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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES

"(through rzutk2'8'AGENOT.]

MR. MASSEY,

GBAND OFFICER OF LEGION OF

HONOUR.

LONDON, August 24th.

The French Ambassador ovnferred the Grand Officership of the Legion of Honour on Mr. Massey,

PANAMA COSTA RICA

"DISPUTE.

PANAMA'S PROMISE TO STATE DEPARTMENT.

WASHINGTON, August 4th. On August 2nd, the Foreign Minister of Panama informed the State De partment that Panama will not resist Costa Rica's bccupation of the disputed territory...

EARLIER CABLES."

US. SUPPORTS COSTA RICA.

WASHINGTON. August 23rd.

The Note forwarded to Panama, yes.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ör¤, 1991,

: LATEST CABLES. FAR EASTERN CABLE SHANGHAI'S RICE PROBLEM. "REPUBLICANISM" IN CHINA.

.SILESIAN PROBLEM.

DANISH REPRESENTATIVES,

Cornuages, August 24th.

The Danish representatives, at the forthcoming assembly of the League, will

bo M. Zahle, Minister is Stockholm, Dr. Moltesen and M. · Alunch, members of the Folketing.

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TASK.."

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LONDON, August, 3rd, Senor de Lan has declined to prepare a statement for the League of Nations respecting Upper Silesin

REASONS OF REFUSAL.

PARIS. August 94th.”. Diplomatic circles state that Viscount Ishii does not regard Senor de Leon'a refusal as final.

Benor de Leon's action is attributed to German insinuations as regards his pro- posed attitude, and, according to "a Madrid roport. to public distaste at Spanish intervention in the Silesian

question.

DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIES.

REPORT OF LORD MILYER'S COMMITTEE.

*

NEWS

[THROWON BIKE'S AGENCY- "DOMINION RULE" IN CHINA..

SPAIN'S WAR IN MOROCCO. POSSIBILITY OF FRANCO-SPANISH

CO-OPERATION.

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POLICE COMMISSIONER. ON THE RECENT STRIKE.

HADRID, August 3rd. & inrssage from Molilla states that General Berenguer considers that the men and material at his dispcaal are sufficient to start a new offensive before the rainy season begins. In the meanwhile, the LONDON, August 23rd. Moors are resuming hostilities, persis The committee appointed by Lord Lently attacking Spanish food convoys. terday, declared that the United States Milner to investigate the utilisation of dor at Paris. has arrived at Madrid. Senor de Leon, the Spanish Ambassa would not permit hostilities arising from the assistance of the universities The visit is much commented upon, and the occupation of the Coto region by carrying out research with a view topics it is believed that France is making over Costa Rica

tecting the inhabitants of the Colonies The Note was sent in response to a comand Protectorates from disease and the Spanish action in Morocco,

tures with a slow to common. Franco musicstion from Panama indicating development of colonial natural resources that, if Costa Rica attempted to re bas issued a report rejecting the sugges occupy the disputed territory, force tion to form a separate colonial research, would be used to resist the occupation, service, and recommending that the THE CASSEL CONCESSION IN amongst the Chinese pointing out the unless the United States made it clear universities cacourage post-graduato that the Government would prevent it. study and the provisión of facilities and laboratories for training students in the CENSUS OF GREAT BRITAIN. principles and methods of independent |

research. DECREASE OF POPULATION IN LONDON,

49,707,530, an inter-censu! 1,936,134.

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AFTER TEN YEARS...

(BY A DWELLER IN THE INTERIOR.]

од

· III-THE SOLDIER.

in an army built ap

the lines already described and with oflcers of the calibre indicated in the previous articles, what is to be expected of the common soldier 1 craited. What discipline do they learn? What care do their officers exercise aver then? What precautions are taken to make or keep them good citizens! The soldier in a light more favourable than answers to these questions place the be generally obtains in the Chinese mind.

When are these re-

work the

When

many The

country

BRITISH TRADE LOSSES. ACUTE FOREIÒN 'COMPETITION:

The acceptance by the Victorian Elec tricity Commission of us American, tan dor for electrical apparatus for the Morwell (Australia) schame at a price £300,000 less than any of the British tea- ders is only one illustration of the man nor in which British manufacturers are- being hopelessly undercut by foreign rivals. Cheaper coal and other power, lower wages, longer hours and greater working eficiency in the other countries: combined with exchange and credits prod blems are the forces operating against ness depression and unemployment in the British industry, accentuating the busi waited Kingdom, and esuring the low of valuable orders aggregating many mil Bons of money.

