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FOUNDED 1883
NO. 2,4
AN HỆ HAIris SATURDAY, MÁY 12, 1928.
JAPANESE QUELL RECENT BIG ARMS
RESISTANCE.
NATIONALISTS GIVE UP FIGHT.
SHANTUNG REINFORCEMENT
EXPENSES.
NANKING'S VERSION.
:
'08C
HAUL.
VALUED PLACED AT OVER $33,000.
OF FRENCH ORIGIN.
HAGEN WINS OPEN GOLF TITLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS SENSATIONALLY, '
COMPSTON BRILLIANT BUT ERRATIC.
FROM LONDON TO JAVA.
MR. AMERY HAS A TALK WITH MR. ORMSBY-GORE,
TELEPHONE SUCCESS
London, May 11. One of the longest calls in the history of telephony was made yesterday morning, when Mr. L. N. S. Amery, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, spoke from. his roam in the House of Commons with Mr. W. G. A. Ormsly-Gore,
this final blow at the Southerners equal number of spare magazines, Walter Hagen (U. S. A.) won the the Under Secretary, In Java.
The call was sent by wireless to Holland, where it was picked up
138 PER ANNU.
BEANGLT COFT 10 OUNTS
COUNTY CRICKET SENSATIONS.
BRILLIANT BATTING
UNIVERSAL.
COLOSSAL SCORING AT THE OVAL AND WORCESTER,
HEARNE'S DOUBLE,
Beautifully fine weather at Home made possible some sensationally high scoring, both individual and collective, during the past three days. Few matches reached a de- finite conclusion, Lancashire with a ten wickets victory over Glamor gan being the only side to gain fall County Championship points.
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From the Office Butts. ᄆᄆ
'The trouble with lots of golfers
"Murder by Rallway," says a
is that they don't tell the hole contemporary. There should be truth.
no difficulty in getting on the track of the culprit.
A New York musician has com- posed "A Song to the Skyscraper." Sounds like a Hymn of Height
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A recent London music-hall turn was a Scottish diver playing tho bagpipes fifty feat below the water..
The O.B.I. this week goes to the This sort of thing should be en- Daily Press and the China Mail for couraged.
having made Prince Carol of
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Rumania one of D'Oiny's passen- The only man who really knows
gers on his flight. from Parls to what locks at all the keys he Tokyo.
carries is the burglar.
O C In the case of the China Mail a
One thing, If Governor Smith bar is added to the decoration for the additional information that gets elected, Al" will succeed
"Cal." D'Olay took off from the south of
D: D England for his flight,
☐ ☐ A lecturer on politicas Gully sweet music for the lawyers.
economy King and Tsang Fook provided
The case between the Sugar
Regarding the exceptionally large baul of automaties and ammunition aude on a sampan in the harbour of Aberdeen on Thursday, a rough estimate, based On the high prices which stich
A SUPERB VICTORY, arms obtain in this part of the Since the news of heavy Japan-world, places the value at over
London, May 11. ensunities suffered
in the $30,000.
The contraband, comprising In one of the most sensational struggle for the walled city of ourly 400 automaties, about an finishes in the annals of the game, Tainanfu, it would seem that with
and about 60.000 rounds of British Open Golf Championship'nt the Japanese have summarily end-ammonition, was captured on a Sandwich to-day, with a score of ed fighting in the Tsinan region. sanpan which, at the time when 292. Te played superbly through
Japan, meanwhile, is continuing the seizure was made, was moving out, making brilliant recoveries her policy of reinforcing her can-intlessly about in the middle of when he encountered difficulties, and carried by an ordinary line to tingents in Shantung, and the the harbour.
and returned a card of 72 over. London.
Leyland (Yorkshire) hit the Cabinet has decided to appropriate
morning Palico officials are of the opinion both
and afternoon
Lady Ormsby-Gore, who was
highest score of the season so far, "Don't put all your needles in one
A double bed is offered in over-18,000,000-ven-to-cover the that the arms which were of rounde
The competition ended in a blaza with Mr. Amery, also spoke to her mond (Gloucester) both with not
but Hearne (Middlesex) and Ham-haystack." expenses of the despatch of new French origin, were being moved
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exchange for a parambulator, in a .
forces.
