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MALAYA BAT FIRST LATEST BLOW TO EXCITING RESCUES ASSASSINATION IN
IN INTERPORT.
PARTIALLY RETRIEVE A BAD START.
DR. HOPKINS SPARKLES AMID A
PROCESSION.
A NINTH WICKET STAND.
KUOMINCHUN.
NATIONALISTS TAKE MIHSIEN.
FIERCE FIGHTING EXPECTED NEAR TENGFENG.
ISSUE IN BALANCE.
Hankow, Nov. 12.
It is officially reported that Mihsien has been retaken by the Nationalist troops, and this is con- firmed by Independent sources, "
It appears that the Kuominchun defenders were formerly under the command of General Liu Chen-hua- (a former supporter of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang) who is now for Hongkong made an impressive and cricouraging start in the Government, and that Liu's the Interport match against Malaya-the last of the series-emissaries persuaded them to turn this morning, getting on top early in the game and never losing over to the Government side. their grip, though it began to slip in the last half hour before the tiffin adjournment.
Eight Malayan wickets fell with only 93 runs on the board, but Evan Wong and W. "A. B. Smith partially retrieved this disastrous position by putting on forty runs for the ninth wicket without being separated. "Prior to their hitting display, the brunt of the Hongkong attack had been borne by Dr. H. 0. Hopkins, who gave a plucky, timely and enterprising display. Dr. Hopkins went in third wicket down and was seventh out, scoring 47 runs out of 72 in roughly an hour. Malaya would have given a sorry display indeed but for his aggressive- ness, four of their best batsmen making only 14 runs betweep them.
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The most effective bowler was Bowker,' who took four wickets, three of them howled. Wyatt came in for most punishment, though he did Hongkong excellent service in getting rid of Lal Singh when the young Sikh was settling down. The fielding was a trifle patchy, but no catches were missed.
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At tiffin, Malaya had scored 133 runs for the loss of eight- wickets. Lieut. Waring, a hard-hitter, is to bat.
""DICK" HANCOCK UNABLE TO PLAY.
The weather was perfect and the day after 25 minutes, the spore the wicket in excellent state this being 15.
morning when Hongkong and Malaya tried conclusions, but there was a feeling of great.dis-] appointment in
the Hongkong
Lal Singh Out
In his next over, Wyatt appear- camp when it was discovered thated to be in for punishment. His "Dick" Hancock, Hongkong's at two bulls produced easy runs. skipper and veteran of interports, and with lal Singh shaping wall; one of the Colony's most depend-something bright was expected able players for more than twenty when he again faced Wyatt. He rears, was obliged to stand down was clean bowled, however, with a owing to doctor's orders.
ball which he misjudged entirely, "Tam" Fearce skippered the moving forward to it, and then side, Richardson filling the gap in jumping hurriedly back-too late. the team given out last night. Malaya relied on the eleven which lost to Shanghal
The ball broke in from leg und took his middle stump. The score wns 18, Lal Singh having made eight.
Another Wicket."
The teams were: Hongkong:-T. E. Pearce (cap- tain); W. Brace, E. C. Fincher, H. Owen Hughes, D. J. N. Ander-1 son, Captain J. R. Reynolds, A. The tale of Malaya's disasters | Reid, J. E. Richardson, Lt. Col. was not téld yet, however, Bostock- F. J. Wyatt, Lieut. W. A. H.Hill scored two singles, putting Maxwell, and A. C. I. Bowker. lup 20 after half an hour's play, Malaya-R B. L. Braddell and then had the misfortune to (captain), W. A. D. Wynch, P. N. play on from Bowker. He played Knight; Lal Singh, A. J. Bostock-outside a fast leg ball, which; Hill, H. O. Hopkins. R. G Gibson, glanced into his wicket at a fairly Evan Wong, A, S. A. Jansen, W. fast pace. 21-3-2. A. B. Smith, Lieut. Waring.
Malaya Bat First.
boundary,
pushing towards Tengfeng, where The Nationalist armies are now further severe fighting is expected.
Reuter.
IN CHANNEL.
ITALIAN SKIPPER STAYS BY HIS SHIP.
FORCED TO ABANDON.
