ENGLAN D-INDIA FINAL
TEST MATCH
Brilliant Display By Walter Hammond
London, August 15.
A superb baiting display by Walter Hammond (217), assisted by Worthington (128) who scored his first Test century placed England in a favourable position to win the final Test cricket match against All-Ind at the Oval. England's score at the close of the first day's play was 471 for 8 wickets.
Hammond and Worthington established record English fourth wicket Test partnership which yielded 266 runs in 1775 minutes. A crowd of 9,000 attended the opening, the weather be- ing so gloriously warm that hundreds watched the game in their shirt sleeves.
There was no change in the teams, only Robins standing down as the twelfth man for England.
Fask and Barnett opened the
8,000 CANADIANS
innings for England. With the SILENT AT THE
total at 19 Fagg was caught by Hussein off Amar Singh,
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Hammond stepped into the breach and indulged in some, superb off-driving with perfect timing and footwork. He scored his 50 in 75 minutes including six boundaries. The partnership yielded 74 runs when Barnet was 1.b.w; to Nayadu. 93 for 2 Barnett had scored 43, I including six boundaries, in enterprising game.
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Hammond (68) and Leyland (22) carried on until lunch time when the total was 147 for 2.9
When the match was resumed before 12,000 spectators it was an- nounced that Mustaq All would not
CENOTAPH
Like An Armistice.
Day
LONDONERS CHEER
·VETERANS' MARCH
London, July 30. The solemnity and the momen- tous stil.ness, or an Aim.stice Day hung
Whitehad yesterday when, at noon, the 6,000 Viny
over
be helding owing to a leg injury.Ridge pigrims from Canada hed Leyland in attempting to drive an over-pitched ball from Nissar lost his wicket, 156 for 3.
MISSED AT 96
their Cenotaph.
With 2,000 Canadian ex-Service
memorial parade at the
men now living in England, the
pilgrims had marched
to the
Hammond, now joined by Worth- Cenotaph from Westminster Hall
Ington, continued to play a sound where they had been weicomed by and judicious game, blending af Mr. Baldwin, certain amount of aggression with From his defensive tactles. He was miss-Canad.an ex-Servicemen, in khaki 9 o'clock onwards the ed at 98, Waziș All dropping the berets with the maple leaf on one most easiest of catches.
s'de, and relations wearing blue béretz. had streamed towards Westminster from all directions.
Hammond and Worthington sottled down to a fine partnership. the former reaching his century in 165 minutes and the latter in 75 minutes. Both welcomed Merchant who, being ab, bowler, tossed up long hops and full tosses which they punished severely.
At the tea adjournment Ham- mond had brought his score to 150, made in 225 minutes, and Worth- ington had reached 108 scored În the fast time of 88 minutes. The total was 336 for 3.
TEST RECORD Hammond was magnificent and apart from several edgy strokes be played a forceful game, reaching his 200 in 285 minutes with 26 fours. The pair added 268 runs for the fourth wicket in 175 minutes, which is a Test record. It was Worthing
ton's first Test century.
With the total at 422, Hammond played-on to Nissar. He scored 217, batting for five hours and driving thirty timea to the boundary. With the addition of 15
At the entrance to Westminster Hall six men of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, with their broad-brimmed hats, scarlet tunics. yellow-striped trousers and heavy spurred boots, made a vivid splash of colour among the blue-coated London policemen,
CROWDS OF LONDONERS When the 'plgrims left West- minster Hall and began forming up for the march to the Cenotaph, Whitehall, Parliament-strect and Parliament-square had been closed to all traffic.
Many
thousands of Londoners had taken up positions to welcome their Canadian cousins and join in the Cenotaph ceremony. Ther were standing 10 deep on both sides of the road for some hun- dred of yards,
The long procession then began, neaded by the Welsh Guards band playing "Land of Hope and Glory Immediately afterwards came
the Worthington met the same fate at halted opposite the Cenotaph and Colour bearers in two lines. They the hands of Nissar. He had scored 128, including nineteen fours, took up a position facing it
runa
. with faultless hard driving. 437
for 5.
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each side.
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The
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936. URBAN COUNCIL China Baptist Centennial
MEETING
OFFENSIVE TRADES NEW BY-LAW
The orders of the day for the Urban Council meeting to be held to-morrow. at 4.15 p.m. are a fol- low:-
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"He was a prodigious worker. Not only did he translate the Bible, but he prepared other helps of language study.
