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MARTIAL LAW AT PESHAWAR.

CHIEF COMMISSIONER TO ADMINISTER.

CONTINUOUS ACTION BY THE AIR FORCE.

HEAVY CASUALTIES.

FOUNDED 188.

NOV 23.160

六拜禮

MA+BAXBE SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930. B=¤AXR GLAD DOPY 14 GRATU

435-PER_ANNUM

FINAL

TEST AT THE OVAL

FOR WHYSALL.

DECIDING GAME STARTING THIS MORNING.

PLAY TO A FINISH.

FALL OF TSINAN ROUGHER WEATHER DOUBLE CENTURY

DESCRIBED.

AERIAL RAIDS PROVE

EFFECTIVE.

KWANGTUNG TROOPS FIRST TO ENTER CITY.

HEAVY SLAUGHTER,

FOR R100.

COMPELLED TO SLOW DOWN

HER SPEED.

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NO BACON AND EGGS!

TEST, POSSIBLES IN FINE FORM.

HANTS. BEAT MIDDLESEX BY ONE WICKET.

their

LOCAL BRANCH.

Fadder Bidr.

Bulls and Inners

From the Office Butts.

Golfers and motorists seldom This is the time of the year know where they're going when when our amateur gardeners find they're learning to drive!

out whether the lettuce they planted is rhubarb or sweet peas.

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Firemen in an Illinois town. have been instructed. to answer all alarms clad in their pyjamas, With hose to match, probably.

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The way some people speak only goes to prove that they're not so valuable as voluble.

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A Home magazine states that every cell of a woman's prison in England has a mirror in it. The prisonera, you see, are locked up and left to their own reflections.

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These motor-cycle speedsters are always courting trouble and troubling the Court.

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The fifth and final Test match

London, Aug. 15. between England and Australia is

Reuter's correspondent aboard starting to-day at the Oval, this be

the airship R100, now on her way ing a change from the practice in

aeross the Atlantic from Canada, the first four Test matches which

reports that after several hours of

COUNTY MATCHES. all began on Friday, To-day's

AL

buffeting by a strong "north- match is being played to a finish in

easter" and heavy rain during the

0.0 The grave situation which has order to decide the rubber, where-

Nanking, Aug. 15.

London, Aug. 15. night; the airship is progressing

Two of the probable Test to get married sogn suggests that The fact Kingsford-Smith plans developed on the North West as the first four matches were limite Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's well in clear skies, aided by a players, Whysal and Sutcliffe, he, like Lindbergh, wants to put Frontier of India has resulted ined to four days. This provision official report concerning the south-westerly gale.

We've come to the conclusion martial law being declared in was first made in 1926.

Nationalist occupation of Tsin- She expects to reach Cardington put up fine batting performances on heirs.

that the mosquito was discovered Up to the time of going to press anfu was received by the Nan-early to-morrow, Peshawar and surrounding dis-

Depite heavy in

respective County

by the man who was discovered trict.

The law will be ad-no news had been received from king Government at 10 o'clock winds and frequent changes of matches, the former scoring

In these hot days, even men of by the mosquito.

0.0 ministered by the Chief Commis-London regarding the team to re- this morning and caused great altitude, she remains very steady. 248 against the bowling of integrity are seen in shady places.

present England or the weather

There were no bacon and eggs Northants and Sutcliffe making

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Heard at Castle Peak:-"How sioner and not the Commander conditions in London. It is to be jubilation: The Chairmen of the

Lots of Hongkong people have are you peeling to-day?" of the Northern Army. Mean-presumed, therefore, that the final five Government Councils at or coffee for breakfast this morn 132 not out against Glamorgan.

'0·0 while continuous action is being selection of the men to represent once sent an official telegram in the reservoirs for refilling the performances

ing, owing to rain which collected There were no especially good an overdrawn look nowadays.

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Radio Reactions: "Say, ́ ́ bo, by the Test taken against the tribesmen by England will not be made until this congratulating the Nanking ballast tanks having leaked to the Bowlers other than those

Owing to the failure of the you certainly said a microphone- the Royal Air Force.

morning. Neither is there any in- Commander-in-Chief on dication of weather conditions, nane splendid services of the Nation-cooker out of action.

the kitchen, this putting the electric ported yesterday. Freeman, of Sanitary Dept., to indicate which

refloats" once set adrift by the fall" Simla, Aug. 15.

