SECOND TEST MATCH.
THE HONGKONG
WIMBLEDON.
ENGLAND'S BRILLIANT REPLY
MLLE LENGLENC
SCRATCHES
TO AUSTRALIANS.
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LONDON, June 23th..
FROM SINGLES.
CHAMPION'S ILLNESS.
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LONDON, June 29th There was glorious weather for the
semi-finalists.
The crowd swelled to 32,000 after lunch, and they watched the first hundred heist- ed after ninety minutes play. Sutcliffe Wimbledon-tennis-to-day, and a very reached his fifty after being at the wie-large attendance. The main attraction ket for an hour and fity-five minutes. was four Men's Singles, deciding the
for no One hundred and fifty three for wicket was signalled after Hobbe and Sateliffe had been batting for 133 minutes, but the rate of scoring decreased there after, with Ryder and Arthur Richardson keeping cautiously on approaching the century, and when he was 99 he was unsuccessfully appealed against for before.":
SUTCLIFFE OUT.
leg-
At this stage Sutcliffe was clean bowled by Richardson, the first-wicket falling at
152.
At the tea interval, the score was 194 for 1, Hobbs being not ont 100, and Woolley not out 1.
The board showed 500 after play had been in progrest for 275 minutes. Collins put on Macartney for Richardson at 200, and very shortly afterwards the new. comer got Hobbs out to a brilliant catch low down by Richardson at deep point. The score was then 19 for 2..
HOURS OVATED
Hobts had given a brilliant all-round chancaless exhibition. At the wicket for four hours and seven minutes, he hit ten fours. It was his tenth Test century against the Australiane and he was warmly ovated by the crowd which was now about 33,000.
HOURS OF WORK.
GOVERNMENT BILL ON MINING
ABOUR
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Beast, June 28th.
Sir Arthur Steel Maand, of Labour, mered in the House of Com mons the second reading of the Bill for an Eight Home Day in the Mines
He said the Bill was quite short and simple. For a period of five years it would enable in extra hour, which was already possible on sixty days of the year, to be worked on all other working days as well. It was not a permanent measure. Having regard to the con- dition of the coal industry, was there
YET REGARD-
SATION
Ruan, June 28th.
Chamberlain, replying to quest said the Ramanian Government last November gave an undertaking that they would settle the question of compensa tion direct with the British all companíts whose wells, plant and other effects were destroyed in November and December, 2016. He understood that negotiations between the Rumanian Minister and companies had been proceeding, but the Government much regretted that, al Later in the day it was officially an-
ductions of wages that might be neces the untlertaking was given, no settlement nouared that Mile Suzanne Lenglen had other possible way to avoid the re- though seven months had elapsed since left for Wimbledon but bad had to reary? He said emphatically that the had yet been reached. It was obviously turn owing to illness from which she has suggestions for nationalisation or uni-in the Rumanian Government's interest been suffering for the past few days.fication would not meet the situation. that a settlement should be reached, and There were some people who thought, or he hoped it would be arrived at before She had therefore decided to scratch
affected to think, that what the Govern-long. from the Singles, although she had not ment were doing was the first move in the yet given any intimation regarding the direction of a general attack upon hours and wages. "I say again, on behalf of Mixed Doubles,
the Government, as I paid recently in public, that there is nothing of the kind attempted or contemplated." The coal industry was in an exceptional position and exceptional measures were necessary for the time being.
MEN'S, SINGLES.
The first of the day's big matches in the Men's Singles was between Howard Kinsey (America) and Spence (South Africa) in which the former was success ful by 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Kinsey, who is an adept at baseline play, came up to the net a lot and with lobs and side. line shots won many points. Spence was weak in service and many of his drives were misdirected.
Borotra (France) beat Kozelub, 4 4-6, 0-7, 6-1
Brugninn ....(France) beat Kingsley (Britain), 6-2, 4-6-6-2, 4-6, 64,
Cochet (France) beat J. O. Gregory (Britain), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6ŵt
LADIES' SINGLES.
REJECTION MOVAÐ.
LORD BEATTY. UNDERGOES. OPERATION FOR "APPENDICITIS...
RUGBY, June 25th. Lord Beatty, the First Sen Lord, has
He is progressing favourably. undergone an operation for appendicitis.
{THROUGH BEQTER'S AGENCY.] MURDER AND SUICIDE.
TEHERAN
FAR EASTERN CABLE ALLEG
NEWS.
MARSHALSTEN EK
CABLES.
