1934-10-16 — Page 19

1,000

DEATH STRIKE

MINERS ON

REFUSE TO COME UP

FROM SHAFT

FOOD EXHAUSTED FOUR DAYS AGO; AIR CUT OFF

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright,' Telephophic Mesper Oudiwante. *1804. Received, Oct. 16, 8.40 0.m.)

Budapest, Oct. 15.

A thousand miners have been on hunger strike near here for the past four days, a thousand feet below the surface of the earth. They are enduring the agonies of starvation, being without food or water, rather than accept the defeat of their demand for an 18 per cent. wage increase.

WIVES AT PITHEAD

No hope of settlement had,

this eventu presented itself though the Government repre sentatives on the scene were doing their almost to bring the strikers' spokesmen and the mine owners together.

The operators are the antihe Steam Navigation Company.

TERRIBLE SCENES.

There have been terrible scenes

DEATH OF M. POINCARE

BRITISH SYMPATHY

The

EXPRESSED

Lordon, Oct. 15, itrit lah Ambassador in at the plt-head. A clamouring - crowd of women was only preve. Paris, Sir George Clerk, to-day ted from descending into the mine called on Monsieur Laval, the

die with their new French Foreign Minister. a body "to husbands by soldiers with ma The Ambassador requested him chine-guna and fixed bayanets to convey messages of sympathy threatening them. There are 1,-1from the Prime Minister. Mr. 200 of these women, wives of the Ramsay MacDonald, Christian Socialist miners and Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon they continue to demand access to to Madame Poincare on the death of her husband, which occurred the shaft-bead.

"We have a right to be with cur; this morning-British Wiretras husbands," they declare, "and to die with them If we wish it."

AIR SHUT OFF.

To bring matters to a crisis, the! self-imprisoned miners shut off the air pumps and as a result they Are now suffering seriously in terrific heat and vitiated air.

There are a number of boys, mere children, among them.

"HAVE COFFINS. READY". Emissarica who descended to the plt counselling the miners to come back to the surince and negotiate, were arrested.

The message the miners sent to the outside world by mine tele- phone was:

and the

WINTER GRIPS NORTH CHINA

SUDDEN TUMBLE IN TEMPERATURES

THE

Shanghai, Oct. 16. According to a report from wintry weather has Peking,

North China, lrendy set In in especially in Shensi, Shanai, Ho- pel and Sulysen, where some of the smaller rivers have frozen.

The inhabitants of Peking are enjuying brisk messages, -

"Have 50 coffins realy. We The Yangtse valley and the are prepared to die here from gas northern part of Chekian ex poisoning and hunger rather than perienced a phenomenal change by the slow starvation outside of weather yesterday when the because we have not sufficient mercury fell to as low as 55 wagen to buy bread."-Reuter | degrees in some places. It was Special.

81 degrees at Hangehow the pre- vlous day. A further fall in the expected-Centrul News,

STRIKE ENDED.

Budapest, Oct. 16. The suicide strike at Pecs has ended. The 1,000 miners will get additional pay and there will be no punitive measures.-Reuter,

EMPIRE RADIO

mercury

MILITARY. ATTACHE AT PEKING

In the British Broadcasting MAJOR LOVAT FRASER

Corporation Empire transmis-

sions, a composite recording of

the ceremony of the installation of Genera smuts as Rector of the

-British Wirelenɛ.

APPOINTED

HONGKONG

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1934.

TELEGRAPH.

TYPHOON TAKES

WARM PRAISE FOR FIRE BRIGADE

Mr. Wolfe's Glowing

Tribute

.

Regret at having to saver his connection with a department with which he had been very closely associated during his 35 yours" service in longkong was expresand by the Hon. Mr. P. D. G. Wolfc, Inepoctor General of Police, this morning, when he bado farewell to the Hongkong Fire Brigade,

Mr. Wolfe was met outside the Flu Station Building by Mr. H. T. Brooks, Superintendent of the Brigade, and Mr. J. C. Fitzhenry, Deputy Superintendent. A special display of re-fighting was put on In honour of the occasion.

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HEAVY TOLL IN PHILIPPINES

(Continued from Page' 1.)

Vlees and Glooogle,

Along the well known Dewey Boulevard have been found fifteen life preservers of the 8.8, Mundaco, grim testimony to the terror of the gule.

