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SHOCKING SHOOTING TRAGEDY AT B. & S. OFFICE

Murderer Next Visits Japanese Consulate, Shoots Two Officials and Commits Suicide.

MR.WOOHAY-TONG SHING MUN

WOUNDED

ELDEST SON SHOT DEAD

BY GUNMAN

DELIBERATE LAST ACT

MR

GORGE

PROJECT

3,000,000,000 GALS. CAPACITY

DAM TO BE 200 FEET HIGH

The Shing Mun Valley Gorge Dam, authority for construction of which haa, at

Secretary of State, will pro- vide the Colony with the big- #rest capacity reservoir cast of Indin.

[R. WOO HAY-TONG, ONE OF THE BEST long last, been given by the

KNOWN PERSONALITIES OF THE HONGKONG CHINESE COMMUNITY, WAS SHOT DOWN BY A GUNMAN IN. THE

The reservoir will have u COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT OF MESSRS, storage capacity of over 3,ang.. BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE SHORTLY 000.000 gallons, which is almost, it not quite, as great as all the BEFORE THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTER- other reservoirs together. NOON.

Mr. Woo Pak-luk, the eldest son of Mr. Woo Hay-tong and his father's principal assistant in the compradore department, was shot dead at point blank range, falling to the ground with two bullets through the chest.į

The murder of Woo Pak-luk was the prelude to one of the most sensational shooting outrages in the history of the Colony... The gunman, who shot his way out of the steamship company's offices, appears to have gone immediately to the Japanese Consulate, where he opened fire on the staff, sending a fusillade of bullets which re- sulted in the wounding of two Japanese Consular officials.

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The great dam will height of 200 feet across the Shing) Mun Borge, in the vicinity Pineapple Pass, and will take five!

atenst

years to construct,

several million dollars.

The original scheme has ap parently been varied to some ex- tent since Mr. Henderson's pro-1 ject was first placed before Government, but the full details are to he explained at the nextį meeting of the Legislative Coun- eil when provision for the necessary funds will be sought.

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ENGINEERING FEAT.

At the last meeting of Council,

it was indicated that the construe A&SH the dam, storing water to a

depth of 200 feet, fell into the cate gory of the world's largest engineer. ing problems.

Construction work on the general Shing Mun scheme commenced as i

far back as 1923, and it was then estimated that the total cost would I about $17,000,000.

As a grim climax to this amazing series of events, the assassin then turned his revolver upon himself and fell to the ground dead with a bullet through his brain. Suicide appears to have been the murderer's intention throughout his career of shooting. He was well-known in Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's and is

The gravity section of the He was, it is said to be related to Woo Hay-tong.

mated to give an average supply of. reported, the compradore of the Canton and Macao, it may has stated, is pati- Steamboat Company s.s. Kinshan while the vessels approximately eleven million gal In the driest known were farmed out to Mr. Woo Hay-tong, and must have long day

· 475,11, been well aware that he could not escape the conse- quences of his terrible crime.

HEATED ARGUMENT ÎN OFFICE

NINE DAMS.

A remarkable picture taken on Tuesday when as the result of the terrific downpour, 2.48 inchoa in an hour. Quson's Road East was flooded lux depth of a foot.

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

EARNEST PLEA BY MR. BALDWIN

OPPORTUNITY OF OTTAWA

ATTACK ON REBEL CHALLENGE

WARSHIPS

BRISK FIGHT BETWEEN SHIPS AND. SHORE

MACAO HARBOUR

BATTLE

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

MACAO, JUNE 17.

A SPECTACULAR BATTLE BETWEEN LAND

AND NAVAL FORCES WAS STAGED IN THE INNER HARBOUR OF MACAO SHORTLY AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, WHEN TROOPS

ACTING UNDER THE ORDERS OF GENERAL CHAN CHAI-TONG, ATTACKED WARSHIPS LOYAL TO ADMIRAL CHAN CHAK.

TO

VON PAPEN

SOUTHERN STATES REFUSE TO OBEY NAZI DECREE

Berlin. June 10. The Grand Duchy of Badon,. in the south-west corner of the Reich, between Alsace-Lorraine Jand Wurtemberg, scene of famous watering-places and the towns of Karlsruhe, Constance, Mannheim and Freiburg, and

Bavaria, the second State of the Empire, as big as Scotland, containing a large proportion of Catholic residents, as well as Munich, Herr Hitler's head-

quarters.

have definitely challenged the nuthority of the Government of the Reich in the matter of the new decree authorising the or- ganisation of "private political armies."

declared that they do not intend Both Baden and. Bavaria havo to obey the Hindenburg decree per- mitting the Nazis to wear uniform.

