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BASIS OF EMPIRE CO-OPERATION.

MR. HERTZOG STRESSES NEED OF INDEPENDENCE.

NOW QUITE SATISFIED.

Capetown, Mar. 19. Replying in the Assembly to tho dobate on the report of the Imperial Conference, Mr. Hertzog, the Premier, said that never before

in his life, at any rate as a poll

DOCK COMPANY'S DEVELOPMENT.

FACILITIES SECOND TO NONE.

SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSALS PUT INTO EFFECT.

MORE CAPITAL LATER.

tlelan, had he felt more strongly in favour of co-operation with the Empire, but it would be only on That the policy of improvement the basis of full independence and development at Kowloon Dock that South Africa, or any other had resulted in the facilities for Dominion, would ever consent to shipbuilding being second to none co-operate with the

British in the world, which, was shown by Empire.

the fact that the Company had Co-operation, said Mr. Hertzog, been frequently asked to tender "was the governing principle of

for the building of ships against Empire extalence. Take away Home firms,. vas declared by the that co-operation, and there was Hon. Mr. D. "G. M. Bernard, pre- no Empire. Co-operation meant | siding at the ordinary yearly not only co-operation in war-time.meeting of shareholders of the If they wanted the Empire to be | Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., än Empire in the real sense of the | Lid., this morning.

word, there must be co-operation He announced that a scheme between free peoples, in the first for the more economical working place, in peace-time, and that co-of the Company had been put into operation was only obtainable on a bakis of independence.

Fortunately, as far as Britain and British Governments were concerned, there was no longer any question with regard to the character, degres or extent of Dominion independence.-Reuter.

SINGAPORE ST.- ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

LADIES MAY NOW HECOME MEMBERS.

operation, which, he trusted, would be beneficial to the Company; and also that a fresh issue of shares would be made as soon as the Directors .considered the time opportune.

Directors present in addition to the Chairman were Mr. 1. P. White, Mr. F. G. Weall, Mr. Allan Cameron, and Mr. W. H. Bell Mr. R. M. Dyer, B.Sc., M.IN.A. (Chlef Manager), and Mr. E. L. Hosie, C.A. (Secretary). Share- holders present were Messrs. Lo Koon-hang, E.: Abraham, R. A. Dastur, A; II, M. da Silva, M. Fernandez. Chan Siu-hing and Shum Jip-tong,

meeting,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WINS FOR BRITISH BOXERS.

HILL GAINS EUROPEAN TITLE,

PHIL SCOTT'S VICTORY.

London, Mar. 19. Johnny Hill (British Champion), bont Emile Pladner (French Cham- pion) on points in a twenty round contest. at the National Sporting Glub last night for the European Flyweight Championship.

The boxers weighed in during the afternoon and both weighed 7 stone 131⁄2 pounds.-Router.

New York, Mar. 19..

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1928.

AMERICAN DAM DISASTER.

NIGHT OF TERROR IN CALIFORNIA.

BODIES CARRIED FOR MILES. IN TERRIBLE FLOODS.

HELPLESS VICTIMS.

SIX-YEAR-OLD THIEF CAUGHT.

STEALS SILVER AND RETURNS FOR MORE.

AUNT SENT TO PRISON.

A very serious view was taken by. Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning, of a case in which a Chinese woman was charged with accepting from her six-year-old nephow, a silver jug, two silver cups and a clock, without making enquiries of their origin.

papers give further details of the Cable messages to Manila nows- terrible disaster caused by the before his Worship on a count of The amall boy was also charged bursting of the St. Francis dam in larceny, and receiving stolen pro In a 10-round heavyweight con- California last week. test here, Phil Scott, the British 300 lives were lost, and the pro-ngo, Mr. Schofield discharged him Nearly perty, but having regard to his champion, defeated Pierre Charles, perty damage is said to rango bo with a warning. the Belgian champion, on points.tween ten million and thirty Reuter's American Service.

millions dollars. Some of the messages are as follows?

POLICE RESERVE.

THE LATEST ORDERS. Hongkong Police Reserve orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superintendent of Police, state:

...