"Two-Seater Runs Into Trap," curent advertisement. I'm from one point to another, pos of excitement, but Gene Sarazen China, or at least the Nationalist, bly for eventual shipment to (U. S. A.) and Archie Compston, husband, and said his voice was asout double centuries, ran him very says a Home newspaper headline.
ᄆᄆ Government, has put its version of some isolated point in Chinese the Britisher, despite desperate clear as a local call in London.close.
In connexion with the vegetable · efforts were unable to deprive Reuter. the Tsinan outrages before the waters.
farm case, it should be understood League of Nations, declaring that in this connexion, a woman who Hagen of the "hat-trick" of open
In the three. the Japanese fired upon their was stated to be in charge of the Championships. troops without provocation, sent boat, was arrested, and two times Hagen has competed for the afterwards British title, he has proved success- an impossible ultimatum and then her women resumed fighting without awaiting arrested in Aberdeen village on In-ful, a most remarkable record. a reply.
formation supplied by her.
Relentless Steadiness. All the three women were Nationalist Allegations.
Hagen was a worthy champion. charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell Geneva, May 11this morning, and were remanded He mowed down Jurado's lead by The Nate sent to the Secretary until Wednesday at the request of relentless steadiness in the morn- of the League of Nations by the Sergeant. Hopkins, of Aberdeening, snatching the lead when the
Nanking Nationalist Government
Police Station.
were
accuses the Japanese of firing on Chinese soldiers and killing Chinese civilians without provoca- BANK MANAGER'S BIG 221, and Composton's 222.
tion at Tsinanfu on May 3rd, and
thereafter bombarding the resi-
dential quarter, killing and wound- ing over a thousand."
ESTATE.
PREDICTING COTTON PRICES.
In the match between Surrey and Gloucester, "no fewer than 1266 runs were scored, while only 20 wickets fell, while 1165 runs were scored for 19 wickets, In the York- ahire Worcester mitch,
There were 22 centurlarta, the principal individual performances being as follows:
U.S. OFFICIALS MUST NOT Do so.
Leyland (Yorks) Argentinian returned a card of 76.
Washington, May 11. Hearne (Middlesex) At the end of the third round
One result of the efforts of the
and 220 as lagon's aggregate was
Senate Committee now investigat-Hammond (Gloucester) against Jurado's 221, Shrazen's'
Ing cotton trading, with a view to M.. Turnbull (Cambridge)
Barling (Surrey) Any of the four might have remedying alleged unsound prac- Hendren (Middlesex) carried off the honours, but Hagentices, has been the passage of a Hardinge (Kent) retained the leadship, by excellent Bill by the Senate fixing a penalty G. Cazalet (Kent) golf, brilliant at times and always of $15,000, or five years' imprison Russell (Essex)
ment, in cases where Government standard in spite of the strain of officers publish, or authorise for publication, predictions of cotton prices.
The Note further states that the LATE MIL. J. W. ROSS-TAYLOR stendy. He maintained a high
OF HONGKONG.. Japanese cut off the nose of the Jocal Commissioner of Foreign
Mr. J. W. Ross Taylor, bank Affairs and shot him, with three mannger, formerly of Hongkong, subordinates,
late of 10. Hereford Mansions, A further accusation is that Bayswater, Middlesex, who died on the Japanese sent an impossible December 14, 1926, at Moorcroft ultimatum and then resumed the House, Hillingdon, Middlesex, left fighting without waiting for Hongkong estate to the value of reply,
$57.100, and estate in England The Note claims that the amounting to £10,623 Os. Ga. Chinese authorities throughout Re-sealing of letters of adminis acted with great moderation, andtration have been granted to Mr. it begs the league to call on Japan M. H. Tarner, of Messrs. Deacons, immediately to end the warfare who is the attorney of the and withdraw her troops. The daughter, Miss K. M. Verb Ross Note also asks for an international Taylor. residing a 10, Hereford enquiry and arbitration-Reuter, Mansions. Mr. Ross Taylor died intestate and is daughter is the Tokyo Vales for Military
only person entitled to the estate, Expenses,
Tokyo, May 12,
the moment.
