CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
MR. HUGHES AND MR. BRITTEN.
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SILENCE ON U.S. CONGRESSMAN'S
. PROPOSAL.
MILBOURNE, December ad. Mr. Bruce has refused to comment on the American Congressman Britten's proposal for an International Conference of the white nations bordering on the Pacific. Another Federal Minister said that Australia would refuse to parti oipate. She wished to live at peace with ›ber neighbours.
SHY FRENCH COMMUNISTS.
DECREASE IN NUMBERS AT AL
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FRESCO MEETING.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY,
· LATEST CABLES,
FIRST TEST MATCH..
AUSTRALIA LEAD" ON FIRST
INNINGS,
STUSKE, December 2nd. In the Test match Ergland were all out in their arst innings for 998. Australia's second innings score stands at di for 1 wicket.
Scores
ENGLAND.
1st Innings.
Hobbs, a Kolleway, b Gregory 115 Sutcliffe, V. Richardson,
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Mailey Hearce, e Andrews, h Mailey Woolley, b Gregory Hendren, not out Sandham. b Malley
A. P. F. Chapman, run, out Tate, e Andrews, b Maileys A. E. K. Gilligan, Gregory Freeman. Gregory Strudwick, 1.b. w., Gregory
Extru
Total
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69
7
PARIS, December 2nd. Gregory took wickets, for 111, Kelle: Notwithstanding reiterated exhorta- way for 44, Mailey 4 for 129, Hendry tion from their leaders, no more than 0 for 3 and A. Richardson for no 3.909. Communiste attended an open air runs. demonstration; compared with 30,000 ab a similar meeting last July. They broke incident.-- up quietly without any
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NEWSLESS CHRISTMAS.
JOURNALISTS TWO-DAYS REST.
Lesbos, December 2nd.
AUSTRALIA.
2nd Traings Bardsley, Tate Arthur Richardson, not out Kelleway, not qui
Extras
22
$1
Total (for wicket)
COLLINS SAD NEWS. When play had been in progress for three-quarters of an hour, Collins receiv.
No papers are to ba-published in Eng-ed news of the death of his sister, and and on December 25th and 26th
retired. Balaley assumed the duties of captain, and Ryder fielded in Collies place. Andrews is to field for Taylor who has sustained a slight injury to his
:SPANISH TROOPS' REPORTED
VICTORY.
PARIS, December 22nd.
According to the Tangier correspon- Alent of Le Matin, Spanish troops have inflicted a defeat on the Anjerns tribe. The Spanish loer 16 kilied and 12 woond-
·wd.madath gebel casualties were easy.
BARLIER CABLES.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S
POLICY.
LINKED QUESTIONS OF SECURITY.
$ Losbos, December 21st. It is confidently expected that invita tims to a special Imperial Conference
leg.
DECEMBER 23RD,
1924
OUR LONDON LETTER.
LA
PO HING THEATRE "FATALITY. A SHANGHAI LIBEL ACTION.
CHINESE BANKER SUES THE
MR. SQARES EXONERATED FROM
BLAME.
GOVERNMENT.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
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The Shaftesbury, management hav devised, a novel plan to get over, the THE BRITISH PREMIER „AS ........
tax, or avoid it, or at any rate to bring CABINET MAKER. "N.-C. DAILY NEWS."
the issue to a head. They are abolish- the theatre At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday The libel action, concerning which our FIRST-CLASS BRAINS IN THE NEW ing charges for admission
in the ordinary way, and, instead, are afternoon, Mr. E. Hamilton and a Shanghai correspondent sent us a cable
making admission dependent upon jury composed of Messrs Christen Lau last week was tried in M. Supreme
patrons buying chocolates The boxes of ritsen (Foremad). W. M. Cheng, and Lau Court, before Sir Skinner Turner," the
LONDON, November 13th sweetadats vary in price from our and Wai Kini, held an enquiry into the cirer Judge, and a jury of Ave, consist-
The Press continues to publish poli-three pence, which admits to the gallery, cumstances attending the death of aning of Messrs. S W. Ellis, C. D. Chap-
to ten and sixpenc, which representa a unknown Chinese who was knocked down
man, T. R. Chassels, R. “Abraham and Fotica! intelligence at "great length as
being the only thing that matters for the seat in the stalls. In this way the man- by a motor-car near the Po Hing Theatre, Austin. Yaumati, on December 7th.
