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AMERICANS LOSE THE SINGLES.

LADIES' EXAMPLE TO BRITISH WALKER CUP TEAM.

TAD A FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1930.

DOUBLE CENTURY BY BRADMAN.

BRILLIANT DEBUT WITH THE

AUSTRALIANS.

CAPTAIN'S CENTURY.

London. Ma, 1. Against Worcestershire to-day the Australians piled up a total of 492 runs for the loss of right wie- kets, the innings being marked by thealisplay of D. firadman, of New HONOURS REGAINED. | South Wales, who scored 236 runs.

are

London, May 1. The American lady golfers who

competing with British team at Sunningdale created a last minute surprise to-day by making four changes in the team, following the results of the foursomes.

They were unable to prevent Great Britain from regaining some of the last golf honours from America, however, and the British ladies get an example to the Walker Cup players.

Captains Keen Pight. There was a keen fight heiser the rival captains. Miss Goarlay Britain was two holes down al

the twelfth in her singles match with Miss Collett, but she fought back like Miss Wethered. 1:31 year's champion.

Miss Gourlay did the thirteenth hole in two and obtained the lead

the sixteenth,

the

Britain secured

Mix

ten games in the

of

out singles, following upon the foursomes winch ended with cach team win- two matches and baking

the oiler.

Single Resulis.

The full results of the singles matches are given below:

Miss Orcutt (America) beat Mrs. Watson (England) 1 and 3. Miss Enid. Wilson Britain) beat Miss Van Wie America i 4 and 3.

Miss McCulloch Britain beat) Miss Hicks (America) 2 and 1.

This was Bradman's first appear ance in England and his perfor mance ranks as one of the mast distinguished debuts of any Aus|

tralian.

this

When play was resumed. morning Worcestershire had con dismissed for 131 and the score board showed the Austalian's total

JAPAN'S SAILOR PRINCE

ARRIVES HERE WITH ROYAL BRIDE.

ON WAY TO ENGLAND ON A

SPECIAL MISSION.

HONGKONG WELCOME.

Japan's "Sailor Prince." Prince Takamatsu. accompanied by his Royal bridge. Princess Kikuko, whom he married less than Hongkong this morning aboard three months ago, arrived in the NY.K. liner Kashima Maru. The Royal couple are en route to

PROTECTING THE CONSUMER.

PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A NEW COUNCIL.

FAIR PRICE SCHEME.

Londen, May 1. The text is, amed of a Govern ment bill for the creation of A Consumers' Coaneil. The Council is to consist of seven members, of whom two at least must be women,

but additional members may be appointed by the Board of Trade for any particular inquiry.

The Council will. concern itself with articles of food of general consumption, wearing apparel, other article of common use which clothing material, fuels and any the Board of Trade may require it to enquire into.

The Council is empowered to

日四初月四

CUSTOMS & SALT REVENUES.

DUNLO

DUNLOP CARRIes the traffic.

They're British, too.

LOCAL BRANCH:

Paddie Building,"

BINGEN GÖTT I CERTI

NANKING APPROACHES THE POWERS.

SEIZURE BY NEW GOVERNMENT MUCH RESENTED.

WAR PREPARATIONS.

Nanking. May 1...

MONKY HRA KO

C. 4554

COLONIAL SERVICE LITTLE MAY DAY

REFORM.

HOW EXPENDITURE & STAFES HAVE INCREASED.

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

London, 'May 1:

DISORDER.

ENTIRE ABSENCE OF DISTURBANCES.

ARRESTS IN VARIOUS PARTS

OF THE WORLD.

IGNORED IN CANTON.

This

The creation of a single Colonial Service is recommended in the re-, port of the Committee which has been considering appointments in the Colonial Office and the Colonial services. The Committee was op- pointed Inst year by Mr. L. M. S. Amery, Colonial Secretary in the

London, May 1. The President of the National Conservative Government, with Mr. Generally. speaking the Government, Marshal Chiang Warner Fisher as Chairman. various May Day celebrations Kai-shek, conferred with Dr.

