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PONSFORD AND MCCABE
IN BIG STAND
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Australians Reveal M.C.C.'s Lack Of Bowlers
(Special Air Mall Service)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934.
LAWN BOWLS
Open Singles Games
U. S. BASEBALL
League Results
New York June 6. The following, are the results of yesterday's baseball games:--
National League.
Brooklyn
Six matches In the Opex Sin- gles competition were played in Hongkong, and of these the most. Interesting or rather hard fought one was on the Police Recreation Club green where J. J. Basto beat his clubmate, C. G. Silva by 21-20. | New York London, May 20.
The winner was leading all the The weakness of the M.C.C. bowl-
way until the 25th head when, ing was fully exposed yesterday, at
with two shots "behind. Silva put up, a splendid rally to Lord's, when, on a perfect wicket
level up. the Australians scored 401" fur two
the score at 20-20. The next head wickets in reply to M.C.C's. 382.
which' decided the game was Ponatord played a magnificent
needless to say, full of excitement innings he needs one run for his- Peebles had come an at the Nur-but Basto eventually succeeded in second successive double century-sery end at 173, and at 198 Mar-winning by one shot. This match
from the pavilion lasted 27 heads. and McCabe. I lucky in being riott bowled missed once. also showed very fine end, and off his first ball McCabe' cricket in making 166 without do-
· feat.
The bowlers tolled Hard and the feldsmen stuck it well on a very
cold day. but they could not prevall against the strong Australian bats
nien,
Ponsford, apart from his skill, gave the Impression of absolute safety. and his stroke-play all "round the
wicket was very good. McCabe did not catch the eye to quite the same extent as Ponsford. but he to. was very good..
It was a case of two renowned batsmen mastering completely the attack, though this is not to in- fer that the bowlers bowled badly. The trouble was that all the bowl- ising was of the same pace.
Any anticipations which may have arisen 26 luncheon of a fairy cheap dismissal of the Aus- tralians were rudely dispelled by Ponsford and McCabe, who have so far added 340 in 4h 5min.
Ponsford's 20 Fours
When 92, Ponsford anicked very good leg-break of Brown's between the wicket-keeper and false stroke and slip-is frst with the total at 195 he ran to a splendid 100 with a single off Brown.
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LADY TENNIS
PLAYERS
Britain's Team in Wightman Cup
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London, June 8,
The British Wightman Cup team against America at Wimbledon on June 15 and 16 are Mrs. Godfree, Misses. Dearman, Lyle, Nuthall, Round and Scriven.-Reuter,
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Boston
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Urbansk homered.
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16 Jackson Ott and Critz homered.
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Cuccinello homered. Philadelphia ......
Clancy homered.
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Brooklyn
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Cuccinello homered. Philadelphia
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E. T. Hanallen, homered, Chicago ......
3 Herman and Jurges homered. St. Louis
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Collins homered.
.Fittsburgh Cincinnati post- five poned an account of rain.
American League.
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West homered. Chicago
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St Louis
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Curt homered. Chicago
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On the Hongkong Football Club (82) was missed by Turnbull. At green. L. R. Whant had no dif- short-leg Turnbull,had to run backculty in accounting for N. M. Cur- to an awkward skier..
rle whom he beat by 21 to 9. This inatch only lasted 15 heads, the winner scoring on 10 occasions with a four and a three, while the laser obtaining points on heads,
At the tex interval Ponsford was 113 and McCabe 60, and the total After tea run-getting 228 for 2.
faster went on at an even
rate than before, and a wicket seemed further off than ever." Wyatt I
new ball, and bowled with the
White. Peebles, Marriott, Brown, and Valentine all had a turn. 2. McCabe's 100 came with the score at 296. The batsmen seem ed set for a week, and the want of variety of pace in the bowling was more obvious than ever,
At 6.10 Ponsford and McCabe had put on 300 runs, and at the close they were still together in an unfinished partnership of 340.
M.C.C. -
R... E. S. Wyatt, b Wall Rev. E. T. Killick, c O'Reil-
ly, b Wall...........
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M. J. Turnbull, st Oldfield,
b F. Smith..... Hendren, c O'Reilly, b'Wall 135 B. H. Valentine, e Oldfeld,
b O'Reilly
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Batting for Sh 5min-exactly an hour longer than his, colleague- Ponsford has hit twenty 4's, while McCabe has two-6's and fifteen 4's among his chief strokes.
