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LOCAL BRANCH.
IDNLOP
Poddar Bldg.
MISS ENGLAND II LEAVES RIVALS STANDING.
Ninety Miles an Hour Over Detroit's 30-Mile Course.
THE BURGENLAND BEACHED.
TOKYO SALVAGE
CONTRACT.
SHIP ON CHINTO ISLAND.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Sept. 7. Although the Hamburg- America motorship Burgen- Land got off the Pokusa Reef and attempted to make port. under her own steam, the veaach was so extensively damaged, that the captain was forced to beach her.
She now lies stranded on Chinto Inland in a much less ex- posed position than had she re- mained on the reef and there is now every prospect that she will be salvaged.
The captain of the Burgenland) and representatives of the Tokyo! Salvage Company on Saturday | eventing signed the Lloyds form of contract.
The Nasu Maru is undertaking the salvage of the craft.
MRS. WILLS-MOODY COMING
TO THE FAR EAST.
Giving Tennis Displays in Shanghai.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Sept. 7.
It is disclosed this morning that Mrs. Helen Will-Moody, the world-famous tennis player, has accepted an in- vitation by Chinese athletic organisations to visit China for the purpose of giving ex- hibitions.
Mrs. Wills-Moody is due to arrive in Shanghai aboard! the new Dollar liner, President| Hoover, on September 18.
Our photo shows Miss England II going out at top speed. Inset top right, Kaye Don, her pilot, and lower left, Commodore Gar Wood, at the wheel of Miss America IX, which finished second, a mile astern.
MISS AMERICA IX
MILE BEHIND.
GANDHI ANSWERS BURNING
QUESTION.
WHAT HE WILL WEAR
IN ENGLAND.
FROLICS ON TRIP.-
London, Sept. 6.
The Mahatma Gandhi has broken the silence! The burning question which has intrigued the public, and the cartoonists of two continents -namely, What will be wear in London? has been no- awered.
Morning suits, top hats, collare and ties are not, for the leader of the Indian Congress Party. He declared aboard thei Rajputana to-day that if the J. H. Thomas weather is cold he will don, a A On the Carpet.
KAYE DON'S TIME A RECORD FOR THE EVENT.
REMARKABLE SPEEDS.
LABOUR MEETING AT VERBY.
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heavy woollen cloth garment reaching down to his ankles and a white homespun jacket.
Gandhi'e in his usual attire for ceremonial occasions.
MISS AMY SAFE.
Forced Down in Latvia.
;;
JOURNEY LATER RESUMED.
London, Sept. G. Any anxiety that had been
no
WILL O' THE WISP
CONVICT....
GAOL-BREAKER” AT LAST CAUGHT.
RECAPTURED IN WANGHAI.
After nearly a month of liberty, Mak Kwai, one of the two convicts who effected sensational break-away
a
from Victoria Gaol on' August 12, has been a recap- tured by the paice.
An attachment to old haunts and associates is the cause of his "misfortune," for, after fleeing from the precincts of the Gaol, he did not lose much time in returning to the cir cles in which he had moved for years.
Understanding the man'a psychology, the Criminal In- vestigation Department, within a few days of the escape, get into close touch with his movements. They were soon on his trail, but found that Mak Kwai-prey to a fear of oventual recapture- made it a point of nover staying long in one place,
An. Elusive Quarry. Detectives assigned the tusk of getting Mak Kwai found him an olusive quarry. They more than once him and were on the point of laying their hands on him when he again eluded them.
This occurred more times than the oeers concerned care to re- member. On one occasion, nt than twenty-four hours, has Wanchai, warned, as if by in- an address in Yee Wah Street, In
He left to it be presumed that if felt for the safety of Miss Amy it is warm he is not likely to de-Johnson, regarding whom part from his habitual costume news had been received for more
illustrated above).
Reuter's representative aboard the 1, and O. liner wirelessed that Gandhi continues to enjoy his voyage to England immensely. be having like a schoolboy on his first excursion.
--
been allayed by a report from atinet, at meal time, he laid down Riga to the effect that the an unfinished bowl of rice and left British aviatrix had been sight-by one way as police officers en- ed flying over Libau in Latvia teret by another. to-day.
and
If the identi ficution of the
plane is correct,
Miss Johnson is
it
Worshippers Startled. considerably off
the course He somewhat startled worship-was understood pers this morning by attending ashe proposed to Christian service aboard clad intake, though obviously there is customary loincloth.
As the Rajputana steamed is no cause for
London, Sept. 6.
H. The Rt. Hon. Mr. J.
He romps with the children Thomas intends to stand for his aboard, caresses the babies
jokes with their parents. present constituency at the The next general election. Dominions Secretary in the new National Government made this IN THE MOST thrilling motor-boat race ever seen quite plain at a private meeting in the United States and probably elsewhere to-day-of-the-General Council Kaye Don, the famous British speed-boat ace, piloting Lord Wakefield's record-breaking craft, Miss England II, won the first heat for the Harmsworth International Motorboat Trophy with the greatest of ease.
