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INTERPORT CHICKET.

HONGKONG ALL OUT FOR 332.

@HANGHAI 2‰¤ INNINGS: 183 FOR SIX.

There WAS encouraging news from Shanghai yesterday evening. Hangkong bas still a good chance of pulling off the Interport cricket match between Hong- kong and Shanghai.

As reported in yesterday morning's jasne Hongkong opened in a dimppoint- ing manner. In eplying to Shanghai's big first inafngs score of 331, T, E, Peares

THE COLONT'S WAR

THE HONGKONG

MEMORIAL ABRANGEMENTS FOR UNVEILING THE CENOTAPH."

The Cenotaph in Statue Square, the

DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY STE, 1928.

REISS · BROTHERS. LIMITED PLAQUE AND SMALLPOX IN

WINDING UP ORDER MADE.

His Lordship the Chief Justice (Sir William' Rees Davies), in the Supreme Court yesterday morning, heard a peti- tion for the winding up of Reiss Brothers.

Limited.

The petition was presented by Mr. F. C. Jenkin, and signed by the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak.

It stated that the Company was incor-

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HONGKONG,

THIS YEAR'S FIGURES. MEDICAL OFFICER'S OPINION ON CONSUMPTION AMONG CHINESE.

erection of which is now almost complete

The figures for smallpox "und plaguoj is to be unveiled on Empire Day-Thura-

in the Colony this gear are 'an “improve-" day, May 4th, and the attention to these

ment on these for the corresponding perio wishing to be present on the occasion is

last year. Interviewed by a' Daily"Press directed to an announcement which will

representative yesterday aftermon, the be found among today's advertismente porated in England on May 5th, 1920, W. G. Woximan) stated that there had Acting Mediral Ocer of Hen'th (Dr. The Cenotaph is a replics of the and had registered offices at 28. Quay been 148 cases of smallpox up to the 18th and A. 4. Rajah-first pair in for perial monument which was unveiled street, Manchester. The Company also of this month, whereas at the correspond Hongkong-rent out for something under in Whitehall (London), Armistice Day, had offices at Queen's Building. Chatering dute last year 167

There is. just one point of difference Road. and traded under the name of notified. As the smallpox scas is now 79, with no further fall of wickets. Saves The case of the Hongkong Cenotaph Reiss & Co. in Hongkong. The nominal drawing to a close, there is little pro-pecti

which is to feet six inches wide at the capital of the Company was £1.250.000, of any increase. Indeed, but for the co- face, is built on a large granite platform/divided into 1.250,000 shares of £1 each. I'tinued cool weather the figures for small-

thirty, but when stumpa wire drawn on Wednesday they score had crept up to

was hitting out and had added an in valuable do not out whilst Quick was keeping his end up."

morning. Sayer" natched, further 24 to

his overnight score before being sent. back, whilst Quick made 9! Owen- "Hughes-one of our most promising local

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1020. !!

with six steps leading from the turf to The amount of capital paid up, or credit.

Deat as a whale.

was not available for the designer to uork upon.

players of the younger generation-made, 00. The score was creeping up steadily-134 for a wickets--and four of the first five wickets had turned over a good average the Governor on behalf of the Colony and the Court in England, praying leave that The sixth wicket saw no further addition, Wood, unfortunately, going out for a duck, According to yesterday evening's cable Wild and Dods were still in the former having scored 27 not out and the latter 18 not out, A cable received later states that the Hongkong men were all out at 24 p.m., making a total of 332. Waving them only 19 behind on the first inzings; a very creditable performance. Today's

cases had been

pex would very likely have been even

even more encouraging, though it is ra-

that the season will be a

light me.