THE STRANDED SHIPS.

E RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Rotary Club Tiffin Speech.

TALK BY MR. PELHAM. From ZBW on a wavelength of 156 The Gertrude Kellogg in an oil-metres (845 kilocycles).

4-7-pin. Programme, carrying ship owned by the or the Atlantic Gulf belongs Kellogg 8.S. Corporation of New to the Atlantic Gulf and Pacitte C. » Maniin; the Glenogle is well-known Glen Line steamer,

REPORTS INDEFINITE.

Ayof there has been no definite reparis of Bres last, although the At the conclusion of the display, I suddennens of the typhoon left the Mr. Wolfe said he was extremely elty naprepayed, and it is feared Forry to leave the Fire, Brigade, that the toll of human life will which had always had a partiuturŢ be considerable. and peculiar attraction for him. Halldings have been extensively During the 35 years that he had damaged,, and, the power lines been in Hongkong, no department rendered out of order. The In the Government had undergone Escolta is submerged three feet as complete a reorganisation as the under water. Fire Brigade. It was now one of the most efficient departments in the Colony, and had often been | referred to as one of the most capable fire departments in the Far East. This had not

CHANGE OF COURSE. been FLC- compilabed without hard work. "I

Indications are that the typhuon feel that the officers of the Fire made a sudden change in its track. Brigade deserve great credit for their co-operation in keeping the Observatory reported the eyelone Yesterday afternoon 1 Manila Brigade up-to-date and making iESE. of Manila moving north into such an efficient force," added

If it had continued on this | Mr. Wolfe.

west. trnek it would have passed well north of Manila.

the

The speaker paid a tribute to work of Mr. H. T. Brooks, Superintendent of the Brigade, who, since his arrival in the Colony, had put his life and soul into the reorganisation of the Brigade, and had succeeded in making it into what it was to-day.

Mr. Wolfe said that great credit was also due to Mr. J. C. Fitzhenry, whose inspection tours had kept the Brigade up to such a high state of efficiency.

In conclusion, Mr. Wolfe appealed to the members of the Brigade to continue the work that they had been doing so well, with the sale! action of knowing that they were doing their duty and doing it well. Three cheers for Mr. Wolfe, and another three for Mrs. Wolfe, terminated the proceedings.

U.S. INFLATION

POLICY

NO NECESSITY FOR ALARM

Washington, Oct. 16. The Administration insists that business men are unduly alarmed. No uncontrolled inflation

will

occur, money cconomy and profit will not be eliminated, and relief will be rationalised. The Adminis tration is building up inflation psychology,

Devaluation of the dollar is not imminent, but may came later.

Business improvement during the last 15 days has been noteworthy, de partly to the heavy disbursal of Government funds.

Silver buying continues, with further price Increases indicated. No railway receiverships will be permitted before Congress venes. Swan, Culbertson Fritz.

con- and

SILVER OUTLOOK.

New York, Oct. 16. The Wall Street Journal reports: -Stocks were narrowly irregular and very dull, due to mixed business

In the native villages around the city, crops have been coin- pletely destroyed and property ravaged by the storm.

attuck

It seems that suddenly chang- ed its course due west, accounting of for its unexperteri Manila, which took a good deal of shipping unawares.

tione, London and New York Stock 7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Qusta- and Commodity Quotations.

7.08-7.25 pm, Violin Recital by Joseph Szigeti,

1. The Fountain of Arethusa (from "Myths") (Szymanowsky Op. 20).

2. Flight of the Bamble Bea (Rimsky-Korsakov),

3. Pastorale (Stravinsky).

4. Menuet (Debussy-Dushkin). 6. Tambourin Chinola (Kreisler). 7.25-8.10 p.m. Variety.

8. p.m. Local Time and Weather Re- port. Instrumental-awallan Stars arc

Gleaming,

Ann Milford and his Hawaiian Players. Song Music In the Air-"The Song

is you."

Turner Layton (Tenor). Organ Solo-My Song Goes round the

World, Organ Solo-By.a Waterfall.

Frederic Bayco. Chorns Billy Merson Memories.

Bly Merson and Choru”, Fox-Trot-Moon Country, Fox-Trot-Little Man, You've has a

Busy Day. Song-Out in the Cold, Cold Snow.

The B.B.C. Danca Orchestra.

