1937-10-25 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 25,

Fire Destroys Hongkong Vessel

KAITANGATA'S CASUALTIES MAY BE HEAVY

B. & S. LINER PICKS UP

MANY SURVIVORS

The Hongkong steamer Kaitangata, 1,983 tons, Williamson and Company, is blazing furiously a few miles The ship is under charter to the out of this port. Standard-Vacuum Oil Company here.

The China Navigation liner Nanning is standing by. and has already rescued many of the officers and men of; the doomed ship, but it is feared that a number of the Chinese scamen have perished.

H.M.S. Thracian is racing southward to render what- assistance she can.

The Kaitangata is burning from stem to stern, her . cargo of kerosene and gasoline making her such an inferno' that no human could live seconds aboard.

The Kaftangata left Hongkong | yesterday for Halphong and when? she first called for assistance at 2 .. to-day she was in kititude 20.41, longitude 11.2.10. That would put her roughly 120 milra from Hong- kong.

HMS, Thracian left here at 520 a.m. and expected to arrive at the Reene of the disaster at 11,30 m,

The Nunning, Capt. K. W. Richard- son, was early on the scene and her Just message, picked up here at 4.10 a.m. to-day, said "shap standing by,

Wils

Dramatic Messages

still

The Arst message received by the Naval Authorities here was at 2.10 a.ru. when it was reported from the Kaltangul that she was wire an that the Nanning was standing by. Later messages were as follows: 2.18 A; from the Kaitangata: i. "Fire very large and raging."

2.45 a.m.; from the Nanning:

"The

TERRORISTS

CONTINUE ¡

ATTACKS

Ambushes Cause All Night Traffic To Be Suspended

Railway Torn Up During Darkness

Jerusalem, Oct. 24,

Girl Flier Given Wild Reception

Car Carries Her Through Cheering Crowds In London

Broadbent's Bad Luck

Jenn 'Balten

CRUISER

RESCUES REFUGEES

Spanish Loyalists Flee To France 600 Wounded.

In One

1937.

RADIO BROADCAST

5.00 Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof-Garden of the long- kong Holei.

1. Oh Yes, Take another Guess; 2. Maybe it'i the Spring; 3. With thee I Swing); 4. That Foollah Feeling

5.1G Interval of recorded dance music from ZB.W.

5.20

5. Where the Lazy River Goes By; . There's Something in the Air 7. 'Let's call the. Whole thing Off: Under, the spell of Voodoo Drum.

5.35 Interval of recorded dance music from EB.W.

$.40 9. For You; 10. Jose O'Neill Cuban Heel; 11. Siboney;

12. Maracuy, Ship

London, Oct. 21. HMS. Southampton has reported the picked up a launch fooded wil 30 to 40 refugees from Gijon wn the boat was 20 miles north of Smulander.

3.55 Interval of recorded dance musle from ZD.W.

0.00 13. Adieu, To Love, Adieu; 14. At the close of a long long day; 15. Music in May.

6.15

Interval of recorded 'dance music from ZB.W.

The refugees had been at sea since New th previous Thursday.-Reuter.

MANY WOUNDED

19.

0,20 10. Cleaning Windows: 17. Orleans; 18. Malihina Male: A Rhym Excursion. 6.30

Children's Ilecords.

Noah's Ark (Zoological Tunes for Children Old and Young-arr. Henry Hall)...The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra;

Bordeaux, Oct. 24. The Spanish steamer Marie Lene with 1,800 re- Ed at Cassens free, of which 600 were wounded, All of the unwounded men were Cepeated and sent to Port Bou.-13. Forgiven...George Baker (Bari-

Reater

VETERAN

OF CHINA WAR DIES

Admiral Sir Edward Charlton Fought First In 1882

More Very Young' Songs (Poems by A. A. Milne, Music Fraser-Simson); 1. Binker; 2. Shoes and Stockings;

tone)

6.45 Ballads

O Lovely Night (English Song) Winter Sanctuary .... Archibald

(Hewitt);

Just For Today (Scaver) (Contralto); Ackland - Essie Floral Dance (Moss); Sally Horner (Traditional)...Brain Lawrance with Fred Hartley and His Quintet.

7.00 Variety.

Orchestral-Coleen-Selection..... The Great Ziegfeld-Selection..... Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra; Vocal-Did You Mean It? (Dixon, Greer); Have You Forgotten So Soon? (Nicholls, Gilbert)....Greia Keller; Castanets Solo La Corrida (Val~ verde)

; Serenata (Maluts, arr. Rudd) La Argentina Vocal-A

Penny

In My Pocket (film 'Millous in the Alr'); A Little Lock. A Little Door, A Littic London, Oct. 24.

