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COTTON INDUSTRY CRISIS.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
REPORT.
MANY REFORMS URGED TO RESTORE TRADE.
MISSION TO EAST.
PUBLISHED BY
"Hosalie Heldespi"*
for The South Chies, Morning Fesh bids
1 & 3, Wyndham Street, Hongkong,
The
Library, Supreme Court
Dollar on Demand: 1/3d. Lighting Up Time:-711pm High Water:611 pm,
Low Water:-11.26 p.m.
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 18x1 NO. 24,133
#1 BIAŁAÆF SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1930.
EXCITING RACING AT HENLEY.
SCHOOLBOYS STROKE FORTY A MINUTE.
ENTER SEMI-FINAL.
London, July 4. The American schoolboys won their way into the semi-final of the Thames Cap at Henley Regatta to- day when they defeated Princeton University in a most exciting race.
After a false start Princeton got London, July 4: well away and drew ahead. The The Report of the Economic Kent school crew was unable to Advisory Council's Committee draw level in the race. but opposite on the Cotton Industry, which the enclosure the schoolboy's cox, was appointed in August last whistling shrilly through his teeth, year, first under the chairman-worked up the stroke to the terrific ship of Mr. William Grahám and then of Mr. J. R. Clynes, has
been issued.
The Report emphasised the necessity of concerted action by raplayers and operatives in the
trade.
Action Imperative:
rate of forty a minute.
The crew, rowing at this rate, gradually and inch by inch drew up to Princeton and eventually got on level terms. Fifty yards from the finish the schoolboys managed to draw ahead and they won by
half a length.
4
German and
A
direction of reduction in costs and an increase in efficiency; other- Their time was 7 minutes. and wise, it is unlikely that Lancashire 27 seconds, this time being one will be able to arrest the decline minute better than the final last in exports and recover its lost year when the Brown and Nichols School (America) beat the Thames Rowing Club in 7 minutes, 28 seconds. The final of the Diamond Sculls will provide the first meet The Report declares that the ing between crisis is urgent and immediate nc Canadian in the history of the tion imperative. It says if the in- race. To-day Boetzelen (Germany) dustry itself does not embark im defeated Joe Wright, mediately on serious consideration holder of the title and one of the of methods essential for the re- Canadian challengers, by one and covery of trade, in which con- quarters lengths. The race was nexion the Committee makes
a very spirited one, the German's number of recommendations, it will time being 8 minutes 62 seconds. be the duty of the Government to The other Canadian challenger: consider inviting Parliament to Guest, easily defeated Collett of confer on the Government the Leander, his time being 8 minutes necessary powers to that epd.
42 seconds. Guest and Boetzelen will meet in the final-Reuter.
Amongst the recommendations of the Committee is an improvement in technical methods, including the use of short-stapled Indian cotton in preference to the more expensive long-staple American cotton; the manufacture of cheap standard lines, in which British goods have been largely ousted in the Eastern markets; and also the use of ring spindies and the intro- duction of automatic and semi- automatic looms.
Large Units.
a former
AERIAL SPEED ATTEMPT,
BRITISH PLANS TO BEAT EXISTING RECORD.
London, July 4.
It is learned that a request is to be made to the Air Ministry to permit a further attack" to be
The formation of farge unile made on the existing world speed the apinning and manufacturing record, held by Squadron Lender sections, enabling the formulation Orlebar, at 350.7 miles an hour. of a definite production policy, is
This is a seaplane which has also urged. It is pointed out that recently been altered after having such amalgamations might neces-heen flown at 356 miles an hour! sitate considerable fresh capital. by Flight Lieutenant Stain forth. and the Committee is assured that
The modifications which have
- developed.
NO TENNIS TITLE FOR BRITAIN.
NOT REPRESENTED IN THE FINALS.
ALL AMERICANS IN THE
MEN'S DOUBLES.
MRS. MOODY AGAIN.
London, July 4. America, following her big successes in the singles events at Wimbledon, did likewise in the men's and women's doubles to-day, when Allison and Van British hope, Dr. J. C. Gregory Ryn, the holders, defeated the and I. G. Collins, in the semi- final round of the men's doubles in three straight sets, the scores reading 9-7, 6-3, 6-2. The
British pair cracked up in the second set, the brilliant smash- ing and volleying of the holders Proving to be more than their match.
