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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. {{BOCOR BLUTKE'S AGENCY.] THE SITUATION IN IRELAND. CUTRAGES MUST CEASE IMMEDI-
ATELY AND FOR EVER.
LONDON, Juna 27th. Tou Provisional Government has issued a statement declaring that outrages just case iramediately and for ever
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH,
LATEST CABLES, SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BERLIN. MANY KILLED AND INJURED
BRALIS, June 7th
At least 9 people were killed and 55 sericusly wounded, `mang mgre" being lightly injunst, owing to a load of wood carried by a suburban train sweeping off the passengers on another train, who were standing on the footboards, as the trains
DR. RATHENAUS FUNERAL, PASSED OFF QUIETLY.
BERLIN, June Ch.
The faners of Dr. Rathenau to-day was not marked by any untoward in cident. The flags on the public buildings and at the Embassics were at half-mast, het very few private premises or hotels displagel signs of mearning."
COST OF SPORT IN
SHANGHAI.
CLUBS THAT THE AVERAGE "MAN JOINS.
THIMIR INCREASING WIKANDIAL DEMAND AND
A FÖSSTILLE SOLUTION.
1979.
A LIBEL ACTION.
A BATH-ROOM INCIDENT ON A SHIP.
COLLISION BETWEEN A CAR
AND MOTOR CYCLE.
ACTION, FOR DAMAGES.
A libel action came on for hearing at As the result of a recent collision be the Summary Court, yesterday morning, tween a motor-ear, belonging "to the before the Puiano Judge Mr. J. Dragon Motor Co. Ltd., and a matur Wood), the plaintiff being Albert Tipe cycle tent in the police and driven by Chief Engineer of the s. On Ler and Palice-Sergt. Ellwood, un action wan the defendant Yeung Yat Cho, purser o brought by the Attorney-General before the same vessel, and Mr. M. K. Lethe Puisne Judge (Mr. J. R. Wood), at appeared for the plaintif and Mr. W. the Summary Court, yesterday, against Hind for the defence,
the Dragen Motor Car Co, to recover A letter dated May 8th, 122, written eso daniages to the materesele caused Marsh, solicitor, and ddressed to the Sze Yap S.S. (b.. was stated to have
Mr H E. Holmnes appeared for tho centsined the lill,
The letter in question reads as follows: platatils and Mr. C. Lauritsen (proprie instructed by Mr. Teung tor, of the Dragon Motor Car Company) Tacho, the parser on the Ve Lee, to conducted his own defence, report to you of the improper conduct
The Government is determined that were overcrowded owing to the team Reichang. where President Ebert de-alone. but of aport generally It is by the defendant's agent, Mr. F. E the alleged negligence of the defende"
the country shall po longer be held up from the pursuit of its normal life and the re-establishment of free institutions.
It calls on all "citizens "to actively ar operate in the, measures the Government is taking to ensure public safety, and wcur Ireland for the Irish people.
PREPARING FOR BATTLE IN DUBLIN.
LONDON, June 25th. Great military activity was evident in Dublin early this morning, where there was very indication that an attack on Four Courts--nt' present occupied by Cen. eral Tory Connor of the irregular, Irish Republican Army-is imminent. -
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The Provisional Government sent short time ultimatum, demanding the riguation of Four Courts by General
O'Connor's forces.
stoppage.
LENIN'S SERIOUS CONDITION. DEFECTIVE SPEECH AND MEMORY.
REVAL, June 7th Reports from Moscow state that M. Lenin's condition has becoute' much worse daring the past few days. His speech is laboures) and his memory defective,'
Twe well-known German medical specialists are ying to Moscow. LANCASHIRE'S TARS TRADE,
PROTEST BY MASTER COTTOS SPINNERS.
Losnoy, Jurie 27th..