CLASH MATERIALISES.

it

thus inferred that the clash between the Central.

The Cantonese forces had apparently crossed from the Cheungshan District to Lappa Island and had taken up their positions for the projected engagement under Government and the southern the cover of night. They appear to have been lightly States of the Reich has materialis- entrenched on the side facing the Inner Harbour, and ed, as Herr von Pagen is adamant that all States must obey the arder to open fire. at from the Central Government. orders were given for them about 8.15 a.m.

The next step in the situation The sudden crackle of machine-gun fire, later resta with Herr von Papen and his decision will-bo vital to the future followed by the heavy detonation of field guns, caused of Germany. He may elect to en-

a sensation and momentary alarm in Macao, where deavour to establish some of the Chinese members of the community were in a state of panic for some time.

GUNBOATS TAKE REFUGE IN FLIGHT

over an hour

Ad-

a Junker Dictatorship as the only means of holding together the States of the Reich, the Republic now being threatened with a disruption into component States.-Reuter.

CIVIL WAR IN CHILE

Presidential Palace Captured

Buenos Aires, June 16.

There was rush to the Inner It is believed that the Chan Chak Harbour where the battle was in gunboats will now endeavour to re- watched Join the remainder of the Canton progress, and thousands London, June 17.

the encounter in spite of the not Fleet which is centred upon Hai- The most important pro-inconsiderable danger to people on juun

It will be recalled that nouucement hitherto made re- that side of Macne.

miral Chan Chak recently reject- garding the scope of the Ottawa

WARSHIPS SURPRISED.

ed General Chan Chal-tong's Conference was delivered by Mr.

offer to contribute $400,000 to Baldwin in the course of an The warships seemed to be taken

the expenses of a tour abroad A dramatic megange from Santi- In all, the secout section of the hour's earnest speech in the completely by surprise by the at-

and to appoint the commander ago de Chile states that a counter- seteme originally involved the

of the Chungshan as the new revolutionary movement in Chile, building of nine dams as well the House of Commons late last tack and it was some moments be- fore sufficient order was effected to

Commander of the Navy which to the capture of the Presidential directed by General Sainz, has led night.

reply to the fire. At 8.30a.m., the

The fight this morning He entered the compradore's department shortly construction of various entehwaters.

The agenda was tremendous, warships began shelling the post-

lasted for

and a Palace, the sent of the Revolution- after two o'clock when the only occupants were two These catchwaters will run along office boys, Mr. Woo Hay-tong and Mr. Woo Pak-luk, the whole southern face of Taimg-and there was hardly a subject tions of the troops with their full quarter was extremely briak, The ary Government.-Renter

shan and discharge through Pine-not included, he declared. It broadsides and a heavy ruin of firefight of the warships is thought ta Indicate that the casualties apple Pass into the Shing Mun might take three years to accom- poured upon Lappa Island.

unpleasantly plish the great tank, but they

aboard In the latter part of last year, re- hoped to make a promising start

umerous, at Ottawa by concentrating,' in presentatives of the well-known

the first place. on whatever sub- English Grm, Sir Alexander Binne jett would have the most direct

came wit

from Son and Deacon

The distress and disaster| investigations, is a result of which Homs and carried out exhaustive effect on a trade revival.

which had followed efforts to it was established that the scheme į

exclude other countries' goods and to live in a state of isoln-1 tion were seen by the example of the present condition of the United States,

and entered into a heated argument, during which he was heard to demand money and shares.

When the argument was at its height, Mr. Woo Hay-tong went for a moment into another room, upon which the assailant drew a revolver and fired twice in quick succession, fatalling wounding the compradore's

son.

Mr. Woo Hay-tong rushed into the room, realised his peril and dashed along the main corridor of the building with the murderer in pursuit, firing rapidly as ground he ran. Suddenly, Mr. Woo Hay-tong fell to the and collapsed, and his assailant fled, firing to right and left as he ran, forcing the office-boys into cover.

Police and an ambulance were quickly on the scene. Mr. Woo Hay-tong was unconscious by this time and a quick examination revealed that he had been hit in three places, all in the back.

Gorge reservoir.

was fechnically sound.

