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ECHOES OF 1859

60-Typhoon Visits The Colony

(17th August, 1859)

We shall doubtless hear of many

disasters outside. The water did not rise much" or Bowring's Praya would have gone to the same place as all other interests ever confided to that shuffling adventurer's dirty digits.

FINE OLD HOUSES. The following, taken from the columns, reveals advertisement the type of houses that stood on what is now a thickly populated

further performances either here or anywhere else. He spent nearly On Monday night we were visit-

as much upon the Theatre as the ed by one of those scourges which subscription list amounts to, so it was omitted in the plagues inflict-may readily be supposed that his ed on Egypt by Moses we mean losses will be heavy. a typhoon, The temperature on Sunday night became suddenly de- creased, and the vessels arriving from the North reported à won

The derfully heavy sea outside. wind for several days previously from the North, and the barometer showed indications of.. the N.W. and squalis accompanied by heavy rain prevailed all day' on Sunday and Monday. On Monday night the "gale began about eleven, the wind being North. It worked round gradually to the East, then to the South; expending itself in heavy puffs about noon yesterday morning. The bar fell to 29:20.

It is clear that we have only been visited by the outer edge of this cyclone, and that a severe typhoon has passed to the S.E. of us. A Siamese ship withiri tour miles from the harbour had to cut away her masts. A steamer has been sent to tow her in. A coal boat sank with all hands but one not far from Fort Williamn. Some houses were unroofed at Webster's bazaar, and the new Theatre has been levelled.

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easily divided into two and has separate front as well as back en- trances There are three cellars in each house,

A Dwelling House in Hollywood Road, containing six rooms in the Arst. a spacious Hall and four chambers in the second story, with out Hopses, "etc,

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In Staunton Street, a dwelling house consisting of six rooms, bath rooms, store 'rooms, servants' quar- Poor Mr. "Alfeld's career has beenters and stable. Commands a good brought to a close--his apparatus, view of the Harbour, chemicals and properties have been destroyed or injured to such an extent as to put an end to all

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SPACE

Parachutist to Drop

Six Miles

A young Englishman is to make a secret, attempt on the world's parachute jump, by leaping into space more than six miles above Salisbury Plain.

He plans to take photographs from all angles during his descent showing the distant map of the earth, the clouds he is about to fall through. and even picture studies of the behaviour of his own parachute. It is believed that these will be the first pictures taken by a parachutist

He will jump into 70 degrees of frost.

He is taking every possible pre- caution to train adequately for the cold and lack of air. He la

number making

of practice jumps. He knows that there is the risk of his becoining unconscious before he is able to pull the rip cord which opens the 'parachute.

He is out to beat the record at present held by a woman. Fra Lola Schroter, near Kiel over a year ago, jumped from a height She landed of nearly five miles. in 28 minutes at a point 15 miles away from the aerodrome.

Previous records were held by the Rumanian. Brascu (18,000ft), and the German, Georg Resch, of Wurzburg (15,000ft.).

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A fine commodious house in Old Balley Street, and commanding an excellent view of the Harbour.

H.K. POLICE

ORDERS

(Orders by the Hon. Mr, E, D. C.

Wolfe, C.M.G., LG.P.) 14

Chinese Company. Training Course Part II-All recruits will attend at the Chinese Company Headquarters on Tues- day, December 5, at 5.30 bm for Instruction,

Indian Company.

Commendation.-Lance Sergeant R204 A. Karin of the Indian Com- pany is commended by the "Hon. I.G.P. for rendering very valuable assistance to the Officer in Charge. Aberdeen Police Station in con- nection with the fatal lorry 8c-. cident near Deep Water Bay on October, 1933,

Revolver Practice.-A revolver practice for the Indian Company will take place on Wednesday, De- cember 6. at 4.30.p.m. under Sub- Inspector A. L. Hopkins at the Kennedy Road Range. Only those detalled will attend.

Training Course-Part II.-There will be no class at No. 3, Chi Woo Street, Kowloon, on Wednesday, December 8,

All recruits of the Indian Com-

pany residing in Hong Kong will attend Chinese. Company Head- quarters, 17, Queen's Road Central, on Thursday, December 7, at 5.30 pm, for instruction.

Flying Squad.

The Instructional patiol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Friday, December 15. Fall in at 5.30 p.m. at"Central Police Sta-

ton. Drees: Blue uniform and

cap with white cover.