(Harry Woods)......Val Admiral Sir Edward Charlton Key

Piano-Charlie Kunz K.C.D., K.C.M.C., C... who served in Rosing: the China War on 11.M.S. Orlando in Piano Medley No. . 11....Charlie

Kunz. 1900 died lo-day at the age of 72, says

7.30

Closing local Stock Quota- Reuter message. triumph,

and

Exchange Hongkong

new

London, Osl. 24. When Miss Jean Balten, famous

21 zuet aviatrix, who lo-day I world reed in a flight from Aus- her tralia to England, arrived at London Hold from Croydon, she stated that she could still hear the roar of the engine.

In

Earlier she drove standing in a car, through the streets, cheered by the crowds who had

thered to welcome her.

At Croydon she was greeted by New Zealand for the purpose.

her mother who came

הוסי!!

to

When Miss Batten alighted from

KLIT Nearly al travelling in Pales-her plane after the record-breaking

light, she was almost too erew and passengers are funningtine is now accomplished during stand. She had to be carried from overboard; the ship is a total luss."

a milling and the plane through At 3 am, the Thracian was order the day time.

enthusiastic throng-Reer.

ed to raise steam and stand by in

case aid was, treessary.

4.35

the j.; from

Night trains have been sus-

Nanning: pended and the main roads arej "Picked up nine Chinese and three almost deserted after sundown, f foreign officers, the total crew num- bered 42 und we are at present at-except for police and military tempting to late the remainder,

Thracian: Leaves

lett Al 5.20 am. the Thracian Hongkong with medical officer and supplies in order to be able to render assistance to the rescued if any were injured. She is expected to reach the scene of the fire about 11.30 am.

Message from the Nanning at 6.10 a.m. The Koltangnts is completely ablaze with a gasolene cargo. The Master, Chief Officer, Chief Engineer, Second Engineer, Wireless Operator and 13 members of the Chinese crew have been picked up and we are still searching for the others."

Big Shipment

Vacuum Oil Company carrying gnsolenc

and

motor patrols.

however, Most of the ambushes,

which acrur ju before sunset, enables the snipers to have the ad- vantage of the light, while they can scape under cover of dusk before the polfee" airive,"

Sections of the railway line near Jerusalem were found to be torn up this morning.

Market Report.

Entering the Royal Navy in 1878, Sir Edward Charlton served at

7.35 J, II. Squire Celeste Octet. Alexandria in the Egyptian War in.

Narcissus (Nevin); Valse Bluette 1882, was present at the bombard ment of Alexandria and landed with Air De Ballet (Deigo); Hearts And the Naval Brigade. He was spectully Flowers (Tobant, arr. Willoughby); promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Ave Maria (Schubert, arr. Willough Andante Cuntablic (Techni in 1084, and four years later qualißed by);

(Famous Operatic Meloilles-arr. J. painted Commander in 1897 and was as Torpedo-Lieutenant. He was ap-kowsky, arr. Willoughby); Operation Commander of the Orlando during II. Squire)." the China Wur in 1000. He was awarded the silver medal of the Royal

1899. Humane Society in

Raised to the rank of Captain in 1903, he was Commodore of a des- troyer Flotilla from 1908 to 1910. He

A.D.C. 19

to the was appointed

King in A new record Australia to England i 1911 and held this rark until 1913. solo flight was achieved by Miss Jean In that year he was appointed Rear- Batten, when she landed at Lympne | Admiral, was made Vice-Admiral in 11 3.95 pan, to-day, beating; the record 1918, and Admiral three years by 14 hours 30 minuleș.

14 HOURS TO SPARE

London, Oct. 24.

He was Assistant Director of Tor- Rer total time from Purl Darwin redues al the Admiralty 1913-14 and Admiral of Mine-Sweepers from 1914 was 5 days 18 hours 15 minutes, com-to 1015. From 1910 to 1918 he was pared with P11; Brondbent's days Commander-in-Chief of the Cape 8 hours 26 minutes.

Station, and from 1918 to 1919 Com- manding the East Coast of England.

Miss Batten, whose plane was escorted by other planes over the channel, arrived tired, but smiling, Five thousand people, including | and was wildly cheered by a crowd British officials and Jewish leaders, of hundreds as she was lifted from

Avinoam the plane. attended the funeral | Yellin, Inspeelor of Jewish Education in Palestine, who died as a result of Arounds received in a gunman's at- tack on Thursday,

ان

An Arab, house in the vicinity of being been

It is learned that the Kallungata the Iraq pipeline, which is

has had been chartered by the Standard-rentinually punctured,

Was blown up is a punitive measure,- Haiphong. Renter to It is stated at the vessel was carrying 27,000 cises of this fuel.