☐ ☐ Martial law has been proefaimed terday being played in London.

of the county matches ending yes-alist troops which

The airship was, at three o'clock taking all ten Essex wickets.

Kent, had the distinction of way the rubbish travelled, it la occupied

In Shanghai recently, a man at Peshawar and also In the aur-

Tsinanfu after a fierce aerial this afternoon (Greenwich Mean

now proposed that others be re- was hit by motor-cars twice in ten leased, each carrying on official minutes. He should have stayed 'rounding districts.--Reuter.

Time) two-thirds of the way across bombardment.

Results at a Glance,

from the Dept. concerned. We down for the count the first time. the Atlantic. A message received

the understand that

Cheung Kent won by 277 runs against Chau Residents' Association has

O from the at the Air Ministry

Judging from the number of that time Essex at Southend. steamer Cameronia at

offered hospitality to such officials; hauls made by Revenue. Officers, In a personal explanatory state-

reported the airship to be seventy Nottinghamshire won on

upon arrival, providing, they can this seems to be the height of the V. Northants ment regarding the proclamation

piles south-south-west of 53 de- first innings

atbe identified.

seizin'. of martial law at Peshawar, the

grees 68 minutes North, 27 degrees Nottingham.

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៨.៦. Viceroy of India says that while

7 minutes West.

Yorkshire won on the first in- The man who the Ordinance empowers the Com-

The Air Ministry now reports less nings against Glamorgun at marries for a mander of the Northern Army to tain England on his County's own The Shantung Provincial favourable conditions from the Sheffield. administer it, that officer intends ground.

mate, often gets Government Office was wrecked by Atlantic. A 'depression in mid- Somerset beat Warwickshire by a akipper. immediately to delegate his The change in, captaincy un-three bombs which hit the build-Atlantic.is moving east-north-east five wickets at Weston-super- powers to the Chief Commissioner.nounced this week confirmed rum- ing. The Shanai troops stationed and is expected to grow deeper. Marc.

O D Space may The Viceroy states that he has ours which which were current in at the railway stations of the The weather is generally Hampshire won by one wicket have no limits, taken this step on representations London on August 7 that Mr. Tsinanfu-Kiaochow and Tientsin- settled, Winds are from a against Middlesex at Southamp-but have you made by the local civil and mill-Watt, the Warwickshire captain. Pukow Railway at Tsinanfu were westerly point south of Latitude 50 ton. tary authorities.

might lend the English team.

degrees, but more variable further The Ordinance provides for the institution of special Courts, but

north, the Viceroy earnestly hopes that these will prove unnecessary and that it will soon be possible, to withdraw the Ordinance-Reuter.

Viceroy Explains.

Simla, Aug. 15.

Air Force In Action.

It is now revealed that a deter- mined movement was started in England a little over a week ago

The Nanking neroplanes com- for the removal of Mr. A. F. F.menced their bombardment yester Chapman from the captaincy day morning when no fewer than The movement started in the north tan Nanking bombing planes of England, it being suggested that manoeuvred around the city drop- it would be a fitting compliment to ping bombs. Hobbs, who will probably play to- day in his last Test match, to cap-

Buildings Wrecked.

AMERICAN MUNITIONS FOR CHINA.

Release Refused by State .

Department.

11.30 and on the following days at

In to-day's match play begins at | Magencianocom 11 a.m. Stumps are drawn at 6.30 p.m. and a hinch interval is taken from 1.30 to 2.15 and a ten interval from 4,30 to 4.45. In the event of there being no break of play during the afternoon and eight wickets Simla, Aug. 15. down at 430, a tea interval is Two squadrons of the Royal Airtaken, but should nine wickets be

until Force yesterday engaged in offen- down, play continues sive operations which are being o'clock sind if the last wicket has 'carried out continuously against not falles then, the ten interval is the hostile Afridi lashkar in the taken. cave on the edge of Kajuri Plain and against selected areas in the Basra Valley.

