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WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, fore cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.95 pm, stated:-

The typhoon is situated to the north of the Bouing, moving N.N.E. The depression remains over China. Local Forecast:-South winds moderate; fine generally,

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following typhoon warning has been received by the American Consulate General from the Manila Observatory

Manila, August 17, 4.15pm Cyclone or typhoon W. of Balintang Channel, direction unknown.

stay in Australia, being brought back in triumpa to England the following year. Since then, how ever, they have stayed under the Southern Cross for too long to please English cricketers, and we thail soon know whether they are to be shipped back once more across the Equator.

In the last series of Test matches, played in Australia in 1929-8, Eng. land won four in succession, the home side winning only the last match, played in Melbourne, by five wickets This year, of the four

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brought at Hamburg against the An interesting law suit has been

State by the owners of the parrots which at the order of the health authorities were killed during the psittacosis epidemic some months ago. The owners of the birds now it was not absolutely proved that claim damages in all cases where the birds wore actually suffering from that rather mysterious

matches, "England won the first, disease.

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Two Japanese crab fishing boats, the Tobishima Maru and Kawnanki® Maru, of the Rinken Crab Canning Company of Shimonoseki, were" hit by shots from a Russiau conat- guard warship, while fishing off the east coast of Kamchatka, and narrowly escaped seizure. The Professor Dr. B. Nocht, the inter- but the Tobishima Maru was sovere The resignation is announced of The Japanese crews were unhurt. nationally-known director of their damaged. Institute for Tropical Diseases at Hamburg. Dr. Fuelleborn, of Hamburg University, will succeed him.

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away with as much as he supposes. The gangstor is seldom getting

He may deploy his cat's-paws to violate the criminal statutes with " last week that private detectives haul safely into his bank account, The New Fork Daily News said apparent impunity and turn the are guarding Mr. Charles Schwab, but then comes a mild-appearing chairman of the board of directors law he has not reckoned with not of Bethlehem Steet Corporation, primarily a peual law at all: the of the same concern, as a result off in prison for defrauding the and Mr. Eugene Grace, president income tax law and he finds him- receipt of threatening letters. The has been the experience of Ralph United States Government. This

from Communists, but detectives

Australia the second, with the third and fourth drawn. The deciding match now in progress, therefore, TURNER-USIKOFF-At H.M. Con- will be followed with the keenest merly Turkish Minister at Sofia, letters purported to have come 3. Capone of Chicago, and his

MARRIAGE.

sulate-General, Shanghai, on August. 7, JACK, the third son of. the late Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST WILLIAM TURNER of Shanghai, to TAMARA TAVLOVNA, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. PAUL IVAN USIKOFF, of Shanghai.

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Capt. DONALD LOGAN, M.C., who died on August 18, 1927. Inserted by

his father.

DEATHS.

According to L Angora the first Tukish Ambas

ropart from sador to Poland, Husref Bei, for will arrive at Warsaw within the next few weeks

are investigating on the theory that brother, Al Capone, is anxiously they may have come from cranks. endeavouring to avent a similar fate. This is one law which goes eccentric but harmless.

straight to the "higher ups" in gangland. Perhaps next year the port the number of gangsters as well US. Treasury Department will re-

"the number of dollars in its income-tax collections.

interest, as it will be played out to finish, even if it should last a week. Supporters of both teams. Official, crop returns for August will wait with almost painful sus Russia although in many districta I indicate that the harvest in. pense to learn, what happens to delayed by raian, is on the average Japan, Mr. John Latham Owing The oldest foreign resident in BRADMAN, that amazing youth with at middling," with the Soviet Epton, who arrived at Yokohama the hand, eye, and judgment of a Union's granary in the Ukraine in 1967, died on July 31 at his late slightly above the average. It is veteran, though until a year or two noteworthy that this report dis-raidence, 3299 Takenomaru, Negi ago he had seen practically no first.pense, with the numerical system shi, at the age of 55. He is sur class cricket. His wonderful score hitherto employed, one to five orvived by Mrs. Eyton, one son and poor to excellent with intermedi. three daughters, one of whom is of 334 in the third Test match at arica, and instead operates with the wife of Prof. E. Clarke, of Leeds will arouse many hopes-and middling, and below and above Kyoto Imperial University. fears-during the next day or two,

middling. but he has his bad luck like any other batsman. In the second match of the present series he made 254 in the first innings und was caught for 1 in the second! Which only proves-what every schoolboy knows that at cricket you never can tell. One point upon which In connection with the interns. there is certain to be a lot of com- aeroplanes, the eleventh glider con." tional round Europe flight of light GOLD & PRIZE Editorial and Business Offices: 11, ment-wise and otherwise after test will be held in the Rhone