The trade thus being

lost is the very life blood of Britain' Prosperity and greatness, and its diver- ton to foreign felds is adding snoz mously to the difficulties of bearing the huge wir burden ander which the people, of the British Isles are staggering Britain during the early months of this Some of the principal orders lost by

prices.

The following extract, is from the Report of the Commissioner of Police at Shanghai for the month of July:-- LONDON, August $3rd.

In the early part of the year the Mr. Lenox Simpson (Putoam Wesle). Municipal Council, in view of the prob who has been most active in writing and ability of the price of rico soaring, and spanking since his arrival in England, in order to check as much as possible lecturing to Chinese students at a con- hoarding, smuggling and prosteering or ference at Swanwick on the subject of the part of rice merchants, decided to the political and industrial outlook in license rice shops as from July 1st. The China, declared that despite the estab-rice shop keepers. held several meetings lishment of a separatist Government at during the month of June and décided SPANISH AMBASSADOR DECLINES Canton, a settlement is nearer than even that rather than submit to the Council's Chinese suspect. The true solution was licensing scheme they would suspend something on the lines of British Domin.

business. With this end in view they ion rule, with a central capital us the soused taking in stocks on June 90th and

There is an old Chinese proverb, by the end of the month bad practically national clearing-house. Mr. Simpson is taking back to China important recom-

alt sold out. On July 1st about 60 persons are not made into soldiers."

Good iron is not made into mils, good If mendations concerning this..

cent of the rice shops in the Inter such a dictum could grow up in the days China expected great things from the national Settlement did not open and of old, jo is surely trao ten times over Washington conference, where she is con- the others, although oren for the sale to-day. Most of these soldiers simply vinced that she will receive British suĮ)- of other goods, had no rice for sale. have not a chance of turning out well port.

On July 3rd all the rice shops in French The recruits seem to be of two classes. Concession and on July 8th all those in First, there are the young boya attract Chapel, Nantas and the Chinese Cityed by the free life they see the soldiers ar are detailed in the HetaF World auspended business. This continued until July 9th when after several meetings and enjoy and that clusive quality so un- (London). Of three big orders for pipes,

equalled to business. The Council then, granted in his teens the other side does not ocear, oil-mill plant, the price being £45,000, S Chinese, the degree of the largest wont to Germany, while many discussions the shops re-opened for face" that soldiers obtain. To a ladrance and Belgium secured the others, India gavo an order to Germany for an concession to the rice shop keopers that this "Ines" is simply due to terror allowing the returns of business done, on the part of the populace. The name "gainst 200,000. quoted by British inter counci, by the Rica Shop Keepers Guild goes into it, on a promise of stocks. etc. to be supplied to the lass grandeur is what he sees and heat. Germany took large contracts in the Holy Land, and Krupps picked up a instead of each individual shop being dollars a month plus his "food.

nice little order for stool wheels for the visited by officers of the Couticil. The accond class of recruits is the robbers where. Spain called for tenders for 250 movement of the rice shop keepers prob- Kwangtung countryside is beset with locomotives, sad as British firms could Argentine. British competitors were no- ably had less popular sympathy than bands, large and small, of rabbers. any scheme of protest which has been These are not burglars" but real o comply with the delivery stipula tirs during recent years, but owing to malicious, callous, murderous brigands were able to buy steel rails on the Cor- launched against the Municipal Authori- downright story-book brigands; hardy, as Germany got the best part of the. business. British railway companies. the fear of the Chinese Press to publish from her home than they do of killing tinent at £6 to £1 per ton below British the antagonism of the Street Unions and who think no more of carrying off a girl anything contrary to the interests of a snake. They

