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DEATH OF ROY KILNER

FAMOUS CRICKETER DIES OF

TYPHOID.

HEAVY LOSS TO GAME.

London, Apr. 6.

The bricketing world will be shocked to learn of the death of Roy Kilner, the famous Yorkshire and England all-rounder, who re cently arrived from India suffering from typhoid fever.-Reuter.

Roy Kilner, who was only 97 years of age, was beyond question one of the best all-round cricketers in England, and possessed a tem- perament which quickly gained him a place in England's Test teams subsequent to his great season of 1923.

Born at Low Valley, Wombawell, near Barnsley, he came of a family of ericketers, the best-known of whom, apart from himself and his brother, Norman, being his uncle, Irving Washington, who was on the high roud to fame as a left-handed batsman when a severe illness cut

($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be lind at the Office of the above his career short.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1928.

HOME FOOTBALL.

GOOD FRIDAY RESULTS

SURPRISES.

London, Apr. G. The results of the matches played today are appended:

Arsenal Everton Bollon Burnley Sundorland Tottenham West Ham

Division L

3 Cardiff

Blackburn Manchester U

2 Liverpool

D Derby

1 Wednesday

0 Aston Villa

E

Division II.

4 Stoke

2 Oldham

Bristol C Chelsea Grimsby Hull Manchester C Natis, County Preston Port Vale

Division

Brentford Brighton Charlton Crystal Pal Gillingham Lutda Millwall Nowport

8 Blackpool

0 Swanka

2 Fulha

Clapton D.

4 Reading

2 Sth. Shields

1 (South).

3 Norwich

1 Southend

2 Plymouth.

3 British R.

Q Swindon

5 Torquay.

Exeter

1' Queen's Park

NORTH STARTING AN OFFENSIVE.

SUN CHUAN-FANG TO DIRECT OPERATIONS.

FENG'S INFLUENCE.

Peking, Apr. 0. General Chu Yu-pu has wired to the Cabinet announcing that he has ordered a general offensive" against the Kuominchun forera on Marshal the Taming-fu front,

Sun Chuan-fang is proceeding. from Tsinan-fu to Taining to o direct operations.

1

1

It is generally believed hers that

3 Marshal Feng Yu-baiang's in- fluence at Nanking has been In- creasing rapidly, of late, and that the oporntions against the North 3 are due thereto, as he feared that the Fengtien troops would concon- trafe and crush him single-handed, 1-Reuter.,

0

0

Shanghai, Apr. 6. A telegram from Hauchow states that a general offensive against Chang Tso-lin has been launched on the Taiyuan, Cheating, GKinhan and Tainpo lines. It adde

that heavy fighting has broken out. on all fronts.-Reuter, ́-

0

Division

III (North).

Barrow Crowe Darlington Doncaster Lincoln

2. Hartlapçala

0

3 Aslington

0

2 Halifax

0

2 Bradford C

-1

3 Accrington

1.

Southport

Chesterfield

Stockport

B Nelson

Wrexham Wigan

Tranmere

3 Rochdale

4 Durham

2 New Brighton 2

----Reuter.

Division I.

The bowling which made him famous was entirely a post-war pro- duct.. Perhaps in other circum- stances he would have remained a stylish at and a superb field, but the loss of Booth and subsequent death of Drake, followed by the Huddersfield .. retirement of George Hirst, Everton brought about a new situation in Yorkshire cricket. Roy Kilner set Leicester himself out to be a bowler and how Cardif

far he succeeded is too well known to require recapitulation.

over,

RUBBER DECISION

REACTION.

Bolton

Derby

est Ham Burnley Arsenal

Blackburn Portsmouth

Nowcastle....

RETURN VISIT.

0 BANYARD MUSICAL COMEDY

COMPANY.

33 19 6 8 78 52 44 30:10 11 984 57 43

The Banvard Musical Comedy Company, comprising twenty-three London artistes who visited Hongkong In February last, when they gave a number 36 150 12 72 68 39 of delightful revues at the Theatre Royal and Star Theatre, are returning to the Colony next week on their way home after an extremely successful tour in the engagementa North. Owing to

35 15 0 11 77 66 39 36 15 8.13 69 68 38 30 14 9 13 84 71 37

30 14 3 13 74 73 37 37 15 3 18 70 82 36 34 13 9 12 73 74 35 37 14 7 10 07 74.35

in Malaya and India, they will be able to give only one performance 86 14 7 14 67 73 35 during their coming visit, and

