KEEN CRICKET ON CLUB GROUND.
FINE INNINGS BY PEARCE
AND LT. HASLEWOOD.
The first day's play in the trian gular tournament cricket inteh bo tween the Club and the Army, which opened yesterday and will las con- eluded to-stay, left the tennis in an interesting position, and with very slight advantage either way.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1930.
FUN AMONG SAVAGES.
(Contiuned from Page 6.)* dress is far from corresponding with o Barbrooke Grabb, who was the rat white man to live amongst the Indians of the araguayan Chinco, tells a delight ful story which shows the difference
viewpoint.
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CHANGES IN THE GRAND NATIONAL.
FIVE-YEAR-OLDS TO BE BARRED.
Drastic alterations have been for next year's Grand National, made in the conditions of entry with the object of eliminating, as far as possible. the moderate horses and reducing the field to reasonable proportions.
the
The changes, as compared with conditiona governing this year's race, are:
Five-year olds barred.
CINEMA NOTES:
NEW YORK BROKERAGE OFFICE REPRODUCED,
Reproducing n Kieck brokerage office, with tickers connected directly to the stock exchange to furnish reported to be one of the realistic actual quotations from the market, s details of "The Girl Said No." Wit new Metro-Goldwyn liam Haines' Mayer all-talking vehicle which will Queen's
open
the to-morrow at
He offered pale of cotton trousers as a gift to enlist the ser- The cricket throughout the day was
vices of a gulde. Tempting me the of quite a good standard, though the general Belding of the Clubs was not offer was, no one would volunteer But he had another quite up to the usual, and one or two for the job. expensive blunders were committed.pair, evidently nude out of the end From the batting point of view the of a piece of calico, for stamped outstanding performances Ware thong uful. Haslewood and 1/Cpl. F blue ink on one of the legs were being of years and upwards clerks in charge. Halen played a
the British Lion and the words, of the Army, who ecored 7 and 8 yards Manchester." This des respectively, and in doing in, turned
Karment proved corative
the the of fortune completely in
Against
favor of the Service team. this was the masterly innings of T. E. Peure, who withstood the keen Army ntinels to contribute a
existible, and he got his guide at
fince!
Love of finery, and the desire to knocks of 62, nel renning andefeated,ulate the white man, have led the Fry's was most elimugring krok, simple savage fula minny & Indicrous
abit situntion us regarda his "get-up." Incluility: rix bondaries and aver the railings, being just two short of the half century when his lamingo Limit. Hoskewood was Lerratrustovi. more medate, but he picked out the right ones to hit, and by
NO dairy: placed seven boundaries against him
noroc.
Pearce, opening the Club innings. noon lost Sayer and Harkiti, but en; couraged by More'n ability to treat the bowling on its merits, began to Kettle down to a fine innings, and it wan with a very nier-looking hook atroke which sent the ball to the square leg boundary, that he reached his 60. Be rarely appeared troubled by the lowling, which if not fou ne- curate, was varied in its fight and pace.
Even in the foiling light fo wards the close of the day's play he Lound opportunity to Feuch
the
bomulary twice, and thanks to hit and More, who was responsible for a well played 18, the Chuli andshed g only 67 runs behind, with five wickets intact.
The Army, enjoying first knowk un a fairly easy wicket, did put display KTral cistency in rearing, het res. List motely a Lieut. Huslewood, Lieut. Dewar Durk (1) and pl. Fry for their total of 213, which was au extremely useful one,
H. Owen Hughes accomplished some
excellent work with the bail, captur in six with for 41 runs, but the remainder of the Cul stick Wan anything but convincing, und, revely. ing rather pe support from the field, returned less impressive avernseh
horses of
eligible.
only
All entrants must have been placed first, second or third in freeplechases over three miles or more (or the equivalent in foreign distances), or have won a steeple, cluse, over any distance, of the Selling races are value of £500. excepted from these conditions.
Lowest weleht. 10xt, 7h.. Instead of 10st., which gives a range of only 2st, in the handicap, In the early days of while settle Each horse left in at the final ment in New Zealand, we are toki
acceptance will cost 46x owner of the costumes worn by Maoris at
£100 du entrance money. Instead a certain meeting that one ŋuan ap- | of, as last year, 186, with an addi- peared in a soldier's hunke and ational £15 if the horse runs. pair of spectaclos, and another wore long blue stockings and a mat. One dandy's costume consisted of a pair: of trousers tied round i heck along with a black stocking on one arm, and a while sock in the other. must white missionary And the have been sore jail to it to keep a straight face when one of his Maori flock reted into church wearing the sleeves of a woman's gown w stockists, two baskets tied on his feet as stres, and seven separate skirts crefully arranged a no to display part of each garment.
