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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE SHASI AGAIN

IN TROUBLE.

GOES ON ROCKS UP YANGTSZE.

MAY REMAIN AGROUND UNTIL ·

THE SPRING.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928.-

MR. TOKONAMI IN LUCK OF SCOTTISH

NANKING.

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A TWO-HOUR PARLEY WITH CHIANG KAI-SHEK.

PROBLEMS TOUCHED,

Nanking, Doc. 12.

1

Mr. Tokonami, the Japanese | political leader, was Interviewed by Mr. Tan Yen-kai, Chairman of

CUP DRAW

STRANGE FEATURE OF FIRST ROUND.

STRONG TEAMS COME FIRST

OUT OF HAT...

NAVAL GUARD ABOARD the Nanking Administrative Coun- HEARTS MEET AIRDRIE.

Shanghai, Dec. 8. The China Navigation str. Shast is on the rocka ut a point about one mile below Split Hill which is situated below Hankow, and is in a very serious predicament.

cil this morning. The result of the meeting is stated to be satie- factory.

London, Dec. 12. The draw for the First Round Shortly before

the of the Scottish Cup Competition Japanese leader visited the Nan- was made to-day, resulting as king Municipal Government and follows:

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A British man-of-war and the C. N. S. Wenchow are standing by the Shas which apparently struck the rocks during the night of Mon- Mr. Tekonami conferred with the Berwick Rang v. Ayr United. day. Reports are to the effect that President of the State Council. Nithsdale Wand, v. St. Mirren. she is badly holed and that her fore-Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

The Celtic

v. Árthurlie, peak is flooded.

with

East Fife

sonally escorted him around the the Mayor, Mr. Liu Chi-wen, per- Queen of South v. Inverness Calde-

doniana.

various departments of his office. Civil Service S. v. Fraserburg. At three o'clock in the afternoon,

The British Naval Commander wireleased to the effect the vessel will require salvage operations be yond gunboat capacity. Salvage Lugs accordingle have been sent from Hankow and the work of salvage is now proceeding.

Passengerą Taken Off.

In view of the exceedingly strong current and the general conditions the work ta extremely hazardous and is not known at present whether it will lie possible to re- float the vessel or not. All pussen gers have been taken off on to the str. Wenchow and will proceed to Hankow in that steamer. Those bonked for Jehane are Megara, F. Lloyd and R. Mac Farlane, Misgos

pourparlers, which dealt various Sino-Japanese problems, lasted for two hours. Details of St. Andrews. the meeting have been kept secret at present.

V. Partick T..

V. Bathgate.

Albion Rover

v. Galston.

Univ.

It la said that Marshal Chiang Hearts gave a very courteous reception | Thornhill to the Japanese guest, who before Third Lanark departure from Chinng's residence

Motherwell Intimated his intention of paying. respects at the tombs of the fallen Buckle This. Chinese soldiers and citizens and Kilmarnock the former Chinese Commissioner Dundee Un. of Foreign Affairs at Tsinanfu, Dumbarton who perished during the May in- eldent. Mr. Tokonami's sojourn Dunfermline in Tainaafu will be very brief, for St. Bernard's he intends visiting Shanghai Armadale second time before going back to

Bo'ness Japan.

Rangers

Hamilton

Pirie, Scott and Vipont. Mr. C. W. Knoll is a passenger for Hankow. Mr. Tokonami and his party

The str. Wenchow has placed six have been-invited to attend a ban-. Allos of her armed naval guards on board quet to be given in their honour Dunder the vessel and six mory guards are by Messrs. Tai Chi-tno and Wu Hibernias. proceeding up river from Kiukiang' Han-min, and he also intends to three to be laced in the Slang-confer with Marshal Feng Yu- tan (also aground) and three in hutang to-morrow, the Shasi. Due to this disposition

of guards, other vessels proceeding up river will not be fully provided with guards.

The Shas left Shanghai at day- light on Friday laat on a voyage to Ichong via Hankow and other river ports and, it will be remembered, it was this vessel which was pirated few weeks ago soon after leaving Bankow. The pirates subsequently were captured and tried.

DISASTROUS FIRE IN

THE CITY.

(Continued from Page 1.) · Telegraph representative left the scene at 10.30 this morning.

Banknotes Charred.

y. Airdrieoniana.

v. Murrayfield Am.

v. Clydebank.

v. Leith Ath,

v. Queen's Park.

v. Glasgow Univ. v. Morton.

v.. Inverness Citadel

v. Cowdenbeath,

v, Falkirk.

v. Moor Park.

v. Newton Stewart.

v. Edinburgh City.

v. East Stirling.

v. King's Park," v. Forfar.

*., St. Johnstone.

v. Brechin City.

Dunkeld-Birnam v. Clackmannan.' Bredalbare Arbroath Beith

Huntly

Aberdeen Clyde

v. Inverness Thistle

v. Raith Rovers.

v. Stenhousemutr.

v. Solway Star.

v. Montrose.

