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The first certificate of the Bil-

warned by Great Britain that the tells him it in't football, Premier would be held responsible" it isn't tennis," in explaining to Yesterday's weather report, foro" for the protection of foreign lives him the things that are "simply not east and remarks, issued by the and property in Egypt" Nodone." Always he is told "it isn't Royal Observatory at 3.20 p.m.,nation nowadays wishes to take an- cricket," and yet he Ands, in prae- fair advantage of the Chinese Gortice; that cricket provokes cdn- A depression is central over S.W. ernment's great and many domestic troversy as heated as a prize-fight in

A theory that Raphael's famous King Carol of Rumania has sum- painting. The Knight's Dream,"

moned to the capital the former Chian."

difficulties. Those shameful days which the referee gives a doubtful now is the National Gallery in Rumanian Foreign Minister and present Minister at London, M. winds; are gone when a foreign nation decision, or a football match in London, and his "Threo Gracee,"

would seize upon a tragic in which a referee's judgment is ques- Paris, are really two parts of a lieved, will be asked by the king to in the Chantilly Museum, near Nicolae Titulesco, who, it is be cident" as an excuse for demand- tioned. The Manchester Guardian diptych was advanced by M. Salo form a concentration Cabinet in ing concessions or territory out of ericket reporter summed up the mon Reinarch at a meeting

the order to stabilize the political situa all proportion to the actual damage situation very tersely. "It was not Literature. According to M. Salo..

of Academy ..Inscriptions and tion in the country. sustained. But this does not mean good to feel even a hint that Eng-men, who quoted as his authority liards Control Council for a record that responsibility for such unfortulish batsmen, with seven of them Dr. Tialer and Professor Panofsky, break by a woman has been awarded nate episodes is considered no to be dismissed, were eager to of Hamburg, these pieces were

painted by Raphael about 1501 on to Miss Joyce Gardner, who, în longer to rest upon those whose clutch at an ally from the outside the occasion of the confirmation of the Women's Billiards Champion- obligation it is.te extend protection which would free them from the the young Scipio Borghese. The ship in London, made a break of to law-abiding persons.

necessity of pitting technique picture in London is claimed to re.. Walter Lindrum, the Australian against technique for a mere period present the young Scipio choosing champion, has received no fewer between virtue and vice, while that than seventeen certificates for of forty minutes. If the light in the Chantilly Museum portrays world's records, one of which is his. "IT ISN'T CRICKET!"

really was bad, I am still surprised the Hesperides offering the golden don last December. E. Steeples

break of 3262 against Smith in Lon-. apples to the youth as a reward for break of 354 in the Amateur Cham- that I could not find anybody on

having, chosen virtue. FOREION students of the English the ground who was a willing and

pionship has been recognised as a record. language are invariably interested dogmatic witness to the fact. Eng- in finding out the occult meaning land were fortunate that rain was of a phrase they frequently hear on their side yesterday: that ought ia conversation-"It isn't cricket" surely to have rendered them grate The mystery is always readily ex-ful and chivalrous enough to have plained to them. Cricket is a game allowed the Australians the benefit for gentlemen, governed by de- of the doubt about this evening's finite rules which are most re-visibility-at the very end of the RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEgiously observed by both sides a game's last round. A men in the

CHANGSHA AFFAIR.

game in which the umpire's de crowd, born in England and, what cisions are invariably accepted with is more, born in Yorkshire, put the good grace, even though the player affair in a phrase of pungent if affected knows positively they are crude satire when he said: wrong a game played with most

"Ah's thinkin' as there's some scrupulous regard for the rights of

body 28 'ud be better wearin' opponents-in short, a game which is played in accordance with the

glasses."

highest moral standards, in which chivalry of the finest order is

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HONG KONG, AUGUST 14, 1930.

