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NEW CAMPAIGN.

YEN TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS.

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The

China Mail

No. 27,466

PRESIDENT HALL IS GOOD.

SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE TO WIN.

GOOD CLASS FIELD AGAINST

HIM.

-{Dy..."Wombat")--

Now that the first part of the (season is gradually drawing to u},

close, fields are beginning to im prove, in numbers, and there are

some good performers in most of

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL-19, 1930.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR, The closing rate of the dollar on demand, on Thursday 1/6 3/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

ALL-IMPORTANT GAMES IN HOLIDAY

FOOTBALL.

BLACKPOOL WIN LANCASHIRE DERBY.

EXCITING STRUGGLES TO AVOID

RELEGATION.

PLYMOUTH GOING FURTHER AHEAD.

ого

There was a fairly full programme of holiday games at Home yesterday, and some interesting results were arrived at. The League Champions, Sheffield Wednesday, were not engaged, nor were Derby or Manchester City. The position at the top of the First Division, the quality races this afternoon. therefore, remains unchanged. The relegation struggle is an exceptionally keen one. Newcastle, Grimsby and Everton, the three bottom The last two pecasions President Clubs, all won, whilst Sheffield United and Burnley both lost, the position of these two latter Clubs still being none to secure, particularly line, and to launch immediately an at- Hall has run he has accounted in the case of Burnley.

As the result of a military conclave sheld at Chengchow, Ferg Yu-hsiang has changed his plan of campaign by in structing his subordinates to slow the advance eastward on the Long-Ilai

tack the southern section of the for his race in an easy manner.

and Hupeh bus thus become tense.

Ping-Han line. The situation in Ilonan The last time out he beat a good by two clear points, whilst an intriguing situation arises through Chelsea's home victory over Bristol City." Their points now equal In the Second Division, Blackpool beat Oldham by 3 goals to nil in what must have been a veritable Derby. The Seasiders thus lead

Oldham's, with the same number of matches played, but they have an inferior goal average.

Minor fighting has broken out befield as if they were hacks, and as tween the Kuaminghun unders Pang he is carrying only 160 lb. in this

Ping-hsun and the National Force under

Shiang Kuan Wen-hsiang in the vicinity event he looks like being very hard

It seems to be all over bar shouting in the Third League, Southern Section, where Plymouth are well ahead. ́But accidents have

Port Vale gained a little ground by making a draw with York, whilst Stockport went down narrowly at New Brighton. The race the Northern Section is thus still very open.

of Yencheng on the Ping-Han line, to beat. All the best candidates been known to happen!

For over 10 days, the Kuominchun who are expected to show up in the under Chang Wai-st, Tien Chin-kai, short distance handicaps will be! and Liu Yu-ming have unde violent al-'engaged in the Commonwealth in tacks on Nanyang, which city is being Handicap "A" Claus over a distance guarded by Generat Yang Yu-cheng, but of six furlongs: no decisive result is yet reported up to the present,

$200,000. Demanded.

Hankow, Yesterday.

Most of these good ponies are just coming to hand now, - and

There were no games in the Scottish League yesterday.

1;

Full results, as cabled by Reuter, together with corrected League tables, are as under:-

should be quite forward enough to Arsenal show of their best. Consequently Bolton

Everton

Grimsby

Division I.

1. Leicester

3 Sunderland

3 Burnley

2 Birmingham

"

1 Southend

2 Crystal P,

Division III-North

0 Doncaster

"2 New Brighton

Division IL

Division III-South

1. Blackpool

3 Oldham

0. Brighton

1. Coventry

Carlisle

0 Bury

Chesterfield

0 Notts Forest

Q❘ Bristol R.

0 Clapton 0.

0.

Crewe

1 Gillingham.

0 Swansea

·2 | Luton '-

2 Bristol C.

1

Port Vale

· 3 Liverpool

Rochdale

0 Bradford C.

0 Queen's P.R.

2 Brentford

1

Southport

Portsmouth

I Aston Villa

2 Barnsley

1 Swindon

1 Watford

West Ham

1 Sheffield U.

Goals.

0 Preston N.E. Tottenham..

1

Goala.

