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TAME TYPHOON.

MANY THRILLS BUT LITTLE DAMAGE.

COLONY ESCAPES FULL FORCE OF BIG STORM.

Owing partly to the ample warning given-but more especially to the fact that the full force of the storm did not strike" the Colony yesterday's 'typhoon did little dareage, and happily there is so far no loss of life to record. There was considerable dis. location of communications and of business, but beyond this and much personal inconvenience-particularly to Kowloon residents--- yesterday's typhoon will go on record as one of the mildest ex perienced.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1930.

CHIANG DENOUNCED NANKING LOAN FOR

WANG CHING WEI AND

KUOMINTANG.

REFUSES LEADERSHIP OF

NEW GOVERNMENT,

TONG KA WAN?

FOREIGN CAPITAL

OFFERED.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS · FOR INAUGURAL CEREMONY.

According to a Chinese telegram from Peiping, Mr. Wang Ching According to the vernacular Wei, who arrived there on Wednes- Press, the Nanking Central Govern- day evening, has made the follow-ment has decided to issue a public

for the Ban ing statement:-

UTTERING FORGED

ΒΑΝΚ ΝΟΤΕ.

CHINESE ARRESTED ON

SECOND ATTEMPT.

A forged five piastre bank note of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine fostured in a caso yesterday in which a Chinese was charged before r. H. R. Butters at the Central consorization of Magistracy with uttering the note "My arrival hers from the South harbourworks, etc. at Tong Ka, and obtaining goods by false pre- may assure you that my views on Wan, the new Chinese free-port, buttonces. the Kuomintang and political affairs are absolutely in accordance with the amount has not been fixed, as those of Generals Ten Hsi Shan the budget is still under considera of this year the defendant uttered

It was stated that on April 15

SALE OF

SHOES

Oddments in All

Sizes To Clear

Regarding tion. It is understood that certain a five piastre bank rote in a shop Canvas from $4.50

Hundreds of warried locking A Deserted City.. "After tiffin yesterday Hong Kong people were aimlessly wandering was a deserted city. Warning of about on the pier, seemingly in the approaching storm came in good hopes of a ferry-boat suddenly loon-dad Feng Yu Hsiang. time before the mid-day interval, ing up through the mist, although the formation of the new Govera foreign capitalists have offered to Assured that there would be no ment," will participate in the dis- and most office employees living on Kowloon side were advised about resumption of the service' for some cussion. In my opinion Yen should invest capital in the enterprise.

Mention was made in our columns noon to get down to the ferry as time, in view of the information take up the post of chairmanship soon as possible; as the red flag-then just received that the typhoon so that I may devote my whole recently of a report that American indicating suspension of the service appeared to be heading straight for attention to the affairs of the party. financial interests were concerned at any moment had been hoisted, the Colony. Men and boys in They were also notified that, in view 'bedraggled white suits, Chinese should be made to build up the in the scheme to the extent of of the expected stoppage of the ladies with fine silken gowns soaked democratic, strength in recordance $10,000,000," ferries, they would not be expected with rain and splashed with mud, with the policy and principles of to report for duty in the afternoon. walked mournfully up and down the the party, and the various cliques Consequently, when two o'clock pier, gloomily watching the pour in the party should unite to achieve ing rain and the "pen-soup waves came round, there was no long probreaking against the Praga Wall. cession of office-workers streaming: from the Star Ferry Wharf back to their laboure. Moreover, the tram

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A. Deceptive Lull, About five o'clock there was an improvement in the weather that suggested the possibility of the

"In the meantime, every effort

this end.

Foreign Policy. "With regard to your foreign policy, we will try out best to secure the absolute equality of China among the family of nations,

at Cochrane Street. On that, oc- casion the note was changed into 86, Hong Kong currency. After the defendant had gone it was discover. forgery. ad that the note was a The curious fact in connection with this discovery was that earlier in

In view of the fact that many the day, the money changer had

Chinese and foreign residents of Hong Kong and Macao are expect

ed

to attend the inauguration ceremony, of the construction of Tong Ka Wan, the committee in charge of the proceedings has ap pointed Sir Shou-son Chow of Hong Kong and Mr. Lou Yak Lun

ofered $8:10 in Hong Kong money for the note.

However, a sharp lookout was kept for the defendant, but ad- though he was seen several times he

was not taken into custody as it was felt that such a step might be

service was suspended shortly be fore one o'clock, it being necessary to cut off the current owing to the ferry service being soon resumed. in accordance with the policy of of Macao to be in charge of the improper as he might not be found

danger of overhead cables being broken by the winds

Some of the offices in town were open during the afternoon, and made a pretence of carrying on business as usual," but the "akele- ton" staffs on duty had little or „nothing to do, nor did the shops do any trade, though they kept their doors as wide open as the weather permitted. Customers were conspicuous by their absence; no body wanted to go shopping rester- day.

Hasty Purchases.

á a matter of fact, however, there was a small amount of busi- ness done over the counters. Men who realised that the chances of getting to their homes across the harbour were small made hasty visits to near-by shops to buy pyjamas, shirts, collars, and similar personal effects of which a business- MAD does not, in the ordinary course of events, carry spares." when he leaves home in the morn- ing.

