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GIRLS DEFY LAW IMPROVEMENTS TO COXSWAIN DENIES MR. HARRY ABBOTT CHINESE Y.M.C.A.
IN INDIA.
MANY INJURED IN A
POLICE CHARGE.
CHURCHILL PREJUDGES THE COMING MEETING.
THE R101."
AIM TO DO WITHOUT PETROL IN THE TROPICS.
REVERSING PROBLEM.
COLLISION.
GIVES EVIDENCE AT MARINE COURT.
HAWKER ON FERRY WHO LOST HIS JOB.
CASE CONTINUING.
London, Aug. 20. When the airship R101 is. taken out for her trials before leaving for India, her gross lift will be PROPHESIES FAILURE. about 172 tons, as compared with 156. tons of the R100. She will have gained an extra lift of 15 Ahmedabad, Aug. 20.
"I have gone through the tons by the insertion of an extra Nine women and twenty boys, bay and a further six tons by evidence and I find that you have a case to answer, Mr. Lo," said including Mruducia Ben, the various modifications,
One compression ignition start- Commdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., daughter of the millionaire mill- owner, Sethsambal al Sarabhar, ing engine has also been obtained R.N., at the Marine Court this and Khrushed Ben, the grand-to take the place of one of the morning when the case was re daughter of the late Dadabhai Petrol engines hitherto used. If sumed in which To So-tai, the Naoroji, a former member of the obtained for the remaining engine launch, was charged with failing it is a success, four others will be coxswain of a Cheung Chau ferry Commons, were arrested and a cars and then the R101 will carry to render assistance to the crew hundred persons injured when no fuel but heavy oil.
It is the aim of the Airship of a junk with which the launch the police to-day made a lathi charge on a crowd in front of Department to do without petrol, was stated to have collided.
Continuing his Worship said, "One of the witnesses called by the the Government girls' school. particularly for a voyage in the The charge followed an attempt
One other improvement may yet prosecution identified the Sun Tal, by the girl students to hoist the The English attack did not become effective until yester-Nationalist flag in defiance of the be completed before the ship sails. another, who was a passenger on It is believed that the problem has board, stated that she had been been solved of making one of the in collision, and the fact that the day afternoon when the Australian wickets began to fall. The authorities.-Reuter.
engines reversible without losing Sun Tai was in the vicinity of the Australians, however, played the bowling confidently and Peebles was the only one to be dangerous. He took six of
any power, and a special wood scene of mishap requires some London, Aug. 20. propeller is now being made for explaining." the Australian wickets for 204 runs, Tate, Larwood, Wyatt
Mr. Lo: "Very good, The conviction that the result fitting to this engine. Success in and Harumond being responsible for the others.
Fairfax, Oldfield and McCabe all batted well and the of the Indian Round Table Con- this respect will allow the ship to Worship. It would save the time former scored his first half century in Test matches in Eng-ference will almost certainly be use all her engines, instead of of the Court, I think, if I did not land. Grimmett, Wall and Hornibrook all had a very brief confusion worse confounded was reserving one for going astern address you again now, but I will
recorded by Mr. Winston in case of emergency-British call my witnesses." stay at the wicket. Play finished earlier than usual owing Churchill in a speech at Minster, to bad light, but England,, faced with a colossal task, lost one Kent, in the course of which he strongly criticised the Govern- of her opening batsmen.
ment's record, especially 2 regards the handling of the Indian aituation.
ANGLAND is faced with a terrific task in the final Test
match, being 290 runs behind Australia on the first in nings and having lost Hobbs in the second innings. Australia went on to make a total of 695 and the English second inning's score now stands at 24 for one, Hobbs being clean bowled for nine by Fairfax.
A SOLITARY DANGEROUS BOWLER.
Indiscreet Winston.
He said it almost seemed that
At the outset, Mr. Churchill re- ferred to the North West Frontier and declared that the recent Afridi invasion marked the lowest London, Aug. 20. gregate record of 905 in the Anglo-ebb up to the present of British England are 290 runs behind Australia rubber. This was made authority in India. the fifth and final Test Match, with Jackson, he broke the fourth Australia on the first innings of by Hammond in 1928 and then, wicket record partnership of 221 In addition they have lost wicket in the second innings, the made, by S. Gregory and Trott at
wicket Lord's in 1896. being 24 for one when play ended to-day on account;
The
score
one
Jackson Sent Rack.
of bad light. Hobbs was English batsman to fail, being Runs came monotonously until clean bowled by Fairfax. The Jackson's wicket fell. Wyatt was
the same spirit of defeatism in high places which was rapidly throwing India into chaos had paralysed military action Peshawar.
