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SHANGHAI STREET

FIRE.

DEATH BY MISADVEN

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STAIRCASE THAT ACTED AS

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An inquiry was held at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday into deaths of widow and her son in the fire at No. 138. Shanghai Street on March 18. Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith acted ns Coroner and was assisted by a jury:

ROMANCE ON WORLD TOUR.

MET, ENGAGED ́AND- MARRIED IN A WEEK.

Singapore, March 10.—Á roman tic meeting on the promenade deck of a Dutch liner a week ago, and two daya engagement culminat ed in the wedding yesterday of Mr. Mead Walworth and Miss Madge Gaunt at a Singapore registry

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY. MARCH 27, 1930.

THE RESOLUTE HERE.

HER SEVENTH WORLD

CRUISE.

OVER THREE HUNDRED TOURISTS-ON BOARD,

The steamship Resolute, of the Hamburg-American Lins, which left New York on January 6 on her seventh cruise around the world.

LOCAL WEDDINGS.

MISS HALLARAN TO LIEUT.

WOOD, R.N.

Two local weddings were cele. brated yesterday in St. John's. Cathedral, the Dean of the Catbe. dral officiating at both.

THE REVIVAL OF ROWING.

REMARKABLE PROGRESS.

KEENNESS IN HONG KONG.

Amongst English pastimes rowing has, since the War, made most re- markable progress. Cricket main- tains itself as an institution with difficulty in the face of the keen com

Miss Rate Moni Enid Hallaran, daughter of the late Colonel and Mire. Hallaran, and lately resident at St. George's Hotel, Kennedy Road, WDS married to Lieut. arrived in this port yesterday morn Christopher Joha. Wood, petition of golf and tennis. Golt office,

ing, her last port of call being ... Iroquois. She entered the itself is not so much an English Mr. Walworth who is a travelling Manila. Three hundred and seventy-Cathedral on the arm of Lieutpastime as a Scottish, habit, im Mr. Whyte-Smith informed the representative of the Western Elec-five passengers are making the trip Comdr. A. M. Hughes, RN, and ported into the Southern Kingdom. jury that the house where the Bretrie Co., arrived in Singapore two

and will visit thirty-three countries looked very charming in her bridal broke out was a three-storey build- months ago to, natal talking film in the course of the tour, covering

gown of white satin cut in ing. The fire started on the ground equipment. He was returning from a distance of over 38,000 miles on

mediaoyal style, with a pearl girdle floor had the two deceased, whe

a visit to Batavia, on board the land and sea,

and a long-train, lined with white lived on the first floor, were eri 3.8. Nieuw Holland when he met deatly tapped. The place was but Miss Gaunt, of Kansas University,

georgette and trimmed with sprays 100 yards away from the ngis.who was travelling round the world

of orange blossom. Her tulle veil tracy and the jury could adjourn it with her mother. " they wished to inspect, the build- ing. The Coroner also pointed out that it was for the jury to decide whether the deaths were due to misadventure or whether any per-

son, was criniinally responsible,

Mr, C, R. Grimes of the P.W.D. sail that he had visited the house and he produced plans which be Had prepared. He pointed out that only part of the wooden staircase was left, and there waB staircase either. at the back or front of the building...

After landing in Singapore on March 10, they became engaged, and yesterday morning the manager of Raffles Hotel, where Ming Gaunt is staying, was surprised to receive

"a telephone call at 8.30 a.m. ask- tng him to prepare a wedding breakfast for nine o'clock.

"

The commander of the Resolute

is Captain Fritz Kruse, who is making his tenth trip around the

world. He has been in command of the Resolute four times, and prior to that was Chief Officer on the Cleveland,

Thirteen countries-United States, Canada, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Cuba Holland, Belgium, England, France, Austria, Germany nad

was held in place by a wreath of crange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of pink ropes.

Lieut. H. J. C. Stokes, R.N., was "best man."

The improvement in rowing is an all-round one. In place of the few Schools who competed at Henley there is now so long a list that there is serious talk of estab lishing an event for Public School

crews alone instead of their com peting, as they have hitherto done, for "the Ladies." The, lesse; row. ing schools, who cannot raiso "eighta" for Henley, have a re- gular event for "fours" at the Mar- Low Regatta. At the Universities the Rowing Blue is still the summit

of athletic ambition,

Londoners Takë to the Water. It is, however, on the tideway, in the reach between Putney Bridge and Chiswick Eyot, that the im-1

remarkable. provement is

The two bridesmaids were the Rumania-are represented among Misses Annette Taylor and Gillian the passengers making the cruise. Hudson, who wore Kate Greenaway

citizens represent United States twenty-nine States and Binety-dreases of white organdie over pink, seren cities and towns.

