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FINAL EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph

TEL. C. 269.

NO 24.JP

FOUNDED $1081 一拜體號三十月二英港香

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13,

二十月

- $38 PETĽANNUM

SINGLE COFT 15 URITI

CUMBERLAND PIT WUHU BOYCOTT A TERRIFIC GALES DISASTROUS FIRE IN ARMS FOR CHANG

DISASTER.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN HAIG MINE.

THIRTEEN KILLED IN TEST FOR SAFETY.

TRAGEDY REPEATED.

London, Feb. 12.

A terrible pit disaster occurred in

FAILURE.

ABSENCE OF ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING.

ACTION AGAINST REDST

Wuhu, Feb. 12. The latest news with regard to the boycott attempt is to the effect that it is proving to be a fallure,

:

IN BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL'S TYPHOON

EXPERIENCE.

AEROPLANE'S BATTLE WITH '90 MILE HURRICANE,

ng goods of British manufacture can HEROIC SEA RESCUE. be bought and sold without inter-

London, Feb. 12 ference in the native city.

The great gale which swept

There is an improvement in the Cumberland to-day, involving, it is general situation and a

marked

CANADA.

TEN KILLED & TWENTY-FOUR MISSING

GOLD MINE OUTREAK.

Timmins, Ont., Feb. 18. A disastrous fire broke out to day in the Hollinger gold-mine and there are at least ten fatalities,

The dense smoke and the fumos;

exfrom Pittsburgh, and expert ever

smoke-fighters from Toronto, The

TSO LIN

“PRAGA” SHIPMENT

DENIAL

CONTRABAND NOT SHIPPED BY GERMANS..

Just as all the

1 a cannon is the shell-

explodin rated dire

ploding gas in Balck' 'contrated directly, babing.

This farthe direct fring

vital reason why the famous Bulok Valve `in-Kend: engine develops more power for its size than any other automobus engine.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1745 or 1947.

35, Wong Nel Chuni Yout.

CANTON ANTI-RED MEASURES.

FARMERS GUILDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

TO DISARM PEASANTS.

Happy Valley.

HEIR APPARENT BEATEN

SURPRISES IN TRIAL PLATE.

CAPITAL SPORT IN TO-DAY'S

· RACES.

Now that fifty per cent of the Labour Uniona in Canton have been dissolved by the Government, it appears that activities along these lincs have reached their In addition to 24 others who are SHANGHAI STATEMENT and atago. The Government's HUGE DIVIDEND.

next step in checking the Com missing.

Shanghai, Feb. 7. munist movement will be to pro-Under conditions promising one Although the German Chamber acribe or order the re-organisation of the most successful Mestings of the Farmers' Guilds in several ever held under the auspices of over Great Britain on Friday which accompanlod the blaze conof Commerce in Shanghai was districts of Kwangtung.

the Hongkong Jockey Club, "Raco feared, the lives of at least thirteen absence of butt-foreign feeling night, and continued intermit siderably hampered the rescue warned by the German Consul- It has been proposed by one of Weck" opened to-day at Happy the Commissioners of the Govern Valley, As in other years, the ing the safety of the Haig pit at new Director of the Mineral Oil Tax/ence, until yesterday afternoon,paratus was rushed to the scene caution German firms against deal-soived and that at the same time three days largely give way to prominent officials, who were test- Mr. Pang Won-ming, who is the tently, but with decreasing viol work. Special fire-fighting BP General hore, Mr.. F. Thiel, toment that all those guilds bo dis- calls of business will for the next

ing in contraband arms, it was Whitehaven, following a tragedy Bureau, covering the whole of the wha. one of the worst

perienced in this country. two months ago when four miners Anhui Province, is very desirous of

In some places, notably in the fumes are spreading into adjacent sources that no Germans were learned yesterday from, reliable working in harmony with the were killed.

northern districts, the wind reach-minca.--Reiter's American Service, The Halg Pit had been closed foreign companies.

connected in any manner with the The bad trade which has been ex-ed a great velocity. At Liverpooi, since the tragedy, scaled up, and

recent shipment of arms on the soon after the members of the in-perienced during the past few

Czecho-Slovakian steamer Praga, spection party, including two Gov-months has resulted in a big in-it rose temporarily to 104 miles

nine crease among the ranks of the un- an hour which is the record THE CASH SWEEPS.hich recently put into the port ernment Injectors

licials had entered there was a employed, and Communists have velocity registered in England terrible explosion' and thirteen of seized upon this state of affairs to create trouble. Measures are being the group were killed.

