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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934.
170 DIE IN
FERRY DISASTER
PANIC IN INDIA
RIVER BOAT
BULLOCKS LEAD TO TRAGEDY
Patna, Aug. 16.
CROP FAILURE Wide Area
IN U.S.
ACREAGE CUTS TO
REMAIN
LONDON TALKS,
London, Aug. 10. The American Ambassador, Mr. Robert Bingham, -presided at 10-1 day'a meeting. at the Board of Trade, of the Wheat Advisory Committee.
In Scotland Shaken
By Tremor
FROM DORNOCH TO
PITLOCHRY
London, Aug. 16..
An earth tremor was felt
A communique Jesued Intor Over an extensive area in the In a tragedy caused by a states that the United States de northern districts of Scot- panic, at least a hundred and Jogation reported that the failure land to-day, but early re- of this year's crops, following' an seventy men and women are it did on a poor crop in the pre ports show that the damage. reported to have beenvious year, had greatly modifled
drowned near Darihara. the reasons which had led the was negligible.
United States Administration to The area affected extonded from adopt acreage reduction in order Dornoch, in the south of Suther- to improve the Amoriena wheat fation of the land, to Pitlochry in Perthshire,
farmer.
near the famous capital of the The United States Government county, a distance of about a was, however, prepared to take hundred miles..
Instead of keeping their heads, the passengers grew panic-stricken and crowded to one side of the boat, which capsized, carrying many aboard down with it.
PRODUCTION FIGURE,
The disaster was due to the capsizing of a ferry boat. The ferry set out across the river conveying about two hundred pas- Hengers and a number of bullocks. It overturned in mid-stream,
the necessary stops to prevent The shock occurred in the early According to the stories related the area sown to wheat from ris-hours of the morning and was by survivors of the mishap, the boating above the level to which it sufficiently savere to wake most began to rock fairly violently as had been reduced this year, pro-sleeps. result of the strong current.vided other countries were ready No serious damage is, however, Tragedy named when the bullocks to continue a general effort to reported although one woman in grew alarmed and jumped into the adjust when production to de- said to have suffered a collapsa river, causing a quantity of water
from mand,
shock at Dingwall, on to enter the bout.
Cromarty Firth, where the tremor The United States delegation was severely felt.
A almilar occurrence was ex- added that the reduction in perienced in the same district acreage brought about in the
about two United States of Amerlen had tremora are attributed to a geolo- been of sufficient magnitude toient fault, the existence of which represent, at average yields over has been established for, many the past ten years, some hundred
força yeara.--British Wireless. million bushels of wheat.
Statements were made by the ย to the policies of their Government In GREEK CONSULATE regard to the control of wheat production.
AT SHANGHAI Late this afternoon the Coni- mittee turned to consideration of re-allocation of quotas for, the 1934-35 period. The Committee) will
to-morrow.-- meet again
About thirty out of two hundred passengers were rescued.--Reuter,
T. V. SOONG AND various delegations
SILVER
TO CONSULT WITH EXPERTS
Nanking. Aug. 16. Mr. T. V. Soong returned to the capital to-day and after a visit to Mr. Wang Ching-wei, proceeded to Shanghai.
British Wirclese.
years ago.
These
ESTABLISHED FOR FIRST TIME
Shanghai, Aug. 17. The establishment of a Greek consulate at Shanghai yesterday of Inauguration
pite the general depression, thus marked the He told pressmen that he had been comparing favourably with those formal relations between China favourably impressed in Shantung.in Shanghai.
und Greece, The first Greek where material construction Was Mr. Soong refused to comment | consulate. In China is accom- making headway under #1 long on President Roosevelt's order for modated at No, 120, Jenkee Rond, the nationalisation of silver, stating and its functioning will facilitate
reign of peace.
He cited the cotton industry in that he had. not exhaustively negotiations with the Chinese, Tsinan, where a number of mills studied this problem. He intended Government for the improvement equipped with the most up-to-date to consult with silver experts in of trade between the two nations. plant are being run profitably, des- Shanghai-Central News.
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