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THE

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PENINSULA HOTEL:

HO AKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL

and

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL:

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Des Wagons Lits, Poking.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1931.

KING OPENS EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT.

7

THE HONG KONG/CANTON TRUNK LINE SERVICE

will be officially opened by

H. E. THE GOVERNOR

on Tuesday, 1st September.

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION

AND ATTENTION OF—

H. J. WHITE.

Phone No. 58008.

Cable," KowLOTEL ' Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL

Tel. Kowloon No. 3,

Tol. Address "Palace."

A First Class Residential, and Tourist Hotel with all the Cop- veniences of a Home, Under Entirely European Management. Cosy Lounge and Billiard Saloon. Three minutes from Ferry. Familien specially catered for. Moderato term.

MRS. J. M. OXDERRY,

Proprietress.

Penang

The Scenic Giem „Of Malaya

first cluss

Hotel

Modern throughout and beautifully Situated

Runnymede Hotel

Malaya's Premier Hotel

Food and Wines especially good

AFTER-DINNER DANCE

Every Wednesday & Saturday.—Orchestra Daily.

CABLES "RUNNYMEDE"

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD. George Goldenck, Manager.

EUROPE HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

"RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION "

DÂNCING: After Dinner every Tuesday, Thurs-

day and Saturday. MUSIC:

On the VERANDAH- Monday to Friday- 7.45 p.m. to 8.30

p.m. Saturdays-12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.

and 8.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Sunday Concerts-9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Robert Drescher's Famous Viennese Orchestra Plays During Tiffin and Dinner Every Day.

GRILL:

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THE EUROPE HOTEL, Ltd.

Arthur E. Odell Managing Director.

Heat or cold

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King Fuad 1 proalding at the opening of the Egyptian Parlia ment in Cairo recently, it was his awn speech that officially opened the legislative session, but King Fund, on the royal dais, merely Batened while fimail Sidky Praha, right, the Egyptian Premier, read the apnech from the Throne.

EARTH SLIDE AT WONGNEICHONG.

INQUIRY INTO DEATHS OF SIX VICTIMS;

ANTI-JAPANESE ACTIVITIES.

STEAMERS HELD UP AT JCHANG,

The tragic fall m earth in

lang, Aug. 26. Wongneichung Valley on August The Japanese Boycott Society 17 Wan investigated at the has been very active and three Uvin' ral Magistracy yesterday, Japanese steamers are now held Whet Mr. Schofield, as Cor-up and their, pilotsqlntimidated, uner, held an inquest on Tang Organize gangs of armed Kar and five others who lost their, hooligans damaged the Japanese Hes in the disaster.

naval club on Sunday morning,

The following jury were cm and looted the unval hospital- panelled: Messrs FHW. Smith Reuter

Foren, W.LJ. Sun rig

Joseph Pang Way.

out out

of under-cutting. That

It

ロビー

I don't think It was

Mr. F. C. Neville, an Overseer of amount

of was on March 19 of this year. Public Works, produced plans

with the new was undercutting of the natural work in connexion Jockey Clab stables being carried slope and the letter was to call the

the slope,

in Wongnelchong attention of the architects to it to Valley, and explained the main prevent any possible landslide features of the site. Amongst curring.

Witness: other things, the work consisted of finishing of the slopes below the serious when the attention of the site of the new Stables. Earth was architects was drawn to it by the shot down the slope and in the pro-letter. It was attended to satisfac- cess a certain amount of loose soil torily at the time. was left ifing about. There was no question of a retaining wall here. P. C. Drewery stated that he was and the principal'contractor, Hang-on duty in the chargeroom of No. son, had a permit to carry the earth thus shot down the slope to an area immediately below the slope where it was dumped.

Rescue Work.

conse

Police Station when, in quence of a message over the tele- phone, he was dispatched by the Sergeant on duty to Wongneichong Valley where it was stated whistles had been heard...

The shacks destroyed were on Crown Land and were used as shelters for tools. No permission It was 2.30 in the morning, and was given for people to live in the arriving there shortly afterwards Regarding the cause of the din-on a motor-bicycle, he was guided aster, witness anid they could only by the sound of whistles and shouts consider, that us being due to storm of "save life" to a spot above Shing water, which had got pent-up at the Wo rond where a fall of earth had top of the slope, percolating between occurred. There was

an electric the virgin soil and the loose earth, light in which he could work, but and causing the loosened earth to after releasing three Chinese males slide.

who were buried under the earth, Under Cutting.

he realised the job was too big for Jumping work first started in the him, as there were others' stili im- early part of thin gear, it being prisoned under the soil. Te left an underlying aeen which the lang the spot and, again using bis motor Hon Company was filling up. That bicycle, went to the Police Married filling-up work had to be carried out Quarters at Wongnelchong Road, a to the satisfaction of the Public quarter of a mile away, from where Works Department when completed. he telephoned for reinforcements. The actual work of dumping did He then returned to the scene of the not of course enter into the ques-slide and, assisted by three or four tion. but a further requirement of coolies, carried on with the rescue) Haugson by the Department was work until the arrival of others on that the excavation be completed to the

The Ambulance and York being still Fire Brigade attended within a very its satisfaction. Work in progress, it could not be said that few minutes. By that time there the excavation had been thus com-

more lights from electric pleted to its satisfaction.

terches to facilitate the task. The Coroner asked if the damp- Questioned by the Coroner, wit- ing work had been done to the ness said it was a wet night, with satisfaction of the Public Works rain falling at intervals. The earth Department, and witness replied he cleared away, was of a sticky that there had been letters between | consistency due to the rain. the Building Ordinance Oflce and The Court then adjourned the architects, calling attention to inspect the scene of the collapse, the fact that there was a cartain and the enquiry was adjourned,

SALESMAN SAM

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BALL GAME!

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