PEXING, June 29th. Beports that Marshal Feng Yu Haan, has return to China are being circulated but he was seen in Moscow ten days'sgo, and while it seems he has secured funds and munitions, which are reaching the Ruominchun (which is now in the Nesth competitions at Wimbledon
Major
Chinese,
with being in her of Chinese
pieces.
The case was, first mentioned in the
Court on Tuesday of last week, when a
heu
Chinese accountant at the Cheung Kne money-changers, 114, Queen's Road Can- Military circles do not believe betral, was enlied to give expert evidence. has returned, and discredit the reports and said that the coins had been minted that Russian troops are entering China at Cheung Chau, near Sw to support the Kuominchun, pointing out General Chan Ewing Ming had control of that such an infringement of neutrality Canton. Such coins were brought by the would probably precipitate a Russo soldiers, but no money changer in Hong Japanese clash.
kong would accept them, nor were they PAKING, June 29th.
at present used in Canton. He also said It is announced this evening, that that when Chan Kwing Ming controlled Marshal Wu Per Fu will proceed to Canton, the coins were known in Hong- Sanchintien, not Changhsintien, by kong, but they were not accepted. He motor car, accompanied by his Staff and refused to accept them because of thei representatives of the other allied low percentage of river.. lenders.
It appears:
that Marshal Wu desires personally to command his troops in.
AN EXPERT WITNESS.
Detective Sergeant. Wheeler, prosecut
the forthcoming.anti-Kuominchun opera-ing, said that since the case was before the Court the previous week the police tions, but that Marshal Chung Two Lin
witness from that.
sity for this, and suggests that Marshal authorities to secure & Wu returns to Peking to-morrow, aftersity, but as yet no reply had been re- giving instructions for the general ceived. He therefore, applied for an adjournment of the case for one week in attack.
Mr. Stephen Walsh, (Labourite) moved the rejection of the Bill on the grounds that it aided and abetted the employers' TERRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT does not consider that there is any neces had been in communication with Canton demand for an extension of the working
TEHERAN, June 28th. hours of the coal miner, that it provided, no remedy for but would aggravate the
The recently-appointed Under Secretary present difficulties of the coal Industry, of Finance was shot dead at the Minis that it was calculated to embitter and try of Finance by the late Finance prolong the existing dispute, and that Agent, Ispahan, who had been summoned it was directly coptrary to the recom-to Teheran on a charge of embezzlement. mendations, of the Royal Commission. The murderer then committed suicide.
THE FRENCH FLIGHT. He said it was a measure which, if car-
Woolley and Hendren scored with the In the Ladies Singles Mrs. Godfree vtmost freedou all round the wicket and (née Miss Kitty McKane) beat Misried, would have the inevitable result of England had added 78 without further Ryan, 19, 64, 60. Mrs. Godfree ap loss when stumps were drawn, the Middle-peared timid and hesitating against sex man having scored 42 of that number.Miss Ryan in the first set but rallied when the score reached two games all in The latest scores to date are:-
the second set. She wore down ber op
AUSTRALIANS 1ST INNINGS.
Collins, 'b Root
Bardsley, not out
193
Macartney, e Satcliffe, b Larwood 39 Woodfull, e Strudwick, b Root ... 13 Andrews, and b Kilner
Gregory, 6 Larwood ...
Taylor & Carr, b Tate...
Richardson, bilmere
Ryder, e-Strudwick, b Tato Oldfield, c Sutcliffe, b Kilner Mailey, 1.b.w, b Kilner
Extras
-Total
ponent with relentless accuracy.
The first woman player to qualify for the Ladies Singles semi-finals is Senorita de Alvarez. She defeated Miss Becking- ham, 6-2, 6-3, who had received a "walk over" from Mile Langlen earlier in the U the Men'e
18 day
.393:
Tate took wickets for 111; Root, 2 fox 70; Kilner, 4 for 70; Larwood, 2 for 98; and Woolley, 0 for 5.
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS.
Hobbs, c Richardson, o Macartney:119
Sutchie, b Richardson...
-$2.
Woolley,.1.b.w. b Ryder..
87
Hendren, dot out
30%
50
10
.475
Chapman, not out
Extras open?
Total (3 wkta dec.)
AN AMAZING INCIDENT.
LONDON, June 28th An amazing incident, is reported in connection with the Test Match at Lord's The bead-groundsman at four o'clock in. the morning found that a hosepipe bad
-OTHER RESULTE..
