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WEDNEŻDAY, DECEMBER 26 1998

·HOLIDAY CRICKET;

'FK.C.C. v. UNITED SERVICES,

COMBINED TRAM DISMISSED CHEAFLY,

SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

EUROPEAN'S CHRISTMAS

ESCAPADE

RESCUED FROM HARBOUR.

THE REAL WALES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

|

MARRIAGE.

BRIDEGROOM UNDER AGE.

A. onvont entered by a father to

CUSTOMS DISPUTE.

STILL MARKING TIME.

Professor Alfred Zimmer, wh was a professor for sabe the Welsh University,

Everything quiet was the repart say about Wales 12 th

I stop his son's wedding, on the obtained from officers and passen- Mr. Lloyd Gee in the

ground that he was under age, wagers of the ss. "Lung Shan" which Magazine

sealles is the Wales of posible, for a ride being left left Canton yesterday morning and

stranded in London register office. Gello Alberto, 29 years of age, the comme eople, of the bour-

When the opuple arrived at the arrived here in the afternoon, stated to be an Italian subject, geoisie, the mall farmers, and register office to be mailed the Apparently, nothing untoward has the United A, fees, the former living at the Carlton Hotel, was herds. It is among these, and es registrar told the bridegroom of the marred the festive, season and Dr. | rescued from the harbour near the pecially among the humbler mem-caveat. He replied that he was Sun Yatsen intends deferring Telegraph Co.'s offices by aubers of the community and in the American bluejacket, at about nine remoter country districts, that the nearly 22, and that his father had

When stumps were lyester

afternoon "Il resto day: holi- fixture betwe H.K.C.O

were in a fairly long position, being only 6 runs beland the "visitors" score with eight wickets etill intact. It started to drizzle about an hour or so before play this morning and this may change the courge of the game,

He

Yesterday's Canton Gasrite has the following-

MONDAY'S DEMONSTRATION. A mass meeting was held yes terday aftemoon at the First Public F Park under the auspices of the People's Diplomatic Society of Canton, to discuss what farther steps should he taken with regard to the Customs Surplus question. Thousands of students labourers and representatives from the different public organizations "in Canton very presentat

this morning. The police are of the genuine national tradiffon lives on made a mistake. He left his bride action til, at least, after the holi opinion that Alberto attempted to and the national genius is still the office while he went to days.

Somerset Hopke for a copy of hig commit suicide by jumping into the 'aflame.

birth certificate. water. He was taken to the Central "The power that stirred; the

As he had not returned by 9 p.m. Station and did not seem very Welsh soul to self-consciousness-aftor which time manages cannot The Services batted first and were much worse for his immersion as was not political, but religious; not be solemnised the bride discor all dismissed for 91, Lammert he could walk on to the motor the call of the French Revolution,colately, left the office, especially bowling well, Flay ambulance which took him to but the preaching of the English The next morning the young man started at 2.50 p.m. yesterday, hospital. The name of the American dissenters. It was the influence of Purcell and Jotham furing the sailor who went in for the man Wesley and Whitefield and their an returned to the office and stat bowling of Lammert and Rerd. without hesitation, is not available. Weish followers that precipitateded that his father was right. Both batamen were careful and runs It was learnt from the Carlton the Great Revival that is reckoned Way not yet 31: He apologised to were incd to get against the excel-that Alberto had lived there for the dawn of modern Wales. It is the registar, and said the licenco, lent fielding. After ning minutes about a week. As far as is known this extraordinary outburst of rolig had better he cancelled and he play Jothai was sent back by a he was alone and it is also stated icus fervour, releasing, as it did, would come again when be reached catch by Sayer off Latniert. Am that he had previously lived at the elements of national personality his majority

that had been repressed for centuries under the Anglican and aristocratic régime, which has Welsh life, social given, to and political, cultural and re- ligious, the peculiar imprint that: SUNDERLAND AND MODESTY lag Into Sallewan, the paraders still distinguishes it to-day, From that revival'sprang the misfionary

Astor House.

PEKING POLITICS.

FRENCH 'PLANES FOR MUKDEN.

IMPORTANT.CONFERENCE..

BANNING BARE LEGS.

After some discussion, those Lattending held a parade. They fatarted from the Park, passing through: Wing Hon Maloo thence along the Bund and Shakee. Tum-

walked through Sap Pat Po, Tal Ring Gate, Sal kwa-yuen, Wai Sun Maloo and then dispersed at the Park.

