1924-06-29 — Page 1

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

There is a Close Connection. botwann ihs byos and the bënith, Bodily maforluk le frequently iroad to the tato of the ayesight. Do not neglect to have your eyes sa. amined if they troubin you in the slightest degroo.

LAZARUS

·18, QUIBA'N QUAD CINTAM

The sady Europees Ostielan in the Oaton08.

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No. 12,592

FATAL MOTOR SMASH.

ONE KILLED: SIX INJURED.

Chauffeur's Joy Ride Ends Tragically.

雙拜禮

†三月六英港香

MONDAY JUNE 30, 19212-

SHAMEEN ACCIDENT.

CONSUL'S LUCKY ESCAPE.

110011.

Shot Near the Heart.

日九廿月五

THE BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT.

MACLAREN MAKES EXCELLENT PROGRESS.

DUE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

Five persons woro injured and

(thur Own Correspondent.) one, killed when a 'car belonging to Mr. M.A. Razack, brokor, of

Canton, June 29, Ice House Street, turned 15 Dr. Follx de Horta, Consul somersault and toppled intosa | General for Portugal, mot: with stream from a bridgo after a nasty accident yesterday aftor- crashing into the railings near

While cleaning a

.25 Having made roslly remarkable Doop Water Bay oarly this German automatio pistol in his progress since he got his now norning.

room at the Victoria Hotal, he machine at Akyab, Squadron accidently discharged it and shot Leader Maclaren was expected to himself just under the heart. arrive in Hongkong this after- Luckily, the bullet only struck noon at about three o'clock. This him a glancing blow and furrow-now came

great sur- od its way across his chest just priso, because it was not thought under the skin, causing a nasty that he could possibly make such

fast time.

AN

miloa.

1. Calshot to Karachi ; 4,39 014

2. Karachi to Tokyo: 5,879

3.

milea.

Tokyo to Vancouver; 5,41714 miles.

MINOLE

COFY 16 OTA

136, PER ANDEN

Firestone Most Miles per Dollar

Last year, in the United States, Firs alone won all racing lauròls in - the sovan big races in American tracks taking,

, sovon firstk, seven seconds, and seven thirds.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

JUNK PIRATED.

Registered Hend Offley and Service Similon,

3 Wenn Nel Chund Road, Tolephone

SIX PEOPLE. KILLED..

Passengers and Guards Wounded.

(Our Own Correspondent }'

Hdapy Valley.

Central 8950.``

A GIANT CENTIPEDĖ,

INTERESTING CAPTURE

AT KOWLOON.

How big doos a centipade growt Those persons whose knowledga Toriliis oroature of many logs does {not extendkboyand the spacios found in temperate zonos "will probably reply: "Only a fow Kongmoon, Juno 28.

inchos. But those who have The Hop Loo junk, which left lived for some time in tropic landa Kougmoon yesterday morning will have soon, or hoard of, conti- with Bhekki as its destination, is pedes eight inches or more in | Four "Lion" engines, three reported to have been pirated length. Scolopendra gigás, de Ite low compression and ono high while under way near Ngoihoi, rame implies, is the giant of all compression, wore specially pro-

Tho pirates came upon the junk the centipode genera and spector, The accident occurred just after

vided for the flight by Mossrs. on a launch and soon had control and attains a longth of twelve midnight, when the chauffeur was

Napler. The first low compres of the situation after a short fight inches. It le found in the warm taking a number of his personal

sion engine was put into the with the guards. About ton regions of Asia, and local re- friends for a joy ride, without

damaged machine. The second people were taken prisoriors and sldonts will be interested to know the knowledge it is said, of his

low compression engine was sent six killed; also four passengers that one of theso gigantic ropra omployor. The car wan

to Tokyo, whore Squadron and three guards were wounded. sentatives of the tribo" has boon round the island, and trip

Loader Maclaran was to change Tho.bucaneers made a systematio captured in the heart of Kowloon's

Broa-whether engines. it came to grief just bafora

Mr. Collins, of the American

This engine has 1 rummage of the whole boat and residential cylinders in three blocks of four quite a big-loot was got away. native of the place, or brought Deep Water Bay Golf Consulate, who was just about to Course was ronched. Here the call on Dr. de Horto, took him to

cylinders, each fanshaped. This The boat later returned to Kong. originally in timber from further road has two arms, but instead of the Canton Hospital, where the

The first suction is the accepted novel design gives the engine acon and reported the matter to south, cannot yet be anid...

