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May 24, 1929,

Barometer 29 68 -

. Rainfall 1,14 inch.

No. 18.572

•拜體 第二十月五年二十二百九千一英

FUSINESS NOTICES

MONOR

JAM*

May 22, 198 Temperature 75.

K. FUJIYAMA.

Photographer.

(No. 10 Queen's Road Castrale

Forgkong

Temporary Offion,

Matsubara Hotal,

Tel 406.

PRICE. $3.00 Per Month;

We have a limited number of

New Moutrie

Pianos

For Hire

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.

CHATER ROAD.

& PEARSON

(LATE OF SAVILE ROW, LONDON).

LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S TAILORS.

HAWTHORNE

Beg to announce that they are now producing LOUNGE SUITS from $65.00, cet and finish guarazteni. A visit is cordially invitel.

ENTRANCE 1 Union Building (Figst Floor)

Opposite General Post Office, Hongkong.

P. O. Box 330.

PO WAH HAT MANUFACTURING

CO., LTD.

First and Largest Hat Factory to be established in Chiza. Factory:--Sam Shui Po-125, Tai Lam Street. Tel 512 Ober-179 Des Voeux Pull Upposice World Thearme.) Tel. 2579.

WHY BUY FOREIGN GOODS ?· HELP US AND HELP LOCAL INDUSTRY. LATEST, STYLISH HATS.-

P) WAH HAT MASU FACTURING CO. LTD.

DIANAGER --Box? Wan Fa.

Etd. 1992. WINDSOR BROS. TaLK509.

Diamond Mounters and Manufacturing, Jewellers, Hasonic Jewellery Speciality. Repairs neatly execated. 20, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

MEE WAH KNITTING & DYEING CO.

General Enitter & Dyer. Harnfacturers of Woollen Singlets. Jerseys, Sweater & all kinds of Underwear. Ka 6-18, Causeway Bay,

Telephone 1501. Manager:—YEUNG PORWAN,

THE

1:

YUEN WO STORE,

Harbour Repairers.

Engineering & Building Contractors, General Repairers & Shipchandler. Ofice a. 38, Tung Man Street, Phone_2550, Workshop, Canton Bond, Kowloon," "Phone E. 131. Prop. T. 1. LEUNG.

Manager E. C. LEENG.

DONNELLY & WHYTE.

WINE MERCHANTS.

Tel ESE,

Tel €35,

A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT

OF

AT

J. ULLMANN & Co

HONGKONG.

1848

Humidity 92.

HONGKONG. MONDAY, MAY 22 1922.

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(enter's Service to the China Mail)

STEAMERS COLL DE

F. & O. GYFT" SUNE.

DISASTER IN THICK FOG.

MANY LIVES LOST.

日六廿片四戌壬次歲年一十國民華中

THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2/7 13/16/

To-day's opening rate 2/7 13:16.

STEAMERS COLLIDE.

HEROIC RESCUE WORK.

Aided by a calm sea, the officers made heroic efforts and the great baik of the human freight was got clear before the "Egypt" finally plunged bdw (ärst creating á suction carrying down the few who were remaining

near.

Notwithstanding her own damage, the "Seine" piked up 230 survivors. French warships brought in more. Twenty-two bodies lie at the naval hospital at Breat. The sccurate death roll is not jei

Londos, May 21. Lloyds reports that the Pepinmuiar and Oriental

a few steamer"Egyp" which was due to sail outward from Marseiller on May 25, was disabled westward of Bresi. | known.

Losos, May 21.

The local P. and 0. Office has no information at Lloyd's agent at Brest, wires that the P. & 0. 5. present as to whether any passenger for Hongkong were "Egypt" from London to Bombar with mails and on board. The "Egypt" was here in December last, bat passergers, and the French steamer "Seine" collided. rarely visits this port as she is on the London-Bombay

The former has sunk and the latter is badly damag. She is commanded by Capt. A. Collyer.] el. Part of the crew and passengers have been landed at Brest.

96 LIVES LOST.

BREST May 21.

The "Egypt" was sunk in a fog at 7-30 yesterday evering 20 miles from Brest.

The "Reine" took off many

Tetamed to "Brest ""

passengers and

Twenty bodies have been found. It is estimated that there are 96 victims.

Lespor, May 21.

BADAR MINE TRIAL.

ACCUSED ACQUITTED.

HELBOCZNE, May 21.

Mr. T. Oroa, the discoverer of the Badak tin mining property in the Malay Peninsula, and Meers Scarborough and Clarke, directors of the property, have been acquitted on the charge of conspiracy to defraud on which they were committed for trial in December

last.

[The Badak mine suddenly became famous for sen-

time Lord's agent at Brest cables that 218 members ofsational increases in the shares, which at one the crew and 29. passengers of the "Egypt" have been touched nearly £3,000.)

