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ENGLAND'S EASY VICTORY.
Lans, aly 15th. There was a small attentate when the
restard third Text Match was Headingly. Lords, this morning, in Sne weather. The wicket showed signs of wearing.
BRITISH
**RUGGER" TOUR
CAPE Tows, July 15th.
The British Rugby team beat the com- bined Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch by 9 points to 8.
BISLEY
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SERIOUS RIOT AT DELIL
DELHI, July 16th.
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FAR EASTERN CABLE MURDER OF MR. HAWLEY.
NEWS.
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CHINA AND THE SOVIET.
AMBASSADORIAL
EXCHANGES,
PEKING. July 10th.
A serious riof resulting in an aggress sive attitude of Mohamedans towards, Hindas necessitated some firing by the military, who were calhal in with demar A Waichiaopu Note despatched to M. There were no enalties from Karakhan on the 14th inst. said that the the firing ut six were otherwise killed exchange of diplomatic representatives and a hundred wounded in street fighting of Ambassadorial rank would be accept- The trouble was due to Mohamedans per- Jable to China,
THE KÕLAPORE (TT.
Loss, July 13th: At Bisley, South Africa won the Kola-ars, The visitor's inuings closed at 123pore Cup, with 1,113 points. also the
Public interest in the opening of the Allied Conference was shown by the large crowd at Downing Street an hour beforem, for 323. the commencement. The crowd included “a_unsheraf Deaninion hay scouts and
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journalists and photographers. Phere was a constant procession of motor cars and taxis from 10, fe à onwards..
The Japanese delegates were the first to arrive: then M. Parlamanos (Greece), General Norten de Mattox (Portugal). 31. Timiesen Rumania), followed by the Serbians, Belgians 31. Herrint, who res voiced a particulisly hearty welcome, and finally the Italiurs, all proceeded to the Foreign Secretary's room in which they lock their places at the horseshoe table. Mr. MacDonal, presiding, set out, the aims of the L'onference,
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DELEGATES · ARRIVE.
BON, July 15th There kuch activity in Bowing street in preparation for the Inter-Allied Conference to-mirrow. The weekly meet- | ing of the Cabinet was held today, in- stead of tomurcars, in under tu leave: Mr. MacDonald free to devote, his whole attention to the Conference. It is under Stond the Cabinet discussed the questions of foreign policy likely to be gaised në the Conference. Mr. Thomas had a fur- ther meeting with Domialen representa- tives at the Colozial Oure with regard to representation of the Dominions at the Conference, regarding which over a hundred foreign official visitors will be in London by tomorrow.
It is expected the following will repre- sent their countries:-- -
Britain: Messrs. Ramsay MacDonald and Snowdeu
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Fuited States: Mr. Kellog and Cafenel Logan:
France M. M. Herriot and Clemental, General Nollet and fossibly Marshal
Foch.
- Italy: Signor Destefani, the Finney- Minister Deneva, and Marchese Deils Foretta
Japan: Baron Havashi and Viscount -1ship
Belgium: M. M. Theunis and Hymans. Portugal. Serbia, Rumania and Greece will ald be represented.
The French delegation to the conference were writmed at Victoria station by Mr. MneDonald and the French Embassy officials. Mr. MacDonald and M. Her- pint exchanged most conilial greetings. The prowd should Vive Herriot!" and
Good old Ramsay i W
The delegation does not melado Mas- shal Foch, but his Chief-gf-Staff, General Desticker.
England, requiring Go to win, compiled 17 for the loss of one wicket by lunch time. Hobbs was the dismissesi batsman, bring hosted by Hackenberg for 7. The nel caine at 240 p.m. Sutcliffe and Hearns between them knocking up the required 53 runs (less one extra) to give England tine wickets' victory.........
Scores
SOUTH AFRICA
IST INNINGS TA. Ward, b Tute. 3. d. Susskind, b Gilligan A. D. Nourse, ran put
17
H. W, Taylor (cap), not out ... 59- R. Catterall. e Wood, b Tate. 29 E. P. Nupen. e Wood, b Tate
S. J. Pegler, b.w., Tate,
J. M. Blanckruberg, b Tate G. P. Carter. Hendren, h
Maenalay
E. G Deane, b Tate M.J. Commaille, run out
Extra
Tota
ND INNINGA.
