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BROOKLYN FIRE DISASTER.

AUGUST 22. 1923.

CHANGSHA: ASHORE.

FOUNDED

NO 12.738

三拜 辦弍中八4

WEDNESDAY,

T

THE TYPHOON.

Steamer Probably Abandoned

Firemen Buried by Falling Masonry,

(Renter's Service.)

New York, Auzust 21

HIS MAJESTY'S SYMPATHY.

Governor.

MOTOR TRIALS.

Notice to Competitors

& Officials.

SINGLE COFF

120 PER ANNUM

"RECONDITIONED CARS”

When people ask you if you like your car, they don't ask whether it is a Used Gar, You like it or you don't like it and your

"Yes" or "No" becomes the baals of their opinion. And we know

that the only way to make it a un- apimous "yes" is to sell Used Cars that. are really in good condition. THE DRACON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Telephone- -Central $950.

✅PRESIDENT GRANT"

FIRE.

Hongkong Largo and Mails Damaged.

Tokyo, Aug. 22.-Reports atato

CHITS VERSUS CASH.

Reasons for Enforcement

of Lou TL

It is still hoped that the weather

Interviewed by a representative 'VICTORIA". BRINDING

conditions will permit of the motor) A large force of firemen were buried in the collapeo of a wall

the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. of the Telegraph this morning, car and cycle contests being held during a fire at a dance hall in Brooklyn. It is feared that ten of Royal Message to H.E. the

ON PASSENGERS, *

on Saturday, as arranged. Is the that the firs on the s.a. President Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, stated the med have perished and that thirty are injured. The disaster?

event of the typhoon signal being Grant stated in Nus. 6 and 8 (not that the local hotels had recently occurred just when the fire had apparently been got under control

The woll-known Etern and displayed on Friday, however, the 1) holds while the ship was been notified that the law against and a number of firemen were on the roof whilst others were on a

His Majesty King George has Orientalsteamer Changsha, which events will be postponed for one Toyaging between Yokohama and the signing of chits for, liquer, lower floor turning streams of water on the flames. Crowds of

Kobs. It raged, fiercely till late except when partaken of ae part spectatorka hot up to the sky, and piercing wails were heard coming holony has suffered as reef, 150 miles from Sandakan, echo wish to get their cars or cycles ooding the bolds an spectators were dispersing when a terrific crash and clouds of dust expressed bis sympathy with runs between the Orient and Ane week.

Hongkong in the losses which tralian ports, bas gone ashore an a

yesterday, when it was controlled Competitors from Hoogloog

of B meal, is to be strictly from the burning wreckage. Many of the spectators becaue result of the disastrous typhoon. cording to Reuter's earlier sables.

enforced.. hysterical.

The damage to cargo and maila across to Kowloon in good time are for Shanghai and Hongkong A Telegraph · representative: Two motor fire sagines were crushed like cardboard. A fireman The telegram was received this. directing a hose on top of an escape was struck by flying masonry, and morning, and was in the follow. called at Messrs. Butterfield and notified that arrangements have considerable.-Reuter

Swire's, the local agents, this been made whereby their machiner crashed to earth on top of a spectator. Both men were sent to hospital. ing terme

"Balmoral Castle, Scotland. To morning, but they were not so well can be stored over-night on Friday Simultaneously with the crash, the flames flared up afresh, and cast

Workshops (the old Cains Light a ghastly glare on thousands of scantily clad bystanders. The cries Sir Reginald Stubbs, Governmen informed as the newspaperman at the Kowingo-Canton Railway of women and children mingled with the graans of the injured on distressed to hear of the sad loss and Siro received a telegram Cars or cycles may be sent there

House, Hongkong-I am much On Monday Moners. Butterfield

ard Power Company's building). whose arms and legs were soon protruding from the wreckage. Firs men, police and civilian volunteers are attacking the ruins from all of life and the damage to ebips and from Syd by stating that the

property caused by the typhoon Changsha had gone aground, any time during Friday, but com

Aug 21-In the promising to-telegraph further patitors are asked to arrange that Scottish League, Rangers and pides.

at Hongkong.-GEORGE RL" New York, August 21. His Excellency has replied as when the vessel was refloated they arrive pot later than & Falkirk draw, the score being

follows:

Apparently, in the first inst- So far se transport across the

Two firemen were killed and forty-seven injured in the collapse of the dance hall wall.-

BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED INCREASING.