The M.C.C. Innings was quickly finished off. Chapman and Pee- bles added 20 runs to Saturday's score. Then a misunderstanding between the two batsmen resulted in Peebles skipping up and being run out by yards, the ball being returned by short-lez to the wic- ket-keeper. foldfield
and Marriott were ready victims to Wall. "Chapman belog left not out for 46-an in- nings with some good off-side strokes in it, but "marked by a good deal of hesitancy and un- certainty.
Wyatt and Valentine began the bowling for MC.C. and Woodfull and Ponsford' played "them with the greatest ease. Both bowlers occasionally swing the ball, but they looked the reverse of danger- 0115,
At 28 Peebles came on at the pavillon end for Valentine, and at 37 Marriott for Wyatt. These changes checked the scoring fo a time, but the batsmen looked set for one of their long partnerships when Brown had Woodfull Onely caught left-handed by White at slip.
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How Bradman Left Bradman came In and scored three runs, a late cut of his 'sec- ond ball, but in Brown's next over, in playing forward; he returned the ball slowly to the bowler, and' the great man' was out.
A. P. F. Chapman, not out 46 F. R. Brown, c Oldfeld, b
Wall
J. C. White, b Grimest
I. A. R. Peebles, run out
P. C. Oldfeld, b Wall
C. S. Marriott, b Wall
After leading for the greater part of the game. B. Williams lost to H.A.S. Alves on the Craigengow- St. Louis er green by 21-11. The winner in- cidentally brought the match the conclusion as he was then leading by 17-11.
Dr. V. N. Attenza defeated W. Gill on the Hongkong Electric Re- creation ground by 21-17.
The match between H. Hamp- ton and A. Carey which, was ar- ranged to be played on the Civil Service green was cancelled owing to the latter falling to turn up.
Zeke Bonura homered
Ceveland
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Kickerbocker homered... Detroit
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Greenberg homered.
Goslin homered.
FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR
Sir Mahomed Usman
Ootacanund, May 18. distinguished gathering, in- cluding Members of the Cabinet, Heads of Departments and other leading officials and non-officials, both European and Indian, wit 3 aessed an impressive ceremony, when Sir Mahomed Usman took the Oath of Office as Acting Governor of Madras at Government House this evening.
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Though leading by 18 shots to Cleveland 10 at the very early stage of the Detroit game, J. F. Lunny lost to P.. O. Dunne at the 25th head by 20 to 22 shots on the Yacht Club green. Two matches took place yester- day In Kowloon where A. Chapman defeated J. E. Noronha by 31 shots. There were ten innings.
Philadelphia
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Philadelphia washington
Justice Madhavan Nair adhninis- tered the Oath after the reading of the Royal Warrant of Appoint ment by the Chief Scoretary of the Ooty danicipality, who present ed a congratulatory address to Sir Mahomed. The address considered it a bigh privilege that he should be the first Indian Governor of a major Province.
said
Replying, Sir. Mahomed
1 that, with the co-operation of all he would try, during his short period of office, to maintain the 1 high traditions of two of his 'pre- decessors under whom he served as Home Maribor.
A notification wag issued an nouncing the appointment of” Mr. G. T H. Bracken, Chief Secretary: aa Home Member in succession to Sir Mahomed.
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to. 12 on the Kowloon Cricket Club green and P. Knight beat. J. G. Ozorio by 21 shots to 16 at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club.
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There were ten innings.
New York
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Total
AUSTRALIANS
W. M. Woodfull, e-White, b
Brown
W. H. Ponsford, not out D. G. Bradman. c and
Brown
S. J. McCabe, not out
B), 1-b, 5
· Total (2 wkts)
362
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199
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163
14
401
W. A. Oldfield, CV. Grimmett, T. W. Wall, W. J. O'Reilly L. O'a
S. Darling. Fleetwood-Smith, » L. and W. A. Brown to bat.
M.CC-First Innings
O. M. R. W.
Wall
McCabe O'Reilly drimmett
Fleetwood -
Smith
Dariing
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14 2.53 0.
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2 4 3 0
Darling bowled one wide. Wall
two wides and one no-ball, and McCabe one no-ball.
QUICK RESPONSE
Delight was tangled with disap- Loan Three Times
pointment at his early downfall,
but the crowd gave the bowler a
rousing cheer.
Sixty-three for two was the score at lunch. Ponsford had bat- ted extremely well, and with great confidence, and after luncheon his form was just as good.
But he had a narrow escape of being run out. Brown, who was bowling at
the time, only just missed the
stumps with a sharp return, the bat travelling "to the boundary,
Oversubscribed
and a stroke to square leg-oflicemen to maintain the sequence
Saturday
The following have been selected
TOOK OFFICE ON
to represent the Kowloon Bowling UNLUCKY DAY
Green Club in their league matches
on Saturday:—
1st Team v. Police Recreation Club at Kowloon:
J. Watson, A. 9. Russell, J. H
Budding, L. Guy (Skip).
