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PUUNDAL 185). 大廳 第十五英港香 SATURDAY, MAY
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THE FINANCIAL RETURNS.
BIG DECREASE IN REVENUE LAST YEAR.
MORE EXPENDITURE.
The Colony's financial returns for 1920 have now been issued and show that there was a nel decrease in revenue, compared with 1928, of $1.413,923. The actual revenue to December 31 was $23,514,470. for $24.968.398 compared with the same period of the previous NAME. Total decreuses amounted to
the sinerea PS to. $2.961.107 and 3650,183.
POET LAUREATE APPOINTED.
JOHN MASEFIELD) HONOURED.
FINE POET, NOVELIST AND DRAMATIST.
A HAPPY CHOICE. SOMERSET BEATEN,
London, May 9. London. May 9.
Mr. John Masefield has been The County ericket matches
appointed Poet Laureate in which finished to-day produced The most striking decrease was
the late Dr. another new record. Sussex in miscellaneous receipts which fell succession to
Pobert Bridges.-Reuter. being the County concerned. by $1,802,982- The revenue from Duleepsluhji scored 333 runs this source was $844.876, compared
John Masefield, the poet, novelist $2,647,859 in the previous for Sussex in the match with with Northants, this
the year. There was also a decrease and dramatist was born in 1876. being
of $180,864 in licences and InternalAs a young man he grew weary of the kind of life he was leading and highest total ever made in
revenue not otherwise specified. Sussex innings. The previous
There were increases in interest went to sen as a suilor before the As he had neither friends record score was by Ranji at and lands sales of
$147,073 and mast.
nor money the necessity of earning Taunton in 1901 when he scored $300,935 respectively. 285 runs. The Sussex innings On the expenditure side, there a living drove him into many ad- was also marked by a century was a net increase of $753,014. ventures and it is said that for a by
Tate, Northants being The actual expenditure to December time he was a pot-boy in a New #1 was $21,083,256 as compared York drinking den. In his long heavily defeated.
The matches produced six cen- with $21.230,242 in the preceding narrative poems can be seen many Eventually he went to London, turies, the leading batsmen gen-gear. Total increases amounted to evidences of his bitter experiences. settled in Bloomsbury and made crally showing up well. Hobbs did $1,500,168 and decreases to $7-17.- not achieve a century, but played 153. two useful innings of 73 and 57.
The increases include Sanitary was by Mayer who took four Department $134,193, Public Works The best bowling performance Department $510,646, Miscellane- was by Mayer who took four ous Services $163,284 and Charge on Account of Public Debt 3277.- Somerset wickets for 17 runs,
The principal batting and bow-856. ling honours in the
matches are as follows:
Batting.
Duleepsinhi (Sussex)
Melville (Oxford)
Harbord (Yorks)
Tate (Sussex)
Holmes (Yorkshire)
Ducat (Surrey)....
Nat out.
Bowling.
Mayer (Warwick)
Paine (Warwick)
and
Wensley (Sussex)
Tate (Sussex)
R. Tyldesley Lanes.)
Goddard (G1 (ucester)
White (Somerset)
and
Peebles (Oxford)
Allom (Surrey)
Kennedy (M.C.C.)
County
333
118
The decreases Included the sub- stantial one of $489,622 in the Military Contribution, and of $91,- 047 in the Kowloon-Canton way.
Rail-
At the end of the year
the Colony's credit balance was $9,662,-
100 852.
111
107
100*
4 for 17
4 for
28
6 for 11
4 for
7 for
6 for
45 30
4 for 66
for M
for
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RACE TRAGEDY AT BROOKLANDS.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
London. May 9.
11162EUREKANDENKIN
LORD PASSFIELD TO REMAIN.
Report of Intention to Retire Denied.
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER
London, May 9.
The Colonial Office states that there is no foundation for the report, to which currency has been given on several oc- casions recently, that Lord Pasafield is relinquishing the office of Secretary for the Do- minions and Colories.Bri- tish Wireless,
Two people were killed and several seriously injured at Brook- READER REVENUEZOGAERNICZA 6 for 128 lands to-day during the last hour 7 for 71 of the Junior Car Club's double
65 twelve hour race.