The victime were inspecting the taken by the authorities to curb pit with a view to re-opening it, and their activities-Naval Wireless. they had reached a soaled work- ing. It is believed that the explo- sion was caused by gas rushing out of the working when the party broke down the sealing.

and

All Hope Abandoned.

Later.

It is confirmed that thirteen of the inspection party are missing as the result of the explosion in the Halg Pit. All hope for them has

That part of the pit in the area of the explosion has again been sealed up-Reuteri

EUROPEAN GIRL KILLED.

since reliable observations began,

Many Ilouses Wrecked, Reports of wrecked houses and other havoc wrecked by the harri-; cano have been received from all parts of the country,

It is known that five lives were lost, and that several people wore

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN injured, while shipping round

KOWLOON.

been abandoned. Rescue work is FALL FROM VERANDAH Impossible owing to a heavy full of the roof and the foul atmosphere. A distressing accident happen- in the pit.

ed shortly after six o'clock last evening, when the ufne-year-old daughter of Mr. Larter, Band master of the 5/2nd Punjabi Regi- ment, fell from the verandah of the home of her parents at No. 8, It is feared that thirteen men have lost their lives in an neefdent Salisbury Avenuo, Kowloon and to-day in a pft at Whitehaven, was killed.

Miners Representatives,

London, Feb. 12.

Cumberland. The pit had been The circumstances surrounding closed since an rechtent, which othe accident are still under in- curred, recently, and sa inspec-vestigation, but it appears, from a tlon party, including two Govern-police report received this morn- ment Inspectors, as well as nine ing, that the little girl over officials, and representatives of the balanced herself while leaning Miners' Union, who are among the over the verandah, and dropped missing, were inspecting it with down a height of 13 feet, into the a view to its being reopenesi. street, death occurring almost in The sealed working was opened, stantaneously, from severe head and it is thought the gas rushed injuries. out and caused the explosion.--- British Wirclass.

Later.

Life was already extinct when the little girl was rushed to the nearest doctor.

· Survivors' Grim Story.

The utmost sympathy for tho parents will be felt by the com- Further details of the terrible munity generaly in the heavy plt disaster, show that a party of bereavement which has befallen twenty-one was endeavouring to them.

locate the body of one of the men

killed In the tragedy last December,

when the removal was made impos- | THEFT OF BIG SUM.

sible by a fire which broke out.

were

Shortly after mid-night last night, some of the party taking refreshments and re-charg- Ing the oxygen apparatus when four explosions occurred.

PLEA FOR LENIENCY IN COUNT.

The fourth, the most violent,

Before Major C. Willson, at the hurled the men off their feet and Central Police Court this morn-

filled the mine with foul air..

ing, a fakt of the Kwong Wah Cheong firm, of No. 302 Des Voeux-

every coast suffered severely. "Telegraph and telephone wires were brought down and the rall way services were delayed by the falls of trees across the lines.

Heavy north-westerly gales were still blowing early this morning in the North Sea and in the English Channel, where heavy kens are running.

THE LUCKY NUMBER AT TO-DAY'S RACES.

· BIG PRIZEWINNERS.

Below are the Cash Sweep ticket numbers on to-day's Races:

1st Race

Teket No. 208-$660.80. 217-188.80.

가

•-119, —$91.40 -

$50 Tickets:466,-73, 809,-287, 256, 430, 164, 333, 197, 29, 207, 359, 357, 468, 170, 105.

2nd Race

Ticket No. 259,--$1,191.40 164.-340.40 236.-170.20 $50 Tickets-195, 166, 7, 355, 76, 261, 28.

3rd Race. Ticket No. 50-$1,457:40. 15 416.40. 271-$208.20. $50 Tickets:-144, 291, 167, 400,

328.

Air Liners Battle." Despite the storm the Handles- Page air liners of the Imperial Always maintained an outward service to Paris, Brussels and Cologne. The inward servic from Brussels and Cologne 65 London were cancelled, but one of the Imperial Airway Liners, carry- ing eighteen passengers, made the fight from Paris to London. The machine encountered gusts of 90 miles an hour and the nerve-wrack-: ing Journey occupied four hours, 411.

