1929-02-26 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SHANGHAI HOTEL SERVANT'S ACT OF CALCUTTA SWEEP

BLAZE.

FIREMEN SAVE TIREE FROM DEATH.

THREE FLOORS OF BUILDING COMPLETELY GUTTED,

BIG PROPERTY LOSS.

Shanghai, Feb, 10. Risking their lives in a leaping ss of flames which gulled three floors of the Klang Nan llotel, one of the largest Chinese hostelries in Shanghai, firemen of the Settle ment Fire Brigade from Central Fire Station, yesterday, battled their way through the blazé .and rescued three persons from certain

REVENGE.

EUROPEAN MURDERED IN

JUNGLE."

BURMAH TRAGEDY.

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of

CHANGES.

MAY NOW BE DIVIDED INTO THREE.

SMÅLLER PRIZES.

Calcutta, Feb. 14.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929.

JUNK RAIDED OFF CASTLE PEAK.

DISASTROUS FIRE

IN SHANGHAI.

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BOAT MÁSTER'S SON INJURED NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE MAITM*

BY SHOT.

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ROBBERS SCARED OFF.

HOMELESS.

·POOTUNG · BLAZE.

Shanghai, Feb: 20. More than 200 houses were destroyed, "If junks and sampong burned to the water's edge and more than 900 men, women and children rendered homeless in a spectacular fire yesterday after- noon, on the Pontung side of the river which caused a property loss of thousands of dollars and which for a time threatened godowns and Swire. and wharves of Messra, Butterfield

work on the part of fire-fighters Prompt response and efficient of the Settlement Fire Brigade heavier loss of property, prevented loss of Hte and a for

Rangoon, Feb. 2.

An armed raid on a junk of News has been received by the I present Indications materi-Tung Lung Chau island, Castle Bombay Burmah Trading Corpora- alise it is probable that the era Peak, was reported at the Castle tion that Mr. J. A. E. Upton, one of huge prizes in the Royal Peak Police Station shortly after of their forest assistants suc- Calcutta Turf Club sweep on the 9 o'clock last night. cubed at Kalha Hospital to Derby, has come to an end.

From the account given to the wounds in the head eansed with a

The committee of the club has police by To Yau-kuen, who is heavy knife while he was lying in reserved the right to decide before master of fishing boat No. 6653A, bed near Kunehoung, in Mongmit this year's sweep is drawn whether it would appear that two men State, early on the morning of Jan; or not it will be divided into three bunrded the junk while it was at 26.

parts, there being three draws for anchor at the ferry wharf at Tung of Unton'a gua and subsequently taken until all the tickets have came alongside in a sumpan and The assailant obtained possession each horse. No decision will be Lang Chau island. The intruders shot dead two of his servants be-been issued, but I am informed it was noticed that after the two. fore making off into the jungle with that the majority of members are men had boarded there were two the weapon.

likely to be in favour of a triple more in a wailing boat. The mystery surrounding bis death was solved by the discovery ingly large sums paid to the win- volver and covered the immutes, draw, on account of the Increas- One of the men produced a re- death.,

later in The fire caused a loss of thou-Kunday Village, of the body

a monastery garden, at

ner of the chief prizes in recent who included two fokis, the mas- one life was lost as the result of furnishings, sands of dollars in

The ent, These huge prizes have ter's wife, a son and a daughter.. the fire-that of a cnt. years. personal belongings and other pro Upton's assailant, his table boy drawn to the sweepstake an amount The second robber proceeded to badly burned while trying to

Maung Kyaw,

Kyaw, who is believed to have of publicity which many members cut the anchor rope, and, on sce- escape from a burning house, was. not been definitely determined latest himself on the mixit of the of the club regard as undesirable,ing this, the master realised that mercifully put to death by Station murder with his victim's gun, was and after last year's race it was they intended to sail the boat Ofleer Caynes, of Central Fire

He raised a protest and at arrested last September in con- freely stated, that a change in the way.