1.-Recruits

Chinese Company. Training-Part will parade at the Central Police Station on Thursday, March 22nd and Tuesday, March 27th for Squad Drill under Sergeant R. J. Junt. Fall in on each evening at 6.30 p.m. sharp. Dress:-Mufti.

Flying Squad. Members who have not yet been passed out of Part 1 of Training Course will attend at the Central Police Station Company at 5.30 p.m. sharp on Thursday, March 22nd for Squad Drill under Ser- geant R. J. Hunt. There will be 20 weekly instructional patrol of the Flying Squad on this date.

Sharpshooters' Company, Equipment. All members of

Los Angeles, Mar. 13, The bodies of 274 victims of the St. Francis dam disaster had been recovered to-night. In addition, from 300 to 600 persons are miss ing.

It is estimated that property losses caused by the breaking of the dam amount to from 10,000,000 Lo $30,000,000.

Fearing an outbreak of typhoid, the authorities are taking drastic precautions to preserve sanitation.

with receiving stolen property, ad- The woman, who was charged

mitted that she had been given the articles by her nephew and that she had pawned them.

According to Sergeant Mottrem, the articles mentioned in the charge were missed, from No. 6.. King's Terrace, the residence of Mrs. F. W. Black, sometime 'yes- terday morning. The loss WAS reported to the Police and during investigations, a Chinese detective discovered the missing cups and clock in a pawn shop.

Sometime. yesterday afternoon, Newhall, Mar. 13.

a small boy was Been on the Approximately 176 persons are verandah of No. 6, King's Terracaj known to have been killed and and was later handed over to the officials fear that perhaps us many Police. He admitted that he had as 226 more perished in a torrent stolen the missing articles and that of water which. ewept through he had returned for more. San Francisquito canyon and the, lawlands below with the breaking of St. Francia dam, 25 miles north of here, abortly after midnight to-day.

No Warning.

Peace offleers and volunteer rea- cae workers have recovered 175

Later, the boy's aunt went to the

Police Station to enquire why her nephew had been arrested. She

for was detained

enquiries and Lakon to the pawn shop, was identified as being the woman who had pledged the articles..

His Worship sentenced the de- bodies, and the death toll is mount- ing hourly as the subsiding flood fendant to three months' imprison- reveals further of its victims,

ment and reprimanded the pawn re-tensive water system of the city from a woman like the defendant.

The dam was a part of the ex-broker for accepting such things of Los Angeles, and behind it were stored 1,500,000,000 gallons

Ladies can now become mom-

Chairman's Speech. bers of the Singapore St. Andrew's |

After the Chief Manager had Society according to the new rules which were passed at a special read the notice convening the meeting held in the Cricket Club The Chairman said:-Gentlo- last week. All the alterations of men, The report and accounts hay- rules recommended by the coming been in your possession for the the Company who have not yet mittee were agreed to.

last two weeks, i will, with your turned their old leather equipment Previous to the special meeting permission, follow the usual proce are requested to do so at the the annual meeting of the Society dure and take them na rend. It is earliest moment. was held for the purpose of pass- with considerable pleasure that

can this time put before notice is hereby given of the next Practice. Preliminary Ing accounts and transneting we

#balance sheet showing a regular rifle practice which will other business. The Vice-Chief- you

profit on the year's working. While he held at the Peak Range on tain, Mr. D. B. McLay, presided.

regretting we cannot for the past Sunday morning, April 8th at Owing to the alteration in the year recommend the payment of a 10 am. Members will meet at the date of the financial year ending, dividend, we trust that shareholders- which is now Mar. 31, there was will consider the result fairly satis- Upper Tram Station at 9.45 am no election of officers due at this factory bearing in mind conditions as before. Uniform optional. down upon its victims. meeting. A further meeting will

be held in May..

tors with a view to the more econo-

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Governor's Inspection."

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of water.

whatever, releasing the entire It broke without any warning huge supply of water.

It is estimated that 500 persons were in the narrow canyon and the small valley below when the

avalanche of water thundered

Flood 75 Feet High.

U. S. PRESIDENCY.

MINNESOTA FAVOURS SMITH NOMINATION.

Minneapolis, Mar. 15. The Domocratic Minnesota State Convention today instructed its 24 delegates to the National Alfred Smith, of New York for the Convention to vote for Governor

presidential nomination.