SOLDIERS STEAL WATCHES.
TWO SOMERSET, PRIVATES SENT TO PRISON.
PLEAS OF GUILTY.
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130 PER ANNUME
BINGLE COPT 19 GENTS
The tyre of To-day, on the road of the Future,"
Local Branch.
Pedder Bldg.
Tel. 24554
CENTURY IN EACH Bulls and
CENTURY IN EACH INNINGS.
FINE DISPLAY GIVEN
BY WHYSALL.
NICHOLS' THREE WICKETS FOR FOUR RUNS.
Two privates of the Somerset Light Infantry, Stanley Warman and Harry Briggs, pleaded guilty at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning to a charge of each stenl. SOMERSET BEATEN, ing a watch from a shop at 263, Lalchikok Road, Shamshulpo dis-
London, July 4. trict, on the morning of June 30,
High scoring charactérised cution to have gone into the shop some of the first class cricket
They were stated by the prose- and to have asked to look at matches which ended to-day, ten the watches. When they were pro- batsmen making duced each man put one in his Whysall of Nottinghamshire the shop. The pocket and calmly walked out of had the distinction of scoring a business blew a police whistle and Hampshire when the former owner of the century in each innings against the two men were arrested in the team won on the first innings. street by an officer who came out There were few outstanding they had the watches in their pos- Nichols of Essex took three of the station. When arrested
bowling performances, although
session,
centuries.
been sentenced to fix months' hard
It was stated taat Briggs had Somerset wickets for four runs. labour for
a (six offence in August, 1929.
Results in Brief. Gloucester beat Sussex by an The holders will now meet J.
Mr. Whyte Smith said the two innings and nine runs at Glou- Doeg and G. M. Lott, (America), defendants were apparently try-cester. who gained a brilliant victorying to get out of the Army, as if Essex beat Somerset at Col- against H. Cochet and Brugnen, they actually wanted to steal the chester by 234 runs. the famous French combination, watches they would not have done in the final round of the event. so in that foolish way.
own
Doeg and Lott won their semi- handed Doeg's tremendous service final tie 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, the left! proving too much for Brugnon. Lett played Cochet at his game, cunningly placing his the middle of the court. drives in the corners and down The
CINDER
LATEST RUMANIAN SENSATION.
Madame Lupescu Appears. on the Scene.
MEETING KING CAROL.
Berlin, July 4.
A message from Bukharest states that a sensation has been caused In Court and political circles owing to the arrival at the Royal Summer Palace, at Sinaia, of Madame Lupescu.. who was King Carol's compan- ion in exile.
King Carol is expected there to-morrow.-Reuter.
the necessary finance will be been made will, it is estimated, fortheeming for any satisfactory
add at least 25 miles to the owner rationalisation scheme.
Furthermore, co-operative effort plane's maximum speed.
The throughout the industry must be
machine is, now at Felixstowe, Americans' remarkable smashing where
tests are shortly to be and overhead work
gave the made with it.
Frenchmen no chance after the It is hoped to secure the services second set. The Committee suggests that of a pilot, and Flight Lieutenant the industry should despatch a Stainforth is understood to be Mission or Mlesions to examine prepared to make the attempt.- changed conditions abroad, par- British Wireless, ticularly in the Far East, which
Mission to East.
have vitally affected the Home] position, and adds that the Govèra-
ment should facilitate the work
of the Missions to the utmost.- Reuter.
WEYMOUTH'S £90,000 BRIDGE.
OPENED BY H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK.
Briggs was sentericed to six months' imprisonment and War-
Oxford beat Mr. Levenson- Gower's eleven by nine wickets at Eastbourne.
Glamorgan beat Northants by an
Inners
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New Definition:-A car park is A motorist often gets bad
a place where there was just room breaks because he drives, with
for the car which arrived before them!
youra.
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One of the things which Hong-
Bu་་
The other days we met ap kong knows only in an academic, amateur gardener who, despite the sense is "cheap money." threat of a hot summer, was quite enthusiastic about the new seeds he had planted. A regular croptimist, in fact!