Aircraft also co-operated with cavalry in sweeping operations to the south of Peshawar. It is

the reported that

number of tribeamen in the caves and in the surrounding district generally has been much reduced.

Air netion was also carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Upper Kurram district against the Masozai and. Orakzai sections, Heavy casualties were inflicted and the attackers on the Kurram posts and villages withdrew.- Reuter.

The

Penalties Detailed.

Simia, Aug. 15. Ordinance proclaiming martial law provides that anyone communicating with the enemy or hampering the operations of the Government forces shall commit an offence under the Indian Penal Code, while anyone harbouring or protecting the enemy will be punished with rigorous imprison- ment up to a decade, or a fine, or both.-Reuter.

Grave Situation.

Simila, Aug. 15. One British and three Indian battalions are. being precautionari-

war.

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RELIGIONS WORKING FOR PEACE.

WORLD CONFERENCE TO BE HELD.

Berne, Aug. 15.

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A world Conference of Religions, for the furtherance of peace, is to be held at Washington in Novem- ber, 1923 in connexion with the George Washington Bicentenary.

The Conference is being planned by the Executive Committee of the Universal Congress of Religious Forces for Peace, which concluded here to-day. There

its sessions

AUTHORITY REQUIRED.

Washington, Aug. 15 The State Department has declined to accede to the re quest of the Dupont Denemours powder interests to release ̧à consignment of munitions for the Chinese Nationalist 'Go- vernment which is due for shipment to China on. August

16.

It is stated that the State Department will not release the munitions until the Chinese Legation in Washington has intimated that the Nationalist Government desired the ship- ment cleared.

- Reuter's American Service.

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The Honours List,

woman trying to park her car, in Half the journey across the The principal batting and Atlantic, according to messages bowling performances during the Pedder Street? from the airship, was exceptional matches ending to-day ly tranquil. A great feature was out below! the wonderful smoothness, of pro- gression, passengers having none

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Batting.

of the discomforts associated with Whysall (Notts) the sea. The only adverse con- Crawley (Kent) dition was heavy rainfall which Bates (Glamorgan) the airship encountered from mid- Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) night onwards. which caused her Holmes (Yorkshire)

slow down to a speed of 39 Bakewell (Northants)

Cax (Northants) miles per hour. She мая not therefore making such good pro- gress as in the earlier stages of the fight-Reuter and Britisk Wireless.

to

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RUSSIAN LADY NOT TO STAY IN U.S.

CLAIMS TO BE DAUGHTER OF

THE CZAR.

Not out.

are set

248

Some people" can .spend a more enjoyable vacation alone because there is nobody around

175

116

132

to listen to

180

105

their symptoms....

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Bowling.

10 for 53

6 for 41

And

Freeman (Kent) Nicholls (Essex) Barnes (Essex) Robertson-Glasgow

and Mayer (Warwick) Kennedy (Hampshire) Haig (Middlesex)

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"I sometimes wish you'd give me a little money without my having to ask for it,” said- Jones' wife.

"I sometimes wish you'd give _me the chance," he replied.

The Australian bowlers seem to have been trained Down Under to send down overs!

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One advantage of long engage-

4 for 34ments is that they shorten married

for 36 life.

(Som:)

for 47

Kent v. Essex.

for 87

5 for 38

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The worst thing about most con-

4 for 50 certs is that the vocalists don't

4 for 60 practice what they screech.

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"With the announcement that Fine batting by Crawley in at Columbia University and that intelligence tests were given cata

New York, Aug. 15.

Kent's second innings contributed music classes were started there. largely towards the downfall of for children under five, specula- The Commissioner of Immigra- Essex. Kent batted first, but they tion is aroused. as to whether the tion has announced his intention of could do little with the bowling institution has become nursery, deporting Madame "Anastasia Tchaikovsky, who claims to be a and the team was dismissed for 122, menagerie or both. daughter of Czar Nicholas 11. She Nicholls four for 34. When Essex Barnes taking five for 16 and

☐ ☐ To-day currency sacre of the Czar's family.

has

to be a large

were sixty delegates, including panie-stricken when the stations says she escaped during the maswent in Freeman had the distinc elastic to go around Christians, Jews, Moslems. Hindus were wrecked by bombs. and Buddhists, and

senting Baron Sakutani.-Reuter.

