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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1928.

Glamour & Glitter, Romance & Thrills

PAID FOR BEING IN CLOSING CRICKET A LAPSE AFTER 20

GAOL.

OPIUM CARRIERS GET FORTY

CENTS A DAY.

BY WUCHOW・ “RING.”

Oplum smuggled from Wuchow was the subject of a case heard bofore Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Police Court this morning, when a Chinese was charged with

MATCHES

M.C.C. TEST PLAYERS DO GOOD WORK.

YEARS.

ARMY COOK STEALS TINS OF BULLY BEEF.

"MAN'S "MISFORTUNE.”

CHAPMAN, HOBBS, TATE AND After 20 years' service ng cook

FREEMAN.

GENTLEMEN BEATEN.

at Wellington Barracks, during) which he has sorved various regi-i monta and received testimonials from the officers expressing high |

regard for his character, a Chinese

succumbed to a momentary tempta tion. He was charged before Mr.] R. E. Lindsell at the Central

the possession of 15 tasla of pre: pared oplum which was believed 'to have been brought here from the West River port on the pa. Anjou,

Three representative matchos During the hearing, the interest concluded yesterday practically Police Court this morning with ing fact was disclosed that car-end the cricket season of 1928, atcaling five tins of bully-boof from riers who are hired to carry the the only match-remaining to be the milltary stores. drug and run the gauntlet of the played being the Champions (Lan- For the defendant, Mr. W. D. strict search that is being main cashire) v. The Rest, which com tained all along the waterfront, mences at the Oval on Friday, and Owens tendered a plea of guilty and asked for leniency. He sald are paid at so much per day that will last for four days. they spend in prison, if caught

The Players revenged them-that defendant had served various and sentenced.

selves for their defeat at Bourne-regiments as they had come and

gone for the last 20 years This amount had been uniform mouth by defeating the Gentle from the commanding officers ($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the at 30 cents per day, but lately, the man at Folkestone by five wickels. ench of them had received corti-

"ring" or different traffickers in Both teams were more represen-ficates of good character, Tel. Add:-"Victoria.”.

J. H. WITCHELL,

Wuchow opium raised the rate to tative than at Bournemouth and

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some bright cricket was witnessed.

The South beat the North by fendant was allowed to take home four wickets, while Mr, H. G. D. a certain quantity of provisions! Leveson-Gower's XI defeated the for his meals which he had with his family, but on this occasion he West Indies by eight wickets.

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Chief Preventive OMeer Clark, who gave this information in Court, was asked by his Worship if the carriers were given a lump sum when they come out of prison,

Mr. Clark:-Oh, yea. It is un- derstood when they take the job, that they will get this money.

enquired Mr.. Lindsell then what would happen in the

the event of

carrier being deportes, us is often the case in these oplum prosecutions,'

The officer replied that the carrier would get his motiey all the sine. It was not likely that the man who hired him would default on the payment-he would not dare to show his face in Wachow if he had done so.

Defendant was fined $1,000, or four months' hard labour.

Another Chinese who was taken off the same boat, was charged with the possession of 12 tacls of oplum originating from the West River port. "

Mr. Lindsell remarked that the Anjou appeared to be much Favoured for opium, smuggling.

C. P. O. Clark said that was so. He was told by the compradore of the boat, yesterday, that a few days ago a watchman who stopped

auspicious-looking sack from being taken on board, was given such a severe beating that he had to be left behind in hospital as Wuchow..

As in the first case, a fine of $1,000, or four months' hard labour, was imposed.

ST. LEGER TO BE RUN TO-DAY,

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`CHANGES OF JOCKEYS

ANNOUNCED.

London, Sept. 11. For the St. Leger, to be run to- morrow, changes have been made in the jockeys of Constant Son, Lodore, Palais Royal II and Plan- Lago. The probable starters and revised jockeys now are:

Bourbon (II. Wragg). Buland

(Beary).

Cherry King (Carsluke). Constant Son (Graves.) Cyclonic. (R. Jones). Fairway (Weston). Flamingo

Lodoro

(Elliott),

Gang Warily (Steve Donoghue).

(F. Fox). Luvaneran (H. Beasley). Marconigram (Gordon

Richards).

Parwiz

Palais Royal II (Allemand).

(P. Beasley). (Joe Childa), (Dines),

Plantago

Tourist

-Router.

The M.C.C. team for Australia were well represented in the sides, and showed up prominently,

THE TIDE TURNED,

别

Brilliant Bowling By Tate. The West Indies, thanks to some capital play by E. L, G. Hoad and L. N. Constantine, gained a lend of 97 on the first innings against Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Scarborough, but they failed to press home the advantage, and the English players secured a great wi in the end with eight wickets to apare. The scores were: West Indies: 333.

L. Gower's XI: 230, West Indies: 113..

L: Gower's XI: 212 for 2.

and

of

The Police were satisfied with the testimonials shown, and agreed that defendant had yielded to a momentary temptaion.

man:

In giving the defendant the option of a fine, fixed at $15, his Worship remarked to the Very foolish after all these years of servles to risk your position for a few tins of bully-beef,

The discovery of the theft came about in a curious way.

Soon after the armed robbery committed at Stanley Street, yes. terday in which aix men got away with luot estimuted to amount to over $7,000, pulicemen were active all over the town, searching ped- estrians at busy traffic points.

