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FIRE DISASTER AT MRS. BRUCE'S LIFE |
WUCHOW.
HUNDREDS TRAPPED IN BLAZING BOATS.
FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED OR INCINERATED.
A DRAMA OF HORROR,
Wuchow, Oct. 18.
A terrible fire broke out aboard the flower boats here yesterday afternoon, resulting in the loss of about fifty lives and damage to the extent of some $200,000.
Seven of the large flower boats were burned to the waters edge, in addition to which scures of amali craft furnished fuel for the terrible blaze, which for a time threatened destruction of the entire water- 'front.
A horrible drama was enacted be- fore the eyes of hundreds of help- Jess onlockers as they watched frantic people jump into the water, some to swim ashore and others to drown.
IN THE DESERT. NEW EXCHANGE BASIS FOR
ENCOUNTER WITH "SHEIKH❞
AFTER PLANE CRASH.
DANCED TO PACIFY.
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London, Oct. 19. Details have just reached England of the experiences of Mrs. Victor Bruce, the Englishwoman who, re- cently set out in single-seater machine on a flight to Japan, which broke down in Persia. The story reads more like a page from the desert romances of some of highly imaginative lady 34- thoresses.
Dur
Mrs. Brace made excellent pro- gress on her long flight until after leaving Bushire.
on
She encountered a violent sand- storm and attempted to land what seemed to be hard sand, but the plane sank into in it and over- turned.
Baluchi tribesmen appeared on the scene and seemed hostile, but she made friends with them.. by interesting them in an alarm clock and by dancing and sing- ing to them.
After some nights in the desert, In one instance, a bout full of living on water and dates given her people but minus its cars (which by the tribesmen, she persuaded had evidently been seized by others the chief to send a message to Jask, who jumped overboard and used to forty miles distant, and three Eng- suport them from drowning) drift-lishmen came to her help. ed right into the conflagration, and They mended the aeroplane and all aboard perished.
Mrs. Bruce flew to Jask with one Many deeds of heroism were wit-) of them 'Mr. Wilson, an Imperial nessed. A police boat succeeded in Airways engineer, lying along the rescuing from the flames two motor fuselage.-British Wireless. boats lying alongside a small row- ing boat which had become involved in the conflagration,
This morning, hundreds of home-i less people were to be seen on the shore gazing at the charred remains of their floating homes, whilst bodies of the victims were to be seen all along the foreshore.-Duri Own Correspondent,
Another Version. Another accounts states that in the fire many floating restaurants constructed on pontoons and rafts by the side of river, together with over thirty junks, were destroyed. The confluugration, which lasted fully two hours, was witnessed by thousands of people on the shore. The scene was the famous plex- sure-seeking quarter known to all who have visited Wuchow.
ARMY DISPLAY AT ALDERSHOT.
WITNESSED BY EMPIRE DELEGATES.
London, Oct. 19. Most of the delegates to the Imperial Conference yesterday witnessed a special Army display arranged for them near Aldershot,
Many branches of the Service took part, and particular interest was shown in the latest types of tanks and mechanised transport. Tactical operations took place de- signed to show the use of these and other arms in battle.-- British Wireless.
No sooner had the first alarm been raised from one of the floating restaurants than a scene of punde- monium was witnessed among the YOUNG MR. JOWETT'S sampans and, junks attached to this huge
raft. Hundreds people were seen trying to escape either by jumping into the water or cutting adrift their craft.
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WIRE TO PEKING.
EXPECTED TO REACH CHINA YESTERDAY.
CIVIL SERVICE.
GOVERNOR'S PROMISE DURING
BUDGET DEBATE.
Unofficials Criticise Many Forms of New Taxation.
ASSESSMENT TAX ANOMALIES.
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The full-dress debate on the Budget in Legislative Council tween the Estimates for 1930 and this morning revealed the Unofficial Members as reconciled to the Estimates for 1931. increased taxation, though the Hon. Dr. Ta'o expressed some Increased Taxation Unfortunate. dissatisfaction that the extra revenue would be entirely devoted
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The new improved DUNLOP
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has now arrived.
