PICK YOUR DERBY WINNER!
Some Contenders for 1933
Honours
TRAINING TIMES NEXT WEEK
(BY MORNING DEW.")
Followers of local racing will be glad to hear that training times will appear in the Daily Free: ss from Monday the ninth and parti. culars of this Saturday's gallops will be included:
There are quite a number of grif fins now in training, some of which have not been named. Up to now those which have been named are as follows:-
HOME FOOTBALL CONTINENTAL LETTER
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
RESULTS
{THROUGH RKUTKE'A
Losbos, Jan. 3, MATCHES in the Scottish League played on Tuesday resulted as follows-
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Airdria Ayr Celtic Cowdenbeath Dundes
East Stirling Motherwell Partick
St. Mirren
2-Hamilton
9 ́· Kilmarnock"
Queen's Park.
8 St. Johnstone., î 2 Heart: 2 Aberdeen
2 Falkirk
o Rangers
0
1 Morton
Third Lanark 4 Clyde ENGLISH DIV. HII. (NORTH)
Pony.
Stable.
Brechim, iron grey »
Mackie &
Grayburn
E.S.K., chestnut mare
Mackie &
Cinteshead
Grayburn
·Mackie &
Grayburn
Leonin Star, chestnut mare,
Glen Shee, black
Kong Bros Brilliant Star, iron grey mars
Kong Bros. Autumn Star, chesnuit Kong Bros, Solar Star, grey
Kong Bros. Wayward Stag, bay
Chan Tin Sion Naughty Face, grey mare
Sainson
Lucky Face, chestnut' stallion
Poker Face, grey Double Face, bay Mayflower, chestont Marigold, chestnut mare Sagace, chestout mnre Mignonetta, obesinut - Gold Gift, grey) (
New Brighton
CRICKET
CLUB TEAMS FOR SATURDAY
от
The following will represent the Club against Craigengewer Saturday, January
sharp on grounds as below:-
C.S.C.C. TEAMS FOR SATURDAY
Diplomatic Changes, Anglo-Soviet Treaty Important Canal- raject In France: Monument to Carl Benz: Cardington
Airship Port: Canadian
Commercial
Insulls
ferman Treaty: Samuel Retirement.
London, Doc. - £8,- Big diplomatic changes are fore cast in polities and diplomatic quarters here.
Sir Horace Rumoold, it is stated. intends to retire from public life and will be succeeded at the Ber lin Embassy by Sir George Clerk, who in turn will be replaced at his presont post at Ankara possibly by Bir Walford Bolby, Premier Mac | Donald's present, private secretary. Sir Erio Phipps, Minister to Vienna, may become Ambassador to Brussels, taking the place of the Earl of Granville, while Lord Tyrrell at the end of next year may be succeeded at the Paris Em- tary of the Foreign Office Sir Ro bay by Perma Deat Under-Soors bert Vansittart.
CM.S.N. CO. SCANDAL
GENERAL CHEN DENIES ALLEGATIONS
WUCHOW NEWS LETTER
AEROPLANE SMASH IN
LUCHOW
CHARGE ON RAIL
TICKETS
NANKING, December. 98 Subject to the approval of Central Political Council, the of a surcharge on railway par gertickets and telegraIES rediograms, a recently upon by the "Esscutive become effective on January a period of six months.-
The proposal, which was ad
for
station' on her trips to Canada, the now in Paris, denying the allegatantly killed and the machine com, bandits. It is expected that a
(From Our Own Correspondent) „NANKIND, December 26. In connection with the case of
Wnchow, Docember, 31 Mr. Li Kuo, Chich, formerly
A terrible aviation fatality occur General Manager of the China red here while the Chinese aviator forohanta EN Co., who is now Chu To Oi was giving a demon- under trial at Shanghai, it is understood that Mr. Chu Chiaration fight over Lachow Heranced by prominent civic lesio has received cablegram from of control and 'orished like a stone he relief of the grass, in Central Hus, Minister of Communications, flying at a height of about and philanthropists of the cou
6,000 foot when the plane got out |
try, is aimed at raising funds for General Chen Mis Shu, the former to the ground. The pilot was, in China recovered from the "Red Communications Majster who is tion made by Mr. Luo Chich to out of a pit several feet deep, will be obtained during the effect that General Chen was caused by the impact. Mr. Cha To months the measure will
pletely destroyed, having to be dug proximately half a million dollars
aware of the signing of the alleged Oi was trained at the Canton Avia loan agreements with the China tion School, and was a native of forced. Realty Co.
