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CHANG TO GIVE UP THE PHOSGENE GAS SOUTHERN CROSS COLONY PROVINCES FIVE WICKETS FOR Bulls and Inners
PEKING.
'WILL EVACUATE AT ·
ANY MOMENT.
TRAIN WAITING AT STATION WITH STEAM UP.
LEADER'S LAST ORDER.
DISASTER.
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NO BREACH OF LAW ON WAR MATERIALS.
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
Berlin, June 1, An expert Committee of Enquiry has reported that the burst phosgene containers at Hamburg | belonged to a store of old war
THRILLS.
DESPERATE PLIGHT OF
AIRMEN,
JUST ENOUGH OIL TO REACH HONOLULU,
BALANCE FOR FEBRUARY EXCEEDS $5,000,000.
material, not all of which had been "GUESS WE ARE LOST" of February was $5,268,676. This
NO RUNS.
MILLS' SENSATIONAL BOWLING FEAT.
HALLOWS & HENDREN STILL CENTURY-MAKING.
LESS EXPENDITURE.
The Colony's finances continue to show a steady improvement, the latest statement issued howing that the credit balance at the end
CRICKET FEATURES. destroyed under the Peace Trenty,
compares with. $4,705,161 at the. as permission had been granted for
end of January. Honolulu, June 1.
Five wickets in 40 balls for o certain material to be retained for
'The revenue for February total-runs, vics with 232 by Hallows to The re-industrial purposes.
"Southern Cross" has The Committee states that no arrived here.--Reuter.
led $1,923,017, which compares completo his 1,000 runs in May, 161
breach of the law relating to war
County cricket matches conclud. material had been committed, and
It was on Thursday that the with $1,475,818 for the same month as the outstanding feature of the
ed in England yesterday. no phosgene gun hus been manu-Australian airmen, Captain Kings-last year.
The remarkable bowling per- factured by works.
the Stoltzenbergford Smith, and Mr. Charles Sulm, ́|
formance outlined was accomplish ed by Mills, of Gloucester, in Nevertheless, the Hamburg both of whom were formerly pilots Senate is taking steps to destroy in the Royal Air Force, accom-
Somerset's second innings. the remainder of the war material panied by two men formerly in the
Somerset team were dismissed for It will be recalled that the ex- U. S. Navy, started in "The
98 runs and Gloucester won easily. plosion, which occurred on May Southern Cross' for a 6,000-mile 21st., caused the death of ten peu-flight, to Australia. ple and serious filness to olliers:
Peking, Torday. Marshal Chang Tso-lin has quested Mr. Wang Shih-chen arrange mensures for the mainten- ance of peace and order in Peking after the Fangtien withdrawal, which is expected to commence at any moment.
A special train is now wailing with steam up at the East Stallon. ---Reuter.
Chang, Two-lin Thanked.
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The containers which burst were The first lap, of 2,100 miles to stored in a chemical factory near Hawaii, has now been completed. the, harbour, apparently owing to
Wireless Plays Notable Part, the warm weather.
Peking, June. 1. The Foreign Ministers called on Chang Tao-lin at the palace this afternoon and thanked him for the good order and safely of foreign The wind blew the gas in the life and property during his direction of Wilhelmsburg, where tenure of office in Peking. He a number of people were affected. assured them of the continued The fire brigade tried to fight the anfety of foreigners but it is be gas with water, while gas masks Toved that no mention was made apl ammonia were despatched from of when he might depart,
Berlin.
It is understood that a circular telegram is being drafted and may be issued to-night, ordering the cesuntion of hostilities. Tentative
INTERNATIONAL
measures are being arranged for LABOUR CONFERENCE,
the formation of a'commitice of public safety during the evacuation.
MINIMUM WAGES & ACCIDENT PREVENTION.
Houolulu June 1. Wireless played a notablo part in the 2,100-miles light on the two-engined monoplane "Southern Cross."
The greatest anxiety prevalled throughout the night when the machine lost its bearings and groped over the wastes of the Pacifle.
The pilota desperately watched the diminishing petrol gauge, whilst the wireless operator, with a waning battery, was striving to speak to some passing ship.
It was the American destroyer Richmond which oventually got into contact with the aeroplane, after which the machine soon made Honolulu.
No Ambitious Motives..
During the visit of the Foreign Ministers, who were accompanied
Geneva, June 1. by the Military Attaches and a
A Japanese film dealing with number of secretaries, Marshal automalle epoplings on railways Chang Tao-lin, in the course of was exhibited at the General Con--
The fliers arrived on a sunny a short, speech, assured them that ference of the International morning and were greeted with n he did not come to Peking owing Labour Organisation, which open-chorus of syrens and much cheer to an interest in politics, or withed here yesterday and at which ing from the large crowds which
ambitious motiver.
