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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1928.
A LOOKING AHEAD=“FEMINA” PREVAILS.
ONLY JUST (WITHIN THE LIMIT MADAM)
A scene at the Peak Tramway lower station in the Year of Gráce, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Twenty-Nine.
PIRATE CHASE UNSUCCESSFUL.
(Continued from Page 1.)
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Six Months to Live!-
Simon de Gex, M. P., doomed to die at the end of six months, looked upon life as a huge joke-until a prank of fate plunged him into a series of amazing adventures I~~ .
Metropolitan Pictures Corp
SIMON the
IESTER
Adapted by Frances Marion from
the novel by WILLIAM J. LOCKS
WIGA
EUGENE O'BRIEN
and
LILLIAN RICH
A strange story of love and life ranging from the home of wealth in London to the underworld Tangier.
out being scon by a pursuing party.
The landing parties went to the Customs at Holhow and a brother assistance of the abandoned hos- of Mr. Foo Ping-sheung, at one tages, returned them to the Tean Knowing the deeperate charac-time Commissioner
for Foreign and then withdrew to their res- fer of these pirates, for he had Affairs at Canton during the re-pective ships. once before this been pirated, Mr. gime of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Drummond conceived the idea of staying, near a porthole so as to
Did Pirates Intend Using Gas? lenp overboard with his wife in the event of the pirates carrying The pirates had known that Mr.
The piracy was relieved by 'n out their threat. It did not, how-Poo Ping-kwun too was on board omewhat humorous incident by ever, materialise, when a vessel, and had scurched for him with the doings of a number of Chinese stated to be either H.M.S. Somme the same zeal as for the other passengers. Pressed for a means or the Chinese coast guard cruiser, Chinese official. When they even to hide their money, which for s tually found him, they took great number of them represented their Mr. and Mrs. Drummond and care of him to the extent of tak- entire fortune, they were con
the dollars the other passengers had by this ing him ashore with them when strained to drop time concealed themselves from they landed at Bias Bay. But through the chinka in the hatch- the pirates' sight, fearing that the through the force of circum-cover. pirates would shoot them, as they stances, represented by the pre-Later, as the Tenn was released threatened to do. However, the sence of the pursuit party from from the hands of the pirates on dangar passed when the pirates the warship, they were forced to arrival at Bias Bay, the strange got into the two fe-boats. Mr. give him up with the other cap-spectacle was seen of a row Drummond, with the other paa-tives. Mr. Foo told friends this men sitting gravely along the sengers who were not forced to morning that the pirates had ex- entire length of the hatch-cover.
the pirates ashore, [pected to realise à handsome run-Each of them claimed to were naturally greatly relieved at som in his case.
[droppa3 his quota of silver dollars this turn in events.
Last night, General Chan into the hold, and; with a view to As stated above, this was Mr. Ming-shul came down with Ad-staking out a claim, each was Drummond's second experience of miral Chan Chak from Canton, lis sitting over the approximate spot the China Coast pirates. He had plan being to meet his subordin over the hold into which he once previously, as far back as ate, General Tool Ting-kal, and thought his money had been ten years ago, been shot at and the Customs Superintendent in dropped. robbed by pirates on the North Hongkong before the whole party Needless to say there was much proceeded to Holhow to resume clamour on these various claims presentative, Mr. was General Chen Ming-shut has been The few dollars that were sub
When five, by Dimond was charge of the district to which being investigated by the officers. A return to the Tean to take stock appointed by General Li Chal-sequently recovered from the hold of the remainder of his posses alons, which he had left in the baggage room of the vessel. He feared that there, would be very little left of any great value, neving that the pirates had gone through all his luggage.
accompany
River.
Mr. Melrose hud pretty much the some experience as Mr. and Mrs. Drummond.
1
sum as military administrator,
11.M.S. SOMME'S ACTION.
Chase Forces Pirates To Freo Hostages.
of
have
were found to be strangely dis- coloured as if from the action of some acid. And thereby hangs | another story.
It is related that during the piracy and for several hours after II.M.S. Somme, the destroyer the pirates had left the vessel, a which landed a party of blue-powerful odour arose from the jackets when the pirates escaped hold. The cause of this foul at- inland returned to Hongkong this mosphere has still to be investi- Noted Chinese Passengers.
morning about 10.30 am. The gated, but the effects it left be- were most marked. The Two of the first-class Chinese feial Naval report, as sent out hind passengers are noted personalities by wireless. from H.M.S. Somme is whole woodwork of the hold and, in point of fact, everything in current Chinese politica and as follows:
in the hold is discoloured ins both are known to Mr. Drum- The British steamer s.a. Tenn. if from the action of Rome mond.
owned by the China Navigation powerful matter which is assumed The first of these oficiala in Gen- S.S. Company was forced into io have been some fume or gas. eral Tsoi Ting-kai, Commander of Bias Bay at 11 am. on May 28 One suggestion is that the gas. the Cantonese division which, ac- by pirates. On sighting H.M.3. if such it was, was taken on board cording to a Fakhoi correspondent, Somme, the Toan was anchored by the pirates for the purpose of has been lately engaged in putting off Bold Bluff, the pirates landing smoking out passengers who might down Communism on lainan in two cutters and taking with take it into their heads to conceal Island. This division eventually
will be merged into the Army of them two British deck officers, a themselves in the hold. General Chan Ming-shul whose ar-boat crew and seven Chinese pas- The
Officers Powerless, rival in Hongkong from Canton Rengers nshore as hostages.
cutiers were afterwards scuttled. last night is announced.