Steamer Founders,

"

The Norwegian aloomer, the Faermina, of Oslo, bound from Port Tadbon to Lisbon with 1,000 tons of coal on award foundered in the gale at Padstow. By splendid seamanship, the Padstow lifeboat got alongside the vessel, and rescued the crew of eighteen.. The Canadian Pacific liner, tho 8. Momtelare, on which out. Col. L.C.M.S. Amery, the Colonial Secretary, returned from his tour- of the Dominionn, was held up yesterday at Liverpool by Pe rough weather. Lt. Col. Amery is expected to reach London this afternoon.-British Wireless,.

London, Feb, 12. Eleven were killed, many injur- The eight survivors blinded and Road, was charged with the thefted, and widespread damage was dazed and partially gassed, by bailes of a sum of $6,000 be- caused by a hurricane which bis stumbled or crawled guided by only longing to the firm. Another man swept over the whole of Britain. one lamp for over two miles to the was charged with receiving half of base of the shaft where they this money. arrived in a most exhausted state, several collapsing-Reuter.

It was the most violent over re- corded in the country.--Reuter.

of Chinwangtao with thousands of rifles and a big supply of ammuni- tlon for use by Northern soldiers. It is stated on good authority that the shipment of arms on the Praga was contracted for by a foreigner not a German, at the city of Brunn, and that, the arms were put aboard the steamer which Bailod down the Elbe River, which ia, international and therefore ships sailing on that stream are

not subject to intervention by the German authorities, unless, of Courae, they are steamers flying the flag of the German Republic

1

Minister's Admission,

Advices from Europe state that in an official interview, the Czecho- Slovakian Minister of National Defences admitted that the Praga, is owned by a Szecho-Slovakian engineer and that the ship alles the flag of his country.

all peasants who are members of those of sport, and when the Meet- the farmers Carpa be disarmed. this proposal is too drastic, for it enthusiasts and others present. In some quarters it is thought thating opened this morning, there was ja largo gathering of turf is known that not all the peasants

Both in ponics and owners, are Communists..

Before long, it is reported, the there is a considerable increase Government will send representa this year as compared with last.

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lives to the various districts for As against 124 ponies-for-the last the purpose of examining the mom Meeting, there aro. no fewer than bership rolls of the Farmers 152 entered this year, whilst the Guilds and dismissing all those owners number 05, compared with whom the Government auspects of 42. What is more, the new Bub- being Communists.

Scription griffins are, considerad an exceptionally fine lot, and thore is every promise of hot, finishes in all the main eventæ,

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

NOTEWORTHY RECOVERY

INDUSTRY.

STRIKING FIGURES:

Brilliant sunshine, with a cold.. nip in the air, marked the opening. day. After the night's rain, the course was somewhat damp, but. by no means heavy and was rapidly IN drying when racing began.

London, Feb. 12. The Board of Trade returns for January disclose that the upward trend of exports was maintained during the month.

Heir Apparent's Defeat.

For the most interesting event of the day, the Trial Plate, brought out six starters, notabla absentees being November and Sitting Bull It was won by Peck, with Mr. Heard up, after a great struggle with Coos Bay and Boxing Eve, the former gaining second place, a head behind Peck, and a neck in front

Heir

Compared with £56,500,000 in of Boxing Eve.

Apparent, the Derby January of last year the value of exports last month exceeded £59,- favourite, took fourth place, about It is pointed out in Shanghai 700,000, and the past month's total five lengths behind. At the start, that hundreds of thousands of was about £1,000,000 above the Heir Apparent made the pace, with Gorman rifles and other munitions

Boxing Eva and Coos Bay in closo Peck laid fourth. were surrendered to the Allies at

attendance.

the close of the Great War, and that many of these rifles are now in the hands of various private firms in European countries. A large number of them are report ed to have been re-conditioned or rebuilt and sold to Chinese gen-

4th Race. Ticket No. 302.--$1,645.00 Ticket No. 581.-$470,00 Ticket No. 550.--$235.00 $50 Tickets:-030, 322, 447, 382,erals,

5th Race, Ticket No. 361.-$3,042.20 Ticket No. 113-$869.20 Ticket No. 883.--$434,60 $50, Tickets-745, 020, 1046.

6th Race.. Ticket No. 867.---$3,150.00 Ticket No. 999.--8000.00 Ticket No. 316,--$450.00 $50 Tickets:-162, 102.

