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During the Race Meeting

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

are supplying

TIFFINS and TEAS

at tho

CLUB STAND

(Adjoining the Paddock)

FOR MEMBERS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB and at

No. 11 STAND

(At the Wong-Nei-Chong Entrance) FOR NON-MEMBERS

TABLES MAY BE BOOKED.

THEATRE ROYAL

FEBRUARY 25th.

LAST FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

by

LA ARGENTINA

Booking at Moutrie's

on Wednesday, 20th February. Prices:

$5 & $3.

Owing to the large number of cinemagoers who were unable to see this excellent film when it was shown recently at the Queen's, the management has decided to give it a further screening-on Tuesday and Wednesday next.

Emden

AT THE

QUEEN'S,

TO-NIGHT

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT.

FIRST GRAND COMPLETE

TO-NIGHT

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.

.at.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS,

Praya East Reclamation, Wanchai.

ALL NEW ACTS ALL NEW ITEMS

Not a Dull Moment: One Swing from Start to Finish. Second programme better than the first.

Watch Where The Crowds Go, And Follow.

Booking plan at Moutric's.

GAY KEE, DAVID HOUSE, Hongkong.

Sanitary Merchnat f Engineer.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

APPEAL FOR KOWLOON SUPPORT.

The horticultural show jester- day

of drew big crowd

A Those who attend spectators.

IIla ed. Included

'Excellency the Governor, Sir Ceeil Clementi, K.C.M.G., accompanied by Capt. A. J. L. Whyte, A.D.C., the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G., and Mra.

Southorn.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

FAMINE HORRORS.

DESPERATE CONDITIONS IN

SHENSI

Y.M.C.A. TRAGEDY.

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SHANGHAI BANK' CLERK SHOOTS HIMSELF.

Peking, Feb. 21.

The inquest on the body of The China International Famine Ronald Francis Ball, a bank clerk, Relief Conftatasion's foreign fa- who was found shot in his room H. at the Foreign Y.M.C.A. at Shang- mine investigator, Mr. E. Oliver, transmits to Peking a re-hal on the morning of February the area in Shensi between the the General Hospital, was resume port of the appalling conditions in and died the same afternoon in Yellow River bend and Sianfu. ed last Friday in H.M. At one point he discovered two hundred villagers huddled in a cave, without food, afflicted with terrible eye sickness, awaiting

death.

Tea was served by Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Limited and on enjoyable programme of music was

Mr. Oliver found whole villages rendered by the band of HM.S.without one pound of grain left. The villagers were grinding up dried grasses to powder, to make a kind of horriblo porridge.

Kent,

Prizes won ineluded the follow.

ime:

Collection of Vegetables (Opon). The Hongkong Club. The Peak, Mrs. R. M. Dyer.

Bunches of Cut Flowers (Open). --Mr. A. Tse. The Peak, Mrs. C. B. Brown,

Prizes in General Exhibita, open to all, were awarded to the following.

Cut Roses.-1, Mrs. R, M. Dyer. Vase of Cut Flowers-1, Miss

P. Scott Harston; Misa M.

Loureiro; 3, Mra. C. B. Brown.

Basket of Cut Flowers (children under 10 years).--Miss Juno Perry.

Table Decoration.-1. Mrs. Au- brey; 2, Miss Clark; 3, Mrs. Mait- land.

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Nowhere has winter grain beon sown, hence thero will be no spring harvest.

In one haien, 70,000 out of a population of 120,000 were com- pletely destitute of food, and its substitutes. The remainder of the people got very little.

The local gentry are doing their

best with gruel kitchens, but this is merely a drop in the bucket. The same applies to the amount of grain the Government has so far sent to this area.

At Sanyuan, Mr. Oliver found a mob of several thousand, madden ed by hunger, threatening to loot the city unless fed. The people everywhere were desperate. In ene halen a hundred families had season--committed suicide rather than

Display of Cut Flowers grown by Exhibitor.-Mra, Hoare.

Pota of Annuals or Plants grown from seed the same Mrs. Ha Fook,

Pols of Flowering Plants of same kind or variety grown from Reed and not included in the Society's list of flowering plants. Mr. W. 11. Bell.

Kowloon's Lack of Support.