Last Saturday night; Mr. J. taking the turning over tho

wound was dressed. Dr. do Horta

flown by Squadron-Leader Mac-vibration if running. toà NEW PATROL SCHEME. Gibson, of Masers. A. B Watson bridge, which is the continuation returning to the Shameen later arrive horo to-day, and this route to India, and it, was first short length and reduces the the authorities.

Laren himself in a Handley-minimum. The engine weighs The shipping: merchanta hora & Co's dispensary in Kowloon, Page machine in 1918.- -

less than 21h, for every unit of appear to be rising to the goca-board what he took to be milco horso-power,

sion by the formation of the seampering along the figor of a The bigh compression engine Indeed, the recent audacious pira-workmen have recently been Széyap Shipping Convoy Bureau. room over the dispensary, where has boon sent to Vickers* Canadian Works at Montreal, to aver action is necessary to en- Gibson investigated, and found a cios have goaded them to what-carrying out certain repairs. Mr. be put into the machine for flere in any measure the safety buge contipede crossing the room. Atlantic crossing.

of the travelling publlo in order Anxious not to damago it, ho

the

on a

wound.

The injury is not serious.

A telogram was received.in Longkong late last ovoning. however, which gave indications that Macluron would possibly

of the route round the island, the driver turned towards the loft. Ho Boon realised the error and in trying to swervo back to the right he failed to clear the MOTOR PROSECUTIONS, phong last evening and is making

railings of the bridge. Tuot gave way, and the spood of the car was such that it shot over ile edgo, turned a comploto somersault and came to rest, at the bottom of the stroom with the four whools in the air. The driver was thrown from his soat,

but all the other occupants were pinned boneath the car.

SEVERAL CASES AT KOWLOON.

morning 4, further telegram was received by the Asiatic Petroleum Company which stated that the aviator arrived at Hai-| the "jump" to Hongkong to-day, expecting to arrive hore at about three o'clock...

4. Vancouver to Ottawa; 2.127

miles.

5. Ottawa to Londen: 4.934

milos.

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THE MACHINE. The planu in uso by the British is what has been worldier aptly tormed an amphibiao, as it posso8806 an undercarriage which To be in Bangkok on Saturday, can ho withdrawn above the Haiphong on Sunday and Hong-kael-line of his flying-boat, so The low compression engines to render traffic possible at all. looked around for some means of kong on Monday is extremely that a landing can be made on give 450 bp. cach, and the high Launches which are adequately capturing it alive. His eye light-- At the Kowloon Magistracy fast going and will entitle the terra firma or the machine can compression engine gives appro-armed and otherwise equipped ed on a soup-plate, and at some For the purpose have been risk to himeofthe placed the plate. before Mr. W. Hamilton, this Squadron Leader to the very come to rest on a water surface ximately 550 1.3

purchased and placed under the over the creature and had it Im heartiest of congratulations and at the airman's will. The pro morning. R. Earnshaw manager

sont intention is to dispensa with

THE MEN.

control of this Bureau. This isprisoned. Going downto the dis- Shortly afterwards. Sub- of the Kai Tack Motor Bus Co. a big reception.

the undercarriage altogether on

apparently a big achome. In porsary, he procured some chloro- Inspector Watt, of the Aberdeen was charged with recklessly and It would appear that after the stage between Japan and

The Squadron-Loader is accom.which are concerned all the tow-form, and poured a small pool of Polico Station, arrived at the negligently driving a motor car reaching Bangkok on Saturday, the Canadian coast.

