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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1927.

Established 1912. THE

ROYAL

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SHOE STORE. Ladies' Dancing and

Walking Shoes. also Lizard Skin Shoes

MADE TO ORDER Expert Fit and Good

Workmanship...

No. 1, D'Aguilar Street. Opposite Yeo Sang Fat Co. Telophone Central 3237.

-METALS

of all kladu ospacially for skip- building and engineering work. Completo atock. Bust Torms, Immediato dolivory,

SINGON & CO., ESTABLISHED A.D. 1880.

HING LUNG St. Phone Central

.616,

"For the Blood is the Life"

Sufferers

from Bad Legs, Abscessos, Licers,

Pilon Glasdelar Swelds, Eczema, tolle, Prmpion and Eruptions, Gort, beumatism, mus; realine that the unly sure way to complete and lasting reluf is to frer the blood of the palandous waste matlar, the ape cause of such troubles Clarke's Blood Mixturs contains ingredients

which soon over-

doran and expel

the Impurities,

that's why so many

fasting pures stand

Laita ozodii.

· Pinsaant to tako.

Of all Chemiste

and Flores"

Refuse Substitutes.

Clarke's Blood Mixture

**Everybody's Blood Purifier."

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WESTINGHOUSEY ELECTRIC

Reiss, Massey & Co., Ltd.

Distributors.

Buson's Blde.

Tel. 0.07

Mrs. J. CRAWFORD.

EXPERT MASSAGE. 14, Queen's Road C., 1st floor.

MASSAGE HALL⠀⠀

23, Wyndham Street- MRS. H. MORITA. MRS. É. AKAJI.

Telephone C. 4365,

THE NEW ERZNOH RIMEDY.

THERAPION No. 1 THERAPION No.2 THERAPION No.3

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THE

MORRISON

(THE SIGN OF QUALITY)

PIANO

STANDS ALONE FOR PLEASURE, PLAYING, EDUCATING

AND

and will fulfill these re- quirements because it is built for those pur-

poses.

Guaranteed for TEN YEARS,

Let us show you at

TSANG FOOK PIANO CO. 8, Des Vœux Road Central (Entrance Ice House Stroot.) Telephone C, 4648,

T. NAKAO Japanese Shoe Expert. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES AND CASES A STECIALITY

Hongkong Hotel Building, Queen's Road Contral,

THE LEUNG KWONG.

LOOTING OF HANKOW,

PUBLIC MONEY.

CLAIMS FILED AMOUNT: TO £2,000,000.

TOTAL OF $70.000 TÔ-BE

VOTED TO-DAY."

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THE RESCUE OF CAPTAIN

J. WILSON.

There was no further nows yes- terday relative to the Leung

Kwong disaster, but a S. C. M. Post representative was Buccess- ful in getting the master's report of the accident, when he appear- ed at the Harbour Office yester- day to render an official account of the happening.

London, May 12. British claims hitherto Oled in connexion with the looting and destruction of property in Hankow on January 3 so far, amount to £2,000,000-Reuter.

loss' as given in those columns yes- terdny, may be taken as substan. tially correct and that at least 60 Chinese passengers, have been

It appears that Captain Wilson had some few minutes prior to the accident, turned over the watch to Chief Officer Martin, the ship bay-drowned. ing cleared the fairway, with the Capsuimun Light well in sight.

Captain Wilson states that on reaching his cabin, he heard two blasts sounded and immediately afterwards there was a crash. He proceeded to the bridge, by which time the vessel was sinking by the head.

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Generous Help.

Vernacular papers," reporting the Capsaltman collision state:

Of the Leung Kwong crew and passengers, about 40 were saved by the lifeboats of the s.8. On Lee. Those who were saved by the fishing boata pumbered to about 60, who were later handed over to the On Lee. The Kwong Fook Cheung rescued 23, while the Moonshine picked up about 10.

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The following items of suppio E mentary expenditure, will be con- sidered at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council

to be hold this afternoon;,

Public Works, Extraordinary: Ex- humation" and removal of burial re- mains from Tai Shok Ku, $91,870,

Ae these remains wore adjacent to the Kowloon Hospital Site their ro moval was requested early in 1925. The work was not actually carried out and completed until the end of 1926 nor was the bill received by the Public Works Department until January, 1927. It was considored. desirable that the remains should be removed" from such close proximity to the Hospital for sanitary reasons bat it was not anticipated that such a large number would be discovered. The amount asked for le in accordance with the account presented by the Tang Wah Hospital through the Hon. S. C. A.