The torrent carried away every-i thing in its path-human beings, to deal with a huge fee dam Siege artillery was brought up' livestock, houses and orchards. The flood, ht its height, was estimated extending for some 12 miles along the Vistula, where foods were fear- to be 75 feet high.

With the news of the disaster, ed owing to a thaw. The block was 1,000 Los Angeles police and she-systernatically shelled, and the

waters released. riffs were sent to the scene, They were joined by approximately 1,000 ranchers from the district aur- rounding the dam.

which have ruled in shipping, not

Of the number, only 100 are only in the Par, East, but the world

The Inspection by His Excel-known to have escaped, and it is Mr. McLay auid that since their over, during that period.

lency the Governor which was helleved that the remaining 400 last meeting there had passed When I last addressed you, provisionally fixed for March 28th perished. away one of the most prominent mentioned that the report of the is postponed. The practice parude, Scotsnien of our time, Earl Haig, Shareholders Committee which had suggested for Wednesday, March He found, on looking up the re been appointed to advise the Direc-21st, is therefore cancelled. cords, that on the signing of the mical working of the Company had

(Sgd.) L. H. C:CALTHROP Armistice a telegram of congratu-

A. S. P., Intion had been sent from the just been received and would have

Adjutant, Society to Earl Haig. He would like the most careful consideration of the Board. Subsequently, every "to move that they should show point mentioned in the report was

their respect for his memory by

fully discussed at a meeting be

The London Gazelle states that record on the minutes.

tween the Chief Manager, the com- Lieut. F. E. Feel (ret.), Regular mittee and myself. During the Army Reserve of Officers, R. year, various of the recommenda- Sussex Regt, is removed from Lions, more particularly with re- the Army, His Majesty having no gard to the Costing and Time-keep further need for his services. ing Departments have, as nearly as practicable, been given effect to, with results which I trust will be soon as conditiona permit. This is beneficial to the Company, and receiving careful attention, and a which will be to Its ultimate fresh Issue of shares will be made “ARGUS” LEAVES FOR [advantage as the volume of work when the Directors consider the

HOME.

The resolution was carried by the members standing,

The Society is in a flourishing condition financially, and there is nt present a credit balance of $2,400.

MORNING.

increases.

time opportune. The Committec emphasise the Turning to the accounts, I may fact that we are suffering from mention that all the interest on GIVEN GOOD SEND-OFF THIS the considerable capital expenditure our bank advance amounting to the of the past few years, and that this large sum of $409,489.46, has been has been brought into prominence debited to Profit & Loss Accounts, H.M.S. Argus, known to the This fast your Directors are well tion, is, in the opinion of your through want of working generally. The sum of $62,017.81, deprecia- Chinese as "the butterfly ship," aware of, but it was impossible Chief Manager, ample to allow for sailed for Home this morning at three or four years ago to foresee depreciation during the year, plant 9.30, men-of-war in harbour giving what was going to happen in the and buildings having been kept in a regular naval send-all, with fare Colony during that period, and have good repair and the same charged well messages flying at the must-ing embarked on a policy of im-to working account. The value of heads and crews lined up on the provement and development, they the material on hand has been de- forecastle to give a parting cheer, had sufficient faith in the future of tormined by the Company's store

She

was accompanied out of Hongkong and this Company not to keepers, and checked by the Chief harbour by a number of sub-call a sudden halt and cancel conManager as usual. marines, it being understood that tracis at the commencement of the these were detached for the pur- very difficult times from which we which has come in for some The form of our balance sheet poze of carrying out exercises are now appearing to emergo. criticism is identical with those of against the Argus with dummy torpedoes.

BIG ARMS HAUL.'

Improvement Policy.

Early rescue work was hampered by the complete darkness into which the district was thrown,

power lines having been broken by the

flood,

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Bodies Carried for Miles..

Many of these who were killed

were carried for miles by the water, while others were buried under the sand and wreckage which the flood left in its wake.

Officers sald that the bodies of

for days, if ever. these latter will not be recovered

The little valley below San Fran- cisquito canyon is a scene of desola- tion. Virtually every ranch in it. was ruined, among them the Harry Cary ranch, owned by the motion picture actor of that name. houses and orchards, the flood left Besides sweeping away the the fertile land of the valley buried

dam is not known, but the theory under severed feet of rock and sand. The cause of the breakage in the generally held is that seepage from the abutting hill caused one end of the dam to crumble under the load upon it.