Itrilliant Recovery.
In the afternoon, at the crucial point, he went out in 36 and stood in na danger of a dangerous score until the fifteenth hole, where he found a bad bunker,
Hazen showed his mettle by a brilliant recovery, with a shot to within four yards of the pin. He holed out in four.
At the seventeenth, he nid an iron shot within a yard of the pin, but missed a three, and he com- pleted the round with a four at the eighteenth.
'Compston's Effert. Archle Compton, in whom all British hopes were placed, went out in the knowledge that he need- Playing finely, he
The Cabinet has decided to ap- MORE ARMS SEIZURES. 70 10 propriate 5,390,000 Yen from the Reserve Fund and also to disburse 13,310,000 Yen on Government res- pongibility as expenses to cover the latest despatches of troops to Shantung-Reuter.
FOUR ARRESTS MADE YESTERDAY.
Mouse or police?
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A Chinese in Court stated that that the constablo's beet, referred ho didn't know he had been robbed. to in a contemporary, is not of the Some shareholders are like that., edible variety,
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It is under. stood that the
warder on duty
Franks the
departure of all
gaol-breakers,
nowadays, you
Batting.
247
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228
. In the scram-
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ble
for
the
205*
109
Kowloon ferries
168
167
often get that
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crashin' feeling.
160
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A fashion
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writer sdya
most women
N. H. V. Riches (Glam.). B. Lyon (Gloucester)
W. Constantine (West Indies) 130 Garland Wella (Oxford) Hobbs (Surrey)
The Bill has been sent to the House of Representatives, R. A. Ingle (Somerset} |--Reuter's American Service.
"ITALIA" STARTS BUT RETURNS.
THICK FOG HINDERS POLAR FLIGHT.
Oslo, May 11. The airship Italia, which rench- ed Spitzbergen on Monday, has departed for the North Pole,
Later. The Italia has returned to King's went out in 36. He met wit Bay. Spitzbergen, having merely trogble after the turn and at the made a reconnaissance flight, und of the fifteenth his aggregate
A further message says the was 62. A briliant 2 at the six-Italia returned owing to thick fog teenth raised hopes, but he needed over the icefield making it useless As the result of a raid carried two 3's to tie, a task almost im to continue the flight.-Reuter. out by a party of police officers possible. He took a four and a under the direction of Detective five. Inspector Fallon, at 517, Shanghai Sarazen, too, came along with a Regarding the dispatch of the Street, Yaumati. yesterday, two capital score, but he needed threes second Expeditionary Force, com-revolvers and a large quantity of on the last two holes to tie, and prising the Third (Nakoya) Divi- sion, the local Japanese Consul-ammunition were seized, while the took two fours, snatching second General states that a Foreign Office arrest was effected of three Chin-place from Compston. dispatch which he has just received ese men who were found on the
Railway Control.
A man who gave his name as
PEST OF LOCUSTS,
AIR FORCE TRIES TO DISPERSE.
and
.. G. Crawley (Oxford)
acquire poise at
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girls
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124
117
the age of forty. Avoirdupois?
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112
F, J, Seabrook (Cambridge) Watson (Laner.)
109
104
Hallows (Lancs.)
101
101
100
100
proclaim the fact from the
hose-tops.
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IL L. Iggins (Worcester) Rhodes (Yorks) Woolley (Kent)
*Not Out.
Bowling.
Macdonald (Lancs.)...... 6 for 38 HOBBS AND HAMMOND. Gloucester Player's Brilliant Double Century.
London, May 11.
shapely legs
"How do you like my new gown? I bought it on the instalment system."
"And, you are wearing the
first instalment ?"
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The Hong- kong Govern-
ment has lasted regulations for the control of goata. Not of the two-footed variety, unfor- tunately..
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If the Govern. ment, Marine Surveyor's staff gets many more shifts, G. M. S. will stand for Government Moving Squad.
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The latest plus-fours, wo are told, are loud enough to swear. Pro- fanity-bags?