Tropics.
Wireless.
FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE IN SHANGHAI.
SEQUEL TO ATTACK ON
MR. LOUREIRO.
your
KILLED.
| A HONGKONG FLYING TRAGEDY
RECALLED.
PARACHUTE FATALITY.
A telegram appearing in Manila papers from Berkeley, California, reports the death in a flying ac cident of Mr. Harry Abbott, an airman who will be
TENDENCIES.
SOME OUTSPOKEN COMMENTS.
*DEMORALIZING PICTURES IN
Y.M. CINEMA.
having made an attempered as APPEAL TO LEADERS. kong some years ago to establish a
Some outspoken observations School of Flying.
It appears that Mr. Abbott was regarding the Chinese Y.M.C.A. making a series of speed trial are made by a writer in the races in a baby pursuit plane, and July-September number of "The when about to land the machine China Fundamentalist," whose struck an air pocket at an altitude motto is "Loyal to God, the
Home and the Homelands. of about 400 feet, crashing to the round. As a consequence, Mr. Abbott was instantly killed.
The editor of this journal, which Rev. Hugh H. White; D.D., of is published in Shanghai, is the Yencheng, Kiangsu. In an ar ticle headed "The Y.M.C.A. Cinema: An Appeal," the writer," On Chinese New who signs himself "K," says: Year's Day that year, the Abbott The present trend of affairs in School of Flying was formally in the Chinese Y. C. M. A. is causing augurated on the reclamation at a great deal of concern in positive- Kowloon City, but the ovent was Christian and other interested cir- marked by a sad tragedy. Mr. Ab-cles. Not in the first place because bott had gone up in the machine of certain political tendencies which with Mr. Reginald Earnshaw, a on various occasions have come to well-known Hongkong resident, as an articulate expression, but rather alarming decline parachutist. The latter jumped because of ex from the plane, but the parachute amongst their leaders and members did not function properly, with from former recognized religious
Mr Abbott gave a number of de- It will be recalled that in 1925, monstrations in Hongkong with an old Curtiss plane, named "Felix the Cat," which he had secured from Manila.
"Christian" Character.
the result that Mr. Earnshaw fell and ethical standards. into the harbour and, becoming On Cheung Chau Run.
entangled in the ropes of the In the box, To So-tai, the de- parachute, was pulled under and
It is well known that in the made to fendant in the case, said he had drowned. Efforts were
Y.M.C.A.. more than in any other been employed by the ferry com- reach him in time to effect. a Christian Institution in China, pany since April, 1929. He start-rescue, but these were in vain.
Modernism has been permitted to ed work on the steam-launch Tai Amongst others who went to Mr.have full sway. The results are Earnshaw's ald was his brother, evident: the specific "Christian" Mr. Claude Earnshaw, whose
character of this Association haa death is, by a strange coincidence, practically disappeared and what also reported to-day.
is going on at present, must logically Mr. Abbott, whilst out East, did end in spiritual and moral suicide.
connexion some stunt flying in
Hing, but in November last year he was transferred to the Sun Tai, which was plying between Tai O and Hongkong. From July 15 at Shanghai, Aug. 21. 2 p.m., the Sun Tai was put on the run to Peter Zavalin was yesterday Cheungchau-Hongkong sentenced to five years' imprison- take the place of the Sun Chau, ment on a charge of attempting to which had gone into dock for ruurder Mr. Pedro Loureiro, In- repairs. Thirteen days later, on spector of the Sait Revenue De July 28, the Sun Tai resumed her partment of the Ministry of old run. Finance. Last week Zavalin
As a seafaring man, he was well- pleaded guilty to the charge and acquainted with the usual course asked for leniency on the grounds for launches between Cheungchau of mental deficiency. When sen- and Hongkong. In the early morn
ed leaving Cheungchau at 3 a.m. 4.05 a.m. save notice of appeal.