For some time past, it had been passed off

very peacefully, Affairs, and Messrs. Wu Han- were necessary owing to the growth were arrested in various coun- C. T. Wang, Minister of Foreign considered that certain changes although

many Communists min and Tan Yen-kai this morn- of the British Dependencies and tries. ing concerning appropriate steps the new status of the Dominions the case in Paris, where 389 was particularly to be taken in preventing the Conference. It was found that un- as established at the last Imperial

Communists, including 96

Salt Gabelle and Maritime Cus- anomalies. The Colonial Office It-

placed in custody.

At Riga two hundred arrests of supplying funds for the Kuo- dual toms revenues for the purpose self, for example, has become a were made when Communists at- Department--that is, the tempted to defy the Police ban en minchun troops in the coming Colonial Office proper and the demonstrations. The few places

Dominions Office. war against Nanking.

at which disturbances did occur The meeting decided to request The report deals with the terri-included Vienna, where twenty- Dr. C. T. Wang to address com These comprise fifty different ter- after a confllet with the Police, tories handled by the Colonial Office. five Communists were arrested muniques to the Diplomatic Corps;

as 199 for the loss of one wicket England to return the visit ofxamine anyone or call for written Shansi Government at Peking der the growing system of inde. I foreigners, were arrested and

himself when he went to wirket two years of age, distinguished

of

who came out at the head the Garter-Mission to Japan last

He batted for Your hours and thirty-five minutes for his 216 | year. runs. He hit 28 fours and seven three's, giving only one chance when he was 215. His total was compiled largely with the aid of great driving strokes.

Woodful, the captain of the team, also distinguished himself in the opening match of the tour by compiling a rentury He seer ed 133 before being dismissed. | Spending three hours at the wie. ket.

When the innings had been

in progress for five and # half hours, Woodful declared it closed. the score standing at 192 for eight Brook was the only Worcestershire bowler to meet with any success. He took four wickets for 148 runs. Going in again, Worcestershire showed up better than in the first innings and made a total of 1 for the loss of four wickets before stumps were drawn.-Beuter.

DECLINE IN BRITISH COTTON TRADE.

Mrs. Hull (America) beat Miss | MODERN FASHIONS GIVEN AS

Corlett Britains 2 and 1.

Miss Pearson Britain: brat Miss Quier (America) 2 and 1.

Miss Park Britain beat Miss

Wall America) 3 and 2.

Miss Fishwick (Britain) beat Mrs. Fiderman (America) 6 and 4.

THE CAUSE.

London, May 1. Modern fashions were largely blamed for the loss of the English rotton trade during recent years in specches made at a luncheon

Miss Hanley (America) be held in London to-day which

Miss Lubbell (Britain) 1 up.

Miss. Fordyce (America) beat

Miss Chambers and I.

Miss Gourlay (Bain) Miss Collett (Am

The Four-19 [F

1 up.

bear

m

haraided the National Cotton Week which begins on May 5.

The campaign is designed to stimulate the use of cotton in Great Britain. Members of thei Cabinet, party leaders and pro- minent commercial present at the luncheon when Mr. results 114 foursome Holroyd, the chairman, mentioned matches are given below:

that the sales of cotton in Britain Miss Gourlay and Miss Eaid were four hundred million yards Wilson (Britain) beat Miss Collet fewer than before the war. and Bennett, 4 and 3.

believed, however, that Lancashire Miss Orcutt and Mrs. Martelle had now seen the worst of the (America) beat Misses Pearson depression-Renter. and Lobbelt, 7 and 6.

The

Mrs. Watson and Miss Mc- Culloch (Britain) halved with Misses Van Wie and Wattles.

Miss Corlett and Mrs. Lutham Hall (Britain) beat Mrs. Hill and Mias Stifel, one up.

Mrs. Mida and Miss Hicks. (America) beat Misses Park and Fishwick one up.

The foursomes result was thus two matches won by each side and one halved.-Reuter.

NEW INCOME TAX CONFIRMED.

CONSERVATIVE AMENDMENT

DEFEATED.

