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LABOUR WINS AGAIN

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1934.

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS TURN

OUT FOR ANNUAL CHURCH PARADE

THE GASWORKS. DISASTER

(Continued from Page 1.)

UPTON BY-ELECTION need of help, but has been unable

RESULT

TORY VOTE CUT IN HALF

BRITISH TRADE

FIGURES

IMPORTS & EXPORTS DECREASE

to do so. in order, however, that prompt assistance may be rendered,

London, May 14. he is making a request that those Board of Trade returns slow who need aid will call at 26, Bon-that importa during April totalled ham Strand East (Eng Aun Tong, in value £56,380,483, being a de Tiger Medicine Hall). when he crease of £5,639,144 as compared will be prepared to supply them with the previous month, but an with needed money, food or cloth-Increase of £5,193,173 as against ing.

April, 1930. With the general excitement

being a decrease of £2,- The by-election in the Uptoning to view the scene of the dis-968,860 as compared with March, subdued one was able this morn 095,6ports In April totalled £30, Division of West Ham, caused aster with a better realisation of but an increase of £3,704,457 a

against April, 1938. by the resignation of Mr. A. J. its enormity. Chotzner (Conservative), hasi Throughout last night coolies resulted in n Labour gain, the were enaged in shoring up the of the demolished Conservative vote. compared party with the General Election figure, buildings no that the work of excavation could proceed without being cut in half.

danger this morning.

London, May 14.

The result was declared to-day as follows:-

Mr. B. W. Gardner (Lab.) Mr. J. R. J. Macnamara

(Con).

Mr. Fenner

(Ind. Lab.)

Loh, majority

Brockway

11,998

walls

GRUESOME WORK. Shortly after 7,30 am. Sanitary Department coolies and fremen commenced the gruesome work of raking the debris to recover re- mains of those trapped when the' 748 floors came down.

8,534

3,461

the

At the General Election, there was a straight fight between Mr. Chotzner and Mr. Gardner, former polling 17,561 and the Jatter 12,153, majority of 5,108.

Re-exports totalled £5,010,142, a decease of £612,285 as against March, but an increase of £1,481.

Wirclean. 600 against April, 1933-British

HARRIMAN BANK TRIAL

HIGH OFFICIALS CHARGED

So Intense was the heat still- retained inside the ruins that they

New York, May 14. were only able to work for a short

The trial of Mr. J. W. Harriman time without rellef, and up to the has opened. He la charged with time of going to press only two misappropriating $1,661,170 In of the six gutted houses in the Harriman National Bank of Clarence Terrace had been partly which he was the chairman. Conservative cleared. 21

A. M. Austin, former vice- In the debris removed were President of the Bank, in charged found the bodies of two tiny with a similar offence-Reuter, children--mere charred masses and limbs and other parts of the|—— anatomy of several adults.

Compared with the General Elec. tion, the Conservative vote in shrunk by 9,027, whilst the Labour poll shows a decline of 456, wbleh, however, la more than offset by the 748 votes given to the Indepen dent Labour nomince.

The

on

two

new member, who is a Alderman for West Ham, has previously represented the Upton division

occasions-in 1923 and 1929. He started life as waterside labourer, and was later nanociated with Mr. Keir Hardle on the staff of the Labour

Leader-Reuter.

ALL QUIET IN YEMEN

IMAM GIVES THREE

UNDERTAKINGS

London, May 14.

The work of raking the debris this morning. the Hon. Dr. R. H. is expected to last all day and Kotewall and other Chinese repre even when all the buildings are sentatives toured the stricken cleared it will be impossible to area under the guidance of the give an accurate Agure of the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, Inspector victims, so badly have their bodies General of Police, to inspect the stricken area and to ascertain been dismembered.

There has, us yet, been no what concerted measures of re- those search made of the Chun Shinglef may be devised for

“(Continued on Page 7.) Lane premises owing to the danger

homeless. Many of falling masonry and coolies rendered have been engaged all this morn-them are being accommodated tom- porarily at Mul Fong School. ing on shoring work.

of

Later they went to the Govern- ment Civil Hospital where they were taken by Dr. G. H. Thomas

among the victims,

DEATHROLL MOUNTS. Up to 9

o'clock this morning, when the tank was commenced of ligging into the debris for the

Dr. Kotowall and his colleagues remains of other unfortunates were informed by the Inspector- most of whom it is feared, are General of Police that they would, included in the present list of in due course, be informed of the "missing"the "m mounted to total of 32, accounted particular form of relief required through the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

for as follow:

Death in Hospital

At the Mortuary

Total

A communique published, yea-Taken from Ruins terday by the Saudi Government announced that King Ibn Saud has ordered a suspension of hostilities on all fronts In Yemen, with n view to the reaumption of peace negotiations.

deathroll had

20

32

In addition, 13 have been finally listed as missing, and there are being 44 seriously injured now cared for at the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals."

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon. replying to a Commons Seventy-one were admitted in question, said this order is stated the course of the day to the to have followed on an under Government Civil Hospital, and taking by the Imam of Yemen to of these, twenty died, twelve have Burronder Idrisis, to evacuate the buen discharged after treatment; mountainous region in dispute, and the remaining 38 are still and to release the Saudi hostages detained, although all of them he has been holding.

are expected to pull through.

A total of 89 serious known

Meanwhile, the Saudi Govern- ment appear to have firmly es-casualties has been arrived at Over a hundred others were treat- tablished their authorlty at

Hodeida, and the town is reported ed for minor hurts.”

to be quiet. Adequate steps had been taken to protect British

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GOVERNOR VISITS

SCENE

SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS.

