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No. 19,459 29 MIR 虢二月四年五十二百九千一英 HONGKONG,

"LIKE AN ECLIPSE.”

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YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S DARKNESS.

CURIOUS WEATHER.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925.

MILITARY LANDS.

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When the Sky Became Black With Rain.

"Just like an eclipse of the sun" was the description given in some quarters yesterday of the sudden durkness which descended upon Hongkong about four o'clock.

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one hour was from 3.80 to 4.30, when it was 1.200 inches. A together, from 10 yesterday morning, 2.825 inches fell. For the 24 hours ended at midnight last night, the register showed 2.105 inches."

A plague as of the darkness of Egypt descended on Hongkong yesterday, Even the most op- timistic did not dare hope for an improvement in the weather when, after tiffin, lights had to be turned on in offices and houses. Almost it was as dark as night.

No matter what figures may but the streets were not quite as prove, the quantity of water in bad as, say, in a London fog of storage this morning is still below the worst yellow kind... Traffic that of the corresponding time could still move about unimpeded last year. Although no official und there was no danger of walk-announcement has been made, ing into a tram or a verandah there are hopes that a constant pillar. Rather it was like walk-supply of water will be turned on ing about at night in the early again very shortly, provided con- days of the Colony when lighting ditions get no worse, arrangements were poor and one did of a necessity look a good dis- tance ahead to see what was coming..

Along the water-front, the sight, for an afternoon, was weird in the extreme. A visitör who has been through three eclipses said it looked very much like an eclipse of the sun. All over the harbour hung thick, dark grey clouds, low down.

From Statue Square the dim forms of the departing ferries could be made out till they got some distance out when they dis- appeared into the. gloom. Steamers in the middle of the harbour could also be discerned but not those on the, Kowloon side. In the men-of-war anchor- age, the funnels and outline of the American flagship Huron could be seen, but that was about as far as the eye could reach.

On the Praya people got the first indication of the heavy storm which was to come down at any moment. The majority, seizing time by the, forelock, dashed for bhelter, but a few stood by, non- chalantly, waiting for the storm.

For about a minute the tain could be seen coming on from the eastern entrance of the harbour. First some big drops fell, and the rain.came down in torrents. Dim lights could be spotted here and there on the hillside.

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MORE HOUSES 7

SEVENTY ACRES AVAILABLE.

From mere gutiations the Colony has passed to something tatisfactorily operate in regard to the negotiatiĝas for the trans- ference of land from the military to the Colony Lgreements have now been signed, the "China Mail". understands, by which the 70

res or so of land in the region of Pinewoods and Harlech road stretching down to the University have become the property of the Government.

The land, offse, is not ao

valuable as that which will be eventually handed over when it becomes possible to complete the arrangements by which equiva-

PIRATE MENACE.

STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.

STRONGER MEASURES ?

Secretary of Colonies Communicating With

Governor.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies is communicating with the Governor of Hongkong to ascertain whether it is possible to improve the measures against piracy in local waters..

“FUTURE ATTACKS,

(Reuter's Service)

London, April L.

increase the number of patrol craft, the efficiency of the armed guards carried by ships, and the system of escort by gunboats and armed launches instituted in certain narrow waters.

In the House of Commons, replying to Sir John Marriott. (Conservative) with regard to inter-departmental committee at A local committee and an complaints of the prevalence of Home had considered the matter Piracy in the waters adjacent to and the Secretary of State was Hongkong, the Under Secretary communicating with the Governor for Colonies. Mr. Ormsby Gore, to see whether the measures said that steps had been taken to already adopted could be Im-

proved upon.

"PLANES READY TO REPEL ALL "AIR RAIDERS."

FIRST PURSUIT UN

The First Pursuit Unit of the United States Army Air Service, based or Selfridge Fiehl, Mi.. Clemens, and declared by Brigadier-General Willam Mitchell, Assistant Chief of the Air Service, to be the only one in America capable of giving battle to an enemy, la shown equipped with duralumin skids, instead of landing wheels, while engaged in wasid com. games, in which it is theoretically defend-,

ing the Northern frontiers against aerial attack from "enemy" bombing squadrona.