London, Nov. 12.-. Оле of the most dramatic incidents of last night's storm as the worst of the whole yeag-was. the rescue of the craw of the
SHANGHAI.
KUOMINTANG LEADERS,
MURDERED.
GANG OF GUNMEN KILL THREE
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INDIAN STATUS DECLARATION.
NOW DESCRIBED AS BEING TOTALLY INADEQUATE.
STRUGGLE NEXT YEAR.
Allahabad, Nov. 12. The United Provinces Congress Committee, under the choirman' ship of Pundit Nehru, who is President-Elect of the Lahore
NEW AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW."
APPOINTMENT OF SÍR ESMOND OVEY.
SIR RONALD LINDSAY BOUND FOR WASHINGTON.
Italian steamer Nimbo which SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. session of the All-India Congress, DIPLOMATIC CHÂNGES. was driven ashore in the Channel near Brighton.
Distress signals were sent up and the Newhaven Motor Lifeboat put out...
the the
Shanghai, Nov. 12. One of the most sensational and daring assassinations of Chinese Government officiala which hag occurred for some time took place. here shortly before midnight, when a gang of desperadoes, using pistols, opened fire on a party of influential, Kuomintang leaders, killing three, as well as a servant, in cold blood.
The outrage is believed to have been organised by political op cfponents of the Government, which is now taking every possible sten to track down those responsible.
Because of the heavy sea lifeboat could not get near ship and a rocket apparatus was brought into use.
The first shot was unsuccessful but a second put the line over the ship's wireless aerial, and it was made, fast to the rigging.
The crew clambered up the them rigging and one by one twenty
were taken. ashore in a breeches budy.
The captain and wine members of the crew refused to leave the ship and stayed on board working ut the pumps.
This afternoon, however, wire Army under Marshal Chiang Kai-less reports of more bad weather shek are reassured in consequence in the Channel, led to the order of the arrival of the large contin- to abandon ship, and the remain-pac Kents of reinforcements from Han-der of the crew, with the Captain, kow and the beavy defeat inflicted were brought ashore by means of on the Kuominchun at Mihsien. the felino-British Wirelesa.
Omcial reports from Hauchang, on the Honan front. state that Mihaien was occupied by the
Fierce Encounters.
Shanghai, Nov. 12, The leaders of the Government
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THE SCORE BOARD.
Malaya Dismissed For Total of
148 Runs
HOPKINS, TOP SCORE.
The rearce con after tiffin
and
in the Interport cricket match between Hongkong Malaya, were:
Malaya-1st Innings.
W. A. D. Wynch, c Pearce,
b Brace
P. N. Knight, b Bowker
Lal Singh, b Wyatt...
A. J. Bostock Hill,
h Bowker..
H. O. Hopkins, c Maxwell,,
Bowker....
R. B. L. Braddell, b Brace
18
3
8..
2
47
3
Evan Weng, 1.b.w, b Owen
Hughey
31
“A, S. A. Jansen, b Howker -
W. A. B. Smith; not out Lt. Waring, b Bowker
Extras
0
21
R. G. Gibson, e Pearce,
b. Reid
Total...
f
£48
Fall of wickets: 1/9 (Knights); 2/18 (Lal Singh); 3/21 (Bostock Hill); .. 4751 (Wynch); 5/57 (Braddell); 6/68 (Gibson); 7/93. (Hopkins); 8/93 (Jansen).
and Fincher
Richardson opened for Hongkong.
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National Government forces under
LATEST EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS.
POSITION BETTER THAN
LAST YEAR.
on
Loudon, Nov. 12. The Ministry of Labour states. that it is estimated that October 21st thore were ap- proximately 10,229.300. insured persons aged from 16 to 61 years in employment In Great Britain. This was 18,700 less than the month before, but 260,100 "more than the year before.
On November 4th, there were. 1,262,000 thousand unemployed. This
was 17,612 more than the week before, but 07.776 less than the year before-British Wireless,
EX-KAISER'S SISTER DYING.
ALL HOPE FOR RECOVERY GIVEN UP,
Bonn, Nav. 12. The illness of Frau Zoubkoff, the sister of the ex-Kaiser, has taken the gravest turn for the worst. All hope of her recovery had now been given up.