Mr. H, Lipson Ward, of Messrs. Platt's,sime being. In point of fact there is very agriment think they will escape the anter- Mr. D'Almada Remedios watched the appeared for Mr. Fu Sino-en, the plain-little else for journalists to write about,tainment tax. It is a logical conclusion, enquiry on behalf of Mr. F. M. L. Soares, tiff, the Northshine Daily News and outside the records of crime, which is Treasury will do about it!
THE RAILWAY CENTENARY. the well-known local amateur rider, the Herald, Ltd., being represented by Mr. always, with us and the miscellaneous
Next. September, on the 97th of the M. Reader Harris, of Messrs. White rossip that relates to the comparatively
small number of people who make up month to be, exact, will be the hundredth Dr. W. B. A. Moore, Medical Oñeer in Cooper, Master and Harris charge of Kowloon Mortuary, who con-
The particular statement to which what is regarded as Society. But, after anniversary of the opening of the first public railway-line in this country. Our ducted a post-mortem examination of the plaintiff took exception was.one alleging General Election such as we have had British railways, thanks to private enter deceased, detailed the latter' injuries.
that be had contributed to Tupan Lawhat can be more natural than to find prise, are not excelled anywhere in the Mr. Frederics William Ribeiro, a mer
of politics dominating the minds of most world and it is fitting that so proud Yung-hsiang's war chest the
a centenary should be worthily celebrat- chant, of Granville Boad, giving evidence, 8400,000. This Mr. Fu denies completely. people? This week the names of the new et as far as possible on the actual site atated that he was in the car with Mr. Mr. Fu Siag-en is a director of the China Cabinet were published, and it is only of the first railway. This is the Stock- Soares on the oggasion of the tragedy Merchants. Strani Navigation Company, necessary for me to say that Mr. Baldton and Darlington, which is now part They had been out shooting in the Nethe Commercial Bank of China and win, being a modest sort of man, of the North Eastern company's system.
owner of the motor-rar.
mumerous other organizations.
BASIS OF SUIT.
sum
Territories. It was dark when they left Taipo to return to Kowloon. When they gút back to Yaumati they, ran over a man.
The article forming the basis of the The accident happear just after they had passed the policeman on point duty libel suit against the North-fhina Daily at the cross-roads by the Po". Hinges was published on October 8th, 1924, Theatre. The man crossed the road about and is as follows:-
"State of Marshal Lu's Finances. "An Interesting Statement of Re ceipts and Expenditrres; Seen from the Kiangan Side.
13 yards in front of the car. Mr: Soares was driving, and sounded the horn several times. The man in front had almost. cleared the car's path, when a second Chinese attempted to crons, Mr. Sonres sounded his born to waru this serand man, when the first, apparently losing his head, stepped suddenly back, and was knocked down.
Mr. Fernando Maria de Lourdes Soares was then inligi and stated that he was
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and it remains to be ser
what the
The first day of the celebration will feel embarrassed at the shower of boube on July 2nd, wher, I am informed, quets thrown at him. Never before has there will be the unveiling of a tablet in Prime Minister emerged from the Bridge Road, Stockton, where the Best
railway ticket was isstled, and also exacting business of Cabinet-making to procession of representative locomotives receive such a shower of compliments and rolling-stock from Stockton to Dar-
from the Press.
ROME MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
Jington. On the following day an ex- hibition illustrative of a hundred year of railway progress will be opened in Mr. Baldwin is praised in selecting Darlington.
