10
AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM
Again Held To A Draw
Perth, Mar. 24.
The Australian Test cricketers drew their third End last match in the Commonwealth before leaving for England when West- ern Australia held them to a draw. in the two-day match which concluded yesterday.
Western Australia bacted frst and totalled 305, F. Bryant, "a Test candidate scoring 78 and be ing associated in a big stand with Taaffe, who scored 79.
Clarence Grimmett. who had 9 for 45 in his last game in Mel- bourne secured 5.for.90
The tourists then complied 237 for the loss B. H. Bromley carrying his bat for
69.
of three
wickets,
Scores were :— w. Australia: 305 (Bryant 76, Taufte 79, Grimmett 5 for 90). Australia: 237 for 3 (Bromley 591
not out).
The tourists leave for England Wor- on Monday and will meet cestershire in their opening fix- ture on May 2.-Reuter.
The following are the sixteen Australian players on tour:.........
W. M: Woodfull" (Victoria) (N.S.W.) (capt.). D. G: Bradman (vice-capt.), W, A. Brown (N.S. W), E H. Bromley Victoria), B. J. Barnett (Victoria). E. A Chip- perfield N.S.W.), L. Darling (Vic- toria), H. I. Ebeling (Victoria), L. OIB Fleetwood-Smith (Victorio); C. V. Grimmett (S. Australia), A. F. Kippax (N.Ş. W.), S., J. McCabe (NSW), W. A. Oldfeld (N.S.W.). W. H. W. J. O'Reilly (N.S.W),
T. W. Ponsford (VIV1oria) and Wall (Australla).
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Berlin, March 24.
HAKODATE GALE
DISASTER
Fear Dead Will Exceed 1,200
Hakodate, March 25.
The death roll. in the Hakodate are disaster is so far estimated at 800. It is feared the number will exceed 1,200 Reuter. "
The fire, which' broke out оп Wednesday, night as the result of a chimney being blown down and the embers being scattered in house, rendered
92.000 homeless, according Agures.
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people to Friday's
the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH
H.K.C.C. WINS CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
INDIANS LOSE TO ARMY IN
LAST LEAGUE MATCH
Madar's Gallant Effort To Save Side Unavailing
By reason of the fact that their nearest rivals, the Indian Recrea- tion Club lost to the Army in their shipp fire last league match of the season, the Thatcher Almost immediately started, the lights in the city went Hong Kong Cricket Club have won Creagh
the senior shield for the year Wateridge out. increasing the confusion.
since i Clarke success Within & few hours all the public 1933-34-thelr Arst buildings, including the
broad-1928-9. casting station and the telephone and exchange had been gutted, 23.000 houses were a mass of blaz- Ing ruins. The fames were fan- ned by a 76-mile-per-hour gale.
ORIGIN OF
The Club are to be congratulat- ed on their success and it will be of interest to note that their per- formance may be attributed to the fact that they had been turning out practically the same team for all their matches-a practice which they seldom adopted in the past,
Tams
Bowling Analysis
0. M. R. W.
15 D 28 4
12 5
21
Q
11 3
32
2
3
1
0 12
2
◊ 0 B0
CREIGENGOWER v. CLUB Cralgengower, beat the Club by 14 runs in the junior league at the Valley.
Scores:
་
The I.R.C. skipper. A. E. Madar, E. Souza, b Lowson made a gallant but unavailing | A Kitchell, b Stewart effort to win the "game for his T. Yeoh, e Stewart, b Lowson
INFLUENZA side, and his half-century, coming G. Souza, lb.v., b Bishop ...
afa time when the othen wickets w Sparrow, run out
J. W. Leonard, b Bishop were falling with a somewhat mo- notonous regularity. was fine E. G. Barry, c Potter, b Low-
British Dr. Blames performance.
Yellow River
London, March 24... The origin of influenza is in- fected properties in the mud of the Yellow River, according to an ar ticle by Dr. Howard Wise, publish ea in the "British Medical Jour- al."
a
The results of the matches play" ed on Saturday will be found be- low:-
IR.C. ARMY
At Sookunpoo, the Army beat In- dian Recreation Club by 6 wickets.
The scores were:-
26, 1934.
LADIES HOCKEY
TRIAL
Rest Team To Play
Cup Winners
A very disappointing Ladles Hockey trial in preparation for the Caer Clark Cup Champions (Hongkong Ladies) versus the Rest game, took place at King's Park yesterday, when lack of combina- tion among the forwards coupled with lack of initiative on the part of the halves and backs, wrecked what - "might' have 'resulted in a splendid game.
