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LOCAL AND GENERIL.

Me D. W. Tratman has bern

CRICKET:

appointed Distior Officer, Northern LOCAL INTERPORT MATCH. District.

Mt Hughes, First Officer of th 5.8. "Esiloong," has won, the model yacht railed by the Kowloon branch of th: Ministering Children's League

The Consul for Italy will be A Home" at Kingsclere Hotel from 11 a.m. ton on tomorrow, the

Hirthday of H. M. King Victor

Emanuel 11.

His Honour, Me. H. H. Gomperis has resumed duty Paisne Ju go, Mr. C. MI. Messer Colonial Treasurer, and Mr. J.

| Wood as First Magistrata.

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HONGKONG V. BEANGHAL

HANCOCK WINS THE TO83,

‚BHANGHAI BOWLERS DEGIN WELL,

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Though a trige cold, the weather was on its best behaviour for the firs lay of the Interport Cricket Match between Hongkong and Shaoghai. Bright sunshine and, little wind are J.idral conditions here, whers on account of the buildings round about ah light is very often poor and Ralways difficult to visitors,

HOME AGAIN.

A KIDDNAPPED BOY.

HANSOMED FOR $5,000.

Kidnapped. 13 months ago, the 18 year old son of Mr. L. Chanson, a well-known local Chinese, businNON man has just been restored to his anxious parents,

The affair he cost Mr. Chanson in

WIRDAY NOVEMBER 10% 1623

BIG F.RE.

STEAMER AGROUND:

KENNEDY · TOWN BLAZE WEST RIVER BOAT SPRING '

EARLY MORNING OUTBREAK.

TWENTY HOUSES OUTTED, AND WOODYARD DESTROYED.

WAR

Ablaze.

A LEAK.

CHINESE CREW RESCUED.

fruta stoking and a.cordingly

bewol Jur 4 mad bak The verslainok faat, but the bank + was low and with a rising sen, her tria co-tinu.d to take in water,

foom

The Chinese owned Weat River steam, r. t. B.R. "Luensheun". (250 an), wach left here, at 2 pm Ons of the biggest blazes that has vererday for Kongmoon, went s-hote in bio "evening about three all $10,000, but both he and his wife, ccurred in Hongking for some timentes 8f the Wongmoon light, are happy to set their son back at trick the Fire Brigade out to Kennedy and is Low badle grounded. that pria, and they are the recipients Cown early this mon ing. At about The Lurusbeun" sprang a leak

Reral congratulation.

receiv...u to a' Lut 7 pm. Bad filled rapidly owing . The boy was deo yed to Macac by 4.30 am. a call a soboulmate the son of Chenn Felcher Streat where the Wing Shing the choppt sea caused by the gala Woodard wAS

|«tish size suddenly fant...ight. Her Bam tong an ex-Secretary of a for- Chung

or Canton Governor, who lived nex

Cham ou elipper decided to besch the The fire quickly spread to the shop in order to

save her door to Mr. Chanson in Botham Road. and house in the block apposts and The two boys who were of the same about twenty houses and shops in Accommodation for the public has 0.

were guod friends, and B-leher Street and Smithfield were A volle woman died this morn-brea provided by errating, a long

young Chanec used to help gutted. ing from a split skall, hising bern narrow stand on the south side o

yo ang Cheung with his lessons.

Fortunatly there was only one struck by a brick yesterday alternoon the ground and His Excellency the one of Cheung senior's classmen asualty-an old woman who jumped by 10 p.m., the engin while working in a Squara Street Governor's tent and the Cinb center concerved the idea of kidnapping from one of the building and was

ladies is on the opposite side, while voung Chanson and used the Cheung killed h.use in the process of demolition.

members are pocommodated in both by ss de ag. The party was sup The brigade were lucky in being The wedding will take place the old and new pavilions. The Coard to go to lica) for a week-end able to bfar the blaze as much as shortly of Mr. Arthur P. Glanville pavilion: 18. not yet completed but trip only, bu: the little outing provechoy id becuas the 6 wers three Overseer-of-the-P.W.D., and Mis seal ave been placed on the spacious to be the beginning of 13 months other wo dyad ajiuiux the one Mary E. Rose en route to Hongkong randah and from this point of from England by the s.. Sardinis. Vantar perhaps the best view of the captivity. Young Chanson dd not destroyed and the Ramme were actual |rouplist the time to launch a boat.

return home on the Sunday evening y licking the block on the opposite ground is to be bad and certainly a as a rang đ.......... His anxious parepta | side of Swichu-hd. The total output of the Kaiuuch better siew of the wicket, made enquiries but received no lan Miulag Administration's minespcially at the lar end, than is

DиTS about their BOD sa the obtainable from the old elubhouse, Lor the wek ending Octo

Cheung boy was also said to badeappeared." Later it. was ber 28 1922 amounted

decovered that the Cong boy had felt the ship just before it left the whart. Kidrapping was feared and the police were informed. fear ser confirmed when he rrosived A few days later Mr. thalson's

the period to 67 183.00 tons.

