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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1931
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A SENSATIONAL · SUICIDE.
EX-ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
BEAUTY DIES.
Nice, Mar. 30. "Tired of life," a woman deli-
motor
car 500 berately drove a fect over a cliff at Ezesurmor and on the crashed in smithereena bench below.
CHINESE- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MEMBER CRITICISES METHOD
OF ELECTION.-
in
A minor controversy has arisen the annual Connexion with election of officinis for the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce wilch was reported in the S. C. M. Post last week. The dispute centres on the system which the Investigation showed that the
Chamber adopta to elect represen- was an ex-Zlogfold Follies beauty and an ex-film star named Peggy tatives from different trade gulids associations. Mr. and commercial ass Davis. She was well known on
Mok Ying-kwai, a member of the the Riviera. She was thrice mar- ried. Her first marriage was die Chamber, wrote to the vernacular selved, the second annulled and papers complaining that some of the third was in 1925 to a wealthy commercial guilds including Australian named Townsend. Of the Sugar Merchants Association this latter marriage a baby was and the Twenty-four Trade Guilds Association were not represented born in 1926.
at the annual election of com- mittee.
Peggy Davie retired from the films as a result of a bite from a Zoo lon during a rehearsal.
the
A few moments before tragedy the entered a cafe, drank two brandies, and scribbled a note which she left on the table, and she said: "I do not in which want to return to the stage. Take care of my mother and baby. am tired of life."--Router.
The writer further suggested that the Chinese Chamber should enlarge its membership extending the facility to the majority if not all the commercial associations and hongs.
RECENT LANDSLIDE
‚ FATALITIES..
INQUIRY CONDUCTED AT KOWLOON.
At Kowloon yesterday aftor- Mr. Hamilton, sitting noon,
a jury, held an inquiry with
death of Wong Loo, Into the who was killed in a land slide at the Kowloon bye-wash reservoir on March 10..
on
It will be remembered that that occasion six other men wore killed.
Dr. K. Uttley said that donth was due to asphyxia.
WAS the
Mr. Li Cheng, engineer in charge, and the accident occurred in a trench, which had been open- ed about a month ago. The sides of the trench had been reinforced with boards and poles to prevent a collapse. The right side more strongly braced thau left, because it was feared that it would collapse on that side if nt all. The collapse, in his opinion, would have occurred even if the left Ride had been as strongly re- due Inforced. The accident was to the damp weather on the days previous to the accident. which made the earth wet, and when on the earth loosened and suddenly March 9 there was bright weather. subsided into the trench.
In an interview with a repre- 1sentative of the S. C. M. Post, Mr. Chan Heung-pak, the Secretary of the Chinese Churaber said that vas rumours that the Chamber was The TOTAL MOON ECLIPSE. going to have another election
were entirely unfounded. method of electing 100 members Lo sorve on the General Committee for 1931 was the same as the pro-P. W. D., said that the position in the trench when he saw it was cedure used for many ed out that years post.
quite satisfactory. He attributed the collapse to a plane of glory. earth. age behind the piece of which they thought to be perfect- ly sound,
VISIBLE IN' HONGKONG ON
FRIDAY MORNING,
The total eclipse of the moon which takes place on Thursday (Greenwich time) will be visible in Hongkong. but only those re- tiring late, and the early risors will see it, as the actual eclipse will be between 3 and 5 am. on Friday.
a.m.
The moon will enter the penum- bral shadow of the earth at 1.27 J.M.
and the umbral shadow at a.m., leaving the umbru at 2.23 6.52 a.m. and the penumbra at 6.48 a.m.
The total celipse will begin at 3.22 and end at 4.53 a.m.
Even while totally eclipsed, the on will remain visible to the eye, as a copper coloured disc, owing to its illumination by light that has beer retracted in the earth's atmosphere, The pheno- menon at the beginning will be visible from the whole of the Eastern hemisphere and Austra in, while the close will be visible in the same regions, excluding Australia and the eastern part of Asia, and including the eastern part of South America.
Mr. Chan further the commercial associations and trade guilds were as fully repre- sented at the recent annual elee- could reasonably have tion as been expected.
re-
Mr. C. W. E. Bishop. Engineer
Mr. R. McNell Henderson, As sistant Director. P. W. D., agreed Ir Chan showed
with the opinion as to the engar presentative a Hnt of the Chinose
wil- #gociations and guilds, members of the accident which had been
well as of expressed by the other two
that the He also said of the Chamber, as
individuals connectednessĽA.
He bracing had been quite satisfac- Chinese with the different trades.
The Jury returned a verdict of added that from time to time the tory.
to the Chinese Chamber wrote business firms and commerclul accidental death. Associations requesting them to join as members.
"If these commercial associa tions fall to join or discontinue with as for their connexion financial or other reasons, it is not within the power of the Chamber to force them to join, When the annual election of officinis took place last week each of the commercial associations sent two representatives, and if there is anything unsatisfactory In the representation in this direc- tion the responsibility lies. with
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the officials of the commercial associationk and not with the officials of the Chamber," conclud- ed Mr. Chan Heung-nak.
Mr. Chan regretted that he was unable to comment fully on the criticisms of Mr. Mok as he had seen only part of his letter so far.
It is understood that the now General Committee of the Chum- her will meet on Friday to elect
Chairman
vice. Chairman and an Executive Com- mittee.
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