COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
County.
Middloxox...!
Yorkshiro...
Laneuslitro.
Burroy
Loicestershiro
Somersot
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Warwickshire
Kent
Worcestershire
ExSox
Position as at May 22nd.
Played.
Won.
Lost
Won Ist.
Lost lat. Inns.
Inas.
***❤xx☎ Points.
5553658586 Poss.
Glamorganshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire... 1
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THE BONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SOCIALISM AND THE CHURCH.
New Mayor's Break With
Tradition.
the
Porcont
ago, Mr. William Dobblo, the first
Socialist Lord Mayor of 100.00 ancient City of York, has startled conservative Church people with 80.00 an official announcement that .80.00 thore shall be no official atton- 60.00 dancos at divino sorvice during 60.00 his torn of office.
53.33 His, action will intorrupt a 50.00 practice of many conturios, int 40.66 which all over England it has 40.00 been customary for Mayors to 32,00 atlund certain prescribed services 30.00 of the Church of England. 26,66 At the last two sorvicos at 20.00 York attendance by officials was
6.66 vory snall, which caused Lord]
Mayor Dobbio to doclaro :
"The members of Council aro; The following mat-hion wore abandoned. Surrey v. Yorkshire, † a lot of pifling frauds in rogard and Notts v. Warwickshire. The following minichos waro not eam.to recognition of civic Sundays.. ploted in the fut. innings:-Northants v. Warwickshire, and Notte. My mo is too valuable, to be v. Sussex. Those matches are not included in the above table.
Gloucestershiro 3 @
LADIE'S GOLF BATTLE.
MISS
WETHERED IN THE FINALE
Miss Leitch Again 'Fails.
London. May 21. A feature of the fifth round of the British Ladies' Golf Cham- pionship at Portrush was the renewal of the battle for supro-
Leitch and Joyce Wethered, 1926 when Miss begun in
BRIGAND OUTRAGE.
Foreigner Dies of Wounds. Fouchow, May 22. Mr Dinsmore, Mr. Mackay and threo Chinoso have boon attacked by brigands above Sha.
sion. Mr. Dinsmore wounded, and escaped to Sha hsien, and there died on the twentieth.
BASEBALL.
+
WAH
wasted in walking about the stroets with my rod. coat on. If the members of the corporation have kidded other Lord Mayors into going to Church under theng circumstances they wont ki! mo.'
STAR THEATRE.
"SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT."
Klar
Under the direction of Cecil B. de Mille. arkl with (Hloria
the Mr. Mackay and his party ero Swanson in
rolo, "Something To Think About" is a macy between Misses Cecil,captivity-Reuter,
screen foutora which should satisfy the requirements of the most exacting cinema patron. This wonderful production will he put on at the Star Theatro to- day till Saturday and it is no exaggeration to say that some- thing really artistic will bo missed if the opportunity is allowed to slip by.
Wethored surprisingly defonted Miss Leitch in the final for the
Now York, May 21.
English championship. She re- In the American Baseball poated that victory in 1922 since Longus Boston boat Detroit, 5 to when Miss Leitch
has been
abaon! from competitive golf
until the present.
-Reuter,
AFTERMATH OF REVOLUTION,
Miss Wethored, was excellent throughout, and won by a wide margin of 6 and 4, Miss Leitch
Riga, May 21. failing through being chiutly. A massage from Moscow states woak in putting.
that Colonel Selikanov, of the In
White Guard army, has been somi-finals Minn Wothered beat Miss Holmo, shot in accordance with the and 3, and Mrs. Cantley beat sentence recently passed on him Miss Gourlay by one hole.Renter
Reuter
the
THE NEWMARKET STAKES.
A Remarkable Finish.
Tondon, May 21. The result of the Newmarket Stakes was: Hurstwood (101) 1. Salmon Trout (52) 2.. Sau Soving (11/23. Won by a neck, with a head between second and third, There were night runners, all engaged for the Derby the others bolng Bright Knight, Despatch, Bucks Yeoman, Eaglostone and Polyphontes.
It is unlike most of the world- famous director's pictures in that! the dazzling anti gorgeous are not attempted and elaborate settings and beautiful gowns,
not displayet. It is a simple touching assembled in the manner of de
ro
theme on humanity, cleverly
Mille's best. The story and philosophy are there and the |LIQUOR AND TOBACCO: charactors are quite true to life.
HONGKONG'S REVENUE
LAST YEAR.
WEATHER REPORT.
MURDER TO ADVERTISE BOOK.
At Portland (Orogan) recently At the meeting of the Legisla Nora Hollis, author of tive Council, hold this afternoon, Living God and the Biblo-Is "The there was laid on the table the Satin the Evil Ono?" shot and report of the Superintendent of killed Mrs. Eva Bradley her aged Imports and Exports for last your landlady, afterward telling the in which is given interesting in police who arrested her that she formation regarding liquor and committed the crime for the pur- tobacco duties. der the handing of Liquors was book.