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it

Val flo..d and the fires ex- angnised. Distress rockets were and sad this brought the motor ship Walk" to the scene but she could not get near owing to her big

at ht and the sea

WAS too

lower, the sackend about a mile

At noon to-lay, the fireme. were way await mora javourable con lit n. Alou half an hour later till hard at work al hough the angetas len" arrived, and am her large volumes of am ke were issuing.k." Le decided to launchi f further sprading had pased and bats were tiger than thoor of the particularly from the wondyart,

106. Autter boa, the Leung

As the bus eub bad several

The wicket has been very carefully Ltd 21,11400 tons and the sales during agreed and locked after but withat

inne too good. The turi was new ly inid at the end of last ærason bu for not seem too good and there are many bare spots

It will probably play all right in the first innings and for that rea-on, there is a general demand for $1,000 as ransomtions damage. The au mals were

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• China Mail.

"TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC REEVICE"

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 1930.

HOW SAY YOU THEN?"

Tomorrow Britain mourns her dend wcross the saw. Over the world, at the eleventh hour, her sous pay their silent tribute. In the Empire's capital, the King hiraself lays the

nation's wreath before the Ceno

Last month the maximum tem prature recorded the Roval Onervatory was 81.3 on the 251b, and the minimum 65.7 on the lat There were 223.2 hours of sunshine The wind's highest velocity was 229 on the 20th.

The rainfall for the month of October at the Botanical Gardens wae 2ie 92 on 11 days, at the Matilda Hapital. Mount Kellett, it was 2 in. 53 on 10 days and at the Police St tion, Taipo, it was -1 ins *37 on 4 days.

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the

pecution.

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floors it inll as that several handedongarrived as the Onisela boat was aghting against the wind and paople have le a made bou less,

sa aui ta og vary slow headway. one time but I tu ately esped the came riz us the disabled vessel,

The mixuality were in danger for

As the lungk voop" was about

600, removed to safety.'

SMU ¡GLING CHARGE.

;

OFFICES AND ENGINEERS' GUILDS PROF.sr

skipper (aut. James) decided to

et alnd.arde. It took a quarter of an Jour's manuvering before the Leung Kwong" managed

tu

87-

pie A lior. A ter chor.ng. the "Laung-Kwong" --back-und leer ohsias and slowly drew angle the "Luenaboen's steru. She got 20 near at thirty of the crew and the Chines skipper were

opinion that the side that wine the

will baya

bast laquiries were set afout and two men obance of winning the matob.nd tried here last July.

surnamed Ch-ang were arrested It does notan myuit; fast enough for

wat discharged and the other Davies and be wil bamp very bully

the time the third or fourth innings years' jail. fl the whereabouts of was found guilty and received 10 is reache). It is the sort of wicket ti as

young Crimson could not be discover ought to suit, O'Hara. Scuring ar ragemanta are the a me as at the last had berpened an t-venge for the pro- ed and his parents Fated the worst interport and a special scoring box bas b' en "rected on the Naval Yard

After 4 side beside the large souring board.

while, however, Mr. COLONIAL RECERTary's 'statement. "'e to walk across from one ship to suo;ber, but it was perilous work Canson was ressaared by another

a ú tock twenty five minutes The nets were up for an hour befure mysterious letter which, offered to Forthcoming Crown land sales the start and Pearce was the first man reduce the ransom money to $5.003 he forwarded by the China at time

The fall:seine corrispardines has | 10 - accompli b. In the IDUMTM the "Ontre's boat inclue about 15.450. q. ft. worth ofta have a knock. He batted as be Mr. Chana at non closed the dialome Gold and the Marine tokanay nine other members of the small temple at Whitfield for an always do a at the n ts in very con: A m-eting was arr nged with the Engineers Guild of Crias for the crew. apret price of $12,925; about 13.500 vincing fashion. Bayer followed and kidnappers in Ro.gmoon where the

3 ho· Luisheun” had on bostű 80. pubivostión.- q. ft. at Pokfulam for $6,305; and seemed more entering than usual. boy was "bonght” back. sbout 90,00 sq. ft. of the spur be About half past 10 the Captaine Young Chanson

