WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926.
SPORTS SECTION
ON TOP
AGAIN.
The Interport Cricket Match.
SHANGHAI'S GOOD DAY.'
Notes on Play of Yesterday Afternoon.
Once more Shanghai, were in the ascendancy in the Enterport éricket match against Hong Kong. The chances ydaterday evening were in their favour but anything. may yet happen in this uncertain wonther.
CRICKET INCIDENT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"Not Out" does me an injustice. I did not in any way dispute the word of Lt.-Comdr. R. A. Yonge, whose capabilities as a cricket; umpire are of the highest.
Had I intended to infer that
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FEUD TRIAL
TWO ACCUSED MEN CROSS-EXAMINED.
JUDGE INSPECTS INJURY..
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CURIOUS SOUTH WALES
LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
HONGKONG NOVEMBER 17, 1926, 10.90, auf..
LEADERS NOT SUPPORTED.
London, Nov. 16
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side after an interval of about an Hong Kong conceded the bye."morning. hour in which no four had been etc., to indicate that in my humble
Jury at the Supreme Court this Government coal terms, of which
the South Wales Fadoration scored. The doctor then went off opinion, and as far as equid see, J. H. Kemp K.C.) le conducting the The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr.
commended acceptance. and Mansel-Smith continued the it was a boundary"bye and not a case on behalf of the Crown and Miners Federation will meet at
A similar position is reported.T. on London good work. The latter pitched stroke by Captain Barrett.
from Scotland. The Scottish T.Ton Shanghal them slow, weil up, and made the
Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C. Is defend Glasgow to-morrow, when the prob- ball come down sharply from a news and not necessarily confine
A journalist's duty is to recording the accused,
Banks. height.
Hongkong Bank Bility of an Cross-examining the himself to a strictly technical des accused at the "commencement of
aggregate adverse second
do. Isaacs also did well at the open-cription of the match.
majority is not to be ruled out.
London. Chartered Bank A more hopeful situation, how Mercantile Bank, A. & B. ing but his leg-trap did not come off and he gave way to Donald who has played for years and he whether he could "explain why the
morning's My Informant was a gentleman Attorney-General "asked
hearing, the ever, prevails in the English - Leach who was still in form.
believed. I hm sure, that he saw rival villagers had met him carry-Counell by 33 to 27 votes decided Bank of East Asia
The Northumberland Hong Kong's Task.
what he thought the umpire diding weapons. Witness said that to recommend acceptance Only 86 runs on with 4 more to which I was not a party,
not see. An argument ensued-he had previously had an age-termo.-Reuter. wickets to fall, it is hard to see
ment with one of the village women. Hong Kong setting the visitors an therefore recorded not as an event had sustained three wounds: per-
The "unseen. incident"
was He could not explain. how deceased Little excuse can be offered for imposing task in the 2nd innings in the match, nor as a correction haps it has happened when he fell, Hong Kong's poor showing, conten
On a sun-dried pitch with of an earlier account. paratively, in the 2nd innings plenty of devil, Shanghai may also although it will be generally ad colapse. On a fairly soft wicket and "Was Captain Barrett Given wound five inches long?I do not
headings:
The Attorney-General. You suk. -"Unseen Incident" gest that when he fell he received misted that we had the worst of we have not the bowling to win the wicket yesterdity.
the match. The weather will, Life" are evidence that the know. They were throwing stones, While Shanghal continued their either have to be bribed over to troversy as an item of interest
story" was used to give the con- Perhaps some fell on his hand. innings on the third day (the four side, or the Hong Kong bat-and I tried to set it down in a witness whether he struck the de- Continuing, Mr. Kemp asked the second. Monday, having been ating "tail" must assert itself more manner impartial to everybody ceased after he had fallen. blank) the wicket was easy. It pronouncedly than did that of including the "informant." 'No Witness: Naturally & witness for
point was missed with the least the prosecution would say that.
Mr. Kemp: Please answer my question..
Witness made no reply. Mr. Kemp: You received a cut? Yes.
became more difficult as the match Shanghai.