Dr. Woodman explained that many

When play was resonel yesterday the base. This additional-filatform addsed as paid up, was £690,451. The abjects smaller than i ja, Plagne statisties are;

considerably to the beauty of the monu- for which the Company was formed were

In the case of the to carry on in England, China, and else ther early to prophesy in view of the fact) London Cenotaph, as it stands in the where, the business of general merchants that the season has only just commenced. and commission agents. Mr. Holyank in But last year, which was an unusually bad centre of Whitehall, such a large space his petition said he had reerived & Edle-

gram from the head office of the Company, the 16th May. This year cases number one for plague, 665 had been notified by The Hongkong Cenotaph is to be un-stating that they were unable to pay their only es, and all the indications go to show veiled, on Empire Day. by His Excellency debts, and were presenting a petition to by that time it will be practically com- the Company might be wound up. Also, the cases, bath of smmallpox and malaria, are pleted, though it is thought that the Company was unable to pay its debts die imported into the Colony, and it is fre- kerbing surrounding the newly laid tur humbly prayed: (1) That Reiss Brothers,quently impossible to tell whether the vic- in Hongkong. The petitione". therefore, will not is quite finished. The Cenotaph Limited, might be wound up by the Court itself stands 35 feet in height and, as under the provisions of the Company's

tim picked up the disease in Hongkong er elsewhere. Sixteen of the 164 stallpox already stated, is 15ft. eins across the Ordinance of 1911 (2) Or that such other face at the bass and sft. sins, at either order, might be made in the premises as end. Above the wreath on the face are may be just. the Roman numerals M.C.M.XI,, »and. very significant words "The Glorious underneath the wreath appear the three

Dead." On wither side of the free will be placed the flags of the Empire-White Ensign, the Union Jack and the Brd Ensign. Sir Edwin Luytens designed the Cenotaph and the Times Art Critic in an article at the time of the unveiling of the original inonument in London, retnarkèd "It is the common sense of the design that has surprized us. The article which discnsus Sir Edwin's style of architecture is reproduced below,

scoring will be looked for with great

interest,

According to a Beater's cable when stanswers drawn Shanghaj in their second innings had scored 133 for the

Joss of six wickets, ́

Scores: --

SHANGHAI

1st Innings..

H. Ollerdessen, b Young.

...... 00

A. A. Caxton, e Owen Hughes,

8

1. Quick

920

Capt. Harrett, e Wond, 1 Owen

Hughes

H. E. Muriel

80

J. A. Quagle....

A. W. Hayward

D. W. Lench

W. N. Hansell, e and b Owen

Hughes

H. W. Allison

H. C. B. Peck. e Rumjahn. b Owen'

Hughes

S. Inace

Extras

Total

Bowling Analysis.

F. N. Young........

H. Owen Hughes.

E. K. Quick

N. M. Omar

ه پام

HONGKONG.

et Innings.

'T. E. Pearce, la Quayle

But of auo85

42

10

351

R.

W.

2

92

#

?

...... 5 A. A. Ramjahn, b Isaacs .... 21 Rev. E. K. Quick, b Quayle ......... 21 Q. R. Sayer, e Claxton, 6 Junyle... 57

H. Owen Hughes, b Isasen-

A. E. Wood, run out

R. Wild, not out

E. R. S Dods, not out

:

Total (for six.Tickets)

27

18

.179

R. H. Wild, E. I. S. Doda. N. M. Omar, F. N. Young, L. J. Davies, and Mr. Extras" provided the remain- ing 153 between them.

Mr. Jenkin explained that the petition

the Companies Ordinance on April 7th had been presented under section 245-6 of

Advertisements had been put in the local newspapers and one debtor had replied that he wished to be represented. That debtor was Mr. Robert Yip, and he was represented at Court, by Mr. J. M. Hull.

He was asking for an order for the winding up of the Company, and for the continuation of Mr. A. R. Lowe as special manager, a position to which he had been appointed at the time of the presentation of the petition to Mr. Justice Gompertz. He added that the Official Receiver had been appointed Provisional Liquidator.

The order was granted,

as already reported are definitely known to have been imported, but, beyond doubt, (many of the others originated outside of the Colony. On the other hand there aro

plague cases which are not notified, as it undoubtedly a number of smallpöz and,

frequently happers that the first intima- tion of a person suffering from the disease is when the authorities are asked to re- move the corpse...

