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for which it behoved all to be prepared. No clouds of any importance marred the prospect, and there was overy reason to expect that only a few years honce would witness even greater expansion in every direction. The first quartor of the year saw the inauguration of ambitious programmes of development, and even larger schemes wore in project. There wero not wanting. occasional rumours of industrial) trouble, and certain trades WOTG involved in disputes which set up problems that, whilst annoying, were .not insuperable. Thon came the change: The middle of the year saw as definitely, and
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Arthur Van Langenberg, sisters and brother-in-law gratefully thank their relatives and friends for the many kind expressions of sympathy re. ceived in their bereavement also for floral tributes sent and attendance ut the funeral.
recent was B
The Telegraph
THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1925.
RETROSPECT.
“LITTLE HSU” ENTERTAINED AT SHANGHAI:
This picture shows a ten parly given last wook at the Majestic Hotel, Shanghai, by Mr. Hsu Yuan, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, to General Hsu Shu-tseng, better known as "Little He,"ows of whose assassination was received here last night. Consular roprosenta tives and Chinese officials attended the party. Geroral Hsu is on the right near the centre lights, and with him is Comm. G. de Rossi, Italiah Consul-Gonurul.
DAY BY DAY.
THE YEAR IS GOING, LET HIM jao-Tenison.
AUSTRALIA'S TEST TEAM.
Australia.
He claims a century in both countries. He also played in 1912 when in all matches he totalled 2,207 runs for an averago of 45.04. Against Notts in 1921 he scored his highest individual total 345. In that year he scored four centuries in successive matches,
THE FIRST TWELVE SELECTED.
There will be no issue of tho
Melbourne, Dec. 30. The following team has been the brighter dawn that followed Hongkong Telegraph to-morrow.
J. M. Taylor (New South Wales). tribute to its fortitude. We take this opportunity of wish-selected for the forthcoming tour 105, 193, 345 and 115.
ing all our readers a Happy New Faced with many
dilleulties, Year.
in England:-
Collins, Ponsford, Bardsley, Old.Taylor is a seasoned player with many triumphs to his credit. the Hongkong administration
field. Gregory. Taylor, Macartney. Amongst his big partnerships was and public alike have settled
Andrews, Ryder, Mailey, Grimmet, one with Bardsley against South make the
and Hendry. best there of things, and happily
The s.s. Arafurn left Moji yes- has now arisen a better spirit terday and is due here on Janu- of goodwill between this Colony
down
to
The Standard Oil Co. has issued a very effective dosk pad for 1926.
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and the neighbouring Chinese One English case of diphtheria
Wolwas province of Kwangtung.
notified yesterday from think the misunderstandings of Kowloon. the past few months have served
The Observatory forecast for o emphasise the necessity for New Year's Day is N.E. winds, It can hardly have fallen to the mural friendly intercourse; and fresh: avgreast, some`drizzle or tot of a local editorial writer 10e responsible elements concer- review a year in Hongkong's his ned havo recently given ovidence;
mist.
Australia in 1920-21 when they The final three will be selected added 345 runs for the 3rd wicket. not later than January 30, The He is one of the most consistent Board of Contro has appointed players at the disposal of the Com- Collins to be captain and Bardsleymonwealth, and is seen at his best Collins, Bardsley in a tight corner.. vice-captain. and Ryder will be the selection committee,
S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd. tory more kaleidoscopic than the of their appreciation of the oppor-ment has rescinded the arde, by against England, and his second of
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future were possible, for events from time to time, given public evening, between longkang Hoo-left-hand bowler of some merit.
W. Bardsley (New South Wales 1921, He bowled consistently.
The French Problem.
celled,
##
T. J. E. Andrews (New South Wales). Is thirty-five years of age Australian The second
trial and has a long experience of Test While his achievements match fixed for February 5 ha cricket.
have not run along sensational been abandoned.--Renter.