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Duncan, S. Randle, Petherick, W. Macfarlane (Skip).
V.
P. T. Farrell. J. S. Logan, R.. Hall, W. S., Drake. (Skip).
2nd Team v. Police Recreation Club at Happy Valley:
Kwangtung Magistrate Killed
Swatow, May 24.
A daring crime was perpetrated by a band of "communists on the
H, F. Stoneham, A. W. E. David-19th of the month in waylaying
TEST TRIAL
England Beat
The Rest
England defeated the Rest by 10 wickets at Lord's in the Test Trial match.
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The overnight total of 414 for 4 was raised to 474 by the unbeaten pair, who had the distinction of carrying their bats, when England declared. The Nawab of Pataud was 152, not out while Ames had scored an unfinished. 148.
218 First Innings. The Rest replied with 271-(Va-
34; Mitchell 5 for 121.
England scored 18 runs without loss in the second innings to win by 10 wickets.
son, W. E. Hale, H. H. Rose (Skip the district magistrate of Fung-lentine 108 not out; Verity 4 for
J. Macdonald. E. V. Searle, M. shun, when engaged in an inspec- Henderson, J. G. Mayer (Skip).
tion of a section of a new motor C. L. Farmer, C. B. Hosking, J. road at no great distance from the G. Chariton. G. E. F. Thompson elty, and shooting him dead. In- structions had been received from Canton to hasten on the construc- tion, of this section across a hill pass, and the magistrate had been
Skip).
BOYS CLIMB making a dally visit to see that
MOUNT OPHIR
ON
the work was being pushed for- Ward He was in his car with four guards, when fire was opened on the car from an ambush with a machine gun and rides, and he was struck in several places and
guards was also killed.
6 Hours To The Top succumbed at once. One of his
Many Evű Omens.
that
County Matches
At Edgbaston. Sussex took first innings points from Warwickshire. Warwick: 219 and. 313
for 2
(Kilner 153 not out). Sussex: 474 for 7 dec... (Cook 179
Wensley 103 not out)." At Stourbridge, Northants took first innings points from Worces- tershire.
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Northants 388 (Timms 213, Perks
5 for 73),
253 for, & declared. (Howarth 5 for.66 Worcester: 383 (Gibbons 129, Mar-
in 150).
52 for no wicket.
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WYATT'S INJURY
Doubtful He Will Be: Able To Play
HOME RACING SWIMMING NOTES
Umidwar A Long Prospects For Coning
Shot
for Derby
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, June 20. There has been very little betting so far. here on the altered Derby situation. The bookmakers are marking time,
One professional, who is more of a backer these days, laid last night 2-1 privately against Co- lombo, but that may only be an expression of personal opinion, and I doubt if a prominent man on the rails is now prepared to exceed 13-8, which is, of course, liberal compared with Colombo's 11-8 before his Two Thousand victory.
The same bookmaker laid 7-1 against midwar to-day to; a sum of £550.
"Apart from yesterday's perfòr- mers. Blazonry, Windsor Lad and Lo Zingaro might come more pro- minently into the market. -
There will naturally not de a Colombo gallery for Campanula on One Thousand Guineas Day. Jack Jarvis is convinced, through
his.
own charge-Flamenco-as well as Bright Bird's forward dis- play yesterday, that Sir George Bullough's fly is really a cham- plan. All going well, he would welcome.a tilt, late in the season, against Colombo over the mile and a quarter of the Champion Stakes
here. but that might be the only possible chance for them this year to clash afresh.
By the way, I don't think we will see Colombo "held up" at all at Epsom. We
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Saturday
INTERPORT TRIALS IN SEPTEMBER
[By "Salmon"] .
All aquatic fans are looking forward to the big swimming gala to be held on Saturday at the South China beach. There should be some first rate tussles and I am informed that the Chinese, and European water polo game will be a battle of the giants; since both sides are mustering their strongest possible team..
A meeting was held at the V.R.C. on Tuesday night with a view to picking the European team, and in this connection it is gratifying to learn that the. European YM.C.A. are co-operat ing with the V.R.C. in every way. deliberation the After mach team selected to represent the Europeans was as follows: M. M. da V. Soares (goal), W. Kerr (left back), W. Campbell (centre half), Remedios (right back), H. M.
