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THE LOOP LINE.
LINKING UP CANTON'S RAILWAYS.
A
PROBABLE SUBSTITUTE.
Part of Scheme to Build Motor Road of 50 Miles.
STEP TOWARDS "KOWLOON-HANKOW DIRECT."
Construction of a motor road, of only about 50 miles or so in length, will probably provide a substitute to the loop line railway around the city of Canton, which is one of the vital links in the development of South China trade
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COUNTY CHAMPIONS Thoughts Terse, Perverse-and Worse'
HOLDERS NOW RESTORED TO FIRST PLACE.
BY THE MAIL MEN.
DAVIS CUP,
FIRST TWO SINGLES.
TILDEN BEATS LACOSTE IN STIRRING DUEL.
COCHET DEFEATS HENNESSEY.
GOOD BOWLING FEATS.
"Adolphe Menjoù has the part of the modern Satan and
ho After losing to Rene Lacoste inl [By "Li Chung-yin.”]```% Good bowling feats were more plays it with much effect" the semi-final of the Wimbledon Two things seem obvious from plentiful in the first-class cricket Giving, the Devil his due.
matches which concluded at [championship, “Big BOP Tilden the trend of developments in Home yesterday but there were has secured in his revenge in a North China.
Strange, not so many shroffs and three innings of 500 runs and cashiers and cash securities want- thrilling duel in the Davis Cup. The first is that Marshal Li more.
ed these days. France (the holders) and
Chai-sum, the bend of the Can- A feature of the results was United States have won
ton Government, has again shown, the success of visiting teams. a match himself to be a great "diplomat- Lancashire, the champions, met!
General Nobile has come to the each in the challenge round of the at least in Chinese domestic poli- Kent (leaders this season) at conclusion. that fee is not all it's most important international lawn tics.
Maidstone and inflicted a crush-cracked up to be.
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At Wimbledon, Lacoste bent Tilden in five acts and then went on to win the final. Yesterday's match also went the full distance.
The Scores..
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Possible Points Per- Points. Obtained. cent.
Rige 174 135 77.58 168 120 76.78
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"Dr. C. T. Wang has gone too far with the treaty question and he may be forced to resign shortly
A fire which broke out at 11a.m. at Queen's-road West was soon brought under control, says Police report. Much too early to start a flare-up even though it was West Point.
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"The game is not worth the scandal," as the poacher said when the 'keeper pounced on him."
"Both my legs became numbed when all medical treatments have
tennis competition of the world, The second is that the influence ing defeat. The winners are now Primarily, this road does not concern Canton. But the report Cochet securing victory for France of Nanking, as the centre of Na-at the head of the table, having A man charged with inaobriety | been proved fruitless," said a Chin- to hand shows that a part of the scheme will be to connect the two
tionalism, is again in the ascen- superseded Kent. Figures are as said that he had only had a pint ese testator who claimed never to railway stations of Canton which will ultimately give Kowloon direct from Hennessey.
dancy.
They don't have worried about worldly affairs access to Hunkow, Central China and the Mid-Yangtaze Valley.
Fear that Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General," might be-
The Christian Scientist who argued that the man was only. come the "Cock of the North" are
thinking he was sick will now be slowly disappearing.
The suspi- Lancs...
interested to hear that he thinks he cion that he may strike at Peking Kent ...
is, dead. Paris, Yesterday. and Tientsin has not materialis- Another surprise was the inn and Dr. C. C. Wu will possibly suc-
ed; and the departure from Pek- when the Davis Cup challenge king indicates that the path to
Fine but not weather prevailed ing of Chiang Kai-shek for Nan- ing defeat of Middlesex, at ceed him." vide Reuter
Lord's, by Gloucester, for whom dently the Nationalists recognise round opened here between France wards launching a new adminis-!
Hammond made another big woo-ing the Powers is better than It will be recalled that during American zone and the inter-zone what.
and the U.S.A., the winners of the tration has been smoothed some
mcal.:
wang-ling, Barket was his official visit to Canton in final. A large crowd watched the
responsible in a March, H.E. the Governor (Sir two singles matches.
large way for this victory, taking │· 13 wickets, of which 8 were in Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.), who is! now on leave, stressed the value'
CHUCHOW
HAWKOW
PIAGUSIANG
HUNAN
KIANGSI
SHIOKWAN
KW ANGTUNG CANTON
SAMSHUI KONGMOON
KOWLOON
HÀNG RONG
Sketch map of the centre of South China showing the relative positions of completed railways in Kwangtung and how the new trunk' road will affect them; also the gap in the rail- way between Canton and Hankow.
A-Northern section of Canton- Hankow Railway, 200 miles com- pleted.
