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DE VALERA'S CAREER..

IRISH REBEL LEADER'S ADVENTURES.

THE CHINA MAIL. I

THEATRE ROYAL.

BLUEBEARD'S KIGHTH WIFE.

FOURTH GYMKHANA,

BIG LIST OF ENTRIES.

RECEIVED,

The entries for the

Fourth

Gymkhana to be run on October 6, and 8, are very satisfactory. We give the first clay's fominations

It is obvious that the French are Before this brief appearance in preeminent in the art of the light East Clare Eamonn de Valera had farce or comedy and this was male manifest when the Forbes heen in biding ever since Mr. Russell Comedy Conany stage | Cosgrave's active police measures Alfred Savier's Blucheart's below-

broke up the remnants of the so- Eighth Wife" one into English

WOKINGHAM STAKES 5 FUR- by Arthur Wimperis. Doubtless a called Republican Army.

considerable puraing of the oriYellow Hammer, Ding Dong.

LONGS:-Sharpshooter, Bluebottle,! Although An ardeat Sian giaal has taken place for the

Satisfaction Delitia, Typhoon Feiner, de Vadera was quite un-

ingredients of a French Comedy King Fire King, Malvern, Discard, known to the general publie antitare all here.-delightfully witty Fert Leaf. The Gambler, Gold dialogue, with a spice of the Bill, Arlington, Chessman, Finvoy. the Easter rising in 1916. As terisque and the inevitable bedroom

READING HANDICAP (Races 2 of the commandants of the rebels sceae. In this, Gay Buckley is. LTD.

he was sentenced to death. His Count Hubert acquitted himself and 5 the divided by handicapper death sentence was commuted to with honours and his simulation at classes A and B):-Sharp- of a muddled state of inebriation shooter, Bluebottle Yellow Han one of penal servitude for life, but with a successit attempt to get mer, Pawnshop, Teashop, Ping he was released under the nunesty into a beautiful pair of silk priuas, Poak, Silvo, Strathfarrar, Diadem: of 1917. In the same year he was

was as good as anything we have Dahlin Arizona, Romina Pride, macle president to the Gaelic seen of similar character on the Roman Sparrow, Gold Bill, Silver League, and in July he was elected stage. Mr Beresford Lovett as the Bill, In Spite Of, Knockuli Leg, M. P. for Eist Clare. As a Sinn forceful John Bowa, was unifogne, Nastaraa, Maine, Dandy Kid, Ding| Feiner he did not attempt to sit in

ly good liv. conception of a Dong, Satisfaction Dallia, Wom Parliament, bat in any case he tremendous perionality who knows, hat, Lighting, Discard, Fera Leaf, would not have been allowed to as how to get his own way by sheer Clover Leaf, Dapper Dan, Trump, he was an unnaturalised alien.

force of character, and with the aid Drake, West River. In 1918 de Valera, whose intiu- of a loud voice, was very well con ence in extremist circles had ceived His matrimonial excur- quickly grown, was arrested for sions, lending from divorce to revolutionary activities and was divorce until he meets his match also chosen "President of the Irish at the hands of the ingenious, Republic." In February 1919 he but éscaped from Lincoln Gaol and managed to reach New York in the guise of a ship's fireman. His re ception in America was mixed Patrick T., 0: Thani Lanark, 1. though he was given the freedom of New York in 1920 and is said to have raised about £2,000,000 in all for the cause.

LEAGUE FOOTBALL,

THE FIRST DIVISION MATCHES.

Lostos, September 15,

Extrash LEMTC - DIVISION 1.

Art.

6., 0.

West Bromwich

Blackhann R. 2: Eventon, 4. Cundiff City, I: West Ham 1*.. 0. Liverpool, 3: Preston X. H., I. Notts, Forest, 4; Burnley, 48, Sunde} {: Dirilen 1, Aston Villa, 4: Chokset, 0. Bolton AV., D: Manchester !', ti Hadler-field T., 0: Nett- £'., 4. Mideli, O; Tottelen fi...!

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dell Wit..

Sheffield U., 2: Newrast! U., 1. Scurush LEAGUE--DIVISIox 1.

