1930-07-26 — Page 7

AFTERMATH OF THE TERRIFIC TYPHOON

"TYPHOON.

LANDSLIDE IN STUBBS ROAD:

NEARLY FIGHT INCHES OF

RAIN.

Hong Kong had a very fortunate escape on Thursday, as the typhoon appears to have done practically no damage in the Colony.

According to an oficial report the typhoon passed over Kongmoon be tween 11 p.m. and 12 midnight on Thursday.

Locally, the signal was taken down at 9:30 a.m. yesterday when the velocity of the wind was only three miles per hour.

A landslide occurred in Stubbs Road which is temporarily closed. but otherwise no damage was done.

The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ending at 10.30 a.m. yesterday

was 7.70 inches.

Liner Avoidy Gale. The Blue Funnel liner Sarpedon, which 'arrived here yesterday afternoon, managed to avoid the typhoon, which was directly in her path, by steaming cast. The cap- tair reports that in consequence he experienced only heavy seas

Little Damage at Macao.

Macoo came in for a fair share of the typhoon, bit, according to the master of the Sui An which arrived here shortly after noon yes terday, little damage was done,

"The wind appeared to blow its hardest at about 9 p.m., and as

SWEEPS CANTON.

TREES UPROOTED AND PROPERTY DESTROYED.

[TROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

CANTON, July 25.

A terrific typhoon swept over Canton last night and part of this morning, causing great destruction

of property.

A north wind, accompanied by rain, started blowing late in the afternoon, increasing in intensity towards evening. By 11 p.m. it had developed into a hurricane accom- panied by a dowapour.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1930. -

TO STRAIGHTEN UP SCHOOL STRUCK BY

KUOMINTANG.

WANG CHING. WEI IN PEIPING.

CO OPERATION WITH NORTHERN WARLORDS,

According to a Chinese telegram from Peiping, Mr. Wang Ching Wei, in an interview with Press repre-

sentatives on Thursday, made the following statement:--

LIGHTNING.

KING'S COLLEGE DAMAGED.

ATTENDANT HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

Much damage was done by light ning to the north wing of King's College buildings in Bonham Road

a few minutes before 9. a.m.. yes- terday. The huildings are in close

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VERANDAH FALLS.

حلب

SEQUEL TO HEAVY RAINS.

INCIDENT AT CHINESE BOARDING HOUSE.

The heavy rainfall during the past few days was undoubtedly the cause of the partial collapse of the Tung Ab Boarding House of 142, Connaught Road West, at 5 p.m. yesterday.

The fore portion of the roof of

"To-day we held a meeting wheu proximity to the University where building, due probably to the

On

the

supporting beams wearing away) fell through the floor of the veran dah of the third floor

As the verandah fell it carried with it a few large pieces of stone work which fell right through the various verandahs on the pavement below.

plenary sessión it was decided to hold the enlargedis is recalled, a copala was struck

of the Central Executive Council of the Kuomin by lightning some years ago. tang before August 15.

the top floor are With regard to the question of laboratories,, the chemistry room the Kuomintang governing the being at the farther end. The The typhoon was at its severest

army, we will spare no pains in lightning struck the ridge of the at about o'clock this morning. bringing this about. It seems im-

Scores o crees on Wai Fook practicable to bring the army under roof, smashing tiles, and woodwork Raad and ather places were uproot-doubtedly both Yen Hsi Shan and feet. The force of the impact must the control of the party, but un-over an area of about ten square

ed and left lying on the streets. Feng Yn Hsiang will not follow the Trafic was blocked in many places example of Chiang Kai, Shek whose have been terrific, as the main beam by fallen trees. Numerous sign military dictatorship has proved which supports the roof was split boards in front of shops were blown

"For the sake of the revolution open. Ceiling boards underneath the boarding house at the time. down, dangling windows were shat- tered, and nearly all of the mat- sheds and temporary bamboo fences were, completely lifted from the ground and destroyed.

Numerous houses, especially those old dwellings built of mud and clay, crumbled down... The roof of one house on Wai Fook Road was com- pletely lifted up into the air, thus exposing the occupants to the beayy wind and rain:

On the river the destruction was even worse.. Several small sam pars overturned, throwing their occupants into the water.

A few boatmen are reported to

Eineasure of safety the main switch have lost their lives when their

of the electric plant was turned off, | craft capsized... plunging the city "into darkness. "Numerous injuries resulted from The wind, however, decreased the caving in of houses, but no loss rapidly in velocity and everything of life has been reported. was normal yesterday.

Full Forca at Kongmoon.

The master of the s.s. Fuet On, told our representative that the

full force of the typhoon struck Kongrooon at 11 p.m. on Thursday and the gale kept up till 2 a.m. the

next day.

