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JULY 30TH, 1925
THE HONGKONG DAILYMPAESE, CABLE
EARLIER CABLES FIGHTING IN MOROCCO..
RIFFS PREPARE OFFENSIVE.
PARIS, July 9th. The Riffs are reported to be preparing great effort before the arrival of
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REPORT OF COURT OF ENQUIRY Finch reinforcémenti, news” of which is
ON COAL DISPUTE.
Peausing them auxiety,
Telegrams from Fez state that the The Court of Enquiry into the coal-Riffs, after a period of reorganisation,
LANDON, July 29th.
COUNTY CRICKET.
KENT DRAWS, WITH SURREY AT
THE OYAL·
LONDON. July 29th. Playing at Legths, Yorkshire gained a first innings victory over Middlesex Yorkshire batted first and made 528 runs for six wirkets (dveinred). The principal scorers were Leyland 110, Holmes 50, and Sutcliffe 23. Middlesex replied with 184, and then followed on, making 149 for
FAR
NEWS.
THROOM RECTER'S AGENOT.I
UNREST IN THE NOETE.
WELLS IN SHANSI.
TUPAN INTRODUCING A MODERN SYSTEM,
Taiyuanfu reports state that for the purpose of preventing the distruction of
LOCALSPORT. HONGKONG BANDBALL LEAGUE,
FILIPINOS HEAT HONGKONG BASKELL CLUB..
Lagus match took place at the the farmers crops by droughts, General Happy Valley diamond yesterday even- Yen Hai Shap, Tupan of Shanxi, is intro-ing when the Hongkong Baseball Club MORE QUESTIONS IN COMMONS,ducing a system of modern well-sinking met the Filipino side. A kren game was"
mining dispute, mentioned on July 20th, are now resuming the offensive, reappear-four wickets before time was called enquiry concerning the disturbances ia shansi since last year, when, i Welt. C. Shank reported that the workers were justifieding at various sectors on the front, Stevens was top scorer with 68 not out.
agreement and conear in the view that Lages at an agreed minimum rate be a
charge before profits.
The
The Ugurt is of opinion that then is riton at the Bonaissa post has been up-being Head 213, not out, and Brutton 8,3
plied with water by aeroplanes
Root, thok "right wickets for 165 runs. Worcester went in a second time and had I made 197 for the laws of nine wickets when time was called. M. Faster made
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reached. :SHANGHAI SHOOTING. ENQUIRY.
: LONDON. July 29th. The Manchester Guardian understands that the composition of the body which will conduct a judicial enquiry into the Shanghai shooting will, it is hoped, be Playing at Bath, Sussex gained a first. perio of relative calm great activity hinning's victory over Somerset. Suzannounced in a few days..
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OVERTURES FOR SUBMISSION, PARIS, July 9th. A message from Fez states that after
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FILIPINOS.
Francisco.
Hawkins.
Bull
3b.
Terson
1.b.
Silo
Sancha
Bautista
Delgado
Angeles,
Proulx Hogan
Zumwalt E. Shink
D.
The result of the match, which was of 3 innings, was as under: ----
Filipinos Hongkong
1 2
13.
6. Total 100
2.0 0 1055
Loxoay, July 28th, in that proviner, according to theseen, resulting in a win f. the Filipinos In the House of Commons, replying to Asiatic News Service,
by runs to 3. The sides lined out as The movement to encourage well-sinking follows:- questions with regard to the judicial
has been systematically carried out in ONORONG, Shanghai, Mr. Ronald McNeill pointed Sinking Bureau was organised and the Church. .* Playing at Bournemouth, Hampshire
out that communications must pass beuse of modern machinery recommended Dome in "claiming the incorporation of a Parently to march to Fex. The enemy's
gained a first innings victory over Wor-. minimum wage provision in any wages objective at Wezzan is threatened.
The visitors batted first and wen & number of nations, and nothing for well-sinking. Most of the wells in Harlow cester, "nemy is consolidating his positions cust
methods, "are shallow and yield a limited of Fez and north of Wergha, but no fight scored 277. Hampton making 35. Hamp could be done until agreement had been Shansi, which were dug by the old grude ing is yet reported. The besieged arshire ropfiel with 447, the top scorers
water supply. To do away with such drawbacks, modern machinery has been imported from Tientsin by Shansi officials to be lent to the farmers..
