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"A GLORIOUS TASK.

FINE MIDDLESEX DISPLAYS.

ANGLO-AMERICAN AMITY ALLEN'S TEN WICKETS

AND WORLD PEACE.

THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF

REAL CO-OPERATION.

IN AN INNINGS.

LEE HITS HUNDRED IN EACH INNINGS,

BOWLEY'S 1,000 RUNS.

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London, June 18,

NAVAL DISARMAMENT. University player, accomplished

An outcome of their conversation at Forres, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and General Charles Dawes, the United States Ambassador, last night made keenly-awaited speeches on Anglo-American relations, with special reference to naval dis- armament.

Britain and the United States are bent on serving the common interests of peace and democracy, said the Labour Premier at Lossiemouth.

"There are obstacles to be surmounted, differing interests but that is the glorious task which the happy conversations has opened up," he added.

to be reconciled

General Dawes, speaking at the Pilgrim's Club, London, made suggestions for a new method of conducting disarma- ment proposals. It was chiefly a job for statesmen, he de- clared, though they would utilise the full weight of the ablest, technical experts.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,

CHANNEL AERIAL DISASTER.

REPORTS SAY ENGINE SHAFT BROKE IN TWO.

INQUIRY TO BE HELD.

London, June 18.

The Air Ministry nnnounces it has been decided to order a formal investigation of the accident to the uir liner "City of Ottawa" In the

Charnel yesterday, whereby seven persons lost their lives. The com- position of the Conference will be announced at an early date.

1929%日三十月五

CHINA SHIPPING IMPROVEMENT.

INDO-CHINA EARNINGS

INCREASED...

SHAREHOLDER QUERIES COAL BUYING POLICY.

NEW YANGTSZE BOAT?

Omeials from the Air Ministry cedure adopted by the Indo-China A question in regard to the pro- and the Imperial Airways to-day Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., in liner, which now lies on the beach Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and at Dungeness..

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QUAKE TERROR IN NO SUCCESS WITH

NEW ZEALAND.

TWO HOMESTEADS BURIED

BULLER GORGE.

DEATHS NOW TOTAL 15.

Wellington, N.Z. June 18. Six more deaths are attributed to the earthquake, the death-roll now being fifteen,

RAIN-MAKING:

SEVEN FLIGHTS MADE YESTERDAY.

VOTE FOR $300,000 TO BE ASKED FOR.

turbance, in addition to the main WATER FROM MANILA.

Thirty-two distinct minor dis

shock, have been recorded nt halfpast ten this morning, while noning in official circles, wo learn Christchurch Observatory up to From enquiries made this mor- examined the wreckage of the air ordering conl for steamers from are reported from Takakn, a town-terday by the Royal Air Force for fewer than forty-three minor shocks that several flights were made yes- ship near Nélson.

the purpose of carrying out rain- red between midnight and three over, were ust successful.

All the Takajca "quakes" occur- making experiments. These, how o'clock in the morning, the earthquake originated in the chines, and about six hundred-

In all, no fewer than seven Experts are of the opinion that flights were made by R.A.F. ma- Buller Gorge district. Residents in weight of powdered koolin was Murchison, which is in the Buller dropped on likely clouds. The re- Gorge, spent a night of terror amidaults, however, were nil, no rain, constant detonations and tremors, boing induced by the process. Daylight revealed a scene of utter desolation.

G. O. Allen, the Middlesex amateur, and former Cambridge the finest bowling performance of

the champion county, Lancashire. His career on Saturday, taking all ten wickets in an inninge against

cricket. No howler aucceeded last The font is one of the rarest in acason, and Kennedy's 10 for 37 the Oval in 1927 was the first for the Players v. Gentlemen at UTAZIONIERIA occasion since 1923, when Howell MARSHAL LI CHAI-SUM'S (Warwick) disposed of the York-

hire team.

