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FATAL FLOODS IN YORKSHIRE.

Many Drowned in Esk Valley Catastrophe

LIFEBOAT TO THE RESCUE.

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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.

NAVAL TREATY.

NO DIVISION ON SECOND READING OF BILL.

LONG DRAWN DISPUTE.

London, Yesterday. In the House of Commons to Mr. Eldon Potter. K.C., who is

London, Yesterday. day there was no divisjon on the appearing for respondent, Li Po- It is feared that many lives second reading of the Bill to give kwai, in the cast in which an ap-have been lost in the floods follow-effect to the London Naval Treaty. peal is being made against aing the cloudhurst in the Esk-Reuter, judgment by Sir Henry Gollan, Valley, Yorkshire. Many roads continued his legal argument this morning. The case has occupied the attention of the Fall Court since Moulay last.

are raging torrents. At Whitby, constguards with a lifeboat and rockets apparatus rushed inland to rescue those whose homes were swept away.

Japan's Policy,

SCENES OF TERROR

EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES.

LIGHTS OUT.

OLD CATHEDRAL COLLAPSES.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. --The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/3 %.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

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ARMS POSSESSION. HIGH TARIFF WALLS KING ADDRESSES 300

FOUR YEARS JAIL FOR A COOK,

LOADED REVOLVERS.

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FOR SPAIN

BISHOPS.

Reply to the American The Possibilities of a

Import Duties.

TO INCREASE COST OF LIVING.

Madrid, Yesterday. What is tantamount to Spain's

Christian Reunion.

NEEDS OF TO-DAY.

Rugby, Yesterday.

The floods extend for a quarter functioning to-dny, partially as a 11 a.m. and lasted for 45 seconds. the second floor of 166 Wing Lok ly no discrimination against the christian reunion.

THE TYPHOON.

Sitting together in the First Court at the Central Magistracy this morning, Mr. R. E. Lindsell and Mr. H. R. Butters pass-

The King and Queen to-day ed sentence uk four years' reply to the new. American tariffs, were greeted at Buckingham hard labour on

Chinese is contained in the tariff increases present in London for the Lam. Palace by 300, Bishops who are Tokyo, Yesterday,

who pleaded Nurles, Yesterday.

"guilty" to a published in the official Gazette. beth Conference, and during his After long inactivity regarding This morning's earthquake is charge of unlawful possession of While the new schedule is official- the London treaty, Japan's believed to be the severest in the an automatic pistol, one danger ly not intended as

speech to them ratification

His Majesty re- .processes

resumed history of the city. It began at and 64 rounds of ammunition on against anybody, and is admitted-religion and the possibilities of a a reprisal feried to the effect of the War on Mr. Putter proceeded to deal with the question of non-enquiry by the purchaser or his agents of a mile on either side of the result of American ratification and

Street, which was raided by Ins- United States individually, never- for production of title deeds be- river bed. The water mains at partially because the senior naval fore execution of the mortgage. WhLby Larst, and the town has officers' long-drawn dispute over

pector Andrew on a search warrant theless the underlying purpose of sure at meeting

He expressed particular plea- the treaty has ended in મ com. As regards the question of a only two days' supply. Several

yesterday morning.

the Bishops of promise.

the increases is obvious from the the trust, suld counsel, "I submit that railway bridges were destroyed

Anglican Communion not Following a abinet meeting we have put the only document on and the telephones have ceased.

The defendant qualified his plea various articles affected, includ-only from the Dominions, but of "guilty" by claiming that the ling, inter alia, motor cars, tyres, that he had observed with inter- the file creating a trust, but we, The villages worst affected are this afternoon, it was announced

from the United States, and said were not bound by the Land Or Sleights. Ruswarp, and Egton. that Mr. Hamaguchi proceeds to INFORMATION FROM THE

pistol Was out of

order, films, motor cycles, and art silkest that among dinance to do se. Our case on three of the beauty spots of York-morrow to Hayama where the Em

but Inspector Andrew tole

the delegations notice is this; that in fact and in shire-Reuter,

yarns. the Magistrates

visiting Lambeth had been an im- that he fir- ed a round with the

The Government states that it pertant one from the Orthodox pistol. When seized, the pistol was loaded desires to stimulate home indus- Church. with five rounds, four in the ma-tries, but as it has one of the high-glican Church

