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No. 25,729 HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1927.

MALAYA LOSE IN GALLANT STRUGGLE.

TO-DAY'S

LUSTY HITTING.

Visiting Batsmen Roll Up Their Sleeves!

CANTON DAY BY DAY

A 'Declaration Of Independence.

PROTOCOL BURIED.

New Hopes For Genèva.

POSITION TRANSFORMED.

Disarmament Conference This Week.

Rugby, Yesterday,

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

FIRST AID.

Field Day Held At Stanley.

MEMORIES OF PIONEERS.

Site Of The Barracks Of The 50th Regiment.

Yesterday the members of the

seventeen

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WHAT FIGURĖS TELL.

TRIANGULAR INTERPORT AVERAGES.

LOCAL CRICKET FESTIVAL

Captain Barrett at Head of Batting Lists.

IN

Although figures may mean anything (or nothing), averages

CHALLENGE TO IRONSIDES,

Combined Forces To Make a Stand In South-West.

Major-General Chan Cheung- CHANGE OF TACTICS-AND 141 RUNS SCORED OFF HONG KONG, po, who is in command of the

Lord Cushendun, a succeeds local branch of St. John Ambulance BRACE (HONG KONG) AND ISAACS (SHANGHAI) LEAD BOWLERS. Kwangsi troops in and around Lord Cecil as. British representa Belgade loft the Yaumati ferry en- Kongmoon, has "declared his in- tive to the League of Nations, trance, Hong Kong, in

and five buses for Less than two hours' play to-day sufficed for Hong Kong to de-dependence of Canton.”

will leave London to-morrow for motor cars feat Malaya by an innings and 26 runs in the concluding match of the Such a declaration can mean Geneva, where the Preparatory Stanley. A every successful field tion, drill, and first aid work. The triangular interport cricket tournament, with the local team occupy anything, but it is tantamount in Commission on disarmament will day was held, comprising inspec- always interest the cricket enthusiast and the returns of the tri- this case to a direct challenge to on Wednesday resume its attempt result was entirely satisfactory angular interport. festival, which consisted of three-matches on ing pride of place..

the Ironsides who, having won to agree on a draft Convention for The members turned out to the the H.K.C.C. ground; are given below. Canton, are now thinking of tak- the limitation of armaments. If number of 187 all told out of a Malaya had four innings, Shanghai and Hong Kong three each, ing Kongmoon as well.

such an agreement is reached a strength of 200 odd. They looked Kongmoon is in the delta of the full international conference on very smart and went through their in Hong Kong's 2nd innings against Shanghai, only 7 wickets fell. Captain Barrett of Shanghai is top of the batting list, with an West River. Further up the River, world disarmament will be con- evolution in a manner worthy of

elder men. The result of the first aggregate of 169 runs and an average of 58.00. Two Hong Kong men at Shiuhing, a concentration of vened next year. six, brigades of Kwangsi troops

When the Commission held its ald work in particular was a matter come next. These are Brace 47.38 and Hayward 40.00. Stokes of

for congratulation on the part of has packed up without fighting last meeting in the Spring of this the surgeons of the Brigade. Shanghai, had 37.38. No other batsman had more than 100 all told, the Ironsides.

year Lord Cecil, expressed the

The site of practically the first and the Shanghai skipper was the only centurion. Captain Ford It is now predicted that these opinion that: "If the countries military barracks in the

Colony, was top for Malaya, both in aggregate and average. six brigades will go southward represented at Geneva really de- where the 60th Regiment was sta- Brace also took the most wickets, namely, 13. His average (instead of westward back to

tioned, was visited, having with- Kwangsi) to join hands with

stood the ravages of time since (for those who bowled in more than one innings) is also the best. Major-General Chan Cheung-po,

1842. The members of the Bri-Isaacs did best for Hong Kong and Richards-excluding Rix (one and to make a stand in the south-

gade were pleased to see that the innings only)-is top of Malaya's trundlers. west of Kwangtung. Week-end reports follow:

· Malaya put up a gallant struggle and indulged in some lusty hitting. Tactics were changed, the former opening batamen going in a little later. But they one and all rolled up their sleeves and gave Hong Kong plenty to do. Braddell and Whitley were seen in some hitting, but it was Captain Ford who won the honours of to-day by a sterling innings of 43 not out, în a total of 141 runs.