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Allen's 10 for 40 against Lan cashire was the more exceptional! is the sixteenth instance of the as the team compiled 241 runs. It performance since 1990.

Let's Effort.

He suggested that the naval experts of the naval Powers Middlesex in difficulties, Lee, of In the same match, which found ahould define the "yard-stick" to be used, the final fixation to Middlesex, brought off another be left in the hands of a committee of statesmen.

exceptional feat, that of scoring Mr. Arthur Henderson, speaking of Anglo-American rela-two separate hundreds, making 124 tions, said that there subsists between the countries, a mutual in the first inninga and 105 in the trust, well-founded respect and a community of aim that are second. Lee has once before per- the essential ingredients, of real friendship and helpful coat the Oval in 1919, when he made formed similarly, against Surrey operation, His sentiments were endorsed by Sir Austen Cham-103 and 126. berlain.

Another important individual. record has been set by Bowley, of Sussex, who made 130 against Glamorgan, and became the first

GEN. DAWES & RAMSAY MACDONALD, playar to complete his thousand

London, June 18.

runn for the season.

Derbyshire, although playing a friendly match, have not been dis- lodged from their position at the end of the championship table. Lancashire le accond,

in the past three days were:

The principal individual fents

Batting.

"That," he concluded, "is the As arranged with General Dawes, glorious task which the happy on Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the La versations, of bour Premier, made an important Ambassador and myself has open

the American | statement on the subject of his re ed up. 1 pray that the whole cent conversation with the new Nation, irrespective of party, will American Ambassador, in the share helpfully in our labours, Lee (MidBesex) course of a speech at a dinner given give us its confidence and enable in bla honour by the Lossiemouth us to carry on the work to a nuc-O'Connor (Essex) Municipality this evening.

'erssful conclusion."

Mr. MacDonald pointed out that! the Labour Government had lost!

no time in getting into harness.

In the Forefront.

con-

PILARIMS CLUB BANQUET. General Dawes Replies to Labour Welconie.

At a banquet of welcome to

■

Plenary Session Agrees On

the Matter.

NO PROOF OF GUILT.

Shanghai, June 10, A report from Nanking. states that the release of Marshat Li Chal-sam was con- sidered by the Nanking Plen- ary, Session at its closing meeting yesterday.

It was deelded that as no definite proof of Marshal Li's disloyalty to the Central Gov- ernment had been produced. his freedom should accord- ingly be restored.

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The resolution was put to the vote and unanimously passed.

It is now reported that the government is considering the appointment of Marshal L Chai-aum ns Minister of Ex- aminations.-Nam Chung Po.

The Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Bolth, in reply, stated that no loss was in- curred by this procedure, and that the suggested contracting for sup- plies from the pit head was im- practicable..

.

Two more homesteads in the Supporting the Chairman were Buller Valley. have been Mr. A. H. White and Mr. 'M. T.whelmed, an entire hill-top crash- over Johnson (Directors), the Hon. Mr. ing down upon them, burying the W. E. L. Shenton (Holicitor), and houses with their occupants. Mr. R. Sutherland. Shareholdera present were Captain T. T. Lau renson and Messrs. W. J. Stokes, Ho Leung, A. M. da Silva, A. Percy, M. H. Lo, N. L. II. Railton. P. Tod and R. E. Macdougall.

Chairman's Speech,

The service car, with five pas- sengers' and a driver, which left for Nelson from the west coast and was reported missing has turned up safely.

Vote for $300,000.

Amongst the votes to come be- Legislative Council to-morrow la fore the Finance Committee of the one for $300,000 to cover expendi- ture incurred on emergency works of the drought. and importing of water on account

continuance of the drought it has It is explained that owing to the become necessary to import water Government aeroplanes carryingquired to meet this, together with Into the Colony, and the vote la re- wireless operators have been sent various other works necessary to The Chairman the Hon. Mr. to Westport, which is isolated tele- meet this emergency. B, D. F. Beith said. Before pro-affected area are badly twisted ut provided for by special warrant. graphically. The railways in the ceeding with the official busineas many points. The

The sum of $100,000 has been of the meeting, I desire to express Glenhope to Owen is completely on behalf of the management their covered by immense falla of earth deep regret at the death of Mr. and boulders-Router. H. P. White, who was a member of the Board since 1915, and whose advice and petive interest in the affairs of the Company was always most helpful.

