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ELLIS KADOORIE

SCHOOL.

No. 27,714

CHINESE RAILWAY KIDNAPPERS SENT TO ADMIRAL WHO SAVED

50 CHINESE.

BONDS QUERY.

Pertinent Questions in House of Commons.

"OTHER OBLIGATIONS.”

London, Yesterday.

JAIL.

Boy Escapes and Gives An Incident During the Indians and the Study

the Warning.

ONE MISSING.

Sino-Japan War.

DIES IN FRANCE.

STOP PRESS

of Urdu.

COMPULSION: OPPOSED,

A SECRET?

An Irish Motorist thinks that the Dunlop Rubber Company pos8288 valuable secret. Read that he asya-

from practical experience

1 have been long since convinced that Dunlop covers and tubes are the best made for cars, motor cycles and cycles. I say this from long experience."

"The Dunlop Company, I think, is like Guinness & Co. It has a manufacturing secret, undiscovered by its competitors."

The Dunlop Rubber Co., (China) Ltd. Pedder Bullding.

Telephone 24654. · ̄

BRITON JUMPS INTO SEA 'PLANE

HARBOUR.

No Effort to Catch Lifebuoys.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

SINKS

PILOT'S ERROR OF JUDGMENT.

NINE DROWNED

DISASTER SEEN BY PROMENADERS.

A gang of local kidnappers were

Paris. Yesterday.

The mysterious disappearance Argument against making the of a European, who is stated to In the House of Commons to brought to book this morning. The death took place to-day of study of Urdu compulsory was ad- have jumped into the harbour in day Mr. A. M. Samuel asked if when Detective Sergeant Fitches Vice-Admiral Gauchet, aged 74, vanced by Mr. A. el Arculli for the early hours of this morning, Mr. Henderson would ascertain charged Wai Kau, 18, unemploy- in the Mediterranean in 1916. students of the Ellis Kadoorio loon Godowns, is contained in the who commanded the Allied forces the consideration of the parents of off the No. 5 wharf of the Kow- !from the Chinese Government

whether it had placed bonds of ed, of 1028, Canton Road, Chan He had an eventful career in the Shcool for Indians, this morning. Police reports to-day. the Tientsin-Pukow and Hukuang Ming, 20, unemployed, of the same Far East in the early nineties as when he distributed the prizes on Mr. R. Gose, Fourth Officer of Mr. Weston, Managing Director Railways as a charge on the address, and Lau Yiu, 67, un-Commander of the gunboat Lion. the annual speech day of the the C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of

Rugby, Yesterday. of Weston Brothers, Limited, of Maritime Customs, in accordance employed, of Kowloon City, at the vivors of the British

In 1894 he rescued 50 Chinese sur-school.

Nine lives were lost in-an air Japan, which was lying alongside disaster Christchurch,

which steamer

occurred described the with its contracts to British

In welcoming Mr. Arculli, Mr. the wharf, saw the European, day when a large Iris Flying Boat to- horror of the collapse of the shop subscribers to those Railway Kowloon Magistracy,

Kowshing, sunk by a Japanese A. T. Hamilton, head mealer of whose The first two men were charged warship during the Sino-Japanese the school, said that they all aboard the liner, apparently under Mount Batten, sank in Batten name is unknown, gojof No. 209, Flying Boat Squadron, in Hastings, in which he had loans, in view of the fact that just completed business.

there had been a revision of with kidnapping Ng Ying, aged War.-Reuter."

realised that Mr. Arculli was a the influence of liquor. The off. Bay, Plymouth Sound. "A young girl assistant rushed Chinese tariffs and the abolition seven years, of No. 7, Parkes

very busy man, and therefore they cer observed the man to leave the killed include the pilot of the Those into my arms and I endeavoured of likin.