and poke bonnets of leghorn straw. Hurried preparations were made,

"Order of Globe Girdlers.” After the ceremony a reception and at nine o'clock the wedding

The fing of the Order of Globe

was held at the Hong Kong Hotel, party trooped in. When the guests

banner no other took their places at the table, it Girdlers"

of bright was found that they numbered thir- green, with the outline of a globe where many friends of the bride and teen, but the bride refused to be in the centre and large black let-groom were gathered together to influenced by superstition, and the tera O.G.G. occupying three ofwish them good luck. The honey-There in the hub of Metropolitan

the corners will be flown again joyous meal was eaten to the usual

moon is to be spent in Manila. accompaniments of good wishesad this year when the ship arrives at

and departs from the different Mrs. Wood left wearing a beige ports. The **Order of Globe | georgette ensemble with a Girdlers" is an organisation found-

hat to match. Straitsed by members of Resolute world

cruises in the past; it is a ship board social club. similar to the

A Joss Paper Shop.. The wife of the occupant of the ground floor said that they kept a Joss paper shop. She lived there with her husband, two, sous, and seven fuki. On the night of the fre she went to bed at 11 p.m. Her husband had left for Canton two days previous. There was no gunpowder in the shop but 100 packets of fire-crackers were stored ia showcases. The fires in the rear kitchen were put out before going to bed.

During the night she.

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"It's a Real Hustla," Interviewed at Rafes Hotel, Mrs. Walworth told' Times representative that she was. a student of Kansas University, and

had done a considerable amount of world travel." Six years. ago she visited Singapore with her mother, when she was only sixteen years old.

Order of Pleasure Pirates" on

Reliance West Indies Cruises.

Yesterday morning some of the tourists were taken round the Island by notor-car, while others visited the Peak and other "beauty

BRADSELL-KETLEY.

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Later in the afternoon Mr. Sidney James Bradsell of the Hong Kong Police, was married to Miss Margery Ethel Ketley, daughter of

most

rowing the swarms of boats, from. scullers to eights, astonish the pre-

war oarsman.

Before the War the University Course (Putney Bridge to Mort- lake) was regarded as a preserve It was sup- for University crews. posed that only picked carsman specially trained could stand the strain of that 4 mile course. Now

out not singly but literally in Race" the Metropolitan crews turn

dozens and have, in at least one instance, rowed the course in times very little inferior to those of the winning University crew.

was awakened by shouts of, "re," through Manila and Japan with spot Resolute will stay in this the late Mr. G. Ketley, and Mrs. in the so-called "Head of the River

and getting up she saw the Irant part of the shop alight, and ran out by the back lane, The are crackers had not caught fire at that time, She waited until the morning and left for Caston to inform her husband, returning six

She had intended to journey her mother, and she smiled when she said, "These arrangements have now, of course, been altered. Mo- ther is going back to America to morrow on the Fresident Munroe." Mrs. Gaunt, her mother, who is widow, said, "I haven't yet re covered from the shock. It's a real Dr. J. E. Dover, of the Ecwloos hustle. I shall have to postpone Mortuary, said that he examined my tour to Japan, where we had the bodies of the two deceaacd.intended to stay a month, and then Both bodies partly destroyed by fire but were identified. He certi- fied death to have been caused by multiple burns of the sixth degree Witness added that this was the worst type of burning.

days later.

A shop fati on the ground floor said that he was the first one to Eotics the fire and raised a general alarm. Flames were coming out from under the staircase. He said that the fire in the kitchen were' nut gut before going to bed, and that none of the jokis smoked tobacco before rotiring.

The Deceased's Daughter. The daughter of the deceased woman said that she lived with ber

go home."

The couple left the same day for a honeymoon in Afedan, after which they will return to Singapore, where they will stay until Mr. Wak worth has completed his work here.-Strait, Times,

TWENTY CHINESE IN TROUBLE.

BOARDING EMIGRANT SHIP WITHOUT PERMISSION.

Twenty Chinese were before the Marine Magistrate yesterday on the

The

on Friday, when port until noon she will sail for Amoy, thence proceeding to Shangbai, Japan, Honolulu, San Francisco, through Panama Canal to Havans, and reaching New York again on May

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Some Notable Passengers, Among the passengers making the cruise are-Edgar Speyer.

and

Alra:

G. E. Ketley, of 5 Wellington Avenue, Westcliffe-on-Sea.

Mr. R. Wynne was beat man.”. The bride who was given away by Mr. John Hargreaves was at tended by two bridesmaids, the Misses Eileen Aris and Irene. Sprad- bury. Mrs. C. Aris was matron of bonour.

