Flying the yellow quarantine flag he ship berthed at the Shanghai and Tongkew Wharf at about 1.30 p.m. "ut no one was allowed on board intil the Customs doctor had made m examination of a sick passenger n the liner. Waiting on the wharf 'n greet the visiting envoy were Sir "Herbert Phillips, HM. Consul-General; Mr. P. M. Broadmead. chinese Counsellor and other diplomatic officials, while also precent were Mr. A. H. Samson. Deputy "commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police and a guard of detectives.
After a quarter of an hour's delay he gangplank was finally lowered and the first to go on board were he pressmen who immediately made "heir way to the first class promenade deck where Sir Robert and Lady Five more bomb explosions occurred in three big provincial cities during the night.
After Birmingham had been shaken by three explosions outside important civic centres, single outrages occurred in Liverpool and Coventry, both apparently in a vain attempt to dislocate the tramway services. No one was injured but there were some remarkable escapes.
The Birmingham bombs, all placed in refuse bins, caused extensive shattering of windows.—Reuter.
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