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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, JULY

1934.

TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE

IN JAPANESE RAINSTORM

SCHOOLBOY'S STORY OF A CAR

THOUGHT HE HAD BOUGHT IT

REMANDED IN POLICE CUSTODY

The ples that he thought he was the owner of the enr, as he had paid $260 as part payment to a man named Ip, was put forward | by Houry Wong, a student, when he appeared before Mr. Hamilton. at the Contral Magistracy this morning, for having driven car No. 25 without a driver's licence, and having driven it without the permission of the owner, Mr. M. T. Fung.

An Indian motor-car driver. Yakoob Khan,' who was jointly charged with having driven the same car without the permission of the owner, was discharged, the case against him being with drawn after evidence. Trafic Inspeclar

Nicol statert that the complainant left the car in Statue Square on Monday morn- Ing. At different times he went there for the ear, but could not And it. He then made a report. Ан soon As the report WAS vireulated, n телнане

was re-

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WIDE AREA STRUCK

SCORES OF HOUSES WASHED AWAY

WORST FOR 37 YEARS

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Tokyo, July 12. Tremendous loss of life and property has resulted from virtual cloudburst in Central Japan.

Reports from Ishikawa Prefec ture on the north coast of Central Japan, declare that as a result of the heaviest rainstorm for thirty seven years tremendous destrue- tion has taken place.

The Tokyo Aaahi declares that two hundred and fifty have been drowned and that there are at least four thousand flood sufferers, three

SVEN HEDIN troyed, and thirty bridges swept

CAPTURE

SCANDAL CRISIS IN NANKING ·

TALK OF WANG CHING WEI RESIGNATION

Nanking. July 12.

BONHAM STRAND PROPERTY

AN APPEAL TO BE LODGED

LEAVE GRANTED

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the Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, and Mr. P. Jacks, Puisne Judge, sitting as Л Full Court this morning, to Li Tse-shi. widow, of 71, Shantung Hond," Mongkoktaui.

It is widely. rumoured that Mr. Wang Ching-wol, President of the the appellant in respect

A decision has been given against Executive Yuan, signifled his In-perty valued at $70,000 at present of pro- tonilon.to resign at yesterday's held meeting of the General Political Thol-ching, of Shatin, New Ter- the respondent, Pong by Council.

ritories. report that Mr. Wang Ching-wei of the will annexed of the late Li

The rumour is based upon a

Appollant was the administratrix urged the collective responsibility Woon-nam and the property con- of the Executive Yuan for the scardial arising from alleged fr cerned was furmerly included in

regularities in a Ministry of Hallways.

contract by the his estate.

Mr. Leo D'Almada, jur., in- Report has it that a prominent La, appeared for appellant and omelal of the Ministry has been Mr. F. C. Jenkiu, K.C., instructed structed by Mr. M. K. Lo of Le & impeached by the Control Yuan-by Mr. E, Davidson, of Messrs. Central News.

Hastings & Co., represented respondent.

MORE DOG BITES

REPORTED

hundred houses having been des- TWO FURTHER CASES nway by'a grent wall of water that| |swept down the hillsides.

Station, saying that the car had FOUR FOREIGNERS IN by her o

been Involved in an accident. The Indian had been to the station,

THE PARTY

have

Two further eases of people be inge attacked by dogs have come to the notice of the police.

MATTER OF TIME.

In making the application, Mr. D'Almada said the court худ merely concerned with the amount

of the security to be deposited by appellants, the time given to raise the securly, and the time allowed for the preparation of the records. months to raise the security and The usual time allowed was three WORKERS MISSING.

Four thousand houses and thou-

six months to prepare the records.

Mr. Jenkin salt the case had In one case, Leung So, a woman sands of acres of crops are reported living at 20, Whitfield, was bieten been going on for two and a half been in in the right arm by her yellow know whether or not he owned the undated.

years and his client still did not chow whilst she was ascending Oficial damage but state that one hundred ment at the Government Civil

reports minimise the the staircase. She received treat property for which he had paid and sixty embankment workers on Hospital, the animal being removed matters

$76,000. In order to expedite the Teteri River are missing to the Kennedy Town depot for

he asked that the time Renter

allowed to raine the depoalt observation.

be one month and the time for the SHANGHAI GRILLING.

In the other case, Lai Moon, a three months.

preparation of the documents bei man living at Yaumati, was bitten Shanghai, July 12

by a dog, which was subsequently conditional on a deposit of $6,000 The court allowed leave to appeal The mercury climbed to captured and removed to Matall-within Altogether nine captives were: taken by the gang, including Sres 102.4 degrees last evening. kok depot for observation. The

one month and the pre- Herlin, his four foreign colleagues The relentless weather is the Kowloon Hospital.

victim is receiving treatment at paration of the

to make a report. He was a licenced driver. He told the police

Peking July 12. that he drove the car from Statue Four other well known Square along Des Voeux Rond to foreigners are members of the No. 7 Police Station, and Wong party led by Sven Hedin, the drove it from there right round noted Swedish explorer, which, the Island to where the accident has fallen into the hands of occurred. They were bath in bandits in Sinkiang. company when the cor was re-

moved. Wong was alleged to have asked the Indian to drive round the Island for $10. Wong left the Indian to report the accident. NO PERMISSION.

and four Chinese aselatants.