Miss Spooner beat four men in In New York recently, an acro-
an air race. Did a female spooner batic dancer "lost grip of her ever do otherwise?
partner and landed Into the orchestra. Luckily, the man with
00 The illegitimate larvae in the the big drum beat It., Anopheles Maternity Home on the
0 0 cliffs on the south-west side of Weather reports from England Talpo Station are gradually seem to show that they're getting Both Hobbs and Hammond, becoming asphyxiated by the huge samples so as to decide what sont England's two outstanding bats- volumes of black smoke emitted by of winter they'd like this sunimer. men of recent years, distinguish- the locomotives. Otherwise, crime
This mechanisation of the Army ed themselves in the match be in the district is normal.
0.0 the Oval, Heavy scoring on both
Is all right, but with Hussars in tween Surrey and Gloucester, at
The march of the Hongkong overalls carrying spanners the new
Is "The
Leather musical, comedies will be a bit What's the use of
sides prevented the match from Volunteers reaching a definite decision and Bottel."
it had to be left drawn, with leather, anyway? Gloucester gaining first inninge points.
Spearmint won
the Hankow
tame.
Now that the warm weather is
was Handicap at Shanghal. We don't here, automo-bills are mounting
often chews a winner like that.
Only one innings cach completed, although Surrey went in a second time and scored 304 for six wickets when stumps were drawn.
The full scores were:
Surrey: 418 and 304. (for 6 wickets) Gloucester: 544. Barling was partly responsible for the hosts' huge total in the
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Referring to the Royal Oak affair,
up,
Some more picture comparisons:
the Post has a headline:The-Today at the Star Theatre, the "Three Weeks in Paris at the
Naval Code." Apparently
Keyes have been Collard.
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A motorist pleaded that he had
Queen's Theatre, "The Garden of
Eden." Whew-w-w!
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A London ten room called "The
Prince of Wales' Hope, from Tokyo, advises that these ad-remises.
When all was over, the Prince
Basra, May 11. ditional men are required for the
The Air Force base at Koweit, protection of the Tsingtao-Tainan Wong Taze-tak and his occupation of Wales, who had been playing Rallway.
as a farmer, living, at 14, Wing on the Pinces, Course, and had
Д dinner appointment and, fa Communication along this line is Lok Street, was last night arrest-stopped to join Hagen's gallery, originally established to defend being threatened by constant In-ed by the police in possession of presented the cup to Walter Hagen, the city against Wahabi raiders, In a brief speech, the Prince said has just been engaging a new
first innings, scoring 168 before evening dress, was without his Ark," has been floated, into a Automatic pistol and 200
Well, there's often public company. The promoter roads by Chinese soldiery, necesal- un
that he hoped the Americans onemy in, the shape of clouds of losing his wicket. Of the 304 runs licence. tating incessant sorties by the Ja-rounds of ammunition,
would keep coming over to give locusts.
compiled in their second innings, plenty of licence at local dinners. may be expected to Noah thing
or two. paneso all along the belt of the rail-
Britain a chance of "putting it Aeroplanes were sent up to try Hobbs knocked up 124.
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Gloucester's star We are surprised that nobody
An ex-officer in Bournemouth machinese were
forced down batsman, severely punished the has referred to the theft of an has been ejected from his house don't want to bore you, but I am owing to the locusts blocking up opposition bowling and was un electric fan from the Supreme for no-payment of rates. A left-
way.
No Canton Evacuation.
With regard to the report that:
the Japanese are evacuating Can-
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
over."!
The winner. Hugen replied "I
the radiators, etc.
Locusts have
-
also
going to keep coming over."
Invaded Interviewed by Reuter, Hagen ton. the Consul-General in Hong- kong has informed a Telegraph WITHDRAWAL OF SENATOR said that his trouncing by Archie South Irak, but the damage to the Compston had done him a lot of young date crop does not exceed
six per cent-Reuter. good,
"I came straight to Sandwich and worked until I knew every blade of grass an the course."
