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CUBA HURRICANE-

DISASTER

Thousands Injured by Storm

Havana, Sept. 4. Over a hundred have been

killed in Cuba as a result of the hurricane which struck the island on Friday..

Thousands were injured,

a hundred thousand have

been rendered homeless and are threatened with_famine and discase.--Renter.

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AIRSHIP

DISASTER

CANARD

SUPPOSED

CRASH WITH ALL HANDS

RIGA REPORTS DISPROVED

London, Sept. 4. According to a sensational report from Stockholm, all occupants of the Soviet air- ship "W5" were killed when the airship crashed while it was making a trial flight between Moscow and Lenin- grad.

The Stockholm report is anil to have emanated from Rigs.

ANOTHER "DISASTER".

It is further reported that an other Soviet airship, the "Wa, crashed recently, all aboard being not killed, but the accident was disclosed by the Soviet-Router.

Moscow, Sept. 4.

The reported crash of the "W5" is a sheer invention, as the airship is, at the present moment, flying over Moscow-Reuter.

PEAK "BOY" CHARGED

LACK OF EVIDENCE OF THEFT

Mr. E. G. Buttress, the local rugger player, appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Poller Court the morning to prosecute his house boy, Chun Cheung, for the i theft of sixty cents from his re- sidence on the Peak.

Sub-Inspector Shepheard stated that Mr. Buttress had been losing odds and ends. On Saturday be fore going to the bathroom he had $2.40 in his trousers' pocket. He

about Away for

twenty minutes. Meanwhile the "boy" had been in the room setting the table for breakfast.

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The

FINAL EDITION

Supreme

Hongkong Telegraph

FOUNDED 1851

No. 14092

一拜禮 號四月九英港香 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1933. 日五十月七

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PRELIABILITY...

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DUNLOP

The World's Best Tyres

RED MENACE IN FUKIEN REMOVED

PHOTO CONTEST

RESULT

BRILLIANT WORK BY LOCAL AMATEURS

A HIGH STANDARD

ESTABLISHED

"THREE YEARS AGO, WE SHOULD HAVE DECLARED IT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LOCAL AMATEUR PHOTO- GRAPHY TO ITS PRESENT HIGH LEVEL" DE- CLARED MR. E. A. VON KOBZA-NAGY AND MR. J. H. HUNT, WHO ACTED AS 'JUDGES IN THE "TELEGRAPH'S" · HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COM- PETITION.

"Last year's entries were excellent, but where the outstanding pictures could have been counted on the hands, there are dozens to-day. The improvement has been striking, both on the artistic and the technical side. Some of the pictures would easily go into à Royal Photographic Society exhibition,

"On the other hand, there were some pictures) which technically were little short of perfection, but which dealt with inferior subjects.

THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS

"The Telegraph is to be con Roll Filnt.) Presented by the gratulated upon the results of Its Eastman Kodak Company. Ng efforts. The marked advance in Sul-chings. 39. Robinson Road; amateur work in the Colony must William Garcia. t Tung Chung Fundoubtedly be attributed to the Bulidings; Geoffroy Arnold, 4 organisatioivor the annual summar Torres Buildings; Joyce Hum- competition.

phrey, 243 Nathan Road; George Ll, e/o Mems Kan Lun Tai, 17

HIGHLY COMMENDED.

"It has stimulated interest all round and has given amateurs an ↑ Connaught Road Central, incentive to experiment in photo- graphy as an art. They have seen what advanced amateurs can de and have endeavoured to achieve similar results with astonishing success in so short a time."

The name of the prize-winners

are appended:

SECTION ONE.

Bathing and Picnic Picturee. First ($50): "Wave Tracery by Loong Pei-task, 36. Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong.

Second ($20) The Bathers" by Richard Chau, 37, Kai Tack Bund,

Kowloon City.

Third ($10) "Sampan" by M. Pedder Weill, c/o Well and Co. Building.

SECTION TWO.

Views, Architecture and Street Scenes.

Firat ($50) "View of Aberdeen"} by Henry Dojung,

The average level of merit was remarkably high and the judges had an unusually heavy task.

Highly

Commended

A small section of the exhibition of entries in the "T" elegraph's" amateur photographic compatition. The

exhibition is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and no chargo Jeḥbeing made for admission..

BOLD RAID

ON

ATTACK ON SOFIA LEGATIONS

TUNGNING Three Hundred Reds

JAPANESE FORCE HARD PRESSED

ANTI-MANCHUKUO OPERATIONS

Harbin, Sept. 3.

A sharp encounter between about six hundred well-armed. anti-Manchukuo volunteer forces; and a contingent of Japanese troops is now taking place out side Tungning.

It is learned that the Volunteers

Arrested

Sofia, Sept. 4. Three hundred Com- munists were arrested yes- terday after a large mob had stoned the police following an attempt to hold a pro-. hibited mass demonstration.

