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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1930.

No. 27,571

FINE

S. AUSTRALIA.

ONE WICKET FALLS

WYATT'S GREAT CATCH

CLOSE IN

DUCKWORTH AGAIN

FINANCIAL AID FOR PERSIA HAS

The Only State Without a Sound Balance.

CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

Melbourne, Yesterday.

A conference of Premiers has

THE LAST WORD.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar en demand, to-day: was 1/3 %-

WoWha

Refusal to Co-operate with Turkey.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

OPIUM IN ELECTRIC TRIBUTES

LIGHT SWITCH.

Another Novel Ruse Disclosed.

NO EXPLANATION GIVEN

Constantinople, Yesterday,

FINED $2,500.

ого

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician

13. Queen's Road Central.

TO FINE SEAMANSHIP..

Mail Liner's Passengers Full of Praise.

MIXED ESTATE IN DISPUTE.

Family at Loggerheads Over Land Deal,

HOURS OF ANXIETY; ·

LAU FAMILY AGAIN!

There is apparently no end to Wellington, N.Z., Yesterday, What appears to be Persia's the ingenuity of illegal opium|

The Lau family, who were at appointed a National Finance Ad- last word in the exchange of smugglers in concealing their manship of the captains of the last week over an alleged loan of Tributes to the masterly sea, loggerheads with the Un family visory Committee, consisting of Turco-Persian notes regarding "wares." Revenue Officer Grim-Tahiti and the Ventura in prevent- $50,000, which ease occupied the Mr. Lyons, Federal Postmaster- the Kurdish rebellion, was re-mittee appeared at Central Magising, a disaster were paid by, the attention of the Chief Justice for General, Mr. Hogan, Premier ofceived to-day. It declares that tracy this morning bearing what Tahiti's passengers, whom Victoria, Mr. Hill, Premier of the Persian Government cannot in he explained was a dummy elec-Ventura landed at Fago Pago to Joseph H. Kemp, K.C., at the the over a week, are again before Sir South Australia, and Mr. Stevens, any circumstances consent to tric light switch, in which 21 taels day. - The Australians added 188-runs yesterday for the loss of one Treasurer of New South Wales, military co-operation with Turkey of opium had been concealed. wicket, and to-day enter the field in the commanding position of which will forthwith plan co-Jagainst the Kurds in Persian ter-

Supreme Court this morning. being two runs in arrears with seven wickets in hand.

Two men living in Sam Kathe Ventura arrived the Tahiti's a brother-in-law and his sister-in- They state that twice before This time the dispute is bewteen operative aid for South Australia, ritory.

Lane were charged with posses-Captain ordered the passengers law.. Bradman was again prominent, scoring his fourth century in which is the only State without a This refusal is regarded in sion, and R. O. Grimmitt said the present series. As a matter of fact he is only 33 runs behind |

sound balance.

Turkish circles as The delegates with Persia's recent assurances of

inconsistent that he himself had switched the

to take to the boats.

Lau Yick-cheuk, 'administrator the record aggregate of 905 runs for a Test rubber held by Wally agree that the national expendi- friendship. Reuter.

flight on and off several times dur-

The Penybryn, which arrived of the estate of Lau Ping, since Hammond. When 82 he was fortunate to be let off by Duckworth £30,000,000-Reuter.

ture. must ba reduced by

earlier and ing the past week or two. Since lack the equipment to transfer action. He is, represented by Mr. was standing by, deceased, is the plaintiff in the. behind the stumps. He is the third Australian who has given un-1

that time the wires had been them. They were filled with ap. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by accepted catches to the little Lancashire stumper.

disconnected and the opium con-

It certainly is not Duckworth's match up to the moment, as beyond the fact of the missed catches he has coficeted 38 extras.

Wyatt followed up his batting success by breaking up the; Bradman-Kippax partnership. The catch that got rid of Kippax was a splendid right-handed one at short leg. Rain, soon after the arrival of the Prince of Wales, interrupted play toward the end of the day,

PEEBLES'

London, Yesterday.

The weather was fine to-day, and the Oval wicket looked good, not as yet showing any signs of wear. Tata and Larwood opened the bowling against Bradman and Kippax. Larwood bowled at the. Vauxhall end against the wind and was not bowling with his usual páce. At 247 Peebles relieved the fast bowler. Bradman was not at all. comfortable whan facing Peebles, and one maiden over es- pecially commanded the greatest respect.

BOWLING

YACHTING TRAGEDY

MR VAN LEAR BLACK DROWNED

OFF NEW JERSEY.

HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG.