WALSH. Washington, May 4. Senator Walsh, of Montana, withdrew to-day as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomi- been nation:
Compston was disappointed, but nld that he felt consoled by the
DONETZ MINES AFFAIR.
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It is significant that the contes- tants in the American "Bunion Derby" are avolding the Corn Belt, DD
tenant?
with a thorough understanding of the subject.
Reference the "Flapper Vote," we agree that a woman's liberty doesn't consist of having The worst thing about these latchkey without a house. "probes" in America, is that they're always liable to strike oil,
beatable. He gave n eparkling display typical of his form. He Court a's cool check
The crated bananas containing
Dinner dialogue in Hongkong made 205 runs
when (not out) scored in brilliant style and had the last wicket fell. B. Lyon also opium were fruitful to the Revenue is the art of talking about nothing. ran into. three igures his Department.
131 runs. contribution being
MORE HEAVY SCORING, Yorkshire Compile 560 for Six Wickets, Notwithstanding the fact that Worcestershire in their match with Jurado's Adventures,
A message from Moscow statea Yorkshire at Worcester, knocked During the third round, all eyes that twenty-eight, of those arrest-Up 402 runs in their first attempt were on Jurado, whose Ane played in the Donetz mines affair, in- the visitors were able to take first China, and part of it has its hands
nings points in an uncompleted had given him a lead of three cluding the entire staff of the match. strokes at the end of the second. Kokso Benzol Trust, are accused of Leyland made the highest acore
Lots of these self-made men. Early on he experienced dif- conspiring with counter-revolu- of the season so far boating Ham- ficulty with his putting, but he ionary Ukrainians to destroy mond's effort by 42 runs Rhodes show the effects of amatour work played steadily out in 37. Jurado chemical enterprises in Ukraine also reached his century, while manship. had a narrow escape from trouble | Reuter.
their
representative, that this is untrue. He stated that it was possible that some residents living near the native elty may, on their own initiative, have moved to Shameen or come down to Hongkong, but no official instructions had
Writing to one of his chief sup-fact that he is going to America in CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY. lasued to the community.
The Consul-General added that porters, Mr. W. W. McDowell, of June to attempt to win there was no necessity to Issue Montana, the senator said that the Championship. evacuation instructions, as the result of the California "quile aituation in Canton remained quite clearly indicated that the Demo- tranquil. He further stated that crats desire Governor Smith for He Had every confidence in the their candidate." desire and ability of the prosent regime in Canton to maintain order and protect the lives and property of foreign residents.
Ichang, May 11.
hnya
THE DAVIS CUP.
- IRELAND DEFEATED BY · HOLLAND.
·
Berlin, May 11.,
at the thirteenth hole. He pulled
Berlin, May 11. The city is quiet with the anti- Japanese boycott In force. As a
Dublin, May 11. his second very badly and the ball
Siemens-Werke and other firms precaution ainst disturbances, Holland eliminated Ireland from went nearly over the boundary in-have issued a statement denying the Japanese, residents
the Davis Cup Competition, win- to the adjoining Princes Course, that they or their affiliated son- evacuated to tho N.K.K. Buildingning the first three of five matches. nishing within a few inches of
cerne have bribed Russian officials The winners now meet Hungary the fence, tucked up in the grass.
or employees or plotted to put out. (Continued on Page 18.)
(Continued on Page 18.) In the second round.-Reuter.
of action any "machinery Router:
Naval Wireless;
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The whole world has its oyes on
as well.
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Higgins of Worcestershire was among those scoring three figures. The question seems to be not what, but when, China is coming Scores:
Worcestershire: 402 and 203 (for to. 3 wickets).
Yorkshire: 560 (for 6 wickets declared).
(Continued on plage 10.).
The money-lender's favourite. 'song: "Oh Promise Me."..
In England, a candidate stands for office, but in the US, he either. runs for or falls for it,
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We suppose most girls carry lip aticke because they have 'to, draw the line somewhere.
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A Londen specialist has stated that on account of frequent hair- cutting, women of the future will "Henry Ford slipped quietly out share baldness with men. That of London," says a Manila tele- will be awkward. How will they gram. Couldn't have motored, know where to finish powdering
their faces? then