WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925.
LAMMERT BROS. G. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORE.
Public Auctions-
THE
THE Undersigned have resolved" in- structions to sell by Public Auction
on.
MONDAY, 30th March, 1995,
commencing at 2.45 p.m.
at No. 13, Knutsford Terraco, Kimberley Road, Kowloon
A Quantity of
Valuable Household Furniture,
(Full Particulars from Cataloguo). Op View fram Sunday the 20th 'March 1925
Termy:sh on delivery.
LAMMERT BROB., Auctioneers.
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20 A Tallons
Constant Supply in all Districts during. ¿February 1924.
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Constant Supply in all Rider Main Districts East of Eastero Street during Febrary 1915 excepting 2 days (11st- ad inclusive) when an Intermittent Bupply was given to the Bowen Hood Conduit being damaged by blasting..
KOWLOON WATER WORKI LAVAL
TPS 8. Eatissa Graviša, 100 bin, Belu 19. st. Below
von Kaestoltes ( beardow IWANAGD IN MIŠIJOND AND DIMINALE WW GALLOZE.
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Kowloon Grantation
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mated population ..
Crampon
Comsamption per edĮ
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16.2
Full Bapoly in all districts during
February 1821 and 1925.
The Government Analyst's recent re-
posts aber that the quailty of the water 租 satisfactory
1924.
Topal Bain?s to F 1.0 16.
H. T. ORLAST.
1915.
Water Authority.
Pablic Works Daparkroo
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TWO OLD QUESTIONS TO THE FORE AGAIN.
THE CHINA PONY.
OF SPORT.
vocates of a change" urging the instibution of a standard weight of approximately 160 lb., on which| penalties and allowances could be based. Our correspondens's letter follows:-
.:
It is not confined to the few, ani there are more than one might
TENNIS.
·LENGLÈN'S STATUS
DEFINED.
Certain, French newspapers, in
error of
No blame is to be laid at Mile.
The Olymple Games.
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In China we engage in so many satisfied that our system of weight Longlen an unblemished prestiga casually think who are not quits their eagerness to retain for Mile: sports and we go in for them sing ponies is all that could be in the world of lawn tennis, have whole heartedly that it is suprisdesired. 16 is a very nico sonuding fallen Ling, with so much to manage, that expression which we so often bear
during the Riviera everything runs oven as smoothly us in the local racing world-weight tournaments into the it does, says Bhanghai paper for inches na. per scale. Both the describing her as the world's The reason almost certainly is expression and the practice which champion. that our leading sportaren aro gave enuse for the expression came Corinthians and, being actuated from India - only by a love of the game, what racing there. When weights wore inaccuracy, but it is only fair to
in the early days of Lenglen's door for this curiousTal. Kowloon ever it may be, and easy ways and adjusted to heights rather than to other famous women players to means of at least temporarily age in India the height was taken point out that she is smoothing over any difficulties that at that point of the withers of the possession of any one of three pot in may arise. That may be all very horse or pony immediately vertically premier women's singles cham- wolk for a while, but such a systentahove the elbow joint and not pionships, namely: has its faults, especially where big necessarily the highest point of the things are concerned.
Wimbledon. Something withers. In Ching it is usual to may crop up in one particular see the red passed to the highest
The American championship. branch of sport that it is generally point of the withers. It is natural Milo. Lenglen, after defeating greal should be dealt with, but if to suppose there is some reason for Miss Ryan, unfortunately had to solution is not found during the the practice in India and it is equal-retire from the women's singles at Benson, when everyone's thought ly natural to suppose there are se Wimbledon last year, otherwise are concentrated on that one sport, sound reasons for the practice in she might have retained her title, the matter is liable, to be shelved China, though it is very hard to when the season closes. and interest ronize the force of them in the
It is futile for any French is switched off, on to something Intter case.
newspaper to persist fo ignoring else.
Nothing has given rises to so much weight is carried by the pony or now rightly belongs to Miss Helen "In India they argued that the the fact that the title of woman lawn tennis champion of the world debute in recent years racing, horse at the point above described wills, who holds the singles title but even now. the difficult questions as being that at which the height of America and of the Olympic involved lave not beet settled. is taken and therefore that is the Games. Every cinb has racing rules differ correct position for taking the ing in some particular from those of weight. What arguments are there every other club and it was this in favour of the practice in China? fact that prompted the suggestion A high wither usually is a sign of that it wits tine a China Jockey wealmess in an animal and weak making inaccurate claims or by Club was forged to control maingness is certainly not a sign of a discrediting the play of her all over the comfy, is done at animal's ability to carry an in-partners whenever the match Home. A great deal hus been said creased weight. I weak animal happens to be closely contested. in favour of the idea: nothing so the highest point of the withere is 'far-has bee her against it, but well forwart of the point vertically all the sage the lackey Club is as above the elbow and consequently far off us ever.
which want to Miss McKans.
Eclaireur de Nice apparently Certain newspapers such as the
Imagine that they can enhance Mile. Lenglon's prestige by
hot at the point where the weight in are trying In Chin & Ib. is WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. carried. So it seems more than ex-|·taken" "as "bringing together two Almost at the same time that attraordinary that an obvious sign of ponies who differ an inch in height Tention was directed to the above, weakness is made the causes for imat that point indicative of weakness, a local correspondent re-opened an sing an increased weight We the highest point of the withers. other old debate-that of racing have often heard of the Chinese Therefore, according to the racing weights. Ofter it has been asked muzzle, but this one of weighting logic in China ah inch in height where, the weight for inches ider the China pont-bents all the other (even though a sign of weakness) is. originated and our correspondent nuzzles in this bunt of surprises, equal to a length's beating over any now blames it on to Tudin, which is Tn fact, it is so unsolvable in ita distance. Surely never was there. quite possible, for there, seems to want of reason that it should be a truor expression 'East is East and, have been meing in China since the relegated to the category of the West is West,' Is there a single earliest days of European associa^riddle of the sands,' tions with the country and the pioneers out here were John Com-! By men. Tindoubtedly they had good reasons for making the weight for inches rule, and it is as certain that nowadays there are two decided opinions on the subject, the
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