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BRITISH FIRM BACKS BIG LOAN TO SHANGHAI
-
JAPAN HIT
BY TYPHOON
MAIN RAILWAY.
BREAKDOWN
BIG LANDSLIDE DISASTER
RAGING OVER WIDE AREA
- ANGLO-RUSSIAN
TRADE
SOVIET DOES NOT REPLY
TO BRITISH NOTE
· London, Nov. 14. The Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, stated that
no
reply has yet been received | from the Soviet Government to the British Note of 17th October regarding the termination of the Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement.
in Rome
Last Friday, the Foreign Secretary, in conversation with Tokyo, Nov. 15.
the Soviet Ambassador, impreused A very
severe typhoon has spon him that so far from seeking struck the Pacific coast of Japan to injure Angio-Russian trade as and is raging over an astonish-had been suggested ingly wide Considerable quarters, the British Government
desired to secure its development į loss of life and damage to pro-
Wire perty is feared, but information proper terms.-British is scanty owing to the early breakdown of communications.
area.
The violent storm swept in last night from the Pacife after having pursued a semi-circular path from the east coast of the Philippines, and within a brief while had wrecked telegraph and telephone lines and had caused the suspen- sion of the main railway between Tokyo and Osaka,
LANDSLIDE DISASTER.
As far na can
be gathered, at least seven Prefectures are ex- periencing winds of high velocity, but although much damage is feared, details are not yet avali able.
leas.
HURRICANE TOLL
CAYMAN ISLANDS
DISASTER
MANY DEATHS AND HEAVY DAMAGE
London, Nov. 14.
The Prince of Wales, who ù paying his first vinit to Ulster to-morrow to open the huge white palace of Portland stone. The
new Ulster Parliament
building.
PRINCE
VISITING
ULSTER
ELABORATE PLANS FOR RECEPTION
BELFAST GAILY DECORATED
PARLIAMENT BUILDING OPENING
(Our Own Correspondent). -tab
London, Nov. 15.
The magnificently, imposing new Houses of Parliament of Northern Ireland which are to be opened at Stormont, near Belfast, by the Prince of Wales to-morrow.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is BRITISH “PLAN”
paying his first official visit to Northern Ireland to-morrow when he will formally open the magnificent new building of the Ulster Parliament.
TO-MORROW
AT DISARMAMENT BUREAU
Among the preparations iTi anticipation of the Royal visit, an extensive programme of street i decoration in Belfast has been A GIANT STRIDE? abandoned at the request of the
Prince.
hurricane YAUMATI FIRE and bunting, while oight thousani Disarmament Conference. Mr.
Two serious disasters have been
The disastrous reported up to the present moment.which demolished Vera Cruz with In Yokohama, a big landslide terrible loss of life, also wrecked accurred, hundreds of tous of earth crashing down from a hill-much havoc on British islands in xide and burying thirty houser.
Furious Torts are being made in an effort to NAVO inmates who may be still alive in the ruins although unable to get out. Three bodies have been recovered by the search parties.
NUMAZU FIRE TERROR.
In Numazu, kome fifty miles to the south-west of Yokohama,
the zone.
Telegrams from Jannica, receiv ed at the Colonial Onice regarding the effect of the hurricane in the
London, Nov. '14. The Foreign Secretary," Sir Nevertheless lábovate arrange. į
who Simon, John
reached ments are being inde for the Geneva to-day, had long conver- tang mas] Prince's reception. Shopkeepers
are making Bolfest gay with flags sations with the President of the Orangemen volunteers and Arthur Henderson, the chief stewards will supplenient the two American delegate, Mr. Norman, thousand police lining the streets, Davis, and various other dele-
gates. STORMONT PARADE.
He will announce his new con- Two thousand
tribution to a general solution of i salute the Privee at Stormont, the disarmament problem at where the Parliament Building is Wednesday's
of the
Building Completely Gutted
West Indies, report that the foll ONE OF A SERIES situate. force of the storm struck Cayman Islands.