35 13 9 18 54 06 35

35 13 8 14 05 65 34 this will take place in the Star

84 ‍12 10 12 60 70 34 | Theatre at 9.15 p. m. on Friday,

30 16

13 12 7 14 62 69 1

His brilliant bowling had no affect on his batting or fielding. Tottenham As a left-handed slow bowler he had, apart from his fine spin and necuracy of length, the 60- vereign quality of imagination, and Aston Villa he was always exercising his wiles Birmingham 35 10 14 11 05 34 April 13th. The production they to the everlasting disgust of the Bury

18 65. 79 34 will stage, "Hors d'Oeuvres," an Liverpoool

30 11 11 14 70 74 33 entirely new revue, has been opposing bataman,

Kilner was popular and a person-Sunderland 34 12 18 63 62 83 selected with a view to giving the ality, and his death will come as a Middlesbro 35 10 12 13 70 72 32 maximum amount of pleasure in great shock to cricketers the world Sheffield U...

Acknowledged by Manchester U. 35 11 7 17 62 87 20 one evening. Wednesday... 35 8 11 10 66 70 27 the public of Shanghal to be the most entertaining revue produced Division II.

in that city for many. years, Cholson

36, 21 8 7 47 35 50 "Hors d'Oeuvres" includes items Preston

36 21 8 7 87 48 50 from the latest London and Manchester C. 34 22 6 6 80 50 50 New York musical Successus, Leeds 36 21 68 80 51 48 notably "Oh Kay," "Hit The Deck," Stoke

36 17 8 11 65 65 42 "Stop Flirting," and "Lady Be Oldham

36 17 0 12 60 43 40 Good." "Hors d'Oeuvres" will also (Continued from Page 1.)

West Brom 36. 14 10 11 80 62 88 include original sketches specially Swansea 36 14 9 12 05 50 37 written for this production and more general selling, noon and

dances arranged for the Banvard the main interest being "nears." Notts. For.

Bristol C.

benulles, who will wear costumes The Singapore Free Press, which Grimsby has been consistently anti-restric-Port Vale 36 16 6 35 62 56 35 brought direct from the Folles Lion, welcomes the abolition of re- Hull

36 10 13 12 38 44 33 Bergere and the Moulin Rouge. Mrs. J. II. OXBERRY, Proprietress.striction but criticises the short Reading 36 10 10 10 48 70 30 Theatre goers are advised to re-

notice given.

Notts County. 36 10 10 10 67 68 30 serve their seats early, as there is The Straits Times which is pro-Wolves

4 11 7 16 58 81 29 sure to be a packed house for the restriction Is not pessimistic. Barnsley 35 10 9 10 45 70 29 last opportunity of seeing this ex-* Book- It points out that the leaders of Clapton O.... 35 10 8 17 49 65 28 tremely popular company. industry must now set their own Blackpool ... 30. 10 8 18 71 96 28 ing is at Moutrie's and the Star 35 10 7 18 63 63 27Theatre and prices of admission will house in order and hopes it will Southampton be possible to co-operate with the Fulham 36 11 5 20 04 82 27 be $4, $3, $2 and $1.

South Shields 30 6 77 23 48 90 19 Dutch growers.

Division III (South).

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The Malaya Tribune welcomics

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the decision as the only way out Millwall .... 35 24 6 0.108 46 63 of the difficulty. 1 urges Co-Northanta 33 1U 7 7 85 52.45 operation among all British rub-Swindon

32 177 73 51 41 35 18

5 12 71 50 41 35 10 9 10 70 57 41 30 15 10 11 58 40 40

ber interests in order to be able Plymouth (to bargain effectively with the Brighton..

Dutch and Americans and work Exeter out a policy of properly protect Crystal Pal 34 15 9 10 63 81 39 Ing the world rubber Industry Queen's Park 35 16 6 18 62 49 38

Reuter,

TUNG TING PIRATES.

Southend

35 17 4 14 63 57 38

YANG SEN RUMOURS.,

TO JOIN NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

Ichang, Apr. 4. Newport

The Chief of Staff to Yang Sen, 34 157 12 67 05 Brantford 34 15 5 10 65 60

General Pei Chu, has passed down Charlton 34 11 12 1 47 GB river to attend a conference... Bournemouth 34 12 8 14 63. 65 32 It is reported that Yang Son hus Gillingham..

34 11 0 14 49 50 31 been placed in command of the Luton ... 34 12 6 17 80 76 29 11th Nationalist Army for opera- Watford CHINESE AUTHORITIES TAKE Norwich

33 11 6 10 54 62 28 ilons against the Northorners. 34 8 10 10 65 64 26 Yang Sen is continuing operationg ACTION.

36 10 0 19 50-86

against Kuo Ju-tung and has acut 36 8 10 17 47 70 20 three ship loads of troops up river.