3 South Shields Tranmere

2

Wigan

A regiment of Wan Taun-choi's forces Zorhan appears to have the race at have been despatched from Chengchow his mercy, and it would seem that to 10 miles north of suchow. Wait will just be a case of what will has demanded $200,000 from the Cham- ber of Commerce at Chengchow for mili. be second to him. Ho is in wonder- Manchester W. tary contribution; the subscription is to ful shape just now, and as he is a Newcastle be paid within five days, in consequence true sprinter ho should be nicely of which many wealthy merchants have suited by the distance. filecl.

In the Commonwealth Handicap After a conference nt. Hankow, Gen-"C" Closa, Huntington should be a eral Ho Ching-chan will direct opera- tions at the front, while General Ho good thing if started, but I have heard a rumeur that this pony has Ying-ching will attend to the moves not bean eating well and on this ments of the trompa at the rear..

(account she may not start. Activity Of Various Cliques.

A ten party was given of April & Imperial Hall is well worth at Taiyuan to Chen. Kung-po, Wang backing in this class as he did a Fa-chen, Chow Lu and Hsin Chih by very good gulloj last Wednesday

1 Huddersfield

0 Cardiff

1 Charlton

01. Chelsen.

1. Hull

2 Miliwall

2 Reading

3 Notta C.

0 West Brom.. ***Goals.

1 Plymouth

3 Newport

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2 Accrington

1

2. Halifax

0 Barrow

2 Rotherham

3 Stockport

1 York

1 Hartlepools 5 Wrexham

3 Darlington

0 Lincoln

3 Nelson

LULL IN THE RIOTS

OMINOUS QUIET IN IN INDIA.

FEW ARRESTS.

GOVERNMENT WAITS OPPORTUNITY.

Bombay, Yesterday,

"It looks like a calm before the storm," remarked. a close associate of Gandhi, referring to the fact that there was no news of any. treats anywhere to-day, which was, the quietest in Bombay City Province since Gandhi launched his anti-Salt Tax cam

and

paign.

Leader Arrested. ·

Jamoadas Mehta, a prominent ex

member of the Assembly, and one of the local leaders in the civil dis- obedience campaign, has been ar rasted. Reuter,

Earlier News.

Karachi, Yesterday. Convicted of charges of break

ing the Salt Law and under the Indian Penal Code, six

local

leaders of the civil résistance

o movement have been sentenced to o'substantial terms of rigorous im- 2prisonment.

Dr. Choithram, President of the

1 Sind Provincial Congress. Commit- 3 tee, and N. A. Bechar, President 3 of the Karachi Congress Commit- 1 tee, received two years' imprison, 1ment, whilst Swami and the Editor of a Hindu paper received one P. W. D. L. F A. Pts. year each. Stockport

.38 25 7 G 08 42 67 Port Vale..37 25 7 5 87 44 57 Chesterfield, .38 21 5 12 70 48 47 Six civil resisters, adorned with Darlington 39 19 6 14 100 72 44 garlands, paraded the bazaars and,

Lincoln

Goals.

..37 138 12 80 58 42

,

Peshawar, Yesterday.

35 13 189 68 57 42 addressed crual of 3,000 people .....58 14 14 10 67 58 42. When-skin was manufactured ander

those representatives of varicus cliques, with Mr. Ip, who will be riding iverpool...39 16 8 15 63 72 40 West Brom. 88 17 5 16 86. 08 / Norwich....88 18 10 10 81 63 742 | Hartlepools .38 15 11 12 69 61 41 auctioned; No.arrosta were made,.

who preferred to organise a new gov-him in this race to-day. ernment, with the least possible ulay;

pressed no opinion, in view of the ab-

Merchants Strike.

39

.. F. W. D. L F A Pta P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.

