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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 1924

TERRIBLE FIRE PANIC.

THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

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STAMPEDE THROUGH NARROW STREETS.

BANDITS ROB THE DEAD BODIES.

TSINGTAO, March 4. Three hundred people have been killed and 400 injured, 200 shops and houses have been destroyed and thousands are homeless as the result of a fire at Chou Tsun near Tsinan on February 29.

Caused by an overturned lantern, the fire spread rapidly. Many people were foasted in their homes.

There was a wild panic in the narrow streets and scores of people were trampled under foot.

The glare of the fire attracted bandits who robbed the bodies. Corpsestrew the streets, together, with the injured and the dying. Through lack of attention the suffering from hunger is intense.

Governor Hsiung is organising relief measures.

It is estimated that the property loss is a $1,000,000.-Reater.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

WATSON'S DIVIDEND.

< LAST YEAR'S PROFITS.

Subject to confirmation by shareholders the profits for the year ending October 31, 1923 amounting to

with the together

amount brought for- ward from. 1922...... 44.495.14

$373,863.83

Totalling......$418,358.97

will be allocated as follows: Place to Reserve Fund...$100,000.00 To pay a Dividend of 10 per cent which will absorb

To pay a Bonus of 10

per cent which will absorb... Write uff Building

Improvements ........ Pay to Staff Provident

Fund Pay to Chinese Staff Superannuation Fund And carry forward to

next account

90,000.00

HONGKONG MARKETS...

SPIRITED AWAY,

LOCAL LAUNCH STILL

MISSING..

THE CHINA MAIL.

LANDLORD FINED $200.

AITEMETING TO RAISE RENT 43 PER CENT

FIRST CASE UNDER RENTS LAW.

SOME STARTLING STORIES.

Despite persistent rumours The first conviction under the ranging from picked up to de-Ronts Ordinance 1922 was recorded finite, recapture, the ferry com-as the Magistracy yesterday when a pany has had no news of the landed was fine $200 by Mr. J. ateam-launch "Kwong Shun R. Wood for patempting to raise the which disappeared with about reat on one of his houses by 49 per fifty passengers and a crew of cent, ten, shortly after leaving Sham- quipo for Hongkong at 7.80 on Sunday night.

Most startling of all was the following broad translation of what appeared in some of this morning's vernacular papers:- "Kwong Shan" Launch Reported Recovered.

TODAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE HONGKONG - LAND

RECLAMATION.CO., LTD.... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the abovo Company will be held at the offices of Mersicare Jardine Matheson Co Ltd., Pedder Street, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 14th day of March, 2924, at 11.30 o'clock in the forencon, when the subjoined Resolution will be pro- posed as an Extraordinary Resolution,

Chiu Yung shang, stated to be the assistant comuniore of the Bank of Canton was charged on the inviz structions of the Secretary for Chin- eso Affairs, to whom the tenant of Chi-lam, complained that the land- No. 63 Kowloon City Road, Wong lord ha denunded another $5 rent for the first floor fory which he was paying $11 per month, the standard

rent.

The Seation of the Ordinanco

(No. 8) upon which the charge wa

"At a late hour last night there was a report that the launch had been stopped and brought back from a place outside of Hong kong. The majority of the pas-based stated sengers were still on board 'but five persons are missing. It is also reported that many Mauser rifles were found on the launch. However, no details are avail- |

There is no change to report in either the flour, sugar or rice quotable." tions in Nam Pak Hong, Trade is generally bad and, there are no inquiries of note. Deliveries and clearances are poor. Flour dealers

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In regard to the foregoing, an enquiry was made at the com- pany's office at noon to-day, "One of the officials expressed his

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"That the Company: be wound up voluntarily and that Leslie Golbó Greenhill of Queen's Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, be appointed Liquidator for the pur- poses of such winding up."

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AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a further EXTRAORDIN ARY GENERAL MEETING of the Coropany will be held at the said offices of Messisure Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd. on SATURDAY, the 25th day of March, 1924, at 11.30 o'alock in the forenoun, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the proceedings at the above mentioned Meeting and confirming it

Every lessor who demands or receives more than the standsad rent for any domestic tonement shall, unless he proves to the antisfaction of a Magistrate that his wet was a bona fide one, be lia-thought fit as a Special Resolation the ble to a fine not exceeding above mentioned Resolution;" $2,000."

Hazlerigg (Assistant Crown Solicitor) presenting the case for the

predict a still further drop in the "doubts. The company had heard prosecution suid it was the first canc

market for American four.

PIECE GOODS DISPUTE,

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Mention was made at yesterday's monthly committee meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of the piecegoods dispute which took place, between the dealers guild and the foreign importers about year ago. Reference was made to the suggestion of the guilds that a nomince from the Chinese Chant ber be included in the board of arbitrators, At the time this sug- gestion was referred to the man facturers and agents in Manchester.

nothing and he thought the re port was based on a misunder standing. However, the company had despatched intelligence men and their reports were shortly expected. But no trace of clue was yet forthcoming.

