1932-09-21 — Page 24

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IN OLD ARIZONA

"man" osed Toala so ber

· handsome trooper.......furt az also

Bad cennant the same love song

Be Day Lime me...for Touis

kad alvaje borated, “i egu get Roy am I want".

KYRAL AND SEE what happened

when her falcat tonqatel

proved ums net hurt mest?

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

BRIDGE COLLAPSES

FLOOD DISASTER AT WUKINGFU

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932.

MUI-TSAI CASE IN COURT

FIFTY DOLLAR FINE

ON. WIDOW

A fine of $50 was imposed by Mr. Schofield at the Central Polico: Court this morning on a widow, Laung Ngan-fan, of 24, Queen's RIVER ROARS DOWN Road Weat, on her appearance on

LIKE TIDAL BORE

(Our Own Correspondent).

new

serlous

AN UNFINISHED STORY

ARNOLD BENNETTS LAST WORK

TO APPEAR IN THE "TELEGRAPH"

Exclusive

serial publication

a charge of keeping an unregister ed mul-tsai,,

Inspector H. W. Fraser informed rights In Hongkong and South his Worship that the girl went China for the late Mr. Arnold. to the Wanchai Police Station on Bennett's last long fletion story September 6 last and reported that has been secured by the "Hong she had been ill-treated by the kong Telegraph."

The story la entitled "Dream of defendant's son. She was present- Swalow, Sept. 19. Calamity has struck the Wu-ed by her natural parent through Destiny," and the first instalment kingfu and Hopo Districts, which a go-between to the defondant for will appear on Monday of next Mr. Arnold Bennett was stricken have been devastated by serious $42. The girl had been with the week.

defondant for about nine years floods.

disaster and hor work consisted of carry- down before the renowned author The moat. occurred at Wukingfu where the ing water, attending the kitchen, could complete his last work, but doing this imparts to the story a mystery and bridge

errands con-running magnificent structed over the river there was general household work. She also olomont which is rather intrigu, The story ends with the prio- destroyed. It was opened only six had her meals separate from the ing months ago after the collapse of other members of the house,

interesting On September 4, she was sent cipal characters in a dilemma and

readers another bridge which had been constructed some months previous-to make some purchases and on

her return she was accused by opportunity of choosing their own. ly.

fuced i which Mr. Lane Smith la Every effort had been made to the defendant's son of being late solution to the problem with was then struck with minke the new bridge structurally She

solution was intended by the Hound and free from flood perils, feather duster. The girl inform-jor of attempting to discover what A clearance of fifteen feet above ed the police that she usually rese the ordinary water level was pro- at 7 o'clock each morning and did jnuthor. vided, but even sufficient, the floods reaching not retire until midnight or 1 am, unprecedented height.

that was in-

EIGHTEEN FEET RISE.

Was

Brigade The Kowloon Fire called out to a fire at Hunghom at matshed about 11.30 a.m. ta-day, a

The waters of this extraordinary standing on the Chatham Road ex- load rose three feet higher than tension having caught. Engines from the bridge. It successfully with Tsimshatsui rushed to the scene and atood the force and rush of the 'had no difculty in extinguishing the not before much water itself, but its doom came flames, though when great beams and tree trunks damage was done to the abed, which came "hurtling down the stream 'was used as fokig' quarters and store- and could not pass the barrage of room. the bridge's superstructure,

have

EMPRESS CARRIES

AIR MAIL EXCELLENT TIMES FROM ENGLAND

The Canadian Pacific Steam- ships, Ltd.,la now. in receipt of advices that the Empress of Bri- tain which arrived in Quebec on August 6th carried mail which was

of the air - battering-rams." The P. and O. s.s. Ranchi, from delivered by means These huge gathering numbers hourly, crashed Shanghai, is due here. at 6 am. on mail service for the following against the pillars until the bridge Friday. collapsed. Three of the five spans were ultimately broken in this way and swept away.

. HASTY FLIGHTS.

destinations in much faster times than have been previously made:

London to Montreal,-3 days 22

of the occupants as to the proper hours; London to Ottawa-1 days

They closed

their

5 hours; London to Toronto Both in the lopo and Wakingfu procedure. districts the river came down in a doors and so increased the area 4 days 8 hours; London to Winni huge spate, almost resembling a subject to flood water pressure peg-5 days 18 hours; London to and Calgary-6 days 17 hours; London have tidal bore, and assumed, a volume instead of opening them

free to Vancouver-6 days 3 hours: London to New York-4 days G greater than every before in living letting the waters

Tassage. [mémory.

At Hopo the flood followed one hours; London to Washington-4 of a few weeks ago. That itself days 8 hours; London to Chicago-- Riverside vilinges were nooded caused considerable damage. Re-4 days 15 hours; London to Los

Angeles-5 days 6 hours.

air out so quickly that only the few pairs had almost been completed

One thousand pounds things that could be snatched up when the second flood came, aweptf hurriedly were saved from the faway all new works and, in fact, mail was taken off the Empress of deluge. Numerous houses collapsed, left the whole district in a greater Britain in the Straits of Belle Isla

for the above distribution. in some cases through the ignorance state of devastation.

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