Miscellaneous, Services: Loss on

Copper Coins, $6,000,

He remained by the ship until she submerged, but while standing by, some of the top hamper fell and struck him on the right arm ren-

To replenish the stock of copper dering that limb,, useless. With When the 90 rescued persons

one cont piéces an ̋ordar was placed the complete submergence of the had boarded the On Lee, the com- with the Royal Mint for 2,500,000 ship, Captain Wilson, took to the pradore of the ship ordered congee coins. Delivery was effected in Do- water and was able to reach some to be served to them, and passen-cember last and it was then estimated floating wreckage. He clung togers on the vessel shared some of that cost of this supply, would be up- this until an upturned boat came their dry clothes with the victims Froximately $32,000 as against the within his reach and he changed of the collision. About $60 was face value of $25,000. A sum of over to the more buoyant object, collected on the On Lee, and to $7,000 was voted to cover this loss swimming with his uninjured arm. those whose destination was some but owing to the Crown Agents not He is not able to state how long distance away $2 each was paid, it becomes necessary to apply for a charging the cost until January, 1927, he remained in the water, but was, while to those who were bound for revate of $6,000 which num will now sufficiently conscious to know that near destination $1 was given. be sufficient. Stops are being taken

Those who wished to return toto obviate such losses in future. he was being pulled on board rescue boat. This bont eventually Hongkong had free passage, and proved to be one of the life boats 80 cents each. despatched from the On Leo. On reaching, harbour, Captain Wilson had recovered sufficiently to pro- ceed on shore by a Police launch and make a report of the accident.

Last to Leave.

During the time he was in the water and subsequently, the resca.

:

About 20 passengers were rescued by the Kwong Fook Cheung, Some of them who had stayed in the water for some time were unconscious when taken on board. To them, medical treat- ment was at once given.

Six Bodies Picked Up.

Imports and Exporta Dopartmont: Special Expenditure: Revenue locks for Tobacco Warehouses, $300,

Under condition (f) of the terms. of M. L. Nos.

T. H. Martin. They were, recover-on which extensions ed last evening flouting in the vicinity of the wreck, and were taken to the Kowloon mortuary, where identity is expected to be es- tablished to-day.

430 and 431 were granted in 1923, Government is committed to a con- tribution of $24,000 as part payment of this nullah. It is unlikely that any further extension of the reclamatich eastwards will be undertaken for some time, and, the nullah wall must there- fore be increased in thickness

Provision made in Estimates, $1,000, The estimate obtained by the Crown Agents for 6 dozen Revenue locks has proved to be in excess of the amount voted in the Estimates for 1927, which was an approximate es- timate only, no price list of such special goods being available locally wher authority was obtained for in- The latest information regard-serting the item in the Estimates for ed officer saw nothing of Chief Officer Martin or Chief Engineering the Leung Kwong disaster is1927. Donaldson. He was the last to to the effect that five Chinese Public Works, Extraordinary: Re- leave the ship so far as he is aware bodies, four men and one woman construction of Nullah on East side and with the sinking of the ship have been picked up, and also the of M. L. No: 431, North Point, $40,- under him, had little time to make body of a European officer, be-000. observations, with the night ex-ieved to be that of Chief Officer tremely dark and the general ap- roar in the vicinity of the wreck. Chinese passengers had taken to the water and were calling for help... while rescue boats were busily engaged picking up those

If the European body proved to within reach. This duty was car- ried out in a commendable man-be that of Mr. Martin there is still

no news of the: "Tate, of Mr. A. will be required to fanction as stu ner but under great difficulties..

Donaldson, the Chief Engineer.wall--the increase over and above the Captain Wilson states further Both the s.a. On Lee, and the s.3. contribution referred to, is due to the that he has been on the coast for Kwong Fook Cheong, have now re-teased cost of thicker wall now re was omitted 30 years. He first arrived here in turned from Kongmoon to which quired. The amount" 1882, when me and the Chief Ofl-place they took passengers whom from the Estimates for 1927 by an cer of the ship he was then in, they rescued, but it is believed oversight. were put on shore, suffering from that what passengers were saved fever. On recovery, he shipped in disembarked there, and the Crusader as first mate and re-number of the crew returned by mained in her until 1887. Later those vessels to the colony. he returned to England and came There are accordingly no official back here in 1897, where he has statistics available regarding the since remained. During the in-number of passengers saved, but forval of '87 and 97, he was Chief the following, being the majority Ofeer of the Ceylon, a tender at of the crew have reported them tached to the Ceylon Light Ser-selves!