There will be a great deal of local the International leading members of his Cabinet beeauso
he has shown either an amazing unselfestivity and, fishness or an astounding courage. It Railway Congress falls to be held in this From Rodner Gilbert "Nanking, Sept. 24th. A personal may be said of Mr. Baldwin, as Lord rountry in 1995, many visitors from letter from a member of the Shanghai Rosebury once said of himself in the abroad will join with Britisa milway Chamber of Commerce received here same connection, that he does not regard companies and employees in the pro- relates that several days ago General all the doctrines of his party as a part credings.
He has ZIEGFELD OF FOLLIES FAME. Ilo Feng-in gave a
tea party to the of the Sermon on the Mount. Chamber, but that very few responded selected men for the most importan
London is expecting to have "a visit to the invitation, knowing that he in-posts on broad principles and sub from Mr. Florenz Ziegfeld. the creator tended to ask for a contribution to the ordinated personal considerations.
of the famous Ziegfeld Follies Hai rangpaign funds of $2,000,000, which Thus, to the surprise of everybody, probably going to present a show at the request was in due course transmitted Mr. Churchill becomes Chancellor of the Palace Theatre after the teunancy of the to the other members A joint reply Exchequer a political sensation if ever "Co-Optimists" ends. Just a year ago was sent to the effect that if Marshal there was one. it is only recently "thas in New York Mr. Ziegfeld presented ins Lu would disarin his men and take up Mr. Churchill, as a Liberal, was ore of eighteerah annual edition of the Ziegfeld his personal residence in Mukden his the most deadly critics of the Conser- Follies, and it is interesting to compare army could have $2,000,000.
vatives, and now behold he is holding the costs of a gigantic production of this This same letter gives what are the most important post in the Govern-Kind now with what is used to beg alleged to be further details of Lument next to that of Prime Minister, The criginal Follies cost less than Yung-halang's finances. He is said to
It is, however, to be noted that, except 1,000 to product, and between £700 and The eighteenth Follies have brought no more than $500,000 to Shanghai with him. Since then he has among a few of the Die-Hard Conser- £800 to run. received $200,000 from various charit vatives, Mr. Churchill's inclusion in the cost more than £80,000 to stage and The cost of re Cabinet is very welcome, because it £6,000, weekly to rUD. ed ap almost instantly. He had bis fullable organizations. $200,000 from the eas, for one thing, that the Govern-hearsals jumped from about £800 a week.
local gentry, 8400,000 from "Mr. Yu Ya headlights on. After the accident, wit
ching and $100,000 from Mr. Fu Siao tent will have the assistance of one of Lo £2.000. When the Arst show was pro ness put the man into the ear and took
en. The total of his receipts since the the keencat intellects in public life, and duced the chorus costumes averaged £12; fight started would be $1,700,000, while for another thing that in selecting Mr. last year they were costing £70. No him to the hospital..
the war is costing him about $200,000 Churchill for the Chancellorship the wonder Mr. Ziegfeld said then: "I can a day, so that his funds are exhausted Fremier put national considerations be produce no more Follies because I have fore the claims of party. There are spoiled the public and no theatre is. and he really needs the $2,000,000.”
several other appointments where it can large enough and the prices charged ar be seen that this rule was applied, and not high enough to meet the expenses." Mr. Baldwin is rightly acclaimed as having noted, wisely and well FIGHT AGAINST BOCIALISM.
broker. Describing how the aerident occurred, he said that the constable on point duty gave him the "pass through" signal. When he saw there was danger of bitting the deceased, he immediately ENGLAND'S INNINGS DESCRIBED. applied both brakes and turned the steer- ing-wheel sharply to the left. The right Thirty thousand, prople watched Eng-mudguard struck the war. The car pull- Jani's first innings. The weather was fine after intermittent showers during the night. Heliss and Sutelife made a mogrifront start, taking the score to 151 for a wickes before the luncheon interval. O resuming. Sutcliffe left with the score as 187 for 1 wicket, and after this a disappointing collapse was witnessed
When the tea interval arrived Eng- lard had lost 5 wickets for 30. Hend- ren made a gallant effort to stop the rat, but he stood alone. Hobbs, who was dismissed with the score at 202 for in London at an early date to discuss wickets, showed superb footwork" and the Geneva Protocol and the general brilliant cutting. He batted magni- policy of the Empire en the question of ficently for 219 minutes and hit 7 fours. security, will be cabled from London to "He was accorded a remarkable and pro- the Dominions at the week-end.