Toishan district, Kwangtung. He was very popular among his com redes, and known as a good flyer.
ing that the new dirigible Z R, 129, which is to be put into ser vice next summer, shall make Car dington an intermediary landing United States, and Brasil. In view of its extensive grounds and large airship thed, Cardington is con nidered the ideal port of call for the Zeppelin.
Since the catastrophe which be fell the R101 England has, it must be noted, little confidence in air- ship transportation and, so it in whole force of persuasion to gain stated, It took Dr. Eckener's British co-operation for his pro- fect.
NEW SYSTEM OF ADDRESS-
ING TELEGRAMS
practice in various foreign coun tries and has been instrumental in saving much expense on the part of the public and much unnecesary labour on the part of the telegraph and radio offices.
This system, it is stated, is in
General Pei Chung Hei, who has been carrying out a careful inspre tion of military work in Wuchow, has left for Wat Lam, a telegram! having been received from that town to the effect that general Pei's elder brother has died. General Pei has temporary turned over his duties to General Ha Wai, his chief-of-staff..
SHANGHAI MINT COM- MENCES OPERATIONS
NANKING, December 28, will commence operations on New The Central Mint at Shanghai
MOTOR-TAX
KIANGSU
CHINKYANG, December 26. Provisional regulations for the levy of a license tax on motor vehicles in Kiangan were approved by the Kiangsu Provincial Govern ment at ite regular meeting yea terday. The regulations are to be. enforced as from January 1, 1933
The case of Hsu Chao Magistrate of Icheng, who was charged with wisappropriating funds earmarked
NAKKING, December 26. The use of telephone numbers in According to present plans the place of addresses intelegrams will new Zeppelin, which is using non-be instituted by the telegraph and indamable helium instead of hydro radio offices.
en as buoyant gas, will during two tips by way of Cardington the coming suminer make at least on her scheduled flights to South America, the route to be followed Minister to China Sir Miles being: Friedrichshafen, Carding Lampson has good chances, to be ton, Seville Pernambuco, Rio de come Permanent Under-Secretary of Janeiro and back to the home
It is understood that the Ministry the Foreign Office should. Bir Bo base, bert Vansittart become Ambassador
The German and Canadian Gov. of Communications plans to intro-Year's Day when formal opening for road-construction, was discussed to Paris. ·
ernments have resolved to accord duce this system immediately in tha The Tokyo post is not mentioned each other from January 1, 1933, principal cities and subsequently remonies will take place, it is at the meeting and was subsequent announced by the Ministry of ly referred to the Provincial De- in the suggested changes.
the most-favoured, nation's treat. to the interior.
Finance. The mint is of the most Negotiations for the conclusion of ment as provisional measure, pand- a new Anglo-Boviet commercial trea, ing the conclusion of a new com ty or agreement will begin here uncial treaty for which peg NEW RAILWAY DEPOT AT during the first half of January, ons
ns will be opened shortly. One of the chief aims of the -Eng-
La this connection business- cir
Minister of Air Lord London nt 9 p.m. derry is mentioned for either Rome or Madrid with Sir Eric Drum 1st XI at C.C.C. :—A. W. Haymond as an alternative, ward (Capt.), E. J. R. Mitchell, A. C. Beck, E. R. Duckite, G. S. Samson Dunkley, D. S. Harley, II. Owen Samson
Hughes, O. E. C. Marton, T. A. . Samson
Li and Li Pearce, A. Reid, and C. B. R. Li and Li Sargent.
2nd XI at H.K.C.C.-C. E. Li and Gahagan (Capt.), A. E. Mackenzie. Li and: Li Li The Fong. J. Armstrong, C. R. E. Bishop, R. H. Davies, L. D. Kilber, H. J. Trutbridge, iron grey Mrs. Pearce D. Jowe, A. D. Lowson, R. S. W. Cucon Bay, bay mare L: Dunbar
Patterson, W. Stoker, and C. A. Baron Bay, bay
L. Dunbar
Wright. Red Butterfly, bay mare
v Woo Lai Tin Green Butterfly, iron grey
Woo Lai Tin Tillicom, bay
Mrs. Dunbar Jack Sharkey, bay Eu Tong Seng Golly Eyes, dun Dr. S. T.
