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COATES' ORIGINAL
PLYMOUTH
THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,· WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1932.
DEATH OF MR. W. L. PATTENDEN
PASSES AWAY IN ENGLAND
Many residents heard to-day of the with deep regret death
of Mr. in England W. L. Pattenden, former General Manager of Messrs, W. I. Loxley und Co., who left the Colony on retirement in March, 1930, after residence of over thirty years.
LEAPS FOR LIFE
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of confining the outbreak to narrow limita as possible, but the two houses connected by the almost totally staircase burnt out.
Great excitement prevalled among the inmates of the upper storeys when it became clear that many of them were with being trapped.
threatened
OLD WOMAN RESCUED. On a third floor house, an old woman had taken refuge in the
LATEST NAVAL
MOVEMENTS
AMERICAN FLOTILLA
LEAVES
Vico-Admiral Bethelot, the Com- mander-in-Chief of the French Asiatic Fleet, returned from Can- will depart from Hongkong aboard ton by train on Monday night, and hia flagship, the cruiser Pri mnuguet, to-morrow afternoon. A luncheon party, to which II. E. the Offeer Administering the Govern- ment, the Commodore and his Secretary have been invited is be-
On going Home, he settled down at Godalming, and it is presumed that he passed away there, al-back kitchen, und for a time hering held on board the Primauguet though no detalls beyond a brief eatsle message bave so far been received.
The late. Mr. Pattenden julnud Messrs. Allen Bros., East India merchants, of London in 1888, and left them to come to the Far East at the end of 1899, arriving in Hongkong on February 3rd., 1900, as an assistant to Messrs. Gilman and Company, of which he be- came a partner in 1911.
con-
plight was extremely serious. However, the Brigade managed to raise an escape ladder in a wide lano at the back, and by means of this they were able eventually to bring her to safety.
It was fully two hours before the Brigade, faced with a most difficult task, succeeded in sub- duing the flames.
In 1919, he severed his nexion with Menars, Gilman, short- ly after the business changed hands, and joined Messrs. W. R. 15 General Loxley
Co., and Manager. That position he helded until his retirement in 1930.
During his residence in the Colony, Mr. Pattenden served.as a Director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., and Humpherys Estate and Finance Co., Ltd., kls wide experience in busincas mat- fers being of much value to these concerns.
Mr. Pattenden will long be re- membered for his keen interest in the Church life of the Colony. He was a member of the Committee of the Diocesan Boys' School since 911, a member of the Council of for some St. Stephen's College years, Hon. Secretary of St. John's Cathedral Church Body, a member of the Board of the European Y.M.C.A., Chairman of the Naval and Military Y.M.C.A. (Cheero branch), and a member of the Court of the University of
Hongkong.
THE CASUALTIES. The casualties are as follows:
Seriously Injured
Fong Wa-sau, 37, male (fractur-
spine).
Ng Woon-kul, 38, male (internal injuries).
Chan Pat, 28, married woman, internal injuries).
Injured
Wong Chah, 54, male. Wong Cheung, 49, male. Lau Sim, 27, married woman, Chan Sap, 32, married woman. Ng Yichiu, 32, mile. Lau Kwan-nam, 38, male.
Many of thone injured sought eaeape by climbing down the drainpipes into the back lane, only to find themselves pitching hend- long to the ground, when the pipes, which were of clay and extremely tragile, gave way.
SON'S DEVOTION.
when
A story of a son's devotion is tot in connexion with the case of Wing Ab-yau, the 80-year-old wo- man whose escape from one of the Ife was an Unofficial Justice of burning buildings was effected by the Pence, and for some years a
femen using a fire-escape ladder. The woman lived on the flour member of the Licensing Board.
In all his manifold activities. Mr. Patienden worked in a quiet immediately above the shop where and unobtrusive manner and re- the outbreak started, and vealed sterling qualities in all his escape into the street was cut off work. He will be long remember-by the burning of the staircase, ed in the Colony by a large eircle was carried by her son up to the of friends, who deeply regret to third flour. Apparently at this stage he was unable to proceed' hear of his demise.
further with his burden, and left her in the kitchen. She was een silhouetted against the flames,"
RUGBY & CRICKET desperately attempting to beat
TEAMS
TO-DAY.
back the fire with a pail and water drawn from the tap, when fremen came to her rescue.
to-day,
The Commander-in-Chief of the British China Squadron, Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, will arrive in Hongkong on board H.M.S. Kont to-morrow nt 7 a.m. Admiral In Hongkong Kolly will remain during the winter season.
