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TEST TEAM SURPRISE

P. F. WARNER TO VISIT AUSTRALIA

AS JOINT MANAGER

London, June 5. The Test Match selection committee has invited D.R. Jarding the Surrey captain and. England cricketer to visit Australia in September as skipper of the English

team.

Mr. P. F. Warner and Mr. R. C. N. Palairet will go as joint managers.-British Wireless

AIRMEN FOUND

GERMANS GOOD FORTUNE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 5. 1932.

DISPUTE OVER PIECEGOODS

GRIFFITH & CO LOSE

BUT GET JUDGE'S

SYMPATHY

RACING PONY DESTROYED

SHOT AFTER PLUNGE IN HARBOUR

The Australian pony, Waltle, was destroyed yesterday after n distressing accident near the Star Ferry wharf, Kowloon.

RADIO BROADCAST

RELAY OF THE BORDERER'S BAND

5.7 r.m. Chinese Programme,

7

7-10.30 p.m. European Programme. Seized with sudden fright

p.n. Stock Quotations, Mall while being led on to the ferry, Notice, etc. the pony escaped from the mafoo and jumped into the harbour. 7.3-7.30 p.m. Orchestral and Band After swimming in

direction Music. bine between

An important judgment was de- livered In the Supreme Court this inorning by Mr. Justice Wood. It marked the final stage in the piece goods dispute Mesure. Grillth and Company, dealers in tropical cloths, plain- tiffa, nod Man Cheong, tailors, de- fendants.

Mr. Justice Wood found in favour of the defendants but anid

to Sakuninta-fiverture (Goldmark)

Victor Symphony Orchestr 22636/23536. t became Forra del Dation (Verdi) Overture

Victor Symphony Orchesten 21865, Creatore's and 35765.

of Hongkong, it tur the wharf, where its jammed between two piles. The pony must have suffered ing pain while being released from this position.

After several

excruciat-Tripoli-Symphonie March (1) Anas)

unsuccessful

Sydney, July The German airmen Captain Hans Bertram and his companion Clausner (7), who have been miss- ing for nearly two months, have been found, when hope had al- muat been abandoned. In saccea- sion it was thought they must have been lost at sea, killed by blacks, died of starvation thirst in the bush, or drowned in their efforts to proceed along the coust. They have been discover ed alive, but in very weak condi- tion, near Cape Bernier.

These airmen left Germany on January

world 2 on a

trade tour. in a Junkers 'sen-plane, fy- ing in leisurely manner. The pilot was Captain Haas Bertram, who had with him Count Lagorin (well-known film operator), Herr Klausmann (mechanic) and Herr The selection of Jardine to fill Thom (second pilot). The last The plaintiffs sue for damages for the important role of leader of named had an accident at Cal-non-acceptance under an alleged the English cricket team, which gutta and was left behind there, contract for the sale of goods, goes to Australia in the autumn în but rejoined the party at Singn- dated June 24th, 1931. They nue eu endeavour to wrest the "Ashes"pore, where they were at the end in good faith and my sympathy is from the Australians, wil not of April.

wholly on their side. The defen- .come na any surprise, as it was Engaged in a tour of the world' dants plend that they never made fairly indicated by his selection as fat his own expense, Capt. Bertram the contract sued upon and fur-destroyed by the humane killer, captain of the South eleven agalust | said he was seeking convenient ther, in the alternative, if they are the North last month, and later as connexions for land and sea air held to have made the contract, skipper of the English side against lines, and for airports. They left then the contract price of the All-India, that he was well in the Stugapore at the end of April, goods being over $100, that no running for the honour.

fying down the Dutch East Indies memorandum in writing existe for Australin. They were at sufficients to satisfy the require-" Birna, in Sumbawa, on May 14, ments of Section 4 of the Goods to Kupang in Timor. Ordinance (Ordinance 4 of 189). and flew They left on May 15 for Port On both those issues the onus lies

Australia, but dis-upon the plaintifr.

.