Jean Isak, who was charged and arriving here at with the same offence, was dis- Those were the usual times of de- charged after providing a persona parture and arrival, and witness bond to come up for re-trial if the had no rght to alter the time of police appealed against his acquit-iling on his own initiative. tal-Our Own Correspondent,
scores up to the close of play to bowling at the time and Jackson "abject foolishness" the exclusiontence was passed yesterday he ing of July 24, witness remember-
day are as follows:
AUSTRALIA-ISI INNINGS.
W. M. Woodfull, e Duckworth,
b Peebles
skied a ball which was well taken
"Malevolent Fanatic."
Mr. Churchill described as
from the Round Table' Conference at extra cover by Sutcliffe. Jack of Sir John Simon in the hope the "malevolent Ison had played a fine innings for of placating
73 and when he was dismissed fanatic," Gandhi. Bradman had already passed the double century mark, his total at that time feing 203. The fourth wicket fell at 500,
Jackson hit eight fours. His ef- fort was characterised by an indif- sea bright 28ferent display so
cricket was concerned as he con-
54
W. H. Ponsford, Peebles... 110 D. G. Bradman, c Duckworth,
b Larwood
A. F. Kippax, e Wyatt, b
.Pethlex
A Jackson,e Sutcliffe, b
Wyatt
S. McCabe, e Duckworth, h
Hrmmend
A. G. Fairfax, not out
W. A. Oldfield, e Larwood, b
Peebles
C. V. Grimmett,
Peebles
.b.w., b
T. Wali, b.w., b Peebles
P. M. Hornibrook, e Duck-
worth, b Tate
232
The former Chancellor of the Exchequer added that no propesal for Dominion Status for India would pass even the present House of Commons.
Referring to the Egyptian situation he said that the Foreign BRITISH AMBASSADOR Office, by continual interference
be endeavouring to produce an (impossible situation.
"One would
MARRIED.
IN PARIS.
almost think they are trying to SIR ESMOND OVEY'S WEDDING the time, breed a civil war in Egypt as you might breed serpents at the Zoo" he concluded.-Reuter.
with the Manila Carnivals, and he also taught aviation to a number of Chinese in Canton, where for a time he had a Flying School. He was also made an honorary officer in the Chinese Air Corps.
NOTED PROFESSOR'S DEATH.
ASTRONOMICAL EXPERT PASSES AWAY,
This apprehension in regard to the future of the Y.M.C.A. is felt not only amongst outsiders. On the contrary, a number of their most outstanding leaders scem to clearly recognize the danger that is threatening and some have not failed to voice their alarm. Only quite recently, Dr. David Z. T. Yui, General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., reporting on the work of the As- sociation in China, admitted "that in distinctively Religious work the trend is still downward." "Unless," he said, "it is soon stopped, we shall find ourselves no longer a religious, but social. organisation,
Plain Language.
question at once arises; what will
He knew there were a few pas- fengers on board during the voyage
Stockholm, Aug. 20. The death has occurred here but he could not say definitely how many there were. Nothing unus-of Professor H. H. Turner, Pro This is plain, language. But the ual occurred on the trip, all the fessor of Astronomy at Oxford Uni- passengers being in the hold of versity-Reuter,
be the nature of, such
a social the launch. He did not know whe- 73 centrated principally on defence. with Egyptian affairs, seemed to
[Professor Herbert Hall Turner, organization," if the "C" is alto- ther they were asleep or awake at D.Sc., F.R.S., had been Savilian gether dropped and an "S" has McCabe came out to join Bradman
Professor of Astronomy at Oxford taken its place? Will not the abi and nearly fifty runs had been add.
since 1893. Hawker Loses Job,
He was born in 1861 sence of a sound Christian basis 53ed when the lunch interval arrived.
and educated at Leeds Modern most seriously affect the moral The score board then showed 551
Witness admitted knowing a man School, Clifton; and Trinity standards of the Y'a social work? 34 runs with only four wickets down.
Paris, Aug. 20.
That there is not much ground Bradman had made 228 and Me.
