THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WILD SCENES AT BRANCH POLITICAL
SHANGHAL
FOOTBALL STADIUM
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RUSHED.
HUGE CROWD FORCES GATES TO SEE MATCH:
COUNCILS.
TO CONTINUE AT LEAST
UNTIL MARCH
NÁNKING DECISION.
MUSICAL JØTTINGS,
"Tom Jones”—The Next Production-The Society's President,
[BY "ALLFORD"]
"Tom Jones" ended up with three packed houses, which had
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928.
INQUEST ON NAVAL OFFICER.
YAUMATI SCHOOL
PRIZE-DAY,
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CORONER FINDS DEATH DUE MRS, G. P. DE MARTIN GIVES
TO DROWNING.
· NO FOUL PLAY.
Shanghai, Dec. 25.
KAJA
AWAY AWARDS.
SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
Nanking, Dee. 27. been preceded by two moderately-
The annual distribution of The Central Kuomintang metalled ones and two half-slled. The body of Surgeon-Lieut. | prizes of the Yaumat! School toolt to-day and decided to permit the The experience oncountered in the Henry Johnson Scott of H.M.S. place this morning, Mrs. G. P. da continuation RIOT SQUAD CALLED.
of the Branch case of "Morris England," of Cricket who disappeared in the Martin performing the ceremony. Political Councils to the middle of people leaving the booking until carly hours of December 14 was Mr. D. Ralphs, Inspector of, March, the date when the Third too late and being unable to pro-recovered on Saturday from the Schools, was also present. Shanghai, Dec. 24. Scenes reminiscent of the epic will be opened.
Kuomintang National Congress cure seata, was repeated. ThoWhangpoo, near the Nanking Road danger of this was emphasised in Jetty. Lieut. Scott was last scen
Mr. C. Mycock, headmaster, in Cup find at Wembley some years' ago were witnessed at the Stadium i
presenting the report said that the these Jottings a fortnight ago, and in the Palais Cafe, and it was Another important, decision was yesterday afternoon when an enor-made at the meeting, appointing by all who had the financial in-feared that he had fallen into the School was open 378 times during mous crowd of Chinese who had Messrs, Tsai Yuan-pol, Wu Tee-terests of the Philharmonic So-river when trying to make his way the year. The maximum enrol Wended their way to the venue of hui, Chang Ching-klang, We Han-ciety at heart, for if all those who back to his ship, which was moored ment was 272; the average daily attendance 253.8. The average the First League football match min, Li Shih-tseng, Tai Chi-tao Wait until they have heard the by the Old Dock. between the Shanghai Recreation and Dr. Wang Chúng hul to repre- and they are too inte were present ance is how partially cleared away attendance last year was excellent opinions of their friends and then The mystery of his disappear-daily, attendance last year was 246,6 an increase of 7.2. The Club and Lob IIwn, defied all at- sent the Central Kuomintang at at the mid-week performances, it owing to Information given by tempts at control and sought ad- the coming Military Reconstrue would make quite a difference to Chinese which the Police learned 97.8 per cent. This improve- mittance to the ground in a panic- tion and Disbandment Conference. the total receipts. stricken manner..
through a foreign Indy. It is ment over, last year, was due to General Li Chung-yen, who is on
understood that the Chinese state the general immunity from small- Various estimates have been his way by gunboat to attend the
The Society took a risk in ven- that they saw a foreigner got out pox, the only serious epidemic made as to the size of the crowd Military Conference, did not
turing on the production before of a ricksha at the Nanking Rond prevalent during the year. ranging from 17,000 to 25,000. expected. It is understood that he show, considering the short time According to these reports, the that actually saw the match-arrivo here yesterday
Christmas of such an ambitious Jetty and walk on to the jetty. With the peculiar configuration of is in Asking.
