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Sydney Girl Wed At Age Of Nine
Sydney, Nov. 11.
A Court here has refused to nanal the carriage of 14-year- ok Colleen Stevenson who, at the age of nine, was wed to a gypsy boy and now is a mother.
The viri said she was happy after her five years of life and travel with her showman hus- Band, who is about 17 yearsTM old.
Her father sought the
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1946.
Chinese General Denies Threat To Dairen Elections In
(By Tom Masterson).
Yugoslavia
NEW AIR SERVICE
Dorbay, Nov. 11.
A Nortbagian air service to The Far East is wider con- sideration. A preliminary survey flight from Osio to Shanghai will be. mäãe next month-Reuter.
Peiping, Nov. 11. General Tu Yu-ming denied in Mukden today
Belgrade, Nov. 10. that the Nationalists had "manifested any
Yugoslavs went to the polla today in Serisia and Croatia to action" against Soviet controlled Dairen.
elect constituent Assemblies Tu branded assertions that his armies would take
con stated today the allegations of which will frame a new over Dairen as "rumours of reactionaries." stitution. The elections in the certain quarters. "that voters Official Government sources, other Four Republies of the have no freedom were incorrect however, reported that his troops Federal Peoples Republic of singe, all parties nominated were on Dairen's outer ring and, Yugoslavin-Slovenia, Montene. their candidates on a list of the excepting for, the area facing thegro, Bosnia, Herzogvina-were popular frent. The electors are sca, all the anter arcas around held last month.
free to vote for whom they Dairen were in the Nationalists'
The Today News Agency hopst, it was added. Router. hands. With the deadline of the Generalissimo's coase-fre order less than 24 hours away, the Na- lionālists are striving to take over the Reds North China bases on the Shantung Penicsula's north- ern coast, and completely cut off
nulment claiming he had per- No Effect
mitted Colleen to marry bc- cause, at the time, it seemed to him it had been a long time since she was born-perhaps 12 years.
Later, he said, he found she "was only, nine when the cere-
mony was performed-Asso- ciated Press.
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Thrilling Finish To Two-Day Match
the Communist link, with Man-The finish of the match between the Combined
Mr. William Clayton. Under-churia. Secretary of State for Econo-
Fighting
raged throughout mic Affairs, expressed confid- Shantung, with the Nationalists ence here today that United pushing toward Lungkow along States economic policies would the northern coast from Tehsien be unchanged by the victory of last reported only 20 miles from the Republican Party in the the port. recent national" elections.
In "Hopel, fighting was reported
like interference in the plans
He said he could not visuaat ihhsien, on the north section of the Peiping-Hankow railroad. for tariff agreement negotia
foreign leiding plans of tions with 18 other nations, the the Export-Import Bank and Fund, or American participation in the International Bank.
Chou Meeting Marshall
The Nationalists were reported. to have captured Kangpao, in
northern Charkor.
Services and the Rest of the Colony čame with all the ingredients of a schoolboy thriller-the last over with four runs to make and the last two batsmen in, one of the batsmen lamed and " then an impossible' stumping-all these fac- tors combined to bring one of the best cricket, matches seen in the Colony this season" to a fittingly close finish.
The Club team started the morning with the pro- mising total of 93 for 5 but a spell of fine bowling by Pickering and Williams closed the innings in less than half an hour with the ad- dition of only 16 further runs Pickering's final figures were 22 overs, 7 maidenș, 32 runs and 6 wickets.
Chou En-dal has agreed to meet Mr. Clayton observed that with General George C. Marshall The Import-Export Bank had and the Government's Chief-of-
The Services once, again start-1 The first ball shot past the leg ient nearly all the $5,500,000,- Staff, General Chen Cheng to tryed badly and lost. Eve and Wil-stump and Hughes, on the look CHRISTMAS MAIL. BY SEA 000 sanctioned by Congress. to clarify conditions of the cease-liams with only 8 on the board, fout for byss, started off down the
Referring to trade negotia fire order.
