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SALVATION ARMY THE NOTIFYING OF KING: NO CHANGE

OF THE EAST

AN INVITATION

LEADERSHIP

MORE MANOEUVRES

AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN FAIL ON A KWANGSI PARTY GENERAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GOVT. SILK BANNER FOR STUDENT

WET WICKET

A LATE START

Play to-day did not commence in

RETURNS TO HIS POST"

TIGHTENING THE BOYCOTT

"The position at Hankow is the third Test" match at Mel-somewhat disquieting

bourne until 12,80 p.m.

AND REBELS

MANY DENIALS

London, Yesterday.

The Afghan legation in London

CONVENTION

"TO MOVE FORWARD"

Yesterday. The Chinese student and Chris-

SMALL-POX

CASE IN COURT

G. W. POPE. CONCERN STILL BEING FELT AS IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY DR.

TO GENERAL

ΤΟ REPORT

A FAIR DAY

TIVE REVIEW OF ILLNESS “LANCET” ISSUES " AUTHORITA-

QUESTION OF RESERVE

London, Yesterday.

1.

A British Wireless message

IF THE PUBLIC "PLAY UP" HIGH COUNCIL MEETING.

London, Yesterday.

A statement of interest to the Arrangements have been practic- public generally and the Chinese in and by Royal Naval communique of yes-la Informed from Kabul that negotian leader, Dr. T. Z. Koo, has pre-ally completed to hold a meeting of particular, was made by Dr. G. W. atates:

Though this morning's bulletin tlations are continuing between the sented the convention of the Stud- the High Council of the Salvation Pope, Medical Officer of Health, in lunch-time Australia had lost their terday's date.

ent Christian Moverant, being held Army, consisting of 64 members Mr. R. E. Lindsell's Court this stated that the King had passed a This follows the unconfirmed re- rebels. remaining two wickets (all out for

in Liverpool, with silk banner 351) and England had made three port that Feng Yu-hsiang (the

The latter have proposed no from Christian students in China to consider the leadership, at Sun-morning, in connection with a small-restless night it added that there pox case, and his Worship request-was no change to report in Hla "Chrlatian"General") was advane- runs without losa. Which meant:

Commander Eva Booth confer-ed that the statement be given pub Majesty's condition. that the tourists have to collect but in troops southward, from Honan terms, and the report that the King bearing an inscription inviting fel bury-on-Thames on Jan. 8.

into Hupeh, with Hankow as his has made a number of concessions low students in Great Britain and 329 runs to win the third "Test" objective. The report also added is dented as are also the reports of all western countries to move for red with a number of delegates, licity in the Press, especially, the

ward together with the young including her niece, Commissioner Chinese section. that an attempt might be made to general hostility to the Queen.

Christians of the East-Reutor. Catherine, to-day.

has been expressed as to the gen- Afghan Refugees Reuter, prevent General Ll Tsung-jen (of) The late start, states

eral's condition since the bulletins GARDENER FINED was occasioned by the weather, it the Kwangsi military group) from

were discontinued, raining very heavily before six in returning to Hankow,

GOVERNMENT GREEN WILD WOOD

and retain the "Ashes."

Only four

Tuns were

There is no authentic

PLEA OF GUILTY

Some concorn

It was learned at Buckingham Palace that the bulletin was re- Dr. Pope sald that in bringing the garded as being not unsatisfactory. case before the Court, the Sanitary Although the King, for the Board was trying to get the public, second time in succession, had

An official stated to-day that the general'a health is improving, and particularly the Chinese, to notify

cases of small-pox: He added that spent a restless night there had that the bulletins were diacon- he specially wished to emphasise not been any definite check in his tinued since the doctors definitely that there was no penalty for report progress. declared him out of danger. Medi-

An authoritative review of the

Now Delhi, Yesterday. Chinese The Government of India has the morning. After that there were showers and spells of sun- news on what may possibly turn issued a proclamation along the

out to be a grave development in frontier offering a handsome re shine.