An Indian constable observed Hoad took tall of the Englisha man-the Army cook-getting bowling in the West Indies first off an East-bound tram and quick- innings, scoring 124 before his ly boarding a West-bound car at wicket was taken.

the same point. His suspicions

Mr. Leveson-Gower's XI, which were aroused by the fact that they included Hobbs and Tate, could man was carrying a parcel. do little against brilliant fast

The man was taken off the tram, bowling by L. N. Constantine, who and the parcel was found to con- took 7 wickets for 68.

tain tins of bully-beef.

He was

The West Indies success was arrested on being unable to give a only temporary, however. Tate satisfactory explanation, wrought considerable havoc among their batsmen in the second innings, the whole side baing sent back for 113. Tate took 5 wickets for 28 runa.

Hobbs scored 119 not out for Leveson-Gower's in the second inninga.

KENT PLAYERS SHINE.

NOTED COLONEL'S DEATH.

SIR EDWARD WARD PASSES AWAY.

London, Sept. 11.

. Players Beat The Gentlemen,

The death is announced of The leading figures in the Colonel Sir Edward Ward, Bart, match between the Gentleman and G.B.E., K.C.V.O., at the age of 74

| Players at Folkestone, very appro- | yeara.-Reuter,

priately hailed from Kent.

The late Sir Edward Willis Dun- The Players won by five wickets, can Ward was born at Oban and the scores being:

Gentlemen: 433.

Players: 389.

Gentlemen: 211.

Players: 259 for 5 wickets.

after being privately educated he entered the Army in 1874. He be- came Major in the Army Servico Corps in 1885, Lieutenant Colonel In 1890 and' Brevet Colonel in 1898.

A. P. F. Chapman, England's Ile served with the Sudan Expedi- Test captain, led the Gentlemen, tion in 1885 and was on special sor- and he played a perfect captain's vice with the Ashanti Expedition innings, scoring 91 in brilliant in 1895-96 as A.A.G.

After serving as D.A.A.G, at the style. He was the top scorer for Headquarters Staff, Ireland, and on the Gentlemen.

the Home District Staff, he went The Players replied strongly, to the South African War, being being only 44 runs in arrears, and A.A.G. at Ladysmith (for which he the Gentlemen found themselves was thrice mentioned in despatches in difeulties when they went in a and given the K.C.B. decoration). second time, Freeman found the He was Director of Supplies to the wicket much to his liking and sent South African Field Force in 1900 back six batsmen at a cost of 78 and A. Q. M. G. at Headquarters

from February to April, 1901.

runs,

The Players finished strongly. From 1901 to 1914, he was Per- winning by five wickets. To the manent Under Secretary of State The B.A.T. office notifies that total of 259, Frank Woolley con- at the War Office. He was former- telegraphic advice from the Pow-tributed 141 (not out), a brilliantly President of the Union Jack hattan Club, Shanghai, intimates that. at the drawing of the St. achievement. He scored with de-Club, Director-General of Voluntary lightful freedom all round the Organisations, Hon. Commandant Legar Sweep, two horses were wicket, never giving the slightest of the Chief Metropolitan Special drawn by tickets sold in Hong- chance in a perfect display of the Constabulary, Chairman of Campe kong. These were No. 8243

Library and Chairman of the Royal (Tourist) and 1914 (Luvaneran).

Society for the Prevent of Cruelty to' Animals, A

WOULDN'T MARRY

BEGGAR.

WOOER HITS WOMAN WITH CRUTCH

A mendicant appeared before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on a charge of assaulting a woman with a crutch.

batsman's art.

SOUTH BEAT. THE NORTH.

Follow-On Enforced.

The heir to the baronetcy is Ed. ward Simons Ward, late of the At Bournemouth, the South Grenadier Guards, who served in beat the North by four wickets, the European War from 1914 to 1019 and "WAB amongst those though the visitors made a great wounded."

effort in the second, innings to pull the match out of the fire,

The scores were:

South: 358.

North: 116 and 372.

South: 131 for 6 wickets:

The North responded poorly to

MURDER OF CHINESE POLITICIAN.

the South's first innings total and ALLEGED ASSASSIN REPORTED

victory,

According to Inspector Marks, were forced to follow-on. They the defendant had attempted to gave a much improved display, but get the complainant to marry him, left the South a fairly comfortable but she had refused. Yesterday he met her in the street and strick her across the head with his crutch. The injury was not seri ous, although it might easily have been....

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ARRESTED.

Shanghai, Sept. 12,

A report from Hangchow states that tho alleged assassin of Mr. Chen Ting-yit; a former member of the C.E.C. of the Kuomintang Party, who was murdered whilst returning to his home in Siaoshan, has been arrested by the police there.

BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP, The last of the semi-finals in the competition for the Lawn Bowls It was stated that the defendant Singles Championship of the

only three months ago.

Mr. J. C. Gibson, of Kowloon Dock, His Worship Aned the defendant will meet Mr. J. Ferguson, of Tal-raids have been carried out in various houses at Slaoshan, with $60, or six-wooks' hard labour on koo Dock.a

was bound over to keep the peace Colony takes place on Friday when Since the murder, a number of

the bond, and further sentenced- The winner will meet Mr. A the result that the man who is him to two months' hard labour Clark (Polico); who yesterday de- said to have fired the fatal shota feated Mr. R. Duncan (K.B.G.C.) was arrested and handed over to

the authorities,Nam Chung Pao on the charge of assault.

by 21 shots to 18..

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