Street, on January 17. The first)

greatly appreciated the sacrifice ship, proceed down a gangway, machine, to pacify her, remarking that it Mr. Henderson replied that the and second defendants were also

which he had made in accepting and then walk

Wing Commander on the wharf. Tucker, Flying Officer Wood, and would all be over in a second, but proposals tabled by the Chinese charged with kidnapping Fu

the invitation to distribute the 'The European is stated then to seven men, while two other Off- then a big crash came and a steel representatives at the Nanking Ngau, aged seven years, from 63,

prizes,

have walked over the end of the cers were injured, one of them pillar fell across the girl's body, Conference which opened in Sai Tau village, on February 4,

Mr. Hamilton regretted the in-pier, and gone into the water. seriously. One Non-Commission- crushing her alongside the coun- November seemed to point to the while a charge of receiving and

obility of the Director of Educa- This happened at about twojed Officer alone escaped un- ter. She pleaded to be released, direction that Mr. Samuel desired. harbouring the child was prefer-

tion, Mr. G. P. de Martin, to be o'clock.

injured. but the pillar held her like a vice.

The loans, however, could not red against the third defendant.

with them, but the Education De- Sudden Disappearance. In a moment her life was gone. be treated independently of the

Thousands of people on Ply- partment was well represented by "I realised that I had escaped

Seeing that the man's life mouth Hoe and along the water- Mr. A. R. Sutherland, who was ac- was in danger, Mr. Gose threw front witnessed death by inches, and managed to

the accident, companied by Mra. Sutherland. life-buoys into the water, but the which occurred when the machine crawl from the debris.".

He welcomed them both.

European made no attempt what-was about to alight. The speaker then

Reports announced ever to get any of them, but in-state that the course was altered that Mr. Upadell was going to be stead began to swim away. He to avoid a small boat and the head master of the school after suddenly disappeared under the machine tilting, its wing touched the holidays. This was necessit-water.

the water. ated by certain changes in the Mr. Gose immediately blew his Motor boats rushed to the Educational Department. He said whistle, and this attracted No. 6 scene and rescued the survivors that if the students would give Police launch which happened to before the machine sank with Mr. Upadell the same assistance be cruising in the vicinity. The the other occupants trapped in which they had given him he could launch came to the spot, and the fuselage. The flying bost, assure them of the future success searched for nearly an hour, but which was of all-metal construc- of the school. He could assure (no trace of the European was tion, was one of the largest and them also that Mr. Upsdell would (made.

fastest of its type and was equip keep his end up. (Applause.) Mr. Gose adds in his report that ped with three engines. It had The school report was then read the man appeared to be about 25 a speed at sea level of 121 miles as under:-

years of age, and spoke with a hourly, a cruising speed of 100

man

Wag

Chinese

Government's other obligations of the conference at which they were being consider

"Everywhere were poor souls ed. in panic, with terror stricken ap- Replying to a supplementary peals for help coming from every question he said that he could not side. In what was once the boot try to have an agreement reached department #

seen before the third reading of the If the desperately fighting for his life, China Indemnity Bill. but help was out of the question, matter were raised in debate he In one corner fire broke out but was prepared to reply.-Reuter. the appeal for buckets brought | little response from the panic

stricken people. It was an ap-area of North Island, New Zealand, palling sight. The fire engines devastated by yesterday's disatrous were pinned in their station and earthquake renders it impossible to as the water main had burst little give a reliable estimate of the loss could be done, anyhow."

Mass of Ruins.

Plead Guilty,

First and second defendants pleaded guilty to the first charge. The first defendant also pleaded guilty to the second charge, while the third defendant pleaded guilty to harbouring.

It was stated that the men were members of a gang of child traffickers, whose headquarters were at a hut in Kowloon City, and who operated between the Colony and Chinese territory.

The first boy, Ng Ying, who has not yet been recovered, was last seen on January 17, when he was playing with another boy in

of life involved. It will probably the street. The first two defen-

be some days before the search for dants rode up on bicycles, and fallen buildings is completed and, Park to catch birds. the miasing among the debris of took the two children to King'a

meanwhile, extravagant. figures should be treated with reserve,

since.

Not Seen Since.

