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SOUTH AFRICA.
FIRST TEST MATCH.
And see the rogues flourish and VISITORS' SPLENDID RECOVERY.
honest folk droop, Marched them along, fifty-score
strong,..
their treasonous partes! Cavaliers, up Lips from the cup, Hands from the pasty, nor bite Till you're
take nor sup
Marching along, fifty-score
strong,
Great-hearted gentlemen, sing-
ing this song,
-Robert Browning:
1814.
WEATHER CALENDAR.
JUNE 17. Charlotte Street. Oh, Bar- ton, man! but I am grilled here. Oh for to sit upon the banks of the dear old Deben with the worthy collier sloop going forth into the wide world as the sun sinks..
-Fitzgerald.
There are "cute" QUICK WORK. people in Los Angeles, but even they occasionally over-each themselves. It see.ns it is a custom register their marriage certificates, in that city for couples, when they
to hand. in, immediatly after. wards, an application for divorce, This is an economy of time, as it enables the separation to take place six months afterwards. Re- cently, when a couple essayed to complete the divorce formalities at the end of the six months' period they failed, because it was found
TRUE. that the divorce papers had been lodged a few minutes before the
People who jump to conclusions marriage certificate! Hasty mar rarely alight on them., fruitful of leisurely repentance. riage and hasty divorce are equally
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June 17-The Star Theatre;
EDGBASTON, June 16. Africans were dismissed in the At the tea interval-The South first innings in 47 minutes. In the
followion their scores read :-
H. W. Taylor (Natal), c and Tate 34.
M Commaille (Western Province), c Hendren, b Tato. 29. M. J. Susskind (Transvaal) not uit 41.
A. D. Nourse (Natal) not oút 29. Extras 10. Total 143 for 2 wickets,"
At the drawing of stumps day's play)-South (second Africa's second innings (having followed on):
Susskind, h Gilligan 51.
out 52.
Nourse, c Wood, b Gilligan 34," R. H. Catterall (Transvaal) not J. M. Blanckenberg (Western Province) not out 56.
Extras 18. Total 274 wickets.
for 4
English Bowling Collared.
VISITING HONGKONG.
INDO-CHINA'S GOVERNOR
WELCOMED.
THIS MORNING'S EVENTS.
Blake Pier was crowded with hundreds of Chinese sightseers and practically the whole of the
Governor-General of Indo-China, this morning when M. Merlin. French Colony shortly before ten
made his official landing from the "Hakone. Maru," which arrived here earlier in the morning. His Excellency, accompanied by Madame Merlin and their son, was conducted ashore by Capt. Neville, A.D.C. in the "Victoria.”
Before the Governor-General stopped ashore a salute was fired. He was then met by His Excel- lency the Governor Sir Edward Stubbs (and his Private Secre- tary), Sir Claud and Lady Severn, Colonel Russell Brown the acting G.O.C.. Captain MacReady, D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Commodore Grace, Captain Dickers, R.N., and Pay- Lieut.-Com. Worthington.
As the distinguished visitor was being welcomed ashore, the Band of the East Surréy's struck up the Marseillaise. A. guard of honour
The South Africans' accond from the same regiment was innings was a complete reversal of drawn up at the entrance. After the first innings form. The batting M. Merlin had inspected the guard throughout was of the steadiest. the visitors were driven away to Divisional Susskind showed a magnificent Government House. defence. Catterall and Blancken. Inspector Cushman was in charge berg collared the bowling and gave of police arrangements and Sergt. a delightfully clean display of all-Alexander directed the traffic round hitting. So far they have officers. added 113 runs in a little over an hour.
Earlier Results.
ENGLAND'S FIRST. INNINGS
. CONCLUDED.
By lunch time on the second day the weather was fine and warm. Three thousand spectators were present. Scores read:-
R. Kilner (Yorks) c and b Pegler 59.
Hongkong Hotel Reception.
At 11 o'clock the Governor-Gen- eral met the Hongkong Annamite community at a reception at the Hongkong Hotel where about forty residents from Indo-China were presented to him. His Excel- lency was accompanied by Captain Bernard. A.D.C., M. Chatel and M. Jeanbrau. members of the Governor-General's cabinet. M. Tulane, the French Consal was also present.
