TUESDAY,
JANUARY 18, 1927.
SPORTS SECTION
HOME FA. CUP.
READING GET INTO (TH ROUND.
THIRD NOW COMPLETE.
Replaying for the second time in the Football Association Cup Road- ing beat Manchester United on neutral ground by the odd goal in three and therefore qualify to re- colve Portsmouth in the fourth round.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
TOURING WORLD.
LAWN TENNIS STAR. IN YACHT.
CLUB MURDER.
KOWLOON CITY DISCOVERY SEQUEL.
Suyn-Cupthin' Allan Gerbault, CHINESE SEAMAN CHARGED. the famous French tennis player THE NEXT RACES. who single-handed is salling the
There was a sequel at the Crim- seven-ton yaw! "Firecrest" around inal Sessions this morning to the the world, arrived at Suva recently discovery by the Police on Nov. 16 from Wallis Island. The trip took of the body of a paretaker of a Club him ye days.
at Kowloon City which was used by Chinese Reamon on shore sleeping accommodation.
STEEPLECHASE MEETING
PROGRAMME.
6 EVENTS ON FEB. 12.
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With the help of the engineers of the "Malinen" and the Fronch sloop "Caslonse" he was able to repair
for
UNUSUAL METHOD.
CHLOROFORM WITH INTENT TO STEAL.
POLICE CHARGE, DENTIST.
LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
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OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS, HONGKONG. JANUARY 18, 1927, 18:30 ¤‚m.
A Chinese deatist named Wong Cheung was charged at the Central Magistracy this morning with
atupefying, to whit. chloroform TT on Londen
TT on Shanghai ing with intent to steak"
The finding on his a person of
Banks, cheap Imitation jewellery and a bot Hongkong Bank fle containing chloroform was taken, in conjunction with other evidence Chartered Bank
do.
London.
the lead keel which was torn off on/Charged with the murder of Ip Taul by the police, 'as suggesting that his||Mercantile Bank, A. & B.:
do.
A Chinese named Tau Sang was Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C. prosecuted The following is the pro-
a reef during a gale at Wallis and Mr. I. S. Fitzroy defended.
method was to stupefy his victima Island.
and replace genuine jewellery with gramme, for the next steeplechase
Evidence concerned articles. Captain Gerbault intenda to dock clothing which were left in the da
of the imitation.
F. & O. Bank meeting of the Fanling Hant to the vessel here, and after a fort-ceased's charge by a seaman employ girl who spoke of the defendant hav
Evidence was given by a Chinese Bank of East Asia.. be held on Saturday, Feb. 12-night sall to the New Hebrides. ed on the "President McKinleying held & bottle under her
Marine InsurANCHE. The Malden Plate: 1 miles-New Guinea, and thence South Those articles were missing when She informed the mistress of the China Underwriters....
nose. Canton Insurance .. For China ponies that have start Africa. He said that he had sold the discovery of the body was made house who called in the police North China Insurance... On Jan. 8, the date of the 3rded at Kwant steeplechases and all his property, and only has the und were found in the prisoner's Another woman of the house whe Union Insurance round, Reading and Manchester not won. Weight for inches as "Firecrest with the Tricolour as found in his possession was a singlet had had jewellery taken and imita Yangtze Insurance
possession when arrested. "Also was acquainted with the defendant United drew T-alt at Reading. In a per scale. Unplaced runners alfag for a home. replay last week at Manchester,lowed 5 lbs. Entrance $5. they again drew, but the score was
building another 2-all-
The Fanling Handicap: 14 yacht and returning to the Pacific miles For China ponies. trunce $5. Winner $50; 2nd $20;;
En-later. rd $10.
Yesterday, according to a. Reu- ter cable, they met for the third time at Birmingham and the Rend ing tom won by 2 goals to L
Fate of Former Holders. Manchester United is one of the many clubs which have previously held the Cup and which fell at the first hurdle in the race this season.
Of those stilt left in nine are former winners of the trophy. Of these the Wednesday, Barnsley, the Wolves and Preston are drawn at home for the next round. Those drawn Away are Bolton, Burnley, Ferest. "
Out of the nine, only two have won the Cup since the Wary viz, Bolton (twice) and Newcastle.
The draw for the 4th roumb on Jan. 29. (on the ground of the first. named in Pach tiey is now com pleto, as follbwa;--
Southampton v. Birmingham,
Liverpool v. Southport,
- Leeds v Bolton.
West Ham v. Brentford
Sheffield Wednesday v. South
"Shields.
