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·THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929.

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SOCCER

BORDERERS BEAT THE SMALL.

UNITS

MID-WEEK LEAGUE

There was one First Division footba!! match yesterday, and three in the Midweek League.

·Results follow:

Division Ļ

KO.S.B.5 Small Units.. 1

Athletic

Police

Midweek League

7

Lam Long Wan D

A Ewa Chinese.. 0 P.W.D. Chinese 4 Hung Kui S..

Midweek League Table

1

P.. W. D. 1, Pis,

Athletic

-11

0.11 19

South Chinn

9

6

12 13

Lam Long Wan ..11

21 12

P.W.D. Chinese ...11

4

Ewo Chinese.....11 Police

..11

3 #

3 4 11-

5

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 3, Aberdeen 2. Motherwell 2, Falkirk 1. Partick Thistle 0, Rangers 1.. St. Johnstone 5, Clyde 0. *St. Mirren Raith-

Third Lanark 2, Hibernians 1.

THE

HANKOW “Š.A.D.S"

ÑOS. 1& 2 TAKEN OVER BY THE MUNICIPALITY

FOREIGN-HOLDERS ANXIOUS-

Hankow, Yesterday. The Wu-hap Municipality ofBelal ly took over the administrations of special Administrative Districts Nos. 1 & 2 (the former German and Russlan Concessions) yesterday, removing the archives to the native

city.

The move is causing considerable anxiety among foreign property- holders, but it was effected with such suddenness that no action was possible by the foreign authorities concerned, though it is expected the matter will be taken up without delay.-Reuter.

Chamber's Profest

Hankow, Yesterday.. The transfer of S.A.D.'s Nos. 1

CHINA MAIL,

WOMEN'S SKIRTS

Continued from Pape 1.)

Mr. Macnamara replied that he could call the coxswain of the launch but he did not think he had acuse to answer. He had a lot of authorities to show that his Lord- ship should enter a non-sult.

Company's Stand Plaintiff must prove her case be- yond reasonable

Mr Macnamara submitted, she must!

doubt,

thinty what the enuse of the fro also prove with reasonable cer-

WAS.

accident was not proof of negli

The mere occurrence of an

gence.

It

Even if a coal or hot ashes fell from the smokestack, that was not evidence of negligence. might be absolutely inevitable that eh a thing should happen, even if the launch was properly bullt and manned and the correct kind of coal used. It was just as ke-

*Games postponed owing to and 2 has been the subject of aty that the fire was caused by al

frost.

In the Northern Section of the 9 English League Darlington and

Bradford City drew, 4-3-Reuter.

Hung Kui School 10 1 0.9 2 Kowloon Teams

The following have been select ed to represent, the Kowloon lat XI. v. Chinese Athletic on the Hong Kong Club ground on Satur- day, klek off at 4 p.m.:-Angus: Guest, Pile: Robson, Easterbrook, Redicy; Clemò, Inyes, Spary,- Miles, Baldwin. Reserves: Davies and Hast.

QUICK WORK

STRIBLING WINS IN A ROUND

*

Kansas City, Yesterday. "Young" Stribling knocked out Jack Lengue, of Texas, the heavy- weight, with a right cross to the jaw, in the first round of a ten round contest.

The following have been select- ed to represent the Kowloon 2nd XL 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 Tes Rickard, White, Nicholls, Blacklock, Han- The winner will probably meet

Davies,

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

Dan..

Football Referees' Association The monthly meeting of the Hong Kong Football Referees As

sociation will be held at the Chaplains Hut, Scandal Point, on Friday, at 6 pm. The committee have arranged for Captain A. W.

CRICKET

The following have been select ed to represent the University 1st XI. in a League match against the Kowloon Cricket Club on the lat- ter's ground on Saturday, at 2

long protest by the Chamber of Commerce.

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

cigarette end or B cigar end thrown overboard from the "Paul Locat,"

MACDONA PLAYERS negligence against the company,

THEATRE ROYAL OPENING

The company regretted the accl- deat 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

then it altered the whole of their position with regard to their pas sengers. The accident, however unfortunate, did not fix any liabl The Maedona Players are open- ing their season of Bernard Shaw'sity on the company unless it was plays at the Theatre Royal on Mon-

proved that it was due to their negligence. malion," the famous comedy. day next. The first play is "Pyx-

ON MONDAY

aggregation of London artistes.

