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RECORD LOCAL SQUALL VELOCITY.

136 M.P.H. REGISTERED AT HEIGHT OF GALE.

LATEST DETAILS OF SATURDAY'S TYPHOON: LITTLE DAMAGE DONE.

The first typhoon of the season visited the Colony on Aaturday when a blow of comparatively short duration but high velocity. was experienced. It provided the Colony with all the thrills of a typhoon, but fortunately did not bring much havoc in its train,

Thanks to the Observatory keeping the Colony well advised of the direction and proximity of the typhoon, the damage both or shore and afloat was negligible, Native craft, on the first in- dication of the possibility of a typhinon huddled into the shelters. in Hong Kong and Kowloon on Friday, while the river steamere left their wharves and went for shelter. Bigger vessels in the Harbour went to Kowloon Bay for shelter and in fact by Friday night, preparations were complete for the coming visit of the

blow."

In spite of this however, trouble was experienced by the Java Lijn steamer Tjimanook which, broke anchor and drifted from the Harbour in the direction of Canton. The vessel was eventually anchored at a spot called Peang Chan. The s.a. Washung also drifted and eventually grounded at Stonecutters.

DUTCH STEAMER IN DIFFICULTIES.

On Friday evening the No. 7matshed near the Yacht Club re- signal was hoisted indicating the coived practically no damage and possibility of a gale from the North this was the only bench which was East. Throughout Friday night, in commission yesterday morning. however, there was no sign of a

In anticipation of the coming heavy blow, but early on Saturday blow, precautions were taken at morning it was seen that heavy these beaches to safeguard boats weather prevailed in the Harbour and property; The boats were haul and that the wind had increaseded to dry ground and fastened to- At 1.40 .. No. 5 signal, indicat gether the previous evening and ing the possibility of a gale from much damage to and loss of boats the North West, was hoisted and was avoided. hefore, 30 nm. the No. 0 signal went. up. This signal, by the way, means that the wind force is expected to incroase.

Shortly after the hoisting of No. 9, the typhoon appeared to have changed its course and to be heading in a more direct line to wards the Colony. By 11.20 am. it was here and the last signal, ac- companied by the three warning bomba, was hoisted.

With the hoisting of No. 9 signal, the city from service was suspended but the Star Ferry tried bravely to carry on. The Solar Star, exi perionoed great difficulty in trying to tie up at the Hong Kong side shortly before eleven o'clock and after being mercilessly and dan, gerously tossed about near the ferry pier, decided to abandon the voyage and to return to Kowloon. Thenceforward the ferry service Was suspended and was not reauin- ed again until little after 3.30 .m. when the wind had calmed down considerably.

Record Squall Velocity. According to a report issued by the Observatory yesterday the velocity of the wind at 11.47 a.m. was 79 miles per hour when a squall at the rate of. 136 miles per hour occurred (from North to East) the greatest aquall velocity ever record ed at the Observatory.

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Football Stands Smashed. The Hong Kong Football Club's covered stund at Happy Valley. collapsed and was a heap of rains. Much damage was also done to the open stand on the Craigongower Club side. A hundred yards away is the old matshed of the Golf Club, used by the Civil Service Cricket Club temporarily while their building is under construction. done to this shed. damage to any serious extent was

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931.

Fish in Ica House Streetl An amusing incident occurred in Ico House Stroonoor Mesars Kodor's establishment while streamst

HAINAN PRISON RAIDED.

SET. FREE.

ATTACKS ON VILLAGE MILITIA.

of water from the harbour were sent OVER A HUNDRED CONVICTS gushing down the roadway A gentleman wading in the water suddenly caught a fish about six inohos long and was proudly ex hibiting it to the bystanders To keep his prize alive be would oo- casionally dip it in the water while keeping a firm hold on it by the tail

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THE TJIMANOEK ADRIFT.

MASTER'S CLEVEN SEAMAN

"BHIP

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

OBITUARY

MR. FUNG PING SHAN.