There is satisfaction in knowing that our article on the future cast of goll in Shanghai has set people thinking upon the subject says a writer in the The collin, draped with the Republican Daily News, who proceed to dag, was placed on a eztalalque in the And not only on the subject of goif
realized that in comparison with a few, livered a timer! oration
years ago the oust of playing games ́hna Subsequently the remains were con- veyed to the family Fault on the out-up very ensiderably in Shanghai, and, while we shall immediately hear the skirts of Berlin. The crowds after old charge of increasing, luxury brought loudly cheering President Eber, quietly against the younger men of today, we dispersed. A twenty-four hour dema cat afford to ignore it in the present stration strike began at all banks and instance. The real fact of the matter is that Shanghai may have been imply shops at myon, while the tramway andj local railway services were suspended.
provided with all the facilities it re quired à flozen or 15 years ago, but with """
the influx of ever mora foreigners and with the expansion of the pince as an industrial centre not only his there come about a ured of greater facilities hut it has become steadily more difficult to chtain ground for them at any reasonable price. The man who wants to do nowa days as much as did his predecessor of over a dozen years ago, has got to pay great deal more for it, and so far as can be seen the earl to all this increase is not yet.
FIFTY-SIX ARRESTED,
...BERLIN. June 27tle Filtysix arrests arising out of Dr. Rathenau's assassination, including the president of the Anti-Semitic Laugue,
have been made.
POLKE FIRE ON REPUBLICANS,
The police at Hamburg fired on Ethe
A meeting of the committee of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners at publican demonstrators, who defied the Manchester, passed a resolation protest-prohibition against passing the Bismarck Monument, killing one and wounding The regular Irish Republican Araying against the proposed import duty on troops stopped all traff during the fabric gloves which, they pointed out night, and systematically searched would seriously, interfere with Lara- jr-by for.aTES, A
Two large hartien of Fire. State troops with armoured cars and ambulances had taken up positions rear Four Courts,
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|shire's „Egyptian yarn trade. It Wils decided to seek an interview with the Premier.
INTERNATIONAL RUBBER
ASSOCIATION.
General O'Connors farees in the mean while preparing for a sige, dug two
A RISE IN RUBBER PRICES. trenches outside and elaborately, muadh-
LosDox, Jun 27th- hagged and bagh wired the buikling, and
"The report that the Dutch rubber grow- smpletely filled the window frames with' great piles of law books, while machineers had decided in favour of restriction, guns were posted on the roofs
ied to excitement in Mincing Lane on Monday. The spot prime for rubber LATER. jumping three-farthings, up to må pener A leren battle for the possession of per poùnal for standard kinds. - Your Courts has been raging in Dublin | MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE
THE BATTLE RAGES.
since dawn.
The attack began in drizzling rain, and armoured-cues trench-mortam and, ma chine-gutis Are brought into áðuón.
SITUATION,
"
Loxx, June 27th. Hague International Association Haerunder glowing in the Dutch Indies, Telegraphs and telephones are con- | derided by 280 votes to 125, to invite the trolled by the military, and communica-Government to consider measures to im tions with England are difficult.
EARLIER CABLES,
FREE STATE GENERAL
KIDNAPPED.
peuve the situation in the rubber industry The nature of the measive will be decid- rd shortly by a committee appointed to discuss the nutter with the Dutch Govern- ment. Herr Burger's theme will be studied.
LONDON, June 7th. Major-General, O'Connell, CHINE, of
A cable message from Amsterdam... Staff of the Free State LA has dated June 9th, stated that Herr Berger been kidnapped in Dublin. This is he managing director of Serbudindi Rubber lieved to be a reprisal for Benderson's Ca.. had proposed a scheme whereby growers would form a pool of 100,000 tons
arrest
Aut to Mountjoy
NIK,
WORLD TENNIS CHAMPION-
SHIP
it.
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THE THINGS WE DO,
"Ban
of r. Tipe, chief engineer of the mid
ant's driver.
