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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929,
DISASTROUS FIRE IN TWO BATTALIONS THE KING'S SLOW
SINGAPORE,
MOTOR FIRM SUFFERS VERY HEAVY LOSS.
TWO LAKHS DAMAGE,
Singapore, Feb, 25.
A serious fire occurred at the premises of the Cycle and Carriage Co., Ltd., Orchard Rond, on Satur- day afternoon, and but for the splendid work of the Singapore Fire Brigade damnge might have renched a much greater figure than $200,000.
The Brigade were splendid and although most things were in their favour the fact that they saved the feat that will go down in the annals ground floor of the building la a
of local fire-fighting as one of the
best "stops" that has ever been at complished here.
cra.
It was
The fire originated on the first floor a heavy wooden floor sup: ported by metal and wooden gird here that the com pany's assembling shop and accos- sory store was situated, and most of the materials were of a highly
·inflammable nature, such as car covers, paints, oil, cic.. There were niso one or two cars in the course
of being assembled and several motor-cycles, together. with hundreds of mud-guards, and other
spare parts.
How the outbreak started is a
LEAVING.
THE BEDS. & HERTS. AND QUEEN'S."
CHANGES MADE IN TROOPING | PROGRAMME.
SERVICE IN CHINA.
RECOVERY.
RESTORATION TO HEALTH A
·LONG PROCESS.
DOCTORS' WARNING.
London, Mar. 3. The weather conditions were Ideal at Bognor to-day, and the King ant for some hours at the open window of his bedroom Craigwell House,
'',
at
The transport Dorsetshire is due to arrive in Hongkong early to-
Further warning, however, that morrow morning from Shanghai, the King's full recovery must still and it is expected that the 1st be a long process, was given in a Battalion Beds. and Herts, will the day. embark on the troopship during bulletin issued last night after a lengthy consultation between Lord Somersetshire, which returned to Howett and officials of King's The delayed, arrival of the Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley
Singapore with engine trouble re- household. cently, has necessitated changes In the trooping, programme, and it The bulletin says: "The King dur-{ was learned to-day that the Bods, ing the past fortnight, has madej and Herts, will leave on the Dor-satisfactory progress. His weight actshire for Bombay, while the and progress have increased and Queen's Royal Regiment will pro- Majesty is now able to read and his sleep is refreshing. His ceed to. Malts on the Somerset-
apply his mind for short periods shire.
but it is recalled that one of the most anxious features of the ill- nosa has boon severo exhaustion due to prolonged toxacin, there- fore careful avoidance of any Austained effort of body and mind will be necessary for a longthened period in order to secure complete recovery, which, although some confidently months distant, we anticipate.
Repairs to the latter transport have now been effected at Singa- pore and it is expected that she will sail for Hongkong on Friday, arriving here on March 14.
The Somersetshire finishes her mystery and, as far as can be ascer journey at Hongkong, embarking tained at the moment, will always the 1st Battalion Queen's Royal be a matter of speculation. The usual theory of fused wires has Regiment here probably on March been proved wrong, because engi-15 and sailing on the following neers from the Municipal Electrici-day. She is due at Southampton ty Department were on the scena en. April 23. shortly after the discovery of the fire and removea the fuses finding them all in order.
One of the first jobs of the Fire Brigade was to get the cars out of the way, and, thanks to voluntary assistance rendered by several Europeans, this work was necom- plished speedily.
Courageous Firemen, Upstairs on the first floor it was found that the Assoclated Auto's building and the blazing building were joined by big double doors and a large window. Showing excep- tional courage the firemen burst open these doors and got right into the centre of the fra. The beat was
from all
of the
opposite
Much Service.
It was the first long state- ment issued since His Majesty's removal to Bognor and' is regard- ed as definitely entiafactory and The Beds, and Herts. who will experiment of removing to the reassuring. It indicatos that the probably leave Hongkong on Wed-South Coast has been successful. besday, arrived here on November Nevertheless the guarded phrasing 2 last year by the transport Taim- is designed to restrain undue op- ing. Four hundred men arrived timism-Reuter and British Wire- from Chingwangtao, the remain-icas. der of the Battalion coming a fort- night later.
This Battalion probably holds the record of having seen service in more places in China than any other Battalion of the Shanghai Defence Force. It was part of the 14th Infantry Brigade sent out to China early in 1927, embarking on | the Megantic at Malta...
At Tongshan.
AMERICAN NAVAL
MYSTERY.
*(Continued from „Page 1)
The Missing Men.
The named of the missing men
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A. B. Powell, Huntington, Weat Virginia.
the ship sailed for Manila, and it terrible, but with hones playing Major General Duncan, did not
The transport, which carried is generally believed that the trio sides--later hoses were Kol on to the roof call at Hongkong, and the Beds, perished.
building it and Herta, were disembarked at was only a matter of time before Shanghai. They remained there the flutes were finally extinguished.turing the most troublous period
The Cycle and Carriage Co.'s and during the summer of last are premises, were gutted from the first year were transferred to Welhal-
wel. floor upwards, the whole of the roof coming down. The heat was fer- rife, and most of the mechanical parts involved in the fire were melt- od or badly twisted and warped.
The fire is the first for many years that has occurred in Orchard Road. It was quite a spectacular blaze, thick, black smoke rising from the burning paint and oll to a great height and being visible all over the island. A number of smail explosions were due to oil euns, etc., bursting.
