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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929.

Sport Columns

SOCCER

BORDERERS BEAT THE SMALL UNITS

MID-WEEK LEAGUE

There was one First Division football match yesterday, and three in the Midweek League. Results follow:-

Division I. K.O.S.B........ 6 Small Units .. 1 Midweek League

Athletic

7. Lam Long Wan O Polke

0 Ewo Chinese .. P.W.D. Chinese 4 Hung Kul S.

Midweek League Table

1

W.

D. L. Pts.

Athletic

1 1 19

South Chinn

Lan Long Wan ....11 5 P.W.D. Chinese

4

Ewa Chinese ..11 Police

KING FROST

HOLDS UP SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

LEAGUE RESULTS

London, Yesterday. Airdrieonians - Hamilton - Ayr United 0, Dundee 3. *Celtic, Queen's Park - Cowdenbeath 2, Kilmarnock 0. Hearts J, Aberdeen 2. Motherwell 2, Falkirk 1. Partick Thistle 0, Rangers 1. St. Johnstone b, Clyde 0. *St. Mirron → Raith → Third Lanark 2, Hibernians 1. *Games postponed owing

13. frost.

12

to

1 £ 54

In the Northern Section of the 3. 4 11 369 English League Darlington and

8 Bradford City drew, 3-3.--Reuter.

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QUICK WORK

STRIBLING WINS IN A ROUND

It A 2 Hung Kui School .10 1 匐 D 2 Kowloon Teams The following have been select- ed to represent the Kowloon 1st. XI. v. Chinese Athletic on the Hong Kong Club ground on Satur- day, kick off at 4 p.m.:-Angus;. Guest, Pile; Robson, Easterbrook,

Kansas City, Yesterday, Hedley; Clemo; Hayes, Spary, "Young" Stribling knocked out Miles, Baldwin. Reserves: Davies Jack League, of Texas, the heavy- and Host.

weight, with a right cross to the The following have been select-jaw, in the first round of a ten ed to represent the Kowloon 2nd round contest. XI. v. Eastern on Caroline Hill Stribling meets Jack Sharkey at ground on Saturday, kick off at Miami Beach on February 27, 2.30 p.m.-Angus: Moore, Hast; under the auspices of Tex Rickard, White, Nicholls, Blacklock; Han- The winner will probably meet

Davies, gan,

Moss, Dunnett, Jack Dempsey for the champion- Eastman. Reserves: Waddington, ship.-Reuter's American Service. Seddon, King.

Football Referees Association The monthly meeting of the.

CRICKET

Hong Kong Football Referees As- The following have been select-'

THE CHINA MAIL,

HANKOW “S.A.D.'S”.

NOS. 1 & 2 TAKEN OVER BY THE MUNICIPALITY

FOREIGN HOLDERS ANXIOUS

Hankow, Yesterday.

WOMEN'S SKIRTS

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Mr. Macnamara replied that ha could call the coxswain of the launch but he did not think he had A case to answer. He had a lot of The Wu-han Municipality official-authorities to show that his Lord- ly took over the administrations of ship- should enter a non-sult. special Administrative Districts Nos. 1 & 2 (the former German and Russian Concessions) yesterday, removing the archives to the native city.

The move is causing considerable. anxiety among foreign property holders, but it was effected with nuch suddenness that no action was

possible by the foreign authorities concerned, though it is expected the matter will be taken up without delay. Reuter.

Company's Stand

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Plaintiff must prove her case bei: yond reasonable doubt. Mr. Macnamara submitted, she must also prove with reasonable tainty, what the cause of the fire was. The mere occurrence of an accident was not proof of nagli- gence. Even if a coal or hot ashes fall from the smokestack, that was not evidence of negligence, might be absolutely inevitable that such a thing should happen, even Chamber's Protest.

if the launch Hankow, Yesterday.

was properly. built The transfer, of S.A.D.'s Nos, 1 and manned and the correct kind of coal used. It was just as like- and 2 has been the subject of a long protest by the Chamber ofly that the fire was caused by a cigarette end or a cigar end Commerce.

thrown overboard from the "Paul Lecat."