In Doubles, Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey (America) beat the Indians, Bobbs and Zyer, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
reducing wages-of-piece-workers and of LATEST FRENCH ACHIEVEMENT
PARIS, June 8th. making the working day of the British
A message from Baara says that miner half an hour to one hour longer than that of miners in any important Captain Arrachart and his brother, Ser European coal field Was that the geant Major Arrachart, attempting to method by which the Premier proposed beat the record for a non-stop fight, left Le Bourget at 5.30 am. yesterday and to maintain the standard of life?
landed at Basra, 2,734 miles distant, to-day.
LIBERAL OPPOSITION.
Sir John Simon (Liberal), said that the Government in seeking to insert a wedge to mare this mountain of a diff.
culty were adopting proposal which had been urged upon the Coal Commis-
had been urged upon the Code Common
rejected by that Commission. He thought the wisest course would be to legialate boldly on the lines of the Coal Coramie sion's report without picking or choosing." Other Labour members strongly oppor
In the second round of the Mized Doubles, Meyer and Mrs. Shepherd- Barron beat Vincent Richards and Missed the Bill, Mfr: Whiteley saying that Ryan, 6-1, 6-3.
MILE LENGLEN RETJEZE COMPLETELY. Mile Lenglen-has-retired from all the competitions at Wimbledon
CRICKET.
WARWICKSHIRE BATSMAN'S WELL
DESERVED BENEFIT.
LONDON, June 28th.
John Henry Parsons, the Warwickshire
been turned on to a patch about fifteen-first-wicket batsman, took a well deserved yards in diameter about twenty yards from the playing pitch The spot was saturated and the water had run down over the wicket. The bowling ends were unaffected, but a strip some two yards de had crossed the centre of the pitch The M.C.C. committee is holding annings. enquiry.
Following the hose-pipe incident, strong guard of police was posted inside and outside the ground to-night to pre vent the possibility of further interference With the pitch.
There were 29,000
Warwick were forced to follow on, but failed to avert the innings defeat the scores being as followe
the Bill would put back the miners eighteen years. The measure was very retrogressiv
Several Labour members asserted that
They were in the air for 201 hours. The previous record was made by Captain Arracher and Monsieur Le Maitre in February last year, when they Maitre in February last year
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LAST FLIGHT. AMUNDSEN AND THE NORGE ADVENTURE.
SEATTLE, -June 28th- "Amundsen and the sixteen companions of his historie fight have been entertain-
Amundsen declares that he has finished
Canton Which course Marshal Wu Fei Forder that a reply might be obtained from
Mr. M. Lo, who appeared for follow is not yet certain.
LATER
Marshal Chang Tao Lin, accompanied defence of the first and fourth d by Chuyupu ́ard' staff went to Hentain objected and held that it wa
evidence prosecution to show that at -1.18. this afternoon, Chang Tsung
from Canton was relevant to the case.
Chang and Chang Hsueh Linug remain-
ing in Peking.
Wu Pei Fu stayed at Changhsintien last night and went on to Sanchialien this morning It is understood that Wu will proceed to Factingfu after inspecting the troops and giving final directions for the campaign.
Detective Sergeant Wheeler replied that the evidence from Canton would be that of an expert witness in the Treasury, who would be asked to say whether the
crus were geninne or not, and whet they were minted in Canton or not
present Canton
Mr. Lo anbauitted that such evidence would not be relevant because it ha already been stated that the coins were The Nankiang Railway conference, minted place called Cheung Chau siming at the resumption of through (Fukier Province). This place was not traffic from Tangpu, has ended abortive at the time under the jurisdiction of the ly. It appears that Sur Chunn Frog's pie delegates pointed out that the Kuamin the jurisdiction of General Chan King chun took the rolling stock belonging Ming. to the Northern Section Line when they retreated to Kalgan, and Sun feared that if he placed his rolling stock at the disposal of the railway,
would-be- detained for North China.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.
CANADIAN POLITICS:
ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT Detective Sergeant Wheeler said the charges specified that the 20-cent pieces in question purported to be of the Pre- vince of Kwangtung, and Kwangtung cain of that description was minted in Canton only. The prosecution alleged that the coins were counterfeit and re sembled Kwangtung coins.
Mr. Lo asked if his Worship was going to hold that admittedly genuine coins
the result of the Bill would be increased with Arctic exploration, but several RESIGNATION OF MACKENZIE minted in Cheung Chau were counterfeit
working hours in coal miners abroad.:
The debate was adjourned until today
GIFT FROM F.M.S.
