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BELGIAN QUAKE FIRES

Brussels, To-day.

The earthquake which occurred in Belgium on Saturday is now known to have caused the death of at least three persons. A large number of people were injured..

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At Ghent, two workers were hit by falling bricks. One was 80 seriously injured that he died shortly afterwards. In Cruyshatem, a building labourer was killed by a collapsing wall. In Mont. St. Amand, a panic-stricken inhabitant lost his life by running into a motorcar. Many houses in Kortryk were unroofed by the tremors and a man looking out of a window was hurled into the street and gravely injured.

FORMOSANS OUST

CHINESE FARMERS STOP

Hankow, To-day, ·

arrived in Shanghai by Japanese More than 2,000 Formosans have transports to replace Chinese far- mers in Nanziang, Chengju, Tazang Shanghai area, according to a des- and other farming districts in the

patch from Shanghai.

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Arriving with the Formosans were about 500 head of cattle. All the Chinese farmers in these places are likely to be dispossessed of their farmsteads.

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Last month, large numbers of Chi-

from their homes in the Rubicon Village farmers were driven

area in western Shanghai and re- placed by Formosans. Central- News.

The quake was also responsible WASTE OF TIME ON

for a number of fires which caused considerable damage. In Ghent, for instance, a factory building was reduced to ashes by a con- flagration resulting from a short circuit. Trans-Ocean.

REINFORCEMENTS

HAWKERS?

When Mr. H. R. Butters took the bench late at the Central Magist- gracy this morning he remarked that he had been engaged in Chambers with matters connected with the which

REACHING HANKOW "Dorsetshire" murder case,

Shanghai, To-day.

he felt was more important than promptitude in dealing with 80 or A report from Hankow states more hawker cases. Most of them that a further powerful force of he said, did not appear and would 100,000 Szechuanese troops is have their bails estreated, having, now passing through Hankow probably resumed, hawking. He towards the defence zone round had no idea whether those who ap- the city, while the defensive peared were persistent hawkers as force is expected to be further no records were kept of hawking augmented from Hunan and arrests. He felt that a lot of hard Yunnan in the next few days. Our Own Correspondent.

work had to be done by the courts, which achieved little or nothing.

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