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FINAL INTERPORT MATCH.
MALAYA BAT AGAINST HONGKONG.
MAKE
147 IN FIRST INNINGS.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 魏八十月雙十英泡香
FIFTEEN YEARS.
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MRS. DEACON'S ASSAILANTS GET LONG SENTENCE.
ESCAPE FROM PIRATES.
HONGKONG MAN RETURNS.
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1924
A+ **DLEY OUT IS OTH
BITTEN BY DOGS.
TWO CASES REPORTED.
A coolle la the employ of Dr. 'Story of Six Months' Captivity. Aubrey was bitton by a deg yes. Since May there have been
terday. His injury was treated fourteen oases of bag snatching
by his employer. Meanwhile the from European ladies, but they After having boon hold in cap-dog, which belongs to Dr. Strahan, all palo in significauce bosidoe the tivity by pirates for nearly six has been sont to Kennedy Town to assault on Mrs. Deacon, said Mr-monthe, a No. 1 painter, in bo kopt under observation. T. M. Hazlerigg, the noting ployed by the Hongkong and Bitten by a stray dog near the Solicitor, when three Whampoa Dock Company, has Gas Works yesterday, a Chinese The Interport match between minutos later. This last wicket Crown
Chinose, wore charged, before just arrived back in the Colony was taken to the Governmont Hongkong and Malaya opened foll at twenty minutes to one. Mr. Justice Gompertz, at the to tell an extremely interesting Civil Hospital. The dog was das this morning under ideal weather with Malaya's total 147,
Criminal Sessions this morning, story.
troyed by the workmen at the Gas conditions, the sun, if anything. The scores were as follows:---
with robbing a ricksha coolla of It will be remembered that on Works and its body was taken baing hotter than yesterday.
$1.40 and a jade bangle and with February 4th. the Shamehulpo to Kennedy Town where it was robbing Mrs. Doacon on Co. forry launch, Man Hing, was destroyed at the crematorium. 714th.
stolen by piratos on its way All the prisoners admitted the aorona the barbour to Hongkong 26 offence and they declared that and that about 70 crew and 40 they noted in collusion.
pannengers were taken to a place Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg said that called Tau Moon, near Heung- 3 there was no serious assault on shan. The forry boat was then
ricksha Othe
coolie, but on repainted black and used for soma 24 October 4th they attacked Mrs. time by the pirates, but wan Deacon from behind whon she eventually rogained and is now 14 was walking in Broadwood Road on its usual work.
a ruan put his hand about ber
Hongkong lost the toss, and
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Malaya, 1st. Innings.
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the Malayan skipper elected to. M. Brand, b Bowker... bat first.. Stiven replaced Wyatt;G. E. Livock, b Bowker... otherwise the visiting eloven was N. Grenier, b Quick the same as against Shanghai.
R. T. Foster, b Quick
R. A. Phayro, b Owen Hughes,
b Rood...
b
Brand and Livook were the first pair in. Bowkor bowling to Livock from the Naval Yard. A. E. Holmes-Brown, b Reed with Hargreaves at the opposite P. N. Knight, b Bowker... end. Disaster came early. After W. N. Edwards, and four byes from a swift ball 'past
Webster...... Livock's shoulder, this batsman N. H. P. Whitley, b Powell was out for a "duck" to Bowker's B. P. Stivon, h Powell fourth ball, playing to F. H. Thompson, not out
Extras the wicket. One for 4.
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Grenier wont in to partner Brand, and began to hit out. Brand made 18overal
protty shots, but exactly after a quartor of an hour's play was bowled by Bowker when he had scored only 7. Two for 19,
Total
4
left her
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MORE ABBERS.
FOOTPADS N JARDINE'S BAZAAR.