Dated the 5th day of March, 1924. By Order of the Board of Directors.

L.S. GREENHILL

Acting Secretary,

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brought under the Section. The defendant was the registered owner of No. 68. Kowloon City Real, which premises he purchased in Santeinber lust. The plaintiff w at all material times the principal

PUBLIO AUCTION. tenant of the first floor of No. 68, He had been in occupation of that Undoubtedly, local Chinese are floor for about ten years, but there by Public Austion to DARTICULARS and Conditions of evincing the greatest interest in never had been any written age

on MONDAY, the 10th day the mystery. Most Chinese are mant. For the past six years the be held

of March. 1924, at 8p.m., at the at loss to understand the dis-rental of the floor and been $11 per offices of the Fublic Works Department, appearance of a big launch from tent, and at no time during the by Order of His Excellency the Governor, Gossip has been past ten years. had any part of the of Two Lots of CROWN LAND at the harbour. exceptionally busy and all kinds floor been used for any purpose He Mun Tin in the Colony of Hongkong other than purely residential. The for a term of 75 years, with the option of of theories are in the hir

wat bed for some time past bon renewal at a Crown kent to be fired by the Surveyor of His Majesty the On collected by a rent collector.

90,000.00 The meeting decided to leave the this afternoon, no official news November 21, the rent collector/ King, for one farther term of 75 years.`

*30,000.00 30,000.00 10,000.00

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matter in the secretary's hands.

POOR PHILIPPINES TRADE.

No Official News. At the time of going to press had been received at the Central Police Station. Investigations were still being made but the launch itself had not been

The report in the vernacular papers was contradicted. Nothing had been heard of the Mausers or the five missing passengers men- tioned.

Chinese firms who are de- located. pendent on compatriots in the 88,358.97 Philippines for support (known as Lui Sung Jang), report very poor $418,358.97 business. They state that on in

coming ships, freight is very poor and that exports of Chinese goods from Hongkong to the Islands are not encouraging. A rumour. is sbroad that one of the best-known lines is to divert its steaine is be- tween Hongkong and the Philip- pines to another route.

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

In addition to the quotations given on page it as usual, the following should be noted:-

Hongkong Stock Exchange H.K. Hotels $22 cum div. ex rights buyers ex rights 86 premium buyers and sales

Cements ex rights $28 nom. rights $46 prem, buyer.

China Providents ex bonus and rights $23 nominal, rights $14 prem. nom.

Ropes ex bonus and rights $27 nominal, rights $3 buyers.

China Light $15 ex rights nom. rights $5 prem. buyers.

Hongkong Share Brokers' As- Cements.-New issue 6 premium.

sociation

QUICK WORK....

Silk forwarded from here by "Empress of Russla" on February 7 arrived in New York on March 1, having been 23 days in transit.

DYESTUFFS FOR

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FRANCE.

OBITUARY.

MRS. MARY RUSSELL.

WIFE OF GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR...

served the following nolico (trans- lated) on the tenant:-

To Mr. Wong Chi-jam,

Of late the cost of shops in ir- creasing every day, and the rente of various shops have been raised la a hurry. In our special opin- jgn the rent of the floor you are ogcupying is very small, and therefore we ruish it specially by $5 each month for the purpose, vl meeting the interest. We beg that you will not refuse. This is our great hope. We write this specially for your information.

CHI YONG SHANG,

Landlord.

Mr. Hazlerigg pointed out that no part of the premises had ever

A great many people, parti-been used as a shop. As the rents cularly amongst China Coasters,

of shops could be raised he consider- will hear with regret of the death od this to be put into the letter for at Home of Mrs. Mary Russell, wife. of Mr. W. Russell, who has special purpose. Dealing with the reason gives for rising the rent been. Government Marine Sur-that the rent was very small ho] veyor here, for many years and is said that the increase demanded at present the senior man in the amounted to 43 per cent.. which Harbour. Office employ. The we utterly unjustifiable as there had news that his wife had died sud-been no expenditure on the pre- denly at Dumbarton on Sunday mises. Three days after the pervica last from heart failure reached of the notice the collector called for Mr. Russell by cable this morning. the rent. The tenant tendered the The late Mrs. Russell, whose, usual $11, but the ront collector The tenant refused maiden name was Mauchan, was demanded $18.

PARIS, March 4. The Senate, has adopted a bill approving the agreement with the Badische Anilin Und Soda Fabrik whereby France hopes to obtain C. Lights. New issue 3 pre-100,000 tons of dyestuffs every married in Hongkong more than and the collector refined to accept year. The Badische Anilin, will twenty years ago. Shortly after the proper sum.. The matter was and give France all the required assis-wards she went to reside in then placed in the hands of the Se-

tance in the preparation of dye Shanghai as her husband was then cretary for Chinese Affairs and pro stuffs which will be carried out in Chief Engineer of one of the ceedings instituted. the powder factory at Toulouse.-

China Merchant steamers and Router.

mium.