The report, and statement of ne- counts, having been in your hands for some days I will, with your permission, take them as read, and I trust that the much improv- ed showing both in working and

A final results will be received with

satisfaction. breaking and smashing two holes in tho

second- turned

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Bowling

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ALLEN AND LEE. Middlesex Players on the Roll of Fame.

the loss of life.

Insurmountable Dificulties.

ALLEGED

rond from

POSTAL

FRAUDS.

PORTUGUESE AGAIN APPEARS IN COURT.

Emply Reservoirs.

now

With regard to the island's re- servoir supplies, we learn that practically all the water Available Is In Tytam reservoir. The other three reservoirs "at" Tytam, as well as the Wong Nei Cheong and Pokfutum reservoirs, are empty for all practical pur

poses.

Pumping operations at Tytam have, therefore, been stapped for the present,but they may soon be restarted if further supplies come in from the streams. At the HEARING DATE FIXED. moment, there is about two months".

supply in storage. Jose Mariano de Souza, a for-

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Taikoo, Supplies.

At Talkoo, the Government is

still securing supplies from the.

106 upside down In striking the and complex nature, and I sheere mer clerk at the Hongkong Gen- 102 water, so that the emergency ly hope that the welcome improve-eral Post Office, who is charged exit in the roof was submerged,ment in our financial position will with the theft of several sealed "I made it clear before and General Dawes, the new American G. O, Allen (Middlesex)

this accounting In some mensure for eventually prove to be more or less mail packages and with the frau- No, & dam high level reservoir. during the General Election, that Ambassador, at the Pilgrims Club, Rhodes (Yorkshire)

By electric torchlight, officials of a permanent nature.

dulent conversion of a postal docu-| The Company's intake, which I would

.10 for 40searched the wreckage of the air put

The primary cause of our betterment, to-day again appeared be- contains about a million gallons, relations nur with the United States in Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Raut (Worcester)

7 for liner lying on the beach at Dunge results is to be found in the in-fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the overflowing as a result of the the forefront in national Secretary, proposed the toast of Davies E. Glamorgan) for 2ness all night long, in a fruitless creased earnings, of the steamers Central Police Court, at the end of recent rain, but this supply is corns. We have not let the grass the guent of the evening, who, in Nichols (Essex)

6, for 3 effort to trace the three missing as reflected in the revenue ne- a week's formal, remand,

boing used by the dock for ita grow under our feet," he added, the few days since his landing. Wensley (Sussex)

Clark (Northants)

5' for women.

count where it will be noted the The Chief Detective. Inspector, own purposes. "and General Dawer was good as stirred our imagination by

Most of the victims wero visitors credit balance of steamers' work- Mr. Reynolds, said the police be. enough to take a long journey his purposeful energy, characteris-

to England, and Include a Loning, is £195,186. 12, 3d. as against ing ready to proceed with the case,

Water from Manila, almost as soon as he arrived in tie hustle, refreshing naturalness,

don business girl making her first £82,490. 18. 1d. in 1927.

he was instructed by Mr. L. R. Britain in order to talk to me inaud directness of action,"

flight to Paris on holiday, also a

Regarding supplies from out- Androwes, Asalatant Crown Soli- side, we connexion with is all-important

learn that the Java- In extending a very sincere and

Swiss woman. The men comprise subject

citor, to apply for a date of the China-Japan Line is now joining of Anglo-American cordial welcome to General Dawes,

an Australian; Canadian and relations,

Mr. Henderson reculled that both

At last year's mocting the ever-hearing to be fixed. The commit in the scheme for transportation American, "We did not meet," the Premier in the stressful days of war and defeated Middlesex on the first fering from shock, consist of an have to be made into our resources would be asked for, after the

increasing cost of operating the tal of the accused for subsequent of supplies. Its vessels will bring The six survivors, who are suf-fleet, and the heavy Inroads which trial at the Criminal Sessions water here from Manila, wont on, "to threaten other in the anxious times that follow innings, the honours of the match American, Australlan and his wife, to maintain vessele many of ad- Police Court hearing.

