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AND

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Telographile Addrese: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI,”

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HOTELS

LIMITED.

In sesociation with the Grand Hotel Dos Wagons Lito, Paking.

KING EDWARD. HOTEL.

Most Modern and Contral Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Bods, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephons,

+ 1.

TEA DANCES:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m. Hotel launch mesta all steamers.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1928.

FRENCH LINER DISASTER.

GRAVE PLIGHT OF RAILWAYS.

(Continued from Pape 1.)

DETAILS OF “CAP LAY" sure of economy by ordering that

SINKING.

BELIEVED LOSS OF MANY ANNAMITE TROOPS.

STORY BY SEAMEN.

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as from July 2nd., only four days a work would be worked in its great building and repairing shops at Swindon and elsewhere.

That means that these huge con- tres employing thousands of mon were closed from Friday night until Tuesday morning overy week.

The new agreement does away with this action, to the satisfaction of both sides as it is admitted that while it is always possible to cur. tail for a period repairs and now construction, it is only postponing an inevitable expenditure,

Trade Singnation.

FIRST WOMAN AIR LOVE vs. SATAN!

PILOT.

LADY HEATH TAKES UP

HER DUTIES.

TO FLY TO BATAVIA AND BACK AGAIN.

20,000-MILE FLIGHT.

The story is now available in

London, July 27. grenter detail of the wrecking of

Lady Heath, interviewed by the Chargeures Reunis liner Cap

Reuter on her arrival at Croydon Lay on one of the numerous rocks

from Amsterdam as second pilot which abound in the Baie d'Along,

of the 16-passenger Fokker Jupiter The present position of the rail (Gulf of Tonkin), during the

way, it is stated, has been brought plane of the Royal Dutch Air Line, sald she had been engaged to`acti about not only by the competition typhoon of the 18th-19th July..

It appears that

as second pilot of a Fokker nir the firat

of motor transport but by the precliner fitted with three Armstrong- authentic news of the disaster after tical stagnation of the heavy indus- Siddeley engines which would communication by radio from thetries of the country. Il-fated ship ceased mysteriously,

These are the industries which the railways and when they are

She is now intent on gathing ex stagnant there is a wholesale drop. In railway receipts

perience on big multi-engined The Union's willingness to co-machines and will later study en- operate has finally disposed of any gines at the Armstrong-Siddeley question of a reduction of person- nel.

make the journey from Amsterdam to Batavia and back in the autumn, vice,"

($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the (was reported by nine French a contribute largely to the revenue of to inaugurate the new Dutch ser

above Hotel).

Tol. Add:-"Victoria.”

Telephone C. 875

HOTELS OF

J. R. WITCHELL

Manager.

DISTINCTION

METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Address "PALACE." Tell. Kowloon No. 8

Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Forry and Railway Station. Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. Every Room with Private Bath. Loungo, Bar and Billiard-Rooms.

mon who escaped in one of the ship's lifeboats and were found by the Customs launch Enga cast up on a sandbank, at Cathai.

According to what the seamen said, the Cap Lay, on the night of the 10th, was sheltoring amongst the islands in the Baio d'Along after picking up the river pilot at Dason. It was hoped that if on the following day weather conditiona had sufficiently improved to enable them to do so, the liner would be able continue her voyage up the river to Haiphong.

Dropped Anchor.

But during the height of the storm, the anchor chain brake and the ship was carried by the force of the wind into the dreaded Henrietta Pass nvhere she struck a rock and Bank.

GETTING TOO LAZY.

44.

WHY EUROPEAN LEFT DETENTION HOUSE.

F. O. Richards was charged be- fore Major C. Willson, this morn- ing, with failing to return to the House of Detention.

works.

Lady Heath said she found the big passenger air linera casier to Aly than small machines, as they were practically stable.

Later in the day, Lady leath flew back in the cockpit of the plane to Amsterdam with a full load of passengers, and freight.— Reuter.

First Woman Pilot.