5 for
SUSSEX WIN EASILY.
Record Score for the County by Dulecpainhji.
A Talbot car, doing eighty miles an hour.skidded and was charged by a following Talbot. The first racing machine was driven through an iron fence and it then turned turtle among the spectators, one of whom was killed.
The driver of the first Talbot
At Brighton, Sussex beat Northants by an innings and 209 runs. In the first innings Sussex compiled the huge total of 521 for was seriously injured and his the loss of only seven wickets. The mechanic killed. The occupants of hero of the match was Dulcepsinhjithe second car were pinned under who scored 333 before being beaten.neath but were not hurt-Renter establishing a new high record score for the County. There was a long partnership with Tate, who scored 111 before his wicket was taken.
When Northants went in they could only compile the modest total of 187, four of their wickets being taken by Wensley for 45 runs. They were forced to fallow on and made only a little better showing in the second innings when their
MR. HENDERSON IN
PARIS.
friends with J. M. Synge. Later, after six months' work on the staff of the Manchester Guardian, where his reserve was invulnerable, he returned to London to tackle liter- ary work more seriously,
feld.
10, 1930.
BRITISH GOLFER'S
VICTORY.
EQUAL TO BIG TASK SET BY AN AMERICAN.
COMPSTON SUCCEEDS.
Southport, May 9. Even the presence of a solitory American golfer. Horton Smith. was sufficient to press the British players into a dramatic fighting finish here to-day. Horton Smith to-day went round in 72 and 71, his total for the 72 holes being 239.
in
He set Compsion and Cotton the task of returning 74 and 73 respec- tively.
The rugged battler, Compston, succeeded, by playing irreproach able golf. in bringing
a decisive card of îl for victory of 285. Cotton returned a card of 74, making his total for the 72 holes 280, thus tying with Hor- lon Smith.
The prize money of £1.500 for the match was presented by the Manchester Daily Dispatch. Of this Compston receives £200 and Smith and Cotton £80 each.-Reu- ter.
SIGNOR GRANDI ON PARITY.
STRIKING SPEECH ON THE NAVAL CONFERENCE,
Rome, May 9. For two hours Signor Grandi, chief Italian delegate to the London' Naval Conference, surveyed the re- sults of the Conferchce in the Chamber. The most striking part of his speech dealt with parity with France. He declared that naval parity was a principle of moral in- ternational right and was some- thing new which arose from the mutual confidence rations.
Signor Grandi added
北二十月四
MOB'S VIOLENCE IN INDIA.
POLICEMAN BURNED
ALIVE.
OTHERS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BLINDED.
SERIOUS RIOTING.
14 TIR ANNUM'
SINGLE COFY, 10 CENTI
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts.
You needn't give up swearing-
...
From a report on local shares:‹-- because there are no more tele- "Kowloon Wharves took a bit of a phone girls. Reserve your best jump" We understand, however, efforts for the man who dials you that they're still quite safe for wrongly.
ships wanting to come alongside, ᄆᄆ
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The "You Know" Series:-You
According to a local journal, a know he's a motor-bike owner man left a ten-gallon cask of That's the because he has dirty finger-nails. whisky to his friend.
spirit! O D
Auntie Cyclone wants to know if she can open a current account with the Electric Company.
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☐ ☐ "Thank heavens," says a writer. "there are still men willing to die. for a cause." And by the same token, there are lots of women
Poona, May 9.
A reader suggests that the who will dye for effect.
☐ D It is now learnt that the Sho-Government should protect the
A doctor says we should drink lapur riots originated on May 7 public from short weight at the
After when millworkers demonstrated compradore's.
that, It half a pint of tepid water every Most of us do, only outside two of the mills which might do something about the long morning,
waits at local Banks.
the houseboy calls it tea. refused to observe the hartal
D D which had been called. The
"Stag-Hunting Film," says an This automatic telephone advertisement. The latest stalk-ie? muddle shows that you can't get police dispersed the disturbers who, however, re-formed their
all your dial troubles solved at ranks and proceeded to burn
beauty parlours. down liquor shops.
