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TUESDAY OCTUBER 17 1922

TYPHOON SEASON.

SOME RECORDS OF AN UNUSU. ALLY DESTRUCTIVE

SUMMER.

we are

During the months of August and

EITHER WAY WOULD DO.

CHIMNEY SWEEP'S ANXIETY

FOR A SEPARATION,

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YOUNG LOVERS.

WEEK'S SEARCH PRODUCES

NO RESULTS,

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For miles round people are asking: "Where is pretty Gladys Kerry, the Methodist choir and her 19-year-old

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CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING.

BIGGEST MOTOR YACHT.

LORD DUMRAVEN'S 554 TON "HONA,”

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regard to the Kawaraki shipyard, which is the largest in Japan, and which greatly contributed towards the development of the Japanese navy,

MOTOR-CJACH SINGERS.

OWNER FINED FOR NOISY SUNDAY PASSENGERS.

"Can you tell me how to get a reparation ?" weken chimney sweap Cepten ord North China, as well as kept on jaugling, and he pushed her September of this year the coseta of /at Kingston, adding that his wife 16-year-old member of the Bethesda, Cowes fow will rival in interest the the company had been almost ex- of them only it might lead to trouble,** į

Japan, have been crossed by so unusually large number of typhoons

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WEATHER REPORT..

October 178. 10. 376.-Pressure has increased alightly over N.E. Japan and from the Loochoos to the Philip

discharge a shot gun into the midst reporting etation.

"I should have fe't inclined topices. It is ready stationery at other

remarked Mr. E. A. Wedd, chairman the East of Japer.

The anticyclone is now central te of Rochford, Essex, justices wheu Edward Brazier, a Houthand motor ed along the E. coast of China and Mederate monsoon may be expect conch proprietor, was summoned for over the N, China Sea allowing passengers to sing and shout when passing through Rochford late on a Bunday night.

As reported by the, correspondent, the chairman stated at the resent an. Among new vessels to appear atual meating, held at Koke, that as Bath, 1860st motor yacht clusively organised for the construc- lover, Jack Betts?" mid a Home aflost, which has been taken into com-tion of warabipe and of mercbant, paper in mail week.

mission by her owner, Lord Dubravou, vessels, it had severely felt the effects No traca of the couple has been just in time for the repates.

of the reaction due to the disarma found, although the parents have

The "Sons" is a yacht of 554 tone, ment conference at Washington, and Applicant: But I am fed up, and been pursuing clues all the week, designed for a speed of approximately to the depression in trade and ship. aided by motor vehicles and a large fourteen knots obtained by Vickers ping. As soon as the inevitable con- cat stand no more of it.

Patter cagines, developing between sequences of the Washington agree- Chairman: It seeme that it is your number of cyclists. Tai.

The girl visited Betts' home at wife who ought to apply.

Hucknall on the occasion of het From the effects of the gales says the her one if I send her down, sir ? lover's birthday. The next day the for three minutes by, a new electric workshope to other purposes than kind in the district,

young man met Gladys as she left the Bathesda Methodist Chapel, and the two returned home,

under the cliin."

Chairman: You married her for of abnormal land force, and thoughter or for worse, to you will have Shanghai has escaped with compar-tout up with her. atively slight damage, terrific havoc kar beou wrought at such placon

Swatow, Wenco and chow, while Chinking and Mokan.

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shan have also suffered severely

Applicant (eagerly); Will you grant

| (Laughter). N. C. Daily News. It has been an

The Chairman told applicant that unusual evason for typhoons, justify- ing to rome extent the belief of the he had better "wait and ece," after Chinese in the ill lack of the intercal-which the latter left the court in ap ary moon year, though a fow for patent disappointment.

igoera of long residence in China ex- press the opinion that there has of late been a complete change in the type Misticnory Society, who was forced of summere as compared with a score over the back and erried along in of years ago, the monsoon being now the rush of water to the valley below, almost invariably broken up by the where his dead body was shortly typhoons hanging around the coast. ai ewards recov red, The damage to property from rain, landslides

SHANGHAI'S GOOD FORTUNE,

amounted to several

Of the many tyhpoons that were and wind reported to be threstoning Shanghai, Į thousands of dollan. only one-that of August 31-wai. felt here any serious extent. On

the afternoon of that date the wind,

AT CHUNKIANG.

On Tuesday, September 12, typhoon swept Chinliang, causing coming from the direction of the

considerable amount

of damage, Chusan Archipelago, was blowing at the rate of 90 miles an hour, and in particularly on the water-front. Tele. thear circumstances it is remarkable graph poles were blown down, and that so little damage was done. Scaf., veral Chinese dwellings subsided, folding, matchede, trees and telephone but the foreign buildings successfully posts were blown down a yacht escaped from her moorings and cuffered sous damage in a collision, and a cargo of timber logs went astray in the river, but that was all. Only twe fatal accidents were reported due to Chinese coming in contact with This typhoon live electric wires. eventually passed to the westward in the direction of Chinking.