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Thrills on the Last Ferry. Those whose business compelled them to return to town from Kow. loon had some mild thrills on the

voyage across. There was a heavy swell running, and officials of the Star Ferry Company were keenly on the watch to see that no accident. happened to embarking or diaem- barking passengers.

but it was a deceptive change. The heavy swell continued, making it, possible even to think of bringing the ferries alongside the wharves. The journey across the harbour could have been managed easily and safely enough, but the risk of serious accident in getting the vessels alongside to load passengers and discharge them was much too

great.

Many Kowloon residents made. their arrangements carly in the afternoon for staying in town for the night, but others more ptimistic sat wet and weary on the whart for hours, hopeful that before long the weather would improve sufficiently to permit the ferry-service being resumed.".

At 10.23 p.m. the ferry service was resumed following the hoisting of the No. 4 signal.

W

Observatory Reports,

The following are the messuges issued by the Observatory during yesterday.

the late Ţrungii (Dr. Sun Yat Sen). Dr. Sun in 1924 made a statement in Kobe that China and Japan should sincerely co-operate, and therefore we will follow his a

But since 1929,”

con-

arrangements at these places. It is learned that over 600 residents of Hong Kong are expected to witness

the ceremony.

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with forged notes in his possession.

On July 22, however, an astute foki observed that the defendant was trying to tender another five piastre hote in a shop opposite to bis. He immediately rushed over

In Canton over 3,000 letters have been received from the various public bodies and residents asking and told the fokie of thas shop that for invitations to the ceremony.

OMISSION TO CALL, FOR

TITLE DEEDS.

IMPORTANT POINT IN MORTGAGE APPEAL

!

structions in dealing with Japan" Mr. Wang continued that he formerly advocated the resumption of office by Marshal Chiang Kai 'Shek' because he desired that Chiang should do his utmost for the welfare of the country and the party. tinned Mr. Wang, Chiang has assumed the dictatorship and has held illegally the Third National

At the Full Court of Appeal Congress of the Kuomintang. We have strongly opposed the manner yesterday, Mr. Eldon Potter, E.C., in which the congress was beld, as and Mr. Jenkin, who were together over eighty per cent. of the dele-appearing for the respondent, con- gates to the congress were nomincluded their arguments on legal ated by Chiang. Moreover, he is paints when the Court adjourned responsible for the civil warfare for the day, Sir Peter Grain is "during the past few years. It is presiding at the Full Court with

time for him to resign."

Sir Joseph Kemp and Mr. Justice Wood

Mr. Wang added that he has wired Yea and Feng arranging for the date and place for them to meet, and that he will stay at Pei- 11.45 am.Typhoon about 100|ping for several months at least. miles S.E. of Hong Kong, moving N.N.W.

The appeal is against a judgment of Sir Henry Gollan given in favour of the plaintiff, Li · Po Kwai, as against the defendant, Tsang Chuen, who was ordered to restore to the plaintiff certain house 823,000. The property was mort guged by plaintiff's second son, whose whereabouts are unknown, by virtue of a memorial registered in the Land Office, by which he was assigned one undivided moiety of the property "ag joint-tenant with

The typhoon passed a few miles DEATH OF MRS. F. H. W property free of a mortgage for to the S. of Gap Rock on a N.W. track at 3 p.m.

..

Local Forecast:-Cyclonic. gales; moderating; overcast; rain.

3.25 p.m.-Centre passing a few miles S. of Gap Rock on N.W. track. Wind at Hong Kong may increase somewhat but full typhoon force not anticipated.

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HAYNES.

bis father.

We regret to announce the death of Mrs. F. H. W. Haynes who passed, away at Matilda Hospital yesterday morning. Mrs. Haynes had been ill for some time and had been in hospital for three months.

She first came out to the Colony:]'. in 1921 from Ireland. Mrs. Haynes is survived by a five-year-old son and her husband who is well known in Masonic circles.

The funeral will take place at Happy Valley this evening."

"Which Typhoon, Where?"

Plaintiff's case was that he as-

signed the property to himself, un der another name, and his son, in order to divide his property, but

that he did not confer any bench-

cial rights on the son. Further,

Having got clear of the wharf, the ferries pitched and rolled merrily as they ploughed and stag

Scenes On Kowloon Side. gered their way across the harbour. Now and again, in a heavy squall, In Kowloon 'the 'buses maintainca "low visibility"

caused the land services on all routes throughout both ahead and astern-to-disappear the day. The last ferry left, Kow- completely for few moments, and loon at 2.46, and those who went

that the son was not entitled to nothing could be seen but the big.down to the wharf after that had a

mortgage the property without white-crested waves. Some of the damp journey for nothing.

The wind apparently did little plaintiff's consent, and that the Chinese women passengers were

The Yaumati ferry service was damage on Kowloon side. In the title deeds had always remained in evidently scared at the unaccus-continued until 5.30 p.m. When it business districts most of the shops tomed motion of the ferry-boats,

realised that the Star ferry- trouble.

closed at the first sign of coming the hands of plaintiff.

