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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925.
HOME CRICKET.
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Little comment is called for in the latest county cricket matches to hand.
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MONDAY'S PUBLIC. MEETING.
(To the Editor of the China Mail).
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ENQUIRY RESUMED AT MAGISTRACY.
to have forced the issue with be held on Monday next at 5.80:- | woods. Hahpshire Surrey and Lanca
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Further details of his RUTOW Middlesex, who now will do me the courtesy of print-ups were given at the resumed. seem to be in their best forming the following letter with | enquiry, yesterday into the Fo Hing cargo of egg pulp and Gambier June, 1925. must be considered unlucky not reference to the public meeting to Fong danster by Sergt. Chembot-feathers in the No. 1 hold of the and after MONDAY, the 14th It has been arranged for the Ho was walking aloug, Caine. and 8.8. Kalyan at Tilbury September, 1925, at the offices of shire won as expected but Kent City Hall but there are indications Bond on the monung of the 17th Dock was extinguished, after three the Company, where Sharoholders | are requested to apply for miserable total of less than Rfy that this will prove too small in about 9.25 when he heard a crackbones.-leuter.
Warrants. must have been a great stock for view of public interest in the re-and rumble, suid witness. He solutions to be proposed, if so, thekked round and saw 1 lurga
The REGISTER OF SHARES partisans of the hop county.
Moxow, July 24. The of the Company will be closed Kent have done very badly this meeting will at once be trans-mashed topple over towards Po
Ping Pong Practically as the Norwegian Air Force officer Captain from MONDAY, the 7th Septem- same time another mulshed close by Bruns has arrived at Berlin and ber, 1925, to SATURDAY, the On the other hand, Essex ferred to the Theatre Royal. your have maintained their earlier
Zeppelin expedition to inclusive) during which period no plans for a the Pole under Nansen in 1937, the transfer of
shares can be route to be from Murmansk and registered. Franz Josefland via the North Pole
By Order of the Board of to Alaska or Anadyr, passing the
Directors, explored areas of the Arctic Ocean to investigate the possibility of establishing regular trans-Arctic fir communication between Europe! and Amerien vin Siberia and Japan. It is estimated that the fight from Marmuusk to Anadyr will occupy fly hers, Router.
Amongst other resolutions con-
previse and are quite a different cerning local matters arising out / leppile, skewlied itself and then submitted to a conference of experts 12th September, 1925 (both days
team from what they have been in other post-War seisons:
Hobbs, apparently does not like
crisis in China
of the strike and the general slipped to the ground. Ha in one will be along Hospital Road and down the specially brought foward dealing tractors derinys temporary with the mistaken "Labour" and doorway out of which the Sussex, or for that matter.press" views of the situation inxeral Chinese rum, had he ran "Tate's bowling. At any rate, he Hongkong and China and Hong-down the stairs wondering whether has seldom done anything big kong legislation in particular, he was anyone in the matsbeda. against them. His name is not in which it is of importance should While he was running down the the results to-day. Accordingly
stairs the runbling continued, be emphatically refuted. those who are waiting for him to beat twe recards will have to wait will be a large meeting on Men-
I hope, therefore that there breening louder,
The Coroner: What was your a little longer.
day to endorse this resolution, atles in running down the stops -- any rate, with o uncertain thought it was simply a matter of | voita.
the matcheds collapsing, and went in see if anyone was there.
Witness ssid that looking behind
News By Mail. Home ericket titshits not "bied out and which are taken from the Jast mail include :----
#hur enemies are using insidious and ceaseless propaganda in" all
acting as far as can be done,
E Rendren, the Middlesex pre-directions which needs counter-him he saw that the steps were fessional was the third man this SCILSON (after Hobbs and . P. Hoimes of Yorkshire) to reach an agregate of 1.000 runs, doing so by a score of 240 against Kent at Tonbridge on June 13.
I hope that Monday. night's meeting will, at least, do some thing to lay the truth before the public at home.
I trust that the Press here will assist that object as far as lies in
Maurice Tate, the Sussex and Ail-England howler, was the first‡there power to inke 100 wickets, nie total bag reaching that figure also on June 18 in a match with Gloucester at Brighton.
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swered in débris. A wall in front of him studdenly collapsed. He went down a few móra stupu uml jumped | ather wall, nad slid down the débris into bas Tai On Toruce. He remained at the place for quite a while, but diens were no farther dies of importance.
-
Capt. Artlar: When you were.. walking along wine Rond did you notice the consition of the rond?— There
was about two inches of wader in Calne Rozal
of this water was running over the Capt Artium: A certain amount
retaining wall?--Yes.
AHNORMAL BAINFALL.