London, May 1. The House of Commons, by 255 votes to 139, rejected a Conserva- tive amendment to retain the four shillings income tax and thus con- firmed the four shillings and six- pence tax.

The Liberatá and Labour voted together and after the debate, in' which Mr. Philip Snowden, the Exchequer, Chancellor of the claimed that to-day's reduction of the bank rate was one of the

Prince Takamatsu is the second brother of H.I.M. the Emperor of Japan, whilst the Princess was formerly Miss Kikuko Tokugawa, a grand-daughter of the last! Shogun. They were married on February 4th last. thus uniting the world's oldest reigning house with the one all-powerful house of Tokugawa.

Welcomed to Hongkong.

Soon after the arrival of the Kashima Maru in port this morning. II.E. the Officer Adminis-|

Prince Takamatsu.

accounts and other documents. Where the Council reports that an excessive price is being charge

man

JAPANESE CONSULATE ATTACKED.

Damage Done at Harbin by Mob of Radicals,

MANY ARRESTS MADE.

Harbin, May. 2. A mob of Chinese and Korean radicais attacked the Japanese Consulate General yesterday evening, throwing stones at the windows and smushing them and also damaging the furni- ture inside.

There were no casualties in the disturbance, during the course of which the Chinese Police arrested thirty-two of the participants.--Reuter.

ed. it may set out what it con- is the proper price and re- commend the Board of Trade to make an order for the propose of securing compliance. Upon the issue of such order by the Bourd of Trade, contravention will te liable to penalties of £5 for the first offence, or not exceed- ing £10, or three months impri- sunment, or both, together, for subsequent offences.

The Board of Trade order may

not only govern actual selling Wholesale retail prices-but; brokerage or commission rates British Wireless,

OF were tering the Government (Mr. W. T. Southern, C.M.G.) went aboard with Captain Swayne, A,D.C., and Mr. Ponsonby Fane to greet the Royal visitors.

SPEEDY ACTION BY

MR. HOOVER.

Ile

NAVAL PACT SUBMITTED TO

THE SENATE.

Washington, May 1. Less than twenty-four hours after the American delegates had handed him the Naval Treaty. President Hoover submitted the document to the Senate.

“VENEZIA” IN COLLISION.

and religions.

effectively.

in Peking calling the attention of ritories, covering more than two who used rubber truncheons. the Powers to the fact that theillion square miles, with local Salt and Customs revenues shouldpulation of more than fifty mil- A number of police were injur be remitted to the Central Governan people of varied nationalities ed in a scuffle with "Reds" ut Bratislava and twenty Communists ment, which is decidedly against any attempt to utilise the funds The expenditure of the Colonial were arrested at Moravia after for the purpose of furthering civil Governments alone has risen from conflicts with the Police.-Reuter. war in China. The meeting con£19,000,000 in 1919 to £68,000,000

Peace in America. in 1929, and Governmental staffs: have increased from 93,280 to 220..

New York, May 1, 770,

May Day in America also passed Recommending the creation of a off peacefully. "Reds" demon- single Colonial Service, the commonstrated in New York and at mittee urges that unified special other large cities, but.there was services, such as agriculture, medi- cine and education, should be or-made in New York.

no'disorder. Forty arrests were

Princess Takamatsu.

ganised with this single service.

Ten thousand supposed Com- With regard to the appointments munists late in the day staged a now made through the machinery of rally at Union Square after the the Private Secretary to the Sec- square had been vacated by

pre-

retary of State, the Committee re-fifteen-thousand commends that the final selection The Police ignored the "Red" cx-Servicemen. of candidates should be made by a speches which were made. Colonial Service Appointments Board, which should be set up, con Whalen, attributed the orderliness The Police Commissioner, Mr. sisting of a Chairman and two members nominated by the Civil of the proceedings to the

cautions he had taken. Service Commission.

He drove to Union Square where he was greeted with shouts of "To hell with Whalen" and with the singing of the Internationale. Whalen merely grinned and drove. away-Reuter's "American Service.

