London, January 12 – A disaster occurred in Barnsley Public Hall at a Cinematograph performance, where a number of children, of the average age of 6, rushed down the stairs to obtain better seats and 16 were crushed to death, many being injured.

Messrs Chan Sik-chuen, Wong Chuck-san and Leung Sui-lue of the Kum Ling Restaurant, West Point, are arranging to hold a cinematograph show shortly on the roof garden of their Restaurant in aid of the Hongkong Fund for war devastated villages of France. Various films have been secured and an up-…