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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

POUNDED 188L

No. 12.838

二拜 號六十月六英港香

TUESDAY

JUNE 16,

1925

DISASTER. CHINA UNREST. WEST RIVER INCIDENT.

LAST NIGHT'S STORM.

LANDSLIDES BLOCK ROADS.

with the result that there have

carried down

Masses of

♫

BRITISH GOVERN- MENT'S ATTITUDE.

TOWARDS PEACE.

کرم ابر

FIRED AT BY PIRATES.

The tug Lee Hung was proceed. Ing down the Wast River yester- day towing the iron lighter Malato and a wooden junk named the Macau (both British) when they were suddenly fired upon by pirates below the rat cliff op. posite Kongmi (south).

日六廿四間

MURDERED.

BRITISHER KILLED IN

SHANGHAI.

LADY WOUNDED."

Royal Enfield Motor Cycless

Made like a Gun.

Model 350...

£47.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

DINGLE COPY 16 OINTS 39, Wong Nei Chung Road,... Happy Valloy,

36 PER A NUM

THE DRAMATIC ART.

DRUG HAUL.

ARREST OF TWO EUROPEANS.

GLENTARA”

CASE.

HONGKONG PRODUCER'S NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

The many friends of

Mr. Walter Sinclair, formerly with Messrs. Holyoak, Massey and Co., will no doubt be interested in hearing that he has been offered and has accepted the A sequel to the drug seizure on A Britishor, named William position of Director of the Hart the Glantara, as reported in The tug immediately slipped Mackenzie, was murdered last House Theatre in Toronto, and yesterday's issue, was the ap- bor tows and escaped while or night whilst driving a motor-bar here in July. Mr. Sinclair was before the Magistrate this morn

will probably take up his position pearance of two Europeans: two lightere anoke with thoir

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ward dead.

Shanghai, June 16:

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London, June 15. Much serious damage has boon) of the unfortunate watchman

The position in China was the caused and lives have been lost as on the rollar and the other is subject of a number of questions assistant in by Labourites and others in the the result of the exceptionally the body of an heavy downpour of rain which an adjoining tes-shop who rust House of Commons. was experienced all over the have boon swept. off his foot by

a suggestion by British ensigns flying, at 6 p.m. outside the Settlement bound-responsible for the beautifuling on charges of importing Replying to Colony last night. Nearly eight the surging flood which came Mr. Will Thorne that the trouble The Lee Hung then went in artes. He was accompanied by a settings of a number of local drugs without a pormit. The inohos of rain fell in four hours toaring over the roadway.

Iron telephone poles have been in Shanghai was due to low search of assistance, for at this lady, Miss Duncan, who was A.D.O. productions, and some value of the drugs is estimated at

models of his stage scenery BIO | $50,000. wages and the employment of time no cargo had been taken off, been numerous landslides and bent. double and in some

are on exhibition at Wombley. The defendants were Matthew. house and wall collapses. Most of cases snapped in half. Big trous children, Mr. A. M. Samuel, for although many pirates were seen wounded.

Seven Chinese stopped the car' the Foreign Office, emphasised standing along the Kongmi banks

The Hart House Theatre is Tonkin, 37, merchant, a native the Colony's main motor roads have boon

tho that the British Government had probably awaiting small boats "have been blocked and put out of hillside on to the road, whilst big done all it could to improve con- to take them across

to the turned flashlights on ite occu- allied with the University of of England, now residing at Toronto and is associated with the Hongkong Hotel, and Moavs use whilst at Happy Valley the boughs and branches are strewn ditions of Labour within the lighters. The object of the pirates pants and fired. Mr. Mackenzie' an institution which seeks to Sansonovitsh. 32. mercbant, disastrous collapse of a big ro- on the race course. taining wall has resulted in the masonry, some of which must International Settlement, and was no doubt to get the whole tow who bad re-started the car, was provide for all the activitios of a native of Brazil, who is stranded about half a mile further death of two persons, the injury weigh at least three or four tons, had no control outside.

