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HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE,

STUBBS ROAD.

ENGLAND IN STRONG POSITION TO WIN THIRD

JARDINE

WEARS OUT

BOWLERS

Few Thrills In Early Play To-day.

AUSTRALIA FACE BIG SCORE AND WEARING WICKET.

Adelaide, To-day.

The wicket is wearing al- ready and England now hold a lead of 249 runs with seven wickets in hand. That was the position at the fun- cheon interval to-day in the third Test inatch.

There was a crowd of only 12,000 present when Jardine (24) and Wyatt (47) résumed the English innings at 85 for 1 this morning to good length bowling of Wall and O'Reilly.

The English pair added only six runs before Wyatt cocked up 'a ball from O'Reilly, and was smartly taken by Wall at short leg. It was a doubtful-looking catch, but the umpires were agreed that if was not a bump ball. 91-2-49.

In compiling 49. Wyatt was at the crease for 133 minutes, dur- ing which time he hit four boun- daries. He alded Jardine to add 84 runs for, the second wicket.

With Jardine and Allen together the 100 went up after 165 minutes' playThe England Captain was seen in his most dour

MR. VENITELOS HEADS NEW GREEK CABINET,

Government Formed To Replace Tsaldaris Ministry.

Athens, To-day.

The new Cabinet has been formed with Mr. Venizelos as Prime Minister. Other members are Mr. Michal Acopoulos, For- eign Minister; Mr. Cafandaris, Finance Minister; and Mr. Cate- chakis, Minister of War.

The new Cabinet succoeds the Tsaldarle Ministry, which was de- feated on January 13-Reuter.

VATICAN

UNITED STATES PESSIMISTIC

US. CONSIDERS

CONCILIATION

AS FUTILE

League Should Act Within Covenant.

NON-INTERVENTION POLICY RE-STERATED.

PROTEST TO

. to BULGARIA Ambassador

Orthodox Christening

Of Royal Baby..

QUEEN JOANNA IS ROMAN CATHOLIC.

Sofla, To-day.

The christening of the royal baby yesterday morn- ing according to the rites of the Orthodox Greek Church,

although Queen Joanna is a Roman Catholic, has called forth a protest from the Vati- can

The Apostolic Delegate has pro-

mood, scoring only S rupis in 45 tested to King Boris against an minutes.

alleged breach of contract sign- The pair added 32 runs before ed at the time of the wedding. Allen stepped in front of a

that all children should be

123-3-15. 'He batted for 52

straight one from Grimmett. brought up as Catholics. The minutes and hit two boundaries Apostolic Delegate has also pro- tosted to the Premier, who re- in a restrained innings.

plied that the Baptism was car- Hammond then joined Jardineried out in accordance with a de and the pair remained together cision of the head of the state until lunch, which was taken and in conformity with the con with the score at 130 for 3. stitution. Jardine being 46 and Hammond

1.

Oldfield, who was struck

The baptism was shrouded

in secrecy, only the Premier and two others knowing of the event beforehand.

on the head by Larwood and forced to retire hurt in the Australian first innings, has In Rome, the view at the Vati- greatly improved, and there can is that, if Queen Joanna, who, is every possibility that he

it is thought, may have been un- will be able to bat. In Aus

aware of the christening, does tralia's second innings.

not dissociate herself with the Jardine reached his 50 after lunch baptism when she recovers, and with a straight drive to the rails off promises to bring up the child as Wall. He had batted for 249 a Catholic, she will never be re- minutes, and had hit one boundary! ceived by the Pope. Reuter.

In the next over, however, he arti

stically straight drove O'Reilly to send up 153 after 250 minutes' batting.

Jardine was out two balls later when he received a ball from Iron- monger that came straight through to hit him on the pads. 164-4-56, Ho -batted with monumental patience for 254 minutes and hit only two boundaries in hóa 63

STEEPLECHASE FATALITY.

Death Of Capt. Sassoon.

Washington, To-day. According to reports from Washington, the State De- partment has denied the re- port that President Hoover has instructed Mr. An drew. Mellon American Lon- don, to inform the Bri- tish Government, that it is the opinion of the United States that the League con- ciliation policy in the Sino- ' Japanese dispute has failed, and that the League should proceed to act in accordance with the League Covenant.

President Hoover, who is directing American policy on the Far East.

The State Department 'ad- -mitted, however,, that it res garded the League's con clliation futile. ̈

The State Department

does. not intend to intervene in what it considers is a League problem, and reiter- ates that it regards a non- intervention policy as most important on the eve of the League's re-consideration of the problem. Reuter. Washington Pessimistic

Washington, To-day. Administration quartere hold little hope of an early settlement of the Sino-Japan- ese difficulties and belleve that a solld front to halt the hos- tilities will not be obtained at Geneva Reuter. U.S. Deny Supply Of Munitions.

GENEVA'S ENDEAVOURS

TERMED FUTILE

WASHINGTON

REITERATES POLICY OF NON - INTERVENTION

42 VOLUNTEERS KILLED NEAR

TATUNGCHEN.