· TRADE MARK.

THE BAGS OF FLOUR CASE.

Looking up at one side of Queen's' Building from the The case in which Tin Po-les, Cenotaph, the scene resembled a of 99, Jervois Street, was charged miniature reproduction of the with infringing a trade mark was Peak as viewed from the harbour-gain before Mr. J. R. Wood at at night, all the offices being the Central Magistracy fully lit up with the electric bulbs morning.

winkling at varying heights.

this

On being asked to outline his

the

lept quarters to those now Loccupied by the military will be found in more remote districts, but it is a first step and prospec- tive builders may go about their plans just as they would in regard to erecting houses on any other Government land, ability of such sites from the

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aesthetic and health points of view is beyond question and a large part of the land is compara tively easily accessible.

HOME MAIL.

The P. and 0. steamer Macedonia with the letter mail dated Loudon March parcel mall of February 26 arrived this morning.

-FUNERAL.

and

INDIAN CHARGED.

The case against Hakim Karem Bux, who is charged with posses sion of poisons and illegally prac tising as a doctor, was continued terday... at the Kowloon Magistracy yee

The present situation was due "to civil war in the Kwangtung province which had completely disrupted the policing of the Canton Delta and neighbouring waters by the Chinese authorities. Until order had been restored in that area it was hardly to be hoped that further attempts at piracy would not occur.

Mr. Ormsby-Gore pointed out that primitive operations against pirates had. been carried out on several occasions with good results.

BIT THE STRING.

HOMUNTIN

ROBBERY

EVIDENCE:

MRS, REMEDIOS'S RESOURCE

The proceedings against the six men and one woman held. in connection with "the.

armoed robbery at the "residence of Bir. J. M. d'Almada Remedios on the forenoon of March 7 opened before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Central Magistracy yesterday.

two of the arrested persons, one of On the application of the police them being the house boy at the Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith ap- discharged:

time of the robbery,

were Eisley Zeitlyn (instructed by Remedios said that she was up peared, for the Crown, Mr.

Describing, the raid, Mrs: Alda Messrs., Deacons) represented the stairs when the house boy called defendant.

out to her that some people des

Mr. M. H. Turner represented The Deluge had arrived in the owners of the trade mark, Hongkong again. Outside the Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., and

In the course of cross-examina-sired to see her. The door was Blue Bird store at the junction of Mr. F. Whitehouse, appeared for

tion of an Indian sergeant of the suddenly pushed open and she Queen's Road and Pedder Street, the defence.

Royal Artillery, Mr. Zeitlyn object was confronted by two men armed the proprietor-trying to take

er to a question put by the prosecuwith a revolver and a dagger. On helter behind a pillar was fran- case, Mr. Turner said that Messrs.

tion to, the witness as to whether learning, that they had come for Really poking at a choked drain Dodwell & Co, Ltd., were the

one of the other witnesses who had money, witness asked them to as the water had risen to the registered owners of a trade mark

worked in the Battery was dis- take what they wanted but not pavement. That part of the known as the Kingfisher" mark

missed for smuggling oplum.to harm her. During the avement outside Yee Sang Fat's business was being done by his and newspapers. The parcel mall tion should have been put to the her fingers two rings and dropped as applied to flour. Extensive There were 350 bags of letters Counsel contended that the ques-conversation she had removed from as under two inches of water, clients in four, the quantity import-made up 116 bags.

fast did the rain flop into ed from America during one year

witness concerned when he gave them in a boot rack behind her, gutters that were too small to amounting to about 100,000 bags.shortly after noon, but it was not stated that the evidence of the gagged, witness was also gagged Delivery of letters commenced evidence. Later, on it being After the boy had been bound and cope with the volume.