The plaintiff alleged that the defendant”
ship, who on the afternoon of the 6th car was being driven az yapid pace, inst broke the bath room in order to on the wrong side of the road at look therein while my client's daughter
Miss Young Ping-sin, a passenger from bend where there was a high curner. Konzmoon to Hongkong, was undresseil The first witness called was Captai and having a bath, well knowing that
my client's daughter was therein, and Charles S. Didwell, R.G.A., who states: tropowest that with condnet by nesie-that shone three o'clock on the afternoon, ed into by your Board of Directo:s."
of March ard, he was going to Taipo
This the plaintiff contended meant that in 1 motorcar hired fra, defendants. he was depraved and immeral and was] The car was driven by a Chinese driver. unfit to be employed as chief engineer ou Between Shatin and Taip they collided hoard the steamer, Alternatively, plain with a motorcycle. A 'this' paint the tiff contended that the words used meant road was level and swervul round to the that he had been guilty of immoral con right, and on the right hand side of the dust. He had been injured in his credit road there was a high band. On the and reputation and brought into public left side of the road were broken stones,. scandal, ridicule and contëmpt.
and no motorist liked to drive ofer Defendant denied that he wrote or broken, stones if he could avoid it. The published the letter mentioned; he also stones covered balf the width of the foul. pleaded the words, had no defamatory and there was no room for a motor-car meaning; and they were insufficient to and a motorcycle to pass on the other sustain the action:
halt, unless they were bath going ever so. slowly.
Mr Holmes:
Your car was on the
Shanghai bas grown up to pokies very great number of sporting clubs, the result being that the more diversified a FIRST ROUND AT WIMBLEDON, › man's tastes in sport are the greater the number of clubs does he have to join.
In the alterantivo, defendant contend- LONDON, June 27th. A Wimbledon the first round of the There is a perfectly well-known case of aed that the wards were written without Championships was played "before
young resident belonging to as many na malier and in the belief that they were right side of the road; not where large grow. The weather was fiue and 13 clubs and we may mention for the in- true, and that under the circumstances the stones were 1-3y car went on the cool but the turf was show.
The Australina Davis
furreation of those who would level the was a privileged communication. The smooth part. Cup player | Anderson, one of the favourites, showed charge of luxury against the present letter was nudrested to the Company, by Can you say what 'speed "yine were excellent form. Be beat the British generation that this happened quite awhom plaintiff and defendant were em going at the time?—I can only give a former Davis Cup player. Turnbull, by long time ago. It requires no great ployed, in reference to a matter in which rough estimate 15 to 18 miles an hour. TAS, 7.5, GAR
stretch of imagination to think of a man Norton, Lycett, the Austentian Davis thoroughly keus interest in such the defendant and the Company had a Continuing witness said that they came
player O'Hare Wood, the Spaniards matters, as racing, paper hunting, polo, common interest. Alonzo and Flaquer, the Frenchraen swimming, rowing, cricket, lawa tennis.
to the corner, and because the left side In the further alternative, the words of the road, which they ought to have Dupont, Cochet, Dragon and Gobert golf, football and billiards-perhaps not and the Rumanian Misu were amongst all at the sarac time but in the course of complained of taken in their natural been on, was covered with the rough others who entuni ike second round.
a couple of years quite easily-while it meaning so far as purport to expresstones, the driver wished to take the might not be very difficult to yacht- facts, were true in substance and fact, ing and lawn bowls and such other pur- Mr. Le in outlining the case said that other part. Before going round. the suits within a
short time. on the On Lee there was a bath-room or cornct, he sounded his horn. Witnexy comparatively CABLE Probably few have goret
through the whole
deck reserved for officers only, On the Lut list,
the averice
healthy taking
young afternoon of May 6th, the chief officer, heard no answering horn, and the driver, man who comes to Shanghai it will be who was now the Captain, overheard thinking there was nothing there, pros Karately easy for hire to tackle conversation between Mrs. Yeung (defen. ceeded. They could not see for in front. half-a-dozen of them between summer and
The con dant's wife) and his boy."