C. Roza Pereira (left wing), W. Schreuder (centre), and W. Law- rence (right wing),
Le The Chinese combination none the less strong. The pro- hot (goal). Yeung Yuen-wah (left bable team will be: Kwok" Mok- back). Fung Kwok-wah (right back), Wing Suen-man (centre
hair), Shek Kam-pui (left wing)," Kwok Chan-hang (centre), and Cheong Wing-kwong (right).
In connection with the meeting at the VR.C. on Tuesday, it was decided
ta strongest possible combination to send the Club's
approach Campanula's chance for the first filles' classic just as we did that of the cham- pion colt, and now we have "seen day the Two
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the inter-club team race on Satur.....
E B. da Roza and W. Thousand perhaps it Lawrence have been definitely would be wise not again to ah-selected, but the remaining two ticipate devastating perfor- places are still open. There are Idance.
four, swimmers of about equal What, however, can we put up calibre for these two places and against her?
s trial will I am informed that Frank Butters, who will run three, probably be held before the final had considered Light Brocade a selection is made.. The four swim- better two-year-old, but it must mets referred to are T. Padgett, be Mrs. Rustom now after Light L. R. Pereira, A. A da Roma and Brocade's poor show against Cam-H. Ozorio: In all probability panula at the Craven meeting. Padgett and Ozorio will get the Tetrapylon won handicap in two places, since both are capable good style with top weight then. and Mis Tor ran second in the Free Handicap; but I know.. that her, conqueror, Phaleron Bay, had been well behind Flamenco in home gallops,
Meadow Rhu has distance limit- ations, and Playful has not run: so it must be a choice of Mrs. Rus- tom-who came out fully 6lbs. bet- ter than Flaminco over the seven furlongs of the Dewhurst Stakes to be the danger to Campanula,
of clocking 27 for the 60 yards,
In the 200 metres breast strokes, Yeung Yuen-wah ia competing and he should win the event without much effort. The V.R.C, will be represented in this race by E. M. Marques and the "Y" by W. Schreuder.
For the high
the diving Colony's Champion, Ed da Roza will represent VRC while the Y.M.C.A. will in all probability be represented by "Bob" Selk,
Bleu de Rol II was tipped to The V.R.C. will be holding four me by his owner for the Lincoln," | night- fetes during this summer, and the French four-year-old ran the first of which will take place well enough then to make me on July 7. The second one will be think that he will score at the on August 4, the third one or expense of Wantalot. Hat Guárd, } September 1 and the last one on Conversion, and the high' weights, October 8. The well-galloped Main Chance During the September fete inter- may move up on Lingfield and port swimming trials, open to the be the best bet of the day, for Colony will be held. It is Hong Rambler and Greensward seem: Kong's turn to visit Shanghai" this year and the. Northern port has invited the V.R.C, to send a team to represent Hong Kong in a' triangular swim against ́Shanghai- and Tientsin. The date has not yet been axed but the interport will probably take place at the end of September or the beginning of October.
doubtful
It would never have done for Colombo to have won and Hype rion to have been beaten, out the little chap provided us with plenty of excitement before a most ex- cited Weston kept his head only by a neck after he had overhauled Angelico some way from the fin-
ish
Weston was obviously out to give
Lord Derby's champion a rouging CATHOLIC UNION race and a thorough waking-up after Heath Hstlessness. He had come at Angelico at the outside of, the four.
'Tommy "gave him one" before he switched over his whip to his left hand so as to keep Hyperion in a true line. And that whip was moved all the way home then. Hyperion got nicely, in "front, but Angelico ran on again, and -It was as well that there had not been the slightest cessation of the winning rider's efforts.
CLUB
Feast Of The Most Sacred Heart
!
Members of the Catholic Union Club are celebrating the feast of the most Sacred Heart to-morrow when High Mass will be held at the Cathedral and at the Rosary Church at 730a.m.
In the evening a dinner party I at 8 p.m. and this will.
Apart from the fact that Hy- perion gave 201bs, over a mile and and a quarter. I am sure the race will bring him on a lot for Epsom, just as Chester did last year and cont that he is outstanding still among those of his own age.
Singapore, May 31, "
The perpetrators of the crime. A party of four schoolboys from are said to have come by night the Malacca Anglo Chinese School from, a place called the "Eight (Allas. Beet Hock Tin, Teo Peng villages" which has for years Lam and Tan Tye Gaan headed been notorious as a communist by Mr. R. Fenvergne, of the Indo-headquarters, and to have num- Shanghai, June 1.
