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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933.

MACAO WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT KIDNAPPING

PORTUGUESE AND THE COLONIES

AN INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE

bon to two members of the Municipal Chamber of Paris and the Director of "Matin de Paris.”

No fewer than 1779 excursionists

Lisbon:-The Minister for For- arrived by sea in the Tagus re- eign Affairs has requested the cently and were very much im- Minister of the Colonies to name: pressed by the beauty of the river a delegate to the International, and the scenery. Conference for the protection of flora and fauna which will take place in London in October. It is said that Dr. Melo Geraldes will be appointed.

Col. Tomas Fernandes is Por 'tugal's representative to the Oat Conference in London.

COTTON AT ANGOLA

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Angola produced, besides subsidiary growth. one-hundred tons of selected seeds. The Minis- ter of the Colonies has sanctioned the export of cotton of any colour The Government of Mozambique proposed prizes for export cotton

THE NAVY.

Com. Almeida Henriques, who is at present directing the construc- tion of submarines in England. is to direct the construction of tor, pedo-boats. Capt. Nuno de' Brion will be put in charge of submarine construction. The commanders of

the three new submarines are to be Nuno de Brion, Arnaldo da Silvá Moreira and Celestino Martinho dos Ramos.

HIDROCYCLE

A new hidrocycle the invention of two sportsman of Club Car cavelos, is being exhibited in this

club.

PRAISE OF PORTUGAL

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The "L'Echo de Paris" has started a series of articles on the recent aerial flight of Frenchmen.

to Portugal The articles contain many interesting descriptions of Portugal, and especially of the beautiful scenery which the coun- try possesses. Italy also praises the art. history and progressive activity of Portugal in the review "La vie de Italia e del Mondo."

NOTABLE VISITORS

Portugal and Brazil: A com- mercial treaty between Portugal and Brazil has been concluded on a reciprocal basis.

THEIR EXCELLENCIES

RETURN

The Governors of Timor, Mozam- bique. Macao and Portuguese In- dia: are returning to their posts to resume their duties after the Colonial Conference which took place in Lisbon.

MACAO PHILATELTIC

The second number of the in-

review

Phila teresting

"Macao telle." edited by Mr. Pedro Paulo enthusiastic Angelo, who is an stamp collector, has just Dublished and should be useful to stamp collectors,

ACAO BROADCAST

STATION

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Panoramic view showing Mongha Fort on the right and Green Island, with its cement factory, now joined to the'" City of Macao

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THE GREAT STORM IN AMERICA

Potomac River Cities Swept By 80 M.P.H.

Hurricane

WORST GALE IN HALF CENTURY

Swept by the worst storm in half a century, the velocity of which at times reached eighty miles an hour, Washing. ton, D.C., together with other cities on the Potomac River, were at the mercy of the elements on Wednesday night, and another gale was reported to be in the offing.

The inauguration of the Macao short-wave station took place last Saturday afternoon in the pre- sence of the Officer Administering the Colony, Dr. Pedro Rocha Santos, many Government Au- The city of Norfolk, Virginia, which is exposed to thorities and numerous ladies and storms from all sides, is said to be the heaviest sufferer gentlemen

The Station is 1/2 kilowalt transmitting 50 metres and from the reports received, the Station has been received very clear- ly throughout the Orient.

Sidney and Timor have also telegraphed that

and messages music" were audibly heard.

The studio is situated in the new Post Office building.

The Post-Master General, Mr. must be con- Luciano Martins, gratulated upon the successful re sults which he has achieved.

Mr. Jose Chaves, "an official of the Post Office" has rendered very valuable help and Mr. Oliveira

Hearty welcome was accorded Estrela has also helped very con- by the Municipal Chamber of Lis.siderably....,

COFFEE OFFERED FOR WARSHIPS

Japan Sniffs At Brazil's Offer

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and damage there is believed to be in excess of G $1,500,000. The Potomac overflowed its banks at sever al points and farm lands have been flooded.

Looting is stated to have taken place in the stricken · districts but, so far, the police have succeeded in controll- ing the sitaution. As there is a possibility that things may get out of hand, the Marine Corps are being held in bar. racks ready to respond to any call that may be made for their services.