1.K.
The Old Rules, Hitherto, except In age--the qualification has been five years and upwards- there hays been my restrictions on entrants, an that “be horse could of any
107 passibly wÍR. nominated
1601 Indeed, the records show Voluptuary, who won the mure in 1884. had never previously been
ver fences in
worl
Theatre,
A brokerage office was established at the utiles, with qantation clerks at the boards tickers receiving que titions, and netual brokerage office clerk in the scene, a role he was well able to handle as, his frat job, before
Just such an office he entered the movies, was n clerk in
It is sold thint Wall Street is the
background of the new picture, with the star playing the role of a gradunte just unt of college and facing his Brat stengele in the business work, The production is supposed to be a sequel to "Brown of Harvard," one of Haines carlive hits, showing him no a youth in his collego enreer.
Sam Wood, director of "So This is College" and "It' a Great Life"] directed the
new picture. Tella | Hyams, who played opposite Haines in "Alina Ammy Valentine," is heroine and Francis X. Bushman, Jr. pinys McAndrews, the star's rival, which is the same role he played in "Brown of Harvard."
Clara
LAWLESS PROVINCES.
BRITISH POLICE WORK ON
THE YANGTZE
"The Work of British Gunbonta on the Yangize” was the subject of a lecture given at the Royal United Service Institution, White- hall, by Vice-Admiral T. J. naval Tweedle, who was senior ofleer on the Yangtze River from to 1929. Admiral Sir 1927 Reginald Tyrwhitt presidol.
Vice-Admiral Tweedle gave a description of the waters on which the flotilla operates, and and the part of the river where the gunboats worked
convenience of reference it wa stretch of about 1,600 milles. divided into three paris-the
WRS R For
and
more
lower middle, and upper rivern, Ench had its own special very different characteristics- material and political. The lower river. from the mouth to Hankow, was a run of 600 miles. It might. he said roughly that in the lower river districts, and including Hankow, they saw semi-Western methods of government. Foreign- ers were plentiful. Above Inn-
the kow
foreigner was Acarce. To land in or near village was to invite the curiosity of men, women, and eltildren, and Phillie Crane, Polly Moran, WH, it was curious that the more re- ham V. Mong, Carlelan, Macy, Wilmote the village the more friendly Blandick and they seemed. More than once he im Janney, | Junior Coghlan are in the cast.
had known the local Inguist Hoines Invents detachable Moustache.
intshed forward to warn him not to go In a particular direction A vero lip, like necessity, is the
"because of bad men," otherwise mother of invention. Spirit gum,
brigands, for this, the land be- used for mixing moustaches in the movies, hurts Willine Haines' skin.
tween Hankow and Ichang, 500 The Grand have on five
So the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vlar milles, was the land of brigands. necasions been won by five-year-urned inventar, and, in his new Piracy was perhaps the natural Whin are now barred, the lust | tatkie, “The Girl Said No," Introduces result of prolonged civil war. of this age to succeed being the the first "detachable moustache" of Rebelling generals on menting French horse, Lutteur 11., in 1909. | history
with defent lansed on the country- Several times the race has been Haizes had a moustache fixed with
of bandits
and won by moderate horses, because a tiny celluloid clip that affixes itself side hordes the soul ones have been inter-top an neetrile, holds the nrtificial robbers, who provided incidents of fere with or knocked down by mustuele perfectly and enn be taken for British gunboats to deal with. F in a moinen!. He says he got the Above Hankow there was no civil have whe
lost their len from necktie holder he route- goverment in the land, even of the most primitive type, and ho believed it was true to say that where was the British gunboat more welcome by the law-abiding
The widow of the Rev. C. S.
minister Minty, Wesleyan Cardiff and formerly a missionary animals in China, who lost his life in al-jortorva, tempting
his 1woul dughtera from drowningg R Porthcawl, has been awarded memorial certificate and an allow
to4t*11ཙཱ*
Anything which restricts the size of the field is therefore all to the advantage of the safe jumpers, The Clerk of the Course and the ance of £228, a week by the trusinfluenced in drawing up the new
Stewards
have, doubtless, been tees of the Carnegie Hero Fund.
ronditions by the threat of hage. fields. consequent upon
swrap- stake promotions and their result aut temptations.