Plymouth...37 2G: 8.3 88 32 60 P. W. D.LF. A. Pis

Brentford.:38 25 5 8 Wednesday .35 21 7 7 80

87 30 65 Derby37-198 10 77 66 48

46 49 Blackpool .38 25 3 10 93 63 63

Brighton ...38 20 Oldham 38.21.9.8 85:44 51

83 51 48 8.10 M'cheater G., 37, 18 8 11 82 DA 44 Chelsea 38 20 117 09 42 51 Northampton 37 20 6.11 08. 46, 46 Bradford .87 17 0.13 15 0143 Queen's P.R. 38 18 9 11 73 02 46 Aston Villa, 28 20 4 14.80 74 44 Leeds 7.37 18 5 14 71' 64 41 Cardiff

80 17 8146854 42 Huddersfield 38 17 7 14 58 62 41 Bary37 18 5 14 71 00 41 Coventry.37 17 82 7960.43 Blackburn ..88 17 6 15 93 89.48 Southampton 97 16 8 12 68 61 41 Southend .37 15 12 30 65 43:42 Leicester...39 10 8 15 77 80

77 80 40 Notta For. 38 13 14 11 61 50, 40

Crystal Pal, 38.1 11 12 71 67 41 Tranmere ...39 16 B 14 80 70-40 Bolton.....89 15 9 16 50 02 39 Stoke

33 16 8 15 70 64 39 Fulham.....37 1 9 12 70 25 41 Doncaster .38 15 9 14 02 60 39 .38 13 11 14 ...00 13 11 54 53 37 Bournemouth 37,14 12 11.04. 54 40 Sth. Shields 38 16 9 14 67 69.39 Tottenham .88 14 915 53 54 37 uton......38 14 11 13 61 55 39 N. Brighton 30 167 16 Wolves 88 148 16 07 72 36 Notts Cnty. 39 10 14 16

Clapton 0. .88 11 13 14 41 5535 Rochdale 65 01 84 Swindon .38 11 11. 16 64 76 38 Southport Swansen....39 12 18

52 60 33 Exeter

57 11 10 16 57 59 32 Accrington Reading...39 11 11 17 49 62 33 Watford .38 12 8 18 50 68 32 Carliste Bradford C. 38 10 12 16. 50 72 32 Newport Millwall....33 0 15 14 52 56 33 Walsall .36 12 6 18 04 68 30 Nelson 67 77 30 Wigan Hull Preston N.E. 38 11 10 17 55 75 82 Torquay

55 87 25 Wrexham .36 12 7 17 44 66 31 Bristol R.

59 80 25 Rotherham Barnsley. 38 11 8 10 49 87 30 Gillingham

42 70 24 Halifax Bristol C...87 10 7 20 50 75 27 Merthyr

48 122 15 Barrow

Mr. McCartney, who is riding West Ham 30 17 5.17 78 73 30 Charlton but, on this point, Chow and Hsia ex-Mongolian Stag, may bring off a Arsenal....38 149 15 68. 63 37 Birmingham 37 14 8 16 62 36 sence of You Hsi-shan. Formal meet- surprise here as his pony is at the Portsmouth 38 14 16 64 60 38 ings were held on April 15 and 16, re- top of his form, having recently M'cheater U. 38 15 8 17 30 75 36 garding the Party airs.

arrived from a spell of steeple- Sunderland 36 14 7 16 60 71 35 chasing. Another who is well is Burnicy....40 13 810742733

19 92 Because of their objection to new the Duke of Normandy II.

Middlesbro' 38 14 19 taxes levied by General Liu Hsiang at The first saddling bell will be Newcastle..38 13 8 10 67 28 32 Sheffield U. 39 14 5 20 81 89 33 Chengtu, all the merchants in the city rang at 1.30 and the first race will Grimsby....38 12 7 19 68 87 31 have begun a general strike. It is said commence at 2 p.m.

Everton ....38 9 10 10 08 85 28 that some merchants have been in- fluenced by Generals Yang Sen and Loj Chalc-chow, who, taking the advantage of the trouble, intend to capture Cheng- tu so as to extend their sphere of in- fluence.

Martial Law Declared.

Peking, April 18. Owing to the continuous advance of Mukden troops into Shanhaikuán, the Shansi authorities declared martial lawi on April 15 along the northern section |

of the Tain-Pu line,

A brigade of Shansi reinforcementa under Wang Ching-kuo was despatch- ed on April 15 to Tengshan to guard the mining area.

