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The

FINAL EDITION

Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED) 1881 No. 16738

二拜禮 號一卅月一英港香 TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1939.

CHILE ROCKED: NEW

SHOCKS BURY TOWNS

CORONEL COMPLETELY RAZED BY ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE

SANTIAGO, JAN. 30.

NEW EARTH TREMORS ARE REPORTED FROM THE QUAKE

ZONE AS OFFICIALS FORECAST THAT THE TOTAL DEAD REACHED THE ASTOUNDING FIGURE OF 50,000.

In addition to the Chillan tremor, it is announced from Concepcion that all houses, and buildings in the coal-mining town of Corenel were destroyed by an earthquake at 10.45 p.m. on Sunday-the same time as the Chillan tremor was felt.

The first report said that there were no victims, and it was therefore assumed that the residents, as a precaution, had slept out of doors. FEARS OF DISASTER

However, with confirmation that the quake was severe enough to raze the entire township, gravest fears have been aroused that a further disaster might have, occurred in regions with which communications continue to be very difficult.

ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE RECORDED

Epicentre Believed Near N. Zealand

THE ROYAL OBSERVA- TORY in Hongkong has recorded, a major earthquake of great in- tensity.

It is believed to have occurred 3,450) miles south-cast of longkong, which places the epicentro somewhere I the vicinity of New Zealand:

Napier, one of the principal cities on the North Island of New Zealand. was completely wrecked in an earth- quake in 1930.

It is also added that the suffer-

ing thousands of refugees are | being removed as fact as possible from regions such as Chilan, where the stench from corpses has caused the soldiers urgently- to request gasmasks.

While the unburled dead lay in the streets, or buried beneath debris, and great fissures in the roads continue i paralyse notor traffle, heavy rain has begun suddenly in the midst of the usually dry season.

VOLCANO RUMBLING

ruined

in

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DRASTIC

FINA REDUCTIONS

in all Depts.

WHITEAWAY'S

Protection For Tenants

GOVERNMENT TO STOP H.K. RENT RACKETEERING

DRASTIC CONTROL of rent racketeers, in addition to that already provided in the Preven- tion of Eviction Ordinance, has been decided on by the Government.

THE COMMANDER, Officers and nen of H.M.S. Suffolk, photographed in Hongkong harbour last Sunday.-

JAPANESE AIRWAYS

It is reported What ike Great £5,000,000 Fleet Llama volcano in the Cerquenco area is rumbling ominously, Harvests have been many places aut, the destruction of commerce and industry is so plete, that entirely new ellies must be constructed at Chillan and

Cau- quentes.

NEW GLEN

com-

The Chilean Cabinet has ordered First intimation of the earthquakesh headquarters in the devastated

the Minister for the Interior to estab came in a "United Press" message from New York, stating that a "great one to organise committees, and to

extra-

LINER IN HONGKONG Speedy Passage From England

Mec Cheung.

FIRE

ON

OPEN PLANE ABOVE

IMPERIAL CHINA SEA

Delia In Incident Soon

After Leaving Hongkong

Drastic French Action

JAPANESE IMPORTS

WE ARE BEING FIRED AT BY JAPANESE RESTRICTED

WARSHIPS WEST OF WEICHOW.".

PROFESSEDLY

A

The Attorney General; * Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, is to introduce an Ordinance in Legislative Council on Thursday afternoon, amending the Prevention of Eviction Ordinance.

If Council

agrees to the amendments-and it is almost certain that voting on the sub- ject will be unanimous---the following provisions will become law:

Landlord's common law rights of re-entry wit be suspended during the duration of the original Ordin- ance, and if a landlord effecta, or attempts to effect, re-entry before a tenant abandons possession, the tenant shall havo a civil remedy against the landlord for an lujane- tton and damages,

A system of Fair Rents will be Introduced by empowering Courts to determine any question in rela- tion to the rent payable or to be pald by a sitting tenant.

Before the issue of any warrant under the Distress for Rent Ordin- ance of 1883, the Judge Registrar has power, under the new or the Amendments, to require proof to his satisfaction that the tenant is un- willing to pay the rent demanded, or that such rent is not excessive,

RIGHTS WITHHELD

In effect, once the amendments become law, A landlord will no right to enter

longer have the

premises occupied by bona

tenants.

The

fidc

new

provision regarding suspension of the landlord's common (Continued on Page 4.)

LATEST

TOKYO, Jan. 31, view to adjusting the unfavour-

WITH able trade with Japan since the Wu Pei-fü Confirms

Defection

outbreak of the China Affair, France has enforced a licence system on import of Japanese goods into France and French

revealed here to-day.

According to "Domel" Wu Pel-fu

"The shock occurred at 10.18 1,000 million to 1,500 million pesos.renched Hongkong at noon to- Delin until it was known the Chinese military aircraft and are shot colonies, it was authoritatively this afternoon confrmed nomination

Hongkong Time," Mr. Evans said."

ot

con-

She

come

earthquake" had occurred over 8,000 to save us much of the barvest as advise reconstruction in an attempt

This dramatic radio message was flashed by Pilot milce from that city.