-From-the-China Chait-Officers-te of gueral cargo, mostly_zice, was kept in tween West Bay and Repulse Bay tossed for choice of innings and espt vity at a face called Kinmar in view of the fact that the winning and he was brought by bis captors of the toss is supposed to have more over and to Taumun and thenes by Many friends will re set to hear than the usual rignificance there host to Kongmo.. He said he was that news of the death of Mr. were a gbe of relief fro

the not badly treated but had seen some Hedley Thomas Richardson, Mariae Hongkong eupporter when it horrible slang hter and had contracted kong froor 1901 to 1917, has reached won and of course chosen to bat He is now resting and will resume his, Superintendent of the C.P.8. in Hoog was announced that Hancook had malaria and some skin complaint, the Colony. Mr. Richard on who was The orowd were slow in gathering but studies at the Yingwah College next 64, went to Glasgow what he lait Houg by 11 'olock there was a fair atten-year. kong and supervised the building of dance round the ropes. The stand the Empress of Canada" and other on the soath ade was well patronised O.P.8. steamers Ho retired

with membora. and the old pavilion was early filled

for $5.400.

pension in July and died at Reading

taph, "that monument of austere and simple beauty.”. Thousands on October 12. visit the nation's histori' shrine where sleeps the unknown warrior, nobla British nationals who desire to minutes to 11 and s'orily afterwards

"ymbol of an Empire's loss and sarrow Millions have their sacred mories. The whole nation mourns is dead.

"Solema the drums thrill: Death

august and royal Sing sorrow up into immortal

spheres

There is musie in the midst of

desolation

And a glory that shines upon our

teare."

·

The poet, in bis grief, has

H. E. the Officer Administering the Government arrived at 10

CANTON'S CURRENCY.

BANK NOTE LOTTERY SCHEME

file claims for compensation under the the Shaughsi team beaded by Capt. Treation of Peace with Austria and Billing, the tallest man on the side,

(From Cur Own Correspondent ) Hungary in respect of damage-or-in-took the feld-in-drecenting order. jury inflicted upon their property

Canton, Nov. 9. - T.E. Praron and Capt Olliver opened Tights and interests in Anatrien and the innings for Hongkong against the

Some Canton merchants have Hungarian territory by the applica bawling of O'Hara and Terry Wilson. devised a scheme which the Govern tion of exceptional war mesourca or O'Hare, opened to Oliver, bowling ment seems to favour for holding measures of transler, should com trom the Naval Yard End, and Olliver a lottery to help restore the currency. municate within one week with the opened with a single to Extra cover The plan is to tell tickata for bank administrator of Austrian

and uff the 4th bat. Olliver made a fine botes, pay a small proportion in Hongarian property.

on-drive to the pavilion steps off prizes and destroy the balance. Wilson's thir 1-ball and a leg bye brought him to the other end to face O'Hara again and play him for a maiden over. Wilson swings in with is arm and bit Pearce on his left leg three times appa ling the font time

SCORES.

S

·HONGKONG Ier INNINGS.

This Armistice Day sunivereary we celebrate to morrow is the nobleat in the year, most Botema fer millios-in- avery part of the world. Buventer elaven four years ago saw the end of the blood welter which had taken eight mulinn lives in battle and cansed another nire million deathe, the end of the ghastly frenzy which hed spread rapine and disease (very where, the end of the terrible bight

The Government is inviting ten which had brought wi !erpret d'

dire for the supply of labour for watering he streets. In dry weather ruin and sown the seeds of troufde

cried "Weep: you tay weep one Chineso foreman and not more Jet unraped. To matter is notar

you may touch them than thirty able bodied coolies will were officiul anniversary of a prent" and the heart grows heavy be required every day and they will successfully. Of his last hall he hit and decisive victory; it is som ting with sorrow. They are gene, forever be required to work right hours alliver on the pade again appealing gone. But they have left a divine day. Te Government is also invit immens-ly grinder. To-morrow 18

bataman T. E. Pearce, 1 b.w. b Wilson.... unsuccessfully, the day the people have set apart all with their faces to the fou, ágati 8 loud from Virt ris Jail. Waste fd bowled ase her maiden to Pearce,

age, these dauntless epirits who ing tendera for the purchase of waste weemed very comfortable and Wilson Capt. CO. Olliver, b O'Hara,...

