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Make It a Sparkling Christmas

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OBITUARY

WELL-KNOWN FIGURE IN ICE HOUSE STREET-

Coincident with the

demolition

of the little bookshop in Ice House street comes the news of the suddon

death of its owner. Mr. Kelly Sayco, one of the best-known figures in local stock Exchange circles,

its owner have experienced varying For years both the bookshop and fortunes and it seems strange that both should pass away on the same day.

TIMBER YARD BLAZE

DISASTROUS FIRE AT

MONGKOK *

THE

ONE PRICE

EE

STORE:

that began in a timber-yard at Fanned by a stiff breeze, a fire songkok this morning spread with

ceen on the mainland. amazing rapidity, making one of the most spectacular blazca ever

Although £0 far it is not known whether there was less of life, the damen leaped high into The late Mr. Kelly Sayce was 22 the air, and the illuminated sky years of age when he arrived In could be seen from Hongkong. Hongkong from Baghdad 80 years The scene of the fire was at the ago. He took a keen interest in corner of Mongkok rand and Shang- Stock Exchange matters, the book-hai Street, in a big block of build- shop being only a side-line. Formerings comprised mostly of timber ly the shop was in another part of storage yards and premises. It Ico House street and for a brief

AT Is not known how the fire began; period was situated in Beaconsfield but flames were noticed about 12.- Arcade.

Mr. Sayco was not married and is survived by two sisters, one of whom is at present in Hongkong.

The funeral takes place to-day, at the Jewish Cemetary at 5.15 pm. Funeral of Late Mr. Frederiks A large gathering of members of the local Dutch community and also representatives of various shipping firms were present yesterday at the Happy

Valley cemetery, at the funeral of the late Mr. Johan Louis Max Frederiks, bead of the passenger department of the Java- China-Japan steamship line, who was found with a bullet wound in the head, in his home in Kewicon, on Tuesday morning. The Rev. E. G. Powell conducted the service at the graveside.

-

Mr.

30 a.m., and although Aro fighting appliances from all stations were soon on the scane, little could be dono as no water was available.

A hurried call was sent through for the supply to be turned on and the remon began their difficult task of subduing the leaping flames that had the big block of buildings well in their grip.

The heat was no intenso that it was impossible to walk along either. streets, People residing on the op- posite side of Mongkok Road at firat made a vain endeavour to extin- guish the flames by throwing dishes of water from their windows, but abandoned their puny they soon efforts and torrified, fled into the street dragging household effects with them.

flames

1. Despite the early hour, hun- Among those present were

dreds of people were attracted to and Mrs. Lebert. Mr. Lebert is the the scene and the Motor Cyclo manager of the J. C. J. L. Mr. and section of the Volunteers and the Mra. I. de Josselin de Jong, Mr. Police Emergency Unit under In- and Mrs. Crommelin, Mr. W. A spector Booker did goed work in Schreuder, Mr. A. Witkamp, Mr. assisting the brigades. Sum Pak-ming, Mr. de Jager, Mr. | .Soon after 1 a.m. the Lalleur, Mr. Bos, Mr. Morhaus. swept across Canton Street and Mr. Brouwer, Mrs. L. Dand, Miss within a few minutes had ignited Holmes, Mr. Lolthan, Mr. Oel, Mr huge pile of timber. It appeared Van Calcar, Mr. Withrich, Mr. almost certain that they would Brunger, Chinese members of the sweep from pile to pile, but the staff of the J. C, J. L. and many Bremen made excellent saves with others.

a good supply of water. The grave was covered with Electric-light wires fell across the profusion of wreaths, among which road and were a source of danger were the followingFrom his sor until the power was cut off. rowing father (Holland) and At 1.30 a.m. the firemen appear- mother, Baron and Baroness Van'ed to have the flames in check Der Feitz (sister and brother-in-hat the breeze freshened and the law), Yvonne, Denyse, Mr. M. J.fire again gained the upper hand. Quist, Consul General for the About 2 a.m. a large four storey- Netherlands, the Java China-ed tenement on the corner of Bute Japan Line, the Chinese staff of the and Reclamation streets caught J. C. J. L., the staff of the Shang-allght, and the tenants led in hai Office of the J.C.J.L., George terror. By that time the whole Grimble and Co., Passenger depart-black bounded by Shanghai, Can- ment of Messrs. Butterfield and ton and Bute Streets and Mongkok Swire, Canadian Pacific, Stemssen Road had been totally destroyed. and Co., Stewart Brothers, R. John- | The water supply began to fall son and Co., Holland China Trad-and firemen had to pump salt ing Co., China Export-Import and water from the Yaumati Bay. Bank Co. Ltd., Dentscher Klub

At 2.30 a.m. when this edition

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OIL DISPUTE ISSUE SUBMITTED TO LEAGUE

Teheran, Dec. 14.

Hongkong, Hoong Fat and Co., went to press, the conflagration Persin has appealed to the League Netherlands Trading Society, presented an awe-inspiring sight of Nations regarding the oil dis- Netherlands Harbour Works Co., The tenement was well alight and pute, and has declined to accede to Nederlandsch Indische Handels- with the poor pressure of water the peremptory British request" bank, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the firemen could act reach the for the withdrawal of the cancella- Chinese Provident Loan and roof. The tenants were Mortgage Co., and several others evacuated in a high state of terrortion of the Anglo-Persian Ofl Com-

pany's concession. from friends in the Netherlands Sa intense was the heat that the

London, Dec. 14. and Hongkong.

Aremen working between the two Following Persia's decision The Hongkong and Kowloon fires had to stop every few min-appeal to the League Capt. Eden in International Funeral Service were utes to play their hoses on them-the House of Commons announced

selves.

that the Government had decided to Police were unable to discover refer the oil dispute to the Coune!! the owner or tenant of the build-under Article 15 of the Covenant, ings and so far no one has been relinquishing the demand for

ference to the Hague Court.

the undertakers.

EMPIRE BROADCAST. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETEDeported missing, although it is thought that part of the destroyed premises were occupied.

FOR CHRISTMAS

London, Dec. 11.

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