longed ovation on completing his 7th the Herrer's century for England, which is an Aus Alya appears, diplomatic correspondent, that Mr. Australian Test" record, beating Trum ten Chamberlain has made up his mind per's six. that security is the most important
It
Sutcliffe played patient and watchful question confronting him. The postpone cricket for 160 minutes and hit & fours. ment of the evacuation of the Cologne Hendren, although a model of care and zone is really due to the fact that evacu-
restraint throughout his innings, hit 1 ation would raise certain questions imme-six and 6 fours. He was at the wicket diately affecting the question of security for 114 minutes.
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EARLIER CABLES.
The Government's policy will emphati- At the close of England's first innings. cally be an Empire policy. Elemental Australia had 30 minutes' batting. questions affecting the whole Empire must be faced in India, Egypt, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Pacific and the Rhine. Thus in the Govern- ment's view, the Singapore project is linked up, for example, with the ques- tion of Cologne.
The main energy of the Goverment in foreign affairs in the next few months
is:
A Chinese constable testified that he was on point duty at the Po Hing Theatre cross-roads, and said that Me. Soares sounded his horn repeatedly.
The jury found that the deceased pic his death by an accident, nad that no blame attached to anyone.
LONDON AND OTHER CAPITALS OF THE EMPIRE.
QUICKER INTERCOURSE.
Speaking at the Lord Mayor's Banquet Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for the Air, said:-
af
I do not believe that it is possible to exaggerate the "importance of the ques tion of quicker intercourse between Lon- don and the other capitals of the Empire. Many of our difficulties and misunder- due to the slow methods standings are of communication and to the impossibility of quickly exchanging views by word of mouth. It is here that the development of the Empire air communications will prove so useful. If we can reduce the time of the journey between Loddon and Bombay, for instance, by ten days, and between London and Melbourne by twenty days and there is reason why with airships we should not be able to make this reduction the bene fit that the Empire will receive cannot be overestimated. From the point of
riew
-no technical
of defence, better air communication will help us to solve economically many difficulties and urgent questions in the Near East.
as much
A
RETRACTION MADE. retraction of the allegations in the alleged defamatory article was made the following day, October 7th, in the follow. ing manner:-
Mr. Baldwin as a sensible man realises thas the old party divisions cannot be minintained. He is well aware that in
So although it will be a show-and no doubt a very good show we shall see at the Palace Theatre-rit will not be the Ziegfeld Follies themselves. Mr. Zieg feid is a native of Chicago. He is very prominent in New York, and, although hs is hardly known at all in London,
"State of Marshal Lu's Finances. "We published yesterday an allega-future the fight politically both for Con his wife, Billie Burke, was a favourite tion, contained in a personal letter from servatives and Liberals is against here at one time and played in comedy n Chinese in Shanghai to a friend in Socialism that is to say, against the at the Vaudeville and also at the Hag- Nanking, and reported by Mr. Rodneystem which is designed to destroy market Gilbert. then in the latter city, that dividual enterprise and substitute the Marshal Lu has received $400,000 from nationalisation of industry for private Mr. Fu Siao-en, Director of the Chica ownership. Merchants S.N. Co.
We are, now informed by Mr. Fu Sino-en that there is no truth in the statement whatever and that he has Dever made, any contribution to the war chest of either part. We therefore withdraw the statement and express our regrets to Mr. Fu Sino-en for any inconvenience, that may bave been anised him by its publication."