The atreets

Of this quantity six or seven per expected to have the parcels ready witness in chief was merely hear with a piece of sugar cane and had leading into Queen's Road from the higher from which place the defondant .0000.

cent. was re-exported to Yunnan, for delivery until late in the after say, Mr. Zeitlyn again objected her hands tied behind her back. levels were like small streams in was supposed to have come. On

and challenged the Magistrate to They secured the keys and extract food, ricshas and chairs" being information received by his clients

produce from his notes any ed $600 in money and aquantity of washed out into the middle of the that

question put by him thoroughfare.

a shipment of 320 baks

withass, which was intended to towel rack in the bath room, where to the jewellery Wijness was tied to x Wherever there of flour had been lauded from was a fixed obstruction, the water the s.s.. Kwong Lee into

elleit or elicited a hearsay answer the boy was already a prisoner, jumped over it like a cataract.

The inclement weather kept

A suggestion from the Magia and the men continued to ransack shipping company's godown, and many from attending the funeral trate to witness that he was respon the house. After the men had For all this there was not an which the defendant had been at Happy Valley yesterday after able for the purchase of witnesses gone, witness released the bay by alnormal quantity of rain. endeavouring to re-export to noon of the late Capt. BH depist. Witness also denied that his hands, and she herself was From 8.30 to 6.30, the three hours Yunnan, a search was made Lawrence but intimate friends

biting off the string which bound which about covered the period under a warrant and it was dis present Included Inspector Phe got the defendant to subpoena released. A message was im. of the Deluge, 2.755 inches were covered that the bags bore registered. The, heaviest fall in colourful imitation

Grant, hief nurner, Mess would possibly be valuable for the an adjoining house as the tele- him knowing that his evidence mediately sent to the police from of the G. E. Steny O. J. M. Hoyem, *Kingfisher" trade mark suc, E. Thompson, Inspector

defence, Acient to deceive. The defen-Hutchins, Sergeants Moreton and

After further evidence, the case cutibly the robberska va

phone line in the house had been dant had therefore had under O'Connell.c

was adjoumed 'till today, bis control bags of flour

Witness attended an identisca- The Rev. G. B Arrowsmith bearing a trade mark falsely conducted the service.

tion parade and recognised the applied. Mr. Turner made 'com

man who was arrested on Monday Among the florail tributes placed parisons between a bag bearing on the grave were those from,

as having threatened her with s the genuine mark and two bags of Sister, Winay, Sammy, Lole,

degger, flour bearing the infringed mark Inspector Grant, The China The case was formally adjourned Coast Officers Guild, ss. Wo Fu, until Monday morning.

Tat Nam Street Police Mess, It is reported in Chinese mili.borating that of Mrs. Remedios Shamshalpo Police Mess, Mr and tary circles that Ma Hung-kuel, Mr Thomas, Messrs. O. JM, son of Ma Ho-hsiang, made a raid Hoyem, G. E. Stevens, LP Tyler, on Ninghsia. C. S. Rossio. Pritchard GWA General Lu Hang tao, Tupan o Moreton and Dr. B. C. Wong Kansu, is reported to have sent

troops to prevent

raiders from penetrating to Lauchow,

CAR IN THE SEA.

Shortly after 9 o'clock last night, a taxi driver left his car near Blake Fier and went to the stall to purchase cigarettes. Soon after he law the car moving backwards Io the direction of the soa-wall' and ran to stop it but he was 100 late! The car dropped, into the harbour and disappeared

Steps will be taken to haul up the car, as was done in a similar. Case: when a motor card leappeared Ju the sea some months ago" at West Point

collided

sse drivin

-RUSSIAN-GLASIS.

(Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin)

Peking. April IN

for the defence was met with, a

RAID ON NINGHSIA. (Courtesy, of the Daily Bulletin.)

Peking, April 1

The house boy," who was, die charred, gave evidence corro

He added that one of the men un- der arrest had worked as

in the house before. One

others had also helped. exception of the man, Alven by Mrs. Remedios Mondey, who robbers witness

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