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BETTY NUTHALL'S SUCCESS.
EASY VICTORY IN QUARTER FINAL IN AMERICA,
FOREST HILL MATCH.
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Forest Hill, Aug, 21, Miss Betty Nuthall scored further success in the American championship to-day. when she won in the quarter finals of the ladies' singles: She was opposed to Miss Dorothy Weisel and won easily in straight sets, the margin of her success being 6-1, 6-1.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1930.
20,000 TROOPS ISOLATED.
CUT OFF FROM MAIN BODY IN NORTH.
WILLING TO GO OVER TO NATIONALISTS.
FLOODS CAUSE LULL.
TOOTED TOO LONG
ON WHISTLE.
MASTER OF THE S.S. NAM PENG FINED.
EARLY MORN NOISE.
How defendant was using his steam whistle without any ap- parent cause at three o'clock in the morning was described by Sgt. Weymes at the Marine Court this morning when Mr. J. M. A. Pes- Banha, master of the s.s. Nam Shanghai, Aug. 21.
Peng was summoned before Some 20,000 Shansi insur-Commdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., RN., gents at Tsingchow and Wei- for using his steam whistle for than that of hsien, on the Tsinanfu-Kiao- purposes other եր chow Railway, and near Fei- navigation.
His Worship-Do you plead ching, along the Tientsin-Pukow
Baroness Levi had a stern match with Miss Penelope Anderson and eventually ran out the victor. She lost the first set at 4-6, but took the next two at 6-4 and 9-7. Railway, have been isolated and guilty or not guilty?
Defendant. I don't know whe- Mrs. Harper had little difficulty completely cut off from the ther I was guilty or not. in beating Miss Mary Greef after main body, because of the sud- His Worship Intimated that he a shaky opening. She lost the first set at 3-6 but won the next two at den fall of Tsinanfu. It is un- would let defendant have the 6-1 and 6-4. The other quarter derstood that these large con- benefit of the doubt and decided to final was between Miss Majorie tingents of rebels are negotiat-bear the evidence.
In the box, Sgt. Weymes. 'said Morrill and Miss Ethel Burkardt, ing with the Nationalist Com- The former lost the first act at 4-6, manders at Tsinanfu intending that on the morning of August 15 but won the next at 6-3 and the to surrender to save themselves he saw the s.8. Nam Peng entering third at 6-2-Reuter's American from annihilation. The Nan- the harbour from the west. On getting into the Southern Fair- Service.
king leaders have agreed to en-way, she sounded one long blast, Newport, Aug. 21.
list all the insurgents as re- followed by another one five or six
seconds later. serves..
In the Casina tournament quar ter finals here Allison had a stern struggle with Shields and even tually won 6-8, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. The match between Lott and Sydney Wood ran to five sets, the result being 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4 in favour of Lott.
Hunter and Van Ryn' also had a great struggle. Hünter won the first set at 8-6 but lost the next at 4-6...
Continuing, witness said he pre- Lull Prevailing.
pared himself for another blast Incessant rain has continued in and he was not mistaken. By the districts along the Lung-hai Rail. time it came he had his watch out, 44 way since Monday morning, with and this blast lasted for the trenches of the Shansi insur- seconds. Another one was given few seconds later gents. several feet deep with by the vessel
and this one had a duration of resulting in a water, plete stagnation of warfare 39 seconds. There was yet an other one but witness did not since the Nationalist .capture of Lanfeng, where the Kuomin- time it, chun troops were forced to abar- don their trenches on account of
the floods.
com- į
He recovered again in the third set and
won it at 6-3, but only took one game in the next for the score to be two sets all.. Hunter,
Official Nanking reports say that however, won the fifth at G-4. Tilden was opposed to Gregory along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway Mangin and won in straight sets, the Shansi insurgents have con- scores being 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.tinued to retreat to Tehchow. Reuter'e American Service.
the
AMERICAN BASEBALL
RESULTS.
CHICAGO EASILY BEATEN BY NEW YORK,
New York, Aug. 21. The following are the results of the baseball matches played in the National and American Leagues to-day:
Chicago
St. Louis
National.
6 New York 16 Philadelphin
American.
'5 Cleveland
8 Detroit
New York Philadelphia Washington 5 St. Louis Boston
4 Chicago -Reuter's American Service.
BRITAIN & IRAK.
A FINANCIAL› AGREEMENT
SIGNED,
Apart from minor skirmishes with troop remnants, the Nation- alist Commanders report that for three days a lull has prevailed in all the districts along this Rail way: There is much troop move-¦ ment in and around Tainanfu, where thousands of Kwangtung forces under
General Chiang Kwang-nai have arrived. The 13th Nationalist Division (Gen- eral Hsia To-yin) and the 60th Nationalist Division (General Tsoi Ting-kai) have arrived at Lokow, Pursuing the rebels.
Peltalho Conference, The Shansi Commander who 13 directed the defence of Tsinanfu 6 and the insurgents along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, General Fu Tso-yi, has arrived at Tientsin and is visiting Peltaiho shortly to confer with General Chang Hsuch- liang, giving an explanation to the Manchurian leaders of the various causes contributing to the fall of Tsinaytu.