A typhoon on August 6 and 7 had previously skirted Shanghai, causing little dainag, but being the primary cause of the wreck of the Cliness str. "Juian," off Paosban City, and that of the Japanese str. Sinyei Mara "'in '

"GOING AWAY "

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This, apparently, was to enable the couple to obtain their "going-away clother, for shortly afterwards Gladys while Betts was wearing an overcoat. was seen wearing a different hat, Late that evening they were soon walking in the direction of Watsall, and since then nothing has been heard of them.

anding at 10 am to-day. (-n) treb

Hongkong rainfall for the 4 bran Total since January 1st. 67 on inches nine hundred and one thousand b.b.pment ware perceived the company Wedd ssid it would be a warning to soon on October 18, 1925.

Brazier was fined 10s., and Mr.sins no sorage of 11.28 inches.

Forecart for the 24 hours adiec The engines are got ander way in two conceived measures for converting the others. The case was the first of ite 1.-Formors Chaose. X.E nd

mxienste: fine to c'oudy.

starting device. Carrying seventy abipbuilding, and in the new branches | tops of fast in the double bottom, of production the company had al- she has a radius, at twelve knots, off ready received others of such a over five thousand miles Thus she extent that a continuation of activity portance CLOTHES.

of the lighthouse to offers far longer cruising without re- on its present basis was assured until navigation is fully realized, but is fuelling than, for instanos the 1924.

view of the fact that a treaty of "Oriansig," the steam yacht in which

CONSTRUTION OF ROLLING STOCK. peace with Turkey has not yet been ship service during the war, and chairman mentioned those for the the settlement of that future status Lord Dunraven rendered hospital. Among the orders received the concluded, and that the question of which is lying at the Camper and construction of a number of locomo of the mainland of Yemen and the Nicholson yard at Southampton, not tives, passenger coach-s and goods adjacent islands is dependent on the far from the ketch Canlad, which won waggons. The orders also included conclusion of such treaty, it will not for Lord Dunraven the King's Cup.those for five submarines, a light possible to make such representa The couple had been censured by Lord Dunraven's favourite watere cruiser, and two naval chips for tions to the Turkish Government as their parents for courting at their age, throughout his long yachting career special purposes which could be built are suggested in your letter of Tune Bett, who is described as have been the North of France and within the limits of the Washington 7th. The question of the steps to be "hail fellow-well mat" sort of youth, the South of Ireland, and if he avails agreement.

taken for the re-exhibition of the was a well-known local swimmer.himself of the great range of the Soua" Ai the company owns Various Moche Light is, nevertheless, one ef a Gladys, whose home is at Doncaster, it will be for him a notable departure patents in the electrical industry, the the subjects under earnest considers. was staying with her aunt Mrs. from his old custom. He admitted to a chairman stated that the directors tion in connection with the gereral Beaumont, at llucknall. Her mother correspondent who visited the "Sona

would soon take up the construction question of the four ligh's in the came to Hucknall on heating the news that his heitet was still in sail. Until of electrical machinery and the southern part of the Red Sea.

be bought the "Griansig" 1914 he establishment of installations, par of her disappearance.

never owned a mechanically propelled ticularly as the electrical man- GOVERNMENTS' EXPERIMENTS chip.

afacturing industry in Japan has! IN SIPOWNING. SIMPLICITY AND COMFORT. hitherto been but little developed. The "Sona's" interior accommoda-

GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTUER.

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weathered the storm. The Municipal Mrs. Betta was grief-stricken Pontoon was nearly demolished, and cannot think any barm has befallen several of the mooting chains of the them," she said "as Jack was such bulka parted, the leong On hulk a good boy. He was fond of his having ber upper portion crush-home. He first met Gladye last ed and the roof torn off, while Christmas and hal the Hoong Foo Coal Co.'s hulk courting her."

eince been

The foundered. vessel also

{'ustoms light foundered and two was asked. Chinese aboard wer drowned. The death toll amongst the Chiuse was a very heavy one indeed, and this is said to be the worst catastrophé that has ever visited the port.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE AT WENCHOW.

In conclusion, it was mentioned

2-Song Dow of Ching OD Hongkon nd Jeaneka X.E. wjudi moderate; fina to cloudy.

3-Hongkong winds, moderate; Boe to cloudy.

to use Rock. 19.

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donor and Hainan. X.E. wide, moderate; flas to cloudy.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY,

HONGKONG.

DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

OCTOBRE 17, 1922.--...