SATed.

SANK IN TWENTY MINUTES.

BREST, May 21.

The Eerpt" had 41 passengern and crew. The collizică occurred at dinner time in a thich fog. The sea was smooth with a light swell....

BELFAST TERROR

ORGY OF CRIME.

WOMEN ATTACKED.

LONDOS, May 21.

The shootings, instalaren and tombizga have The "Seme" struck the "Egypt" on the parti side between the funnels. The liner sank in 23 minutes.made the werkend in Belfast one of the most terrible the city has experienced: Nine persons were killed making 32 shot dead within a week, exclusive of those sent to hospital with gunshot wounds,

Many people were thrown into the sea and clung to floating objects until picked up of boats from the "Egypt" and the "Selac.”

The fire brigade responded to seven call in ten Fifteen passengers sad 80 members of the crew are hours, ending at three o'clock in the morning. Two missing, including the ship's doctor and chief engineer.bomb outrages were among the oustanding incidents. The captain is saved.

!

TURNED TURTLE.

Gomen, attacked police who were protecting the | firemen coping with an on break.

Armed men accosted home going workmen and en-

fellow workmen were shot dead. quired their religions. One was not harmed but two

A med men entered the corporation store at two

BREST, May 21. The Seine's captain, interviewed by Reuters. narrates that he searched for twenty minutes in the fog before he found the "Egyps" which was then about to turn turtle as the water was pouring in. The

As the waves sub- į passengers were panic-stricken. merged the deck ons man plunged into the ses carrying their residences. two children with him.

The "Seine" utilized all her life saving spplisuces

in the ever-thickening fog and remained at the scens fer font and a half hours.

$.0.5.

lock in the moming. They fired petrol stores and

other property.

A number of attacks have been made on women at

NEW STRAITS LOAN.

PROSPECTUS ISSUED.

LONDON. May 18. '- The prospectus has been issued for the new,Straits Settlements 41 cent. loan of £4,200,000 at 95 redeemable 1935-45. It is pointed out that the terms are similar to those of the recent New South Wales $5,000,000 loar,

of which the underwriters were left with 94 per cent.

LONDON, May 22. The atmospheric conditions favouring wireless, then "Egypt's" S.0.S. picked up messages by numerous vessels, some nearing Plymouth and others in the vicinity of the disaster. The latter, as well as several French war ships which put up from Brest, rushed to the scene, but the severity of the collision conced the vessel'e speedy disappearance and precinded the possibility of as-istance. although there is a bare likelihood that a few further survivors may have been picked up.

SURVIVORS STORIES.

Erents followed each other with bewildering speed leaving passengers with little clear recollection "of them. The first connected story given by survivors shows that the "Egypt" was pro- ceeding slowly and precariously for several houta through a nigh-like fog. The majority of the passen gers had sat down to dinner when a terrific shock cho them from their chairs, stunning several This cansed s general hurry to the deck. Water, rushing in through gaping hole in the side confirmed their fears that the

versel was doomed.

KOWLOON THEFTS.

IMPUDENT THIEF SENT

TO JAIL.

It is believed the terms are part of the Govern- ment plan farther to reduce the interest on securities with a view to funding the loin.

HARD, COURT. TESNIS.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS.

BRUSSELS, May 21, The finals of the world's hard court tennis championships, in which several leading Englishmen and overseas players are participating, are being played here. In the singles Cocket (France) beat de Gotez (Spain), (60,26 46,61,6-2

Miss Ryan (America) 6-3 (-2.

In the ladies" singles Mil. Lenglen (France) beat

In the men's doables Cochet sad Borten best Miahu and Dupont 6-8,6-1, 6-1, 6-3. In the Indies doubles Mille. Lenglen and Miss Ryan beat Miss Beamish- and Miss McKane 60,6-1.

Sab Inspector Shinson said that to Mr. Thome and Mr. McFarlane. when a plumber who was fixing a respectively. waterpipe in a house in Armand Villas Defendant was arrested yesterday went sway for his meal, the defendant | when he stole the suit of clothing called and said he had bern is from a Chinese house. He confessed stracted by the plumber to take to the other two thefts, and A Chinese was charged beface way the tool: Hs we not seen said that he had sold the hat and Magistrate Fraser this morning with gals.

the theft of a felt hat worth $12, a

Zodab camera worth 380 and a suit felt

With

|olChinese clothing and some plumbers' ↑ defendant went to the Sta

tools from three different houses in Anner Kowloon

to be áteléj

He pleaded guilty and was sentence the

ed to four weak's hard labour of the hous on each charge

raisers, to a second hand dealer for 50. The dealer's shop wa sessched

medy recovered.

prisoner had been he was placed in the witness evidence against the dealer

ring stole

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VACATION TRIP.

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