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LANCASHIRE'S FAILURE COLLAPSE OF HOTEL BLACKMAIL AMENITIES OF HOTEL GOOD DAY'S PROGRAMMME
CASE.
AT MANCHESTER
ANOTHER DRAWN GAME,
Mutual Agreement Out| of Court.
DETAILS NOT DIVULGED.
PRESS
SCATHING CRITICISM OF "ROTHERMERE,
NATHAN.
New Structures Without Permission.
PROPOSED ROOF GARDEN
That a lot of trouble must
be
BRIGHT BATTING IN COUNTY WEEK-END Andersen, Meyer & Co. and the SWOLLEN HEADS caused to the Building Authority
PROGRAMME.
B. H. LYON AGAIN.,
The Australians had to be content with a drawn game at Man. chester, where Lancashire replied to the tourists' total of 120 by scor ing 259 after being 90 for no wicket.
Five of the county matches were left drawn, three being won and one gaining no result. Hampshire defeated Glamorgan by 130 runs in a low scoring match. Kent take first place in the championship table as a result of defeating Worcester on the first innings and the Iailure of Notts to force a decision at Trent Bridge.
Ten centuries were registered during the week-end programme, Sandham, who has been invited to attend at Lord's in the second Test match, being top scorer with 176. B. H. Lyon is maintaining the splendid batting form that he displayed at the beginning of the He scored 70 and 102 against Oxford University. Bowlers had little success, but some good figures were forth- coming, G. O. Allen and I. A. R. Peebles bowling well for six wickets
season.
each.
NO RESULT AT TRENT BRIDGE.
The case between Messrs.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, collapsed in sensational fashion this morning, when it was learned that a complete settle- ment, by mutual consent, had been arrived at out of Court.
It was also learned that the final agreement, after preliminary negotiations, was confirmed this morning.
:
ATTEMPTS TO "BUY" MINISTRY JOBS?
London, Yesterday.
.D, agent of the
by people who after the erection of a building, add other structures to make the building it, and thus totally different to that on the original plan passed by the Building Authority, was a comment made by Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy 1 morning.
Wong Kar A seathing and bitter denuncia-
was summoned by tion of the "Press Lords" of Bri- Hotel Nath Th case, which had excited tain and America was delivered Mr. A. F. eynolds, of the P.W.D., considerable public interest, and by Mr Stanley Baldwin, the for- for erecting illegal structures on the root of the premises viza which showed signs of being
pavilion in iron work, a matshed, and a flue at the rear of the build- bitterly fought out, had been be- fore the Court for about two
ing. Yesterday there was no weeks. sitting, it being stated that the! hearing would be resumed to-day. Inquiries made this morning elicit- jed an official statement, however. that the whole matter had been
shelved.
Solicitors for both sides, stated that they had no instructions to issue details of the settlement to the Press, beyond that details "had been mutually agreed upon.” It will be recalled that the Hotel Company were originally sued by Messrs. Andersen, Meyer, for $25,885.20, being balance for work done and material supplied in connection with refrigerating machinery installed at the Com- pany'r hotels. The Hotel Com-1 pany counter-claimed Bums amounting to over $150,000.
London, Yesterday. of nine wickets, at which point AL Manchester, the home A. T. Barber applied the closure. count; continued their innings Rhodes contributed an undefeat took for 29. Timms (102 not to-das. and before the bowling of ed inrings of 80.
out) enabled Northants to declare Wall and Fairfax they lost their Notts batted equally as slow in at 201 for eight wickets. At the commanding position, adding only scoring 215 for four wickets. ciose of play, Middlesex, with seven wickets in hand, were 168 169 runs for the loss of all their Lilley contributing, 102 not out. wickets. The follow-on was not At Portsmouth, Hampshire de runs behind.Reuter. 'enforced, and at the close of play the Aussies held a lead of 249 with nine wickets outstanding Fairfax took 4 wickets for 29 runs and Wall 4 for 92.
feated Glamorgan by 130 runs.
Hants
Taking first knock, core, 270, Mead contributing 90. Glamorgan totalled 207, to which M. J. Turnbull contributed 67 At Lord's Oxford University Hants declared at 219-7, setting defeated the M.C.C. by seven the visitors the task of scoring wickets..
283 for victory. Boyes (5-48) and Batting first, the M.C.C. com. Kennedy (5-66) were responsible piled 205 to which B. H. Lyon, the for the dismissal of Glamorgan Gloucester captain, contributed for 1E2. M. J. Turnbull was again 70. 1. A. R. Peebles took 6 wickets in prominence, scoring 65.
