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ATHLETICS GET THE WATER RATIONING| SHAMEEN NOTES
BREAKS
SCHEME
Double Victory Over the EAST HONGKONG TO
Yankees
New York, Juno 1. Connie Mack's big guns open ed up at Shibe Park, Philadel phia, to-day, inflicting a double defent on the pennant-cliusing Yankees.
FALL INTO LINE.
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Shameen. May 31.
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On Sunday, the Kwangtung As from Saturday at 7 a.m. the Silk Testing. Burent officials were eastern district of Hongkong will
be brought into line with the reat hosts. to a group of Canton silic of the Colony so far as water exporters, the occasion being a supplies are concerned. This dis visit to the Government Sericul- trict extends from Arsenal Street ture Bureau at Yung Kl, and also to Shaukiwan, and is the last toto inspect the cocoon mills and the come under the new scheme.
ekg sheet To metered services and the old mulberry trees, the street fountains, n, three hours' markets and the flatures. The supply will be given, from 7 to 8.30 group consisted of about in the mornings, and from 4.30 to people, including Mr. Ballantine, : 6 p.m. in the afternoons.
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The Athleties had the breaks, winning both games by the margin of a single run. The first found the tears tied ni seven-all at the end of nine innings. A thrilling pitch duel followed, but Philadel-
In the new groups of street foun- the American Consul General at phia brought a man home in the tains, there will be an eleven hours' Canton. The party left at six in the morning in the Standard Oil isteonth inning to win. The se-supply, from 7 am to 6 pm.
Company's big launch, lent by rond game ended in a 7-6 victory
Mr. Anthony, the Manager of for the Athletics, causing the Yan-
Socony: The launch went as far kees to drou to the standard of
ns Chan Chu where the party .675 in the league standing.
transferred to boats for Tai Leung; and thence to Yang Ki. of Aperial interest to the vlstors was the rearing of silkworms, the storage of the eggs in cold storage plants and the special work for the elimination of disease and improvement of the various breeds
Foxx hit his seventeenth homer Cochrane his tenth in the and course of the dauble-header, while team-mates in Bishop and Cramer also hit the pill for the circuit. Rung and Jorgens of the Yan- kees Hikewise homered.
The Giants were also defeated,
New Yurk Chiengo
2 Philadelphia 1 St. Louis American League
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THE INCOME TAX BURDEN
TWO MILLION NEW PAYERS
London, June 1.
MEMORIAL DAY.
The American Memorial Day
by the Phillies, Terry and Ott hit it is provisionally estimated by at the Government Sericulture home runs, but chose their times the Treasury that the recent al-Bureau. unfortunately, and the Glupts lost terations in the graduation of 5-2. Klein scored his thirteenth Income Tax renders two million homer for the Phillies.
more persons chargeable to the National Lengte.
tax in the present financial year. Service was held in the American General on Monday The Financial Secretary to the Consulate Treasury, who made this statement between 5 and 6 p.m. special music ia the Commons, sail that accord-being the feature. Approximately 100 people were present at this ing to their provisional estimates, the number now actually paying impressive service which is held the tax is between four million and every year by the American Com. four and a quarter million persons,munity in memory of dead Ameri- eans who have been burled in -British Wireless.
Canton.
Boston Philadelphiu Philadelphize
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NANNING SUFFERS
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Nanning, May 28.
is ex-
MR. CHAMBERLAIN RECOVERS
The previous Saturday, a party paid the annual pilgrimage to the Kraves of departed Americans (many of the tombstones dating back over one hundred years) where flowers were laid. Through these annual efforts the hundred or mor American graves' in Canton are kept in good order and repair, and this custom might well London, June 1.
The copied by other nationals. The Chancellor of the Exeche-[
PERSONALIA. Chamberlalu, quer, Mr. Neville who
TO RESUME DUTIES NEXT WEEK
'The Nanning district periencing a very unseasonable dry spell. The price of rice has and will continue to rise- risen unless there is rainfall soon.
went to Harrogate for Mr. Ferguson, who for some Last week, for two days, neither
course of radio mud baths and years past has been acting n cows nor pigs were slaughtered. The people, fasting from meats,peat baths a week ago, suffering silk inspector for T. E. Griffith,
from acute attack of gout, hasLtd.. "besought heaven" for rain.
It
has returneu to
Canton
remarkable recovery and after spending several months in is reported that next week five made, more such days are to be observed, anticipates being able to resume England. Mr. Ferguson has come arrowly his duties the House of Commons out on his own, and is starting A large fire Was averted the evening of the 25th, next week.-British Wireless,
While a woman was "driving devila" from her house in the north gate section a fire started which des
three houses. A strong troyed wind was blowing at the time and only the dying down of the wind nverted the entire north gate The section being burnt out. Nanning Fire Department aml the Police Department did effective work. The "press-gang"
hundreds of coolies enrrying water, Police protection was provided
of
BOMBAY - MUCH QUIETER
WORK RESUMED AT THE MILLS
London, June 1. The Intest information from
in the fire section, for hundreds Bombay indicates that the itan-
their tion there is much quieter. trud prople
working. All the mills are now streets.
-British Wirclens.
valuables
moved into the
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BOLIVIA ACCEPTS INTER- NATIONAL SCHEME
London, June The Bolivian Government
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There were four signatories, Bolivi Malaya, Dutch Indies and Nigeria haal Reuter.
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