On the other ward for the detention of Sirdar The captains inspected the Chinese politics.

ing cases. The worse that could This would appear to indicate wicket at a quarter after 11 o'clock, hand, there is a cable about in-Muhammed Omar Khan, one of the Then there tensification of the anti-Nippon five sons of the late Sirdar Muham-]

Lo Chuen, the gardener employed cal certificates as to his health and again at 12.80.

med Ayub Khan of the Afghan

the house would have to get vaccin-reserve of strength on which to was a disagreement, but the um-boycott at Hankow.

fated.

draw. The RN. pires decided that play was pos-

communique adds:-Royal Family, who was on parole by Lieut.-Col. L. G. Bird, D.S.O., of will be available for the High happen was that other inmates of that the King has a slightly better

Official Announcement

Proceeding, Dr. Pope said that The following bulletin was issu- sible.

"General Liu Ho-ting, local miliat Allahabad but disappeared on No. 28, Lugard-road, The Peak, was Council.

There are, 1,200 this morning convicted by Mr. R. E.

An official announcement from Lindsell and fined $40, or, in de- Consequently the overnight bats-tary commander, has returned to December 20.

and the Governor-in-Council agreed, The King has had a fair day and men. Oxenham and Grimmett, re- Ichang, but the Commissioner for Afghan refugees in India under fault, three weeks' hard labour, for the Salvation Army Headquarters about ten years ago the Board ruled, ed at 8 p.m.:

cutting green wild wood from the states that the doctors considered to let cases be treated at home pro- there is no change to report In Bumed immediately.

Foreign Affairs has not done so." Government surveillance.

Final Evacuations.

Government plantation on the hill- that General Booth was now strong The former fall to 'White with- This is taken to mean that Gen-

household were vaccinated, and a Signed: Stanley Howett, Hugh cut adding to his score of 39 runs, feral Liu, who holds the Yangtze

R.A.F. planes have evacuated six aidé at the back of his master's pro- enough to be informed of the con-vided all other members of the His Majesty's condition.

vocation of the High Council with notice was placed outside the house M. Rigby, Dawson of Penn, and Blackle, the Victorian slow port of Ichang, under direction of

more wonen and children from perty. the Kwangsi military group, has Kabul, and no more at present re-

When the case was resumed this out over-grava risk.

"Will To Live" bowler, replaced him.

his main to be evacuated. put-on, left Hankow and gone back

morning, Mr. L. R Andrewes, ns- Mrs. Booth and her eldest announcing that ammail-pex had ot- hower, before the Australiana poat at Ichang, which is also in The aeroplane recently shot down sistant Crown Solicitor, told the daughter, Commissioner Catherine, curred there. The Board was still

to informed the general, though en-prepared to do this if the public King's illreas published in the would "play up" and report all case "Lancet." the British medical lupeh province, 870 miles above at Kabul has been successfully re- Magistrate that he had come

early. Hankow. The fact that the Compaired and has flown back to India. Court yesterday at short notice toring very little into details.

journai, concludes by saying that with the intention of asking for a

"Rather Rough" missioner for Foreign Affairs at Reuter.

Defendant's Excuse The general realised the grave

the King's "exhaustion is, as much remand in the case so that he could batting 105

Ichang is remaining in Hankow minutes for his total, which was an has little bearing on the rumoured

go, into the matter fully, and had import of the action and remark- The defendant in the case was Ng weariness of mind as of body and invaluable

decided to proceed with the case ed: "I have loved the Army and Kau who was charged as principal though it is increasing in a senso contribution, Blackle

advance of the "Christian Gen-

only because he had been given have done my best for our tenant of the second floor of No. 21, the burden of his illness the will did not survive long, he too falling

eral" from the north.

to understand that the defendant people." He later added: "What- Third-street, West Point, with fail of the King to live is there.. was going to plead guilty."

ever others may think about the ing, on December 27, 1928; to notify Owing to the exhaustion the course Since the adjournment, he had government of the Arsy, they to the M.OH., of a case of small-must be long and at present an- secured the Land Office plans of 2 CD Bird's property because he must feel that this is rather rough pox, which occurred in a small tile xious. None the less improvement

and progress are occurring slow: thought that they might throw some The announcement concludes Defendant said that he was not ly but surely enough to justify a As the re-with the statement that naturally the principal tenant of the floor, but hope that the King will be restor light on the case.

the news was a great shock to the was the child's father.

od to his people. Asked why he did not report the general, who passed a somewhat

General Infection restless night, although his gent case, defendant said that he worked eral condition remains hopeful-in a market, and had no time. He the "Lancet," "depicts that this

were all out.