B. The missing link referred to in this
(here article
denoted by arrows), about 180 miles in length but over more difficult country than in the two completed sections.
C-Southern Canton-Hankow Railway, 140 milea completed, nominally under mercan- tile administration.
section
of the
D. Chinese and British sections
of Canton-Kowloon Railway, total length of 110 miles.
E-Canton-Samshui Railway, 30 miles long.
F.-Sunning Railway (from Kongmoen to Taushan), 64 miles completed, under mercantile adminis tration.
SAMSHUI
SHIUKYAN
HANKOW
A substitute for the loop-line railway to the north of Canton city is part of a scheme which has just been announced,
of such a railway, only a few miles
Tilden (U.S.A.) bent Lacoste
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Sweeping All Before Him.
Showing Unity.
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Another Great Thought: "At Brooklands to-day Esacx motor clubs held ́un open six hours' endur- ance race, in which 39 started in various classes. The Barnato Cup for the greatest distance covered was won by H. Birkin, driving a
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Helen Willa has been writing When he last went to Nanking, one innings. Bates of Glamorgan poetry. Who will be the first funny Marybal Li Chai-sum was ap- also secured 8 sealps in one inn- fellow to say that no doubt the in length. As the guest at dinner 57, 9-7, 6-3, 6-0,
Cochet (France) beat Hennessey pointed Chief of the Nationalist ings. Barnes, the Staffordshire verses are quite tennisonian?
General Staff. He took up the and former England bowler, took of the Canton General Chamber of. Commerce, he explained that it is! The huge crowd of all national-appointment to show unity in the 12 against the West Indies. Other
A postcard bearing Nationalist ranks
the 'remarkable analyses were Astill 9 vital for trade in South China for ities included a large number of Christian General" was becom- for 81 (in two innings), Voce 7 postmark, 10.30 a.m., June 1, was Bentley. He covered 43,964 valle a line to connect Tai-sha-tau, ter-Japanese.
delivered in Guildford at 7 am. on ing more powerful as a potential for 39 and Ryan 5 for 17. minus of the Canton-Kowloon Rail-
June 1. Probably there was excess leader of the Party. Now Mar- way (Chinese section) and Wong- Lacoste, who served first, took the
Kent v. Lancashire.
postage to be collected. sha, terminus of the Canton Han- game, Tilden taking the next after
At Maidstone, Kent lost to Lan- kow Railway Kwangtung section); deuce had been called several IN THE “HERALD. enshire by eight 'wickets. with a branch line from the Can-timos. After this the American
Scores:- ton-Kowloon Railway to Whampoa gave many едбу openings for and the deepening of the port of Lacoste in shoot, past him when Whampoa as contingent factors. he (Tilden) came to the net.
This suggestion of Sir Cecil A feature of the second set was has been criticised in some Chinese Tilden's crisp volleys at the net circles as being harmful to Canton which the Frenchman was unable in that such a loop-line will divert to return. Lacoste seemed unable trade from Canton to Hong Kong to find his length, sending many
The "China Mail's" correspon-balla outside. dent at Pakkai, the port of Kongmoon, now" reports follows:-
as
The third set was a repetition of the second. It was rather a battle of wits than hard-hitting. MOTOR ROAD DETAILS.
Tilden was nearly always suc- The proposal to build a motor cessful when he advanced to the road from Kongmoon to Canton net in the fourth net. Play was
about 50 miles long-may be very fast.
The Frenchman took put in hand shortly. The walls the offensive and forced Tilden to
To-morrow's issue of the "Sun- day Herald" will contain a large number of pletures of local in terest. Such include photos of laat week-end's lawn bowls matches on both sides of the har- bour, the tennis match in which Civil Service C.C. surprised South China A.A., the P. & O. "Rawal- pindi" in Hong Kong, Open Day at Victoria British School, Street scenes of water restric- tion, and the interior of an ex- tensive hairdressing saloon con- ducted by ladies for both sexes.
A Chinese was fined $260 for smuggling cigarettes
on which -duty had not been paid, states a Except that it had already ap- Police report of Thursday peared in extenso in the local pressAnother venture gone up in smoke? Lancs. 352 runs (Hallows 135; and obviously was not dated "Lon- Freeman 6 for 105) and 75 runs don, July 24," Eugene Corri's box- for 2 wkts...
Kent 119 runs and (following-July 24 was more or less correct,
ing article. in a contemporary on on) 308 runs.
Middlesex v. Gloucester.
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At Lord's, Middlesex lost to Said a husband in a police court: Gloucester by an innings and 141"My wife has asterisks owing to runs. Scores:
her temper." And some wives see Gloucester 539 runs (Hammond stars. 166).
Middlesex 322 runs (Parker 5 for 106) and (following-on)..76 | runs (Parker 8 for 44).