He came because of his hostility to Communism and he had striven his hardest to overthrow the "Reda."
forty-two States are represented. had gathered.
Three Committees worn formed to deal with the question of the prevention of industrial accidents,
minimum wages.-Router.
Lost,"
"Guess We are The following are some speci-
For the first two months of the ampunted to year, the revenue $4,019,708, as against $8,263,440 for the same period in 1927; whilst the respective expenditure figures were $2,746,803 and $2,528,093.
AMAH STEALS TWO SOVEREIGNS.
GETS SENTENCE OF ONE MONTH.
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From the Office, Butts.
From a hawker's correspon- Is there to be no eleventh-hour. dence: "Trusting you are on intervention by the S.P.O.A. to gnoling yourself, as it Eaves me at prevent this organfeed. maasacre present."
of mosquitoes yet unborn at Taipo? The Anopheles Maternity Home
០ ដ at Talpo has not yet been closed A local anglor desires to dis for repair. Crime in the district pose of camera, with enlarging is otherwise normal.
device complete..
0.0 MacWhirter, he says that if "John:"Perhaps the reason he music in Kowloon has a message took to drink was because be felt at all, it hasn't his name and thirsty. address on it.
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A Hongkong Civil Servant re-
Hey, move over. Bad weather minds us that he is only mortal. It's a belief to know that this sort of thing can't go on for ever. for sleuthing, ch?
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Some men chase women they
This week's sub-title: "Ma christened him Coin because ho wdan't able."
should dodge, and dodge women they abould chase.
០៨ The Referring to the Afghan King's
Court.news: "I know he loves cut short. Hie mo" said a woman at Willesden the visit to Russia, a contemporary
day before yesterday. "He always Majesty skirted it in fact
kisses us before he tries to kill
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By reason of a dine victory against Essex at Leyton, coincident with Kent's ignominious defeat by nn innings and 190 runs, Middlesex go to the head of the Chimpionship Lable, Lancashire being close on their heels,
Hallows netted his sixth, and Hendren his fifth, centuries of the season.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Middlesex defeated Essex by four wickets.
"A report was recently made to the police from No. 1, Leung Fal Terrace that two platinum rings, mounted with diamonds, belonging to a woman named Lau Yick-mul,nings, v. Warwick.
had been stolen.
Yorkshire won on the first in-
v. Leicester.
Surrey won on the first innings, Northants beat Derbyshire by
who investigated the case, detain-eight ivickets,
Detectives Sergeant Humphreys, ed an amah on suspicion and this woman, on being searched, was found to hate In her possession two sovereigne and a silver match box."
2.
Another Chinese general la said me." to be taking a hand. He is up against a full house in Japan.
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"Enquirer:"No; as far as we can gather, "Femina" doesn't Swatow trains 'ard not too bad, object to people walking about
just wrapped in thought.. barring accidents.
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If Д man attends a club It's because he needs social If recreation.
a woman does,
it's because she
loves to gossip,
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Some of these
Lancashire defeated Sussex by pirates are too an innings and 86.
good at swing. ing the lead.
Notts defeated Kent by an innings and 190.
Gloucester bent Somerset by ten wickets.
M.C.C. defosted Wales by five wickets.
The sovereigns and the match box were identified as the property of Lau Yick-mul, who proved to
REST PERFORMANCES. the police that she had twenty- three such coins in her safe and
The outstanding individual per- that twenty of thein bore a special mark. One of the coins found onformances were as follows: the servant bore the mark which
"Batting. Lau Yick-mui pointed out.
P
The Manchurian warlord ex. and another Committee to deal with mens of messages picked up fromto proceed in regard to the theft
pressed the hope that the Chinese opposition to Communism would continue and that Communism would never again secure a hold in China.
The doyen of the Diplomatic Corps, Herr Oudendijk, replied
thanks briefly, expressing
Marshal Chang Tao-lin for the peace which had reigned during his regime in Peking-Reuter,
Earlier Doubts.
TATA IRON & STEEL WORKS.
COMPANY DECLARES GENERAL LOCK-OUT.
the "Southern Crass" in sequence
"Land sighted." "No land,. We were fooled by clouds. Can stay up four hours longer."
Whilst the police were not able of the rings, they were able to do so in respect of the coins and the match box.
The woman accordingly appear- "Guess we are lost."
ed before Major C. Willson this "Got bearings from the Rich-morning, charged with the theft of mond."
the coins, or, altenatively, with "Land sighted. Just enough oil receiving them. to make it."-Reuter's American Service.
Jamshedpur, June 1.
Earlier Fears. The Tata. Iron and Steel Com- pany has closed down its works
Earlier messages were as follow: Peking, June 1. and declared a general 1bek-out.-|:
New York, June 1. Signals from "The Southern It is understood that the Feng-Reuter. tien leaders held a conference late A strike broke out at the works Cross" stopped abruptly at 10.05 month ago, when the local time yesterday evening. The to-day at which it was decided not just to evacuate Peking at the present management decided to close down last words before the interruption moment.