White's Bowling

Oxenham

WAS

to one of White's deliveries for s "duck" Australia's 351 runs took)

་ ་ ཀ ཏ ཎྞཱ

The Szechuan Wor

When play actually opened this sen, as his goal. morning the weather was aunny

·

MOTOR-CAR PARTS

STORY TOLD AT THE MAGISTRACY

460 mlautes to make, and the bowl- Definite news has, at least, come

QUEER AFFAIR ing honours went to White, who through about the Szechuan war. took five for 105.

General Yang Sen, the stormy

Two Chinese were this morning Hobbs and Sutcliffe then opened petrel of the Upper Yangtze, has for England and between them had been defeated and pushed back charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with with the theft of parts of a moter' scored three when the lunch inter-after launching an attack val was called.

Chungking, 1,400 miles from the car (No. 484).

The first man was charged in con- a generator and a The R.N. communique adds: nection with but cool and there were. only 5,000 "It is reported that Yang Sen has magneto; and the other with regard returned to Kaihsien and recalled to a carburettor and a generator. people present.

Mr. Lammert, auctioneer, said in Yesterday's Play :: his troops from Yunyang and Australia were at the wickets all Kueifu districts (both in the cast evidence that when his clerk went day yesterday and by close of of. Szechuan); also that General to No. 1, Heard-street on December 28 to seize the car on behalf of a play had lost eight for 347 zune. Li Hsiang (who held Chungking client who had given orders for it to Both Woodfull and Bradman made successfully) is preparing to enter be auctioned, the car could not be

Larwood is suffering Wanhsien in a week."

centuries.

DISPUTE, OVER

Bolivia and Paraguay Sign Protocol

Washington, Yesterday. Bolivia and Paraguay have signed the Pan-American Con- ference protocol for the settle- ment of their dispute-Reut- er's American Service.

fon me.".

Reuter..

VIOLENT STORMS

MANY KILLED AND SCORES INJURED IN JAPAN

TERRIBLE HAVOC

started because certain essential from a strained ankle and did not Yang Sen has, therefore, lost parts of the mechanism were miss- bowl, Oxenham and Grimmett Wanhsien and retreated Inland, ing. Witness reported the matter to were left at bat when stumps were northward, away from the Yung-the police and did not know any drawn, the former having scored taze, withdrawing his units sta-more about it until he was informed 89, and the total of 347 for eight tioned further east (out of the that the missing parts had been result of his examination of the plans, houses have been washed away and

strengthen his de-covered. wickets gave the Australiana 327 war zone) to runs an with two wickets in hand. fences at Kalhaien if his adversary,

W. M. Woodfull, c Duckworth, further.

.Detective Sergeant Oram

b Tate

107

V. Y. Richardson, b Larwood..

Б

H. L. Hendry, st Duckworth,

b White

12

A. F.. Kippax, b Tate

41

J. S. Ryder, b Geary

A RUMPUS

JUNKMEN HAVE A LITTLE BOUT

D. Bradman, e Duckworth, b

Geary ......

112

COURT SEQUEL

W. A. Oldfield, b White

7

6

A fight Involving members of the

39

crew of two rival junks took place their

D. D. J. Blackie, b White

0

Extras

13

E. L. A'Beckett, b White

R. M. Oxenham, b White

C. V. Grimmett, not out

Total

1

Refusal Justified

Volcanic Activity

child.

affairs.

The King's Illness," continues

scarcely had time to go home even, and could not attend to domestic present condition is the aftermath.

of avere general infection arising from original streptococal septi- Magistrate: You don't care, I

caemia. The wound is now clean, suppose, if your child died of small-the discharge is small and strep- poxt

tococcus is diminishing in potency. Defendant: I really have no time. Dakin's solution was not used be-

have

man

been

to

Do you deny you live on that floor? cause the necessity for such locat "A re- -I am not the principal tenant. application has passed. Tokyo, Yesterday.