The German and Czecho- Slovakian Legations were attacked and their windows broken-Reuter,

SHANTUNG

OVER $130,000,000 DAMAGE

THREE MILLION

UNIFIED

IRELAND

THE NEW PARTY'S PROGRAMME

RELATIONS WITH EMPIRE

FOOCHOW

RELIEVED

XIXTH ARMY BRING_UP REINFORCEMENTS

REDS RETREAT

FROM YENPING

to.

Two brigades of the XIXth Route Army have now arrived at Yenping and the situation is much easier. It is now generally considered that the Communist menace Foochow is entirely over. Latest information

suggests that Yenping did not actually fall into the hands of the Communists despite furious onslaughts. They delayed their attack too long and did not bring their full strength to bear until the Yenping garrison had been heavily reinforcad.

ALARM IN FOOCHOW.

Some apprehension atill exists among the Chinese in Foochow owing to the circulation of false reports regarding the stato of affairs at Yemping. Wild rumours, probably started by Communists, have caused a near panic in some quarters, and the authorities have had to take action to prevent: would-be rofugees of the poorer classes from leaving the city.

states that two Chinese gunboats are now on their way to Poochaw. FALLING BACK.

Foochow, Sept. 4.

The Provincial Government'

It is officially claimed that those Reds who gained a strategic post- tion in the Yonping district have Dublin, Sept.-3.now been beaten off, while Shun- The policy of the new United Chuteng, to the north-west of Yea- Ireland Party, which it is assum-by the arrival of a strong detaca- ping, has been relloved from singe ed will result from a conventionment under General Mao Wei-shou, of all the Free State partles The "Red" invaders appear to aligned in opposition to Mr. de have been falling back on Taining. Valera's Government, to be held-Central News.

on September 8, will be (accord-

ing to the Centre Party) ns fol-

The re-union of Ireland, as the! most important constitutiona|| insue:

MANCHUKUO CENSUS

The maintenance of Ireland's OVER HALF MILLION

were awarded to the following on Friday evening. Their progresa

certificates reached the outskirts of Tungning FLOOD HAVOC INs: competitors, some of whom had was halted by troops from the more than one

picture in this Japaneso garrison, who hurriedly category: Messrs. Teang Hing left to engage the attackers. chiu; Loong Pei-tak, Henry. Do Four hours of sanguinary fight- Jung. T. W. Goh, Mrs. J. W. Platt," Messrs. Kan Chor-chol, U. Shinging, in which heavy losses are re- cheung, C. B. L. Bander, Ng Ported to have occurred on both Cheong-ning, W. B, Haslett, Chan sides, produced on decisive result. Seck-fong, R. Schifffer, Teas Hin-themselves exceedingly hard press- The Japanese forces, finding chiu. R. Chau, H. A. Castro, Nged and thinned down as a result Slu-ching. Billy Shannon, Bertie of casualties, sent back to Tung- Xavier, Terence Lockhart, Chingning for reinforcements. The Kai-shlu, W. W. Chan.

rest of the Japanese garrison was rushed to the scene of the cagage-i

Nanking, Sept. 3. ment to assist their fellows and A shocking story of distress in fighting was still in progress this Shantung is related by delegates morning-Reuter,

of tho Shantung Provincial |Government who have arrived in Nanking to report on the Yellow River

foods

central to the authorities.

They described, conditious, as appalling. No fewer than twenty- three hsten In Western Shantung, Including 103,000 mow of farm-

JUDGES' COMMENTS.”

The judging was very kindly undertaken by Mr. J. H. Hunt, O.B.E. and Mr. E. A. von Kobza- Nagy.

Both were highly pleased with the entries, remarking that the standard was much higher than that of a year ago.

Second ($20) "Early Morning at Shaukiwan" by Leong Pel-tak.

Third ($10) "Through the The strongest section, bath Arch" by H. N. Moran, Police numerically and in quality, was Headquarters.

Section Two, to which a large num.

SECTION THREE. Later, on counting his money, Mr. Buttress found 60 cents. to be Chinase Studies, Faces and Figures. missing. He straightaway necused

Firat (850) "Smile of the Agce" the "boy" and on searching him by Chan Seck-fong, St. John's found exactly 60 cents. Mr. But-all, H.K. University, tross could hot identify the coins,

they

Second were not as unfortunately

.($20) Travelling marked. There was po other Monk," by S. W. Coleman, c/o

Western Electric Company. evidence.

Third ($10) "Fisherman," by Mr. Wynne-Jones: We have..to presume he got that money law-D. G. Cairns, e/o Harbour Office fully. It is up to you to prove your caso. Unless you can definite- ly awear that nobody else was in the room excopt the boy, I must let him go.

swear to that.

Mr. Buttress: I cannot definitely Mr. Wynne-Jones: Denfondant is discharged.

SOME LOCAL RAIN The Royal Observatory reporta that a weak anticyclone In In dicated over N. China. " The typhoon is situated in the south part of tho Bon" of Japan, moving Local forecast:Light variable Winds, probably freshening from tisfair, generally, some

.