The dam was. 185 feet high, and the reservoir behind it was virtually full at the time."

Steam Shovels Used.

Newhall, Mar. 14.

HOW MUCH DO YOU] KNOW?

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.

The following general know-

ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.

Answers, for those who need

them, will be found on Page 14

of this issue.

1 What new service for carrying mails through London has just come into full' operation. What ban on the broadcasting of certain music has been with- .drawn?

s State what important discovery han just been made in South Africa, and what result is antici- pated?

4 Where have the latest discoveries

of coal deposits been made? What is meant by.“The land of the rising sun"

0 Who was the first Christian

Emperor of Rome

7 Name the two great mountain rangers of the United States of America.

8 With, what famous people ara-

those placca associated: Gadshill; Hawarden; Apsley House; Straw- Hyberry

STULY

Who to the hero of "The Odyssey"!

Dam?

large similar concerns at Home, and has the approval of our Bumboats and canteen craft A great deal of this capital ex-auditors. furnished the local colour, by penditure has been in the acquisi I would like to thank our staff -Aring long strings of crackers astion and levelling of land, build both European and Chinose for the ship left her berth and pro-ing of new shops, offices, dwelling their loyal service during the past ceeded out through Lyemun Pass: houses, pump houses, and purchase-year. I do not think there is any

of machinery, to give us the neces-thing more calling for comment, sary space in the future to enlarge and I now beg to propose the

10 In what contury did the pre- and improve our dry docking adoption of the report and ne-

Raphaelite school of art flourish? Steam shovels were employed in 11 Across what river is the Assouan facilities, and thereby increase counts, and when this has been San Franclaquito canyon to-day our capacity for repair work which seconded, I shall be pleased to to search for the bodies of victims 12 What is a hedonists Arrested on board the .s. Presis the more profitable side of our answer to the beat of my ability of the St. Francis dam disaster. dent Grant, a Chinese appeared beshipbuilding facilities are now may like to ask.

business. At the same time, our any questions which shareholders The number of persons known fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow-second to none anywhere in the

to have perished in the flood which stations, and in addition, supplies loon Magistracy this morning world. The significance of this is

followed the breaking of, the dam charged with being in possession brought out by the fact that we

early yesterday has been officially are being brought in from Los of twelve revolvers and 1,200

are now, frequently asked to ton-

seconded by Mr,placed at 248, but the tabulation Angeles and other communities. rounds of ammunition. It was der for large and well fitted ships White and was carried unanimous. in not exact, owing to omissions etated that the man was, unem in competition with Home builders.

and duplications due to broken

An official investigation to deter- ployed, and a remand for further I have not the alightest doubt,

On the proposition of Mr. Abra-communications.

Many of those who were killed mine the reason for the dam's col- enquiries was ordered.

that, when times improve, we shall ham, seconded by Mr. Dastur, the get our share of those large or- Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard and were buried under the sand and lapse has been started.

Builders of the dam do not agree

the generally wako, and because of this, the with

accepted ders, though, at the present, time, Mr. H. P. White were re-elected wreckage which the flood left in its

Directors. competition is so strenuous that it Is dimcult to obtain much with a

Mr. da Silva proposed that steam shovels were brought into theory that seepago caused an keresion which led to the collapse margin of profit,

Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- Morguts have been established of the structure, thews and Messrs. Percy Smith, wherever space is available in the They bolleve that it resulted Seth and Fleming be re-elected devasted region.

from an earthquake. andítors at a remuneration

Relief agencies are operating The dam was a part of the Los

EARL_BALFOUR UNWELLA

London, Mar. 19. Earl Balfour, 'who has been all-

ing for some time, has cancelled

all engagements on account of a heart attack-Router.

Increased Capital. .

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This

Business Matters.

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Investigation Started,

The committee agree with the $1,500 each. This was seconded throughout the striken area. Angeles water system. It was 185. Directors that the capital of the by Mr. Fernandez and carried un-The Red Cross has established feet high, and impounded 1,500,000 Company should bo Increased as animously..

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