In
troops
will
Bureau.
meet ing
NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY- NEXT WEEK
London, Nov. 14. The first Parliamentary session
the of
National Government will end on Thursday with the ceremony of prorogation. The new ses- sion begins on Tuesday of next week when the King wiik open Parliament with tradi- tional- ceremonial,-British
Wireless.
$6,000,000 ISSUE
RECONSTRUCTION IN WAR AREAS
NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETE
Shanghai, Nov. 15. What is regarded as commed- cing a new era in Anglo-Chinese friendship has been heralded by the announcement that the well- known British› firm of Benjamin land Potts is underwriting, guaranteeing and issuing a $6,- |000,000 loan to the Municipality
of Greater Shanghai.
The loan will be devoted solely to the rehabilitation of the war- {devastated
arena of Greater Shanghai and certain important schemes of development.
Months of planning were re- quired before the details of the loan were developed and finally, completed by Mr. T. V. Soong, the Finance Minister of the National Government, Mr. Wu Tich-chen, Mayor ΟΣ Greater Shanghai, and Mr. Ellis Hayim, the prominent Shanghai Danncier.
WHARFAGE SECURITY, Security for the loan is in the
FURNITURE SHOP wharfage dues of Shanghai and
DISORDER
Quarrel
all arrangements for the service of the toan will bo taken over by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-
Aing Corporation.
FOKI SENT TO GAOL A furniture shop in Kowloon
Air. Wu Tieh-chen, in an inter- view with Reuter, said: "It is a matter of real gratification that n British group has come forward to aasist the City Government in raising the money essential for reconstruction work in Shanghai." -Renter.
£147,000 CARGO OF SILVER COIN
Two cruisers will form a naval Important speeches made by Wild Scene After Fires have meell
breaking out guard for the Prince from Liver- Sir John Simon and Mr. Baldwin Cayman Brac, sixty-seven with marked regularity during the pool to the harbour in Belfast.in Friday night's Commons debate persoas are know to have been past month and another was added while Ulster bombing squadrons on disarmament gave an indication killed and over a hundred injured. to the number during the early have boon rehearsing their of the general principle upon All stores and houses there and hours of this morning when a part in the ceremonies, which which the British Government the collapse of a house caused an in Lesser Cayman were completely conflagration took toll of the include the provision of an aerial have fråmed their policy.
entire builing situate at 281. escort from Liverpool and outbreak of fire, which fanned by destroyed,
The actual proposals which Sir. the tempest, swept through the
Reclamation Street. Fortunately, demonstration over the Parliament John Simon will make are ex-gave the impression that a riotous whole district.
The Royal Mail .. Loch Kat-there was no loss of Hfe or injury buildings while the opening cere-pected to be of far-reaching scope. Five hundred houses were destroyed by the ring is carrying stores and doctors to persons.
The only ma
mony is being performed.
It is however, understood that mob had passed that way after a blaze, and hundreds of people from Kingston.
The outbreak had its origin in
they have been designed with quarrel yesterday: have been rendered homeless. Noteris damage occurred on Grand the ground floor of the building
DISTINGUISHED gathering.
'strict regard to the realities of the With an injured nose, Wong details of casualties are yet avail-Cayman hut in Losser Cayman where a Chinese medicine shop, There will be a distinguished situation and are not to be re-Yat-cho appeared as complainant
Imany persons were injured.
In Jamaica, where two deaths quarters.
the Pak Fuk Tong had its bead-gathering at the opening, arrange-garded as counter-proposals to at the Kowloon magistracy before
It is believed that an nients having been made to accom-those which have been made by Mr. Butters this morning charg are reported the loss in bananas oven which was used to dry herbs modate five thousand leading father delegations.
ing the foki of another furniture | UNLOADED SECRETLY was not less than ave million set the premises ablaze, the stair-residents of Northern Ireland in a stems, but apart from smashed case acting as a flue for the flames, special enclosure outside.
