1934-05-14 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPI MONDAY, MAY 14, 1934,

ALARMING DYNAMITE OUTRAGE IN GLASGOW RONSON

Attempt to Wreck

Recruiting Office

GASWORKS DISASTER

(Continued from Page 1.)

EXTREMIST JAPAN'S REPLY TO bang and I couldn't find him.

REDS BLAMED

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION DOES LITTLE HARM

SLIGHT INJURY TO WOMAN

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London, May 13. The roar of an explosion in the heart of Glasgow late on Saturday night brought thousands of people rosiding in the central district to the scene of an alarming outrage which is now the subject of "close" investigation. by the Glasgow police.

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An attempt was made, ap- parently by means of a stick of galignite (a type of dynamite), to wreck the Army Recruiting Omee

In the centre of the city.

The attempt was unsuccessful, ut the affair is regarded seriously

the police.

BRITAIN

ACCEPTANCE OF CHALLENGE

ONE-SIDED ACTION

"Let Great Britain polise her Colonial market, but we will British textiles out of every other market in the world

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1.went down the stairs the flames Enime up." and she showed the burns on her arma...

HALF A MILLION CUBIC FEET

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rocked alarmingly, and realising

what had occurred, he had the

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RADIO BROADCAST

turned round in the direction of TO-DAY'S BROADCAST. the local district Pollee, Station, where he gave the alarm.

SHEETS OF METAL.

TERRIFIC CONCUSSION. One European eye-witness told IL was at this moment that a. Telegraph representative, that | flames-assfated by the wind then at about 10.50 am, he felt blowing from the North, began to terrine concussion which was spread down the west end of accompanied by a dull bgom, and Clarence Terrace. A European he instinctively looked towards eye-witness from the University, the Gas-works. One of the gnao-describing the scene, told meters appeared to sink surround- Telegraph raporter:

VIOLIN & PIANOFORTE RECITAL THIS EVENING:

From ZBW on, a wavelength of 350 metres.

5-8 pm, European Programnie.' 6-7 p.m. A Relay.of the Hongkong. Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hong- kong Hotel Roof Garden,

ed by a mass of flame. Almost "I saw sheets of metal from the

7. p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota- immediately, there were heard

gometer in flames hurtling into tions, etc. mono-creama from the vicinity of the the air, to crash on to the tops textile street at the back of the Works of the houses, setting them on played by Debroy Somers Band with.

and flames appeared from several fire. drive verandahs and windows,

At the same time a cloud of gas shrouded the area obscuring demonium reigned, and hundreds all view, and itself plorced hore of people were observed to bo and there by tongues of flame, struggling through the smoke and fumes to safety, many being ob- viously injured, some terribly.

This is the polley upon which leading Japanese spinners are now

be concentrating,} reported to following the Runciman announce. ment of the quota decision.

Pan-

PANIC IN DISTRICT. In the ensuing panle, It seemed the Fire Exporters of both cotton piece a long time before goods and artificial silk urge that Brigade and ambulances appear- the British challenge should be, but as soon as the magnitude accepted by Japan.

of the disaster was realised, all

The position taken by those ad- those who could endeavoured to vocating this policy is that Britain help the injured. By this time, has more to lose in other world a terrace of houses was binzing markets than she has to gain by furiously, and informant express- shutting Japan out of her Colonialed the opinion that many must have perished in the flames, Ro fields.

sudden was the conflagration.

"It all happened so suddenly, that it left the mind numbed at the start to think of the frightful Im- port of the occurrence.'

HEROIC RESCUES BY PRIEST

Saves Family From

Basement

7.03-7.20 p.m. Review of Revues

Vocal Chorus by Dan Donovan,

7,20-7.30. p.m. From the Studio. A Violin and Pianoforte Recital by Miss Jose Radesk! and Mins Mona Muclean.

1.

Programme.

Kiss Me Again (Herbert). Selection Gilbert and Sullivan

(1. W. Higga).

3. Violín Solo-Minuet (Padorow-

4.

ski arr, Krolslor).

Serenade (Tosel-Krcinler).

