1936-09-08 — Page 6

"ANON.” PAYS THE FINE

Dr. Sampai Shannon, the in- hibited Vicar of St. Luke's Church, Leicester, last month. paid the $20 fine imposed an him at Leicester Quarter Sessives in April, when he was found guilty on charges arising from incid- ents at his church.

The money was the gift of an anonymous donor, and was sent to the vicar by post.

CONFERENCE IN

BUCHAREST .

Ministers Of Little Entente Meet

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Belgrade, To-day.

THE CHÌNA: MAILSHEENDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936–

HEAVY RAINFALL

SECORDED

SERIOUS FLOODS OCCUR IN NEW TERRITORIES HAPPY VALLEY UNDER WATER

The rainfall for the 24 hours ended at 8 am. to-day was, according to an official of the Royal Observatory, 5.970 inches, thus bringing the total since January 1 to 66.26 inches.

The Colony experienced probably the heaviest continuous

rainfall of the year during the three days from Friday evening to last night, and the abundant fall soon turned the low-lying parts In the New Territories very Jof the Island into miniature lakes.

serious floods and widespread damage are reported, while one of the most noticeable effects in the Island was seen at Happy Valley,

where the racecourse was entirely under water.

Tytam Tak, the big reservoir on,far exceeded during the course of the island which only overflows the next few days by the infow; when the other impounding recep-into the reservoir.

tacles are full. was yesterday In the New Territories a very brimming over.

serious state of affairs is reported, Much comment has been caused

Shing Mun naturally received especially beyond Taipo, and also here by the sudden journey yester-many millions of gallons of addi-between Sheung Shui and

Castle day of the Premier and Foreigna-tional fresh water, the storage up Peak.

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The light-streaks from these machine gunners' tracer bullets lend an eerie effect to this scene from Camp Dir, New Jersey, where an impressive demonstration of U.S. army" defence weapons was given by soldiers in the summer encampment.

Minister to Bucharest, in order toto yesterday morning having in- The golf course at Fanling is Fanling was completely blocked:]

Landslide

which made traffic between these

confer with the Premier of Bu-creased by about 500,000,000 gal under water and the flood is al the district was inundated, and mania. M. Tatarescu, and the new lons during the week-end, with most up to the entrance of Lady the water caused a Foreign Minister. M. Antonescu. millions of gallons still flowing in. Ho Tung's house.

In view of the forthcoming con- The Colony's total of water ference of the Little Entente storage had then reached the re- Powers in Bratislava on Saturday, cord figure of upwards of 4,000; the Premier wishes to discuss sever-000,000.

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Large Landslide

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IN ITS HOURS OF

OF EASE

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RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme · will be broadcast to-day, from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W.

35.5 on a wavelength of

metres. (345 KC.3).

4-p.m-Chinese Programme.~* 7-11 p.m.-European Programme. 7 p.m.-De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra.

Louise--Selection (Charpentier).

The Song of Songs (Moya). La Violetera (Padilla).

I Love you (Gries).

Romance (Enbinstein).

La Paloms (Ziadier). Destiny (Baynes). Standchen (Strauss).

Ay. Ay, Ay (Perez).

7.30 pm-Closing Local Stock Quotations.

2.33 p.m. From the Studio..

A Jazz Medley by "The Continental Trio."

Programme

A Selection of Old Favourites

Shine on Harvest Moon.“ Who's sorry Now!

Mary Lou

My Silent Løve.

5. Smiles.

6. Wonder who's kissing her now:

7

Tea for Two.

8. Medley: Among my Souvenirs.

Whispering Avalon

8 pm-Local: Time Signal Wea--

Brave, solid old Gibraltar, Bock leads to O'Hara's Tower, ther Report and Announccounts. with its houses built into the one of the three peaks; and

Enquiries made at the Royal two places absolutely out of the

question. Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling

A report that the bridge on the late last night confirmed that the

Castle Peak Road, beyond the under! was completely al questions with the

water, 11 inches of rain having Hong Kong Brewery at Sam Chun At Shing Mun

had collapsed, could not be con- statesmen in order that a joint From enquiries made at Stang fallen between 10 am, and 8 f

firmed. Enquiries made by tele attitude be taken up in Bratislava, Mun, it was learned that appro- The district between the Sheang phone to the Tsun Wan. Police

3.03 p.m.-"From Foreign Lands" to where the Yugoslavian Foreignximately 2,277,000,000 gallons of Shui cross-road and Sam Chun was Station revealed that no report steep face of the Rock, tier near here is the great cavern (Moszkowski). Minister will travel directly from water were contained in the Jubi-one huge lake. It caly stopped had as yet been made.

unon tier, up the street of the known as St. Michael's Cave.8.15 pm-Focal Gems from Grand

Opera Bucharest, accompanied by Mee Reservoir by 4.30 pm. yester-raining late last night.

Forty Steps, down through the Parts of this black tunnel have Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) Antonescu-Trans-Ocean Service. terday, and this figure would be The road between Taipo

Two boulders were dislodged waterport to the sea. In spite never been explored Men gigoletto (Verdi). by the heavy rain and caused a of all foreign influences, Gibral-have been lost there and mur- 8.40 pm Debroy Somers Band. Landslide opposite the China Light tar is as English as London dered. In the old days duels Selection Words and Maxic. and Power Company's sub-station Mayor. and Alderman, Parish were fought in the entrance Selection-Seeing Stars. at the junction of Ma Tau Chung Church of St. Charles and chamber by the light of torches. Ballroom Memories--Waltzes,

9-News. and Announcements Road and Kan Pio Strek Road at Martyr, Quarter Sessions, Key The remains of animals un-tron Lendon. Kowloon City.