Stock at LANE, CRAWFORD'S. See Show-Window Display.
Note the new MAX MARKING feature. on this latest Golf production, also the incrossed "flight." :
MURDER OF YOUNG TO AUSTRALIA IN
WOMAN.
FOUND STRANGLED IN BED ON SATURDAY,
| SEARCH FOR HUSBAND,
The attention of the Criminal Investigation Department has been, called to another case of cold-blood- ed murder, which occurred during the week-end, the victim being a young Chinese woman living in the Kowloon City district, who was found dead after having been strangled with 'a cord.
Police who were called late on Saturday night to No. 94a, Shapo Village, found the cubicle in which the woman had been living with a man, supposed to be her husband, to be locked. They broke open the door and found the woman lying lifeless on her bed.
Around her throat was a cord which was deeply embedded in the flesh. The body was quite warm, and death appears to have occurred only a short time before discovery.
Statement obtained from the other inmates of the floor show that the murder occurred during the time they were all absent from the premises, spending, the evening at the Theatre. On their return they found the door locked and receiving response to their knocks, had thought the matter queer and in- formed the police straight away.
The woman, they say, had been living on the premises for four by a man, who, she informed them, months, being visited frequently
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She gave her name as Lai Ngan
Acting on the information given,
to counterbalancing the silver slump and the cost of heavilyThe proposed augmentation of increased emoluments, while criticism was expressed on all existing taxes and the imposition hands at many of the proposed forms of new taxation.
of new taxes, though unfortunate The Hon. Sir Shouson Chow made a general speech as the in these bad times, seem to us un
avoidable, when we consider that Senior Unofficial, and his colleagues added their individual com-the Colony is at present living to ments. Replying to the Government plea that this Colony is an appreciable extent on its capi- lightly taxed, Sir Shouson Chow pointed out that the cost of tal, and that resort has been made, was her husband. living here is higher than most places in or out of China On and will have to be made, to public Ngoi, and her age as 27. the point of expenditure, he said that the Shing Mun and loans to finance certain public Aberdeen water works should take precedence over all others. works of urgent importance. But
The Hon. J. Owen Hughes gave interesting comparative while we speak of new taxation as the police are endeavouring to lo- figures of personal emolument growths; the Hon. Dr. Kotewall being unavoidable, it must not be cate the man who had been living criticised the Assessment Tax and urged the Government to Government that the
thought that we agree with the with the deceased.
Colony is consider other forms, suggesting a tax on meals taken at res-not as heavily taxed as some other taurants and tea-houses; Dr. Ts'o urged the Government to colonies. It should be remembered leave no stone unturned to stabilise Hongkong currency; and that the cost of living in Hongkong the Hon. Mr. Braga urged that highly paid Civil Servants and is higher than that of most places city magnates living in rent free houses should not escape the in and out of China. But whe- Assessment, Tax, gave a striking instance of false economy. ther our reasoning is sound or not, the additional taxation is very un- and recommended quest of a grant from the Colonial Develop fortunate, coming as it does at a ment Fund to assist private enterprises in Hongkong, as part time when the Colony is suffering of a proposal that assistance should be given to local industries from a serious depression of trade, to enable them to meet intensive competition by heavily sub-with little prospect of an early
sidised imports.
revival.
Criticism of the new levies on shipping was made by the I will now proceed to 'examine the Hon. Mr. Mackie and the Hon. Mr. Paterson, while the individual items of the Estimates Hon. Mr. Lauder, doubtful about the Government's 1s, 4d. rate of Revenue.. of exchange basis in computing expenditure, suggested that a minimum rate be fixed for sterling paid officers of the Gov- ernment.
Public School Fees.
an
On Page 3 we find that the vote Although, increase of. $22,000.
