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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925.

HISTORY OF HONGKONG THE WOOSUNG STREET

PLAQUE.

FIRE.

CORONER'S ENQUIRY.

Tint thre

FOOTBALL

CLUB v.

TAMAR.

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The following will represent the were very feelin known the rats gol Int: porn sacks features in the ease and that there.

Hongkong Football Club in their and were so transported and took the disease with them. In Indinį were genonds to sampect that it was match against H. M. S. Tomar 211 41 156 dl arstiri, were the reasons for to-day kick off 4 p.m.. on Club there was a system of building the holding of an equity into the ground. B. Rodger: W. G. special receptional for the ecru in circumstances of the denis of the Gerrard (Capt. C. B. Bishop: to which the sacks were shot and nine persons who wein burned in A. Mair, J. Stewart. 1. Watson left. No water could get in and the distrug fire which occurred T. Pile, A. S. Forsyth, G J. Jones, the rals were unable to get out.at Nas. 65-61 Woosung Street, H. G. Howard and W. J. S. Key, To live in the hot climate ra's had Yaunti, shortly · beluso" & o'clock to have water or die within 24 on the morning of January 8. hours and thus any rats that had | been transpor'ed were killed within 24 hours. He wondered whether anything on these Hues was in ure in Hongkong. Dr. Severn replied

that he thought not.

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4. ton sitting as Coroner, assisted ground, kickoff p.m. — A by a jury composed of Messrs. Dunean: F. Wheeler, F. Read: Mak Kamyuk (forerunn), Wong A. W. Turner, C. Cuvoille, 13. Sui-fui and Lui Chung-sun. Mr. Paven; F. Cleano (Capt.) J. The Popular Side.

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rendy appeared here. Then at 5.30 there is to be a popular lecture in Room K at the University on Public Health but it will resolve itself mainly into an exhibition of pictures and cinema dealing with matters vital to public health.

that same person or per one had started the fire.

Only two of the nine perons were mentioned in the empiry. The body of one of these, a womon of alt 44 years of age, was found In the truthor of No. 61 and the ther, also a female, aged 49, - wIDE found together wallt, six, others in the kitchen of the third floor of

be same house

"Pactors,” at 3,80 p.m. on the engri, ni Pokioolom. Megars. H. M-Soo (Capt.; and 11. H. Wang, Messrs F. A. Redand&hff")[...] Forster. Mesars H. H. Chenland 11. N. Buthatchet.

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On Monday evening next here is another popular lecture given by a Conference member, Dr Davidson Black of Peking, at the Helena May

The first witness to be called Considerable excitement WHA Institute at 5.30 p.m., his subject

the created in the Naval Dockyard being "Prehistoric Anthropology," was the medical officer of On the following evening at 9.35 Kowloon Mortongy who depuned sho tly before p.m. Dr. J. L.. Maxwell, secretary to death having taken place festonight as the result of a fire which

The of the China Medical Missionaryphyxntion in both enses,

skull of thes body Df tho Association, is to lecture in the

nine o'clock last

broke out in a matshed. For a few minutes there was a big blaze.

City Hall on "Sidelights ou a Cen.female found on the third floor and some anxiety was felt on ae-]

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An inmate of the first four of 145 the Naval Stores,

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whether my of the other inmates and the conflagration under con- Newark, N. 4. January 22-The attempted to esempe or not, Er. The matshed was destroyed, two and threequarters and the two she lind foat her bend." She but fortunately the fire was pre- and a quarter miles indoor World was unable to say exactly how vented from spreading to other in- records were broken to day by auch time she had to make her flammable storea, Nurmi, the phenomenal Finn" his escape. times being 13 mins, 3 Pc, and At this juncture the enquiry was 10 min. 42 xeos, respectively. -djourned while the Cauri visited Reuter's American Service

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