Wong Saturday -- The Hice Bird, bay
Hall &
G. R. Sayer (Captain), J. E. Shenton tichardson, F. Baker, J. Barrow, The Corwit, chestnut Hall &
F. J. de Rome, B. D. Evans, E Shed W. Hamilton, B. C. K. Hawkins, Stickpast, chestnut, C. B. Brown
E. B. Reed, F. G. Wallington, and Per Se, chestuut
Lewis &
1. M. Wood. Tinson
The following have been selected The Roundhead, chestnut
D. J. Lewis to represent the CSC.C. 32nd team D. J. Lewis versus Royal Navy in a League "Cavalier, chestnut
matel on CS.Cic. ground Canary, chestnut Harel Leaf, hay mare
Sweet Life, chestnut
Cossack Beauty, grey
Night Patrol, brown
The following have been selected to represent the 0.8.C.C. 1st team versus Royal Navy, in a League
PARIS
NANKING
Plans for the construction of
NANKING, December 201
lish representatives will be to incles here are greatly interested in clude provisions which will better a report from Canada saying that than heretofore enable a balancing the Canadian Minister of Agricu! of the trade between the two. coun- ture has confirmed the news that match on the Navy ground on tries which so far was greatly in the Canadian Farmers Association Ospital having been completed, a
h central railway depot qt the !] favour of Soviet exports
despite the fact that the Canadian site for the railway station has Government refuses to trade with the Soviete and that at the Ottawa been selected by the Ministry of PARIS, Deo. 27. Conference it throw its whole
Railways President-elect Franklin D. Roose weight into the scale against com ¦ It 'is learnt that the station' will velt will, according to a report mercial relations on the British be located north of the Houtesi- carried in to-day's Paris edition of Empire with Moscow, has con- on, immediately north of the the Chicago Tribune, sand to Europe cluded with the Soviet Union a so- Ming Imperial Tombs, in the a confidential observer with the called barter agreement, reaching mission to sound the statesmen of a total of about 7,000,000 Cpld France, Great Britain, and Italy Dollars, and some hundred thousand
<
on
L. Reidy Saturday :-
F. J. Ling (Captain). F. H. Heldman, N. J. Bebbington, E. F. Buttress, F. E. Matthews, J. F. Mediowan, J. G. Pilcher, S. Randle,
A. H. Carroll Wuang & Li stallion H. S. Chan &
S. W. Tang
A. M. L. Soares Quito a number of ponies have. not yet been named, but which no doubt will be entered, for the races in due course. Prominent nikong these are a chestnut stallion and a black mare, both belonging to Mr. A. M... Snares. The Dynasty stable in a roan and a chestnut which have not yet been named.
BORDERERS, TO HOLD GYMKHANA
AT KWANTI ON SUNDAY
The 1st Battalion the South Wales Borderers are holding a Gyinkhann on Sunday, January 8, at Kwanti Racecourse, when the following events will take place, starting at 2.30 p.m.:--
1 Handy Hunter Trial,
19. Ball and Bucket. -
3 Gretna Green Race.
Enter
by pairs ride a distance over one
jump, » dismount, put on clothes, Tide back over jump holding a piece of tape
Popies.
eastern part of the city. It will be the main depot for the Nanking-
Shanghai, Tientsin-Pukow and tho on the war-debt question. The heads of cattle will be exchinged projected Nanking-Changsha and identity of this observer is not yet for oil. The reason, is said to be
Nanking-Canton Railways. revealed.
that the Russians agreed to a price The very important project of per head of battle nearly double constructing a canal connecting the the amount, obtainable on
Canadian home-market.
R. G. Robertson, C. Strange, and Day of Biscay, with the Mediter ATHENS
II. E. Strange.
HOCKEY
Playing on the U.S.I.C. ground, yesterday, the H.K.H.C. drew with the Jet Regiment. Neither side
were able to score.
rancan WAS approved by special committee appointed by the j Senate which added the recommen. dation that, in view of the strate
∙the f
ATHENS, Dec. 275m An attempt to blow up the Sim- gic and economic importance of the plot Express was made last night. project the plan should as soon as near the Bulgarian frontier but possible be embodied in a hill and fortunately failed as the bomb submitted to Parliament for appro- which had been placed on the val. The realisation of the project track, exploded prematurely so that will, it is pointed out, provide em the engine driver succeeded in halt- ployment for 173,000 men for a period of six years, while the coring the train in time. One of the The following team will repre- of the whole undertaking is esti. Perpetrators of the outrage, alle- ent Hong Kong Ladies' Club in a mated at 13,500,000,000 Francs, this the explosion while the other escap gedly a Bulgarian, was killed by friendly match versus the St. Anum to be raised by a domestic drew's Ladies at 3.30 p.m. to-day loan,
ed.
