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WRECK FATAL

TO 660 HUSHED

FOR 2 DECADES

Details.

Franco Discloses

Of World's Worst Train Tragedy

BY PETER C. ZHODES

United Press Staff Correspondent

of

Grenoble, France, After 20 years the French govern- ment has. permitted publication facts concerning whai is said to be the world's greatest rallroad tragedy, in which a total of 1,000 casualties were registered and 680 crack col- diers died.

The accident occurred during the World War, on Dec. 12, 1917, and caused more casualties than many au Important engagement on the battle- field. Fear of public indignation and

behind demoralization

the lincs enused the censor's order which sup- pressed news of the wreck and held the censorship light until 20 years Inter..

On the day of the accident a train bringing 1,000 men home on leave from the Italian front reached the Franco-Italian frontler town of Mendane, high in the French Alps. The men were in a hurry to get home and another train Was assembled hastily, made up of old Italian wood- en railway carriages which were not considered safe for munitions ship- ments nearer the front. More than one thousand soldiers piled into the carr!-

engineer ages shouting to the hurry their departure.

to

-PROTESTS OF NO AVAIL Railway workers, and particularly the chler mechanie Girard, refused to station, take the train out of the protesting that the brakes were in á train dangerous condition and the

the lively greatly overloaded. To protests of the soldiers, ofcera anally added their Imperative military orders for the railway men to take the train on to Grenoble.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WHO'S TO

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION..

Notice-la hereby given that tho Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders in this Corporation will be held at the Head Ofce of the Corporation, No. 1 Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, on Batur. day, the 20th February, 1938, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors together with a State ment of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1937.

The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be closed from Monday, the 14th February to Saturday, the 26th February, 1938, (both days inclusive)

during which period no transfer of shares can be registered,

By Order of the Board of

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 7th February, 1938.

Directora.

SUCCEED MR. EDEN?

Halifax, Inskip, Morrison Or MacDonald

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1988

SPECIAL EMPIRE

CABLES

CANADA'S DEFENCE SPECIAL

POLICY

Ottawa.

The crushing defeat of Mr. Paul Bouchard, the Nationalist candidate in the Lotbiniere, Quebec, by- election, the result of which was announced on December 28, is view- London, Feb. 23.

ed with great satisfaction in Govern- Among the probable candidates ment circles. While no real appre- being discussed for the post of claimed by Nationalist sympathisers hension was felt, it was repeatedly Foreign Minister are Lord Halifax, that their party would win, and Lord President of the Council, Sir Thomas inakip, Minister for the Co-ome Government adherents were Ordination of Defence, Mr. W. s. inclined to believe this. Morrison, Minister of Agriculture and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Dominions

he may

Lord Halifax is ruled out because he does not sit in the House of Com- mons, though the idea is mooted that remain in charge of the Foreign Omeo during the Anglo- Italian negotiations, in which case the Premier would anrwer for the Foreign Office in the House of Commons.

There are substantial obstacles to the transference of Sir Thomas Inskip from the Ministry for the Co- Ordination of Defence, where he is deeply involved in intricate work. Mr. W. S. Morrison is a man of THE HONGKONG, ELECTRIC marked ability, but doubts are held

whether he carries CO., LTD.

the necessary weight for the Foreign Office. -**

Mr. MacDonald has Mr. Eden's fair Notice is hereby given that the for managing the House, and is an Forty-ninth Ordinary Yearly Moet-attractive negotiator, but the most ing will be held at the Com-likely choice at present is the tem- pany's Offices, P. & O. Building, porary appointment of Lord Halifax, with Mr. Neville Chamberlain taking on Thursday, 10th March, 1938, at charge of the House of Commons. 11 a.m, for the purpose of present Reuter, ing the Report of the Directors Statement of together with a Accounts to 31st December, 1937, and elceting Directors and Audi- toro.

The Register of Members of the -Company will be closed from 26th February to 10th March, 1938, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can bo registered.

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The whole issue was made one of preparedness for defence in Uime of war, and the victory of Mr. J. N. Francoeur, Liberal, is interpreted as opproval of the Government's polley of "being prepared for any even tuality." The result in satisfying to more than one party in Ottawa to day. It is construed as dissipating the fear that the Nationalist attitude

sents in forelim or domestic affairs repre- the prevaling zentiment of Quebec.

The result will also ease the situa- tion for Government supporters from Quebec in the Dominion House of Commons next session during the debate on the military, programme. Last session this Quebec members re fused to support the bill. Had the Liberal candidate at Lotbiniere been defeated a difficult situation might well have developed in the House.

Waterway. Scheme Rejected.--An

international joint commission to-day rejected the suggestion for creating a deep-sea waterway between Mon- treat and Albany, New York. INDIA

CONGRESS PARTY

PROBLEMS

Calcutta.