available for rehearsal (the prin- deceased then walked over the the Stadium, slands, it was almost General Chu Pel-tch arrived in elpals had their first rehearsal jetty, Into the water. impossible accurately to estimate Nanking yesterday. In the after-towards the end of October), and
Acting on this Information the number.
noon he interviewed General Ho
police caused the part of the river near the jetty to be dragged and
Riot Quad Arrives.,
was
Ying-ching and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek submitting a report on his
and dis-
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The gates were opened for the anti-Red" campaign in Kangal and About Hong Kong Bale of tickets before 1 p.m., and, civil administration by 130, there were many thou-bandment questions. Bands in all sections of the ground, | though at this time none had en- cronched beyond the normal ac commodation,
By 230, there was a heavy stream at both gates, and, long be- fore three o'clock, the advertised
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Canton, Dec. 27. Political Council yesterday, it was At a meeting of the Central decided to accept the resignation of Marshal L Chub-sum from the Chairmanship of the Kwangtung Provincial Council, and also the resignation of the Canton Com-
time of commencement, Captain missioner of Civil Affairs, Mr. Liu Quinnell, in charge of the arTani-fu. The meeting appointed rangements for the Stadium au Messrs Li Wen-fan and General thorities, wisely took the precau-Chan Chal-tong na members of the tion of telephoning for the police Canton Provincial Council, the riot sund which arrived abortly former to act concurrently afterwards under Supt. W. Commissioner. of Civil Affairs. Fairbairn. The gates were closed to all'eomers, a huge crowd gradu- ally collected outside..
NAIL IN BRAIN, YET. ALIVE.
DOCTOR'S REPORT ON
- STRANGE CASE.
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New colours were present- ed to the 95th Regiment in 18483
The ceremony took place on February 17th, when General D'Aguilar gavo up the Com- mand of the Garrison to Major General Staveley,
On the occasion, General D'Aguilar was' presented with an address from leading mer chants of the Colony.
BAKANLURANENTNERI GANANEERIUMICIUangat
consisted of the Hondmaster, two The staff at the end of this year. European mistresses, aeven Anglo- Chinese masters and three Verna- cular masters. The fees were in- creased from January 1 to $5 per month, and made payable for ten minutes after commencement of operations the body was re- every month in the year. covered in a very good state of The P.W.D, made sundry re- preservation, considering the pairs in May. Following the re-i length of ita, Immersion, The port of the Medical Officer of body was only a few yards from Schools,, alterations were made to the seaward edge of the jetty. the lavatories. The roof was An inquest was opened yester-alightly raised and apartures for day morning in the Public Mor-light and air onlarged. The pre- tunry by the Registrar, Mr. A. J. sent system was condemned and an Martin, sitting as coroner. Evlearly substitution of the flash dence of identification was given system was strongly recommended. by Lieut., Cmdr. Hamilton, com- manding T.M.S. Cricket.
. Dr. A. D. Wall testified that he examined the body of deceased on Sunday morning. Externally, he snid, there were no marks of violence, save a fów abrasions about the face and hend, which he considered had heen made after death as there
Good Discipline. ' Discipline generally was very well maintained. The general standard of conduct had been high. The work of the school had been strictly confined to the sylla bus with the exception of hygiene, which was re-introduced in 1920.
or
it says a great deal for the amount The Gates Rushved.
of hard work and enthusiasm put[was no haemorrhage under the In March and October the Into the preparations that "Tom skin as would occur were they Medical Ofeer of Schools examin- Before 3 o'clock, the bamboo
Jones" can be counted amongst the made during life. Death wased 105 entrants; 80 boys had 1451 gale leading to the members'
Society's biggest successce. The due to drowning without a doubt. defects, mostly of a minor nature; parking.onclosure was rushed by
chief criticism. levelled against The abrasions appeared to be 17 boys were unfit, for drill a hection of the crowd, about 1,500
the opera was that it was unduly scratches made by the body being strenuous games; 21 had been getting in before they could be
long, the performances taking dragged on the bottom. The nose supplied with Government spec stopped, and, in the rush many The unusual case of a woman who from 3% to 3%1⁄2 hours; the appre-was flattened, but the bone was not tacles; 69 others required treat- people were knocked down and lived after hammering nails into ciation of the public can best be broken: this would be explained ment and the guardians concerned ampled on, though apparently her head-ope of which penetratud gaugel from the fact that scarerly by the body lying face downwards were informed by letter and held none, nifered serious injury. her brain-is, reported in the "Ret-anyone left his seat until the very for a long time. There was no responsible that such treatment
The police managed to close the fish Medical Journal"
end. To maintain the audiences' indication whatever of foul play was given. Three boys had opera. gate again but the crowd outside,
interest, in spite of the extreme After an adjournment the tions. Of 26 boya re-examined in though perforily orderly, was gets
Mr. Joseph J. Levin, honorary length, reflects the greatest credit coroner found as follows:-"That 1928.. two boys ware worse than Hog restiva. Il was then discover- | surgeon at the Johannesburg on all concerned, and it will be Henry Johnson Scott died on in 1927, nine showed improvement ed that members of both teams General Hospital, gave the details, recalled that it was the opinion December 14, the cause of death and nino ΠΟ change. The had failed to secure admission to A married European woman, aged of several people of experience being accidental drowning in the St. John Ambulanca Brigade the ground, one of them being in, was admitted to the hospital that it was madness to attempt the Whangpoo River."
kindly re-vaccinated three members the year of the dense mss of with the head of y mail visible in production in the short time avail- The funeral took place yesterday if the staff and 176 boys on Decem. people that was pressing round the right temporak" region of the able. More than double that time afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Hung-ber 4. Every boy in the school had
scalp. the gate. It eventually was de-
would ordinarily be required to ino Cemetery, with a large atten- been vaccinated at least three times. rided that probably the best thing She was conscious, thengh dazed, put on a similar show amongst the dance of naval units. The pipe Dr. Li Ying-yau had again most ,to do was to open the gates and let and said that she had driven the amateur societies at home. band of the Scots Guards played | kindly given his services for the at-
everybody in; though, before this nuit in herself with the back of a
the comin to the graveside, where a tention of all minor ailments, was done, the police Informel the chapper. The nail was removed
At the same time, it would be a naval escort fired the three volleys crowd that it was absolutely with a pair of dental forceps and pity if the elation felt by the and the bugles sounded the last necessary that there should be no was found to be three inches In Society's members, caused them post. It was a very impressive rushing and that everybody should length.
to go forward with. their original ceremonial, officers representing come in slowly.
The wound was cleaned with pdoject of producing "Patience" the British army being present. The scene immediately follow-ether, painted with iodine, sealed in March, without very serious by the opening of the gates al with a collodion dressing and heal-reconsideration of the matter. In most buggar description. There was a mad rush, and within a few seconds many people had fallen la the entrance, to be trampled on bg those behind, who were propelled an irresistible mass by the Bow converging crowd.
Old Lady Injured, Those that fell were mostly wo- men and children, some of them having marvellous capes from serious injury, or worse.
The police, assisted by a fave men from the Scots Guarda and the Northamptonshire Regt., who hap poned to be at hand, did great work, assisting those that had fal- len and generally doing everything humanly possible to minimize the number of casualties. One chin- ese lady was dragged by the heels
the first place, "Patience", although i After a long period of short its music is very pretty, is not an time the Wolverton LMS. rat- opera which goes down nowadays way carriage works resumed full in England, and it is far less likely time at the beginning of the to do so in Hongking. When the month.
the Society
A few months later the woman was again admitted to the hospital, To the ductor's astonishment, on ex- antination he found the head of a mail half an Inch to the left of the President of middle line of the scalp.
