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LAWN BOWLS.

BOWLING GREEN TEAM BEAT SHANGHAI.

WIN BY 15 SHOTS.~

In the second practico game pre baratory to the interport Inwn bowls match this week-end, the Shanghai bowlers met a team from the Kowloon Bowling Green Club yesterday, Richards played as skip for Shanghai in place of Glover, who was put on ns the open- ing player.

The Bowling Green Club players were very consistant in their play, the outstanding player being Nichol, who rarely wasted a wood Shanghai on the whole failed to produce any

good play and they collapsed badly half way during the game when the locals gathered five shots in one of the hoads. Shang bai scored only nine shots, an against 24 by the local team.

The following was tho score Gard:-

Shanghal

Bowling Green. II. S. Nichol

C. W. Glover

H. E.. Peck.

B. Hall"

T. G. Main

E. W. L. Hogbin C. Richards (Skip) A., M. Holland Hends. Shots Total Shots Total

18 19.

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U.S. BASEBALL.

ATHLETICS DRAW LEVEL IN WORLD SERIES:

*{ REUTER ́S ÄMERICAN BRAVICE]

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6,

The Athletics squareil their ac count with the St. Louis Cardin ale today, when they won the fourth game of the world series by three runs to mil

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931.

ARMY'S USE OF

SMALL CARS.

SUCCESS IN RECENT MOBILISATION.

heavier moans of motor transport.

This year and already seen in increase in their numbers. The scout troop of twelve Baby Aus

There is reason to believe that the recent test mobilisation at Al dershot will have, as one result, a recommendation to increase the number of Baby Austins the infantry division. They The success was chiefly duo to proved the one indubitable the brilliant twirling of George suceera in the

and Earnshaw, who kept the Cardinal | their performance aroused a wide" hitters in almost complete subjecpread desire that they should re tion, allowing only two scattered placa not only the horse, but also hits. Those were, in fact, both scoured by Pepper Martin, the one standing figure in the series so far, who alone faced up to Earn shaw with any confidence.

tina now

included in the cavalry The Cardinals tried three pis regiment has proved the most use chors before admitting defeat, ful part of it, and was, indeed, Silvester

Johnson started, was the predominant factor in the fu taken out for James Lindsay, who filling of cavalry's modern recou was himself replaced by Paul Dornaissance role. The Baby Austin ringer.

Its appearance with has made its James Fox obtained a home runequal success in the Engineers, the for the Athletics in the sixth in Signals, and the Artillery. It can ninga

The Athletics obtained ten hits, slip along is column so easily no errors. The Cardinals made wriggle through troop-congested two hita, ono error. The catchers. were the same as yesterday.

lanes, cut across helds, and push forward without attracting netics that there is a strong desire among artillery commanders to use it in place of the large six-wheeled re

£5,000 FOR FALSE CONVICTION.

OLD DULWICH-BOY'S COMPENSATION.

The last chapter has been writ ten in the drama of Mr. T. Boevey Barrett, the old Dulwich College boy, who in 1991 was wrongfully convicted at Acern-and tentenced to three years imprisonment for alleged fraud in connection with a

company,

M: Barrett served the sentence and afterwards the announcement was made in July of last year-was 19 granted a free pardon.

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On the Kowloon C.C, ground today, the Shanghai players will meet a team representing Kowloon,

The Gold Coast Government through the Crown Agents for the Colonies, has now paid to Mr. Barrett a sum which he has a cepted as fimul compensation in respect of his wrongful conviction and imprisonment.

Five thousand pounds has been paid, it is statod, as solatium for Mr. Barnett's imprisonment.

In

conna

CATH HOW provided.""

Another urgane plon is that unit medical officers should be provided with such a means of movement instead of a horen.

For Fighting Men."

SCHOOLGIRL AS NOTE

FORGER

COUNTERFEIT DEN IN ATTIC.

