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DRAMATIC TYPHOON

ADVENTURE

PASSENGERS IN

A PANIC.

Hydrangea Master

Threatened.

SHIP RIDES, OUT

THE STORM.

The most dramatic adven- ture in Saturday's typhoon the lot of Captain.

the Grierson and

officers

WAD

of

the Swatow steamor Hydranges. A rough par- sage into Hongkong early in the morning, no medical offi. cer to pass them out of quarantine, and five hundred passengers aboard becoming increasingly panic-stricken at the prospect of remaining aboard during the blow,

Ultimately. the passengers hegan to get out of hand, mennced the guards and sent an ultimatum to the master, whose attention was naturally held by the work of riding out the hurricane off Stonecutters.

The ship actualy went through the typhoon without mishap with five hundred angry PRAKONKEES aboard. They were landeil about five o'clock, when a riot seemed imminent, in spite of the guarantine regulations, Captain Grierson hav inge to choose between going to the wharf and having his bridge invad.

....

The Chinese passengers, num- bering nearly 500 as son is they realised the possibility of having to remain on in the harbour while the typhoon raged, became very reative, and later, upon learning

that owing to quarantine regula

936 PER ANNUM

FOUNDED

1601

NO. 23,461

一拜禮 號三月八英港香

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931.

日十二月六

BINOLE COPY 10 GENTA

TYPHOON SCENES ON THE WATERFRONT.

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Terrige no breaking over the Praya near Queen's Pier during the height of the gala on Satur day are shown in the top picture. Below is teen the result of the pounding of the water on the stone balustrade surrounding the pier. The part shown still standing later shared the fate of the remainder. (Photos: Mr. Denis H. Hazell),

tions they could not be disembark "SECRET" TALKS IN

hal

ed until the Medical Officer signed the ship off their discon tested murmurings developed inte threats, until finally, a deputation was sent to the captain, demand-

ing that the ship should be alongside, so that they might get ashore.

Capt. Grierson saw that a rut was imminent If the demands were not met, and, hoisting a Police fag. he walled alongside.

SCOTLAND.

Premier & Mr. H. L.

Stimson.

MYSTERY LODGE.

London, Aag. 2.. The conversations between Mr.

The rather dramatic experience was described to the Telegraph to-day by Mr. John Robinson, al Messrs. Bradley and Co., Swatow.. L. Stimson and Mr. Ramany the only European passenger on MacDonald board the Hydrangea.

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international affairs, which were begun at the

be resumed

Relating the incident, he said Seven-Power Conference in Lou- that the ship made fast trip

from

until don. will probably down

Swatow

Saturday morning. when heavy this week "Homewhere in the

encountered. sens were

There Highlands of Scotland." were about five hundred Chinese deck passengers on board.

At 6 am. on Saturday, the boat entered Lyemcon Pass, and made

its way to the quarantine anchor are off Stonecutter's Island,

Clearance Not Available,

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is at his present holiday-making at Lossiemouth home.

CHINESE POLICE Knife

Attack METHODS.

QUEER INCIDENT IN SHANGHAI.

MAN FOUND WITH SIX WOUNDS.

mur.

Dunlop Rubber Co. (Chino) Ltd. Fedder Bldg.

NEW PACIFIC FLIGHT BEGUN.

CHALLENGE TO Nonstop to

GATTY

FLIGHT RECORD..

HERNDON MAKES

GOOD TIME.

TIGHT FINISH IN PROSPECT.

Moscow, Aug. 2.

By no means discouraged by i the time lost in gelting to] Moscow, the American round- the-work liers, Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn are speed- ing across Siberia in splendid time and may be expected, if no accident occurs, to overtake. in point of time. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty.

Tokyo.

Texan Airmen

Off Again.

A Larger Engine This Time.

Seattle, Aug. 2.

The two Texan airmen, Reginald Robbins and H. S. Jones, who early last month unsuccessfully attempted to Ay from Seattle to Tokyo, took off on a second attempt to-day.

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Their machine, a Lockheed- Vega, has been completely over- At the moment. Herndon and hauled since the airmen's return Pangborn are roughly a day be from Solomon, Alaska, (where hind the schedale maintained by mishap occurred on July the record-holders, but they hope when they were endeavouring to get to Habarovsk early to-

morrow morning, and to start off to refuel the machine in the

Reginald Robbina:

AIRMAN HERO KILLED.

