensued between the The whole ship was soon in their hands, and in the stolen boats has already Magistrate and Detective the officers and passengers were been told, as also has been the geant O'Donovan, who conducted arrival of other ships on the the case, as to the wording of the collected in the Chief Officer's room and put under guard. Later, Taikoo from Hongkong and the only section in the Ordinanco scene, the despatch of the tug charge and the extent to which the some of the officers and engineers long tow back to Hongkong. available to them, was applicable were put on duty, under guard; and the pirates. gave instructiona The Sunning came in yesterday to the nature and circumstances for a course to bo set for Chilang afternoon and now Hes at Talkoo, of the case. Point near to the entrance to very much damaged by fire. Grå- Mr. Lindsell said he wished to Bias Bay. During the early part phic stories have been told by consider the legal points involved, of the night the Captain and the those on board, everyone being and for this purpose he again re- Second Officer were on the bridge full of praise for the gallantry of munded the ease, until next Tues- under two armed pirates and it the Captain and his officers, day
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