down the river, where some, shal-bit in the neck and ho fell for the undergraduato a life which also living at the Hongkong lie outside the actual looture Hotel. They wara represented. The mob at Shanghai was very low banks are situated. - have been sarried for many of others and costly damago.

room. The building, which is by Mr. C. H. Lyson, who applied yards. The corner house, of the large and murderous, and had

At the time news reached, RAINFALL DETAILS. Ma Cheong Fong Terrace was the rioters succeeded in seizing Hongkong of the incident, armed Misa Duncan, although wound-for the use of men only and is for bail.

flooded up to the height of the armin at the police station un-patrol launches were expected oned, took the steering-wheel and non-residential, includes, in ad- Mr. H. A. Taylor, Assistant Mr. C. W. Jeffries, acting|firat floor and the occupier doubtedly there would have been the spot, but the eventual fate of guided the car more than a thou-rooms, a library, dining rooms, and Exports Office, said, there dition to the theatre, common Superintendent of the Importa Director of the Royal Observa- estimates his loss and damage to greater bloodshed.

the lighters is not yet known. tory, informs us that the rain rare curios at $10,000.

The British policy in respect The tow was at the time on the sand yards, when it ran into a gymnasia, a swimming bath, and commenced shortly before 8 Opposite tho Face o'clock last night and at 11 30 buildings a large portion of the adopted in concert with the other

course to the trouble in China had been way from Wuchow to Hongkong. ditch near the Columbia Country accommodation for various other wore 150 lbs. of heroin in the Club, to which Miss Duncan then by the trustees of the Masaay State in London might have to be purposes. Hart House was built seizure, and an adjournment was mocessary as the Baoretary for a. to-day the fall had totalled wall which surrounds the Fowors interested. No points of 10.25 inches. In the four hours cemetery was

ran for safety.-Reuter.

Foundation, under the direction carried

communicated with in regard to away difference had arisen.

CANTON NEWS.

of its. administrator, Mr. between 8.30 pm. and 12.30 a.m. by hillsidä

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torrent and

[The telegram does not give any Vincent Massey of Toronto, and

this case. The evidence against He tributed the firm, tactful no less then 71⁄2 inches fell, as now lies in the roadway. The

the second defondant, San- particulars of the murdered men presented to the Toronto

|sɔnovitob, só far did not amount follows:-

district was badly flooded and manner in which the Italian Inches two motor cars, which must have Minister, the senior diplomat at

beyond his name. Possibly, he University in 1919.

to much. On the completion of the Hart Between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m. 1.015 been trying to pass at the time, Peking, was handling the situa-

A special correspondent, writ-is Mr. W. W. Mackenzie, "of the

Huse Theatre the Players" 2,010 are now to be seen stuck in the tion.. 3.160 deep mud with which the road-

Ho omphasised that the Go-ing undor Sunday's dato, says Shanghai Municipal Council's Club was invited to assume the until Friday, Bail was fixed at The Cantonese army, which Electrical Department; although management of the Theatros.and $10,000 in the case of Tonkin. 12.30 1.320 way and race track are covered.vernment respected Chine and The maximum rainfall for any In Wong Nei Choong village would gladly land all its support is of a composite one day in Hongkong is 20.495, itself there were a number of with a view to securing China's including not a few troops from current directories also give the did do so in 1919. From 1919 and $500 in the case of the second on May 30th, 1889, and the pre- house collapses owing to the prosperity and peace.

other provicces, is not being name of a Mr. W. W. McKenzie, until 1921 it was under the defendant. allowed to hold the city without of Messrs. Alex Ross and Cowho received his first experience INDIA AND JAPAN:

direction of Mr. Roy Mitchell, sent fall has been exceeded on serious inundation of the low. The casualties in Shanghai

lying ground. One woman was ware 21 Chinese killed and 65 theories were advanced to explain

some minor engagements. Many Lta.] many other occasions.

taken to hospital suffering from wounded, and Одо American the apparant breakdown of the severo injuries, and a number of wounded.