No Trouble in France,

Paris, May 1. Over two hundred arrests were

With reference to the selection of Governors, the Committee recom- mends that prior consideration should be given to the suitability of officers holding high offices in the Colonial Services.

The Committee produces figures which serve to show that there is no real ground for the suggestion that the older Universities have any

appointments.-British Wirei 88.

cluded after financial affairs per- thing like a monopoly of Colonial made here to-day for picketing in

taining to the Government duly discussed.

Arsenal Activity.

were.

In anticipation of an early out- break of military operations near Chengchow, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan has ordered the Taiyuaníu Arsenal | to dispatch over a hundred cases of arms and ammunition to Cheng- chow, the stronghold of the Kuo- minchun forces in the heart of Ho.

nan.

INCREASED BRITISH

PREFERENCE.

CANADA'S IMPORTANT. TARIFF CHANGES.

connexion with the usual May Day strikes and also for the distribu- tion of revolutionary leaflets.

The day, however, was the quietest ever known, the city~ having a holiday aspect...

The arrests included the Com- munist Deputy, Dorlost, and the' Mayor and seven municipal coun cillors of St. Denis..

Later in the forenoon, the Royal pair made an informal landing at Queen's Pier coming ashore in the NY.K. launch. Here had! assembled a large gathering, in- RUNS INTO A RAFT OFF eluding H.E. the Officer Adminis-

SHAMEEN. tering the Government. with Mr.

There were no serious incidents J. Barrow (Private Secretary) and

Canton, May 1.

Ottawa, May 1. In the province where strikers Capt. Swayne (A.D.C.), the Con- The s.8. Venezia came into colli-

Important changes in Canada's were fewer than usual-Reuter, sul-General for Japan (Mr. sion with a raft just as she was

Commenting on the suitability of scal tariff policy were announced

Scuffle nt Llege. Yoshida), leading members of the passing in front of Shameen at Chengchow na a centre of military by the Finance Minister, Mr. Dun- Japanese community and a num-1 o'clock to-day on arriving from operations, observers of the pre-ning, when he presented the Bud-

Sofia, May 1.. ber of Japanese Boy Scouts.

Hongkong. A number of men on sent military situation in Central get in the House of Commons. Warsaw and Berlin report that the raft were precipitated into the China state that the dilly-dallying The Royal party then left by water, and although the raft was now in progress in Honan is at 500.000 dollars and enumerated a Communist demonstrators in the motor-cars, HE. Mr. Southorn and broken up, it is believed that no tributed to the fact that the Kuo- long list of tariff changes, mainly Lustgarten at Berlin numbered He announced a surplus of 44,- everything was quiet on May Day.

loss of life occurred.

are minchun Commanders Immediately after the collision, negotiating with doubtful troop ference, encourage Empire trade A tin in honour of the Royal the Venezia went astern and leaders in Honan with a view of and considerably restrict imports munists were injured in a scuffle

busy designed to increase British pre- 50,000.

At Liege a number of Com- visitors was given by the Japanese drifted with the tide rapidly up to forming a big alliance against from the United States. Mr. Hoover's covering letter was the Prince being in one car, and the river almost broad side on. one of the shortest

with the police who prevented the such docu-f the Princess and the Japanese ments in history.

The bows of the Venezia very

The enlargement of British pre- Communists from marching to the Consul-General in another.

It will be recalled that when Gen-ference affects two hundred million prison with the intention of re- nearly came into collision with the Consul General at his residence stern of H.M.S. Tarantula, the erai Tang, Sang-chi was defeated dollars' worth of goods and includes leasing a comrade, Reuter, being Mr. Ponsonby Fane. later, the only European present flagship of H.M. west River Patrol. last year in. Honan many of his various iron and steel manufac

After just missing a Taikos former troops remained in the Pro-tures, machinery, electrical ap- To-night, H.E. the Officer Ad-launch, the Venezia dropped one vince.. ministering the Government and anchor, which held. She then Mrs. Southorn are giving a dinner went ahead and proceeded to her party at Government House in wharf-Our Own Correspondent. honour of the visitors, who will proceed on their journey to Europe to-morrow morning.

