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SATURDAY AUGUST 12. 1927,

TO-DAY'S

CABLES.

(Rintar's Service to the China Mail.)

COUNTY CRICKET.

LATEST RESULTS.

LONDON, Aug. 11.

Kent, playing against Middlesex won by 30 runs, Woolley taking 13 for

Notts brat Warwickshire on the first innings. Paytou made 108 not

Yorkshire beat Gloucestersh ce by 6 wickets, Parker taking 9 for 36. Easox drew with Derbyshiro, Perin scoring 100 not out. Lancashire won on the first innings from Hampshire. Leicestershire beat Glamorgan by 228, Major Fowke scuring 98.

AFGH N APPOINTME 41′s.

SILS, August il. Sardartarzi, ex-Foreign Minister in Afghanistan and father-in law of the Amir has been appointed Afghan minister to Paris whither be will proceed this month accompanied by Ghulamsadio the new Afghan minister to Berlin.

SOCOA YB CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN C♪ (CESSION,

Pants, August 11. The Standard Oil Concession for the exploitation of the oilfields Czecho-Slovakia has been finally signed.

DEATH OF LORD HENEAGE,

LONDON, Aug. 11. The death has occurred, at the age of 82, of Lord Henenge P. C., J. P. D. L.

THE STRIKE ON THE RHINE.

AMSTERDAM, August 11.

BASEBALL.

AMERICANS v. JAPANESE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE SWATOW TYPHOON.

CHAMBER OF COMERCE LIST.

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

beg to inform the public that

Mr. TONG MAN KEE has

$51.495 no longer any connection with our

$1,000

WAH HING & CO. Hongkong, August 11, 1922.

firm.

300 250

At noon to day the Hongkong A return game between the Hong-Chamber of Commerce's subscription kng Baseball Club and the Mitsui list stood at $53,700. The new list of Bustan Kaisha team has been arranged contributors is as follows for this afternon, and local ball fans Already acknowledged ert promised a rattling fne show. The The Canadian Pacifo Steam-

ships. Ltd.... game is sure to be very keenly can-i tested; for the teams had met earlier Messrs. M. 8. Sassoon. R. A. Gubbay, and E. Howard. in the season when the Americans were beaten by 12-9. They will be Messrs. Fentroath and Co... all out to get their revenge this time, Messrs. 8. J. David and Co.

Lt. while the Japanese will doubtlers be

Mesara. Ku Cha Hop.... equally keen to keep their end up.

The American's line-up will be as Moesra. Caldbeck Macgregor

& Co., Ltd...... follows:

Brown and Curtiss (p). Scott (c). Messrs, Geo. Grimble & Co. Tow-end (lb) Church (2b). Dome T. H. King, Esq.. (..) O. Contar (3b), Koch (1..) R. Baker, Eng Proulx (c) Dowrick or Hodgkin P. L. F... 'r.f.) Dr. Urquhart and Dr. Docherty (umpires).

The game will be called at 4 o'clock on the Football Club ground, Happy Valley,

ANSWERS TO

CORRESPONDENTS.

200 200

NOTICE.

WAH HING & CO., (Na. 76, Des Voeux Road, Centrall Contractors to 200 H. M. Neval Yard, Hongkong. Im- 60 porters & Exporters; Coal Merchante; 25 General Contractors & Provision Agents, Merchants; Shipping Stevedores, etc, etc.

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20

$83,705.

EUROPEAN LADY'S EXPERIENCE.

her

Mrs. Forrest

PUTS UP PLUCKY FIGHT.

wife of Mr. 1 Mrs. Forrest,

of Schrols. Registration-Thanks for your les Farrest, Inspector ioters, and admiration for your spirit of Togo Terraco, Kennedy Road, So far we have only four offering to be was ascending the steps lend-

from Ship Street to Passive Resistera, and it is unlikely ing we will get the 200 suggested, or any-home, at 11 a.m. yesterday, when thing like it. The wurrume having half way up, a Chivese suddenly contracted the habit of wurmery, it is vaulted over the railing by the siða of the path and attempted hard to make them vertebrate.

lady's handbag. Bak "what to match the ENQUIRER.-You precisely are our objections to the He did not succes!. Registration Bill"? Precisely what very pluckily resisted and struck the we have outlined at great length in man with her umbrells. Frightened the China Mail. Are you any rela by the lady's ories, the thief again | Vaulted over the railing and ran down tion of the late Rip van Winkle ?