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Two further monuments for Marshal Pilsudsk have just been unveiled, one near Stoples close to the Polish Soviet frontier and the other one in the town of Filipowa der. near the Polish-East Prussian bor

Practically the entire population of the town of Bayreuth, besides thousands of music-lovers from all parts of the world who came to at- tend the. Wagner festivals, govern- ment representatives, and many prominent public men took part in Siegfried Wagner, the only soD Of the famous composer. He twas in terred near his brother-in-law, Sir Houston Stewart Chamberlain,

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Has anyone scem 14 big iron gates, the property of His Ma jesty's Office of Works! If found, they should be returned to Mr. Lansbury, who sits in his "White hall office waiting for them. This is the history of the matter: Till 1916, seven pairs of ornate iron The active Japan volcano Aszma and brass gates guarded the en.

erupted suddenly on August & 10.30 p.m. and again five. trances to Regent's Park. Then at they disappeared-but as the war minutes later. The eruption was was on no one took much notice. A accompanied by loud roaring and rich man living near the Park the shooting up of a "spectacular has offered to pay for their recolumn of dark smoke. Anxiety erection, but Mr. Lansbury has was felt as regards the safety of

drance says that the gates would be a hin- be on the mountain.

to traffic, anyway; but that this is merely a matter of in the House of Commons in a suit Mr. Macquisten recent appeared those who want the gates think sour grapes. The gates each mea: of Shantung silk, courageously giv- sure, about 10ft. in height, are 10ft.ing a lead to drably dressed poli- or so in width, and weigh many ticians. "In eighteenth-century Par

Night Editor (Wanchai Office): sion of CHAPMAN from the present take part and four have a wing had to decline. The Commissioner mountaineers who are believed to

Tel. 24511. "

London Office: 83, Fleet Street,

E.C. 4.

Manchester in 1926, and has never English team. He was dropped at

yet played right through a series of Test matches. If the " ashes" remain in England, the wisdom of TPS, the Selection Committee in drop-

The Baily Press.

Hoxe KONG, AUGUST 18, 1930.

THE FIGHT FOR "

ASHES"

ping CHAPMAN again will be loudly praised. But should those "asher" be packed up once more for export -then will the feree wrath of hun- dreds of thousands fall upon the wooded heads of those responsible man who for excluding the one could have made it possible for England to win!

MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.

noted glider flyer Kronfeld will span of more than 20 meters. The

suring 30 meters over the wings, even participate with a plane mea being the biggest glider ever built.

Former Senator James Phelan, anti-Japanese legislation, died at widely known as a proponent of Saratoga, California last week. He had suffered, an illness extend ing over several months.

was

tons.

A new Government Department, for education against the misuse

The

liaments the attire of members must have made the House a feast of

colour. Charles James Fox usually wore a blue frock-coat and buff waistcoat. John Wikes was gan. of alcohol in Denmark; is likely to be created, according to Premier erally dressed in either a scarlet or The young Australian airman the United States next year.

T. A. M. Stauding, who is visiting Prince of Wales opened Parliament green suit edged with gold. Tho Cunningham, who is engaged on a THE

department would collect scientific black velvet, most richly embroi

in 1783 in a magnificent "ruit of solo flight from Australia to Enfacts for presentation in the schools dered with gold, and pink spanglez, land, landed last week on the small island of Flores, in the Dutch East and to the public, showing results and lined with pink satin. His Indies, nine hours after, leaving of the overuse of alchol. Several shoes had pink heels; his hair was Wyndham, in West Australia. He leading prohibitionists have propressed much at the sides and very was forced down owing to oil pres

mised to support the proposal." sure trouble. The machine undamaged and when a runway After eight years of study it has Wosia's handwriting undergoes off, he will resum his journey.