His chief rival, Commodore Gar Wood, holder of the world's speed record on many occasions, was left almost standing, Miss England being far too good for Miss America ÏX.
It
Kaye Don hurtled across the finishing line of the thirty- miles triangular course more than a mile ahead of Commodore Gar Wood in Miss America IX. .
WALK
un
Later,
The
report his favourite Christian hymn. that Miss John- It was later in the day that he son wan Вест answered the great question as toilyIng what he would wear on arrival in Libau iH con. London-Reuter,
firmed.
ver
of the Derby Labour Party through the silence of the Red Sea, further alarm. -
Personal bitterness and acrimony he joined the congregation in sing- was avoided at the merting which, ing "Lead, Kindly Light" which is by 103 votes to 48, passed a resolu- tion withdrawing their endorsement of Mr. Thomas's Paramen-. tary candidature, but not demanding his resignation.
Mr. Thomas WAS present and he praised the tone of the debate. Ko announced that he
intended to stand
once again for:
"As but
Miss America.VII, Gar Wood's earlier craft, occupied Winner of the American
second place. The others were never in the picture. women's championship (1 few weeks ago, she is giving a series
entenlated
Derby, num.p.h, at Miami earlier this year. of exhibitions in Shanghai. It is examination of the starting and not known whether she proposes finishing times that Miss England Best Two Out of Three, to extend her visit to the South and Kaye Don had achieved an or to the Philippines, though it is thought probable that she will.
THOUSAND KILLED
IN CHILE.
BATTLE WITH NAVAL REBELS.
Two more
been as the Harmsworth hour for the thirty-miles race, Trophy is awarded to the country which is easily record for the winning two out of three races. Harmsworth Trophy event.
If Kayo Don wins the second as is generally expected, the third will not take place.
average speed of 89.012 miles an arranged. races have
far as I am concerned, there will be no general election until the crisis is past."-Reuter.
NEW PHOTO COMPETITION.
CHANCE FOR LOCAL AMATEURS.
Gor Wood's Figures. The difference between Miest It was a thrilling race, parti- England 11 and Miss America IXcularly so when the craft swept was demonstrated more clearly round the corners of the trinn- when official figures were issued gular course at breakneck speeds. showing that Gar Wood's average Two of the turns were acute was 87.027 miles an hour, nearly angles and huge showers of spray three miles an hour worse than were sent up as the boats swept As briefly, announced on Satur- New York, Sept, G. the British craft,
day, the Telegraph has decided to round. A message from Santiago de This compares with Miss Miss England II early swept into follow up its August Bathing Chile says "It is believed that a England II's 110 mp.h. over a the lead and steadily. Increased her Bonch Snapshot Competillon with thousand wore killed in n measured mile on Lake Garda in advantage as the race proceeded.--
a new contest for amateur photo- sanguinary battle between naval Italy, and Misa Amerien IX's 102 Reuter'a Americau Service,
graphers. On this occasion, rebels and Government forces at: Takukuana-Router'a
widor scope is presented to com- further enhanced by the fact that petitors the prizes being offered
for photographs covering The speaks Japanese fluently and
has often been seen in the comgreater variety of subjects, pany of Japanese.
American
Service.
CAMERA THIEF IDENTIFIED.
BARCELONA QUIET.
SABBATH'S CALMING
BANISHEE WELL KNOWN TO POLICE.
EFFECT.
Д
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Merchant Navy.
[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
The Actual Capture.
Finally, on Saturday night, ho was taken at No. 12, Amoy Street, in Wanchai. Detective Sergt. Mac- donald and Detective Inspector Wong Lau made sure of their quarry on this occasion.
As they entered the ground floor, they found a man on a bed, with-his head swathed in the folds of the mosquito net.
The face disclosed was as unlike the photograph of Mak Kwai us is imaginable. Mak Kwal, onu poster offering a reward for his recapture, was described as of stout baild and looked well-fod. The man whom the officers now It is now learned from Riga that caught had changed completely is she ran short of petrol when flying appearance, but there was never- over Latvian territory yesterday theless no doubt he was the same and made a successful forced individual, one of two men who landing at Aizpute at four o'clock in broad daylight had affected an In the afternoon.
escape from the Gaal with seeming
Had a Thin Time.
Although every source of supply case. was sought, she was able to obtain only ten gallons of petrol, just suficient to take her to Liepaja, where aho landed safely later in the evening and spent the night
Sir, On behalf of the Service 1 there. have the honour to represent in She refuelled this morning and this Colony, allow me to thank you reamed her journey to London very cordially for the leading She should arrive by Wednesday. |article - which appeared in the|--Reuter,
Hongkong Telegraph on Saturday
last.