The fight against the fire was It was after 30 o'clock yester-xion with the theft of a sum of Process of inaking the draw would the same time his wife cried out

No doubt "Save Life!" The master then directed by Capt. J. Gordon Dyson, money from Upton, but was sub-probably be made.

equently released for want of upmost of the people who take rushed at the pirates, one of whom Chief of the Shanghai Fire cient evidence. Fresh evidence chances in the sweep would wel fred, the shot grazing the nose Brigade, who remained on the acune until the flames were com- came to light recently: however, come the greater opportunity of of the master's son. and Mary Kyaw was on the point obtaining A substantial prize The master himself jumped into pletely under control. of being rearrested when the mur which a triple draw would afford the water, but before he had swum, der was committed.

even though there would be nafteh yards, he heard his wife shout-

Fire at Wa Tung Wharf, The murders of Upton and his further chance of winning such a ing to tell him that the robbers

The Are was at the Wa' Tung two servants were so carefully and prize us £250,000.

hed fled. The master's' son, des- Wharf, Pootung. Back of the Last year the first prize amount pite his injury, chased the robberg wharf was Д row of Chinese deliberately plamed that it seeins probable Maung Kyaw got news of led to the record sum of £240,000, ashore, but his efforts proved un-houses, then a narrow roadway his impending arrest when he went The Calcutta Turf Club ticket availing.

perty. The chuse of the fire had

last night.

The First Alarm.

day afternoon when the first alarm was turned in. The hotel faces en Avenue Edward VII, the numbers behur. 133. to 137 Avenue Edward VIA, and the hotel extending to the rear in the direction of the Rue de Consulat for a half block.

which drew the winner, Felstend, was held by Mr. W. H. E. Webb,

Station..

hordered by another row of houses at right angles to the river. To the rear of the second row of houses is a narrow creek, which

came another narrow road with another row of houses,

An employee of the hotel wear- ing the establishment noted a red tongue of fame shooting from a window on the third floor of the billing. He raised the alarm and the French Conrečasjon. Fireta Kunchong, on the night of Jan, Brigade responded.

25. He returned to Upton's 'Camp daring the night, entered his tent, member of the staff of Turner. THE POLICE RESERVE. was dry owing to low tide. Then and bit Upton, who was in bed, Morrison and Co., of Calcutta, who three times over the head with was in Singapore when he received heavy knife. There is evidence the news. Later it transpired ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT that he got possession of Upton's that Mr. Webb was not the actual Fan before murdering him. He winner, as he had disposed of the then went to the servants sleeping ticket to Mr. Ibrahim Dawood quarters and deliberately shot)

Fire Fought From Rear. The French Concession firemen

battied the fames" from the rear of the larilding, buf inding the blaze painių on them and their apparatus inadequate to combat it, called upon "entral Fire Station

for af.

WEEK.

Hongkong Police Reserve Or 1ton's rook dead,, then went to Kazi, a Bombay timber merchant.ders, by the Hon. Mr. B. D. C.

Central Fire Station men underporation's bungalone at Kanebony, name of Mr. Kazi's eight-months- dent of Police, state:

the Bomby Human Trading Cor. The ticket was actually in the wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten-fire, was gaining and that the

Station Commander King responds d and began a light on the flames from the front of the burning building. Three fire warrous from Central were on the scene.

French £remen ran up an exten- sion ladder at the rear of the building and turaedt two ineffective streams of water on the burning structive. The dames gained more hedway and soon spad

small biulding directly at the rear _of_the_hotel____The French firemen. then mounted to the roof of the small building and from that Vantage point poured several stragms of water into the flaming

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come three miles distint and on the back of the verandah shot doul a table dry employed by Upton Some of the servants saw him run- nind away with a pup.

The five servants whom hê mine- dered were fellow villagers of his.

FURTHER MUTINY IN SHANTUNG.

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old baby, but quarter shares wore disposed of lo Mr. Charles Murray, an Irish resident in Rombay, and Mr. Anthony Razarlo, a Goanese, also of Bombay.

BRILLIANT WORK BY R.A.F.

lost.