CONSUMPTION AMONG CHINESE.

Dr. Woodman added that the bigh death rate among the Chinese of the Colony wan to be attributed not so much to diseases like plague and smallpox, but rather to consumption. This is a disease not noti fiable either in Hongkong or in England, and for that reason it is difficult to give any figures referring to the number of sufferera.

The Cenotaph is not dedicated, to the Colony's dead, but to the" dead of the Empire, and we understand that after the unveiling cerquony on Empire Dny, which

Most of the smallpox cases during the has been fixed for 5.30 p.m., His Excel

year have come from the Island, but on The success of Sir Edwin Luyten is, in the other hand Old and New Kowloon are leney will play a wreath at the base of died, a proof that we are beginning to the monument and afterwards the general understand something of the art of build chiefly responsible for cases of plagus, public will also be nt liberty to do like.ings for he is not, like the popular |'. wise, in memory of dear ones lost in the imitation of past styles. If asked to build architects of the past, learned in the Great War.

a church his problem-es we can see from. his two churches in the Hampstead Garden Suburb-is nat to make us think his new church is an old one hut simply WIFE DIES IN HOSPITAL FROM to build a good church, suited to its site and its material and to the needs of he designs moulding is, not to make i modern congregations. His object whèn

A CHINESE CONSTABLE AND HIS WIFE.

INJURIES.,

Further details of Wednesday after.

A combined Guard of Honour will be furnished by the Royal Navy and the 2nd King's Regiment. There will also be on "parade detachnieuss from ali Naval.and Military and other units. The Bands of both the 2nd King's Regiment and Gothic or Palladian, but to lay the right hoon's West Point affair, which led to Bombay Grenadiers will be present,

emphasis in the right place. In fact, he the arrest of a Chinese constable, No. 539, For the convenience of the public.sigas as a successful man writes, and on a charge of manslaughter of his wife,

Knys what he has to say without trying stands are being erected round the site to use a certain vocabulary or certain Le Tsui Lam, are now available. It capable of seating 1,400 people. Admix images because they were used by great appears that the woman visited No. 7. sion will be by ticket, and though there writers in the past.

Police Station, in the afternoon, for the

But he is not ignorant or contemptuous

will not be numbered seats, the Committee of tradition he gives thought for the age purpose of seeing her husband, whol will only issue tickets for each stand to great men who have been solving problems is stationed there. According to eye- the number of prople who can be com- he set out to solve; and he makes use of witnesses they were seen talking outside fortably seated. It is requested that past experience just as if he were a de

everyone will be in their places by 5.10 p.m., at which time the troops will march on to ground, headed by the band of the Bombas Grenadiers, to take up their

alloited stations.

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one could build a better town house than to raise his foot and kick the woman, signer of motor-cars. He knows that no the station and the constable was seen Wren built; so when he builds a house who was 2 years,agr, in the left side of in St. James' Square or the office of the back The woman immediately col Country Life he gets all he can from Wren and does not try to design some lapsed. She was immediately removed to thing utterly unlike any house that ever the Government Civil Hospital and died Subscribers the War Memorial was seen. He knows that art which has an hour and a half inter as the result of

no basis has no future, So you might should apply for tickets for themselves call him eclectic, except that be chocens n ruptured spleen. Directly after the and families either to: Mr. J. Thayer, always on a principle and does not try alleged assault the constable picked up GOLDSMITH FIRED AT BY c/o Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, or to Mr. to combine all the excellencies in the same their little child, who had accompanied

ATTEMPTED ARMED

ROBBERY.

EXASPERATED

ROBBER.

Lam Kwan, the accountant of the Yick Cheong gold and silver smith's shop, No,

of them pointed a revolves at him. The

to

W. Galloway, c/c Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

Tickets will also be distributed through the Naval and Military authorities, Ex

abstract and characterless perfection.