The two
to "cricket."
progressed with "spots" visible at | Still, there is still plenty of fight intention of prejudice or in any both ends.. But the visitors had in teft in the match and if progress spirit contrary Dr. WA O'Hara a Jeft-hand jis likely to be alow to-day, interest.P.C. bowler who could turn the hall will be quickened by the close and he was the chief destructive going. agent
Shanghai ought not to let their grip on the game be relaxed now Our Opening Pair.
as they did twice on Saturday... He kept a good length and The report of play up to 2.30 those with which he clean bowled p.m. was Lightfoot. Morris and Pearce in Fo-day's notes will be found else in yesterday's issue. succession were, in no way Bukywhere. Pithed well up each ball came Scores when stumps sharply off and rose very little.
were drawn yesterday:—. The wily veteran bad Hong Kong's Eatsmen mostly playing
Hong Kong-1st Innings. back to him, strictly on the defen-A. W. Hayward, e Leach, sive until his last over, and rever at case, except our opening pair.
As long e Owen Hughes and H. Owen Hughes, e Dr. Morrin, " Hayward were together it oked ManselSmith
b
Isnac A.W. Ramsay, e Barnes, b Emacs
as if Hong Kong wouht run up a Capt. B. W. Morrisse.&b Leach 20 big score.
T. E. Penren, Leuch, b Mansel Hayward was the more con-Smith..... fident of the two and Owen Hughes misjudged a long hop or two outside the off stump."
Capt. A. G. Dobbie, e Leach, b
O'Hara .......
Major L. J. Lightfoot, c.Divecha,
b Of Hara
H. V. Parker,
OHara
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F. Goodwin. b. O'Hara A. C. 1. Bowker, b.w., b Leach 11 F. B. Reed not out.
Extra
FOOTBALL.
The following will represent the Hour" Kong Club Reserve team in layed against the South China en a friendly football game to: be November 20 at 2:45. p.m. en Club grounds,
Goal keeper (Slipper) Full backs, (Hill and Purves).
the
Half backs well. Puncheon, and Vickers).
Forwards (Bell, Trambitsky), Campbell, Johnatone wid White).
'Reserves (King.
Brown.).
Counsel: Anything else?-Some braises on my arm.
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Marine Insurancos. Canton Insurance Increased Production.
China Underwriters". North China Insurance.. Rugby, Nov. 16 Union Insurance Votes already taken in the miningYangtze Insurance...
the acceptance of the Government's HK Fire Insurance districts leave no doubt that the
a strike will end this week with China Fire Insurance
Fire Insurances.
settlement plan. One aspect of the Cool Sitaation is the exceptionally Douglases
Shipping."
already returned to the pits. Last HK. Tugs & Lighters.. high output of men who have Hongkong Steamboats.. week nearly one and half million)
Indo-Chinas (Pred) tans were produced..
do: The miners, in Nottinghamshire Shell Transporta
(Def.) and Derbyshire raised over 670,000) tons. the greatest quantity, yet Water-boats Star Forries iworked in the previous week. The average amount produced in those counties during the week by every he and underground was fi-3 tons, worker employed both on the sur-
record for the aren
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Benguets inspected the witness's wound, in inchievement of 10,000 workers t
Even more remarkable was the Kailan Mining Ad.
have an opportunity of 60... forming the jury that they would Bolsover, a Derbyshire group of
Langkats (Combined). do. (Single) ..doing later on.
telleries. Their average output Shanghai Exploration
for the week was Re-examined by Mr. Alabaster, In most cases the miners in these
3.4 tons each: Shanghai Loan witness shid that he was confused two counties are earning more than Tronoh Mines
Rauba, at the time of the melee; he could they did before the stoppage. Such Ural Caspiana not say how many persons were results emphatically
contradict Docks, Wharves, allegations that the minera have Third Accused in the Box.
Godowns, &c. Mr. Alabaster then called the willingly-British
returned to work sullenly and un-HK. & K. Wharves Ross and third accused, whe said that on the vice.
Wireless Ser H.K. & W. Docks
Hongkews:.. date of the tragedy he went out
New Engineerings (collecting cockel shells with his
Shanghai Docks ancle
Lands. Flotels & Bldgs.. H.K. & S. Hotels Hongkong Lands Hongkong Kealty H.K. Territoria? Humphreys Estates Prince's. Building Rural Lands
SWIMMING SPORTS.
The swimming sports of St. John Ambulance Brigade, unavoidably postponed from Just Sunday will be held at King's College, Bonham Read, on Sunday next November 2. at 3 am
Very Slow. Scoring. Going in at 2.45 p.m. the local batemen gave the impression that they all had orders to wait until the sun came out or time was called.
Scoring was very slow, but against bowling that permitted no liberty and clean, bright helding
Fall of wickets:-1 for 0, 2 far! with every man on his toes.
