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Library, Supreme

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881

No. 13708

- WATAAWF MONDAY, JULY 18, 1932..

日五十月六

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WASHINGTON FACES DISORDER PERIL

312 TONS OF -DYNAMITE

EXPLODE

TRAIN BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS

ENORMOUS CRATER ON THE LINE

EIGHT KILLED

Kimberley, July 17. Three hundred and twelve tons of dynamite, sufficient to destroy a small city, be- ing transported by railway train, exploded on the line between Kimberley and the Rand gold mines to-day.

The huge consignment went up with a shattering roar which was heard for miles and shook build ings over an enormous arog

Eight persons were lifted

A house nearby the scene að the disastrous explasdiey with wrecked and a married woman and her three children all sur cumbed to their injuries,

The train guard and two natives were killed outright by the blast

GONE IN A FLASH, Thirty-four trucks in which the dynamite was being carried were blown to smithereens.

mo- ment the train was puffing steadily along the line, The next, it had disapp sared. literally in a flash.

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An enormous trench. fifteen feef deep and over three hun-i drest yards long was blown in the i permanent way, which presents i n. remarkable spectacle.

It was fortunate

WEEK-END MOTOR

MISHAPS

SEVEN EUROPEANS INVOLVED

AUSTIN SEVEN OVER EMBANKMENT

A fortunate escape from in- jury when his Austin Seven ran off the roadway and overturned The

that Funiour

the former at Castle Peak-yesterday Bavarian Crown Prince will shortly

was

be proclaimed King of Bavaria bai the experience of Mr. H. Teale, been revived. In the picture above, who had as passengers his wife. Crown Prince Rupprecht is seen at

and daughter.

the right.

BLOODSHED IN GERMANY

GRAVE POLITICAL CLASHES

Mr. Teale was driving his ear to Be Cateter Beach near the Main Cifle Peak beach, when the

side wheels ran over the edg Of the round. causing the car to, overturn. Fortunately Mr. Teale was able to extricate himself anci his family without injuries, Mrs. Trale, however, suffered sume- what from shock

PARKED IN PADDY FIELD. Berlin, July 17. As the dale of the general elec-1 An evident which might easily

armed lashes have had tion approaches,

strious

consequences; between the two most belligerent beful Mr. H. A. Rodgers, of thei of the political parties, the Com-Hongkong Land Investment munists and the Fascists Agency Co., last night as he was Hitleries! become increasingly returning from Sheung Shui to!

Taipe

serious.

Fighting occurred in many places in Germany to-day and in the course of gravi street fighting. eleven persons were killed and eighty-three injured.--Router,

QUACK DENTIST

MENACE

PROTECTION NEED

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Mr. Rudgers was driving his. 4, No. 2080, towards his Isidence, the "Lookout" at Taipo.

As he was approaching the bridge! at Taipo Market at about mid- night, the vehicle skiddel

"We are going to stay here until the bonus is paid, whether it is next year or 1945," snið a spokesman for the jobless war veterans- group of whom are shown here at mess in a vacaled building in Washington. Other pictures on Page Three.

H.K.F.A. COUNCIL

TO MEET

FOR "MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE”

ANTI-BRITISH STIR IN DUBLIN

CITY PLASTERED WITH POSTERS

WHITE HOUSE

THREATENED

POLICE CORDON ON GUARD

BONUS RIOTS FEARED

Washington, July 17. Grave troubles appear to be in store in Washington in consequence of the high feel- ing among unemployed ex- Servicemen at the refusal the administration to con- sent to the payment of the war bonuses.

Every precaution is being lakön against disturbances, the While House being strongly guarded.

The gutes of the White House. the Presidential residence, have been locked and the whole neighbourhood has been isolat- ed by the throwing out of a

to police cordon.

# guard against possible outbreaks.

Thousands of unemployed nu tex-Servicemen are in Washington to-day, most of them from Oregon

Aimee Semplo McPherson Hutton, who is lying critically ill at Los Angeles.