BOWLING AND FIELDING DEFIED.

Malaya-1st Innings.

Lt. H. C. Harker-Taylor,

1.b.v., b Dobbie

J. W. Blelloch, c Dale, b Wales R. L. L. Braddell,.c Dale, b

Dobbie

Capt. C. H. Congdon, c Hay-

ward, b Wales

N. J. A. Foster, c Sayer, b

Wales

Hong Kong-1st Innings.

15

A. W. Hayward, c Braddell, b

Richards

59

8 W. Brace, c Lewis, b Richards

E. C. Fincher. e Taylor, b

Richards.......

17

A. W. Ramsay, b Ford

16

T. E. Pearce,

Whitley, b

6

Lewis

4

Lt. T. II. Dale, b Rix

62

15 G. R. Sayer, run out

19

H. R. Rix, c Wales, b Hankey

19 | Capt. A. G. Dobbie, c Foster,

Capt. F. O'N. Ford, l.b.w., b.

Brace

b Richards

20

N. P. H. Whitley, e Wales, b

Brace

Lt. J. B. A. Hankey, c Whit-

ley, b Rix

1

2

F. Goodwin, st. Jordan,

Richards

13

2

C. D. Wales, not out Extras

།

22

Total

A. B. Jordan, c Dale, b Brace

R. B. Lewis, b Hankey'

H. G. L. Richards, not out

Extras

Total

ONO7

WAR PORTENDED.

Train Commandeered at Kongmoon.

Hostilities in the hinterland of Kongmoon are portended by feverish activities on the part of forces in that area, reports a for- eigner who has just come down,{ but the indications point to almost certain immunity for the city a factor which is of con- siderable importance to Hong Kong trade.

CLOUDY.

Observatory's Weather Forecast.

A strong anticyclone is central to the north of Coren.

The typhoon appears to be 500 miles east of Cashun travelling north.

Strong monsoon may be, ex- pected along the coast of China and fresh monsoon over the China Sea,

Forecast-N.E. winds, fresh; fine to cloudy.

little cemetery close by is still be- Ing well looked after by the Bu- thories. Between May and Octo-] ber, 1848, 24 per cent, of the troops died here from malarial fever, whilst in 1850, 186 men out of 568) comprising the garrison died, most- ly from fever also.

W. Brace

A. W. Hayward

E. C. Fincher

T. E. Pearce

Lt. T. H. Dale F. Goodwin C. D. Wales

It was very fitting that the younger generation should choose the ground of the early pioneers on which to practise first aid work-a Batting. form of humanitarian work that commends itself to King and com- moner alike. It is to be hoped, in- of the eldentally, that this site

be ancient barracks will always preserved as the most fitting memo- sire-a draft Convention for the rial possible of those who gave limitation of armaments, which their lives for the Empire no less shall state the principles and than those of our heroes who fell methods whereby auch limitation in the Great War. Fourteen years of the is attainable, that agreement is from now the centenary

foundation of the Colony within their grasp

will be celebrated when There was, however, a common official visit to the site of the old Li Chai-sum whose administra-reservation in the minds of all Barracks at Stanley would serve to tion has been overthrown by the those who worked in the Commis keep ripe the memories of those Cantonese Ironsides. This train sion. As Russia was not a party who assisted in no mean measure

264 A train of eight coaches with the locomotive having ateam up all the time has been comman deered by the 13th division, a unit in the Kwangsi army of General

Fall of wickets:-1 for 102, 2 98 for 122, 3 for 134, 4 for 188, 5 for Fall of wickets:-1 for 20, 2 for 173, 6 for 239, 7 for 239, B for 24, 3 for 81, 4 for 37, 5 for 54, 6-24179 for 245, 10 for 264. for 87, 7 for 89, 8 for 89, 9 for 91, 10 for 98.