panied by two companions, Fly-bonte operating on the Taumoon, the drug on the floor beside spol. He sot to work to extricate in Nathan Road at midnight on Maciaron must have hopped off"

ing Officer W. N. Plonderieith Kuchong, Hokshan, Shinking, the plate, Manoeuvring this, be (his pilot) and Sergeant R. Chanchuan, Fatshan and Canton draw it over the chloroform, with the victims, 0110 of whom the 14th instant.

to Vinh, some 530 milos distant, was found to have been killed. Sergt. McWaltor said at the early yostorday and then con-

Audrews (enginour and mechanic) lines. The public has been in-the centipede still underneath, Four other Chinese were time of the occurrence. the Poltinued the flight lator in the day

Squadron-Leader A. S. Mac formed to the effect that as from and the anaesthetic put the Seriously injured, and it would Iling Theatre had just finished to Haiphong. No detailed nows

on the struggling. Laran, D.F.C., etc, is an Oxford- the 2nd July, the first three armed quietus appear that the driver was the and there were crowds of people to this affect has hoon received,

shire man. When war broke out launches will be put into com Scolopendra, nly one to escape from the on the road. Defendant passed but those are the deductions

he immediately joined the Air mission for patrolling differont accident with only a few bruises. three motor bases.

drawn from such information as

Force, as a mechanic, learned sections of the route between He was, howevor taken with the

Defendant said he was travell-(has come to hand. Viah in

flying in France, and went to Koogmoon and Canton, and it is bottio of alcohol, in the dispens.. thors to the Government Gvil, ing at 25 miles an hour, but was situate on the coast of Annam,

Egypt in 1915. Ho won the hoped that this will have the ary, and athough it has shrunk Hospital, but when the curo came not driving recklessly, as he had and is about 200 miles, south of

Military Cross in 1916, next a offect of diminishing the evil of slightly through-immersion in the up for investigation this morning.complote control of the car. Haiphong.

bar, and later tho Distinguished piracy to a great extent, the drivor was found to be miss As defendant had a clean

Flying Cross and Air Force Cross.. ing from the hospital andrecord, he was only fined $5. enquiries

being conducted with a view to recover: ing him for examination.

ro- now

ANOTHER

CAR OVERTURNS. An Eastern Garage ear figured in an accident occurring on the Repulse Bay Hoad yesterday afternoon when it turned over on its side after narrowly missing a man who was crossing the road in front of it.

The occupants, who were tourists, had engaged tho car in town. After the stop-over for tea at the Ropulso Bay Hotel, the ear returned with the party Past the Diary Farm the car had arrived at A bend, when Chinese suddenly appeared in front. He started to eroxx the road. from the left side.. The driver sworvad

Local arrangements are in the hands of tho Aniatic--Petroleum

A MISUNDERSTANDING Company, but it is not certain yot

Dr. K. W. Ip. medical officer as to where Macluren's machine in charge of the Kwong Wah will be koptafter the landing. Tho Hospital was charged with driv-actual landing will be in the ing car No. 1166 on the wrong vicinity of Laichikok, but tho side of the road, between the machine may later be towed to the junctions of Salisbury and Nathan Kowloon naval cainber. Roads at 10 p.m. on the 15th instant.

Defondant stated that the car was his, that nobody else drove

RECORD OF THE FLIGHT.

Loft Calshot on March 25th.

it. On the night in question he Deconded near Havro owing to was at home playing mah jangg.

and he had the keys.

fog., and later proceeded to Lyons. Loft Lyons on March 27, pro- coeding to Rome.

His Worship asked where the car was, and defondant said it was in the hospital premises. Tho hospital gates were locked Startod from Kome on March 30, for Athons Compelled to An Indian Constable said he descend at Corfa, and machine saw the car twien on the night suffered slight damage. in question.

Romarking that there was a Roached Athons on April 16, ## the มกษ direction to misunderstanding

somewhere, after now parts to engine had avoid the man, and, Th so doing, I bis Worship dismissed the case. been installerf.

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He is 12 years of age.. Much of his service was in the Turkish) campaign conducted by. Goneral) Allenby.

Flying Officer Plenderloith.] who is 25 years of ago, comes from the vicinity of Edinburgh. Joining up oarly in the war, hoj

"K.K.K." CAUSES

CONTROVERSY.