Yen and Foreigners. Yen Hsi-ahan and Feng Yu-hsiang have jointly sent a second despatch to the legations, at Peking, declaring that the main body of the allied forces will shortly "enter" Shantung, where pro

proper protection will be given to foreign re sidents. The Japanese Minister at Peking has also been specially notified of Yen's and Feng's intention to afford the most favourable treatment to Japanese subjects in Shantung."

Yencheng, which is in Honan on the Ping-Han line, and Lohokow, in the north of Hupeh, are reported to have fallen into the hands of Kuominchun, but no confirmation has yet been receiv ed by the Hankow authorities. How evef, it is understood that violent fight- ing between the Kuominchun and the National troops did take place on the evening of April 16, resulting in both sides, suffering the same amount of casualties:

Yen Seeks Co-operation. Yen Hsi-shan personally called on. Chow, Lu and Hsin Chib, the leaders of the Western Hill Clique at Fu Temple In Taiyuan, on the morning of Aprli 15, conferring with them ́oveż Äve hours, and advising them to forget the past differences with the Reorganisa tionlets Yen is socking the co-opera- tion of Wang Ching-wel, who is now in Hong Kong and has been telegraphical...

SELECTIONS.

1st Race.

Boxing Eve. Pickle. Winsome Stag.

2nd Race. Campbell. Imperial Hall. Thunderbolt.

3rd Race. Christmas Belle, Christmas Chimes. Blue Boy Or Orlando. 4th face.

President Hall. Chesapeake Bay, Royal Flush.

5th Race. Plccalli. Zorhan. Christmas Chimes.

6th Race.

Lobster Bay.

- One Third. The Tiger.

7th Ence. Teuchit. Snaefell.. -Martini Cocktail.

8th Race. Bridge Hall Tango. Done Again.

9th Race. Majestic Hall. Carnival-Ever Little Thunder.

10th Race, As You Like. It Sunloch. Movanagher.

GOVERNMENT TENDER.

The following. tender has been ac-

ly invited by Chen Kung po and Wang cepted by the Government:

MARCH WEATHER.

Seventeen Wet Days Recorded.

6.09 inches of rain fell on twelve days; and at the Royal Hospital, 5.27 Inches of rain fell during eight days.

The Taipo Police Station register- ed a total fall of 10.11 inches on twelve days.

According to the meteorological The total rainfall in the island observations made at the Royal Ob- was 20.95 fnches and over in the servatory, there were seventeen wet poninsula the total was 16.20 inches.. days in March, The rainfall reg

The Temperature, corded was 7.15 inches at the The highost temperature record- Botanical Gardens on eleven days. ed was 77.0 degree on March 3 and At the Matilda Hospital, Mount 29, while the coldest day experienc- Kellett, 7.53 Inches were recorded ed during the same month was 47.2 also on eleven days. At Fanling degree on March 7.

"ROWLES

WITH THE TEMPERATURE." HUMIDITY BOTH AT

.38 10 10 18

.37 8 9 20 .37 9 7 31

3.9

GOLFERS TRAIN.

The China Mail has been

notified that the Kowloon-

Canton Rallway are running an additional train to-morrow and Monday, leaving Kowloon at 8.59 am, bound for Sheung Shul...

BOWL OR PITCH"

COOLING POINT LAST SAT: (HMS. MARAZION) (

Fa-chin to proceed to the North. It Messrs. W. 5. Balley and CO THE FIRST ROUND

In decided that the conference regard- Ltd, $89,280, for the supply of one

ing the Party affairs will be opened on wood steam launch for the Sanitary THEM BOTH IN "Her April 19, to which one delegate from Department

each province will be eligible.--Canton | News Agency.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER:

The Duke of York, represented

the King at the memorial service for the Earl of Balfour, held at West- minster Abbey. Thore was a die-

The weather report from the Royal tinguished gathering, Mr. Ramsay Observatory for today is as follows MacDonald Mr. Baldwin, and

· An anticyelőne centrali, between the Mr Lloyd George - being among

Boning and Loochoor- nów-dominate those who paid their tribute,

the

s

The Mindanno depression appears ts After a simple funeral service at be, apprononing: North Parawa

43.Decor/variable- winds,

Whittingehame "church,” the coffin

nveyed to the burial

TUNNER ROWLES SET OUT

TO FIGHT

MARINE SMITH: (HMS. HERNES

FROM THEN ONWARDS THE RING SOT WETTRE

THIRD ROUND, NITH JOSTASHER

WETTER.