We read that it is usual for Chinese actors to have large sums of money advanced to them to keep them in good humour. This makes us laugh.
ᄆᄆ
There was an Archdeacon who
said.
"May I take off my gaiters in
bed?"
But the Bishop said, “No, Wherever you go
You must wear them until you
are dead."
It's computed that the average man takes quite 20,000 steps a.. day. That's not counting the jumps at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Pedder Street.
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One thing. about some of these Fanling golfers, "they
play every Sun-
day religiously.
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Some people
think the com-
man to two months imprisonment. innings and 60 runs at Cardiff.
Cambridge beat the M.C.C. by ten wickets at Lord's.
Worcester won on the first stamp on this
TEN MEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
YORKSHIRE TOWN SHAKEN LIKE EARTHQUAKE.
an
A
cx-
London July 4. Ten men were killed. four- teen badly injured and- number
others of
sustained minor injuries in plosion at the Dye Works at Castle ford in Yorkshire to-day. The building in which the explosion oc- curred was rased to the ground and. surrounding buildings were either. wrecked or damaged by flying pieces of metal. Thousands of windows were shattered some seven miles away, and people in the streets were badly cut by flying glass splinters.
The explosion shook the town like an earthquake and in addition to the destruction of the works many houses in the immediate vic- inity were badly damaged. The ex- plosion occurred in a nitric acid mixer, a hundred men being in the works at the time-Router and British Wirclese,
J
TWENTY THREE DAYS IN THE AIR.
innings against Lancashire Manchester.
munity should
at idea of higher
Notta, won on the first innings against Hampshire at Notting-
ham.
Surrey won on the first innings" against Derbyshire at Derby.
The Honours List,
postage rates..
are
In Hongkong. motor-cars getting a B bad as scandal- mongers when
it comes to
Hi
A sporting writer says English- men are good losers. Well, they get plenty of practice.
[A Yangisze Boating Song.]
Without apologies to anybody.)
When the day comes for rendition Whom are we to recognise?
Wei-hai-wel.
Handed back in good condition. Who will get this British prize?
Wel-hai-wei.
Parliament is too evasive Won't commit itself at all.
Wei-hal-wei.
Members
questions, the persuasive Meet a blank Official wall,
Wei-hai-wei
"Great War" days are reminiscent When M.Ps. ask, "What's to be?"
Wei-hal-wei.
Government replies, omniscient, "Sir, You'll have to wait and see!"
Wal-bul-wei.
Artist: Fleell you that pic- ture for $100,
Onlooker: No you won't.
Harmony in
the home can only be achieved by one or the other playing second fiddle
Some fathers. are heroes to their sons, Others help them with their home work 7:00
Lots of people who think they have the key
to Hongkong's prosperity seem
to have difficulty in finding the keyhole.
The principal batting and bow- ling performances during the running people But I'll give you $5 for the ad-
down.
dress of the model, matches which ended to-day, are tabulated below:
Talking of currency reform. We should hate to have to business men sometimes lose their report meetings of the F.M.S. grip by clinging too long to a Federal Council, where two of the Unofficials are Raja Musa ibai
Batting
Whysall (Notta)
and Killick (Cambridge) Pataudi (Oxford) Turnbull (Glamorgan) A. M. Crawley (Oxford) Mead (Hampshire) Walker (Notts.)
V. Fox (Worcester) Cutmore (Essex) Iddon (Lancs.)
* Not out
Bowling
117
101 Poor idea.
18%
167.
0 0
Sultan Alaldin Suleiman Shah
A reader pleads for Daylight (Raja Muda of Selangor) and 160 Saving for Hongkong. May we Date Sedis Abdullah bin Haji suggest that the best way to save Dahan (Undang of Rembau), It is to use it?
141
143
140
131
117
114
ladies journal. Fashion
then follow the bee-line.,
-Mussolini says there are two
Wasp waists are coming, says a men he really admires. Who's the will other?
0:0
-To-night's broadcast:-Signor Stenographers are the best time-
8 for 123 Ivan I. Deeyah will sing "She was pieces.