Siation.

Hoar

Barometor

*Yoox =$ $

6.0.13 5

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Vidivostok

alata .. Tomuro...31 32

អរ Tushi

121

30.71

31,01

Juki

hilis Kazuhias Jhims

30.03

30.07

*29.51

29,98

20.96

49.98

tion is as capacious and beautiful as that the orders ou band would not that in any yacht on the seas. The render it necessary to discharge any machinery occupies only one-seventh of the workmen, the number of which the length of the vessel, giving more was 20,000, and that the shareholders Did you encourage ther?" she pace for saloons and cabins than in could be assared of a dividend at the in their weekly market report, state Kloking →→

a steam-driven yacht of fiks dimen rate of 15 per cent for 1982 as well as sions. The appointments are of rich for 1925. simplicity, and comfort in trying weather will be heightened by the in terior connections between all rooms. Lord Dupraven bas ■ fine writing- room on board.

tmotor-

RED SEA LIGHTS.

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Temperature.

Humidity.

621.88 75

29.89 62 100 * 1991 70 96

balancing the supply of tonnage with Dealing with the shipping outlook, and the necessity of more effectually the cargoes to be carriel, Messila Donald Maclean and Co., of London, albitwalda 99.14 55 93

iching that what is required at the present haugas. "No," said Mrs. Bett: "I spoke to him and he broke it off."

time is an International scheme of Shanghat.. n 20,09 €6 cc-operation for the laying up or sharp Pk.. 7.49 99 74 Tatclaff.... 30.01 06 "Jack was popular at Hucknall Bottom Pit, where he

breaking up of the older tonnage, say worked,

Amoy - Workmates left work and have

ships beyond 10 or 15 years old, for | 3watow........... In the best of circumstances such vessels are of little value to day ficha

Teikoka....! searched the district on a Cycles,"

on account of the enormous amount ratnan navigating of new tonnage afɔa*. Mrs. Reaumont, the girl's aust,

The othar absolute necessity is for Pescadores. 2.23 ዓ. Her girl friends envied her beautiful sace, with straight stem, and funnet the Mocha Light was extinguished in the Governments of the United States, ener hair which she wore in a long plait. amidships carrying away the exhaust 1916 this anxiety has been con- Canada, and Australia to definitely Tap Rak... 2932

"I asked her," said Mrs. Beaumont and containing the silencer. is justified siderably iterased. Shorls abound decide that shipowning it not their

in the vicinity of Mocha whilst the job, for it is obvious they canset Poi

Ni. A The master is ptain Charles E. aid, I've given him up.

West, who was matter of Mr. Paris Singer's 1914 motor yacht "Pioneer, of four hundred tons, ous of the very first of yachts of the type.

The builders, Mesare. Campor and captains and officers are put to great Nicholson, have reason to be proud of anxiety

whilst

North Channel, off Drinkwater Pointing suddenness, the worst period said Gladys had a lovely disposition the ship. Her business-like appear. certain portions of the Red Sea. Since

SWATOW'S TERRIBLE CATASTRO: HE,

Of the last-mentioned typhoon, province warning bad ocen given here on July 29, and this is the one which,

On Monday, September 11, typhoon struck Wetchow with start- being between 7 pm, and midright. The Chinese estimated that close upon 100 jaoks and other large craft were

Cnbca.....

accompanied by a tidal wave, caused lost, and place the low of small boate, if she was going with Jack, and sh, by her efficiency and true luxuriance currents are erratic and changeable, carry it on permanently against the Taibow....

so much destruction of property and

terrible lo s of life at Swatcw.

Was

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In a moment of religions frenzy following the refusal of a Chinese to contribute to a temple fund,a Baddhist priest named Tau Li took a meat chopper and struck off his left hand in Seward Read, Shanghai. The million dollars, in addition to several the priest was found lying in an alley- suburbs alone is anid to be over a matter was reported to the police and hundreds of thousands of dollars' way and was rushed to St. Luke's worth of damage on the river.

SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN.

FROM WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION,

How the leading shipbuilding com- Hospital in a serious condition. A paar in Japan has sought to over- In comparison with the above-men-charge of attempted nicide was come the effects of the naval disarma- tioned placer, Chefoo and Tsingtao brought against the man in the Mixed, ment conference at Washington is acaped with slight damage during Court and the case was remanded for related by the Tokyo correspondent of the gains of early September, I two weeks.