Mr. B. D. Evans, Assistant Dirce-ponsible.

Wilson at the controls of the Imperial Airways plane tor of the Royal Observatory in Congress has convened on Hongkong, confirmed to the Tele- ordinary session to

Délia scarcely one hour after he had hopped off from graph" that the quake had also been problems.

consider rellet COMPLETING HER maiden Hongkong. The other pilot is First Officer Samuels. recorded in Hongkong.

The Government is reported to be weeks four days, the new Glen voyage from London in four considering secking a foreign loan ciLine motor, vessel Glenearn by the Kai Tak radio of

Nothing further was

heard they will not be held-responsible if "The first wave, was recorded on that financiers

The newspaper "La Union" reported

the foreign aeroplanes are mistaken for the Hongkong seismograph at 10.27 pension of foreign debt payments for

had suggested sus- day and berthed at Holt's Wharf. plane and u.m. and the transverse wave

A sister-plane, the down.

ns new "Pacification Commissioner of She is all that has been claimed for Denebola, had landed safely at be assumed by Third Powers."

"Responsibility for any losses must 10.34 a.m., which would indicate that ree years, which would yield 800,- her and her appointments embody Hanoi at 11.25 am.

The measures for the French main-

China" the epicentre was 3,450 miles south000,000 pesos.

land will be effective on March, view with Chinese and foreign news Acceptance was nollfed in inter- such luxurious accommodation for 12 cast of Hongkong,

passengers that she represents an en-ped off at 7 a.m., were Mr. A. C. Aboard the Della, which hop-

JAPANESE KEPT INFORMED VACCINE SERUM S.O.S.

while those for French colonies will The amplitude 10 millimetres→→

tirely new class in cargo vessels.

into force on March 10, accord- Paper correspondents at Peiping at Interviewed shortly Army officers at Concepcion have probably within a year, will replace Watson for Bangkok,

after

noon to-day. recorded at such a distance in-

the ing to an official communication from dicates that the shock was of such requested 80,000 anti-typhus vaccine the existing Glen and Shire ships to

the first of eight ships which, Tully for Sydney, and Mr. Mark Japanese warning was issued, anthe French Government,

Earlier, "Domei" reported that Wu amature that, if it occurred in an serums, and it is reported that two well known to exporters and travel- 7.30 am, carried the Far

Imperial Airways official said:

Pel-fu, emerged Certificates of origin will be issued since his army

from retirement "The warning would not apply to by the French Consulates upon appli- Chiang Kai-shek seven years ago. The Denebola which left here at our machines, which do not fly over cation for export of Japanese goods lahabited part, it would occasion United

Was defeated by States bombers carrying lers in the east. terrific loss."

scrums, medical supplies, and

Eastern any Japanese occupied zone." Manager of Imperial. Airways, L.

Wa will open feld headquarters at centrated food, arrived at Santiago al

to the French mainland and colonies Kaifeng, former The Telegraph" understands, fur- including French Indo-China. French His plan will be to "pacify" the orcas Two sister ships are being built at Commander A. D. S. Murray, and an-thermore,

capital of Honan. 1.10 p.m. to-day,

Taikoo Dockyard where one, the other staff passenger, Mr. Kimpster schedules have always been given to

that Imperial Airways Africa and Madagascar. The New York Fordham Univer- Thursday; two are being built at

Breconshire, will be launched on of the Singapore ofice.

south of the Yellow River, extending the Japanese authorities well in ad-

UNFAVOURABLE BALANCE from Honna to the Wuhan area. sity states that seismographus re- Birkenhead: one is under construc- and the Delia Innded at Hanof at 11.25

Both planes landed at Fort Bayard, vence.

The French notification points out, corded an earthquake "much more tion at Rotterdam and another at B.m., followed by the Denebola at

"Domel" reports that Wu's stof that since the outbreak of the Sino- will include Hu Yu-kun, former Com- severe" than the recent Southern Copenhagen; and the Caledon Ship-12.25 pm. Both planes later took off

Japanese conflict, the French foreign, mander of the 10th Army, and Gen- Clille shock.

building And Engineering Company, for Bangkok, Della leaving at 12.30 Airways plane Delphinus, which was favour of Japan as the result of the

trade with Japan made a turn from erals Chiang Ten-hsing, Pi Wei-yuan On March 1, 1938, the The first tremor was recorded at which produced the Glenearn, has an

Imperial, the favourable to adverse balance in 9.37 p.m. E.S.T., and the second at other ship in hand.

p.m. and the Denebola at I p.m. 9.39 p.m. Apparently 8,600

fired on by Japanese warships while strict enforcement by Japan of the miles disland--United Press.

nying from Hongkong to Penang af forelign exchange control. week earlier, was also pursued be- A joint conference was held be- When asked by telephone regard-ween Bangko All these ships are being built to ing messages from the planes to the Japanese

and Hongkong by tween the Foreign and Commerce the same specifications and something Kai Tak radio, Mr. A. J. C. Moss,

and Industry Ministries on Monday like £5,000,000 is involved in the the superintendent of the airport, cident, saying the machine was mismunication, it was relcaled.