H. L. Collins (New South Wales) lines, Andrews is one of the most: captain. This will be the fourth consistent players in the side. He occasion, on which Collins has 're-is an excellent fleld.
the The Netherland Indiao Govern- presented
Commonwealth
One J. S. Ryder (Victoria).
the most difficult men welvononth which is about to unites for an amicable solution which Swatow was declared appearance in the held as captain. to dislodge if once allowed to get He nehlever the distinction of set. Was with Armstrong's vic- come to a close. flad we penned of all problems. We trust that place infected by cholera.
scoring a century, 104, in his first tonious 1921 team and has played. these lines three months ago we such misunderstandings as still | Owing to inclement weather. Test match at Sydney in 1920-21 since.
season. He scored 162 at Ade-
A. A. Mailey (New South Wales). should have had to admit that no exist will, cre long, bo finally the hockey match which had been
With those who have, arranged to take place at the laide the same year. Collins is a googly bowler who found Eng- clear forecast of the immediate removed.
U.S.R.C.. ground. Kowloon, last
lish wickets much to his liking in were shaping themselves with no utterance of their optimism as to key Club first eleven, and a team vice-captain. A first wicket bats-well throughout the tour and definite trend, and good or evil
man Bardsley is still going strong against Gloucester in August ct the Colony's future, we are fully from H.M.S. Hawkins, was can- could just as easily have been the in accord
although he is on the wrong side that your he took all ten wickets. And it may be that
C. V. Grimmitt (South Aust~?~ harvest of the morrow. Fortun- we are passing through this trial It is announced that for the of forty. Until Sutcliffe's magni- ately for our retrospect, however, but to enierge to a greater under-convenience of customers. Messrs.ficent efort in Australia last yeas, lia). Suddenly became famous by there has.come a marked change standing of our fine heritage, and Lane, Crawford, Ltd., will opon Bardsley was the only cricketer who taking five wickets in the ilret in- their Grocery Department on had obtained two separate hundreds nings of the Fifth Teat last March and while the international issues a better knowledge of how to Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to in a Test match. He accomplish- and six wickets in the second. He that have involved this Colony in consolidate the edifice which 10 u.m. The Peak Store will be ed the feat on his first visit to is 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighs 9 at 7lbs. and is thirty two years Ponsford (Victoria). of age. His slow right-hand pro- a big tidal backwash have still to our predecessors have so ably opened on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of England in 1909,
W. H. January the same hours as on be defined, the past few weeks founded.
Sundays.
Ponsford has not previously visited pelling force has been descrit ed England with an Australian Test as bewildering and he becasionally have served to remove a great
Issued by the distillers of the side. He is generally regarded as sends along a googly. His delivery deal of the gloom which would j
"White Horse the wonder of the age as a scoring is uncommon. He seems to prope! otherwise have. shadowed the The French political situation well-known
tragic is as confused as it could pos-whisky, Messrs. Lane, Crawford machine. Only twenty-four years the ball with a stiff arm without !closing
in which he taking it over, nor extending bis days of a
sibly be, and the Cabinet goes Ltd., the local agents, are dis of age. the manner On the eve of year.
from crisis in crisis over the tributing to customers an admir-
H. L. Hendry (New South the New Yest, we can look for-settling of the financial problem. able pocket diary for 1926. It has gone along emashing records arm to its full height.