London, July 27. Lady Heath, the well-known arrived at British air woman, The defendant made a state- Croydon Aerodrome, to-day in the ment to the effect that he would cockpit of a Fokker-Jupiter Afteen-: have a better opportunity to look passenger Dutch air liner. Sho for employment if he left the has entered into a contract with

Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress, men said that when the liner House of Detention, where, he the Royal Dutch Air Line in order

Terma moderate. Special terms te familles on application to:

Mrs. J. II. OXBERRY, Proprietrcón.

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.'

SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.

Daily from $5.00 Monthly from $125.00

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 008 & K. 809.

MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.

Cables "KowLOTEL"

Hongkong..

EUROPE

After-dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,

Cables:-

"EUROPE

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD,

Arthur E. Odell, Managing - Director.

THE HOTEL RIVIERA

MACAO

Cable Address:—“ RIVIERA, MACAO"

́ ́EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF COMFORT AND SERVICE

One of the reacued 383-

struck he ran to the after-

Auld, be was getting lazy. Hejto obtain experience of large deck where he and hie com-

confinement in the multiplo-engined machines. a life-boat. AR added that panions lowered they cast off from the sinking bost, House of Detention was doing him

more harm than good, .. the lights of the liner went out.

Sub-Inspector Elston, in reply The sudden shock caused the to his Worship'a enquiry regard-

Although Lady Heath WES nominally second pilot on to-day's trip, it is understood that she took chargo throughout the journey from Amsterdam and is the first woman in the world to net as pilot of a large air liner.

on

boiler to explode, and as the ing the defendant's record, said seamen pulled away the ship was the defendant first became strand- sinking rapidly. It was

alsed in the Colony in 1925, and, thought that the wireless equip through the good offices of a

It was her third day with a machine. She flow passenger ment failed to operate, thus pre-charitable institution, was given a

Paris from Amsterdam to venting an urgent call from being passage to Europe. Defendant Wednesday and to Brussels yes- sent to the wireless stations on

"jumped his ship" at Singapore terday. She returned to Amsterdam shore.

and went to Australin. He was from Croydon later to-day, and sent back to Singapore, from on Monday she expects to fly the. which city he went to Manila, Zurich. where he had better facilities than anywhere else of again going to Australia. He next appeared at Amoy.

On learning of the disaster, the authorities at Haiphong at once dispatched three launches. to the rescue of the passengers and crow of the wreckell liner.

200 Rescued.

A radio message received later from one of the launches stated that 200 of the passengers and erew of the Cap Luy were rescued, some being pleked up at the beach of Cacba Ialet,

""

The full list of passengers and erew as given out by the Company's. agents, however, showed that in addition to 120 crew and 70 clvillan and French military pas- sengers, there were also 175 re- patriated Annamite troops who were accommodated in the steer- age. Owing to the suddenneas of the catastrophe, it is believed that the majority of these troops were drowned.

Aeroplanes are being used in the search for possible survivors who may have been cast up on the Islets which exist in great number on this part of the Tonkin const Meanwhile, a subscription has been opened in Haiphong in aid of those who have suffered by the disaster,

ptain's Report,

Defendant, who had four con- victions in the local Courts, was sentenced to six weeks' hard la- bour.

over

Her purpose is to obtain ex- perience prior to a 20,000 míla night from Holland to Batavia and back in the autumn. The Dutch are Bending out four air liners to inaugurate an air service that route, and Lady Heath is go- ing as pilot of a fifth machine a Fokker with three Armstrong- Siddeley engines in which General ALLEGED ASSAULT ON Snyder, the distinguished Dutch

soldier, will be among sengers.

POLICE.

FOUR CHINESE FIREMEN

CHARGED.

Four Chinese firemon appeared, before Major C. Willson, this morning, charged with assaulting Chinese police constable No. 497 und obstructing him in the execu

on of his duty. The alleged ob- struction and assault are said to have taken place on Wednesday last at No, 24, West Street.

the pas-

Ex-

Lady Heath's previous air perience has been mainly with light machines, in which she made many notable Alghta British Wireless,

13 YEAR OLD DETECTIVE.

ACT THAT LED TO GANG'S

ARREST.