WIDESPREAD DAMAGE

"WASHINGTON, Aug, 23. Washington and other cities on the Potomac River were lashed by the worst wind and rain storm that has swept the valley in half a cen- tury and, with another severe gale in the offing, the Marine Corps was being held in readiness for relief 'work

age there was, also estimated at G.81,800,000. The mayor of the city telephoned to Washington to-night that military help may be needed and he said there had been come looting in all three of the towns, Ocean View is the smaller of the three places but the number af costly homes there is large. mayor said that the police had been successful in controlling the situa tion so far but that it may get out of hand.

The

The gale, which swept the area, at times attained a velocity of eighty miles an hour. The rainfall here has totalled 6.18 inches in the last 24 hours, according to the Weather Bureau, and heavy pre cipitation expected to-night Down the river in Virginia, the Potomac is overflowing at several points and flooding the farm lands. One third of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, is already under water Early this evening, officials ex- and the town is now isolated and pressed concern for the National can be reached only by boats of Soldiers Home, near Hampton, light draft. Further flooding will Va., which is near the summer re cause, heavy loss of life, it is fear-norte. No serious damage has been ed here.

In his talk with officials here, he said that, as soon as the homes were vacated by those who sought higher land, small boats carried the looters to the towns. The marau Iders have already carried away

valuable furnishings, he added.

huge amount of coffee, but others are of opinion that they can sell it through the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha or the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, two of Japan's biggest industrial firms.

is As most Japanese shipbuildings Toxro, Aug. 23. yards are buay at this time with An order for thirty warships. Japanese orders, they may not be large and small, has been received able to accept the Brazilian order by Japanese shipbuilding yards unless better terms are offered. from the Brazilian Government, ac- Representatives of the Brazilian cording to the Tokyo "Nichi Nichi," Government visited Japan several one of the leading papers here, this months ago and, at that time, they morning. The Nichi. Nichi" re- admitted that they were inspecting ported that the ships are to be the Japanese shipyards and "dis built in a ten-year period at the cost cussing possible contracts. of approximately Y.200,000,000. According to the "Nichi Nichi," Japanese shipbuilders are now the coffee would probably have to conferring on the crder, it is said.be sold abroad since the Orient is The Brazilian Government wants not a large coffee consuming area. to pay one half of the sum in cash Brazilian coffee would have to be and one half with coffee. Some of sold in Japan in competition with the shipbuilders are afraid that they Jara coffee which is near at hand.- will be unable to distribute this United Fress.

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The damage at Norfolk is al ready reported to be more than G.81,500,000. The city ia at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, on a low headland, and is exposed to atorms from all sides.

The city of Newport News, a famous society watering place, is in another small bay near Norfolk and it also has been severely beaten by the gale. It is in a somewhat more protected spot, however.

done there although trees were de- stroyed and the storm that is pre- dicted to follow in a few hours." This home is occupied by veterans of the Civil War and the inmates would, in many cases, have to be carried to safety in the event of a destructive storm,

The casualties have been light so far, and only six persons are known to have been killed. All of them are residents in the southern Vir ginia towns.

Washington is not entirely safe from the danger of an overflow from the Potomac as sections of the city are along the river's edge. There are virtually no banks on the District of Columbia side of the river.

NEAR HARBIN

Boy And Girl Made Captive

Harbin, Aug. 9.

This morning all the Russian papers contain a very long account of yesterday's kidnapping of two children—a boy of eighteen and a girl of eleven, who were with a party of children belonging to the Polish Roman Catholic Mission in Harbin, and who had gone out on the river for a boating excursion. Though the police have distinct- ly warned the public not to go far away from the city itself, the tea- cher who was. In charge of four- teen girls from this Convent, ap- parently went, rather too far up the river though he was actually within the imits of the Custom House frontier.' There is a sort of camp for a lot of children at Chinhe, this suburb of the town which is situated on the river bank, and it was from this câmp that the excursion was made in two boats, one boat being in char- gé of a. male teacher and the other in charge of a pupli of the seventh class of the Polish Gym- nistum.