Opinions are divided as to the Suitability of Jardine as opposed to the claims of A. P. F. Chapman, the Kent cricketer and captain of the English team which regained¦ Darwin, in the "Ashes" in 1926 and retained | appeared. them in 1929-9.

It seems that the fliers missed

Wyndham, the other air port, <>11

|

his sympathy was wholly with the plaintiffs.. He made no order as to costs.

The judgment was as follows:---

UNUSUAL PROCEDURE.

According to the usual practice, conversations between these par- the Cambridge Gulf, in West Aus- ties took place through a broker tralla. Ships searched for them who was communicating agent be- without result. Then came a re-tween the parties,

The inclusion of P. F. Warner Darwin, or derided 1a make and R. C. N. Palairet as joint, managers in an unexpected move, bat, with their valuable experience to assist the team, a very wise one.

IRISH TARIFFS

Continued from Page 1.1

eri up

attempts to get the pony ashore, Mr. M. Manners, of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Gö- down Company, arrived and under his directions Wattle was assisted up the steps of a nearby pier.

A veterinary Burgeon who examined the animal later found that one of the hind lega

then broken. The

Animal Was

LEGATE DEPARTS

Wan

7.30-8 p.m. From the Studio. Mr. Lawrence Bradley at the piano playla "Popular Meloties."

Bp.m. Local Time and Weather

Report.

8.3-8.30 p.m. Variety.

Hong-Junior. Sorg-Mr Sin

Franklyn nur 2049. Orchestral--You're Simply De ah,

Orchestral-And Then Your dps Met Mine

Hert Lown and H Motel Biltmore

Orchestra 223k3.

Voen Quarlet- My Inle of Golden Drentza

National Cavaliers 22347. Itumorous Duet-The Laughing Bousaphone. Humerus Duet-Laughler. Love and Lingerle The Laughter Makers 3016.

Vocal Queriet Lonesome That's All.

8.30-30 p.m. (approx)

A relay from Mount Austin Barracks of the Regimenin and of the fat altn. of the South Wales Horderers, conducted by Band. master fleck, and by courly of the Officer Gemsmanding..

IRELAND DEMONSTRATES LOYALTY TO CHURCH

Dublin, July 4, There were moving scenes the cension of the departure of the Papal Legate, Cardinal Lauri, Pingu Bolo--The Prophet Bird (Schumanni. at the close of a fortnight's stay in Ireland,

on

De

Aboard the betlagged steamer chartered for him by the Govern- ment, the Cardinal blessed Valera and his Ministers, the Archbishop and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who knelt on the dock.

Amid the booming of guns and the roar of the cheering of the crowd on the quay singing "Come Back to Erin," the ship sailed while. six aeroplanes in the form of a cross dipped over her in salute, and the word "Vale" ap- peared in great gold letters over the harbour.

Escorted by cavalry uniformed The broker in blue and gold, the smiling port from the Drysdale Mission conveyed to the defendant's mana-Cardinal blessed thousands who Station, to the east of Wyndham, ger the plaintiff's offer in writing, were kneeling along the wayside. about a hundred miles from Cam-which was in dupliente. Normally bridge Gulf, that blacks had pick on acceptance of the contract the

a handkerchief and

defendants should have retained cigarette case, which they gave to one copy and returned the other Father Cubero, of the Mission copy signed by themselves to the The handkerchief bore Capt. broker for transmission to the de Valera that the anunities were Bertram's initials. An peroplane Plaintiff. This procedure was not the result of solemn agreement, belonging to Australian Airways followed, Both copies have re- Mr. de Valera replied that he was Ltd. was at once sent out, and on

mained in the defendant's custody anaware of this undertaking, and June 15 discovered an abandoned and the defendant's signature has four days later Mr. Thomas gave aeroplane on a sheltered beach in been added to the document. the terms and dates of the agrees | Cambridge Gulf, 115 miles from

The broker signfied 10 the ments.