Derby v. Milwa
Port Vale v. Arsenal
Reading v. Portsmouth.
Fulham v. Burnleg.
Corinthians v. Nowerstin.
Barnsley v. Swangen.
Hull v. Everton
Chelsea v. Accrington.
Darlington v. Cardiff..
Wolverhampton v. Notes Forest. Preston N.B. v MiddlesborouKK.
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YACHT CLUB.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS TO DATE.
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The Tally-Ho Toxhunters Steeplechase: 2 miles, For China ponies the bona fide pre-
A WORLD CHAMPION,
HENAY MILLIA, WASHI D.C
Mickey Walker, one-time welterweight boxing cham- pion of the world who won the middleweight champion- ship from the coloured Tiger Flowers after, ten rounds of hard fighting in Chicago,
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FIVER FROM PRINCESS.
with deceased's initials on it..
"Evidence was given by members of the Club who saw the prisoner in the company of the dozensed at the Club the night before the mur der, also by a witness who said that he saw the deceased and another man lying on an opium bed on the night that the murder took place. Later, he had identified prisoner as the man he thought was lying on the Bed for the benefit of Bobby Abel, the Prisoner in previous evidence old international cricketer, who had made statements as to his move- at 72 years cf age, is povertyments on the days previous to the stricken and almost blind. The sub-murder. stating that he had been on acriptions include £5 for the Prin-board the "President Pierce."
London-A fund is being raised
tion jewellery put in its place on a Fire Insurances. previous occasion..
China Fire Tnsurance Defendant's story was that he re- H.K. Fire Insurance quired the chloroform for another
Shipping. purpose and the imitation jewellery Douglases he intended giving to a woman as Hongkong Steamboats.. quaintance..
As the contents of the bottle had H.K. Tugs & Lighters.. not been tested His Worship ad-
Indo-Chinas (Prof) journed the case, also to give the do. (Def.) police an opportunity of testing de- Shell Transports matters. fendant's story in regard to other Star Ferries
Water-boats ** Refineries. China Sugars” .. Malabon Sugare Mining:
[cess Victoria, who, in forwarding it, Evidence as to the dates of sa ST. PAUL'S BAZAAR. Eremarked". **I well remembering of this ship was given by an em-
Abel, and am greatly distressed atployee of the fellar line. his misfortunes,"
P. G. H. Fender, the captain of Surrey, for which county Abel used
to play, is organising the fund.
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race has been definitely fixed to take place at Putney on Saturday, April 2. The start will be about 1.30 p.m..
མ་མ་ SPANISH BOXING WIN.
The two thing
Havana, Jan. 3. Puolino Uzcudun, the Spanish. heavyweight boxing champion, knocked out Marty "O'Grady of California, in the first round.
ACROSS THE SAHARA.
London, Dec. 30. Lagos-Davar, who is cycling round the world, has arrived here jen route to the Gold Coast. He crossed the Sabara from Algeria and traversed the jungle in North Nigeria-
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Prisoner also referred 1 his statement to his movements on the night of the murder, admitting that | he had been at the club, but stating!
that he left at 3.30. If this was China, Building for the new College am then he had left shortly after building fund has been extended for the murder took place, commented two more days, concluding af nine the Attorney General A Chinese o'clock to-morrow evening. monk who lived la the adjoining house deppsed to having heard eries principal prizes had been drawn
So far, only four out of the ten Docks, Wharves, shortly before that time. He had The first prize of a Piat car, the HK & K Wharves
Godowns, &c. not Investigated the cause of them second of a diamond bracelet and H.K. & W. Docks that the deceased died from the re-phone remain to be won.
Medical evidence was to the effect the third of an English made grumo-Hongkews
New Engineerings The Principal prizes so far drawn Aare as under: 4th prize, Sewing Shanghai Docks
machine. Tung Fat Yuen Company Lands, Hotels & Bldgs 6th prize, Mr. Chau Tung-sang; 8th EK. & S. Hotels. prize, Mr. Lok Ping-nam 10th Hongkong Lands prize, Mrs, Yue Sing-yan
aults of a wound" in the throat There were also other wounds. chopper found outside the club bore stains of blood.
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The case is proceeding.
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POLICE REPORTS.
FATHER, ACCUSES SON OF THEFT.
An unfilial son has robbed his Father of $540 according to the report to the Police of Lai Yee, of 16 Gough Street, who states.
Amount. Raised.