They are intended to be a help-shop with assault and wounding. wharves and the wrecking of one which avon spread to the upper
ful contribution towards a practi-
A cargo of silver coin, worth Delcctive-Sergeant Goodwin, who hotel on the north const the dam-
cal solution of the problem and prosecuted, stated that complain- £147,000, was lifted secretly from age to other property is compara-
are not necessarily frosh "Plan."~ant asked defendant to engage a the steamor Premier at a London tively small.
The Kowloon Fire Briade were
to the
and Bahamas summoned
instantly set to work fighting the outbreak which was not subdued until the three floors had been almost completely gutted.
able.-Reuter.
B.B.C.'S TENTH
ANNIVERSARY
AMAZING GROWTH OF BROADCASTING
of
The Governor of the reports the total destruction London, Nov. 14. crops in Long Island, Rum Cay The British Broadcasting Cor-and San Salvador. Two persons poration is this week celebrating were drowned and one died from with special programmes its tenth shock.
anniversary.
When the Corporation, under
King's Message.
Royal Charter, took over the con- The King has sent a message con- trol of broadcasting on November veying his profound sympathy to
years ago
A large and flourishing Industry you are taking all possible steps has developed with the growth to ronder assistance. Plesso con- and popularity of broadcasting and vey my deepest sympathy to the now nearly 200,000 people are dir-people of Cayman Island.-Britia ectly employed in the manufacture Wireless.
of wireless sets, while Inst year nearly £30,000,000 were spent in Britain on the purchase of gets and accessorios.-British Wirelosa,
floors.
seche
It is understood that the medi- cine shop was Insured for $3,000. CANTON ROAD VICTIM.
A victim of the fire at 972, Can-
NEW PLANE FOR
THE PRINCE
VICKERS PASSENGER
The
MONOPLANE
London, Nov. 14. Prince of Wales has
British Wireless.
SPEED BOAT
BLOWS
UP
•
on
small boy to work for him, but wharf to-day.
Scotland Yard when the boy had been brought
dotectives laat out from the country, complainant night kept watch over the sealed said he had already engaged one hold. thimself.
....
VERANDAH
WOMAN BELOW ALSO CRITICALLY HURT
The cargo comprises 2,200,000
This marks the withdrawal in Poland of the old two-zlaty plece which depreciated in 1927, and the introduction of ja' new ton-zloty. ploce, worth approximately 6s. 8d.
When the new złoty coinage was introduced and the first shipments of notes arrived: from London; a dock worker at Danzig stole a caso of 1,000-zloty notes. The Government burned the remaining notos of the same denomination,
A heated quarrel ensued as a re-two-zloty Polish coins (01 złotys sult of which chaira wore thrown to the E), which are to be taken about and ended with the defon-in vans to the British mint and the melted down. Tho silver will then OWNER RESCUED BY dant hitting complainant on
nose with nale.
be minted into ten-zloty coins, DINGHY
Sentence of six weeks was pass- 14th, 1922, there were 18,000 wire the inhabitants of Cayman Islands, ton Road on Wednesday morning ordered a new Vickers passenger less licences holders in Britain. The Colonial Secretary, In a laat, Wong Cheung, aged 49, who monoplane of a similar type to The speed boat Nippy, belonging ed. To-day there are over five million. telegram to the Officer Administer was admitted to Kowloon Hospital that which has been operating to Mr. Pettitt, of Poole, blow up in
sevore Injurios successfully The total, programme time ten ing the Government of Jamaica suffering from
In West Australia the estuary of the rivers Colne and. averaged thirty-three states: "Much distressed at news caused by a fall in attempting to for the past two yours.
Blackwater, eight miles from Cinc- GIRL FALLS FROM hours a week as compared with of heavy loss of life and property escape down a drain pipe, died at
Two Bristol Pegasus engineston-on-Sea, with its owner
¡board. in Cayan Islanda. Am glad to note 5.56 n.m, yesterday. eight-three hours at present.
will be fitted and also a powerful radio sot. This will be in The boat was destroyed, but Mr. TRADE BARRIERS aeroplane which has
addition to the Prince's Moth Pottitt was saved.
been in The flames and smoko were scon IN EUROPE constant use for the past three for miles. The Clacton-on-Sea life-
years.-British Wireless,
boat was called out, and arrived in time to salve some of the wreckage. Serious injuries were suffered and the case of paper was useless
Mr. Pettitt had been staying.at by a married woman and mui tsai to the thief."