Replying the Magistrate, gards his general condition, while Fifty-six people have been killed Dr. Pope said that the charge exhaustion is pronounced the mar and scores injuried, while many

obviously WAS

wrongly mada gia of reserve power must be nar defendant should row and inevitable small setbacks he could now say that Super-several hundreds more destroyed in out. The

28 charged

the have a more severe effect. Never- told visor Carr, who had gone up to the villages along the Niigats.coast Australia-2nd innings Lin Halang, counter-advances any the Court that the car was kept in Col. Bird's house in connection with of Japan. Railway, telegraphic and father, the nearest relative, as pro-theless, it is anticipated that pro- communications have vided by the Ordinance. But, he gress will continue slowly with af a locked garage, which was guarded the case, had erred in his evidence telephonic day and night by two watchmen, on the lenient side in that he had been disrupted in the same area as, added, the principal tenant, or keep increasing. predominance, of ups "An adequacy of nourishment is neither of whom saw the car being aid that the tree stumps in the a result of the violent storine, which, er of a house was primarily lable over downs.

plantation were closer to Col. were accompanied by snow and under the Ordinance. tampered with.

Bird's house than they in fact were.tidal waves according to the official Defendant told the Magistrate now being secured though not The Magistrate asked in that case

As a matter of fact, it was disreports.

that he had been absent from the without difficulty. The blood-pres- how It was suggested the accused covered from the plans which The storm, which swept the en-house from December 5 to January sure is still low and the calcium content of the blood has consider- managed to get the parts, the remov-he (Mr. Andrewes) produced to the tire north west coastline, broke on 2. ing of which was a long job.

Magistrate, that Col. Bird's garden January 1 and gathered force yes- Sanitary.Inspector H. J. Stevens,ably decreased. The administra- To "Carry On"

actually encroached ΟΙ Crown terday morning, the wind reaching who was complainant in the case tion of calcium, parathyroid ex- Inspector Macdonald said that in land. He mentioned this to show a velocity of 87 metres a second. said that when he visited the floor on tract snd strychnine together with

own statements, the defen- that Mr. Carr's evidence had been

December 27, both the defendant ray therapy have been, apparently, last night at about 8 o'clock in the dants claimed that the original own- only too fair, given as it was with

and his wife were there and defen- beneficial. Blood transfusion is at Kumamoto, Yesterday,

present undesirable. vicinity of the Star ferry wharf, er of the car (not Mr. Lammert's out the aid of the plans.

What is Needed Asosan,, probably the largest dant was carrying the sick child. Kowloon. The contestants were client) owed the defendants wages,

A Denial volcano in the world, has shown. fighting in couples and a little boy and when they threatened to take

The "Lancet". adds: "Though The Magistrate then mentioned a signs of activity in the last month.

Defendant denied that he was the was also mixed up in the affair. part of the car if they were not paid, amali point which was made by the It is now reported that a severe

there la increasing reason to think. 951 for Police whistles were blown and a they were told to "carry on.”

prosecution yesterday. He referrearthquake was felt everywhere in Fall of wickets:

Mr. Lindsell inquired where the, ed to the statement that when Mr. Kyushu yesterday morning, the

The Inspector said that he was the preservation of the King's life (Richardson), 2 for 60 (Hendry), great commotion was caused goner-

positive defendant was there. After during these many weeks has not. original owner was, and was in- Carr went to the house first time, seismic centrs being twenty-five he witness) Jentered the place, the been in vain a more definite and 3 for 138 (Kippax), 4 for 148 ally.

A number of Indian constables, formed that he had gone to Amoy on he was refused admittance. miles north east of Asosan. A defendant handed the child over to settled improvement is, unfor (Ryder), 5 for 201 (Woodfall), 6 for 226. (Oldfield), 7 for 252 who were in the Water police sta-business.

The first defendant said that they fusal was justined, because neither others damaged, while cracks its mother, who was at present in tunately, needed before our anxiety.

can be replaced by confidence."— (A'Beckett), 8 for 845 (Bradman), tion, at once rushed to the scene,

hospital with the child. 9 for 361 (Oxenham), 10 for 851 and arrested five men and the boy. had originally taken the parts out Mr. Carr or any other Forest peared in the roads, but no casual-

His worship decided to after the Reuter, It appears that there were three of the car to repair them, and then, ery Officer had the right to execute ties have been reported. Reuter. (Blackle).

charge to one of "falling to notify on each side, and the whole affair because their master was away, they a warrant himself. j

The 5th Inntekilling. Dragoon ed it clearly understood that all the Glamorgan Hounds, near Liant on the premises." 188 37 1boy and a member of another junk, return.