A large number of ship repair the regular agitators, the real trend of thoroughly and ransack a village or ham work went to the Continent during the public opinion was not apparent. After let every few days. the shops had been closed for some days

weat past British firms who were never political past six months, and contracts for recos." ditioning liners and merchant vessels handbills appeared and were distributed

so well equipped to deal with the work. true reason for the Council's action is

cheaper, however, at Antwerp or Batter- It could be done better, "quicker and licensing rice dealers. These pamphlets

dam, while Hamburg even was taking and the action of the Chinese Authori

business away from British repair yards. ties in establishing depots for the sale of rice to the poor, which meant those

down," ineficiency, slacking, higher and the doctrine of slowing who were not in a position to have laid

higher wages and shorter and yet shorter LONDON, August 5th. in a stock of rice against emergencies,

hours defeat the ideas with which work- Mr. B. Kenyon (Co. 4) asked whether probably had more effect than anything

men became deluded. the Government was aware that the else it breaking the so-called strike,

not to an abundance of any work for That path leade Cassel concession in Kwangtung Province Although in many instances members of

all, but to complete lack of work for had established a practical mining mono- the Chinese population, were put to con- poly: whether it was opposed by all ac siderable inconvenience in having to go tions of the Chinese; whether the Ameri-to Pootung and other outlying districts

Other illustrations of the losses of As for discipline, it is notorious by trade caused by the high cost of produc can representative on the Consortium re- Consortium conditions. garded the agreement violating the

for their daily supplies, the days on its absence. To Enock into shape a which the shops were closed were entirely batch of these hard hill-robbers" is

tion in England are numerous. Orders Conseil Harmsworth. the Under free from disorderliness probably much task truly worthy of a Hercules, and it £3,000,000 were lost to Britain, if com- for locomotives to the value at about Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied

to the discomfiture' of, that section of is not undertaken. the community which flourishes on the non-existent. Nobody attempts to Germany.

Discipline is just petition with America, Canada that some misunderstanding existed re- garding the concession. The Syndicate was strife which sometimes follows on events force it at all, and so everyone is quite wheels, the British price was three times In tenders för rolled, ster] permitted to search for coal and another

of this description.

The price of rice according to the end of fast year, an officer in the Kwang turer. American firms underbid British happy without. The writer met, at the and a half that of a German manufac mineral. The agreement was not mono- polistic, but confers prospecting rights Henith Office statistics is $11.50 per picultung Army, who was really god by 40 per cent, on axles and 15 pez cont for in certain districts. It allows and a comparative return of the price offort. He understood the inwards on tyres for the State railway at Val Afteren moutha selection of the min ruling in the month of July since the of China's needy position, and was

for LONDON, August 23rd. ing areas and excludes 51 mines in those your 1918 is as follows:----

districts which are already granted to The Festminster Gazette's Belfast cor

July, 1918, 87.90 per picul. respondent reports an outburst of dis other parties. order laat night in a number of small

The concessionaires aro

*1919, 87.60 streets in the Catholic quarter, near

not a British company, but a Sino-

-1990; $14.00 British company formed on linea which where a bomb was thrown on Bunday have proved mutually beneficial elsewhere

1091, $11.50,

include those of the highest mob, with rifles and revolvers, made an organised attack

Curfew regulations meat represents

of effort. It average quality rice as used by Chinese will relieve

and foreiga shipping in from the workmen can be obtained at about serious handicap imposed by dependence

per picul. been negotiated with the provincial on imported coal. The agreement has authorities strictly in accordance with the Chiacan Government's rule that the terms must be settled with the provincial authorities before ratification by the Central Government. There is opposi-

The report expresses the opinion that candidates for research appointments should not be selected by competitive xamination, but he chosen by the LONDON, August 23rd.

Colonial Office from à list recommended The preliminary census returns for by the universities and colleges, who, Great Britain: show popalation of the committee suggests, should co-ordi. increase of pate the results of the investigations in Hales totalled 20,430,623, an individus colonies, keeping watch over increase of 678,178, and females 22,336,907, the whole development of the Empire, an increase of 1,259,958

deal with pressing emergencies and to and preparing to supply investigators to undertake special investigations. “OUTBREAK AT BELFAST.

ORGANISED ATTACK UPON CATHOLICS.

All the principal cities show increases, from 1.9 for Leeds to 9.4 for Birming ham, except London., and Bradford. The former now stands at 4,483,240, a de crease of 18,136, and the latter 283.970, a decrease of 2,479.

The population of Greater London is 7,476,158, as compared with 7,251,358, an increase of 3.1.

Birmingham, with 219,438, is now the second city, of England.

KWANGTUNG.

STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF

COMMONS...

Enquiries made at several rico hongs show that the lowest quality rice can be

That is the raw

boss wants a job now-a-days, he must needs increase his army, and so he sends word to invite some of these villains to join under his standard and fight for the glorious cause of self. They gene rally dome, and thus the ranks of the army are increased. material of Chica's armies. No condi- tion of physical health is a barrier to enlistment. If a recruit happens to die of consumption within his Erst month, well, after all it is one man less for the ofheer to deal with, and he need not strike him off the pay and ration roll

for long enough.

"Can you explain this?

Thus doss

any.

inter-censal period and less than any night. It is alleged that a Unionist in China. The British firms intercought at $7.50 per pical and the best Yunnan troops were in "this town they £84,000 and 205,000. years 1915-18 was the heaviest recorded, a force fight ensue the Catholics, nuding in the Far. East, and the agree- quality rice at $11.50 per pical. A good confined gambling strictly to the licensed

were disregarded.

The increase in the population of Eng land and Wales is 1,814,750, which is only about half the increase in the preceding

corresponding figure since 1811.

The fall in the birth-rate during the being 95 per cent. below the normal The direction of the movement changed on the cessation of hostilities, and large increases have been recorded since 1913, but these have not compensated for the deficiencies of the preceding four years.

Deaths, on the other hand, did not The police arrived and fired on the show such a decline to 1918, while a not-opposing crowds, restoring order at mid- able reduction in deaths since 1918, with the increase in birtha, combined to pro- dece in 1920 a natural increase greater than in any previous year

The table shows a steadily-increasing

with the wave of the urban as compared

rural, element, the the urban population being 6.6 as com- pared with 1911.

WORLD'S LARGEST "AIRSHIP. ON ITS WAY TO UNITED STATES.

When there was a lull in firing, the Catho. lics retreated, but the Unionists attack ed the dwellings, smashing windows. The Catholics re-emerged and found the strecta in darkness.

night.

NORTH OF IRELAND PARLIAMENT.

Chinese

10.30

LLOYD'S "FILMED.

CAMERA MEN DISGUISED AS

PAINTERS.

and

way.

bonestly anxious to see removed the Rais, Westphalian pattern manure hardships of inefficient government, and distributor makers had to cesse manufac to help to bring in the benents of justice ture in England, as against their price and honesty which he had seen for him delivered in Dublin, and £95 delivered of £53 10/ the Germana quoted £30*10/ nell in a certain British Colony. The writer asked him

at Holland. A German tender för a 10 000 K. W. When the

turbo-alternator £47,000 against English tenders of "For a 750 h.p. shops at the city gates, and no soldiers while Germany quoted £1,803.

pump motor the British price was £2, were allowed there. When the Kwangsi

From the recapitulation of those few army followed them, their soldiers used instances of the many available, it may to visit the gambling shops, but never be easily understood why 9,000,000 peo- Was it allowed that public gambling ple are out of work in Britain, and per should be held except at the gateshaps as many more on part time. Now your party puts in the forefront of

As &

its programme the abolition of gambling, sharp contrast from every part of Ger and yet for the two or three weeks since Dome reports of commercial pros- you came the streets are almost impas World, there 18 a

perity. According, again, to the Hetal tion of some sort to practically every After successfully resisting many pre-sable for us scores of gambling tables the working classes there, and the rela H willingness." among agreement made in China, but in this vious attempts at invasion by film carrying on their trade, LONDON, August 23rd.

case there had not been any

and nearly tions between capital and labour wore marked

never better. your Army."

The German coal, iron world, re- political purper than that instigated for institutions in the must conservative always presided over by a soldier of

The Minister made cently, fell a victim to the kinemato a formal application for ratification on

"Well," he replied, "I for one do machinery and electrical industries were

said to be making enormous difficulties the agreement was referred interior of the Royal Exchange has been been paid for some months, and so big the vanquished. Be October 30th Iant, but swing to certain graph, and for the first time the not like it; but, you see the men haven't. What a contrast between the victprouts. back for further discussion of the pointa med. The film was taken by the arrears are due to them, and we have in detail with the Canton authorities weekly screen periodical, dround the to be rather cautious how we pull them Japon Chronicle.

Town, by arrangement with the Com-up for wrongdoings." mittee of Lloyd's..