Yonnan defence on Friday last. other Chinese have also been taken to hospital with minor burte. The British Consul at Haukow. They simply marched westward, The Fire Brigade, the police had reported that the firing there leaving a few doad along the The moat serious occurrence and a number of men of the was inevitable. Had the Chinese roads, and the Cantonese march- in conneotion with the deluge P. W. D. staff rendered effective authorities co-operated with the ed in behind them. The people was the collapse of a huge work..so soon

as the tragedy defence force, the deplorable seemed to be delighted to sos retaining wall on the hillside became known.

loss of life would have been their fellow provincials back in avoided.

Canton.. above Wong Noi Cheong village.:

At 10.30 this morning, troops The disturbancos in. Hankow

督

9.30 10 30

10.30

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11.30

11.30

"F

WONG NEI CHEONG COLLAPSE

TWO LIVES LOST.

as a result of which at least two ROADS BADLY DAMAGED.

The British Government' was

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fleė.

AFTER THE BATTLE.

oharacter,

" 'DAY OF MOURNING,"

A PEKING TELEGRAM.

BRILLIANT? CHANG

DEPORTED FROM THE COLONY: "Brilliant" Chang

to

Wae

HOME CRICKET.

Far

The 'hoaring was remanded

FACTORY CONDITIONS

COMPARED.

TO-DAY.

WAS

in the amateur productions of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Before assuming the direction of the Theatre, Mr. Mitchell

technical Was the

the director of

Greenwich Village Theatre, New York.

London, June 15. Ho is an author of note In the House of Commons, on the subject of dramatic replying to Mr. Wardlaw Milne, production, and the exceedingly with regard to the condition of define lighting and mechanical labour in Japanese cotton milla men have been killed and a num- Stubbs Road suffered rather and Shanghai were a symptom of were moving in various direc-ported from the Colony over aquipment which this theatro at Osake compared with mills at He had elest possesses are amongst the most Bombay, Earl Winterton said he bar of other people so badly seriously... The road is badly the deap, widespread unrest being tions and preparations were made the week-end.

bis nati e modern and best in the world. was informed that the maximum

hours skirmish. Firing ed to rotura

undor the injured as to necessitate their breached in two places just above exploited by interested parties to for a local

Namtao, Po On They were designed by Mr. working

Act were removal to hospital.

the cemeteries and there are one stir up feeling against the Powers began at 11.30 am. around the place, in

to Mitchell during his directorsbip. Japanese Factory When a Telegraph representa or two slips higher up. So far as with the largest interests in China, Koon Yam Hill and the Little district, and accordingly

He was followed in his position twelve daily, but this need not be tive visited Wong Nei Cheong the section between the bottom who therefore wars deeply.con-North Gate of the City, A serious this destination he was dispatched of director of the theatre by Mr. strictly adhered to in the factorles this morning he found a scene of and Bowen Road is concerned it is cerned to co-operate with China fight must have taken place and under polico guard.

Bertram Forsyth, who was employing only male operatives. desolation and damage which hoped to get the road opened for in the task of progress and reform, it is reported in Tungshan that It is hoped that this is the last educated at Winchester and over fifteen years of age. The almost boggare description. A traffic by 5 o'clock this evening. The surest remedy for anti-foreign the Cantonese are driving out a the Colony will see of Cheng, as Christ Church, Oxford, and as an women usually worked 10 to 12 large now building sita is and cars will thus be able to feeling in China would lie in an body of Yunnanese from

University Dramatic at night. An amendment to the being formed between Stubbs' proceed to Repulse Bay provided attempt by the Treaty Powers to stronghold, to which they had before departure it was explained undergraduate was head of the hours daily, and were employed

and was not to return here under any Society, Road and Wong Nei Cheong there are no bad falls on the new carry out the decisions of the held on until it was too late of to him by the authorities that he Oxford

served in this Act of 1921, reducing the legal village and tba retaining Wong Nei Cheong Gap-Repulso Washington Conference with re-

ccasional

circumstancos.

position with great distinction. maximum for women to eleven "At 12.30 only an have wall must

impounded Bay section. No reports have so gard to co-operation by China and

Ha is

followed now

by hours daily, and prohibiting night could be heard in the many hundred tons of wator far been received,

the Powers in measures beneficial shot

Mr. Walter Sinclair who is so work for women, was not enforced distance." when it suddenly gave way about. The road to the Peak is closed to China.