the contract had the mission station at Drysdale, plaintiff that There were no traces of the air-bren accepted by the defendants. Nothing further happened until men. It was observed by their The plaintiffs whose solicitor has stated that they were not un- the meetings in Dublin and Jon-Tracks that they had been wan- don, at which offer of an Empire dering about in the

for Rccustomed to act in this way) Tribunal was advanced. Mr. de weeks. One of the loats of their were content to proceed under the "God will surely bless this dear Car- Valera refused, and now raised pane was missing and it was as supposed contract without receiv-land," said the departing not only the land annuities ques-sumed correctly that they must in the formal signature of the dinal. "I return to the Holy Father to tell him of the wonder tion, but every issue made by his have used it as a bout, trying buyer. predecessor in the last ten years thus to escape by sea, paddling

of the loyalty of this island to the in respect of financial matters. along the coast in a south-wester-

Church."-Reuter's Special Service. If that was Mr. de Valera's at ly direction. On June 20, the titude, the only alternative for the search was given up, but it was British taxapayer was one which resumed later, and the discovery the Government propused made that the airmen had and that the manager verbally accept- if Mr. de Valera had urged that ed again a few miles along the the contract and promised to the burden which the annuities coast. Black trackers were em | involved should

the complete the he considered ployed, but these were

ONLY ALTERNATIVE.

how

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and be made the subject of opinion that the missing mul negotiation and consultation, the must have been killed by wild Government would not have veblacks and their bodies disposed

(of---Reuter, Mr. Thomas asked

Cape Bernier is hot shown on lence of the House for the Goythe available nups.

itset.

the

can-

ernment to impose, in their ows way, duties which would enable, them to obtain the amount due.

but no more.

LABOUR AMENDMENT,

An amendment moved by

the

Labour Party urged resort le ar-1

HONGKONG SHARE

MARKET.

CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE.

A conflict of evidence has oc- curred between the broker and the defendant's manager. The the matter is broker's version

g

EXCHANGE RATES

written document after he had made certain entrics

Paris Geneva in his books.

The manager, Berlin the other hand, has said that he asked for time to consider the Helsingfors

that several days Athens.. contract and later he declined the offer, asking Buenos Aires. the broker to take the contract Shanghal back.

w York Nothing material happened un- Amsterdam til the time for delivery arrived. | Vienna. The plaintiff's then served

Con Madril January 19th, 1932, and February Bucharest. 25th, 1932, respectively), upon the g

Hongkong. defendants, notices of the arrival

bitration, the personnel to be de- | OFFICIAL, SUMMARY BY STOCK | of the goods. These were prepar-

termined, in ense of disagreement, by the Ottawa Conference.

EXCHANGE,

A firm undertone again manifested this morning's session, tably in the investment section, and in particular Hongkong Banks and| Insurances coming in for special at Tentiou and recording substantial Sales.

Mr. Arthur Greenwood (La bour), after criticising the Govtself t erament for lack of patience, de clared that arbitration was still the way out of the difficulty,

Sir Ausien Chamberlain said adrantees there could be no question that prosperous Irish peasantry

was

the result of the credit extended い freland for the purchase

of land. He did not believe that

Mr. de Valora in this matter spoke the mind of a race that was never ongenerous and always faithful to its plighted word. I was not be- cause Mr. de Valera did not think he would not get a fair verdiet from an Empire Tribunal that be rejected it, but because 'he was as unwilling to recognise the British Commonweal of Nations as he was to maintain the Treaty.

There never was a time when it was more important that the maneity of treaties should be upheld.

Later, the House approved,of the imposition of the duties by 223 coles to 31--Reuter and, British Wireless..

MOTOR

CYCLE

SPILL

NEW TERRITORIES INCIDENT

Mr. W. G. Routley, land bailiff in the New Territories, was the victim of a motor crash yesterday aftenoon when, driving n. motor eyéle, and having a man named Chan Yuk as a pillion rider, he became unsented when enden- Nouring to avoid collision with a

Bengkong Banks $1600 Union Insurances' $142/445 China Underwriters $1.20 Hotels (Old) $11.10 Humphreys $15,40

Star Ferries $89

New

Yesterday.

Wednesday.