The polico discovered the casu BRITAIN & EXCHANGE
Nelford House, Walton-on-the Naze, yesterday when the girl fell from RESTRICTIONS
and about 2 p.m. left in his speed an upper floor into the street on buried in his back garden and not with stealing top of a group of persons who charged him boat to go to Ramsgate. London, Nov. 14,
He was seen by the coastguards were sitting on the edge of the money but with the theft of a case of paper. He rocolved a short Asked if any arrangements had
passing Clacton. Apparently be pavement. rivers Colne and Blackwater run quently made to the Police, Chan Government to relax the exchange
BADLY WOUNDED British
Into the North Sea, when his engine Fuk, aged 16, the mui taas, was restrictions affecting
failed.
collecting clothes from a bamboo BORN ON THE ARCTIC OCEAN London, Nov. 14. trade, the Parliamentary Secretary
During a visit to the Tung Kun
Ho was seen by the barge pole on the verandah of the second
Oslo, Sept. 21. Mrs. Mollison (Amy Johnson) to the Board of Trade, Major Col-
District in Chinese torritory, a
The first birth on the Arctic who took off this morning from ville said the position was unsatie The Financial Times says that Lympne with the object of break- factory,
jengino. It back-fired, and It was, he said, one of particular was yesterday morning attacked by moment the spead boat was a mass the street, landing on top of Chan the Norwegian steamer Raprino, reports that an agreement has ing her husband's record from boon reached between British and England to Capetown. landed at difficulty and
several of flames, and blow up with a loud So, aged 88, residing at 94, Third while the ship was on her last trip was necessitating places, necessitating his admittance
from Advant Bay, Spitsbergen, to -Dutch producers regarding ton Oran this afternoon, after a bril-special consideration.
into the son.
Chan So was sitting with other Tromsoo, Norway, with eleven pas- restrictions are premature.
liant nonstop flight of overa
Regarding the Greek currency to Hospital on his return to the explosion, Mr. Pettitt being flung Strest.
Fragments of the boat wore women outside 88, Second Street, sangers, None of the governments con- thousand miles.
restrictions: Major Colville sald, Colony.
The victim, Ho Pak-hl, aged 68, scattored far and wide, and a near-chatting when the accident oc- When the Kaprino had passed cerned have yet declared their Oran is on the Algerian coast. the Government were not satisfied
Bear Island a woman gova birth to. willingness to cooperate in the Mrs. Mollison will follow the with the treatment of British of Cheung Chuen Yuen, Kowloon by fishing boat put out a dinghy curred." scheme, though it is believed that course blazed by Mr. Mollison some creditors
representations City, among other injuries, recolv-and picked Mr. Pettitt up. He was Both were removed to the Gava hoy child. Mother and child veri the negotiations will ultimately months ago, travelling down the were being made to the Greek ed a deep cut on the forehead and rowed sahore at Colne Point, en ernment Civil Hospital in an un- both well when than skipsycholog
the St. Osyth marshes.
conscious. condition.
Tromso.
· prove-auccessful.-Router.
cute on the hands and body. went coast of Africa-Reuter. Government-British Wireless,
TEA RESTRICTION SCHEME
AGREEMENT REPORT
PREMATURE
London, Nov. 16.
MRS. MOLLISON'S GOOD START
FELL AMONGST THIEVES
THOUSAND-MILE HOP boon roached with the Hungarian KOWLOON CITY MAN got as far as Colne Point, where the According to the report subse-sentence.
TO ORAN
and
+
Chinese villager of Kowloon City Leonard Pipor trying to restart the floor of 85, Second Street when
in she overbalanced and dropped into Ocean took place last week on board
robbers and wounded in