A hundred years ago

the An- gazine and one in the chamber. eat tariff walls in the world, and is than the Church of a single King- was little more Asked if the accused had any not appreciably to the advantage dom. The present Conference was "record," the Inspector said that of Spanish industry, the net re- world-wide gathering of unit- nothing was known about him ex-sult of the new schedule will be to ed, though mostly self-governing, cept that he had been employed as increase the cost of living churches which had attained the

Reuter. cook for the past three months at the Liu Chung, native bank.

proportions of a generaal count. sel. Mr. Lindsell: You have a job. What do you mean by keeping things like these?

.

summer petor is spending the Villagers Imprisoned.

formally to present the trenty for There. Rugby, Yesterday. the sovereign's approval. Severe und sudden floods after it is expected that the pact occurred in parts of North York- will be submitted immediately to to-day. A-cloudburst the Privy Council 'whose function is to advise the Emperor whether

law the appellant in his case hus had constructive notice. He has, indeed, had notice that Li Nga- ching was not a beneficial owner in this property, and, therefore, shire

he stands precisely in the shoes of cecurred in the valley of the River

THE CHINA MAIL WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN ANY

ROYAL

OBSERVATORY

THIS MORNING IN RE- GARD TO THE TYPHOON. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OB- SERVATORY. BUT ON EACH CS-

OCCASION THE GOVERNMENT TELE. PHONE OPERATOR AT KOWLOON SAID THAT HE HAD STRICT INSTRUC. TION NOT TO CONNECT ANYONE TO THE OBSER- VATORY.

Li Nga-ching. It follows, there- Esk, which flows Into Whitby to accept or reject. Although the fore, that as a matter of law appel-harbour, and a road bridge and rail- Council's deliberations will prob- lant had notice of fraud by Li Nga way bridge at the village of ably require several weeks,

the senior ching-this, of course, only in the Sleights near-by were washed away.recially since legal sense-appellant was no The roads were under several feet officers' compromise is party to it."

Fraud Question Shelved. Mr. Justice Wood: Have you established that i Nga-ching was fraudulent?

Mr. Potter: Let me put it in this way, my Lord. That if ap-

naval

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of water and many villagers were formula unfriendly to the treaty. imprisoned in their homes. Aultimate ratification is believed to lifeboat and many other craft were be assured. taken inland and coastguards are still engaged in the rescue work. Ratication had not progressed It is feared that several lives are fer tost.--British Wireless Service.

peliant or his advisers had notice FATAL HEAT WAVE. that Li Nga-ching was not bene- ficially entitled, then they were

in no better position than he. Let THREE HUNDRED DEATHS IN

us leave the question of fraud out-

side the question.

Mr. Potter added; I should like

to add at this point that there is not the slightest suggesion of im- propriety against Mr. d'Almada.

AMERICA.

OFFICIAL IGURES.

New York, Yesterday.

The

Dispute Ends.

several weeks. the Naval renjor officials indulging in ob- scure bickering over the terms of their advice to the Emperor con cerning the treaty's effecta 011 The dispute national defences.

at

LATER THE FOLLOW- ING REPORT CAME TO HAND:

"AT 6 AM THE TY- THE TY

100 MILES SOUTH-WEST OF THE PARACELS, MOV- ING NORTH-WEST.

ended this morning, whethePHOON WA CHESS THAN Saval members of the Supreme War Council, including Admirals Frince Fushimi,

Тодо Okada, Taniguchi. Kato and Takarabe met at the Imperial Palace four-day heat wave has Tokyo and approved a formula If anything has been said'at any ended. The deaths in the New half way between Admirala Togo's time, possibly in the heat of the York area are officially given as and Kato's extreme opposition and legal argument, I should like to 63, including 25 drowned. The Admiral Takarabe's desire for un- make it quite clear that there heat wave was responsible for 300 conditional ratification. was not any suggestion whatso-deaths throughout the country as Although not published, it - ever of any action like this on his it moved eastward across the understood that the formula de- part.