The Congress party working com- mittee is beginning the New Year with a meeting at Allahabad. The agenda will include a discussion of federation policy and of the pressing problems of tenancy laws, peasant unrest and labour troubles,

The provinces in which Conpress ministries are in office, look to head- quarters for authoritative guidance

in these matters.

HUMAN 'TORCH TAKES FIRE TO FIRE STATION

Youngstown, O.

Frank Wehr took his fire to the 15.50/55 Aro station.

His clothing allome when he was 15.04/041 10.83/85, sprayed by an exploding gasoline

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE FIFTY-FIRST ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- son & Co., Ltd, on Friday, the 11th March, 1938, AT 11 A.M., for the purpos0 of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended. 31st December, 1937.

May the July of The Transfer Books Company will be 'CLOSED from September Friday, the 4th March, 1938, to

Mondane is situated at one of the highest railroad posses in the Alps and the run down from the moun- thin peaks to Grenoble is one of the steepest in France. Twisting and down line spirals the turning, precipitous heights, along deep gor- ges to the Isere valley, less than 500 feet above sen revel. The steepest part of the route la that from Mon-Friday, the 11th March, 1938, May dane to the little mountain hamlet of Saint-Michel.

I

both days Inclusive.

By Order of the Board of

F. H. CRAPNELL,

Secretary, Hongkong, 21st February, 1938.

Secing that he could not prevent | Directors, the train from leaving, the engineer pleaded to the men to wait until second locomotive could be found and placed at the rear of the train to brake for the steep points on the line. The colonel in curge refused to allow any delay and the heavy train pulled out at 11:5 P.M. Faulty lights left it in absolute duckness,

fireman The engineer and

up- pronched The first sleep grade, struggling to maintain control of the tophenvy train. Snow covered the mountains and the tracks were cover- ed with a treacherous sheet of lee. Suddenly the brakes refused to hold and the loaded train gathering momentum swept along al 80, 90, 100

miles und Anally 129

an hour. Sweeping around a curve the engine broke off from the wagons and sped safely down the hill. The cars left the tracks and smashed into a sustaining wall on the mountain- side.

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FIRE EXPLODES MUNITIONS

All night long the villagers of Saint-Marin worked, but bl the alf that could be mobilized fulled to

horrible save 000 soldlers from a

The cars smashed to splin-

death. ters and set ofire. Added to the horror was the explosions of gren- ades and cartridges throughout the night.

The catastrophe remained a milit- Cary secret until the end of the war 'when familles of the dead men were permitted to discuss the subject free- ty. The catastrophe never was allowed in print, however, until-1933 when it was briefly mentioned in a news' disputch following the fatal holiday train wreck near Paris in the Christmas season.

Each year, however, the families and relatives of the men have made a pilgrimage to the little humlet where their song 'died; A monument has been raised to their memory and the spot is consecrated as if it hind been an actual battleground, The colonel who ordered the train to leave on its fatal ride would have faced a court anurtint had he survived the wreck, but in a subsequent inquiry the engineer and bråkenium of the

irain were absolved of all blame,

The 20th anniversary of Branca's Kreatest railroad wreck, and perhaps the world's, regalent; was, selobrated this.

-year with full solemnity. There: „were more than 1,500-members of 800. families present at the ecremonies for the poilus who died on their way knek from the front.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Notice is hereby given that on to other account of transfer duties the Power of Attorney Issued to George Alfred Flynn, as District Manager for The Texas Company (China) Limited Hong Kong has been cancelled and recalled.

at

Similar Power of Attorney bas been Issued to Bayard Craig Lawrence who has been appointed District Manager at Hong Kong to succeed Georgo Alfred Flynn.

THE TEXAS COMPANY (CHINA) LTD., By: P. F. LE FEVRE,

Managing Director. Hongkong, February 22nd, 1938,

NOTICE

Hongkong Benevolent Society

The Annual General Meeting of the above Society will be held in the

Board Itoom of Messra. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Friday, March 4, at, 12 noon.

His Honour, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor will pronide.

FRENCH STEAMER

BOMBARDED

Tangier, Feb. 23. Another French steamer has been bombarded 12 miles east of Valencia, according to a wireless message Reuter Bulletin. picked up by the local station-

MALAYAN GOVERNMENT OFFICER'S PROMOTION :

London, Fob. 23.

Mr. J. Huggins of the Malayan Civil Service has been appointed Colónial Secretary in Trinidad —— Neuter.

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A fireman tackled him at the entrance and beat out the flames.

Wehr suffered second-degree burns.