Possibles-Rest:- Roza or P. D'Almada; J. Wilson and A. Fowi-- er; L. Xavier, J. Wang and M. Bryson; F. Wang, R. Blackmore. M Read A. Alves and M. Re- medios.
INDIA WINS Playing on the Marina ground on Saturday, the Indian International hockey eleven defeated the Smali Units by 4 goals to 1.
val.
RECREIO WIN
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, ETMİTED.
1933.
RE CALL
India opened the scoring through Kartar Singh, but Senior levelled the scores for the military
HE Company recently made a call of $3.75 per share, in soon after. Avtar Singh placed respect of the partly paid shares in India ahead just before the inter-the capital of the Company which was payable by the registered holders In the second half India went further
ahead through Kartar on or before the 15th December, singh who petted twice.
Some of such registered share- holders have not paid the call and the Company has notified those of such registered holders who are also the registered holders of fully paid shares that, unless payment of such call together with interest thereon is paid to the Company on or before the 28th day of MARCH, 1934, the Directors will, in addition to their. other remedies, take steps to obtain
British
In their final Caer Clark Cup Conditions were not exactly Hockey encounter on Saturday ideal for a trial as the drizzle made at King's Park, the Recreio "A" the surface slippery, but "this had narrow y averted defeat at the very little
Central to do with the bad hands of the
School, passing and receiving.
whose rousing display in the Frobables-Rest eleven, G. throughout almost won them the Roza in goal was slightly nervous game but Miss A. Alves gave the while F. K. Walker and M. Basto, Recreto the lead in the first half. the two backs combined well to which they retained to the end. gether and made up for any lapse caused by their halves,
I Woolley was disappointing surprisingly-for she has been con- sistently good this season, and is considered one of the outstanding lady halves in the Colony. J. Wong was also disappointing, be- ing unable to keep up her fast pace, while her distribution of the ball was very poor.
M. Bryson played a good game and. was instrumental in breaking up several by the opposing team.
good movements
Of the forwards, M/Woolley work- ed very hard as leader and dis- tributed the ball well, feeding her 5 wingers with excellent short and
long passes.
H Knill and M. Smith combined well on the right wing and should 154 get their places in the Rest team,
while O. Brown was the pick of the four wingers on display, her speed and bail, control, standing her in good stead.
C.CC. 2nd XI
8
14
3
11
25
46
er
son
18
C. Lai, e Armstrong, b Bishop w. K. Way, b Bishop LHubbard, b Bishop
1
"0
W, HB. Muskett, not out
Extras
5
18
Total
Bowling Analysis
Lowson
11
46
3
9
A. R. H. Esmail, b Garthwaite
1
Stewart
8... 1
31
1
-
F. D. Periera. c Ballard, b
Elvin
Balries
3 0 20
0
1
Bishop
.55 1 39
H.K.C.C. 2nd XI
vin
50
A. R. Minu,
Michell
c Garthwaite, b
HJ, Armstrong, b Way ........
17
L. E. Lammert, b G. 6ouza....
28
Garthwaite
22
A. 'D. Lowson, b Way.
c Ballard, b
J. EPotter, Lb.w. b Way
17
1
R. T. Talbot, b Way
2
+ Walch, b
J. E. Jupp, run aut
A. H. Mackenzie, b Sparrow
G. A. Stewart, b Hubbard
Indian B.C
A. H. Rumjahn, run out
A. S. Suffiad. c Walch, b Garth-
waite
He states that the infection orl- ginally travelled "over the trade routes across Asia, and nowadays. A. H. Madar, e Taylor. b El- travelled by ships.
The overflowing of the Yellow- River in 1899 and 1918 was follow- ed by widespread epidemics due to mud, deposited over a wide area, drying, and then being scattered as dust.
K. Nazarin, b A. R. Kitchell,
Garthwaite
A. R. Sufflád.
Garthwaite
M. P. Midar, e Garthwaite, b
Elwin
He predicts that the world will be ravaged again in 1936 unless, In the meantime, the plague spot A. is recognised, and the Yellow River effectively dredged.-Reuter.
ON
ALL EYES
NANCHANG
Chiang To Confer With Leaders
<
K. Ismail, not out
Extras
གྲྭ་
O. M. R. W.
In the Fossibles-Rest team, J. Weller was very good in goal and 5 saved several stinging grounders.