Aberdeen, 41: Morton, 2. Falkirk, : Ayr United, 0. Kilmark 2: Hamiltoit A., 9. Queen's Park, 3; Ruith B., 0. Andriconinos, I: Hibernians, !. Thearts. 1: Clydedeuk, 1. Motherwell, 2; Clvd, 2. St. Maren, 2: Dander, L.

GLASGOW CP-SEMI-FINALS. Bangers, L: Celtie, 9,

Heater.

LEAGUE POSITIONS.

ENGLISH BENGA E Division 1.

Goals,

P. W. L. D. For Agast. P.

6 4

11

5' 10

Tatteripani Hanspar

4 }

I

8

9

New United

6

1

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6

4

3 6

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7

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8

West Briarwork. Alloon.

3 1

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4 8

Aston Villa

2 ! 4 5

Bolton Wanderers

4 12

0

2

[Baldersfield Town

8

Liverpool

2

I

A CR

Nottingham Forest

Shefticht Titl

Sumeriand

#helsen

Exertai

Birminglem

#hackburn Hosens

Karndey

2

Arsenal

Manchester City

6

West Ham United

G

Milloshongh

5

Preston North Kind

0

SCOTTISH LEAGUE- DIVISION 1.

TEAM

Andrianian

Rangers

4

3 0 I

Patrick Thistle

5

f I 7

7 7

Queen's Park

4

3 3 0 6 3

0

Baith RoverS

3 2 0 7 3

1 2

Hearts Aberdeen

Kilnspek

St Mirren

Celtic

Dundee

Motherwell

Clyde

Falkirk

Goals.

P. W. L. D. For Agust. P.

6 4 0 2 13 4 10

ter.

THEALE PLATE, 1 MILE:-Deluge, Sharpshooter. Crièstaut. Mopoke, Silvo, Malvera, Imbros, Chessian, i Finvoy.

THE 4TH. GYMKHANA STAKES, MILE:- Wombat, Bandicoot, Petrol King, Starlaud, Jadestone, Yellow River, Strathfarrar, Orient Dahlia, Diadem Dahlia, Country equally loving Mouna, Mouse, Fera Leaf, Clover Leaf,' was well done. The ordinary Arizona, Román Pide, Gold Bill, standards of criticism we imagine Silver Bill. Drake, Maine. do not apply to comedies and

BEE STAKES, 5 FURLONGS:- farces, otherwise we might be dis- Sharpshooter, Dandy Kid, Ding pored to question, the reality of the Dong. Fire King, Hope Dahlia, whole thing. It is difficult to Roman Law, Whistling Rufus, imagine John Brown as he is shown Roman Woodcock, Apache Scout, to as becoming a changed charac¦ Arlington. His return to Europe was minde

Can the leopard change his as secretly as his flight. Oace agaiu, spots ?" Miss Niqua Lewis carri- disguised as a ship's fireman, heed off chief honours with a well- landed at the Surrey Docks, Loa-cut and defined portrayal of Monna. don, in December 1920' and crossed which was very convincing. The over to Ireland.

BECKHAMPTON HANDICAP, IN early characters, like old soldiers, i faded away early in the play, but MILES--Satisfaction Dahlia each gave good account of Cucuberra, Petrol King, Pawnshop, themselves, including Norman Yellow River, Orient Dahlia Thompson as a detective. A Jazz Diadem Dahlia, Country Mouse, Band provided by the Company Clover Leaf, Ivy Leaf, Arizona, convinces us afresh that jazz Dapper Dan, Roman Pricle, Roman "music" is like the British Army Wondcock, Gold Bill, Silver Bill, it goes a d... d long way. We Navajo Scout, Drake, la Spite of, found it difficult to acclimatise our Maine selves to the light dialogue and the heavy sounds of the band. Still.it seemed to be appreciated by the! large audience present, sonic of ¦ COMMERCIAL After bis failure to carry the Dail whom whiled away the waiting! with him against the treaty, he re- interval moments by dancing in the signed the Presidency" in

"foyer," and encoring that hideous "Banana" tune, To-night "Paddy January 1922 in favour of Mr. Griffith. Henceforward he was a

the Next Best thing" is to be thom in the side of the Provisional staged and there sure should be a Government After months of hig house to see Niqua Lewis as bitter speech-making, Britain Paddy. was astonished, on the eve of

In the middle of 1921 the negotia tions for a meeting with Mr. Lloyd George with the idea of finding sone way out of the Irish impasse, were in progress De Valera ap pointed plenipotentiaries to deal with a committee of the British Cabinet. It was these delegates headed by Messrs. Griffith and Collins that signed the preliminary treaty-treaty that was at once te- pudiated by de Valera.