On February 3, the kidnapped boy's companion again saw the two defendants, this time coming

A despatch from Napier des cribes it as a town wiped off the map, recking with a mass of ruins, and not a single building

One of the immediate effects of At the entrance to the Park, standing in the centre of the city. The streets were torn up indes- the disaster was the breakdown of first defendant told one boy to and the au-Wait, and then went away with cribably and Bluff Hill, Hospital the sewerage system Hill, and other heights behind thorities, feuring an outbreak of Ng Ying, who has not been seen the town crashed on buildings disease, issued a general order to- and the sea-line receded perhaps night decreeing the evacuation of 100 feet from the Marine Parade. Napler within two days.

Residents say that the earth

A telegram received this morning down the stairs of a house in movement was almost vertical, of the Secretary for the Dominions, Austin Road. He ran and inform- the ground subsiding with a Mr. J. H. Thomas, from the Goved the parents of Ng Ying, who sickening jolt. A despatch from ernor General of New Zealand, Lord gathered Hastings reveals that at the time Bladisloe, expressing appreciation after a fight, arrested the men. some clansmen, and, of the shock the town was full of on behalf of the Government and Another man who was with them shoppers, who were caught like people of New Zealand for the Bri- escaped. rats in traps. Buildings crum- tiah Government's

message of bled with deafening

A

roar. sympathy, states that complete in- crushing both the staff and cus-formation is not yet procurable, but tomers.

already it is evident that the fall night before the arrest of the By coincidence during the severity of the shock was felt at two men, Fu Ngau, the subject The first thing a constable Napler and Hastings where many of the second charge, managed rushing from the Police stationarge buildings collapsed. saw was a young girl sitting near "At Napier fires broke out ap loan City, where he had been to escape from the hut in Kow the road, with her legs severed parently sweeping over a consider taken after being kidnapped" by below the knees.

able area of the business centre the two defendants, and inform- Men, women and children were The death roll cannot yet be esti-ed his father, who went to the screaming beneath the ruins and mated, as it has not been possible so hut and arrested third defendant. although people who escaped tore far to re-establish the telegraphic-

Legs Severed.

Escape from Hut.

Nanking, To-day. Government officials off- cially deny the reported coup d'etat in Canton on Monday Huang Shao-hsiung, the Kwanggi leader, who is visit ing Nanking, states that he is daily in communication by wireless with his colleagues in Nanning and nothing is mentioned about the reported coup d'etat. The report is

due to a portably

mis- understanding because when he left for Nanking prepara- tions were being made to dis- arm the Communist troops under Li Ming-Bui.-Reuter,

B

Tokyo, Yesterday. The rapid advance made by the women's emancipá- tion movement in Japan in recent years is shown by the Government's introduction of Bill proposing to grant women equal franchise rights with men in elections for city, town and village autonomous assemblies pre- liminarily to granting nation- al suffrage. A similar Bill introduced by Private mem- bers last session passed the Lower House but was shelved by the Peers. It is general-. ly believed that the Govern ment Bill presented this morning will share the same fate, but the growing inter- est in the question appears to indicate that women will be given at least a limited share in the governance of the coun- try before long. The question. affects over! 18,000,000 women-Reuter,

frantically at the debris nothing communication destroyed by con- On the first charge Mr. Butters TRAGEDY OF ALPS.

FOUND.

could be done, as the victims vulsion, and we are at present re-imposed one year's imprisonment were soon swallowed up by flames. lying, mainly upon wireless com-and 24 strokes on first and second

Doctors worked under most munications from vessels in Napier defendants, and one year'a impri- BODIES OF THREE VICTIMS trying conditions, operating with- at the time and H.M.S. Dunedin sonment on the third defendant out anaesthetics. One doctor was and H.M.S. Diomede, which arrived for harbouring. The first defer- Been early in the morning, his there from Auckland to-day with dant was also sentenced to one coat bloodsoaked, backing his way medical relief and supplies." It is year's imprisonment. into a chemist's shop to secure feared, however, that the loss of second charge.. supplies.

Napier, Yesterday.

Those killed include at least seven nurses and probably 40.

life is severe."

Ninety Parish. students at a technical school. known to have perished.

Ninety persona aro already Doctors and nurses have been des- patched to the District and large number of lajured.

when the building collapsed.