Surrey v. Northants.
At the Oval, Surrey beat
"They used to call them the fair sex," grunted the crabbed old ́fel- low, "but I call 'em the bare sex."
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Royal Crusader, with fitting dignity, resents the statement that when he made a belated arrival at. the post in the Derby hie Jockey was able to read the names of the first three horses on the board. "Why didn't he buy a paper with the result in It?" he afterwards demanded of his stable companions.
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A coolie employed by a grocery shop is alleged by his master to have absconded on Monday night with two dozen mineral waters.. ..Perhaps he drank the lot
of Sanwul city (capital of San-run backwards and forwards, tir-shal Li has been appointed Chiang Northamptonshire by an innings chickens with their heads hanging and is taking a long walk to sweat
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Mr. A. G. Griggs, a London con. builder was tractor, unid that the British second to none in celerity in building. This will de- prive some of these humorists of a stock joke.
A Chinese who carried three wal district, of which Kongmooning him out until he sent the balls Kai-shek's personal representative and 88 runs.
down and caused them pain was it off. is the outlet) are to make way into the net.
to discuss peace terms with Man- Surrey 505 runa (Sandham
cautioned by the Kowloon Magis- for roads which will go down tof The fifth set was a wonderful churia. Does this signify that an 119).
trate... Kongmoon.
Northants 215 runs and (fol-out with more than one their faces Whenever we went exhibition, both returning what understanding has been arrived From Kongmoon, the main seemed to the spectators to be un-at between Canton and Nanking?lowing-on) 202 runa.
were turned-skywards in contempt trunk road, along which motor-takeable balls. The scores were Mr. T. V. Soong, as the Minis-
Essex v. Glamorgan, coaches for
of each other. passengers and level at 3-3, but again Lacoste lost ter of Finance, sent down to Can-
At Leyton, Essex.took first inn- motor-lorries for goods will be his length with Tilden sweeping all ton a
former neting Foreignings points from Glamorgan. able to travel; is intended to pass before him.
Minister to sound the views of the Scores:- through Kowkong, Fatshan, etc.,
Hard-Hitting Display.
Kwangsi regime with regard to Glamorgan 205 runs and 249 one-way traffic street, what a hero and also to lead into the stations
financial centralisation at Nan-runs (J. W. H. T. Douglas 6 for is the man who attempts to cross, a Cochet was
his element king. This in oft
"unofficial" dele. 65). against Hennessey. Both adopted gate returned north without any the Canton-Hankow Railway hard-hitting rather than safety tangible result.
Essex 312 runs (Waugh 128, (Kwangtung section);.
tactics, attempting impossible over-1
Bates 8 for 98) and 70 runs for no wkt.
Worcester v. Leicester. At Worcester, Worcestershire
the Canton-Kowloon Railway head shots which frequently failed (Chinese section);
the Canton-Samahui Rallway;
to come off.
If it requires courage to cross a
restaurant dance, floor.
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What a curious climate they have! "Thaw Barred from England," a paper proclaims.
We can see the enfranchised flapper, asked what party she la going to join, replying. "Any party where there's dancing."
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Closer Co-operation. At the same time Marshal Li's the Pakkai-Taushan Railway usual fault of indifference. After lated for a year's financial in lost to Leicestershire by eight
Cochet, at the outset, showed his representative at Nanking stipu (better known as the Sunning leading by 4 Railway which, extends through second set, Cochet allowed himself
games to 1 independence at Canton.
To the proprietor of the Kam If there has been a compromise, wickets.. Scores:- the Sze Yap).
Leicester 337 runs and 117 runs Hing knitting factory, who WAS to be taken to 16 games before its terms have not been divulged. (Continued on Page 18.)
winning the set.
For the moment, therefore, the for 2 wkts.
fined $25 by. Mr. W. Schofield forber was not mentioned. Worcester 181 runs (Astill 5 allowing mosquitoes to breed on Hennessey's network in the most likely solution appears to be
Emigrate to second set was magnificent but his Nanking's acquiescence in return for 52) and (following-on) 272 his premises
Taipo, chop chop! form dropped badly in the third for closer co-operation, at least to jruns (Astill 4 for 29). and fourth sets. Reuter.
the extent of showing a common front to Northern members of the Nationalist, Government,
Canton's uneasiness was based
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FATSHAN
WHAMPOA
KOWKONG
PAKKAI
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Railways.
Projected molar road.
SAMCHUN
HONG KONG
LOCAL AIRCRAFT.
DETAILS OF ORDER IN COUNCIL.
HONG KONG ̄SUR-REGISTRY,
Hampshire v. Notts.
At Bournemouth, Hampshire lost first innings' points to Notts, Scares:-
No wonder the French Senate will not consider the enfranchisement of women.... The ballot is secret, and what woman can keep a secret?