J. Wilson was the pick of the two backs, A. Fowler being in-, clined to stray too far upfeld and· to hit aimlessly instead of stop- ping the ball before making a clearance.
of the five forwards Mrs. M
H. W. Baines, Lb.w. b E. Souza 11 Read was easily outstanding and
C. W. E. Bishop, not out
C. E. Gahagan, 'b' Sparrow
Extras (b. 4)
€
Total,"
141
Total
Bowling Analysis
Garthwaite Elvin Ballard Michell
O. M. R. W. 15 6 45 5
15
3 40
3 Hubbard "
6 0 24 0 26
0 Way..
1 Sparrow
G. Souza
Army Lt. Williapis, 1.b.w., b Pereira Capt. Michell, e A. H. Madar b
Minu
Lt. Garthwaite, c A. H. Mader
A. R. Suffiad:
Capt. Williams, b Pereira
Maj. Bonavia, not out Capt. Walch, not out.
Extra
Until further notice all pur- chases from foreign countries of raw materials and half finished goods for industrial purposes above all, cotton, wool, jute, and hard fibre, are forbidden by a law passed by the Reichs Cabinet on March 22. This measure coming into force on. Saturday is intend-
Nanking. March 24. ed to be of only a temporary
on Nan- All eyes are directed character and of short duration necessitated by the continuous chang where Marshal Chiang Kai- conference shrinkage of the Reichsbank's shek has convened stock of gold, and foreign cur- of military leaders for early April rencies which has now become so to discuss plans for the complete Taylos did not bạt. serious that the Government is subjugation obliged to subject the whole com- merce of these materials to strict supervision,
From now onwards the prin- ciple will be followed of providing first for those industries where the raw materials in question assure "employment for the greatest num- ber of workers. This supervision will be exercised by specially creat- ed import offices. The Reich Economic Minister has already nominated" supervisors for 1; cot- ton situated at Bremen, 2, wool at Berlin, 3, other abres at Berlin To prevent speculation or aver purchasing a special decree for bids unjustifiable price raising throughout the whole textile trade. -Transocean Kuo Min.
BLOCKADE OF FOREIGN
· MATERIAL S
Berlin, March 24. What practically amounts to a world blockade of foreign raw materials is embodied in a Ger
man Bill details of which are not yet published.
The BI is a definite step to limit the imports of raw materials to an absolute minimum to assist the Reichsbank to accomúlate new "foreign currency reserves.
For the furtherance of this policy, the foreign Exchange De- partment has decided to allocate to importers for April, only 35 per cent in foreign currencies, as compared with 45 per cent. for March Reuter.
MANCHUKUO PARTY AT
MOJI
Tokyo, March 24. The so-called Manchukuo male- alon, headed by the Premier, ar- rived, at Mothis morning,⠀ so- cording to a message received here from that port-Reuter
Di
2
Communists in Kiangsi within three months.
Totai
1 E. Souza
36
9LR.C.
Bowling Analysis
0. M. R. 13 1 35
in to
JUNIOR LEAGUE TABLE
20 Recreio
on yesterday's form was ahead of
1
41
M. Woolley. In any case should
5
M. Woolley be indisposed there can
22 be no doubt that M. Read would
fill her position,
0
4
Thursday's Game.
There will be a further practice 140 game next Thursday on the CB.A. ground at King's Park, com- mencing at 5.15 pm.. the follow- Wing having been selected to play. Probables-Rest-J. Weller: K. 1
Walker and M. Basto; «I. Woolley, E. Beavis and K. Moir; H. Knill, M.Smith, M. Woolley, P. Gittens and O Brown
12 2 47 4
7.1 0
2
4 I-
1
2.0
1
P. W. L. D. Pts.
11 9 1 1 28
11 7 1 3 24
10 7 1 2 23
9 5 2 2 17
8 4 3 1 13
R. A. M. C.
10 4 5 1 13
143
R. A. S. c... K. C. C. University
8 4 5 0 121
0 2 3 4 10
8
24 28
P. E. Police C.B.C.C..
31 Craigegower
34 H.K.C.C.
12 Navy
Cpl. Colledge, Cpl. Ballard, Pte. Baker, C. S. M. Elvin and Sgt.
It is understood that aeroplanes | Pereira
Minu will play a big part in the com- ing offensive. Reuter.