TO-DAY'S LADIES GAME
on the Diocesan Girls' School
ginund:-L. Garr, M. Portalkon, MANNHEIM
A. Fowler-Me Gardiner, M: Masont; B. Blumenthal, P. McCaw, R. Blackmore, S. Dalziel, M. Tillery, and O. Brown.
WELS
Samuel Insull, the former Ameri can public utilities magnate, who MANNHEIM, Dec. 27.
some time ago was arrested here The German Automobile Club at the request of the United
States Government, and who together with similar associations subsequently detained in a nurs and the municipality of this city ing. home, was ..., uncondition- will shortly erect a monument. hereally released after the Greek Sup. in honour of Carl Benz, the in- reme Court had up-held the plen LOCOMOTIVES FOR ventor of the automobile, who asubmitted by Mr. Insull's counsel
CHINA
HOW THEIR JOURNEY. STARTED
are to be temporarily relaid on Dec-
ADELD, Dec. 20.
far back as 1878 conceived the first that the charges made against In- zas motor and in 1888 constructed all were not recognized in Greek the first motor car. The model of law and that therefore his extradi- this car was about a year ago purton could not be conceded by the chased by Mr. Heary Ford for his Greek Government. It is under- collection of automobilia in Dear-stood that the former millionaire born,
has puchased sumali estate of a LONDON, Dec. 7. BERLIN
Greek island where he intends to Railway lines through Eccles
spend the rest of his life. *ii | Station and under bridges between
BERLIN, Dec. 27. 14, Open Jumping for China Patricraft and Manchester Docks Next to Friedrichshafen, the Eng: MADRID
Fish airship port of Cardington Whistling Race Enter in 11 in order to allow eight outsis will probably become in the course pairs, one to be mounted who will locomotives and renders to start the of next year the most important Former Premiery, General Beren, be handed the title of, a tune writ-lang, voyage from Patrioreft to European basis f for the regular suox, who is undergoing / 100g: ten on a piece of paper. He gal. Glins, on their own wheels. The Zeppelin servips to Bonth and term of imprisonment for his con- lops to his partner at a table where locomotives are of the normal North America.
Press reports hection with one of the la INS gauge, but in their, putaide dimen- state that Dr. Hugo Eckener, after bompts to overthrow the republican
pns are much bigger than is usual negotiations lasting sa long as one regime, has been released owing to. this country. They are 15 feet year and a half, anally succeeded the serious state of his healthin He high, and, broad in proportion. It in persuading the British authori. is now confined to his house under will therefore be necessary to ties to agree to his plan envisag lower the railway lines under cer tain bridges and to slow them away from the platform in Eccles Eta- tion, to leave room for the locomo divas to pasK,
be drinks a glass of 1. cats a tris- cait, whistles, tune which partner like to recognise and write down, then gallops hack to starting post carrying chit in hand
Unsaddling, Race, Entrant des to a bucket over two small mps, unaaddles pony, removee sa apple from the bucket with his mouth at the same time holding on to his pony, dropa apple on ground and rides back to start Kareback, jumpa removed.
17 Mule Bace.Open to Other Ranks, of the Regiment.
18, Prime Giving
9Band and Drums beat Retreat
HONG KONG. RIFLE CLUB
MENTS
JANUAR
They have been purchased for the Chinese National Railways for use on the Tiantain-Pakow Railway. The engines and tenders, which
A PENANG EDITOR
STORY OF TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS,
Hail, Penang "*" By George
will be shipped fully assembled, Bilainki, is a record of antledi have a combined weight of 140 tons. tor
count at each range.
Longue Tea The Club Team
for: 22.
eriences in Malaya With
over severit
Chinese, Tatails
Malay-office
edited the Straits shoot on he was new to the, Fhat whe uary-28|| took,pver the gapar; and: Baw Manities for modernizin for righting
quested that
January Monthly
General Meeting you
Meeting will be held
CHINESE COMMISSIONERS IN OXFORD
TO STUDY BRITISH VARSITY. BYSTEM.
modern design and is capable of partment of Civil Affairs for ab turning out 200,000 coins daily, tion
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