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Nor for the first time it transpires that early reports of "Red" dis turbances were highly exaggerated. All the same, very serious destrue tion has been wrought in Changsha, nccording to information cabled, by Reuter obtained from reliable

foreign sources. In a recent issue shown, and wherein unsportsman-

of the China Critic there is ab article suggesting that the Nan-

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king Government is not to regarded as responsible for what happened at Changsha. It is fur

like conduct of any kind is simply inconceivable. Therefore, to say 'hat isn't cricket!" is to convey, tersely but devastatingly, con- demnation of conduct which is not

The present leases of the Opera

A Spanish naval officer has in- rented an apparatus for rescuing Vatican circles deprecate the people shipwrecked in submarines. alarmist reports circulating abroad The apparatus was satisfactorily regarding the health of the Pontiff. testea at Cartagena, where the in: It is stated that His Holiness is seator easily extricated himself suffering from artery sclerosis and from a submerged submarine. a very painful infammation of the gall which developed a fortnight ago The Committee on Ethics of but the Pope's condition is said to the American Association of Univer, be normal with no turn for the sity Professors has issued a warning worse being anticipated. that it is undesirable for members of college faculties to accept funds Before accusing a police officer from private sources for investiga- of being unsympathetic ain, tions of a controversial nature take note of the fact that the uri associated with public policy. The formed force, of the New York warning is the upshot of a Federal police department is raising a Trade Commission investigation in- $30,000 fund from its own pockets to public utility companies, which for the purpose of sending" poor. disclosed that certain not very pro- children and their mothers on minent professors had been employ semi-weekly excursions up the Hud- ed by companies for the dimominu son River. The New York police tion of propaganda.

not only is trying to detect crime, but thus is doing a good work to help prevent it.

Palice Court magistrate, raferring

Dr. J. S. Crone, the Willesden

Covent Garden Opera House, it is understood, is in the market.

House, which have been held since to the forthcoming retirement of 1608, expire in February 1833. It Police constable William Briggs, has been rumoured recently that the stationed at Willesden Green, said: house might be pulled down for the His evidence is always radiant enlargement of Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market. In certain

with good humour and bonhomie. One feels that it would be a positive

ther suggested that foreign Powers that of a gentleman, nor, therefore quarters it has been understood for pleasure to be arrested by him"

to

Sole Agents for affected by recent, incidents in and

about that city will do well HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA: refrain from demands and protests." The writer admits that Mr. Ht A. S. WATSONHA MIN, President of the Ad

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the past two years that the sale of the theatre had been arranged, and

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A now Swiss law enacts that in" future doctors must inform legal culosis, in order to prevent on- authorities of all cases of tubér- tagion, and must declare when deaths are due to tuberculosis. School teachers, nurses, and pupils must submit to medical examina The World Congrees of Radical tion, and the haritation of infeet- that the Opera Syndicate had Zionists, which has been in session ed premises is forbidden. agreed to an offer made by the at Lwow (Lemberg) concluded its | market authoritica Music lovers labours last month: A resolution June, and July seem to be mat- are the more agitated by the an was adopted criticising the policy ang months for the girls in Lyons" nouncement because of the fact that of official Zionists, calling upon teashops in London, During those the "Londen home of opera" could Dr. Weizmann and the executive months 144 Lyons's girls have been not be replaced by any new erection of the Zionist Committee to resize, married. The number includes "20- with such good acoustic properties condemning the British Govern waitresses, in addition to counter- London County Cuncil as the build-Zionists, and protesting against staffs, and soda-fountain staff. owing to conditions imposed by the ment for ite attitude toward hands, members of the kitchen ing by-laws authority.

its exclusion of Mr. Zabotyosky One hundred and fourteen of the from Palestine. The meeting elect- brides are continuing their work ed a central committee of thirty with the firm. members, which will sit in Berlin. The office-bearers include M, Solo- wiejczyk and Mr. Goldman.