The ex-Kaiser has been in fre- quent communication with the hospital regarding his sister's condition, and it is understood that he intimated that he would like
prevent.-Reuter.
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How Attuck Occurred.
has passed a resolution to the effect that the British Govern- ment's offer to India, in the light of the Parliamentary explanation, is totally inadequate.
London, Nov. 12, The Foreign Office announces that Eamond Ovey, who has been Minis-
The Committee advises the All-ter to Mexico since 1925, has been India Congress Executive to con- appointed Ambassador Extraordi tinue preparations for, a national nery and Plenipotentiary to Max. struggle in 1930-Reuter.
London, Nov. 12.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a letter to the Prime Minister, calls atten- tion to the fact that the Commons debate on India ended without any answer being given by the Secre- tary of State for India to the ques tion whether the Viceroy's recent proclamation implied any change, in the policy hitherto declared, or in the time when Dominions Status may be attained.
It transpires from various reports that last evening there was a big meeting of Kuomintang members at the City Kuomintang Office and after the conference Mr. Fan Chen-
(Commissioner
of .the Executive Committee of the City Kuomintang) in the company of Messrs. Fan Chen-lo and. Pei Hsiang (prominent officials of the unchanged, unless and until Pur- City Kuomintang) and Han Yu-lament decides to amend that chao. (servant to the Commis- Act."-British Wireless,..
The Prime Minister, in reply, states that the answer to both parts of the question is "No." Mr. MacDonald adds, "The policy, 'aa | you will remember, is set cut in India Act of 1919, and it stands the preamble of the Government of
UNFOUNDED FEARS OF A PIRACY.
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China Merchant Ship Falls to Answer Signal.
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REASSURING ` MESSAGE.
Fears of an attack by, Blas Bay pirates were raised this morning when the s.a. Kin-. yuan of the China Navigation Co. reported by wireless that at 10 p.m. yesterday, when in Lat. 22.50 N., Long: 116.26 E., she saw a China Merchants' steamer which passed very close but did not reply to a signal sent out. It was im-. possible to ascertain the name of the ship which was steaming S. 72. W in the direction of Bias Bay.
A later message was sent out from the Kinyuan, however, stating that there was no cause for alarm in connexion with the other ship and cancelling · the previous message..
The position given puts the Chinese ship just over a hun- dred miles E. S. E. of Hong- kang.
sioner)
OÆNDARINNAR
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were returning to Mr. to visit his sister but that obstacles Fan's residence at Woo Hop Lane
in the French Concession,
As the party were about to enter the house, a gang of gunmen emerged from the road-side and immediately opened indiscriminate fire on the Kuomintang politiciana. The latter were not armed, but the servant happened to possess a pistol and with this he made a brave attempt to protect his master by firing back at the assassins.
WEAVERS' DEMANDS NOT MET.
EMPLOYERS REFUSE WAGE APPLICATION.
Dr. Hopkins introduced himself with a risky hit off Bowker which went just clear of cover point to Braddell won the toss and elect- the Queen's Road ed to bat. Pearce leading out his Wench, who had made only seven Generals Liu Chi, head of the team at 10.40 a.m.
runs in 36 minutes, apparently Chen-hina on Saturday, and, after. First Nanking Division) and Liu The Malayan skipper changed the took encouragement from this, taking the city, the Nanking troops order of batting. Knight and Wynch being the opening pair. hitting out at a full toss from continued the pursuit of the Kuo- Bowker took the ball at the Naval Bowker, sending him flashing to minchun rebels. Yard end and conceded a single the leg boundary, putting up 30.