The
Footpads made, their appear. ance in Jardino's Bazaar in the armall bours of this morning, when and stole from her a sum of $50, 4mouth and tugged a wrist watch TRIED TO RESCUE FRIEND. they held up a Chinese woman The woman, whose name is 1 from
wrjat, A Quite a number of those who 24 striking feature WAB
the ex-were taken into captivity wore Sin Look, ie a coole contractor. traordinary amount of violence ransomed by their friends, and it She was on her way home when ...147 usod-far more than was neces- was in an endeavour to ransom armed men appeared from the sary for the purpose of the a friend of his that the un- darkness in Jardine's Bazaar, HONGKONG GOES IN.
robbery. Mrs Doacon was thrown fortunato paintor was himself backed her up against a wall and Hongkong went in at oight to the ground, kicked in the caught. According to his story forced her to hand over the money. A coolle who accompanied the minutes to
the ground to a Telegraph representative to- and abdomen, held on one, Quick
a doorway Webster facing the bowling of face downwards, kioked repeated-day, ha went to Macdo with woman was chased by one of the Thompson and Holmos-Brownly on the thighs and an ornament $1,800, which was the balanes of three men towards BOWLING CHANGES.
Both batsmen commenced to bit pulled violently from her ear. the 85,000 claimed for his friend, where he was attacked and robbed Foster was in next, and soon freely early on, and at the lunch The doctor would toll thom that the remaining $3,200, having of $30. This footpad was caught previously paid by his by the police when running. found the boundary off Har interval Hongkong had ton up it was only Mrs. Deacon's robust been
constitution that saved her from friend's wife. The paintor con- towards Causeway Bay.
had blown 1 police greaves. Gronior also seemed without the loss of a wicket.
ducted negotiations with two men woman
as she waS 18- more confident, and runs began
On the resumption, Knight Borious and life long injury.
Mr. Hazlerigg pointed out the in Macao who told him that he whistle as so to come frooly, though smart
prevalence of this type
of would have to go with them to leased, and thal brought the fiolding kopt the total loss than replaced Holmes-Brown with tho ball. Scoring was Blow, both
that and said
in Tau Moon and there hand the constable prdy on the scene. After just it might have boon.
The two other members of the batsmen treating the bowling several casos arms had been money over to the pirate chief be- half an hour's play, 40 went up with
great
rospect. Twenty produced. The assault on Mrs. fore bis friend could be released. gang made their escape, running on the board. Reed then ro
by far the On arriving the pirate up the street and disappearing placed Hargreaves with the ball. Went up at soven minutes past Deacon
two. As the batsmen became most serious: the prisoners headquarters, the painter was round a cornor.
All of the men were armed Fifty wont up at 11.9 o'clock, Foster by then having passed 20 more confident they commenced Hoemed imbued with the idea of diapossessed of his money and
told that he also would made with daggers, and it is stated that Gronier soon passed his 20 scoring more freely, but the inflicting serious injury. also, finding the ropes twice in Malayan fiolding was very smart,
His Lordship said he intended a prisonor until a further sum as on the arrested man was found a point to servo the succession, with 60 on the board, and many a possible four was
Not far from the pirates; strong-abarpened to Quick replaced Bowker at this saved. Wobser reached his 20 to make an example of the ransom money was paid for bim. three-cornered file with one end stage, and bowled Grenier with twenty-five minutes after the re-prisoners. On the charge of
robbing the coolie each would be hold is a village named Sun Lak purpose of a doggor.. his third ball. Grenior had sumption.
sent to prison for three years Ki, in which thoro formerly lived contributed a useful 20. Three
with hard labour, and on the number of Chinose returned wickets down for 68.
charge of robbing Mrs. Deacon from America and who had built A minute later, Quick
for themselves a number of big each would be sentenced to a Phayro went in naxt to partner
Tho piratos had pro- houses. of Thompson's Fostor, and the first ball to him turned
viously driven these people out would receive dition from Quick registered four byes, deliveries to Holmos-Brown at further twelve years, and in ad-
and used the houses in which to
An elderly Chinese, Wong Rans wore how coming very mid-on, and was caught out withi
koop their victims. For over six Shing, charged at the Criminal slowly, with brilliant work in the 5 to bis credit. One wicket downstrokes with the "-ent.”
months, the painter was kept a Sossions this morning with field. Eighty went up after an for 28.
captive with about 20 other
TWO WICKETS FALL.
ro-
ong
hour's play. Foster having Ramsay now went in to partner passed, hie 30. Phayre Webstor. Thirty wont up at 2:20, fow minutes later
put
abut just after this Grenior caught hard cut into the bands of Wobster off Thompson near tho Owon-Hugbox in the slips, after boundary, for 22. Two for 31. ho had scored 3. Four for
gr.