It is understood the insured

cargo was

ADMITS THEFT OF BRASSWARE

Tam Wing, 24, unemployed, 45- peared before Mr. R. Edwards at the morcing Central Magistracy this charged with breaking into No. 1 Wellington Street, ground floor and stening two brass containers the address.

from

"BOOTS" AT SEA FOR 40 YEARS

NEVER BROKEN A SHOE-LACE

Little five foot

on

"Boots" Arthur The defendant was seen walking Pierce, who was in Singapore recent- along Pottinger Street by a Chinese ly In Be Blue Funnel boat Acnees, detective, who stopped and question- told a Sunday Times reporter ed him as to the origin of the arrival:, containers. ile admitted breaking into

and theft of the No. 89 containers.

He was sentenced to six months' hard labour, aid to be sent back to his village at the expiration of his term.

F

AGITATION ALLEGED

being An additional charge of found in a warehouse for an unlaw- ful purpose was preferred against Chiu Mong-fel, 10-year-old school teacher, at the Central Magistracy this morning when he appeared on remand before Mr. I. A. D. Forrest tor disorderly conduct. He was al- legedly telling the coollen certain goods were being sold to Japan near

"Yes, I've been over 40 years at. this boots game at sea and never broke a shoe-lace. The seerel's * In the _khodling of bools.”

She took off again from Lympne at 4.8 p.. and landed at Croydon 27 minutes inter-Reuter.

BROADBENT'S BAD LUCK'

Baghdad, Oct. 24. Harold Broadbent, the Australian tier who Is attempting л world record light from England to Aus- tralia, told Reuter here te-day that he was fed up and would probably abandon the fight at Basrah as he hnd lost too much time owing 10 encountering headwinds all the way from London."

He was forced down in the desert 60 miles from Baghdad without

petrol, borrowed a donkey from Arabs, and rode four miles to obtain petrol from the nearest motor car. With this, he resumed his flight to

Busrab-Reuter,

RETURN CONFIRMED

Basra, Oct. 24. Harold Broadbent has experienced more bad weather and has been forced to return to Baghdad.—Reuter,

MAILS FOR REFUGEES

Letters, are lying at the "Poste Restante, General Post Office, for the following:-

8.00 Tine, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.03. Chinese

Programome-Relay

from the Lee Theatre.

11.00 Close down. 8.05-11.00 ..p.m. Luropeau Pro- gramme from Z.E.K, on a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.

8.05 Schubert Pianoforte Quintet In A Major ("Trout Quintet).

Wilhelm Backhaus Played by Jutor.

(Piano) with Mangeot (Violin). Howard (Viola), Withers (Cello) and Hobday (Double-Bass),

$.38

Schubert Songs Lied

Wien.....Elisabeth Aus Schumann (Soprano); Aufenthalt: Deppelganger. .Alexander Kipnis (ass).

8.48

Studies, Chopin

Op. 10 played by Backhaus (Plano),

No. 8 in F. Major; No. 4 In C Sharp Minor: No. 5 In G Flat Major: No. 6 In E Flat Minor; No. 11 In E Flat Miner; No. 12 In C Minor. 9.00 Albert sandier anu Orchestra.

Admiral Charlton was appointed President of the Allied Naval Armis- tice Commission from 1919 to 1920, and was President of the Naval Inter- Allied Commission of Control in Ber- Jin from 1920 to 1923. He was placed on the reflred 11st in 1024.

Noted Figure In Ship-Building

London, Ocl. 24,

The death has occurred of Sir Joseph William Isherfood, Bart,, at the age of 67----Reuter.

Der

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Faust Fantasia (Gounod); Al- ways In my Heart (Turk and Coots); Isn't It Reinantie (Theme Song 'Love Me To-night-Rodgers); My Dream Memory (Theme Song 'Street Girl' Levan:); Give Me Back Heart (from 'Symphony in Two Flats'-Novello): Sir Joseph, prominently identified Rosa Min (Gulzar, Fisher and with ship-building, was Shipwright Potter); The Fairies Gavoite (Kohn); Surveyor to Lloyd's Register of Ship- | Bien Aimes, Valse (Waldteufel ping from 1800 to 1907. He invented Amoretten Tanz, Valse (Gung!). the Isherwood system of longtitudinal 9.30 London Relay The News construclion for ships.

and Announcements.

He was a member of the Worship- 9.50 Variety.