Li Yuut-po (accountant), Ip vice, in which, appointment, she at that time being a Naval command Sing-to (2nd. engineer), Chanment undertake to pay: MASSAGE HALL he was superseded in, and later Ping rd. engineer), Tam Fu,

MRS. MOTONO

Hand and Electric MASSAGE

No, 310, Top Floor Wyndham St. Hongkong.

MRS.

"

SEKAI MASSAGE

Tel. No. C. 4433, 2nd Floor. 2, Duddoll Street. Hongkong

· MRS. S. UZUNOYE Expert Masseuse

37, Queen's Road, C 2nd. floor

Seltona

came North to Hongkong.

Since this date he has, beer in many ships on the China Const his command of the Leung Kwong dating from 1921. The master of the Leung Kwong after more than 50 years at sea, has never hitherto been shipwrecked and it is not to be wondered at, that at this late stage in his career the disaster of Capsuimun Pass has left him con- siderably shaken..

Enquiry to be Held.

only a

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Education Department: 22-Uni. versity Examination Grants, 32,543. Provision made in Estimates, $12,000. The sub-hend, "University Examina tlon Grants" has been under-estimated by $2,043. The entries for the Hong-" tong University Lotal Examinations from English Grant in Ald Schools reached an unexpectedly high figure. being 128 more than in 1925 and 50

more than in 1924...

.

Under the Grant Code the Govern-

1. 330 for every candidate present

ed for Senior, and,

2. $15 for every candidato present-

ed for Junior Examination

3. All entrance fees-in the case of

Grant in Aid Schools.

TOO MUCH OIL.

RESTRICTION OF OVER- PRODUCTION.

Loung Chau and Leung Chia (sea- men), Mok Cheung (carpenter), Chan To (compradore). Li Kwong, Lam Yan, Lam Ming, Lo Po, Lam Wing, and Lam Shek (coolies), Ngai Wong (dining room boy), Ngal Ken, and Li Yau-wing (wait, ers); Ip Pan, Lau Wing, and Kan In (boys), Kg Fun (tallyman), Yeung Ngau and Loung Ching (stokers), Ng Chiu (cabin boy), Young Fook, Kam Hing-sing, Cheung Tim, Ho Tung, and Cheung The ideal daylight printing

Wing (cooks), Wu Kinng-ching (steward). Ip Kam-kwan (coal medium-gives fine sepia tones by

-Washington, May 12. it is understood that an enquiry

passer), Chan Ping-chung" (fire-

A leading group of oil producera Axing only. Send a postcard for into the circumstances of the col-man). Tam la (boatswain), Lo Tai free illustrated booklet: "Perfectlision will be held at an early date. (pilot), Chan To (oiler), and Tan has appealed to the Federal Gov- ernment for aid in restricting Neither Captain Wilson, nor the Kau (quartermaster). lost officers, Chief Officer Martin It is believed that a number of lovor production, which it is de- and Chief Engineer Donaldson are the crew were rescued by junks andclared, has recurred in an unpre- sampan which came out from the cedented form this year. It is pro- shore after the mishap, and made posed to work out a co-operative their way back to Hongkong by method of control through the joint various routes. It is possible that some passengers were rescued in a like manner but so far none, with the exception of the erew mentioned above have, reported their safety,

Prints on Seltona."

Sole Manufacturers:

LONDON.

WELLINGTON & WARD, LTD,merabers of the local Officers Guild. Both have been on the coast for many years, however, and leave a host of friends.

Enquiries at the office of the agents of the Leung Kwong yes. terday resulted in nothing of note being gleaned. The figures of the

Avoid colds

By taking SCOTT'S- Emulsion which pró. motes the strength to resist coughs, chills, colds, influenza and. all bronchial affections. Ask for

SCOTT'S Emulsion

The protector of life

Sole Agents for China; ALLEN & HANBURYS, LTD., 40, Canton Road, Shanghai.

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WELL SAM-I MADE A LINE DOUGH ON THAT DEAL YESTERDAY-SO LET'S STICKE AROUND A COUPLA DAYS AND

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FIRST LETS TAKE A RUN DOWN TO THE BEACH FOR A SWIM-IT'S HOT *AS BLAZES

purchase of several oil-producing lands. The Federal Oil Producers Board has promised to do every- thing possible to assist.-Reuter'a American Service.

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