WITH THE REBELS.

·

COMMENT.

THE FESTIVAL SETTLE- MENT.

No reports have been nude in Nom Pak Hong of failures on account of inability to settle up for

the elections, to find that Collins LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. the Mid-antionn festival to-day.

and de Valera nd made al pact whereby cach party was to remin so many seats and get so many places in the new Chibeat. But incanwhile the British Govern- ment had induced the Provisional Government to bring the draft Constitution into line with the treaty, and this was followed, in

spite of the pact, by an overwhel ming majority at the Irish elections in favour of the Irish Free State as against the Republicans.

These last two events evidently showed de Valera that his game was up and that the country was determined to accept Dominion Home Rule. De Valera's last act was to throw in his lot with the des- | perate irreconcilables that rallied Fround Rory O'Connor.

Hibernians

Greenock Morton

2

Clyd:bunk

0

Hamilton Mademiezis

S

I

Ayr United

0 3

I

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Third Lamtk

4 0

8

-Renter.

MILES OF SKULLS.

LOCKED UP IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS.

How two English visitors to Paris

De Valera was born in New

Irishwoman

from County

ARRIVALS.

Glenogle, (J. M. & Co.) from Singapore.-Kowloon Wharf.

Prosper, (Fok Tai Cheong) from Saigon.-C17.

3last of the burge guilds insist on (cash pynænt and hence there has | been very little eredit to damage, Dullness in most markets has been

heen dithealt to speculate. Mention another quieting factor as it has

tians to extend dates of delivery hug has been made, however, of applica this happens all the year round. Little importance is attached to this Suiyang, (B. & S.) from Shang-genuine obstacles exist in the interior to transporting purchases Ludwigshafen. (Dollar Co.) from away. Fouchow.A10

Drufar, (Yuen Seng Fat) from Bangkok.-West Point,

Kingon, (Po Yan) from Hoihow.

--West Point.

hai-Biz

Cipt. Faure, (M. M. Cie) from Saigon.~A6.

DEPARTURES.

METALS TRADE.

Wire Nails-A lot of 1,200 kege of 1" to 2" size were booked for Yingchow, (E. & S) for Amoy-indent at $10 which is considered September 25.

cheap. Another importer is report-

York in 1883. His father was a Lushan Man, (N. Y. K.) ford to have followed this up by Spanish American and his mother Swatow.--September 25.

Kwangtung, (B. & S.) for Swatow. Limerick. By profession he is-September 25.

teacher of mathematics. Juno, (A. P. C.) for Miri.-expected In 1910 he married Miss S. September 25. O'Flanagan an enthusiasic mem- that there was no alternative to ber of the Gaelic League. spending two weeks locked up with the dead!

"We both had candles, which br this time had burned down to an inch or two. To preserve the light we blew out one candle, and by the

were locked in the catacombs of light of the other we began to HAUL that city, which are only opened search for a means of escape. Our once a fortnight, and only escaped, shouts, instead of attracting atten- death by removing a lock with a tion, merely awoke the echoes of

victimis,

PIRATE RAID.

Ginyo Maru, (T. K. K.) for Moji, --September 25.

Lorestan, (Nemazce) for Swatow, --September 25.

Yeizan Mari, (M. B. K) for Takao-September 25.

Hathong," (Douglas) for Swatow. -September 25.

Glenogle, ( M. & Co) for OF 200 CASES AND Shanghai-September 25.

£1,180.

penknife after desperate efforts, our grim prison, The door was Captain John Simms, of the 72- was related to a Daily Graphic locked with a massive lock of tons schooner "Dominion Packet," correspondent by one

of the modern design, There was no reported that his craft was boarded hope of being able to pick it, even by rum pirates off Long Island on Some two or three miles within had we possessed any material for August 5 and looted of £1,180 and the catacombs, which twist and so doing. By battering it with a 200 cases of champagne and tura through the earth under the large stone, we endeavoured to whisky.. gay city, a great iron door gives admittance to the inner catacombs

Capt. Faure, (M. M. Cie) for Shanghai-September 25.