Lout. Munson secured two fairly cheap wickets early in the lab In nings, but was later collard, and altbord Williams nest down Mate tas: stuff, which occasionally fount a "spot." he was ton much all the wicket | yah.....
to be wholly effectual, both Penres
1
Boxlag Anaderia,
M. R.
ቴን.
Goodwin
9.5 3 16
2 18 1
F. F. Finclar
# 1 12
2
BIG EDUCATION. BEQUEST.
Kowloon CC.
and More playing him with confidence, Salmon obtained a vietin which he certainly did not deserve, and then | G, C, Buenett, e Edwards, 1 dewitt injured himself in the led over of De dag. Seuren:
Army, 1st Funings.
14. R. V. Dwar Durle, e and h
Owen High ....
Cpl. Davos, e Owen Hughes, b
Book
Hughes
Lt. Hasiewood, and
Lt. A. H. Matson, Lh.w, Berk
#4
*
1. 4. Carroll, e Handley, b Clans P. Goodwin, e Mosely, b Jowitt
A
1.1
F. E. Skinner, e Stunnce, b Jowitt
#
D. W. Gregory,se nnd 5 Glass
0
31
S. A. R. Marky, Hansley, Is
Moseley
W. . Hung, e nad b Jowit
o E. P. Pincher, Lhow, Baker
F. Zimmern, Edward, h Glas
ul. 4. Pincher, e Humley, b
"Moseley
Extens
1
11. Fry, h Owen Hughes...
AJ, G. Lyal, not out
Total
Cpl. Lockner, b Reid
Capt. N. Thorpe, b Owen Höghes
1. 3. Waring. e Bebt, howe
ifaucher
Pe, R. Salmon, Reid
Major Aires, not nut
Sg. William, st. Pearce, h Owen
Hughe
Extran
23 9-6-
1
17
Baker
2 Jovitt
2****
Glans
213 oceles
Bowling Anlysis,
Bowling Analysis.
RECREIO
0.
M.
W
E. B. Reed
10
A. C. Berk
A. C. T. Borker.. 12
***
機
A. Reid
1.1
48
n
11. Owen Hughes
14,3 -
A
5
15
G. R. Super
Club1st Innings,
T. E. Pearce, not out
G. R. Sayer, e Davies, b Musson
E. R. Thirkitt, e Airey, b Musson
G. R. More, Williams
R. IL Grifit, ↳ Saimon
H. Owen Hughes, Thorpe, is
Williams
F. J. R. Mitchell, not put
Extras
Total (for i wkta.)
4
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AMERICAN'S $7.000,UDO FOR FOUNDING SCHOOLS,
Birmingham. (Ala.), Dec. 20. A bequest of upwards of G$7,- 12900,000 was revealed her to-day when the last will and testament 17 of the inte Mr. Alan Harvey Wood- ward. irun manufacturer, was 0ted for probate.
0
AL
tim ukes,
The comedy star wears the mous
Cache in a series of comedy places with Leila Byars, who plays apposite
He ens he's thinking of pater him. Ung the lea
"Though Rays" at the Queen's.
in between.
Chinese themselves,
ጌአ
"It was in this district," the War in all its funny angles-and lecturer said, "that we once came the picture proves that are thousands abreast of a cluster of big sall- of them is the theme of Baster Ken- ing junks at anchor, and na fon's newest talking roanedy, now approached there was a terrific playing t the Queen's Theatre. hullabaloo. I told the captain to "Dongh Boy's basal a dull moment stop and see what was the mat- in what witle laughs and thrills, tor. It appeared that less than thrills and laughs, and a love story an hour before the junka had been boarded by pirates, looted, and an old man. described as very rich, and two girls had been borne off had aa prisoners. The pirates | escaped ins a tug It was not
Jut strictly our Business,
the fewer
less pirates about the danger to British shipping, which carried out in was our business. We gave chase and filming the picture. The buttle eventually overhauled the tug. reeses are as authentic skill could | As so often happens, she ran her make them--spoettenlar fightë, with a nnye into the bank and the pirates thousand wet and tons of ammant escaped before we got up. But tien, zeal army equimot and army
old man and the we got the officers in churge. In fact, it is as
ladies," nuthentic as "The Air Purile" so far as the battle scenex go, and the
The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer nic-| Aure shows Keaton as a milliomire's son who enlisted for the 1ste pleas antness, His troubles in training camp and at the Trenches make a rip. roaring comedy errors, with can- str. non to right of him, to left of him and hard builed top sergeant always be hinst him.