Stokes, Goldman and Mansel-12.3 for 12, 4 for 56, 5 for 85. 6 France defeated the United States
for 181, 7 for 149. 8 for 168, 9 for-Reuter's American Service.
Totall
Smith came in for most of the ap-168, 10 for 174. plause.
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Our arrears of 11 runs on the 1st innings were wiped off with- -out losa,
After batting 45 minutes for 20 (including one of the best shots of the day-a lovely glance for 4) Hayward fell to a catch in the .alipe.
Toronto, Nov. 16.In the Inter- 174 national military jumping competi
tion, at the Royal Winter
Mr. Alabaster Please be more explicit; did you walk or did you
We went out in a boat. Counsel: What time did you get back?-After sun set.
was not at the scene of the tragedy Continuing, witness said that he
on the day it occurred. He had not seen the other accused that day as he had been with his uncle all the time,
EXCITING POLITICS.
MAYORALTY CANDIDATE:
ABDUCTED.
Lowell, Mass., Nov. 16. Four armed men broke into the house of Mr. John Mahan one of the leading candidates for the mayoralty at the local elections To His Lordship: I had by morn- and abducted him in a motor car. Fairing meal before I left my house. Ela wife is anxious for his safety
had some tiffin whilst away and as Mahan is a policeman, in view. another meal when I returned.. I of the trouble, he made for the prepared this myself. Part of the bootleggers and certain public time we collected shells on, the officials, who, in his campaign beach, but afterwards we asad'a tin speeches, he alleged to be guilty and dragged the bottom of the of Corruption.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
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Bowker
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b Goodwin
Three Clean Bowled. Lightfoot was clean bowled off the second ball he received with "the total still at 83. Nine runs
later, Owen Hughes put up a Capt. E. 1. M. Barrett, a Pearce, rather easy one to Mansel-Smith, b Dobbia
...
FLAG ON BRITISH SHIPS.
(Case proceeding).
Released
Later. Mahan has returned home. He sald his abductors carried him to
A WORD OF THANKS. Providence, Rhode Island, and im prisoned him in a house, whence he managed to escape-Reuters
Shanghal, Nov. 16." Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's local headquarters announces that Sun is fconcentrating.five brigades in "an attempt to recapture Kiukiang and has gone to the front, personally to the direct operations.
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Batting with more confidence D. C. Burn, e & b Dobbie than on Saturday, Captain Morris L. F. Stokes, Capt. Morria, b was at the wicket for 18 minutes
Lightfoot..
for only 3 runs, getting out to the W. Mansel-Smith, run out... first hell that ever beat him.
Goldman, e Reed, b Lighticot When Tam Pearce was in. there. A. Isaaca, b Dobble was still a chance of Hong Kong E. G. Barnes, not cut being in
a strong position this
morning. Again he shone in de-
Extras
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It is noteworthy that many Bri- tish vessela docked at. Shanghai which py in Chinese waters have 185 painted on their sides Union Jacks, to his bat and it was bad joss
Fall of wickets-1 for 2, 2 for Bo that the militarists up-river in indeed that one from Dr. O'Hara 42, 3 for 81, 4 for 84, 5 for 113, a future will have no excuse for firing
fence, watching the ball right up
Total
Which kept low (and which Tam for 126, 7 for 140,8 for 158;. B for seemed to play just too late) 188, 10 for 185. should hit his off stump.
The
total had been taken, along to 73,
Taxig
His Lordship Bishop Valtorta, the Italian Consul Comm. S. Carrara, Ferdinand of Roumania has asked Singapore Trams: Mrs. Holyoak, Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Queen Marie to return to Buk- Mra. Black and Mrs. Commyth.
harest by Christmas. The Queen United Asbestos Prizes for lotteries went to:- has consequently cancelled. most Lottery A-1st Mr. G. Grimble of her southern tour and will sail them-No. 123, 2nd Miss Mary Yeung from New York on December 11.
No. 103, 3rd Mr. Isfuh No. 47:
Reuter's American-Service.
Bukharest, Nov. 16.
on or
commandeering
Reuter.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
TREATY REVISION.
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both Captain Morris and Ramsay Reed .. leaying the scoring to their cap- Bowker tain.
Owen Hughes "Another" Ramsay.
Goodwin Dobbie was more restrained und Parker was also unlucky to be out after Dobbie
Lightfoot collecting 14.
A low one from his bat spun away to the off to be held by Dr. Morris in the slips.
Meanwhile Ramsay had slowly increased his score. Parker also had a brief spell and at 4.50 p.m. (10 minutes before timer, the um- pires considered the light too bad
for further play.