Stormont Castle, near Belfast, has been purchased as the home of the North of

Parliament

W

U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

purposes.

1

HOUSE CONFIRMS SENATE MEASURE.

WASHINGTON, August 24th.- LONDON, August, 23rd

The House of Representatives has pass MILITARY TRAINING IN THE The R38 lett Howden this morning on ed the Senate bill making available

hour fight, after which it proceeds $1,000,000,000 for stimulation of agricul» UNITED STATES. to Pulham prior to starting for America,tural exports, after eliminating the pro- There were 47 aboard, includingporation to purchase $200,000,000 farm

vision authorising the War Finance Cor PRESIDENT HARDINO'S AMBITION Americana.

loans. Thus the measure requires fur- METEOROLOGICAL "-WIRELESS

President Harding urges every young ther action before submission to the Pre-man who can possibly arrange to do so sident.

to attend one of the citizens military training camps. to be conducted by the CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. War Department this summer. He says

in his appeal:- COMMISSARY RECOMMENDS BURNING OF TOWN.

STOCKHOM, August 23rd,

SERVICE,

LATER When the B.38 starts, as hoped, on the 28th inst., there will be five American warabips stationed in the Atlantic, in- cluding a fuel ship, in addition to a flotilla of destroyers with meteorological

The Svenskadagblad learns from Hel officere wirelessing weather reports to singfors that the Soviet commissary at the airship, which will wireless details of Astrakhon has informed the Moscow Gov-to the nation and obtain : individual without any of the members being aware) selt a bully he may get on. If not, ho the voyage to Britain and America..

AUSTRALIANS' EASY WIN.

£25,000 DERBY " SWEEP."

11

Pall time. Students,

A recruit has to undergo certain CROWDED BRITISH "UNIVERSITIES, In order to get a true representation amount of physical and rißo drill, but is was decided that the intention to film strikes terror into the ordinary people boom in University education may be. of the scene in the Underwriting Boom his time is mostly his own. His uniform

Some idea of the enormous post-war should be kept entirely secret and the and it does not take him long to learn gathered from a return published by the filming carried out without knowledge that a simple threatening motion on hia University Grants Committee," says the of the members.

part produces a quick reaction in a London Morning Post. A few days before the staff of Around civilian, and be gets" all wants with no "This Committee advises the Treasury the Town made a preliminary survey and trouble. How can a youth keep straight with regard to grants to our modern. perfected their plans, and two mornings or remain a decent being under those Universities and University Colleges. later, when the members and subscribers conditions! He gets his ratione and no This Committee is not concerned with arrived to transact business they took pay. If he is ill or wounded, no medical Oxford or Cambridge, or -Trinity Col- little notice of a company of painters attention is his (this statement does not lege, Dublin, or Gay's Hospital Medical who had arrived with their ladders and bold true for all the unite) but if he School, for the reason that these insti "I hope every young man who can paraphernalia to do something high up cards to find and pay a doctor he may tutions do not accept Government graat, arrange it will attend ons of the citizens' on the walls. The painters, werc, in do so. If be falls out on the march, The figures published below do not, military training camps to be conducted fact, the staff of Around the Town in utterly overcome with illness, his therefore, include stadents at those each of the cine army corps areas. this summer by the War Department in disguise, and the whole operation of officer will see to it that his rifle is not places, but the increase in numbers is filming the scene at the most busy time lost to the unit, and the man may lead well known to have been equally great. "In this way be will increase his worth of the day was successfully carried out for himself. If the recruit makes him there.

"The following table gives a compari- ernment that Astrakhan is so full of filth benefits of priceless value to himself and of the fact. that it is useless to try to fight cholera,to the community in which he lives.

certainly will not get on.

son of the puber of students immed The papera tell us of a bright star iately prior to the war and the number. and recommends that the inhabitants be evacuated to 8baria and that the town be Administration a comprehensive system "I hope to see established during my

above the horizon in the North, General last year: destroyed by fire.