Providents. Ex-rights

Bonus 22.8.

pre-

Providents.-New issue mium 2%.

Ropes-Ex-rights and bonus

shares 26.

Ropes. New issue premium I.

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BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

LONDON, March 4, The report of the British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate states that the D'Arcy exploitation company

rights in British North Borneo.

MOTOR LORRY MISHAPS, SERIES OF ACCIDENTS.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

Mr. Watson.. for the defence, later she returned here again. Of contended that his client had acted 4 very charitable disposition, Mrs. in a bona fide manner. The defen- Russell took a great interest in dust had been informed by bia the activities of the Ministering broker that the premises were new. Childrens League and kindred and that he could put, the rent up.

Giving evidence, the defendant organisations. The news of her

said he bought the premises in death has come as a very great, September 1923 along with four shock as Mrs. Russell, who was 53, enjoyed the very best of others, this particular house costing $5,700. The property was bought health. A series of nccidents, one ending

through his broker. Defendant did which is an offshoot of the Anglofstally, cecurred in the West Point two daughters-one aged 18 and neither did he go and inspect the She left here in May, with her not angaire what the rent was, Pertinn Company has decided to strict yesterday. As a sequel was exercise its option on concession a charge of manslaughter against the other aged 12 and remained property until after he bad bought hong Tong, the driver of a motor at Dumbarton with them while it. He chimed that the rent he The report draws attention to lorry owned and used by the Kung they were at school:

was navy getting represenjed a 9 por One of Mrs. Russell's brothers cent, return op his capitel. the fact that the exploration comics poultry depot, before Mr. J. R. pany under agreement must pay Wood this morning. He was in- is manager of the Kailan Dock- Cross examined, defendunt replied the syndicate £250,000 shares in a dicted on a count of causing the yard in Shanghai and another that he would not expect to rent company to be formed with a death of Sin Worg, a boy seven brother is chief draughtsman in the four of new house for $11 capital of £750,000 on taking up years of age, and formally remand the same concern. She was a He also agreed with Mr. Hazlerigg the land, but states that it is noted till Monday. Bail was allowed in niece of Mr. Buchanan, super-that it was not a good proposition to proposed to proceed with the the sum of $500.

intendent engineer of the Indo invest money on a. 8 per cent. re transfer of land, pending the A poultry contractor whose birds China Steamship Company in tam.

were being conveyed in the lony at Shanghai, so that the whole In reply to the Magistrato (Mr. the time is stated to have said that family have been very closely con-J. R. Wood) the defendant a broker a coolie carrying a bag on one nected with the China Coast in said that when he told the defend- shoulder was accidentally knocked one way or another for a very long ent ho ought to increase the rent the defendant replied "You can try down in Kennedy Town. His in- period.

result of geological work-Renter.

WORLD'S SUGAR

LONDON, March 4.

DOPE.

In the House of Commons, injury was not serious but it is alleged Deep sympathy will be extend answer to questions, Mr. Sydney that the man's fellow workers used to Mr. Russell by a very wide Webb, President of the Board of suulted the driver till the police ar circle of friends. Trade, stated there were no official ved on the scene. Ordered to go statistics available but those com-to No. 7 Police Station, the driver piled by a New York firm showed ich his lorry book but when ap that the sugar production outside pronching the station entrance more the British Empire during 1923-4 misferture awaited him, was estimated at 14,867,000 tons, He is said to have been so wealt on 78.8 of the world's production med physically, by the attentions Reuter,

of the coolles, that he could not get Detalle were given in Mr. J. R. proper control of the vehicle. At Wood's court this moralug of the any rate, the machine ran into the seizure of morphine at the Kow- eceased boy rad killed him instantoon Wharf, reported In Monday's tinexxusly. Another man was in China Mail

COTTON MILL DISPUTE.

LONDON, March 3

ILLICIT MORPHINE CONFISCATED.

to increase it, but if you' can't sac-. coed let it and

The Magistrate found the case proved and imposed a fine of $200.

Alexandria, March 3-An-. "other"": affeript to establish....a Works Soviet has failed. Work- mon employed at the Abou chanab Cotton Oil Factory for cibly took possession of the premises yesterday. Three police- men were injured in the course of the fight which followed. Zaghiul

A meeting of the. Card Room jured and the eyewitness states that Revenue Officer Ward, in mak sent a message ordering the malgamation Executive at Man-this group were near the notice ing an application for the drug to be workian to evacuate the bulld

ster decided to request the board outside the station at the confiscated, stated in the witnessing or be treated as outlaws, and fueration of Master Cottonjunction of Queen's Road West and box that. It weighed fifty pounds, preparations were made to elect hem, whereupon the workmen, Spinners Associations for a cos Pokfulam Road, His version 14 valued at $400 a pound. It wss ference with a low to settlement af in hadang from the wall on concealed in sight cases of grama to day of the Thornham mill disputer which the board, standa hnother phone spare parts, which had been which police 239 landed from The Oldenburg: difference has now been, man was bo slightly injured.

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