The ex-British Concession re- mains as the only Special Ad- ministrative District. British Naval Wireless.

MACDONA PLAYERS

THEATRE ROYAL OPENING

ON MONDAY

The Macdona Players are. open-

The company regretted the acci- dent very much but they were tak- | ing the point of principle. If the mere happening of an accident was to be construed into a finding of negligence against the company, then it altered the whole of their' position with regard to their pas- sengers. The accident, however unfortunate, did not fix any Habi-

ing their senson of Bernard Shaw'sity on the company unless it was proved that it was due to their plays at the Theatre Royal on Mon-

negligence. day next. The first play is "Pyg malien," the famous comedy.

Neglect Not Proved

Mr. Prier pointed out that every- thing was under the control of the defendant company.

The Players comprise a splendid aggregation of London artistes.

Terence O'Brien, who plays prin. His Lordship observed that there cipal parts in this Company, seemed to be no evidence of negli

gence as they did not know, how the fire occurred.

has

neted for Mr. Charles Macdona on many previous occasions. In fact, when Mr. Macdona first organised the above Company, he engaged Mr.

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Mr. Prior submitted that if launches were properly construct- would not catch fire.

sociation will be hold at the ed to represent the University 1st/O'Brien as his first "John Tanner."ed and properly looked after, they

Chaplains' Hut, Scanda! Point, on Friday,, at 6 p.m. The committee have arranged for Captain A. W.

XI. in a League match against the Kowloon Cricket Club on the lat- ter's ground on Saturday, at 2

Mr. O'Brien was associated with one of the most successful ven- tures which has ever visited the Far

Austin, M.M., M.C., R.A., to give pm.-A. A. Rumjahn (Canty East-i.e., the Matheson Lang Com- fire was due to neglect on the part

a lecture on; The Organisation and Administration of Football. All interested are cordially invited

ittent.

CUSTOMS FIGURES

INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR 1928

LOAN SERVICES

to

F. L. Zimmern, D. K. Samy, D. Laing, C. W. Lam, A. P. Guterres, L. T. Ride, S. V. Cittins, E. A

Lee, A. T. Lee, D. J. N. Anderson. ASER

His Lordship, said that it was up to the plaintiff to show that the pany-and therefore is no stranger of the company. Even it. was to audiences in India and China. known to have been caused by a Some of the parts he played in spark from the funnel of the that Company were "Lorenzo," launch, he was not sure that he "The Merchant of Venice," "Laertes" In "Hamlet," "Tybalt" would not require further, evidence to show that it was due to some in "Romeo and Juliet," "Brac-

the part of those i neglect on charge of the launch.

The service, both interest and chiano" in "Much Ado about No- redemption, of all the Domestic thing." He has bad very exten loans secured on the cancelled in-sive experience in principal parts, demnities have been met in full. having been "leading man" in most The interest on

those Domestic of the Repertory Companies in Loans which is secured on the Great Britain, and in all the, Re- For example, of which is under the control of he was at the Old Vic, playing the officiating Inspector General such parts as-"Othello," "Ham- has also been met in full. let," "Petrucchio," "Benedict," etc.,

with Sybil Thorndike.

Customs surplus and the service

Peking, Jan. 1. The Inspector-General of the Chinese, Maritime Customs as nounces that the revenue for 1928, Redemption payments on several in-of theag latter loans have also been made but such payments, owing to the insufficiency of the revenue surplus, are still in arrear of schedule.

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totals Hk.Tis.82,332,000; crease of 13,597,000, taels as com- pared with 1927.

At an average exchange of

2/11 1/10th the revenue in sterl ing figures mounts to £12,028,000,

The huge increase in the Cus-

comparatively immense imports

23 compared with £9,584,000 intoms revenue is attributed to the

pertory Theatres.

