THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SPEED-BOAT CHARGES STRAITS HARBOUR
BIG $5,000,000 -
* HOTEL
PIER AT 40 M.P.H.
THE EUROPE, AT SINGAPORE, TO BE REBUILT.
TEN-STOREY BLOCK,
Singapore, June 18.
A spectacular advance in the
development of modern Singapore will be the rebuilding of the Europe Hotel, plans for which are now complete and awaiting ap- proval by the Municipal Com- inlenfonera.
hotel, according to The new designs shown to a Straits Timics representative this morning, will be a fost Impressive building. It will be ten storeys high, and planned on the American style, and It is calimated to cont $5,000,000. The proprietors, Alkaff and Co. realise that thero is an element of risk in so great a venture, but they will be making a very important addition to the tourist attractions;
bitious
of Singapore, The tourist traffic of this port is important enough, they consider, to justify Ho am a building scheme, and American travellers, in particular, vemand the most comfortable and up-to-date hotel accommodation. For the resident population the 'new hotel will add greatly to the amenities of life in Singapore.
The main feature of the design will be two great wings rising to. the maximum height of the build- ing. In general the architecture will be plain, with artificial stone frontages, and a richly ornamented cornice. The first two floors wii extend over the whole site their frontage on the Padang will be finely decorated.
and
Magnificent Ball-Room, The ballroom, which is situated on the second floor, will have a remarkable colour design. Full columns of greet, surmounted by bronze enpitals and carrying huge decorated Lamps, will present a dignified effect, and the windows witl have demi-hemispherical shades in gold and coloured mesafe діняя.
CRASH SEEN BY CROWD ON BEACH.
London, May 20. Travelling at nearly 40 miles an hour, the 140 h.-p. speed-boat Sea Hawk, with eight passangers on board,. crashed into Felixstowe Pier yesterday morning.
Hundreds of holiday-maker's on the pier and beach saw the mishap, and the crash was heard for a con alderable distance.
TRAGEDY.
TWO REVENUE OFFICERS ASPHYXIATED.
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1929.
LIECHTENSTEIN'S
BUDGET.
STATE, GRANT OF £3′ FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
Vicuna, May 16. There is at least one State in RESCUE WORK FAILS. troubled post-war Europa where unemployment is almost non- Singapore, June 17.xlatent and where State expendi- Two Malay revenue officers met ture is down to the minimum, if their deaths in tragic circumstances one is to bellove the recent state on board a ship in the Singapore mont Issued by the Government of the little Principality of Leth- tenstein.
roads this morning.. The bont, owned by Mcasra. Shortly after the Noorebar, a Meadowa Bros., was taking holl-ship engaged in the local trade, ar- Out of its population of 10,000 day-makera for a trip when, in rived from Summaira this morning very few can have been even tem- turning, she struck one of the supa search party from the Monopolies total amount for the year allotted porarily out of work, since the ports of the pier. Passengers Department went on board in the were flung from their sents, and the ordinary course of duty, and one to grants for the unemployed driver, two women and a child were officer went down into a chain lock, comes to eighty Swiss francs injured.
He (about 3). The community is er to search for contraband. did not retura and another officer exclusively agricultural, and seems locker. saw him lying at the bottom of the almost unaffected by the troubled conditions of post-war Austria, Germany, Hungary, etc., and by the labour problems of almost the whole of Europe.
Boatmen to the Rescue.
1.
beach and rescued the passengers, Boatmen at once put off from the while the speed-boat, with its bows badly damaged, was later towed to Buwdsey for repairs.
The boat was making a wide sweep, apparently with the object of turning just before the pier, an dye-witness told a Daily Chronicle representative.
Boatman William Mendows, the driver, face Injuries.
31ies Fletcher, of Wormley, Herts, head injury.
The second officer immediately went down with a rope to rescue his comrade, and this brave action cost him his life, for he had no sooner attached the rope to the body of the unconscious man than he collapsed
himself.
