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Baseball Notes..

STANDINGS OF LOCAL

TEAMS.

{DY ** STIKE-OUT."]

Kong baseball fans had Hong some tough luck last week-end when

REVISITING THE ARCTIC

GEN NOBILE TO LOOK FOR

LOST COMPANIONS.

SAILING FROM ARCHANGEL.

Moscow, July 18.-General 'Um- borte Nobile, the deposed chief of lighter-than-air services in Italy,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931,

CHINA'S TEA INDUSTRY.

MIDNIGHT RIDE IN MOTOR-BOAT.

PROPOSED INSPECTION BY HELD UP AT PISTOL POINT.

·GOVERNMENT BUREAU.

CERTAIN SALIENT POINTS

TO BE NOTED,

There have been rumours for

AMAZING STORY AT SINGA. PORE ASSIZES..

DISCUSSION OVER DIVORCE CASE

GERMAN LEGAL WORLD AGOG- OVER DECISION.

Berlin, July 20.-A decision of the Supreme Court in a divorce caso has caused great discussion in the legal world of Germany. TS. an the ground of his wife's mis

A man suod his wife for a divorce, conduct. She admitted her offence but pleaded that she was mental- ly deranged and therefore not res agreed with her and refused t husband a divorce.

they could only see one game in- to-day completed arrangements to fomo time past that the Nauking ware forced at the points of pis-ponsible for her actions. The Court

stead of two as in previous weeks, The scheduled game between the Japanese and the Hong Kong Base- ball Club was called off on account of rain. This should have proven

revisit the scene of tho Italia dis-Government is willing to do some

thing to improve the cultivation of astor in the Arctic wastes, y

Upon his arrival hore General tea and thus help to increase the Nobile said that on July 18 he will export trade. sail from Archangel aboard the

The ten exporters have now been

The tale of how two drivers in their outboard motor boats, while plying for hire at Pasir Panjang,

tols, by ton Chinese to drive to some neighbouring Dutch islands, was told before Mr. Justice Pal grave Simpach at the Assizes last work,

a good game as the Jape always Malygin to the scone, of the 1998 informed that a Burenu f Inspoc. The Deputy Publio Prosecutor, ground that the wife, owing to her

show some good ball playing.

He appealed to an upper court which confirmed the verdict of the lower one. Finally he took his case to the Supreme Court where it' also went against him on the mental infirmity, did not realise that she had violated her maritai duty and, consequently, there was censionally have relations with

catastrophe-the wreck of the Ithilation and Testing has been establish(Mr. P. A. McElwaine), who up while the dirigible was attempting

ed in the Bottlement (they have poured on behalf of the Crowa

total washout as far as baseball, in bass from the North Polo,fications, of the staff of this Bureau Before Singapore Courts for many other men it was due to a tempor- The game last Sunday was a return flight to her Spitzborgon had po motification us to the quali-stated that this case was one ono ground for a divorco, If she did

the most romantic cases brought years."

concerned. The South China Ath" "I am not optimistic, General to examine and test tea) and they letio, Club took the U.S.S. Helena Nobile said in discussing his, plan have also been notified by the Cas to the cleaners for a score of ten to march for six Italian members toms authorities that no ten can to one. The sailors wore pretty in-of the crew of the Italia who were from this Bureau. The fee for ins. be exported without a certificate different after they let the Chinese blown away when the polar dirigi pection is fixed at ten toel centa get the lend and the game was bie was broken up in a storm. But hardly worth watching. Quite a if there is one chance in a million per pioul. few of the local fans had a loud of shedding light on their fare it. aquawk about the way the bases is my duty to go."). were umpired but the leas snid about that the better for all con- cerned.

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Amundsen's Tate. General Nobile will also search for the late Mr. Raold Amundsen, The game opened with Gitzena the famous Norwegian, explcter and Mijka as batteries for the who lost his life with a fellow avio- enilors and E. Chang and M. Chang tor after having taken off from pulled the Chinese through. Git-Tromsoe to, go the aid of General zens was jerked in favour of Shel Nobile and the stranded Italians. lenborger and later Nuby subbed General Nobile and Mr. Amundson, for Mijka.

with Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth of the United States, in 1928 made a flight across the North Pole in the

In the first inning, the Chinese brought three men in on a homer and repeated the process in the third. The same man, Fong, made both homers. The sailors brought in their only run in the fourth when Schilling came in on a wild peg from pitch to third.

Comparison of Teams.

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dirigible Nerga Later they be came enemies. In 1998 when the Italia suffered disaster General

Based on U.S.A. Principles, Various regulations have been published and on reading them it is obvious they have been based on those in force in the U.S.A. Tea Inspection Office, and they show little or no knowledge of the prin cipal China green tea business, namely that with North Africa

out to the Bureau that as they buy The ten axporters have pointed the finished article, the inspection, if any, should be made before, the toas are sold to them.