Suddenly a motorcycle was on the left boy" side of the road and wituens estimated winter, and that without being consider-versation was merely that the
las devoting an excessive amount of was instructed by Mrs. Young to get the its speed at between 20 and 25 miles an time to athletics or amusements. Com bath, ready for her. The chief officer hour. The car in which witness WEE "paratively few of the young men will, if ordered, the "boy" to explain that the swerved off the left on to the stones they can help it, confine their energies bath was for officers only and that there and pulled up. The motor-cycle also to one form of sport and as a general was a bath below for passengers. Mrs, went further over to the left, but failed mile before a man has been many years Yeung,tock no notice, and ordered the to pull up in time, and there was n in the part he lid contributed a fair bath to be prepared.
slight collision. The sergeant on the and unless he, had resisted the sedue penter, and directed him to remove the amount of money in the way of entrance
The chief officer then sent for the car-motor-cycle did not appear to be hurt,
tions of the numerous cluta bis monthly dror cf the buth-room so as to prevent subcriptions will come to a tolerable the room hoing wird by Mrs. Young, The figure.
carpenter, not knowing that anyone was in the bath-rrom, tried the door and found it was focked. In order to carry cut the chief officer's orders, he went to the window, which lifted up and down. The carpenter felt a pressure on the other ride of the window and knew that some bly was inside the room. He at cace
FAR EASTERN
NEWS.
{THROUGH" XIVÍRK's aGzScr.] THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE. RESTORATION FAVOURED.
Pers, June 7th.
The recently-appointed inter-Ministerial Committee has renched a decision favour ing restoration of the Banque Industrielle
de Chine.
SINGAPORE OIL STDRAGE TANKS.
CONTRACT GOES TO HOME FIRM.
Lasons. June 7th.
th
Mr. Holmes: Do you think the dir skijided a hat-It may have skiddud, a httle, but not much.
How far did the "car" go after it struck -At the point of
Was the rider thrown over the handle-
remained in his scat
collision they both came to a statistik
"We know that our local firms' encourage sport to a very frut extent, the best proof of which is the decision of several of them to adopt summer time on their Tire Teeside Bridge Engineering Consewn account regardless of the fact that
bars or en fo the bandlebars 1-No; bo * Commandant”. Henderson, of the of rubber, which would be adminis-pany of Middreshers a case from the community as a whole decided not to
Then that gave you an idea of the repulsican LR.A,, was arrested by the tered by the various rubber associations the Admiralty, in the face of keen confirms to see that their emplcyres can in't the window, the people inside released speed of the motor-cycle at the time of··
have it. It must be the concern of them Free State, IRA fortes for riding garage wid was
De scheme further stipulate that if the petition, a contrast to erect fifteen of afford Bach snert in decent moderation} their grip, and 'the' structure fell and the the contact-If the motor-cyéle had pries of rubber should rise above one storage tanks at Singapore. This will and to-day when all such things are cost- Prison.J
glass was broken. After a few moments, been going fast he would have come out. guilder per half kilo, uusagers would sprovide work for many men for eightecafing more and likely to cost more still-on amah,' came out, followed by a young of his seat. At the time of the collision. twenty per cent, and so on proportion-mouths. ately:)
ther is the seed for very hard thinking girl who turned out be to defendant's the motor cycle must have been going.
dughter. Defendant then came along very slowly and told his daughter to go down to the Cross-examined by Mr. Lauritsen: cabin.
Do you think if the motor-eyelist - had bath room, but at that time plaintiff was
The plaintiff's cabin was next to the sounded his born in answer to the motor car born, the accident would have been retusily on the bridge, with the chief avoided our driver had known of offer, and when they heard the ngist the motorcyclist, the accident might
both came down and learnt what had have been avoided.
COUNTY CRICKET. YORKSHIRE DEFEATS KENT.
LONDON, June 7th.
Ikain interfered with play elsewhere. at Lord's, Middlesex led on the first intings against Hunts. For the latter! Kennedy captured eight wickets for $6.
count wicketkeeper, Yorks won by ten wickets. For the winners Oldroyd scored 8, while Waddington took eight wickets for .
"At Manchester, the Lancashire-War- wiek anaich was abandoned.
At Worcester, Somerset led the home team on the first innings, MeBryan scur
·ing 95.
At Horsham, Surrey led on the first anings against Sussex, Sandham scoring
199.