BISHOP SENT TO PRISON.

Over

United States expired last week

Reuter's American Service.

the

LORD BIRKENHEAD'S CONDITION,

in Her permit to remain the speakers | fifty Shansi soldiers were killed included Mr. Tomomatsu, repre- outright at the Tsinanfu-Kiaochow

Railway Station.

General Li Sang-tat, the Shansi garrison commander who directed the battle at Kiehshow, returned with his defeated forces and re- ported that for five days and nights he defended Kiehshow, fighting under great odds | account of the numerical advan- tage and superiority of the Nationalist arms and ammunition.

Trenches Flooded.

DENOUNCED FOR INFRINGING PROHIBITION.

New York, Aug. 15.

on

The

AN INCREASE IN STRENGTH REPORTED.

tion, of taking all ten wickets for for a total of 145. 53 runs The team was sent back

Going in again, Kent did much better. A. M. Crawley played a fine innings for 175 before he lost his wicket and the Kent captain declared with the score at 422 for nine. Essex failed to get anywhere near their opponent's total, being dismissed for 122. Freeman took six wickets for 41 runs, his average for the match being sixteen for 94 runs.

Notts. v. Northants.

London, Aug. 15. Bishop Mrzena of the Czecho-

A bulletin states that Lord Bir ly moved up from Jhansi to

Slovakian. Orthodox Catholic. General said that the Shansi kenhead had a fair night. Af a Rawalpindi, Bouth-east of Pesha-

Church, who was found guilty of trenches were unfortunately flood-result of blood transfusion, which match at Nottingham when Nor- There was high scoring in the the Pro-ed yesterday morning, with the took place yesterday, there is an thants. battted first and made 405. An official

communique de-conspiring to violate

hibition law by diverting saera- result that an order for a general increase in his general strength. There were two centuries, Bakewell scribes the situation considerable gravity and danger. has been sentenced, to a

one of mental wine to bootleg channels, retirement was announced.

The chest condition remains making 105 and Cox 104. Notting- year's Shansi commander attributed the satisfactory. British Wireless. hamshire, however, did even better, It says the raiders, profiting by imprisonment.

cause of the Nationalist victory to the high crops, elude the military

thanks to the fine batting of Why. The Judge, who sat up half the the heavy rains which forced the forces. Their total strength, is night considering the case, scath-Shansi defenders to abandon their

sall who made 248 before he was now about 1,200, moving rapidlyingly denounced the accused for

dismissed, the team's total. being in small gangs about the ravines

484. Northants made 128 for two debauching his priests. Reuter's and walled gardens.

wickets in the second innings, American Service. Military action ja being taken,

Bakewell scoring 76. but is difficult while the crops are high,

The raiders are undoubtedly re ceiving food and shelter from the villagers, who will join them whenever there is a prospect of loot. ps in the Peshawar

AMERICA'S FOREIGN

TRADE.

and Kot district are in ample LOWEST IN JULY FOR TEN

strength, and are fully prepared for all eventualities.-Reuter.

RECALLED TO TURKEY.

Teheran, Aug. 15..

YEARS.

trenches and defence works.

The morale of the Shansi troops was bad and during their hurried retirement the Nationalist troops took the risk of following the re- treating forces, slaughtering over 2,000 Shansi troops.

AMERICAN BASEBALL

RESULTS.

CINCINNATI GO DOWN TO NEW YORK.

New York, Aug. 16..

5. Philadelphia Philadelphia 0 New York 8. Boston 4. Brooklyn- -Reuters American Service.

Yorkshire v. Glamorgan. The famous Yorkshire partner- ship, Holmes and Sutcliffe, was

family.