Suite 1, 2. 3. Merchant of Venice

(Frederick Ronne),

5. Song "A Dream" (Sartlett). B p.m. Local Time and Weather! Report,

8.03-10.30

Chinese Studio Concert.

p.m. Heroic rescues were effected by "It is pointed out that Japancao

the Rev. Father Wieczorek, rector exports of cotton fabrics to the

10.30 p.m. Cluse Down. MEDICAL STUDENTS AID, Straits Settlements, East and

of St. Antony's Church, who dash.

All Relays of the Hongkong Hotel Medical Students from the Uni-cd into one of the blazing houses Orchestras are by courtesy of the West Africa and Hongkong during 1933 totalled Y.61,000,000 in value, vuralty who were in the hospital at great risk of being burnt and Managemnt.

8.30-10 p.m. European Recorded on 440 whereas Great Britain last year for instruction gave what aid they buried in the debris which fund

Programme from "ZEK." exported to markets utekle the could to the eases as they came already commenced to fall.

Kilöcycles. British Empire textiles to annouring in.

At the time of the explosion hoj

8.30-8.50 p.m. - Band Selections Several of them were on the! aggregato value of approximately Y.270,000,000,

verge of tears as they-ated was teaching in the School near- From Light Opera. to describe what they had se by, and when he saw the flames Selection--Pirates of Penzance (Sulli- Streets hundred or more yer leaping up from Clarence Terrace The Band of I. 31. Coldstream

rushed to the sceno. A pitiful away from the fire were littered with first aid requisites many of sight met his eyes, them bloody and stained.

The torrific explosion that oc- arred shattered a

of Acore

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to

markets.

from

von).

Guards. Selection-Les Cloches De Corneville

(Planquette). Mothers were running around The Band of H. M. Coldstream A stirring eight was a proscreaming for their

children;

Guards. Cession of girl students from the children were crying for their Selection-Fiorodora (Stuart).

The Band of H. M. Coldstream Mui Fong School who had been mothers,

the burning released from their studies and balconies.

Guards. 8.55.9.10 p.m. Chamber Music. came in a body to help the home- loga.

Heedless of the dangor to him- Alr From Sulte in D Transcription self he rushed into one of the

(Bach). basemento and brought out a mat, Quartet No. 1 in D Major-Finals a woman and a small child. All Allegro (Dittersdorf).

Lener String Quartet. three were badly burned, the Italian Serenade in G. Major (Hugo woman so badly that she was despaired of, while the other two were rushed to hospital.

Mr. Champkin, Superintendent of the Police Reserve, was on the to call out the re scene ready servists if necessary. "Many of my men are already here and have notified the heads to stand by for orders," he said,

TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.

Traffic was in great confusion with tramcars and buses not able

Wolf).

Lene String Quartet. 0.10-9:43 p.m. Varioty. Song Brighter than the Sun. Song What more can I ank,

Anona Winn (Soprano). Pianoforte-Can't we Talk It Over. Pinnoforte Now That You're Gone. Carroll Gibbons, and his Boy Trionds. Vocal-Night and 'Day. Vocul Creole Love Call,

Comedy Hurmonists. Fox-Trot-You're Driving Me Crazy. Stow. "Fox-Tret-Stolen Momenta

Rudy Vallen and His Connecticut .Yankees.

JAPANESE ON LOSS. Japanese exporters catinate that ndows in the building, which the protective measures planned kily was not occupied at the by London will result in a decrease of about Y.30,000,000 in Japanese tile, and blew away part of a

shipments, or a loss of only about so atone ledge.

nine

per cent of the total annual YOMAN SLIGHTLY HURT. exports,

This loss, it has claimed here. explosive was probably can be more than compensated by plaed on the outside of this ledge intensification of competition with and he full force of the explosion Lancashire products in non-British was issipated.

Apart a woman, who was

BETRAYAL OF FRIENDSHIP. slightly injured by a flying piece of wood, nobody was hurt.

A formal statement regarding No arrests had been made.up the time of cabling, but the outrage Mr. Runciman's plans to limit

A CALMING.VOICE. is attributed to Communist ex-Japanese competition.will be made ahortly by the Foreign Office after tremists-Reuter Special.

Fr. Wieczorek then made a tour a further study of the situation.