M. J. Commailie. s Wood. b R.
Tyldesley
T. A. Warde 4,b,w, b Hearne M. J. Susskind, bw, R.
A. D.
31
25
Wood, b R
56
Tylerse Tyldesley ... H. W. Taylor, run out R. H. Catterall, b. Tate
H. G. Deane, not out .....
J. M. Blanckenberg.
Tate
11
E. P. Supen, b Macaulay
S. J. Pegler, run out
C. P, Carter, h Tate
Extrita
Total
323
Bowling is lenings.
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R.
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R. Tyldesley
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Guernsey Gold Coast
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.1.105 .1,101
.1,049
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AMERICAN BASEBALL
NEW YORK, July 16th.
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York, 5 St. Louis, 4.- Boston. #: Chicago's Philadelphia, 9: Detroit, 11.. Washington, 1;. Cleyekind, 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburg : Philadelphia, 1. Cincinnatti, 7; Boston, Chiengo, 4: New York, a St. Louis, 4: Brooklyn. 7.
OLYMPIC GAMES. TENNIS AND SWIMMING:
PARIS, July 16th.
LAWN TENNIS! Williams and Washburn (U.S.A.) beat, Rohrer and Gottlieh (Czecho-Slovakin), 16-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Kingscote (Britain) heat tranholm | (Finland), 62, 6-0, -0.
Spence (South Africa) bent Woosnam (Britain), 4-6, 10-5, 6-1, 3-0, 6-3
기
sisting in carrying a sacrificial s The Russian Consulate at Shanghai is
through a prohibited area where Himlas to be handed over to the Soviet of July reside. The Mohamedans" set fire to 24th.
پیرم
DIRECT OFFICIAL
RESPONSIBILITY. ACTION OF HILS, "COCKCHAFER
DOUBLY JUSTIFIED,
The following striking testimony to the fact that the officials at Wanbaien were fully aware. beforehand at the probable danger to Mr. Hawley of shifting his wood oil by steamer and that they were indved themselves rex- ponsible for the circumstances which caused that danger has been obtained by the A Daily Neix from an
Our conten animpeachable source
porary says it will be seen that Com- inander Whiteborn was doubly justified. La foreign circles of this part (Wan- haien) the belief is prevalent that the
Hinda house and broke open a templo„. The thinggon forecasts the appoint-immediate cause of Mr. Hawley's death
and, desecrated the lols.
ment of La Cheng Hsiang. who was]
is to be found in the opposition of the Junk people to the transportation of wood Order was restored after four hours' Minister to Petrograd in 1911 and is
611 by steamers during the summer months, This belief is, now Minister at Bernel as the future, the high water season. disturbance.
Ambassador to Russia.
however, only partly correct.
U.S. WORLD FLIGHT.
AIRMEX IN, LONDON.
LONDON, July 16th. The American diers have arrived at Croydon.
OBITUARY.
WINIFRED EMERY
ANHUI TUFEI ACTIVE. MISSIONARIES CAPTURED,
PEKING, July 16th.
There
The Chinese tiovernment" expects that is strong reason" to believe that the im- M. Karakhan will be the Soviet Ambas-mediate cause of Mr. Hawby's death is to, he looked for in the altitude of the sador at Peking.
en uthicials, both civil and military, who could have prevented the unrder, or Any serious happenings, had they intended to do so. Certainly" the "ngita tors behind the scenes world never have Tajri are reported in steadily increas¡ dared to go as far as they did, if they ing numbers and activity in Anhui, andį bail been given go upderstand by the " Winifred Emery is dead.
now total 4-5,000. As a "counter-meast.authorities in time that sharp punish- ment would be inflicted on any enlprit: Miss Winifred Emery, an acenoplish-
PAUTHORITIES NOT IGNORANT. el actress and the daughter and grand there has been a reinforcement, of Gov- daughter of actors, was in her prime ernment troops. The tufe) have captur- The authorities cannot take refuge be
London "footlight favourite when Henry Irving was making his name. Sheed several foreiga inissionaries, hoping bind the excuse that they did not know. offer insurance against what was going my for,verghodly in first appeared in Loudon in 1879, as the they Imperial Theatre, Westminster, and then
Lospes, July 15th.
will
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knew that certain people in the joined Wilson Barratt at the Court bombardment. The Bank of China has town knew of the agitation Everybody Theatre. She twice toured America anden looted and wealthy townsfolk
town were trying to form a Junk Trans- Cannula with Irving's company and from
bert (Britain) Leat Bayley (Austra-1496-1905 appeared regularly at the Hay robbed. The fe apparently consist of lia), 7-3, 97, bei,„.
market. Winifred Emery married Cyril dismissed soldiers and irresponsibles,
Washer (Belgium) beat Hunter Mande, the well-known actor in 1889.1
| (U.S.A.), 2-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.4
Miss Wills (U.S. A.) bent. Mrs. Satterth- waite (Britain), (1, 6-2
In the mixed doubles Gilbert and Miss MeKane (Britain) beat Demarpurgo and Perelli (Italy), D-7, 1-6, 7-5.