Vietna September 30 Marie Trndorfer was sentenced to-day to twelve months hard labour at the conclusion of an extraordinary case of banknota forgery at Steyr,

FROM CLIMBING TO ANTHROPOLOGY,

BRITISH KASSOCIATION'S RANGE OF SUBJECTS:

Theory and practice are expected to be in conflict at the meeting of the British Association this mont whon Professor J. Barcroft, The retual offender, however, was Cambridge University, will contend a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Christine that a human being should be able Iroderfor. But as Christine is ins

to climb at the rate of 1,000 fent muno from prosecution as being an hour at a height greater that under 14 years of age, only her the summit of Mount Everest. Ho older sister, Marie, who is aged 24," will be pitted in discussion against could be brought before the court tw well-known climbers Mr. E and charged as an accos

N. Odell and Dr. Raymond Groch.....

According to the evidence of little Christine, which was taken at school, Mugin urged that she should exercise hor

Eraordi

I'rofessor Barcroft, will-Indiosto new methods by which it may prove possible to lighton, the weight of oxygen apparatis for blimbare, and so, rondër, passibile the nttainment leut of something approaching the thibo-

retical rate of climbing

for drawing by reproducing Austrian so schrilling (about 21 88. 6d. notes, From the board of their father, a well-to-do peasant, Mario, atole 50 schilling hote..

Washing Blue Drag

a

the anthropological section, Pro- 145 ("In this Presidentical address to.

fessor A. R. Radcliffe Brown will challenge the contention of Pro- fessor Elliot-Smith' that ancient Egypt was of paramonat influence in the development of European oivilisation, He will also maintain On blank pages of a school exer that anthropologists would have cise book Christine reproduced the been more usefully occupied In so chilling note. She first dipped studying, while there was yet time, the paper in washing blue to give the ways of existing primitive it the proper colour, then carefully races traedd the genuine note and trans Sir Arthur Keith will explain his Ferred the tracings to her blue views on man's family tree and will paper. The forgeries produced in take the line that the earliest types court, were clumsy, fet good enough of man are inconsistent with any to deceive the village shopkeepers thing approaching an immediato to whom they were presented after common ancestry. dark. Quite number were put discussion on The Origin of old counterfeiter's den in the exchange of opinions between Sir into circulation before the 12-year- the Universe will provide an school attic was raided by the James Jeans, Professor Eddington, police

and Professor Milne, sach of whom a number of important aspects of holds materially opposell views on

the question, Dr. Barnce, the Bishop of Birmingham, will also contribute to the discussion.

elder girl to be quite normal, but Medical experts pronounced the

she gave the impression of being backward in court. She said that there could be no harm in her little aister making these notes because The increasing employment of all notes are only paper and Chris- these small cars in reconnaisanorine's were quite as good as those and in the conveyance of officere

they have in the,shops,”” may well expand into their use ne a means of movement for fighting. ja itself an argument in their far mon. The present economic stress ENGLISH CREW'S ORDEAL.

stitute for the tank or even the While they cannot be a full aut-

armoured machine-gun carrier, they could supplement such nim chines for the swift transport of men who would actually fight or such tasks as forestalling the foot. They would be invaluable in encay's cavalry screen, seixin a key point, bringing up light machine-gunners to hold it, har-

assing the enemy's march, and so

on...

Compared with ́

SHIPWRECKED IN THE

WARCTIO.

BANDIT ORIME IN SARDINIA.

MAIL COACH ROBBED.

Rome, September 4.-Banditry in Sardinia, traditionally confined" to family blood feuds of vengeance, and dormant since the advent of week in unorthodox manner among the Fascist regime, broke out this the lonely hills near, Nuore, when

hardship and adventure is told by Ottawa A remarkable story of four shipwrecked Britishers who steamer, which has arrived at were held up by gunfire and robbed have been rescued by a Canadian post office van and, passengers Nova Scotia port after a summer The bandits, all masked, escaped cruise in the far Canadian Arctic, with their booty-watches, £60 in fur trade in Northern Canada, live assailants spoke, and from his so- With the object of engaging in the cash and the mail. Only one of the

daring adventurers set out last cent and the outlaw nature of the summer from the little fishing port crime it is declared that he must

also in the nature of a practice addition, he bas received a further their advantages are still more of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, on a be the Corsican, Cariglioli-outcast |

game,

The local team as originally select ed comprise C. E. Marques, J. Gib- son J. C. Brown and W. Russell (skip). Reserves: L. C. R. Soura

and C...G.. Silva.

LADIES GOLF.

RESULTS OF RECENT COMPETITIONS.,

sun, the amount of which is not stated, towards definite financial losses arising out of the conviction,

Amazing Blander.

The full revelation some months ago of the facts of the remarkable error of the courts stirred publie feeling profundly,

In early manhood, Mr. Barrett was in business in London. He went through the Boer War with the C.I.Y.'s, and served in the Great War, attaining the rank of captain. Im 1013 he set up business at the Gold Coast.