SECTION FOUR.

Best Story Telling Picture,

ber of really beautiful pictures were contributed.

ESCAPE FROM. THE TOMBS

BIG SENSATION IN NEW YORK

New York, Sept. 8.

AFFECTED

bf

are

Jand, have been inundated.

Over three million people are directly affected by the disaster! and thousands

theni absolutely homelcas.

The total damage in West Shan-

$130,000,000.-Reuter,

The only disappointing acction was Section Three. The winning efforta were easily outstanding. The competitors made the mistake, ing trial for earious crimes, have tung alone is estimated to exceed

Three prisoners, who were await in most cases, of dealing only with escaped from the famous Tombs the lower types.

Prison.

ATC now

The Tombs have hitherto been HUMAN INTEREST.

regarded as escape-proof.

Tha fugitives are still at large. Bathing pleturo competitors pro- duced excellent pictures technical-Polico in large squads ly, but showed very little ingen- combing Chinatown for them, arm ulty in composition. There wased with tear-gas bomba and a lack of human interest in the machine-guna-Reuter. photographe, for the most part.

Charging in Chinese woman before

NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL

Mr. T. V. Soong's Plans for Future

JAPANESE

right to decide whether or not to remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nu-

Buch tions, und, subject to

Tokyo, Sept. 3. right, to

preserve Ireland's |

It has just been authoritatively position in the

Common announced that the first census wealth in view of the economic taken by the Manchukuo govern- advantages and the better ment shows that in Manchuria prospects of unity arising there are now 29,006,000 residents therefrom;

including 16,332,000 males and To discredit the type of Repub-13,273,000 females and 566,000 licanism which refuses to have Japanese residents, including the a Republle because it desires troops. The total Japanese popula- to retain excuses for Jingo- tien including thoso residing in Kwantung is estimated at about To restore Irish prosperity by a 838,000.

settlement with Britain;

lam;

To promote ngriculture, as the!

main source of Irish prosper- ity:

To reduce public expenditure; To obliterate as speedily as pos-)

sible all Civil War memories and to protect Individual liberty.—Router.

SIR CECIL CLEMENTI

SUN FO LEAVES FOR KULING

ANOTHER PARLEY

PLANNED

Nanking, Sept. 3. Mr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, loft Nanking for GOING ON LEAVE IN EARLY Klukinug by steamer to-day.

He is on his way to Kuling, where a further confqrenco be-

Chiang Kai-shek

and tween Government leaders, Including Mr. T. V. Soong, will take place in the course of the next few days.

SPRING

The Straits Times understands that H.E, the Governor and Lady Clementi are proceeding on Homa

leave early next spring.

During the absence of His Router. Excellency the Straits Government will be administered by the now Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. Andrew Caldecott..

SHIP SUICIDE

QUAKE FELT

SOOCHOW REPORTS

First: Now Kodak 616 with

An extraordinary fondness for K. A 1.4.6 Lens (Pictures 2X taking pictures of the backe of Mr. Wynne-Jones In the Contral 4%-Roll Fum.)

bathers was a markod feature. Police Court this morning, with keep- "Street Vendor" by Henry

The story-telling section was } Ing a sly-brothel at 12, Ll Chit Street, Dejung.

Nanking, Sept. 4. Second: Now Kodak 620 with strong photographically, but the Wanchal, Det-Insp. Baker said tho

"by brothal was "rather a large place.". One of the ambitious schomies 1.6.3. Lena (Pictures 21⁄2 X 3 story which was intended to

put conveyed was so often

There were nins, prostitutes. A find Mr. T. V. Soong Intenda to Roll Film.)

Va of $200 or three months was impared into practice on his return from The winning efforts achieved n

abroad is the expansion of tho On arrival of the a.s. Taiposhek. very high standard of excellence,

functions of the National Economic from Kwongchawan this morning, both in subject and in technique ard entirely, the children's section Council so as to exercise effective Captain Wanli, master of the

Shanghai, Bopt. 4. was an outstanding success. Some control. and coordination of vessel, reported to the Police that

Soochow reports, state that, an * of the portraits; particularly, were eccnomie, developments of the coun- while she was 30 miles south-west earthquake was registered by the a Many competitors attempted excellent. This work of the chiltry This council has boan, hither of the Great Ladrones, in Chinese Chinese Observatory there at 7.00 photographs from,, atrange angles and most of them missed their ron as a whole, was very good, to, more or less an advisory body third class passenger Jumped over on Saturday evening during thos but the comparative fewness of without any; "admalaistrativo or board. The ship was stopped, and big storm Ludchery, valmis Tue, purpose completely

animal, pictures struck the judges executive rights. Central 2-Neide Hithakehaakjes de Punt, avarkkromor (PM

"A Bargain" by Loong Fel-tak.

SECTION FIVE. Confined to Children. First: ($10): Tony Green, 1, Peak Road. **:

Five: Consolation. Prizes of No, Eastman Hawk-Eyed Box an insaker Elaimer

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