A Foreign Office spokesman, to reach thoir West Point and of the house next to those which during an informal interview with Kennedy Town terminus, because were alrendy ablaze and tried to the press

stated that the Japanese of the hoses ncross the roadways calm the inmates and get them Government regretted that Mr. taking water from the Harbour. to leave without panic. He car Runcian had taken such a definite stand without awaiting

street to safety and when all that The terrible condition of many could be done for those rescued the Japanese reply to the recent British trade memorandum. Ile of the victims, mostly women,had been done he quietly kept In sald that the action of Mir, Runct- rascued from the desolated houses the background. But for his Finishing all square, A. man may be regarded as a betrayal in Clarence Terrace, suggested heroic action there would an- Vocal Duel-That's Why Darkles Wero Stewart (B) won the Borey (par) of the friendship that has existed that very few of the inmates in doubtedly have been another three

two countries for this ill-futed street escaped with names at least added to the list of Vocal Duel-Nevertheless, Pool at Fanling during the week between the

out serious burna. end from a field of 33 competi- many years.

The spokesman then went on to Practically all the killed were tors.

say that in

some circles the inmates of this terrace. When

considered The next best return was C. H. British action was Burton (13) who ended one down, almost tantamount to a declare the row was awept by the flames In the May qualifying competition of war, but that the general of the residents in panie restored this afternoon following

jumped from their verandahs into tion for the Adamson Cup at public, however, was not unduly the street. Happy Valley H. T. Brooke with excited because it realised the

Some of the Injured could hard- a card of 85-28-62 won, with other soundness of Japan's industry move and their leading scorca being: 87-16-72, II. . Ireland 79-6-73,

FANLING GOLF

BOGEY POOL AND THE

ADAMSON CUP

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R. Young 76-5-71, H. N. Williams

T. D. Paton 87-14-73. There were 31 entries.

DIRTH.

LAKE TO Cleely Ha, wife of Captain A. II. Lake of a.. "Sul An at the Macao Hospital. son. Both doing well. (Shanghai papers pleaso copy).

and commerce,

With regard to counter action that may be taken, the spokesman stated that Japan may request London to reconsider its policy enunciated by Mr. Runciman

effort to bring about settlement of the dispute.

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an

TERRIBLE CONDITION,

ried several-children-out into the

canunities.

Born.

Layton and Johnstone. 0.40-10 p.m.

Violin Solon by Fritz Kreisler.

La Fille Aux Choveux De Lin (The Maiden With Flaxen Hair) (Debussy). En Bateau (Boating) (Debuęsy). Danca of the Marionette (Win- fernitz).

Polichinelle Serenade (Kref«ler), Kreisler Serenade (Franz Lehør). 10 p.m. Cluse Down

GAS SUPPLIES RESUMED.

Full pressure of дав was

temporary readjustments, and officials of the Company state that there should now be no further chances of inconvenience to consumers. living are extremely remote. The actual death toll will not be for, the purpose of raising the Lifting tackle is to be procured known until the firemen have damaged gasometer, which, it is ARMOURED CARS FOR An opportunity to enter the destroyed houses

in

Torrnee.

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in

hoped, will be completely re- Clarence paired within the space of a few

weeks.

near

The big restaurants and godown The mokeaman censured the structures, and the Tal Ping Runciman legislation as "Great Theatre, although situated

TO Britain's drastic and one-alded the scene of Havoc, were Laction enforced without notice," waately unaffected.

and declared that it had aroused considerable resentment.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

OUR HUMANITY WERE A POoon Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Dyken and THING BUT FOR THE DIVINITY THAT daughter left for Home on leave bY ÁTME WITHIN US--Bacon. the .. Gleniffer on Saturday.

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One case each of small pox (import Falling from a wall on which he' was sleeping, into an alleyway, Honed), diphtheria and meningitis wore Chi, a coolle, was admitted to hospital reported to the health authorities on yesterday with serious Injuries.

The many friends of Mr. J. P. Warren, of Messrs. Dodwell and Co., will regret to hear that he left for Homa by, the Conte Verde on Sun- day, owing to illness,

Friday.

TEMPORARY HOSPITÁL.