"DUCK" FOR MALAYA CAPTAIN.
Holmos-Brown, the skip, now joined Foster, but was bowled by Rood with the third ball, without scoring. Five for 87.
Ramsay was now joined by Pearce, and the former com- monced to lot out freely to the boundary, but at 2,25 put his leg in front of a ball from Knight, being out 1.b.w. with 7. Three far 36.
Hancock joined Pearce, and 40 went up a couple of minutes Knight was next in to bat, and
lator. The Hongkong skipper there was soon a trickle of runs.
soon opened his shouiders to Ninety wont up at nightoon
Thompson's bowling, sonding a minutes to twelve, Foster
fino drivo
to the public reaching 40 soon after this, but
four, for
Fifty ho
bowlod was
hy
Quick stands within
Six went up, and just after this minuto's time.
the for 95, at ten minutes to twoive. Poarco hit Thompson to
Q
CENTURY REACHED.
boundary, following with several singles.
Stiven relieved Thompson at Edwards joined Knight, and
2.40, and Hancook scored a single 100 wont up just before noon. Bowker then replaced Quick. off his second delivery, Stiven Runs wore coming steadily, and next bowling a wido. Scoring had 110 wont up. Powell now replaced again showed down appreciably, Rood.
Holmos-Brown relieved Knight
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FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
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There was again a yory large entry for our Foot- ball Competition loat wook, in which only two competitors sent in the correct results of the three matchos. Those woro:--
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Very many competitors succeeded in giving two correct forecasts.
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UNSATISFACTORY OFIUM CONFERENCE.
AMERICA DESIRES BETTER UNDERSTANDING. Genova, November 17. The opium-smoking conference, which has ended in a deadlock, was confined to members of the League directly concerned with the question, but the conference dealing with the manufacture and sale of narcotice, which opened to-day, includes members and non-mom- bors of the Leagus. Both the United States and Germany are re
presented,
After the President's inaugural speech, Mr. Stophan Porter, the first American delegate, polated but the unfortunate situation arising from the deadlock in the first conference; conséquently nothing was before the second conference. He said the American delegation ro. served the right to move or amend the agenda in the event of the first conference not providing an effective moane of suppression of the trafic in prepared oplum, or failing, to reach an agreement.
The American reservation was noted, and the confarende, on the proposal of the Japanese dologation, elected Senor Aguerro, of Cuba, and Dr. Bzo, of China, vice-presidents of the conference.- Reuter.
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"DIVANS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED."
Genova, November 17. In the course of the discussion at the oplum conference on Saturday, Mr Chao Heing-chu'said that under the spirit of the Hague Convention, public opium-smoking dons should have been totally closed long ago. There was no reason why they should not divans, which only encouraged now smokers.-Reuter. suggest to all For Eastern territories to close down public smoking
CHINA'S TREATY ENGAGEMENTS,
POWERS WANT ASSURANCE OF FULFILMENT. Paria, November 17, The Temps learns that the British, Fronoh, United States, Italian, Belgian and Japanese Governinents are acting in concert with a viow to demanding jointly from the new Foking Government an 8-
Paris, November 17. aurance that it will respect China's treaty engagements. Reiter.
The Temps says that it lours from a reliable-source-that-the- Fronch, English, Italian, Bolgian, American and Japanese Govern- ments have opened negotiations to get from the new Chinese Cabinet an assurance that it will respect China'e treaties and other engage- ments toward the Powers.Havas.