YOUNGER NEHRU IS RE-ARRESTED.
MAY GO BACK TO GAOL FOR SEDITION.
Jawahar
TEN DAYS.
REMARKABLE FEAT BY KINGSFORD SMITH.
STORY OF MEETING WITH UNLUCKY HILL.
RECORD SHATTERED.
.. Port Darwin, Oct. 19. Wing Commander Kingsford Smith, Australia's Lindbergh, completed his flight from Heston to Australia in 10 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes. The Hinkler record of 16 days, which had with-
stood a series of challenges for nearly three years, was thus completely shattered. He flew well over 10,000 miles, and his average of 1,000 miles a day is a brilliant achievement.
The gallant airman returned the greetings of the Government and civic authorities from the cockpit. He climbed out and asked for a cigarette, but declined an offer of a whisky and· goda 38 he "preferred flying on water.”
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Off for Sydney.
The formal greetings were brief, though Kingsford Smith bad a wonderful welcome from the large crowd. He drove off to the returned later to overhaul his town for a wash and dinner, and
machine as he is leaving for Sydney at six o'clock, to-morrow morning.
He told interviewers that he had
encountered strong head winds on the last lap of his long journey,
and. had to allow a variation of five degrees. He declared that the whole flight was the best he had ever done (he has flown the Pacific and the Atlantic) as he bad averaged 110 miles an hour flying time throughout.
he
Tribute to Hill.
A striking tribute was paid to the unlucky. Lieutenant Hill, of the Allahabad, Oct. 19. R.A.F. who crashed when within. Lal Nehru, the 500 miles of Port Darwin, and was President of the All-India Con-therefore in sight of a new record, gress, who was only recently re-though it would have been a short- leased from goal, was re-arrested lived one." to-day as he was leaving a meeting Wing-Commander Kingsford owing to a seditious speech he Smith said he was genuinely griev made during the morning.
ed that Hill had crashed. He said It will be recalled that Nehru, that Hill had achieved something immediately on his release from wonderful in that he had had to do H.E. The Governor, replying to the debate, went further "Public School Fees" shows
Prison, made an indiscreet state-a lot of night-flying and had had to than Mr. Lauder's proposal, stating that he was prepared, when last year's Estimates were ment, declaring that the Congress battle against bad storms and other subject to the Secretary of State's approval, to instruct that before the Council, the Hon. Sir was greater than Gandhi and odds "that I fortunately missed." in the conversion, half shall be converted at the current rate, Henry Pollock on behalf of
the would fight to the bitter end to Kingsford Smith explained that; From 3.30 p.m. onwards the fire
and the other half at 1/6. This, it is estimated, will effect a unofficial
the achieve the independence of India. as he was approaching Attamboa, members asked could be seen in many parts of
saving of nearly four lakha.
Government to consider whether-Reuter.
saw. Lieut. Hill's machine Wuchow, the flames shooting high
Shanghai, Oct. 20.
such fees might not be reduced,
Bombay, Oct. 19. smashed; but when he landed he. up into the sky. Fire Brigades and
A message from Peking states
we do not demur to, the present Osman Sobhani, the new Presi- found Hill waiting to greet him. police turned out in force to assist that Mr. Christopher Jowett, the
proposal, as we consider it not dent of the Bombay War Council, Hill welcomed him with a smile and the floating populace. The inflam- eighteen-year-old nephew of the
unreasonable. It affects only the has been sentenced to nine asked him whether he had a collap matory nature of the materials Rt. Hon. F. W. Jowett, who has
upper forms of King's College and months' hard labour. His succes-sible boat.. Queen's College and five other sor, comprising the restaurants and been in the hands of the Soviet
Moslem, named poontons added to the intensity of police for three weeks, wired from
Government Schools where the Hajinoot Mahomed Ahmed, has the fire which for over an hour de-Chita stafing that he was leaving
fees in the past have been low in also been arrested.-Reuter, fied all efforts of the Fire Brigades. on October 18, Saturday, and ex- The Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, in Estimates; it is a very useful comparison with those of other
Allahabad, later. pected to enter Chinese territory addressing the council, said: document in that it not only ac schoola.
