1931-09-28 — Page 11

MOON'S ECLIPSE.

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SEEN LOCALLY UNDER BEST CONDITIONS.

· BANDITS DERAIL

TRAIN

BRUTAL SLAUGHTER OF THIRTY PERSONS,

Shanghai, Sept. 27.

THE

HONGKONG

MAINLAND IN AN UPROAR

(Continued from Page *.)

by a piece of concrete and taken

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931.

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one "spat "Instead of rushing over the city as was the case dur- ing the last faw days when Japan- ese residents were attacked.

Boy Shot.

The

HEART OF LIANE.

(Continued from Page 5.)

in her heart until she was old.

Clive came up behind her very

nels. cool and splendid in his white flan.

"Mail from home?"

She gave him the lotter and høj

"Muriel sounds happy, doesn't road it unsmiling.

"On the crest." Something in

ly. He was staring moodily out to sen.

A Chinese youth was shot in the The total eclipse of the moon. which began at alx minutes past

"The Mükdor Peking Railway was break. The Japanese-were roe head when a crowd marchod up to three on Sunday morning, and ended the scene of brutal slaughter yes-cued, but the Chinese in the vici Yaumati Police Station about 1 procession one hour and twenty-five minutes terday afternoon when a large party nity maintained their assault on p.m. yesterday. The Inter, at 4.31, was visible through of bandits, after deralling a train the police and soldiers, and few was houded by two small boys out the Colony at all of its stages, at aoyangho, forty-five miles to tho escaped without some injury. One carrying banners and when

Argyll had an arm broken through reached the police station the small amount of cloud that west of Mukden as the crow flics, Arg

shot, passed over being insufficient to killed thirty persons, including the being struck by a flower pot, and it is said, was fired by a Chinese she

and numbered about 100. they driver. firemon

and two ollers of the anothor A

Another Anished with broken obscure the view for more than a train. Many more people were Jaw. It was In this encounter detective from the station. minute or so at a time.

that Ing

Inspector Evans of the Mong- Rising at 6.28 pm. on Saturday, badly injured.

The dead are reported to include kok Station was struck on the handouth was removed to the Kow. his tone touched Liane profound- the moon followed its course over the heavens until it entered the one Briton and a Hindu, but the penumbra 9.41 on Sunday, enter-British Legation has up to the pre- ing the umbra nt.

sent received no information as to 1.64 a.m. From that

time en until a few minutes their identity.

The derafiment was caused by the after three o'clock, nothing, parti-removal of the rails with the result boos Jarge

rge crowd threatened

Shop-keepers Warned. cular was noticeable. The first sign

the conches

station at Shamshuipo, police of the actual cellpere was when the that the engine and the They were stopped by a cordon of The leaders of the mob were shadow of the earth could be seen were thrown glowly encroaching on the elivery bandits completely footed the train soldiers, who wore compelled to scen visiting numerous Chinese fix bayonets and charge. A motor firms in the Shanghai Street on face, beginning its pasange from before decamping.

Relief trains have been rushed to car and motor cycle were pelted Saturday evening to the north eastern edge of the planet. The course of the eclipse the scene from Tientsin and Chl-with stones from the roofs but management not to sell Japanese was tantalisingly slow to watch, se troops are trying to round up luckily got through without harm, especially for those who had heavy the desperadon--Reuter. eyen from the lack of sleep, but it

edge.

was a most interesting experience taken on an opaque pearly colour, for those who possessed fairly slightly reddish in the centre and strong glasses and could get into toning down to duli silver on the comfortable position to watch and

An the shadow receded the pro- study the slow change,

reversed By the time the face of the moon cess of its advance was

completely covered by the and the moon began to take on its earth's sharinw, the allvory srh had natural aspect,

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loon Hospital, and has since died.

One of the boys was arrested to Kowloon Hospital. An-opera- and the banners seized. When tion was necessary and he is now translations were made it is said out of danger.

that they bore messages of an in- Armed with stones and bam-flammatory nature.