RACING TRIAL TRAGEDY.

again very quickly, in which event air) and has been fitted with an CAPTAIN MONTI

they would be ahead of the Gutty- Post flight time.

Pass. Over Irkutsk They left Omsk last night and passed over Irkutak, where Amy Johnson was staying, in the early hours of the morning, landing at Chita-over 1,600 miles from Omsk-at one o'clock in the after-

noon.

At 3.20 p.m. Moscow Time, they took off from Chita for Haboravak direct, roughly a thousand miles jaway, and should arrive There

shortly after miduight.

Pacific Crossing.

If the light to Habarovsk is cut- pleted without mishap, they will probably start on the crossing of the Pacific early in the morning.

Apparently, the fliers have alian. doned their origant Intention of fly- and attempting a

ing tonight from there to Seattle. |

nonstop

It is believed that they will cross the Pacific via Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands, with Vancouver as their destination.

LOGS OF FLIGHTS.

HERNDON,

F

GATTY,

The police are seeking a man 1st day. who is responsible for a

Left Now York derous attack which took place on

Left Nowidland

COURT OFFICIAL the top floor of a house in Yuo

ARRESTED.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Aug. 2.

An extraordinary Anglo- Chinese incident occurred yesterday, giving rise to fur- ther hard words by foreign- ers regarding the over-off. ciousness of the Chinese au- thorities.

Yam Street, a narrow lane off Hollywood Road, last night.

2nd day.

Chester. Hanover. Berlin.

Called into the place late last night, they found manin Krave condition on the floor, bleeding: freely from some six wounds in 3rd day. the chest and abdomen.

entirely new engine, developing double the horse-power of the engine employed in the previous attempt.

They hope to win the prize of £5,000 offered by the Japanese newspaper Asahi for the first non- stop flight across the Pacifle. They

H. S. Jones.

Left New York are flying via Alaska and Kam- chatka, keeping to the plans of the previous venture, and are refueling in the air at several points.

Left Newidid, Merylgrove,

Moscow,

Croydon Berlin.

The state of the room indicated That

been there had

a scuffie, chairs being overturned and con-1th day. siderable disorder being evident.

Pass Omsk. Novosibersk.

The

man who is believed to have carried out the assault appears to have called on the victim earlier inth day. in the evening. Both men were engaged for some time in an

the

struggle argument before

staircase

Mr. Stimson, who is also on Mr. I. T. Morris, the chief occurred. holiday in Scotland, has rented a clerk of H.M. Supreme Court,! After inflicting multiple wounds lodge somewhere in the Highlands drove down North Szechuan with what appears to have been a and has invited the Prime Minis- ter to go there on Thursday to be Rond yesterday afternoon with knife of some aprt, the assailant Owing to the typhoon warnings his guest for a couple of days.

the intention of going to the ran down the which had been displayel since

could be stopped by neighbours. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has three o'clock performance at the escaped into the street bafore he the previous day, the Government

The injured man was removed where the Odeon Theatre.

Not finding a suitable parking to hospital after the appearance of lunches had been put into shfe declined to reveal anchorage, with the result the American Secretary of State is

space in the main roadway, he the police on the scene. Port Medical Officer was unable to staying-Reuter.

backed his car into an alloyway of North Szechuan Road, and duly went to the cinoma, leaving the

get on the boat to give the neces

sary clearance.

car there.

On, returning after the show, he wax mcconled by Chinese, polies and Informed that part of the car was rexting in Chinese territory.

He was placed' under arrest and taken in custody to the nearby Chinese police station,

Quarantine orders could not be wreaking the quarantine rules, or ignored, despite the approach of running the grave rink of a of the typhoon which became more riot on board.

morning pro- At

the ty- menacing as the

pm., though gressed, and it was when they phoon

that was over, feeling realised they would have to re the tension hod reached main at anchorage and face the breaking point, he hoisted a Police storm, that the Chinese passen-flag for assistance, and under thin gera began their demonstration. floating banner, put slowly Into!

Mr. A. L.. Scott, the British the wharf, where the relieved Vice-Consul (Chinese) branch) Chinese passengers disembarked.whe has had much to

with the investigation of the The experience was very trying Thorburn mystery, was informed for all concerned, for the boat had of the affair Mr. Scott Im- to weather the whole of the typhoon mediately got into communication at anchorage with five hundred with the Municipal Polico, told people becoming more reative and them of the illegal arrest and hystorical as the hours succeeded asked for the case to ba Investi One another.

gated immediately.