Peace was restored by nightfall. but the arrival of Congrecs volun- tears yesterday morning, with the object of burning the toddy palm trees, attracted, the disgruntled millhands, who then stoned the District Magistrate, Mr. Kaight, and Police Superintendent Play- fair, who, with two European ser- gants and a few armed sepoys, were touring the city to persuade the volunteers to abandon the plan of burning down the trees.
Constable Burned Alive.
Mr. Knight and Superintendent Playfair were both wounded. They ordered a warning volley to be fired, whereupon a shrieking gesticulating mob of thirty thou- sand people surrounded the party and cut off their retreat until a party of police recklessly broke through.
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One thing about these talks over the wireless, you can always give them a happy ending by turning
A recent young wife said my the dial.
"boy"
As a cook is a positive joy.
T
the parsnips he hashed, Mixed with Thubard,
then
□ □
We believe there is a movement on foot as a result of which the Scottish Co. Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps will in future be known as the "A, and S.H."-Agile And served as a sweet a la cloy: South China Highlanders.
No
mashed,
☐ ☐ wonder
some of these people cannot win at dice-
they can't dial properly,
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Britain
s a q
agreed to the rendition
of Wel-Hai-wei. Why-Oh-Why?
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No matter
bar-
Demoniacal fury then descended how much some of our flappers among the upon the rioters, who seized a
head constable and burnt him reduce, they'll that if alive. They murdered two other never be Italy measured her armaments in policemen and then marched to gains. accordance with her needs, parity the Government buildings, setting would not be sufficient, but he was fire to police stations and the Ses- fairly optimistic as regarda the sion Court on the way there. future.
The mob was dispersed upon the arrival of Police reinforcements.
He said that Franco-Italian co- operation was essential if Europe was to recover its prosperity.- Router.
NEW $100 NOTES.
TO BE ISSUED BY THE CHARTERED BANK.
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Police Missing.
Five more policemen are miss- ing and it is believed that they were first blinded and their bodies then thrown down a well.
The atmosphere in Sholapur - day is strangely quiet. A com pany of the Fourth Grenadiers (an Indian Regiment from Ahmedna- The Chartered Bank of india,gar) is now being held in readi Australia and China advise ness for emergencies in view of of the Indian that they are about to issue a $100 the anniversary note of new design.
mutiny to-morrow.-Reuter.
Policemen Burned Alive.
Poona, May 9, One hundred and fifty women and children refugees have arrived here from Sholapur, where it is stated, a mob yesterday caught three policemen, soaked them in
Word-Painter of Sea.
Ships and the sea as well as men and books, cities and the country- side went to the making of Mase- With the exception of Con- rad he is the greatest word-painter of the sea. It pervades his novels, The new note is very different his early histories, "Sea-Life in in design from the note now in cir Nelson's Time" and "On therulation and ís considerably Spanish Main," his Inter works of smaller. The design on the left history like his
of front of the note gives a finely fine saga "Gallipoli" and many of his poems, engraved portrait of Britannia and notably "Dauber."
on the corresponding space on the right there is 1 water mark giving the value in English figures
The volume on Shakespeare sug-
total reached 225. Tate was res Secretary, was entertained to lat-shows an equally good acquain-tic and the general effect of the
ponsible for the dismissal of seven
of the batsman taking these wickets
for 45 runs.
LANCS, BEAT GLOUCESTER.
cheon to-day at the Quai d'Orsay tance with steeplechasing. by M. Briand, the French Foreign Minister.
kerosene, and burned them alive.
These refugees declare that the rioting at Sholapur ceased at 6 p.m. yesterday,
HAS CONFERENCE WITH
geste minute intimacy with the M. BRIAND.
and in Chinese characters. technique of the stage and the au- thor of "Reynard the Fox" knew all The main feature of the design London, May 9.
on the back is a South China junk there is to be known about fox- Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign hunting, while "Right Royal" In sail. The work is polychroma-
Evidently the rioting took a the three colouring light violet. The excel-communal turn, as lent engraving and colour scheme policemen whom the mob burned should prove an effective bar to live were Moalsme.-Rerter: forgery.
