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COUNTY CRICKET.

RAIN AGAIN!

VICTORIES FOR NOTTS,

YORKSHIRE AND KENT.

Rain spoilt the mid-week matches, only three games being decided. Notte beat Northants, not a difficult task, Yorkshire suashed up J. W. H. T. Douglas's men at Leeds and

Kent had some "rabit shooting"

down Worcester way.

The Lords Gentlemen v. Players was washed out.. Dr. R. derdine secios to have been the outstanding player making 123 out of 270 for the Gentlemen. Ever since Oxford days ho has been most promising player, among a generation that it-

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AMERICAN

BASEBALL.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS.

IN NATIONAL AND AMERICAN LEAGUES.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE].

New Yong, July 18th. The following are the results of

last week's baseball games played in the National and American Leagues:-

National League. Saturday (July 9th):

New York 5, Brooklyn 7 New York 1, Brooklyn 0. Boston 3, St. Louis 6. Boston St. Louis 4. Philadelphia 12, Cincinnati Pittsburg, Chicage D.

cluded Chapman, M. Bowell, the Sunday (July 10th): Gilligans, the Ashtons, G. T. 8. Stevens and a host of others lost

to cricket owing to the calls of

business and the professions.

The chief individual performances

were :-

Batting.

Payton (Notts)

Ashdown (Kent)

143* 139

Wensley (Sussex)

127

D. R. Jardine (Gentlemen) 123

Young (Somerset)

Flint (Netta).

109* 100*

Not out.

Bowling.

Freeman (Kent)

7 for 45

Nichols (Essex)

**

Freeman (Kent)

30

THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENTLEMEN . PLAYERS.

923

Century by D. R. Jardine, ́ LONDON, July 15th.

The Players were unable to con

game plete an inuings in the against the Gentlemen at Lord's, and the match was left drawn. 1. R. Jardine, the Surrey amateur, hit up 123 for the Gentlemen, and Holnes and. Sutcliffe made yet "another" three:&gure" partnership Holmes scoring 50 and Sutcliffe 64.

Score:~

Gentlemen: 276.

Players: 132 (for 2 wickets),

LANCASHIRE ». SOMERSET.

Fine.Innings by Young, Lancashire won on the first in- nings against Somerset at Taunton, rain preventing a complete deci sion. The feature of the match was the century by Young in the Somer- set. second inninga. He scored 100 (not out) in a total of 173 for the loss of Ave wickets.

Lancashire made their rune by sound even batting, no player reach. ing the half-century mark.

Score:-

Somerset: 205 and 173 (for 5

wickets).

Lancashiro: 207.

YORKSHIRE BEAT ESSEX.

In a low acoring match at Leeds, Yorkshire, defeated Essex by seven wickola. Sasex were dismissed in their first innings for 100, and York- shire gained a first innings advan- tage of 86.

Nichole took seven Yorkshire wickets for 72 runs in their first innings,

Score:-

Essex 100 and 176. Yorkshise: 188 and 91 (for 3

wickets).

SUSSEX v. HAMPSHIRE.

Wensley Makes 127. Hampshire had no opportunity of batting against Busser at East- bourne, and the match does not count in the Championship. Sus-

New York, St. Louis 0. New York 3, St. Louis 7. Brooklyn 0, Chicago 3, Monday (July 11th):

Philadelphia St. Louis 7. Tuesday (July 12th):

New York 3, Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn 1, Pittsburg. E. Boston, Chicago 6. Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 0. Wednesday (July 13th):

Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg 1. New York 3, Cinciunați 11. Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 9. Boston 4, Chicago 3. Boston 1, Chicago 4. Thursday (July 14th);

New York 6, Cincinnati 8. New York 3, Cincinnati 8. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburg 6. Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 3. Boston 1, Chicago 0. Friday (July 18th):

New York 4, Cincinnati 1. Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg 5. Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 9. Boston Chicago 9.---

American League, Saturday (July 9th):

Detroit 7, New York 19. Detroit 14, New York 4. Cleveland 5, Washington 8. Cleveland 2, Washington 3. Chicage 1, Boston 2. Chicago-5, Boston-0- St. Louis 7, Philadelphia'd. Sunday (July 10th) :

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11.