The Ministry of Labour Gazette states that on July 1 the average level of retail prices of the com modities taken into account in the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Labour (including food, rent,

The Belgian Government of the clothing, fuel and light, and mis- Congo has recently ordered six air colaneous Items) was approximate planes for passenger service over ly 55 per cent above that of July, the jungles of "darkest" Africa, It is not so very long sincp all the 1814, as compared with 54 per cent.

world waited months for news of year ago For food alone the cor-Livingstone to come out of those responding figures were 41, 38, and same jungles. Very

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A new "tube" station is to he constructed by the Underground Railyways Company at the wester corner of Totterham Court Road and Euston Road, London, at an approximate cost of £250,000, in cluding the site. The station. which is to be on the Hampstead and Highante line, will take the place of the present Warren Street station. The work will probably begia in September.

Local Notes and Events ⋆

The forthcoming marriage is an- A' Chinese was sentenced to twelve | Looking Back 25 Years.. un-nounced betweed Mr. Hulbert Poth,months' hard labour and 24 strokes A coolie in possession of two of Ngemplak Hotel, Sourabaya, of the birch at Kowloon Magistracy women's jackets was stopped by a and Miss Bronislawa Lankowsky, of yesterday for enatching, a gold Airlie House Hotel, Kowloon.. bangle from a child in Shamshuipo

market.

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Yet the intelligent "foreign student of English phrases must have been sorely puzzled laat ministrative Yuan, and Dr. Or month on reading the comment in WANG, the Foreign Minister, have the London papers on the finish beth formally recognised the res of the third Test match at Leeds. ponsibility of the Nanking Govern- It will be remembered that an ment, which action, "is laudable" appeal was made to the umpires in the interests of international by the English batsmen that the goodwill, but is the Government light was bad, and play was ac- legally responsible ?

cordingly stopped. On that bare The China Critic writer has no

statement of fact there seems to be doubts on the question. General room for argument, but the Ho CHIEN was in charge of the London papers just to hand con- garrison at Changsha. When the tain columns of comment and letters from readers denouncing or so-called. Communists advanced, he

retreated without the knowledge (in fewer cases) supporting the of the Nanking Government." His English action. A former captain action was both. in excess of in- of England's team, AC Mac

LARES, was surprised when the 49. appeal was upheld.. of powers belonging to his office. The failure to protect the lives and tralians, with good reason, appear. ed very disappointed as they return- properties of aliens in Changsha is General Ho's fault," so presum-

ed to the pavilion." Major TROUP, ably any claims under this head one-time captain of Gloucester team. should be submitted to General Ho declares definitely that England CHIEN for his kindly consideration did not play up and play the game. It is an argument both ingenious Appeals against fight were and ingenuous Accepted by the sportsmanlike under prevailing cir

Jukong in Queen's Road on Satur- THE TREATY PORTS OF

Powers, it might, he of very great cumstances." Mr. AE. GILLIGAN,

day, and as he was unable to give CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO.

å former Test captain, said "the service in bringing about the long-

a satisfactory account of how he CHINA. SIAM, STRAITS

came by them, he was taken to the SETTLEMENTS, MALAY delayed peace in Chinu. If every appeal was hardly justified,"'

There he stated Central Station. view shared by nearly all the

that he had been sent to Macro by STATES, NETHERLANDS War Lord, whether he be with or

The master of the a.s. Apoey has

Elliott Lester, well-known author man living at the Shaukivan. "agin" the Government, realised international critics present, and INDIA, BORNEO, THE PHILIPPINES, Etc.

that compensation for loss of life strong language was used." Mr. reported to the Harbour Master

that the Lamko Light, in Hainas of stage plays, a former sergeant of Temple to redeem the jackets. The Jukong was despatched with his and destruction of property would P. F. WARNER said "the light was be demanded by foreign Powers far worse at the start of England's Straits, now flushes every three the U.S. Field Artillery, and Pre-charge to see if the mun mentioned from bim personally, it is quite second innings. The whole thing seconds instead of every 20 seconds fessor of Literature, wrote the could be found: While they were 0 as before. Marinors are asked to dialogue for the Fox Movietone the temple, a woman entered and was unsatisfactory." Mr. G. A

talking picture "City Girl" F. W prayed to the Joss for the restora- tion of her jackets. The lutong likely these gentry would be more

FAULKENER, the South African

Murnau production featuring Char; heard her prayer, and asked her to inclined to retire from active wer

cricketer, was appalled at the vice than they are at present.