AIMEE MCPHERSON DYING

FRACTURE OF BASE OF SKULL

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COLLAPSE AFTER COURT VERDICT

(Router's Special Service).

Los Angeles, July 17. Aimee Semple McPherson. and California. Last week, they now Mrs. David Hutton, who is marched to the Capitol carrying suffering from a fracture of the hed-rolls and announced their in-base of the skull, is in a critical tention of camping on the Capitol precarious condition. according grounds until the Bonus Bill had to the report of her doctors. been passed, »e until Congress ad- „„journed.

They were cleared away by the neident occurred. police and Fortunately no serious

ULSTER BORDER.

MEN INDIGNANT.

Today, however, the authorities

Mrs. Hutton, who is world-

famous as Aimee McPherson, the evangelist, collapsed last week on

arning that her husband had been- fordered to pay £1,000 damages in

a breach of promise suit brought " by a pretty nurse

The Honorary Secretary of the

Association and Hongkong Football ran off the road into the paddly notifies that meeting of the Held. Fortunately it came to rest

have reason to fear the possibility in an upright position and

be the Council will held in the

INCIDENT of outbreaks so ineensed are the in- driver was not in any way

; unemployed" and ex-Servicemen at Jured.

Association ofBees on Wednesday i

the adjournment of Congress with- Dublin, July 17.

kout passing legislation for "several!"BOYCOTT BRITISH_GOODS."eashing of Fest at 530 pm, when

Dublin awakened this morning | Bruter,

LAD KNOCKED DOWN.

Mr.

T. I. Rolland, wireless matters of importance will be That the ex

operator of the P.W.D., residing at plosion occurred in the compara-

Arunsacted." Sir, With referener To your 14. Conduit Road, knocked down a tively desolate part of the railway.

editorial of the 16th instant re-Chinese boy whilst driving private Had such an enormous quantity of dynamite gone up while the traingarding the local quack "dentists," motor car No. 295 in Caine Roud

I agree with you that it is time!at about 630 p.m., the authorities started a campaign Road. with a view to ridding the Colony

was passing through the suburbs

mea Castle

od Kimberley, the mishap would

The accident occurred in front probably have assumed the proof these quacks. They took good or Kom Tong all where the lad, portions of a great catastrophe,-"

pare to raise the dental registra-Kwong Shing, aged 14, of 64, Brid. Rester.

tion fee one hundred per cent-ges Street, attempted to cross the from the 1st January, 1932.

face and

THE JAPANESE IN quacks to carry on as they are

SHANGHAI

ONLY TWO AREAS IN

THEIR CONTROL"

(Special to "Telograph")

Shanghai, July 18. American, British and Italian officials attended yesterday's cere

ny which marked the further withdrawal of Japanese marines and the handing over of control to the Chinese police.

At present only two areas are still controlled by the Japanese forces; otherwise, all areas in Shanghai and Greater Shanghai are controlled by the proper a11- thorities exactly as opening of Sino-Japanese whosti- lilies on January 28. *

the!

to find the streets plustered with enormous anti-British placards

the

the war bonuses.— —

The nurse alleged that Hatton proposed to her a brief while be- fore he met and married Mrs. Me- Pherson.

HEALTH UNDERMINED: In swooning upon hearing the verdict in the case, Mrs. Hutton's head struck the stone floor.

It was at first thought that she

and linen banners, the principal NEW ANTI-BANDIT was suffering frors concussion, but

one@musan | slogan being that noted above.

FREE HITTING BUT FEW RUNS

rond in front of the car. Here Yankees Walk Off With It is a very serious matter. and ceived injuries to his It is a disgrace to allow these right leg and was taken to

Double Header Government Civil Hospital where! doing in a British Crown Colony he was detained, although his in- I hope at least one of the Unafticial members of the Legislative Coun- Juries were not of a serious nature, z eil will take up this subject with COLLISION WITH TAXI. the authorities.

