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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1929.
FATHER OF HOUSE SERIOUS BLAZE IN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MADMAN'S LUCKY ESCAPE.
"OF COMMONS.
YAUMATI.
DEATH OF T, R. O'CONNOR AT 81 YEARS.
KOWLOON BRIGADE RECEIVE AN EARLY CALL.
·ATTACKS LODGER & THEN JUMPS INTO STREET.
SEVENTY FOOT DROP.
The police of Bay View Station had their attention drawn yester day to the remarkable case of man who had a miraculous escape from death after he had thrown himself from the third floor of a building at No: 56, Whitfield Road, Causeway Bay,
GREAT CAREER ENDS. TWO HOUSES INVOLVED
London, Nov. 17.,
The condition of Mr. T.-P. O'Connor, the well-known journ list, and "Father of the House of Comics" Whas been confuet to his bed for the let ten days, is causing grave concern.
Later.
Mr. P. O'Connor has passed away-Beuter, t
Guling promises at 004 and 902, Canton Road, Yaumat, and threatening to razo a whole block of buildings in the vicinity, a firs which broke out about one o'clock the morning, kept the Kowloon and Mong Kok Fire Brigades fighting desperately for half an hour. Only as a result of splendid work, was the outbreak prevented from assuming much bigger proportions.
The Rowloon Fire Station re eived a call by telephone at about, six minutes past one, to the effect that the ground floor at 904, Canton Road was blazing.Two hydrants and a motor pump. were immediately dispatched together with apparatus from the Kok station.
Mr. O'Connor, who is 81 years This man, whose name is given ns Lee Kwal-yeung, had been out of age, was unconscious and very of work for some time. Apparent weak last night and to-night it was 15, he had brooded over his position reported that his condition showed until he became insane. Picking material change. It is feared up a knife, he suddenly attacked ake is slowly sinking-British
and in ireless, tellow lodger yesterday, flicted a serious cot in the latter's forehead with the weapon...
Abandoning the attack, he turned Thomas Power O'Connor, the the weapon on himself and attempt- ud to cut his throat. Then, with veteran journalist und "Father" the idea, apparently, of making of the House of Commons, was the net of suicide doubly sure, he born at Athlone, Ireland, in Oet.. leapt through the window. The end 1818, and educated at Queen's College, Galway, graduating at 17 of what must have been not less with distinction in History and than a seventy-foot drop would have Modern Languages. He entered been certain death, but some journalism as reporter on a Dublining. bambin calfolding Projecting paper in 1867 and went to London-
storey, Jowor a
and in 1870, among the posts he held used to hang clothes on. being a sub-editorship on the broke the man's fall when about Daily Telegraph. At that time the ten feet from the ground. The hours were 10 or 12 a day and poles snapped
the man's eventually he had to resign from weight, but he escaped with scarce- the Morning Echo owing to
health. ly a bruise, the police state.
from
under
Both the would-be suicide and the man he is said to have attacked with a knife are now in hospital receiving surgical attention for cuts from the knife.
NAVAL REDUCTION ISSUES:
Continued from Page 1) with one at a time and in the order determined by the principals the Prident of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain advised separately by their naval staffs--in his judgment, no agreement would have been reached. -British Wireless,
Diskension in U. S.?
New York, Now? 17. The appointment of only civilian delegates to the London Naval Con- ference and what is considered to be the subordination of naval ex-. perts to the role of mere technical artvisers, is reported to have caused dissatisfaction in naval eirelis
an
Wrote Disraeli's Life, On, trying to get a job as a publisher's reader he was twice advised to write a book, one publisher suggesting that a good subject would be great scenes in the House of Commons. As he had been in the Press Gallery. this idea appealed to him and he locked up Disraeli's maiden speech with the result that he decided to write that statesman's life. This he did in the rest poverty, heleed by an occasional £5 note from the "publisher.
Mong
Upon arrival it was discovered that the fire had obtainest a good hold on the ground and two upper floors of 904, as well as on the arst floor of the adjoining build.
on
They concentrated at first keeping the flames from spread- ing and involving other property and were successful. Little, how- ever, could be done to save the houses furiously burning, and practically all the contents of the ground and first floor of the two buildings involved were destroyed.
The ground floor of 904, Canton Pead was used as a carpenter's shop, and was occupied by Lau Yee, and it was here that the fire 5s believed to have originated, although the exact cause has not been discovered.
Apparently the flames leapt up to the first floor, which was used as a dwelling, and thence through the party wall to the adjoining house, the ground floor of which was. A refreshment, room, above that dwelling rooms.
and
2.
The flimsy staircase quickly The book came out during the yielded to the flames, and it was struggle between Disralei and with great difficulty that the Gladstone and was in indictment Brigade, under the command of of the former. Its appearance Mr. Sanders, succeeded in avert made his reputation. He was faing a more severe fire.
It is stated that the contents of I'vited by Parnell to contest a sent
and in 1880 as M.P. for Galway the round floor of 904, Canton Ihgured for $1,000. entered the Commons in which he Road, were has sat ever Since. In 1886 he The damage is estimated to ex-
elected for the Scotland ceed $1,500. was Division of Liverpool as the only Irith Nationalist M.P. In Englanil.
Busy Life..
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Meanwhile he continued Fis journalistic career. He was for al The New York Times reports time in the London office of the New York Herald, and later he that Admiral Hilary Jones, emitent naval expert, has it founded and edited successively the drawn from the delegation. He will Star the Sun and Sunday Sun,uther shop people in the rear room, probably be replaced by Rear-Ad-MAP T.P.O. T.P's Weekly and secured a whistle and jumped out miral Jackson, an active member TP Magazine. For about 20f the window to a flat roof some 20 of the Naval Board-Renter's years he wrote a parliamentary feet below and found the policeman sketch, first for the Pall Mall who had flashed his light on the Americi Servier.