A novel iden was
The bequest is to constituie Foundation for the support of a group of schools for boys. The Teachers for the first 25 years, the
The gunboat flotilla was part will stipulates, must be Northern-ntrast makes the comic anlies of
of the China Fleet and worked Wers who will enable their students eaten, iff Edwards and the rest
directly under the orders of the to learn that there is little differ
Keaton plays the redenhtable Elmer Commander-in-Chief. There were ence between Yankees and South-Stuyvesant, and blunders
towns through nine
on the river, not the war in came out a here in spite counting Shanghai, where there of himself, Sally Eilers is charming | were permanent British interests (as the heroine, his sweetheart, in the and traders living with their
entertainment unit.
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UNIVERSITY.
Visitors Win Match by Two Wickets.
On the Chub de Berroin ground the hosts were benten by the University evennds by two wickets. J. 1.
Figueiredo for the Recreio and A. A. Aziz for the University, were the highest scorers for their respective aldes. Scores:
Recreio,
4j ¡t. M. Xavier, e Tan, b Silvi H. A. Alves, e Leong, 1 Jum
3. Guterres, b Jones
4
M. F. Pinna, ♪ Gosano, b'A ziz
20. H. Figueired, b Jam
-----
A. P. Perrira, rum out .....
16 G. A. Guterres, e Tin, 1: Roy
A. C. Bork. A. Reid, A. C. I. Bowker and E. . Reed to bat.
KOWLOON C.C. WIN.
Beat the Royal Navy by Two Wickets.
the
L. J. Silva, e Sully, b James
A. A. Remedios, run out
F. 11. Carvalho, not out
A. A. Guterres, é Silva, h Jatura
Extrus
In a low scoring, match on Kowloon Cricket Club ground yester. Tan dny, the Royal Navy lost to the home Janes team by two wicketa after being dis. Į Silva
Azix misked for anly 40 runs. The hosts, however, put in their weaker kalsmen Roy flent and then, after the close of the first innings, gavo the visitors another knock.
110
*
11
erners,
The will further provides that only Caucasian borg In the United States will be admitted to the schools. The schools will be non-sectarian.
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
FAMILY.
ASHES TRANSPORTED TO PARIS.
were
Paris, Dec. 20, General Janin, who tells the story in his book of how the ashes of the Russian Imperial Family transported to Paris, has made the 35 following declaration to a corres-
pondent Le Journal: of Le ♪ "It is correct
that I brought the ashes of the Imperial lly which I had been able te
looked after them until October, 1920. Then I sent them to M. de Glers, formerly Russian 13 ambassador to Italy. I do not know what became of them after that."
10
Total
Bowling Antyria
0. M. R.
મ
W.
10.4- 40
BG
11 1
13
University.
G. S. Scully, & Pereira
Goodwin was in form with the ball. Normanbhoy, b Pereira for the civilian players and captured P. M. N. da Silva, e L. J. Guterres, alx of the wickeln for only 10 run, Parçon bring the only naval batsman K. T. Lokg, & Alves
to rench double figures. For Kow-
loon. Blackay contributed 31 of the 04 runs which the side made. Scores Navy,
Gloss, Mackay, b Goodwin
Squance, 13.w., Goodwin
Handley, run out
Edwards, b Goodwin
Moseley. Lb.ar., Goodwin
Harper, b Goodwin
Jowitt, Goodwin. b Lynl
Pigott, 1.b.w., E. F. Fincher Pascoe, not out
Baker, Skinner, & Fincher Aylmer, b Goodwin
Extras
Total
Pervira
A. A. Aziz, e Remedion, b Pinna
R. F. G. Leong, b Alres
W. James, run out
E. Gosano, e Alves, Pinna
P. L. Tan, not out
2 D. Roy, not put
Extras
Total (for 8 wkts.)