Baltimore. Yesterday, The newspaper proprietor, Mr. Van Lear Black, the aviation and yachting enthusiast, who flew round the world this year, fell overboard from his yacht to-day and was drowned off the New Jersey coast. His body has not sented to him. He had many yet been recovered, words of congratulation for the, watched the game for some time. players. The Prince afterwards

British Wireless Service.

DON BRADMAN'S AMBITION.

Thrown Over.

His valet discovered Mr. Van Lear Black missing when he went to his cabin in the evening. An extensive search proved in vain. After scoring 934 at Leeds, Don A handkerchief was found near Bradman expressed his determina- the place where Mr. Black often tion to beat Hammond's records sat perched on the deck rail. It for the beat-aggregate-in-a-Teat rubber.

is a dangerous position, and it is

In the last series of Testa in Aus. thought likely that he was sitting tralia, Hammond scored 905 runs. there in the eyening, reached for Bradman, with two innings in front his handkerchief, and was thrown of him, is only 33 runs behind at the moment, so it seems that at American Service.

over by a heavy roll-Reuter's least one of his ambitions will be:

ARMS FOR CHINA.

Munitions For Nanking

Forces Released.

Washington, Yesterday. Messrs. Dapon and Bene- mour's munitions for the Chinese Nationalists have been released at the request of the Chinese Legation here. Reuter's American Service.

[The State Department has declined to accede to the request of the. Dupont Deaemours border interests to release a consignment of munitions for the Chinese Nationalist Government, dae for shipment to China on August 16.

It is stated that the State Department refund to re- lease the munitions until the Chinese Legation at Wash- ington has intimated that the Nationalist Government de sired the shipment to be cleared.]

RIVER MISHAP. COXSWAIN FACES SERIOUS CHARGE.

cealed in the wooden box behind. prehension for three days, and Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist.

Mr. `F. X. d'Almada, jun., ap. were thankful of their good for- The defendant is Lau Lam Shi, peared for second dependant, but tune when Ventura first took off executrix of the will of Lau Yu- as first defendant admitted the the women and then the male pas- Eldon Potter, K.C., and Mr. F. C. fong. She is represented by Mr. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. A. el

charge, he had no case to answer.sengers, and finally the crew.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell fined the offender $2,500.

When all were safely aboard, an Arculli. attempt was made to save the mails, but the Tahiti lurched and

FOUR-STOREY FALL sank bow first in a boiling whirl-lined by Mr. Sheldon, was that the

CHINA MAIL MAN TELEPHONES FOR AMBULANCE. OUR "USEFUL" POLICE.

Facts of the Case. The facts of the case, as out-

pool.

plaintiff was the surviving ad- ministrator of the estate of Lau The steamer Penyhryn was on Ping. He claimed against the de- her way from Cuba to Auckland fendant as executrix of the will with a cargo of sugar. She is run that five pieces of land on the of Lau Yu-fong for a declaration ning short of coal owing to the Praya East Reclamation were

A young Chinese engaged on diversion from the course to assist bought out of moneys forming a

the scaffolding work at the old the Tahiti, and is now trying to part of the estate of Lau Ping King Edward Hotel building fell

reach Suva to re-coal, as a dan- and were bought and held by them from the fourth storey to-the

as administrators of the estate of ground this morning shortly after in the direction of Auckland-order that the defendant should gerous south-west gale is blowing Lau Ping. Also, he asked for an eleven o'clock.

Reuter. A China Mail representative,

execute an assignment of one of who happened to pass by at the bound for San Francisco, lost her Lau Ping.

[The mail steamer Tahiti, administrator of the estate of the five pieces of land to him as

time, saw the unfortunate youth

propeller on Saturday and was The history of the case was that plunge headlong into the road. leaking 460 miles south-west of Lau Ping died in 1898, leaving He luckily landed on a mound of the Cook Islands. She had over four sons. They were Lau Siu- earth, but the back of his skull 100 passengers aboard, including cheuk, Lau Yu-fong, Lau Yick- was broken, one eye hadly cut and Sir Hugh Percy Allen, Professor cheuk (the plaintiff) and Lau several bruises on other parts of of Music at Oxford University. Kwai-cheuk. his body.

The steamers Tofua and Ventura have responded to the S.O.S., but they are two days' sail from the distressed liner.]

Hue and Cry Raised.