One brigade of cavalrymen under to Wynch in his first over. Col. and giving himself double figures. Generat Ma Hung-lu has arrived in
London, Nov. 12. Two singles to Hopkins and one the front to reinforce the Nanking Wyatt was the opening bowler at
The Cotton Spinners and Manu- the other end and no runs came to Wynch brought the score army.
facturer's Association and the from his first over.
to 34 at which stage Reid
Fierce encounters between the Federation of Master Cotton Spin- In the fifth over of the match, replaced Bowker. Wynch pulled Kuaminchun and Nanking troops ner's Associations have refused Knight gut Bowker sway to leg him cleverly, but Bowker saved on are still being waged at Linyus, the application of the weavers for for a single, the score after twelve the boundary. Two of Reid's ball with the former still holding out an increase in waxes of half a minutes play being six, a very kicked badly, jumping head high against the onslaught of the Gov-crown in the pound and Ts. 6d. per
though fairly well pitched up. ernment units,
week per loon payment in the case Heishihkwan, which was the of operators minding fawer than Brace Comes On. After Wyatt had been twice past week, experienced a quiet week- Reuter. hit, Bruce came on at the Supreme end and no fighting is reported. Ccurt end. Hopkins lofted his Chinng Confers with. Germans. Betdre double figures were second ball badly, but four runs
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the reached.
obtained came, Anderson failing to field it.
slow start...
The Arst hit producing more than a single was made by Wynch after a quarter of an hour. He turned Wyatt ta leg for two,
Knight Hwled.
Hongkong
and Wynch 17.
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`BRITISH ́AND DUTCH
AIR SERVICES.
ACCUSATION OF JEALOUSY ON BRITAIN'S `PART.
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DOW.
The appointment was mado" Im- mediately upon Parliamentary ap Proval of the steps taken by Mr. Arthur Henderson in his negotia tions with M. Dovgalevaky, but it is not definitely known when the new Ambassador will present his credentials. MAN
Sir Esmond Over has previons experience in Russia though he has never before held a diplomatic post. there. He travelled extensively in" the country in the early part of the century visiting the Caucasus Mountains and the as well as the more Crimea populous regions.
Washington Change.
The Foreign Office also announces the appointment of Sir Ronald Lindsay as Ambassador to Washing- ton in succession to Sir. Esme Howard, whose term of office ex- plres early in 1930.
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Sir Robert Vansittart has been appointed Permanent Under-Socre- tary for Foreign Affairs, the office vacnted by Sir Ronald Lind- say-Reuter. D
Sir Ronald Lindsay was born in May, 1877, as the 5th son of the The Hague, Nov, 12.
26th Earl of Crawford. He was The accusation that the British nominated an Attache In 1898 and authorities in England and India appointed to Petrograd, where he were actuated by jealousy in plac-soon received promotion and an ing difficulte in the way of the allowance for
of knowledge Holland-East Indies service
was Russian. Transferred to Teheran made by a Liberal Member, Mein in July, 1930, he obtained a grant herr Knuttenbelt, during a debate for proficiency, in Persian 7 on foreign affairs in the second months Inter. Chamber.
He said that the Dutch services were working well while the British Services overseas were still defective. He suggested that
Formerly. In the States.
After serving in Washington and Paris he entered the Foreign Office in Nov. 1908, becoming as Imperial air services from Aus- assistant private secretary to Sir.. tralia were impossible without the Edward Grey--a post he held till co-operation of the Dutch Indies tfit-an application on the principle of reciprocity might usefully affect the British Government's attitude. -Renter..
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Mr.
CRITICISED,
Horton,
PLEDGED TO OVERTHROW THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
Meerut, Nov. 12.
the Deputy Inspector-General of Police; who is the last of the 320 prosecution witnesses in the Meerut conspiracy.
under declared. trial. examination, that he was not charging the Soviet Government as such, with being a member of the conspiracy.
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March, 1909.
In September 1911, he was sent. to The Hague where he was promot- ed first secretary and on several ocensions acted as charge d'affaires. He was secretary to the British de- legate to the International Oplum | Conference.