Continent from the Rockies-clares that the treaty imposes

"Reasonable" Enquiries. [An earlier message stated:- limitatione which will mak2 Counsel went on to quote cases, The temperature to-day ranged apan's defences defective, but showing that in the case of pur from 98 degrees in New York to

which are partially remediable by chases such as were under con- 107 in Washington. Church Various expedients, like strengthen- sideration, it was incumbent upon goers yesterday prayed for ramng the Air Forces; but since the the purchaser to make such en- and relief from the terrific heat, treaty's term of limitation is six quiries as any reasonable mar which has been responsible for at years. It can be ratified without would make. It would not be ne- least 24 deaths, and

grent danger; however, at the cessary, he contended, to ask for threatening the crops and herds.] must stand firm in demanding a next Naval Conference, Japan delivery of the titte deds, but they should at least be seen.

ASKED TO APOLOGISE events per gent. ratio in all cate-

"If my learned friend (Mr.

is now

Sheldon) is right, that there is REMOVAL OF MACE A GROSS

no duty cast upon any one to en-j quire for production of deeds, then the respondent has no case at all. But if it is right that someone in this case ought to have asked for their production, then we have a perfect case. Otherwise, in the common parlance, we haven't a leg to stand on," he added.

INSULT.

INCIDENTS IN COMMONS.

London, Yesterday..

A meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party to day by 90 votes

gories.

sidered a political setback for the Although this formula is con-

Government, it is not believed. that it will cause a Ministerial crisis, nor prevent ratification, although Admiral Takarabe may be compelled to resign after the ratification-Reuter,

to 28 recorded a strong dis- CAPTAIN DROWNED. approval of Mr. John Beckett's re-

Dealing further with the ques-moval of the mace on July 17, ag

DIES IN SQUALL.” ̧·

tion of notice, which was, he said, bringing discredit on them and COMMANDER OF RAWALPINDI the vital issue, counsel said: We constituting a gross affront to have not in this case any evidence Parliament. The meeting decided that the vendor made any state to

report the matter to the Labour

ment at all. We have no evidence National. Executive that anything was asked of him. Party, and call on Mr. Beckett to There was literally no evidence apologise to the House of Com- that any enquiry was made. mons. Reuter. There was a complete silence on the part of the appellant, rested entirely upon what he thought was a rule of law, that! nothing to this end was needed,

A Straight, Issue.

He

PRESIDENT RETURNS.

ARMY MAJOR ALSO KILLED.

Secunderabad, Yesterday. aptain T. E. Pitta, Commander

cf the P. and O. liner Rawalpindi and Major Strover, of the 9/16 Punjabi Regiment, were both drowned in a squall which cap- Berlin, Yesterday, sized a boat from which they President von Hindenburgh has were watching the regatta at Hus- returned from Coblenz- Reuter.

sainsgar Lake-Reuter.

Later in the course of his Ar- pument Mr. Potter added, "My-- friend is putting a memorial en

the register in the same position titled to put his property in any as possession of the deeds. If Liname he liked:, he could keep on Ngu-ching acquired a beneficial changing his name if he liked: ho. intereat this way there is no more could put it in half a dozen narr to be said, and your judgment if he wished: and he could put

LADY'S DEATH.

MRS. HAYNES PASSES AWAY AT

MATILDA HOSPITAL.

should be for the appellant. This in any sum of money he liked as deep regret the death of Mrs.

duced to believe that he had a have been misled," continued coun

THE CENTRE WILL PROBABLY PASS DAN- GEROUSLY NEAR то HONG KONG THIS EVEN- ING."

LATER. THE RED FLAG WAS HOISTED AT THE STAR FERRY (HONG KONG) AT 12.15 P.M..

LATEST WARNING..

EXTRA TYPHOON WARNING" ISSUED BY THE RADIO OFFICE AT -11.45 A.M. READS

AS FOLLOWS:

TYPHOON ABOUT 100 MILES S.E. OF HONG KONG, MOVING N.N.W.

AT 12.40 PM THE TYPHOON A SEVERE ONE- WAS REPORT. INTO TWO CENTRES, IN LATITUDE 21, LONGITUDE 116.

THIS MEANS THAT THE GALE IS IN A POSITION WHICH IS TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY BETWEEN THE PRATAS AND GAP ROCK; AND MOVING TOWARDS. GAP ROCK, IT IS, THERE- FORE, HEADING DIRECT FOR HONG KONG.