She sprang up, the skirt of her. perfect yellow sports frock blow- Ing in the breeze. Sho had a white hat crushed down on her bronze hair. In the shadow her oyes looked dark, mischlovous, "Let's go places."

"All right. How about the

yacht?" warn the "I'd rather drive. Let's have

to

yesterday."

courtyard. The gir

tos at that Spanish place we saw wrecked In cases where the fokis

order "Right. I'll

the Roods. Some of the shutters were

car Bonfires in the Street,

falled to admit the intimidators,

around." When the Argylls were sent out The latter threatened to return in

Old ladies watched they with steel the course of the next few days

swung through the beautiful Bo young they were equipped helmets and only these kept the examine the stocks to see that casualties 30 low

and fresh and utterly charming, among the there are no Japanese goods.

An attempt by a mob of a few the man so debonair. "Lucky, militin. Throughout Saturday and yerday they have been the tar hundred to break into the premises gets for all kinds of missiles from of a well known Universal Provi-lucky youngsters," moaned the old upper floors, and there are dents der in Shanghai Street en Satur ladies, thinking of their long dead in nearly every steel helmet in day evening was stopped by the

(To be Continued.) Police and in this caso two Chin- that district.

When Chinese crowds found ne sustained injuries of a minor were relieved by a small force that all Japanese had sought re- character. fuge, they turned their attention

foll, the institution Wan again

trongly guarded.

shop

youth.

on Chinese shops atocking Japan-loon, sell Haiphong Road, Kow. during yesterday, but when night

Japanese goods, was

Che goods, and throughout the looted by a mob of Chinese Fes-

In anticipation of further trou- night, stores were forcibly anter-terday afternoon, and a large ble last night, additional prepara- ed, the goods placed in the road-number of bales of matches were tons were made for receiving the I went a shot was fired. Police set.

and burned. During the ex. collected outside on the road and injured, and iventy beds wore Bet

afire. Yesterday morning hooligans inside in the main buildings for Shamshulpo and Mongkok took to this purpose, while several more stopping buses and searching pas-temporary beds were arranged in the out buiklings and Maternity sengers they alleged were wear-

annex. Beds were sent over from ing Japanese material.

Hongkong.

gistrate, rend the riot act in daming inquiries, his car was

to

comman-

Sergeant A. Gascon, of the Police Reserve, and Sergeant Clarke had narrow excapes from being hit by the bullet.

Reports of minor disturbances

A. J. Allison, Technical were reenived from alt districts

Streets Combed. on the

of the Kowloon Bus mainland. Most police Manager

The LG.P. lagued express ink- stations reported having made Company, went out in his motor about a dozen or more arresta car to investigate, and while he tructions regarding the manner of Healing with any outbreak of Mr. Fraser, the Kowloon Wan

rloting, and personally conducted by rioters. Later in the day hooligans were

a tour of Yaumati shortly before Kowloon. Bases were decred to convey the troops to the still holding up buses on the same o'clock last night, when two platoons of the Argyll and Suthor- threatened areas, also for taking pretext, though by this time the

and Highlanders, together with the bar indiscriminate snatching of ar- injured men back

Licles showed that plain robbery the emergency squads and local racks.

policemen, combed the stre

streela, The LG.P. (Hon. Mr. E. D. C. was the real motive.

They with mot

no opposition, Wolfe, C.M.G.) arrived at Yau-

Hospital Guarded by Jats. and the atmosphere of the district mati Police Station at about 10.10

Full preparations were made at suggested that the effectual MRI- p.m.

the Kowloon Hospital early onsures taken by the authorities had Yesterday Kowloon was

Saturday, Dr. Smalley, Medical succeeded in quelling the fiery paratively quiet. Argylls And Jata with fixed bayonets lined all Officer in charge, making provi- spirits of the agitators and streets and were at police stasion for ten beds in the hospital nonstrators.

| warda, an* a further ten in the Contingents from the Jat Regi- tious, ready to rush out in answer Maternity annex, while straw bedment were stationed at various to any call. Numerous arresteding and blankets were hastily points of the district. A number were made for stone throwing but there were few serious clashes.

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