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BRILLIANT PLAY WITNESSED.
LONDON, June 13,
To-day again was evident the inadequate accomminglation and general inefficiency of the arrangements at Lords. A recurrence of Saturday's con- fusion and struggling was only prevented by a reinforcement of Police. The principal queue at 10 o'clock was a mile long three deep. The weather was cloudy with little sunshine. There were about 28,000 spectators. The wicket was perfect.
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WORLD COTTON CONFÉRENCE.
NINETEEN NATIONS REPRESENTED AT LIVERPOOL.
· LONDON, June 13, A world colton conference representing 19 nations presided over by Sir Alfred Emmott opened in Liverpool Liect Colonel John Shute, President of the Liverpool Cotton Association, welcoming the delegates, said that good understanding between employers and employed was essential to the world's prosperity. Sir A. Emmott in an optimistic speech on the subject of industrial troubles, firmly believed as regards the cotton trade that before long we would need millions of bales of cotton yearly.
PROPOSED OVERNMENT GRANT.
LONDON, June 13,
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**B**; DIVISION.
C.R.C. v. CIVIL SERVICE.
Played a Happy Valley on Satur day and won by the CRC by 65
34 games Scores:
Lane
and
Hung and Heng bear Booker 3-3. beat Wood and Stroud 8-3. beat Deacon and Haynes 7-4.
Ahwee and Lee lost to Deacon and Haynes 5-6. bear Lane and Booker 11-0, beat Wood end. Stroud 6-5.
Cheung and Wei lost to Wood and Stroud 5-6, Fost to Deacon and Hayres 5-6. beat Lane and Booker
In the House of Commons, replying to Colonel J. Gi Wedgwood, Mr | 10-1. | Stanley Baldwin, President of the Board of Trade, stated that the proposed government grant of approximately' £1,000,000 for purposes of the British Cotton Growing Association was conditional on the cotton trade of Britain making a voluntary levy at the rate of sixpence per bale on all cotton consumed for a maximum period of five years. The grant was in lien of five annual votes of £50,000 for the promotion of cotton growing within the Empire. The grant would not be derived from the taxpayer but was the Government's share of the surplus, from the operation of the Egyptian cotton control scheme of 1918-19.
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
C.R.C. LR.C.
Played on the C.R.C. ground on Sunday and won by them by 53 to 46 games. Scores:
Cheung and Wei beat Ismail and Faydad: 10-1, lost to Runjabs and and Kitchell 5-6, losi to Rumjaka and | Ismail 5-6.
Lau and Hung beat Ismail and} Fattydad 9-2, last to Rumjahn and Kitchell 5-6, lost to Rumjahn and
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVOURS EXEMPTION FOR US. COASTERS. Ismail 4-7.
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GREAT BRITAIN'S POSITION.
WASHINGTON, June 13.
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-Law and Lee beat Ismail and Fartydad 7-4, beat Rumjahn and Kit- chell 7-4, lost to Rumjahn and Ismail 1-10.
The Senate commerce committee has decided to report favourably on- the bill exempting American costwise shipping from payment of Panamá Canal tolls.
U.S.R.C. v. H.K.C.C...
The Tennis League match, played While the Harding Administration and the Republicans in Congress are on Saturday, between H.K.C.C. and pledged to the idea of exempting American ships from Panama Canal tolls,U.S.R.C. resulted in a win for the
latter by 57 gáimes to 42. there is tremendous opposition, especially on the part of the railways which fear the effect will be to diminish trans-continental railway business. There is also the question of the Hay-Pauncefate treaty regarding which the New York Times declares that Britain's consent must be secured before steps can honourably be taken to give American ships privileges in the Canal,
ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
THREATENED CHINESE BOYCOTT OF BRITISH IMPORTS.
QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, June 13.
In the House of Commons, Sir W. de Frece suggested that British presentatives in the Far East should be instructed to enquire into the truth of reports that owing to Chinese objections to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance
INTERPORT MATCH AGAINST
SHANCHAL
The Interport lawn tennis match between Shanghai and Hongkong began with two singles matches, played on the counts of the Cercle Sportif Francais, between W. Mansel- Smith (Shanghai) and Ng Seekwong (Hongkong),and J, Tanaka (Shanghai) and M. W.. Lo (Hongkong), res- pectively,
There was a large attendance of refined, but the play was marked more spectators and both courts were well
by steadiness than brilliancy. As the result of the two rehbers, honours Tanaka beat M, W. Lo by three may be said to be fairly even, as
straight sets-36, 75, 6-1, and Ng Ste-kwong bear W. Mansel-Smith by three ses to two-6-1, 46, 62, 46, Ful
a boycott of British imports might be instituted in China. Mr. Cecil Harms worth, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied that he was unable to make a statement with regard to renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance until it had been discussed at the imperial Conference but he did not think there were difficulties such as referred to in the question,
AMBASSADOR HARVIY'S SPEECH,"
AMERICAN SENATOR URGES REPRIMAND.
WASHINGTON, June 13. Senator. Harrison introduced a résolution in the Senate declaring a primand or recall of Ambassador Harvey for his recent speech in London aa justifiable as the recall of Admiral Sims.
DIAMOND MERCHANT DEAD,
LONDON, June 13,
In the match between Mansel- Smith and Ng Sza-kwong, the visitor had all the better of the play in the opening set, and only the fourth same went, to his opponent, while only two games ran to a single desce. In the second set, however, Mansel- Smith found his form and took the re-first game fairly easily. The second game of this set was very keenly contested, and ran to six dences be fore Mansel Senith eventually gained the verdict against the visitor's ser- vice. Ng Sae kwong thear made a good recovery and got on level terms with his opponent in the sixth game. Mansel-Smith then took the seventh and eighth games, and though Ng Sze Iwong took. the ninth, Mansel Smith took the tenth after a couple of dences, and the set-6-4.
The death is announced of Mr. Bernard Oppenheimeri,“ [Mr. Bernard Oppenheimer was Chairman and Permanent Director
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YAP DISPUTE.;
JAPAN OFFERS AMERICA EQUAL CABLE RIGHTS,
June 14
In the third set play was fairly even until the fourth game was com pleted, when the score stood at two. games all, but the Hongkong repre- | sentative then won four, games to succession, fairly essly, and the set by six games to twojant
The fourth set wat also evenly contested, with no tour rallies, but | steps after four all had been called. Mansel
Smith'took the next two seta' and by the
won 6-4, the score then standing at two sets milea
The Morning Post Washington correspondent have been taken, towards, allaying. Japanese and Ame Japanese offer to the United States of equal cabla fights at Yag, includi control of the Gaim-Yap cable,
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