well known to Hongkong and at presont. Shanghai and

Eastern midnight. Tons of masonry were by reason of big landslips near

The legal màxima in India swept down the hillside, tearing Wanchai Gap and further slips

theatre-goers generally, and wore sixty hours weekly, and away the retaining wall of a higher up. It is hoped to considering the boat mesos of Settlement of Shanghai were

whose brilliant productions have eleven daily, for adulte; and sir house situated below. The tor-get the road cleared as overcoming the difficulties arising rent rushed over the roadway far as Wanchai Gap by to-night, largely from the absence of effect better than in the Chinese area,

over which we had no control. BOWLERS HAVE GOOD DAY. given so much pleasure, for years daily for children under fifteen.

past, to a very wide Public. He Night work for women just at the end of the Ma Cheong but the road to the Peak itself ive government in China.

Router.

will be responsible, as the pro-prohibition.-Reuter. Fong Terrace and by the side of will not be cleared until to-trusted that the forthcoming con-

London, June 15.

fessional terchnical head of the the Young We Nursing Home morrow. Quite a number of forence on the internal tariff of

Playing at Sheffield, Yorkshire theatre for the production of the (formerly the Happy Retreat) and people who were motoring up to China would afford an opportun

beat Notts by five wickets. Notts annual season of plays which swept trees, parked motor cars the Peak from the town lastity of removing such obstacles dissipating the present

batted first and made 139, Kilnor consists of sight productions in and masonry on to the race night had to finish their journey and

taking four wickets for 46 rur s. all, one each month from October course. The wall and railings on foot in pouring rain. Some atmosphere of distrust, inaugurat-

The looal Chicese päpera to Yorkshire replied with 157.to May. Each production is for one wook, with which surround the track at this cars got marooned between landing an era of fruitful co-operation point were carried away and slips and were forced to remain between China and the Pow-day print a telegram from Peking Barratt taking seven wickets for played

performances and stating that tho various heads of 71 runs. In their second innings seven

extension if thousands of tons of sand and out all night. They are still era. rock wore "washed on to tho there awaiting the clearing- of Replying to Mr. Ramsay Mac- of the Labour guilde. stationed at Notts scored 165 (Macaulay, occasional

of Donald, Mr. Stanley Baldwin gavo Peking have now requested the seven wickets for 76) and York-popularity Two motor cars (one an almost Although the old road to Re- an assuranco that the Govern-local workmen's guilds, all over shire went in to maka 148 for five justifies it. The theatre is open Leyland contributed to the general public, students of new Oldsmobile and the athor a pulse Bay by way of Pokfulum ment was co-operating with the China, to solemniss June 23mi as a wickets..

the University, however, having Dodge) which had been parked and Aberdoon is open, the road Powers in taking overy step pos- 'national mourning day." on 52,

the advantage of a reduced scale use of Mr. Sinclair's genius for under the trees, were wrecked. around the Island is closed owing sible to prevent the disturbances account of "all the humiliation

Playing at home, Worcester of pricas. An introductory lecture original and beautiful productions Ons was carried, and smashed to two fairly big slips between becoming a really big internatios and atrocities which the workers: defonted Glamorgan by 49 runs. is given before each production by and whilst he is to be congrat against the wall of the corner Shaukiwan and Ropulse Bay. al trouble in the Far East. There scholars and students at Shanghai house of Ma Cheong Fong Tor- The Public Works Department was avery reason to believe that have had to suffer from the hands Worcestor batted first and made someone qualified to deal with alsted on obtaining an appoint- of twisted metalwork half buried cleared by to-morrow.

Government's commissions of on the foreign element there."