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The weather in Kongmoon did not appear too promising in the afternoon, but in spite of that the Yuet On sailed for this port at 3.30 t.m. After an hour's "steaming, however, she dropped anchor off the 1st Cliff, some 12 miles from Kongmoon, and it was here that the master noticed the roots of some of the huts along the banks of the river being carried away. Beyond

In addition to the terride wind and downpour, lightning constantly flashed across the sky.

Many of

the big electric wires on the streets were struck and broken.

The greater part, of the city was thrown into darkness.

The

and

newspaper printers editors refused to work in the dark,

and there were DO newspapers published this morning.

Reports coming to hand from various parts of Kwangtung state that the typhoon also visited Chungshan, the "Model District " of China, Kongmoon, Toishan and other towns and cities, involving a heavy loss of life and destruction of property.

TOISHAN, TEACHERS'

SALARIES.

failure.

we have to co-operate with the military leaders of the North. Our co-operation with them is in no way contradictory to the revolutionary point of view."

Mr. Wang reiterated that he will not involve himself in politics but will dispatch two or three members of the Reorganisationist Party, of which he is the leader, to parti cipate in the formation of the new government at Peiping.

Madame Sun Yat Sen..

Questioned as to whether Madame Sun Yat Sen, a sympathizer of the Soviet Government, will come to Peiping to join the anti-Narking movement, Mr. Wang said that she is not expected to come to Peiping, as she has disagreed with the anti- | Soviet and anti-Communist policy

of the Reorganisationists.

Mr. Wang concluded that he only came to the North to straighten up Kuomintang affairs.

Mr. Wang conferred during the past two days with leaders of the Shishan or Western Hill clique but

understanding between them has been arrived at. The Saishan clique under the leadership of Chao Lü and Hsieh Chih are still strongly disapproving of One-Party-Des- potism," that is, the control of the

Central Government by the Kuomin-

tang.

KWANGSI CAMPAIGN.

INSURGENT STRONGHOLDS IN JEOPARDY.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

CANTON, July 21. After their capture of Pinglok without bloodshed during the latter part of last weck, tac Pro- Nanking forces campaigning in Kwangsi are now closing in on

strongholds of the Kwangsi troops. Government aeroplanes have al ready been daily bombing, these eities with effect,

this the captain reported no other LOANS TO PROCURE FUNDS. Kweilin and Liuchow, the lust damage. The Yuet On arrived here! shortly after noon yesterday.

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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]'

It

Landslide on Stubbs Road.

CANTON, July 24. A landslide of rather serious

The strike of the teaching staffs dimensions occurred in Stabbs Road at à point little above the Hotel of the tour or five district schools Company's garage. Several tons of of Toishan City over the payment. earth and a number of small rocks of their salaries in arrear for the last five months 19 about to end effectively blocked the roadway.

upon the District Government's Residents living in Stubbs Road assurance that the money will be and the Peak have had to drive forthcoming in A short time, into the city by the roundabout will be remembered that these route, that is to say, up Wanchai teachers made repeated represents- Gap and round by Aberdeen. tions to the District Government, Owing to the weather not improv-requesting that their back salaries, ing yesterday it was deemed in- long over due, be paid. But the advisable to proceed with the work Government failed to satisfy the of clearing up the earth, as there teachers, and a strike was declared is every danger of further land-The students of the schools showed slides.

the greatest sympathy with their

capture

FURTHER EVIDENCE

REQUIRED.

MAGISTRATE AND BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.'

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gave way when the debris com- Co fall into the room. menced Damage to laboratory fittings was not much, amounting to a couple of hroken bottles.

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Br * fortunate circumstance, not a single person was on any of the verandahs at the time, although there were a number of visitors at

A train was passing the building at the time of the collapse, but only a few brickbats landed on its roof, causing only minor damage.

The Fire Brigade was early on the. A Daily Press representative was seenè and a strong contingent of shown raund the buildings by Mr. Police offers also made their ap Morris, the headmaster, who, re-pearance shortly after. They kept marked that it was extremely back a large crowd of sightseers fortunate that the incident cccurred and prevented them from getting during the holidays, as otherwise too near the boarding house, which the laboratory would have been is considered in a dangerous enn- occupied by the class receiving in-dition. struction in chemistry. He said Trhmears passing the building that he was in his office at the time had to proceed at very slow speed and did not know that anything in order to reduce vibration to a happened until it was brought to his minimum. notice immediately by an attendant.

The man seems to have had a remarkable escape, as he was in an adjoining room on the same floor. He entered the chemistry room to investigate the cause of the noise when he found a hole in the roof. and bits of tiles and masonry strewn about the floor.

Some Curious Features.

The lightning left behind some strange features of its work in other parts of the building. On the wall inside the laboratory room, the doors and windows of which were closed at the time and were found in the same condition after the mishap, there is a porcelain electric fan switch. This was burat out, while a foot or so higher up the lended wire had opened out and left a burnt mark on the wall.

FULL COURT CONCLUDES SITTING.

JUDGMENT RESERVED IN MORTGAGE APPEAL.