A Derby, the home team defeated Glamorgni by 137 runs,
A Northampton, Notts led on the first innings against the bone county, Cart scoring 39...
At Colchester, the match between Essex and Cambridge University WILS drawn. For the Varsity, Fiddian-Green scored 103, while the Essex batsman, Perri, scored 105.
EARLIER CABLES,
VICE-PRESIDENT DIES DERISC
SESSION.
The Haore, June, 27th. Thuring the sitting of the International
THE PROBLEM." OF RUSSIA. ALARMING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS.
THE HAGUE, June 7th. Contrary to M. Litvinoff's optimistio statements, the latest relible news from Russia shows that raw materials are
INTERPORT POLO CUP
MATCH.
SHANGHAI VICTOIRS. BY 65 AFTER TWO EXTRA CHUKKERS.
ter
pleased had "the Kiswick Chalte
practically exhausted and industry and in which the score was
employment are consequently seriously fested, whilst the political and economic situation is considered alarming
ca their part
THE OTHER WAY, Shanghai is not alone in its way of having developed its sporting side, and other places in the East are no doubt very hand, certain of the ports are not, and they'l such in the same position. On the other having gone about their business in different way are in much happier
to
it
or
cccurred.
ALWAYS 'THE BANK PACES.
The Judge at this stage said he took it that the parties would consider the case on that evidence, and, if they want ed it heard, would put it on the list.
The case was adjourned sing dir
At reds, in the Yorks. Kent mateb Rubber Cultivation Association, the Vice" "A Truly Great Game.” is one of the position. from the point of view of in-12. Lo went on to say that the car from Taipo to, Kowloon.
Can you remember the time it took"
for benefit of "Dolphin, the hout:] Presidrat, M. Burd, collapsed and died, headlines given in the 3G. Daily News |dividual finances. Hankow bas trade henter would state, that during this time} Witness replied that he could not re- to a long report of the Interport Polo Rae Club the centre of its sport, but an
-laintiff was nowhere near the bath-room. match.
He asked his Honour to find that defensaker, and Mr. Lauritsen supplied the
information that it took forty minutes. "Shanghai, it says would have been bet-ver Baer example of the other way of dant knew that plaintiff had nothing to Mr. Lauristen? Did you
doing
things is provided
any. by
Pombay do with the breaking of the glass. where the Gymkhana Club provides,
danger signals on the road t-Xo; to the" Cup for interport talo been was against? at any rate used to provide, all that the I treeived a letter from the manager of the best of my knowledge there were myne,
May 15th, continued. Mr. Lo plaintif a full Hongkong team and it was really average resident required in the way of Company, closing a copy of the letter travelling too fast to pull up in time
Don't you think the motor-eyele was very unfortunate that Mr. Bibby should sport. It ban virtually extra chukkers were being played to is infinitesimal. It has been pointed out have been forced to retire fuiared whilst in comparison with Shanghai, and
haled received from Mr. Nush and He seemed to pull up as soon as he saw the cost
ing for an explanation, this explanation was given and apparently accepted by the,
Was not the motor-car at a standstill at five goals all. However, that is that a similarly happy position Company.
id be in the luck, of almost
segured in real game although we have gone or
Mr. Do concluded his address by before it was ht1-It was just about Shanghai, and and so it was thar
"Tong in the Shanghal finished!
Ferring to an older quarrel between coming to stop. direction victors, by. 05. The other
no insuperables obstacle plaintiff and defendant. presented to Afr. H. Mellichael, the x for us to make a change even how.
The further bearing was adjourned Shanghai captain, by C
What is more, the case for a change is until next Friday. Garstin, making itself argently felt. US. ARMY BILL.
the
sating British Comul-General, and There is one really affluent club in the Hongkong men were 23 generons"in Shangbai and only onethe Race Club- REDUCTION TO STAND. their congratulations as Shanghai sports It uses its money well contributing to
men in geheral were profuse in their re- charities in the most handsome manner. It is nointed out that probably the first WASHINGTON, June 27th.grets at the unfortunate accident.