ABNORMAL COLD IN NORTH AMERICA.
SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED. Now York, November. 17. The coldest wave for fifty-two years is being experienced in the north-eastern area of the United States. Snowfalls have-pocurrad in the Mississippi river district and eastward.
The temperature in New York State is only four dogroos above zero. Shipping on Lake Ontario is at a standstill. Two people have bitherto been reported frozen to death, whilst many others have beon overcome by the cold.-Renter's 'American Service.
COFFEE MARKET SENSATION.
Now York, November 17. On the coffee ezhango, futures broke two cents, being the limit allowed for fluctuations in any one day and the most drastic ro- corded for five years. There was heavy selling in New York and by THE ESCAPE.
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg said that European housos, influenced by weakness in Brazil, which continued One of the men who was acting
the man was arrested on the despite reported efforts by the authorities there to check the decline. as a cook for the pirates in those houses was formerly a morchant of Yu Ying Wab shortly before-Reuter. Houngshan, who had himself boon the boat was due to leave for man had Hoihow. He said a captured, and a friendship sprang up between the painter and the given him the weapons to take to Holbow. He pointed out dook, as a result of which they planned to make their escape. Tho cook knew the lie of the boy believed prisoner's state- mont they had only prisoner's country, he said, and could guide word to go upon and were unati "MILITARY GOVERNMENT",
At threo
a man to the police, but although
LATEST CHINESE DEVELOPMENT.
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FORMED.
Bhanghai, Nov. 18,
SHIPPING MISHAPS.
JAPANESE BOATS COLLIDE.
Astoria, Nov. 17.
The s.8. Rakuyo Maru loat an anchor and sixty fathoms of chain, and is grounded in the
them both to safety. o'clock one morning, just over a to bring a chargo. Mr. Hazlerigg week ago, the mec made a bid for pointed out that the police had a liborty and succeeded in reaching great difficulty in stopping the
A manifesto sont out from river; "where she remains fast, a village called Pak Chiu, where arms traffic when members of
Hankow last night, signed by She'expects to be refloated at they went into hiding, until it ship's crews carried for other
The s.e. Tofuku Maru, which was safe for them to proceed on people.
His Lordship first sentenced Chi Hsieh yuan, Sun Chuan-fang, high water. to Macao. From here they came prisoner to hard labour, but an Heino Yao-nan, Wu Pei-fu, Liu
to Hongkong and at once considering his age (52) reduced Chin-hua, Tu-Shih-kusi, Ma Lion- is anchored, collided with the reported to the police.
on
THE PIRATES STRONGHOLD.
the sentence to three years' chia, Tsai Cheng-heun, Chow Rakuyo Maru whilst the latter Yin-jen, Bah Chon-ping, Chang was aground. The Tofuku Maru simple Imprisonment.
Li
Liu had a plate on the starboard bow. Chih-chen, INDIAN WATCHMAN JAILED Fu-lai,
Juma Khan, an Indian watch Chun-hao. Liu Hsiang, Yang Ben, holed, whilst the Rakuyo Maru
Fu Our informant stated that all man employed at the Hongkong Tong Shib-hao, Yuan Tsu-ming, sustained slight damage to her
and Hung Chao-lin stern. Reuter. prisoners are fairly wall treated. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Lin but that the pirates number Company, was charged with the declares that Feng Yuh-siang is anything from 40 to. 200, ac urlawful possession of arms. He traitor and that all mandatos alico bis entry into Peking are cording to the work they pleaded not guilty.
have in hand, and that it: The evidence showed that he vold. would be almost impossible to was seen by Sergeant Dorling The manifesto announces the overpower them, so diffoult is leaving his residence with aleatablishment of a Military Gov- the country in which they have bundle in his hand. Ho was ornment as an emergency measure their stronghold. The Magistrate stopped and the bundle proved to which assumes duty in suppres of the Houngshan district did be a handkerchief containing amsing rebellions and eliminating 22 once attempt to clear them out, munition. Later a revolver was traitors. It includes the Yangtaze
but his soldiers were defeated. found on his person....