The cost of digging a well by modern machinery, though it may prove to be
At a meeting of the various members deep enough to yield an almost inexhaust of the Hongkong Baseball League on ible supply of water, is yet beyond the Tuesday evening, the University Baseball financial limits of ordinary farmers. The flub utvised the League that it is im cost is over $1,000. For this responsible for them to get a team together of an International Board of Judges a Shansi nathorities now only args the
to complete their schedule. pointed by Japan, the United States, farmers to make improvements on exist- Great Britain. France," and Italy.
fing wells by deepening them with modern None of the nominees will be connect machinery. The farmers are being equip with Shanghai. America will probed with map and suction pipes to court, France one from Saigon, and will naturally prefer modern machinery
and other labour saving devices, when departure from the Colony, Mr. A. E England one fram Hongkong.
the economic advantages of wach innova-Dome, Captain of the Hongkong Baa- tions are made plain to them.
ball Club, was unanimously elected Pre sident.
nsiderablę room for improving the coal industry's efficiency us a whole and thers- "by afford aid to its economic position. An improvement" in the distribution of eval might lower the price, and stimulatë de mand.
The Commission says the present enjsis has been 10 a large extrut created by neither of the parties" to the dispute, but is an inevitable sequel" to this veonomic up beaval due to the war. The Commission clities over the question of the royalty systems. The decline in themand' is attri
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is again in, evidence on the front, the batted first and made 248, Cook contri- It is understood that it will consist
Riffs apparently Being determined to make a last effort before the arrival of further French reinforcements, and the putting into operation of the Franco- Spanish agreement. „
Wezza wims to be the objective, and
bating 33, and Cox 04. Bridges took five Somerset replica wickets for so runs. with 138. Machryan making 80 and Tate taking seven wickets for 73 runs. had made 107 runs for right wickets in
Sasae
their second innings when they declared.
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A revised schedule was drawn up to complete the runninder of the scheduled
games.
On the resignation of Mr. Latie as
buted to the falling off of foreign sales, considerable pressure is being exercises White took six wickets for 43 runs. When ably appoint a Judge from the Manila facilitate water-drawing. Shausi fartarrs President of the League owing to his
Somerset and made or runs for the loss
oil-burning ships, the growth of hydro- electric power and the great increase in coal rodiction in countries formerly our list customers. Ferrign competition is also noted.
of three wicket. time was called.
1f.
DOSSER TRIAL ECHO..... GREGORENÃO IN COURT AGAIN.
in the Western sector.
For the first time yesterday French," Playing at Glouceter. Gloucestershire.
A representative of a British firm in Shanghai recently approached the Shansi aeroplanes" flew over the Spanish zone, defeated Essex by an innings and 100
authorities with a proposal to undertake while Spanish aeroplanes dropped bombs runs. Essex batted first and made 115
all the well-sinking work in the whole EURASIAN CHARGED). on Riff groups going to the French front. Parker taking nine wickets for, 44 mins.
SHAXORA, July 29th.province with modern machinery. The
proposal was rejected by the Shansi| STOLEN ́ GRAMAPHONE RECORDS. Sir Listah Stamp, one of the commis- The Riffs find their movements hampered Gloucester replied with 987 runs for six
Gregorenkoça Rasmanian, appeared in officials on the ground that the cost was
A Eurasian named George Clyson was sioners, in an addendum, partially attri- by the attitude of desidents, who show wickets (eclared), Dipper" making 107.
marat had already organised, a Well- “bates, the worsening of the position dur-obvious signs of weariness. Operations
the Mixed Court this morning, on a too high and that the provincial govern charge of aiding and abetting Fort-Sinking Bureau to undertake the work charged at the Central Magistracy, yes, French dying ing the past few months to the offrets of carried out by sodie
natoff, the Sovies Consulate doctor. in en behalf of the people. Since the rm terday morning, before Mr. R. A. D. ployment of modern machinery for well-Forrest, with the theft of seven gram- the introduction of the gold standard columns among the tribes at Tsouls and
attempted bribery.
sinking is still beyond the financial limits | and attendant deflation. He says the Haus have brought demands for nepoš
Counsel for the defence, Mr. Fischer, witnesses conveyed the impression that a tiations with a view to submission.
at the Oval, was drawn, Kent made 257-aid that he had defnite evidence that resumption of the gold standard means Abdel Krigs, in order to ward off the for even wickets (derlarly; the prin- Fortunatoff was hiding at the Soviet danger, has hastened to capture host-eipal contributors bring Harding Embassy in Peking, and he had reason to shilling a ton difference in prier.