The successful competitors ro- erived their prizes from the hands of Mrs. W. T. Southorn.

Prior to the distribution Mr. Ho Leung, as President of the Society, fonid he supposed they might con- gratulate themselves on having staged another fine show. It was most gratifying to see a greater number of exhibitors from The Perk.

He would say, however, that he was disappointed by the poor sup; port from the Lower Levels and Kowloon. There must be, he said, al lenat 200 or 300 gardena at Kowloon Tong and Hamuntin and It was a great pity that they had not received support from that quarter.

He appealed to the residents of Kowloon to take a greater in- terest in the show next year, and, atated that perhaps the Society would arrange suitable transpor.. tation in future.

continue to suffer.

Whole tracts of land could be purchased for one meal. Hardly a draft animal was to be seen any- where; all having been eaten

Reuter.

SHANTUNG UNREST.

OFFICIAL JAPANESE, VIEWS.

Tokyo, Feb. 21. Ollicial circles do not appear to regard the recent developments in Shantung as serious as they con sider that there is neither suff-

Court before the Registrar. Mr. A. J. Martin, sitting as coroner. After the evidence of six witnesses was taken the Coroner returned verdiet that "Ronald Francis Ball died on February 6, 1929, from a bullet wound inflicted by himself while temporarily insane."

Evidence was given by Dr. F. B. Baldwin, who said that he had been called to the Y.M.C.A. on the morning in question and had found deceased lying on his back on the bed in his room and had sent him to hospital, where he handed him over to Dr. A. D.

Wall.

Mr. C. M. Tobin, resident

secretary in the Foreign Y.M.C.. told the coroner that about 9 am. on February G the No. 1 boy from the sixth floor had called him and that he had gone to room 004, occupied by the deceased, and had found the deceased lying on his back on the bed with a pistol oy his left chest. There was a bullet wound through the temples from which came a trickle of blood. The deceased was still alive and hold a half burnt cigarette in his hand,

which showed that he had only recently been shot. The wound was so obviously a fatal one that the witness had not tried to do anything for the deceased, but had sent for the police and the doctor. He knew nothing of the deceased's habita, and identified a revolver produced in court as similar to the one he saw lying on the deceased's chest.

A Potential Suicide.

Dr. A. D. Wall, medical practi- tioner, said that he had seen the deceased on the day in question, when he was brought to the

SERVICES BOXING.

ANNUAL SOUTH CHINA COMMAND CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The first round of the annual box- Ing competitions organised by the South China Command were singed night. The bouts wore for the Inter nt Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon, fast Unit and Individual Championships. some good matches. although soveral There was a large crowd present, and

onded before the specified length of three rounds. Those that went tha full distance were close affairs, with

clean fighting

The tournament will by continued this evening at 8, and not' at 7.30 as previously stated.

Last night' results word as fol-

low:

Middleweights.

Pte. Nowberry (Beds, and Herte.) best Pte. Bauch (Som. 1 L) on a technical knock-out.

L/C. Woodhouse. (Som. L. I.) beat Gur. Rouse (Royal Artillory) en a knock out.

beat L/C Finlayson (K.O.S.B.) on a Cpl. Pithors (Beds, and Harts.) knock out in the third round.

Featherweights.

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work..

If such cases where the stomach

or

bowels are at fault-all that is fecessary, usually, to aët matters right is the administration, of a fow doses of Baby's, Own Tablets, the pleasant-tasting medicino especially designed for the use of babies and little children.

Guaranteed absolutely pure and harmless, theas Tablets are just the right ready for infantils In- Pte. Hume (K.0.9.B.) boat Pta digestion, vomiting, 'wind, con- Batchelor (Beds, and rta) onstipation and colic. They quick- knock out in the first round.

Pte. Palmer (Som. L. L) beat Pte. Fortor (Boda, and Herts.) OR points.

L/C Palmer (K.0.S.B.) beat Pto. Packwood (Queen's Royal Regiment) on points.

Welterweights.

Pte. Battle (Bedy, and Horts,) beat te. Reans (Sem. L. I.) on points,

Lightweights.

L/C Gordon (K.O.S.B.) beat Pto. Frith (Beds. and Herts) on points. Bandsman Higgs (K.0.5.B.)

Ple. Wood (Beds, and Harts.) best points.