Police officers, discussing the arrest this morning, said that Mak Kwai had not trusted himself to getting a job because of his fear of recognition. Ho had subsisted on what his friends could give him, and this appeared to have
| amounted to very little, judging by the fact that he weighed very much less when captured than he did before.
They went further and stated
It is only by such a medium as TWO LAUNCHES IN that Mak Kwai might not have.
yours that the public is reminded; of the service which in peace and war, fair weather and foul, must [carry on, regardless of all poril,~~
Yours, etc.
T. T. LAURENSON. Branch Secretary, Marine Engineers' Guild of China, and China
Coast Officers! Guild.
COLLISION.
ONE BEACHED AT KOWLOON.
been averse to returning to his prison cell, and in support of this opinion they painted to the fact that he offered no resistance to recapture.
The Escape Recalled.
A collision occurred in the har-
The escape by the two convicta bour early on Saturday, resulting on the 12th of last month was made. in one of the two launches con- In pouring rain, when the two mon cerned boing beached to avoid were able to get into Chancery Lane
by means of a ladder and rope. Finking.
When about to run into the Old From a raport received by the Balley, they were seen by Mr. P. Y. of police,
It appears that the Lo, a banker, who was on his way to Esmeralda, owned by the Green town. Identifying them as con-
adjudged to be the best photographa
ubmitted during the month September.
:
Entries may comprise local 3-The Editor's decision shall be Island Cement Company, was victs by their prison garb-hé had at first thought they were morely. Having served a number of street scenes, typical studies of final. In the event of two or more under way at 8.15 a.m. when, off prisch sentences for a series of local Chinese life, or photos of photos being considered of equal the Star Ferry Whart at Kowloon, workmon-he gave chase but lont fraude, during the past nine local beauty spots. Three prizes merit list of the three prizes will he was run into by the Revenue both of thems as they ran down the
Launch Kwong, which struck Old Batley. months, he was banished on his will be offered for the best pictures be divided accordingly. The Chinese who the other day last discharge from the Colony. sent in during the month of Sep-
4-Photographa which have already hor on the starboard side.
Other Man at Large, p The order of banishment was still tomber, these belpr 1st, $50; 2nd, been entered in local competition are
The Esmeralda began to take stole a camera from à Japanese
water from a rant in her side, and Mak Kwal was serving a term Barcelona. Sept. 6..
Ineligible. The Sabbath exerted a calming has been identified by the police
photographer by means of a rickperative when he carried out his $20; 3rd, $10. latest explolt.
the coxswain decided to make for of olght years' hard labour for The photographs need not have G.—The right to publish any or all and to prevent her capaiting. armed robbery, and Lo-Yuk-cheung, offact on the situation in Barce
boon actually taken during Sep- of the photos in the Telegraph is Putting on fall speed, he ran the his associate in the exploit," was lona, and for the day moderation Mak Kam,, the chief figure In replaced the recent hostilities. The many, a similar exploit, who has
craft into shallow waters near to also serving ́s long stretch for a tember: all that is required laerved: A 12-year-old girl, who gave her that they be sent in before the been long known to the folice strike is expected to terminats reason of the fact that he has been name as Yip lling, was found wander end of the month, Photographe white glossy prints,
by
6-Photos, preferably black and the Railway Pier, and beached her similar crime. The latter had a
whould be there.
year ago successfully attempted in-their-hands on many occasions: ing in Taihong Street, during the which have been already entered addressed to the Editor and he No casualties were causest, an escape from the Gaol, but made;
Ile is a native of Houngshan week-end, and taken to the Police in any local competition are In-inscribed on back with name and
the mistake of returning to his clà and speaks Funtl with the accent Station. She told the police that she eligible. The rubs of the com- address of sender
haunts and was recaptured in the The corpse of a Chinese woman peculiar to that district, is 34 had been abandoned by, a man who petition are as under:
Maki Kwal was, on found on the foreshora of old
kidnapped her at Fatshan and brought
The result of the competition
Saturday night. With previous e Shakanipo villago, has been identified years of age, and described as of her-to Hongkongkhand The compel of is confined will be announced almaltandomly with
her Perlence to sustain him the TY * that of a boatwoman who was medium height and bulld. In condition troza apparent under exclusively to amatoare
the publication of the final-batch of the police that
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*2*- The aprises mau berwarded to
sum of $750 collected from citatoñiers Japanese, the impression, being Kwong Wan Hospital
the compel fora dan in what are bet
tu-morrow--Rentor
Adrowned pi:Wednesday.
The owner of a bean curdie shop at same way
Pokalen Road Eat reported to
but the