At Nuneaton, Warwick look for an average cost of 13 runs per
wicket. Oxford, thanks to a good first innings' points from Leices Inning by H. M. Garland Wells, 'ter.
· RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
Australians: 429 and 79-1. Lancashire: 259.
Somerset: 54 and 70. Derby: 120 and 8-0.
Sussex; 210 and 125. Cambridge U.; 213 and 125-0.
M.C.C.: 205 and. 240. Oxford U.: 265 and 183-3.
Surrey: 491.
Essex: 272 and 161-2.
Worcester: 115 and 241. Kent: 173-8 dec and 44-1.
BATTING.
Sandham
176
Surrey Essex.
A. F. Kippax
120
Australians v. Lancashire.
4.
M. Crawley
119
Oxford U. v. M.C.C.
C
R. E. 8. Wyatt
117
Warwick v. Leicester.
Armstrong
.114
Leicester v. Warwick.
Nichol
110
Worcester v. Kent,
Shipman
105"
Yorkshire: 324-9 dec. Notta: 215-4.
102
102*
Northants v. Middlesex.
B. II. Lyon
102
MEC.C. v. Oxford U,
BOWLING.
Slater
Lilley
Timms
Roughtrought
G. O. Allen
1. A. R.. Peebles
Leicester v. Warwick, Notty v. Yorkshire.
Derbyshire, v. Somerset.
644 Cambridge U. v. Sussex.
6-77
Middlesex v. Northants.
6-781 5-61
Oxford U. v. M.C.C;
Leicester scored 247, to which
(72), scored 266. B. H. Lyon was
Hampshire: 270 and 219-7 dec. Glamorgan: 207 and 152,
Leicester: 249 and 200-2. Warwick: 370-9 dec.
Northants: 189 and 201-8 dec. Middlesex: 166 and 58-3.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Lord Rothermere.
A similar summons, was taken out
AT WIMBLEDON
BRITISH HOPES FALTER.
UNITED STATES SUFFER ONLY ONE DEFEAT.
AUSTIN'S VICTORY.
A large and fashionable crowd attended the second day's play
at Wimbledon. The weather was sunny and very appropriate for the opening of the ladies' singlés.
:
The United States were again successful against string opposi- tion, Edith Cross being the only American to lose a match. Mianne
against Mrs. Chung Luk, owner of Palfrey gained a walk over from Mile Dealvarez, and her eighteen- the hotel.
Not A Pavilion. Mr. F. S. C. Brookes appeared for defendant and said that he was pleading guilty to a technical offence. He had been to see the structures, and commented upon them. The pavilion was not the right word for it. The matshed
was not a matahed in the reat sense
year old sister defeated Miss Yorke.
Experienced players such as Kingsley, Turnbull and Menzel all went down in straight sets before the American attack.
Further withdrawals from the tournament are those of Mlle. Alvarez, who, on account of illness, will not compete, and the with- drawal of Mrs. Watson leaves Betty Nuthall as the sole British hope, These absentees are to be regretted as they are both popular figures
of the meaning as it did not have on the Wimbledon courts.
a thatched roof. It was only
felice. His client's intention was to make a roof garden on the Hotel Nathan, and so they made a kitchen which was too high. He asked for a nominal fine to be imposed.
SURPRISE FOR BRUGNON.
G. M. Lott enured a surprise when he comfortably defeated a British champlon" in Kingsley 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Mr. Reynolds said that the Hotel had erected three flues since the
London, Yesterday. summons had been taken out, in
The match between Crawford spite of the fact that they were mer Minister under the Conserva-allowed one extra flue (for any foul and Madan Mohan presented one
W. T. Tilden found little diffi- tive Government, at a meeting at smells) in addition to the original of Wimbledon's richest contrasts
one. No permit could be given for -on the one side of the net the culty in defeating Mather, the Caxtor Hall to-night.
"I deprecate the power of the erection of any structures on tall, fair and unexcitable Austra- Eritish player, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
Gregory Mangin gained a sur- on the other side the rising victory over O. G. N. Hearst in America and Rother the roof of an hotel.
nere and Beaverbrook in Britain."
Mr. Brookes submitted that his lian, and said. Mr. Baldwin..Ita de client was doing his beat to develop alini, feline
and enger Indian Turnbull, 'the Britiah player. moralising force used to the the enterprise of the Hotel Nathan, Davis Cup player. This match There was only one set in which wrong ends. Attempts are made, and have a roof garden like the outside the province of journal: Sincere Compor den kone was played on the centre court the latter made any showing at scores were 6-2, 7-5. and other buildings in the Colony.
and opened the day's programme. The Crawford took the first set at 1.0-6. A Question Of Policy.