Detroit 8, New York 2. Cleveland 0, Washington 10. Chicago 4, Boston 1. St. Louis 11, Philadelphin 14. Monday (July 11th):

St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 7 Chicago 7, Boston 6. Cleveland E, Washington 3, Detroit 5, New York 8. Tuesday (July-12th) :

Chicago B, Philadelphia 5. Cleveland 8, New York-7- Detroit 6, Washington 0. St. Louis 8, Boston 6. Wednesday (July 13th);

Chicago 6, Philadelphia 7. Cleveland 3, Now York 6. Detroit 7, Washington 3.-- Detroit 13, Washington 9. St. Louis 14, Boston. 3.. Thursday (July 14th):

Cleveland 4, New York 1. St. Louis 4, Boston 2. Friday (July 15th):

Chicago 1, Philadelphia 3. Chicago 10, Philadelphia 13. Cleveland 9, Now, York 10. St. Louis 3,. Boston 2.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE KING'S PRIZE-WINNER

AT BISLEY.

(THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENDY.]

LONDON, July 10th.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18th, 1927.

At Bisley, the King's Prize was won by Captain C. H. Vernon, late

BRITISH BOXING IN DANGER.

CAUSES OF RECENT FAILURES.

BETTING MEN. GIVEN TOO MUCH LICENCE.

[BY TREVOR O WIGNALL]

It is perhaps the financial aspect of boxing that has caused most

THE QUEEN'S CINEMA.

FINANCIAL CONFERENCE AT NANKING.

"OH WHAT A NURSE."

SYD CHAPLIN IN A MOST AMUSING FILM.

CHIANG KAI SHEK NEEDS $20,000,000.

[DY OUR FILM CRITIO.]

"Oh What a Nurse" a delight

ful fun from start to finish, the situations and the characterisation are equally amusing, and Syd talk istely, for it is an open secretChaplin shows himself to be that, with the exception of the re ecut fight at the Albert Hail be- tween Teddy Baldock and Archic

most the equal of his more famous brother though along different lines. It speaks well for film comedians that there are at least Bell for the brutaan-weight cham-four who play in an individual and pionship, scarcely tournament, successful runder-the Chaplins, has paid its way,

Kearton and Harold Lloyd, and Even the National Sporting Club besides these there are of course and analler halls like the Ring hosts of imitators and Binaller

VASTLY IN EXCESS OF PRESENT REVENUE.

July 11th.

In order to meet the enormous military expenditure incidental to the rapid progress of the Northern Punitive Expedition, a financial conference was called in Nanking

and Premierland have suffered figures. Syd Chaplin hae roade his from a lack of patronage, and mark as a female impersonator and Chien Yuen Min. those chiedly interested are natural-hus brought the old music hall ly looking for causes.

tradition of Widow Twankey to a fine art. He makes not only a laughable but a pleasing figure as a woman; he is coy and skittish,

These should not be hard to find. In their order they are as follow:

The unattractiveness of some of the principal fights arranged.

The desire to put on programmes that are much too long, and the lateness of the hour when..some of them are staged.

The presence in the front seats

and attractive, never repulsive or pathetic.

"Charlo's Aunt" gave him his chance, but there he was working under difficulties; the screen ver- sion could not give all the inimit

week, during which many import ant decisions were-arrived at lead ing to the solution of this all-per- plexing question of military ex- pense

$20,000,000, a 35onth,

The amount called for by Gram-

GENERAL CHOW'S RULE IN MILLIONS LOST BY

KUEICHOW.

FARMERS.

TRIBUTES TO HIS FINE WORK.

ELIMINATION OF BANDITRY IN THE PROVINCE.

VICTIMS OF BROKEN PLEDGES.

HELP POSSIBLE WITHOUT DEARER FOOD.