As was reported yesterday. nations, to dominate other peoples, en, General Dawes played a brilliant individual achievements. daughter; also the pilot. Rudolph of the now demanded, was re-ed by the prosecution, a number quite willing to mid tongangg

went to Lee and G: 0. Allen for and

Manila has more than enough wa- or to form alliances or pacts." tinguished personal part. "14 is,"

vanced age-to the high standard "We have, and had no intention

he said, "no exaggeration to sug-The former made a century in Braill! an ex-Flying Officer of the furred to; and although

Twelvo witnesses would be call- ter for its own purposes, and is est that your name,

linked so

each innings, and Allen took all Royal Air Force, and the mechanic, closely as it is with one of the ten wickets in Lancashire's firat Harnett-Reuter and British Wire-fort has been exerted, during the who would speak as to the routine

every of these being Post Office officials transportation can be arranged. major pieces of post-war construc-innings.

year under review, to keep our carried out in their Department.

Job for Kausing? tive efforts in Europe, is a faml- Two Lancashire players reached

running costs down to a minimum, | Hng and highly respected one both three figures.

For the neeused, Mr. J. T. Prioc

A render makes the suggestion and to inaugurate wherever pos- said his ense would be very short.tu-day that the rescue-tug Kausing, in this country and on the Cot

Lancashire won the toes and

sible schemes for more economic batted first, scoring 241. The

working, I regret that generally The Magistrate fixed Wednes-now lying at anchor in harbour pitch was ideally suited to the

might with advantage be 'employer, speaking the difficulties in many day afternoon as the date for the in towing lightore to and from the youthful ex-Cambridge bowler,

cases have been found insur-opening of the case. G. 0. Allen and the champions

mountable.

of presenting other nations with

could take or leave,

an' accomplished. fact which they

Co-Operative Fellowship.

"We met Inspired by the hopement." that we might be instrumental in preparing a board round which other nations might ultimately sit

Nu Reliance on Force. Mr. Honderson

continued:-

At Lord's, where Lancashire

In co-operative fellowship, study-To-day, Sir, you come into our would have made a poor effort but ing the arts and the ways to peace mklat as the Ambassador of afor Ernest Tyldesley, who alone and gaining a sense of security, great and friendly neighbour, held his end up for long. TyldeR- not by arme, but by the absence of Your nation has played an impor ley, senred 102 before he fell a lant part in the struggle for free-victim to Allen's wilen. The bow-

arms.

Icas

the dend Australian's

EGYPT'S PREMIER IN LONDON.

TO RECEIVE DEGREE AT

'OXFORD.

London, June 18. The Egyptian Premier arrived in

.....

PREMIER'S AERIAL FLIGHT.

West River, whence supplies are belig secured for the Colony. It is suggested, that the Kausing in admirably suited for this purpose, · and that it would possibly save n considerable, sum in tug-hiro if sho were so utilised..