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of
EPORTING PAPER SOLD,
A further indication of the tendency
The Aght will be long and difficult.so noticeable in recent years for numerous Bewspapers to become the property of one Every competent observer is aware
company is supplied by the Sportsmas, which has been purchased by Messrs. that, because in the first place the Socialists are exceedingly, welt organi Odhame, Ltd., of Lane Acre, W.C., from zrd. and they are very active. They are
Mr. H. Batty Smith, a descendant of a always at work striving to obtain new adherents. Again, while it is a fact partner in the firm of Ashley and Smith
who founded the paper in 1885. Mes that the Labour-Socialist Government of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald were heavily. Odhams already owns the Sporting Life, defeated at the General Election they which somewhere about thirty years ago absorbed Bell's Life, a famous sporting. The name of the member of the Chipolled five and a half million votes- nese Chamber of Commerce, upon whose highly significant fact indeed, as, show journal started as a weekly and after- letter Mr. Gilbert's article was Imsed, is ing the hold Socialism has obtained warda turned into a daily with
already. Obviously, it will require inrent success. During the war the Sportin telligent leadership of the Anti-Socialist man had a struggle to keep its fag forces if, when the next appent to the flying, partly because of the scarcity country is made, we are to be governed of racing news and also owing to the paper shortage, though this intter was by men who prefer the Union "Fuck to
a trouble that was very general at the the Red Flag
time. ARMISTICE DAY.
not known.
ARRESTED C.ER. CHIEFS. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS CHARGES.
the
- PRISONERS REFUSED BAIL. The Harbin correspondent of
and T. Times, writing on December 8th said:-..
Every lover of sport, no matter what This year the anniversary of the branch it may be, will feel sincere regret Armistice was observed in town and at the disappearance of the portamdiu country with a depth of feeling which It held first place in the estimation of shows that this most beautiful and the public interested in racing an
Whenever any wager had to solemn day of remembrance is now part athletics. of the national life.
These are not fantastic visions. ready the foundations have been laid. RUGBY FOOTBALL."
The wonderful be settled on a sporting point it was the We have shown that it is possible to run
thing about it is that the observance is common thing in clubs and elsewhere to ENGLISH TEAM AGAINST punctual and regular air services be
absolutely spontaneous. No discipline refer the dispute to the Editor of the tween London and certain of the capitals"
The paper also mado an "ALL BLACKS."
Yesterday the Public Prosecutor gate am glad to note that of Europe, and
such a reverent tribute towards those income by wiring results of races to the London to the Continent services his preliminary decisions regarding the could make countless thousands display Sportma LONDON, December 21st. have carried in the last six months twice five railway chiefs who were arrested who sacrificed themselves for liberty and private patrons and by charging for its
as they have ever carried two months ago. The England tean against tht All
before, freight
have shown that Fossi- According to his statements all the England. In town and village there wis own return of starting-prices at meet complete cessation of work. The world ings. For thirty odd years the chief Blacks at Twickenham on January 3rd ble for Ministers to travel by air with proes are very complicated and require stood still, as it were, for two minutes, weiter of raging yammissioner,
regularity!
ion, the Special ko amazing rapidity and
careful, investigations, much more Very now intend to show, with the experi- than the two months that have, siapted and the result was the Great Silence.
Some who look ahead and try to Balliol man, sad admittedly he ments that we are making in the develop since the arrests. As regards the general ment of airships, that in 4 Tow years
accused of the unfaithful carrying out in the centuries to come the observance able a service between London and Bon of his duties as general manager and of Armistice Day will be as much an by airship 100 hours as there is for causing heavy losits to the Chinese accepted part of our pational customs bay now by aeroplane between London and
ably right. Children are, being trained Paris. We have shown by the progress Eastern Railway in loss of property and as Christmas Day. This view is prob that has been made during the last terr
To have had a bad day individually Mr. Gendatti will be accused of forg into it, and generations unborn willow THE TRUE SPORTSHAN ACCEPTS DAD RE years in aviation that, with anything like ing certain documents in connection with learn to mark the day and the hour on the same progress in the next ten years the Land Department. Mr. Michaileff which the Armistice was signed as ozeaul yet to have enjoyed a cheery matela these things are not only possible but will be accused of frand and unsociation of the things which can never be forthat is the true stamp of an Englick certain (Cheers.)