THE LULL ON THE BATTLE-FRONTS ON THE MẠN CHURIAN BORDER, BROUGHT ABOUT BY FREEZING WEA- THER, HAS DIVERTED ATTENTON ON THE SINO-JAPANESE

Eat 1845.

about tyre making is embodied In

DUNLOP TYRES

CRICKET TEST

BRITISH GIRL

FLIERS CRASH

NEAR NAIROBI

Girl Seen Waving From Wrecked Plane.

RESCUE PARTY ́· LEAVES.

London, To-day. Aeroplanes left Nairobi yes. terday to search for two young English sir-women, Misses Joan Page and Audrey Sole-Barker, who were missing after leaving Moshi for Nairobi on Saturday. The airwomen, who had flown to

DISPUTE TO GENEVA WHERE LEAGUE OFFICIALS ARE SAMUEL INSULL The Cape were returning home by,

MAKING A LAST MINUTE ATTEMPT TO EFFECT A SETTLE- MENT OF THE DISPUTE BY PREPARING A CONCÌLIATION FORMULA. THE JAPANESE REPLY, WHICH IT IS HOPED WILL NOT BE DIRECTLY NEGATIVE, IS EXPECTED TO-MORROW.

· The nations outside the League, Soviet Russia and the United States, are remaining aloof from the League discussions and Wash- Ington has issued an official statement reiterating a non-interveni tion polley.

The position at Shanhaikuan remains unchanged, and Chinese leaders are still speculating as to whether Japan intends an imme diate invasion of Jehol Reuter reports from Harbin that 42 Volun teers were killed as a result of an engagement with a Japanese de tachment near Tatungchen, 30 miles South-east of Muling, accord-

- Ing - to Japanese breports, which place the Japanese, casualties as

only one wounded?

Anti-Japanese Feeling

In Berlin.

Berlin, To-day. Communist demonstratora. yesterday. flung stones at the residence of the Japanese Mili- tary Attache, but missed their object and smashed the win- dows of a neighbouring flat- Reuter.

Sir Eric Drummond Reports Progress.

SOVIET JAPAN MANCHUKUO

COMMITTEE

Proposal From Tokyo And Moscow.

NON-AGRESSION `PACT.

Moscow, To-day. The Soviet Government has published a long account of the _exchange_of_notes between Russia and Japan regarding the proposal for a pact of non- The proposal stated that the Ja aggression. ARORA

Geneva, To-day... There was no startling develop. ment as a result of the meeting of the Committee of Nineteen yester- day afternoon which lasted an hour. The time was largely devoted to hearing Sir Eric Drummond's ex- planation of the steps taken since panese Government thinks it prefer- able to exchange opinions regard the last meeting of the Committee.

The Committee of Nineteen willing the method of prevention by re-meet to-morrow, when it expects peaceful regulation of any dif to be in possession of the views.officulties that might arise in conse- the Japanese Government. Reuter. quence of the armed forces of both

sides coming into conflict, Japanese Reply

To-morrow.

Geneva, Today.

The Committee of Nineteen, after a brief meeting have de- cided to walt until Wednesday" for the Japanese reply to the draft resolution of the new. formula, which apparently da not entirely unacceptable to the Japanese-Reuter,

Train Service Resumed.

London, To-day.

Washington, To-day. Captain R. E. Sasson, the well- Secretary of State Stimson has Leyland's arrival infused the first known amateur rider and million repeated the denial already issued spark of life in the English batting. sise sportsman died in London you from the U. S. Embassy at Tokyo His first three scoring strokes were terday from the effects of injuries that the United States has an un- boundaries off Grimmett Ham received at Lingfield Park Races on derstanding with China to supply mand, however was very restrained. January 11,, when his mount Clear the latter with money and muni-services with Vladivostock have

The pair were together at tea Nete fell at the second fence in the tion-Reuter, with the score at 208 for 4, Ham Weald Handicap Steeplechase mond being 37, and Leyland 22.

Scores:

Australia.

England

First Inninga

First Innings

Second Innings,

Sutcliffe, c O'Brien,

Reuter.

LIQUIDATDION OF BIG CHILEAN COMBINE

$41 Liquidation of Big Chilean Combine Der Santiago de Chile, To-day,

Wall

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D. - R. Jardine,

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• Ironmonger-

R. ES. Wyatt, e Wall,

O'Reilly A

b

G..O. Allen, J.b.w., b Grimmett

Hammond, not out

Leyland, not out-

Extras

Total (for 4-)

Fall of the wickets

91: 8 for 128; 4 for 164

The Chamber has approved the Government: Iquidation of the

Snowstorm In Nanking

Many Deaths From Exposure

Nanking, To-day.

56 Cosach Nitrates Combine. The For almost a week Nanking Finance Minister said that service has been in the grip of a blinding

40 bonds issued by the Combine would snowstorm and the capital is now

15 be guaranteed, and he assured the nearly a foot deep in OW

Harbin To-day: The through passenger and goods

been, resumed.--Routor/

Inconclusive Session.

For London, To-day. In Geneva the Committee of.