.11.17/32

.18.474

0214 18.2214

.15.12%

14.97%

-20.5/16

20.5/10

.216 916

245

Non 1/7.13/16 .3.594 .90114

665 Nom.

3.56

8.80%

31

.43.11/16 .605

.1/3.11/32 20.87% 70.9/16

434%

600

60%

.121%

1204

184

19.17/39

18%

1878

.110

110

.175.63/61 .1/6%

1/6.3/16

1774

.30

.4.11

4.04%

925

220

10%

10% 10.11/16

od for acknowledgment of receipt Stockin by return. The acknowledgments

Copenhagen were "chopped" by the defendants Lisbon.

the Rio. plaintiffs' messenger.

The notices Bombay. accountant and returned to of arrival were returned by the Yokohama defendants, together with samples Montevideo. sent at the same time and were Montreal. Belgrade. retained by their manager

Silver (spot). without protest made to the plain-;

(forward) 10.11/10 tif's.

So

L

China Lights (Old) $101/19.60 Hongkong Electrica $727 Constructions

Hongkong By $1.5b

$12!

Canton Insurances $1300 Union Insurances $4422 China Underwriters $3.15 China Fire Insurances $600 Hongkong Fire Insurances $1195

and W. Docks $18 Providents (Old) $0.10 Hotels

Lands $7612

$11 Ewa Cuttons Tis. 13%

$22.40

Alonghan Tra

Star Ferries

auman T

Ferries (Old) $33 Yaumati Ferries (New) $12 China

Lights (Old) $19.95 Longkong Electrics $12

Telephone (P.P.) $29

Cements (Combined) $18 Hongkong Ropes $12.50 Dairy Farms

$27-3

Lane, Crawfords $6 Constructions (Old) $5 Constructions (New) $1.65 H.K. Govt. Lonns 2% Premium. Sellers.

South China Molore "B" $11 China Lights (Old) $10 H.K. Amienients $20 Constructions (New) $1.00

into. The machine

over-

MARKET AGAINST BUYERS. The market had gone against the buyers during the period of time. After 60 days' grace given (which is by custom allowed to the buyers in this trade) the plain- lifts have here pursued a remedy in damages for non-acceptance of the goods.

"1

وا میکنه و

-British Wireless.

CHOLERA EXTENDS

DISEASE TAKES GRIP OF INLAND PROVINCES

10-10.30 p.m. Concert Items. Song-Fiddle and 1 (Weatherly and Goodevej. Song Angel's Serenade (Mitiart-Urarn)

Hulda hanska (Soprano) 158.

Piano Holly the Broukalde (Stojowak!)

Inner Jan Paderewak! 1420. Sang-The Green-Eyed Dragon (Newman-

Cheriew). SomeTaveth Song (Watson-Fisher)

Blond Werrenrath [Baritone) von Solo-Form (Fibich-Kubeliki, Vidin Solo-Bleinnks (Wieniawski) Song-The Gray and the Bird (Oxenford. Bath Pommel 4354.

1261.

Benedict)

Madame Anlita Calli-Curel (Sopento)

1207.

10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News.

10.35 p.m. Clone Down.

All records In the above. Eungen DAV

kindly supplied by Menure. KTM are Tanks Plano Co, and Moutrie and C

KZRM PROGRAMME.

Today's broadenat from the Manila station: 3,00 m Studio Musle,

4.15 . Spanish Informational Perish, 6.30 p.m. Informational Perfod,

Binner Music by the Day Viene Intel Orchestra.

7.00

1.30

m.Studio Monte.

2.45

m-Ford Service Programine.

#.00 Victor Hall tour, 1,30 Bm--Botien al Programme, 4.00 m Doline Steamship President JC.

forwony Orchestra. 10.30 p.m.Chewn down.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

Banks.

Hongkong Banks, $1520 b. Chartered Banks £12% n. Mercantile Banks, £171⁄2 J East Asia, $112 ».

Am: 0. Finance Corp., $25 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $1300 b.

Union Ins., $4421⁄2 b.