It is the particular problem that dictates the deceased woman to the station, and choice the problem of site, parpose and carried it home. He then come back to material; a building to him is not the Station and gave himreif up: He was building merely, but a town house, farm, 62, Main Street, Kowloon City, had a very Active Service Men's Association. British houses are based on the old buildings of to sea his wife who by this time was church or public building.. So his country granted permission to go to the Hospital

narrow squeak from being murdered by Legion, 'Harbour Office (for Mercantile the neighbourhood; in Surrey he uses the a gang of armed robbers on Wednesday Marine Officers and Engineers) and pleasant old devices of Surrey builders dying, and judging from his action he night. Whilst he was in the shop, shortly Central Police Station. Mimbers of the but always for his own purpose and was full of remorse, over what had occur before B o'clock, five men rushed in. One Community, not coming under any of always for the object of making, not red. The cantable was wearing rubber

picturesque collection of architectural three headings, may obtain tickets on features, but a house good to live in. shoes at the time of the alleged assault. resourceful accountant took the robbers Hall on Saturday, Tuesday and Wednes that his houte and gardens are good to tracy, before Mr. Wood and the date of application in the entrance to the City Hence, no doubt his success; people find

The case was mentioned at the Magis by completa surprise: he cleared the day, between the hours of 10 am and live in as well as pleasant to look at: counter with a startling leap and made noon. In order to avoid disappointment; and, in the long run, no house will be bearing was fixed for Friday, the 25th for the street. Near the doorway the man tickets should be applied for as early as pleasant to look at that in pot good to inst.

possible. Applicants should ask for one with the revolver fired at him, the bullet ticket for each member of their family. live in. Beauty cumer of solving the practical problem handsomely, not to just grazing his left side. Foiled in their There will be to charge for admission on sacrificing the inside to precious" "attempt to rób the place the robbers took to the stands. to their heels and scattered in all direc Lions.

THE BORDER TROUBLE. WOUNDED CANTOÑESE SOLDIERS

·IN· HONGKONG.

THE ART OF THE CENOTAPH.

NO BEAUTY “WITHOUT COMMON *SENGE. ·

{{BY-THE "TIMES "VART. CRITIC]

Incade..

BLAZE AT: SHAUKIWAN, SIX MATSHEDS GUTTED.

Last night at about 9 o'clock a firð curred at Shaukiwin resulting in the destruction of air matsheds, which pern

"The greatest work of the architect is unfinished and far away, but with Mr. Baker, he is fortunate in having an opportunity such as come to 'few modern, architects, the creation of a new city But India also is fortunate in that the Dehli buildings are being built in our time and not 50 years ago. Then the inhabited by the families of stonecutter In designing the Cenotaph Sir Edwin one question would have been-What sha1f a hot yet known how the blato com A number of Cantonese soldiers wound Lutyens has not tried to pile up we imitate the Cloth Hall of prosormented but when the Fire Brigade arrive

Che recent fighting & Shum Chuo volction of architectural features but to St. Peter's of Ronia or the Taj Mahal 1

design something that looks like what it Now for Sir Edwin Lutyens, that is hoted on the soone it was found impossible drifted, down to - Hongkong, Onis, & cenotaph. It is the condition sense of the question. He can forget all these in to save the wide. The structures which Wednesday releven of them made their the design that has earprised us, used his particular problem of purpose, of were close proximity to each other, apped

at the boatment Civile we are, to anything but common senge aste and of

of material. He and other in our monuments. It says simply and architects have greatly educated the rapidly caught fire one after the other and six of them were admitted precisely what it has to shy like i Griek public in the first principles of building: in nonbart space of time mill six?werks 30 from Bullet wounds, and the Epitaph, And people find that they prefer he has taught us, and we are beginning gutted. All the inhabitante managed to

Who were not so seriously this to nymphs and wreaths and crowns to see that there may be beauty A ided, were sent to the Tung Wabond pilasters all saying nothing in parli architecture with common sonze. Repro get clear of the blazing sheds but up to duced from the Timer of November 12th, the present the damage has not, bem Hospital for trebimit...

estimated.

cular,

(Continued at foot of next column.). Al 1920.];

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