The Full Court of Appeal at which Sir Peter Grain is presiding, together with Sir Joseph Kemp and Mr. Justice Wood, conchided their sitting yesterday when their Lord- ships reserved judgment.

In

Tsang

Cheung appealed against a judg these proceedings

ment of Sir Henry Gollan, who found that Li Po Kwai (plaintiff respondent) was entitled to house property free of Tsang Cheang'a mortgage of $25,000 accepted by him from plaintiff's son who was stated to have no beneficial rights in the

property.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, replying on Our representative noticed an- behalf of the appellant, submittedl other electricity" Freak" on open-that his first point, that Li Po Kwai was not allowed to go into the ing the door and following Mr. witness-bax and give evidence to Morris to the lower floor. Under-contradict his deed, had not been neath the ground floor of the laboratory rooms there is a suspend- ed electric lamp over the stairs. The porcelain shade appeared to

answered at all by the other side. Another point was that the extra- ordinary story told by Li Po Kwai about going to his lawyers and creating a deed of assignment in such carious manner was not one which could be accepted their Lordships.

General Cher Tsai Tong is per sonally directing operations against the insurgents in Kwangsi.

It is generally believed that if the have been smashed to bits with Cantonese troops could Kweilin and Liuchow, the Kwangsi amall piece still held in place, but

Arguing on the latter point, remnants under General Wong Shiu curiously enough the bulb was in'] Hung will be dispersed.

its place undamaged. A portion of Counsel said that the other side had the leaded wire which lends to the not explained Li Po Kwai's con- duct as the resulting trust he lamp appeared also to have been created was so unusual. He went. disturbed and was hanging loosely, on to say that be had suggested three reasons, one being the passing Getting back to the laboratory of the property to his son without floor and walking outside through the intervention of testamentary the room in which the attendant papers, and a second of attempting was doing cleaning up at the time, to evade estate duty. A third ren- there was more mystery. Half way

son he had suggested only as a between this floor sad the lower possible fact and not as an accusa- A small landslide also took place teachers and joined them in their

one a porcelain lightning arrester in Peak Road, at a point a little demands for clearing up their

is fixed on the wall alongside the tion-was an attempt to defraud

creditors. bove Bowen Road, where excava-

window. The brass cover of this salaries in arrear. The students

Speaking with regard to his last tion work has been going on for måde & demonstration on the to be given the benefit of the doubt,contrivance was blown out of its point, Mr. Sheldon submitted that some time.

streets, after which they proceeded many cases had been known in "place and was lying some distance the authorities were entirely in to the District Magistracy to reia- which the offending party had to force the demands of their teachers, be discharged, despite the fact that Due to some misunderstanding, the the police were satisfied in their own minds that the prisoner was guards at the front entrance of the District Government fired point the guilty person. The occasion buildings, taking stock of the aa gross negligence. If the appel blank at the students, wounding for the Magistrate's remarks arose damage and testing the electrio lant has omitted to do anything in Chinese was yesterday lightning system. Meanwhile, a this respect, the failure to call for more or less seriously several de- when monstrators. The matter was then charged with stealing and, alter- gang started on the work of re- the deeds amounted to nothing more brought to the attention of the

pairing the damage to the roof than neglect of an ordinary pre- district Kuomintang, which endea

which is likely to occupy them a caution. couple of days The damage to the voured to bring about an amicable

main beam seems to be the serious settlement.

feature of the mishap.

Observatory Report.

The official report of the typhoon, issued by the Royal Observatory, ins follows

The typhoon formed in latitude 16 deg. N. and longitude 126 deg, E. on July 22 and moved westward for 24 hours. It crossed Luzon on a W.N.W. track, moving westward again on entering the China Sea. In the afternoon of July 23 it Curved northward, passing within. 100 miles to the S.W. of Pratda at 6. a.m. on July 24. Its course then became N.W. and it passed a few miles to the S. and B.W. of Gap Rock in the afternoon of July 24. Between 11 p.m. and midnight it rassed, over Kowloon and at 2 a.m. this morning was a few miles W. of Canton, moving north. It is now probably Blling un

At the Kowloon Magistracy yea- terday, Mr. Whyte-Smith said that due to the fact that prisoners had

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This closed the proceedings in the present appeal. The full Court will ait again on Monday to hear an other appeal case.

DARING ROBBERY.

WOMAN ATTACKED IN CHINA BUILDING..

natively, of receiving a quantity of articles belonging to Mr. T. Imurs, of 2, King's Terrace..

An Indian watchman employed In order to raise the necessary on the buildings at the junction of funds for the purpose the District Austin Road and Cox's Path, told Government of Toishan is planning his Worship that at 0.30 p.m. on to sell large tracts of public land Wednesday, he saw two men walk- in the outskirts of the city. The ing along in a suspicious manner. land is being surveyed and divided He had a short conversation with into lots suitable for the building them, when almost immediately the of stores and houses. It will be two men ran away. He

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