In Kowloon City, bow- Mr. Potter's main line of argu and chattered shrilly and excitedly

boats had stopped running, "hun-ever, everything seemed perfectly ment was that the appellant failed all the way across-obviously very dreds of Chinese made their way normal, and a representative of the relieved when the journey was

Daily Press who went into the to take ordinary precautions in to Yaumati to effect a crossing Chinese village there gained the im- calling for the production of the safely over.

from there. The last Yaumati ferry pression that the inhabitants were title deeds before executing the for Hong Kong leit at 4.30, with hardly aware of the approach or mortgage. Counsel argued that the presence of a storm. Similarly in

Anxious Crowds,

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the note was a forgery as the man had already uttered a similar one in big shop. The defendant was the arrested and taken to the Cen- tral Police Station.

Chan Hoi, a foki, stated thas on July 22 defendant came to his shop and bought 70 cents of almond cakes., Defendant banded him a French bank note, at the same time saying that it was worth $6.30. Witness then asked a foki to take it to a miney changer who said that it was only worth $6.10. The foki then took it back and told the de- fendant about it. The defendant then asked for $6 remarking that he would come back and redeem the bank note afterwards,

M. Yvon Segalen, an accountant. of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine, told his Worship that there were three points by which the forged bank. note could be identified from a genuine one. The three points were that (1) the paper on the forged hank note was not the same as i genuine one, (9) the numbers on the forged bank note were not well printed and (3) the head of an aanamite in the watermark was

not well centred

His Worship convicted the de fendant and sentenced him to four months' hard labour.

THREE CHILDREN

DROWNED.

EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY

IN HARBOUR. Q-'.

According to a report made to the Police yesterday, three children lost their lives when the crew of a Chinese junk were thrown in the,

collision with a ferry-launch.

Down at the waterfront, quite several hundred third-class passen- Kowloon Tong all was quiet, though registering of a memorial and the Harbour following the vessel's early in the afternoon, there were gers on board. The weather was anxious crowds of people some then so bad that the crossing took wondering how they were going to get to Kowloon, and others on the over half an hour, and as the vessel opposite side speculating on the approached the pier on Hong Kong chances of crossing to Hong Kong side, the sea was so high that it was most dangerous to try and get before dark.

Throughout the afternoon the alongside. harbour was enveloped in a

thick grey mist of rain, through which

Yaumati Forry Turna Back, After several attempts, which,

a few contractor's matsheds along production of title deeds were not

It is alleged that the ferry launch Prince Edward Boad were damaged on the same plane, and that appel-

The train arriving from Canton atlant's case fell to the ground by which collided with the junk was. about-3-pan-brought many-passen-

reason of his own conduct

"the Cheung Chau launch and is is gers down who were able to get

Counsel for the appellant had further alleged that she did not stop across to Hong Kong For some time they were huddled in the argued that the respondent was to render assistance after the no- atation, but later a number sought estopped in his claim by reason et fcident. refuge for the night in near by Chinese boarding-houses.

8.8. Kinkhoz at Anchor.

the fact that in the deed of assign. There were five men, four women ment a sum of $16,000 was shown and three children on the junk at The s... Kinshan arrived in the to have passed, and that the con- the time of the accident. The junk were watched by a large crowd of Colony from Canton shortly after sideration gave the son a right to

was anchored off Kennedy Town sightseers, the coxswain abandoned 2.30 p.m. yesterday afternoon, but a share of the property. This and the idea of trying to get alongside could not anchor alongside the other points were dealt with by Mr. fand decided to return to Yaumati, wharf.¦

the return crossing taking about 45 The steamer had to anchor is the Jenkin at the close of Mr. Fotter's Harbour minutes

typhoon shelter at Yaumati sengers on board.

;

address.

to await day-break to leave the

It had no cargo on:

board.

WHAR

the tumbling white horses" could be dimly seen. All the small craft -launches, samgans, and junks had disappeared, and with the ex- ception of the big ships occasionally visible in the direction of Stone- When the torty Wes anftly tica→ Brewere operni brutosdestou

Sheldon, who is conducting appel- the water, a junk which was about cutter's Island, the only vessel, to up at the pier, within the typhoon

The s. Chuanchow and the a shelter, the people who had paid be seen from the Star Ferry Wharf their lare for the crossing to Hong Sui An from Macao arrived yester-lant's cast, said that he would re 100 yards away came to the rescue. was a destroyer rolling and pitch. Kong refused to leave the vessel, day morning when the typhoon was quire three-quarters of an hour to | All the adults were picked up, but ing at her buoy just off the Naval fparing that when the service was not severe. They tied up along-reply to the points raised. The the children, a boy of two,, a girl Yard, apparently in instant read resumed late-comers would be the "side the wharf and then sailed to Court accordingly adjourned until of three and another of eight, are

first to be taken over

the typhood shelter after discharg (Continued of foot of next column)ing their passengers.

ness to slip away if need be.

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