Song-Love's Last Word in Spoken.

Gracle Fields (Con.cdienne). Piano Solas-Music in the Alr

Medley,

Rafe da Costa. 8.10-6.35 p.m. Band Music, Swan Lake Bellet (Tchaikovsky),

The Band of II. M. Coldstream Guards.

According to United Prese des-The_Funeral March of a Marionette patches, the storm started at 1.30

and reached its maximum velocity shortly before & a.m.

There are several feet of water in the streets in various parts of the city, hundreds of trees have been blown down and Nipa houses have been unroofed.

Because of the danger of fire and electrocution from dangling overhead wires, the police ordered the power of the city shut off at 4.20 a.m.

NO TRAFFIC.

No street cars are running, fèw taxis have dared the weather yel and only a few private care are moving. Most of the streeta ore impassible. blocked by fallen trees and debris.

In Manila Bay there are five big ships ashore,

This, says United Press, is the worst storm since 1921.

TYPHOON'S COURSE.

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(Gounod). The Rustle of Spring (Sinding, Op. 12) The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band. The Jolly Robbers-Overture

(Suppe). The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band. "Pag- 8.35-9 p.m. Excerpts from lacci (Leoncavallo).

Me!--A Prologue A Word Allow

Song of Tender Memories.

Apollo Granforte (Baritono) with members of the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlo Sabino. They Come!

Alessandro Valente (Tenor). Get Away 1--Such a Game, Believe

Me, Friends. 4

Valente-Saraceni-Granforte- Palat and Menn with Chorus and Orchestra. Hark! Tis the Bagpipes

(Bell Chorus).

Alessandro Valente (Tenor). How Flerce he Looked.

Adelaide Saracen! (Soprano), 9.0.20 p.m. From the Studio. "Topical Talks on the United King- dom" by Mr. G. C. I'elham (1. M. Trade Commis«funer).

9.20-9.30 p.m.

orchestra.

Three Sisters" (Kern)-Selection The Royal Observatory report-played by The Drury Lane Theatre fed at 10.23 this morning that the typhoon was situate within 120 miles of Lat. 15, Long, 119, moving W.N.W.

If it continues on its present course, it should pass some. 300 miles south of Hongkong.

In the absence of advices from outside, the position given by the Royal Observatory must be re- garded as approximate.

DOLLAR AGAIN RISES

catise

9.30. p.m.

Reuter Press Bulletins, London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity Quota.

tons.

9.35-10.85 p.m. From the Studio. A Pianoforte Recital by Mrs. Luba Shaftain.

Programme.

1. Fantasies,

Schumann, Op. 16 Nos. 1, 4, 5; 7, and 8.

2. Capricelo.

3. Prelude.

Brohms, Op. 76, No. 2.

4. Pastorale Madrigal

5. Rhapsodietta,

Jeno Von Takacs. 10.05-10.30 p.m. Light Orchestral. Overture A Night in Venice

(J. Strauss).

State Opera Orchestra, Berlin. Fantasia on Melodies of Johann

Strauss (Weber).

Marek Weber and His Orchestra, Along the Banks of the Volga

(Borchert).

Marck Weber and His Orchestra. La Golondrian-(The Swallow)

(Serradell),

In sympathy with the rise in silver prices. the Hongkong dollar rose 3/8ths this morning to business 1, 8d. Inter-bank was done early at 18. 8.9/16d. The market locally is steady. London, Oct. 15.

Silver prices rose a half-penny Major W. A. Laat Fraser of news, plus the fact that traders in London yesterday mainly be

are holding aloof, pending a clori- University of St. Andrew's will be the Indian Army has been apfication of the monstary outlook, China sold, and the market was of speculative buying. broadcast on October 17 at 7 pm.pointed British Military Attache including the silver situation,

at Peking-Renter.

which

stendy. is precipitated by China's

Inter-bank business opened in imposition of a 10% export tax on Hongkong this morning at 18. the metal.