Australia's right-hand Clem Hill Wales), Hendry la a clever all- wards to a period at least glim-Boiled down, it all means that contains much interesting in-augars well for him to become France has to find a lot more formation on a variety of subjects,
Yet for the first ten minutes in his rounder who is paying is second- Imering with the promise of money than she has been doing and is niealy bound in leather. first Test inuings he batted against visit to England since the war.. gradual return to normal life and of recent years and that the
Major Al and Mr. Kawachi, Maurier Tate like a tyro, peaceful intercourse with those varios interests and groups are
Mossrs. A. S. Watson & Co., against Ltd. advertise that all départ appearance with whom we have recently been trying to get off with us light the two Japanese aviators who he is not may be shown from the share of that extra burden as made a cessful flight from: fact that he scored a hundred in near open enmity. If any bitter possible. The various sugges-Japan to Kuropo ya Siberia, un-his first ness remains, it were well to take tons, such as increased income der the auspicos of the Ash Queensland, against South Aus.ments will be closed on Friday, this opportunity of conceding a tax, tobacco duties taxos on Shimba, of Osaka and Tokyo, tralia, against Tasmania, against January 1, excepting the dispens business and stock exchange huyo just passed through Hong New South Wales (two hundreds infing department of the Hongkong point and starting the year 1926 transactions, A direct capital kong by the N.Y.K. steamer, that match) and against West Aus- Dispensary, which will be open the world's for the dispensing of prescriptions record score in a first class match only from 10 am to 1 p.m. and with a mind purged of prejudice levy and other money-ruising ox-Kashima Maru, on their way tralia.
from G p.m. to 7 p.m. On Satur- hitting against Tasmania and open to acceptance of a pedients are being urged and re-home.
sisted by the different political
Yesterday morning, melo bowling, for 420. Ten hundred in day, 2nd. all departments will
remain open as usual, now, and perhaps strengthened, groups, all of which realise that friendship with our neighbours money has to be raised, but all Chinoso visited the Lunatic Asy-twenty-two innings at one time in of which are equally anxious to lum and represented hintsolf to his career; a thousand runs with Unfortunate misunderstandinge see their own plan of action fol-be the brother of a patient, He an average of 119.28. He gets the have arisen: let us do our bare owed. The strength of the explained he wanted to take the
various political parties, groups, patient and his goods away, but greater portion of his runs in front Douglas Jenkins, American Con-. in brushing them aside.
field into the bargain,
Consular District, will be pleased The year 1925 opened with combinos, etc., is much too even on being questioned he failed to of the wicket and is a brilliantul General of th
W. A. Oldfold (Now South to know that he has received for any one group to get the convince the officials of the cor-
Wales). A wicket-keeper and an promotion in rank to Class 2. Hongkong at the summit of necessary margin of power to rectness of his statement, and he
excellent bat he needs little intro-Americans in the district will also' wave of prosperity, only partly make its will effective, and so was arrested.
duction. This will be his third bo gratified to know that the. subdued by the inevitable reaction there has to bo temporising, and placating concessions first tu ime,
charge of an officer of the same to the commercial boom of the and then other. But M. Briand out by Reuter, appear to bo visit to England though he is but Canton Consular office is now in previous two years. That there has, at long last, taken a firm drastic but they seem to have 28,
J. M. Gregory (New South rank as the Consulate General at is Australia's Hongkong and Tientsin. The had boon some rush optimism stand and be has told the various boon fashioned on the lines most
groups that this not the time likely to got money from all Wales). Gregory was realised, and the period in for Ministerial prises but for classes, and that is the formula fastest bowler and one of her finest promotion is well deserved as view commenced with a return to work, and that even if some of for which France has long been bats. Thirty years of age, he has during the trying times of the Baner outlook in matters of the Cabinet members rosign he looking. if M. Briand's strength had many seasons of Test cricket. past year, Mr. Jenkins has served finance. Yet, while speculative will get others to fill their places of will can carry there proposals In 1921 he took 120 wickets and his compatriots strenuously. It without rosigning himself. through before the end of the scored 1171 runs whilst on tour will be rocalled that at the annual moeting of the American Associa fovor was loss in ovidence, there Reuter tolls us that this nation year and before he has been in England. He has two centuries tion of South Ching, a strong was no lack of appreciation of has averted another crisis and forced to throw his hand in, he to his credit in the matches,
much will have parformed yet another. C. G. Macartney (New South revolution of appreciation of the the fact that the Colony had cheerior. M. Doumor's latest pro-high and signal service for his Wales). Has played in all matches services of Consul General Jens
Akins was adopted. entored an om of rapid progress,posals, which have boon fully set country.
since the war both in England and
the outlook is that
.
He made
That
the
The many friends of Mr.
Canton