New Yorkbanker,

A reception, at which there wore about 40 guests, was held after the Speyer; Colonel and Mrs. H. F. Doleman of Baltimore's General ceremony in Lane, Crawford's Res. Milton J. Foreman of Chicago: taurant and later Mr. and Mrs. Major William Burnett of Leth-Bradaell left for their honeymoon, bridge, Canada, and son, Thomas which is to be speat at Repulse M. Burnett; David Clarke, profes- Bay Hotel. siözal ice-skater, and Mrs. Clarke (joining ship At Villefranche);

The old Metropolitan clubs have vastly increased their membership, and new clubs have been formed. Pride of place still rests with those two venerable institutions the Lor don Rowing Club and the Thames. For years they entered eights for the Grand at Henley, with the most" disappointing results, but since the war the tide has turned. Thames have won the Grand, and last year,

it may safely be said, that in de- feating the Canadian crew London showed that they had an eight well

Antonio M. Delano, Hamburg A COCK AND BULL STORY. in the first class.

American Line representative | at Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mrs. Del-

WOMAN.

Women Scullerz,.

Another novel feature of the tideway is the appearance of wo men's crew and women scullers. "Roving has been essentially conser A dispute over a sum of 880vative, and innovations have seldom met with much encouragement. Ba that as it may, the movement in favour of women's rowing is a

mother and young brother on the first floor. She slept with her little 'rister in the cockloft while her charge of boarding the s.s. Yuen world on the Resolute in 1999;terday. Chung Chi alleged that genuine onė, as anyone who has

Sang without the permission from mother and little brother slept on the verandah. She was awakened the master or the officer on duty in the night by shouts of, Are. Originally 2 were found on board but when the case was taken, the and ran with her little sister up the two who were not present had their stairs to the second floor and bail of 925 each estreated, escaped into the adjoining fat by

Mr. C. H. Thompson of the Har- bale in the wall. Witness said bour Office informed the Magis that before leaving the flat she saw her mother who was carrying trate that the Yuea Sang was sail her young brother. They were ing under emigration laws and if the vessel left port without her walking up and down the verandak and wore aware of the fire. When Pasengers being first passed by she reached the street she expected medical officers, anything might that they had already escaped and happea before the vessel reached did not know that they had been her destination as anyone of them might have been suffering from a caught by the Aames.

contagious disease.

“Ordinary Buildings,” Officer G. Saunders, in charge of the Kowloon Fire Brigade, said that two appliances, were sent to the scene of the fire. On arrival he found the two ground floors well alight but no-one in the building could be seen from the front. He

They were each fined $20 with the alternative of 20 days' hard labour.

Detective's Smart Work. Evidence was also given by a Chinese detective who was nearby at the time of the fre. He said that he raised a general alarm and aroused the residents of the flats. He also helped in the rescue of the people on the roof.

The Coroner instructed Inspector Marks, who was in charge of the hearing to make a report of the detective's good work to his auperiors.

was told that there were people on the roof, at the rear and with the aid of a collapsible ladder and line they were rescued. No-one else was reported missing and he thought that everyone was safe. The fire was put out at 4.30 am, and at 6 am witness went into the build ing and found the two badias in the front verandah of the first floor.

Questioned by the Coroner as to His Worship reviewing the evi whether he thought this type of dence remarked to the jury that building was dangerous, witness there was no evidence of incen replied that it was the ordinary diarism or of negligence. There type of teneinent houses common was evidence, however, that there in the Colony. There were no were several pockets of fire-crack- chimneys and the staircase acted era in the jass shop but these were as a fue in event of a fire. kept in glass cases in accordancs However in the present case, the with the regulations. There was people could have escaped by going no evidence to show that these are up to the roof of the blook whore crackers did catch alight. It was they could have walked the whole not known how the fre started, length of the street. Witness said but according to Officer Saundere that he made investigations after evidence it would spread very the fire had died down for signs quickly owing to the absence of of incendiarism, but the ground chimneys and the staircase, acting floor was entirely destroyed. He as a flue, would carry the flames found several bundles of jou sticks to the upper foors, under the staircase, but there was The jury without retiring gave a nothing to show how the fire verdiet of death by misadren started,

ture" and added that no-one was (Continued on next Column.): to blame.

woman.

Plaintiff stated that he lent the money to the defendant, who want ed it for business purposes.