[It will be recalled that Mr. A comparison between the two this Colony

Van Lear Black paid a visit to

A hue and ery was rais➡ and batsmen is very interesting, con- whilst on a flight to the Far East. a few months ago,

the Shantung policeman on point duty at the junction of Des Voeux sidering that they both made their He arrived at Kai Tak Aerodrome runs on foreign soll,

Road and Ice House Street came) about 4.30 one afternoon from the Hammond Bradman Dutch East Indies in a Fokker

on the scene! He was later join-1 41 & 28

To So-tai, the coxswain of aed by an Indian policeman. Both and stayed for two Cheungchauferry launnch, who constables stood there gaping 261

254 & 1 days at the Peninsula Hotel before is said to have collided with a with open mouths for fully/15 200 & 32 824

leaving for Canton] 119* & 117 14

88 & 16 190*

With a single off Peebles, Brad-accomplished. man reached the half century, scored in 95 minutes. Almost 'im- mediately after Kippax was taken at short leg by Wyatt. It was a splendid right-handed catch. Brad- man was then 53 and the partnership had yielded 73 runs for the third wicket in 65 minutes. Bradmen's Earade.

Joined by Jackson, Bradman was fortunate to be let off behind the wicket when 82. He reached the century after three hours" batting. At lunch the pair were still to- gather and the fourth wicket had put-on-108 runs. Bradman was not out 112 and Jackson 88 with the score board reading 871-3-28.

Soon after the arrival of the Prince of Wales at 1.62 p.m., a heavy rainstorm

;

swept the ground.

The teams were then presented to His Royal Highness and play was resumed at 8 o'clock. Larwood and Tate found it difficult to obtain a foot hold, and sawdust was used freely. The wicket help ,ed Peebles, and once Bradman, playing too soon, almost gave a re- turn catch.

When the score had been ad- vanced to 402 both bad light and rain caused a delay, ten being taken at this point. Bradman ab- the tea interval was 129 and Jackson 48,

Farcical Situation. The rival captains inspected the wicket at 5.46 p.m. and were sof different opinions. The umpires decided that play should be no- sumed at 6.20 pm. The situation comed farcical but there was the vague possibility of a wicket:

England had no luck one run being scored and no wicket fall: Ing

1st Test 2nd Test 3rd Test

5th Test. 4th Test

8 & 131 monoplane,

[ Scores:-

ENGLAND First innings. Hobbs, c Kippax, b Wall 47 Sutcliffe, c Oldfield, b -Fairfaxi..

161 Whysall, hb.w., b. Wall . 13 K. S. Duleepsinhji, Fairfax, b Grimmett Hammond, b McCabe Leyland, b Grimmett

I. E. S. Wyatt, c Oldfield,

b Fairfax R

Tate, st. Oldfield,

Grimmett

Larwood,

Grimmott

50

13

བ ུའ སྐ་ ཚཟྭ་སྐས།ཕྱུ

64

b...

j.b.w

Duckworth, b. Fairfax

1. A. R. Peebles, not out

Extras

EVANGELIST ILL. “FOUR SQUARE” GOSPELIST SAID TO BE BLIND. -

MRS. AIMEE MCPHERSON.

funk off Green Island in the early minutes. None knew what to do morning of July 24, was again under the circumstances, whilst before Comdr. J. B. Newlll at the the unfortunate man's colleagues Marine Court this morning charg- ran to and fro, doing nothing. Shipping Act. ed with a breach of the Merchant Our representative told the con- stable to telephone for an am-

A charge of manslaughter was bulance, but he refused to do so, at first preferred against To So- and instead offered to take the tai at the Kowloon Court but after man away in a rikisha. Mean- Los Angeles, Yesterday.

several hearings the charge was while, the injured man regained withdrawn and the present one consciousness, and out of sheer The "Four Square Gospel" substituted.

exasperation, the the China Mail evangelist, Mrs. Aimee McPher-

Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared for from the Cafe Alexandra, and per- man telephoned for the ambulance son, is critically ill. Her secre Fitzroy prosecuted..

the defendant and Mr. Somerset sonally saw the san removal to Itary says that she is blind and Mr. Fitzroy informed his Wor-

the Government Civil Hospital. had a nervous breakdown a fort- ship' that the Crown had four night ago. Her daughter has things to establish, viz., (1) that been summoned from Paris and took

a collision between two vessels place,(2). that the launch Sun Tai was one of the vessels concerned in the collision,

CHILD'S DEATH.

STRUCK HIS HEAD ON EDGE OF SPITTOON.

Reports are circulating anong at the time in charge of the

(8) that the accused was the person A most unusual, and unfortun-

3

19

her son from the Middle West.

Angry with Mother.

Total

405

Fall of Wickets.

-

1 2 3 4 3

68

97 162 190 197

8.