Hodges Came to the rescue again, pitch. Barrett, standing 7 or 8 tion be said they had been
Wong Ping-an, Commumist however, with another breezy yards back, and seeing Hughes held up until after the elections spokesman in Nanking, and Lino knock and careful batting by out of his crease, stung the ball to prevent them being used as both, denounced the Assembly and way for a hard-hitting 52 in 51 tragie results as-despite a des- Cheng-chi, spokesman in Yenan, Gourlay and Hepwood paved the at the wicket with (for the Club) a partisan issue during the Congressional campaign,
urged it be abandoned.
minutes by Kennedy. The end did p¤rate dive for safely. Hughes The The 18 countries represented
Government meanwhile not come until the very respect-was given out stumped. two-thirds of the United States acceded with registrations for able score of 171 had been Strong In Batting
signed up a quorum. the Assembly and already had reached. Both Kennedy and
The match, which was tho- Hodges were lucky to be missed roughly enjoyed by both players seat early on but, generally speaking, and spectators, showed that both received fine teams were strong in batting but Clerks said this was purely ae-support from their elders, Sousa although radios, business machines, recidental, explaining that all As-and Gosuno being particularly good bowlers each they had
possessed ct several frigerators, Agricultural
Minu and Zimmern reliefs when these bowlers, were machinery, cotton, tobacco andsembly seats were drawn by lot. noticeable. wheat-Reuter.
both bowled well and deserved tired and thus a hard hitler like their wickets apiece.
Kennedy, Hodges or Minu, going in when the bowlers were worn down, was able to pile up runs.
Pickering, Zimmera and Minu
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Macau, Tainshan and Shekki (Kwang Fook Cheung) If un
Swatow and Bungkek (Hiram)
noon.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa. Egypt and Europe via London (Empress of Austra lia) Kowloon G.P.O., (Par. and Reg.) 9 a.m. 11/11, (Ord.) 11
foreign trade and in the nego tiations the United States would week concessions
-export items, such a8 matar-cars,
Election Apathy In Rome
on
Romb, Nov. 10
Chiang Kai-slick drew No. 1.
-Associated Press.
Russian Famine Averted
Romans showed only apathe The
Moscow, Nov. 10. recent reduction
of
the Club bowlers
The Club team had thus been left with 217 runs to get and 3 hours in which to score. Caution - was the order of the day to start with and the first. 16 overs Iroin Williams and Pickering produced only 14 runs.
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all bowled very well for long periods and Kennedy and Badges both showed signs that they might have been very successful if they had bowled for longer spells.
tie interest in their municipal bread rations in Russia was ex-relt caught Pearce off Pickering, elections today, many profer-plained by a letter disclosing the the score stood at 70 for 3. ring to stay indoors rather than extent of relief granted by the brave stormy rainy weather to Soviet visit polling stations.
to the areas in the
After Hodges came on and had both Richardson and Fincher caught in his first over Gasaño The fylding and wicket-keeping and Pearce pushed the score on were very good and it is worthy slightly more rapidly and when of note that the throwing in was single over-throw in the course tea was taken shortly after Bar- so accurate that there was not a
match in which 650 Tuns Gosario went on to completa awere scored. drought-stricken
well-night faultless 50 and he A final word of praise must go
newspapers today. Ukraine, published in all Moscow one bowler Kennedy who prepared a wicket which stood up only seemed to be troubled by to the Club grounds staff who had
bowled very well for 5 overs just to two complete day's cricket
Services
tricts recorded only about 25 Up to noon today many dis- per cent of votes and the most
Government
For weeks and months the
of a
.m. 12/11; G.P.O., (Par. and optimistic forecast put the Soviet preys has been emphasis before tea. After Gosano's de-with vary few signs of wear.
maximum poll total at 50 per ing the urgent necessity of met. [parture, three wickets fell quickly
Reg.) 10a.m. 11/11, (Ord.) moon 12/11.
"Airmail, for Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basra, Cairs, Johannesburg, Augusto, "Mar seilles, London, New York and Canada (B.0.A.C. Plane). Kow-
cent of the city's 900,000 veters fer the whole day.
the population's general scepti-year, because of the drought. elsm of local politics, and dis- -trust of political parties.