Guards Menaced.

This restive feeling increased as time went on and still there comed no chance of the ship putting along. the torrified side,

and eventually people made a rush at the Indian guards. hey, did not actually moloat them, however, though they wore menacing and iseled threats. A deputation was then sent to the Captain to plead with him, first

by persuasion, and later by threats, to put the boat alongside.

A Dilemma.

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High tributes were paid to the courage of Captain. Grierson under this ordeal, and the capable u man

do

| |--Fined $20! - Inspector Schmidt went to the

ner in which he handled every Chinese police station and on

delicate and difficult situation, ha

Captain Grierson, wähTM thus pre-1 AIKA Albaniate i with the alternative of Chid: On Steamphip, CompLICYCLE

hing for the identity of Mr. ecured, his release, but

Irkutsk. Blagovestchensk

6th day.

Habarovsk.

and

નh lay.

Left for Nome pan.

8th day.

Nome. Fairbanks.

9th day.

Edmonton.

Cleveland.

Now York.

Moscow.

Omsk. Pass Irkutsk.

Chita. Laft for OVEK.

Refueling Permitted.

The Asalti. prize will be awarded provided they do not descend at any point between Seattle

and Tokyo.

Four hours after their start from Seattle, Robbino and Jones were Been to pass over Quesnil in British Columbia.

Airmen's Plans.

CRASHES.

Rome, Aug. 2. The Italian Air Force lost another of its most famous airmen to-day, Captain Mon- ti, who participated in the 1922 Schneider Trophy Raco in England, being killed when trying out a new high-speed plane for the coming contest. Captain Monti, who is as well- known as any Italian airman, was travelling, at a tremendouė speed, when the seaplane crack-. jed up suddenly and crashed into

Lake Garda.

The body of the vletim has not been recovered, and the cause of the accident is unknown.

The airman was the hero of the 1929 Bchneider Race, ile gallantly kept control of his plane, which was travelling at nearly five miles a | minute, when a broken waterpipe" spurted scalding steam all over his arms and face.

Though in terrible pain, he brought the machine safely to earth, his bravery not only saving the machine, but avoiding disaster to the packed crowds of spectators on Ryde Pler, over which the mishap occurred. Renter.

TRADE BALANCE DOWN UNDER.

PROTECTION RESULT IN AUSTRALIA.

Sydney, Aug. 2. The year's exports are officially stated to have been valued at |£102,038,000 in Australian cur- rency, representing a decrease of The airmen are expected at Fair-£23,038,000, of Which £14,504,000 banks, Alaska, between six and Is represented by the decline in geven o'clock this evening, and gold exports and £8,493,000 in After refueling in mid-air they will exports of merchandise. Habar.fly across the Behring Sen, down the

Siberian coast to Japan.

The weather for the fight la)

After allowing for the abnormal described F15 favourable though exchange, the excess of exports is cloudy conditions are expected in estimated at £80,000,000 as com- pared with an excess of imports to

THE LINDBERGHS

QUITE SAFE.

TROUBLE WITH THE WIRELESS.

the later part of the trip.

The imports for the same period were valued at £68,200,000 Au- stralian currency.

Provided all goes well the airmen the extent of £6,904,000 last year. should arrive in Tokyo on Tuesday--Router. morning.Reuter's American "Ser.

vice.

BIG NEW THEATRE

FOR MANILA.

TO COST. A MILLION - DOLLARS.

SEAMAN DIES OF SUNSTROKE.

TRAGIC AFFAIR IN. SHANGHAI,

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Aug. 9.

San Francisco, July 28, Robert A MoNeill, vice-pre- sident and general manager of the Golden State Theatre Realty The formal opening of the new Company announced to-day upon Swimming Pool at Luna Park, his return from the Orient that former house of greyhound racing, Bergh have arrived safely at the Fox Film Corporation and the who marrodys yesterday by Monas Factory James Bay It Golden Stato Interests:

New York, Aug. 2

Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lind

„to tragic death of a Franch nämä

was disclosed that the

absence of VAYEV has Smith When about to „dive

newal regarding their whereabouts

trouble, with the wires

building in pool yesterday mor MRZLIWY Gousse aged 21)

He said that the gite Han bónn gunboat. fince started off for Bbtained and that the beginning, mar "Raker & American/Sers of constructions only #waite, the