He went to Egypt in 1913 as under-secretary in the Ministry of Finance, but reverted to the dip- lomatle service in March, 1919, after which he was appointed first secretary and acting assistant counsellor at Washington where for some months he was charge. d'affaires. In Aug. 1926, he was transferred to Paris and given the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary
His appointment as principal assistant secretary at the Foreign Office with the designation of As- sistant Under-Secretary of State zollowed in,1921, but in 1924, when He added, however, that he wan he was appointed a Privy Council- convinced that every member of lor, he again went abroad, this time as British representative at Con- the Soviet Government is a mem- stantinople, He became Ambassador ber of the Russian Communist Party and is bound by its decrees there in the following year, succeed- All Futally Wounded. and by those of the Communisting Sir H. Rumbold. His master. Ty handling of the dangerous Mósul- Internationale. The fring continued for some
Therefore, said Mr. Horton, the question was among the finest and although the ex- minutes change of shots attracted the at-Soviet Government is pledged to diplomatic achievements of the age. tention of the neighbours, the overthrow the Government of His darkness of the road rendered it Majesty the King.--Reuter. dangerous for anyone to come to the hesistance of the Kuomintang officials,
The three politicians were all
the servant was also brought down.
scene of fierce hostilities during the the normal four loom enenfatally wounded and eventually
SENSATIONAL FALL
IN GRAIN.
ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR
WALL STREET.............
A few pedestrians happened to be passing along the street at the moment and three of these were seriously wounded by bullets,,
Asanesins Escape.
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The assassins, after exhausting their ammunition, made good their
escape.
CURAÇAO INVASION
RECALLED.
GOVERNOR OF DUTCH. COLONY RETIRES,
Married Americana.
*In July, 1926, he was appointed to succeed Lord O'Abernion 05 Am. bassador at Berlin, taldng up his post in November. He was not long in the German capital. for, when Sir William Tyrrell was meved from the Foreign Office to the Paris Embassy in July, 1028, Sir-Ronald Lindsay, took his place as Permanent Under-Secretary of Shita f Foreign Affairs, In March 1928, he had accompanied Sir A. Chamberlain, to the meeting of the Lengue Courelle
their first success, a splendid ball Forty appeared as result, Nanking Generalissimo, conferred
The Hague, Nov. 12. from Bowker scattering Knight's Malaya having been in for 50 with his German military experts
His Excellency the Governor of wicket. The ball broke in sharplynutes. Hocking had made 11 at Hauchang yesterday and made definite plans for the coming gen-
Curacao (Heer de Fruytler) has retired at his own request. He has from log, Knight hitting across it.
Sir Roald, who was knighted 9-1-3.
Houkins made five off Reid, four eral offensive to exterminate the
been, officially thanked by the G1 (K.C.M.G. in 1923, 13 na imposing... Kuominchun at Tengfeng.
New York, Nov. 12. Lal Singh went out encouraged of them from a lucky boundary
It is the intention of Marshal
ernment for his services on the oldierly floure and a typical din by applause from a fairly big shot which passed between Brace Chiang to mobilize 100,000 Nan-
It was andther bad day in Wall The police arrived on the scene island.
lomatist. His drst wife was a gallery, and scored off his first ball and Owen Hughes in the slips. king units from the various Honan Street, all classes of securities promptly, but too late to give any It is emphasised that his retire daughter of Senator Donald
boing affected. Hundreds from Bowker Facing Wyatt, the A yard to the right or left and he sectors,
material help to the victims. The ment has nothing whatever to do Carr an of Ponnsylvania. She concentrating them at etceks struck new low levels and four bodies were later removed to with the Incident at the island in died 41 1009; und in 1924 | he youthful 3ikh shaped confidently, would have been caught.
Tengfeng, wth the determination to though it was not until the Afth Wynch brought of a somewhat take the city from General Sun simultaneously cotton slumped the Mortuary, while the three July last when Venezuelan rebels in mariled another American, Miss ball of the over that he managed similar, but safe, shot, but on this Llang-snig. The best units of the heavily while wheat fell five cents wounded pedestrians were taken to vaded the capital and gained con-alzabeth Hoyt, a lady of many ac- At Winnipeg there was a sensa hospitalAtrol of the armoury before return amplifimenta, who is a daughter to get him away effectively, occasion, Fincher was waiting on Kuominchun numbering 100,000, tional fall in grain futures, and One report states that the ranging to Vellézzels in at American of the late Colgate Hort, the New
He drove Bowker to the screen; the boundary.
are reported to be holding Teng wheat closed six cente-a bushel consisted of nine members and that whip which they commandeared➡York, insurglar athle to register the first boundary of (Gotninued on Page 7)
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