喝
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co., Ltd..
ELECTRICAL PLANT AND ACCESSORIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
SGLE DISTRIBUTORS IN.CLINA & HONGKONG, ARNHOLD & Co., Ĺia.
1A, Chator Road. 'Phone Contral 1500.
8 LB. LIVER.
GIANT WITH CHILD'S STRENGTH.
STRANGE INQUEST STORY,
AMAZING STORY.
"MURDER TO ORDER."
INTERPORT CRICKET,
HONGKONG'S GOOD SCORE.
"CINDERS STILL WARM."
THE CHINA MAIL.
THEATRE ROYAL
ACES; ALL ACES" LAST
NIGHT
TRIPANNAA
TAKING IT
VISITORS' IMPRESSION.
FRIDAY MAY. 18-1923.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
Just landed, a fresh consignment of
"KRAFT LOAF CHEESE”
The perfection of Flavour, Uniformity and Excellence:
NO WASTE
NO RIND
80 cents per lb.
INTERPORT POLO.
HONGKONG TEAM'S PROGRAMME.
Licut, Davies (No. 1), Mr. W. H..
The Gourtneidge-Holloway Co., Of course we must see Macao Whea stumps were drawn at six staged that very ansing but-why, oh why writes F.B. in o'clock yesterday Hongkong was comedy "Ambrose Applejohn's the Malay Mail does the steamer in a remarkably good position. In Adventure," at the Theatre Royal there leave Hongkong at 8 am? spite of Shanghai making a big last night. As on the previous It is an ungodly hour and anyhow first innings, our batsmen were occasion, it took the whole house only allows of two hours there. Everyone groans and protests but There was a slight steamship companies,are obdurate. not disconcerted and played an by storm. uphill game successfully. For improvement. . the attendance, Behold us then, five souls from. which is evidence that Mr. Kuala Lumpur, determined to see this position Hongkong is in- Holloway has fut misjudged his Macao even if it means getting our debted mainly to Sayer, who audience, especially at this season of bed at 6 am. to do it. None of scored 57 and Wild ard Dods of the year. Light as the comedy us have faced food beyond tea and who made a splendid seventh is, there is sufficient "stuff" in it to toast except one stout-hearted if economical lady, determined not nake it highly interesting. wicket stand when some of the
Ambrose is the cogwheel on to be rooked for breakfast by steamer company. It is more experienced bats had been which the whole play turns and the the found wanting Wild ultimately character, as portrayed, by Mr. raining. Not a good solid down made 83 and Dods, a last-minute Permain, was typical of the middle- pour such as we are used to in In comfortable Kuala Lumpur and which would selection was responsible for 43 aged bachelor
The detalls as cabled by Reuter circumst inces determined to sell effectually extinguish all hopes of CHARGE AGAINST MARRIED MAN. and as received by the Cricket his country house and seek adven seeing Macao, but an indeterminate new, be drizzle out of a grey sky, very i pastures Club are slightly contradictory but | ture
a scheming friend- had, typical of Hongkong at its worst. the position when play commenced cause "Connolly was to appear draped this morning was that Shanghal had persuaded him that he was getting The boat seems to be substantial, innumerable narrow lanes and An extraordinary case of a man in a white sheet and so frighten scored 351 in the first innings, into a groove and growing old be clean and comfortable; even if she interlors of factories, very seldom of gigantic physical proportions, the woman. .While she was in the Hongkong replied with 332 and fore his time. Before he has time does happen to be the "Sui An" did we meet those odours, so in their second venture Shanghai to dispose of his home and of piratical fanie. The first-class typically and disagreeably Chinese follow the lure of the road" he is passengers consist of ourselves, in flavour, which meet the unwary whose strength was comparable with that of a child, was revealed state of fright he was to trip her had five wickets down for 133
Portuguese, The China Town. Heaven knows where at the Hammersmith inquest on an by the heels and, tip her over the (although one report says six.) visited by two gangs of cracksmen two Americans and one lady, round any corner in the Hongkong.