Gazette and then for the Daily Tele- building. The policeman broke in graph and various other papers, the front shutters and the robbers until he found the task impossible appeared to have made their es Paris, Nov. 17 in view of his other work cats through the back door, having France has accepted the British which included active particina-ained entrance the same way when invitation to the London Naval Conan the Conmari delat the third prisoner had opened the ference, the first meeting of which He was the ginator of the door for them. will take place on January 21st.harty personal colugan
Renter.
French Acceptance.
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Threat of Death.
fg with men and women in the pub-
When the fokis were shut up in. lic eye and clengthy book reviews Five Powder Agreement or None.
consisting largely of extracts the room, they were told that if any Washington. Nov. 16. fen'ures which hogany vervet away, the rest. would be killed The newspapers have reported popular and were widely imitated. and when the young foki suggested that he should jump out of the win- that the American Government is
Frem the gossipy personal dow, the third prisoner opposed the interested in a Five Power naval
paragraphs of M.A.P. (Mainly suggestion, saying that they would agreement or none at all. This wits the inference drawn from an About People) he passed to theat into trouble.
Mr. Holmes continued that the interview with Mr. Cotton the repular terary chat and brightly Assistant Secretary of State. who written book terlews of PT. 's first and second prisoners were ar has now informed Reuter fu an in- Weekly and he has probably written rested early on the morning of Oc terview that he does not know of mesa biogramhlial matter than anytcher 13 separately, but at about the same place. On the same day nt plans of 封即 Anglo-Japanese at man journalismi,
am, the third man was arrested American agreement in the event At 77 he was working is hard us at the shop. The keys were found of the Five Power Conference noterer. Fer 40 years he was brein rome undergrowth near Battery agreeing.
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The present plan. In such event, is for the American delexa- tion to return to the United States. —Router"s „American, Service;
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SINO-JAPANESE PROBLEMS.
Ident of the United Irish League Street, this spot being pointed out 7 Great Britain In 1917 ha be- came film censor: As "Father of the second prisoner. the Commons he was entertained at luncheon by all parties in 1923. Next year he was made a Privy Councillor and a street in Athens. has been named after him.
His books include "The Purnell Movement," "Gladstone's House of 'C'cannons” "Nanolson"
STRONG STAND BY NANKING | Phantom Mons” and “Some Old
Love Stories,” ON TREATY ISSUES.
Nanking, Nov. 15. The Buréat for revising trentia held a speelat meeting on the 14th inst. with reference to cholishing the Japanese treaty. The conclu gious reached ware as: ollows:
SOVIET RESUMES OFFENSIVE.
Mr. Holmes concluded by saying that nothing was taken except the kera. The damer and dummý revolver were picked to on the pre- mlags afterwards, together with cer tain yag rags. •
Replying to his Lordship, Mr. Helmes said that nothing krewn against prisoners."
His Lordship accordingly passed' sentence as stated above.
EXCHANGE RATES.
The stage settings are gorgeous) in the extreme, especially ne scene in colours, in which some An all-talkie" programme la at wonderful costumes and present being shown at the Queen's amazing acrobatic work is seen. Theatre--and a thoroughly enter-One other feature is the ensemble taining one it is. Yesterday, there dancing which he quite the best were packed houses at all sessions, we have ever seen on the screen. Taken all in all, the Follies is and we imagine this will be the
Paris a splendid show, bright, peppy and rule for the rest of the week,
Fruentels up-to-date. No-one
(Continued from Page 1) Amsterdam Pride of place gues to the 1929 blutely
should miss it.
That the special privileges
Berlin Follies, which can be described as the nearest approach to a first- In addition to the main film, which Japan has. In Mnichuria, class New York or London revue there is Fox Movietere news arise from the twenty-one demands housing facilities, which causes Copenhagen
e refugees to diy holes in the Vienna which Hongkong has ever enjoyed. reel, in which some magnificent which were forced on Chiant
earth in order to obtain protection Helsingfors ". 2. That the lease of Tallenwan from the wind... The "talkies" in the present stage views of Niagara Falls are seen.
Lisbon of their development provide an made all the more effective by the was a result of the Raissu Tapanese
Tarens of orphan children are Bucharest
Buenos
Aires admirable medium for a show of rear of the falling waters. There War by which Japan took over the being brought here and placed in
also: this kind, in which songs and is concerted numbers, with an almost comedy, amusing "talkie" Russian lease. The lease has now asylums and private homes. Fol-Yokohama
Jan.
continuous orchestral accompani- A word should be added in ment, get more prominence than praise of the Queen's orchestra, actual dialogue. These features which, under Mr. Bnkaleinikoff, are brought out with much effec-maye ate and expression. This tiveness in the Follies' show, the much taste and new song hits belag splendidly was quite the best selection by this sung. The men's voices, inclden orchestra which we have heard for tally, appear to reprodues much many lung day.
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exceeded the time of expiration, lowing a survey of the situation New York twenty-five rents, and must be committee plans to make a re- Geneva terminated.
3. The Sino-Japanese Commer port upon which the Red Crosa la Milan
expected to bade its future activi Stockholm clal.Trents must be revised us. elso tias, since a fund of $50,000 in Delo
will be treated as a nation considered necessary. without a treaty,
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4. The Sino-Japanese Naviga Local Chinese and Russians con-
Atben Rio tion Treaty is being hurried on the rider that the Red Crosa denetion.
Bombay Chinese by Japan, but. China must contitutes an unmlatakable gesture carefully examine the question of on the part of the United States in Hongkong
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