Situation Now in Hand.
Bombay, May 9, The latest reports from Sholapur state that the situation is now well in hand.
After luncheon, the two had a
Poet of Real Life.
Home Team Makes only Fifty-four long conversation.--British Wire sturdiest, most English energy.
in First Innings.
At Gloucester, Lancashire beat Gloucester by ten wickets.
Lancashire batted first and made 218. Watson was the only bats- man to stay very long at the wicket Wand score at the same time. He
was the highest scorer with 64. Gloucester used Sinfield with use- ful effect and he took six of the Lancashire wickets for 90 runs.
Gloucester went in and were
less.
IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.
He is the poet of real life in its
Since Chaucer nothing in English has so captured the breath of the open fields and the open sea as some of his descriptions or has sketched English types 30
well. He has been novelist, playwright journalist, historian, lecturer and eritic in turn.
Bomewhat
YEN BAI MUTINY.
FOUR NATIVES PAY
THE PENALTY.
Four
Ben-
Hanoi, May 9. natives who were Masefield, however, Jacks the gift of self-criticism and tenced to death in connexion with
at Yen the disturbance his work is very unequal and lack-in February have been executed. ing in humour, so that his poems lend themselves to parody.
were pensants and often overdoes the coarseness of the other two were Corporals belong. ing to the Sharpshooters* Regi-. ment.-Renter.
PRINCE OF WALES TO ATTEND RECEPTION.
London, May 9. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has rapidly dismissed, compiling the signified his intention of attending
and seamy side of life.
poor total of 64. Dick Tyldesley the reception by the Ear! was responsible for the collapse, Countess of Ellesmere to the de- taking six wickets for thirty
legates of the Imperial Press Con- runs. Gloucester were forced
ference at Bridgewater House on to follow оп but this time
June 3rd-Reutez. they played the bowling much better and roached 218 be- fore all their wickets had fallen. With a very easy task in front of them, Lancashire, went in again and secred 47 runs without the loss of a wicket..
DAVIS CUP.
Ha
His great poem, "The Everlast- ing Mercy," is the story of the con- version of a drunken libertine poacher who tells the tale in his own way, sparing the reader none of the sordid details and calling a spade a spade'. Equally sordid are "The Widow in the Bye Street'' and "The Daffodil Fields."
Two
MARKET QUARREL.
Bai
the
VENDOR WHO WAS BADLY INJURED.
are
Police in motor Jorrlea patrolling the city, while military. pickets are posted at strategio points. The District Magistrate is of the opinion that order has now been definitely restored.
"Is this a good place for a change and rest?"
"Yes. The waiter gets the change and the manager gets the rest." ៨ ឆ Address of [In the
Welcome presented to Sir William Peel yes- terday, no fewer than twenty-six "divers problems" were mentioned us requiring early solution.]
Your Excellency,
In greeting now we come before
you,
By way of welcome we implore
You
To solve a few odd puzzles. Our dollar we would mention
first.
And then our water schemes. For these are really quite the
worst,
(The files are bound in reama). Harbour dredging needs your
aid,
Ferries and roads arterial. Though not the least we
afraid,
..
In the long run, the value of. the dollar boils down to a matter of common cents.
0 0
One of the biggest dangers in motoring is running Into----- debt.
"Lor lummel"
as the Cockney
sald
BAW
when he all those top-hats yester-
day.
„News Item:—At the usual week- ly meeting of the Sawdust Club (Sons of Scotia Chapter) It was resolved to inaugurate summer curling, for which purpose tenders for equipment for the game are to be invited from the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd..
Some girls keep their youth by not introducing him to anyone,
Many a father to working his son's way through College,
☐ ☐
More and more public buildings are using gas, we read. If you don't believe it, wait until the next debate on the Budget in Hong- are kong.
