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FINAL EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1981 No 111

UĦL MATЯEXE THURSDAY, JANUARY

28, 1937. 日六十月二十

SINGLE COPT 10 CENTU $36.00 PER ANNUM

REAL

HONEST

BARGAINS VALUES

You've never seen such bargains for a long time as WHITEAWAYS now offer.

Soo Pago 3.

Three Killed By Skidding Lorry TIGER SLAYS

CHILDREN IN WEST POINT

ROAD

CRASH

Struck Down Without Chance Of Escaping

BRITISH

Flood Menace WARSHIPS

DAMAGED

STORMS RAGING OVER EUROPE

GIBRALTAR HURRICANE

London, Jan. 27. Floods and hurricanes have

done enormous damage in many

parts of Europe.

The Thames Valley la Rooded, in

Sudden death overtook three Chinese at the d perilous corner of Pokfulam Road and Queen's Road West early this morning.

Skidding down the incline into Queen's Road, a motor lorry, heavily laden with old building materials, crushed a group of pedestrians on the narrow footpath against a high stone wall.

Three of the pedestrians were killed in- stantly, and the fourth was so severely injured that he is not expected to live.

The dead are:

Lo Kat. 53. of Wo Hop Street.

hawker:

Ya Yuen Chi, a boy azed 5:

Yo Ween, aged 6, his sister, of

Lai On Lane; and

Injured:

1 Kl, a boy aged 14, their

cousin,

Yu Ki has been admitted to the Government Civil Hospital.

The corner is regarded as one of the most dangerous death traps in the Colony,-and-has-been-the scene of several fatal accidents.

Pokfulam Road leads down to Queen's Road West, the main arterial road to the western district, and in order to turn to the west, drivers are forced to round an acute angle.

CHOKING GRIP ON MADRID

FRANCO'S FORCES

Chore

Still Acute

MILLION HOMELESS AND SCORES ARE DEAD

Washington, Jan. 27. The crest of the ravaging Ohio River neared Cairo, Kentucky, to-day. There it will test the Mississippi levee system.

some places to a depth of nine feet. The War Department is hastening the evacuation of Gales are lashing the Shetland 500,000 over a 150,000 square mile area of the Mississippi Islands, In soutli-eastern Europe aj

has halted trains and lowlands. There are 1,000,000 homeless in the flood area isointed towns, doing greatest damage in Austria and along the and 119 known dead. Many are missing.

The flood is receding gradually at Pittsburgh, Pa., and Louisville, Ky., but the crest of the flood has not yet Neptune were damaged in the hur- reached Evansville, Ind., or Harrisburg, Ill. The Ohio ricane which swept the Straits of River has sinashed the sandbag levee at Harrisburg fluenza epidemic-United Presz.

is in the grip of an in-already, inundating the town, covering the river-side

of the Black Sen. Floods are doing great damage in

The British cruisers Orlon and

Portugal.

Gibraltar.

Poland

SHIP DRIVEN ASHORE

Lisbon, Jan. 27.

waterworks.

Disease, fire and famine are mounting, although The London steamer Terneuzen, of Cincinnati's drinking water shortage has been corrected. 2,472 tons, was driven ashore during a fierce gale on the Portuguese coast Tank cars have been sent from other cities. near Sestubal to-day.

The Vessel

sent out an SOS $1,000,000,000 levee system below message saying she was lying broad side and helpless, being pounded

There are grave. tears that the

Cairo will crack and the War Depart-

heavily by the sens, and in danger of ment has ordered men and equipment GARBO

breaking up.

to mobilise lp preparation for the evacuation 2200,000 souls, along four is unknown. Weather conditions for 50 miles on each side of the great have prevented the sending of us-river. It would be the greatest mass

river sistance from Sestubal-Reuter.

evacuation in American history and it is estimated it would require thou sands of railway cars and 35:000 trucks. It is emphasised, however, evacuation will not start are obviously

The fate of the crew of twenty-1.50 mics of the lower Missisippi,

WARSHIP IN TROUBLE

London, Jan. 27. Abhormally heavy weather caused that the the liners Strathnaver and Liangibby until certain levees Castle lo seek protection at East loomed. Rock and suspended all wailinga frdm Gibraltar to-day,

It is noteworthy that the present

CONSOLIDATE

It is announced that H.M.S. Beagle, system is designed to carty 2,400,000 NEW ATTACKS

a destroyer, has broken down with cubic feet per second on--the condenser trouble 150 miles west of Mississippi, while the Ohio River at EXPECTED

Gibraltar and is being towed to present is alone carrying 3,000,000

feet per second. shelter by H.M.S. Brazen. Two other destroyers are standing by und Hendaye, Jan. 27.

the battleship Ramilles is

proceeding to the position from Tangier to

Reliable reports, uncensored, The lorry driver, Choi Fai, ap-state that General Francisco parently misjudged his speed with Franco's troops are consolidating the weight the heavy lorry behind gains in the Aranjuez and him, and in making the turn, his El vehicle went right over on to the Madrid wrong side of the road.

Escorial sectora

havoc in

E

Enormous Damage

It is estimated that damage already Amounts to $300,000,000.