BRITISH EMPIRE'S
INFLUENCE.
RATIFICATIONS OF THE KELLOGG PACT.
On June 23, they were hurriedly i embarked on board the new County cruiser H.M.S. Cumberland as a result of the threatening situation in North China,
Disembarking at Tientsin with a field hospital and wireless station, they proceeded to Chingwanglao and later to Tongshan, protecting the interests of the foreign com- munity and the Kailan Mining Administration property.
George Cramer, Oakland, Cali- fornin.
Kentucky.
William E. Zachary, Providence,
The fourth man, who originally disappeared with Powell when a recreation party went ashore from the Memphis on February, 20, Is James E. Fay, of Beaufort, South Carolina. Fay returned to ship after Zachary, and Cramer had been sent out in the search- ing party. The intter two did not return.
the
investigation centres around the stories told by Fay, who is now on the Memphis, and who has been on the sick Hist ever since his return to the ship.
The Beds. and Herts, remained The in Tongshan until the latter part of the summer, when the return to normal conditions at Tongshan en- abled the Battalion to be with drawn to Hongkong.
boon
The story he told on his return The 1st Battalion Queen's Royal was characterized in Navy reports Regiment came out in May, 1927, as "misleading," or words to that on the transport Nevasa, the men effect. What he told the in- being disembarked at Hongkong.vestigating board has not EXAMPLE TO WORLD. During their stay in the Colony, released, but a fairly complete the Queen's have maintained an version of his story is current in excellent reputation and have common gosalp, The gist of It he and Powell done particularly well on the fickt seems to be that
wandered over Coron Island, of sport.
separated from the recreation party, until they got lost. They were without fresh water. He said that he and Powell lived on brackish water for four days, "water crazy," leaped over a cliff and that Powell Anally became
into the ocean in search of fresh drowned. Fay water, and was said that he went in after Powell, but that Powell sank before Fay could reach him.
London, Mar. 3. The Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, as members of the Council of Slate
Queen's and Portugal. appointed to act for the King" during his illness, to-day signed
Last year part of the Battalion seven documents ratifying the paid a visit to Macho, an appro- Kellogg Pact. which were de- posited at the State Department, associations which exist between priate excursion in view of the old Washington, yesterday by Sir the regiment and Portugal. Esme Howard, the British Am- bassador, on behalf
Kis Three centuries ago, the Queen's Majesty's Government in Great Regiment was employed to protect Britain, Northern Ireland, South Portuguese Queen's property. Africa, Australia and New Zealand When Catherine.of Braganza mar and the Government of India. ried Charles the second of Eng-
The Canadian and Irish land she brought as dowry the ter Ministers in Washington aimilärly | ritory of Tangler. In 1661, in or- deposited ratification of the Puet, der to protect. Tangler, the Second on behalf of His Majesty's Govern Regiment of Foot, known as the ment in Canada and the Irish Free Queen's Royal Regiment, was rais.
ed and sent as a garrison.
State.
on
of
!
Reports Conflicting.
Fay finally found his way back to the beach and met a searching party camped there. One of the "misleading" parts of his story was was that he described the 10 feet high. When searchers cliff over which Powell leaped as
was 150 feet high,
The whole of Coron Island -18 described by those who constituted searching parties for the missing mén as one of the most desolate, in the Philippines. Inaccessible and precipitous spots
The following is part of a The Paschal Lamb, the crest of message sent to Mr. Kellogg the regiment to-day, was given it located the spot le described, it by Sir Austen Chamberlain by Queen Catherine. The Inmb Secretary for Foreign Affairs was not part of her creat but in "I offer you my heartleet The measure provides $10,800
most of the paintings of her the for officers quarters and $5,340 for of the great act with which
congratulations
completion lamb is shown in the corner. a storehouse. at Fort McKinley. your
name will ever be 18- and $60,000 for non-commissioned soclated in the minds of men"
Cathedral Tablet. quarters and $426,760 for barracks
During their stay in the Colony, Mr. Kellogg has replied express... The Bill would increase the total ing his deep appreciation of Sira tablet has been unveiled at St. housing programme appropriation and for the co-operation' and a- the men of the regiment who last N.C.O's and men now serving with Austen Chamberlain's telegram John's Cathedral commemorating A Bill which would increase the from $57,428,609 to $72,428,609. proposed appropriation for the Representative James said that istance rendered in the negotia- their lives in. 1860 in connexion Army's housing programme by the large appropriation was need-tions of the Pact and the prompt with the British military opera- the same battalion in Hongkong.
ness with which the British tions in China following the Tal the Queen's Irave Hongkong, the When the Beds, and Herts, and $16,000,000 was introduced in the cd because It was necessary to re Empire ratifications have been ob-ping Rebellion. Several casual- House to-day by Representative place temporary wartime build-tained in order to give an example tes were suffered, and it was de- garrison will return to its normal James of Michigan...
ings.
to the world of the destre of the cided that a suitable memorial strength of three infantry bat- British Empire to continue to do tablet to those who lost their lives allons, the King's Own Scoish everything in its power for the in the service of their country in Borderers, Somerset Light Infan- maintenance of peace-British China at that time should be erect- try and the 3/15th Punjab Regi- od by the officers, warrant officers,
Washington, Feb. 25.
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