Questioned about a certain young woman from the country, plaintiff said that there was a woman who had been kidnapped by a clanaman of the defendant and brought to Hong Kong. She was not related to plaintiff and stayed at his house for a few days...

fino, and three children (joining | TRUANT WIVES AND A THIRD ship at. Gibraltar); Baroness Josepha Mrein von Dobrzensky- Dobrzenicz of Vienna (joining_ship | at European port); Miss Edith Ellerhorst of Bellevue, Ky, and brought two former friends before Mrs. Walter Jenny of Boston, both the Fuisne Judge (Mr. Justice of whom made the trip around the Wood) at the Summary Court yes. Eberhard Faber, pencil manufac the money was due to him under a thres, and Mrs. Faber, of New promissory note, but Lau Cheung York; Dr. Max Fischer, Berlin the defendant, on the other hand. journalist: Henry Heide of New alleged that the sum represented York; Misses B. and Helen Louise the cost of board for a young Heim of New York; Colonel and Mrs. Chas. E. Jaques of Port Washington; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jockmus of New Haven; Mrs. Lee Kehna and daughter Dorothy (pro- minent socially in New York) and Miss F: Elizabeth Hitchcock Mrs. Julius O'Neil Mackey and Mrs. Simab Vaughan of New York; Mr. and Mrs. George Mueller and Miss Mary Elizabeth Mueller of Jackson- ville, Fla.; Rev. Harvey G. Pills bury and Miss Maude A. Pillsbury of Chicago; Mrs. O. "C. Risch (socially prominent in Chicago); Miss Lucille Rogers of New York, C. D. Rorer, banker, and Mrs, Rorer and daughter of Eugene, Oregon; Mrs George C. Russell (socially prominent in Cleveland); Mrs. Agnes Morrow Scandrett of New York; Mrs. Lore Spaeth of Koenigstein in Taunus, Germany; John C. Wendock, New York attor ney, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. John C. Wendock; I. Wiss owner of large department store in New Haven, and Mrs. Wise; Tobias Wolfson, affiliated with the American Metala Company," sod Mrs. Wellson, Miss A. P. Seelman of Brooklyn..

Defendant told a different story, He said that the woman after arriving from the country came to his house and enquired for the plaintiff. Since he (defendant) was not a married man he took the woman to the plaintiff's house and told her to stay there.

Plaintiff Of course you are married?"

Defendant: My wife had run away at that time.

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seen the crews and particularly the scullers, can testify.

Syncopation.

One other innovation was notice. able last year The London Row. ing Club put out what was off- cially described as a "syncopated" eight. The crew rowed not toge. ther but as four pairs making their strokes successively. The idea of Wing Commander Hellyer, the in-

ventor of this sort of rowing, was that by having at least one pair of cars always at work, the speed of the eight would not drop as it does during the recovery period when rowed in orthodox style. In other words, nobody wants all the cylin ders of his car to fire together, and he thought the same reasoning might apply to rowing.

The experiment aroused a good deal of interest, but it is too early as yet to say whether it is a suc cess or not.

The general feeling was that "syncopated". rowing" might im prove the times over a course but that it would spoil ̈rowing as a sport.

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His Lordship (to defendant); Who is this woman in Court with you? She is my wife the one. I

Boom in Hong Kong Rowing. married fast year. I had two wives before who ran away from me. Coming a little nearer home, the Continuing his story, defendant Rowing Section of the Yacht Club said that the woman stayed for is experiencing a distinct boom. A thirteen months in plaintiff's good number of keen recruits have Included in the list of New York-house. She had $96 with her which | recently joined up. At the present ers making the Resolate world she gave the plaintiff as payments moment two "fours," senior and cruise are:-Dr. and Mrs. M. towards her board until she re-junior, are in training to compete Marion Apfel, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ceived a remittance which she ex- against Canton next month. If Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Horie pected from her husband, who was anyone's name is to be mentioned Clark and Misses Betty and Mary abroad. The money never came, it is that of Mr. Lander, the stroke Clark, Mrs. Charles H. Coffin, Mr. and she returned to the country, of the Senior Four. He had and Mrs. Albert Cohen. Dr. and Plaintif then camp to defendant's very successful rowing career in Mrs. George E. Davis, Miss Marion shop to demand payment for the England, and his style is one to Dempsey, Miss T, Marie Dunbar, woman's keep, and in order to be copied, if possible. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Grotta, avoid trouble he signed the pro-It may be of interest to those Miss Mary Helwig, Dr. and Mrs.missory note: tumo

going on leave to know that the Janes W. Jobling, Dr. and Mrs. Defendant concluded with this London Rowing Club will welcome Wilmot Margulies, Miss Mary A. statement: This is the true story, as "Associate Members" all Mem Mercercau, Miss Emma Ockler, and I am prepared to cut the bars of the Royal Hong Kong Mr and Mrs Wilson Potter, Mr. cock's head to prove it. I am pre- Yacht Club. The subscription re and Mrs. William II. Robbins. Miespared to go even further and cut quired is extremely moderate, and Margaret Robinson, Mrs. Hattie A. the bull's head."

Associate Members have all the Weldon, Mr. and Mrs. George F. His Lordship disbelieved the privileges of ordinary Members ex- Whitten and Miss Maris Frances story of the loan and gave judg- cept the right to vote at meetings Whitten, Mrs. Oheler Wibel,

meat for, the defendant with costs. of the Club.

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