When they get really
for 38 only a gardener's daughter, but. busy you know it's five minutes
7. for 101 she knew how to handle a rake." to five.
3 for 4
Wensley (Sussex) J. Lee (Somerset)
and Nichols (Essex) Bradshaw (Oxford)
4 for 15 Hill-Wood (Oxford). 4 for 83 Peebles (Oxford)
. 4 for 89 Mercer (Glamorgan). 4 for 81
The Ladles Singles. Twenty five minutes sufficed for
Gloucester v Sussex. Mrs. Wills-Moody to win the ladies singles championship for
BROTHERS EASILY BEAT the
Gloucester. had an easy victory | fourth successive year. She kept
THE RECORD.
over Sussex at Gloucester when Miss Ryan running to all corners
the home team batted first and of the court and throughout
Chicago, July 4. made 358. The side showed good penned her to the baseline, her John and Kenneth Hunter have batting form all-round, Barnett Uncannily accurate keep drives landed after remaining in the air being the top scorer with 94 to preventing Mias
from for twenty three days and one his credit. The only bowler who' Ryan approaching the net.
hour, beating. the previous record could make any impression was The conqueror captured the by five days and ten hours. They Wensley and he captured eight of first set with the loss of two had to come down owing to athe.wickets for 123 runs. Sussex London, July 4.
games, and repeated this in the broken oil gauge. HR.II. the Duke of York to-day second to win the match in the
failed before the Gloucester try, held here to consider the Cot-visited Weymouth and opened the easiest possible manner.
The two men are brothers, both bowlers and were diamissed for ton Committee's Report, was ad-new bridge
coal-miners, and", adopted flying|142. They batted better when dressed by Mr. J. R. Clynes, who which has cost £30,000.
over the harbour
as a hobby, The machine they they went to the wicket again, but announced that the Government
used in their record re-fuelling their total of 207 was a handful of In doing so, he pressed a button had asked him to urge on the in- which
light is a second hand one. They runs short of the number required started four hundred
money. Two older brothers took up supplies to them every day. Reuters American Service.
Mr. Clynes Meets Leaders.
Manchester, July 1.
A meeting of representatives of
all sections of the cotton indus-
dustry the importance of the mea-horse-power electrical motors lift. represented in any of the final will win about £40,000 in prize to avoid an innings' defeat.
sures proposed.
Britain's Hopes Vanish.. Britain's last chance of heing vanished when Miss Edith Cross Sarah Palfrey defeated Miss .B.
Mr. Clynes said the industry as in one and three quarter minutes. (America)
ing two hundred tons of steel pans and Miss
a whole should declare its willing ness to apply those recommenda- tions which were within the con- trol of the industry itself
A spokesman for the employers and workmen gave an assurance
Fifteen hundred school children Feltham and Miss Heeley in the in pleasure steamers then passed semi-final of the women's doubles under the bridge, heartily cheer-18-6, 6-2. ing.
The winners adopted similar tactics to those employed
His Royal Highness said he by Docg and Lott against the admired His Majesty's wiadom in Frenchmen, Miss Palfrey's net-
`RESTRICTING TIN QUTPUT.
Esser v
Good bowling by J. Lee was a feature of the match at Colchester when Essex were dismissed in the first innings for 146, Lee taking. five wickets for 38 runs. Somer- set, however, were skittled out for a very modest 84, Nichols having
four runs.
that the report would be most selecting Weymouth for rest and work being so brilliant as to be | NIGERIAN CHAMBER FAVOUR an average of three wickets for i
seriously considered.
Mr. Clynes, in reply, empha- sised that the Government would do its best to meet any difficulties in the carrying out of the recom- mendations. Reuter.
High Production Costa,
recreation.-British Wirelesa.
IMAGINARY GOLD
STANDARD..
PROPOSSALS.
worthy of a veteran in-this part cular phase of the game.