KURIYANG, June 8th. On June 1st and the two days. Certain facts have emerged front following, there were great celebra the campaign of The Daily Mail tions, not only in thie provincial to enlighten the public on the capital but throughout the progravity of, the crisis through which vince, of the first anniversary of British agriculture is passing

at the ringside of noisy betting able dialogue which contributes so eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek every troops have defeated the Com-lowing the repeal of the Corn Pro men, who are given' liberty to go much to the play, and no one could month is 820,000,000, a sum vastly and have already got as far as to hot a direct one due to the general

where they will and who annoy spectators who do not wish to bet. These are the things that are harting boxing, not a decline in

interest.

Followers of boxing in England are not now so easily pleased as they were just after the war. Then, anything was good enough, but now they keep away from hails if they do not see a likelihood of get ting value for their money.

Spectators Annoyed... When Baldock and Bell-met over 5,000 people were unable to obtain tickets and the Albert Hall was packed. That was because every- one knew that a fight worth seeing would, be witnessed, and that the organisation of the contest and the conduct of the spectators would both be good. ...

There is as big a public for box- ing in London se ever, but people are not now content with pro- grammes that, although lengthy, are otherwise merely second-class. The truth is that they will not pay for ringside seats so long as the impression exists that raucous voiced gamblers will sit at their feet and in other ways spoil their evening.

be

on the 22nd of last month by Koo Gen. Chow Hai Cheng's taking up which at this stage may well bo Ying Fan, Nationalint Minister of office and unifying the provincial summarised writes the Agriculture. Finance. The conference was at government writes a North China Correspondent of that paper,

During the past month I have tended by more than 30 delegates, Daily News "correspondent. Thero

is no room for doubt that Gen. visited every representative, agri- Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwa, Fu-Chow's rule is popular, as was cultural comprising representatives from

area in the country kien, Kwangtung, and members of evidenced by the spontaneity of the (though not yet every county), and the Ministry of Finance including celebrations. And daily, up to the have met hundreds of farmers in Minister Koo and Vice-Minister preacat (from June 1st) congratula- spesially called, notings, at their

tory odes from all classes have op- markets, and in their homes. The Kwango delegates wore then peared in our local dailies The Accountants, estate agents, ano- attending the conference in Hsu fact that brigandage is almost entioneers, merchants, bank mana- chowtu, and therefore were not protirely suppressed and that there gers, and agricultural arbitrators sent. The conference lasted for as no fighting in the province, are have been seen, sind many hours rightly attributed to Gen. Chow's spent in examining farm accounts strong hand. The further fact that for the last six or seven years. the soldiers are so well behaved, Bank pass-books also have been on the whole, is in his favour also.opened to me.

Communist Troops Defeated.

It is a striking fact that tho Our papers report that Kueichow period of loss dates almost without exception from the year 1922, fol-

munist troops in western Hunan duction Act. Where the loss was

alump of the corn markets, it arosi Taoyuanhsien,

from through the immediate deprecia

tion of the immense number of Changtch.

Friends in Taunyi tell me of some holdings bought at high values on

the strength of the premises of the- 2,000 defeated troops having arriv-Act Kwangsi has not as yet made itsed there and that more are on their

It is obvious from the revelations way. Inquiries of official friends of the hundreds of farm accounts pledge. The amount pledged by

elicit that these defeated I have examined that the total Kiangsu is 88,400,000 a year; Che-

sun which agriculture has lost to ang 80,000,000, Anhwei 83,000,000 soldiers of Communist generate at date by the repeal of that dot must and Fukien 82,670,000 making the and around Luchow in Szechuan; be several millions sterling. total sum pledged to the central

Living On Credit. they surrendered their arms, etc.,

entert that the great It is also patent government by the four provinces and Gen. Chow in souding the

year. The receipt 6,000 in all I am told-to Hunan, majority of farmers to-day aré $20,070,000

with Kueichow troops living on credit overdrsite at the from the Customs of the four pro- vincca is 827,670,000 a year, and against Communist troops there.

banks and accommodation given by Some time ago our government merchants, auctioneers, and others, the salt surplus yields an

of approximately arly prper published an explang on an unprecedented scale—and

and said the white sun on blue its limit. indicates 'clearness in the heaven," and that the red "body of the flag stands for universal (or wide-spread) love. That cor- tainly sounds better than the usual explanation.

exceeding the present revenue of the In Oh What a Penley.

not dis government. Kwangtung has been Nurse Chaplin has a similar role under far more favour contributing to the central govern- aule conditions. The story was witment a monthly sum of $1,000,000

en for the screen, not the stage, it gives scope for a great deal of typical film" business," and the comedian is creating his own part. It is perhaps for this reason that he is better as the young nurse than as the old lady, he plays in the opening scenes, where he is a little too reininiscent of the famous His acting in dame from Brazil. the scenes on board the ship, specially that in which he has bysterics, is excellent. It is a film to see and see again.