The tiny Parliament house has floor spaco Bet spart for the country folk who care to come and hear their "hotters" dispensing justice for the little realm; but
OUR RAIN MAKING
· EXPERIMENTS. -
FIRST ATTEMPT OF KIND, SAYS MANILA.
ITS VALUE DOUBTED.
Scientists, in the Philippines are awaiting with interest the outcome of the "rain making experiment" conducted by the Royal Observatory and the British air force in Hong- kong to remedy the acute water shortage in the British colony, saya the Manila Bulletin. report that two airplanes are going Press dispatches from Hongkong to sprinkle some kind of powder on
cloud to make it rain. The powder is called "koolin," which scientists here claim is only certain quality. Powdered clay of
Dr. William H. Brown, director of the Bureau of Science, and Dr. fessed that they did know it is pos- Augustus West, chief chemist, con- sible to make rain by sprinkling powdered koolin in the air above the clouds. Dr. West doubted the practicability of producing enough water in the air by the use of this. chemical.
"Apparently the steersman mis-
The other members of the party their assent or dissant is not look- Keolin, is a kind of high grade. judged his distance, and the next pulled up the first man, and sent for ad for, The Prince has his sub-white clay. According to the chem- second the boat, which was travel-assistance. Officers of the Fire jects welfare greatly at heart, ials in the Bureau of Science, Keo- ling at a great speed, hit the pier."
The injured, who had their hurts on the scene and an officer equipped their individual difficulties. Owing It is a coagulative substance which, Brigade and a doctor were quickly and gives much lime to studying in is found in large quantities in different regions in the Philippines, dressed at Felixstowe Cottage with a smoke helmet went down to the former close connexion be- Hospital, were:--
into the locker and brought up the tween Austrin and the Principality, when sprinkled in the air, may ga second man. Artificial respiration by which it adopted the Austrian ther a dense moisture, was tried, but both men were dead, monetary system, etc., as it does
All the scientista in the The Noorelar had rubber and to-day with Switzerland, the ruling
Bureau of Science declare is thought that the men were over where the public have access to ing general earge in her hold, ad it House hins still a palace in Vienne, that the experiment of mak
rain by moana of the come by fumes from the carro, but one of the most priceless art col- use of keolin is the first attempt of definite information in not yet lectionis in Central Europe, Re- Ita kind known in the scientific available.
cently, however, the Prince had to world. If this experiment is suc sell several of his pictures in order cessful, it may be tried here during Both men were experienced and to provide money for certain im- the dry season, it was intimated. valued officers, and one was a memprovements and renovations in ber of the crew of the Rubber Re-Vaduz, the capital, and seat of the striction launch which was attacked
Miss G. Powell, of Falkingham, Suffolk, bruised leg.
None was detained in hospital, A child whe was slightly hurt re
ceived · attention at the boutmen's hut.
ICELAND EN FETE. run in the Malneca Straits princely castle.
THE MILLENARY CELEBRA- TIONS.
"
Usin, May 18, Celebrations in connexion with
several years ago and a European officer was killed,
Although the officers in the Har- bour Division of the Monopolies De- partment have a moud arditous duty to perform and are frequently af-
ind for some years. there has been no fatality of this
Below these will be an the millenary of the Icelandic Parfected by fumes in ships' holds,
Imposing entrance vestibule, which will allow of cars entering from the street to discharge their pas- sengers at the main entrance doors to the hotel.
The basement will include storage rooms, and a large wine cellar, in which spectal arrange mienta will be made for the storage of wines, On the ground, itoor, facing High Street, there will be 16 shops. In High Street care has been taken to provide a wide font path, and the pavement will be about 11 feet wide.
Bament, the Altinget, will be given
unique and picturesque setting. Two representatives have been in- viied from the Parliaments of Eng- land, France, Germany, Norway, and other enuntries. Further in- Sweden, Denmark, Italy, U.S.A., vitations have been sent to the Faroe Islands, the isle of Man, North Daeata and Minnesota in the United States, and Saskatche- wan and Manitoba in Canada, where there are many of, leelandie origin.