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Cpl. Wobb (Queen's Royal Regi- ment) beat L/C Williams (Som. L. I.) on points,

Points Gained.

Beds. nnd Herts.

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Your chemist sella Baby's Own. Tablets, or post free 60 cents the vial, from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 60, Klangse Road, Shanghal.

A YAUMATI RAID.

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY BY ARMED MEN.

Three robbers, armed with ro Points scored by the different units volvers and daggers, forced their were as follow:

entry into a Chineso realdonco, No, 683, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, yesterday afternoon, holding up the women inmates of the second floor and making off with booty of jewellery and mousy, about $100 in value.

Som. L. 1.

LAWN TENNIS.

LACK INTEREST.

cient men nor money behind the hospital in an ambulance at about movement. They think that pos- 11 a.m. The deceased had a gun- sibly the remnants of the Anshot wound in the brain, the YESTERDAY'S OPEN MATCHES fuites are responsible for the re entrance wound being on the right emergence of Chang Chung-chang, temple and the exit wound on the who is probably hoping to step left. The entrance wound WIS All the matches played in tho opon into Tsingtao owing to the port's wounds suggested that they were ments yesterday lacked the interest charred, The positions of the events in the annual tennis tourna- withdrawal of the Japanese, self-inflicted. An operation had that is expected of Championship ties, been performed but the deceased Without excoption the gumes · were died about four o'clock the same decided in straight sets, the victors afternoon.

In each caso bolng given little opposi Hon.

-economic importance, after the

Reuter,

Chang at Tengehowfu.

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He had had the deceased under J. Barrow accounted for R. F.

According to the principal ter- ant, a Chinese clerk working in a local solicitor's office, his mother, wife and one other woman, wern the sole occupants of the premises at three o'clock in the afternoon, way infrastrated by the men. when the desperadoes forced their alarm was frustrated by the men. The three women'were herded fřila the rear cubicle while the robbers were ransacking the house.

Two pairs of gold' bangles, a

ticlos.

Shanghai, Feb. 21. Gen. Chang Chung-chang has his medical care previously in the Jones In twenty-five games while pair of gold ear-rings and a gold Mr. Ho Leung went on to say arrived at Tengchowfu, the resi- Country Hospital. He used to Chang Chi-wing only required 21ing were among the stolen er that he would thank Ideut. Col. dents of which place paid Liu suifer from fits of mental depres-games to give him victory. In the 1. G. Bird and officers of the Hong-Chen-nien's troops $80,000 to sim and was a potential suicide Open Doubles, Honda and Akiyama. It is said that the thieves werd hong Volunteer Defence Corps evacuate it without looting. Only during these attacks. He had preceded seven games to Lak Ding- men between 20 and 25, wearing for the loan of the hall and a few places were looted.

cheung and Luk Kang-chaung. Cas-black Jackets, No violence was viously considered whether to grounds; Mr. Ho Kom-tong for hin

sumbhoy and Razack received a walk employed. wondferful display of sweet peas

Chang Chung-chang's emissaries and him Home or not on account over from San and Chong. and vegetables; and the donors are now at Chefoo endeavouring to of these fita, but had not advised

Full Results.. of prizes, judges, hon, secretaries persuade Liu Chen-nien to sur-this because it meant Ball losing and others who had helped very render, but hitherto have been un-his job. greatly to make the show a auc-auccessful. It is difficult to ascer tain how far the opposing sides They were all extremely gratiaro from Chefoo, but merchants

fearing im fied to see Mra, Southorn presentare most uneasy,

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BRITISH AIRSHIPS.

to distribute the prizen. It was mediate disturbances.-Reuter, his sincere hope that Mra, Southern would be a prize-winner herself at the races next week (laughter and applause).

Concluding, the speaker said that they were going to sell vege- tables and cut flowers, and ho wished to thank the exhibitors who had offered to sell their goods for the benefit of the Society,

BUILT WITH A VIEW TO GREAT STRENGTH.

London, Feb, 21. Details of the new airships, R100 and R101, now nearing completion, were given in a lecture last night by Group Captain Fellows."

Chu

at the

The full results were:

Open Singles. J. Barrow beat R. F. Jones 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Cheng Chi

ing beat E. Rallion 6-0, 6-0, 63.