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMME,

an-

to serve.

for not

are

nual amount The cigarette textion of the Nationalist flag, that this credit has almost reached

$20,100,000. from the four provinces is estimat ed at $24,000,000 a year; special tax of kerosene 84,900,000; wine and to bacco 80,000,000; prohibited drugs 83,000,000; stamp $1,200,000 and The grand parcel tax $200,000: The Queen's

total of the income every year from To-day until Wednesday: "Oh the four provinces is, therefore, What Nurse Thursday to about 8114,714,000, Saturday: Shoulder Arms, 'one Out of this amount, however,

-Ploughland- and, pastorál fario-" ing depend each upon the other to the extent that a heavy blow to one affects the other. So the deprecis tion of farms and stock is generat in all parts of the sountry. Intense Oplum ás s Source of Revenue, forcim competition in meat ind There

dairy products and market garden one disappointing of Charlie Chaplin's most success-will have to be deducted the feature in the provincial régime produce in the last few years has ful pictures, it is exquisitely funny following items; B12,000,000 for opium is the main source of refrat, being the turaing of its bre

proved the second great blow, the with that undercurrent of pathos the amortization of the Two venue; and whereas formerly only

by the Government on ploughlanıl which makes Chaplin's work out Five Kiangsu provincial bonds those cultivating the plant were 94,050,000 for Chakiang provincial required to pay the tax, now it is

farming. standing. In addition "The Tenor"

Barley Tax Pledge, is being shewn, a film of bundits, defence; 816,000,000 for the military decreed that all farmers must pay, love, and horseback chases, and naval expense of Fukien, loay as the revenues are barely sufficient It will never be forgotten by the

World.

ing thus the net amount to the cen

if not insufficient to meet ex barley growers that later the Gov- penses. If the name of the tax ernment promised them a taj car According to the above budget were changed, it would not be un imported malting barley, and that for the six months to come, from reasonable; government must be the harassed Norfolk farmers im- July to December, 1927, the gov-financed; but it is (throughout the mediately settled the strike of their erament will have a monthly income province) called the opium tax workers for more money on

the or levy; and in at least one haien strength of that pledge, which has of about $10,000,000. But amount called for, as has been men district the payment is required in not been honoured. Feeling on tioned, is $20,000,000 a month kind, silver being refused. But I this point is as bitter as ever. which means the government will suspect that this may be a local

I have found the meat and milk have to raise another $60,000,000 in device for getting more profit for producers everywhere angered he the coming six the district headmen. In that dis-yond words in their desperation

Last Thursday the bookmakers, To-day: "The Sensation Seek.tral government 881,688,000. not content with taking possessioners"; Billie Dove in of the front seats, also forced a modern youth.

way to the Press table, where they kept up

a running fire of chatter and hoarse shouting that, to say

a film of The dresses are

particularly good and some of the stunts make your heart stand still. Tuesday and Wednesday: Sixty the least of it, was unedifying. Cents an Hour, & comedy of a All the Albert Hall programmes young man in a chemist's shop, his have been well run, simply because hapless love and a band of crooks, ending. most amusing the betting men have been subdued, with.

Tongues but at Olympia they have been in Thursday to Saturday: charge, and nless they are quickly of Flame,'

an exciting story of suppressed they will so harm box- Indians and bad men, with an ing that it may take it years to amazing-street lighting socae.

recover.

PRINCE AS HORSE BREEDER.

EXPERIMENTS ON CANADIAN RANCH.