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months.

recorda in three

MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE

carrying with it a higher They were captured in the Dungan region of Sinklang, not

rate of sunstroke and pro- far from the place where Sven stration cases daily.

rose to 108 degrees in the shade! In evidence, Mr. M. T. Fung stat-Hedin had somewhat similar! All local hospitals are taxed to and the persistence of drought is od he had not given permission to experience some months ago. Full capacity with patients suffer-causing great concern.

At least Innybody to drive the car. He did

Now of the affair was received ing from heatstroke.

two-thirda of the crops in not know Wong, nor the Indian. by Mr. Bockenkampf, a former It is estimated that the total Chekiang are withering, except When he get the car back later. member of the Expedition, in a number of patients admitted to those where lake water is being PHILLIPINE GOLD the steering wheel was damaged.telegram received from Ansh various hospitals for treatment used for irrigation-Central News. the bill for the damage amounting dated July 4.

since Monday, reached over 1,400.

SHARE QUOTATIONS Sianfu, July 11. Five deaths were reported yester

The mercury here rose to 112 day-Central News.

degrees to-day.

To-day's quotations un received, Serious cotton by Swan, Culbertson crop fallures threaten if rain does shortly after, the close

& Fritz

ive crop failures are reported from Stock Exchange are as follows:- of the fail in the near future. Exten- morning acssion of the Manila Shantung and Honan where the long drought spell coupled with an unusual heatwave parallels condi- Antamik Colle

elsewhere,Central

to $173. He did not know a man

car.

MOSLEM SUPPORTERS.

CROPS RUINED.

Hangchow. July 12.

by the name of Ip. He had not The captors are believed to be authorised anybody to sell the supporters of the Moslem leader, Hauchow (Kiangsu), July 12.

Chung Ying, and it is understood | Yakoob Khau said he was a that the party has been taken to reached well above 100 degrees in The temperature locally has licenced motor driver. About 9] Aksu.

the shade with the result that a.m. on Monday Wong had ap Mr. Harold Kikegaard, the twenty-two coolies have died of prouched him, and said he would | Postal Commissioner in Peking, aunstroke. Dubonic plague has give him, $10 to drive the car for and Dr. Parker Chen, the noted broken out in the working class) three hours, Io-agreed, and went geologist, are among the vielims-district-Central News: with Wong, who pointed out two No particulars have been re- ears to him, saying they belong-ceived by the Danish Minister or ed to him. They took the Austin the British Legation-Reuter. car, No. 293, and Wong asked him to drive to his office and then to his house in Queen's Road. They then drove back to Chater Road, where Wong said he had some business at Aberdeen, and re- quested him to take him there, He drove as far AN the No. 7 Police Station, and at the guards house, Wong asked him to change places, and allow him to drive. He did not ask Wong whether he had a licence, because he thought he was the owner.

CAR TURNS OVER,

U.S. MARINES IN HAITI

TO BE WITHDRAMN IN A MONTH

Washington, July 11.

In accordance with President Roosevelt's executive order, the cvacuation of US. Marines from Hait will commence shortly. Rear-Admiral Standley

has When they reached Aberdeen, ordered sufficient vessels to pro- continued witness, Wong daid he teed to flafti to provide transport wanted to go round the Island, for forty-seven offleers and 517 and continued driving. On reach- men by August 15.-Reuter. ing Lyeemun, the car sutidenly

turned over. They were not hurt.

12 noon.

to

Wong naked him to report the as- began driving . After he had cident at the station. After Ko-tested it for a short time, he gave ing about with Wont for the rest of the afternoon, he left him at le drying wheel over to khang Wong never paid him the Star Shaukiwan the car suddenly skidded and amushed. $10. The accident occurred about Ile thought the car was his own.

Replying to Wong, witness deni-to report the accident.

He went with Khan to the station ed he was driving at the time of

Replying to Mr. Hamilton, rit- noeldent.

ness said he was a schoolboy, A Mr. W. A. Shen, who wa man aaned R. C. Mitchell gave driving back to Hongkong from him the money to buy the Shouson 1 vin Deepwater Bay. He wanted to engage said he overtook No, 293, an Austin Mitchell sent him $80 every nionth driver. tourer. His attention was draws from Shanghal. The $250 repre- to it, because it was being badly Hented the money he had tmus driven. He recognised Wong paved driving it. He knew Wong by man named 1p. He formerly went

He could not find up.

to Queen's College, and had left

the

sight.

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In the witness box. Wong stated over a month ago to start business. that a man named In, who was He wanted to Ko to Shanghai to

a car driver, had told him on Satur get money to start business. He day he had an Austin

enr forhadt a father and a mother.

sale. Ip brought the car to Wan-

thai

CASE REMANDED.

to him, and asked $400 for Mr. Hamilton adjourned the

it. The number of the car was ease until 11 am, on Saturday, 203. He paid Ip $250 on account. remanding Wong in police custody.

and Ip said he would give him a father and mother would be receipt when the balance was paid. called, and he would be given a Ip also told him he would find the chance to look for lp. car in Statue Square on Monday, and asked him to go and take it. TESTING THE CAR.

ton romarked that it was quite In discharging Khan, Mr. Hamil-

obvious that he was teaching Wong to drive without a learner's He went there on Monday, but conco. Fortunately he was not. as he did not know how to drive, charged with that. Tho

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he intended engaging a chauffeur., against him was withdrawn, as the Ha haked Khau to test the car for ovidence did not substantiate it. him Khan asked him $10 to drive He hoped, however, the Inspector the ear for him. Khan drove the General of Police would have A eur as far as Aberdeen, when hellow words to any to him.

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