there were two points concerning reason is given for disallowing an To-day's Poem which some doubt arose. The first appeal. To this, it is presumed. Kentish Sir Byng stood for his point was this. In the event of a the answer lies in the fact that King,
the reasons presented by an appel- Bidding the crop-headed Parlia pirate attack it was conceivable, lant have been deemed insufficient ment swing: V that owing to force of circum for permitting reconstruction. If. "And, pressing a troop unable to atances, the regulations might be as indicated in the Council, the
stoop. either disregarded or wrongly con- Governor la given wider discre- strued by some one or other on tion, then we feel an explanation is due to an appellant as to how board, perhaps without sectous that discretion has been exorcised. consequences. Was it to be taken To carry the matter a step further, Great-hearted gentlemen, singing that everyone on board would be it has been suggested in all
this song.» penalised? Any anxiety on this seriousness that a "Demolition score was removed when the Tribunal would be the more com- God for King Charles! Pym and
petent .body to wield the arbitrary such caries Government, in answer to the powers conferred by the Ordin-To the devil that prompts em China Mail's special inquiries, ance. With its sittinge open to stated that every claim would the press full publicity would be receive full investigation and assured. One benefit which would would be considered on ita merits. be appreciated by all would be that neither landlord nor tenant would Should one man fail to observe the be kept in suspense while applica- regulation we were told, it was tions were being considered by the hardly intended that, the whole departments us at present laid crew should suffer. The second downt point was even simpler Was the Government's concession retros- pective? From further inquiries. the China Mail was again able to dispel any tagivings that might have been felt, our representative being informed officially that any claim arising from an attack made before the grant system was intro duced would be considered by the Government. Yesterday's news Ltd regarding the San Ning's" Captain and Chief Officer proves that the Government is taking the generous line, and it only remains te second Mr. Laurenson's praise for those who have made the decision. As we pointed out when urging that the men should be insured, it was obviously hardly
According to NO. I the Manchester fair to call upon them to resist to
LONDON.
Guardian's London the last without making provision
correspondent that for their dependants, especially proud address has been given to since resisting to the last has Apsley House, as it was the first house inside the gate at Hyde hitherto almost invariably meant Park Corner, but No. 1, London, l'courting. fatal consequences. should really be Child's Bank, Moreover it, would only have been which is No. 1, Fleet Street, the first house in London City at its ignoring human nature to dis- western entrance of Temple Bar. regard the fact that while men The amalgamation of Child's with
June 17. World Theatre may fight with the fullest courage Glyn, Mils, and Co., will not Gladys Walion in "The Near and loyalty, without the grants much affect, our contemporary Lady
gather, the life
June 17. Queen's Theatre; having been promised, it was not of the oldest banking-house, Mae Marsh in "Nobody's Kid." to say that they would not fight which has been in Fleet Street even possibly since Queen Elizabeth's days, the first Child appearing at the sign better if they knew that provision of the Marygold" in Charles II's had been" made for theih should reign, and it is, of course, the
to meeting the Annamite residents Bowling Analysis-Parker 6 of Hongkong and it was a real they get wounded and for their original of" Telson's Bank," of the By the dependant's
wickets for 152; Pegler 2 for 106; credit to see such numbers pre- should
Tale of Two Cities." the worst
of the
He referred to his visits the June 19. Lammert Bros., at Blanckenberg 2 for 95; Nupen 0 sent. happen. This truth the Govern- Manchester Guardian man was Sales Rooms, household furniture, for 66; Nourse o for 3.
to Japan, and China and told the ment appears to have realized and allowed to visit the bank" and 11 a.m.
The innings occupied six and a gathering that he had met the first results therefrom will be see some of its business records June 20.-Lainmert Bros., at 6; half hours on Saturday and 33 Annamite communities in Peking
: Street;
minutes to-day. Machinery: viewed with pleasure and approval that have become curiosities and Catchick treasures. In the first of the strong 11a.m.
South Africa, 1st Innings.' by the entire community.