He was for many years a prea- cher at Hong Kong, latterly in the Mission Hospital
He tried to make himself so much a Chinese when he first ar-
Letter from Government signity.rived that he suffered ill health. ing the approval of the Legislative
William Milne, Dr. Morrison's
Council to the amendment of the by-laws under the heading "Depots for Cattle, Swine, Sheep and Goats --General"
set forth in the schedule to
the Public Health (Animals, and Birds. Ordinance,
1835.
The Chairman, pursuant to no- tice, will move:-"That in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Health (Sanitation)
Ordinance. 1935, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling, the Urban Council makes the follow
ing additional by-law under the the headng "Dangerous and offer- sive Trades" set forth in Schedule A to the sald Ordinance:-
16. The trade of crushing and packing manganese ore is declared to be an offensive trade."
Application for an offensive trade licence at No. 448, Lockhart Road, ground floor.
Application for an offensive trade Beence at "No. 5. Kowloon City Road, ground noor.
Application for an offensive trade licence at Nos, 39 to 43, Prince Ea- wird Road, ground floors.
Regular Returns.
SEE
WISHED TO HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE-AND DIE
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tion you have gathered far more" regarding the beginnings of your work than I can tell you, and I am looking forward with real interest to hearing about it.
May none of us be sluggish but
faith and patience hare Inherited followers of those who through
the promises."
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Mr. A. R. Gallimore was next or :rogramme to give a talk on
colleague, did a lot of work for the Tracing, the lines of Baptist His- missionaries out of Chios.
Milne and his young wife ar- rived in Macao in 1813,, but were forced to leave, and sailed for Mallaca in 1815. They remained there until 1842, when they came to Hong Kong.
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FIRST AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
The first American missionaries E. Bridgman and D. Abeet, of the to reach China were the Revs. E American Board Mission, who ar
rived
at Canton in 1830. They came in urgent appeal from Dr. Morrison.
Another of the pre-treaty mis- sionaries who attained fame, again. of the American Board, was Dr. S. Wella Williams. He did much to help. later students with the lan- guage and wrote "The Middle Kingdom" a book which was long considered the most complete guide to a knowledge of China. He assisted in the publication of gold-mine bf information. the Chinese Repository, a veritable
As the date of your Mission cen- tenary indicates the American Baptists were only beginning their work in China when the Arst war broke out between Brtain and China. I understand
that Rev. John Lewis Shuck reached Macao in 1836. and Mr. Shuck pald a ten
tory in China." but time. was limited "and he had to make his speech short.
He remarked that along the highway of the past hundred years. there were not many great markers.
William Cary left England in 1792, and with Dr. Judson, were liberal supporters of the Mission in India.
The Baptist Church was estab lished in 1835 in Bangkok, and it is the oldest church, (Baptist) in China.
FIRST BAPTISTS
arrive in the mainland of China The first Baptist missionaries to
rietta. Shuck, who were Rev. J. Lewis, and Mrs. Hen-
Macao in 1836. Mrs. Shuck is slad arrived 31
to have been the first foreign wo- man to reside in the Colony of Hong Kong. moving here from Macao in 1842. She died in 1844, and was burled in Happy Valley Cemetery.
Mr. Shuck was a co-editor of "The Friend of China." perhaps the first effort in journalism in: Hong Kong.
Rev. I. J. Roberts, and Dr. WI- liam Dean arrived here about the same time, 1842.
The first Baptist Church
in
days visit to Canton befor: he Hong Kong was established in 1844
and his wife settled at Macao uni- on Queen's Road, just north of the
til Hong Keng was occupied in
present Belios Public School. The 1842. Issachar Jacob Roberts. Baptist Church on Cheung Chau who later resided at Ts'ng Hol Island also dates from about 1845. London, July 21.
Moon, Canton, and in whose house and is still extant. 1200 Vimy pilgrims who arrived at Christian Instruction, arrived at M. T. Rankin, who is the secretary Unknown to the majority of the leader, received some months of next, and she was followed by Dr. Hung Son Tsuen the Taiping"Miss Mary C. Alexander spoke Southampton from Havre on the Macao in 1837. But in prepara- Cunard-White Star liner Antoniation for your centenary celebra-Orient."
of the Bapt'st Mission in the to-day one of the number died during the, night.