**I transmit

herewith

the

ing its full title and the list of Treaty," writes the President, add-

signatories, "to ratification of which I ask the advice and consent of the Senate."—Reuter's Ameri- can Service,

PAISLEY CINEMA

TRAGEDY.

MANAGER SAYS THE GATE WAS UNLOCKEN.

London, May 1. Charles Dorward manager of

Tiffin and Dinner.

VISIT OF AUSTRIAN

CHANCELLOR.

Nanking.

Strategic Position. Situate at a point where the Peking-Hankow Railway inter- sects the Lung-Hai Rallway Cheng- chow is an important strategic posi- tion which permits the Kuomin chun Commanders to place a com paratively small contingent of guards along the Lung-Hai Rall way, utilising their main body of troopa to attack Hankow from the Peking-Hankow. Railway,

Calm in Canton."

paratus and chinaware as an indi-

Canton, May. 1. cation "of the spirit in which Canada will approach the forthcom- quietly here, and, as far as the cas- Labour Day has passed off very ing,,Imperial Economic Conferual observer could see, practically

ence".-Reuter's American Service:

no notice was taken of the day. Ottawa, Later. A few Guilds declared holidays, The Budget provides free entry, but there were no parades or de- under British preference, for tea monstrations and no untoward in- imported direct from a British cidents have occurred in the city. country and purchased in the Our Own Correspondent. United Kingdom-Reuter.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

Moscow Observance.

After visiting England, the Royal couple will proceed to Madrid to bestow upon the King of Spain the Collar of the Supreme WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL Order of the Chrysanthenmum.

IN LONDON. Fine Send-Of-

London, May 1.

Moscow, May. 1. No fewer than 850,000 people When the Prince and Princess The Austrian Chance, Dr. With the efficient railway com- effects of the Budget, declared that the Glen Cinema at Paisley who is left Yokohama last week, they were Schober, arrived in London this munications of these two lines at

participated at the May Day de Government Stocks were higher on trial on a charge of homicide given a rousing send-off at the quay afternoon. He was welcomed by their disposal, the Kucminchun

monstration here, “at which · M.- The Royal Observatory reports Voroshilov, the Commisar for War now than they were when the in connexion with the New Year where several thousand school representatives of the Premier and Commanders have a distinct advan- that the anticyclone over Japan la and Marine, took the, salute in Red Budget was introduced-Reuter.

Eve fire disaster, gave evidence at children, naval and military officers, the Foreign Secretary.

tuge.

moving eastward into the Pacific. Square-Reuter. Edinburgh to-day when he said exservicemen and a number of Bri- This evening, a dinner was given

On the other hand, if the Na- A feeble anticyclone is central over that he unlocked the gate of the tigh and other privileged persons in his honour at the Foreign Office, tionalist forces on the Honan- the Lower Yangtsze Valley. A de- exit before the matinee...

gathered to wishbon voyage to the guests including members, of the Hapeh frontier adopt a defensive pression is central to the west of Witnesses had proviously the Emperor's brother, and his Cabinet, the Lord-Mayor of London, policy, which seems to be likely at Harbin and pressure is relatively testified that they saw children bride.

Mr. Montagu Norman (Governor of the moment, the Kuominchun forces low over the Southern Philippine pressing against the locked gate As the Kashima Maru left the the Bank of England) and high can shorten their fortifications Islands. The local forechet is:- which was eventually wrenched wharf, rousing cheers were given officials of the Foreign Office along the Peking-Hankow Railway East winds, light to moderate; fine out by men outside.-Reuter.

(Continued on Page 12.)

British Wireless,

(Continued on Page 8.) to cloudy.

Rediscount Rate.

New York, May 1. The Federal Reserve Bank has reduced the re-discount rate from three and a half to three per cent, -Reuters American Sérvice.

Expulsions from France.

Parle, Ma 1. nexion with the May Day cele

All those arrested here in con- : brations, with the exertion of (Continued on Pape 8.)