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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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SEIZURE OF ARMS,

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926.

WATER PIPE BURSTS.

CONSIDERABLE WASTE OF

WATER.

Queen's Road Scene, -

KOWLOON SHOOTING.

BULLETS ENTER HOUSE IN

HANKOW ROAD,

A somewhat mysteriona shooting affair is reported from Kowloon,

It appears that on Sunday night a. married woman, the wife of a servant employed by Mr. Patell,

Patel Villas, Hankow Roud. Kowloon, was on the ground floor of the house shortly after eigh n'glock, when she heard two shots fired at the rear of the room,

Great torrents of water, flowing The ease arising out of the sei rapidly along the trench made on zure of arts and, ammunition the left side of Queen's Rond, board the .A. Benavon wnd pro

where for the past two or three ceeded with at the Central Magizweeks repairs have been in hand. caused considerable interest among Chinese firemen charged with 'being passers-by and great consternation A third shot was fired, aud sho in possession of the property were

to shop keepers, who were in fear weat into the room to investigate. before Mr. R. E.

und of having their stores indatel, She found that a ballet hnd pierced Lindsell Major C. Willson.

yesterday evening, when a water a plece of cardboard which bat. Revenue Officer Beattie was re-pipe at the junction of Queen's been placed over a broken window called and questioned by Afr. Lind-Road and Pottinger Street burst. pane. Two other bullets had ap: The first signs of ang troubleparently found their way into the having occurred, was witnessed by room na well. Mr. Lindsell: Can you say wha number of pedestrians, who were ther the Benaven carried any other passing at the time. The volume Chinese besides the twelve men at-of water is stated to have reached rested and the one who was not as high as the first floor of the arrested, as part of the crew? buildings and poured into the shop Witness: The saloon boys, stew at the corner. Thereafter, there arda, and cooks were also Chine was a continued flow of water

Did you see any of them

from a connection in the pipe board?

sell.

opean crew.

the

BOW

the

on

unknown; believed polition!, AB The police report adds: "Motive

anflant not soen."

WAR DEBTS.

Rugby, Jan. 25.

be resumed this

which had presumably burst. The Discussions between Count Volpi, When we searched

fre brigade were called to the of the Italian Debt Funding Mis- of the ship we

res scene, but after several attempts sion, and Mr. Winston Churchill, stew-failed to locate the main, and nand British Treasury officials, re- ards, cooks and some of the boys. message was despatched to the garding settlement of the Italian

Witness, in reply to another ques-Public Works Department. tion, said the starboard side of the the arrival of a workman from the afternoon, Matters are understood

On war debt, will forecastle was occupied by the Eur-P.W.D., the mains, one of which to have been considerably advanced

was in Wyndham Street, were dis- in the last few days. Probable Previous Search. covered and the water turned off. Further, progress may be made, Mr. Lindsell: Chief Preventive The trench on the side of the to-day, in view of communications Officer Clark said that the candi-roadway was overflowing with that have passed between Count water and Pottinger Street afford. | Volpi and his Government at Rome. ed an outlet for the huge volume-British Wireless.

pouting on to the road. Flowing down into Des Voeux Road, the water soon covered the streets and made pedestrian traffic diflicult. But for the trench in Queen's Road, the been very great, especially to the

damage would have. shops situated below the road level.

tion of the place was such as nake him think some one had bem there ahead of them. Would you say that some one had been thon ahead and had been through the

mer's effects?

Witness: The appearance of th place suggested that someone had been through the men's effects as if looking for something.

Supposing the firearms and No time was lost by the shop ammunition

had been planted keepers in barricading their en- there, would you expect the cloth-trances, to prevent the 'possibility ing to have been thrown about? of water pouring into the I should not expect it unless premises and causing damage to it was done in a great hur goods. Having experienced simi- far floods during the rainy season, emergency. But for the incon- they were well prepared for the venience caused there was no loas suffered by any of the shops.

Questioned by Mr. Jen d'Almada, who appeared for one of the defendants, witness said that all the bunks in the foe's'le ap: peared to have been occupied.

The loss of water was exception- ally great and during the present

A Chinese revenue officer who assisted in the search of the ves dry season it could be ill spared. said he found a rattan basket under It was estimated that as much as a bunk. It contained a revolver 600 gallons were wasted every and four boxes of cartridges, minute. After further search he found 250 rounds of ammunition, fogether with the personal effects of one of the men.

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A Broken Lock. The box containing the 250 rounds of ammunition was logel when he found it, and had to be prized open. The rattan basket was not locked. Witness said the leek on that was broken, and had Lapparently been forced before the Revenue Officers arrived. It was tightly bound with cord when wit- ness found it;

Another Chinese revenue offcer said he found a sack on an upper bunk. It contained two revolve

The mouth of the sack was tightly fied with eord.

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Mr. Lindsell commented on the fact that the two witnesses had safl that things were left neatly arranged in the firemen's quartens. and yet the European officers hal

HONGKONG PROBLEMS.

THE WATER SUPPLY: RABIES OUTBREAK.

Questions In the Sanitary Board.

At to-day's meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board Dr. W. V. M. Koch will ask the following questions:

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A-Water eximination,

(1) Is it the, ease that the Bacteriologin! examina- tion of the Hongkong potable waters is made

only once a month?

(2) Is it not advisable, that

such examinations should

be made at least once, a week 7

(3) Can and will the Authori

H

tles concerned take steps to have this done?

said the quarters were in conf.B.-Provention of Rabies. sion.

C.D. J. Grant said that no doubt some of the confusion was due to the search.

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It was intimated that there were five further witnesses to be called

was adjourned until a week to-day,] the following Thursday being ar ranged for a later hearing.

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