The following. telegrams were received from Manila Ob servatory at the American Con- sulate-General, Hong Kong, to- day..

9 a.m.

Typhoon In about 117 de- grees Long. E., and 17 degrees Lat. N., moving W.

Manila, 10 a.m-Typhoon about 116 deg. Long. E. and 12 deg. Lat. N moving N.W. Long, of Hong Kong-114" 10:27" Lat. of Hong Kong 22" 18" 13"

Accused: A friend gave them to me to sell for him.

Mr. Lindsell: You must know that it is illegal. Why did you undertake to handle such danger. ous things?

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AIR TRAGEDY. FATAL PLANE CRASH IN KENT A MYSTERY,

INQUEST ADJOURNED.

London, Yesterday.

Ten Years Ago. the question of

"Remember that 10 years ago the reunion of Christendom was. foremost in your thoughts. You put before the world the esl of unity, pleading

a new endeavour to heal the rents in public of the Church.

1. am The inquset opened to-day on most happy to learn that this ap- the victims of the aeroplane dis-peal had not been fruitless. It is aster at Meopham Green on Mon-my earnest hope and prayer that Hidayemona 130] Sitrned herein

aftertiden the word which your last confer Pasaca Tony antik-August-liputhen ence Began may prosper and that it will be re-adjourned if the Air the deliberations of this present Ministry and other not concluded their investigations notable

experts have conference may result in some by them.

At present the cause of the dis- aster is a mystery.-Reuter.

Eye-Witnesses's Evidence.

Rugby, Yesterday.

this

advance towords grent and desirable end. ***

"The main subjects for your consideration are summed up under the general head. The.

Accused made no reply. Sentence them pasek, THE Automatic Biogazine.

Detective Sergeant Goodwin to day formally charged before M. R. E. Lindsell five Chinese-Cheung Teng, Chea Chol, Chan Loi, Chang Wal-pun, and Cheung Fun-sau— with the unlawful possession o Wongneichong Road, on Tuesday. of one revolver, one automatic platol, two automatic magazines,

The coroner's inquiry Into the faith and witness of the church four daggers and 19 rounda of death of the six victims of Mon-in this generation. The subject ammunition. All five men plead day's ir disaster was opened near has been well chosen and with ed "not guilty."

the scene of the crash this after-keen insight into the needs of the noon. The evidence of eye wit- present day. nesses and the doctor was heard.

Wounds of War. Mrs. Henderson, widow of the pilot, "The obvious and material dam- expressed sorrow for the relatives age of the war is not now 80 of the victims and added "No one manifest as when you last met. would have been more broken- The wounds are to some extent hearted than the late ppilot." scarred over. But men's minds Shortly before the inquest four and aouls are still troubled by representatives of the Junker Com- the wounds which the War in- bad arrived having flawn from shecks thereby dealt to old be- pany, the makers of the machine, flicted and perplexed through the Germany. The remains of the liefs and spiritual loyalties. At machine were taken to London for such a time, the fathers of the further detailed-examination by Church do well to take counsel nicials of the Air Miniatry, who together how best to bring home are Investigating the causes of the to the world to-day in ways most accident, which at present remain a appropriate to the times the truth matter of speculation.-British of the everlasting Gospel. Wireless Service.

reigns and I pray that his bless ing may rest upon your delibera-

The Sergeant anid that he would like two Magistrates to try the case, and in the meantime asked for a weeka formal remand for further investigation.

His Worship granted the appli cation.

A China Mail reporter learned that when seized. the automatic was loaded with seven round, the revolver with five and one of the automatic magazines. contained another seven rounds.

electric lighting, while through

the crowded streets vehicles of every description dashed wildly,j running over many pedestrians in a general stampede.

The affectedl area extends

across the Basilicata region from Naples to Barl and from Taranto to Salerno. The last named part has a famous cathedral, dating from 1080, which collapsed. For- tunately it was unoccupied at the time.

Casualty List.

God

EUROPE AIR RACE. tions."British Wireless Service.

COMMANDER BUTLER FIRST TO REACH SEVILLE.