Woolley and Hubble 50. Surrey re- GOVERNMENT" SUBSIDY MOOTED.
Lobos, July-25th.
uget.
their second innings, Essex could only make". Parker" again being pheno- cienally successful with the bail, taking eight wickets for 12 rubs.
The match between Surrey and Kent,
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of the majority of Shansi farmers, the phone records from Meats, Pathe Freres,
Sp. 12. Queen's Road Central," officials are encouraging them in wells by the time-honoured method, In The paties evidence was to the effect this connection some innovations have that the occurrence took place on Tues- labour-saring device worked by a trendle day afternoon. The defendant was chan | heen,introduced, by the use of a simple
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plied with 200 for three wickets, Sundham believe that Fortunatoff would return to: In well-digging much expert knowledged and arrested by the manager of the Marshal Prtain hold an important con-making 102 unfinished. Hobbs, whose
water supply before the: selection of the next century will bring him equal with Shanghai, soon to face the charge against is required to prospect the undergrond shop on attempting to escape with the
Grace's peord of 196 centuries in Lim. He therefore moved an adjourn location for the projected well., A well
The manager of Messrs. Pathe Freres, first-class cricket, was eagerly awaited byment of the present defendant's case, sunk at a proper location requires less a large crowd, but he only made 22,
labour and Fields much more water M. Girardot, said the amount concerned intimately connected with the supply than one less favourably situated. The match between Warwickshire and which was Lancashire, at Birmingham, was also charges against Fortunatoff.
Yang Shao Chu, the Chibli expert, under the direction of the Well-Sinking Bureau, drawn. Warwick hatted first and made
The application was denied on the opis now offering his advice to the farmers 414 for six wickets (declared), Calthorpe making 175 and Quaife 71. Lancashire position of the prosecution.
in selecting well-locationi mode 124 for two wickets, whën stumps After a police in:pector had given eri-
ference at Tetuan with General Primo de It is benrued that the Cabinet days, and was warmly welcomed by the considered the question of a temporary Spaniards and the natives. He, after subsidy for thy conf-mining industry, also wards departed for Marsilles-Harva: several other possible solutions of the but did not reach a final de dispate, b
cision.
It is afferstrial that at the, Premier's request the al-owners are likely to withdraw their notiers conditionally.
7 MINERS INTERNATIONA LE” MEET.
COMMUNIST MURDER.
TULISH OFFICIAL SHOT.
WARSAW, July 20th. A Commoist murdered the politics! { police agent Cechnowski in front of the Supreme Court building at Exoff during an interval in the trial of Communists charged with the attempted murder of PARIS, July th
President Weyciechowski some months Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, He- ago, in which trial Cochnowski was an Hand and Czecho-Slovakia were represent-important witness, for the prosecution.
ed at a private meeting of the Executive Committee of the Miners Internationale presided over by Mr. Herbert Smith,
The murderer, Igaae Botwere, was at rested after harrowly escaping lynching. A Communist document was found on him ordering him to murder Cechnowski
and other political police.
which examined the international pust- A tion in relation to the coal crisis.
Many Communists have been arrested resolution was passed talling on the
in conuection with this incident. Trade Unions to strive to achieve
RUBBER PRICES. nationalisation of the coal mines and international control of production. The U.S. PROTEST DENIED. xpecting promised international action in
Loxoox. July 29th, "the event of a mines stoppage in Britain
Reuter is informed that it is quite August Int. If a stoppage does not untrue that the United States protrated eveplaate, in the immediate future, the to Great Britain with regard to the Committee decided that production be price of rubber. limited in.uther countries so that Britain should not suffer.
had to be drawp.