The Dean of Brocklehurst was conducting a Communion Service

gravely injured.”

in St. John's Cathedral when the of whom many are homeless, building crumbled and buried the is now receiving medical attention. worshippers. The Dean

Was Food and other necessary supplies are being organised under the supervision of Ministers of the the disaster to-day. Crown, who reached the scene of

Marines Take Charge.

Later.

It is still impossible to estimate the death roll, but the condition of several hundreds among over 1,000 receiving attention is re- ported to be critical or serious. So far 57, bodies have been iden tified. Armed marines from the cruisers Dunedin and Diomede are patrolling the town. Naval parties are distributing 1000 stuffs. Reuter.

Tremora Recommenced. Sud Näpler, Yesterday,

Earth tremors have recom menced in the Napier region, further damaging building and Increasing the prevailing alarm.

Red Cross "mate the total death roll at ton.

sideraly over 1,000 Router

Bar Rugby Yesterday, thez complete disorganisation

Frequent miror shocks are at being felt over greater part of the Hawkes Bay area and although much damage to buildings has been caused in outlying districts," the loss of life except at the centre of the disturbance has been amall The bed of the Harbour at Napier has been raised in places by 18 feet.

British Wireless Service:

Earlier News

Em

Wellington, Yesterday It is rapidly becoming apparent that the

zdre

the

011 the

BECOMING COOLER,

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory. states: Depressions are shown to the West of Nagasaki and over Tongking.

An anti-cyclone has formed over N. China M

The monsoon will set in again. along the SE. Coast of China. Forecast-9. or Ewinds moderate; generally cloudy sound drizzle or mist, becoming cooler.

Rainfall.

Rainfall to 10: a.m. to-day 0.04 Inch. Rainfall since Janu ary 10.82 inch against an -average of 1.77. fnch.

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified centres, this morning. at 6 o'clock was 170

Hong Kong

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During the year ended December (Scottish accent. 81, 1980, the school was opened on 224 days.

The maximum enrolment for the

of year was 196, an increase $ over last year.

128.

end continues to be a source of Interest.

A year ago I made reference to the large number of free scholars

miles, and a landing speed of 59 miles-British Wireless Service.

Nine Killed.

Later.

Of the 12 men aboard nine"

The average attendance was we had and how much they appre-were killed, including Flying Om-

ciated what was being done for cera Tucker and Wood.

Mistaken Level, them. Unfortunately this number

Divers in Plymouth Sound are had to be reduced during the year. searching for the bodies of the in and Instead of 40 boys we have now crew of the flying boat, which was under only 80 on our free list.

Staff,

There has been no changes the staff during the year review. Mr. Hardit Singh on loave in November.

The discipline continues to fatisfactory.

Studies

went

be

These

boys are most grateful and desire a type of aircraft, comprising me to thank their benefactors, We sleeping quarters, cookery facili

ties, emergency wireless, and hope that during this year more

funds will be available as there carrying a collapsible dinghy. She is now lying with her floats are still some very deserving casea excluded from enjoying this pri-in the air and her cabin submerg-

ed.

The disaster is believed to be In December the whole school due to the pilot mistaking the

At the annual examination 131 boys were examined, and of that vilege. number 114 passed, or nearly 87

per cent. It is with great satis-visited the Central Theatre and level of the water owing to the re faction indeed that I have to re-witnessed the interesting and in-flection of the bright sunshine. port a vast improvement in Urdu structive picture "With Byrd at the She struck the sea too soon and the craft sank with Wing-Com- mander Tucker and seven men Four

At the Examination Just held 80 South Pole."

General.

Boat Located. Divers have located the crash-

per cent. passed compared with 54 per cent. and 64 per cent at the In October arrangements were reflects very great credit on Mr. staff attended the demonstration Flying Officer Wood, who died in two previous examinations. This made whereby everyone of the trapped in the Cabin.

fothera were rescued, including Channan Singh who takes the course on "Health Matters" or- whole of the Urdu through the ganised by the Medical Officer for hospital. school. The credit is all the Schools. greater when one considers the We again thank the Hon. Direc- difficulty he has to contend with tor of Publle Works for permissioned Aying boat, which was broken in teaching boys who look upon to make free use of the North Point in half. The bodies of W. O..