The re-arrest of Jawahar Lal Heavy Casualties.
on Sunday.
Sir. It is my privilege for the counts for the increases and de- On the same page, the vate Nehru is understood to be due to While the damage done to the de- Up to the present, there is no third time to present the joint creases in the expenditure under "Use of Motor Vans" shows an a recent speech advocating the stroyed sampans, junks and re- of his having done so.views of the unofficial members each head, but also shows such dif- increase from $7,500 to $25,000. non-payment of taxes.--Reuter. staurants is estimated well beyond |
of this Council on the Budget, ferences in total under the title we do not understand the
pur- $300,000, it has to be recored that
For instance, port of the item, nor can we con- after which certain of my honour-"Recapitulation."
nour the abstract presented last year fecture the reason for its large in- SCHNEIDER CUP FLIER over forty people a belonging to
able colleagues will, as is the restaurants and other vessels
tomary, make some observations enabled us to tell at a glance how crease, are unaccounted for, and it is fear-
of their own.
much of the total increase in Per- ed that the number those who
This is Your Excellency's first sonal Emoluments was due to the perished in the fire or were drowned
budget; and although it is not one creation of new posts, how much On Page 9, again, the item while trying to escape must have
Fees" that can provoke our enthusiasm, to stipulated increments, and how "Message
under "Post exceeded this number, as some of
since a considerable portion of the much to other emoluments, just as Office is increased by $170,000. the sampan people failed to report
increased expenditure necessitating it enabled us to find out how much we should like to know whether their losses to the authorities.
increased taxation is directly at-saving was to be effected by the these messages are all transmitted
There were many exciting rescues | and much meriterious work by the police and firemen.
The flames, after burning fiercely
ted.
This is the second occasion on which a big fire has ocurred in the
new's
Reuter,
EINSTEIN DINNER IN LONDON.
side.
BERNARD SHAW TO BE HEARD.
and
London, Oct. 19.
pleasure district of Wuchow along HEAVY FALL OF SNOW
SUGGESTED AID TO INDUSTRY.
Message Fees,
another
KILLED.
FATALLY HURT IN MOTOR ACCIDENT.
London, Oct. 19.
"No," replied Smith. "Well take mine," rejoined Hill,' "I shall not need it now."
Kingsford Smith accepted the offer, but he had to turn away hide his emotion.
King's Congratulations.
A telegram has been despatch- the Acting-Governor of Australia ed from Sandringham requesting to congratulate Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith on behalf of His Majesty.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Lord Amulrce, the new. Air Miniser. have also cabled their congratula tions.-Reuter,"
Avro-
His smail single seater Avian machine with 120 p.p Gipsy engine is the latest model of the same type used by Hinkler on his Australian flight. It has given hím no moment of anxiety, on the long journey.
tributable to the general revision abolition of posts, how much by by wireless or, if not, by what Flight Lieutenant 0. E. Wor-Aerodrome at 5.36 a.m. on October Kingsford Smith left Croydon Professor Einstein, the author of salaries, we respectfully tender reductions due to new appoint other means they are trans-sley, a member of the victorious of the famous theory of relativity, Your Excellency aur. congratulements, and how much by other mitted.
British Schneider Trophy team in 9th and by, Greenwich mean time The Chinese authorities later dis
is to be entertained in London, on tions on the able manner in which readjestments.
The public would be interested 1927, died yesterday after a motor reckoning, his flight may justly patched soldiers and gendarmes to October 20th at a dinner over you have grappled with the un- This year, in the absence of to know what revenue the Colony ing accident on the Bath Road.
claim to having been completed the scene to preserve order and which Lord Rothschild will pre-usual difficulties of its production.uch a statement, we have not receives in return for the large Flight Lieut. Worsley occupied within ten days. He left Timor render assistance.