-Essex batted much better in Germany, Australia and America
their second knock and a big stand. are to appear in the final, of the
London, July 4.
was made by Cutmore who com- mixed doubles. To-day in the The Nigerian Chamber of Mines piled 117 runs before his wicket 'semi-finals Prenn and Fraulein has endorsed the recommendation fell. The innings produced 311 Krahwinkel (Germany) defeated of the Tin Producers' Association runs, Lee taking seven of the wic A British Wireless message says NANKING CONSIDERING THE Mudford 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and J. Craw. down.
G. O. Crole-Rees and Miss E. in favour of a two months shut-kets for 101. Somerset were a well beaten team, being dismissed ford (Australia) and Misa Ryan The Chamber further suggests in the second innings for 141 (America) obtained the measure that Companies in Nigeria should Fearnley Whittingstall, (England) three months to one-third of their of H. Cochet (France) and Mrs: restrict production during the next.
monthly production on the average quarterly basis-Router
the Committee finds that the cost.
of production in Lancashire is substantially higher than among its
competitors. It is pointed out that
POSSIBILITY,
Shanghai, July 4.
DO
By the means of introduction,
One can form one's own deducă
- tion,
Of the education of the Intro-
duced.
If he says: "I'm
meetcha!"
glad to
He's a doubtful sort of creatcha! -Who can never hope to join
Our social roost. Though it may be quite a
pleasure,
One must exercise a little To meet perfect folk at leisure,
Well-bred gumption; For to say "I'm glad
meetcha!"
Will just about deletecha, From the social swim Because of your presumption. You
to
doymurmur "How do you Or how your head, will even do; Or venture a remark upon the
summer,
Such as "beastly jolly hot, "Don't you think so
not?"
Is it
But "Glad to meetcha!!" What a faux pas What
hummer!SON
The trouble with these backless bathing costumes is that they encourage even the mosquitocs to back-bite!
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"A boy with a bird's heart is. puzzling the medical profession, and scientists, of Washington, U.S.A. It's to be, hoped, he's not ostrichsized f
The Currency Commission form
Win for Oxford, In most cases reduction of cost could ed by the Nanking Government and won 6-3, 7-9, 6-4-Reuter. only be gradual and would require with the object of introducing a
Oxford University met Mr.The fact a hotel porter in at every stage the closest and most better monetary standard in view
Leveson-Gower's- éleven at East-
Detroit r bourne and won comfortably.
made $12,000 a year in cordial co-operation between em of the prevailing silver crisis has players and operatives for the had many meetings with financial;
by nine wickets. Oxford made tips suggests he carried in his thebigscore of manufacture of aheap standard experts at Shanghai and Naoking
pitcher something more potent, $479, in Another of the Chinese women their first knock. Over three than ice water, flatt lines in which British goods have and is now seriously considering
Injured in the Aberdeen motor lorry hundred runs were plled up by been so largely ousted from the the possibility of adopting an The local weather forecast till accident has succumbed at the Goy- A. M. Crawley and Pataudi. The
The stingiest man in Hongkong Eastern markets,
imaginary gold standard to take noon to-morrow is South-westernment Civil Hospital. The former'e wicket fell when he had is he who can't laugh at his own (Continued on Page 14.) the place of the silver dollar. winds, moderate; fair to showery.
makes the death-roll twoje
(Continued on Page expense.
FAIR TO SHOWERY.
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Red shorte are now fashion-
able in athletic circles at Home, Scarlet runners!
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An Aberdonian got a job aa night watchman and sold his pyjamas.
[The Amery Committee suggests, that promotion. for Civil Servants should depend on
seniority. merit rather than Now "A" has done twenty-five-
years,
And beld jobs of every descrip
tion.
While "B," though able, appears, To suffer that "Junior" afflic
tion.
"A's" progress is quito
matic,
For he's senior and therefore
on top,:.
Though in days that are called
democratic,
This system wil surely
stop.
"B" is possessed of marked:
merit, S
And could handle "A's" job with
distinction,
It's time that we started to
ferret
Out those who are due for
extinction,
Some: "A's" will take umbrage,
no doubt
Bat their protests will not really
matter,
For when merit we're talking.
about,
Thero's logic, and not idle
patter
So here's to the coming reform, Which will recognise first-rate
ability
had fat jobs will no longer
keep warm,
or the men who have reached
their senility A