The following official state- mont was issued from Govern- ment House last night:

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"His Excellency the Gover- nor was greatly shocked on. receiving word of the disaster and expressed his deepest sym--- pathy with the injured and the relatives of the dead and injured.

"Immediately after his re- turn from the New Terri- torles, His Excellency visited the scene of the tragedy, Aub- sequently paying a visit to the injured at the Government Civil Hospital."

BIG LOSS TO THE UNIVERSITY

TRIBUTE TO VICTIM OF DISASTER

The following appreciation

of the University of Hongkong:

of

At the S.V.C. annual Church Parade. At top left is shown the Shanghai Scottish, one of the best-drilled units, just before turn- ing Into Nanking Road. Left centre is the newly-formed Air Denfenes Company, Lower left is pictured the American Machine Gun Company led by Lieut, J. G. Houghton. The Corps Conmmander, Col. F. R. W. Graham, D.S.O., M.C., is shown close-up at top right chatting with staff officers, and lower right is a view of the British Company.

LOOKING FOR A "FRIEND".

MAN CAUGHT IN A BOARDING HOUSE

BIG SESSIONS

LIST

The charge list is given below: Ho Man-fni, wounding with In- tent; wounding.

Li San, murdør.

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Jose Lizarroga, conspiracy to OVER 70 JURORS TO defraud; obtaining credit by fraud!

Mes. Benjamin & Potts have ATTEND COURT (two charges) obtaining goods)

and money by false pretences (five to eived the following Strails. Seventy-two jurors will be enfled (charges).

currency quotations (buyers) from for raw rub. suspicious to the Supreme Court to-morrow

Wong Sau-mo, conspiracy to de-Singerore to-day

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nantes will go into fraud; obtaining credit by fraud)

Spat (two charges). manner in room No. 76 of the when their

15 Although there are only

Nichons Levitsky, alias Lemon, Tai Lol Chan Boarding House the bullet boxes. yesterday afternoon, Yu Kon-wal anemployed, aved 26 years, was prisoners, there are 30 charges, concirney to defraud; obtaining

breach of credit by Fraud (four charges).

Lart Wai-man, breach of depor brought before Mr. Macfadyen in

deportation orders, and it is ex- the Central Police Court

Defendant stated he pected that at least a fortnight tation order.

will be occupied by the trials. went there to look for a friend.

morning.

ranging from murder this

Ho King, a room boy employed on the second floor, stated he saw the defendant coming up the stairs. Later, he saw him in the room which had been locked by the occupant before he went out that morning. Defendant was looking into boxes attempting to Lake things out.

The occupant, Lam On, an employee of the Hongkong Canton Transportation Company, deposed to leaving his room and locking it at 10 a.m. yesterday. He returned at midnight and found that two leather Baitcases had been shifted from their original positions.--~~~-

The accountant of the boarding house stated that no man by the name of Yu Kong-lin, whom de- fendant stated he was looking for, had lived there for the past three months.

! Defendant was convicted and sentenced to one month's hard labour.

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NEW ALTITUDE RECORD

BRITISH AIRMAN'S

ACHIEVEMENT

·

London, May 14..

A new world's, altitude record

the late Mr. Lam Tung, who lost his life in the gasworks explosion disaster, is forwarded by Sir William Hornell, Vice-Chancellor for an aeroplane fitted with a heavy-oll engine is claimed by the chief Mr. Lam Tung was one of the Mr. H. J. Penrose, University's earliest mostpilot of the Weatland Aircraft brilliant graduates. He gradunted Company, who carried out the in 1916, taking Chinese as one of test flights for the

and

the final objects for his B. A. Everest Expedition. degree. He then went to Malaya as

Mount

an Inspector of Chinese Schoola. It is believed that Mr. Penrose In 1926, the Vice-Chancellor and reached a height of 28,600 feet! Dr. Lal Chi-hai went to Malaya (nearly Ave and a half miles) which And rained there some money for is 6,500 feet higher than the pre- Chinese studies in the University.vious American record. Mr. Lam Tung was then holding The Penrose figures are, how- a permanent post in Malaya and over, awaiting official confirmation, the University had nothing but a though it is quite certain that a temporary post to offer him. But new record has been established.

was

establish- A second air record he decided to come back to the University

at all cost and to take ed by another British airman to- liis chance.

day, when Flying Omeer E. L. Mole, Since 1920, Mr. Lam Tung has broke the British duration gliding been

the

University's Chinese record of 442 minutes by remain- translator. He was

much more ing in the air for 488 minutes (8 than a translator and interpretur. Reutor..

hours, 8 minutes) at Dunstable. He taught translation from Chinese Into English, and from English Into Chincas. The special committee on whose advice the University recently reorganised its Chinese studies owed a great deal to Mr. Lam Tung, who was on of its members. Pending the ap- pointment of a Reader in Chinese, Mr. Lam Tung has been virtual head of the Chinese Do- partment, He was also Librarian of the Fung Ping Shan Chinese Library.

the

Its untimely death is a very serious loss to the University. He Heill be exceedingly difficult to

replace.

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Teang Sang, breach of deporta t'on order.

Wu-Sam, possession of forged bunk notes.

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Chung Yan, Tang Sang, Ip Ching. all charged with robbery by two or more, and with receiv

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Ling, alias Tan Ngan-teal, rebbery by two or more.

Chan Chiu, robbery by two or (kwo charges); receiving stolen goods,

Mr. Justice A. D. A. MacGregor, Chief Justice, will hear the murder charge and the conspiracy charges involving two Europeans and a Lo Ping, alias Lo Yin-ping, un- of arms and lawful gossession Chinese.

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