FRENCH DEBT TO UNITED STATES.
ULS. CONGRESS AGREES TO POSTPONEMENT.
RIVER OF FIRE IN STREET.
FLAMES 50 FEET HIGH AT
GARAGE BLAZE.
London, May 18. The street gutters were trans- formed into rivera of flaming petrol when a garage and repair works in New York-street, Bruns wick-street, Manchester, caught fire yesterday..
Four motor cars and valuable machinery were destroyed, "
The flames from the building leapt 50ft, into the air, and a pall of smoke that darkened the whole district could be seen a mile away.
MARINE COURT CASES.
FIVE DEFENDANTS DEALT WITH TO-DAY,
Of Ave defendants who appeared before the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine Court this morning on various charges brought against them by the police, three were discharged with cautions and only two, for the sanie offence, were fined $5 each.
of three cargo boats were charged In a case in which the masters with mooring at Causeway Bay without permits, หย pleaded rullty but the third gave a good renson for being there. His craft was one of two hired by A. King to salvage a which work it was necessary for
sunken boat, her, together with the other, to remain in Causeway Bay Typhoon
for
Washington, June 19. Both Houses of Congress to-day A steady stream of tourists is adopted the Hawley resolution There will be a large entrance expected, and an leeland has only which authorizes the postpone- vestibule in the front, which leads few hotels a regular town of tente meht from August 1, 1920, until A glove factory near by also Shelter. into & apacions reception hall is to be erected near the old meet May 1, 1930, the date of maturity caught fire, and when the brigade Space is to be provided in thising-place of the Parliament, The of the $100,000,000 French war arrived their first task was to ex- Slipway was called by the defen- The manager. of the A. King hall for tourists' agencies, news-Thingvellir. Tents to house thirty supplies debt in the event the lingish the flames there. agencies, etc., while further along thousand people have been pur-Mellon-Berenger
dant to bear out hin agreement 18
story. will be ladies' and gentlemen's chased this spring from England ratified before the debt falls due, their windows cracked, and the dant's statement, describing at Many houses in the district had Witness corroborated the defen- cloakrooms, hairdressing saloons, and France, and the temporary etc. The trade entrance is from town is planned with streets and settles France's full' debt to the was blistered by the heat,
The Mellan-Berenger agreement woodwork.of doors and windows length the process of the salvage High Street, if a large space is squares and with a number for United States, of which the war provided for the reception of goods each tent. Each tent has room for supplies debt, is a part. The Two youths in the garage were and luggage, which will be stored from two and three persqus to agreement has never been ratified, in special rooms if not immediate-fifteen persons,
Put it was indicated recently that ly required by the guest.
The chief festivities are to last it would be shortly, are provided here for the purpose for three days, and begin on June of taking luggage to the rooms in 26, the day on which the Alting met for the first time in 930. An
Lifts
the hotel, while accommodation is
niso provided for a slean laundry
In addition, on the ground floor is an extensive swimming pool, with special dressing rooms, and an
extensive lounge.
only able to push out a couple of motor-cycles before the flames spread through the place and drove them out. Barrels of oil burst and the heat drove them into the street.
"I Baw
smoke on the garago
saved.
work.
His Worship anked the prosecut ing officer why the other junk was not charged, but was told that the case would come up another day.
The first and second defondants were fined $5 each, but the third was cautioned.
A woman's bad luck was related to his Worship when the mistress
licence.
Two passenger steamers, Duke opening speech is to be delivered of Dethesay and Duke of Lan-roof" said an eye-witnesa, "and by the Jeelandie-Danlah king, and caster, recently reached Belfast then faines soft, high shot up and of a passenger boat was charged then follows n historic "play.". There has been much discussion in almost simultaneously from Heyn-curled round the garage, which with failing to take out a licence. Teeland this winter as to which berths when they collided.