HOME FOOTBALL.

Loudon,

COMPANY REPORT.

Netherlands Trading Society.

is

two

HM the King, Balmorai, ance, it was not thought that the barbour is concerned, competitors goale oach Reuter. Scotland-Hongkong thanks Your position was serious for Reuters must make their own arrange- Majesty for your gracious mess-earlier cable stated that the ments. The Godowa Company is age. The loss of life has not been Changeba was in no danger prepared to maintain a lighter great, compared with experiences Neuter stated that there were for those who do not arrange to get Borvica dúríng Saturday morning But South Wales Trade Improves.

of the past. The damage to pro-eight feet of water in the forepeak porty is extensive but not vary and eleven fact in No. 1 hold, but their cars or cycles across on Fri- London, August 21:

serious, and except for one steam throther holds were dry. That day, but competitors will have to Unemploynient has been gradually worsening during the past or sunk in the harbour, the damage cable went on to say that their the bours with the Company. few weeks, Last week it increased by twenty thousand, to 1,212,000 to shiping can he renaired with ship was awaiting refloating with Matters will be greatly facilitat On the contrary, trade conditions in South Wales are perceptibly out difficulty.--STUBBS"

The general balance sheet and mentioned that all were well petitors arrange to have their Profit and Loss Account of the the help of a salvage stosmer. Ited, however, ifall Hongkong cam- brightening, owing to the increase of coal shipments and the im

machines sent to the Railway above Society to 31st. December, provement in spelier, nickel stool and timpistos, Larger orders for

Yesterday, Messrs. Butterfield Workshops in Kowloon on Friday. 1922, show that the not, profits the last-named have been arriving from South America and the Far -East

No more bodies ofthe unfortun. and Swire received a telegram The attention of competitors is amount to F5,619,847.78 (£468,321), | Boston message states that the Municipality there is purchasate victims of the Loong Sang "from Messrs. Harrison and Crosagaia directed to the requirement out of which, after providing for ing freen thousand tons of Welsh coal, which is offered cheaper disaster have been recovered. The sfield, the agents at Sandakan that all cars and cycles must be the Statutory Reserve to the than the fifteen and a half dollars charged for American anthracite, death roll amongst the Chinese is This telegram stated that the at the foot of Tain Wan Hill not extent of F323,969,56 (£26,997), a nos nearly a beavy as at first Changsha was badly ashore and later than or on Eaturday. dividend of 6% has been declared. thought. A Telegraph, represents that salvage assistance had been after that hour, the road will be

BRITISH PROFESSOы'S GREAT DISCOVERY.

To Revolutionise Coal and Fuel Trades.

22Loongsung" Chinesc Saved.

tive was informed this morning that out of thirty-four Chinese. who were on board, twenty two

ave been saved.

aboard.

sent.

closed to traffic. A Reuter cable from Sydney, ·Printed instructions will be sent received by the Telegraph this to each competitor to-morrow, morning, states that the Victoria and these will explain in detail Ka well-known Chinese-owned the arrangements for parking cars London, August 21. Ect on London Insurance steamer running between Hong and cycles prior to and after the Professor Illingworth, of the South Wales School of Mines, after

Market.

kong and Australia) is taking the contests. sixteen years of research, claims to bave produced, by a low témper-