Many banners were carried by them with words "Fight for the Customs Surplus,” “ “Down With the Militarists, Don't Give Up Uștil We Succeed,” etc.

strong was content to let the Padre: de the hitting and runs still came slowly till 3.21 p.m. when the second wicket. fell for 22 runs. None of the batsmen could open their shoulders much and the baff century was not up till after nearly· an hour's play. Stripp, who made

labours of the four great sects- Sunderland is still striving to be. top score for the Services, opened

non-territorial tribes, as a witty oqme severely decorous, The Witch getly but, sent a number to the

Welsh student of Athenian con- | Committee recently tried to per: boundary once he had got set. The

stitutional history has called sundo neighboring barqughs to join innings was over by 4.36 pan.

PEKING, December 24. them-the Baptists, the Wesleyans, them in, bagning, bare, lege from At 4.50 p.m. Claxton and Sayer Chinese eyes are again turned the Congregationalists, and the revue choruses, and then da edict opened for the Club.

Both suc- towards Mukden where, according Calvinistic Methodists, whole ühe was ined forbidding theatricals to cubibed to the Naval fast bowler and | to a dispatch, twelve French pretentious chapels may be obsary use the word "damin” on the stage. During the last few days, circu Pearce played out time with Quick. aeroplanes have been delivered for ed in fierce or friendly competition A woman has been summoned for lars of various kinds were posted All qué of the batsmen got boun-Chang Tso-lin Two French in every Welsh township or vill-for shaking a doorm in a bacie stroot, on the street walls and distributed daries, Tua Pearce, particularly, aviators accompanied the machines age.

and a boy was fined 204, for ringing along the streets, with a view to having a partiality for getting balle Information from another source "It was the Great Revival which, a milk bell on a Sunday in the sub-arousing the public's interest in the to the fence. Five Service bowlers Indicates that there is being held in its hymn-writers, restored the urb of Southwick, -

matter of the Customs question, were tried.

now at Mukden a conference of dignity of the, ancient language various influential, representatives, and gave Welshmen the beginnings which may have, an important of a medern popular literature. President Coolidge intends to bearing on the shaping of events And it was through the chapels and in China in the near future. It is their multifarious ramifying in- understood that the representa fuences that a freemasonry grew tives include those of Chang up among classes hitherto disdain Tso-lin, Tuan Chiju, Lu Yinged and kept under which paved hsiang. Tang Chi-yao, Northern the way, first, for, political Shensi and Kweichow. A plan of organisation and, later, for a action against Government has ascendancy, in local government 2been drawn but no attempt in parliamentary representation, will be made to put it into effect and in patronage to appointments 5

immediately, in the hope tlikt supe | In the Principality, which bas lately. port may be secured from a section become endangered through the of the Chihi party.

influence of Labour.

One feature of yesterday's play was the remarkably high standard of the fielding in both innings, the work of the Club in the field being especially praiseworthy.

Scores -

UNITED, BERVICES-1st Ionings. Rev. Father Purcell, st. Clax-.

ton, b Immert Lt.Com. Jotham,

Lammert....

Sayer, b

Lieut. Armstrong, e Webster, b

Laminert

Major Hattersley Smith, b Reed

Pay-Lt.-Com, Paffard, Sayer,

b. Lamuert

2

Captain Walker, st. Claxton, D

Lammert

I

Pay.-Lt. Hargreaves, run out ... 11

Q.A1.S. Stripp, e Bowker, b

Reed

37

Q.M.S. Jacobs, run out...

0

0

Surg-Licut. Pomfret, run out..

0

Extrus

5

Lieut. Gould, not out

Total

Bowling Analysis.

0.

JAPAN CABLES.

KOBE FIRE.

KOBE, December 24. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. The damage is

stand by the executive order issued by former President Harding for bidding American owned ships to carry and sell hiqner on the high seas. The Became known at the White House, it is said, during discussion of the proposed liquor treaty between England and Americ

The Prefect of Trieste has de- creed that all foring language new | papers in the city must publish The fact is that the chapel has full Italian translation, in typo, of been and still is far more than a mere religious organisation. It is the main, and still in many parts of Wales the only, outlet for the inner life of the Welsh people. It serves

STRIKE POSSIBILITIES Chinese employees in foreign' hongs in Shameen, according to the vernacular press, have decided to go on strike in order to express their opposition against the actions of the foreign powers in sending so many warships to Canton, The Chinese staff of the Customs House, this the report goes, will declare a general strike, The wharf coolics and cargo sampan, people will also join the strike.