Tho death. occurred. to-day (August 2) of Mr. Fung Fing Shan at 11 am. from diabetic coma at his residence, No. 1, Park Road, at the age of 73.

turned to Canton during the latter part of the late Ching dynasty, andi was at once elected a Director of the well-known Fong. Píh Hospital. While in Canton he took an active interest in famine relief work. A few years later when ho aattled down in Hong Kong, he served on several occasions as director, ad viser, and chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk. Peaco, a member of the District He was an unofficial Justice of the Watch Committee) life member of the Court of the Hong Kong Uni- Po Leung Kuk, and a member of versity, permanent adviser of the the Committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

The Into Mr. Fung was born in the district of Sun Wul in the pro- vince of Kwangtung. Before com- KACKER, July 28ing to Hong Kong, he traded in the The situation around Kachck Province of Szechuen, dealing prin- continues to be rather unsettled. Acipally in Chinese drugs......⠀⠀⠀ few nights ago a raid was made on After he made his fortune, he re- the district city of Lohboe, about ten miles from boro. The prison was attacked and all the prisoners set free, to the reported number, of The Jaya-China-Japan Line str, over a hundred. Evidently this Tjimanoek, had a very

was the only object in view as no perience, just as the b was at robbing or burning was done. its height. She was moored to Buy This district city maintains a As at the time, having just dis-militia cf about a hundred men charged a load of about 500 tons of but they had been sent out to chase

argo.

bandita a day or two previous and The first sign the master (Capt. several tens of them had been am- Krije) had that something was bushed and were hold, no one know amiss was when the chain broke where. Stragglers are escaping and und then the vessel lost her archor, returning gradually. That same and with it about 120 fathora of night a raid was made on a small chain. She began to drift Westmarket about three miles from words and Capt. Krijt had to steer in that direction in order to have Kachek in the opposite direction plenty of room to manoeuvre her in and the head of the local militia the angrey sea. He took the vesel and several men killed. Two weeks Ta Ip Islands and there they waited. ago a raid was made, on a larger between the Penngehan and until the storm abated when they market some ten miles to the south- put back to the Yaumati Anchorage east, near the sea. Out family was yesterday morning to carry out as attacked and two or three members LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES. Lloyds' surveyors" went on board, examination and it is expected that killed and some taken, but the they will make their report in de market was not burned. The co- ple fled to Kachek until several days later when soldiers were sent over.

course.

The Tjimanoek was built in 1911 by Messri. Fyenoord of Rotterdam. She has a gross tonnage of fold her dimensions are: Length 40; Breadth 64.2; Depth 27.5. She was originally scheduled to leave for Java on Saturday but as a result of her experience it is not knew when she will be placed on her run ngain.

An official of the Company spoke new in very glowing terms of the way

Capt. Krijt handled his ship dur Noing the storm. Capt. Krijt has been with the Company for over ten years but was only recently given cominand of the Timanoek.

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At Caroline Hill, the mataked used for accommodating baseball spcetatora was blown down. imilar fate would have been in store for the shode and stands of the South China Athletic Association further up on the bill, but these had been dismantled fomy

time

back.

The dressing rooms here weathered the storm. The Stadium at North Point proschted a miser- able sight, the sheds and stands being a mass of jumbled bamboes and palm leavés. ~,"

A standard at the Bhaukiwau terminus carrying the military telephone wires to Lyeemun, and other stations was partly blown down, and it is understood that damage was done to these lines on the hills. technicians were busy yesterday re- A number of R.E. pairing the damage..

The streets near the Praya be

Naval Eatings to the Rescue. came flooded and sightseers had to Regarding the fate of the Wa- wade in almost knee-deep water in hung which was washed asbare at some places in order to get to Cen Stonecutters, we have been unable naught Road to watch the fury of to obtain an exact account of the the waves. Large crowds gathered damage done to her. As for the near the Star Ferry and Blake For three Chinese who managed to get

fun." At Queen's Pior the waves reached such a height ore, we have been informed that that when they smashed against the good work on the part of some they owed, their good fortune to the Praya wall the waves reached Naval ratings who were ou the the roof of the pier. The stone Island, Seeing the plight of the balustrade at the foot of the arch three Chinese abroad the Washung, in Queen's Pier was washed away the sailors obtained some pieces of by the waves as was a lamp-post rope, proced them together and

on the same spoo

Considerable damage was done to One end of this was made fast to then havled the line on board. the Bathing Clubs at North Pout the launch and the other end to the details of which appear below. All shore and by this means the thres football stands at Happy Valley, Sookungoo and North Point suffer on were able to land safely. ed heavily from the effects of the typhoon and quite a number of trees were uprooted.