shani and were swinging to their was soon. a blazing niass. When ..At 5 p.m. on June 21, defendant's The the brigade arrived-seeing that new junk was delivered to her by episode of the history of the Alting damage, however, was slight, no the shall be "played," and it has now
garage was doomed-they the builders and a few hours later been agreed to present the original one was injured, and the sailings played on the factory, which was she was arrested for not having a meeting. The scenery is exactly were not interfered' with. as it was a thousand years ago, Here and dresses offer по
difficulty. The forty-eight old "law-giving men," as they were called in the aga; are to assemble, their chier a to declare the Parliament legal, and a discussion is to follow.nc- The dancing floor will be sur-cording to the traditions and the
Lounge Overlooking Padang. The first floor will be reached elther by large ornamental staircase, or by one of the six lifts which are to be fitted. will be the largest ballroom in Singapore, if not in Malaya, the actual dancing space being 12 feet by 48, giving comfortable accom- modation for over 400 couples.
rounded by a lounge. This room reports given in the sagas. When will overlook the Padang. There
is access from the ball room to a well appointed writing room, drawing room, banqueting hall, grill room, and dining hall. The latter will accommodate over 400 diners in comfort. These prin- elpal rooms cover two floors in height. At the rear of the first floor the kitchens will be situated, and will be fitted with the latest. equipment. On the roof of the ball-room un open air garden lounge is to be arranged.
this episode has closed the Alting
of to-day will assemble and pass a Bill, which has not, ao far, been
decided upon.
Sixteen new stamps are to be issued in connexion with the cele bration.
Cattle straying on the line at: Keynsham, half-way between Bath and Bristol, delayed the Padding- ton to Penzance express for a few minutes' recently. The cattle had Next comes the mezzanine, or scaped from a stockyard at Reyn middle floor, which is placed bo-sham Station. One of them was
tween the first and second floors, and will contain workshops, tele phone exchange, staff rooms, etc.
Guest Accommodation.
killed by the express at Saltford, a few miles nearer Bath. Another, badly injured, was destroyed.......
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of which face the sea. Accom- modation will be provided for the From the second floor and the services staff, and will be possible remaining seven floors, guest for everyone employed at the rooms will be situated. Each hotel to live on the premisen, On bedroom will be fitted with its another site in High Street a own bath, with hot and cold water, | garage will be proved for use in private verandah, telephone and connexion with the hotel, modern sanitation. One
of the The whole of the old building striking features is timt en is to be razed to the ground, and trance will be possible an entirely now hotel erected from to the verandah without having the foundations upwards. It is i
to go through the bedroom, hoped to make a start on the
a separate passage being provided
at the side of each room. There
will be adequate service rooms on
demolition carly next year, but it
will be about two years before the
whole scheme is completed and
all the guest room floors. Al- the hotel ready for use.
The architects for the new hotel together there will be over 350 rooms available, practically half are Messrs. Swan and Maclaren.
"--and of course, gentlemen, nowadays we live faster and
haven't time to strop a razor."
The manager of a' Kowloon shipbuilding yard gave evidenco on behalf of the defendant, proving: the authenticity of her statement. The prosecuting officer informed hia Worship that if the defendant were to take out a licence then, she would have to change it on July 1, that being the date of expiry.
In discharging the defendant with a caution, his Worship, gave! her permission to take out her licence on July 1.
Giving a satisfactory reason for carrying two passengers on her boat, the mistress of a cargo boat was discharged with a caution,
JAPANESE APPEAL
DISMISSED.
FRISCO DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED.
Ban Francisco, June 17. The United States, circuit court to-day dismissed the appeal of Myles F. Fukunaga, of Honolulu, whom the Hawaiian courts have sentenced to be hanged for kidnap. ning and murdering Gil Jamieson, a 10-year-old boy, last year.
Fukunaga is a Hawallan-born Japanese youth. He kidnapped Jamieson with a vlow to obtain- ing ransom, but became frightened and killed the boy before the ran- sam was paid. He obtained the ransom after the Ind had been slain and he was traced when he spent part of the money.. Tho caso, attracted much attention in Hawali, since It was the first of Its kind to occur there.
Jamieson was the son of a Hono- lulu banker.
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