His arrest year or two later was on the strange allegation that he had obtained by false pretences a bonus which his company had paid at a time when he held all Other persona had later joined the the shares one man company. company, and while it was under their control it had been wound up

significant

Let mounted τρέν

car cont less than two men on

Two men in such horseback, acouny less road space. offer a for smaller target and can move much faster. They also need less transport to carry for them. The cars seem to be able to cross the roughest ground, and the ease with which they can be lifted across a ditch or hedge is as noteworthy as it is humorous.

LORD TRENT'S WILL.

lantio in a small motor-ketch. hazardous voyage across the At among all self-respecting bandits

The leader was Mr. Walter Dines to escape the vengeance of his who has taken fight into Sardinia of Grays, Essex,The skipper of fellows for murder and robbery. the little vessel, who lost his life, The Sardinido mail and passen Green, near Dartford, Kent. The path of the reserted road when a was Captain Lewis, from Slades ger coach laboured up the steep three other members of the party volley was fired into it, fortunately were Mr. Walter Barnes, of Peter killing no one, although one bullet head, Mr. Albert Turner, brather came to rest in the lining of a in-law of Mr. Dines, and Mr. Ste passenger's jacket Ne phen Armstrong of Westgate-on- Tive maakad highwaymen then Bed, Kent,

appeared, and at the point of the ** After the death of Captain Lewis, gun lined up and robbed the another "member of the little crew passengers of all their valuables. took charge of the ship. Then the After pumping bullets into all the motor failed and, buffeted helplessly tyres, they made off. Carabinieri among the ice-foes, the tiny craft and Fascisti are now scouring the drifted on until she was dasked to country for them, but no trace has pieces on the rocks of Frobisher so far been found. Bay, Baffin Land

(Caviglioli recently falded the The crew managed to struggle to hotels at a thermal resort in Cor nd and, after untold hardships, aics shooting one of the guests mete found an Eskimos camp. With dead. For: commilting murder in their help, the shipwrecked men pursuit of gain, contrary to handit maintained a precarious existence tradition, Caviglioli has been con- throughout the winter: The Eski demned by the other bandits, who mos fed them and tended them, are searching for him in the magnit and, finally, in the spring, convesed in the interior of Corsica.] them to an outpost of the Royal Cadian Mounted Police:

£222,317 ESTATE IN ENGLAND.

The English state of the Gret Lord Trent (formerly Sir Jesse been granted, has been valued at Boot), for which probate has now 22,317 grom, with net personaty £194,755, 100

Property registered in Jorsey, Trent's domicile, is not included. stated in the will to be Lord While leaving the great part of his property to his wife, directing her to carry out his wishes, Lord Trent confirmed a gift of 2350,00

A very auccessful meeting was held by the Ladies' Scetion of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club on Tuesday, September 20, which mark ed the close of their activities at Deep Water Bay. A tombstone competition was held and won by Appeal Court failed, and Mr. Bar Efforts to take the case to the Miss Sutton, who, in spite of very rett served his sentence in England. adverse conditions, went to the 18th Mr. Barrett has stated that his green. The bidden, number (prize term of imprisonment Every Punishment did not end with the kindly presented by Mrs. Sommer-where he was socially ostracised, felt) was won by Mrs. Evans on the and he was working as a depot de, to trustees for charities, and

116th green. Mrs. Mackintosh wou

the bridgo prize

storekeeper on the Trans-Zambea railway when the news that he had been granted a free pardon reach Mr. Sherry qualified for the ed him

Meantime his wife, whose home Captain's Cup with 70-8-71. had been taken from her when the Mrs. Roffey won the Medal Pool tragedy fell, had bravely carried held at Happy Valley during on in London with the help of ber ¡August and September 00-25-71, loyal children.,ATINA

The qualifying rounds for the Captain's Cup for the next three months, October, November and December, will be held on the Now Course, at Fanling..

The attention of members is call- ed to the fact that the Annual

Mr. Barrett had never since his release from prison ceased his efforts to get the terrible stigma resting upon him removed, and the final happy issue is largely due to the enthusiasm with which Mr. A. L Bryden, a London solicitor, had taken up the ease,

Ceneral Meeting will be held in the US. TREASURY DEFICIT. Helena May Institute, on Wednes day, October 25, at 11 m. when they are earnestly requested to give their support to the Committee.