Some of his other work includes leading parts in Birmingham Re- pertory Theatre productions in London; notably the first produe tion of "Back to Methuselah," G. B. Shaw's great play which took five

He was nights to perform. pecially engaged by Sir Barry

The fire might have occurred in other ways, and, in the absence of any evidence as to any negligence, he gave judgment for the defen- dant with costs.

H. H. the Sultan of Perak visited Teluk Anson and a garden party was given in his, honour" by Mr. A. S. Haynes, the, District Officer. His Highness arrived in Kualn Lumpur for the Turf Club amateur meeting, says the "Malay Mail."

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RESIGNATION OF THE COALITION MINISTRY

SERES AND CROATS

Belgrade, Yesterday, King Alexander has accepted the resignation of Father Koroshetz's Coalition Ministry, which has split The appointment, of the Hon. over the Serb-Croat quarrel. Tho es- Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane, General democrats favour conciliating the now boycotting Adviser, Johore, as acting British Cronts who are

1927, when the average exchange during the last quarter of the year, Jackson to play "Genesius," in the Resident, Selangor, was notified in Parliament, whereas the Radicals

was 2/9 18/16ths.

Provincial Details

The details of the principal pro- vincial collections are as follows: Antung.2,311,000 taels, an in- crease of 168,000 taols.

Dairen -8,187,000 tacks, an in- creage of 1,001,000 taels,

Newchwang-1.184,000 taels, an

Increase of 194,000 taels.

particularly piece. goods, lenf to bacco, motor cars and flour for the purpose of evading the new Tariff-Reuter.

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Mr. Edward Miles arrived Malta oa board the American

auxiliary 10-tone yacht "Sturdy" which he sailed single-handed from

Tientsin and Chinwantao. New York. 9,584,000 taels, an increase of 350,000 taels,

Kiaochow.-3,318,000 taels, increase of 7,000 taels.

22.11

Hankow-5,117,000 tacls, an in-

crease of 2,209,000 tacls.

Shanghai.-33,659,000 tacts, an increase of 7,978,000 tacis..

Swatow.-1,674,000 taels, an in-)

crease of 6,000 tela.

Canton.-8,074,000 tuels, an in- érease of 115,000 tals.

Harbin 2,352,000 tacls, a de- eroase of 16,000 taels,

Amoy-1,118,000 taels, A de-

eroase of 54,000 tuols.

The Native Customs Revenue totalled 3,636,000 tuela which was

a decrease of 148,000 taels.

The Loan Obligations

All the foreign loan and Indemn- Ity obligations secured upon the Customs revenue have been met in full, the ailver cost of which was 67,388,000' Shanghai trels.

Tel, C. 2221 Tel. C. 4821

only English production so far of "The Comedian," by Henri Ghean. Also he played for

a long time "Oswald" in "Ghosts," in London and in the provinces. He was also one of the leading actors in the first Benson-Shakespeare Company, which visited South Africa, and he

has been associated in the London Theatres with Sir Herbert Tree, Arthur Bourchier, Leon M. Lion, Tom Walls, and J. B. Fagan under. whose. management he played "Orsino" in this manager's produc- tion of "Twelfth Night" which holds the record for the longest run this particular Shakespeare play has ever had.

In this present Company Mr. O'Brien will play "John Tanner" in "Man and Superman," "Hig- gins," in "Pygmalion," "Crofts," in Mrs. Warren's Profession, "March- banks," in "Candida," "Louis Dubedat," in ""The Doctor's Dilemma," etc.,

During the last few years Mr. O'Brien has been playing and pro- ducing in London, and finally, this spring he went into management. on his own account, and took Strindberg's play "The. Father" into the provinces, after its very successful production Ip London. He looks forward with great plea- sure to playing before Far Eastern audiences again.

a supplement to the F.M.S. Gazette and other Coalitionists oppose the

conciliation.-Router. dated Dec. 4.

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