Matches to be played on January 19th.-Reuter.

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The Strongest Teams.

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The cause of the fire is unknown. Motherwell, Aberdecu, Kilmar THE SCRE AMINGLY FNUNY FARCE-COMEDY! Latest reports are that the Shasi The ground floor of No. 20 where nock, Celtic, Hibernians, and St. will in all probability apend the it originated, was occupied as a Mirren, the first eight in the Scot winter on a ledge of rocks situated juss-stick and paper shop, contain-tish League table, are all at home at a point about one mile below ing much material of a nature with the exception of the last! Sulit in the Yantsze below which to some degree has explained named, who are presented with Hankow. The water in the river the fierceness and rapidity of the the task of defeating Nithsdale) Is falling and this naturally In-

Wanderers away. eroased the dificulties of those

engaged in the work of salvage bat as soon as it was realized that the vessel was firmly ensconced on a ledge of rock in a more or less comfortable position, it was agreed that the far better plan would be to shore her up, effect temporary repairs to her forepart and leave the ship until the river rises.

As arrangements' now are, she will remain in the position she now is in until about next March when the high water will float her and the temporary repairs effected will enable her to proceed down (river to dry dock.

Skeleton Crew,

spread.

An interesting find was a'small-

safe which was an scorched by the the First Division are playing at Eleven of the twenty clubs, ini flames and heat that banknotes of home, while in only two instances an allegedly big amount, which it is supposed to contain, are said to do they meet teams of their own have been reduced to charred paper. status.

heat engendered was to be gained Some idea of the intensity of the from the evidence furnished by a twisted mass of iron which is all that remains of an iron bed..

Four More Bodles.

Later,

English Cup Re-Piny.

By defeating Scarborough at Darlington at two goals to one, Darlington to-day qualified to meet. Bury in the Third Round of the F. A. Cup Competition. Bury are called upon to travel to Darling- ton for the match,

Fire Brigade Headquarters at In the Northern Section of the 1.30 this afternoon report the re- Third Division, New Brighton to- covery, from the ruins of house No. day defeated Carlisle by the only 20, of four other bodies, in addition goal of a keen game.-Reuter, to the one recovered earlier. The list of casualties up to that hour therefore comprises one man, two women and two children killed, an une mun seriously injured.

The fact that all the bodies were

As over, sampan men, ete, but in reality nothing but pirates, flocked towards the vessel when her distress was noted. A British mun-of-war was, however, in the vicinity together with the C. N. 5. recovered from the one house in Wenchow with armed nuval guards which the outbreak originated ill- en bourd. These Initer, togetherustrates the suddenness with which with others sem, up from Nanking, the blaze started. The man and are now on the Shasi and the com- the two womep

who were killed pany is not at all anxious as to were living in an upper floor. The the fate of the vessel. A skeleton crew has been provided and she will be visited from time to time with supplies and the guards will be relieved and replaced as neces-

sury.

Should extraordinary high water make itself evident within the next day or two, it is possible that a further attempt will be made to dislodge the vessel but such a possibility is remote...

WITHOUT AUTHORITY.

FINES FOR BUILDING IN YARD.

position in which the bodies of the

BRITISH TRADE

RETURNS.

INCREASE IN EXPORTS OVER ELEVEN MONTHS.

two children were found indicated GRATIFYING FEATURE. that they took refuge in the kitchen at the rear of the premises and were trapped.

REFUSE DUMP TO GARDEN CITY.

VIENNA HOUSING PROBLEM

Vienna, November 8,

London, Dec. 12. The Board of Trade returns for November show that importa were valued at £106,855,875 compared with £107,138,713 In the corres- ponding month of 1927.

Exports were £63,760,502′ com- pared with £70,609,651.

For the first eleven months of this year, the imports totalled | £1,095,000,000, this being a ́de- crease of £18,500,000 compared with the corresponding period of last year.

Part of Ottakring, the sixteenth district of lennu, known under

The exports, for the alevon the name of "Sandlelten," was used months totalled £663,000,000, being for years as a refuse, dump. But an increase of £12,750,000. For failing to comply with the municipality resolved to trans- The decrease in November, ex- magistrate's order requiring him form the place into a kind of gar- ports is largely accounted for by to dismantle an Illegal structure den city, and after four yeara'n' reduction in the exports of cat- in the yard of No. 288, Shanghal labour has now finished the con-ton and woollen goods amounting Street, the owner was fined $100 truction of a new town which will to £3,600,000 There was also a by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the house some 7,000 persons,

decrease in the exports of vehicles, Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The place, which to be opened including locomotives, ships and The tenant who built the for use in a short time, will have aircraft, to an extent of £670,000. structure was fined $50. Orders 1,600 flats, a large number of shops The increase of exports for the were made in both eases for the and storehouses, library, theatre eleven months' period is, how- orection to be removed within and cinema,, kindergarten, public ever, a gratifying feature.--- fourteen days.

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