Tokyo apologised later for the in-afternoon to discuss the French com- contracts.

refused any information beyond con-taken for a Chinese plane, Arming that the planes had landed The Japanese Embassy spokesman

EXEMPTION REQUEST In Shanghai denied knowledge

Informed quarters understand that of Japan will request the French Gov- The Della was not hit by the firing, the incident,

ernment to exempt from the restric JAPANESE WARNING

tions those goods which will be shipped from

Japan.before February 15 even At they will reach thetr destinations alter the new system

into force: CORDERting on the steps taken by

King To Hold A Privy Council

London, Jan. 30. The King and Queen are returning to London on Wednesday from San- dringham, and on Thursday the King will hold a Privy Counell at Bucking- ham Palace, at which it is expected RELIEF COMMITTEE FORMED that the Ministers affected by the re- cent Cabinet changes will exchange seals of amflee.

London, Jan. 30, A relief committee has been formed Lord Chatfield, the new Minister in the British colony at Santiago, in for Co-Ordination of Defence, whose aid of the work in areas devastated by return from India is expected at the mitteo has arranged for the despatch the Chilean earthquake. The com- end of the week will sworn in no a member of the Privy Council early of a contingent of Salvation Army next week-British Wireless.

workers to the affected districts. British Wireless,

TO RESUME H.K. ROUTE Japanese Passenger Service to U.S.

TOKYO, Jan. 30. AFTER SIXTEEN months' absence, the Nippon Yusen Kaisya hab decided to resume 1's passenger service between Hongkong and San Francisco from February 16.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese conflict, the steamship company suspended the Hongkong-San Francisco scr vics and instead maintained a service between Kobe and San Francisco-Domei,

15,000.000 FLEET

PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION

represents a marked improvement in The design of the new tonnage every respect over the present ficct.. All the special requirements of the Eastern Trade have been fully catered

KAI TAK RETICENCE

safely at Hnnol.

PREVIOUS INCIDENT

+

British Factory Destroyed

the

Seo Back Page For

Further Late News

Big Guns Will

Boom Friday

nature and will have more angeal for other aircraft flying to and from The British-owned Central Honan Though Japan's trade with France Friday.

Forts on the lalond of Victoria will

The action of the Japanese comes for, the working gear and navigational as an immediate consequence to af equipment are of the most up-to-date Warning Issued in Canton by the kind,

and tho -speed has been Japanese Consul General, Mr. K.; substantially increased. These Im Okazaki, on Jan. 27. provements are mostly of a technical

Government, trading AN IMAGINARY naval Power Ho warned British, French and

Loyang, Jan. 31. circles express the belief that al-will attack Hongkong on the expert.

Hongkong against flying over Japan-Packing Factory in Chengchow, im- will be affected to some extent, their From the point of view of the ese occupied areas. He claimed that portant railway junction on the effects will not be serious.

As a result there will bo con- general public, the

Langhal and Pelping-Hakow 7-incs passenger such fights were prejudicini

They point out that raw silk which siderable NOISE Accommodation on the promenade Lactical operations o of tho draw the most attention.

In Honan, was badly damaged during ocuples n greater part of Japanese Japanese the feature which will forces

e Japanese air raid Inst. Saturday, a exports to France, will be stricken provide the noise. Culy Third Powers are urged to make belated report states. First

from the list of

subject to 12 passengers are carried, but the it known that, in the event of

Firing will commence at the luxurious. That are two autes Japanese-occupied areas, all data cluding several incendiaries More France proper of which raw silk The grand finale will be Accommodation provided is really acroplanes attempting to fly through in the raid, relning 24 bombe, in- ported Yan 36,800,000 of goods to forts at Stanley,

She Japanese machines took part

During the past year, Japan extern end of the harbour, and will Japan ex-be subsequently taken up by the room) for two people each and eight authorities well in advanced (bedroom, bathroom and sitting must be made known 14 the Japanese than 20 of the factory houses were represented Yen 24,000,000. During by the defences at vero

provided single berth cabins, four, of which

destroyed. (Continued on Page 4.)

Unless these precautions are taken, was prominently displayed, was torn maited en 47,200,000 of which raw be nervous. There won't be any real The Brities Blog which 1037 Japan's exports to France So if your windows rukle, don't the „Japanese authoritiem. warn that by shrapnels Central News,

silk covered Yes 26,100,000-Domel ahemy

deck

"and said:

aus

the

new measures.

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