Brugnon suffered defeat at the 6-3, lost the next at 3-6, and then Mr. R. S. W. Paterson, of the the next two sets at 6-3, 6-2 hands of Andrews, a young. New Building Authority, intimated that
John Doeg defeated a British Zealander, by 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 0-6... it was a question of policy. The
a formidable roof was meant to be a roof garden representurive in Della Porta, G-2, He was considered
The former's service opponent, but France has now lost but the defendant had converted It -1, 6-2. into a floor. He had warned them had the loser beaten throughout another good player.
Cochet found little difficulty fr about the structures, and they had the match.
"Bunny" Austin. Britain's hope, defeating Malfroy 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.. still continued with the work, in that they had now erected a stage. Mr. Paterson pointed out that if the roof garden were crowded with peo- ple, and if a fire should break out suddenly, there would be a nasty re- gült, because, there was only one lift and one back staircase.
STOP
PRESS
London, Yesterday.
A special thanksgiving ser- vice will be held in St. Paul's Cathedral to-day at which Their Majesties will be pre- sent to mark the conclusion of the 17 year's task of strength- ening the main structure at a cost of £500,000. For the first time flood lighting will display the rich mosaics under the dome of the structure, which is now declared to bo moro solid than when Sir Christopher Wren left It-Router.
He had consulted with Mr. Pearce, of the B.. 0. Office, and the latter requested him
Magistrate penalty,
to
and
to ask the impose maximum order the structures to be taken
ism, to dictate, domineer, and even down in three weeks. to blackmail."
Mr. Brookes intimated to his Worship that that was very unfair as far as his client was concerned.
Not Technical Offence,
Swollen-Headed. Accusing them of "swelled headedness," Mr. Baldwin said that nothing was more curious: His Worship said that from what En modern evolution than the he had heard he could not regard the
What effect of an enormous fortune offence as technical. rapidly made and the control of most against the defendant was that
was
At the Oval-Surrey v. Cam-your own newspaper. "It seems he continued to erect the structures bridge University.
again in great form for the Armstrong contributed 119 not M.C.C., scoring 102 out of the 240 out, and Warwick scored 370-9 set up by the Club. Peebles. was declared, R. E. S. Wyatt-scoring a At Bradford.Yorkshire again successful with the ball, brilliant century. At the close of taking 5 for 61. Requiring 181 play 1.eicester, with eight wickets
Somerset.
to destroy the balance and goes to aven after the Bullding Authority v.the head like wine."
had stopped them.
MEN'S SINGLES.
Crawford (Australia) beat Madan Mohan (India). John Doeg (U.S.A.) beat Della Porta (Britain). H. W. Austin (England) beat Grandguillot (Egypt). Van Ryn (U.S.A.) beat Chamberla'n (Great Britain). Allison (U.S.A) beat Harris (South Africa). Berkley Bell (U.S.A.) best Menzel (Czecho-Slovakia). G. M. Lott (U.S.A.) beat Kingsley (England), W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.) beat Mather (England).
Gregory Mangin (U.S.A.) beat Turnbull (England). Andrews (New Zealand) beat Brugnon (France).
H. Cochet (France and holder) beat Malfroy (New Zealand). J. Borotra (France) beat H. G. N. Lee (England).
LADIES' SINGLES.
Sarah Palfrey (U.S.A.) beat Miss Yorke (England). Mlle. Sigart (Belgium) beat Edith Cross (U.S.A.). Mrs. Ryan (U.S.A.) beat Miss Brooke (England), Mary Greef (U.S.A.) beat Miss Wolf (England). Mrs. Wills-Moody (U.S.A.) beat Fraulein Krawinckel (Germany).
Borotra knocked yot another
Alluding to the attacks against He imposed a fine of $100, and succeeded to defeating the Egyp
tlan champion, Grandguillot 6-2, British player out of the tourna At Leicester.Leicestershire v. his leadership of the Party, Mr. made an order, that the structures 7-5, 6-1. It is to be hoped that ment, defeating H. G. N. Leo 5-7, to win, the 'Varsity scored 288 in hand, held a lead of 79. Ship- Derbyshire,
Baldwin declared: "I accept the be taken down in three weeks. for the loss of three wickets, A. M. |man (105 not out) and Armstrong At Edgbaston.-Warwickshire v. challenge as I accepted the chal- The summons against Mrs. Chung Crawley playing a great innings (74) being associated in a good Kent.
of 119.
partnership.
At the Oval, Surrey took first innings' points from Essex.
lenge of the Trade Union Counci| Luk was dropped.
At Cheltenham.-Gloucestershire in 1926, and I call the bluff." At Northampton, Northants v. Middlesex. On winning the toss, Fender took first innings' points from
Middlesex.