London, Aug. 20-The Times Changsha's passengers on to their ature carbonisation of small coal, what is practically artificial anthracite, calculated to revolutionise the coal and patent fuel trades. City Editor says the financial destinations. The Changsha will sive gallons of crude oil per ton of small coal, four gallons of motor on the London insurance market goes on stating that remains, fed, stripping will be of no He says the process of manufactura enables the extraction of twenty effect of the Hongkong typhoon probably be abandoned, the cable spirit and quantity of sulphate of ammonis, and the utilisation of proinises, as far as can at present carried out, will be a difficult and vast quantities of small coal now wasted................

be judged, to be light. The quali costly undertaking. fication is needed, because some time must elapse before the under- writers can feel assured that everything is known.-Reuter.

COMING BOXING CONTESTS.

Firpo to Meet Wills.

New York, August 21. ́*

Firpo has signed a contract to fight Wille at Buenos Aires in April, regardless of the outcome of the Firpo Dempsey fight on Beptember 14.

GLIDING CONTESTS IN FRANCE,

Paris, August 21.

AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE LAWN. TENNIS.

Sydney, August 21.

Junk Founders.

A point to be stressed is that no stripping of cars is permitted, and, 60 far as cycles are concern

advantage, as weight counts,

Officials must be at their posts The Changsha-was-bounds for............ Hongkong from Australia Whenot later than 2 p.m. on Saturday. ther there were many Hongkong In to-morrow's issue we shall residents aboard as passengers is give a list of names of competitors not known locally..

for the various 'aventai

The survival of the master of the fishing junk T2325 is related in connection with the sinking of TYPHOON LIFE-SAVING the vessel in the great gale on

Saturday last. Managing to save Matter Receiving Govern- himself by clinging to a floating piece of wrackage until picked up, he told his rescuers that hie daughter was lost when the junk

ment Consideration.

We commented the other day.

MANILA POLITICS.

A Bombshell Bursts.

Manila, Aug. 21. A bombshell burst in political

THE CORONET.

**Nanook of the North."

waa that certain persons in- The reason for this, he said,

terested in the question had brought to the notice of the Government the fact that the law was being openly violated in the Colony.

If real public opinion was [shown." to "ba... against the

law,

why the Government should not consider its repeat, added the

#here WOO DO TERBON

Colonial Secretary, in reply to a question by our representative. If any Unofficial members of Council, for instance, were to | argue against the provisions of the Ordinance, the authorities would give their views careful cpasideration. The Government had not decided to enforce the law because they thought the signing of chita was leading to excessive drinking of alcohlic liquore, but they could not allow a measure on the statute books of the Colony to be ignored.

GARAGE DEFECTS.

A Contractor Fined.

Mr. Neville, of the PWD, this morning, presecuted the O. Hing contracting firm, of No. 31 Abardeon Street, for divergence plans submitted to the Depart- "Nanock of the North, the tion of a garage at No. 16 Uaine ment in respect of the constrüo-

to d-light large audiences, and plans comprised cartsin defects big Pathe Eskimo production, oo Road. The failure to keep within showing at the Coronat, continues requirements of the approved all who have seen this truly fine in the bara, aleo that only four feature speak loudly in its praise. hars were put in instead of seven All the soivities in the life of the The job was very nearly complet Eskinzos Bahing, hunting, tented when the discovery was made. and "Igloo" building are shown Characterising it sa a very in detail. Tha scence of the pic-serious offence, Mr. O. Dr. Mel ture were located in the vicinity bourne imposed a fine of $50, and of Cape Rufferia, north west made an order for all the re- Ungava, a large tract of land and inforecement work to be pulled frozen see uninhabited except by down and work renewed in the small tribe of Eskimos who accordance with the original appear as the cast in the produc plane. tion. The picture was taken by Mr. R. J. Flattery, five times leader of Bir William MacKenzie's expeditions.

TROOP MOVEMENTS.

:

Far East.

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 28. 3, 1/163. Barometer 2 p.m. 29.61. Temperature 2pm.