CONTRIBUTED.-Bo you think you, the bill towards the nullah. excessive perspicuity is as in 'iser recognized the style? Sometimes tion. Be good, und let who will be clever, as a doggerelist once said. OFFICIALDOM.-No. We do seriously euggest that the said officials would be certified insane. We admit the conspicuousness and respectable duration of the lucid intervals. If you ask us, we say they are lucid with insane intervale,

A message from Rotterdam says it now appeare that a bait of the striking Whine shipping workers shows a big majority in favour of con tinuance of the strike.

UNUSUAL "SQUEEZE

SHIP COMPRADORE'S STORY.

The Compradore of the China Mer obante Steam Navigation Company's 8.6. Ilsinwah "has reported an on- usual 'sque›ze” case to the police..

According to him, the vessel was lying alongside the Company'e whart of Connaught Road West at 11 o'clock yesterday morning when a passenger named Tai Sbui-hi came and left two to bis effice

AMERICAN R DIO SERVICE (By Courtesy of the American Consul General).

-BASEBALL-SCURES.____.

NATIONAL.

LEAGUE.

Bot

INTELLIGENT READER Certainly: 1Why should we deny that some of 16he anawere to correspondenta are "faked" In a faked colony, with faked legislat on, faked citizens, and faked heer, what else could you

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Cincinnati.... 7 Chicago.... New York.... 5 Brocklyo Pittsburg.....14 St. Louis. Philadelphia.. 4 Boston

No games played in American league.

ARMY APPOINTMENT.

WASHINGTON. Colonel Robert Courtney Davia rattan band baskets, one fastened with a lock, with him for saf: keep-acting Adjutant General of the army ing, promising to call for them later. has been nominated for Adjutant At 1 p.m. three Chinete.wo of them dressed like Revenue Cfficers and the otber in plain clothes came on board and naked that the basketa be opened. The unfastened one con tained himene medicine, while in the locked one were found two revolvers, Aaked the The Barchere then compradom for $1,000 inform

32 and he gave them $200 promising to give the balance later. The three men and the passenger did not relare again.

stion mency,

An identification parade of all Chinese R. Os. wae beld at the Harbour Office yesterday afternoon, but the compradore was unable to identify any of them as the men who had obtained the $200 from him. He also stated that the dress of the was not the two uniformed men sezze as that ween by the men on parade. They did not have breast pockets, but two large patch pockets on the lower part of their tunics, and wore peak caps.

It is thought that the passenger was in league with the other men and had conspired with them to "plant" the revolvers on the compradore for the purpose of obtaining money from bim. The uniform drecribed by the to those compradore was similar worn by moter chauffeurs.

General with rank of major-general. TRAINS CANCELLED.

WICHITA, KAN.

been

Six FriFoo trains have cancelled on account of fuel shortage. RAILWAY STRIKE.

CLEVELAND. Mr. W. G. Lee president of trainmer's union telegraphed all Gneral Chairmen who complained of

conditions" "unendurable authorized local strikes.

TAFT TALKS

and

SAN FRANCISĽU Mr. Taft told the American Bar Association that dependence upon congress to speed the adataistration of justice had not brought the best results and that some different mode ebould be tried ". He said litigation bad increased so that judicial force was inadequate.

MEADOW CLUB TENNIS.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.

8. Kashio of Japan went into semi finals after defeating Carl Fische of Philadelphia 54 89 at the Meadow Club Tennis.

NAVAL TREATY,

WASHINGTON The Government, although it has announced that the naval limitation treaty will come into fores at the earliest possible moment has so far no more plans for exchange of ratifica- tions until all signatory powers are ready. However it is indicated that Mr. J. B. Hughes has been if Japan formally suggests an earlies pointed sola Manager of Messrs. Wah Hing and Company, of No. 76, Desexchange of ratifications of the three Vaux Road Central.

San

The Master of thr S. 8. Ning" bas reported to the Harbour Office that on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock a lani ch with a lighter in tow was seized by pirates mar Yellew Reach nd about 2000 bags of rice. were stolen. The launch and tow werb released at 5 a.m. the next day and arrived at Korgmoon five hours later. The lighter was formerly the H.M.8, "Britomart."

principle signatories the proposal would receive careful consideration.

SWATOW DISASTER.

export?

TOMHSTONE-Sarry the block from your excellent photo was not ready for last week, as we wrote you. appears amo. g Adversaria to-day.

It

LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

ARRIVALA.

