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HOPSANG
AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
WRECKED
Goes Hard Aground In Fog Off South Formosa
Shanghai CREW LANDED:
Lock In Tension
SHANGHAL, TO-DAY.
A STORM OF INDIGNA- TION HAS BEEN AROUS- ED IN THE CHINESE PRESS OVER THE "LOCK IN CARRIED OUT BY THE SHANGHAI MUNI- CIPAL COUNCIL IN THE VICINITY OF YU YUEN AND TI FENG ROADS YESTERDAY.
The trouble arose over the re-
fusal of Chinese residents to pay. Settlement taxes, to which the Council retaliated by bar-
JAPANESE BOAT RUSHING TO
TO AID
DISASTER OVERTOOK THE INDO-CHINA S.N. COMPANY'S S.S. HOPSANG LAST NIGHT,
WHEN SHE WENT ASHORE IN A HEAVY FOG ON GARAMBI PROMONTORY IN SOUTH
FORMOSA.
.
Mine Disaster In U.S.
NEW YORK, TO-DAY.
EIGHTEEN MINERS ARE MISSING AND FEAR- ED-DEAD AS THE RE- SULT OF A DISASTROUS COLLIERY A EXPLOSION AT CHARLESTON, - WEST VIRGINIA.
Manager.
man-
The explosion occurred when a serious the entire might shift was in the
shaft. Most of the men imme-aged to escape, though many Hop-suffered from shock and injury, but eighteen were buried or cut off in the fall.
Indications are that the steamer is plight, for S.O.S. messages were sent out diately and it is learned that the crew of the sang have landed on the coast and are safe.
The agents for the Company,, Messrs. "Jardine, Matheson state
ricading the area and cutting that the Hopsang has been holed: The Play
sewage drainage connections.
but their information is insufficient
Now the Chinese newspapers are to reveal the gravity of the damage. asking why tenants who pay rates: should be penalised with defaul- ters.
The Chinese cívic authorities are very perturbed at the Council's action and declare that it prejudices the negotia- tions concerning the status of the "outside roads."
Japanese Steamer
Goes To Aid
Must Go On
London, To-day.
Captain D. S. Pethick, master of
In obedience to the request of her husband, who died on Wednes- in the Hopsang, is well-known Hong Kong. His S.O.S. messages day, Marie Tempest last night were picked up by the Japanese played her usual comedy part in steamer, Tencho Maru, which was the play "Retreat from Folly," at
the Queen's Theatre. only 50 miles away from the scene of the stranding and immediately The famous actress was tumul changed course and proceeded to tously cheered. Reuter. the Hopsang's assistance.
The Council, however, maintains that the tenants are clearly evading payment of lawful charges for It is probable that the Tencho Municipal benefits.
ARMED GUARDS
Meanwhile an
Maru has now
reached Garambi and is standing by.
The Hopsang was proceeding from Takao to Keelung when she strand- ed. She is one of the bigger of
atmosphere of tension broods in the affected area, which is guarded by armed Muni- the Jardine boats, being a ship of cipal and Chinese police. Reuter. 2.149 tons.
Shanghai, To-day Feeling is running high as a re- sult of the action of the S.M.C.
It is understood that Mr. Yu Hung-kwan, Secretary to Mr. Wu Te chen, Mayor of Greater Shang- hai, called on Mr. Stirling Fessen- den. Secretary-General, last eve ning and lodged a verbal protest- Our Own Correspondent.
BETTER WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Royal Observatory reports that the att ne has increased further in intensity. is now cen tred over the Yangtse Valley and extends
ward
over
Tongking...... Depressions are
The Tencho Maru is owned by the Tatsuuma Kisen Kaisha.
Salvage Boat Going
Later.
It is understood that Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company are making, arrangements for the despatch of a salvage Tug to Gar-
ambi Point
Nothing has been heard from the Hopsang since the crew, aban- doned ship and there has been no communication from the Tencho Marn which went to her assistance.
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The mine affected was the MacBeth Mine which was wreck- ed. Reuter.
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