will be devoted to an attempt to ·G. Brough, of Silloth; Hamilton
achieve world security through the Wickes, V. G. Davies, Corbett, Raymond, me it will be possible to have as depend "/manager, Mr. Ostreumoff, he will be visualise the future seem to think that best judge of horseflesh in England.
League of Nations
SIRDAR MURDER ENQUIRY.
EGYPTIAN GITES HIMSELF UP.
CATEO, December ist.. Hilmi Gayar, a student lander, who mys- teriously disappeared the day after the murder of the Sirdar, surrendered this morning to the Procureur, General, who] is conducting the Sirdar murder inquiry ANOTHER MAN SURRENDERS.
of Oxford University: Kittermaster, Yours; Blakiston, Conway, Edwards, Hillard, of Oxford University: Prine, Cove Smith, Tucker and Wakefield
A BRITISE LABOUR LEADER OF TAKES.
A Board of Trade communique issued on November 13th gaid :- f
61 PRISONS FOR 61 MEN.
ONE FOR EACE.
even of fraud.
II.B.
LORD HAWKE'S STORIES,
in some of the deals carried out by Mr. gotten so long as the race endures.
To illustrate his point, Lord Erbe, Ostroumoff. Messrs. Stepunin and Gar-A NOVEL EXPERIMENTI,
his Recollections and Reminiscences riloff are concerned in certain deals with The theatrical world as well as the talle this anecdote: which Mr. Ostróumoff will be accused. general public is vastly interested in a
"Long before the war, the Gentlemen # All the cases are now to be investigat challenge which the muragement of the the M.C.C. were playing, Gatton Park. Osa ed by the Courts and meanwhile none of Shaftesbury Theatre in London have the evening before, the M.C.C. captai At a meeting of the Committee on In-
the prisoners will be allowed out on thrown down to the Treasury Office in telegraphed to Lord's that, owing to dustry and Trade, held yesterday,. Mr. W. A. Appleton secretary of the General
Happy prison life was described, in the Ibail,
regard to the payment of entertainment disappointment, a bowler must be sek. the five persons already im- tax.
delightful sole For long time past the hotels Duly a little man with Federation of Trade Unions, suggested French Chamber last month when the that, in view of increasing competition, Prison Department Budret was voted prisoned, the following are also concern and restaurants have been giving caburet who said he could do a little all round, British industry must reduce its costs of It was stated that there are no fewer ed in some of the deals which were car-entertainment withon be alightcat girned up. He had 13 made off two o production to avoid lowering the stand than 6i prisons in France where there ried out by the general
namely interference on manager
Pay lor our dinner or supper and was bowled first ball Abd el Hadi el Meligui, wanted in ard of living. He suggested that the is only one mien under detention. The Messrs. Oparin, Leibenson, Boskin and ities. You the part of the author: he missed & catch; wort in frets nost of insurances could be lowered, that prisoner loads a life of comfort and com- Altshuller. It was at ore time thought and you obtain a good evening's might happen to anyone, but what wa
·connection with the assassination of the the number of commissions charged be. | Parative luxury. He does a few odd jobs that some of the prisoners would be radi amusement thrown là 1 kot zó entertain. so nine was that he came up to his sle Birdar, has surrendered to the judicial and
in follier day. This was George Rošer... of the day playing cards with the othee hands of the public prosecntor is more whereas the theatres have to pay every who in an idel of the ground was gaolera
rious than originally expecond
Lord'
authorities.
CAIRO, December‘9gad.
hould be reduced, and that the burden of rates and taxes was still too high
All