It has now been decided that the Fenstien forces will retreat to the line from Machang to Liuliho, and west of Peking to Iangko.
It
No fighting has taken place and is anticipated that the Northerners, who have made an orderly retirement northward in accordance with orders from Marshal Chang Tso-lin, will make a stand on the Peking-Tientsin Railway, Naval Wireless.
No Lament.
Peking, June 1,
The defendant, in a statement to his Worship, claimed that the coins were given to her, by her brother who has now gone to the Straits. As regards the match- box, she stated that she bought it for twenty cents from a bric-a- brac merchant.
His Worship sentenced defen-
the rolling mills. Troops and were, "it air pocket," Reuter's dant to one months' hard labour. armed guards were placed on duty American Service. outside the works.
BIG PETROL BLAZE
IN BOMBAY.
STANDARD OIL TANK ON FIRE.
Bombay, June 1. Firemen are working frantical- Lo localise a fire at a Standard Nationalist sources state that Oil Company's petrol tank contain- Marshal Chang Tso-lin is preparing half a million gallons of the ing an address. to the people of spirit. China, which he is to issue before
There are other huge tanks in
ovacuating Peking, In. which he the vicinity-Router,
will declare that he has no lament
over his fallure.
There is a suggestion that the Anfu political "eliquo is now getting into touch with Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Hsi-shan in the hope of gaining a foothold In the new Government of China.
The Fengtion leaders are report- ed to be making preparations for the retirement Into Manchuria, which
certain seems
now,
H.M.S. SUFFOLK.
LEAVES FOR THE CHINA STATION.
London, June 1.
San Francisco, June 1.
COLLAPSE.
A wireless from "The Southern TWO KOWLOON HOUSES Cross" received at 11.23 states that she is communicating with the steamer Makiki from which she is trying to get her bearings.-Reu ter's American Service.
LOCAL ESTATE IN ADMINISTATION.
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MR. W. A. CRUICKSHANK OF CANNES AND SURREY
THREE MORE CONDEMNED
BY P.W.D.
Owing to the number of sides taking part in this year's wor In China, it is Buggested that
He: "IfI were to kiss you, would you call your father?"
She: "Yes, but he isn't in the house."
To-day's simile:"As scarce as
It looks, as if
local tailors are missing
An. opportunity in not advertising plus bags,
We have to thank, the kind reader for his "Femina" jokė - which unfor- tunately Was.
juat a post, too late to reach 'us,.
Motor - Cycle Note:-Floppera"
will be worn on the left side of
the seat this
season.
点点
Shanghai appears to have fol-
cotton underwear on a flapper's lowed a bowled policy in the clothes-line."
It should be run on the lines of the Wimbledon
tournament.
Hallows (Lancs.) Leo (Derby) O'Connor (Essex) Dipper (Gloucester) Gunn (Notts)
232
165
129
121
115.
Interport match..
Hendren (Middlesex)
309*
DO
Russell (Essex)
108.
"It is said that some kinds of
C. Bray (Essex) Payton (Notts)
108
face powder are quite edible. not heard.
Cinema dramas are scène but
103
This assertion must be more
100
100
closely investigated.
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Hearno (Middlesex)' Tyldesley E. (Lancs.)
Not Out.
Bowling.
Mills (Gloucester)... 5 for o Mercer (Wales)... 8 for 87 Durston (Middlesex).. 8 for 40- Capt. Jameson (M.C.C.) 5 for 20 WONDERFUL ANALYSIS. Mills Takes Five Wickets For O Runs Sensational bowling by Mills which resulted in the dismissal of
Let's hope nobody gets fired
MacWhirter has now taken out over the theft of that machine-gun.
marine Insurance for bis floating rib.
These hotel boys who grumble at the tips they receive ought to learn the Rotary motto:-"He profits most who serves best."
The Somme ass-Histed at the hunt for the Tean pirates.
When docs a hoax become
When you suffer from the Somerset side for the maltry plot? total of 30 runs in the second in chronic imagination. nings, gave Gloucester an easy ten wickets victory at Bristol.
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The confiscation of four pupa at the Magistracy on Wednesday should serve as a warning to some.
The troublo with the Stone- cutter's beef appears to be that it wasn't bully,
. . Shanghal may Saver worst- about Hongkong's cricket display, but we Musson get downhearted about it.
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"Betting and drink are
vicar.
Backers and ought to be in gael.