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
M.C.C. vi. VICTORIA:
Melbourne, Nov. 17. In glorious weather, before ten
A poriod of very slow scoring at a quarter to three, just after followed, but just after 120 went 60 had gone up on the board. up Edwards reached the boundary Poarce drow applause with a off Powell, the first four scored in hard drive to the leg boundary a quarter of an hour, and Knight off Stiven, followed by another, did the same a minute lator. and 70 went up at tivelve minutes The board registered 130 at 12.32, 16 throo,- Podroo having Knight had now reached 20. now passed 20.A single and R. E. A. Webster, o Grenier, but five minutes later Bowker boundary bye followed, and a
b Thompson ... bowled bim for 24. Boven wickets four by Hanoock sout the 80 up. E. K. Quick, o Holmes-Brown,
and Yellow river Provinces, with thousand spectators, oh a good down for 136.
but the Hongkong captain was b Thompson
The pirate oblef who was in Prisoner said a Chinose dropped the seat of Government at wloket, Victoria scored 229, în ani Whitley went in, and scored a caught by Fostor in tho houndary off Bowkor's first ball, slips off Holmes-Brown after A. W. Ramsay, 1.b.w. Kaight charge of operations when the a package containing two re- Wuchung, to be administered innings lasting 206 minutes.
53 ferry boat was stolen is named volvers, and ammunition, when he by the commanders of the army Hendry contributed 09. sending 140 up. "Extras" were scoring 20. Four for 81 at nine. E. Pearce, not out
R. Hanoook. o Foster, b Wong Ng, whilst two brothers, called on him to stop. He intend and Navy of the respective Marylebone complied 88 for the responsible for 24 of this, includ- minutes to throe.
20 named Chiu Wo and Chiu 81, are ed to take them to the police Provinces. All State affairs will loss of two wickets-Reuter. Holmes-Brown... ing 恐 number of boundary
Owen-Hughes now byes. Soon afterwards, however,
joined H. Owen Hughes, bGronior... 10 the hond of the kang at Tau station, but he was arrested before be decide by these commanders he had an opportunity of doing so. In council, who shall slect a Whitley relieved A. C. Bowker, b Gremor Whitley was bowled by Powell Pearce, and
Mr. R. Packham, of the Godown President and Vice President of with a ball which broke from log. Stivon with the ball. Phayro
FURTHER MATCHES.
Co., gave prisoner an excellent Counoll. brilliantly stopped a drive to
character...) Eight for 141.
We learn that Shanghai are to Beven was next in, and im- the boundary by Pearoo, and mediately hit a four off Powell. Grenier did the Baina nort play a Kowloon (not E.C.C.)team Webster want or, in place of ball. Malaya's flelding was un-to-morrow, and that Malaya will Bowker, And Edwards returned doubtedly very keen. Ninety also engage in: match with a bis first hall to him, having scored went up just on the stroke of Kowloon eleven on Saturday,
three o'clock, and Poarce reached Malaya are to play a United 14.Nine for 145.
Thompson Jolued Stiven, who his 30. At 3.30 the score was Bervices team on Monday on the
H.K.0,0. ground. was, bowled by Powell thres 128 for 6. Detalle -
1 Moon.
DUTCH FLIERS IN SIAM:
Bangkok, Nov. 17, The Dutch airman flying to Java have arrived here: Reuter,
His Lordehipe said he was sorry
The Military Government shall
to see young man of good char consist of Ministries of Foreign, hoter before him on such a serious Home, Finance, War and com- charge. He was taking his age unloations. This Government and previous good character into shall be dissolved when the consideration in sentencing him Constitution radomes fully oper to "five years' hard labourative again. Reuter.}
TO-DAY
Closing Exchange 28, 4. 9/16 Lighting Up Time 5.39 p.m.
*Barometer
Temperature"
Humidity
2 p.m. 80.02
2 p.m. 79