O. J. Stapleton b Wilson... them rives, the day they wish to be to fe a the world from the horror of rossista of the kitchen reuse and

Shanghai's fielding was very keen R.v. E. K Qrick, not out war and the ghastly stupidity that waste of rice, nongue, vegetables, fish, specially on the off-side where it was H. R. B Hancock, not unt For any, of course, November junk wat, possible. Te you from., averaging abou: 50 lb. daily.

Extras.... *aikon bands they threw the torch.

very difficult to ht, anything through. efer a is a day of thanksgiving the Tey charged you with the task they

Wilson best with a ball that swung From Noveraber 1 the postage cross his wicket and off the next smatic meat enfety for some lived }h di begun. For you it is to see

rate on articles printed with char- | ball the bat«man made a beautiful süs n langer, gnawing fear di-sly dit ev. Pave not died in vain, for re

notere or p fats in rief for the ass at Jég glide for 2, to unfold relief. Their very ember they have said however, gives them deprem by with those for whom Asiaties Pas means only namb grim fami. gaga n into a pign.t stabbing sorrow for a me i tueri bu band or brother numbered among the unretum ng brave.

alone with the lead.

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*If a break faith with us who die We shall not sleep though poppia

"la Flanters felda."

grow

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the blind pot in Hyrykong for any

part of Chisa is 1 cent pr lb (th

Neither

Guild (Mr T. T. Lanranson, Asistant which was all damaged by water. Beeratarr) and the Marine Engineers' Guild of Cains (Mr. W. 0 Stoken.

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:

Branch Secray) in the Colonial CHINESE NUrsing Home, Secretare. Mr. A. Q. M. Fletcher, on October 30 :---

your attenting to the following Sir,-Wa bave the honour to direct quotati a from your spee' in the Legislative Couscl on the 28th instant..

FORMAL OPENING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

The Chinese western indical prac *iiners of the Colony, with com- "I am afraid. Sir, that it is the unda'l enterprise, have provided a experience of this Gove nment that moden nursing home with avery con- ships" rulerra do smoogle and that venieres for the better class Chinees they do cave money for keeping (esidente As already reported, a their eyes shot to what is going on, natop ing has bean formed to purchase Cases do occur in which a la ge hole be "buildings and ground at Happy: is out in a drek or ́eng no room Valley, kao:n as" "Happy Betreat.” bulkhead, or the panelling is removed Yesterday at 4 p.m. the formal |-bodily-from-the-safoous,-in-which-opening of the nursing home book

cases either there in gras neglect of place and

two hundred duty or there must be some connivision took the opporunity" ·

"of "ins vance by the responsible ‹fficer." apreting the premises. Lady Ho Tang This charge," now on record as the ad & nuraber of University doctors conriderd statement if the senior wers scong the large number of officer of the Honakong & verament, friends present:

Over

in infamous. It brands with shame Happy Retreat" is too well and lasting disgrace a body of honour. kuows to need descrip.icu. . It is om« able men who have kept the sea tight inently suited for ts present purpose and day, in prace and war, through and the surrounding scenery is mag storm and danger, those on whom the Colony has bad, and may spain have, to rely for the maintenance of its life blood.

Lifernt.' 'A new road has been built leading to the door of the building and this will enable motor traffic to go right up This operating theatre is in the lelt of the main building, directly facing the hillside.. 'It is

and: A

We submit with deferines 'there' fore, that a considerable qu dəfication 10 of the change is desirable and justly well ventilated

5, dua, with a publicity equal to that ren- has been spared in the 0accorded to your spe ch, in order 10 fic'ings. Next to the operating 3 make it clear that even though thest is the sterilising room. In 0 inlated casa of this vi have occur which the most up-to-date appliances 6 red, it is not trus in eubstances or in we u-6). The female nursing staff is. foot, that these u ntlemen, as a body,|quartered in the upper foor of 24 | are nifdicted to the practice at crating | -mosd 's mi detached building, "On

duty and honrur to the winds for the, the grand fl or of this buiko confidently sake of a bribe,

thing oral ward with about aber Wilson for

That trans:Teva,of the 1,w eball | oids. Tas ground floor of Denman a Lern was picklog up the ball nicely | maidao, taking every båll be brought to fustice a. d that their bulding Lace-a, the male nursing

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Total...

Hancock began and played

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limit of wight is 6 lbs.); and th at cover and earned a veral rounds of nicely. Quick-pot con up just punishment shall be slequate is the staff "plamacy, and, diepanding.