*** All Well" in Ryusei Maru,

The Washung had been laid up in Yaumati for many months and Havoc at Bathing Benches,

according to a reliable source of Considerable damage was dcus at information, was originally no of the various bathing benches en the the Canton Navy fleet. Shaukivan Road At the Southwo launches (small ferry typė) China Athletle Association's per were reported to have gone ashore manent shed, the asbestos, walls on at Yaumati while the Rynsei Haku, the onstern side, which received the which was reported to be in distress full force of the gale, were blown had wirelessed "all wall" and is into the building together with the making for Shanghai. masonry, work which cast several Damage to Ferry Wharvest, thousands of dollars. The newly- erected Chinese Civil Servanta Officials of the Star Ferry Com Club pavilion suffered, heavy pany had an anxious time during damage to the side wings, the the gale. On the Hong Kong side. content pillars supporting the the boisterous seas loosened many annexo on the eastern side being of the floor joista which are secured bent, while on the other side some by bolts to the beams. The force of these pillars sank into the required to dislodge these long ground. The diving piers were joints must have been considerable completely amnshed, and washed Gaping holes were male at the on- away at both these places

trance to the station and the coolies A few bamboo sticking out here retrieved a few of those joints which and there fark the spot where the wore carried to the roadway past the Wing On Company's matshed stood, traffle policeman's box. The wooden The Chinese Athletic Club's matahstand used by the policeman was od was partly demolished, but here" oarried away in the direction of Bt. gate the plere were washed away fleorge's Building The railing be and bamboos protrude here and hind the seats on the western side there from the water like fishing of the ferry station was blown away stakes. The Popular rosor for a considerable distance.

OFFICIAL REPORT,

SQUALL OF 130 M.P.H..

VELOCITY.

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The following official report was iesied from the Observatory yester day;~-

This typhoon probably formed on the morning of July. 2, in about latitude 13 degree and longitude 130 degree. At 9 p.m. on July 30, the centre was report ed by the Afanila Observatory to be N.W. of Aparri, moving W. or W.N.W. At 6 am, on July 31, it was about midway between Aparri and Protas, and caused over the latter atation between s and 9 p.m., on July 31, on a W.N.W track, the maximara wind force being force a on the Beaufort scale.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

SUNDAY, July 90:-

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel gave a supper party on board the Kau Sing

MONDAY, July 27:-

Sir William Hornell arrived at In a large village on the west Mountain Lodge. kidnapping is being done, and the TUESDAY, July 23:

Miss Raines was received by His people there are very apprehensive. Excellency the Governor, and lunch Men and boy dare not sleep"ated at Mountain Lodge. home at night lost, they be taken.

THURSDAY, July 30:- Kachok market, itself, anticipates sided at the meeting of the Excou- His Excellency the Governor pre no trouble, and the cases cited tive Council. above seem to point pretty definite-DAY, July 31 ly to two guiding principles in the arrived at Mountain Lodge.

Brigadier F. H. Burnell-Nugent raida-personal enmity against

some one family or one person and a determination to kill or kidnap from that family, and the desira for weapons, which accounts for the altneks on the militia The raid in the district city and a ja delivary was a new variety in this part of the country. Probably the prisoners included members of the communist party,"

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ACCUSED PERSON'S

RIGHTS.

ORDINANCE AMENDED.

of an Ordinance to amend the "The Gazette contains, the drafts Magistrates Ordinance, 1880.

The objects of this Ordinance is to amend sections 73 and 74 of the principal Ordinance so as to makë | it clear that the accused shall be informed that he has the right, similar to the provision in section 12 (8) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1925, (15 and 10 Geo. 6, ch. 90), to VICE-give evidence on his own behalf, if

hin so desires...