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THURSDAY. - FEB. 24th FED, 25th FRIDAY, SATURDAY, FEIL 26th

5.30 to 0.30 p.

Noon to 9.30 pm,

Noon to 0.20 p.m.

7.30 to 9 p.m.":

Demonstration of Amateur Cinematography oach evening from

DISPLAY

OF

WATCHES,

DIAMONDS,

JEWELLERY,

POST OFFICE.

· IMPERIAL (AIRWAYS (Z

AIL MAILBERVICES-

Ordinary air mall letters for 'Im-} Air Mall - Services – lö Bhangbai, perial Airways Direct Service to Nanking, Tsingtau, Tientsin, and Pal- Europe etc., will, until further notice, ping are temporarily suspended.

VIA” BIBERIA, ROUTE

· Mall - Servico.... “Via....... Biberia" temporarily suspended.

| ba closed-at Kowloon Post Office and General Post Office at 9.00 a.m. on Sundays. Letters for this Service may be posted in the ordinary post- ing boxes at Kowloon Post · Ömles OUTWARD MAIL TIMES and General Post Office,

They

Registered and Paresi · Mails ́ ́are should be clearly marked "By Air closed 18 minutes earlier than the Mall" and bear sufficient postage. time given below unless otherwise Insufficiently prepaid letters may be stated, and where malls aro advertis taxed with double the deficiency ored to close at or before' 9 a.m., regi- forwarded by Steamer Service, at stered and parcel mails are closed at the discretion of the Post Office. 15 pm. on the previous day.

INWARD MAILS

From

Por

Air Mall by "Pan-American Air- Pan-American Airways Plazo,

¡ways Direct Bervice”—San Fran-

Das

February 85.

cisco date, 19th February.

Amoy

Japan and Shanghai

Santhla Somali

February 24.

„February 24.

Java and Manila

Tiinagara

February 24.

Tientsin and Swatow.

Chenglu

„February 28m

Straita

Conte Verde

February 25,

Japan and Formosa.

Hakozaiki Maru

February 25.

Straits and Europa vin Negapatam

(Letters and Papers) London date,

27th January,

Hakusan Maru

„February 23,

Japan

Kamo Maru

February 25.

Straits

Lycaon

.February 16..

Japan

Montevideo Maru

„February 25,

Calcutta and Straits

Sultang

February 25.

Shanghai

.February 28.

Shanghal and Swatow

Stratto

February February

Stralia

Halphong

Japan and Shanghai

Glenapp

Newchwang Acneas Anhul

Canton

Gneisenau

Al Mall by “Imperial Airways Imperial. Airways

Direct Bervice”—Londen dato, 19th

February,

Jopan

Japan

Calcutta and Straits

Amoy

Straits

Saigon

Japan

U.S.A.. PEARLS,

SILVERWARE,

Japan and Manila-San Francisco date, 5th February. Japan and Shanghai

Straits

Salgon

For

Atreus

February 27.

February 27.

February 27.

Fiano

February 28.

February 23,

.March 1. March 1.

.March

March .March 2.

March 2.

.March 8:

March

Kumsang

Delagon Maru

Sirdhana

Tiisaroca

Marechal Joffre

Mirzapore

Prea. Coolidgo

Aramis

Barentsz

Bontekoo

OUTWARD MAILS

Per Thursday

Date and Time

.March B.

.March 3:

Air Mail for Wochow, Kwelilu, C.N.A.C. Piano ...................Sat., Feb. 24,

Kwelyang and Chungking" by the

"C.N.A.0., Airways · Direct. Ber. vico."

CLOCKS,

FANCY

GOODS.

E.PO,

Feb. 24, pan..

Ord.

Feb. 24, & p.m...

G.P.0.

Ecb. 24, 5 p.J.

Ord

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hóto- Pan American

Intu, and U.8.A., by the "Pan»

American Airways Direct Servico" -due Ban Francisco 4th March,

KT.O.

ROE

Ori

Ord.

Friday

Samshul and Wuchow...............

Kongao

..Fri., Feb. 26, 8.15. a..

G.P.O. and K.P.0. ··

Rex.,

.........‚Feb. 23, D`am.

Ora,

Feb. 25, 9.30 3.m.

THOUSAND

NOVELTIES

Feb. 25, 6 a1234 tya Flano -

Thurm, Feb. 24,

„Feb, 24, B:p.. .Feb. 24. pum.

G.PO.

Fob. 24, 5p.

.Feb. 25, 0 am.

Air Mail for Stan, Lanchow and Eurasia Flane. Fri, Feb. 25,

Chengtu, etc. (vla Hankew) by the "Eurasia Airways Servico" (To further points by surfaco transport na Bervices permil). Shanghai

Kongmoon

Hothow, Pakchal and Haiphong.