Mr. J. J. Thompson, the third General Tsol Ting-kai, therefore, The Chinese Customs armed engineer, atnied to a Telegraph re- has had a great deal to do with the launch Youngshing arrived at porter that after H.MS. Somme campaign which is all being in: 11,45' a.m. and landed an armed had come up alongside the Toan" tensively pursued on Hainan Island party. An armed search party the question was addressed by a He is a bit from H.M.S. Somme was'alse lund-naval officer in charge of the land- against the "Reds." ter enemy of the radicals, and it ed in support. The Customs partying party as to why those on the appears that for him the pirates opened fire without result, but the pirated vessel had not been signal- searched high and low at the out- pirales were forced to abandon led to the warship in the firet in- set of the piracy.
Elsewhere in our report of the their hostages in order to make stance, when the pirates were still
good their hilla.
on board. piracy we have related that he was
Mr. Thompson pointed out lo not in his cabin when the pirates The officers, boat crew and pas- entered it. They had, however, sengers, including the body of a the reporter that the officers were known that he was on board the passenger killed ashore, were re-powerless to act, with the pirates steamer with Mr. Foo Ping-kwan covered, and also a small quantity maintaining an alert watch over and they were sustained in this of loot. The landing party was them and noting every detail of conviction by the sight of General then withdrawn. Tsoi's Insignia hanging with hla coat in the cabin,
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General's Escape.
Pirates Arrive First.
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their actions and movements. The pirates even proceeded further than this. When they took Mr.
It is now definitely established Mills and Mr. Forster ashore with
that the Tean arrived near Bins them in the boats, it was their in- They asked a Chinese whom they Bay before either the Youngshing The landing parties from the Cus- tention. to hold them as hostages. took to be a room-boy standing near or H.M.S. Somme. The destroyer tome inunch and the British war- them in the passage where' his master was. With a great show was out on excrcises and apparent-
of alacrity the servant went to en-ly sighted the Tean when some disahip were thus provented from
landed. quire, but somehow the pirates lost tance away and sailed up to her. firing on the pirates after they sight of him on deck.
It also clear that the pirates made The next moment he popped into the coal a very hasty departure from the bunkers where he remained for the ship. Comparatively little loot HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? next twenty-four hours. Sufe, but was taken in their hurry to get very nearly asphyxlated by the ashore before the warship or Cas fumes from the coal, ho at length toms launch came so close as to
The following are the replies to
came on deck when the pirates hinder their escape, The Yeng- to-day's questions:
1. High Commissioner for Canada; Bir Wil-
left the ship at Bins Bay,
ahing was not far behind, as shotami, Clark, K.C.S.I., G.M.G. 2. Mr. Philip It then transpired that the "eer-were fired at the retreating pirates Snowden, Mr. A. N. Chamberlain, Mr. Stan- ley Baldwin: . A Byzantine church, built in vant" was none other than the by the landing party.
#9%, and dedicated 10 Bt. Theodore of Amin. General himself. He is devoutly None of the shots took effect. 1010. All Government powers and duties relating to railways, tramways, canals, water- grateful for his deliverance and The pirates, with a fairly good ways, roads, bridges, ferries, harbour docks. related with much gusto the strate-start were able to make better Dlers, and the trails on them. 5. 426 for the Art 600 electors and.iwopence for each elector gem which undoubtedly saved his progress than their pursuera, overors that number. . Triangular 44. siamp; life to friends whom he met in rugged country which was unit war Invenient in shape, and lack of Hongkong this morning, '
doubtedly well known to them.*. perforation_necosylated exiting up, the sheela by hand. Replaced by a stamp uniform with Of the other passenger, it is re- The hilly nature of this part the current pictorial serien. T. (4) Ban Zon- lated that he also had a wonder of the coast facilitates escape as dith. . To eura mental, and Dayalcal C
T: (1) Thonsa Herwood; (c) Georgs Mere ful escape. Mr. Foo Ping-kwan is it is possible to travel under the reprooting boonscious trouble. 9. Shal- 600 set al grestest depth. 10. Wilber- the Chinese Superintendent of cover of cliffs and boulders with-force and Fox. 11. Hazes. 12. Church, and
Chestos (muste.
of
FRANCES MARION
PRODUCTION Directed by
GEORGE MELFORD
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STAR of "What Price Glory" in the comedy of
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GEORGE O'BRIEN
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Orchestra 5.15 and 0.20.
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Laterpreter 3.30 and 7.15.
N AMUSING burlesque in the droll story of a
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CAZLÍZ
WILLIAMS
RAYMOND
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