Dobbie

Wales

Bowling Analysis.

* Braddell Richards

Bowling Analysis,

9 2 25 .27.3 3 83

MR. W.

0

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.18 171

.13

1

45

1

3

Rix

7

1 18

2

3

* bowled 3 wides each.

2

the off stump-one wicket for 11

O. M. R. W. Lewis .13 4 27 2 Ford

14 2 33 Brace........ 6 1 18 4.1 0 13

Hankey

Malaya-2nd Innings.

A. B. Jordan, 1.b.w., b Wales

J. W. Blelloch, e Wales, b

Dobbie

Capt. C. H. Congdon, run out

N. J. A. Foster, e Dale, b

Brace

Lt. H. C. Harker-Taylor, b

Dobbie

R. L. L. Braddell, c Ramsay,

b Wales

Capt, F. O'N. Ford, not out..

N.H. P. Whitley, b Hankey..

H. G. L. Richards, b Hankey

R. B. Lewis, run out H. R. Rix, absent....

Extras

Total

an

HONG KONG (WON 2).

Lt. J. B. A. Hankey G. R. Sayer A. W. Ramsay

Capt. A. G. Dobbie

is at Kongmoon station, ready to to the work it was clear that no to lay the foundation of the great-Bowling. evacuate the Kongmoon garrison convincing undertaking about dis-ness of Hong Kong.

The members of the St. John

at a moment's notice as the armament could be drafted: Kwangsi troops have made up

This week, by contrast, M. Ambulance Brigade yesterday had their minds to give up the city Litvinov and M. Lunacharsky will tifin daintily served by the Cafe should Ironsides arrive from represent Russia.

Regent at 1.30 p.m. and returned Canton,

The "Observer" to-day remarks to Hong Kong at 3.30 after a very On the Lookout.

that Russian participation trans- enjoyable and useful day. each forms next Wednesday's event Mr. E. Ralphs, Mr. Morria, Dr. The Staff officers present were: Only four companies, the leg side, while Jordan had 1. about 100 strong, of the 13th into the first clear oportunity for w. M. Koch, and Mr. G. W. C. Congdon was the victim of mis-division are in the locality, the effective progress toward techni-Burnett, with Staff-Sergeant Gilmour and Sergt. Crevatt of the The statement made by Sir R.A.M.C. Other officers present

1 runs, Blelloch made 10, all on

10

O understanding, being run out main strength of two to three cal disarmament on land.

from a smart return by Sayer (at thousand men being in the Sze

18 cover point) which Tam Pearce Yap districts with the 38th brig-Austen Chamberlain last Thurs- were:

neatly gathered. The return ade (another 1,000 men) at Hok-day when the subject of disarma- Y.M.C.A. Mr. Chak and Mr. 7 would have beaten either, batsman shan.

ment was debated in the House of Sz-To.

W. Brace

Lt. J. B. A. Hankey

Capt. A. G. Dobbie

C. D. Wales:

F. Goodwin

Mongkok.-Mr. Wang Kwong-tin, Batting.

as they were both out of their One company is at Pig's Head] Commons, has left the world 20 ercases when they hesitated-two Mountain, on the lookout for the with no excuse for misunderstand Dr. Ip Kam-wa and Dr. K. K. Wong. 43 wickets down for 11 rung Ironsides. A second is at Pakkai, ing Great Britain's policy. The

3

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24 Congdon, of course, had not the port of Kongmoon, where the Protocol has been buried as

1 scored.

Hong Kong steamboats go. The tactical mistake, but any effective Foster played out Dobbie's over third is at Kongmoon, and the means to peace and disarmament oin which there was a boundary fourth at Ngau Wan, where the will be supported by intense Bri- 14 leg-bye. Then followed a boun- Sunning Railway spans a river by tish sincerity.-British Wireless

dary bye, making Malaya's total means of a steel ferry which Service.

carries over the trains. Ngau Wan is a strategic point in the Kwangsi division's line of com- munications.

141 19.