Tucker and Air Urdu as a foreign language. Oat Bathing Beach in Summer; the Rutledge have been recovered. Craftsman of 131 boys there are only 57 Urdu Hon. Inspector-General of Police The forward portion of the fly- speaking boys in the school. for providing the services of a

Sports.

drill instructor; and Mr. Wu Haying boat was towed ashore. The In the matter of sport our boys tong for a scholarship tenable at after portion, in which it is be

lieved the other bodies are, lies We have Queen's College for three years in deep water. It is believed that very fortunate.

We also thank the Sincere Co., NO TRACE OF MISS FURNIVAL adequate grounds for the playing

of football and cricket both of The Sun Co., the Wing On Co., W. O. Tucker was unable to flat- which games are still very popular members of the Indian community about to land, and hit the sea at ten out the maching as he was during the Winter months. In the and others for their generous sup about 70 miles an hour. Her Brigue, Switzerland,

Summer we have ping-pong and port to our Sports Fund. Yesterday...

swimming.

To the members of the staff Ibows went under and the flying. After several hours' search The annual sports meeting held wish to express my deep sense of

Reuter. party led by one of the surviving on January 20 was a very success appreciation for their loyal sup guides from the mountain disasterful gathering at which nearly port and co-operation during the discovered the bodies of three every boy in the school competed rear which enabled the work of the victims Miss Furnivall has so in some form or other.

school to be carried on so harmoni for not been found: Reuter. Pet Health.

A Labour of Love. ter distributing the prizes,

are

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boat's

back

was

Earlier Report.

buckled.

London, Yesterday.

A Royal Air Force flying boat of the Blackburn Iris type, pro- pelled by three 675 horsepower

Three British women tourists, I think you will agree with m Mrs. L. C. Furnival, Miss that situated as we are among such Furnival and Mrs. Galway, and one pleasant surroundings the boys Mr. Arculli thanked Mr. Hamilton engines, while exercising, over guide, were killed while on an ex-cannat but have good health. Be for his kind reference to him, and Plymouth Sound, crashed into the pedition from Jungfrau Joch for sides taking advantage of our assured the gathering that it al-ea with a shattering, explosion. the Aletsch Glacier. A rescue grounds for various forms of sport, ways gave him great pleasure to two officers and one airman were The flying boat sank, and later party returned to Adelboden with a very pleasant feature is the out-visit their school rescued, injured. three survivors, Mr. L. C. door classes when the weather is ) - His father, he sald, bad taken a

Wing Commander C. G. Tucker, Furnival, Miss Lees, and Mrs. favourable, Physical drill is taken great part in the foundation of Flying Officer F. K. Wood and Stead]

every morning during the Winter, the school, and he himself took seven airmen are missing. months. All these factors, I am just as great an interest. In it.

Reuter. CLUTCHING HAND

sure, are of considerablo benefit Whatever he could do. for the from a health pelät of view, school was a labour of Jove,

Our thanks are again due to The report which they had heard KOWLOON, DOCK LADY

Mrs Miratt; Medical Offered for read must be gratifying to the ROBBED

Schools, and to Dr. Laing for their parents of the students and sup On a charge of having taken part help and advice during the year. porters of the school, sapwing as in the armed robbery at 62A, Bon- Millard, of B, Wears falso indebted to Mr. it did success it the past year ham Road on January 14, Lan Kit Waverley Terrace, Kowiolon Docks, M. A Khan, of our own staff, for In spite of the fall in exchange was at the Central Magistracy this that at vaccinating arly every boy in and the trade depresston he was morning committed by Mr. Lind

the school

glad to toe that the trade of edgell to the next Ailee School library although cation was flourishing horo when duly cautioned, prisoner Chinese dall 13 well used and the boys Every branch of industry, he said,lated. "I have nothin to add to expend it of great salitance in their required support if we ate to go what I preetously stat

forward and education was no Follee, by which I abide. My wife exceptions

has nothing to do with the gold

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