New York, Juno 20.

The centipode now reposes in a

spirit it is still over ten inchos in longth. When alive, Mr. Gibson estimates, it must have been quite u-foot-long. Thle-monster contipode has two wicked-looking calliper jaws, and twenty-three pairs of legs,

The torm contipode” is miș loading, for these creatures have The Democratic Convention is a varying number of legs, ranging divided over from fifteen pairs in some specios

saw service in France, boing bad-almost equally

Gorman

a superior force of machines in 1918. He was &

TO-DAY.

evon

ly wounded in an air combat with the Ku-Klux-Klan issue. The to one hundred and seventy-three-

majority report won by a single pairs in others. The allied "mil- vote. Mr. Baker's substitute for lipodos" are all not necessarily colleague of MacLaren's in the the League plank was defeated blossad with a thousand feet, It was at the beginning of May Aden Flight after the war.

by 742 to 353,--Reuter's Aimericun

The bite of most tropical Service. last year that Squadron-Loader Maclaren (seen above) sot about Sergeant Andrews comes from The Convention rejected the species of centipedes, such as making porparations for the Woking, and is 24 years old. He Ku-Klux-Klan minority report Scolopendra, is painful, and under

circumstances flight, and they have gone went out to France at an early which provided for specific mon certain

Вито kinds of on unceasingly over since. He ago, in 1915, and has had oon-tioning of the Klan platform. dangerous.

centipodes are harmless, Ike the succeeded in onlisting the help sidorable experience with flying Kanter's American Service,

slender, phosphorescent OпÓB of the Asiatic Potroloum Commachines and their engines,

seon on walls and sometimes. THE FULL FLIGHT.

orroneously tormed oarwigs pany, of Messrs. Vickers, and

under the Impression that they of Messrs. D. Napler and Son. These three firms have supplied

The whole of the route is

creop into a sleeper's ears. practically everything that is approximately 23,245 miles in

Contipedos are related to insects, Cusential for the flight.

length, and the original estimato

buy (with millipades) belong to a class

chomselves,' tho by Messte, Vickers built specially was that it could be covered

Myriapoda, which is a self-ox- Messrs. Napier

Thoy lurk planatory torm. machines.

Maclaren is, of course. very for the flight two amphibian in 29234 flying hours.

boneath stones, or in dark places. provided four special Lion ongines

jia houses, and come forth at for the aeroplanes. The Asiatic much behind his scheduled time.

night in search of small insoots, Petroleum Company have provide as he had hoped to reach Tokyo April 28tb, and, according ed stocks of petrol and oil at svory to tho original programme, bus companies were paying the Roached Karachi on April 23-place of call around the world. ho, was to have been back in Ginos imposed on the drivers, and Hold up owing to engine trouble. sold that if ho found out that: they wore, he would' in future inflict the maximum ponglty.

the car turned over on its nido, 1. BUS DRIVERS FINES: throwing all the occupants out,

A driver employed by the Kaij

There were two ladies in the party, Tack Motor Bus Company was bit they, like the mon, wore not seriously injured. All were ablo fined $5 for carrying three pas- to pick themselves up after the accident. They returned to town in another car.

DEATH OF SHIP'S OFFICER.

INDO CHINA OFFICER DIES AT SEA.

Rouched Cairo on April 18. Left for Bagdad on April 20.

Doparted thence for, Bushire songors in excess of the number Jon April 21. allowed.

Arrived at Bunder, Abbas from His Worship asked Sorgt. Mc-| Walter whathar the various Bushire on April 22.

CASE DISMISSED. Inspootor Thompsom of the Sanitary Department was again jod from Japan, before the Court on a charge of leaving a lorry unattended in Woosung Street.

When the s.s. Nam Sang, of the Indo-china Steam Navigation Company, came into port from Caloutta and ports yesterday, the Master reported the death of the 3rd. officer, Mr. R., G. Lowdon, The summons was dismissed which took place from pneumonia and another had been taken out at soa on June 10th. The ship against the garage concerned, was then one day's journey from but there was no appearance and Penang and when that port was this case was adjourned for a roached, the funeral of the de-wook. ceased officer took place.