7th Race. Ticket No. 643.---$3,396.40 Ticket No. 222.--$970.40 Tiekot No. 692-$485.20 $60 Tickets:-1005, 728, 1012, 691, 78, 609, 330, 1206, 225, 162.

8th Race. Ticket No. 1006,—$3,115.00 Ticket No. 102.-$890,00 Ticket No. 217.--$445.00

Note of Protest,

figures for December.

Imports fell from £113,000,000 in January, 1927 to £100,000,000 Inst month.

Boxing Eve took the lead after the first quarter, but at the village bond, Peck came up very strongly and displaced him.

The Increase shown In exports was well distributed, but the re-

There were some good dividends covery shown in some of the larger

paid by the "parf," amongst which industries is noteworthy.

must be mentioned the phenomenal· Manufactures of iron and steel return of $669.40 for a win or wore exported to the value of over Little Sit Tang (Mr. Roza up), £5,250,000, showing an increase of with $41 for a place, in the Chater £600,000. Machinery exports were

The report, widely circulated, that the arms on board the Praga were. of German manufacturo and that Germans were interested in the shipment of the arms ammunition to China, brought a note of proteat from Mr. Quo Tai-exports-British Wireless, chi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Mr. Thiel, the Consul- General for Germany in Shanghai.

up by £810,000. Cotton goods ex-Cup. In the Maiden Stakes, Mr. Charles, riding Bakers Bay, paid ports exceeded the previous January his backera $121.60 for a win. by £760,000. Increases were also

1-The Wong-Nel-Chong Stakes. shown in in leather manufactures

-Winner $600, Second: $200. and and artificial silk goods.

There was a sharp decline in coal Third $100. For China Ponies, Subscription Griffins of any Sea- Bon non-winners. Weight for inches as por scale (Jockey allow AMERICA'S BIG NAVYance). Half a Mile. Mr. Seth's Meanwhile

(Mr. Haimovitch) Dr. S. To Wong's Fair Eyes

The note was the second. protest of the same nature, the first pro- test having been made about" a month previously.

PROGRAMME.

LIKELY.

(Mr. Roza)

(Mr. Heard) Nineteen starters, Ahead: two lengths.

New York, Feb. 12..

Time: 1 min, 01.4/6th secs, The New York Times, on the Mr. Miller, riding Busaco, was authority of the "Big Navy" Group thrown at the quarter-enlle" post, in the Congress, forecasts a sub- but was not injured.

Pari-Mutucl-Winner, $13; 1st. stantial cut in the Administration's naval building programme, owing $7.50; 2nd. $28.90, Brd. #20.50; to the deluge of protests.

2.-The Malden Blakes- The Timea recalls that President

For China, Pontes Coolidge speaking in 1926 declared Winner $1,000. Second $330 the Navy then to be ample for all Third $200. practical purposes. The Journal bona fide Grifins of this Meeting adumbrates a cut of G$400,000,000, Weight, for inches, as per scale. and the elimination of the provi-Six Furlongs alon of thirty fiva aubmarines, Mr. L. Dunbar's Bakers Bay

[*] (Mr. Charles) It also forecasts that the num Mr, Chan Tin Sian's Winsome ber of cruisers will be cut from

Mr. Quo complained that in- SUBSTANTIAL CURTAILMENT Mr. Wayfoong's Brown Jug formation had reached him that certain German firms were deal- ing in arms for Chinn and re- quested that the Consul-General take immediate action to put an end to the business.

The German Consul-General's $50 Tickets: 699, 231, 680, 886, reply to the note stated that to 855, 370, 473%

his knowledge no German firms 9th Race

were dealing in arms or ammuni- Ticket No. 611-$2,781.80 tion and that no Germans were Ticket No. 1040-8794.80 connected in any manner with the

shipment of arms on the Praga. Ticket No. 286-$397,40 $50 Tickets:1058,833, 973; In addition to the eleven deaths872, 1054, 669, 933. restitution in restoring half of the ao banks of the Mersey was wreck- vessel used for obtaining sand from amount stolen, and in promising to restore also. the other half. In ed, and six members of the crew perished. The vessel was wrecked To-day's Observatory report the case of the second defendant, between Liverpool and Widnes.