the Nieves Rotterdamzle Courant, in

such as sampans, etc., at 1,000. On ahore, walls and houses fell as though The gale began at Swatow about built of cards. The church, college 10 p.m. on August 2, and the centre and hospital of the Methodist Church of the typhoon passed over the port Mission were seriously damaged, and at least six churches in the interior about two o'clock next morning. Godowns, piste, pontoons and other were razed to the ground. The loss property suffired extensive damage, to the mission is estimated at $20 000 and half-a-dozen coasting steamers at lent, while that in the city and were driven ashore, the including the F. C.S. Tungshing” thờ 1.0.8. *(boysaDg.” the C.N.S. "Chili" and the C.N.S.Shantung," Butterfield and Swire's godown wrecked and the roofs of the Club buildings and the Ursuline Convent were blown away. In the cave of the convent the Mother Sup

rior and the nuns had an almost auiraculous escape from drath. A ti-tal wave swamped the Bund, and the native city was reduced to a heap of wreckage. When the wave broke with full fores op the shore, pontoone, junks and cargo boats were lifted bodily over the bonding, many of them striking the frontal buildings. The ruin was absolutely amazing and nearly all buildings were rudered roof se. Fortunately all the foreigu population were eventually found to be safe, but the loss of life amongst the Chinese was enormona, and no fewer than 28,000 dead bodies were

afterwards recovered.

In the surrounding districts out of more than 100 churches, chapels and missionary residences, 12 weredatroy. ed and the othere more or less damaged. At Gouason, out of 20,000, inhabitants, only half survived, and at Haiki three Catholic families were the only survivora from a population of 3,000.

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AT TAICHOW,

At Taichow, on August 11 and 12, the river ross 30 ft. and Aboded the city to a depth of 10 ft, want hooses thus being wholly submerged while “others, wore fooded up to the 'Grat floor. Soveral houses fell in and were swept away, and a village on the op- posite side of the river was entirely swept away. It was estimated at the time that several hundreds of Chinese, for months to come, would ha without bomer, food and clothing.

MORANSBAN FATALITIES.

The typhoon which spared Shang- hai in the latter part of August took a terriblė toll at Mokanaban, both in death and property. The first tragedy

• was the death of Mrs. James Ware, who died from heart failure caused by shook during the storm. Oa * Friday September 1, there wAB =

serious landslide from below the Methodist Episcopal · Ladies' Home which carried away everything in its path until it rhöhed the swimming pool, where leveral people were bathing. All escaped with slight| injuries, with the exception of the Rev. P. J. King, of the Church

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Whilst the war was being actively shipowning muss go for good"sid Picasa prosecuted the non-exhibition of individual owners encouraged to

Manfa lights was looked upon by navigatora remain shipowners, or, on the other Pacloban... RESIDE.... cne of the incidental dangers hand, Government shipowners will Hollo inseparable from a state of hostilities, expand and increase, and the privats rleso but at this late date it was felt that individual will be forced out of the 47

flaam some steps should be taken to have business. It is certain that if the this particular light in active oper-present cutthroit policy of the tion. With this end in view the Government shipowner again: the Merchant Service Guild entered into private shipowner is carried on much communication with the Secretary of longer, it will mean that the Govern State for Foreign Affairs.

ment shipowner will be the only ons In the course of a reply received by able to afford his lustes. It is for the the Guild it is stated: "The im taxpayer to decide.

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1. BAROMETELsvalosed to 32 dezrom Fabrechait, on the level of the set to inches, tenths and hundredths

* TEMPERATOR, is the shade in de |grees Fahrenheit.

3.. HUMIDITY, in percentage of extra don the humidity of air saturated with moinlone being lớn

4. DIRECTION OF WINDĄ, CO two poinca. 5. FORCE OF WIND, according t Beadford Scale.

6. STATE OF Wegram, b blue sky, detached cloud. d drizzling rain, fo

k gloomy, h hail lightning, o oferu

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7. RUN in tehes tenths and co dredths.

HONGKONG REGISTER

Previous day

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Barometer. 20.01 29.93

03

Temperatur 10

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Humidity.

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T. F. ULAIPOs, Director Hongkong, Observatory, Oct. 17, 1939

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WHAT

HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS

The Time Ball on Kowloon Signal Hil

la dropped daily at 10 am. and p except on Saturdays when it is dropped at 16 a.m. and 1. p.m., and on Bundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10

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The Ball is hoisted ball innat ät 55th minute and full meat at the 9th minute Bhould the ball fail to drop sa the correct time it will be lowered, at minutes past the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hou. if possible.

Should the Timo Ball be out of ordes the above routine will be carries! 204 with the Bag "on the Storm Sigur

Timo Signals are also given-at-Night- by means of three white lams town of vertically on the Obervatory winelso From 8.86 to 0,00 p.m. the lampe watinguished momentarily at the evis meconta, except as the 2nd, 18th,. 0440.. 52nd, sad-bits of each minute.

The bouze Telpe to Hongkong Standard! Lime 18 hours Path of Greenwh)

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