ANOTHER BRITON SECOND,

Naples, Luter. The latest casualty list is 276 dead, of whom 160 died at Mali. Madrid Two hundred and twenty people were injured in the whole area on Reuter.

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Earlier News,

London, Yeaterday. Their Majesties the King and Queen received the Lambeth Con- ference delegates at Buckingham Palace.

Rugby, Yesterday. Commander Allan Butler to-day hands with each, in a

H. M. the King, after shaking continued to hold the lead in the forred to the growth and develop- speech re- Round Europe Air Contest. Homent of the Anglican communion. wes the first to reach. Seville this He was very happy to learn that morning, making the journey from the Conference appeal ten years in little over two hour ago for a new endeavour to heal the Later he passed over Madrid rents In the fabric of the Church

the return flight, pro- bad not been fruitless-Reuter. ceeding onwards in his Cipay Moth to Saragossa and Barce-i lona Thorn, Rome, Yesterday,

another Bri- tish competitor, had been following Nineteen persons are reported to him closely in the lead, after the have been killed and ten injured in Barcelona route via Lyons, Berne, Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Magis. To-day Wong Man was before Mr. an earthquake in Southern Italy,

Munich, Vienna and Breslaw to tracy charged on two counts, name- A strong undulatory earthquake Konigsberg and then to Berlin ly, burglary at 625 Reclamation shock was felt at one o'clock this finishing point.-British Wireless Street, ground floor, and assaulting morning at Naples and all over Service.

Earlier News.

STRUGGLE WITH BURGLAR.

a man living there. Accused plend- ed guilty to both charges, and frankly admitted that he went to the flat to steal a pair of shoes,

It was stated by Detective-In-

AMMUNITION, IN KENNEL.

Detective-Inspector C. P. Fallon, before. Mr. Whyte-Smith at the spector Fallon that accused broke.. Kowloon Magistracy this morning, into the house at three o'clock on

The China Mall announces with

atania. I in fact, the appellant's one having been paid.

Part of the Palace at Naples point-that Li Nga-ching was in "Mr. Sheldon has said that people Matilda, Hospital this morning. The streets, which were deserted, and five injured by falling masonry. Haynes, which occurred at tho.

collapsed, two people being killed

Mrs. Haynes first came out to became in a moment thronged The fifth floor of another build- benicial Interest. But our consel. There is literally not a word the Colony, in 1924 from Ireland with ferrified people rushing in ing collapsed and a child was killed tention is that appellant and his of evidence in the cass that anyone she went away on a holiday about the open spaces, and storming the and five persons injured. advisers by not taking the pre- was going on any representation four years ago, and returned churches, where they implered Hitherto ten people are reported applied for the confiscation of 28 Saturday morning, and, in the cautions that the ordinary pruden that the property was sold for the Colony in 1927. She is sur-the priests to bring out the mira- to have been killed in Balili and six brought to the Yaumati Police broken penknife from the floor and man would, were affixed with $10,000; and even if such a repre-vived by a son, about five years culous images,

rounds of ammunition, which was course of a struggle, he picked up a ̈ notice,

sentation had been made, every of age, and her husband, who s Above the sound of rushing fest

in the Atilla district.

Etation by Mr. J. S. Linnen of the wounded the complainant in the thing would still be in order fa law well known in Masonic circles were heard cries of mothers call- The death roll in the earthquake It was stated that the arms were tion at the Hospital for four daya.

Rome, Later. There is complete protection for Mrs. Haynes had been ill for a ing to their children, who were ta now over 150, whlie

PW.D., residing at 7; Cox's Path neck. This ascessitated his deton- the ordinary purchaser. If he fel- long time and was in hospital torn from their sides in the con- been injured,

le many have found by Mr. Dinnen's son, Alec. lows the rule of calling Sor the over three months,

fusion, which was increased by

His Worship, after remarking, They were la a tin, which was kept that accused was previously con- deeds."!

The funeral passes the Monu- the inky darkuess, due to the and and.

The casualties include a hundred in an unused, dog kennel in thevicted In 1928, passed sentence

consecutively, on both charges,

Demerit and Estoppel Dealing with the points raised to demerits and estoppel, coun aald that everythidy done in present case was sanctioned

order was granted.