It appears to be distinctly un- fair that an exporter might be fin. ed (ie, lose the inspection for to say nothing of the loss of time) were for buying a finished article. As the regulations read at present it is impossible for the exporter to have the tea examined boforo be buyer it,

Nobile and Mr. Amundsen still bitter enemies but nevertho less the courageous Norwegian set aff to aid the Italian on what prov ed to be his lust flixhì..

The Italian Government fund General Nobile responsible for the

The ten Chinose, Heng Ah Kowary impulse from which she could Oh Kim Hong Chua Ah Tăng not be cured. Chun Ah Sim, Yow Low Yah, Ch Ah Chia, Low Lim Suan and Low We went to the boats, and, the Hea Chiam, Kong Ah Hye, Kang Ong Nga, nere charged with armed recused were told to stop on shore. robbery, criminal intimidation. The Penghulu said he would give and assembling to commit gang them food. Whon all of us were robbery. The third charge was at the house, I was told to look held over..

for the pistol, but was unable to find it, "I went to Pulau Bali. a repert to the police. The police with the Penghalu's son, and made

they were detained.' took the accused to Kerimon, where.

All the accused pleaded not guilty, and claimed trial.

It was stated by the D.P.P. that and Yang Ah Bee, employeea of on March 16, 1931, Aripin hia Alip the owners of two motor-boats, were plying for hire at Pasir Pan up nad made a bargain with both jang, when the fifth accused came of them, to take him and nine

far out from land the drivers were Both agreed to it. When they were Chinese to Tanah Merah for

told to go to Pulau Bali, and as they refused, two pistola were point- ed at them. They were foread to do what was required..

gave corroborative evidence. He The next witness, Ying. Ah Bee,

eighth, ninth and tenth accused stated that the third, seventh, wout to his boat. On refusing to

tened him. chaud produced a pistol and threa gc to Pulau Bali, the ninth

When the Penghulu and his mon told the ten Chinese to come on land, the fourth accused tried to escape by jumping into the sea. The second accused (orossoxamining): Did we commit any robbery ?-You

night, went to the wrong places that

The next day they reached a Datch. island, Pulau Boeroe after another. The two drivers were al cruising from one island lowed to land, but one of the ac

ninth accused: When I land, they enlisted the aid of the cused went with them. On the is painted my pistol at you, where' Penghulu, who after hearing what two

were wo at that time In the boat. other witnesses, Matrasip, they had to say, took twenty Maa fisherman whom the last witnesses lays with him, and went to the met, and the Penghulu were called, shore where they rounded up the. The hearing was then adjourned Chinese, and later handed them until to-day. over to the Dutch police.

how they had missed their boats on the night in question. Aripin motor-bosts said, "I was plying for bin Alip, the driver of one of the hire at Pasir Panjang on the morn

Bee was also with me."

The Trade with Worth Africa.

Today's Hearing. It is impossible in a short space

The Driver's Story..

After the evidence of two marine AT BAT. RUN, HIT. OUT." ASSIST. ERROR. Italia disaster. Ho W219 found to point out all the vexatious des

police, one stationed at Tanjong After Lim Ah Pian, owner of one King and the other at the Sings- guilty of being the rst to be relays and annoyances that will ceof the motor-boats, his son and pore marine station, at the rerump- Mohamed, owner of the other notion this morning, Inspector A: W. Club, cued from the ice floes of the cur if the new regulations are pretor-boat had given evidence as to Matthews was called to the box.

far north and accordingly he was perly carried out, but one illustra relieved of his commissions and oftion must auffice. The trade with his commands. He was disgraced. North Africa is mostly carried on For some time General Ncbile by quctations and orders on stand was not in the public eye hut bisards, and probably over 50 poring of March 16, and Yang Ah determination to make what ap

cent, of shipments are blonda to pears to be a futile search for Mr. match these standards. By the pre- H.K. Bineeball Club. (Played 2). Amundsen and his former compan.sent regulations not only will the ions of the Italia has again component parts of the bland have AT BAT. HUN. HIT, OUT. ABBIT. ERROR.

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captured the imagination of people to to examined first of all, but the Chinese Athletic Club. (Played in all ecuntries.

blend itself' will also have to un- 2);

dergo examination. With at least a dozen firms wanting to ship, at one time each of them many blends, it is easy to see that some one is going to be left behind, and it will be practically impossible to execute promptly any cabled order. The constant interference by the employees of the Bureau also will not help matters in the godown.

Article V states in part

coloured tea, the Bureau may with the

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Rugby, July 21.