Hongkong Healty
Up to last evening there had been H.K. Territoria! raised approximately the gross sum Humphreys Estates of $13,500. The bazaar has been Prince's Building" very successful so far, but it is Rural Lands hoped to bring this sum up to w Cotton Mills; $20,000 by to-morrow evening, when Ewo Cottons! the bazaar closes. The committee Orientals are extremely anxious that all Shanghai Cottons (old) holders of "lucky dip" tickets will take their chance in the draw for
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do. (new) WOMAN HAWKER AND 'THE China Buses Below are given the number of
POOR BOX.
China Lights (comb.) points gained to date this season
do. (old) by the various yachts and cruisers
"You might at least say "Thank China Prov.
do. of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht
Other police reports state that you,' instead of saying 'Aye," "The Silk Bouquet" is easily the Club in the respective champion-perty of subscribers to the Fan-best of all the Chinese plays that the Superintendent of the Cosmo- said Mr. R. E. Lindsell as an old Dairy Farms
ling Hounds. ships.
W.I. Winners of have recently been screened. It is politan Dock reports that one of one race 7 lbs. penalty, of 2 oriz Hollywood.
the first Chinese picture produced the employees who was injured without a licence left the box at HK. Constructions
Der A. Wing.. charged with hawking Hongkong Amusementa. Cruisers (4 races to date):-
ore 10 lbs. penalty. Non-win-
in the leg by a boiler plate fall-the Central Magistracy hers that have started twice artistic
The picturesque costumer, the
2. this Hongkong Electrics the welling has been taken to the Kwong lbs.
settings. and allowance.
morning. Entrance
Wah Hospital. $5. chosen cast contribute much to its
H.K. Ropes (ola) ・・・ Sergt. Nolloth explained that Winner a cup presented by Capt. charm,
A chow dog which bit a Chin-the woman was destitute..
do.. (new) R. G. Sturges, R.M.: 2nd: $20; The story opens with the dis-ese at Graham Street has been Police had no wish to press the Lane, Crawfords
The Hongkong Tramways 3rd $10.
covery of a force Dragon Horse by sent to Kennedy Town for obser- The China New Year Stakes.potential neighbour of the Tang sent to
the princess of Sai Leung, alvation and the man has been His Worship ordered that the Mackintosh
Macao Electrics For China ponies. W.. Entrance Empire.
the Government Civil woman ba given $4 from the poor Nanyang Tobaccos $6...Winner $50; 2nd $20; 3rd sent to Tang to the effect that un-
is immediately Hospital for treatment. $10.
less the Emperor sends a knight to The United Services Race: 2 conquer this strange beast for Sal
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26
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Handicap Class.
Rolla.
Dorothea Colleen
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41
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Diana
36
La Linda
22
Falcon
16
Argulla.
13
Gaels & One Designs.
Daphne
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Ailsa..
68.
Haleyon
57
48
45
46
44
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Bluenose
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Boojum
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60
Adele
55
Zephyr
Sealark
33
Adanac
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Diana
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La Linda
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Faicon
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miles-For China ponies. Open Leung, an attack would be made to Navy, Army, Royal Air Force upon the Empire at once.
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and H.K.V.D.C. WI. Winners the lover of the Premier's daughter, of one steeplechase 7 lbs. penalty, hears of the news; he goes to Sai of two or more 14 lbs. penalty. Leung and conquers the Dragon Unplaced atarters at Kwanti 5 Horse. But again his life is en- lbs. allowance. Entrance $6. dangered when his conspiring given with intention to murder Winner $50; 2nd $20; 3rd $10. rival, Chou, sends him to an expe- and with the commission of other dition equipped with a handful of unlawful acts involving danger to soldiers. In the end everything is life. The charge had been framed all right and everyone is happy ex-under an English Act of Parlia cept Chou, the villain.
[Entries close on Jan. 29 to Mr. A. H. Potta, c/o, Messrs. Benjamin and Potts.]
CURRIE CUP CRICKET,
Capetown, Jan. 4. The Currie Cup cricket mutch, Transvaal, versus Western Pro vinces, resulted in an innings win for the former who scored 307.) The Western Provinces scored 74 in the Arst innings and 172 in the
second.
BRITON'S HEROISM.
AXE ATTACK A ON TIGER,
An officer of the East Indian
CANTON TROUBLE.
Church Raided: Procession
Passes Off..
The procession arranged to take | ment which had been passed just place in Canton on Saturday, as a before Queen Victoria came to the protest against the alleged British Throne, an Act which laid down incident at Hankow, was not held that anyone found guilty of for some unknown reason. piracy was liable to the death penalty. It was necessary that the jury understood that point from the very start..