The accrunt of the accident to Mr. extremely fortunate in comparison with of joining is the Race Club Thereafter The Senate has adopted the conference
every year. Its financial position is crab a man arriving in Shanghai thinks At Leicester, Oxford University led on report on the Army Bill providing for an Bibby in the last of the extra chukkers most of the other clubs, whose committees other clubs are added to his list, until; an
first innings against the home which has already passed the House, of
Bry of 17,000 in the coming year, is thus related
An unfortunate incident ocenrred when month after month scan their atcoustsin
we have painted out, the total may be eunty, Knott woring 105 not out.
Representatives.
McMichael fouled in front of the stand the hope of making ends meet and pre- come stupendous, as things go. Were, Hongkong did not understand what
paring for the future without the
nood
The man who was shot in attempting to PERSECUTION OF AMERICANS
OIL COMBINE'S NEW DEPOT, ty mark and low sliced, but play ning hecrintions. Now done else when that do na hins be
one elsewhere. his case would be very escape with jewellery worth 28,800, on this situation. had been signall, David and Me. IN MEXICO.
the suggestion comer
different.
And the net result so far no Tuesday evening from the Sun Company's ELEVEN RIG TANKS NEAR GENOA, Michael charged in and Neville lost hispbably net for the first time either the different clubs are concerned Con Store, as reported in yesterday morning s
uld not the Rar Club
expand its
paratively little for the observer will see supers, is still a dangerous condition, stroke, but nothing came of it all. After activities so as to include sports such as the race faces over and over again at all but it is talieved that he will Dallas had driven out to check another the Bombay Gymkhana dons Incident the different clube at different times. A large dipot of the Royal Dutch and rush, Shanghai again got away, but the ally the suggestion has reached my pn this This in fact, was the idea mooted when The man has Following the "capture of Bielaski, Shell Oil Companies was opened at Vado, Barly huit that he could not dismount cession from a racmber of the Race Club, the International Recreation
i gure hud to be stopped as Bibby was so
In the shooting which occurred in Des wa Yeux Road Central when shets were ex-
Oil Company, together with property sentatives of the Government, a number scrimmage he had been struck by a work in the adoption of such a pro- forty American employees of the Cortes near Geroa, in the prerance of yore properly and had to fell out of his souls whe has given, the whole master of sport forple want on it were, then considered Changed between the fugitive, and his
most earnest attention He feasible. although owing to special, cir pursuers two men Chias not concern ralued at over a quarter, of a million of Senators and Deputies, and other stick and his right shin was badly damagramme by the Rare. Club a very much umstances no no
The first slollies, wara seized by the rebel General well-known people.
put into operation, it in the chase were injured. to be spally There are eleven tanks of, a capacit, l'ed. After a few minutes the game was happier state for sport generally, a loss functum
presert was a Yaumati youth. He was walking Graruzabe, who is holding them, ta
along. Des Yeux Road when he was init it was a comparatively easy matter for expensive régime for the younger men of The above minosents.
sents some of the ideas in the left hand by a stray bullet, The McMichael to get through and score the the carmunity and a relief from today's, put forward by the gentleman, mentioned other man, Tom Ming, was a shop assist winning goal, everybody regretting that constant fancial worry for many a club abort. Whether they are fansible is a sut who was attracted to the door of his such a fan game should have such an
coinmittee.
oarstion which at least deserves considera-shop by the noise Ho was hit in the leg unfortunate ending.
(Continued at fact of next column.} tina.
by a bullet:
the
SEIZED AND HELD TO RANSOM,
WASHINGTON, June 7th.
RACIKOM, /
..
HOME June 27
of 10,000 tons of evibustible oil..
The American representatives at In connection with the opening the Tampico and Mexico City have been in King conferred a Commandership of the structed to arge immediate action by the Crown of Italy upon Sir Henry Deterd Mexican authorities.
ing.
resumed with Hongkong a man short and
THE JEWEL ROBBERY. ALL THE INJURED. MEN PRO
GRESSING FAVOURABLY."
three
bullet wound
over
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