MR. AMERY'S THANKS FOR. GENEROUS OFFER
Ruciz, June 28th.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Amery, Colonial Secretary, confirmed the an-
Base.
members of the crew of the Norge declare that they contemplate another flight to ascertain whether any and exists-be- tween Aldren and the Pole:* ̈ ̈
Amundsen estimates the cost of his flight at half a million dollare
THE MOROS. SEPARATE PROVINCES BILL OBJECTED TO
KING
GOVERNMENT.
OTTAWA, June 28th After a precarious tenure of once, during which it had to depend on the slenderest majority and on several times war defeated in diriarons, the Mackenzie King Government, has, resigned
LATEST NEWS OF SITUATION.
benefitt Birmingham when the Midland county met Lancashire Lanca shire won by an innings and eifhty runs, the features of the game being & sterling
NEW YORK, June 28th
The Governor-General, consequent to century by Ernest Tyldesley, and the
was due fine bowling of Macdonald in both in-nouncement of a contribution by the In the House of Representatives, Mr
Federated Malay Atates of £2,000,000, in Pedro Gevara, Resident Commissioner of the fall of the Governme five annual instalments of £400,000 each, the Philippines, protested against the to the Customs towards the cost of the Singapore Naval Bill proposing to separate the Moro precedented, for Lord Byng Provinces from the insular Government without an adviser since Mr. Ho mid he desired to take the apnd to permit the Moros to catablish signation. portunity of affirming, on behalf of His their own Government under the direc Majesty's Government, the expression of tion of the United States. their great appreciation which he had already conveyed to the ghost sioner, and their grateful acceptance of the generous offer. It was not the first time that the rulers and people of the Malay: States had been particularly generous and given evidence of the loyalty and affection which hound them to the Empire and of the realisation thar the security and prosperity of every part of the Empire rested ultimately on the power of the Navy and its freedom to protect trade routes. The fine spirit which prompted the action, as well as its practical value, would be appreciated in every part of the Dominions.
Lancashire: 403. Warwick; 148 and 175, Batting first, Eanenshire hit themselves at Lords into a comfortable, position, the pria today, when the wicket was good, and cipal contributor being Tyldesley who the weather fine. The Duke of York ar- Meured 144. In spite of the heavy scoring rived before the commencement Woolley Quaife the Warwick veteran came out of and Hendren started slowly against the the match with excellent figures. He excellent bowhag and heiding, which was took six wickets for 92 Tune
enlivened until Woolley was put Macdonald took 6 Warwick wickets for out the score then being 367 for 389 runs in their first innings, and when they followed on added seven more to his aggregate at a cost of GO runs...
the
Hendren also contributed a century to and was ovated Chapman.
for 125; Macartney Richardson, Collins, 04
for 90 Ma for 73 Ryder for 70
TORKSHIRE T. SURREYJA,
Yorkshire scored 303 Leyland, 133; Mitchell, 80 Robinson, 6). Surrey scored 229 (Shepherd, 31 ine, 82) and followed on with 157 (Jardine 3). Crawford took five wicketa
the vote
because they resembled coins used in another part of China.
If Chirk were
His Worship replied that he thought so Nr. Strøllet-representing the second and third defendants, also objected to in adjournment of the case, arguing that the first element of the case was to prove the coin were counte praved, then the could be considered. Un given, he held that t blance to other coins.
After fur
of the law in the held that the expe
cessary
decided to grant for.
this pro
NO CLASSES IN GRAVES: one Town Council has
the recommendation" co Cemetery Sub-Committee that cemetery the graves should into arst, second, sud, third the question of the lay out of the gro was referred back
Although the Parlament is in 1995 the Liberals resent Lord Byng's refusal until next
Tote The purpose of the proposed separato grant a dissolution. The tion, as described by Mr. Robert L Account provided an expenditure only to Bacon, the author of the Bill it to be the end of June. The Liberais are credit mit American capital to develop rubber plantations under the Moro Governmented with the intention to oppo
demands Under the Philippine law any corpora America demande commensurate with of a full year's supply in order to tarte
al election as soon as possible. tion is restricted to 2,500 acres, and the Americans claim that this restriction dis
MODESTY STRIKES courages large-scale rubber development. SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS.
CUNARDERS CREW JOINS THE REPUBLICS CENSORSHIP IN
MOVEMENT. OPERATION.
NEW YORK, June 28th
A message from Managus says that the Republics of Guatemala and Balva dor are censoring news emanating from their territories...
general
Bixty members Cunard liner/
Modeny str
YOEK,June 28the of the crew of the
California went today.
It was suggested by the for the class they section. Further,
the graves in section lowest priced, thoes in- visdium-priced, and those in the highest priced Councillor R/ several other propos which would perha for alle