Sea Term For Robbery. Mr. Nihill went on to say that
Railway named Lewis has been kill-piracy had been described as the ed while making tour of inspec- sea term for robbery. If the tion in the Dhanbad district by a jury imagined a set of circum- Kimberley, Jan. 8. man-cating tiger which he had gone stances which amounted to rob- In the Currie Cup cricket competi-out to shoot. tion, Natal beat Griqualand Wast by His assistant, Mr. Bathgate, al-bery, they would know what an innings and 14 runs,
though unarmed, when he saw the piracy was. Robbery was when The Border beat the Eastern pro-tiger attack Lewis snatched a hat- a man forcibly took away pro vinces by eight wickets at Westchet and struck the animal, who perty from another against his then turned on him and tore off his will, either with, or without, viol-
Bathgate, In spite of his.aerious ence. injuries, reached Dhanbad.
London.
SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET.
Bloemfontein, Jan. 3.
The Currie Cup cricket match making 402 in the first innings and produced sensational scoring, Natal
452 for one in the second faninga (Nicolson not out 242). The Free Staters' Arat innings was 552.
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Over a thousand representa- tives of varioue classes of people in Canton attended 1 protest meeting against the recent inci-On dent at Hankow at noon on Bun- day in the Provincial Kuemin- Oredita, & 4 mopihy sight ..... 1308. tang headquarters. After the Do Berella
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New York- cided upon by the delegates, was
On demand dispatched.
The meeting also held a memo On Bombay -
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On Sunday morning, a number of Da men: Interfered with the Christian "In the old law of England the service at the Jesus the Saviour
On dabcan'i ma death penalty was imposed for a Society's hall in Wing Hon Road
Bagaporn Sun demand 200- large number of offences, but as The "Canton Gazette" describes Manila more humane methods crept into the men as "rowdies" and saya;=" On demand... the law, the death penalty bad that was being held and smashed
broke up the meeting On Bhangha been done away with and now, as all the windows of the building,
On demand aa matter of fact, was only re- Nobody was hurt."
30 days might (
(privado paper tained for murder, high treason
On Yokoli ima ne What will probably be the most and piracy. The reason why it From other sources the "China Signs (Bank's buying rate) $7.86
Mission Hall Wrecked.
On dezmad expensive restaurant in the world will shortly be opened in Faris. It had been retained for piracy was Mall" learns that agitators collectives (per cam k Mr. M. A. Noble, the, Australian will include a large swimming tank offence was such that there was hall) and incited the crowd. to aters Copper Cent
that the heinousness of the ed outside the church (or mission
Bar Gilver la Hongkong 3 pa Thisens Copper Chah 10% p veteran cricketer, says that both equipped in the most luxurious England and Australia should be fashion for mixed bathing, and also no case in support of Its abolition. tack the 20 or 40 native worship Race of bifilee Inforent, y
A dancing hall.
Mr. Nihill said that he re-pera inside, the majority of whom | Ohines Fubi represented by younger man in the
There will be accommodation for gretted that he could not produce were women. Misalles were thrown Hongkong Hub. Fols, par Test matches, When the Aua-only 40 guests in the restaurant a model of the ill-fated vessel, and the ground floor was wrecked, " tralians pay their, next visit to Dinner will cost 8 each!
the worshippers retreating through England, In 1930, they will probably Visitors who wish merely to sit but, with his Lordship's permis the upper doors on the roof and to LONDON EXCHANGES.
netron
Boojum
96
Bluenose
91
Thecla
70
Allan
67
Why Wonder?
60
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Pierrette
69
Gael
66
Joan
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Daphne
18
Zephyr
47
Seblark
35
Haloyon Lola
14
12
the last Australian eleven will not go to England.
be a new team, as at least ten of on the artificial beach which sursion he would put before the jury
drink cocktail vill have to pay and ter ship rounds the swimming bath and a series of photographs of a sin-
entrance fee of 8s.
Case proceeding;
"Armed postes of police were sent to the scene, but failed to restrain the agitators.
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COLONY'S HEALTH,
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE LAST
WEEK
Last week's return of notifiable disease in the Colony, as report-
ed to the Medical Officer of Health, comprised:-
Diphtheria 2 cases from Kow- loon, 1 death.
Enteric fever (typhoid): 2 cases (1 from city, 1 from Kow loon), 1 death;
Cerebro-spinal fever I case from the city.
All the patients concerned were of Chinese nationality, with the exception of one ease of ty- phold the patient being a Bri tish subject.