Of the Shanghai batsmen that have whom eventually he succeeds in apparently ex-Guardsma muned Thomas damaged banister, and she was to been disimssed, Ollerdessen was out-witting. Before this stage is Americans, two elderly male globe-we rushed or did not rush through *Henderson, of Armadale-road, break her neck down the stairs. If out for, Claxton for 12, Capt reached, however, Ambrose, who trotters, are even more under the the rain at Macao. Stocking facto S. Dent (No. 2), Mr. C. C. Boyd Fulham, who had lately beea carn-that was unsuccessful ta' finishing Barrett for 2 and Muriel for has promised Poppy (his cousin) to weather than we are, since they rics, cracker factories, rained chur (No. 3) and Capt. Fisher (No. 4), iux bis living as a street trader. her off, he was to take a coal ham Hayward; Quayle and Leach only keep watch in case the burglars appear to have gone to bed in their ches, gardens, grottes followed who comprise the Hongkong inter-
In opening the inquest Mr. H. R.
mer and strike her on the head contributed six runs between them return, falls asleep and dreams, clothes, forgotten to use a razor and each other in quick succession. The port polo team to visit Manila willTM Oswald remarked on the physical with it."
in their first venture but that he is Captain Applejack, an now recline in a state of semi-coma pardens in Macao are particularly peculiarities of the dead man, That was the plut alleged by
Cainese gardens of paved walks matches there before playing the The dream is most realistically An" possessea. whose height was 6ft. 32ins. and the prosecuting solicitor at Liver- yesterday Hayward scored 51 and ancestor who was a bold buccaneer, on the only long chairs the "Sui omming. Imagine, the typical take part in a series of handicap
Mr.
and rocks hewn into strange pick of Manila. This is to afford A QUIET MORNING. weight 23st.
pool, when Jolm Kersie (51), when stumps were drawn Quayle
and Leach were undefeated staged hi the second Act.
shapes, between which grow them the necessary practice to get Gill Street, Liverpool, was charged
Breakfast begins immediately we masses of violets begonias, accustomed to the mounts used before the City Stipendiary with with 52 and II to their credit, Permain was most ably supported
lilics, there as American horses are about respectively. Our trundlers, after by Miss Cherry Hardy, who, as
carnations, two hands higher than the average Willin Henderson told the having incited Frank Connolly to their rest have done very well, but | Anna Valeska, played the part of, have left the wharf and this is an chrysanthemums, roses; when he joined the Irish Guards. It was stated that on March 17 from the results it seems as though a Russian danseuse, only able to excellent meal, attentively served oleanders, freezias,
seems flower at the same time regardless The handicap games will be part convincing manner. The part of advancing years, who He gradually grew bigger and Connolly was slipped into the their sting was taken out towards speak broken English, in the most basining Chinese gentleman of delphiniums and hibiscus, all in hands hi weighed Bst, heavier at the time house and went upstairs, apparent the end of the day.
If our bowlers, with the advan-Miss Poppy Faire, -his-beautiful charmed to find voyagers with such of times and seasons. In spite of of a tournament of twenty games of his discharge. He had comly in accordance with
hearty appetites. A change comes it to himself. plained of headaches and hadment, and cealed Shanghai out without any further Miss Leslie Graham. The minor over the scene and we return to the linger in the garden with its quaint equally deck feeling thoroughly happy pond of gold fish and its artificial been treated at St. George's Prisoner went
You large contributions, there is every parts. were
from The British are a great nation landscape but our guide is remorse- hands and, Hospital, where his peculiar with him, and said:"
probability of a close fight and a capable. God blessi
They seem to get things without less. We must see a bust of Vasco given the reception disease-cromegaly had excited are all right now.
be possibility of snatching a victory, the
disagreeable de Gama, Sun Yat-sen's house and the interest of medical men. His you; you are made for life. Carry None of the messages state how players, the consensus of opi All about it. Somehow or other, we the famous gambling rooms.
opinion having brother had been unable to do hard it out now, won't you?" Connolly the -wicket is wearing and was, that they were."
Very quiet and orderly these last work and could find 30 company replied:-"Certainly;" and this will prove
an important Aces" as the buccancer captain are in possession of the long chairs 10 insure his life.
are quite even fantan lunatics are sleepy. Henderson's landlord, George now and take the little girl out as factor in the fourth insings. Still as cried when he defeated the mutin- and the driest seats on deck and since it is nearly two o'clock and
pleased.