♫

Star.

the

order to

months.

over

trict there are some men who have

an anti-

A

the

sign that all is really well. This increase has been their undoing. It is the cause of immense losses

In face of the heavy unrestricted imports of foodstuffs, the farmers are over-producing, and they stresa the irony of the fact as they sinte

The conference, therefore, decid- been persuaded to give up cultivat over their continued losses at the ed to issue Rehabilitation Bouds to ing opium; to require them to pay Government hailing the increase of this amount (.e., $60,000,000) to be the tax on opium, is of course put- dairy herds and of production as sold in all the provinces now under ting a premium on cultivation. To-day: "Black Cyclone,"

the Nationalist Government. The And yet, only yesterday. I. passed love story of a magnificent horse, bonds can be redeemed in five years by the bureau for devising means in the cast also are a wolf pack, time and an annual interest of 7 of suppressing opium" a govern

per cent, will be paid. It is not as meat office, not merely a bear, and a herd of wild horses. Inesday and Wednesday: "Herit yet decided whether it will be opium society. Of course, this con- age of the Desert," a Zane Grey amortized by the salt surplus or the stant civil warfare is, in the main, it story with cowboye, rustiers and cigarette dax. With the bonds pro- responsible. One is almost tempt- | Indians. Thursday to Saturday: perly amortized, and considering ed to despair of the curge ever

"The Wrong Mr. Wright," the confidence that the people in being abolished. comedy of an old man and his boy-general have in

the Nationalist hood sweetheart now grown old Government, it is expected that the

sale will encounter no difficulty.- Kuo Min.

of the R.A.M.C., with a score of HUNTERS AND POLO PONIES. and fat. 292.

The Prince of Wales intends, says

the Manchester Guardian, to ex- POWER BEHIND THE PRESS.

sex made a big score and had lost KENT BEAT WORCESTERSHIRE periment with the breeding of

only six wickets when rain prevent- ed further play. Wensley contri- buted 127 to the total of 435 (for 6 wickets).

...

WARWICKSHIRE 4. GLAM.

ORGAN.

The game betwcon Warwickshire and Glamorgan was left drawn both sides getting four points. Warwick's innings produced 233 runs, and Glamorgan had scored 340 for the loss of 4 wickets when raih intervened.

hunters and pole ponies, more or less thoroughbred in character, on his Canadian ranch, which he is to visit in July, returning to England at the end of August. Hitherto

'PLANE THAT HAS NO BODY.'

AIR MONSTER OF THE FUTURE.

Retatters' Proats.

The is another point which has a national interest. It does not met- ter where are the farmers or what the form of their produce, all em- NEW MINERS' FEDERATION, phasise the wide margin between the price they get and the price the consumer pays

MR. HODGES INVITED TO

BECOME FIRST :

PRESIDENT.

·Freeman and Ashdown in Form. Kent defeated Worcester. by an tunings and 169 runs at Worcester Ashdown made his first century of the season. man took seven wickets for 45 runs, Ponies have been of the mountain marvellously conceived, building in Chamberlin have external hulle, but take the leadership of a pro- at the same time not affecting-

In Worcester's first innings, Free and

in their second he took wickets for 30 runs, his beat per formance with the ball this season.

Ashdown scored 139 for Kent. Score:-

Worcester: 110 and 75.

Kent: 354 (for 8 wickets deed.).

Many of those who have elaborat ed to me the reasons why the Safe- STAGGERING DAILY PRODUC-

guarding of Industries Act should be appiled to agriculture point to TION FIGURES.

Mr. Frank Hodges was question this margin as a fact.which should ed by a Press Association represen- be kept in the forefrout in any Public interest has recently been

tative with reference to a statement attempt to find a solution of the the horses on the Prince's 4,320-acre focussed on Northoliff House, the farm have been of the heavy type, new home of the Daily Mail, that The monoplanes of Lindbergh and

that he had been invited to under-crisis by applying that Act, anch

while the

of Lood. Clydesdales in particular,

corporating the most modern the next stage, already far ad-ped Federation of Non-Political seriously the price

Miners' Unions,

"There is a big margin to play or moorland breed. It is also unmachinery and the latest scientific vanced, is to eliminate the fuselage. derstood to be the Prince's inten- equipment in the world.

and get to that lang promised sim- It is quite true" he said, that with," they say,