LICENSING BOARD.

MR. ALABASTER NOW

CHAIRMAN.

It is notified in the Gazette that, the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster; K.C., O.BE, J.P., having ceased The central calm lasted for more than an hour. After the passage

to be an unofficial member of the of the centre, the wind (at Prutas) Licensing Board, and Mr. Mel- blew with force 7 from the E.W.; bourne having retired, H.E. the which suggested that the tyracun Governor has appointed the former was curving northward, but it backed agn, and by 1 a.m, on to be official member and Vice August 1 wind was blowing Chairman of the said Board for a with frirces. from Southward

At Gap Rock the wind hocked from N.E., force 4, at 2 n., B August 1, to N.NW., torch 6, at 5 am, and remained steady fresh this direction until 11 a.m.," when At Waglan the wind backed force 12 was reported. from N.E., force 7, at 6 am, 10, N.N.E, forca 8, at 7 a.m.

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136 Miles Per Hour. The early backing of the wind at Gap Rock and subsequent backing at Waglan, indienied that the typhoon would pass to the east of both stations, and probably enter the coast near "Dias Bay. The wind at Wazlen veered again after 8 a.m., hever. ever, and the typhoon passed a fow miles to the west of Hung, Kong at about noon

The mean wind velocity at the Observatory increased from 36 m.p.h. (true) at 10 am to 79 m.p.h. at 11.47 am when # squall at the rate of 136 m.p.h. occurred (from E. by .); the greatest squall velocity over re- corded at the Observatory.

After noon the wind abated

FAMOUS PREACHER

COLLAPSES.

PREBENDARY GOUGH SERIOUSLY ILL.

Prebendary A. W. Gough, vicar of Brompton, SW, had & heart

period of three years, with effect attack while speaking in the Cits from April 9, 1930.

Hall, Westminster, and was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, where pointment by the Gobernor of an

There being a vacancy for an apho is lying seriously ill.

It was stated at the hospital

ecilency has appointed Mr. Joseph heart disease, and is feeling some unofficial licensing justice, His Ex-quietly. "He is suffering from afterwards that he was rering

Mow-lam Wong J.P. to be a men- Thirty-two years ago Preben-

pain," said an official; her of the Licensing Board for a dary Gough-who is in his seven- period of three years, with effect fiath year began his ministry at from July 31, 1031.

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FIREWORKS AT STONE CUTTERS.

FIRING OF PYROTECHNIC STORES:

Holy Trinity, Brompton, where there has frequently been a queue on Sunday mornings, so successful has he beca

When Dr. Creighton, then Bishop of London, naked him to. go to Brompton from, the vicarage of St. John's, Highbury, he said: "It is a serious thing for the pres tige of the Church of Enyland that a great church adjoining. Brompton Oratory should be prau

Anotice at the Harbour Office fically empty." statos

The Inspecting Ordnance Officer will be firing pyrotechnic stores from the rife

rangs on the cast side of Stonecutters-Island on Tuesday

Afternoon the windsbuted, morning, 20 fairly rapidly until 2.30 p.m..

The stores include

NORWEGIAN FLAG IN

GREENLAND

DENMARK'S CLAIMS.

when a slight increase occurred Nino smoke candles giving hoisted on a long strip of land in The Norwegian fing has been until 3.30 pm The wind then decreased to 27 m.ph by 5 pm large volume of smoke from the Eastern Greenland, be a private remained nearly steady till 7:30 ground with no flames or sound party of Norwegian explorers, n.mh by 0.30 p.m. It veered to pm, and then decreased to 17 effect.

This action has caused surprise Nino signal rockets, seven giving in Denmark, which also claims the S.E. by pin backed again, to white star signals in the air, one territory in question. The land in P. by 11 p.m. a rod stars and one grem stars, with of little value, and it in exported The typhoon was not corers. LUR What diplomatic negotiation kewill. when it passed over Pratas, but A number of signal gronados be opened to settle the question! developed considerably on its way giving various coloured stars in the The Norwegian Government dis to Hong Kong and apparently air suspended by parachutes, with claims responsibility for the doings filled up after entering the coast, no sound effect.

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