The söft mund ̈änt

The fire broke out in the middle raw of houses between the creek and the godowns. The latter structures were threatened and 1. and S. ofgials, realizing that the

Chinese firemen were unable to Chinese Company.

rope with the situation, notified "First Aid in the Injured."— the Settlement Fire Brigade and Class for instruction in First Aid asked for assistance. will be held at the Company's Headquarters

Wednesday,

The Customs and Brigade fonts February 27th, at 5.30 p.m. sharp the dames from eneh end. By responded at once and attacked Signalling. The Signalling Squad will attend

that time the Chinese houses were at the Com-fire and the flames had spread to pany's Headquarters for practice the helpless simpans and junke in Morse and Semaphore underlying in the dry creek. As each Crown Sergeant R15 Ow Yeung craft caught fire those on board (Continued-from-Page-1)Kin-Heng-on-Wednesday, February

27th. at 630 pan. sharp,

jumped into were brought away in aeroplanes on Examination in Part 2.-There gained the shore, no lives being Sunday. As, however, some Ger-will be no examination In Part 2 man national were either unable, of Training Course on Thursday, or unwilling, to wind up their February 28th. owing to Head- Traffic Suspended.

affairs in time. Chefoo, Feb, 25.

to leave by acro-quarters being occupied for a Meanwhile all tradlie on Avenue:

plane,

German charge, special function. The military situation is un- Edward VI was completely sus changed, but the Japanese D'affairs, Haron Von Plessen, was

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taken in a British machine to Bonded and the street was lined evidently taking every precaution,

The next instructional patrol of with thousands of foreigners and in addition to the three destro- Kabul at the end of last week to Chinese watching the fight. Every window in the vicinity of the five or already here the first-class watch over their interests in place the Hongkong Section will take Fall in at the Central Police and many rooftops held their cruiser Kisa arrived yesterday of the German minister, who is in place on Thursday, March 7th.

with an Admiral aboard. In ad- ill-health. quoin of ontnakers. .

Ag an indication of the strict Station at 5.15 p.m., sharp. Dress

-Winter Uniform. Directed by foreign officers of dition, several destroyers are re-

nuining at Lungkow.

neutrality which the British Gov- Central Station,, firemen ran up an The US, cruiser Trentou ar- ernment are maintaining 'towards Sharpshooters' Company. extension ladder at the front of the rived this morning.

Afshan affairs, arrangements have Revolver practice will be carried building and mounted to the roaf It is reported that fifty villages been made for the British consular out at Kennedy Road Range on of the hotel. They also penetrated south of Chao Yuen, near Lung representatives in Jellalabad and Sunday, March 3rd, at 10.09 a.m. through the thick, black smoke

kow, have been razed by Lui Kandahar also, to withdraw

to Members will assemble at the into the bibling and to the very Kai-tai in revenge for the death Peshawar whither they are pro-Range at that time, with belts and heart of the flames. In a smoke-

holsters with revolver. Uniform Alled rom on the secondí

of a Lieutenant, Ying Tsang, who ceeding by train and motorenr. Hear

By a curious coincidence, the de-optional. Central Station firemen heard a

was killed by village guards.

parture of the British minister "Defendu" Class-This will be ery,

from Kabul to-day coincides with held as usual on Monday, March

· Villaged Razed, ·

Looting Rife,

Later, The loss of life in the razed villages is unknown.

The vernacular papera state that Chang Chung-chang went to Lai- al-yang yesterday.

Crashing their way through the door the firemen rescued and a woman, both nearly overcome- by smoke. From another room on the same floor a ery was heard. In this room the firemen found an 11- year-old girl. Flames were ready darting about the room, which was filled with smoke. The girl was carried to the street while thousands cheered.

Refugees from Kangyu state that. Huang Feng-chi's soldiery had been promised, as an induce- ment, three hours' looting; conse. Rescued Persons Revived. quently many villages in the The three rescued persons were vicinity of last week's fighting were thoroughly looted. This is revived, the man and woman stat confirmed by Lin Chen-nien's ing that they were awakened in soldiery returning from the front a smoke-filled room and had been with much money extracted from anable to locate the door, having uang Feng-chi's captured soldi- Jost all sense of direction. The young girl had been left alone by her parents and was asleep at the time the fire broke out. The girl was taken to the hospital, given treatment and returned to her parents.

