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The China Mail

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May 11, 1928, Temperature 73.

Barometer 29 92

Rainfall 0,00 inch."":0

12 1982. Temperature 76.

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No. 18.874.

六群體號二十月五年三十二百九千一英

HONGKONG BATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923.

日七廿月三大圖年二

HAREBELL'S - MISSION.

CAPTAIN EVAN'S LATEST COMMAND.

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LONDON, May 11 The Harefiell has left Hull f Murmansk Commanded by Ms Aut

Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, C.B., D.5.0.

WORLD COURT.

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS' PROPOSAL

BUSINESS MEN'S SUFFORT.

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NEW YORK, May 11.

The United States Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution endorsing the proposal that America should join the permanent → Court International Justice.

UNIVERSAL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

NEW YORK, May 11.

The United States Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution advocating increase of the immigration quotas by two per cent.

It has also passed a resolution recommending the convocation of a universal economic conference

[The sloop" Harebell" has been despatched to Russian waters to protect British trawlers from Soviet agents who have alreadyseized several vessels out- side the 3-mile limit but inside a 12-mile limit: Capt Evons has been told to use force "if necessary" and his mission is fraught with grave consequences for peace between Britain and Russia. Captain Evans took up the new command on January 9, of Captain of the Patrol, Mine-sweeping and Fishery Protection to adjust peace economic problems and opposing Flotilla, in succession to Captain H. E. F. Aylmer. Captain Evans,last cointnanded the light cruiser "Carlisle" in China. On March 3, 1921, the steamer "Hong Mah," of Singapore, struck some rocks off Swatow, and broke in two. The "Carlisle" went to her assistance.. Captain Evans with great heroism, swam to the" Hong Moh" and helped the people on board to reach the hoats of the "Carlisle," which

Government ownership of merchant ships.

IRISH CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

$2,000,000 AMERICAN DISPUTE.

NEW YORK, May 11. carried out the work of rescue with great difficulty.The Supreme Court has ordered the realisation owing to the very heavy sea which was running of $2,000,000 worth of securities conflictingly claim- Altogether the "Carlisle, rescued 221 persons. Cap-led by the Free State and the De Valera faction and tain Evans, was second in command to Captain Spott their conversion into United States Government in his ill-fated but glorious expedition to the South issues pending the decision regarding ownership. Pole. In April 1917 he was in command of the "Broke," which with the "Swift" attacked six German destroyers in the Straits of Dover and sank two of them.].

HOME GOLF TOURNEY,

EXCITING MOMENTS,

LONDON, May 12,

At Burnham (Somerset) in the ladies' champion- ship,

final Miss Doris Chambers (Wirral Club) beat "Mrs. Macbeth (Bowdon) by one up. The latter defeated the holder Miss Joyce Wethered in the

semi-final 2-1.

LONDON May 11

In the sixth rouget, Wethered bea hole, Grant beat Humphries 3-2; and Harris beat Mackenzie by one hole. Tolley collapsed unusually being one down at the turn; he lost the next four holes, Oximet becoming dormy four, holing uphill a five yard shot for the match

In the semi-finals Harris was magnificent. He reached the turn four up; the next four holes were- halved. He took the fourteenth in three.

Thousands watched Wethered, who reached the turn two up and won two of the next four. Quimet, who fought hard, took the fifteenth and sixteenth. Wethered holed out with a yard put at the seven- teenth hole amid intense excitement

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In the semi-final the Scotsman Robert Harris, of the Royal and Ancient Club, beat the Anglo- American Douglas Grant, of Royal St. George's,5-4

RUBBER DOWN.

COLOMBO, May 11. The price of to-day's rubber sale is 83 cents compared with 93 last week,

ELECTION HUMOUR.

FUNNY STORIES OF CAN DIDATES AND. HECKLERS.

Amusing sidelights on political campaigns were embodied in Mr. J. St. Loe Strachey's address at the Overseas League on the subject of "Humours of the Fray."

He recalled a story of his early youth when a candidate, after being received by his audience with prolonged hissing, coolly proceeded

[Approximately $2,300,000 are tied up through the Supreme Court having granted attorneys repre senting Michael Collins and other Free State leaders a temporary injunction restraining the focal banks from releasing to De Valera and his agents monies collected for the Irish Republican cause.]

HOME COUNTY CRICKET.

ESSEX MAN'S HAT TRICK.

LONDON, May, 11. Middlesex beat Somerset in the first innings. The Middlesex player Lee in the first innings scored

109 runs.

ancashire, beat Cambridge in the first innings. The Cambridge man Lowry in the second innings made 161. Gloucester beat Surrey. in the first innings. The Gloucester player Hammond in the arst innings's

& scored 110. Fenderin the second made”?

124 not out.

Sussex beat Essex by 200 runs. The Essex man Douglas performed the hat-trick in the first innings.

Oxford beat Hampshire by four wickets.

SUGAR GLUT PREDICTED.

EUROPE'S HEAVY SOWINGS.

LONDON, May 11. The prospect of sugar. production exceeding^ consumption carly next year and a fall in prices was held out by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing women Unionists.

The sowings in Europe, he said, were already. approaching 40 per cent over last year in con- sequence of higher ruling pices.

off the contest successfully by lacking in veracity, retorted, “I distributing amongst the con- have far too much respect for the stituents copies of a rather un-truth to be dragging it out on. flattering portrait of his opponent, every paltry occasion." who was uncommonly plata But the Principality also has its humours. An Englishman stand❤ looking.

Below the caricature was the ing for a Welsh constituency question," Do you really mean to telegraphed to his Welsh agent, "Will come down 5 p.m.". Oh vote for this?"

Following the Duchess of arriving there the agent proudly Marlborough's precedent, the informed him that he had carried charming wife of a candidate out the telegraphed instructions offered to kiss a particular voter if to the letter Asked what he her husband was elected. Un meant, the Welsh agent replied: Well, I've give everyone £5 per fortunately, he lost, but the voter. wrote to the lady asking if she man according to your telegram." would settle his claim. She ve- TOO MUCH FOR HIM, "Ladies and gentlemen: There piled graciously that no doubt the Then there is a quaint story of is just one piece of information claim would now be duly settled the Anglo-Indian member of Far that I have to give to you. In the by the wife of the successful lument, who, speaking of Indian aminal creation there are just two candidate who, by the way, defence, declared that wherever animals that fliss-geese and happened to be a stout, elderly the paleface of the British soldier snakes. You can take your choice." dame.

appears there it is the backbone of A young candidate was being

Irishmen also figure in Strachey's the Brush Empire. Usag rather roughly handled by, the stories, and one of the prettfest A story well worth repetition audience, and one heckler ox election stor lies be ever heard was that of Mr. Bryan, the claimed, Does your mother know was that of the Irish lecturer who American orator, who when asked. (political you're out?"

said to a lady politician that he his impressions of "Yes, retorted the other; and would vote for her if he might light speeches during the General she'll jolly soon know that I'm in.” his pipe at her eyes. ***

Election of 1905, said he missed the Another young candidate was Dan O'Connell had on one occa anecdote feature of American making a highfalutin speech, inion reluctantly to apologise to the elections. which he paid lavish compliments Speaker. After mich hesitating, Asked for a specimen, he told 10, the ladies, when a masculine no at last knelt down, pleaded for the story of the mother-in-law who voice was heard from the back of forgiveness with mock humility, had lived with her daughter until the hall, Eh, lad, thou'rt not yet and then, rising up, dusted, his the former was taken heriously wed, I see.

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