Yahyabboy did not bat.
mather.
RELEASE OF PRIESTS AND NUNS.
all the funnier.
Cliff Edwards and his trusty ukulele
wives and families. There were,
besides, two big British shipping ere in for plenty of comedy, too. and Cliff warbles "Sing" for the firms which had regular passenger and lineation of one and all. Edward and cargo steamers plying up Brophy plays the tough sergeant and down the whole stretch of the extracts much comedy from the role, river, a third line trading ex- and Pitzy Kats Victor others are in the fun brigade. Frank commitments we hind 13 gunboats, Patel and clusively in oil. To meet these Mnya is convincing as the captain and of which one was the flagship and Arnold Kor? as the German, valet who turns Germun soldier,
must be free to move anywhere Edward Sedgwick directed the pie at a moment's notice. The flotilla ture and appears in the picture too would not be numerically strong as the campeonk in a brief sequence, | enough without asalstance from showing that a comedy direnter can the Fleet, which took the form of
1 Inebdentally also be comedian.
cruiser frequently at Nanking, wrote and composed "Minster Military Man," the stirring march song which and one at Hankow. the solliers sing the production.
He was of opinion that the system The riotous entertainment at the front with Kenton's antics as a volun of gunboat, control by the treaty feer member of the show, and the Power, which the Chinese Govern screamingly funny adventures of ment could not have carried out Buster and Sally in "No Man's Land," unaided, and to which the British are a few of the hilarious highlights. Government had contributed
Not only is "Dough Boys" the most large share, was at the present it is one of the swiftest and most five years, the one bulwark which elaborate Kenton picture to date, but time, and had been for the last hilarious places of entertainment in many maons.
nf
"Captain of the Guard.” The march ci the "Men Marsellles" ** one of the dramalle highlights of history, and
bind
prevented complete chaos in It had enabled merchants,
China,
both foreign and Chinese, to con- tinue to function in the most
most surprising way, and it was an astounding fact that in spite of
in the Universal all-wound musical revolution, bandita, briganda, pesti- romance. "Captain of the Guard,” which is now being screened at the fence, and famine, the maritime
Customs Central Theatre, this herole inarch in
returns showed An shown in all of its gripping Im-annual advance.
19 VICTIMS OF REDS AT KIANFU | mensity,
NOW SAFE.
3
31
12
Peking, Dec. 26.
The Apostolic Delegation hua received information that the four 10 foreign fathers and five sisters Oenptured by Reda at Kianfu on
Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt It was this handful of nondescript paid a tribute to the work of the heroes which turned the tide of battle in the revelation from defeat vice-consuls, and to the way in to victory for the revolutionists, and which. the commanders and the of the the manner in which they fought and lieutenant-commandera won in depicted with startling realism gunboats carried out their duties in the tremendous conflict shown in when he was Commander-in-Chief
the picturo. Only 500 strong, it in China.
28 October 4 have been released. marched from their home. Marselles,
14
In the South of France, clear to Paris,
15 Reuter.
names of those captured arriving just in the nick of time to
hurl themselves Into the fray. It five new songs, written especially ure Fathers Burbato, Chpozzi,
gave new courage to its comrades for the pleturo by Chineno Wakefald .......... 141 Purino (Italian), Father Thieffry who were being thrown back by the Cadman, the American Composer.
(French), Slater Ramos (Filipino) | King's armies.
Bowling Anlysis,
O. M. R
12 | Pervira
5 30
216. A. Guterros
22
48 2
24 2
1 Я -
0 Alvon
Pinna
Silva
40 Figueiredo
1442740
Written by Houston Rmnal and Siator Rognoni (Italian), Sisters Such is the climax of "Captain of directed by John Robertson, "Captain W. Lo
Port,
Merlo, Larmichaat the Guard" climax which is ap- of the Guard" is a dramatic crosscut proached through a most romantle at the beginning of the French (French).
story. The Rovolution. Sam do Graane, James,
Lionel Balmore,. Bishop Mignisut (Italian) and and appealing love
Stuart Father De Jenlts (French), wore rumance is between Laura La Plante Marcus,
and John Balan, who are co-starred Holmes, Evelyn Hall, Claude Fleming, also captured at the same time, in the picture, during the course of George Hackathorne and are, in thô, but were released on October 15.1 which Boles', golden voice is heard in erat..
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