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MONDAY, MAY

FAR EASTERN GAMES.

THE COLONY'S FINANCES.

FEBRUARY FIGURES..

The financial statement for the month of February hus, now been issued and shows an excess of roxpenditure over. rovenus of $132,634,03 the balance in band bolag S13,818,881.81.

SFURTHER ALLEGATIONS OF UNFAIR DECISIONS.

Manila, May 29-The Far Osaka, May 29-A honyy earth-Eastern finals wore as under

Track and fold,-Philippines 1; quake ivas folt at 11.10, lasting threo minutes. People were terrified Japan 2; China 3. for a while. Such-a-big-qubko-had-

Basketball-Philippines 1. China not been experienced in Osaka for 2; Japun 3. a decado.

Baseball-Philippines 1; Japan

In only two cases does the 2: China 3.

Volleyball-Philippines 1, Chion the same period of the precoding revenue, as compared with that of 2; Japan 3..

Swimming-Japan 1; Philip-aco under the heads of Kowloon year, show an increase, and these pines 2; China 8.....

Railway and Rent of Government Tennis-Japan 1; Philippines 2; Property, which have gone up China 8.

$208.64 and $82,278.84 respective- Football-Chine 1; Philippines

sovero shock was also felt at Kobe, but Tokyo and Yokohama were not affected.

Latest reports show that the earthquake seriously affected an aron confined to the province of Tajima, on the coast of the Japan Soa. It is reported that two hundred houses collapsed in the 2: Japan 8. town of Toyooka, where fire broke out in many places. Severe damango: is reported from other towns in the same province.

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Track and Field Points. Philippines 146, Japan, 602.

China 24. Decathalon. Taduran pines) 5,088; Fernandez pines) 4,969;

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iy. Comparative total Revenue for the period is $4,296,738:81 for February, 1024, as agzinat $8,524,420,40 this year.

Expenditure ahow a distinct increase" over that of the corresp (Philip.onding month last year, the dif (Philip-ference being nearly three-quarters

Little is known as regards casualties from the parthquake, but it is believed they are comparative ly few, because the province of Tojima and neighbourhood, is not; Tatum (Philippines) 4,747; Chin thickly populated. There are no (China) 4,857; Lu (China) 4008. growded cities. The District is Teunis Obts (Japan) defaulted mountainous and the only industry to Cavis (Philippines). of importance is soriculture, where! the finest silk is produced.. Damage" to realers is unknown.,

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Chinese Volley Ball Team

Leaves Field.

of a million,

The departments showing an increased expenditure are the Colonial Secretary's, Audit, Har- bour Master, Imports and Exports, Judicial, Police, Fire and Prison, Education, Military expenses and P.W.D.

Manila, May 23.-The Chinese Famous Hot Spring Devastated. volley-ball team left the field for a

The biggest item was Public| Railways, telephones and tele-few minutes this afternoon, follow-Works Extraordinary, which was graphs are all interrupted between ing an alleged unfair decision by n $806,478.07, as against $878,460.72 Osaka and the earthquake area. It Filipino reforce in the third and under the same heading for the is most difficult to obtain a com deciding game in favour of the corresponding month of last year. prehensive story, but scrappy news Philippines. Dr. Sung, who is in reaching here from railway stations charge, however, persuaded them to and post offices ahow that the roil-retum and faish under protest. ways, tunnels, tracks and stations) The volley-ball scores are: Philip- have been seriously dainuged. In pines 21, 15 and 21; Chico 18,

severity many places the

op-21 and 17. The Philippines beat pears equal to that of the great Japan at baseball 3-2, - earthquake of September, 1923, especially around the town of

The Striking Athletes.

Toyooka, with a population of ten Manila, May 23.--Instructions thousand, where the railway station from the Japanese Government

PIRACY PREVENTION.

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In connection with the recently

balf collapsed and the post office cancel the plan to send the striking published report of the finding of was set on fire. The town appears Japanese athletes home un the to be in flames, also Kinosaki, the President Madison. They are all the Inter-Departmental Conference famous alkaline hot spring, which scheduled to sail in the Empress of which was held at Home on the sub- is reported to be totally devastated. Russin on Sunday, The Philippines ject of piracy prevention in the watere Seismological observations tend to clinched the general Championship adjacent to Hongkong, the Govern ahow that the cause of the earth by winning the basketball last nightment Gazette contains the following quake was a landslide. Relief is-Reuter."

The Regulations relating to ships)

being rushed from Osaka and other To be Entertained in Hongkeng. (exceeding 60 tons) mádo by the

towns.

Invitatious have been issued to a Chinese public dinner at the Yee Wo Restaurant on Wednesday in bonour of the Chinese and Japanese athletic delegations. The Hon. Mr.