The match between Notte and Derby, dence, the weare was adjourned unti! shire, at Ilkeston, was abandoned. Notts Saturding. made 298 for five wickets' (declared), Whysill, scoring 140, George Gunn & and Walker St. not out. Derby bad made, 45 for the loss of two wickets when rain stopped play.
DANGEROUS
COCO.
LONDON, July 28th.
BANOH ATTACK SEQUEL. BANDITS DEMAND RANSOM.
PEXING, July 20th.
A letter. bas becil received from the bandits who captured Mr. Howard, de. manding a ransom in money and bullets, but not specifying any amount.
SUGGESTIO FALSI.
'QUESTIONS' ON CHINA IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
record's under his arm.
was very small, and in view of the lesan learned by defendant, he would ask his Worship to pardon the offence.
Defendant pleaded guilty and H Worship reinanded him until this mort ing.
Sir Robert Ho Tung left London for the Continent on July Its and expected,
Our readers will remember the called to be absent from England for about four reports of the questions regarding British weeks. Before his departure Sir Robert support for rival factions in China put
to Mr. Austen Chamberlain by Mr. John and Lady Ho Tung were entertained "at etone, member for Dundee.
ten by Mr. Lloyd George on the Terraes Mr. Chamberlain stated amphatically of the House of Commons. that no support was being, or would be given by Great Britain, either directly Sir Robert Ho Tung. Sir Charles Addir, or indirectly to any such rival factions. the Hon. Mr. E. R. Halifax and Mr. pub-Ten Mr. Johnstone, pressed his point David Landale were among those present
more directly, by asking whether the
The House of Lords has agreed to the second reading of the Dangerous Drugs Hill, the main object of which is to ratify the decision of the International, Opium The events leading up to the above Conference at Genera that coen leaves were detailed in an earlier cable, and Indian hemp be added to dangerous lished in the Daily Prix on July 24th drags, the importation of which is pin which rendr hibited by the Act of 1920.
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor, at the dinner given by Mr: Chao-Hain poration or the China Consortium, of Chu at the Chinese Legation in London Pexixo, July 23rd. Bandits on July 25th attacked a ranch which it is a member, had not financed"
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At the inquest on June 24th on Lieut..
in Northern Manchuria which an Ame-Chang Tso Lin, and Mr. Chamberlain re in honour of Dr. C. C. Wang, Mr. Chan (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. ricas. Major Morgan Palmer; is develop- plied that he must be given notice of the Hai Whang and the other Chinese dalo
ing for refugees from the famine dis-question.
Commenting upon the incident, The gates to the International Railway. Con." COOLIDGE'S GREAT THOUGHT | trieta
Ching Express and Telegraph says..
This greas The Americans put up a fight in which was a pity, because notice was not given, SWAMPSCUTI, July 20the Acknowledging the greeting of the Major Palmer was killed and an eye and the question has not been pressed. overnor-General of Australia, President specialist. Mr. Howard, was captured. Thus there remains the suspicion that Richard Huthwaite Lucy, of H.M.S Coolidge said that, the people of the
Other foreigners from the ranch reach either the Hongkong Bank or the Con Flinders, a verdict of micide during. United States and Australia were ono ined safety. the purpose of maintaining the peace of Harbin has gone to interview the Govi the world, and added In questions (noe to urge Kr. Howard's release.). The American Ambassador recently touching the great Pacific, i am sure that called at the Foreign Office and was most our' niña will always be similar, and careful to refrain from making any with the assistance of other nations in official representation, but merely point the Pacific, a beneficent peace may be ed out the effect of the price of rubber firmly established."" on the United States").
His remarks were most sympathetically received, but there is no connection be twe: this and the recent release of rubber
· LATEST CABLES. DOWNING STREET BUSY.
LONDON, July 29th. There was much activity in Downing Street early to-day, which marks a crucial stage in the coal dispute. Mr. Baldwin, who conferred with the coal. owners Mr two hours yesterday, after a prolonged Cabinet meeting, met the MINISTER'S COMFORTING REPLY.
miners representatives this morning. He fater conferred with the coal-owners, pre paratory to a joint meeting of the two sides at the Ministry of Labour.