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY. In view of the importance of the the Kwangtung Provincial Assem Customs question, the members of equal size of every article, Dom-bly will hold a special meeting to munication and advertisement, in discuss, the matter and a mani- their colomins. Failure to comply festo giving the opinion of the will make the papers subject to assemblymen will be issued and circulated throughout the country:

as a channel. aize 1.too tenuous and sequestration. constricted, but capable at times of surprising expansion, for the out- | flow of the exuberance of thought and passion, the pent and ferment- ing energy, of an unusually gifted

91estimated at three hundred thousand expressive people.

咒

Lanmert .... .14 3 32 253

..12 1 20

Reed

Bowker

Quick

H.K.C..-1st Innings.

A. A. Claston, b.w. Pomfret...

sand Yen. Altogether, eighty-nine - guests are staying but none hurt.

CABINET CHANGE.

"It was an accident of history. that turned Wales Puritan., Wales accepted Nonconformity as the first TOKYO, December 25. available means of release from Den's (7) resignation has been Anglicanism; but it made of it accepted. Doctor Okano combines something that the English dis the portfolio of Agriculture and senter would not easily recogniseas Commerce with that of Education.his own mode of worship. The

7 1 11 5.2 0

0

0

9

-Router.

13

40

18

5

G. R. Sayer, b Poutret......

T. E. Pearce, not out...... Rev. E. K, Quick, not nat

Extras

Total (for 2 wickets)... 85

H. Owen Hughes, G. R. More, R. E. A. Webster, H. R. B. Han- cock, A. U. I. Bowker, H. G. Lam- mert and E. B. Reed to bat.

CHRISTMAS CRIME.

BIG HAUL ON XMAS EVE.

LADIES' YACHTING.

MONDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP

RACE.

Thirteen boats competed in the ladi championship yacht races held on Christmas Eve and some keen racing was witnessed in the fairly strong breeze.

The course was one of seven and.

sermon has been transformed from ''a fiat pedestrian discourse into an acutely reasoned philosophical dig- cussion, culminating in ap impas sioned recitative reminiscent of | Italian opera or Oriental prophecy,

The prayer, so often on English. lips merely a lame and halting | allocution to a God indulgent to the embarrassment of His ministers, becomes a call, a challenge, a' rally- ingacry, knitting the congregation together in a fervour of devotional expectation; while the hymn, sounding out from every throat in the matchless euphony, of the Welsh langitage, transports the

a half miles with start and finish at rapt worshippers in the homely the Yacht Club. The marks were chapel for a few moments to, the Channel Rocks, Cust Rock, Mark City Everlasting moments that Boat at Club House and Channel are lived over again in memory Rucks. All marks were taken on during the week until the Sabbath the port hand.

comes round once more,"

Loot comprising $210 in notes, $50 in dollar-pieces, $18 in ten- cent pieces, $20 in Canton twenty- Following are times and results cent pieces, two gold watches and with the points to daje which the chaing, valued.nt $240, three pairs of boats, have earned and the game of gold bangles équivalent to $330, & the ladies at the helm. xumber of pearls of different size, assessed at $600 and two deposit receipts for $1,000 each, was faken in un armed robbery at the Wing Tung Cheong misdicine shop, No. 5, Wo Fung Street, on Christmas Eve

Yacht.

Time.

Fin'ing Corr.

It was at about 6.15 p.m. when Halcyon (Miss

two men entered the shop and sur-

Position

Total: Points

to date.

prised the inmates with two Allsa (413.03 473.03 10 5

revolvers and a digger After the Bromwich) 411.07 4.11.07 8 14 usual modus operandi, the robbers Bonito

took the keys from the agent with (Mrs, Scott), 4.1446 41446, 12 6 which they opened the safe, and Daphee (Mrs. ktra were.

Arthur) 4.11.09 4.11.09 -9 19

A man was subsequently arrested Gladys (Mrs.)

on a tram near the Central Market,

Adams) 411.55 408,10 4 20 Sendark" (Eth

alleged to be wearing at the time, Cock) 4.12.42 4.08,57 - 6 15

several suits belonging to men employed in the shop.

Boojum (Miss

Engineers of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is learned, are making plans for electrification of the 208) 5 mountain sfratctice on the main line. The project will cost many millions. Coal, not water, is to be used in generating power, it is said,

& Grace) 41228 40843 5:153

CHATHAM ROAD ROBBERY Adanac (Mrs.

Mitchell) 4:11-12 407.27), 2017! Ursula (Mrs.

Shortly after ten this morning, And Davison, 417.48. 4.13.25 11 6

aluri was sounded at Central It Belinda (Miks

was stated that an armed robbery

Grace) 415,06.49%

had been committed at No. 50. | Sprax (Mich

Chatham Road. Detalle were not, THE Roderison) 411,02'407.1 yeulable at the time of gene l tn của

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