China Bank of Singapore, climbed bered a dozen or more. They lay Inside Afteen minutes, the $1-Mount Ophir on Sunday, May 20. in ambush at a lonely part of the 000,000 issue of Shanghai Muni-
The party started at 11.30 am. road, and the rest was compara- cipal Council debentures was near and reached the summit at 6.05 ively simple, Mr. Lin Pin had ly three times oversubscribed yes-p.. after surmounting consider the reputation of being an ener terday morning..
able obstacles. What one of the getle and efficient magistrate, and Long before the doors of the party described as "a most fascin- this no doubt
was the reason why - Marriott... keeping a very exact | Loans and Banking Office, S.M.C.. ating waterfall" was seen at a he was marked down for destruc- length, was treated with respect, were opened at 19 o'clock a queue height of over 100 feet. The water tion.
London, June 6. and three was some good bowling, had formed in the corridor, in-was said to be very cool and clear,
RES. Wyatt, who is to lead Eng- 100, by Brown and Peebles. cluding a large number of Chin-
land in the First. Test. says that On reaching the summit the "A newspaper correspondent re- McCabe hit two 4's-an off-drive,ese. It was necessary to post po- party found that a party from porting the matter avers
he is very doubtful whether he will Jasin. Including two Europeans various omens went before pre-result of the injury to this theme and eight Malays, had been there sagtig his death, for all of which result of the injury to his thumb of admirable bowling, was relieved The loan was subscribed within a before them three hours earlier. A there is good evidence. He had while playing last Saturday
few minutes of the opening, and thick fog obscured the view below five dogs which were ble constant the injured thumb was made late A further X-ray examination of Runs did not appear to be, com- the subscription list was closed the mountain when, the climbers companions, and two days before
to-day Renter. :. ing fast, but 70 were scored in after about niteen minutes. While reached the top but at, 7.30 pm. he met his death they began the first hour after lunch, and the the exact total of the applications the fog cleared and a moon show-howling miserably and weeping lack of a fast bowler as a contrast could not be ascertained yester-ed up the surrounding country doods, of tears" About the same was severely fait. Brown came on day. It was estimated that about clearly. The towns of Muar, Tang-time a great crow suddenly came brought back to his yamen. On
Thrilling Finish for Peebles at 142, but he did not $28,000,000 had been subscribed kak Gemas and Segamat were down in front of his residence; the night before he met his end What a finish there was for the bowl quite such a good length as or nearly four times the amount teen clearly. The sun-rise next one of his guards, the same who many of the servants and atten-Newmarket Stakes! A little way before, and Chapman placed an-of the issue. Allotment will be day, according to one of the party, | was killed with him, caught it, but dants heard a great sound of from the post it had looked odds other man at mid-wicket.
made on a pro-rata, bazik,
was very enchanting let it go again on the advice of "devils weeping" outside his bed-on Colonel Loder's well-backed Ponsford had his head, well over
The temperature taken at 8.20 an offcial standing, by, who told room. It is noted also that the Graceful Lad, but this speedy polt the ball in playing forward, and
a.m. was 64 degrees F. The lowest omen. Also three days before his o'clock on the 19th, were exactly also came from behind Avertin to are also many subtemperature was, 61 degrees taken death he toks jaus of his omcers those of his assumption of office challenge.
at 5:30 am. in that he had dreamed the night
He got in front but the weight The downward climb was made
began to tell and Richards then at 8.15 am the party reaching the
drove up Avertin nearest the stand side and got up on the past to
Marriott who, after a long spell of members of the crowd.
by White,
A substantial share of the sub-
Felicitation in receipt of 6lbs. was going fairly well at the finish, but was besten by over, three lengths,
be followed by an impromptul
secure, a, short-head verdict Only the judge could decide, The hon ours went to the Aga Khan's Brocklesby winner who was trying? to give 131bs,
Hogg always fears whether the almost white Bay Lady colt will be left. The colt created ructions at the gate when a hot favourite. for the Littleport Sakes, but was
thical Monk; however, jumped away in front on the far side, and increased the lead before John stone finally reduced the gap to two lengths. It was fast-run-
was quick on his feet. while Me.scriptions represents Chinese can, was 68 degrees F. and at 12.30 him that R was a bird of very evil | day and hour of his death, 11 began to stop when" Vermell in his stride at the Jump out. My
Cabe gets his left elbow well up and is an interesting and attrac-| tive batsman. The running. be- tween wickets was admirable, and every possible angle was made.
tal. There scribers, abroad.
The debentures were issued at 1023 per cent, The rate of interest 13.5 per cent. Der annum,
before that he had been attacked by bandits when on road inapec foot of the mountain at 'pm tion and had been wounded and
seven months and seven days ago; and astrological wiseacres assert that it was an unlucky day and hour for taking once.