Mrs. Rosina Kemp, of Calgary, Montreal. who was 58. was ill when she left
Her husband was killed in the wat and she had always wished to see his grave.
On the voyage from Canada she said to a fellow-pligrim. "For twenty years I have patiently waited to visit Vimy and see my husband's "grave. When I done that I want to die."
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Mrs. Kemp saw her husband's grave and returned to the ship, which salled at eight o'clock last night.
She was in such a weak state that she was placed in the ship's hospital. At mid-night she died
of heart failure.
Her body is being taken in the ship to Liverpool, whence it will probably return to Canada for burial by her relatives.
.The Two Minutes Silence that followed was intensided by the sonorous note of Big Ben striking noon A Canadian said arter-
the Empire beating. wards it seemed like the heart of
QUICK DISMISSALS Allen the skipper, was caught by Hussain off Nissar after he had scored 13. 455 for 6. Verity follow ed soon after, caught by Hussain and bowled by Nissar, 463 for 7. Sims scored a single before he was
The service, which was conduct- lb.w, to Amar Singh, 468 for 8. Fishlock 19 not out and Voce I noted by the Bishop of London, Dr. officials lining the windows along
Cheer after cheer from the watching Londoners greeted each successive company of Canadians as they marched into their pcs tions round the Cenotaph. warmest welcome of all was given
The Colours were raised for the when the Canadian Pipers came Reveille, and dipped again for swinging along with stirling bag- "Cod Bave the King," in which all pipes.
Joined the Canadians, the crowds of Londoners, the Clovernment
Wirmington-Ingram began
with
out took the score to 471 at the the singing of the Canadian Any
close.-- Reuter.
SCORES
them, "O Canada," followed ty the Lord's Prayer' and "O'Gos, Our Hep in Ages Past"
BIG BEN IN THE SILENCE
Whitehall.
"TIES NOTHING CAN BREAK”
Before giving the blessing, the Bishop of London, in a short ad- dress, recalled that in 1915 he had addressed 10,000 Canadiana, before the second-battle of Ypres. ΚΟΙ
8 In his prayers the Bishop prayed
72 young oficers I spoke to before 43 that "the spirit of love and com-
radeship among those who fought that battle, 42 were killed," he 217 in the Great
War may be ad- said, “and of those 10,000. half 29 vanced, and loyalty and devotion were either killed' or wounded.
The following were the scores:— Fagg, e Hussain, b Amar Singh Barnett. Lb.w. b Nayudu Hammond, b Nissar ................... Leyland, b Nissar Worthington, b Nissar
Fishlock, not out.....
G... Allen, & Hussain, b Nissar
Verity, c Hussain, b Nissar ......
Bima, 1.b.w.. b Amar Singh
Voce, not out
Extras
Total (for 8 wkla.) Duckworth. (Lancs.) to bat.
128
19
13
to King and Country may be The common sacrifices we have established on a sure foundation," fall made together form ties which
While buglers from Canadian nothing can break. I want you to regiments took their posts, Brig. 80 back to Canada and tell them
4 Gen. Alex Roas, Prealient of the how proud the old country is of
1 Canadian Legion, placed a wreath you.".
from the Legion, at the Cenotaph, A number of wreaths were then reciting the exhortation of the placed on the Cenotaph, including
1
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one from the British Legion, and
"They shall grow not old; as
one laid by Captain Baker, Cana-
471
Fall of wickets-1 (Fagg) for 19: 2 (Barnett) for 93; 3 (Leyland) for 166; 4 (Hammond) for 422; 5 (Worthington) for 437; 8 (Allen) |
we that are left grow old. Aga dian, who lost his sight in the
shall not weary them. nor, the War.
years condemn. At the going.
One wreath was laid there by down of the sun and in the Mrs. Woods, the Canadian mother morning we wil remember who lost six of her 12 sons in the them."
war, and the other by Mas, "Wardie, Mrs. Hancocke and Mme. Dumont
Last Post then rang out, and
for 455; T (Verity) for 483; B (Bis) the long lines of Colours sank to
for 408.
the ground.
of Canada who lost sons in the la Via ette, representing mothers
War.
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