Mr. Horace Lo appeared for the

As a reward for detective work defendants and asked for a re-which led to the detention of three mind, which was granted, the case mon alleged to be trafficking in being fixed for Wednesday after-stolen- motor-cars, a 13-year-old noon next. Bail of $50 was grant- London schoolboy, Leonard James ed to each man.

Kidd, of Sheridan-road, Manor Park, was granted 40a, by the Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.) at the Old Bailey.

From an official report made by Captain 'Bentu, of the Cap Lay, it would seem that, forced by increas

Shanghai, July 27. ing wind with the knowledge that

It je reliably reported that_Dr., somewhere in the darkneta danger C. C. Wu, former Nationallet For Harris, 43,

In the dock were Frederick mechanic, George

lay in the presence of the cign Minister, has been appointed Baker, 45, butcher, and David numerous rocky islets which abound in those waters, the Cap by Nanking to act as the Chinese Thomas Challis, 27, engineer.

Mr. Horace Fenton, prosecuting, Lay anchored in a comparatively plenipotentiary to the United

unknown channel, while the Cap States negotiating for the revisaid that Kidd noticed a motorist tain and pilot walted for better slon of the Sino-America treaty. visibility to enable them to detor-

mine their exact position.

leave his car beside the kerb. Harris and Baker drove up in a motor-van and Baker got out of

drove it away.

The boy's suspicious

As the order was given for the Last night the 5.5. Lungshan the van, jumped into the car and

a fow

were

second anchor to be dropped, ona brought down a number of dis- of the officers reported to the Cap tinguished visitors from Canton, aroused, and taking a matchbox tain that the first anchor- Including Madame 1 Chai-sum, from his pocket he made a note

chain had snapped, and that the her two children and

on it of the number of the van. ship was hearing rapidly on a officials. Madame Li is staying in He action was noticed by Harris, rock which was discernible to the King Edward Hotel and it who snatched the matchbox out Blarboard,

is understood she will proceed of his hand.. to Shanghai shortly though the date has not been fixed.

No Hope.

Kidd was able to memorise the number of the van, however, and gave information to the police, Inquiries followed, and the traffic

Mise Li, however, will be leaving on Tuesday by a President boat.

It is also learned that Mr. Chu in which the prisoners were Chao-hain, the Commissioner of ongaged was brought to light. Foreign Affairs in Canton, is

Harris, who was described by

It was then seen that there was no hope of saving the vessel, and attention was directed to the work of roicue of the passengers,

With the first shock, as the coming to Hongkong in a day or Detective-Inspector Baker as the

vessel hurled Itself on the rock, the lights went out, the boilers exploded and there was. extreme confusion on board,

two.

ringleader, of one of the cleverest gangs of motor.thieves in London, was sentenced to four year's penal servitude. Baker was sen tenced to 20 months' hard labour, and Chailla to 12 months impri- sonment in the second division.

The darkness, the torrential put this on a more or less orderly downpour of rain and the repostad

baals,

The Chlef Engineer, M. Damour, shocks as the vessel hurled itself with the third officer, M.. Camus, again and again on the rock con tributed to the frightfulness of succeeded in establishing a life- "You are a smart boy," Sir the situation,

cable between the ship and the Ernest told Kidd. when informing aummit of the rocky inlet on which him of the reward, “and. I hope they were cast and by this means that your observation and dili were able to save a great many gence will continue in the years to como I advise you to use' this Admirable order was shown by money to buy something to remind Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MOHLEY, crew, who assisted by military almost everyone on board the you that you have been of creat

officers on board as passengers, wrecked liner.. st 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong,

sprvice to the public."

In the work of rescue that followed, tribute is paid to the herolam and presence of mind: af la number of the ship's officers and

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