367 279 379 391 405 Bowling Analysis,

O. M. R. W. 37696 2

Well Fairfax. 31 Grimmett.66.2 18 135 4 McCabe..22 4 49 1 Hornibrook.155 15 540. AUSTRALIA-First Innings. W. M. Woodfull, e Duck

worth, b Peebles

54

W. H. Ponsford, b Peebles 110. D. G. Bradman, not out 180 A. F. Kippax, Wyatt,

Peebles

48

38

the followers of Mrs. Aimee launch, and (4) that he failed to ately fatal McPherson that she is not so stand by to render assistance or early this morning, when a accident, occurred much ill, but is living in seclu-save life as laid down in the Mer-Chinese child of four years fell sion owing to a disagreement chant Shipping Act. with her mother in regard to the management of church affairs on July 24, the launch Sun Tai was The child, Lo Pak-nam, of 115, The facts of the case were that sharp edge of a broken spittoon. from his bed and struck the Reuter's American Service in

at the time plying between Cheung-Wing Lok Street. was rushed to chau and Hong Kong. There was the Government Civil Hospital, a junk anchored near the Kennedy but died shortly after admission. Town bathing beach, and at about your

RED MENACE.

GREEN HOWARDS LEAVE SHANGHAI:

Shanghal Yesterday, HMS: Comba

ving,

4 a.m., it was run into by launch DUCHESS OF YORK.

It turned right over throwing the Y

11 occupants into the waters Eight | Midnak

were rescued but three children MAY RECEIVE VISIT FROM KING

witnessbar. Fitzroy chld would

not only say that, he saw this launch ing, astern but would also Bay bat he awathe name of the launch

ted in black

Certain people would also be colled the from the launch itself to say that

AND QUEEN.

FAIR TO-DAY.

To-day's weather

report

from the Royal Observatory atates:-

servatory at

near

+

winds;

Depressions are indicated over S.W. China and to the East of Ishigaki,

!Forecast:

S.W. moderate; fair.

The following telegram was received from the Manila Ob- the American Consulate General to-day, Manila 11 am.

Hainfall, Cyclone or Typhoon over or Melacosima, moving N.N.E. or N.E.

Rainfall to 10 am. to-day. nil. Rainfall since January 1, 62.46 inches against an average of 61.62 inches.

Temperature and Humidity.

The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:--

P

Temp. Humid.. 88 38 82

12 84 84

Change of Administration.

estate was managed by Lau Siu- After the father's death, the cheuk, who also died in December 7, 1911. On August 4, letters of administration de bonis non were granted to Lan Yu-fong and the plaintiff himself.

Lau Yu-fong died on September 21, 1927, leaving the plaintiff sole administrator. Between August 14, 1912, and August 21, 1927, plaintiff and Lau Yu-fong par- chased the land mentioned.

The defendant's case was that she was the sole beneficiary under as well as the sole executrix of the will of her husband, Lau Yu- fong and that probate was grant- ed her on September 4, 1929. She was, therefore, entitled to one-fourth sharo in the estate, besides the properties mentioned. She had requested plaintiff to supply her with information so as to enable her to make her.ac- counts, but plaintiff had refused. She did not admit and put the plaintiff to the proof that the properties

in question were bought with moneys from the estate of Lau Ping.

Land Value. Speaking about the properties, Mr. Sheldon said that one portion of the land was bought from Messra. Jardine, Matheson & Co.. who were agents for the owners. The deal took place in June, 1922. A sum of $30,000 was paid as bar.. gain money and the contracted price for the land was $4 per aquare foot. The whole of the purchased money, amounted to

Hong Kong. Масло Pratas Island 83

Manila

Foochow

82

80

Amoy

80.

81.::

Swatow

88

92

Chefoo

74

92

Shanghal

77

98

$868,276,

The case is proceeding.

CHANGSHA

BRITISH CONSULATE TO BE

CLOSED

Shanghai, Yesterday.

It is understood that the British

DUKE BETTER. Rugby, Yesterday. Considerable interest is being. taken. In the visit which the King

BLOOD TRANSFUSION NOT WE NECESSARY EBOO and Queen are to pay to Balmoral. Their Majesties are travelling by special train from Bandringham, to The Duke of Northumberland Government. Is closing the Con-

Rugby, Yesterday, the launch stopped, went astern and Balmoral on Saturday, and this spent a fair night. The alight Im-sulate at Changsha, then went ahead agingWill be their first visit to the North provement noted yesterday is main The Standard Oil Company, Concluding Mr Fitzroy said, "I since the King's Illness in 1928. stained. Blood transfusion is now whose Installation at Changsha is kow on your Worship is satisded, with that 16 far expected that the King and no longer considered advisable unfavourably placed for protec Heft on evidence: "shall Your Worship Queen will pay an early visit to Lord Birkenhead had a quiet night the Duke and Duchess of York at and his strength is well maintained; Glamis Castle British Wireless but be la not yet free from fever.

British Wireless Service.

was the called and

Servica

tion, is removing all its stocks, so a

matter of business précaution,"

The Asiatic Petroleum Company

in making no change-Renter.