Fall of wickets:-1 for 11, 2 for 11, 8. for 19, 4 for 32, 6 for 55; 6 for 67, 7 for 102, 8 for 118, 9 for 141.

Dobbie

Wales

Brace

Bowling Analysis.

5 23

.12 .16

5 52

7 2.24

Hankey Goodwin

4.1 0 19

9

+2

utes.

First Line of Defence. All units in outlying places will:

ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN DELEGATION.

Geneva, Yesterday. The Russian delegation to the

Two More Wickets Fall But Jordan was given out, leg before-wicket to Wales. Three wickets had fallen in 30 minutes for 19 runs. Jordan only had 1, 2 as previously,

Harker-Taylor emphasised his withdraw, on the alarm being Preparatory Disarmament Commis- 1appearance at the crease by driv- given by military telephone from ion has arrived headed by M. Litvinoff. Strict precautions were 2. Ing Wales for 4 and sending the Pig's Head Hill, to Ngau Wan, taken for their safety and numer 2 0

020 up after 35 minutes, the first which the Kwangsi local comman-cus police in plain clothes, were 10 runs having come in 20 min- der is making his first line of de guarding the station, from which fence against intrusion by the the public were excluded except Malaya changed tactics when

Press man:Heater. going in to bat a second time at were not afraid to step out to

Both Harker-Taylor and Foster Ironsides.

Major-General Chan Cheung- 10.30 this morning, facing an

Wales, the Malaya skipper po continues to issue orders as overnight deficit on the 1st

vice-commander of the division, (Foster) making the total 30 by a Innings of 166 runs.

Jordan was "promoted" to open inning had lasted 40 minutes

nice hit for 4 off Wales. The the commander-in-chief being away. The Ironsides have made the innings with Blelloch leaving

Just when Malaya looked like gestures to him but he may re- the "more productive" batsmen to go in later when, as they hoped, making a atand, Dobble took his main loyal to Generals Li Chai- the sting would have been taken second wicket, disturbing Harker-sum and Wong Shiu-hung.

The Merchants Volunteers and out of the Hong Kong attack.

Taylor's stumps with one which It was still a batsman's wicket kept low but came in when the Village Militia have mobilised in but Wales (left-handed, slow) got bataman played outside it four readiness to take over their own a lot of work on the ball from the wickets down for 32 runs in 45 protection should the garrison Law Courts end. Dobbie was in minutes. Harker-Taylor made 7 depart. his best mood when he opened the and Foster's score was 6 at this 'attack from the Naval Yard end.. stage.

•

J.

Foster's Contempt.

..

Chance for Pirates?·

MONEY AGAIN.

Crisis in Kongjoon Prisses Away;

[From Our Own Correspondent.)

sang and Mr. Pun Ping-chung.

King's College-Mr. Leung Siu-

Shaukiwan.—Mr. C. H. - Blason and Mr. K. L. Shin.

Indian. Mr. M. A. Khan, St. Joseph's. Mr. G. H. Cheung and Dr. W. T. Cheung.

Kowloon. Mr. G. Savage and Dr. B. C. Wong.

DAM BURSTS.

WIDESPREAD HAVOC IN

ALGERIA

1

*. CATASTROPHE AVERTED.

Paris, Yesterday. Heavy rains have caused wide. spread havoc In-Algeria. A dam] burst west of Forgoud: An ap- palling catastrophe at Ferregaux, which is situated below the dam, was narrowly averted through the presence of mind of an engineer who telephoned a warning enabling) all the Inhabitants to escape to the upper parts of their houses or to the neighbouring huf-, *;*

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59 120

47.88 40.00

62

82.00

438* 50 25.00

62

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21.66

13.

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11.50

11.00

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6.66

16

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6.88

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JOURRUGS.

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34.2' 6 129

Wickets NASBES

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9.80

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SHANGHAI (WON 1, LOST 1).

Capt. E. I. M. Barrett L. F. Stokes H. W.-Allison D. W. Leach J. T. Hegarty T. L. Rawsthorne C. E. Ollerdessen J. A. Isaacs P. Madar J. A. Quayle

E. G. Barnes

Bowling.