The not revenue collected un-pose of gaining publicity for her $1,976,152 as against. $1,196,799. Onsettling down, Salmon It is explained that "this slight Trou lod from San Saving. increase in due to more strict Hurstwood and Bright Kuight. At measures to prevent evasion of the bushes each of those four
chity in the CAND of tried to force its way to the front, noso liquor, but
Chi- May and as the horses came closer to tion
the collec-graphic communication with of duty home
Chinese Hongkong is interrupted. Impossible to liquor still remains WAS
angatia- separate thons.
Pressure has increased con- When but a few factory, the amount paying duty siderably at Vladivostock; other fest from the post Hurstwood being slightly under the figuros changes are slight. The depres claimed the lead, while the other for 1914, the first war year, not-sion over. Indo-China has become three were locked together as the withstanding the very large in deeper. post was passed. It was ono of the finest finishes over witnossed.
crease in the Chinose popula Hongkong rainfall for the 24 Bright Knight was favourte at
hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, ovens, and come fourth a short under the Tobacco Ordinance was 1st. 20.94 inchos, against an.
collocted 2.00 incl. Total since January hoad away-Reuter.
$1,831,079 as compared with average of 19.14 inchos.. $1,474,677 for 1922.
it
LAND FOR SINGAPORE
BASE.
tion."
The
on
nol revenue
"The smug- gling of cigarettes was chiclly confined to high grade cigarettes of foreign manufacture, of which
12h 10m.-Tele-
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW,
District.
Forecast.
Questions As To Terms Of some large seizures were made." 1 Formosa Channel
Purchase.
London, May 21.
in a table it is shown tast ovari 10,000 cigars were scized, over 2 Bouth coast of half-a-million cigarettes and China bot woon
H.K. & Lamooks S. winds, .
moderate;
Chinese tobacco.
FOOTBALL.
In the House of Commons-large quantities of foreign and replying to Mr. Spanco, Mr. Alexandor (for Mr. Ammon) stated that the Into Government had bought no land from the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Com- pany with the object of establish. The following will represent ing a base at Singapore, aethe the Club de Rocroio in their re land for the base was acquired by play against the East Surroys for the Govorumont of the Straits the runners-up position in the Bettlomonts. With regard to Mr. Second Division Football Leagus Sponge's further questions, as to game to be played on the Hong- tho pries paid por acre and to kong Club Ground on Friday. number of acròs now leased to 23rd instant. at 5.30 p.m.-M. the Bukit Sembawang Company, Silva: A. Gosano; P.M. Xavier; the date and terms of the lease C. d'Assumpoac; A.A. Remedios: and rontal, and whether the land leased was fully cultivated for rubber production, the Govern ment had no information as to what transactions had passed in the Colony on the mattor.— Reuter.
MARKETS FOR. BRITISH GOODS.
London, May 21.
H.C. Remedios; D. Xavier; A. Fuertos W. Ogloy, L. Rocha and A. Brown. Rosorvos:- AA. Botelho and L.A. Carvalho.
BILLIARDS.
Playing in the handicap at the Palaco Hotel last night, Mr. C. Bury (-125) boat Mr. H. Blandin (-170) by 250 to 53. Highost In the House of Commons, Mr. breaks woro-Spry 44,41,39,21, Webb, announced the Govern | 16,16,14,13(3); Blandin 27,22,20, ment's intention to appoint .a | 19,19,15,15. committee to investigate the To-night Mr. H. O. Balebin question of obtaining necassary | (-175) meets Mr. A. J. Osmund markets for tho country's (-325), the gamo 4o commence at exports-Router.
p.m.
3 H'kong to Gap cloudy,
Rock,
rain.
China. 4 South coast of .balwoon H.K. & Haluan
T. F. CLAXTON, Director,
Hongkong, May 22,
HARLAN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE.
Revolver Explodes As Actor Draws; But He Keeps on working..
Saroon tragedy almost bo- came real tragedy when a revolver in the hands of Kan- noth Harlan exploded proma- turoly, sociously injuring the. screon hero and temporarily "The Virginian stopping production work on which is
Theatre. now playing at the Quoon's:
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1924.
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Singapore Dealers Fined for Fraud,
of Hongkong for the purpose of was carrying on business at 31: packing locally manufactured Purvis Street. A visit to the algara, with a view to decolving place disclosed the fact that a the public, naveral Chinese dealers cigar manufactory had been were prosvouted bofore Mr. Pryde established thero, the solling in the Singapore District Court place for which was 430 North last wook at the instance, of Mr. Bridge Road... Stulz, the Singapore agent of the Orkout Tobacco Manufactory of Hongkong..
Is Honour fined the accused $200 and dusts, with an order] that $100,and the boxes contain-! It was stated that the well-Ing the cigars bo handed over to known brand of cigars.. La Perla | the complainant. ?
del Oriente, had for many years. Other similar cases were tried, beon sold by Mr. Inganobl, the court being almost filled with former proprietor of the El boxes ofolgora which were Oriento Cigar Manufactory, of produced as exhibits,
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