Mr. Lo said that apart from his Reuter states: The anticyclone is moy living received the ing east-north-cast into the Sea $3,000

recovered WRA nothing

Mr. M. K. Lo, for the defence, urzed his Worship to deal leniently with both defendants, pointing out that, in the first case, the man

Further Casualties.

London, Feb. 12.

FINE WEATHER FOR DERRY entred with larceny hnd made in the gale previously cables, a

DAY..

there

of Japan. A depression is form-auspicious about his conduct." ing to the south of Ishigaki, The case was adjourned.

Fresh to moderate monsoon may be expected along the south-east coast of China and over the China' Seu.

The forecast up to noon to-mor-i row is-North winds, moderate; fine to cloudy.

WHEN SEA FROZE.

MR. AMERY'S EMPIRE

TOUR.

NEARLY 100 SPEECHES DELIVERED.

FISHERMEN ON ICEFLOES 'SAVED..

Riga, Feb, 12. › message from Leningrad

10th Race.

Ticket No. 310-$2,772.00 Ticket No. 1055-8792.00 Ticket No. 207,—$390,00 850 Tickets: 112, 331, 802, 201,

977, 26.

11th Race. Ticket No 645-$2,276,40 Ticket No. 84.-$650.40 Ticket No. 365-$325.20 $60 Tickets:-194, 718, 778, 294, 717, 1001, 479, 40, 871, 203, 748, 611, 18, 745, 463, 918.

JUNK SUNK IN COLLISION.

OVER FORTY PERSONS RESCUED.

Stag (Mr. Harriman)

25 to 15 or even to 12-Reuters Mr. Hynes and Mr. Gordon American Service.

U. S. PRESIDENCY.

MR. HERBERT HOOVER'S FIRST: STÅTEMENT.

Washington, Feb. 12.

Mackie's Pickle. (Mr. Heard). 8 Tén starters. A neck; three- quarters of length.

WATA

Time: I min. 82,1/5th; seca,” Pari-Mutuel.-Winner, $121.60; {1ạt, $8.10; 2nd. $6.10; 3rd. $5.70.

$8.10

A collision in Lyemun Pass le reported by the magter of a Chinese trading junk, who stated to the

S.—Tho Victoria Stakes police, on Saturday afternoon, that

Winner $1,000. Becond $800. his junk, with a crow.of six, and passengers numbering 39 persons,

Third $200. For all China Ponies. Weight for inches an per, scale es comprising 31 men and 8 women, was run into by a steamer, the

Mr. Hoover, who has how be Entrance $10. One Mila, Identity of which is at present un- Lady Tyrwhitt is to distributo|known.

come a candidate for the Repub-Mr. L. Dunbar's Chesapeake Bay states that 100 horses were also the prizes at the St. Mary's School The junk master stated that his first campaign statement to- (Mr. Pote Hunt) 2 lican presidential nomination, in CA (Mr, Maitland) 1

Mr. Evo's Bengal manag carried acawards on the Icefloes on Thursday, at 6.80 p.m.

after the collision, the steamor day, declared that he wha bound Mr. H. P. White's San Francisco London, Feb., 12.

which became detached from the

dropped anchor for a short time to carry forward the Republican Mr. L... C. M. S. Amery, the coast during a storm off the Cron-

and then proceeded on her way. Colonial Secretary, has" returned stadt const, with 400 fishermen.

principles and tho..great objec at the Harbour Office this morning.: The passengers were all rescued lives of Mr. Coolidge's policles. from his 55,000-miles Empire tour. Later, the gen froze, enabling the to investigate the circumstances Rome, Feb. 12. He has averaged 260 miles daily, majority of the fishermen to return of the collision between a Stir by another junk, and, as far as the in his travels, and delivered over safely. Twenty of the men are Forry launch, and Police Lunch mater could say, there were no casualties, The junk, which was 380 speeches, since his departure reported to have been drowned No. 5, The proceedings were valued at $8,000, was a total loss: lon July 22nd-Router.

Router

private.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S

DEATH.

The death has occurred of

Doulcot, the French Ambassador

to the Holy See-Reuter,

J

A departmental enquiry was held

For the present, he intends to retain the post of Head of the Department of Commerce: Reuter's American Service,

SORS (ME, Charles): 8 Eight starters. Threo Lengths; five lengths

Time: 2 min: 8.8/5th secs. --- Parl-Muthel Winner, $6.90; 14t $5.10; 2nd. $5.80; 3td. $5,80, 6

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