Sergeart-these are all tradi-known in Europe to-day were 9:20 From the Studio. The boulders fell into the road-tions transplanted from Eng-found there long ago; part of A Pianoforte Recital by Rupert way and, according to a Police land.

a rhinoceros skeleton, hyena, Baldwin, ATCL report, might constitute a danger "When the apes leave the and leopard bones.

Bock of Gibraltar, the English Some

that believe

St. The Taipo Road was reported will leave also,"

the Michael's Cave leads beneath say late last night to be completely, Spaniards.

the Strait to Africa, and that Iblocked for a mile and a half to

the apes came through the tunnel. The theory is sup-2 Tower Hill traffic was necessarily suspended. The prophecy is typical of ported to some extent by the

Frontier Road, at 1.25 p.m. the mysterious tradition which fact that neither skin nor. Prelude; Gavotte; Sarabande and

Gigue yesterday, was closed to traffic has grown up round these Bar-skeleton of an ape has ever been

Archangelo Corelli (1653). owing to the heavy rain, which bary apes the only members found in Gibraltar. A queer 4 Minnet ... Henry Purcell (1658). caused considerable damage to of their tribe found in Europe. scene it suggests the funeral 5 Pastorale... Scarlatti (1659). But no one can say how they procession of apes carrying

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the north of the reservoir, and Mysterious Tradition

to traffic.

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A large landslide was reported came to the Rock, or where their dead back to Africa. to have occurred in Victoria Road, they go when they vanish from between Sassoon Road and Island their sunny playground above Road. The area affected has the forts. been extirely closed to motorj traffic.

A small landside occurred in Pok- fulam Road between, the Hong

Kong Davis.

Numbers Shrunk Centuries ago the apes made There are legends, of course.of the Rock a stronghold in-

University and Mount VERY RARE DISEASE

Traffic must proceed. with caution in that vicinity.

AIR MAIL DELAYS

1

Result Of Mishap In

Mediterranean

Mentioned At Inquest In England

Government,

Programme

"Movements from the Suites of 16th and 17th ̈century composCTI

Galliard; Pacana (the Earl of

Salisbury)

William Bydre (1540).

Giles Farby (1570).

9.35 p.-"Euryanthe" Overture (Weber).

9.45 p.m.--From the Studio. A. Recital by Ms. Neil Matheison (Contralto) accompanied by Maurice Barton

Programine

2. The Cloths of HorvED

Thomas Dunhill.

FORMER RESIDENT

RETURNS

A path near the summit of the deed, showering stones on the A Memory ..... Goring Thomas. soldiers toiling at the work of building an unassailable fort-3. Linden Lea.....Vangkan Wild mig. ress. Though they have long14. Like to the Damask Rose ...Eigar.

10 pan-Big Ben from London. been protected by the British

The BBC. Dance Orchestra. their wumbers

11 pm-Close Down have shrunk to a mere pack. At the beginning of this cen- Lury an old patriarch, the ruler It was suggested at the inquest of a tribe of about a dozer, at Biggleswade, Beds, last month.killed and ate the young ones on Mary Ann Ware, aged 76, of and then died. |Sun-street, Biggleswade, that she The five or six survivors were

might have been suffering from a all females, so the authorities Mr. R. L. D.. Wodehouse disease prevalent in Italy, but only brought a young male ape Imperial Airways announce

heard of in England once in 10 across from Africa to save the that the R.M.A. Dorado is delayed

race. To-day there are, per at Penang awaiting the arrival of

The disease, which is known.ashaps, a dozen apes living in the the main line service and is X-fragilitas assuin, causes the bones most inaccessible parts of the be interested to learn of the re pected to leave there at approxi-to become very soft and break Rock. mately midday to-morrow. She

easily.

In recent years they have the Colony, accompanied by his should arrive at Hong Kong short- The verdict was death from become. pensioners of the wife and three children, after an ly after midday on Thursday. cardiac failure, due to senile decay British Government.. A milli-absence of 15 years.

This delay is the result of the hastened by fractures of the tary officer has been placed in recent mishap in the Mediterran- limbs.

ean necessitating a redistribution

of the fleet. After the next flight||

it is expected that the normal ser- vice will be resumed: -

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIERS RETURN TO LONDON

+years.

Back In Hong Kong

Many Hong Kong residents will

turn of Mr. B. L. D. Wodehouse to

1.

Apart from being known as command of them, and each day a soldier leaves food to the brother of Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, formerly of the Hong Kong Police, RUDE SHOCK FOR NANCY value of threepence per ape per and of the famous humorist writer.

day.

“P. G.", Mz. Wodehouse has his Paris, To-day-The Inhabitants - Apes Hill the ancients called own claim to fame here by reason of Nancy received a shock when Gibraltar. And Apes Hill it re- of his prowess as a cricketer and yesterday morning, on their way mains, for the lone pack is still golfer. In 1920 he won the local to begin the week's work, they azw in possession. These apes have golf championship, and appeared in two huge red flags flying from the seen the Rock run with blood the Interport cricket series. Paris. To-day. The two U. S Cathedral. It was not until the They watched the Moors at-

Mr. Wodehouse is connected with trans-Atlantic fiers Merrill and evening that an engin er succeed-tacking like demons under the Eichman arrived, here yesterday, ed in hauling down the flags and Red Flag of Islam; the French the Union Insurance Society of but instead of continuing their replacing them with the Tricolour and the Spanish beaten off by Canton, on whose behalf he has fight, returned to London in the and the Lorraine dag-Trans the British. They watch out spent the intervening period in

the hours of ease. afternoon Trans-Ocean Service.

Ocean: Service.

India and North China

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