At Chelmsford.-Essex v. Hamp- Bhire,
At Brighton.-Sussex v. Glamor-
(Continued on Page 5.)
PRISON MUTINY.
FAIR.
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:
gent Hobbs and Sandham in to G. ( Allen (6-77) was respon- bat, and the county amassed the sible for the low total of 189 set gan.
huge total of 491, Sandham scor-up by Northants. The visitors, At Worcester. --- Worcestershire. ing a brilliant 176. Essex failed in spite of a
great effort by v. Lancashire, wa
to save the follow-on, in spite of upta Hendren (68), falled to At Nottingham.-Notts v. Oxford CONVICTS SEIZE ARMS AND scored 78. At the close of play, pass that total. V. W. C. Jupp University.
a grand effort by Cutmore, who
Essex were 58 runs behind with
eight wickets in hand.
At Stourbridge, Kent took flist Innings points from Worcester.
The home county fared badly at the wicket, scoring 115., Kent re- plied with a total of 173 for eight wickets, at which point the man inga was declared. 3. Worcester were indebted to Nichol (110) }.⠀⠀ for a splendid recovery, scoring 241. Requiring 184 runs to win,] " Kent, at the close of play, had scored 44 for the loss of one wicket. Whe
At Nottingham, there was nu result in the match between Notts and Yorkshire
Taking firet knoock in this vital match Yorkshire batted slowly
Kont
THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
1st Inns.
W.
No
L. Result Pts
deaths Gaol.
Notts Lancashire Yorkshire Warwickshire
Surrey. Sussex ---- Derbyshire Gloucestershi: Leicestershire
Wor
of scoring
080016 llowa: 8 points, for an out first innings, 4 points in the atch, and B points for the county
ATTACK WARDERS.
POLICE OPEN FIRE.
Rangoon, Yesterday. mutiny resulting in 45 occurred at the Central
Rangoon, To-day. A rumber of convicts auddenly ralded the geol armoury and seiz ed arms and ammunition. Aug- mented by other convicts they at tacked the warders who stoutly held off the mutineers until the arrival of the military and police The latter opened fire, but two hours elapsed before the situation was controlled. Five officials and 11/convicts were killed and 80 wounded Reuter
An anti-cyclone is central to the N.E. of the Bonina.
"A depression covers China' and Indo-China.
Forecast:-S.E. winds; mo- derate; fair. ".
Rainfall Rainfall to 10 am. to-day all. Rainfall since January 1, 0.09 inch. Rainfall since Januš ary 1, 30.31 inches against an average of 86.28 inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi- ty at certain speciied centres this morning at 6 o'clock .were:~~
Hong Kong
Масао Pratas Island Manila
Foocho
Temp Humid
80
89
77
08:
88
88.
94
06:
96
Austin will maintain his form and 8-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in a hard fought thus bring a ray of hope to Bri battle.
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Miss
tish supporters, who have receiv- Sarah Palfrey, the eighteen- ed a number of shocks in to-year-old player, defeated day's programme.
Yerke, British player, 6-1, 6-2 Chamberlain, a British player, and Miss Ryan defeated Mise was defeated by J. Van Ryn 6-2, Brooke 6-2, 0-3. 6-2, 6-2 after a one-sided match
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Milo. Sigart caused a sensation
in which Van Ryn did as he plens- when she defeated Miss Edith
ed.
suffered
by
Cross 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.. This was The veteran South African play the only defeat ers, Harris, met ha master in America. Allison, losing 3-6, 6-8, 4-5, after Mary Greef beat a British play a thrilling battle of versatility er in Miss Wolf 6-1, 6-1. and strength against court-craft and experience.
Miss Helen Wills, now Mi- Moody, defeated Fraulsen Kra Berkley Bell succeeded in de winckel 6-2, 6-1 in her debut after. tealing Menzel, the Czecho- marriage. The German player re- Slovakian champion, by 6-1, 6-2, cently beat Mlle. Alvarez-Rou 6-2,
iter.
COUNCIL MEETING.
At the meeting of the Legisla tive Council on Thursday the Colonial Secretary will move the first reading of
"An Ordinance to authorise
eighty-three cents to defray the charges of the year 1929. The Attorney General will move the first reading of Kastaline, go
the appropriation of a supple- the
mentary sum of three hundred
"An Ordinance to amend the New Territorien Regulation Ordinance, 1910.
The Attorney General will move
second reading of
"An Ordinance to provide for
and four thousand five hundred the taxation of Light Hydro-
and thirty ht' dollars and carbon Olls."@4.