Catterall, b Gilligan ................ rooms you notice stout parchment-
June 20-Lammert Bros. at Taylor, b Tate........ bound ledgers with "1667-73" and so on inscribed on their backs. In "Kellet Lodge." 184. The Peak, Susskind, c Kilner; b Tale those ledgers you can see most of household furniture, etc., 2.45 p.m. Nourse, l.b.w. Gilligan
COMPANY MERTINGS, the names of the English nobility
Commaille, not out. June 21-Extraordinary gen- Blanckenberg, b Tate.. at the head of pages of their No partiality to either side was account, and Charles II's un-cral meeting of A. S. Watson Co., Deane, & Gilligan intended in the recent China Mail satisfactory account flows over Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel, 11.30 Nuper, b Gilligan articles on certain aspects of the many pages. Oliver Cromwell, am
Pegler, b.Tate ...... July 7-Further extraordinary Ward,b Gilligan.... Rents (Amendment) Ordinance the great Duke of Marlborough and regarding which an indepen and his Duchess, Titus Oates, meeting of A. S. Watson & Co., Parker, 1.b.w. Gilligan dent view is published in to-day's Dryden, Lord Chesterfield, and Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Extras issue. Only to accord every the Lord Oxford who originated Street, 11.30 a.. section of the public the use of our the South Sea Rubble were among columns as an open forum were Child's customers. the facts given without an expres-
The American sion of opinion. Tenants' privileges have also to be protected but, as AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. Mercury, a yet, none has come forward and stated how the "house demolition" literary cynicism, bound in livid the China Sugar Refining Co., legislature has affected them. Asien. remarks that is a day, of Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street,ver made in England in any Test
innumerable autobiographies, H.E. the Governor aptly described there are none that can lay claim noon. the position when the Bill came
October 20.Third meeting of being absolutely truthful. to before the Council, there have "Every such work, we are told, The China Sugar Refining Co. been landlords who have pulled though it may truthfully set down Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, down houses to put them outside the discreditable facts, concerns noon. the scope of the law as it then itself ultimately with converting stood. What is timely to remem-such discreditable facts into a com- June 29.-Annual general meet- ber is the allegation made by some positely creditable picture of its ing of the Feak Club at the Club, owners that the Government author. There was never a writer 6.30 p.m. and extraordinary gen- with the best of intentions, as our of an autobiography who did not oral meeting immediately after correspondent says,--has made see to it that he emerged from that These awards, it was laid down, things too harsh, for those who autobiography a picturesque and, HODGES HARRIS-On May 7 were only to be made when the have invested in Hongkong pro- for all his deficiencies, and appeal
1924, at Bournemouth, Eng-Government was satisfied that the party and especially, those whose fellow." land, Phyllis Ethel Harris, piracy regulations had been pro- As we suggested before, the solu bona fides cannot be questioned. daughter of Captain and Mrs. perly observed. Should a man betion to the whole question of local J. B. Harris, late of Shang- hai, to Charles Linton Hodges, killed the Government undertook housing shortage lies not in Ordin of 25, Gerald Road, Bourne to credit his estate with the ances to restrict rents and to allowed his average to interfere passengers arriving here on the wickets for 22) and 73 (Thomas & Hongkong on Sunday to sail that
check needless demolition, the with his cricket. mouth.
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September 16.-Extraordinary general meeting of The China Registered Office of the Company, Sugar Relining Co., Ltd., at the
Pedder Street, noon.
in venture
Hobbs, in his new CRICKET A LA book of cricket HOBBS. memories, says he has never
October 3-Second meeting of
OTHER MEETINGS.
July 14. Further extraordinary meeting of the Peak Club, 6.30
p.100%
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·LOCAL AND ́GENERAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram are
21st last, by the 5.5. This provokes Kirdor."
To you, Oh Bat of bats, We doff our caps of hats,
be none to doubt it;
You've won a world-wide
equivalent of two years' actual latter boing a sequel to the former, the Daily News to comment pay, while for those wounded an but in a Rents Board. Singapore allowance would be made has found the scheme practicable
The China Mail. equivalent to the actual rate of and there is no reason why such a And for your statement, there'll
Boraxona, Tuesday, June 17, LOZA
wages so long as the disabled men grievances of both landlord and court should not investigate the were certified by a Government tenant, and give findings as each medical officer to be unfit for duty, Individual case merits. the period not to extend over one
year. This undertaking on, the
fame Because you play the game Of cricket and that's all there is about it,
This wook's Public Lecture of the Hongkong Lodge The Theosophical Society, 16, Queen's Road Central, on Wednesday June 18th, at 5:45 p.m., will be on Moods and their Control." Alt are welcome. The Lecture will be followed by the Annual Meeting. of Members.—Adut.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. Felix Yung, President of the Hongkong Annamite Society, pre- sented an address of welcome to Mr. A. E. R. Gilligan (Sussex) the Governor-General. Speaking in French, he assured him of the b Pegler 13.
Mr. G. E. C. Wood (Kent) bloyalty of the gathering, which comprised business men and stu Parker L.
Mr. C. Parkin (Lancs) not out 8, dents at the local aniversity and
schools. Extras 16. Total 438
RECORD SCORE.
The total of 438 is a record store against the South Africans in England.
"Total
Bowling Analysis, Gilligan............6.3.
0
After the toast had been honour. ed, His Excellency replied that he had looked forward with pleasure
and Shanghai. Deepy impressed, he felt that Indo-China would occupy an important place in the Extreme Orient. The development of its commerce and the making of the country better known, would be a responsible role for the Annumites to fulfil
Mr. C. Van Leo, Secretary of the Society, endorsed the welcome extended by the President and o congratulated M. Merlin on his 11 distinguished record in Africa. HisExcellency's sympathetic views 30 had, Mr. Van Leo said, earned the gratitude of all Annamites who would wish him very success.
