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MAKES 234 AGAINST CAMBRIDGE."

·HIGH SCORING IN SOME OF THE COUNTY GAMES.

LANCASHIRE FAIL.

Tel. 20269..

London, June. 27. The County cricket matches produced a crop of centuries and in addition a number of other fine batting performances. Scoring generally was. high, three centuries being scored in Notts' second innings. highest individual score

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"Hongkong Telegraph.

for The South China Morning Post, Lid,

1 & 3. Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1281 六拜雞 號八廿月六英港香 SATURDAY,

NO. 23,127

JUNE 28, 1930.

GLOUCESTER BLDG TEST MATCH DUAL CUSTOMS

FATALITY.

WORKMAN KILLED BY FALL OF STANCHION.

OTHERS INJURED:

SCORE...

ENGLAND 405 FOR 9 WICKETS.

One man was killed, a 'second DULEEPSINHJI 173

almost so, and two others seriously injured when a derrick with which a 20-foot steel 'stan- chion was being hoisted to the fourth floor stage of the new Glou- cester Building, slipped and fell shortly after eleven o'clock this morning.

Immediately there was a rush of workmen and

overseet. to the spot, which is on the Des Voeux Road side of the unfinished build- then seen that, in ing. It was

the stanchion The dropping,

had brought down the steel cable with

was it and was resting at an angle of 45 degrees against a girder in posi- tion on the first floor level.

made by Shepherd of Surrey who made 234. against Cam- bridge. There were nine other centuries, but in some of the matches the scoring was kept low and bowlers came into their

own.

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Results in Brief,

Sussex beat Glamorgan by nine

wickets at Brighton."

Notts.. drew with Oxford Notts.

.

at

Kent beat Warwick by nine wickets at Birmingham.

Essex won by 134 runs against Hampshire at Chelmsford.

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Surrey drew with Cambridge at the Oval.

Derbyshire won on the first innings against Leicester Leicester..

won on

at

London, June 27.

K. S. Duleepsinhji, the well known Sussex batsman, achieved. the highest distinction in a cir- keter's career to-day when he com- piled the highest individual score in Anglo-Australian Test match at Lord's. He also emulat- ed his famous uncle, Ranjitsinhji in scoring a century in his first

Test match.

England batted all day to-day and when stumps were drawn at 6.30 p.m. nine wickets had fallen for 405. runs. The detailed score is given below:

ENGLAND FIRST INNINGS. J. B. Hobbs, c. Oldfield, b Fairfax F. E. Woolley, c Wall, b Fairfax W. R. Hammond, b Grimmett K. S. Dulcepsinhji, e Bradman,

5 Grimmett

Hendren, & McCabe, b Fairfax A. P. F. Chapman, e Oldfield,

b

A gang of six men were at work hoisting the stanchion into posi- tion, and when the derrick slipped. the jerk carried them off their feet while they were standing on a cross plank on the fourth floor stage. One of them sprang to a cable, and saved himself by cling-E. Ing to it. Another is believed to have dropped and alighted on a heap of loose sand on his feet, thus escaping miraculously.

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the

was

The four others were not so for- tunate. They received terrible in- juries, from which one died almost instantly. Another was point of dying when he examined, while the other two were sent to hospital in a precarious state.

A wooden shelter serving as a walk for pedestrians on the Des Worcester

the first Voeux Road side was demolished Janings against Lancashire at the roofing being brought down Worcester.

over a gateway into the site.

The Honours' List.

Wall

G. O. B. Allen, b Fairfax

M. W. Tate, e McCabe, b Wall R. W. V. Robins, e Oldfield,

b Hornibrook...

C. White, not out...

G. Duckworth, not out

Extras

Total (nine wickets).

7

41

за

173

48

11.

54

405

The twenty thousand spectators

CHARGES.

RESENTED BY THE SHANGHAI

CHINESE CHAMBER.

WOULD KILL TRADE.

Tientsin, June 27.

BEARING PER ANNUM

LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE.

FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF NANKING.

|NATIONALIST DEFENCE LINES BEING SHORTENED.

REBELS HOPEFUL.