J. A. Isaacs H. W. Allison

C. E. Ollerdessen

No. of

ES EN DO DS DS en en en en os es

Innings.

Times

Not Out

Habãoise Highest

Wickets S630 Agregate

Average

146

159 58.00

112 87.83

0

70

28.88

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16.88

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13.83

8.00

7.66

5.66

6.88

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19.16

47.4 .15

26

21.50

1

1

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3

1

MALAYA (LOST 2).

D. W. Leach **J. Ä. Quayle

L. F. Stokes

H. R. Rix

Agregate

Average

48RE.

28.38

19.00

14.75

Capt. F. NO. Ferd

10

J. W. Blelloch

81

N. J. A. Foster

18

11.75

Lt. H. C. Harker-Taylor

16.0

-89.

(9,75

F. L. L. Braddell

20

38

19.50

N. H. P. Whitley

24

83

8.25

Capt. C. H. Congdon

7.75

Dr. J. M. A. Lowson

€4.00

R. B. Lewis

$2.50

A. B. Jordan

- 1.75

H. G. L. Richards

1.66

Pakkai, Kengmoon, Saturday. Paper money was refused on So far it is impossible to ascer-i the market on Tuesday when the tain the number of casualties in the Kwangel, 18th division headquar-outlying districts. The damage is

Batting tera, after seizing all local re-

estimated at many millions of] franes, fo The situation remains quiet but venue bureaus of the Canton .The conduit through which the apprehension is felt on account of Government, announced that river flows below the town of Mos- The sun beat down mercilessly Singles by Foster and Brad-probable attacka by neighbouring notes of the Canton Central Bank tagelem burst. The low-lying when play began and it was mere dell, in an over off Dobbie, made pirates once the regulars have would not be accepted in pay-parts of the town are: Blooded. like August than the end of

the total 40 (in 50 minutes' bat- gone.

ment of dues

Twenty-eight persons were drown November.

the batsmen's ting).

Although the Canton Govern- The announcement was rescind-ed--Reuter, Caution was

Wales appealed for leg-before ment has dismissed the Mayor of ed on Wednesday and banknotes motto. They were so careful in the opening overs that they fore- against Foster after the visiting Kongmoon and the local magis were current again, at par with bore to run the short singles for skipper had hit him for-4-but trate, these officials are still func ilver 20 cent pieces, generally To tioning and it is doubtful if Mr. known as Canton subsidiary coin. which Malaya has made a name in the umpire shook his head. the present triangular interport. show his contempt. Foster took Fung Pak-lau, the new Mayor, will Meanwhile, premium on Hong

another 4 in the same overcome to take over in the present Kong banknotes is increasing. The total output of the Adminis The first boundary had given unsettled conditions has gone up from 80 per cent tetration's mines for the week ended Blelloch did most of the scor- Foster double figuresafe kat Labourera have again been in-81% per cent, and the Customa ovember 12 amounted to 104,787 Ing, first by singles, then a pretty The 50 was signalled when the pressed into service by the mill bank rate yesterday was 28.86 per leg-glide off Dabble for 4 and 8 innings had lasted an hour. At tary as, owing to the crisis, the centino contestone, and the sales during the period single through slips which was this stage Foster and Braddell Tung Tak Cargo Coolles Guild No tow-boats are going to Canto 85,290 only a foot or so from Brace. were shaping confidently and both has not provided any men for the ton as the faction in charge here. Two wickets fell in the next drove Wales (along the carpet) transport service during the last is believed to be opposed to the over. Dobbie got Blelloch caught for singles which would have been few days.

Early Disasters,

Wales at point through the fours if the Hong Kong fielding tamen putting out his bat to had not been on Its mettle.

(Continued at foot of wor

Ironsides there. Connection with Salnam, on the West River, and with Blekkiin Heimgshan thas

KAILAN MINING,

Bowling.

HR. Rix HGLE RBL

DTM

Wickets EOS

9.00

16.87

44.8

818

21.00

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5644.00