W
0
0. M. R. 4 Tate...............ű 1 12
The total of 30 is the lowest
Maich
Visitors Follow-On. The South Africans followed on and at the lunch interval their second innings store stood at:- Taylor, not out Commaille, not out....
Extras...
Total (for no wicket)....
wickets.
County Match.
At the conclusion a group photo- graph of the assembly was taken. Other Arrangements. This afternoon the Governor-
General and party will be accom
panied by Sir Edward Stubbs and Lady Severn on a sight-seeing trip through the New Territories. They will proceed to Fanling where they will take tea and re- 8turn to Government House for
dinner.
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4
To-morrow, the visitors are to 34 visit the Dairy Farm at Pokfulum, lunch at the French Consulate, visit the sugar refinery and dine at Repulse Bay Hotel as the guests of the French community."
On Thursday, the French gun- boat Craonne" will convey ML
NORTHANTS V. GLAMORGAN. At Kettering, Northamptonshire defeated Glamorgan by five Merlin and party to Canton. Macao will be visited on Saturday Glamorgan made 108 (Thomas 4 and the party will come back to for 32). Northamptonshire's score afternoon by the "Chantilly" for was 93 (Clay 7 for 15) and 89 for 5 Indo-China. wickets-Reuter.
CROWN LAND SALE.
Bidding was not brisk at Volunteer Headquarters the yesterday afternoon when Mr. E. B. Reed, Principal Land Surveyor, put up two lots of
Crown land.
..
JUNK SMASHED,
UNKNOWN STEAMER COLLIDES WITH IT.
The master of fishing junk No. 2399 reported to the Police yester- day that while, sailing bis junk of The first lot offered for sale com- Waglan en route to Shaukiwan saj who prised.two combined lots situated unknown steamer ran into him and", S.. at Cheung Sha Wan, with a com caused damages to the boat estim- Capt bined area of $1,000 square feet
di
Some cricketers we know, Who through an inuings go if it were a funeral they attended;
And should their methods
wid, They, bent on keeping in, Will be in at the death of R. O. Davenpoot R. N. and Capt. The upset price was $32,050. This ated at $500.
J. L. Collings. -Daily News.
Among the passengers sailed by the P. &.0. "Karmala" to-day WOLD
PIRACY GRANTS,
Certainly, as Mr. Laurenson part of the Government, it was A Demolition Tribunal. said yesterday, the Government's expressly explained, was not For the moment the China Mail As action in granting the Captain and intended to relieve the shipping is not concerned with the fairness the Chief Officer of the pirated companies of their responsibilities or otherwise of the Ordinance "San Ning" $1,000 apiece will have regarding the insurance of their house demolition. We endorse the passed in March last curtalling
a very great moral effect, the more officers, but was simply intended view that the reconstruction ramp
was advanced to $31,150 by a since the Government had it to supplement such arrangements became well-nigh-intolerable. But cricket, ended.
solitary bid of $100 at which figure wished to be niggardly, could have as they might make. That the innocent landlords have been made we are also of the opinion that
Dr. E. L. de Sours who received Mr. Li Ping became the purchaser. The second fot was situated at withhold any award because the Government's promises were to suffer for the faults of their
his degree as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Yester Star Shot Po (Yu Chau Street) strank of dysentery often-rovalta attack took place before the grant accepted in this spirit was proved less scrupulous brethren, That ju
day's University degree ceremony, and has an area of 5,032 square from indigestible, food, polluted drink system was introduced. The "Ban by the fact that many shipping interval which elapses between the This is rheumatism of the muscles of took his licentiate of medicine feet. The upset price was $15.252. ing water, or sudden change in weather Diarchoos Remedy should be in ́every Ning" was pirated on the night of companies, If they had not already sending in of on appeal and the the back come on suddenly and is and surgery and is licentiate of By means of $100 bids, net obtain or alimsto. Chamberlain's Collo and Colonial Secretary's reply seems to vary painful. Every movement - midwifery at the Rotunda Hospital, ed. with the same sase home, every traveller's bag, every. PROSE October 28 last year, full five insured their officers, lost no time us unreasonably long, although the Chamberlain Palo Dublin, over twenty years ago: Dr. previous sales, the price rose to tos kit. A valuable medicine, depend- months before it was announced in taking out policies. All this characteristic of most official Balm and a quer roop sexy may be ex: de Douts saw medical corps service $16,400 when it was knocked ble in emergencies at home or when that awards would be made, was eminently satisfactory, but departments.
| daring the war,
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