Feng Wu-hsiang, who having embraced of voluntary military training for at

Christianity runs proper" military least 100,000 men each year. Every young Türoo, men surrendered to their bail torce with discipling for small and man who is willing to prepare himself at Bowatreet last month to answer a great, and where every recruit is taught for the defence of his country should be charge of unlawful conspiracy, with other soldiering and taught a trade as well, giren da opportunity to do so.

mon not in custody, in connection with and where great effort is minde. for the "Our present National Defence Law | 30 unauthorised lottery called the moral and physical well being of the established an economical and democratic United Services Derby Sweep, 1921 men. It will be a happy day for South military policy thoroughly consistent The men wore Bernard H. Dorras; China when a General Feng arises here. Mr. Hughes has departed for Austra with our national traditions. It pro-Clapton: Joseph Darras, Hackney; and For the present armies are nothing but lin. He spends a week in France, where vides for a small regular army, to be George H. Birkenhead, Brighton, Mr. drag on the people, and to some ex Scotland, the numbers have approzi he will, present the Australian flag to Amiens and unveil the Cross to the Ansaugmented by great citizen forces if the H. D. Rose, who prosecuted, said the tenta trouble to the Particians why mately doubled. In Scotland, however, tralian soldiers who fall at Villerezent of national emergency This is main promoter of the scheme appeared bring them into being. Arrears of pay the proportion of University studente Bretonneur in 1918.

our traditional military policy. But, to have been a man named George F. mount up and up and the funds are all has always been very much higher than Mr. Bastri (the Indian delegato)

whereas in the past these larger war Dow, while others alleged to be concern-gons: matters progress until the camel's in other parts of the kingdon, travelled by the same train to Clonera.

foteca have been extemporized after the ed were Edward Connell and J. H. back breaks. Perhaps for a time the occurrence of an emergency the new law Howland. Posing as an officer, Dew merchants of a city make a voluntary COPPER IN SHETLANDS.

wisely provides that the frame work of appealed to ex-Service men to help him monthly contribution for the troops, a their country homes they naturally re their organization shall be established in selling the lottery tickets, which were kind of hopeful insurance against loot-

vert to their occupation of briganda, but EXPERTS' OPINION ON and developed in time of peace, in so far applied from Dieppe, where Dew opening, but sooner or later one of two now each brigand has a fairly modern

DISCOVERY.

as this is practicable, through the volun- ed a hanking account in the name of things happens. Esther the troops break rifle instead of a blunderbuss, and the tary service of our patriotic young men. Captain Hammond Advertisements were out and help themselves to what they second state of that country is worse LONDON, August 23rd.

The army of the United States, as issued for agents, and those who an- like; or else authority, says to them, then the first Importance is attached to the discovery defined in the new law, comprises the swered wore supplied with tickets to be We are very sorry we can't pay up,

Incidentally, it is worth remembering of copper in the Shetlands. Exports regular army, the National Guard and sold at 108. ench. Prizes ware to be so you had better go back home just that some at least of these riller have dcclare that the supply is inexhaustible the organized reserves, Every patriotic given to the value of £25,000. A remand take your rifle as present, and sall been bought out of the proceeds and superior to the Spanish. Plant in citizen should encourage the develop was ordered on bail, it being understood it for what it will fetch; it is worth foreign loans, and the nation Ch of Winston Churchill, the Secretary of Stato being laid down immediately, Mining is ment of these forces, each within is that the three other men wanted world quite a lot. And when they go back to in to-day paying interest way on this

expected to begin 'in September,

proper sphere,”

“probably give themselves up,

(Continued as foot of neas column.) purchase money.

"GOOGLY BOWLER'S FEAT.

LONDON, August 23rd. At Cheltenham, in dull weather, Clou ester were dismissed for 175, Keigwin, by confident cricket; contributing .05. Mailey took all 10 wickets för 68. " The Australians won by an innings and 138 runs.

COUNTY, CHAMPIONSHIP.

Kent defeated Northamptonshire by

ten wickets,

Middlesex defeated Warwickshire by a innings and 13 runs.

Hampshire boat Leicestershiro by 251

runa.

J

Notts and Yorkshire won on the first inninga against Lancashire and Surrey, respectively.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, August 23rd..

the three-years-old daughter of Mr.

The death is announced of Marigold,

for the Colonies.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.

TO UNVEIL CROSS TO AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

LONDON, August 23rd.".

1913-14. 1919-50,

England Wales Scotland Ireland

10,808

19,829

1,230

8,419

10 993

1,777

3,130

92,274

20,128

It will be noted that, excapt in