In a strong protest against Nan- king's imposition of duel taxation on goods sent to the Tientsin Cus-- tor s, the officials of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here yes. terday sent telegrams to the Na-

Shanghai, June 27, tional Government and a similar telegram to Mr. F. W. Maze, the Great concern is being felt in Inspector General of the Customs, Nanking military circles concern- stating that merchants in Northing the outcome of the Nanking- China, principally those in Tien- Shansi war in view of the suc tsin and Peking, have already cess of the Shansi militarists in suffered huge losses on account of seizing the Tientsin Chinese the prevailing dissension among Maritime Customs and in cap Chinese militarists.

turing Teinanfu.

Kai-shek, the

The Chamber expresses the

Marshal Chiang opinion that the payment of dual duties will kill all the import and Nanking Generalissimo, has in- export trade between Tientsin structed the Nationalist Divisional and the outside world and may Commanders to shorten the defen- have disastrous effects on the sive lines along the Lung-Hai and trade and commerce.of Shanghai. Tientsin-Pukow Railways, simul- Colonel Hayley Bell, of the taneously deciding to concentrate Tientsin Customs, according to a such Nationalist forces as he can Chinese telegram, is leaving Tien-spare for the defence of Yenchow tsin to-day for Shanghai to sub and Hsuchowfu, the Nanking mit a report of the Shansi seizure headquarters along the Tientsin-

PukowRailway. to the Inspector General..

Tientsin telegrams say that an Arrangement has been reached be- tween the National and Manchu- rian Provincial Governments

Nanking Perturbed..

The perturbation of the Nan- king authorities over the safety of the Nationalist capital is evident- ed by the erection of strong forti- fications around Hsuchowfu.

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0.0 From the Office Butts. 口口

Retrenchment has already begun. A visitor to Fanling says that in official circles. We hear of a what struck him most on walking young Civil Servant who leaves over the course was a white ball work an hour earlier than usual

so that the Government may MacWhirter says that nothing economise in the use of electric damps a man's spirits like too

much Vichy.

funs.

That's a terrible waste, Said the Benk,

Manila ⠀ civil. servants are To, use whisky to rub on the in salaries, Surely they don't threatened with a 25 per cent, cut

cranium.

know the secret of the Offcial

Much better use pomard or Majority system.

paste,

Though the colour be that of

geranium,

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A Hongkong man on Home leave

Now brandy much better should says the whisky, there is very

do,

weak. Probably taxed beyond its

To compensate poor, hairless strength.

wrecks,

For I believe it is perfectly true,

The old lady who thought That it's famous for good "emolument a patent cure for

horses' necks!

sun-burn must have meant heart- burn!

OD.

An Aberdonian on being told that. there was no charge for garaging his car decided to sleep in it instead of booking a room.

0.0 When the bottom fell out of the

peso,

.

In Manila they discovered a way

80

To fix it for ever,

Quite simple; but clever,

Shall we do the same here?

We should say so!

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Some of these girls are so hard; nothing but a diamond will make any impression on them.

What we like

14 whereby General, Chang Hauch

7 liang will dispatch a squadron of 10 gunboats for patrol only at Chin

wangtao and Yingkow, with the

In this connexion, it is under- object of making the enforcement

stood that the Nanking forces at of the dual duties effectivel

Hauchowfu are digging afty miles If these gunboats are sent to of trenches for the final defence assist the Nationalist Government of one of the mest important. to carry out its order to close the strategis, positions along the high most about our Tientsin Customs, it may mean that Manchuria will send an ex-thousand Nationalist troops, con- Government ser- way to Nanking. Twenty-five big-hearted pedition into China Proper to

the assist Nanking against the Shansi sisting of Live Nanking Divisions, vants is

have been commissioned to report way they keep at Hsuchowfu.

quiet when they The recent victories scored by get a rise of the Shansi forces along the Lung- Hai Railway and the capture of Tsininfu have done much to renew the fourage and fighting spirit of the Shansi armies, and provided score often Marshal Yen Hsi-shan can succeed depends on a hi securing another ten million lot of good lies. dollars or so for the continuance of the war, there is a possibility of the Shansi forces gaining a deci- sive final victory.

present when the match began this morning had their first surprise when it was announced that Lar wood was not in the team, the Notts. man not yet being quite Criticism was heard on all sides fit. Sandham was announced us regarding the delay in the arrival the twelfth man. Before the of the ambulance. After an inter-game started the English and Aus- tralian teams were presented to. val of more than half-an-hour, an ambulance belonging to the Tung the Duke of York.. The weather Wah Hospital at length arrived on was fine and the wicket in perfect the scene. It is said that the Fire condition. England again Brigade ambulance, which is the the toss and elected to bat. the in- one usually used in cases of emer-nings being opened by Jark Hobbs 148 gency, has been put out of commis- and Woolley. 13sion through a collision with a P. 117 W. D. lorry in Stubbs Road yes- 115 terday afternoon.