His Worship remarked that he had such officers must go to execute wit Major, near Cowbridge, Mr. It was then discovered that the from the transport City of Mar .47--15

Little damage was done by, elther 70 2

drnover heard of repairs to a motor their warrants in the company of a Lewia David, of the Hendre, Llan principal format of the floor was sailles from India, and afterwards .56.5.20 1075 party, .16 16.80

At the Kowloon Magistracy this car which necessitated the removal police officers

as to how they were going to prove 180

morning all appeared on a charge of of those parts. "I can't believe Mr. Carr informed His Worship daff, dropped dead from his horse. not In Court, and the question arose left for York

that the defendant lived on the pre- disturbing the public peace and all that. If you had said you held that he was accompanied by a Chin-

misés. offered différent excuses.

these parte against wages I might ese detective when he went to

husband and wife when their sur the house with the warrant the first ary Department, and had always

Inspector Stevens suggested that name was the same. Barely, the

· Evidence was taken by two police believe you. contables who said that the defen- Defendants then said that there time, and was kept waiting until been followed.

the fact that the defendant, bis wife witness should know that it was not London, Yesterday,

dants were grappling with each was no question of theft, as their the arrival of Sub-Inspector Logan. Houseboy's Evidence

His Worship replied that Mr. Evidence for the defence was and child were there, at the time usual amongst the Chinese for the A bulletin, signed by the Arch-other in couples, and the first defen-master know that they had remov-Carr should have made that clear, then called

witness visited the place, and it was wife to use the same surname as bishop of Canterbury's doctor dant was hitting the boyed the parts. He did not do so in his evidence The only witness was Col. Bird's the defendant who pointed out the her husband? states that His Grace's recovery When asked to plead the boy sald In discharging the accused, his yesterday houseboy. The latter said that be cubicle they lived in and gave the The Interpreter further compli has been retarded by some recur- that he had come ashore from his Worship said that it looked very Mr. Andrewss, geld that he under- did not know how the defendant clothing to be taken away to be dis-cated matter by saying that in fact ronce of the inflammation neces junk with a letter in his hand. The much like the cured had remov- stood from Mr. Green that the pro- came by the wood.

Infected "rather proved it." sitating a further period of rest first defendant knocked the lettered the parts before the car was cedure mentioned by the Magis in bed. Reuter.

away, and that started the squab seized and with the original owner'strate was well-known to the Forest bied knowledge. However, the accused

Worship sald that that re- house was destroyed and several

2

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BOWLING ANALYSIS

H.R. w. began after a quarrel between the decided to keep the parts until his Mr. Lindsell added that he want. When hunting last month with as the nearest male relative living Guards Janded at Southampton

10,

Lanwood

Tate White Hammond Geary

4 94

2

THE PRIMATE

THE BALTIC DISPUTE

**Berlin, -Yesterday.

All the defendants, with the ex- had no right to the parts, and he (Continued at foot of Next Column) ception of the boy, were bound over made an order for them to be hand-

In a personal bond of $50 to keep the ed over to the auctioneers.

The Minister of Labour has de peace for ex months. In addition clared that the arbitrators award the first defendant was fined $10 or

In the shipyards' dispute is. obliga-14 days, while the other fire (in- tery, thus ending the three months cluding the boy) ware fined 35 or strike.Reuter.

7 days fail,

The Hon. Mr. F. A. Fled been appointed to

shas;

dem

of the Singapore Ha (for furthers throná

the woman'e name was Ng Kiu ant Mr. Lindsell: This witness Is The Magistrate decided to com- the man's Ng Eau. not much good. to you; defendant, plete the evidence..

is he?

Mir, Lindsell? Then why did you

tions

give his name to Inspector Stevens Chinese Inter as Ng Kau? ENG the defendant

Defendant said that ba had

Anapoc nothing to say, and pleaded that his

preter deponed

His Worship then announced to Worship give him a chance. A

of Ne Kla and his Dr Pope that he could not go on Magistrate: Are you pleading gave the nam "guilty now?

gave the name of Ng Klu and his with the case and must discharge the You might have saved the Court wife that of g Kan.

defendantospartans vaja kar closing rate of the dollar on much time and trouble if you did The Magistrate asked how the Dr. Pope agreed, and then made

to-day was 2/0-5/16., that originally...

witness could accept that they were the statement quoted above.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR