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GRAPHIC STORY FROM RANGOON.
SINKING OF TUG IN GULF OF MARTABAN.
CURIOUS FEATURES.
The death in tragle circumstances of three Europeans, two of whom lost their lives in the sinking of a large tug in the Gulf of Martaban, forms the feature of a graphic story contained in Rangoon papers to hand.
The most extraordinary fact con- cerning the loss of the tug is that the entire Asiatle. crew were re- scued, one after spending nine hours in shark-infested waters, while the only Europeans on board were drowned, or were devoured by sharks.
The third tragedy occurred in the Rangoon River, and is connected with the greater disaster in a rather curious way. Captain Charles Richard Goad, R.J.M., the Principal Port Officer of Burma, was drowned when returning from the s.s. Lady Craddock which was lying in mid- stream.
-Knocked Senseless.
Captain' Goad was stepping from a sumpan when he missed his foot- ing and fell into the swirling waters, He was never seen again, and it is believed that he was rendered sensdesi by striking his head spaint an fron pole in falling.
Poignancy is given to the und occurrence by the fact that Captain Gond had visited the sa, Lady.Crad-- lock with orders for her to proceed to the Gulf of Markahan in search of two European ofleers missing from the foundered tup "Ngataion" which went down on her way from Mantinein to Kangoon
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929.
MONDAY'S “WATERSPOUT.”
A striking picture of the huge column of water which shot up into the air in Des Voeux Road Central, owing to the ghoking of the valves of a fire hydrant, on Monday morning,
BRITISH TRADE
IN 1928.
COLONY'S. FİNANCE
FIGURES.
FIGURES REVEAL A SLIGHT A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE
IMPROVEMENT.
ARTIFICIAL SILK.
I
London, Jan. 11.'
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CREDIT BALANCE
SEPTEMBER RETURNS.
Financial returns up to
the
From information gathered from The complete provisional figures | end of September show that the the survivors, fourteen of whom of British trade during 1928, issued Colony's credit balance was 86,- a488,025, compared with $6,408,807 were pleked up by the s.s. Arondby the Board of Trate, show and taken to Calcutta, and the light improvement on the pre-at the end of August.
The revenue, for the month was fifteenth (all Astation) by s.. vious year,
The adverse balance of imports $1,607,671, as against $1,934,386 Shwedagon, taken to Rangoon, it appears that the tug had ex-over all exports is £350,000,000. for the same month in 1927; perienced fine weather on her trip The figure for 1927 was £286,000, whilst the respective expenditure until the fatal day."
000, and for 1926 it was figures were $1,618,453 and $1,- £462,000,000.
Sank in Ten Minutes;
At eleven o'clock in the morning a strong inrezze sprang up, develop ing into a gate. The lug was taken out of her course and probably struck a submerged rock. The lasears say that the vessel sprang alenk, and with waves washing her
|
The actual total of imports in 1928 was £1,100,000,000, while ex- ports, amounted to £723,000,000 and re-exports to £120,000,000.
426,053.
The total income for the perfod from January to September In- clusive was $17,040,475, compared with $15,180,789 for the corres- The greater part of the difponding period in 1927. ference between exports and im-estimate of revenue for the whole ports is, of course, balanced by year is $20,103,390, what are termed invisible exports,
decks, she sunk in ten minutes, the chief elements in the calcula-
The Asiaties took to the boats, b the Europeans; Mr. W; T. Porrington acting skipper, and Mr., R. Philips, the Chief Engineer, were too late, the boat sinking
under them.
The personal servant of Mr. Phillips was also unable to get into the bunt, but after nine hours in the water, he was picked up by the 5.3. Shwedagon.
This boy was closely examined by the authorities, but his statement has not been made public,
Graphic Story,
Araphic story was told by Abdulla Mealy, the serang of the Ngetalen to the arrival of the Amnda at Chalcutta,
fl aid that a la gur gave the alar that the vessel had spring a leah and that the water wyns pour-
tion told off several men to work the
p. But it was a hopeless task, for the pumps could not cope with
tion of which are earnings of British shipping and Interest on investments abroad.
There was a notable increase in the exports of artificial silk, the value of which rose to £1,725,000,
Among the exports, which show decreases are coal (£6,500,000),} iron and steel (£2,500,000) and cotton goods (£3,500,000) --British Wirelcar.
PARACELS GUANO DEPOSITS.
COMPANY IS REFUSED
EXPLOITATION;
The Paracels, which
ducts.
are not
The
totalled $14,533,212, as against The nine months' expenditurs
for the whole year's expenditure $13,885,552 in 1027. The estimate
la $22,183,015,
MINING DISTRESS
FUND...
NEED FOR MUCH MORE MONEY.
London, Jan. 11. The Lord Mayor told a meeting of Mayors at the Mansion House Chut despite the remarkable response to the appeals on behalf of the Coalfelda Distress Relief Fund, which at present totals $185,000, including” contributious from the Dominions and America, the magnitude of the distress
ion in, rapidly. He informed the only rich in minerals but also incitates a much larger total Use Sahil's and under their direc-uano, were decided long ago by Ban the Fund has yet resched.
the Political Branch Council to be He added that the constitution. controlled by the Sun Yat Sen of the Fund would be revised, in niversity so as to exploit the pro-view of the national character the rush of water. In less than ten minutes the engine room was flood- Recently, the authorities of the which it has assumed.—Reuter. ̧ ̧ ed and we knew the vessel was University was requested by a zer doomed. Fourteen of us then took lain company to be allowed to ex- to the lifeboat and called out to the plot the guana. The company NICARAGUA POLITICS. two sahibs and the Chief Engineer's promised to pay thirty per cent. Indian boy to come in with us of all earnings to the University. Buba we waited the vessel heeled The University authorities were over and went down, and we never also requested to despatch a saw either the Sahibs or the En- supervisor to watch the exploits gineer's hoy again. We waited in tion of the islands should the re-
Managua, Jan. 11, the vicinity for a while and then quest he granted. A
the hope that we gulations was also framed and Doctor Juan Sacasa, whose re- rowed away in would be picked up by a passing submitted to the University for volt against the Diaz Government resulted in the landing of Ameri- vessel. We turned our oar into a consideration. mast and hung a plece of red cloth The request was refused, how.can Marines, has been appointed on the top of it. We drifted for a ever, and the agricultural depart-Nicaraguan Minister to Washing- while and it seemed as if we were ment of the University is going ton.-Reuter's American Service. doomed,
ahead with preparations for the gathering of the guano-Cunton EXCHANGE RATES. Gazette.
Hope was kindled when we saw a vessel in the distance. But the yessel stopped for a while and then fussed un, evidently mistaking us for a fishing bout.
Two hours later we were pleked up by the "Aronda,"
set of re-
FORMER REBEL LEADER AS MINISTER.
Paris
drifting apart. The last Arikas. New York wamy saw of, the Europeans was Brussels
Geneva their heads bobbing up and down through the motion of the waves, Milan.
Amsterdam The ship, Arikuswamy is report Berlin'. Latest information, derived from ed, to have stated, went down atern Stockholm the personal servant's story, is to Brst and disappeared in the twink-openhagen the effect that Mr. Torrington andling of an eye.
Servant's Statements,
Oslo
Mr. Phillips ordered the crew to Ariknawamy drifted for over nine Vienna man the boat and get the Ilfebelts hours. He was in the last stage of Prague out, The crew lowered the bout exhaustion when he was picked up. Helsingfors into the sea and got into it. Theylle received very kindly trentment Madrid did not wait for either of the at the hands of the Captain and the Lisbon Europeans who having life-belts on crew of the Shwedagon and was Athens
Bucharest jumped into the sea. Arikaswamy, brought to Rangoon.
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