In the third rond Washburn (USA)
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beat Van Lenney Tolland), 2-6 6-1, 6-1. FINDING OF BOARD OF ENQUIRY 6-2 and Williams (USA) hent Mace-
maner (Czecho-Slovakin), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 3-4,
SWIMMING A
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0 37
265-1.
and Innings.
W. IL-
R. Tyldesley Tal
173
Charlton (Australia),
+21
Anne Borg (Sweden)
Hearne
5-1
Macaulay
Woolley
Gilligan
GU
J. R. Hobbs, Pegler. b. Nourse... 31.
1.500 Meracs (Fag STYLE):
Beauspire (Australia)
Hathell (Britain)
Time: 30mins. 63-peres, (world's re enre).
400 METBEX (LADIES);
"Miss Morelius (U.S.A.) ........
ENGLAND.
IST INNINGS.
Miss Wainwright (U.S.A.)
1. Sutcliffe, e Nupon, ↳ Biancken-
Miss Ederic (LTH.A.)
....
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53
Miss Molesworth (Britain)
Miss Shand (New Zealand)
5
Arrx J. W. Hearne, flow, b Pegler..... 20 F. E. Woolley, h Pegler
0
E. Hendre, e. Deane, b Nuper...131 E. Tyldesley, run out.... 15 M. M. Tate, Taylor, & Carter... 23 Mr, A. E. Gilligan tempt.). e
Chitrall, b Paylor
...... 29
R. Tyldesley, Carter, 5 Pegler... 20 Mr. G. E. C. Wool, ran,, ont...... G. G. Macaulay, not oft
Extras
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2nd Innings
J. Hobbs. Blanckenberg II. Sutcliffe, not out, J. W. Hearne, not out
Exumk
396
F
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-7
Ay
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Total (for one wicket) 60
Bowling-st innings.
Peglers
W R. 4,116
Carter
17
Blanckenberg
38
Nourse Nupen
67
1. * 85
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The Italian and Belgiin delegations have also arrived in Londen, and were the welcomed by representatives" of Premier.
TO EXECUTE DAWES REPORT.
WHAT GERMANY HAS TO DO.
PARIS. July 16th. ·
COUNTY GAMES
HIGHEST SCORE OF REASON.
Loxoos, July 15th.
At the Oval. Surrey led on the first innings against Lancs. Lancashire scored 327 (Makepeace 120) and then 304 for 8.
Time: Gminy. 2,1-3seum.
HIGH DIVING
Eve (Australia)
Jansen (Sweden)
Clark Britain)
BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT. MACLAREN'S ALASKAN DASES.
PREPARING FOR PACIFIC STRETCH.
ST. PAUL'S ISLANDS (Alaska), July 16th." The trawler Thiepeel, which has on the established 20 supply basesS Aleutian Islands and, the Alaska Penin- sula to aid MacLaren's world fight. has wirelessed that she will arrive at Attui Island within a week.
:
Toshilove. July 19th.. Squadron Leader MacLaren hopped off this morning for Paramushiro in favour able weather.
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BIG RISE IN FLOUR PRICES.
POON
...
WASHINGTON, July 16th. A board of enquiry finds that the recent
FLOODS IN NORTHERN CHINA.
TIENTRIN, July 16th. All local dykes have been strengthen
ed.
portation Company, n company that woola rake under its wings all the junk masters and junk owners on the river, hire the junks out at fixed rates and de- mand an extra premium of 4 per cent. of the amount of freights for "guarantee-. ing the honesty, etc.. of the junk "prople. With prospects of better weather it I would certainly have beeis à money- for the originators, is hoped that the water will rise to making concern
money-making at the expense of shippers
further.
4
It is emphasised that Tientsin is not fund, probably, alus of junk masters aware of this: they were, consequently, explosion on the battleship Mississippi affected as yet: only the out districts The better class of junk masters were was due to insufficient air pressure being are flooded, though it is thought that the against the scheme and kept away from
used in eleaning the hore of a big gun; it also finds that the Gre in the upper handling room was due to the safety deors not being entirely closed.