Ludwigshafen, (Dollar Co.) for Singapore.-September 25,

Aizawa-Maro, (Suzuki & Co.) for Shanghai-September 25, Keelung-September 25.

Hiyodori Maru, (Y.K.K) for

To m

INTERPORT. SOCCER

SHANGHAI KEEN ON RETURN MATCH.

| cabling an offer of $9.45 for the 390

usual assortment but it is not.

thitt this will be | accepted. | Locel prices are steady. dealers asking between $10.50 and $10.80 for 330 “usuel" Stocks are not above normal but fairly large shipments are either on the way out or will be shipped shortly and a move will have to be made) soon.

Sted Bars-No business and no response to offers called to Japan.

Tinplates steady stream of small orders backed up by further cents per picul, today's quotation inquiries has sent local prices up 30 being $11.80.

Galvanised Sheets-Steady with, Ja little business.

Corrugated Sheris-An upward tendency is noticeable in this line) despite arrivals froni Slangbai at a cost of about 13 cents per lb. for 6 to 9 feet, 106, 3".

YOKOHAMA PORT.

JAPANESE KEEN ON..

REBUILDING.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 1928.

DAIRY FARM NEWS,

and the best you've heard for a long time.

We have just received a shipment of CANADIAN FISH, including

RED SPRING SALMON, CHICKEN HALIBUT

and

SILVERSIDE SALMON. Order early and insure a Real Treat.

HALF PRICE

SALE

AT

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MONDAY, 24h to SATURDAY, 29th September. In order to make room for huge shipments arriving carly in October we have decided to clear a lot of our present stock at HALF PRICE.

THE BARGAINS INCLUDE

MILLINERY,

READY-TO-WEAR DRESSES

BOOTS & SHOES

CHILDREN'S GOODS

RIBBONS & LACES

HANDBAGS. ETC., ETC. DRESS MATERIALS & REMNANTS, TEA CLOTHS & TRAY CLOTHS THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS,

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SATURDAY, September 29th.

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Midnight.

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PASSENGERS.

ARRIVALS.

A. G. Vastlerpool, Mrs Votter. Mr H. F. Werschku!. Mr W. Whooler, Mrs B. Worley, Miss P. T. Woog, Mr P. K. Wong, Mr L. Wang, Miss C. Yeskoy, Mr G Yowkoy, Mis M. Giatern, Me "Green- Gold, Mr. W. Facttt, Mr L O. Hook, Mr and Mrs O. N. Hau-es. Me and Mrs - J. F. Hill, Miss 8 Koany, Mr 0. Kirk AL. O. Clark, Misna Clark, Mr and Mrwood, Mist I. Kaller. Mrand Mrs I T

Por à.0.1.86. "President McKinley" on Sept. 231. Mr and Mrs E. Banj, Mr

Mr. Percy Cox, General Agent|C. Tong, Blasers W. A. Coldy

Kinney, Hr L. Mall-rd, Mrs M. E. Martin..

break it, but it resisted our efforts, Six pirates in a motor-launch ap- Á PENKNIFE AND FREEDOM. proached, he said, ostensibly to vast maze of passages piled "When almost in despair we buy liquor. The leader came on high with bones and skulls. conceived the idea of removing the board first and sampled the Dom-

In these inner passages the re-luck from the door hodily." It mains of thousands of corpses, was held in position by two iron inion Packet's liquor, as if he were a legitimate smuggler. He then taken from various cemeteries, are struts, fastened to the door by four ordered several hundreds of cases. Shanghai Football Association last At the annual meeting of the stacked against the walls, making bolts. It was necessary, therefore,

Captain Simms states that he week, it is reported that anavenue of skulls and mouldering to remove about ten or twelve nuts turned to make out a receipt and sent were of the opinion that the

all pre-: bones for many miles.