It states: All flags will bo plied with 152 runs, 53 of which produced no fewer than 44 plays general public and the Hart in mud and hugo stones. The Thero was the usual flooding of quiry at Shanghai would co- fores of the rushing torrent is the town during the height of the operate most harmoniously, with down at half-mast, and procos were scored by Davis. Root took successfully in addition to two House Theatre in particular are In royivals, including some of the to be equally congratulated upon their second innings, Worcestor works of Shakespeare, and plays scouring the services of one who indicated by the fact that the storm, all the lower level roads a desire to attain peace and en- sions will parade the streets to seven wickets for 61 ruus. other car was awept off the road- being more or less inundated, able an attempt to come to an protest against the treatment scored 197, M. Foster scoring 60, of Bernard Shaw, G. K. Chester made dramatic history in the way, over the nullah and for Some houses in Francis Strost, arrangement on tariff, which which the students, especially and Arnott taking six wickets for ten, Ibsen and Sheridan.

Far East, and whose productions about 50 yards on to the race Wanohai, became very badly would keep and consolidate have had to undergo."

are known, through" theatrical track. It lies partially buried in flooded, thero boing no less than a

Another report in the local 76 runs. Glamorgan was left in government

and art papers, throughout the mud and sand,

five foot of water in the ground China.

verapeular papers, sleo stated to with 211 to make, but could only

In general charactor the work World. Hie beautiful models at A Government road roller, floors. The Fire Brigade was

Mr. Samuel emphasised that ze emanato from Peking, is to the knock up 162. being thus beaton

of the Hart House: Theatre in Wembley Exhibition in London Toronto represents an attempt to attracted great attention last under, the lee of the retaining but as the houses had boon British forcos. The casualties Hok-leung in command of 2,000

reproduce la Canada a similar year, and we hear are drawing wall near the site of the Young rendered more or less unstable were inflated by the police of the

typo of theatro to those exist-avon larger crowds this year. To Wo Nursing Home, was wrecked the inmates were advised not to International

Municipality of troops to Shanghai in order to

in England known as theso has been added a striking protest the intorost of the Obin080

ing when a portion of the wall was go back,

students and scholars thero. It

the Now and Repertoire scene from his great success here: carried away by the fall from A fairly considerable landslido

Thoatres, Asked whether be would order is stated that he will issue, a

of the finest last winter "St. Joan. It is of abova. The watchman who was bas ecourred at the junction of

'to all workcore,

of which fe Barry Jackson's well interest that the jubilee numbor, asloep on the roller must have Kennedy and Macdonnell Roads, that futuro demonstratore bo not proclamation

known theatre in Birmingham at of the Theatro Magazine," pro- met with instantaneous death and, there is a small slip on fired upon with ball cartridge, Mr. students and scholars urging

Now York, June 15.

which some of the recent great duced in May this year, contains when the wall toppled over tear Magazine Gap Road, just above Samuel replied that the Govern- thom to form a volunteer defonce

ment was not in a position to give corps, which all young men below The death has occurred of Mr. London successes such as The amongst other interesting photo- ing away all the superstructure the May Road lovel of the roller.

Bo far as reports already instructions to the International 35 years of age are asked to join. Julius Kruttschnitt, former chair Immortal Hour" were originally graphs, reproductions of no fower This statement his not been man of the Southern Pacific produced. It will thus be seen than thres of Mr. Sinclair's stage Two bodies have so far boon received show, the roads on the Municipality.

American that this theatro affords a peculi-settings now being shown at recovered from the mud on the mainland have not been damaged He added that the industrial sanctioned or verified by any Railroad-Reuter's

Service.

arly good opportunity for the full Wembley. race course. One is the body sufficiently to cause their closing conditions in the International official source at Peking.

course:

the roads...

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Closing Exchange 29. 3. 7/16

Lighting Up-Time 7.09 p.m. Baromoter

Temparature Humidity

2 p.m. 29.78

2 p.m.

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2 p.m.

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moat which is so fitted to his

race where it now lies a heap hopes to have the obstructions the Powers and the Chinesa of the more brutal members of 166, to which Gilbert Ashton tho play in question.

contributed 52. Glamorgan re Up to May, 1924, it had taste and ability, the Toronto

central

which was standing on the road called and pumped the water out, Chinese had been killed by the affect that General Chan Tso-lin by 49 runs. Reuter.

has now dispatched his son Chan

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Shanghal.

DEATH OF FORMER RAILWAY HEAD.

CREATIVE WORK.

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