Of The Orchestral-Entrance ful Company of Shipwrights, of the North-East Coast Institution of En-Little Fauns (Pierne, arr. Mouton) Jack Payne and His B.B.C. gineers and Shipbuilders, and of the

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Sketch-Sandy Farmer (Wise)....Sandy Powell and Of Orchestral-Evergreens Company Jaz...Septt

Wood and His Six Swingers; Humorous The Lanca- shire Toreador; The Window Cleaner

DIES (No. 2) (Formby, Gifford and Cliff

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..George Formby and His Ukulele; Mandoline SoloSerenata Medlovale (Silvestr); La Java Du Rataką,

(Van Herck). Giava Mazurka

Prof. Chuseppe Gargano; Vocal

Darling, Je Vous Alme Beaucoup

Slimming Cure Anm Sosenko); For Me, For You

Berlin, Oct. 11. Renate Muller ("Sunshine Suste"), one of Germany's most prominent film actresses has died in a Berlin

**Boota" Pierce went to seu in 1892 and when 14 years old nailed with the Britannle to America. In the Britannit he cleaned books for the

Mrs. E Aires, Mrs. M. M. commander, Captain Smith, who later went down in

the Titanie Allebb, Mr. Beaumont, Mrs. L. Blck, disaster.

Mrs. A. L. Biggs, Miss E: Craig, Mrs. A. E. Fraser, Master Ralph Joseph, "Captain Smith was a tine fellow Mrs. W. McClelland, hirs. Enursing home at the age of 91. It there ever was one and he wan Marun, Mrs. L. Page, M., S. Page. mighty kind to ine," said Mr. Pierce. Miss M. Rogers, B. A. Stelierbecheff,

During the Great War “Boota”

Mrs, Tamingon, Mrs. H. Tresize. Mrs. Plerco waR torpedoed in the

Adrienne Wadham, Mrs. J. E. Walker, Hermanides.

Win. Wood.

Now over 60 years of age, Mr. Pierce is remarkably agile, and keeps the secret of how he obtains such a brillant shine on aven weather-

(Towers and Arden)....Hildegrade; Fernando-Tongo Orchestral San (Codevilla); Punto Arenas-Tango (Codevilla)....Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra: Novelty Jack Hylton Throws A Party....Tommy Handley, Hilda Mundy and Billy Caryl, Peggy Webster, Jack Barty,

Orchestra,

11.00 Close down.

Her death follows a long and pain-Dell, Tom ful illness contracted as a result of Nelson Keys, Freddle Fox, The silmning cure aho underwent ini 1933. Swingtelte and Jack Hylton's Boys; In spite of her illness, she insisted Orchestrel-Songs Without Words on continuing her work, but the pro-Potpour....Marek Weber and His duction of her last film, "Togger," a story of newspaper lite in Germany, was attended with much difficulty. Charged with the theft of 15 lbs. of Owing to the indistinctness of her

velee, the sound had to white paint from the Talkoo Dock- yard, Lul Wai, 28, was fred 360, with cynchronised subsequently. This was the alternative of two weeks hard made known only after her death.

Miss Muller was best known to A *mall fire broke out at the Inbour, by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the No. 01 Connaught Rond West on Kwong ing shipyard Sunday,

Central Moglairacy this morning. English-speaking audiences for her The damage was estimated at about Defendant was slated to be odd-job work with Jack Hulbert in

R highly-successful musical Aneta-Trans- $100. The fire started when a spark coolle employed by a sub-contractor shine Susic," fell into a tank containing some melt-in the Yard. He was arrested as the English Ing. glue.

October 22.

Mr. M. W. Lo appeared for the defence, and the case was remanded for one week. ·

was about to leave..

Ocean.

be

"Sun-

Mr. llykes, realding at room No. 210 Hongkong Hotel, repurts to the polico the loss of a lady's wrist watch set with diamonds and sap- phires between the Citinoso Optical Company nnd the Hotel on Sunday. Mra, llykes was wearing the watch at the time.

Telephone 28181;

TEMPERATURE IS STEADY

HUMIDITY

DECLINES

AGAIN

Temperature at the Royal Obser vatory at 10 n.m. to-day was 77, ône degree higher than the corresponding reading yesterday, while humidity: was 50, eight per cent, lower,

Maximum temperature yesterday was 79, a fall of one degree from the previous figure, and the minimum was 71, two degrees higher than the same reading on Sulurday,

Ratnall since January 1 totals 0073 is, ngainst an average 01.83 Ins.

30

The anti-cyclone has moved onst- ward to the Sea of Japan; pressure le relatively low over the Pacific to the notih enst of the Boulna.

Local forecast-N.X, Winde; frenlyz. fair.

ARMISTICE DAY

The military authorities announced that Armistice Day observances this year will be carried gut similarly to the programme last year. The de- tails will be published later.

WATCH FOR

THE

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