The scenery seems to A large room with a long table Atkinson, said he found Hender arranged, and when you hear the Mr. Greenhill, the hon. secretary of ous mate at cutting the cards" in Yet the Americans
Once again Mrs. Harry Woods, consist of granite isicts half hidden immediately above which is an son lying dead in his room. Noth door bang you will know I am the Cricket Club says, "the cinders the second Act.
at the piano, added much to the in the driving mist and after ashort opening in the ceiling so that play ing unusual had occurred to give gone. After that my missus will are still warm" and later news wil
contemplation of these vague fers above can let down their stakes not be long before she comes up-be eagerly looked forward to.
night's enjoyment by her playing beauties of nature, we all sleep in a basket. Suspicion of the coming end.
At one end the -Evidence_of_the dead man's stairs.to make herbed. As soon as
during the intervals.
serenely, occasionally waking to croupier counts out counters by physical proportions was given by she gets there, put this sheet over
eat apples one of the party, as fours and players stake on the Dr. Patrick Thompson, who con your head and throw her right over,
thoughtfully commandeered from chance whether one, two, three or Hongkong's team will sail next ducted a post-mortem.
and as soon as the job is done meet
the breakfast table. So the gaiet naught will be left of the heap week and the tournament will con- hours pass and it is suddenly when he finishes. Upstairs an tinue till June 10, when the inter-
curi- midday and we are nearly into opium smoker with the port match will be played.
attitude and Macao. The rain is heavler
ously contorted thá
ACROMEGALY.
coroner his brother weighed 15st.murder his (Kersie's) wife.
There
the
prisoner then said: "I will go
me."
ROW IN THE STREET,
their scores.
THE PLAY. Continuing Hongkong's over- night score of 72 for 2, Sayer and Quick both added considerably to 12802, LIVER.
Quick was bowled with 21 to his credit and Sayer was Henderson's brain weighed 6402,
caught by Claxton with 57. Owen Connolly remarked--"Suppose Hughes made 30 before succumbing against the normal 500%. was a tumour on the base of the the missus screams?? and the to Isaacs and then Wood was run skull. The lower jaw was greatly prisoner replied "That is com-out for a duck. Wild and Dods enlarged, and the vocal cords were
then made a stand and were still very long. Henderson's heart mon; we are always fighting"
Connolly further said batting when the lunch interval weighed 29oz. instead of 100%, and his liver. 1280z. against the posing she is not dead?" and the was called, Hongkong's score hay- prisoner replied-"Go downstairs normal 520%. He had very large and in the coal place you will finding been taken to 214 for 6. After tiffin, they both kept up their hands and feet and ricasured 53in. I small cual hammer. Give her a wickets, Wild doing most of the out Death was due to heart failure stinging blow on the temple, and scoring. Omar with 14 not
they will think it is the result of a and Davies, the wicket-keeper, accelerated by pneumonia and
take the tumour on the brain. A verdict fall. I shall be glad to get rid of (16) also helped to
such a wife."
mund the chest. +
death from Natural causes returned.
BODY STOLEN.
MORTUARY BURGLARS'
SURPRISE.
of
WILG
also in
The cast follows:- at... Mr. Lercenier Mick. Puppy Fire Miss Florence Le Cler
Faire... Mies lie Gramm Agatha Ants Appli Mr. Fr. Perzuin
(her nephews Anah Valetin
M- Chorey Hard
A. Pengant Mi Derothy Fleicher.
orace Pengard Mr. Walter Much, Trai Browsy. Mr. Fiel Mergade Marie si į).........
Mr. Robertson Bruine. "The Man from Toronto" will be presented to-night.
Miss Enid Revill
Robert L. 3'donald.
Bennett
KUMSANG'S" FATE.
ASHORE ON PRECIPITOUS BEACH.
to
Hongkong four will take part are as follows:-
Sunday, May 27.-Hongkong v. Department Headquarters.
Tuesday, May 29.--Hongkong v. McKinley "A.”
Thursday, May 3-Hongkong v.
McKinle
Sunday, June 3-Hongkong v. 26th, Cavalry...
Tuesday, June 5-Hongkong v. 24th, FA
Friday, June 8-Hongkong v. 26th, Cavalry.
Sunday, June 10-Hongkong v. Manila.
BASEBALL.
PLANS FOR THE SUMMER.
