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IT ISN'T CRICKET!

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE" HONG KONG

DAILY PRESA."]

Sia-Apropos your leader under the above heading, you are quite correct when you say that the ex- pression It isn't cricket" has puzzled more than one foreign student of the English language.

Some years ago I was playing in

A football-match here. It was a League fixture, and the destination of the shield for the season depend ed very much on the result of the

game.

GRAMOPHONE.

HEAVY FINE ON CHINESE PARS FROM EVERYWHERE:

FROM CANADA.

When

the President Jefferson arrived in port on August 1, a Chinese passenger from Canada was arrested for smuggling arms, and as a result was produced bo fore Mr. T. 6. Whyte-Smith and Mr. H. R. Battere, sitting toge ther, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, charged with possessing one automatic pistol loaded with one round of ammunition,

one

Lugar pistol, five spare magazines ad Loven hundred rounds of am

munition.

At the outset of the hearing: Mr. There was no score till the half- time whistle went, and after the Ln told their Worships that his interval the players came back fresh and determined to win, come

The Tientsin Customs revenue for July this year is estimated at Tls.. 2,950,000. There has been very little effoot of the double charges at Shanghai and other ports on the Tientsin revenua.

The Legislative Yuan, at its 10th meeting in Nanking last week, formally adopted the International relating to the exchange of Inter- Postal Convention and Agreementa national Insured Mails and Insured Boxes, the exchange of Parcels and International Money Remittances. The Convention and Agreements will be immediately forwarded to the State Council for ratification.

In response to a joint petition prosented by Russian and Chinese merchants in Kitaiskaya, Harbin, client bad pleaded guilty to thegarding the reduction of house rents, the Chief of the Civil Admin- what may. Play was getting very charge of possession and that he rough, and on one occasion one of would address them extenuating the opposing backs kicked our left-circumstances. wing because he could not stop this. Mr. Lo then went on to say that his client was a native of Toi This was followed by more rough play on both sides, and the poor Shan and went to Canada some referee had all his work cut out twenty years ago. Since then be to prevent a free fight. At last, had paid one visit to Chins about one of our men received a punch full on the point when he tried to ten years ago. During the last hend the ball into the net follow-eleven years or so he had carried ing a 'corner-kick.

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That was more than I could on business as a restaurant pro- a tariff truce conference inviting Pres. Cleveland ................Aug. 20, 6 p.zo. Pres. Fierce

stand, so I went up to the offender and sid:Look here, that isn't cricket, you know!" "Oh, I know it isn't cricket," came the rejoinder, "this is FOOTBALL! "—Yours, etc...

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prictor in Edmonton. Defendant has a return permit to go back to Canada,

Accused's Story.

istration Bureau for the Special District of Harbin, has notified house owners that the lowering of house rents by 15 per cent will be expected. It is added that anyone failing to comply with the order may be compelled to do so by force.

The Free Trade Society in Osaka which was previously reported as having been making preparations to submit a written petition to the Government uring the holding of Great Britain, America, India and Australia in the near future is now drafting a letter to be sent to Pre- sident Hoover, "requesting him to hold the Tarif Truce conference under the auspices of America, in- Whilet defendant was in Canada,viting the Fowers interested. continued Mr. Lo, he has a per- mit to keep an automatic, pistol, which was one of the two arms [SWIMMING.We have received found in this case. The other letter in which some sarcastic pistol he got shortly before he left Canada. A Canadian owed accus comment is made upon Mr. John-ed some money, and being unable ston's statement to our representa- tive regarding the reasons for his failure to make better time last

Whilst in Canada, accused beard Saturday in his attempt to lower that Toi Shan, his native country, Takahashi's record. In fairness to Mr. Johnstone it should be stated as infested by pirates and bandits, that, before he entered the tank, and being a wealthy emmigrant he he knew conditions were such that decided to take the arms with him he would not be able to achieve his hope you will take a lenient

for self-protection. object, but as a large number of view of the case, and impose a fine people had attended for the pur- pose of seeing him attack the on the defendant," concluded Mr. record, he swam the distance and Lo.

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After BODIA. discussion, Mr. which is neither very kind nor very just toward Mr. Johnston-Whyte-Smith said: "Mr. Batters and I have decided to fine defen- ED.]

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EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PICTURES.

WORK OF WELL-KNOWN ARTIST.

A large variety of Chinese pictures are now on exhibition on the first floor of the Empress Hotel, near the Western Market. The exhibition opened yesterday and attracted many people until a late hour in the evening,

With a view to economizing in national defence expenditure, the Japanese War Office is planning to reduce the terms of cavalry, and other sections of the military ser vice uniformly to one and a half years for those who have completed the course at young men's training offices. By this means the War Office hopes to save Y,4,000,000. £n-

nually. In this connection the War Office will ask the Military System Investigation Commission to decide military service terms. the general outline of reduction of

A petition jointly submitted by the local Party, civil and military authorities for the abolition of the Kiukiang Municipal Government has been approved by the Kiangsi

Provincial Government. In view of the small population of the city,- being less than 100,000,-which pre- cludes it from ranking as a muni cipality under the new Municipal Government Law, it is felt that the

Municipal Government should be immediately abolished. It in stated that administrative expenses to the extent of $30,000 annually "will thereby be saved.

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Williamstown, Mass., August 9.--- Bear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn to-day told the Institute of Poli tics that disarmament is unlikely unless the Powers of the world be- gin to manifest some trust in one another.

Eforts toward world peace, he said, are still at a stage which warrants nothing more than mere limitatione, rather

than any thorough-going disarmament pro- gramme.

The majority of the pictures are the work of Mr. Cheung Kok Chor, a well-known Cantonese, ar- tist. While the pictures exclusive- ly deal with Chinese art, there is much to interest the foreigner, who is given an insight into historical mountains and beauty spots, especi- ally in Kiukiang, where the artist produced most of his work. Titles

No appreciable progress is being are appended to the pictures in made, be said, except as regards English which makes it easy to fol-field and naval armaments, low them.

Mr. Yuchiko Tsurumi of. Japan. who spoke yesterday, declared to day that Japan's economic interest must necessarily be recognized in the interests of economic security.

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Total Disarmament Impossible." Discussing the subject of arms

Chicago August 10-Throughout LINDBERGHS FLYING AGAIN limitations Rear Admiral William

the Middle West to-day rain des- cended and temperatures dropped from their abnormally high levels.

At most points, however, the rain came too late to do much good to

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He said that the project of total Hicksville, Long Island, August disarmament is at present imprac 10. According to information 2-Col. Charles A Lindbergh and tical. The policy of power at any

Orange, West Virginia, August reaching President Hoover, the his wife, known to millions as worst, effects of the drought are "Anne, flew to-day to the estate cost, however, he declared to be localized in "&-comparatively few of Mr. Dwight Morrow, the father wrong.

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