Shanghai, Apr. 6.

A message from Tung Ting Lake states that Chinese gunboats are patrolling with the object of suppressing pirates.-Naval Wire-

lesa.

RIVER AGITATION.

34 11 0 20 50 70 25

Walsali Merthyr Bristol R. Torquay

36 7 11 17 43 80 25-Naval Wireless. Coventry 83 0 6 19 54 77 24 Division III (North),

Bradford 35 22 0.494 37 63 MRS. KNAPP INDICTED,

Doncaster

4 15 59 58 40

35 21 6 1 72. 86 47 Tranmore 24 19 7 801. 56 45. Lincoln

30 20 6.11 77 62 45 SERIOUS CHARGES RELATING Stockport 34 1900 12, 43 14

TO CENSUS FUND.· Bradford C. 30 15 11 10 78 55 41 Darlington.. 34 18 4 12 78 57 40

New York, Apr, 0. Southport .. 27 18 Wrexham .. 38 17 5 14 69 54 30 A message from Albany states ATTEMPTS TO BOYCOTT THE |Accrington 30 15 8 18 67 08 38 that Mrs. Florence Knapp has

BRITISH,

Halifax.... 35 12 11 12-05 60 35 been indicted for felonies and Now Brighton 34 11 11 12 54 48 33 misdemeanours in connexion with Rochdale ... 84 15 2 14 63 60 33 the 1925 Consus Fund.--Reuter's Chunking, Apr. 6, Rotherham 35 11 15 68 59 31 American Scrpice. Attempts are being made to Hartlepools. 86 18 5 1760 72 31 work up an anti-British boycott. Crewe 30 11 8 17 09 73 80 The local papers are full of threats Ashington

36 118 17 61 71 30 Chesterfield

.. 38 07 20:00 to Chinese merchants who may Barrow..... 30 9 7 20 48 97 25 ship in British steamera-Naval Wigan...... 36 8 8 20 47.80 24 Wireless.

Durham... 859, 6,21 42, 84 28 Nelson..... 94 9421-59 108 22-

A.P.C. STEAMER IS REFLOATED.

DUE TO REACH ICHANG TO-DAY.

96 26.

Nanking, Apr. G. About 1,700 troops crossed from Nanking to Pukow on Wednesday, voer 1,000 on Thursday, while to day about 700 troops arrived from Shanghai and there have been small movementa of troops to and from Nanklug and Pukow,Naval Wire Ichang, Apr. 5. lesa.

Kiuklang, Apr. 6. The A.P.C. steamer, Chinkwang.

Séveral thousands of troops are: which went ashore 83 miles above embarking, it is believed, for Nan Ichang on March 25th, has now king-Naval Wireless. been refloated and will be brought Modown here on Saturday.-Naval

Wireless.

16 T,and B, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Henglong.

DANISH LOAN OVER- SUBSCRIBED.

New York," Ap". 6. The Danish Government Loan of $55,000,000, át 4% per cont, which was taken over at a price of 89.037. by an American syndicate, has been over-subscribed-Reuter's American Service.

“HENRY" VISITS ENGLAND.

London, Apr. 6. Mr. Henry Ford and his wife Chinkiang, Apr. 6, :** Troop movements are reported have arrived for a three weeks' from here to-day-Naval Wireless, stay in England-Reuter.

THRILLS OF A NEW KINDI-

The first aerial police—A jewel ring above the clouds-The sensational crash of a plane into city streets !—

Love

conta

Duty

An epic story of love, courage. and

loyalty

galing with the

of the law in the sky!

The SHIELD HONOR

4. UNIVERSEL SACTIES

NEIL HAMILTON,RALPH LEWIS,

with DOROTHY GULLIVER, CLATRE MSIGWELL And JOE, GTRAND

AT THE

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

-USUAL TIMES & PRICES

At 2.30, 5.10 & 7.15. $1.00, 60 cts., 40 cts. 8'30 cts.

.At 9,20

AT THE

$1.50, $1.00; 60 cts. & 40 cts.

Zane Grey's

FORLORN RIVER

WORLD

Orchestra 5.15 & 9.20.

Jack Helt Raymond Hatton Arlette Marchal

EdmundBurns

THRILLS

and

ROMANCE

FINAL SHOWINGS · TO-DAY

Interpreter 2.30 & 7.15.

PAULINE STARKE & ANTONIO, MORENO

Elinor Glyn's

Production

A Drama of High Society

CUPID tles The

LOVE'S

AT THE

STAR

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BLINDNESS

Mezzo-Goldwyn-Mayen

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