Governor in Council on the 8th day of March, 1924, and published in the rette of the 7th March, 1924, a Notification No. 100, a hereby amended as follows:

Town and Village on Fire. Osaka, May 24.-An aeroplane, with reporters and photographers, just returned here, confirmas that the disaster was similar in intensity Chow Shou-son is. Chairman, and į (a) Regulation 1. By the deletion to that of September. 1023, only the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall Vice of the words "to the uttermost;" and on a smaller scale. The town of Chairman of the Reception Toyooka, seen from above, was a Committee.

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mass of flames and one or two Among those invited are Hi, next after the words "Each certifi other smaller towns and villagee Excellency, the Governor,

cated. officer," of the words "not were also observed to be nfire. Officer Commanding the Troops engaged on his duties in the engine being an engineer officer actively Thousands of ref ugees from (Lient Colonel F. Montague Baton);! 37 Toyooka sro crowding the open Hoa. Sir Claud Severn, Sir Henry spaces hare and there. Toyooka Gollan, the members of girls'

Achoo! bae collapsed Legislative Council, the Japanese dance with the recommendations of and it is feared many girls perished. Consul, Mr. A.G.M. Fletcher end the Conference as regards (a) which The number of dend in the whole other gentlemen, in addition to

were to the effect that certain cir-1 town is estimated at two hundred, representatives from various sport eumstances might arise where reais. and the wounded at double, that

Dumber. Troops were called outing clubs in the Calony.

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whole town is ablaze, and it is ed out, naked and a large zum was unreasonable, a view in which A Weekly Passenger and Freight Servic

feared there' are hundreds of casualties,

her were soon enveloped in suf. the Admiralty representative con- focating smoke. At Kinosaki) curred The amendment pow" re- Relief Being Bent.

railway station many travellers lieves an engineer officer engaged on The destroyer Ecoki has been porished, including young honey- his duties in the engine room of the Loon couples. The cargo-master1ecessity of carrying arms and nin ordered to proceed to the const with supplies; the Sagami likewise, of Kinosaki is begging newspaper- munition The amount of insurance in nut men to create public opinion in large; it is estimated at about one claims which, he says, amount to favour of full payment of insurance raillion Yen. The insurance com-

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panies here are not likely to payReuter.

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at present ascertainable. It is However, those cities are absolute SATURDAY'S TRIAL SHOOT. S.S. PRESIDENT LINCOLN, May 16

estimated that two hundred were ly safe and undamaged in life and

killed and five hundred injured in property. The earthquake area is Owing to the inclement weather, Toyookn There were many hun, not larger than twenty-five square the rifle shooting Interport, which dreds of casualties at Kinosnki, miles containing a population" of WAS to have taken place yes- where an extensive fire broke out- 78,000, wherein the total casualties terday afternoon, was postpon- The whole town was ablaze and a are estimated at 1,500 and the ed till this afternoon. It came grent stampede followed.

total damage to property at. on to rain heavily early in the Seismological observations in Yen. 70,000,000.-Router. dicato that the earthquake was caused by landslide.

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afternoon and there was nothing for it but to put off the shoot. On The Japan earthquake was re- Saturday a trial shoot was held, corded in Hongkong, the seisomo- and the scores returned were very Faenza, May 23. -The seismograph commencing to record at satisfactory. With a slight im- logical instruments at Bendani re- 16.44 a.m. on Saturday. The place provement Hongkong should do

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corded during last night a violent of origin of the earthquake, was well against the other ports. The ✡

shock lasting two hours, about 4,100 estimated to be 1600 miles away full trial scores were: miles away.

Desolate Ruins.

to the north-east of Hongkong. The amplitude of the maximum movement w28 16.8 millimetres.

McNab Wilson

Osaka, May 24-The fire at indicating a severe shock. This Toyooka and Kiuosaki lins burned lasted for about an hour and for T. Swan

C. was followed by E. Edwards out, reducing the whole town and

minutes. It reeort to desolate ruins. Seismolo- gista declare that there is no fear ser shocks at 3.45 and 5.31 p.m. N. L. H. Railton

Yesterday morning at 9.25 an-D. R. Bone of a further shock. Communioa-:

P. Wallace D. Reid tions are quickly being restored.ther earthenake was recorded Relief

extended to from approximately the same place T. Grimshaw has been thousands of sufferers,

of origin, the amplitude in this case C. Summers being to raillimetres. Although W. E. Cook both shocks were severe neither

Honeymoon Couples Killed..

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33 26

28 27 20

33 25 20 84|

27 20 25 81

of Best 10 Scores

Refugees from Kinosaki hot of them was comparable with that. apring tell most pathetic storids of which was recorded here in the Counted Out the quake there. It appears to caso of the great Yokohama earth- W. D. Goodfellow Thave been more forrible than quake In 1923.

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