If Wednesday's prosecution the means that shifting liquor without Given the ball at a critical stage nation's two biggest evile," says a a permit isn't legal, most of‚¬ua“ of the innings, Milla disposed of London the remainder of the Somerset bats Bacchus. in 40 balla. without having a-single' run scored off him. His remark-
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According to a police report issued this morning, the heavyable analysis is worth special says a fashion expert. rains of the past few days have record: caused the collapie of two houses
0: M. R. 6.4
W 5 60
Bomerset: 255 and 90. Gloucester: 331 and 15 for.0
wicket).
in Kremer Street, Kowloon, Nos. 3 and 7. The house standing be-
In the face of such bowling tween these two. No. 5, whilst not Somerset showed up very badly. actually demolished, is standing Ip Mr. W. A. Cruickshank, other-a precarious condition and has The scores were: wise Mr. W. A. Carruthers Cruick-been evacuated. shank, formerly of "The Retreat," It is learned that house No. 3. Brookwood, Surrey, who died at was empty at the time of the col- La Madeleine, Cannas, (A.M.) on lapse, whilst in regard to No. 7, November 19, 1927, left Hongkong the tenants left it before It fell estate to the value of $68,500. Net in. English estate ámounta to The PW.D. authoritics have made an examination of a large Re-sealing of probate and
number of houses in this street codicil has been granted to Mr. and have found it necessary to B. D. F. Beith, director of Messrs. condemn houses No. 9, 11 and 28,
£20,940.
These summonses for- lying "Curves are coming back again," inshore may be all right, but what. They're about a raid on those guilty of bad never gone out, says a local lying at Fanling? motorist who's tired of the twiste and turns on our roads,
A motoring prosecution this week emphasises the aphorism 0.0 "What strikes you most during that evil communications corrupt a Hongkong summer?" asks a good Manners. reader. Mosquitoes.
These convicted street orators A Scottish airman made a forced have now got time in which to descent in the Sahara desert swot up their next plece.. recently. He mistook a round white pebble for a saxpenco.
IM.S, Suffolk, one of the new Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd., as all were ́in a dangerous conditer to gain a lead of 76 on the a bachelor," says a novelist. Yes, we have money lying idle. Yer:
County class of cruisers, has left Arrangements have been made to Portsmouth for the China Station,
She will relieve H.M.S. Carlisle. preserve order after the evacua
tion of the troops, which it is-Reuter. maid will be directed by the young General, General Chang Hauch-liang.
Tientsin, June 1.
TEXTILE WORKERS'
CONGRESS.
Ghent, Juno 1. At the closing sitting of the Workers' International Textile
Somerset put up a moderately
Two Chinese charged with "fly good score in their first innings,
ing the white pigeon" at Kowloon A French municipality has this week got the bird. in spite of some good bowling by Parker, who took 6 wickets for 82 stopped
Shakespeare's playe "Barred of Avon."
An advertisement for the Font ... A' fine century by Dipper, who
"Face-powder has caught many kong Benevolent Society asks if contributed 121; enabled Glouces- first innings.
but it needs baking powder to ours is suffering from complete,
paralysis.
. . second time, hold him. `· Going in *
~ D Somerset collapsed, as already
They say that the new Madame In a Peak playground a boy Indicated the damage was done by victory, Gloucester secured these over a baby. He subsequently without loss
explained that he was only playing at "motor-cars!"
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THE OLYMPIC GAMES. MI Needing only 15 runs for was observed dragging, a go-cart Tussauds wax it's predecessor,
who is the attorney of Mra. Marytion. Cruickshank, widow, residing at Cannes, and Mr. A, D, Murray, $7 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkwell, Lon- don, the executors,
The will contains a number of family bequests, providing for Mrs, Cruickshank, alaters and children,
QUEEN WILJIELMINA TO GIVE RECEPTION.
HALLOWS' HONOUIL.. Scores 232 to Equal Grace and Hammond.
Mr. Chang Teun-rue, roprésent- Ing Marshal Feng Yu-halang, bas|·
The Hague, June 1. desued a declaration that the
--A WET WEEK-END.
Queen Wilhelmina is to give a Nationalist armies will make no
gala dinner party and a reception Not only did Hallows equal the attempt to enter. Tientsin or
The Royal Observatory weather at the Palace in Amsterdam on record of Grace and Hammond In Poking until the Fengtien retire-Congress it was decided that the forecast Ull nosa to-morrow is the occasion of the opening of the scoring 1,000 runs before the exul ment is definite,
next meeting be held in Berlin in Cast winds, thoderate; overcast, Olymple Games of
total of 262 against
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from a trip abroad Reuter.
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1931-Reuter,
rain.
It doesn't matter-not a pin!
For it can never stop Fools, young and old, from
rushing in Where even femines dop.
A fruity idea: Eat apples Instead of brushing your teeth
When anything startling hap pens there le-a always a great deal of Police reserve.
The week's best yout pun "The Tean pemanger who hid in the bunkers and conled feet.
Some of these "running dogs" should come in handy when th China takes up greyhound racing,