For the first hour or 30 the restaurants were used as tem- porary hospitals for the injured, who were given Chinese medicine and first aid bofore the arrival of the ambulances. All round the

VAGRANT BRITISH

SAILOR

DETENTION

DETECTIVES

FEDERAL “WAR” ON GANGSTERS

Washington, May 13.

- A "war chest of between two SENT TO HOUSE OF. and a half and three million dollars to equip the Federal detectivo forces la understood to be under- consideration by the Department of Justice.

crow

George Lucas, a British subject, was sent to the House of Deton- arca over tion for seven days by Mr. Hamil- square mile windows were shatton, at the Central Magistracy of about two hundred and seventy The proposals involve an addition tered and broken. In Po Tuck this morning, on

a charge of men to the Federal detective force. Street, a densely occupied die- vagrancy. M

together with twenty armoured trict, and In, Hill Road, the In-

cars, mates of many completely desert-

Dotective-Sergeant Mottram said cars, two hundred police

and bullet. machine-guns, rifles ed their homes fearing that ex Lucas was a member of the.

proof vestsRouter. plosions might occur in other of the froighter Silkaworth, and Professor M. D. Roffey, Professor of parts of the'

had missed the vessel in Japan. Давтоска The King's College St. John Am- He made his way to Yokohama, Electrical Engineering, at the Hong- keng Univerally, accompanied by Mr. bulance Division were released and there the British Consul ob Roffey, left the Colony on Saturday from atudies and took their part tained a passage for him on the on the Dollar liner President Mat the fire under Commissionor A. President Coolidge to trv and Kinley..

Morris.

catch

the Silkworth at Manila, Sald to have been trampled upon

whither it was bound, but when by a pony at Shumchun, Choi Chan- The health bulletin of Enstern The following forthcoming mar- the President Coolidge arrived, in keo, a woman, was sent down by train ports for the weak ended May fi riages pro announced:Mr. E. C. Hongkong, Lucha broke ha yesterday, and admitted to the Kwong shows the following cases of Info-Fincher, of Gilman & Co., Ltd, and journey, and when the vRASO! Wah Hospital at Yaumati for treat- ilous diseason-Plague: Colombo Mins Muric Kacker, stenographer, of sailed for Manila the following mont for rather serious injuries. cases, Pnom-Ponh 1 casa; Cholera: 8, York Rond; Mr. John William

Bombay 2 casex, Calcutta 141 cases, Grousels, chief engineer, and Miss day, he tried to put at the Son- A large crowd witnessed a hard- Small-pox: Mildred Van Andsdile Nicholas men's Institute. Lucas had told hitting content between Paolino The following communique in Isaued Chittagong 2 casos; by the Hongkong Government: Beirut 2 enens, Port Said 1 case, M.D., of Michigan:

him that there was no hope of Uzcudun, the Spanish heavyweight- With reference to the recont an Bombay Q casos, Calcutta 48 on208,

catching the Silkaworth now, ne champion, and Max Schmeling, nouncement in Parliament 'regarding Cochin 2 cases, Karachi 5, enzor, A blasting charge, prematurely ex- It would have loft Manila. the Institution in the Colonies of a Madras 32 cases, Nagapalam 3 cases, plodel on a building site quote system for imports of cotton Rangoon 10 canca, Vizagapatan 13 Janetion of Shek-D and Island Roads, he had been instructed to ask that

Sergeant Mottram added that former holder of the world title,

to-dny. and rayon goods, the Colonial Govern- cases, Singapero 1 caso, Haiphong 4

yesterday, and three coolles, Chung ment has been notified that II. M. caacs, Tourano 4 cases, Hongkong Trim, Lul Fing and Lee Kwai, were Lucas be sent to the House of Dr The content wont the full dis Government concurs in its viaw that cases, Shanghat 23 cases, Osaka 3 injured and went to hospital. A detention, and the police would ago tanco, twelve rounds, and the useful action on these lines in nut case; Cerebro-Spinal Faver: Hong-fectivo fuse is thought to have caused whether they could find him a job verdiet given was en draw, the practicable in Hongkong."

kong 7 caseS.......

the premature: explosion.

'on board 'n 'aliip'in the meantimo, Judges disagreeing-Reuter,

at the

UZCUDUN AND MAX SCHMELING

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