The public should be grateful

Dozens of shops aud offers ex-

ibited the posters and a huge

banner was stretched across the main street, bearing the same slogan.

Feeling against Britain is run- ning extremely high as a result

in

of the imposition of special import

SCHEME

PEOPLE MAKE GOOD THE LOSSES

Wuchow, July 15.

authorities of

it was later discovered that the skull had been fractured. The fight for her life has been rendered more difficult by her state of health.

It is stated hat hor constitu- tion had been undermined by the publication of a book by one of her former assistants, alleging irre- the gularities in the conduct of

harities of her Angelus Temple, "Aimee, Gospel Geld-digger."

duties against Ireland

The military con- sequence of the withholding of North-Western Kwangsi have en-under the title: the land annuities, but the police|forced a ruling which is said to he

in very effective in bandit force is now busily engaged

suppres- removing the offending posters at sinn. When there is a robbery in the request of the Irish Freeja certain section of the district State Government.

under the supervision of these officials, a line equivalent to the dborné akožete in mong and pro- inperty is levied on the people of the under question. This

New York, July 17. Several double headers

were played to-day, Boston and Chicago A collision between a private via the National League and New

PROTEST MEETINGS, to you for taking up this matter and a taxi in Jackson Street, near York Yankees and Cleveland, in in your paper. These quacks are the Hongkong Club, has been re-the American, walking off with

Meetings have been held using different poisons, when they ported to the police by Mr. L. Gle-double honours.

various parts of the rity to-day in section don't know anything about denning, of East Point Terrace.

Fox of the Athletics bit two protest against the action of the amount is collected by the milltary materia medica, tot alone dental

and returned to the person who re- Mr. Glendenning was

driving : home TQIA against Detroit, London Government. operations, ele..

exacerbated ported the loss. This ruling was I hope the car No. 2386 along Chater Road at enabling Philadelphia to nose out Feeling has been authorities will wake up to the|11.15 p.m. last night and when the Tigers by a 49 score. fact that they have a duty to per-erossing Jackson Road a taxi col-;

Results:- form, and the public to protect.-lided with the rear of his ear, Yours, etc..

COMMUNE BONUM.

TOO YOUNG AT FORTY-FIVE!

prior to the YET CIVIL SERVANTS

RETIRE AT .50

The two exceptions are the Jap- anese Toyoda Cotton Mill and the Chinese Kung Dah Cotton Mill Renter.

EXCHANGE MARKET STILL DULL

HONGKONG DOLLAR.

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The Hongkong dollar changed at 18. 3d. today, the market boing very dull. There has been small inter-bank businesa at about 1s. 3.9/16d.

Giving her age es 45, a Chinese Woman was charged before Mr. Fraser, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, with hawking veget- ables without a licence.

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causing damage to the rear mud- guard and the bumper. Slight front damage was caused to the mudguard and bumper of the taxi. Chiengo

New York MOTOR-CYCLE MISHAP.

Chicago Whilst driving a motor cycle New York along the roadway leading to

| Cincinnati Laichikok Beach, Mr. W. II.

Boston Floyde, a prison warder, knocked down a small Chinese girl who re-Cincinnati ceived minor injuries to the left Boston side of her face.

St. Louis According to a report which was Brooklyn subsequently made to the police, St. Louis the girl, Tsc Nai, aged five years, Brooklyn of 126, Shanghai Street, ran acros the roul 18 the cycle was

POPULAR LADY LEAVES

MRS. TAYLOR SAILS

FOR HOME....

by an incident at the Free State-recently put into practice and the

An old and respected resilent Uister border. A number of Free amount of the money stolen by a State horses arrived at the border band of brigands was returned to in the person of Mrs. A. M. Tay- lor, wife of senior Sanitary In- for a race meeting near Belfast. the party robbed.

returned

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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

His Worship:-Is she too young to have a licence?

Sergeant Madgwick (in charge proaching about 6 o'clock yeater Boston

Hawker Department).-Yes, day. She was knocked down and Cleveland your Worship. She is too young later taken to hospital, but

Boston to get a hawker's licence.