£80,000,000 IN 2 MONTHS.

Washington.The deficit in the United States Treasury for the first sixty-two days of the now fiscal year (which began on July 1) amounts to over 280,000,000,0

The defolt left over from the last financial year is over £150,000,000

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

GAMES POSTPONED.

An issue of £80,000,000 1): per advised that the league at one year certificates here yes, terday was overanscribed four Football m

which were due to timesTA Saturday, have been These certiflentes form part of the played

total of £990,000,000 bonds to to postponed with the exception of the uued by the United States. Tran

Club de sury

to meet last year's owloon Football Club

(dèficit

kgave you mak

£1 per week for life to his "old and valued servant, Mra, Elin MAN OF MEANS AND THE beth Seymour, and 128. Od. për

DOLE. week for life to his old-schoolfel- low Ebenezer Ferneyhough, of Park street, Lenton, Nottingham Can Help at 81.

Mr. Ferneyhough, who is 41, was la 'schoolfellow with Lord 'Trent" at the Old Stoney #treet Grammar School, which has now become the Nottingham High School

He was formerly traveller for lace firm,

The grant of probate does not mean that no further claim for death duties may be made with gard to the whole estate Sptacrset House official aid. "I eyory case where domicile in Jer sey la clained in a will it is no cessary, before exemption from duties for that domicile to be proved satisfactorily. A

PROPERTY STOCKS AND WAR

LOAN

CONVERSION IN AUSTRALIA.

COMPULSION AGAINST

DISSENTIENTS.

Melbourne, Sept. -The Pro AGUAR | miers" Conference came to a un2 animous decision to-day that the

"A man, whose wife applied for a 25,000 dissentient bondholders, separation order at Birmingham, holding a total of £18,293,239 was alleged to have £3,000 in invest sterling, should be compelled to monts

convert, g

He was Edward John Owen, 00, The. Premiors' Conference was to- a metal worker, of Middlemore day officially informed by the re road, Northfield, Birmingham, presentatives of the Commonwealth reThis man, amid Mr. E. H. Bank and the trading banks that Kenshole, who appeared for the banks would be unable to finance wife, is Hving retired on the dole revenus deficits beyond £18,000,000. and, according to his wife, he has The Commonwealth Bank Board investments amounting to £3,000. has however, agreed to provide He owns the house in which he £6,000,000 in September to carry lives. He has four sons, two of the Government over the shortage third in drawing 178, a work from also an additional £1,000,000 them each pay him 21 a week, while due to the decline in revenue, and the dolen. And this man gets 260 a finance current loan works during half year from his investments.

Bentember and October

BUTTERFLIES DARKEN THE AREA Investments, art

SKY

The report of the Unemployment

Secretariat to the Premiera” “Done. Owen said he did not get £1 14. ference recommends that from so week -Ho agreed, however, that £3,000,000÷t0 - £6,000,000 should be

Paris September Agreat be had 2182 in banks and 21,400 obtained to resist wheat growers, load of white butterflies descended in War loan and stock and that bis 28,000,000 to maintain the existin last evening at Montagnac in the wife owned a house in South Wales volume of employment in publie Herauls department. The insects Mr. Korshole asked that the case works £4,000,000-16 provi were no densely packed together | should be adjourned in order that: Mimulus for industry that the sky grew quite daric Owen might produce his back notes ment includ

they were piled on the ground to and income tax returne

improvemen

for nearly a foot, sad," After further discussion / Owen † £675,000, for the pay had to stop," the radia| agreed to pay 215, 3 week and an foetry, £500.000. förs eing thick by doveredzam, zowel order for bhis amount was madarakkland – £30,000 for faheri

BABY HER TO MILLIONS.

NEW BOTHSCHILD,

The birth has been announced of ason and heir to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild at their home in Hill-street, Borikey-squaro, daughter was born in 1927, and the This is their third baby. The first second the year.

Mr. Anthony de Rothschild, fa the youngest son of the late pold, do Rothschild, and

#partner. in the great. City firm of financiers, N. M Rothschild and Bions.

For

many years he was regarded As a confirmed, bachelor, but in 1800 he met Mile. Yvonne Cahen D'Anvers, a member of a wealthy party in Paris, and they were mar Freneli banking family nu avten

ried in June of that year.

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