MI...

82.

Low

Humidity 2.pm. High Tide 7.52 p.m.

Lighting Up-Time. 6.50 pm.

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

Lack of wind, or unsuitable winds, resulted in low totals in the went down. This is the fourth on the lack of proper. harbour circles this afternoon, when report in respect of lasses life-saving facilities in Hongkong, Senor Quezin announced that gliding at the Vauville meeting, which have hitherto consisted sustained by the Aberdeen fishing as disclosed on Saturday during he had cabled to the Secretary chiefly of a duel between Maneyrol, on a Pegret glider, and the fleet.

The big typhoon. On enquiry of State for War at Washing. Bolgian, Simonnet, on a Poncelet, monoplane. The longest flights The body of an old man wis from the Colonial Secretariat on that Mayor Rodrien z who Provisional Programme for Water 1.18 pm. hitherto made are: Simonnet, wo hours, fifty-eight minutes and picked up from the foreshore at learn that the Hon. Mr. HE was recently appointed. by Go- thirteen second; and Maneyrol two hours, thirty-nine minutes, and Shaukisan yesterday. He je Pollock, KC has given notice vernor-General Woods, is an ex- forty-one seconds.

believed to have brea one of the that he will ask questions, on convier of Bilibid Prison, victims of the typhoon.

this subj ct at the next meeting

The provisional trooping pro- American: Offer. of the Legislative Council, and Mayor Rodrigu z, it

was convicted in ramme for the 1923 1924 Beason the Colonial Secretary, the Hon, Milever, The Private Secretary forwards Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, is looking 1900 on the charge of forcibly is pu.lished.

sbducting

woman by the- The 8.8. Derbyshire, with the us the following messages from up all the suggestions that have aid of a band of bandits, and with now battalion for Hoogkong, the The Australian Lawn Tennis Association has instructed Ander-Government House

been put forward since the dia-

the 1st East aurrays, is to depart A notice of interest to competi Pon to accept the Japanese offer to the Australian Davis Cup players) "To Governor Geréral, Hongaster of 1906, and the previous belog an accomplice in to visit Japan on their homeward journey. It has requested Anderkong, Press reports. atate great records on the matter.

murder of an American Army from Port Sudan on November tora in the forthcoming motor

and is due to arrive trials appears on Page 4. son to ask the Japanese whether they are willing to play return damage Rongkong caused by re- Saen by a representative of the sergeant, and was sentenced to 8th

"Dairy Farm News" appears represan'ative matches here.

cent typhoon. The Command. r-in-Telegraph, Mr. Fletcher pointed one-year's imprisonment and hera on November 30th. She is

scheduled to leave Hongkong on on Page " Chief of the United States Asiatic out that it had yet to be decided fined Ps. 1,000.

December 4th with the 2nd Powell's have received selec Flest extends sincere condolences what was the best means of life. Governor-General Woods, in King's for Bombay, arriving at tion of Phoenix Silk Hosiery U.S. COAL STRIKE THREATENED.

and desires to place at the dis-saving to adopt. A volunteer terviewed by Reuter's correspon the Indian port on December 19th. Pare 7: rosal of the Governor of Hong-corps of life-savers had been dent, seld he was much surprised a board the Derbyshire from The Pesk Club hent night ed- Atlantic City, August 21. kong the resources of the entire suggested previously, and the by Senor Quizon's disclosure of America is threatened with another coal strike in consequence United States Asiatic dieet in any difficulty was that the men might the alleged criminal record of Hongkong will also be ninety verdleed for the 25th ing bas of the breakdown of a conference between owners and anthracite capacity that may be needed, be kept mobilised for days, with Mayor Rodriguez. Neither I men who will comprise drafts for been cancelled. Page 4.