Sir Esmond Over, British Am- by the name of Wong Kee, who was College, Cambridge. He was Fel- G|Cabe 18. England were already
Peshawar Situation.
bassador. to Moscow, has married ticket collector on the launch but low of New College, Oxford and of for optimism in this regard, is who was not paid by the Company. Trinity College, Cambridge. He clear from advertisements like the nearly 150 runs behind and the
Madame Parrios, who is a French-He was not on speaking terms with was formerly Chief Assistant at following which during the last. outlook had become decidedly
Simla, Aug. 20.
that woman by birth-Reuter.
this man, although he gloury:
An official report states
had the Royal Observatory, Greenwich two years have regularly appeared The English attack be-
(Sir Esmond Ovey was until re-
never had any trouble
with and President of the Royal Astron-jin the daily papers of Peking: 44 gan to tell when play was resumed conditions at Peshawar and in the
British Ambassador to
him This man's uncle after the luncheon interval and district have greatly improved.cently
wasomical Society In 1903-04,
Y.M.C.A: Cinema. formerly a
the From 1913 to 1922, he was one To-day and to-night at 3, 5.30 The Afridis are believed to have Brazil, to which he was appoint- was born in
and 9.16 p.m. dispersed and the district is clear e last year. He of hostile tribesmen. The situa- 1879, and had previously been Sun Tai, but lately Mr. Li Yau-of the General Secretaries of the
"Close Harmony." Attack Begins to Tell,
tion among the Mohmands, how married, his first wife being a tsun, C.B.E., had granted permis- British Association, and
Starring Nancy Carroll, Buddy daughter of the late Rear-Admiral sion to witness and the crew to sell latter year he was President of
Rogers with Skeets Gallagher, Larwood was responsible for the ever, where the Haji of Turangzai W. H. Emory, of the U.S. Navy. estables on the launch, as a re the Seismology Section of the In-
Jack Oakie, Harry Green. (Jackson), & for 570 (Bradman), 6 downfall of the star batsman. Tate is active, gives cause for anxiety. He has had a lengthy diplomatic ault of which Wong Kee's uncle lost ternational Geophysical Union at
his businesa.
Rome. In 1927, he was awarded
Marvel of the Movies. A_Melodi- career, having served at Stock-
Although witness personally had the Bruce Medal of the Astronomi-ous Mixture of Song and Dance. for 694 (McCabė), 7 for 670 (Old was at the other end and first Mc--Reuter.
Cabe eut both the bowlers brilliant-
holm, Tangier, Paris, Washing had no previous trouble with Wong cal Society.]
Shapely Steppers. Tantalizing Tunes ton, Teheran and Mexico, in which Kee, yet he thought that by taking
You'll Huni for Weeks Backstage latter country he was Minister
Youth and Beauty at Its Best A over the hawking business, witness
Treat for the Ear-A Feast for the from 1925 to 1929.)
had in some way offended Wong
Eye-Fun and Frolic. - Humor and Kee, who had not spoken to
Heartacho in the Wonder-World of him since his uncle lost his busi
All-Talking! All-Singing! ness on the Sun Tai
Hotter
Extra
Total
695
Fall of wickets: 1 fur 159
(Ponsford), 2 for 190 (Woodfull),
3 for 265 (Kippax), 4 for 506
Peebles Tate Larwood .49
Bowling Analysis,,
0. M. 71 8 204 .65.1 12 153 6 132
R
Wyatt
14 1 58
Leyland
.16
7
34
0
Hammond.....42
12
70
1
J. B. Hobbs, ↳ Fairfax ....
8
W. W. Whysali, not out
Extras
6
1
Total (1 wkt.)
three more wickets fell before tea time, including Bradman's.
European Views.
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AVERAGES MORE THAN 25 KNOTS PER HOUR.