BOSS CROKER'S WILL.
PALM BEACH, July 185. Judge Robbins has admitted for pro- hate the will of Bbs Craker, drawn up Lin Dublin in October, 3939, bequeathing Fall his property to his widow,
EARLIER CABLES. PACIFIC COAST FOREST FIRES.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
NO LIVES LOST.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15th A million dollars worth of damage has been done by forest &res along the Pacific Coast of the United States and British
Columbia.
· Much" anxiety is felt in regard to the safety of the villages in the path of the
fames.
danger to Tientsin is not over yet.
[or coverESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN."] KALGAN INUNDATION.
the demonstration.
In a place like" Wanhaien there are, however, always a lot of junkless junk masters and werkless junk coolies who prefer making their living by stealing and working together with soldiers and WASHINGTON. July 13th.
other, robbers and pirates. These ele The damage sustained to foreign pro-meats the promoters of the above-men- perty in Kalgan, Chihli, is estimated at tinned scheme got together, they told them that their livelihood would be a million dollars. The flood waters have endangered if cargoes like wood oil were destroyed a large section of the town but allowed to be shipped by steamers. No- thing is easier than with a few cents and mare promises to tempt this type of the death roll is light.
prople to rash acts, and the agitators. i did it. Their intention was now to frighten foreign shippers of wood sil away from steamers, and, thus force them to keep their oil over until after the high water senson, when it would have to be shipped by junk.
RUSSIAN CONSULATE AT
·SHANGĦAL,"
SHANGHAI, July 15th.
An armed Sikh police guard was post- ed, outside the Russian Consulate yester day owing to rumours that the Reds would attempt forcibly to expel the small band of Cossacks who have installed themselves in the building.
Captain Barrett" conferred with the Cossacks commander, Colonel Ivanoff, and requested him to leave the building, as his presence was likely to cause trouble.
Tow
The Cossacks marched out during the Thirty-five persons, including eleven afternoon, and a police guard children, are missing from the village remains. of Wheeler's Mill, Washington. There is no news of several families of settlers in Pine Creek. Heavy rains, however have improved the situation.
LATER
SPECULATION
AND HARVESTS BLAMED.
Loxas, July 6th. Spegulation and the bad harvests in Anterien are blued for the disquieting increase in the price of four from 35 to 43/60. per snek. A prominent trade the Pacific Coast hare now apparently
that France and been accounted for. authority points t Germany both report had crops. Cane- estimated at 30 per dian supplies are
In response to an Anglo-French request for suggestions regarding the drawing ap of the plan for the re-establishment of Germany's economic and fiscal unity, the Reparations Commission has decided that and declared (Watson 105). Surrey had sent, under normal. He declares "almost!
the following conditions would determine whether the Dawes report, was put into execution: (1) The complete handing aver to tristee of the securities pro- vided for in the report; (2) Completion
All those missing in the forest fires on
U.S. OIL SCANDAL.
every othee boy in the United States is EX-SECRETARY FALL ON TRIAL. compiled 388 for 5, and declared now gambling in wheat futures." (Jardine 122 and Abel 90, ngt nut), and then 90 for t
SINGAPORE SCHEME.
of the gold bank issue: () The forina- and declared (Dipper 18, with seven-
The local Chinese authorities knew of all this agitation, they knew exactly what was going on, they knew quite well that cargo, and perhaps also anyone concerned in moving it, would receive a rough handling on the way to the steamers, although perhaps, they did not expect the matter would cost the life of a foreigner. There" to have been some kind of secret anderstanding be tween the authorities and the agitators that soldiers would not interfere in any demonstration. for the agitators and rawdies felt themselves "quite safe from the soldiers.
THE USUAL SQUEEZE.
JAPAN'S DUAL NATIONALITY BILL. exertions of foreign, shipper military
TOKYO, July, 15th. The Government's Dual Nationality Bill was passed by the Upper House,
JAPANESE LUXURY TARIFF. KORE FOREIGN - COMMUNITY PROTEST.
The cause of the hostile attitude of the authorities towards transportation of wood oil by steamers can be found in the to free themselves from the heavy taxation impased on wood oil it for- warded by janks. Since foreign shippers of wood oil, have lately managed prac tically to free timelves from illegat military taxation if they ship by steam- es, the authorities naturally do not look at steainer shipments with friendly eyes; they, too, prefer the oil to be shipped by junk, in which case they enn always get a.higher taxation of the oil, no matter what arrangement foreigners, or their Toxro, July 15th.
