Foreigners staying at the Broadway Mansions, and in other parts of the Hongkew District, were unable tò get across the Garden Bridge until well after dinner time, as access to Hongkew from south of the creek Hindersiood, being stopped by naval as barred, even Japanese, it is
sentries on duty at the bridge. The Szechuen Road Bridge was also closed until about 9 o'clock.
Meanwhile, passengers in the C.P.R. s. Empress of Canada, berthed at the Shanghai & Hongkew Co's Hongkew Wharf, were held up. The company eventually arranged for a special launch to convey passengers down to the liner, and this left at midnight for the wharf. The ship sails at noon to-day on her voyage across the Pacific.
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