Cleveland

Detroit

not detained.

His Worship:-And Govern- ment servants retire at the age of – 601

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CITY ACCIDENT. Slight injuries were received by Philadelphia The woman was fined $4 or four Li Fuk, aged 50, of no fixed abode New York

when he was knocked down by a Chicago clays.

motor lorry in Connaught Road!

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A duty of £20 for each korse was In an attempt to make the spector A. K. Taylor, accompanied Idemanded, but the owners refused Kwangsi Army more efficient, by her youngest son Douglas and

pay and

home.some division, have put into effect her daughter Mary, left the Colony

in Very strenuous measures re-on Saturday by the P. and 0. Renter.

gards to the behaviour of soldiers. Rajputana.

For the past three years, Mrs. Opium smoking, gambling, and visiting brothels are punishable Taylor has been in poor health by death. If billeted in private and her medical adviser has now homes, the soldiers have to erect ordered a complete change. That their bedboards in the front room she will have a speedy recovery to of the house and are not permitt-good health will be the wish of led to go beyond the front room her many friends,

of the home or interfere with the

For many years Mra. Taylor has home life of the family billeting | been employed as housekeeper at the soldiers,--One Own Corresport the Ifongkong Hotel where she re-deut

has done yeoman service in organising the housekeeping de- partment. Sho also had charge of the department at Repulse Bay and the Peninsula Hotel. At the latter place she took over and thoroughly organised the depart- ment on its opening a few years

DEATH OF LADY BEATTY

re-

The Kowloon Police Court sounded with the cries of three wailing babies this morning when three women were charged with begging at Hunghem on Saturday.

The defendants admitted asking! for rice from a contractor's shop, į but said they were not begging.

After a few minutes' questioning by the Court Interpreter, his Wor- ship was informed that Saturday was a festive day among Chinese) contractors, and that there was a

The death occurred to-day of Mrs. Taylor enjoyed the full con-. superstition among the people that Countess Beatty, the wife of Ad-fidonce of the management, 10

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Provided with sound synchronizn-Central yesterday. The victim re-New York tion, "Ben Hur, shown in its original ceived a cut over the left eye but Chicago silent form a few years ago, has come refused to go to hospital for trent-

Washington back to the Queen's Theatre with a ment.

new interest for those who have seen

and admired the massive and specta

cular settings and quick drams of

is

As the cholera epidemie in

fast

In Loudon, silver declined 3/16ths spot and 1/8th forward. China sold, and there was small business. The undertone steady.

New York reports silver down T/Bth; with the market dull.

WIFE OF FAMOUS ADMIRAL

Jondon, July 17.

ngo.

Being endowed with marked or- ganising ability, exceptional energy and a gonfal disposition,

the

on this day if children were fed on mival of the Fleet Earl Beatty, com-respect of the guests and the loyal rice obtained from contractors,mander-in-chier of the Grand co-operation of the whole staff. they would have long life.

Floet in the latter part of the During the war Mrs. Taylor, Hix Worship:-1 sce. This Great War.

who is a highly qualified hospital doesn't happen every day, does it? Countess Beatly was the oldest elster, performed valuable ser-

Court Interpreter:-Oh, not

daughter of the Chicago million-vices to the Colony on the Govern- Ilis Worship:-It seems the

aire, Marshall Field, Junr, and she ment Civil Hospital staff. Her also when he held the rank of Com greatly in demand by

medical practitioners. Imander in the Navy.-Restor.

production. Roman Novarro hends a large cast, his acting being abating in Canton, and the need for hospital is applying to the authorities police interrupted a Chinese cus-married Earl Beatty in 1901 professional services all that could be desired. The picture the full use of the Municipal Hospital for the reopening of the hospital as is showing again.to-day and to for such cases is no longer deemed a general hospital for all cases as at tom.

morrow.

necessary,

the management of the normal times.

The women wore discharged.

wore

private

The