Union Rate of poeta sare applied to

applause for his vast returns while over

the

bowler's head sad prerogative and da'y of the governs to m', write the upper Boom, contaten.

pot to ail articles of correspondence seach at Bled off saved many runs at was lucky

be osaght ment, out th'a 'slur upon the honour the private wards, capable of ne You may not break faith with them from Hongkong to Mongolia. Sinkian, be, beginning of the innings. O'Hara Wilson bad Leach B-lding deep on of a body of affisers for the delinquen-commodating sixteen to twenty in this erat task they have given and Tiber. From Damber 1 the tied to bave the batsman in the leg tide, and be saved cies of the few is not in sec ed with | p.tien Gé, tin ca keeping. Neither may you rate on letra posted in Hongkon, fifficulties sad Olliver after many rods, cramping the bataman the tenste of British jus RM_ hek faith with them in that other addressed to Canton will be 4. cent

„eing... almost. · stumped. played in that they had to keep the The members of the Bstick Mer Mere than a great bistorical da "heir dependants sad t.air broken

mu trust. You must never forget [fər óach oz. or any fraction thereof, the next ball the first wicke ball low.it played to leg. ing cutite Marine feel ver keenly on this

Mr. J. A. Fraser has been alling for 10. rtapleton took his went on at the Naval Yard end for matter; we, as their representet væri. to more w`a quniversary la even more comrades,

A Japanese seaman employed of lace and began very carefully finding O'Hars at zoon and seat down his first this Colony pose to publish this appointed to set as Hecretary to the then, the clema our of man nitg. It

jat of the conl'ateamers, bwa dieta ifficulty, playing Wan who seeme over to Hanok mortly just out letter and now at permie in to Sanitary Ecard from November 9. l the people's day of tribute, the

the hospital from blood poisoning beat him all the way with the first side the off stump, but the conjoin any reply you may deem following a yeyalver shot in the lay all be sent down to him and who bataman refused; to be drawn desirable, special day what thy ackuonhdge

The man accidentally eheventually bowled him with the However, next or be completely From the Colonial 8 cretary to the their debt so those who sleep berend

himself on board the shirin Wanchaond last ball of the over for eat Quick taking his balls off with Guilds on Nov niber 9- the Homeland's foam in some copy P

Bay on Bunday morning. Ha wa look. 19-2-0.

:ball that seemed to coms în very Gentlemen, I have received your of a foreign field tha ist rever. Eug

toying with s rovnver;, not knowing Rev. E. K. Quick came in ners and juickly from the of. 35-4-3 and two letter of October 30. with and to a land."

apparently, that it was loaded, whes watched Pesice play, mailen over Dalla lator, Sayer, the next man, was statement made by me in the Le gis it suddenly went off. The bullah went before he faced Wilson who caught in the alips. 26 53. olean throukh the fleshy part of the immediately had him in difficultier i

We who are loft, how shall we look

again

Happily on the sun or feel the rain

I cannot quite rom+mber. Tur were five

Dropt dead beside me in the trengb

inth.oo

Whispered their dying messages to

ma.

I cannot quito rememb.r.

Tuose dying messages the dazed

and warring soldier pitifully; failed

ATM..

SCORE AT 13.20-PM.

to remember, you know for whom left arm. The wound was not serious | Pearus got him away repastedly to Rar. E. K. Quick b Billings............ they are whispered. They went and the man would have reparandi leg to find the ball splendidly stopp 6.B.B. Hanrock not out Without remembering how they who manut for those who pernays, daw but for his persistent monkeying with od by Diveche and no runs ooed G. R. Sayer e Ordessen b Billings

ured your help. To morrow is poppy the bandsges, whi h he remoyad avery, however, he got a beauty, past the ajrudsingly and apert

usy. You have a debt to pay. Bee t'me the doctor's back was tarbed liven for us loved, tpe, the sun you meet it in full, for it is a deht This causid gangrene to set in and

writ in blood,

cost him his life.”

umpire for 4. »Nert hall aggeif, cam

up and hit his pads and on the appeal

he was given out, 90-5-10.

Total for↑ wkta..

3

Booking for the Italian Open Company will take place at the Hong kong Hotel to morrow, as Montries', wil be cland,

lative Concil on a rubject of it has in "act Lean possible to interpret

muggling by ships' officers.

to m là thu senin suggested in your You have inferred, that my state. Inter;

Bly statement referred to particular 1 met included ships officers as a

body, without qualification; son, indivual case, and 16 was far from although I think that my words in my intenta to disparage in any way. their ordinary-meating cannot bear a body of men whoer general integrity 27 such construction, I welcome this and devotion to daty I hold in the

opportunity to express my regret that | highest regard."