The following were the prin- cipal batting performances in the matches which ended to-day:

Batting.

Shepherd (Surrey)

Brown (Cambridge)

Moore (Oxford)

Deed (Kent)

Wyatt (Warwick) Whysall (Notts)

Walker (Notts)

Morgan (Cambridge)

Berry (Leicester) Berry (Leicester) Lilley (Notts.)

Bowling

Wensley (Sussex)

J. Langridge (Sussex) Glay (Glamorgan) Gunn Jr. (Notts). Freeman (Kent)

and Boyes (Hampshire)

and Kennedy (Hampshire) Newman (Hampshire) Nichols (Essex)

234

150

112 tata 110 European

First-aid was promptly rendered the injured by the overseers engaged the site. Medical

available with the

110 on

106 tion was

4 for 79 4 for 54

atten-

the man most seriously injured.

Hobbs Out For One.

WOD.

The crowd had another shock when the first wicket fell in the. first few minutes, Hobbs played back and succumbed to a smart catch by Oldfield when he had made only one run. The first

forces.

TIENTSIN COMMAND

CHANGE..

BRIGADIER BURNELL-NUGENT

APPOINTED.

London, June 27. Lieut. Colonel F. H. Burnell- Nugent has been selected to com-

mand the Tientsin Ares in succes. aion to Brigadier, Heath, with the rank of Brigadier-Router.

Brigadier Bürnell-Nugent D.5.0.,

pay.

☐ ☐ A good golf

There were two

Birmingham

ladies of

I know a sad story concerning

'em

They stuck needles and pins In the right reverend shins Of the Bishop engaged in con-

firming 'em,

. .

Since the dollar has dropped, there are fewer Hongkong people with retiring" dispositions..

"I want a revolver—for my husband-"

"Did your husband say what make of revolver?"

"No, but I don't think that matters." He doesn't even

know I'm going to shoot him," 口口

To-day's simile: As significant as an Unofficial in Hongkong.

☐☐ MacWhirter, he isn't super stitious but the other night while at dinner he spilled the salt

Issue Waited. The outcome of the war is acut

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Did you hear about the Kowloon

arrival of Dr. W. B. A. Moore who wicket feil at the significant figure 0.B.E. has commanded the 2nd waited with deep interest by all and they put the gramophone was not hopeful of the condition of of 13. Woolley was scoring nice-Battalion Rifle Brigade since 1927 parties as a victory for the Shangi on afterwards.

The man killed was named Ahly and went on to bat mare freely He joined the Rifle Brigade in 1889 forces may mean drastic changes 5 for 68 Cheung, whilst the one severely in when Hammond came out to join and was promoted Lieut. Col. in in the Chinese Government and the policeman who apprehended a 5 for72 iured was named Ah Kang. Le Sahem. The 50 went up in

451927. He served with the Mount possibility of a change of the capl- for 78 was injured in the leg and Ho Sam-1 caught by Wall with the-score at when he was dangerously wounded, and, needless tosay, there would be

minutes and then Woolley was led Infantry in South Africa in 1901. tal from Nanking to Peking, whilst man for being a J. Walker?

5 for $2

5 for 95 tai réceived injuries to his body 4 for 85 and leg.

5 for 64

6 for 75

4 for 37

R. Tyldesley (Lancs.)

4 for 95

MOTOR AMBULANCE

6 for 52

and

Brooke (Worcester)

6 for 89

IN COLLISION.

RUN INTO BY P.W.D. LORRY.