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The Shansi Commanders hope by this explanation to convince the Manchurian Government of the necessity of a Mukden-Shansi alliance.
Rebels At Taian
An unusual report from London, Aug. 21.
Japanese sources states that a Notes were exchanged in London large army of Shansi rebels is on Tuesday between Sir Francis holding out at Taing which is Humphreys, High Commissioner south of Tsinanfu and should have for Irak, and Miri Pasha, Premier been captured before the fall of of frak, embodying an agreement Tsinanfu. It is believed that the on financial questions.
Shansi troop remnants are taking The Notes will be published in up positions near Taian, to the due course in an
annex to the great perturbation of the Treaty of Alliance signed at lace. Baghdad on June 30th in which
The Nam Peng then went along- aide the Sai Kung Wharf and wit- ness later went on board to look for the master of the vessel, who was the defendant in the case. Witness asked the defendant if he knew the regulations which pro- hibited the use of the whistle other than for navigational purposes, and the latter answered in the affirmative.
Defendant stated that he knew
that the blaste he used were ex- cessively long ones but his - tention was to clear a passage for his steamer to go alongside her wharf, which was then crowded with junks.
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His Worshop:-Were there any]| AT THE junks near by?
Sgt. Weymes. There was an un- usually large number of junks lying around the wharf, your Worship.
In answer to his Worship, de- fendant said he obtained his master's certificate in Macao and knew that one long blast was a sign of distress.
Worship pointed out to defendant In registering a conviction, his
that it was against the law to have blasts of 44 and 39 seconds in the harbour. These long blasts were signals of distress and people could not be allowed to make these signals at three o'clock in the morning without any reason.
A fine of $25 was imposed.
BRITISH HOSPITAL
DAMAGED.
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first hatch of Yunnanese wounded came in, but these were not very serious-cases,
Many Bombs Dropped. On August 12th at 3.30 a.m. the popu-Yunnanese launched another and bigger attack on the south wall and
it was provided that all outstand- Officials at the Chinese: Chamber failed after losing severely. At 8 ing financial questions, such as of Commerce at Taian have ap- a.m., three Cantonese aeroplanes ap- those relating to Irak Railways pealed to the Shansi Commanders peared and dropped bombs on the and the Port of Basra, should offering them $100,000 if they will city for an hour. Fifteen were form the subject of such separate agres to surrender to the Nation-counted, and probably a larger num- agreement to be deemed an in-alists to save a Nationalist bomber than that fell. Finally, a fast bardment of Taian. The First plane, flying very low, dropped tegral part of the Treaty and to be Nanking Division troops are plan- three bombs together on the south ning an immediate assault on the wall, about 200 yards from the Em- The wall still rebels if their commanders fail to manuel Hospital. comply with the offer from the remained intact, however. merchants,
The Yunnanese have a small
ratified at the same time.—British Wirelcza.
FINANCIAL AID FOR CHINA,
PROPOSED BIG LOAN OF SILVER.
New York, Aug. 13. Mr. Pittman, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of Foreign Rela- tiona of the Senate, to-day publishes a scheme of financial aid for China. He proposes that the different Powers lend to the 'Chinese Government 500 million ounces of silver, to be expended under the management of an in- ternational commission for the purchase of foodstuffs and for the construction of a modern net- work of transportation services.- Indo-pacifi
OCCASIONAL RAIN,
Japanese reports state that the field-gun in position about fifty to Shanai Government lost -30,000 sixty yards tip the road between the troops, of whom 10,000 were killed wall. Their intention is to breach Emmanuel Hospital and the city and 20,000 taken prisoner, during the wall with it. their retreat from Shantung.
Kuominchun Reinforcements.
Hospital Casualties. On the 18th at 2.15 am, the Yunnanese launched another attack, which was the heaviest so far ex-
Peking, Aug. 21. Owing to the prevailing floods perienced. Machine gun fire on there is a lull in the fighting both sides was intense, and the Three Kuominchun divisions reported to have reached the them fired seventy to eighty shella are 3-inch guns on the wall between Yellow River front to stiffen the into the streets and houses on Shansi forces.-Reuter.
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either side of the Emmanuel Hospi. tal Casualties were heavy, near- ly all being shrapnel wounds, several being among the wounded in hospital as well as the Chinese dressers.
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The attack lasted without a lull until 4.80 a.m., and the Yunnanese are reported to have lost 800 killed and wounded, but this is thought to be exaggerated, the number be- New York, Aug. 21. ing probably more like 800. Madame Anastasia Tachaikovsky, single plane appeared at about 9 who claims to be a daughter of a.m. and dropped two bombs on The Royal Observatory reports Czar Nicholas II, has obtained a the city. Low-lying clouds obscur that depressions are shown over six months' extension of her per-ed the airman's view and he re- S.W China and to the north of mit to stay in the United States. tired after ten minutes. It Is. Chefoo. The local forecast is:The Commissioner of Immigration thought that the casualties from S.W. or variable winds, moderate; announced his intention at the be the bombing must have been heavy, generally overcast; occasional ginning of this week to deport but there have been no big fires in
hor-Reuter's American Servico. the city.
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