(From a Griffin).

a land of Hongkong thou art

pests, From troubles dire one never

reats;

Even now they round me revel,. In fact they are the very devil. Sand flies, ants and centipedes, Stinging lies and prickly weeds, Jelly bugs and snakes galore; Frogs that nightly creak and

roar,

Beetles and cockroaches too, Tigers and a shark or two. And other things that make me

wild,

Out in this lonely isle exiled. So may I quickly bid farewell, Thou scorching crawling land

of nuisarices!.

The best advice is, always the kind you don't like.

that an

A novelist asserts extravagant girl usually makes a poor.mother. First, however, she makes a poor husband.

We see lots of

girls and poise on the bathing beaches these

days.

We hear of a man who is quite prepared to divorce his wife on condi.

tion that he has

custody of the

cook-boy.

白口

These day a

you're likely to

get

a sudden

shock when any account is over- charged!

[A reader points out that, Shanghai people disown what Hongkong calls the "Shanghai bath" and prefer the term "Soochow tub."]

A bath by any other name Would be perhaps as sweet; Though if it is a Shanghai bath, It may not look as neat As one with marble mouldings, Like the Romans had of yore, And may involve some foldings Of your legs till they are sore. But why the name of "Shanghai

bath,"

Ah! that's a different rub, For in the North they soap and

"lath"

And call it Soochow tub.

We don't know why they won't

admit,

This mode is their invention;. Unless they're too stuck up to

eit

In postures causing tension. It may be that the "Shanghai

Mind" Takes quite a lot of squashing, And though at times a bit con-

·fined, Just thinks tuba wrong for

washing!

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The home nowadays is the place you go to fram the garage.

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Perhaps those fish which bunged up the North Point Generating Station on Tuesday night were electric eels.

Said a halfwitted youth from

Pierre, "Can a man see the roots of his

herre?"

His brother, as silly, Cried, "Sure he can, Willie, Provided he stands on

cherre!"!

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There is no truth in the rumour that, in view of the low dollar,

A case is reported of a man who teaspoons will be issued with each

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inning's victory, Glamorgan bat. right,

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ted first and made 209. Yorkshire adopted a bold policy after their

"Anxious." It is generally ac

The latest 'contrivance to kill cepted that, Hongkong'a· summer

A Sweeping Victory,

The following are the results of the seen in action again at Sheffield lost his voice for several days, whisky at this year's St. Andrew's baseball matches played, in the where Yorkshire secured a first But she eventually turned up all Ball. A significant factor regarding National League to-day: the capture of Tainanfu is the Pittsburgh fact that the 61st Kwangtung

Pittsburgh Cincinnati Division, sent recently to Nanking St. Louis New York, Aug.-15. to reinforce Marshal Chiang Kai- Chicago American foreign trade for July shek, claimed to be the first to was the lowest for nearly a decade. enter the city, General Chiang -The Commerce Department states Kwang-nai reported 'that he cap that the exports for July were tured ten, guns, twenty armoured G.$269,000,000 and the importa motor cars and one thousand rifles G.$219,000,000, the decrease in each from the fleeing Shansi troops.

4 opening batsmen had made, a fine. fiies is an electric flip, This ends when the smell of the mothball",

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3 stand and declared at 284 for should show them watts swat! is heard on the Peak.

three wickets. Holmes had been dismissed for 120 but Sutcliffe was

FAIR TO SHOWERY,

The local weather forecast to

winds, moderate; fair to showery."

"No doubt, if "pistols (or rapiers).The last word in heat-wave still undefeated with 132 runs to for two and coffee for one" became aquatics A local exponent has his credit in their second in the rule locally, there would be less declared that it is too bot to swim. nings however, Glamorgan piled fencing with wordel

In the air manoeuvres over Eng- Up 332 for five wickets before they

Yeth, it lookth like they with to land, could one term the flight of Lambeth the Bithop.

Red plane a bolt from the Blus (Continued on Page 12.)

Momdouchavicet Bey, the case being over 30 per cent com The 61st Kwangtung Division

been recalled to Turkey÷Router. "Reuter's' American' Service,

Turkish Ambassador here, bas pared with July of last year. | comprises picked troops trained by noon to-morrow is: South-east declared, Bates making 146.

(Continued on Page 12.)