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German officials, having seen the film. "Dawn," cannot understand what all the trouble in England' was about
.Which may ex- plain why Nurse Cavell was execut
on the supposition that the Iron- Hants 194 runs (Voce 7 for 39) sides and other bodies of rival and 384 runs for 7 wkts, when troops might be sent back to rain fell. Mead contributed 138 Kwangtung under the guise of re-in the 2nd innings. patriation and this Marshal Li Notts 600 runs for 9 wkts,, dec. and his supporters did not want. (Gunn, G., 144, Walker 156).
Stronger Still.
Somerset v. Derby, An order of H. M. the King in Assuming that Marshal Li has
At Taunton, Somerset lost to ed. Council is published in the "Govern-again restored himself to the faDerbyshire by four wickets. ment Gazette" relating to Air Navi- your of Nanking and Chiang Kai-Scores:
shek, the success of his mission gation, to which local schedules also reflects favourably on Nan-
have been added.
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king.
Somerset 213 runa and 178
runs.
Derby 302 runs and 30 runs for
Wales v. West Indies,
"Defendant ran away, but later returned voluntarily," says a police report. Hence the expression "Cut, and come again."
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H. E. the Governor, under the pro- From what is known of Chiang 6 wkts. visions, may establish a sub-regis- Kai-shek, it can be taken for try of aircraft and apoint a regis-granted that he would not have
At Llandudno, Wales beat the started out for the fifth plenary West Indies by eight wickets.
A lady's gold wrist-watch was Other regulations relate to the conference unless he were sure!
Scores:-
stolen from Government Quarters, issue of certificates, keeping
that his programme would be car-
West Indies 198 runs (Barnes Bowen-road, on Tuesday.... of dog-books, rules
ried through. His leaving Peking for 61) and 187 runs (Barnes 6 Somebody's heading the right way lights and signals for air traffic is evidence of his belief in the for 67, Ryan 5 for 17).
to do time. ultimate supremacy of Nanking.
Wales 229 runs and 107 runs licensing of personnel, prohibited
Then there is the hint that Dr. areas, Customs. convention.
for 2 wkts.-Reuter, |C. T. Wang (the present Nation- There are also published a list of alist Minister) may
be The three railways running out of Canton and the Sunning Railway are Colonies, Protectorates and Man replaced by Dr. C. C. Wu,
Dr. shown (for lengths of which refer to notes under the other map on this page). dated Territories to which the Wang is a protege of the "Chris-
-British territory is denoted by cross-wise shading.
Bucharest, Yesterday.—An extra- order-in-council" applies, a list of tian General" Dr. Wu is a ordinary session has opened for the Approximate lengths of the Canton-Kowloon Railway are: Chinese States which have signed the Inter-Moderate, all-and-all for Nanking, purpose of authorising the Govern section, from Canton to Sanchua, 90 miles; British section, from Kowloon to national Air Navigation Convention and a friend of both Chiang Kai- ment and the National Bank to pro- report from Epping that some Bamchun, 20 miles.
The proximity of Whampoa to the Canton-Kowloon Railway and that part of Oct. 13, 1919 and a list of States shek and Li Chal-aum. If the ceed with, the flotation of a foreign trampa engaged to work for a of the projected trank road which may take the place of the loop line around which have ratified or adhered to change comes to pass, Nanking loan and to stabilise the currency... former had a good mest and then ́and north of Canton can be seen in the map.
the Convention.
will be stronger still.
Reuter.
Rough outline of that part of Kwangtung covered by the projected motor road referred to in this issue. For convenience, rivers are not shown nor are island waterways, e
#aras were much worn," saya a gossip. But isn't it possible to have these things done up?
We don't take much stock in that
ran away. Tramps don't run.
The popular song of the moment in Southwest London, where mil- lions of mosquitoes are hovering I do?" It geen with a sting. 'over the River Wandle, is "Wandle
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"Regent-street to Have a Glant Store."..... How thrilling! And will they sell the giants by the, yard?
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This Week's Poser: How often the policeman on duty at the traffic post at the foot of Garden-road has to look up at his whirligig to see whether it is working properly while cars on three routes are held up?
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"Captain G. de Havilland accompanied by his wife, in 70 minutes reached an altitude of over 21,000 feet, thus breaking the world's altitude record ...... says Reuter...
What about
the couples who rise to even great-
er heights in a tenth of the time and break several other things into the bargain?
By a Secretary-"Do you want to 950 Abdullah Rajaputra, the great Hindu clairvoyant, madam?" ver
Visitor "Aye; tell him it's his alster frae Glasgow."
Burglars broke into the house of
a bookmaker, but lost nothing,