The lalo Mr Lowden, who was

Sootsman, joined the Company THE GRAND PRIX.

on June 25, last year, and had served on the wa-Tairang, the 8.8. Hopsang and the s.8. Chip- shing prior to joining tho 8.8. Namsang last month. This was This first voyage on the steamer. He was $1 years of age and singlo. He leaves a mothar in Sydney to mourn his loss."

-Parla, Juno 20. The Grand Prix resulted :-- Transvaal La Grosmorno --Uganda

Router.

Arrived at Rangoon on June 25, Reachad Tavoy on June 28. Flow to Bangkok the same day. Arrived at Vinh yesterday,' '- Flew to Haiphong the semo

London on Saturday last. Tho official one, though it naturally bas received the support of ait interested in British aviation.

As yet no information of a

comrados

Closing Exchange 2s. 4. 11/16. Barometer

2 p.m. 29.75

Temperature 2 p.m.

Humidity

85

2 p. 76 Lighting Up-Time 7:11 p.m. High Water Low Water

9,5 .a.m.

3.5 p..

TORNADO DAMAGE:

TOWN PRESENTS APPALLING SCENE.

The machines evolved woro Arrived at Nasirabad on May 14. Vickers Vultures, the latest deve flight is not in any sonse an Reached Caloutta on May 16.lopment of the Vlokors Viking amphibian. The Vickers Vulture Crashed in Akyab harbour on has an overall length of 38ft. 2in.

Cloveland. June 29, May 24. New machine despatoh- with a wing span of 40ft. and an

The damage by tornado at Lorain is estimated at twelve milli overall height of 14ft. 6in. Thero are two large main patrol tanks definito charantor is available ons. Other lake-front cities also suffered severely. The waterfront *tho length of time at Sandusky la reported to be entirely demolished and there has and a servico tank, giving a total 10

boon some loss of life. capacity of 317 gallons, which MacLaren and his

will remain in Hongkong, but It

Lorain got the full force of the tornado, whitoh awept an area will onauro range of ap

A proximately 10 hours flying. An is thought that if the weather extending sixty miles from Oloveland. It now prosents an appalling auxiliary oll tank, a drinking conditions are favourable they sight. Eyewitnesses report that houses toppled over, roofs were water tank, which can be lifted out will not be here, more than one dying through the air, and trees were mowed down as if by a huge soythe. Some walls of houses were blown out, whilst other hougon and used for cooling purposes if night. necessary, and special es mora and The next stage of the light were aflame. A bridge over the river has been demolished. navigation gear have aled boon from Hongkong. is to Fooohow,

A Lorain messago says the latest estimate of "dead is bet FOUR STAGES.

fitted to moal Squadron-Lender and thones to Shanghai. Tho Maolaron's requirements. The hardest part of the journey 150 and 300, and the less at twenty million dollars A thonaant ahoad, and there buildings at Lorain wore, unroofed and demolished. Six Hundred Squadron-Lundur Maqlaron bo, machine has a speed of from 85 to is still ing now in possession of his spare 90 miles an hour with a normal will be many difficulties to bo troops have arrived to preserve order-Reuter's American HWH Cleveland, Ju The additional 77 gallon overcome, on the flight from machine, the general hopo will load. be that he meate with no further, petrol tank to be atted in Japan-serons tho Pacífic. How Owing to confusion following the slorm, mangi mishaps in his great flight round Caunda, will give the machine a over, the brave British, airmen aggerated reports have gained currency, Revised catima

with them the ossualties at Lorain at 58 killed and 118 injured, whil the world. Ha has yet to dom total range of 1,600 miles, more will carry ploto (nt Tokyo) the second of than sufficient for the flight from sincere wishes of everyone for a homeless Further deaths are reported from Sandusk the four stages of his flight, St. John's, Newfoundland, to the successful flight to the end of Cross and other authorities opine that it will be tovori

adourate figures are available- Reúter d ́Am Kur long journey: Iwhich are as follow.

ovoning.

“Azores.