Hong Kong's first 50 came in an hour and 3 minutes.
"Tam Pearce took 40 minutes to get his 17 Ramsay stuck in an hour. By nature a forceful bats- man, he changed his method suc- cessfully and showed up well in a tight corner. There was no sign of the nerves of Saturday and he batted with confident, if not mas- terly defence.
Good Fielding and Bowling. Shanghai have still to concede a bye. They were not quite perfect in the field-the slippery ground was an adverse factor-but were more consistent than Hong Kong, whose work before lunch was patchy.
1. 0 & .19.6 2 50 71 20
Hong Kong-2nd Innings. A. W. Hayward, c Dr. Morris.":
b O'Hara.....
H, Owen Hughes, c Mansel
Smith, b O'Hara Major L. J. Lightfoot, b
O'Hara
Capt. E. W. Morris, b O'Hara. T. E. Pearce, b O'Hara' A. W: Ramsay, not out Capt. A. G. Dobbie, c"Dr.
Morris, b Leach
H. V. Parker, not out
Extra!
Total (for 6 wkte.)...
Lottery Blet Miss H. Chau No. 120; 2nd M. Pereira No. 62; Brd L. Taul No. 183. m. Shanghai, Nov. 18. " Löttery C-1st E. Ribeiro No, Speaking at the Unión Club yes-49; 2nd M. Xavier No. 189; 3rd 9 terday, Mr. D. A. Lyall, formerly, Mrs. Walker No. 111.
1 Commissioner of Customs in Shang- Dhai, criticized British policy in
5 China. He said that Mr. Rodney 2 Gilbert's book "What's Wrong With China" had done harm to Anglo- Chinese relations, and he hoped the book would be out of print, in the course of a few years...
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OUT OF A JOB.
EUROPEAN IN POLICE COURT.
An unemployed Englishman Unfortunately, Mr. Lyall connamed John Reynolds residing at tinued many English papers were 19, Lung Fat Street, was charged run on the lines of Mr. Gilbert's before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the
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An official medical bulletin. states that King Ferdinand le out- fering from inflammation of the sigmoid flexture but his general condition is satisfactory-Reuter,
MEDICINAL WHISKEY
AMERICA'S SUPPLY RUNNING SHORT.
With a bare five years supply of
Washington, Nov. 18.
(Founders) da. (Ordinary) Watsons Wm. Powells. H.K. Telephones
EXCHANGE
Hongkong, 17th November 1928."
Da Zondon.
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book. In this case the greater the Central Magistrate with being about 15,000,000 gallons of medf- truth, the greater the harm.* -
drunk and disorderly in Wanchai cinal whiskey on hand, General Road yesterday evening A Andrewa, the head of the Prohibi Dd Bombay
Sergt. C. Rosebury, prosecuting tion Enforcement Department fools'
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Tariffa & Treaties.
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Dealing with tariffs and treaties,
14 he said it was not because tariffa for the Police, said that the dethat Congress is warranted in por-
2 were drawn up by very wise men fendant gave no trouble when
0 that they had, succeeded. Their brought to the Station.
auccess was due to the sweet rea His Worship: How long have
97 Bonableness of the Customs staff in you been in the Colony? Since
the direction of compromise. 1919.
A. C. I. Bowker, F. Goodwin and E. B. Read to bat.
tag like megales all over China always had a position
mitting distilleries to resuma Jimit-
ed operations in order that the On dem
supply shall not be exhausted.
General Andrews is preparing ap emergency measure to submit to
has
As regards the treaties, extrality His Worship: I see you are out Congress, suggesting the production was alright when a few foreigners of a job. How do you manage of two brands, probably rye, and Ou dab Fall of wickets: 1 for 38, 2 for were huddled in a few treaty ports, to live 7This is the first time I bourbon. Reuter's American Ber- 10. 83, 8 for 42, 4 for 51.5 for 73, 6 but when settlements were spread have been out of a job. I have vice. for 84. ai
Umpires: Lt.-Comdr. R. A. and foreigners who did not under. The Police stating that the de- Yonge, R.N., and J. P. Robinson stand the Chinese were travelling fendant had not been before the (Kowloon C/C.) WI ww everywhere in the interior, the Court before, His Worship sald Dr.. Da
Scorers: Syme Thomson Chinese had a grievance and the that as he had been in custody Presid (Hong Kong) and B. W. Duthoit treaties ought to be révisad – over night, he would be discharged Her (Shanghai)
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