Haiyang, (Fuk Tai Cheong) from Canton,-C44.

Wai Shing. ( M. & Co.) from Can- ton.-C37.

Fooshing, (J.M. & Co.) from Baug- kuk. Swatow-C43

Kwai Sang, (JM & Co) [roto Swatow. C35.

Kwai Wah, (Wai Hing) from Tourant-C36.

Taiezeins. (Yan Fat) from Kwong Chow Wan-Co's Whori.

Shun Shing. (Po On) from KwoLg Chow Wau.-Co's Whart.

Shinsho Maru, (M.B.K.) from Swatow.-- B-17.

Akita Mara, (N.YK) from Yoko- bama, Maji.- Kowloon Wharf.

Kags Maru, (N.Y.K.) from Seattle, Shanghai-Kusioon Whatf

Nam Wah. (Chun Hing) fron IL-ihow. Wharf.

Dague M 40S K.; from Singo- pure, Manila --A27.

Ralph Moller. (Moller) from Cantou. Off Stonecutter,

Sunning, B. & S.) from Canton.--

BI1.

DEPARTURES.

Wing Sang. (J.M. & Co.) for Cantou, ~August 11.

PEKING.

Cheribon Maru, Nanyo Y. K.; for American Consul at Swatow has Batavia-August 11. ruported to the legation that typhoon

Haiching, Douglas) for Foschow, deaths are 50,000 and 100,000 are Suntow-August 11. homeless. Help is urgently needed.

STEEL TRADE BOOM.

NEW YORK. The United States Steel Co. has ro. ported 5,776,616 tons of "unfilled orders for month ending July thirty first, an increase of 141,590 over Juno orders.

FUEL PROBLEM.

SPRINGFIELD. Boston and Albary Railroad ba cancelled all excurion fraids for the remainder of the summer on its linee in order to conserve fu+).

ST. PAUL.

Englee, Ching Keo) for Chafuo.- -August 11.

Shu Shing. (Po On) for Kwong Chow Wan.-August 12:

Kwai Sang (J. M. & Co ) fur Bang. kok.-August 12.

Alpitia, (Wai Hing) for Kwong Chow Wan.-August 12.

bang Sha, (B. & S.) for Melbourne, Manila. August 12.

Taming, B & 8.) for loo Manila - August 12.

Yuan Hing, (Y. Seng Fat.) for Saigon.-Aug 13.

Mr. P. A. Cox, the local General Avent, informe ne that be has received telegraphic ads ce that Mr. Wm. T Payne, Manager for J. pas nad Chins of the Canadian Pacific Steamships; Ltd., bas. at his request, been granted

Wai Shing. (J. M. & Co.) for leave of absence and saile from Yoko

Governor Blaine of Wisconsin-say-Tsingtao, Swato-Ang 12 baus on the Empress of Australië”,

Amekosa Maru, (0, 8. K.) for ng-September 2 Head Offes at a conference of northwest governors Montiral have appointed Mr. Alan on the situation is of opinion that Keelung, Smstow Aug. 15. Cameron in charge of Operating and deal seizure and operation of all Trafic with Headquarters at Horg, mince is necessary to apply country kong, and with title of Chisatol Mea with coal and in the saly solution of ager, effective from October, 1, 1993, the problem.

Talzzema, (Yan Fat) for Kwung. chowa. Arg. 13.

Shinyo Maru, (t: K. K.) for San Francisco, Kocfung.--Aug. 16,

We have THIS DAY appointed Mr. J.B. HUGHES as Sole Manager of the above Company.

WAH HING & CO.

Hongkong, Aug. 11, 1992.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,

on

TJESDAY, August 15 1992,

commencing at 11

2 m

at No. 5 Godown (upper) of the Hongkong & Kowloon Whari & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowlson, (Por Account of the Concerned), 10 Bales Cotton Yarn all more or less damaged by soa-water).

farme-Cash on ciclivory.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Austloncore.

Rongkong, August 12, 1922,

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH.

DINNER

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OF

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Parties of 10 or 12 persons may reserve Motor Coach to Repulse Bay and return (charge $24.00).

THE TELEPHONE HANDBOOK.

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THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE, LTD., CHINA MAIL OFFICE,

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The TELEPHONE HANDBOOK costs $1 per apy and ⚫ie sold on the strict understanding that on the publication of a newine the old one will be tarned to the publishers. This proviso is made in the interests of Subscribers in view of the frequent changes that take place,

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