China Underwriters, $3.29 st.

China Fire, $600 b.

ILK. Fire In., $1,195 b.

Shipping.

Douglases, $26 n.

II.K. Steamboats, $21% n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $45 n. Union Waterboats; $20 n.

Mining.

5 Benguet Exp. 81 ets n. Benguets. 101⁄21⁄2 n.

30

Shanghai, July 4. - Reports from various parts of cholera China indicate that the epidemic, which has been raging round the coast, is now striking further inland.

I am unable on the evidence to find, as a fnet, that the defendants: entered into the contract. The plaintiffs must rely upon the word of the broker that they did so; and the broker is not in my opinion, upon this point, a.credible The disease bus obtained a grip witness.

of Sulyuan and Shensi Provinces, Further the plaintiffs may quote and in North Honan there are many The retention by the defendants of hundreds of fresh cases daily. the material document (the con- The mortality is very benvy.- tract itself and the two notices of Reuter's Special. arrival of the goods) without a denial of

contractual liability

made to the plaintiffs themselves ferred to, do not seem to satisfy as evidence corroborative of the the provisions of acetion 4 of the broker's statement. And so it is. Sales of Goods Ordinance and for But, even with this support the

mc.

broker's evidence does not-antiafy the reason that they have not been Moreover, I connot find that made and signed by the party to the defendants' contract has crent-be charged or his agent in that ed any contract by estoppel,

CLAIM FAILS,

behalf."

I have given judgment for the defendants, because the plaintiffs For this reason I decide that have not discharged 2112 onus the plaintiffs' claim for damages resting upon them. for breach of contract cannot The conduct of the defendant's suceded.

manager has, in my opinion, not

straightforward. If This boing so, the question of been

the

bus on the Saikung Road, balanced and he, with the Chinese the sufficiency of the memorandum market had followed a different "Mr. Routley states that the bus, riding pillion, was thrown to then writing does not arise. I would course, the defendants might also No. 693, appeared without warning ground. Both mon received con- like to state, howover, that the have neted differently. from a cross-street, and he awory.tualons and scratches, but were not memoranda, ed sharply round to avoid being seriously hurt.

J

namely,

the two I give judgment for the dofon- acknowledgments previously re- dants, but without costs.

Kailans, 22/6 n.

S'hai Explorations, Tia. 2.10 n.

Raubs. $33 n.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharves, $140 n. Whampoa Docku, $18 b. South China Motors $10 n. - Providents (old), $5.10 b. Hongkows, TIs. 218 n. New Engineers Tls. 6 n. Shanghai Docks, Tis. 82 n.

Cottons. Ewo Cottons, Tis. 13,60 1. S'hai Cotton, Tis. 75% n. Zoon Sings Tls. 10 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc. H.K. Hotels, (old) $11.10 b. H.K. Hoteles (now) $10,80 u. H. K. Lands, $76% n. Metro Lands $10 n. S'hal Lands, Tls. 26 n. Humphreys, $15

b.

Asla Renities "B" $261⁄4 n. Realties, $12.

Asio Realties "A", $155 n. China Estates, $100 n. Public Utilities, Tramways, $22.40 b. Peak Trama (old) $18 n. Star Ferries, $89 b. China Lights, $19.35 b. H. K. Electries, $72% b, Macao Electrics, $24 n. Telephones, $381⁄2 n. China Buses, Tis. 12 n. Singapore Tractions, 2/- n..

Industriala.

Malabons, $21 n.

Canton Ices, $6 n.

Cements (com.) $18 b. Ropes, $12.90 1.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, $27% b. Watsons (old) $14 b. Watsons (now) $13% ... Der A. Wings. $1 n. Lane Crawfords, $6 b. Mackintosh. $21 n, Sinceres, $16.50 .n..

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Powells, $8.85 1.

Miscellaneous,

Amusements, $20 8.

Entertainments (old), $13 m. Constructions (old), $5 n,

S. C. Enterprise, $5 n.

B. Ind. O., Bonds, $68% n. Constructions (now) $1.70 8.

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