from the bolts before the struts the pirate covered him with two visit of Shanghai to Hongkong It was in these inner catacombs could be removed. Oar only tool revolvers. At the same moment should be repaid with an invitation that the visitors were imprisoned. was a penknife. The nuns were the marauding crew swarmed over to the Southern team to come here Upon returning to the iron door, rusted on the bolts, hut, by batter the side and disabled the

during the season. It was stated they found it closed and locked fing them with the stone, we manag" schooner's crew of 8 men, throwing that it would be impossible to show for the Canadian Pacific Railway Cadonat, C. 8. Son, Mes &. Orox. Dr. and fra C. Margolis, Mr R... against them. The gendarme, ed to knock off some of the rust their weapons into the sea. The Hongkong any better time than and CP.S.. returned to the Colony Mrs Ling. Mesra & J. Los, G. Loo, Mogridge Mr N. Naguld. Or. R. L.

H. Encarnacao, Mr A. J. Kow, Mr a' t MoCleary, Mr Meccan, Mr whose duty it is to guard this place, and to start the nuts. We found, only man to resist was the cook, the Shanghai team were given in on the R.M.S.

J. Liang, J. W. Mills, N. Y Ting, Pordleton, Me and Mrs 8. D. Rowlands, however, that the bolts turned also, who desisted after being fired upon. Hongkong. Accordingly, Messrs.

Russia" yesterday, He. had blang, Mr. C. Ming Brad Mrs G. Mr E. N. Ryder. Me G: 6 Ryder, Med and consequently the nuts would The pirate leader then forced

were appointed to mak range damage done to the company's Bachann. Mrs. Blodgett, Dr. and Mr Woodruff, aliss Elidio Yakeley.

offices a Yokohama In conversa, D. Honi, Master Pedro Euni. Mies tion with a China Mail repre- Brown, Mia A. Cabras, Mr B. F. Cast- Maria Bani, Miss A. Bavbe, Mrs. C. sentative this morning, Mr. los. Mira

H Conklin, Major O. W.

The N.Y.K. 6.9. “Tango Maru” Cox said that he thought the chow. Mr B. W. Cooze, Min D. J. Japanese Government was just as Dalloway, Blatter W. F Galloway, Sirs (Australian Line) left Nagasak for determined to rebuild Yokohama as Chard, BC Crux, Mr A. Dario, Hongkong on the 23rd Sept, and is a port as it was to restore the iLt. A. J. Fresado, Mra 8. B. Gillott, expected here on the 27th Sept., capital in Tokyo. With regard to Miss L R. Theyors, Mrs. Tobiko Miss

Mr. Wale jr., Mr-U. Lapelver the company's losses at Yokohama, Patney, M. W. Hantia, MR. P.

had gone.

THE LOCKED DOOR.

"Empress

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B.

we not come off. Eventually we man-] Captain Simiņus to open his cashbox J. A. Quayle and T. W. E. Wilson I been 10 Kobe to enquire into the } Q. Adams, 3ṛ A. Bochanar, Haster W, P Turner, Mr D. F.Webster, Kir a..

ments.

"At first," said the narrator, could not realise what had happen-aged to counter this by pressing and deliver the £1,180. The raiders ed. As there is a similar iron door the bolts with the penknife, while, forced the schooner's crew to load at the innermost end of the with broken nails and aching their launch with the 200 cases, catacombs, we imagined we had fingers, we slowly unscrewed the Three men, according to the walked in a circle. A few nuts. It was now possible to captain, remained to guard the rest diferences in the passage, how-remove the iron struts bodily, which of the liquid treasure while the ever, told us that such was not left the lock held in position onlymotor-launch went to Long Island, the case. The gendarm had by its own action. We knocked Upon its return the approach of a forgotten about our being it out with the stone, and the door second motor-latinch with a power- in the inner catacombs, and had was open. We were free-but the ful searchlight alarmed the free- The Expert Advertisers & Bill Foster, Mr. Cha feared little would be re. Ricard, Mira F. Homri, Hasters that holes 11 to 18 at Tauling will

locked the door and gone away, nuts and bolts that were strewed booters, who leapt into their craft The catacombs are only opened on the ground bore testimony to and disappeared. once a fortnight, and it seemed the dificulties we had faced."

ROXOR

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covered as the offices had heen en Horio, Hin E. Smith Mr Burtoot, be open for play next Estnnday and? tirely destroyed.

Mrs M. Sequeira, Mr A. Vilondaki, Me, the rest of the course a week later.