has been cleared, enabling a take been decided that it is practicable marked changes, after only a few

to build a bridge over the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Fran- days of married life, according to tion from the Wickersham Law is proposed to begin work in the Commenting upon the resignacisco harbour in California, and it

Nursing a badly swoollen ere, Dr. PIERRE MESARD, an eminent Enforcement Commission of Mr.near future in hope of finishing it which was rapidly assuming au- French graphologist. Commenting Fork World says, editorially that long. Its highest point will be can, one of the famous dancing Lowenthal some time ago, the New by 1926. The bridge will be 8,500ft. normal proportions, Vivian Dux- on the theory of the basic import the Lowenthal resignation was due 00ft, above the water, and it will pair, appeared in Court at Los ance of the sex instinct in prae- to the fact that the committee was have a clearance in mid-channel of Angeles recently and charged Rex indalging in "anties in political aft. It will be a suspension tense, the film artist, with battery.

found at a depth of 140ft. The cost resting on bed-rock which has been

For the next two days-perhaps. three-and possibly four-millions of newspaper readers in all parts of the world will turn over the pages of their journals to look for one item of news, and one only CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME The fact that in England there are two million people unemployed,

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Library experience in understanding the after-marriage. From this group of the British American Tobacco Shins, vaere of the vessel, Lui Fo, szemed to be carrying on a trade phrase "it isn't cricket." I imagine girls a week before and a wash Co. (China), Lad, left on Saturday the comptadore of the's.a. Helikon, of opium smuggling, Mr. T. S. the same inquisitive stranger zaking after they had acquired husbands.

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A police report states that whilst For stowing away on board the So much for the mere graphic a nine-year-old Chinese girl was An Tang from Swatow, two Chinese change. The French expert, who is crossing Pokfulam Road about 9:30 were sentenced to one month's hard

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The defendant was found guilty of details of cargo of the German bark of seven runs, the paper just men increased activity, generosity, artis

stealing three pieces of wood from G. J. Muntz despatched to New The Board of Directors of the partly enclosed wood-yard at Can York. Strangely enough, three other tioned published an epitaph in the tic sense (firmness of writing, Hong Kong Realty and Trust Co., ton Road. The many stated Ser vessels have been depatched by the following form :---

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the first week in July to the same graphology is ons

port, and up to this time I have not of the surest Thursday, September 4, on which ENGLISH CHICKET,

dated Dividend warranta may be. It is announced in the Gazette | seen their cargoes reported. I refer means known to chart the success obtained on application at the Com- that His Excellency, Sir William to the English bark Palestine, and WHICH DIED AT THE OVAL OKT

of a woman's married life, provid- pacy's office, Exchange Building Peel, E.B.E., C.M.G., has ordered the American ships Centenial and BEL OF LEGUET TOIT Off Frave for the Wright why the curls Modus DEEPLY LAMENTED BY A LARGEore has been a continuity Photo Chinele rawal of public punon, Truduperes should be adopted, I am recorded experiment. The profound heggar, 79 years of age, was brought the following cemeteries: The Tung at a loss to know. There is no law changes wrought in the woman by before Mr. Whyte-Smith at Kow-Wah Hospital cemetery at Kai in this free port to compel a con-- N.8-THE BODY WILL BE CREMATED AND the husband's influence, maternity, loon Magistracy on Saturday, it Lung Wan Chai Wan Cemetery; signce of a vessel to declare her surroundings, relatione, instruc was mentioned that the man had plague trenchea in Hai Lung Wan cargo; but when the cargo of one tion, and the like may-in his nandaged, both hands to give the East Cometery, "It is further an- | vemel is given out and those of three opinion be indicated to a surpris impression that he was disablednounced that the remains removed - others are withheld, it is utter, ingly accurate extent by the study On the bandages being removed, no from such graves shall be re-interred variance with morcantile of the subject's handwriting over injuries were found. He was fined or disposed of at the expense of the teney"-Hong Kong Daily a period of years.

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THE ASHES TAKEN TO AUSTRALIA

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There i have the first reference to the now famous" ashes," which in cidentally had only a very short,

ed