the United Kingdom. The vessal Atlantide a super film at- miners, endeavouring to reach an agreement. Mr. Lewis, president (Signed) Commander-in-Chief out anything materialising. To-nor anyone in this office had any will leave Bombay on Desember traction, is being screened at the of the miners union, announces a cossation of work on September 1st. Asiatic.”

day, for instance, they would knowledge of anything unfavour- The following reply has been still have been hanging around able of Mayor Rodriguez' secard." 26th. for Port Said, arriving there World Theatre -~Pages 4 and 12.

on January 6tb., with the Lat: Bent:

wondering whether they would be Governor General Woods said A. and 8. Hdra, and drafts for the "The Commander-in-Chief U.S. required. Powerful ture appeared that since the release of Mayor K. At Port Said will be Asiatic Fleet-I greatly appre-to be the best craft, being the Rodriguez in 1901 be had ex- embarked the 2nd. Dorsets who ciate your message of condolence, most seaworthy, to employ in calient records, public The report that Marquesa Crewe is retiring owing to ill-health is and am most grateful to you for saving life in the harbour. Thers official, both in the US. Govern due at Southampton on January

and will sail on January 8th, and are only kind that builds reputation: not confirmed. It is learned that Sir Auckland. Gedden will continue your offer of help. I am glad to were various aspects to be gone ment and the Philippines Govern 19th. as Ambassador at Washington, but his health will not permit his say that assistance is not needed. into before any conclusion could ment. He had been electd The s.. Braemar Castle is The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd. resuming his duties. He has lost the sight of one eye.

The damage done by the typhoon be made, however. though extensive is not so serious. an to require special measures,- | --- Stubbs.""

THE WASHINGTON AMBASSADORSHIP.

London, August 21.

DISASTER TO JAPANESE SUBMARINE.

Tokyo, August 21. Japan's latest submarine aank on her trial trip off Kobe. Eleven of the crow, have been saved, but 85 are missing,

WIRTH VISITS MOSCOW,

Moscow, August 21. German ex-Chancellor, Herr Wirth, bas arrived here.

(Continued on Pago 6.)

LISTEN. Truthful advertising is the

Mayor of his town. and Governor due to leave Malta on October published foportant noticek on. of his province twice. He was 18th with the lat. Loyals for Pages 4 and 5, serving as Governor at the time North China, arriving at Chin Portuguese experienced in im- there was a deal of wind, and the of bis appointment of Mayor. He Wangtac on November 19th. She port and Export trade secks-eng- Last Night's Warning.

was convicted and sentenced by will also take 40 drafta tranship:agementPage 44 Karbour got so rough that thee Military Court during the ped from the Marglen, in Egypt. A remarkable scenic picture There was some foar felt ferries ran a restricted service. Filipino (aburrection when he was he is due to leave North Ching from the Land of low and Snow, locally fast evening that Hong The gignal was still up this morn-only 16 years of age. on November 23rd with the 2/55th entitled "Nanook of the North" is kong might be in for another ing, but it was lowered at 11.15.

typhoon blow. The No. 4 signal, The Observatory report says that| Governor-General. Wooda said Cokes Rifles for Bombay and 15 being shown at the Coronet Indicating that gales might be or- at 6 am. to-day the typhoon was that he would look into the matter drafts for the UK,, arriving in Theatre-Page 126 pected from the east, was hoist-less than 100 miles S. W. or 8.8. thoroughly, "The reason for re-India on Decembar 11th Bus Particulare of forthcoming ed during the evening, and all of Gap Rock, apparently moving opening the case, at this time is will leave Bombay on Disembur auction sales appear on Page 4. native boats went to shelter, as W.N.W. The Loochoos typhoon perfectly apparent, Intimat 18th, with 900 further drafts for The current programme, at the also did many of the steamers passed very near to Oshims this ing political mud-slinging Daily" Blighty," arriving at South-Star Theatre is published on Fage

12. Jinport Daring the night morning, on a northerly track, Bulletin.

ampton on January 10th,