8.7716. and later was done at Silver issues. however, worg 14. 8.5/8d, sellers. There are ex- upward, due to the sharp advancorectations that the local dollar will day Press News, etc. in the prices of te malal, owing

vo to allver parity eventually. to the tax imposed by China, which is believed to have enused heavy Gold dollars were 1424, the mar- short covering. The norten linket being firm. scarcity of silver in the world; market was also a factor-5.11/16d. Culbertson and Fritz,

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

WHEN 1 HEAR MY CHILDREN | The U.S. destroyer Heron arrived CROONING LOVE SONGS THAT COME in part early this morning. FROM HOLLYWOOD, I WONDER HOW LOVE REALLY EXISTS."-Sir Anthony Two cases of typhoid were reported to the local healik authorities during Hope Hawkins,

the week-end.

For importing nine silver ingots un-

Passengers arriving here by the ss. manifested curgo valued at approxi- President Wilson from Shanghai In- mately $500 on board the 88. Stanley, eludert Dr. L. Shu-fan, Mrs. Myron i Lee. Ming, coxswain, was fined $60 at | Shaon, and Mr. George Costello. the Contrai Maglatrney this morningi by Mr. E. W. Hamilton.

The reception and tea party to he given by members of the St. John

KOWLOON DOCK INCIDENT

BENCH REPROVES

The Shanghal exchange rate has dropped from 18. 6.1/10d, to 18.

Shanghai dollars opened at 113 and later dropped to 115,

Two unemployed men, Sung Ming, 80 years; and Lâu Chỉ, 29 years, were charged before Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones! at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn. ing, with loitering in a scavenging: Inne at the back of 257, Cheung Sha; Wan Road near, Maple Street. Two parcels containing keys and tools, and rope hanging on. the wall, ware found in the courtyard of 267, Cheung "Don't be such a baby," was the Sha Wan Road. Owing to the lock tal yesterday, wan found to be remark made by Mr. E. I. Wynne-of evidency bath defendants were dis- Sentence of four months hard la suffering from serious body Injuries Jones, at the Kowloon Magistiney charged. bour was passed on Liu Lol-shing by crused when he jumped from the se-this morning, when James Singh.

For passing another car around a Ambulance Brigade in honour of the bend near the Ho Tung Engineering Commissioner, Mr. Alfred Morris, Workshop at Pokfulam Road, an has been postponed untli Friday, owner-driver, Ng Shui-hee, of 30 Ro-| October 26. binnen Road, was fined $10 Mr. E. W. Ilainilton at the Central Police Court to-day,

A would-be suicide, Cheung Kan- wong, admitted to the Kowloon Hospi

COMPLAINANT

Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central cond floor verandah of his home at 70, a watchman of the Kowloon Docks. The Happy Valley golfers entertain Magistracy this morning for stealing; Shanghal St., Yaumati, two silver dollars. The evidence pro-

gave evidence against Bara Singh, a team from Kowloon on Sunday next duced was to the effect that defendant With ten previous convictions and 27 years, private watchman, who and the course is reserved for this went into a rice shop in Queen's Rond his cloventh offence occurring whilst was charged with disorderly con match from 9 a.m. onwards, and tendered a $10 note when purchas- stili under police supervision, Chan | duet, at the main entrance of the ing fifty cents worth of rice. When Kau was brought up at the Central Kowloon Docks at Wuhu Street last givon 20.50 change, the handed two Magstracy this morning da confirm night.

away, so when he saw him this time he had him arrested.

- dollars back as being bad change and at, ed offender, and was sentenced by It was stated by complainant His Worship, in discharging the the same time was nein to slin two twr Magistrates sitting together (Mt. that he saw defendant at 7 o'clock defendant, said: "Stop drinking dollars into her girdle. She then ask- Macfadyen and Mr. Thomson) to a Inst night inside the deck, holding too much rum." He then told tho ed for another two dollara, stating, term of two yearR, He stated he had sho had only been given $7.50 change. a wife and two children, In an applica bottle of liquor, with a walking complainant not to be a baby, and She had been previously convicted for tion for a hawker's licence, and this stick in his hand. Defendant had said he should not have had the similar offence. When arrested matter, was referred by the Court to been drunk on previous occasions defondant arrested morely because tahe had $584 in her possession, "the polico"authorities.

and has struck people and run he looked at him.

10.30 p.m.

Victor Solon Orchestra. Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Mid- 10.35 p.m. Close Down.

Mr. J. R. Bergne-Coupland will give an address on "Training Gradu ato Apprentice Engineers in English Werks" at a general meeting of the Engineering Society on Friday, Octo ber 19th. 1984, nt. 8.30 pm in Room "K" at the University.

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