Sussex V. Glamorgan, The Glamorgan batsmen could not make very much of the Sussex

A collision occurred in Stubbs bowling in the first innings and Road yesterday afternoon between the team was sent back for 251, a motor-ambulance and a lorry, as Wensley taking four wickets for a result of which the former

53 for two. He had scored with He served in the

a change in foreign policy. European war brilliant off drives and cuts and from 1914 to 1917 and was wound-

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is re- hit seven fours.

ed when he took part in the retreat ported to be at Hauchowfu and has Nationalist troops Hammond

was not at ease from Mons. He served with the ordered the against Grimmett and in playing 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade along the Lung-Hai Railway to sus- forward to a leg break was sent during the suppression of the Arab pend their defensive lines to save back with the score at 105 for rebellion in Mesopotamia in 1920. Hauchowfu. The latter commands three. The partnership had con- Brigadier Burnell-Nugent is fifty an important position, being situat- tributed 52 in 50 minutes. Duleep-years of age.

ed on the point where, the Tients in- Pukow Railway crosses with the sinhji scored very slowly at the first but the rate of scoring in-

Lung-Hai Railway. creased when he Hendren and at lunch time had was joined by

taken the score to 129, Duleep.

79 runs. Sussex leaped into their vehicle was badly damaged, while sinhji being 38 and Hendren 9..

best batting form straight awry the driver received injuries to his and compiled 429 runs before the wrist. ninth wicket fell. Wensley miss- According to a report subse- ed his century by eight runs quently made by Chan Yung, the while H. Gilligan was sent back driver of motor ambulance No. when he had contributed 85 to 808, the vehicle was proceeding up the score: Clay was the only Stubbs Road, and when near Shu Glamorgan bowler to return any Fai Terrace, it was about to pass thing like a good average. He a P.W.D. lorry, travelling in the took five wickets for 88 runa. opposite direction.

At this moment, the rear wheels Glamorgan were sent back for

of the lorry skidded, 187 in their second knock, Lan-

and, gridge taking four wickets for 54 swerving, the lorry struck the ambulance on the off-side, causing runs, Sussex got the needed considerable damage. The driver cleven runs for the loss of one of the ambulance was alightly cut wicket.

on the wrist.

The lorry was undamaged.

Notts. V. Oxford, “

Walker and Whysall got half the Notts total in the first in- nings which closed with the score at 216, Walker having made 60 and Whysall just reaching the half century mark. Huge scor- ing by both Oxford and Notts. after this prevented any anite result being reached.

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FRENCH CHAMBER & INDO-CHINA.

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN

GOVERNMENT.

Paris, June 27,

ו'

AMERICAN COURT

SENSATION., .

LAWYER SHOOTS HIMSELF DURING CASE.

New York, June 27.

case for an

Nanking Claims.

We are the Government, And there is no argument. Which can cause us to retract Our steps one inch. 'We don't mind an unofficial, But he's merely superficial, Though eloquent, he's dumb And that's a cinch. True, we like him to support us, And the papers to report us, But if he goes the other way He must,

And if he will write pages, On the question of our wages, It cannot make us waver from Our trust.

We've a duty to ourself, One and all must have his pelf; And we're very orosz when other people slate us.

So each unofficial "Hon" Must be "pro" and never "con," For that's the only reason for His status.

We don't mind egge being 48 hard as bullets, “but we do object when they have explosive shells.

If matters: don't Improve soon in Hong kong, about all

some people will realise on their investments is what fools they have been.

Next year, if things go on like this, we'll not even believe our census, -0.0

The "You Know Series:-You know he's a banker, because he doesn't want your money.

Another hot weather comfort cold cash!

·Thể Council sat in solemn state, To fix Officials pay;

The members talked at record"

rate

Til near the close of day." Three plans in all were forward

brought

And each discussed with zest; Officials thought they reall

ought

To have the very best.

So when the time for voting

camé

They made, the outlook clear Each raised the others' pay the

same

Midst loud cries of "Hear,

hear!'

During the week a local magis- trate expressed dubiety as to the classification of tortoises In hawkers' licences. His Worship

suggested "hardware" which has not taught us very much!

O

Some supporters of the club bar. state that they have always bo lieved in the Rotary movement in Hongkong..