An X-ray photograph showed a long nail right through the brain, The woman was conselous, and there were no signs of paralysis. She recognised the doctor and ad- dressed him by name, stated that she had driven this nail into her heid with the back of a chopper, and asked him to remove the nail, as it was painful.
moved the nail and a button of the The surgeon, under anethesia, re- skull round it. The al proved to be four inches long, and, physically, the woman recovered.
from under a straggling mass and could save them from serious in
was found to have her scalp ter- ally peeled off one Aide of her head, while another unfortunate woman also apparently sutlered serious injury.
There were numerous cases of minor injuries. "Many were suffer ing from Lorn clothes and scratch- ed and bruised faces, one man had two fingerd broken, and others suffered from all manner of slight injury. :
Many Rescued.
Jury,
Tolnily Unexpected.
The simple explanation of the whole affair, la that the authorities at the ground were unable to cope with a situation which was totally unexpected. It was probably the biggest single crowd that has ever gathered at a sporting affair in Shanghal, and emphasizes the necessity of complete preparations and carefully · co-ordinated var- sion where it is possible that there rangements for any future occa- will be an abnormal crowd.
The remarkable thing about the whole affair, which took less than three minutes once the gates had been opened, (they were ufter be complete without reference to No mention of this matter would words closed again) was the comthe admirable work done by the paratively small number of people Police under Supt Fairbairn. hurt. A small Chinese child. They made a combined use of tact about six years old, fell from the and physical strength which could ams of her father as he was pro- not have been bettered, and it is pelled inside the gate, and was largely due to their efforts that caught by a foreigner just as she the casualty list-two
women
was about to be buried undertaken to hospital and anything struggling mass which would have from 20 to 40 cases of minor in- meant her certain death,
Others, foreigners and Chinese, jury-was not much bigger. The elvilians, police and soldiers, re- police, on the other hand, after scued children from equally dan Wards pald a tribute to the few mon of the Guards and Northamp
gerous situations, in a few in-tons to whom reference has already stances when it seemed nothing been made.-N. C. D. Newa..
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nounced in a speech last Satur day that they were definitely going to put on "Patience" in March of
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01336, BY KEA MENACE, MIG-
MEALPAT, OFF
have been shipped to Russia as Two thousand Australian sheep a first step towards the scientific breeding of Merinos there,
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tell you what I see.
see."
The Examinations.
∙243 boys took the annual examina-, tion this month. In English sub jects 202, or 31%, passed; in Chi- |neses, 243, or 95%. The half-year- ly examination revealed a warkness in the upper classes in arithmetic,- which now showed some, Iniprove ment. Geography in Class 4 was a disappointment. Colloquial through- out the school was only fair. The other subjects, were fairly satisfac- tory. Taking into consideration the many difficulties of the past.
year, the results were satisfactory.
The generosity of Mr. Wu Hay- Long and the late Sir Ellia Kadoorio had supplied additional scholarships and prizes hearing their names, available this year for the first time. The latest Matriculation results showed how these scholarships were appreciated. Three free scholora of 1926 now at Queen's Collego matriculated. Each had a distinc- tion and two gained honours. An- other old boy had this year passed his final B.A. ut the Hongkong University.
Staff Thanked,
In conclusion, Mr. Mycock thanked Mrs, de Marten for her kindness in again honouring them by her presence, and Mr. Ralph for his attendance, and expressed; regret that duty had caused Mr. de Marten to break his record of attendances after the Interest bo had shown in the school for so many years. Mr. Mycock added: "My first report for this school would be incomplete without some reference to the loyalty and willing co-operation, of the staff. It has been a difficult year, and the results, disappointing, as, in some clnaacs, they are, without that co-operation would not have been so good. I sincerely thank them; for the assistance they have given me this year."
Before Mra, de Martin present- ed, the prizes, Mr. Ralphs made reference to the successes gained by students of the Yaumáti School, elaborating what the Headmas- ter had stated in kis report.
Mrs. de Martin' was presented with a bouquét by one of the pupils of the school and announc ed that she had, requested Mr. Mycock to grant the scholars a half-holiday.
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