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field) 8 for 684 (Grimmett), 9 for to the boundary. Then Lar- 684 (Wall), 10 for 695 (Horni-wood, who was very fast with the
Calcutta, Aug. 20. brook),
wind, induced Bradman to edge into
The European community forsook Duckworth's han is. Bradman Wplayed a masterly innings through-ite normal political apathy to-day 6 out, although he was subdued at and packed the New Empire 1times by Peebles. He played de- Theatre to discuss condicting re- lightful cricket, scored all round solutions. The first of these had
"Affairs of the Night" the wicket and hit sixteen fours. considerable support, advocating
Witness denied that he had ever His score of 232 compares very the repeal of the Government of
told Wong Kee "not to tell the favourably-with the 254 he made India Act of 1919 and a reversion in the second Test. It will be re- to the modified form of the Morley-
affairs of this night to anybody,"
$0.80. New York, Aug. 20. called that Bradman made 334 be-Mintó reforms of 1909, The second
and as a matter of fact, he had
The Shell Unton. Oil Corpora- London, Aug. 20. fore being defeated in the Third was an official resolution general-
had no conversation with him that tion passed a quarterly dividend of Test when he broke several other ly approving the report of the The Mauretania, which arrived night at all. He did not know why 30 cents of its common stock records.
Simon Commission.
at Plymouth yesterday, made her Wong Kee should have told the which is now due. This is the The speeches revealed a sharp quickest passage this year, taking Court
that he had spoken Peeble's Successes.
division and a show of hands only twenty-four minutes over these words and suggested that Arst time the Company has passed
Kee WAS McCabe continued to score free-apparently rejected the second re five days. Her average speed had Wong
lying. The 24 ly and he reached his 50 in 70 solution, but the theatre was re- been 26.72 knots.-British Wirelcas man was not telling the truth
minutes. Fairfax had come in and quired for a performance and there
when he said he was employed by the Company; he was not employ- course, include copies sold ined by the Company and was not
paid.- India-British Wireless.
ENGLAND.-2nd INNINGS.
H. Sutcliffe, not out
had
Simon Report Sales.
London, Aug, 20, Since the two volumes of the
The weather was rather bad after the Sun Tai had left Cheung-
passing. Green
a dividend since 1922.-Reuter's American Service.
OLD TEST PLAYER DROPS DEAD.
Y. M. C. A. Cinema. To-day and to-night at 3, 6.30 and 0.15 pm. A Galaxy of Broadway Stars "Night Club"
Inside Dope of Broadway Night Life!
Sparkling Entertainment!. Neither do announcements like the following, in some cases ac- companied by repulsive illustra tions of half-naked women in sug
characters Balle
chau, with, heavy, rain and strong SUDDEN DEMISE OF CHARLES gestive poses hide their réal
BANNERMAN.
The weather was cold and cheer had also started to score nicely and was no time to take a counting, less when the match was resumed when McCabe was sent back after The meeting consequently adjourn this morning, but rain held off and being caught by Duckworth off ed until August 22.-Reuter: the players were able to take the Hammond's bowling, Oldfield came
Congress Offers Terms. field at the proper time. Bradman out to join him. McCabe
Bombay, Aug. 20. and Jackson continued the Austra-scored with attractive cuta and had
The Boycott Committee of the winds. After llan innings and showed no great hit nine fours in his innings. His
Bombay Congress has offered to Island, however, the weather respect for the bowlers. Bradman wicket, the sixth, fell at 694. Old-
As regards the
The love affairs of the first flapper was mechanical In his batting and field played a bright but compara- Simon Commission's Report on remove its ban on European man-moderated.
He was India were published in June over aged mills on certain conditions course of the launch, she was at
Sydney, Aug. 20 he did not seem perturbed by any tively brief innings...
Maria Corda in "The Private Charles. Bannerman, who was a Life of Helen of Troy." She lived of the English bowlers,
caught by Larwood off Peeble's 45,000 copies of each have been which include that 75 per cent. of least 300 yards from the shore. The young batsman continued to bowling when he had contributed sold and the report is still selling. the capital, two-thirds of the after passing Green Island, this member of the first Australian Test and howl Naughty, but wise Nifty, score steadily, shattering one re a useful 34 to the score. He hit For a work of that particular type Directorate and all the staff ex being the usual route. He saw a team which visited England in but amart. Just a.Doggone danger cord after another. First of all four fours.
It can fairly be described as a best cept special cases must be Indian. white light on the starboard side 1880, dropped dead to-day at the ous darling! Take a peeples the beat the highest individual ag- (Continued on Page 7) seller. The circulation figures, of--Reuter.
(Continued on Page 7.) age of 79-Reuter,
queen..
YMCA Cinema,
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