SHENGKING OFF

NOW BEING TOWED TO WEIHAIWEI

While the Empire was free from

The greater accuracy of the troops, however, began to tell its fale, and round about 9.30 a.m. the warships were seen to weigh anchors and to make for the open sea, ring their parting shots as they ran helter-skelter

Were

LONDON

before a furious hail of minchine FIRE DRAMA

Kun bullets,

were

The heavier fick guns employed by Chan Chai-tong's troops ared only intermittently, and as far could be observed none of their the most damaging forms of trade shells found a billet on the four restrictions, there had been a Chan Chak warships concerned in marked tendency in recent year the engagement. to heighten the barriers in the

against Dominions both other and against Britain.

ench

DECKS SWEPT..

all

The soldiers were, however, Shanghai, June 17.

equipped with numerous machine- We should, anid Mr. Baldwin, guns and they awept the decks of The Butterfold and Swire .. Shengking, which went ashore on ask the statesmen at Ottawa to the gunboats, which were at Chiming Island on Sunday night, consider whether, in their own times well within range of the Lappa Shore until they had cleared has been pulled off the rocks and interest as well as is now being towed to Wellniwel. might not have gone a little too the entrance to the Inner Harbour. (Continued on Page 7.)

The miracle of the engagement is that, as far as can be gathered, the Are of the troops WAH

Rushed off to hospital, the elder of the two victims recovered consciousness and it is understood from the hospital authorities that the wounds, at the moment, are-Reuter. pot to be regarded as dangerous.

JAPANESE CONSULATE DRAMA

Immediately after bolting from Butterfield and Swire's office the murderer dashed through the streets and then made for the Japanese Consulate, in Princes Building.

Approaching the enquiries office, he accosted a Chinese "boy", and requested to speak to the Consul. The "boy" then called Mr. K. Minamide, the chief clerk of the Consulate to the counter.

The assailant then apparently addressed a question to Mr. Minamide, and without further warning drew his revolver and shot him in the abdomen.-

ours, they

sank to the ground seriously injured.

The murderer then pointed his gun across the office to where Mr. Hirate, the Consulate Secretary was at his desk, fired at him and inflicted wounds,

JAPANESE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

OUTBREAK IN HUGE INSURANCE CO. OFFICES

London, June 16. In Holborn to-day, great crowds watched

a strong force of firemen engaged from the tops of water towers and escapes,' în sub- duing an outbreak of fire at the huge offices of the Pro- dential Assurance Company, A large part of the office staff accurate of 4,000 were fetched out of the

though the fighting was perilously alarm, enough to leave Macho untouched, building within two minutes of the close.

The firo originated in a part of Only a short distance separates the building undergoing recon- from struction. Practically all docu- the town of Macuo

ments were saved and no-one was Lappa Island and the four ships were at anchor near Tonghurt. Only alight damage was the building-British done to Wirclese.

Ka Wan.

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TRADE TREATIES ÁBROGATED

CANADA'S ACTION

Poris, June 17. 'Canada, like Britain, is delaying the undertaking of new foreign trade trentics until after the

wa Conference.

Full tariff scales are now to be automatically applied reciprocally in France and Canada against each other's goods in consequence of a breakdown of negotiation for n tem- porary agreement to replace the 1022 Trado Treaty, which Canada has abrogated.

Ottawa'a abrogation of the Treaty also automatically applies to the commercial agreements with fifteen other countries in South America; Europe and Asia.-Router,

U.S. BASEBALL

YANKEES, AGAIN IN.

WINNING STRIDE

New York, June 10. day follow:

Results of baseball games played to-

National League

Now York

1 Chicago

So far as can be gathered the murderer rushed into the

TOWN OCCUPIED. Consul's office (the Consul-General being absent), seated himself

After the naval battle, three in a chair, ajected three empty cartridge cases from his revolver,

Mr. Eugene Chen, who una boen Brooklyn reloaded the weapon and turned it on himself, inflicting mortal thousal of Chan Chai-tong's

troops occupied the town of Tong mentioned as a possibility either as Philadelphia injuries.

China's next Foreign Mininter, or as Police and the ambulance were soon on the scene, and con- Ka.

Ambassador to Moscow, arrived in the It is, of course, impossible to Colony from the North to-day by the Detroit veyed the wounded men to hospital. It is understood that Mr.

St. Louis Minamide was very badly injured, but that Mr. Hirate escaped ascertain the extent of the casual- P. and O. Hiner Naldera. He Is Chicago

files suffered by the rival forces. bound for Marseilles, With 1817 Terious wounds.

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