Ninsteen engaged on the Sino

Japanese dispute adjourned un- til Wednesday after a private Bession yesterday, which is he lieved to have been, inconciu- *sive--Hellish Wireless Service“. Gen. Ting Chao Faces

KARENA IN KOeste de Treason Charge.

Harbin, To-day Escorted by Japanese troops, eral Ting Chao, ex-co

87 chamber that the working of ni Many deaths from exposure the Chinese Eastern

22 trates would be free are reported and the prices of guards, who recent

They were assured of Government vegitables are Boring owing to the to the Japa

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supportAAATRAST difficulty of bringing supplies in

The docres for the liquidation of

the Combine, which was ota of "the wealthiest South American businesses and a bower In Chillean trade, was Kalgned on January 8 Reuters

the country

and

Fare being made to alle

inte the distress of the poor.

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It suggests the formation of a Japanese-Soviet-Manchukuo Committee for the prevention of frontier incidents.LAURA The Soviet Government replied that no frontier incidents will arige even with the presence of the Ja- panese forces near the Soviet frontier and express their readiness to discuss Japan's proposal to form

STAY IN GREECE.

Temporary Permission Granted By Police.

Athena, To-day.. The Greek Police have given Mr. Samuel Insull temporary pemission to stay in Greece, but later Mr. Insull wil prob ably be required to accept Greek nationality if he desires to re- main' in that country, g

Extradition proceedings against the former Millionaire financier, who was the head of the Insull group of Industrial concerns in the United States falled recently--Reuter

S.-Atlantic

Air Flight

Port Natal, Brazil, To-day. The French giant three- engined aeroplane, “Arcen Ciel arrived here safely at 4.40 p.m. yesterday, from Saint Louis, Senegal, having left there at 4.48 a.m.

The machine left Mar- seilles at 10.10a.m. on Jan uary 12.

Reuter.

easy stages.

The Hop from Moshi to Nairobi |is 380 miles over rough bush thick- ly inhabited by big game. They set off in stormy weather, following a mail plane, but when owing to the weather, the latter turned back, the girls flew on.

Yesterday afternoon one of the searching pilots roparted: seeing, about 40 miles from Nairobi,a

machine with one girl standing by way- Ing. Being unable to land he returned to Nairobi and to lend- ing other planes, with a doctor, food, and first aid equipment, to the spot

Misa Page, who is an experienced. pilot, the daughter of Sir Arthur Page, Chief Justice of Burma Mias Salo-Barker. la a noted skler. British Wireless Service.

FOURTH

ROUND OF

F.A. CUP

Leeds To Encounter Tranmere R.

WORLD ECONOMIC WALSALL AWAY FROM HOME.

CONFERENCE

Abolition Of Shipping Subsidies.

REPARATORY COMMITTEE'S

RECOMMENDATIONS.

London, To-day.

At Geneva yesterday, the Economic Section of the Pre- paratory Committee of the World Economic Conference ar rived at a decision concerning Industrial agreements.

London, To-day. Walsall, the conquerors of the Arsenal, will meet either Gates- head or Manchester City in the Fourth Round of the. F.A.. Cup. which will be played on Saturday

| week.

"Aston Villa, favourites now that' the Arsenal and Newcastle United have been eliminated, are requir ed to beat Bradford City before they have the ground advantage against Sunderland. This will probably prove one of the best

Leeds, who vanquished the Cup holders, * are visiting Tranmere

a Japanese-Soviet-Manchukua Com- It was suggested that for matches in the round. mitter in accordance with a similar certain categories of agree. Joint Committee between the Soviet, mente, cartels, etc., Govern Rumania, Poland and other neigh ments should bouring States. Reuter,

TENSE SITUATION

IN FUKIEN

Border Clash Expected In Communist Centre.

not inte

but in the case of others, such as Rovers and should figure among coal, wood, wheat and transport, the last sixteen in the Fifth the Governments" help was neces Round sary in order to reach a solution

The Committee resolved to recom- mend the abolition of subsidies be

The following in the complete

ing granted by Government to ship-Barnsley or Luton v Tottenham. ping companies,

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China's Delegate..

Tranmere R. v. Leeds Un

Bradford C. or Aston Villav

Sunderland ALM

Everton y Bury or Notts F. Watford or Southend y Derby C Aldershot v. Millwall or Reading. Barnley v. Bheffield U.. Brighton y, Bradford. Gateshead or Manchester, Cy

Walsal

. Nanking, To-day, Nanking Today. A high official of the Ministry of A severe battle between the Red Industry intimated yesterday that Armies and Government troops is Dr. H. H, Kung, a former Minister expected to take place shortly near of Industry, is likely to be appoint Kwargchan and Chienning two ed Chinese delegate to the World communist strongholda on the Economic Conference. The ap Klangal Fukien border The Red pointment, it is expected, will be.

Chester held formally gazzetted as soon as con- are determined sent has been obtained from Dr.

Darl Kung

It is expected that General Chiang Chinese officials hold the opinion

leave for Nanchang that a lowering of tari vad Kal-shel

eding to da

clash

sant the War Dobte problem and the all-

ver question comprises

principal problems confs

forthcoming Conference Reuter.

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