Japan, Canada, USA., Central and

South America and "Europe via ~~~~Victoria-B.C.-due- Victoria -B.C.-

17th March

Swatow and "Amoy

Conte Verde...Fri, Feb. 25, 9,80 €,m. Fri, Feb. 25, 10 am:

On Lee Kiungehow

President Grant

G. P.

Parcels, Reg,

1. Ord..

Fri, Feb. 20, 1 p.m.

Fri, Feb. 25,

F

Feb. 29, Noon:

Feb. 25, 1.43 pm, Feb. 29, 2.30 p.m."

Halyang....Fri, Feb. 25, 2 pan. Hakusan Maru Fri., Feb. 25, 3.30 p.m. Santhia

.Fzi., Feb. 23. Feb. 23, 4 p.m. Feb, 20, 5 p.m. Feb. 25.

Feb. 25, 4.15 p.m. Feb. 25, 5 p.m.

Air Mail for "EL.M. Airways Ser. Hakomaki Naru ........Frk. Feb. 25.

vice"-due Amsterdam, 8th March

..Feb. 25, 4.80 pan.

Feb. 25, 5.00 pm. .Fri, Feb. 29, 5 p.m. Fri, Feb. 25.

GP,0. and K.P.O.

Japan

*Straits and Calcutta

Parcels,

Ord.,

*Straits, *Ceylon, "Indla, *East and Somali

*South Africa. *Aden. *Egypt and *Europe.via Marseilles--duo Max-

Rog,

scilles, 29th March.

Ord

G. P. O. and E. P. O, Rez.. Ori

Amoy and Shanghai'.

Tinegarn

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Hakozaki Maru *South Africa, Aden, Egypt and

Europe vla Marseilles-due Mar- scilles, 27th March

Reg.

Ord..

PRICES

Manila, Australia and New Zealand Kamo Maru

via Thursday Island-due Thurs- day Island, 10th March,

Reg

Ord.;

Feb. 25, 5.30 pan.

Saturday

VERY

MODERATE

Solgon

J. ULLMANN

& CO.

Chater Road,

Hongkong.

Established 1860

Gustav Diederichsen

Feb. 25, 5 pm. Feb. 25, 5.30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 25. Feb. 25, 5 p.m.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Montevideo Maru

South Africa

Sat., Feb. 26, 7.30 p.m. Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, Egypt Gneisenau....Sat. Feb. 20, 5 p.m.

and parcels for Germany only via Hamburg

Sat, Feb, 28, 3 p.m. Amoy and Foochoir (vla Amoy) Van Heuisz...Sat, Feb. 30, 5 p.m. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Flane fat., Feb. 20.

Direct Service"-duo London, 7th March

Air Mall for Australla by the I- Imperial Airways Fland Sat, Feb. 20.

perini Airwayn Bervice" due

Darwin, Gih March.

Swatow and Shanghal

Bangkok via Swatow

Swatow, Shanghel and Tientsin Japan

Swatow, Foochow and Tientalo, Batavin and Sourabaya Halphong

Sunday.

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

Rex., Ord.,

Feb. 26, 5 pm. .... Feb. 27, 9 am.

G.P.O) and K.P.0.

·Fob. 20, 8 pul

Ord.

Feb. 27, 0 auki.

'Koying ....Sun, Feb. 27, 8.40 a.m. Yingchow ....Sun., Feb. 27, 9 ami Monday

Chaksang Mon, Feb. 28, 10.30 am, Sulaang ..7... Mon., Feb. 20, 6 pmɛ. Tuesday

Ninghai Tues., Mar. 1, 8.30 a.m.. Thisnrock 41.Tues., Mar. 1; 8.30 am. Canton va

Tuer, Mar. 1, 2 p.m.

Wednesday

Swato, *Shanghai and Tientsin Amoy vytvára

Shanghel and Japan

Tientaln

Holhow, Pokhol and. Hulphona

Sandakan

je Kwaliong,Wed, Mar 1, 8.30 8.17. Tainan Wed., Mar. 2, 1.30 am. -Morechal · Joßro'

Thursday

Wed, Mar 2, 130 p.m.

Newthwong Thurn,, Mar, 3, 0.30 am, Klangsu Thurs., Mar. 3, 1 p.m.. Friday 1

Tai Seun Hong Fri., Mar. 4, 8.30 am Nallero Fri., Mar, 4, 10.30 nm.

PH., Mar. 4 O. P. O, and Kro

Mar. 4,5 pm.

Shanghai and Japan ge Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and South Comorini

Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe. via Marsellies--cuo Afaraèilios 1st April

Parcals Reg

Ord.,

recribed correspondence only:

Mar. B; D45 am..

Mar 6, 1030 am.