Mr. G. W. Jeffries, arting Director of the Royal Observatory,
The M. C. C have cabled the Calenta Tricket Club stating that they deemed it advisable to post pon the tour in. "Tadia till next year. A team was being sent out during the close season to the West Indies. As both teams would have to be made up mainly tian, ang 24. The "Maton-ubmitted a report of the rainfall for of amateurs, the sterers of theje ports Suust on the night of July 2, | Ime und July and asked if he con- West Indies four might be affeer-¦ sighten former pupils of the Em-idered it abnormal replied in the el by having to split forces for r Mesander Eyewear Tenin-irmative, drawing attention to the India visit. hence the gible.
grad, were exevated withunt trial the fact that a similar pantity had Results and the table to date and sixty departed to the esleme hotton on three previous oragiona
North of Russia or imparisoned. The uly, 1885, 1891 and 1892. follow:--
executed inciale Prince Nicholas
Fong Chuen, Sanitary foremanI, Galitzin, aged seventy-six, und the he was at the disinfecting station Misc Rare wi Premier. The ground close by at the time of the disaster. for executions was an alleged sake of the torrents pot in Pari-gast the Soviet, the washing down front above through bat actually ransisting, says the a gap in the wall on Caine Road. respect",_ of mising subscriptions to Questioned, he said that when the por ve fonky mijats of the Tyerek Police station was thers, there
Rain Interferes.
(Beater's Service))"
London Lily 21
At Lord's the Milesus yet tate Reuter. Hampshire
left, match was drawn. When rain tered the
senre was (—
Jus
of water
Waajassige for the water.
Sergt. Inspector Watson, ulec resident at the disinfecting station, J. C. Whited that where the water was rushing down it was four inches' for, this being attributable, be thaught, to the coolies being co strike and do, water pipes being
Hants (1st innings) 224 runs, wickets declared. Nigel Haig took wickets for 42 mnde 60” not out.
Worcester (2nd) 112 runs Middlesex (1st innings) 1967 wickets.. runs for 6 wickets.
[This is also a return match,cked. Hendren made 59 and F. T. Mann 57 not Somerset having won the first)
[away.]
out.
[This a netern match; in the first meting wet Southampton eachite finished an innings and the home team took the points.] Surrey's Easy Victory.
A Brighton Sussex lost to Freeman (A. P.) 4 for 61.- Surrey by an innings and 3 runs. Scores:-
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Sergt. E. Carpenter gave evid- ence of having noticed prior to the crash water being forced up to a height of three feet through the manhole at the junction of i Seymour and Chine Reads. He
Kent's Great Shock.
the first innings. Scores:--
At Southend Essex led Kent on
Essex (1st) 137 runs, Wright look 4 wickets for 34 runs and looked to see where it was finding its way to and suddenly saw the Kem (1st) 43 runs. Nicholls North wall gradually sinking. took 3 wickets for 14 runs, He saw two or three men rush- Su rey (1st ifings) 343 runs. J. W. H. T. Douglas 2 for Ganding out from a matshed on the Ducat made 91. M. Howell who C. Eastman 3 for 5.
East. Then the retaining wall was an Oxford Blue in 1934 and Essex (2nd)-64
on the East gradually fell over. the captain in 1919) 57 and wickets declared.
He saw No. 12 To Hing Fong,
houses followed it.
runs for
P. G. H. Fender 80. [Andy Duent Kent (2nd) 29 runs for 21gradually sink and the other is the Surrey professional who wickets.
has been releaset to become
MacDonald Again.
menager of Fulham F.C. After At Manchester Lancashire beat
The Coroner (Mr. S. B. B. McElderry) decided to adjourn
on
Monday, and accompanied by the R.jury, paid another visit to the
scene of the disaster,
an absence all last season he came Olamorgan by 106 runs. the enquiry until 2.15 p.m. into the Surrey eleven again in | Scores:- June this year.}.
Sussex (1st iänings) 189 runs. Barnes made 103.
Lancs, (1st) 241 runs. J. P.. H. Fender took 5 wickets, Glamorgan (1st) 166 runs. for 45 runa.
Lunes, (2nd) 285 runs for 8 Sussex (followed-on) 161 runa, wickets declared." A. E. R. Gilligan made 60 not out; | 113.
Watson made Peach took 5 wickets for 45 runs. (Gilligan is, of course, the Eng land captain. An injury last year has prevented him bowling! this season.]
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[In the first match at the Oval Surrey led on the first innings.]
Match Not Finished.
At Weston-super-Mare Somer- sub led Worcestershire on the first innings. Scores :-
Somerset (1st) 219 runa. Young made 90; Root took wickets for 56 runs.
Glamorgan (2nd) 254 runs. Davies made 72 and MacDonald took 7 wickets for 90 runs.
[Lancashire also won the first match away.]
To-day's Fixturès.
All the counties except Leices- ter are engaged to-day and four of the "big six" will be meeting one another.
Surrey entertain Kent at the Oval and Yorkshire are at home 8 to Middlesex nt Leeds. In both eases the visiting teams have Worcester (1st) 160 runs.
heavy defeats, earlier in the Somerset (2nd) 189 runs for 7 season, to wipe out.
Wos on Lost an
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Mr. F. C. Jenkin attended the enquiry on behalf of five families involved in the catastrophe (the families of Chau Siu-ki, Chu Seng-sang Chu Chung-how, Wong Pak-san and Chiu Yük chow).
Thomas Arthur (foreman), Mr. The Jury comprised Captain
Ho Kom-tong. and Mr. J. 0. Sheppard:
Mr. A. G. Tickle, Executive Engineer, P.W.D., submitted his report on the calamity, which was not read.
Paris, July 24The papers state that severd Belgian airmen have asked to be enlisted in the French Army in Morcceo.-Havaa Agancy.
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