The baseball matches which
ever but 1 guide dulleyes. of the Juabitné bears down upon us having presents a revolting spectacle on a at his elbow a fleet of powerful sofa near the players. We play ricksha pullers who might easily with varying success but time is be pirates: Rather timidly we
short and the game is a slow one so step in and are immediately that it is time to catch the "Sui An battened down and carried away before we have lost our all. By at full spel. The password is this time everything is damp but KL if we ever meet again, our spirits, and, barefoot, we shrieks a timid member of the partake of brandies and sodas in the proved so popular last year, will be party as she disappears from view, dining saloon." Sonic sports" cry staged again this summer. In but we all reassemble safely at the the Americans whose presumably addition to the American civilian teams, Japanese teams, the Club de nlace where opium is manufactured pussyfoot proclivities do not seem Recreio, Chinese players of the and begin to get over our first to be shocked unduly by this lapses, CA. in Hongkong and Canton on our part. And so to lunch and A CONTINENTAL TOWN. sleep until we are back in Hong Macao' is the only place in China kong once more. where the manufacture of opiumi is officially smiled on. The. Portu-
doubts.
and probably US warships, will take part.
Hongkong Americans held a mecting on Tuesday last to discuss arrangements for the coming.sea-
Prisoner had previously told score along until at 4 p.m. the last man was out with Connolly, said counsel, that the the total at-332, 19 short of insurance money would be £500, Shanghai's figures. Even if Hong- of which Connolly's share was to kong were to lose, the team will. be £100.
have the satisfaction of having put Instead of carrying out the plan, up one of the highest, if not the The Manila Times of May 1 continued counsel, Connolly ap highest, innings by a visiting - gives some details of the mishap peared before the wife and told her terport eloven. They scored more to the ss. Kumsang." It states guese Government is said to what had happened. Prisoner re-than the Hongkong team's two "Captain C. R. Croucher, master receive $4 million in revenue It is reported that Mr. Malcolmson. Mr. Wallman was elected turned to the house shortly after innings at home last November of the "Warren, which arrived in from it, 50, continues to smile Beranger has resigned his position Hon. Secretary, Mr. M. Summers, London detectives are investigat He made a hurried, search of the ly different now.
Connolly had left the premises, although conditions may be entire port this morning from Antoy serenely. The actual process of as manager of the Compagnie Hon. Treasurer and Messrs. S. S stated that on Wedaeday night boxing, stamping etc., can of course Genemle Francaise pour le Com Church, M, B. Keenahan, J. Dowrick ing the theft of a corpse.
house, raced upstairs to the dif- That it was an unwitting theft is ferent rooms, and also to the back innings and at the close of play, the weather was particularly bad Monopoly in Kuala Lumpur any is not returning to Su
Shanghai opened their second when the "Kumsang" went ashore, be seen at the offices of the Chandu merce et Industrie, Bangkok, and aud E. D. F. O'Connor to serve on
Mr. the committee.
clear, but the perpetrators com yard, and then left. mitted burglary to do it, and it was
five of their best batsmen were out. with a southwesterly blowing and day. The money seems to be well. Beranger came out to Bangkok ürst A practice game will take place The police saw him leave the Quayle and Leach may retrieve a very heavy rain pouring down. spent in Maczo which succeeds in 1912 as manager of Pickenpack on last year's diamond, at Happy only when they were escaping that
house, and eventually mteet they discovered what they had Connolly, and a row took place the situation but none of the others The Warren's glass hovered in being a Continental rather and Co. He joined up during the Valley, at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. were chosen for their batting around 67 degrees and one than a Chinese, town. Perhaps it war and for distinguished services Residents interested in the game abilities.
time it got as low as-62 degrees. was due to the rain bat though our he received the Order of Legion are invited to be present. The
grandstand will be available.. As soon as Captain Croucher re-strong-minded and strong limbed d'Honneur. ceived the "Kumsang's" radio he charioteers forced us to penetrate headed for the scene and upon ar riving found that the vessel was on 357 a precipitous beach 11 miles off Hermana Mayor and 26 miles from Cape Bolinao. There was a heavy the time, and the waves were southwesterly wind blowing at beating with great force, against the hull of the ship. In view of those conditions Captain Croucher came to the conclusion that if that
stolen and, horror-stricken, abaa- over the latter not carrying out the doned it in the street.