The Commander-in-Chief of the American Asiatic Fleet, Admiral M.M. Taylor, will arrive in long- kong on Saturday next on board his flagship, the U.S.S. Houston, which will escort the yacht-Isabel (Lt. Cmdr. Grosskope) to Hong- kong. Commanding the flagship
of
the U.S. Asiatic Fleet fu Captain Dawes.
The Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the US, Aslatke Fleet, preceded by the U.S.S. Black Hawk, departe for Manila sharply at 9 o'clock this morning. aller a week in Hongkong. The fatilla consisted of the U.S. destroyers Peury. Pillsbury, Pope, Whipple, Smith- Thompson, J.D. Edwards, Barker, Stewart, Parrott, Paul Jones and Edsall,
Remaining in port are the U.S.S. Mindango, U.S. gunboat Fulton and the Portuguese cruiser Ada- mastor.
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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
Across
1 Suburban train,
6 Buch garments may well be
sober.
9 Forest wear before tho fall. 10 This man's chin is not likely to
be overlooked,
11 Though good for the health it
adde. nothing to the ball. 12 of course you'll tear back when
you eco this animal. 13 A day of rest.
18 To bo in these military stores in
far from cheery., 10 Incidental to episodes of any
Bort. 20 Take a good pull, though I'm
afraid you'll still find it disinal 22 It's quite disturbing, and might describe the hanterupt with no Aucts.
24 Look for it.
25 Looking back we can see that
she was not well. 27 Made by hatters.
Biblical mountain.
33 Sh by the back part of the liner--that's where it comes nut to do its work,
a
Goes beyond. Change it later maybe. Unpleasant old thing that may
liecome a stray.
The gratitude of the American Flotilla for the manner in which they have been entertained in
following 36 the Hongkong during the past week in exemplified message received at Naval Head-36 quarters this morning. It reads:
"To all British ships. Best 37 Just wolt a bit for it.
Down wishes from C.O. and men of Destroyer Squadron 5. Our stay in Hongkong has been most de hospitality. Anticipate meeting lightful, due to your courtesy and you again very soon."
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The following cable at the close market yesterday The old woman was in a most of the sugar cheerful mood when, at the Yau- has been received by Mesars. Pen- mati Station this moning, she treath and Co. recounted her adventure.
Club "A" y Kowloon-Valley.
It was disclosed that con- Club "A"-Fox. King, Allern Jenkins, Harbord, Lowson, Selby, siderable delay was experienced Garrod, MeElney, Andrews, Cox, before the firemen could get water Cochrane, Nigel, Dalziel and Munro, through the mains, and when it did Owen- finally come through, the pressure Kowloon: Skinner,
was poor. Fortunately, it was Whitley, Davies, Ensterbrook.
was brought Ferguson, Peart, Torrible, Watson, found possible to utilise one of the
fire-floats which Suard. Brokenshire, Wilson, MacNider, Lieut. Prior, Cogan, In within accessible distance of the Rochn.
CRICKET.
fire.
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D.S. Harley, 11.J.D. Love, L.T.Roosevelt, the Democratic Can- Ride. C.B.R. Sargent and. J.P.didate, has bees elected as the ntxt President of the United States, but
of it will be nothing short miracle if President Hoover sur- viver.
K.C.C.-F. Goodwin, E.C. Fin- cher, E.F. Fincher, J.C. Lyul, A.T. Lay, G.C. Burnett, A.E. Perry, N.A.E. Mackay. J. Hunter, I McInnes, and W.C. Hung.
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com-
Mr. Roosevelt now has a strong lead In twenty-five Statos, manding 284" electoral college votes, which would be quite suf- ficent for election.
Mr. M. van Schreven, Vice-Con-
President Hoover is leading in But of the Netherlands, left the Colony on October 31st for Bangkok, where only seven States, which carry 88 he was appointed Charge d'Affaires of electoral college votes.
Mr. Roosevelt is triumphing in Pending the arrival the Netherlands.
traditionally Democratic of his successor, Mr. H. Hos, Chinese the Secretary of the Netherland Lega-South, where President Hoover is tion at Pelping, has been temporarily being literally anowed under. n-tached to the Consulate-General in thi p f...
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Holiday-Election Day.
The P and O. s.a. Bangalore, from Shanghai, is due here at 6 am. on Friday.
was yesterday Mr. C. II. Barto formally admitted a member of the Sanitary Board, during the absence from the Colony of Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto. Mr. G. R. Sayer wel- comed Mr. Basto to the Board.
Mak Mul, 21, was conveyed to the Government Civil Hospital yesterday following an accident in Des Voeux Road Central, when, in attempting to moving tram, she fell
alight from a concussion. Another
and suffered
No. 15, Peking.
Foo, living at
woman, named d, was similarly injured when stopping from a tram in
Des Voeux Road Central, near the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. She was also admitted to the Government Civil Hospital.
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