Before Mr. C.-S. Whyte Smith atles Farrell and Mary Duncan, accompany hito to the police station appeals which were made against. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, an which is playing on Sunday at the with a view to identifying the cloth- ing. She did, and claimed the the light. I was horrified when unemployed. Chinese was fined $240 Queen's Theatre. The solithful jackets as her property. The coolie the umpires decided against the for unlawful possession of eight author was born in Hoboken, New was charged before Mr. G. N. Orme

that the opium was found in

honour student, University of Penn being in unlawful possession of specially made waistcoat which ac

Mr. Lester has been same. His Worship sentenced him placed under a long teran contract to 21 days hard labour and six incident of its kind I bave ever used wore when he came off the sylvania.

Canton train on Tuesday,

hours' stocks Hong Kong Daily to write for Fox... In other worda, "it

Press, August 14, 1905. A fight which took place in Now what is the intelligent Shanghai Street on August 6 had packed houses at the Central for

"The Love Parade" has drawn Looking Back 50 Years. IMPORT AND EXPORT Nanking Government have already foreigner to make of all this? The its sequel at the Kowloon Magif the last two days; and it seems how much longer the large and gone on record na admitting res retort that the Australians would tracy yesterday when thirteen Chi- Inevitable that the management will valuable site cleared some thres and nese were charged with disorderly. ponsibility for the Changsha in- have done the same in similar conduct. It was intimated by Ser- have to extend the season. The a half years ago for the new Cen- cident. The writer in the China circumstances does not help at geant, Fitches that the fight was be. Love Parade" is a gay and tuneful tral School is to continue re- Critie argues that responsibility all.. If Test match cricket isn'tween rival rice-truck cooliee un-peretta, capitally played by the ceptacle for the rubbish of the floading in Shanghai Stroet. The engaging Maurice Chevalier and surrounding district. If it was not cast that includes intended to build upon it, why were supporting does not lie where injuries are cricket," then what is This was case was remanded.

Jeanette MacDonald. "One of the the largo and valuable blocks of sustained by aliens as a result of not the first time in the history of

tew "microphonically perfect high buildings standing thereon "cleared mob violence temporarily beyond Test matches that an appeal had Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at soprano voices is said by sound-away? That the revenue is dourish- the power of the State to control been made against the light, but Central Magistracy yesterday, a recording experts to be possessed by ing is nu valid excuse for waste, A well-known but unnamed Ameri- two blacks do not take a white, Chinese boy was charged by a Jeanette MacDonald, the noted New more especially having regard to the European constable with dying a York stage beauty, who appears in weight of taxation. The taxpayers $12 pan authority on international law nor two wrongs a right. The point kits at the junction of Mosque The Love Parade" now showing do not begrudge the money pont ggris quoted in upper, of this argos in which the intelligent foreigner Street and Robinson Road. The at the Central Theatre, Some high on useful works, but it is quite an- ment. It is rasy to quote men of will be interested is why all this police officer said that the kite soprano vecer is it piere other thing does facted oz a walepkonomise, and almost ing Others are thin and curvery schemes which are only partially authority, in support of any argu- bented controversy over & game broke a pane of glass in a window There are others that have a full carried

new Central, roundness of tonal School has, for instance, never, got ment, however far-fetched. At the which he has been given to under of a house. Remarking that It news and a moment we need merely remind our stand is invariably played in acis hard to convince me that a boy quality that register true in the to its foundation after all the yours to that stage -Hong Kong Daily Chinese friend that only last month cordance with the highest and most lying a kite in a Chinese neigh super-sensitive sound-recording, a of talk about it; will it ever get

bourhood is causing a nuisance" paratus. Miss MacDonald's voice

Preta, August 14, 1880. is one of the latter. the Egyptian Government chivalrous principles? Nobody ever Mr. Lindsell discharged the boy,

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as Surnames in, strict alphabe for the consequences of his failure in saying the affair was the worst tical order.

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