The farmers are also nak ing? tion as soon as the present restric For three hours during the night plification of the fying wing," I have been approached by these tions due to foot-and-month disease there in an output of 756,000 copies or bodylesa seroplane.

new miners unions in the Notting. If things get worse before they Supergiant monopkunes are now hashire and other coalfields and are remedied, if they ever are reme on the importation of pedigree of the Day Hail per hour from

died, how are we to get back our livestock into Canada are removed 42 printing presses. It is a figure in construction in the United States asked to accept the post of

pre- to add considerably to his shorthorn staggering in its enormity and al- and Ger

Germany which, having sident of a proposed Federation, men! They are skilled men, and

out propellers and which would necessarily be a rival mot made in a week. nothing external herd, which it present numbers most impossible of conception. about 100, and to his stack of 120 Production in continuous; no control surfaces, will be make any Federation. I have not yet arrived farms is a vexed one everywhere

organisation to the existing Minera The question of wages on puro Hampshire sheep.

stopping of machinery to allow for thing seen in the air before.

paid, which Professor W. L. Carlyle, the the feeding of new reels of paper, Their single metal wings, which at any decision one way or the It is not the amo and, the

but by the simple pressure of a manager of the range has had con-

sa admittedly are of tremendous size will not other. If there were any strong Midlands Bid for a win. Notts continue to press hard on versations with the Prince concern button reel after reel slides into only bear the machines through the mand for my services in assisting farmers tell me they would readily Major Fowke made a sporting Lancashire's heels for the cham- ing the introduction of new blood position to function according to air but will in their hollow interiors to improve the lot of the miners increase it if they could afford

into the stocke and herds on his plaat.

provide ample accommodation for generally, and to cooperate in the It is one more heavily increased Against Northampton ranch and upon the plans for the declaration against Gloucester at pionship.

The worker is not overlooked in engines, petrol, passengers, and task of rehabilitating the industry, item in costs, including race,

wonderful building, but crew, Cheltenham, and the gamble almost hire at Nottingham, they won. by

I should probably decide again to which have all risen out of all pro- Fresh

are available, con-enter the field actively. details and stables. In making special equipment has been install-

postion to the rise in prices, pa came off, six Gloucester wickets an innings and 69 runs, after de-.

I had looked forward, after my Without something is done quick innings. Leicester bad a first in

the necessary structural additions, ed to allow maximum comfort. ostning the most ambitious project falling for 52 runs, in their second claring with only, five wickets do/extent of the living accom- this

which are to be, of the plainest A new system of ventilation en- of this kind, that of Professor Hugo resignation as secretary of the ly to relieve the situation and ear nings advantage of $1 runs and gain

possible kind, particular care hassures the maintenance of a healthy Junkere, in Germany.

Miners International, to froodom sure a future to agriculture there He has now begun to assemble at from controversy, but I should be will be no increase in Wage rates, najor points.

been taken to ensure that the new atmosphere, and the number and Score:-

buildings shall not interfere with type of conveyors and lifts surely Dessau the parts of a mammoth less than human if I turned a deaf and without that the labour Bro Leicester: 239 and 102 (for 8

the view over the foothills to the testify to a combination of solence monoplane in which seats are al-ear to what is obviously a sincere blem ultimately will become anore wickets decd.).

towering Rockies.

The Bringe's and skill ensuring the welfare of ready being allocated to intuential ory for assistance from men who serious than ever. It is acute now Notts: 430. (for 5 wickets visit is to be a real holiday, and the worker and at the same time German business man for a trans- have been so cruelly deceived by an additional trouble, for all

dood.);

accordingly he will undertake no facilitating maximum production ocean passenger flight from Hom those whom they have up to now re- farmers living near busy industriby

garded as their leaders. Northants: 84 and 277,

official and social engagements with the minimum degree of effort." burg to New York.

LEICESTER GLOUCESTER. NOTTS ROUT NORTHAMPTON.

Glousestor: 187 and 52 (for

wickets).

Continued on nest Column.)

Payton and Flint in a big partner ship put on over two hundred rude Both were undefeated at the close

Payton scored 143 (not out) and Flint contributed 100 (not out).

Score:-

do

'centres.