LARGE GODOWN WHARF
Soon To Be Established In Canton
יi
to
Madar" Sufflad
Bowling Analysis
0. M. R. W. 15 3 40 2 121 3 35 1
8 1 21 0
5 0 35 1
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
H. K. C. C. 1. R. C.
K. C... C.
Army
C. C. C.
C. S. C. C. Navy University
6 4 0 2. 14
7 4 2 1 13
7 3 0 4 13
7 3 1 3 12
7 2.3 2 8
61 4 1 4
6 0 3 3 3
.8 0 4 2 2 We understand. that owing
UNIVERSITY. v. ENGINEERS the inconvenience caused by the
The University recorded their lack of a large godown wharf for second win in the junior league ships and cargoes, the Canton when they beat the Royal Engin- Harbour Department recently eers by 2 wickets.
decided that a large godown-
Royal Engineers
wharf should be, built in the har-Thatcher, b Chan Fook bour of the Pearl River for the Capt. Foley, b P. B. Tata....... benefit of ocean-going steamers, Cornelious, run out which enter the harbour with Shipp, e Fernando, b Roy their cargoes
Wateridge, c Ng, b P. B. Tata This large godown-wharf is to Cutler, c Roy, b P. B. Tata ... be built in the inner harbour or Lt. Cooper b P. B. Tata. reported that the detailed plans Creagh, e Ng b Roy Boine other suitable place. It is Tams, c. and b Chán Fook
have already been made and sub- Clarke. c. Sub, b'P. B. Tata mitted to the authorities of the Grindley, not out Canton Reconstruction Depart- ment, and as soon as they have been approved, construction work will immediately commence.
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REICHSMARK QUOTA. ·
TIONS
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally "Press" (Copyright.)].
Berlin, March 23. Reichsmark quotation (without guarantee):
New York Parks Amsterdam uzun Paris Sterling Dollar
7. 150 3
8 0 8 2
2
10 0 8 2 2
PEARCE SCORES THIRD CENTURY
A three-figure second wicket partnership between T. A. Pearce (100 retired) and G. R. Sayer (83 retired) and fine bowling by B. C. K. Hawkins (6 for 24) gave a team led by Hawkins victory over a greatly depleted K.C.C. side by 95 runs in Kowloon.
Hawking' XL-208 for 7 dec. (T. A. Pearce 100, G. R. Sayer 83, Comd. Stephenson 21, C. B. R. Sargent
4 for 64).
KC.C-113 (8. V. Gittins 49. T. M. L. Redmond 17. B .C. K: Baw- kins 6 for 24)
SCHOOL XI WIN
The Combined School's XI beat
30
0
14
44
13 the Recreio by 18 runs at King's
Park.
1
C. 8——–100 (A. J. Hulse 22, G. Lee
..2
15, G. A. Gutterres 3 for 25,
3
A Prata 3 for 18),
15 WICKETS 'FALL FOR
D
&
$1 BUNS
At Happy Valley the KC.C, sec-
128 ond eleven beat the CS.C.C. Jun-
Extras
Total
bare Bowling Analysis
O. M. R. W.
Roy
8.0 26 2
P. B. Tata Ng
10
1 31
4
』་་】g
0
Chan Fook
8
1 25
D. Hunt, b. Creagh'
17
5
stipp,
b
3
University 2nd XI
| K. L. Ng. run out........
A. Chan Fook, c
Creaghi T. W. Goh, b. Wateridge F. S. Fernando, b Shipp D. Roy, c Cooper, b Shipp K. Lake, 1.b.v., b Shipp
39.75
P. B. Tata, b Shipp
602,57 -58.02
17.4....
A. Reynolds, not, out G. Abraham, not out
15.151 ~~~Transocean Kuo Min,
Total (for 8 wkta.)
lors by 5 wickets...........
"
C.B.C.C.39 (J. Hamer 16, F. 8.
W. Smith 3 for 14, W. L. Mc- Kenzie B for 7).
KCC-41 for 5 (C. Champelovier
3 for 23).
H.M.S. CORNFLOWER
The senior naval officer will go:
-0 on board on Thursday, March 29, 22 to thank Captain, Officers and 23 Blip's company, for their services 18 on the China Station and wish 11 them Godspeed and a pleasant 2 voyage Home. She will pay off on
Extras (b. 24, Lb. 1, n.b. 2.) 27 March 31, and will in future be
used as a drill ship for the Hong 129 Kong Naval Volunteer Reserve,
¦ The Schoolgirls played excellent payment by selling auch fully paid hockey and it was aheer bad luck | shares in accordance with the powers that they failed to force, & draw, conferred on the Company by its which would have been a fair in- | Articles, dication of the play.
In the first half the losers at tacked from the start but several promising movements failed to end in the net owing to over-eagerness and slightly careless hitting.
The Recreio carried out many
raids which failed owing to lack of combination among the inside forwards. Eventually a scramble in the Schoolgirls, goal saw Miss A Alves. score with a powerful shot.
In the second half the Recreio were penned into their twenty five for the majority of the period and it was only due to the very fine clearances affected by M. Basto
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