Of all our wants material. Our city hall you now have seen. Is sadly out of date,
Our prison is an old "has been," Distinctly second-rate, We're sure you will enjoy your
atay,
Amid our fragrant streams,
You'll love them at each break
of day, But what's the use of dreams? Children's courts,
industrial
homes,
And Varalty asaistarice, Radio, sport and aerodromes, Cry out in their insistence. So if our welcome seems a mask, We trust it will amuse you; Though all the same, you've got
"some task"-
We'd hate to disabuse you!
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A flapper at Deepwater Bay, Foozled, and then had her say; Which upset a parson, Who spoke about arson, And where she would go to one
day.
Rheumatism is said to cost Britain £17,000,000 a year. Pretty
stiff!
២ ជ Matrimony, says a writer, is an institution of learning in which a man loses his bachelor's degree without acquiring a master's.
D ́O
A-reader wants to know whether
Britain can build a ship. fast enough to beat the "Europa." That's a knotty problem.
The latest bathing costumes are Several children made from wood fabric. This
An eruption has occurred in Kowloon
have broken out with the measles, should do much to add to the float-
ing
ឆ ៨.
* population,
00
Coolidge's new estate is named "The Beeches." A more fitting
A water tank, says a news itemi, riame would be "The Silent Oake burst and splashed the singere on the stage of the Opera House at OD Tobacco leaf, a chemist reports, Faris. That's the worst of being produces sated oil. Just the thing a diva. for smoked herring.
A young man of Magazine Gap, Met with a sorry mishap. He went for a ramble, And sat on a bramble,
Which was worse with a girl
on his lapt
口口
A woman has been awarded £100 damages because a parrot bit her finger in a bird shop. Next thing you know they'll ba sueing parrots for slander.
0:0.
To-day's stray bat from the. belfry: "How does one subscribe
It is believed the dead, including policemen, number at least twenty,
hundred.- the injured a Reuter.
An Aeris] Demonstration.
Bimla, May 9. Forty aeroplanes, participated yesterday in an aerial demonstra- tlon over the country of· Fazli Wahid, of Turangzaj, which it is understood had a considerable sobering effect on the hostile tribeamen of the Mohmand person who has taken out a season zine?" A quarrel in the Yaumati market at about 8.30 this morning resulted country, who since the Peshawar ticket on the line of least resist "Reynard the Fox" contains some in
riots have been restive, awaiting ance. rather serious cutting of his best verse and his other and wounding Incident, when Ng any possible weakening Rome, May 9. poems, include "Lollingdon Downs," Hop, a market vendor, was injured. have taken advantage for pur- authority of which they might In the second round of the Enslaved," "Biography," "Ships," The police state they are in At Birmingham, Warwick beat Davis Cup Competition, De Stefani "The Wanderer, The River" search of a man named Sham Mec, poses of loot and depredation.
Reuter. Someraet by 233 runs.~
Batting (Italy) beat Grandguillot (Egypt) "Salt-Water Ballads" and "King who was apparently associated in first Warwick made 204, Croome 6/2, 6/1, 6/2.
Cole' which deals with a circus, the quarrel, and who, it is believed, contributing 86 and Parsons 57. De Morpurgo (Italy) defeated His "Sea-Fever". became widely was responsible for inflicting the
(Continued on Page 15.). Wahid 6/1, 6/4, 6/2—Reuter.
(Continued on Page 14.) wounds.
DEFEAT OF SOMERSET.
Croome Bats Well for the Warwick Eleven.
ITALY LEADING AGAINST EGYPT,
Fine Work.
2
of
[Negotiations with. Fazli Wahid were act on foot by leaders of the (Continued on Page 14.)
New Definition:—A slacker, in a to an automatic revolvermaya-
A cousin of Paderewski plays the accordion. This proves that "Bears" have again beer active, a talent for music does not always on the New York Stock Exchange, run in the family We want to see the "Bulle" busy" In this column, pa je,
According to a doctor, whisky is no good for seasickness. No but port is.
Boxers at Law," suys a news- paper heading. A brief bout.
"Become a Civil Servant and be Safe for Life"