IF THIS WEATHER

WILL BE

ROWLES WAS PRESENTED

WITH A BELT FOR HIS WEAR

EVENIKOS SUFATED

..38 14

30 12 .38 10.

Reuter.

“APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments are 35 announced. In the current issue of 33 the Government Gazette:-

56 83 28 Mr. Charles Gordon Stewart 04 106 27 Mackie to be temporarily an Un- 74 75 26 official Member of the Legislative 39 95 24 Council, in the place of Sir Henry Edward Follock, K.C., who is tem- porarily absent from the Colony, with effect from April, 9.

COLLAPSE OF A SCAFFOLDING.

FOUR FEMALE WORKERS INJURED,

Company Quartermaster Sergeant | Evan George Stewart to be Second

Lieutenant, H.K.V.D.C.

Corporal David, Louls Strelleft to be Second Lieutenant, H.K.D.V.C.

Mr. Lancelot Ruggles Androwes to be Treasury Solicitor, in addition SUPPORTING POLES SNAR.

to his other duties, during the ab ecace on leave of Mr. Thomas May- Shortly before a quarter pastnard Hazlerigg, M.C., or until fur eleven o'clock yesterday morning, ther notice, with effect from March

e part of the bamboo scaffolding

on the Arst floor level of the new buildings under construction op- posite the Star Theatre, in Han-

kow Road, at the junction of Pe-;

20.

king Road, collapsed, and brought floor level of the wooden staire down four Chinese women earth on the outside front of the new coolies with it.

buildings, two supporting poles

Two of the more seriously hurt snapped and brought the women victims, both of whom are being

down.. detained at the Kwong Wah Hos- Ho Sam received injuries to her pital, are:-

bands, back, and both thighs, while Ho Sam (81), of 989, Canton Lau Chak, the second woman, was Road,

hurt in the back, legs and hands, the

- Lau Chak (44), of 344, Re-injuries in both instances – being clamation Street.

more in the nature of cuts, scratches The third and four victims re- and bruises received through failing ceived minor injuries to their to the boarding below. face,

are:

They

Mou Fat-mul and Ho Sum were Injured about the face, arme, "and lage.

hands

and legs.

Mou Fat-mul (23), of 41, Temple, Street, -

The Star Theatre telephone clerk,

* Ho Sum (43), of 574, Canton on seeing that the workmen of the

Kond

Callous Colleagues.

Hop Yick Builders would do nothing but atand gazing at the injured Although all the workers were women, ordered the fokis of the of the Hop Yick Company of build-theatre to help to extricate, the 'ing contractors, it. is alleged none women, until the arrival of the of their clansmen or clanswomen Polles and the Bremen offered any help or assistance. to The four women were removed to the four women who fall, and it the Kwong Wah-Hospital in a motor was not till five minutes later that ambulance. On arrival there it was the telephone clerk of the Star tound necessary, to detain the first Theatre, Kowloon, sent a message two women. Ho Sam and Lau Chak. through to the Water Police Sta-After drassing the wounds of the tion to the effect that a scaffold-other two, they were discharged. ing had collapsed.

Cause of Mishap..

The Fire Brigade was immedi- It was found later in the day that ately communfented with, and two the two poles which enapped were appliances were despatched with- rather decayed, this being the prim In a short time.

ary cause of the accident, which Mr. D. Burlingham, D.S.P. (K), might have been attended by a Divisional-Inspector John Ogg, Dat greater casualties had the women Sergt. Poyntz, and officials of the been on the roof level when the poles Public Works Department were gave way.

A early on the scene.

A China: Mail reporter was told According to the report tap-by the telephone clerk of the thea pears that the unfortunate women, tre that the workmen who re- when the accident happened, were used, to help the Injured women

carrying ve building. ware of a very low class, and

sparently, feleltened to akele