Bing-zee, boy Foreign Y.M.C.A., testified that he was in charge of 30 raums un the sixth floor of the building, and No. Akiyama bent Luk, Ding-cheung and Opan Doubles.-T. Honda and T. 604, Ball's room, was one of them. Luk Kang-cheang 6-0, 6-3, 6-4; 3. A. On February 6 he had entered No. Casaumbhoy and I. M. A. Razack ro 404 at 7 a.m. with a cup of ten. | ceived a walk over from E. T. San and Mr. Ball was then awake. At IT. W. Chong, 8.10 a.m. Je suw the deceased

To-day's Programme. The full list of matches for this afternoon is as follows:

Open Singles T. Honda v E. D. Lawrence; M. W. Lo Bazack; Wong Hing y Chen Sɔ; J. Hale v F. Grose.

v L M. A.

Handicap Doubles--A. Reid and J. leave his roam fully dressed and A. Plommor (ree. 2/0) beat E, D. had gone in with his assistant to Lawrence and W, A. Nowers (owo elean the place,up. Mr. Ball re- 5/6), 6-4, 7-9, 6-4,' turned in about ten minutes and ordered them to leave the room. At 8.40 the telephone operator had A "Passive Gardener."

rung up and asked for Mr. Ball After handing out the awards,

to be brought to the telephone. The No. 2 boy had gone to a Mrs. Southorn remarked, amid laughter, that she was really more

Each will be 730 feet long and room and seen him lying on his of a passive than an active gar- of five million cubic feet capacity, back with a pistol in his hand and dener. She rather liked to see with a speed of 66 knots and a cruis-had reported it to the witness. someone else do the work and ing speed of 63 knots over a range who opened the door of the room reap the benefits herself (laugh- of 4,000 miles.

and saw the same thing. Witness ter). She congratulated every- He stated, on higher authority, immediately reported the matter one on the show, and remarked that they are much stronger than to Mr. Tobin... that it was one of the most plea- any other ship which had hitherto sant incidents in the Hongkong taken to the air. They had been year. One never heard people deliberately bullt too strong rather grumbling about the show and than too weak. that in itself was a credit to the

Society. She concluded by ex- pressing her best wishes for the future.

Three cheers were then given for Mrs, Southorn, after which she was presented with a boquet by Miss June Perry.

Soclety's Thanks.

Crude oil engines, the first of their type ever produced, were in- stalled to give additional safety, even at the expense of efficiency. R101 will have 500 horsepower en- gines-British Wireless,

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ARMY ESTIMATES.

-REDUCTION OF £500,000 OVER LAST YEAR.

The Society expresses thanks to the following for contributions to the prize fund: Dr. G. E. Aubray, Mr. W. H. Bell, Mr. C. E. H. Beavis, Col, IA G. Bird, Mr. P. V, Botelho, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr.

The Army Estimates will be pro- G. T. Bagram, Mr. A.-Cameron, Mr. F. McD. Courtney, Mr. L. Jsented to the House of Commons Davies, Mr. R. A. Dastur, Mrs. R. next week, and it is understood they M. Dyer, Mr. R. M. Dyer, Mr. H. will show & further reduction of

London, Feb. 21.

B. L. Dowbiggin, Mr. W. B. Finni- £500,000 on the preceding year.— gan, Mr. Fung Kong-un, Mr. II. British Wirelcas. Green, Mr. L. Greenhill, Mr.

F. C. Hall, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, Mr.

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JAPAN'S ATTITUDE.

ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED.

Tokyo, Feb. 21. Commenting on Press reports of to-morrow's meeting between Mr Yoshizawa and Dr. C. T. Wang

officia Minister, an Foreign spokesman atated that the Govern ment had slightly modified it original Instructions to Mr Yoshizawa hut was unable to con sider a fundamental change na i hnd now gone as far as it was abli to meet Nauking's wishes,-Reuter

A "Final Conference."