The Players comprise a splendid

cipal parts in this Company, has Terence O'Brien, who plays prin-

acted for Mr. Charles Macdona on many previous occasions. In fact, when Mr. Macdona first organised the above Company, he engaged Mr. O'Brien as his first "John Tanner." Mr. O'Brien was associated with one of the most successful ven- tures which has ever visited the Far pany-and therefore is no stranger to audiences in india and China. Some of the parts he played in that Company were Lorenzo," in

Neglect Not Proved

thing was under the control of the Mr. Prior pointed out that every-

defendant company.

seemed to be no evidence of negli

His Lordship observed that there

Kence as they did not know how the fire occurred.

Mr. Prior aubmitted that if:

launches were properly construct- ed and properly looked after, they would not catch fire.

Austin. M.M., M.C., R.A., to give p.m. :-A. A. Rumjahn (Capt.). East-.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 to

attend

www.y

CUSTOMS FIGURES

INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR 1928

LOAN SERVICES

Peking, Jan. I.

F. I. Zimmern, D. K Samy, D. Laing, C. W. Lam, A, P. Guterres, L. T. Ride, S. V. Gitting, E. Lee, A. T. Lee, D. J. N. Anderson.

"The

His Lordship said that it was up to the plaintiff to show that the

of the company. Even it was known to have been caused by a spark from the funnel of the Iaunch, he was not Merchant of

sure that he Venice," "Laertes" in

would not require further evidence "Hamlet," "Tybalt”

to show that it was due to some in "Romeo and Juliet," "Brac- The service, both interest and chiano" In "Much Ado About No. neglect on the part of those in redemption, of all the Domestic thing." He has had very exten-charge of the launch. 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 Ioans which is secured on the Great Britain, and in all the Re- Customs surplus and the service pertory Theatres. For example, of which is under the control of he was at the Old Vic, playing, the officiating Inspector General has also been met in full. 85-

The Inspector-General of the -Chinese Maritime Customs

nounces that the revenue for 1928. totals Hk.Tl4.82,332,000, #11 in crease of 13,597,000 tnels as com- pared with 1927.

AL TEL average exchange of 2/11 1/16th the revenue in sterl- ing figures, amounts to £12,028,000, as compared with £9,684,000 in

Redemption payments on several

1

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.

such parts as "Othello," "Ham- H. H. the Sultan of Perak visited let," "Petrucchio," "Benedict," etc,, | Teluk Anson, and a garden party with Sybil Thorndike,

was given in his honour by Mr. of these latter loans have also Some of his other work includes A. S. Haynes, the District Officer. been mude but such payments, leading parts in Birmingham Re- His Highness arrived in Kuala owing to the insuficiency of the pertory Theatre productions in Lumpur for the Turf Club amateur revenue surplus, are still in'arrear London; notably the first produc-meeting, says the “Malay Mail.” - of schedule.

tion of "Back to Methuselah," G. B.

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Belgrade, Yesterday. King Alexander has accepted the resignation of Father Koroshetz's Coalition Ministry, which has split toms revenue in attributed to the nights to perform.

The huge increase in the Cus- Shaw's great play which took five The appointment of the Hon. over the Serb-Croat quarrel. The

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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 13/16ths.

Provincial Details

The details of the principal pro- vincial collections are as follows: Antung-2,311,000 taels, an in- crease of 169,000 tacis.

Dairen 8.197,000 taels, an in crease of 1,061,900 taels.

Newchwang.--1,184,000 taels, an

increase of 194,000 lacs.

Tientsin and Chinwantao 9,584,000 tnels, an increase DI 359,000 taels.

Kiaochow. 3,318,000 taels, an increase of 7,000 tnels.

Hankew-5,117,000 taels, an in-

crease of 2,209,000 tnels.

Shanghai-33,659.000 taels, an increase of 7,078,000 taels,

Swatow-1,674,000 tuels, an in- crease of 6,000 trels.

Canton-3,074,000 thels, an In- crease of 115,000 taels.

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Harbin.-2,352,000 taels, a de- crease of 16,000 tels..

Amoy 1,118,000 taels, a de-

crease of 54,000 tals.

The Native 'Customs Revenue totalled 3,636,000 taels which was

a decrease of 148,000 taels.

The Loan Obligations All the foreign loan and indemn- ity obligations secured upon the Customs revenud have been met in full, the silver cost of which was 57,388,000 Shanghal taels.

Mr. Edward Mites arrived al Malta on board the American auxiliary 10-tons yacht "Sturdy" which he sailed single-handed. from New York.

particularly piece goods, leaf to-only English production so far of bacco, motor cars and flour, for "The Comedian," by Henri Gheon. the purpose of evading the new Also he played for a long time Tariff Reuter.

"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 ho 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.

MICHELIN

Tel. C. 2221 Tel. C. 4821

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. In 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 dated Dec. 4.

conciliation. Reuter.

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