promise. Connolly, in strong
The body was that of a Belgian language, called prisoner a mur woman, Mrs. Mary Lafont, aged 51, dérer, and the police arrived on the who died at St. Andrews Chambers, Wells-street, W., on March 24. Her scene:
When prisoner was searched a friends, wishing to have her buried remarkable letter was found in his ja her native land, arranged to have the body embalmed by Messrs found a solicitor in Castle Street,
possession, purporting to
It was dated Tarbuck, undertakers, of Cleveland-
but not signed. street, Euston-road. The illness of her daughter was responsible for February 5, and stated:- the delay in sending the coffin to Belgium,
come
SCORES.
Shanghai, 1st Innings ....
(Ollerdensen, 96, Murich 80, Capt. į Barrett 60, Peck 12; Owen Hughes, 4 for 92.)
Dear Sir, I have received news HONGKONG-16 Innings. you are coming into a large amount T. E. Pearoa, b Quayle After nightfall burglars, believed Would you kindly call at my office, G.R. Bayer, e Claxton, b Quayle
of money, and your wife also. A. A. Rumjan, b Issues. to be in search of lead, always a markctable commodity, broke into on the 6th, at 11 n'clock, and com- Rov. E. K. Quick, b'Quayle Messrs. Tarbuck's private mortuary municate with me? The time is H. Owen Hughes, Ignace at the rear of their business pre getting nigh.". Bring your marriage A. E. Wood, nun out. mises, in which lead coffin shells certificate, also your Army papers, R. H. Wild
as they both have to be inspected.
were known to be stored.
*
The men-it is thought that there There is something to hear to your Capt. ER: 8. Dods
U. M. Omar, not out were four of them-groped their satisfaction.
way into the mortuary, seized upon tion as to prisoner's mentality, and F. N. Young the heaviest shell they could find,
Sergeant Appleton replied that
The Stipendiary raised the ques-L.-J. Davies
Extras
'Total
and hastened with it into. Warren while the prisoner had been under mews, whence they had entered the place. There they commandeered remand he had been certified as
the "shell" upon it, and, covering objection to a remand, and replied, Quayle
a costermonger's barrow, placed sane by the prison doctor.
Prisoner was asked if he had any
ance, wheeled it out into Warren-or bail, but this was refused, and street AVETI
They had only gone about fifty he was remanded in custody.
it with straw to disguise its appear am not guilty. He also asked
Allison
Peck
Loach
Teosca
Hatisell
by the wolght of the burden, they
stopped under a street lamp to
yards, when, apparently, puzzled
examine it. Then to theit horror Electrio-Signs on Trains.
Barrett ABHANGHA
they discovered that it was a scal- Hoarse-voiced conductors whose H. B. Oller ed shell indicating only one thing calling of stations is universally A. A Gla that there was a body inside, unintelligible will be relieved of A. W. Ho They at once abandoned the this duty if a new invention shown Capt. EI barrow and, according to some here is adopted by all railroads, H. Muriel statements, wUNGLE-TOMping says a messaged para, irruzabez away at top speed. Children who New York Herald
Zmechani
were playing in the street hurried named Dvorak, has
ed the derelict barrow, and finding
what they thought to be a coffin
gold the poifce and the figlid omficers saw to ta rejtinatosh
ar
57 sort of weather kept up, it would 21 be but a short time before the 30. Kursang." would break up.
0. At 2.4 yesterday afternoon the 83.United States destroyer 343 passed 48 the Warren" and protecded to 14 stand. by the distressed ship. 16 Captain Croucher asked the com- 2 mander of the Kumsang" if he 140 needed assistance and upon being told that the passengers were land- 382 ed and there was no immediate danger, he headed the "Warren," for Manila,
NE The masterof the "Atlanta City which also made port this morning from the scene of the disaster, con- firmed Captain Croucher's state ment. He said that the Kumsang" was not in any immediate danger and was well sheltered by a huge rock, The crew can be taken off at any time, he said."
Motor Car Storing, washing and cleaning in this, our new concrete. Main Garage and Service Station, Wong Nei Chong Road (Happy Valley)
end of Race Course,
PER MONTH
$20
00000
DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO
CAR COMPANY