Consuls, have been making at Chungking. The foreign community in Kobe held a If, at times when the river seems free EL PARO, July 15th.
meeting at which a resolution was passed of pirates, the foreigner imagines that the payment, of escort fees (Fu-Shang Mr. Fall, the former Secretary of the protesting against the Luxuries Tariff tax) is superfluous, it is an easy thing Gloucester brat Sussex by nine wickets
Los Dos, July 16th. Interior, has been arraigned before the at Eastbourne. Cloucester scored 410 for
guard of, say, 50 soldiers down, river The Manchester Gardian, in a leader, United States Commission in connection Bill, which they view with harm and for the military commanders to send a expresses uneasiness in regard to the with indictments against him returned tion of a company to work the railways; teen fours). Sussex replied with 201.
than once. and (4) The complete subscription of the and 995. first lean of M.500,000,000 gold.
Leicester heat Warwick at Leicester by: Lords debate on the Singapore hase by the Columbia grand jury relative to anxiety, and expressing the opinion that with arms and Ammunition to play the The above goes to slay the attitude of Lards Haldane and Chelmsford. the the Teapot Dome oilfields.
anco,of, the European standard of living Le Petit Parisire says the Inst-named an innings and sé ruce, Leicester Core scheme. Contrasting the statentents of the charges arising from the leasing of such a measure will render the mainter-part of pirates; this has been done more the local authorities, they knew exactly. of point was only derided after a heated 401 for and declared (King 2, and discussion, the British delegate declaring Astill 88). Warwick replied with 188 and curnal says that if Lord Chelmsford was Mr. Fall pleaded not guilty." He
the accredited mouthpiece of the Govern waised the preliminary hearing, and in Japan impossible, increase the cost of what was going on but, for reasons that subscription was difficult and per
Middlesex at Nottingham beat Nottsment, then there is no longer any security gave a bond of 825,000 for his appearance living on every side by increasing the their own, preferred to play the part of the ignorant, trusting very likely that haps imposside if the economic unity of
cost of imports as well as domestic manu-Mr. Hawley, as foreigners when dealing by 27 runs. Sotts" compiled 4% (John that the Singapore decision will not later at Washington. Germany was not restored..
Gunn 108 Cary 131): and then 192, Allen be reversed.
factures, and will seriously damage with Chinese often do, would put Lim- self somehow in the wrong, so that, it taking 6 for 31. Middlesex scored 253
Japan's trade.. and 358 (Guise" 100).
anything of a more serious nature should happen, they would be able to settle New York, July 16th.
the affair ultimately in a draw," Officials raided an Italian steamer from
THE POWERS FIRST TO BLAME. Mr. W. H Gala, the United States Genoa this morning and seized 600 pack- nges of narcotics, which it is alleged were Consul-General, has been admitted to the The above is the immediate, cause of intended to be smuggled into the coun- French Hospital suffering from influenza.ir. Hawley's death. In the indirect try. The Customa Agents thereupon took Mr. Laroz Webber, of the U.S. Consulate way it must be attributed to the policy possession of the vessel to enable a more General, who is also a patient at the of the Powers towards China, Very complete search to be made. Some of French Hospital, is progressing favour illuminating is the fact that the whola
of the British man-of-war. crew were arrested. the ship's offers and a sumber of the ably, and is likely to be about again in thing could happen under the very nose
157
Kent Ind on the first innings against Yorkshire at Maidstone. Kent scored 200 and 279 (Harringe 140), and Yorkshire compiled 203 and 190 for 3 (Holmes 105,
not out).
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GERMAN CURRENCY CHANGES.
Bemax, July 15th. The Government has approved the text of a Bill establishing a new gold note
Somerat led on the first innings bank, in accordance with the Dawes res against Hampshire at Bath. Hants com- port, and incidentally providing for the piled 453 (Day 142, and Aird 131) and isade of gold ton and tycoty mark coins, then 160 for 3. Somerset scored 075 for silver coins of one to five marks, and
and declared (Young 208, tre highest copper coins of one, two, five, ten and score in Somerset's history and also the fifty pfennig.
highest of the season.
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CROPS FAIL IN RUSSIA. LIKELIHOOD OF FAMINE NEXT YEAR.
HARRIN, July 15th. Reliable reports from Hussia indicate that there is a likelihood of famine next year surpassing all previous famines owing to the destruction of the crops through drought, locusts and vermic..
ITALIAN DRUG RUNNERS. 600 PACKAGES SEIZED.
about a fortnight
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