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ting in every ounce of grain and Kilbee crippled it looked as and, with the score at 155 for 8 during harvest. The complete results are not The abolition of bread ration-though the best that the Club Pereira 4-39) expected before Wednesday.ing, for which active prepara
could hope for was a draw. While lack of interest may be tions had been going on since however, and realising that Ple-Williams, 1.b.w. Zimmem Fatty Minu had other ideas, Eve, c. Mínu, b. Zimmern lan. C.P.O., (Reg.) 2 p.m. (Ord.) { due partly to the weather, it the spring, has been pastponedikering, who had bowled exceed-Chamber, 200 p.m. G.P.0 (Reg.) 2.30 Was thought it was also due to from this autumn till nextingly well, was tiring he went
Gosano, p.m. (Ord.) 3 p.m
Zimmern Pakhai and Haiphong (Empire
The letter published today was just over half an hour, including Gourlay, c. &b, Zimmern
for the bowling and scored 45. in Hodges, e. Pearce, b. Pereira Park) 3 p.m.
unr of thanks addressed to Gen-one Airmail for Canton, Chungking Priests and puns were great-eralissimo Stalin by collective eventually bowled by Pickering Hopwood, 1.b.w Minu
6 and eight 4's. He was Cliffe, Run Oute and Kunming (C.A.TC. Plane) ly in evidence at the polling farmers (Reg.) 3
and industrial (Ord.) 3.30 m stations,
and trying to play back to a short built. Kennedy, c. Sousa, b. Minu 52 transport Macao, Taishan and Shekki
workers of (Kwong Sai) 4 p.m.
Counting begins officially to- normally
the on the leg stump and it was left to Pickering, f. Sousa, b. Minu 14 Hongkong, 28th October, 1946, rich Kursk farming Hughes and Kilber, who had El Barrett, c. & b. Minu,.. morrow. The main contest ap-district. 300 miles south of lantly decided to bat, to hold the sigm. Kennedy, Not Out V.S.A
Central and South Pars to be between the popular Moscow. America and Canada Via San!"bloc, which includes the It is disclosed that famine was Francisco (Joplin Victory) (Par. Socialists, and Communists, and averted in that
This they did and added 12 runs district last 9:30a.m., Reg.) 9.30.
Christians, summer by the loan of more were left with four runs to score prior to the last over when they Democratic (Ord) 10 a.m.
with the former leading-Rou than 64,000 tons of grain from for victory and Hughes facing
the Government--Reuter. Williams bowling.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19
Saigon (Helikon) noon.
4.m.,
the
for......
"JANE"
HERE'S THE LITTLE
ARTISTE WHO'S GOING
TO PEP UP YOUR
SAY, SHE'S PRETTY
AS A PICTURE!
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HAT
NICK
YEAH-THE CROWE'LL
· LOOK AT JANE
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**THAT OUGHTA
GET UNDER
THEIR SKIN!
fort.
THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT, VIOLETTA!- BUT AS LONG AS MAT AND
MICK KEEP THEIR EYES ON ME I DON'T CARE WHO
GETS THE APPLAUSE!
Will the Meteor Brothers
drop Ther
C. E. TERRY,
Manager & Secretary.
10
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Extras (b. 9, Th, i, w. 1). 11
Total
171
BOWLERS
TEXTILE
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BULLETIN
10′′ 4 50
3
Pervira Zimmern Minud
14.5 0 47.
Rest Of Colony
Ist INNINGS
109 (Pearce 25 Richardson 24. Gasano 23, Pickering 6-32) Richardson, C. Chambers,b.
2nd INNINGS Hodges
Fincher, c. Kennedy (Sig), b.
Hodges
.... 10
Pearce, c. Barrett, b. Pickering 19 Gosano (G. N., c. Hopwood b
...Hodges
50
Sousa, Run Out
Bell, e, & b. Williers.
22
Zimmera (FR), b. Pickering 8
Pereiro, b. Hodges
Miņu, b. Pickering.
Hughes, at. Barrett, b. Williams
Kilbes, Not Out...
Extras (b. 18, 16; 5)
Total
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STORED AT SUI BUN FOR No. 3 GODOWN, WEST POINT. Electrical Appliances and Accessories; Miscellaneous Machine Parts; Radio Acces- sories; Ebonite Tubes; Fibre: Tubes and Sheets; Electric Motors; Scales; Hemp Rope and Manila Rope; Altur Stones; Stirrup Pumps and Hoses; Etc.
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AE. E. DE SOUSA,
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