When the alarm was first sound- ed scores of frightened Chinese rushed to the street, the majority carrying their personal belongings, but more ambitious ones returning and carrying out trunks, boxes and other property.

were thren-

Nearby structures tened for a time and this resulted in considerable Furnishings being: moved to the street while the fire raged.

Spectators Drenched.

At one stage of the fire a hun- dred or more of curious Chinese surged within a few inches of the Jabouring firemen on the street. A hose burst and the on-lockers were drenched as they made a mad rush 'to escape the water.

Late last night a hysterical woman complained that her hus- band, with whom she occupied a room on the 1st floor, had perished

'ers.

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Liu's men state that in the event

of defeat they wosid loot before their departure, hence the mer chants are very nervous and busi- ness is at a standstill.-Reuter.

BOMBAY OUTLOOK.

SITUATION STILL REMAINS NORMAL.

London, Feb. 25, Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary for Indin, stated in the House' of ¦ Commons to-day that the situation in Bombay was now and had been for days, normal.-British Wire- teen.

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THE PEKING TROUBLE.

Peking, Feb. 25.

In connexion with the strike of Legation Quarter police, special |

in the blaze. The husband, it was police and soldiery maintained a later learned, was located and stated vigil round the Quarter all night that he had not been in the hotel at long, and the situation to-day la the time-Shanghai Times,

normal-Reuter.

the

Flying Squad,

Thousands Watch Bluze,

The flames and the huge column of smoke wore visible for miles around and drew thousands of

the scene. persons to

The two fire floats poured heavy streams of water on the flames from each

the blaze had been extinguished. end, meeting in the centre when The Settlement Fire Brigade was

notified of the fire at about 1.10 p.m. and returned to the Settle- ment about 4 pm. after gaining complete control over the blaze.

Authorities of Pootung late last night were providing shelter for the night for the 900 homeless persons whose places of residence were destroyed.

In addition to the 200 homes,

the seventh anniversary of the date 4th. at Police Headquarters at 11 junks and sampang, the fre crossed on which the British Legation 5.30 p.m., under Sergeant R.. Jdestroyed a considerable quantity

the Afghan border-Hunt. Dress-Mufti. British Wirelesa,

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Special Added Attraction

-THE

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In

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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

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Entire Change of Programme on Thursday

Let GORDON'S ideas

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of wood oil and cotton on wharf and in the godowna. Several of the godowns damaged by the flames.

the

were

Room 7

"The boss wouldn't dare talk to me like that if he didn't

know my wife was 'out of a job just now.”

FOR THE S.P.C.A.

FANCY DRESS AND MASKED BALL.

It is some time since a fancy dress and masked ball was organised by the Society for Pre-. vention of Cruelty to Animals, but a large number of local residenta will remember the highly success- ful functions held in the past. It will therefore be welcome news that another such event is to be held at the Peninsula Hotel on March 8th.

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There is no necessity to stress the excellent work performed in Hongkong by the S.P.C.A., but in order to ensure an uninterrupted continuance of the Society's netivi- ties, it is imperative that the limit- ed financial resources be augment- ed from time to time. The idea of holding a masked ball to a happy one, for, as we mention above, similar events held in years gone by proved extremely popular and enjoyable.

No efforts are being spared to make the night of March 8th.n memorable one, and it is expected that there will be a great demand for tickets. Dancing will continuo until 2 a.m., and with the Peninsula Hotel as the venue of revelry, as- eurance is given that the catering, music and environment will leave nothing to be desired.

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The function is under the patron- Bge of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, K. C.. M. G...

and standards guide you to dress

your feet in better footwear.

"The Home of Beautiful Shoes”

GORDON'S

2nd Floor

KAYAMALLY BUILDINGS

THEATRE ROYAL "ON APPROVAL"

Tuesday, February 26th LAST NIGHT

Still a few scats left.

Dooking at Anderson's Reserved seats $8.-

Service men in uniform half price to $1.- seats

P. T.

FARRELL

Consulting Engineor & Manufacturors' Bopresentative,

Agencies for:-

Bolinder's Crude Oil Engines Marino, Stationary and Lighting."

“WYANDOTTE” Boller Cleaner and Cleanser,

King's Building, Top Floor,

Telephone Central 4422, Telegraphlo Address "VAREEZING".