Pneumonia deaths have increased

tremendously, in Louisville alone it

NOW

LEADS HIGH

WACE LIST

Washington, Jan. 27. The United States Treasury to-day revealed that Greta Garbo, during her 1935 picture year, earned $332,- 300.

Wallace Beery came second on the list of Hollywood's princely-paid populace with a salary of $278,749. Joun

Crawford made $241,403, William Powell $238,750, and several others close to $100,000.

Incidentally, the President of the United States is paid $75,000 a year.

-United Press,

SILVER CAN'T LAND

Washington, Jun. 27, It is rumoured that a large ship-

render any assistance necessary.

At Gibraltar the wind reuched o velocity of 97 miles per hour, causing the town. The and t

is estimated that 200 have perished of the company has arranged to accommo- of this discose. front, that they dale 100 passengers to-night in At Wheeling the waters have re- ment of Chinese silver is lying off have throttling grip of Gibraltar hotels, which are already ceded slightly and W.P.A. and city the California const in Vessel

reading The wheels did not actually mount the city and have rendered its crowded. Lounges

rooms have been transformed into oficials have established a $110,000 which is unable to dock because of the footpath, but the body of the

relict fund. At Portsmouth the the strike, though officials decline to dormitories.-Router Special. lorry projected some distance over position desperate.

Mayor has requested residents to de- confirm or deny the story. This the pavement, which is only two or

part until utility and sanitation ser- would be the first shipment of metal three feet wide.

vices can be resumed. At Cincinnati from China since early November damage is estimated at $15,000,000. United Press. The flood is still rising at Evansville.

It is anticipated that Righilst troops will attack again between Las Rozas and El Escorial as

BOON f19 weather permits.

Lo Wai was pedalling his wares--a basketful of water beetles-a few yards ahead of the children, when the larry swept around the corner In their direction. They had no of

Madrid is speeding the evacuation non-combatants, women und

chance. They were dragged along children, coincident with the inception the wall for several feet, each of the of a food rationing system.

bodies being terribly mangled in the Four United States surgeons and seven physicians, with a detachment

procers.

The wall at this spot is heavily of ambulances, have arrived in the plastered with "Safety First" posters, capital-United Press.

and a small "Safety First" "sticker was on the wind-screen of the lorry,

Retained Consciousness

WHOLESALE PRICES

and

Coronation Publicity In Hongkong

HOW PUBLIC WILL BE INFORMED

Bitter Struggle

Further south there is a bitter fight being waged against flood, crime and pestilence, Louisville has started the forceful prevention of looting. Calro has completed a three-foot bukhead. on top of the 80-foot flood wall which protects it,

and 8th Corps have been instructed to make preparations for this emer- |gency.-United Press.

Hope for Cairo

Cairo, Jan. 27. The flood water remains almost five feet below the rim of the flood-wall Detailed plans for the mass evacua-and Army experts hope the city muy tion of the people along the lower be safe. Mississippi must be submitted not Meanwhile, the northward levee has later than January 29. The evacua- cracked and allowed the inundation of The Coronation Publicity Subtion would be carried out place-meal, 'Mound City-United Press. Committee met on Tuesday evening and the commanders of the 4th, 7th and decided that the channels to be used for informing the public of both local and Empire coronation celebra- tions would be the Press, the Broad- cast, and the Hongkong Travel As- sociation. All three have expressed by their willingness to afford all

possible

London, Jan. 27.

Yu Kl, the 14 year old boy who survived, was severely injured, but The mongy value of retail trade nevertheless retained consciousness sales reported for December was 6.5 until he was taken to the Govern per cent higher in 1936 than in 1935, ment Civil Hospital.

All districts shared in the advance, Sales of food and perishables were While he was waiting for the am- bulance to arrive he conversed with 7.2 per cent, greater, while those of

other

merchandise

rose

police officers despite the fact that per cent For the eleven months

bassistance free of charge. he must have been suffering ex- February to December, 1936, an in- Same discussion took place regard-

crease of 6.2 per cent. Is shown in the ing

cruciating pain.

It was at first thought that the total sales as compared with the car- child's leg had been so badly shat- responding period of 1835-British tered that an amputation would be Wireless. necessary. Enquiries at the Hospital |****** indicate that this step may prove unnecessary. The boy is, however, stated to be in a most critical condi- 'tion:

Poignant scenes were witnessedint the No. 7 Police Station, opposite which the accident occurred, when the parents of two of the children, and the 16-year-old daughter of the

نام

the

suggested production of a souvenir programme

of the local suggestion wus, celebrations. The however, discarded as it was ascer faized that King George's Jubilee Trust will place on sale in all copies of the officini souvenir programme of His Majesty's coronation. This will be on sale in

STOP PRESS Hongkong bookshops about three

New York, Jan. 27.

weeks before the Coronallon.

The programme will bear the Royal Coat of Arms in colour and will consist of 32 pages. It will con- A special message from the King

tain

dead hawker, arrived for informa- The flood waters are beginning to to the Empire and the full text of the tlon. The father of the children had fall at Louisville and Kentucky for Coronation service together with. an to be forcibly restrained from rush the first time for a week, as the bulk Introduction, to the service by the ing up to the scene of the tragedy, of the river sweeps toward the Archbishop of Canterbury. The con- where the mutilated bodies still lay, Mississippi Valley, where the Wortents will include a special photographi covered by tarpaulin.