The Shipping Sub-Committee of

As regards trade conditions in China during 1928 the position may bó adequately summed up in the phrana that "there is little haps be, gald, however, that the FROM SCOTLAND TO LONDON the Water Emergency Committee change to report." It may per-

"I hope that neither the large don and it is destined, I believe, ler took 10 wickets at a cost of 41ntion the evening. He was met nor the small States will have any to play a vital part in the cause runs apiece. doubt that what have been called of peace by leading nations to have

In reply, Middlesex could make at Victoria Station by representa-tenso political, altuations created

Anglo-American conversations are rollunce, not an force, but upon only 228, to which Leo personally tives of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald from time to time throughout 1927, not exclusive-they are inclusive." normal right and international contributed no fower than 124.

and the Foreign Secretary. Continuing, Mr. Ramsay Macaw. Donald said that "the mighty

Middlesex were handicapped by the of Doctor of Civil Law will be During his stay, the degree of Republic neross the Atlantic will marched side by side in comrade

"Our two democracies have absence of Hendren.

conferred upon him by Oxford enter into no European ontangle-ship and understanding through a cashire made 310 for 9 wickeln

In their accond knock, LoUniversity-British Wireleaa. ments or alliances, but no-one long period. There subsints be- and declared, Hopwood acoring ought to suspect that it will de[tween them, I confidently assert, 106 (not out). cline to serve the common in- torests of ponce and democracy.

Glorious Task,

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trust, wall-founded.

come. features of outside Interfer- once and influence.

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TO-MORROW.. were last year not so frequent or

London, June 18. seem to be temporarily adjusting Fremler, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, disturbing to frade, which would

It is now stated that the itself to the chronic and unwel-will fly from Scotland to London on Thursday in a Royal Air Force Fairey 8 F machine. Yangtze Unrest,

The machine is a long-range bomber,used for the, Air Council As regards. the Yangtaze Communication Service and will especially on the Upper and Mid-be piloted by Flight Lieutenant dle River, throughout the entire Hyelop. A halt will be made on period under review, political un-the journey at Catterick, in York- BIG SHIPMENT ARRANGED rest, disturbed conditions of trad-shire,.

FROM LONDON, E

ing and transport, dus alther to

|| To-day... Elight Lleutenants hostilities between Chinese mill-Hyslop and Clifford arrived at New York, June 18,

tary factions or the Inauguration Lossiemouth to survey the ground. In consequence of the weakness of various: forms of irregular British Wireless, of sterling exchange, American taxation and fines, was the order, houses to-day purchased $7,000,000 | of_the day, worth of gold bullion in London for Immediate shipment thithertunity of expressing our apprecia I would here, take the oppor

Reuter's American Service.

(Continued on Page 8.)

mutual respect and a community of im going in a second time and he scor-

Lee again butted brilliantly on AMERICA PURCHASING that are essential Ingredients of ed 106, the bulk of the 170 runs for

MORE GOLD. real friendship. and helpful co- wickets which Middlesex had "There are obstacles to be nur-operation. They are animated by secured before stumps were drawn, mounted, differing interests to be common ideals of PORCO reconciled, some hilatorical inher-human well-being.

and The home county were then.154 in tances to be soothed, rivalrica one in their desire to eliminate

They are at arrears with 5 wickets to fall. which are legitimate to be con-war from international relation- fined to their proper channels, and ships and to translate the power Buch considerations, for instance,ful popular aentiment on peace as those mentioned by Mr. Wins-into practical measures for peace. ton Churchill in his naval dis- "Whatever mischief-makers and armament speech the other day, to busy-bodies, wherever they may be firet innings at Leyton. A very be studied and adjusted.

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ESSEX IN FORM. Surrey Pressed at Leyton,

Eesex defeated Surrey on the

(Continued on Page 8.),

J.

drawn. Full scores will be found The First Test Match was

on Page Fourteen.

is holding a meeting this after- noon, whilet the General Commit

and reports received. Lee will meet on Friday, when the whole position will be considered

COLUMBIA LANDSLIDE

DISASTER.

FORTY' KILLED BY RIVER DIVERSION,

serious food disaster is

New York, June 18. reported from Bogota, Columbia, where a landslide caused a diver sion of the Quilcade River; whose

over a hundred others--Reuter's waters overwhelmed the town of Seville, Lilling forty and Injuring American Bervice.