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Emergency Unit Reserve,

Riot Drill.A riot drill will take place on Friday, December 8. Members will fall in at No. 2 Police

Optional.

LAUGHTON AS Station at 5.20 p.m, sharp, Dress:

HENRY VIII

Brilliant Production

Mr. Tyrone Guthrie's production of "King Henry VIII." at Sadler's Wells last night' will go down as one of the most notable of Shakes pearean shows. There were signs intelligence behind of a Hvely every scene and every line."

I chuckled again at the hot pace set by Mr. Charles Laughton His vigorous sketch of the King showed a monarch both passion- ate and sly. He frew, the lines of his conception swiftly and boldly and did not care if some went-as- tray..

SEPOY" IN TROUBLE

Convicted For Theft Of Watch.

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When Jaggat Singh of the Mounted Battery, R.A. appeared before Bir.

Wynn-Jones at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday

of on a charge of ' larceny watch from a shop in 235, Shang- hai Street, Kowloon on afternoon, the Magistrate, after convicting the sepoy, decided to give him the option of a fine it view of his good record, it being “stated that he had a clean sheet

for three years.

Sunday

For contrast there was the mov-

The complainant in the case, £. that the defendant ing dignity of Mr. Nicholas Han- foki, said nen's Buckingham, saying fare-

went into his shop" on Sunday well before entering the traitor's afternoon and asked to be shown) gate of the Tower. There was Mr. a watch. About the same time Robert Farquharson's Wolsey, a another customer came into the most interesting study. Here was shop and when "his attention not the conventional self-pity & Awas turned, the sepoy walked out cunning fox found out, but a pic- with the watch. Two visitors at ture of a man horrified and aghast the shop saw this and they told at the chasm before him, and then him (witness) about it, and, run- of a man who has learned a dread- ning after the defendant, they ful lesson.

caught him a few shops away and had him arrested,

Towering above all these was Miss Flora Robson as the broken-

queen. Her emotional] hearted manifestations have been much stopped down, but the emotion is certainly there. Her performance has gained immeasurably by this. Here was a study, moving, digni- fled and intelligent, which must long remain memorable. '..

Mr. Guthrie must be congratu- lated on his handling of the scenes. Every situation was ap- The new challenger is a para-proached with increasing intensity, chutist who has made more than until the moment of greatest emo- 100 descents. He has spent months tional stress coincided with beauti- in preparations and has only justful grouping. received the special Air Ministry permits needed.

"Well I have strength?” Here are his plans, and his ob servations, as given to the "Even- ing Standard" to-day:

"Because of the intense cold my body will be prepared before I enter the airplane with grease, in the manner of a cross-Channel swimmat.

"I shall wear oxygen`apparatus, because of the rarefield air- man gasps at 17,000 feet, but at

Beveral of the smaller parts were very well played, particular- ly by Miss Athene Beyler and Miss Ursula Jeans.

London will miss a fine, intelli gent show if the production & re- stricted to a short seasori, at Bad- ler's Wells and the Old VIC

SENT TO HOUSE OF DETENTION

35,000-feet he could not live with Russian, and Arabian Vagrants

similar

out mechanical ald

"My pilot will need

Innakenty Vershinsky, 17, was equipment.

charged before Mr. Balfour yes- "One danger is that the physi-terday with entering the Colony, cal exertion needed to get out of without a passport and, with being the machine in atmospheric cira vagrant. He was committed to cumstances that allow man only the House of Detention and an ex to make a movement at intervals pulsion order was zaade. may so exhaust me that after the anal leap I shall have no strength left to pull the rip cord.

MARINE COURT CASE

It was stated that the, defendant. came from Shanghai as a stowaway fiye days ago and was arrested out- uida the offices of the N.YK. ơn Saturday morning. He would be sent back to Shanghai in due

course.

Yoursef Ali, 32, an Arabian waż also committed to the House of Unlawful Dredging In Harbour Detention. The man had volun- tary given himself up to the Po- lice two days ag7 His story was Kwok Tai Kan, a Chinese boat that he had stowed away on a man, appeared before Comman ship from Calcutta and that the der Newill at the Marine Courtship's captain made him work all yesterday, charged with unlaw the voyage The ship was expected. fully dredging outside Causeway here in the near future, and no- Bay of the Victoria on laat Bun cording to the Police, if the de- fondant a story would be verified, Defendant pleaded guilty and the Captain would be liable to take was fined 88.

the defendent back

The defendant pleaded not guilty but after he went into the box, he was- fined $25 or one month in default: ..

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