Department has completed prepara of His Majesty and of other members tons to avacuate half a million inhab- of the Royal Family, Coronation Attempts to obtain a statement itants of the valley of a moment's verses by the Poet Laureate, an from the driver of the lorry were notice, if necessary. According to the article entitled "The King's. Majesty fruitless as he was apparently so latest estimates, there are nearly by John Drinkwater, a short story of overcome by the_tragedy that he milion people homeless and the the King's life, and an explanatory could not speak. The man has been deaths approach five hundred, with article on the Coronation cerem

ceremony detained by the police,

damage af over four hundred million and the procession.

... The' necident" is"the most serious dollers. From the waters at that has occurred on Hongkong Loulaville, 120 bodies have been re- streets for several months. Laat covered.-Reuter. year, 00 people were killed on the

dili ronds of the Colony,

The Hongkong Broadcasting Station. hope to be able to relay the ceremony from Westminster Abbey and i the possession of a copy of this pro- (Continued on Paga (1)

TWO CHINESE

Unmistakable Spoor

At Place of Kill

That the marauding Kowloon tiger is not dead, as was reported recently, 'has been brought to light in tragic fashion.

For the first time since this beast came down from the hills of southern Kwangtung two years ago, human beings have fallen victims to its daring.

Two Chinese peasants, whose names are at present unknown, have been killed by the beast. The victimsa man and a woman-were residents of Taiwaichuen village, in the vicinity of Taipo.

The body of the woman was found in a terribly mutilated condition. The torso had been devoured and nothing remained but the head and some scattered bones.

STRIKE REMEDY SOUGHT

MISS PERKINS ASKS WIDER POWERS...

SLOAN STATES HIS CASE

Villagers who discovered the re- mains state that a tiger's spoor lead- ing to and from the remains Indis- pútably reveal that the woman was. a victim of the marauder.

The woman is stated to have left Taiwalchuen to gather firewood an the slopes of Taimoshan Mountain. She had reached the foot of the mountains and had gathered a con- siderable quantity of Brewood when she was attacked.

The ground was considerably torn up some yards AWAY from where the remains were discover- ed, indicating that the woman had Kirurgled desperately when the "tiger" pounced on her. The body Washington, Jan. 27. was apparently dragged to the spot

Labour Miss Fruners Perkins,

where the remains were found. announced to-day that Secretary,

Since itdrrived in the Colony some with the two years ago the Kowloon Tiger has she would ask Congress for emcr-

To cope

become increasingly daring.. At one gency powers General Motors Corporation strike..

to sub-time ita depredations carried it to the She will ask authority pocri

the parties involved in the outskirts of Kowloon City, where it

devoured, several chicken,

Lately, it has attacked, a consider- able number of buffalo and cattle, killing its prey

and taking only sufficient of the remains to make a meal.

dispute.

In a letter to the leaders of both houses, she recommends "the utmost of the situations hoste....because growing out of a number of import- ant and serious strikes."-United Press,

SLOAN'S STATEMENT

New York, Jan. '17. Mr. A. P. Sloan, General Motors Corporation President, to-day denied responsibility for the breakdown of negotiations for a settlement of the motor industry strike or of "ahikking moral responsibility." as suggested by Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary for Labour. Notice

posted in the General Motors plants explain that the com- pany refuses to negotiate with "a the plants to which holds group ransom, disregarding law and justice, und depriving,

100,000 men of the right to

This notice states that the strikers

are occupying the plants are trespassers, unlawfully preventing loyal employees from

and demands that working,

(Continued on Pagę 4.)

who

company

Police photographer, inkl ng a picture of the position of the lorry, shown in background, which killed three people this morning. The lorry crushed the victims between its body and the

atone wall shown on the left.--Staff Photographer

A few weeks ago, Chinese gar- deners in the New Territories came across some whitened bones and it was assumed that the famous tiger had died. Such, however, is ope parently not the case, unless another tiger has crossed the Shum Chun river into British territory.

Chinese villagers and newspapers, not without reason; have nicknamed the tiger "Lord of the Mountains."

The Hongkong Government some time ago offered a reward of $50 for Information regarding the tiger.

Hongkong Petition Answered

GOVERNOR MUST GO TO CEYLON

REASONS OF HIGH PUBLIC POLICY

The following telegram. from" the Secretary of State for the Colonics has been received by His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott:

I have received telegram (1) from Unofficial Members of Executive Caunell, Hongkong, and (2) from Chinese Members of Executive and Legislative Councils pressing strongly for your retention at Hongkong on the ground of outstanding qualifica- tions for the post and asking that Üre question of your transfer may be reconsidered.

"Please Inform these gentlemen: that I have read with pleasure their tribute to yourself and have every sympathy with their desire that your services should not be lost to Hong- kong, but that your appointment to Ceylon was decided upon for reasons of-high public, polley and that I regret there can be no question of its reconsideration.