Played on the Sands

The boats started out about 4 p.m. and after making their way up the river for a distance, the children went on shore to play on the sands. Shortly before 6 p.m. the master gave orders for them to return and himself loaded one boat with seven girk and pushed off from the shore, while the second boat got ready to start out' also.

At this moment two bandit's jumped out of the bushes on the bank and pulled the boat back, to the shore, seking hold of the boy and one of the girls aged only eleven, apparently, thinking that she came of wealthy parents, be- cause she was better dressed and had a gold ring on her finger. Another one of the girls jumped out of the boat and hid herself in the bushes and was able to see the whole of the proceedings.

The bandits hailed a large sail- ing boat which was saliing up the river and placing the elder boy and the little girl on it they quick- y disappeared in the darkness, after which the girl who had been the other children and with one hidden in the

bushes" collected !

oar paddled down the river, being met on the way by the teacher who had become anxious and re- turned to look for the second boat.

The story has caused quite a

sensation in the town and as the mission is a Polish one, the Polish Consul, Mr. Kwiatkovsky, is doing

his best to save the children from the bandits.. Later news state that the little girl has been returned by the bandits with a letter to the Roman Catholic Mission demand- ing a considerable sum in ransom for the boy. The exact sum is not yet known, but as the boy is an irphan and, without means of any kind the -bandits are depending entirely upon compelling the mix-

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AIR SMUGGLING

Saccharine From Holland

It is stated that the British Authorities at Home are becoming concerned over air sinuggling which is alleged to be going on at the present time, and are promoting an exhaustive campaign to catch delin- quents.

Both these cities are about 200 miles south of Washington and 100, miles below the mouth of the Poto mac River. Between the capital and these centres, there has been enormous damage and, because of the areas that have beep flooded, reports are coming in slowly. Some Some buildings along the river of the smaller towne are entirely edge in Alexandria, about fourteen surrounded by water and many miles below the capital, have been country families have been compell damaged by wind and water but ed to flee to the uplands."

most of the city is no fairly high Virginia Beach, another famous ground. The town felt the full watering place, where wealthy force of the gale, however, a summons of failing to furnish the northern families spend their summany of its historic oak trees have "gers, has been" severely damaged been blown down.

Looting Reported

Lorence Jones, of Braham Gardens," A case occurred recently, when South Kensington, and John Hyde Park, were each fined £100 Rogers, of Cambridge Terrace, and ordered to pay ten guiness costs, for offences in connection with the importation of saccharine from Holland Their, machine was con- fiscated. Against Rogers there wa particulars of cargo on an aeroplane in which was 63 lb. 420, of rac

saccharine,

and the rains and small streams The capital itself has been dam-charine. Rogers, in a statement, bave flooded sections of the town age but no estimate has been made said he bought the Heavy damage has been done to re- of the total. Trees were blown through an agent, and it was de sidences and the loss has been down on the White House groundslivered to him at The Hague. He estimated at G.81,500,000.

and along Pennsylvania, and Con- left Rotterdam, he said, with the necticut Avenues. Some of the aeroplane, flew to England and older buildings were damaged by landed at Heston, where he cleared cities is Ocean View and the dam. the wind and sidewalks and pave the aeroplane without declaring

ments have been washed out the sacchariae to the officer: sloping streets.

Rogers also declared he was ac Marines Held in Beadiness

tuated by a spirit of adventure, but he was very hard up at the time and hoped to make a profit.

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· The Marines are remaining" in barracks subject to call and all leaves have been cancelled. The Some months ago in consequence storm is subsiding somewhat bers of information being received that but the city is still near the centre attempts were being made to dispose of a low pressure area and more of a large quantity of saccharine rain and wind is predicted

observation was kept on certain dis- Out on the Atlantic Ocean, ships tricts in London by excise officers are seeking shelter from the worst and Scotland Yard officers On gole of the summer The Weather May 18 Jones was seen in a t Bureau said the wind was rapidly and be as followed by a flying attaining hurricane, velocity War squad car and suit cases contained. nings have been radiosd to ships at 93 tin boxes each with a German sea and river bosts on the entire able were found. It is believed."" east coast south of Boston have that a syndicate was behind the been warned to tie up until the smuggling of such a large amount second gale DERES.

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