The Hon. Colonial Secretary's been able to ascertain these im and growing expenditure of the second place in the 1927 Schneider Island early this morning and land- Many distinguished men will be speech, and the Hon. Colonial portant facts, though it is more Wireless Sub-Department: for in Cup Race, his average speed being ed in Port Darwin at two o'clock for over two hours, were checked present, Bernard Shaw's Treasurer's memorandum on the necessary now than in previous addition to the annually recur- 272.6 miles an hour. He had been this afternoon, local time. He re at 5.30. Forty or so small wooden speech proposing Einstein's Revenue, have made clear the years for the public to know how rent charges shown under the in aviation for thirteen years, Heceived an overwhelming reception. houses near the Involved and became completely gut-be broadcast.-British Wireless.
shore were also health, and the latter's reply, will financial position, of the Colony; the total of Personal Emoluments Sub-Department proper provision joined the Royal Naval Air Ser Against Advice.
and the summaries: now added to is made up, especially what total is made under the Public Works vice during the war as a mechanic. each Departmental Estimate, as a increase is entailed by the revi-Department for special expendi-British Wireless. result of representations made last sion of salaries.
ture amounting to $76,700. The scantiness of the footnotes year by the unofficial members was commented upon by the un- are an improvement, showing at a officials last year, and the then The revenue from the Kowloon-
Kowloon-Canton Railway. glance the total expenditure of Colonial Secretary promised to Canton, Railway shows a slight de each Department.
repair the omiasion in future crease of about $1,000, as we see Abstract Missing.
Estimates. This has been done in from Page 10: while on pages the Estimates of Expenditure, but 97-106 under Expenditure we ELEVEN CHINESE ARRESTED On the other hand, there is one in the Estimates of Revenue there find that the staff of the Depart important document which we have is not a single explanatory note to ment has been augmented and a New York, Oct. 19,
missed this year. It is the ab- account for the increases or de-larger supply of coal and locomo After a long spell of mild wen-stract showing the differences be-creases shown therein. The Hon tive oil has been provided for. ther, the temperature dropped most tween the approved Estimates of Colonial Secretary in his speech. A short statement of the post-Eleven Chinese stowaways, who operation and was advised by doc suddenly during the week-end to Expenditure for 1930 and the Eft- and the Hon. Colonial Treasurer tion of the Railway would be in arrived at Marseilles from tora not to fly. In disregarding Mr. A. E. Arnold, of the Hong- forty degrees, kong staff, Messrs. Butterfield and
mates of Expenditure for 1931. in his Memorandum, gave some teresting. Shanghai aboard the Messageries their injunction be added another Eighteen inches of snow fell in For about twenty-three years, ex-explanations, but they covered On Page 11 the item "Other Maritimes liner Sphinx, were record to the many achievements to Swire, was married yesterday to some parts of New York State and cept for one or two years during only a few selected sub-heads, Miscellaneous Receipts" shows errosted to-day as they were his credit which incude fight Miss Marian Kathleen Hooley some thousands of care are snow- the Great War, this abstract has leaving unexplained Innumerable a drop from $200,000 to $50,000, about to entrain for Paris without round the Australian coast, flights Our Own Correspondent.
bound.-Reuter's American Service, invariably been presented with the items showing differences be
tickets passports or landing (Continued on Part 150
across the Pacifc and Atlantic (Continued on Page 7)
the Bund,
HONGKONG RESIDENT
MARRIED.
WEDDING IN SHANGHAI
ON SATURDAY,
Shanghai, Oct. 19..
IN NEW YORK..
SUDDEN WEEK-END DROP IN TEMPERATURE.`
..
STOWAWAYS REACH MARSEILLES.
AT STATION.
Marseilles, Oct. 19,
sibly the most remarkable long dis Kingsford Smith has made pos tance flight in the history of avia tion. When he left England he was suffering from the effects of an