EARLIER "CADLES.", MANGANESE PEROXIDE.
Losnox, July 28th. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Robert Morrison, Sir Philip Cun- cliffo Lister said there was no reason to think the recent agreement between the Harriman combine, and the Soviet Gov.
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LORD DUNSFORD MARRIED.
BRIDE A WEALTHY AMERICAN WIDOW.,
NEWYORK, July, 28th, Mrs. Guinevere Gould, widow of the late G. J. Gould, and heiress to part of the Gould fortune, was married to-day at Montreal to Viscount Dunsford, son of Earl Midleton..
The American Consul
at
sörtium has in fact furnished Chang with
money; so much so that Reuter's agent temporary insanity was returned. Do in Hongkong, when the news of the quee | ceased had served in China for swerul tion and its treatment reached him, call
ed upon Mr. Barlow, Chief Manager of years, and the Coroner said that it was the Bank; and asked if there was any possible Lieut, Lucy raight have suffered VACCINE IN BABY'S MILK.
truth behind the insinuation. Me to some extent by the climate and sar The prevention of infantile tuber Barlow gave him an indignant and roundings there ulis, ahich is responsible for so larguerophatic denial; he stated that the bank percentage of the death rato, was claim had always maintained an attitude of od recently for a new form of vaccination strict neutrality towards the rival claim dizcovered by the Fasteur Institute of ants to power in China. The observations
of E.. Foreign Secretary, however, quarters of the General Labour Union Ja
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According to reliable information. (says the Shanghai Times) there are no fewer than 200 Chinese detained at the head...
Dr. Albert Calmette, who read a paper travel far, and impress not only the Chapel, detained sither after boing kid to the Academy of Medicine, stated that member for Dundee, but the House gene zapped from the Bettlement for remain- the vaccino known as BCG was a living rally and the public at large. On the Ingley to their foreign employers, or culture taken from cows and was adminis other hand, the remarks of the Chief for showing a willingness to end the fire car, only of those concerned with Chinese Chinese are being forced into continuing tered in small doses in the baby's milk Manager of the Hongkong Back have the Kent strike. This is how the wavering
affairs, who, oven at a time like the pre- the strike before it was 10 days old.
Of 168 babies taken from the homes of the poorer classes and vaccinated in the seat, when hatred of the foreigner, with th
On June 25th, at the gathering of the attendant strikes and boycotts, bas had spring of 1922, fiot one has contracted one of its occasional explosions, do not International Railway Congress, thres the disas. During the past year more amount to as much as one per cent, of magnificent Chinese-banners were hung than 2,000 new-born infants were voe the population of this country."
in the maận hall of the Institution di cinated without any ill effects. The nor
There is a considerable amount of truth Civil Engineers. These had been present mal percentage of deaths from there in this summing up of the position and ed to the congress by His Excellency Yel there is no doubt that a question in the Kung Cho and Dr. Chin Chan Wang, and losis was 32.6 in the first year.
House of Commons, by conveying a falas the inscriptions on them, translated, impression, can do a great deal of harm, road: Then flying wheels, which take In this particular instance, however, we us all forward," All of us on the same believe, a statement was subsequently scented gauged track with the same heart made in the House similar to that made throbbings" and "Keep all nations on by Mr. Barlow to Reuter's correspondent, the same good way.”
SAN DIEGO AS AIR PORT.
SAN DIEGO, July 28th. It is understood that Mr. Baldwin sub-crament would interefore with the sup The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbar, mitted to the miners this morning ceplies of manganese peroxide to British has announced a plan for making Sun glassmakers. He pointed out that satis Diego- home air port for the rigidi tain conditions on which the owners are factory supplies of manganese peroxide dirigibles Los Angeles and Shenandoah, prepared to consent to their appeal to were obtainable from other sources for transferring the whole of the lighter At the Kowloon ngistreer yesterday, example, India; also that other sub than air" activities of the Navy to an a milkrendor we find fes for, having postpone the notice terminating the agree-stances were available for use as glass operating bans which will be constructed told milk in which there was a per cant.
decolourisers
of water.
ment.