Open Doubles. Pay. Coms, A. JE,

Shanghai, Feb. 21. Payne and Pay. Lleut, Com. Herbert The Evening News quoting v S. A. and II. D. Ramjahn.

panese reporta, states that a “Beth Club Championship-G. E. Holmes conference, which will terminate th v G. W. Sowell,

Sino-Japanese negotiations Handicap Doubles. J. Armgardless of its outcome", will b strong and J. G. Lawrie (owe 4/6) hold between Mr. Yoshizawa an Y C. A. L Plummer and J. 9. McDr. C. T. Wang upon the lotter Eachran (owe 8/6),

Police Investigations. Det. Sub-Inspr. b. B. Henry, attached to Sinza Police Station, gave evidence that he had receiv- ed a telephone message from Mr.:|:: Tobin at 9.20 a.m. on February 6, and had reached the Y.M.C.A. two or three minutes later. He had been taken upstairs and ascertain- ed that room 604 belonged to Mr. Ball. On entering he saw the deceased lying on his back, with wounds in his right and left temple, from which blood oozing freely. The deceased was unconscious but living.

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

CLUB TEAM TO MEET H.M.S, KENT,

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return from Nanking. If there b no settlement reached at the con ference, Mr. Yoshizawa will returi to Peking.

Chinese circles state that thi conference has been requested b Mr. Yoshizawa-Reuter,

LOCAL CRICKET.

THE II.K.C.C. TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW,

The following will represent the Hongkong Football Club (Rugby section) against H.M.S. Kent at Happy Valley on Saturday at 2.80 wasp.m, sharp. Walkinshaw; D. Cop- pin, G. A. L. Plummer, V. H. Koop, S, J. II. Fox; M. G. Mi, F. A. Laidlaw, 3. A. E. Kendrew, D. Mine the Royal Navy, Morry; W. R, Andrews, A. R. Cox,

The ILK.C.C, team to play agains Day, W. Leckle, P. L. P. Thomas, H, ground to-morrow, at 2 p.m., will be on the ELK.CO F. Akehurst.

On the right side and, partly below the deceased he had found a 38 calibro Colt revolver, which

H. R. B. Hancock (Capt.), J. I he identified as the one in court.

Bonnar, A..0, 1. Bowker, Capt. A. G In it were five live rounds and one

Dobble, A. W. Hayward, LA. C11. J spont cartridge. On further ex-

court as one which he had found J. Lightfoot, E. J. E. Mitchell, ~I amination he saw where the bullet on a writing table in room 604.Owen Hughes, IL. V. Parker, Berk had struck the wall after passing

Mr. John Tinsley identified the K Quick, d. D. Wales. Resery through the deceased's head. It handwriting of the letter as Mr. Capt. A. N. Evers. To Leung, Mr. A. C. Hynca, Mr.F. R. Marsh, Mr. A. Murdoch, Mr. had ricocheted in another direc- Ball's. He said that Mr. Ball had Royal Navy at King's Park at 2 p.

The H.R.C.O. 2nd XI to moot th Ho Wing, Hongkong Club, Bir W. Old, Mr. J. A. Plummer, Mr. tion and he found it 12 feet from heen employed as sub-accountant No Robert Ho Tung, Lady Ho Tung, F. A. Perry, Mr. T. E. Pearce, the wall on the opposite side of the Chartered Bank of India, Mr. C. Honre, Mrs. Ho Kom-tong,Peak Club, Mr. P. C. Potts, Mr. E. the roon. He identified the Mra. Ho Fook, Mrs. E. M. Haze: L Sim, Mr. A. Stevenson, Mr. C. bullet in court as the one he had counts of which he had been inget, I. A. B. Duncan, A. Held, W Australia and Chinn, The AC Dackitt, G. E. R. Divett, K. H. BA

A. H. Gillingham (Capt.), E land, Mrs. R. E. Hoare, Imperial L, C. Sandes, Mr. Simon Tae Yan, found. He had had the decensed charge were perfectly in order. Industries and Chemicala Co., Ltd., Mr. J. II. Taggart, Mr. A. Tac, Mr.removed to hospital. There wore

A. H. Maxwell, EL J. Armstrong, -- Mr. C. Bulmer Johnson, Mr. F. A. Woo Hny-tong. Mr. Wong Kom-nisolutely no signs of a struggle verdict as above,

The Coroner than returned his A. Summers, J, E. Hancock, 0, I

Vallack.. Mackintosh, Dr, J. Morrison, Mr., fuk, Mr. G. G. Wood.

He, identified a letter produced in