While reliable foreign sources state that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and suffered huge Merry Partnership.

losses on the Lung-Hai Railway the Nanking official organs of Duleepsinhji and Hendren got

Shanghai claim that the Nationalist well set after the luncheon inter- val and the Indian went on to play

forces have taken Kihsien from the A message from Youngstown Kuominchun forces, which fell | a brilliant innings. He had made (Ohio) states that the hearing of back to Lanfeng 74 by 3.30 but he lost his partner the

injunction to when Hendres, with his score at prevent the merger of the Youngs that their troops occupies Kihsien The Nationalist messages claim. 48, succumbed to McCabe off the town-Sheet and Tube Company on Tuesday. This was probably be bowling of Fairfax.

with the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- fore the announcement by Marshal

Talking of hurting one's toe on The next two wickets fell rapid-tion was stopped dramatically to Chiang Kai-shek ordering the Nan- ly, Chapman being sent back for day, when Mr. L.A. Manchester, king Army on this. railway to

Pity the Government didn't frozen meat, we broke a tooth on eleven and Allen being clean bowl the chief counsel for the former shorten is defensive liners. The arrange for a film of last week's some beef once.

with Council Meeting, ed by Fairfax. Maurice Tate Company, shot himself dead in next important battle between

effects. Nanking and Shansi force will pro- came associated with Duleepsinhji The act was committed, ap-bably be fought somewhere be

A Kowloon married man who night, on "eggs-axe-ly," deserved. nervous tween Yenchow and Hauchowfu,]. in a merry seventh wicket part-parently, because. nership. The pair put on 98 in breakdown.

with Shansi victors, attacking from owns a car says if steering could ly received a frozen stare.

ODY 70 minutes, giving a breezy bat- The case has been adjourned.- Tianfu and Trian and the north be done from the back seat there. What about getting a League of ting display. Tate drove power-Reuter's American Service.

Nations mandate, for the protec western forces attacking from would be far less argument. fully and hit eight fours before he

Kweiteh and Laufeng, assailing

The trouble with the march of tion of the Hongkong Unofficial Hauchowfu by coming down. from civilisation is that only Govern minority? the eastern section of the Lung-ment servants are able to keep up 0.B.E.-Oh! Bountiful Emolu Hal Rallway.

came out to the wicket and be-Court.

fell a victim to a catch by McCabe. His 54 was the next highest score to that of Dulcepsinhji.

..

A splendid catch by Don Brad- man in the deep field ended the finest effort seen at headquarters

of a

KINGSFORD SMITH HARD UP:

WILL SELL PLANE TO GET, MARRIED.

New York, June 27. Major Kingsford Smith says he

At the conclusion of a debate for, many a day. Duleepsinhji Oxford compiled the huge total upon Indo-Ching affairs, the Cham-gave chances at 65 and 98. He of 518, Moore making 148 and ber rejected by 325 votes to 260 a batted for four hours and forty- Melville BS. Guna junior was the Radical motion asking for the five minutes, giving a superb dis only Notte, bowler to make any creation of a Committee of Control. play of cutting and making many is "frightfully hard up" and impression, He took five wickets The Chamber also voted a mo- runs with fine leg strokes. In his needs money with which to get for 12 runa. Notts. declared theirtion of confidence in the Govern- innings of 178 he scored 21 fours, married: second innings at 440 for six ment in order to fight Communism wickets when three batsmen hadia Indo-China and to apply the made centuries. Whysall made traditional French principles of 116, Walker 112 and Lilley 108. generosity and Justice in dealing

(Continued on Page 14.) with the natives-Havas.

HOURS OF WORK.

PROVISION FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.

Geneva, June 27. The International Labour Con- Robins was sent back for five He has announced that he will ference, by 78 votes, to 81, has and when stumps were drawn personally auction the "Southern adopted the draft convention pro White and Duckworth were to- Cross" at the Oakland (California) |viding for an eight hour day and gether with their scores at 14 and Aerodrome shortly-Reuter's a forty-eight hour week for salaried saven respectively. Reuter. American Service,

employees Reuter

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talkie

A young man who tried to pun

in the last Peak tram the other!

ments!

the pace

0:0 We hear of a local Aberdonian

With increased competition on who, in view of the prospect of increased postal rates, is sending the Canton rud, shipowners will Home a month's letters in advance, be out to Woo Business.

Tip to Our Officials: Diplo An enquirer wants to know macy is the art of getting some when we shall cease hearing about: thing out of the other fellow in the dollar. When it has dropped such a way that he is anxious to Oa. Od. to repay your generosity.

Some enterprising local, race A local ammunition store adver horse owner should name his pouy tises bathing costumes. Made of Civil Service Needs. shot silk, we presume,

always come first.

It w