He stated that on the morning of April 26, he scarded th .8. Toba, were on board, and arrested the ten accused whe In his evidence, the first accused. Hong Ah Kow, stated that on March 16, 1931, he was going to "At 10 am, the fifth accused told Pontian as a rubber tapper. He me that he wanted to hire the boats bearded Aripin's boat and was to go to Tanah Marah. I agreed taken to a certain island where to go for 83. I did not hear him the Penghulu told him to go ashore, say anything to Ah Bee. At noon and the next morning, the two he returned with aine other Chin-boatsmen, Aripin and Ah Bee. jest, and five of them-the first, scams with the Bali police, who cond, fourth, fifth and sixth au- tcok bim and his friends into cus cuseds-sat, in my boat. We set off tody.. They were, detained at Bali for Tanah Merah, but we did not for more than 40 days. Then they Teach there. ..

were taken to Singapore and charg- "When well out from land theed with robbery. fourth accused told me that they The case is proceeding. did not want to go to Tanah not know where it was. I had run Marah, but to Pulau Bali. I did. out of benzine, and told him so, but he said that he had a tin to pare. I refused to go, and he threatened me, saying that if I did not go, he would kill me. He (fourth accused) had a pistol in his right hand. He then put it "approval of the Ministry sot & and threatened to tie me up. I away, and produced a coil of wire,

NAME

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Berlin

201

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Prague

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Helsingfors

103

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52.8

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110

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Standings of the Teams,

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IRAQ, KING LEAVES TURKEY.

END OF VISIT TO MUSTAPHA KEMAL AT ANGORA,

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"temporily in North Africa.”

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was frightened, and obeyed his in- | atructions,

At about 8 p.m. we went close to a Dutch island. The fourth ac

As the customer in North Africa cused took out a torch, and turned insists on coloured tea surely it it on the island. He naked me would be better for the Ministry toto proceed to another island, and wait until the various Governments the sixth accused showed me the concerned show a disinclination to direction. We landed at another allow the import of this coloured Dutch island. I do not know the ten. The above article reminds pao name The fourth and fifth accus of teaching one's grandmother eds landed, and later came. Jinek with a tin of kerosene. I was able to use that in place of petrol. H

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to go to another island, and I was shown the direction. We reached it, and then the sixth accused, took the torch and turned it on the is land. He then asked me to stop between the two islands. I did so, and we stayed there for three hours'

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Need for Improvement. The exporters are at one with 2/13/32 the Government in wishing to see better ton on the market, and the suggestion has been made that the first thing to do is to try and im prove the tea bushes and the many facture of the leaf, in the factories, There appears however to be little hope of this sound suggestion be.

Pistol in Newspaper ing carried out as the plan would

"At seven o'clock the next morn- require money to be spent, whereas ing, the sixth accused told me to the Government is looking for go to Pula Bouroe. On arrival, money to collect.

the first, fourth and sixth andkreds landed and came back with a tin

KIDNAPPER OF A PRESIDENT.

SENSATION CAUSED BY ACQUITTAL OF ARMY OFFICER,

Protest by Ted Guild..

All the above is unfortunately of kerogone. Ah Boe's boat had only another illustration of the been towed by mino the whole way, inability of the Chinose Govern- The sixth accused then wrapped his fatanbul, July.The visit that Helsingfors, July 15.-A zonament to interfere in trade without pistol in a newspap I wanted King Feisul of Iraq has boon pay. tion, the repercussions of which disastrous results. It is under to go ashore, but, the sixth accuwd ing to Mustapha Kemal in Angöra will undoubtedly make themselves stood that the Tes Guild has pro would not allow me, I'ltimately, cano to an end to-day when the felt in the political life of the tested against the installation of Alt Bog and I were allowed to go monarch" left by train on his way country, hus born unused by the sc- this Bureau in Shanghai, but any-ashore, but the seventh, accused to Europe. He intends to go to quittal of General Wallenius who one who has road Judge Toetham's went with us. I met an old Malay Austria and Switzerland as his Inat year, kidnapped the former Report, Volume No. 2 will easily man, and spoke to him. He gave health is not good and he desires to President of Finland, Professor understand that they have no hope us some food, and that, I notiend consulc European medical ment, Stahlberg," and his wife, and hold whatsoever against a Government him gɔing eitet the houses After Before he left the King mads them prisoners for a number of Departmental rongga, mogilesting, the seventh accused told us statement expressing his great days norma pat prata al gest The export at China tes is a to get back to the host. We refue pleasure fat thaving bron able to While the lower court and sen nere fesbite bompared with the ed and the seventh accused went

sit the Turkish capital and extenced the General to three years combited exports of India, Ceylon liimat 12td Air Tee went to 9024 -pressed liis conviction that his visit imprisonment, the Supreme Court and Java, but in these countries the Penghulu of the island...Waen. had done a great slon] towards to day dismissed the charge of at the various Governments do all we mot him he had about 31 other comenting and consolidating the duction apparently cut of politic they can to help expert, not to people, with hi12,/..> „good relations of Iraq and Turkey, al considerations,

(Continued on next Column.)"

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