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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1945.
H.M.S. Return Goes
Into First Commission
1
ONE OF THE LATEST OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS TO COMMISSION IS HAS. RETURN. SHE IS LIKE OTHERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS THAT NEVER GO TO SEA OR FIGHT BATTLE-FOR SHE IS, AS SAILORS SAY, A "STONE FRIGATE." BUT ILMĖS,"RETURN" IS NO ORDINARY STONE FRI- GATE AND HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST BECAUSE SHE IS THE FIRST SHIP IN THE ROYAL NJPY EVER TO "COMAFISSION" IN JAPANESE IFATERS: SHE IS IN FACT THE BRITISH EMBASSAY IN TOKYO.
Alongside the mont which sur- rounds the Imperial Palace off
the Emperor, her function is fol Foran Loses:
administer to the needs of the British Mission and those repre- senting the British Government | in Japan.
Damaged Hand
+
Her Commanding Officer 114
Paris, Feb. 18. Commander E. H. G. Stokes, The Medion, holder of the R.N., and her ship's company French flyweight and bantam- total nearly 100. They are men weight tilles, outpointed Alf drawn from all sorts of dif-| Foran, Liverpool bantam, at the ferent branches in the Royal Pains des Sports here this after- Navy and Royal Marines. There noon,
Are
signalmen,
telegraph, |
HOME SOCCER
RESULTS
London, Feb. 17. Over 80,000 spectators saw the Royal Air Force soccer team, con- talning mine, internationis, draw 1-1 with the Portuguero mlitary side at the National Stadium in Lisbon this afternoon,
Both goals were scored in the first half. The Portuguese cen- tre-forward netted in the 2811 minute, with Leslie Smith, Aston Villa English International out- side-right, equali-ing three min- | utes later.
Stanky Mathews, Stoke's inter-
outside-right, ninyed
11
great ganie.
The fullowing are the results of games played at the week-enit;
LEAGUE NORTH Barnsley 1. Newcastle 3: Black- ura 0. Preston 2: Blackpool 4, Sunderland 0; Bradford 1, Bolton Jackie Bury 3. Leeds 1; Grimsby 1,
Sheflick United 6: Huddersfield,
Last November Medina gained л points victory aver
4. Burnley 2: Liverpool 0, Man-
chester United Manchester|
| City 1. Everton 3; Wednesday 1,
abie seamen, stekers, writers Paterson, world flyweight ham and supply ratings. Day andj
vion, in Paris in an over-weight night the Marine scatries pace non-Litle bout. steadily up and down the front The referee had a diflcult match of the imposing buildings which to handle. Both men had ean- Chesterfield 0; Stoke 1, Middlea?! were undamaged by the boil- stantly to be stopped from hold- brough 4. ing. Japanese pause 55 they shume past, to watch the hill of the Marines; they ar: the ambassadors of our country.
The White Ensign lies over- head, and shows that the Royal Navy has returned to Tokyo alongside our American allies, but that is not the reason why] the name was chosen.
APPROPRIATE REASON
It was the name of one of the
me. Foran opened at a erent
LEAGUE SOUTH Birmingham 1. Charlton puce, his weaving tacties puzzling!
0; the Frenchman, but by the third Brentford 0. Villa 1: Chelsea 2. round Medina seemed to have the Luton 1: Derby 2, Swansea 1 measure his anan.
Millwall 1. Coventry 1; Newport, Forna's right hand was dia 2, Notis Forest 4; Southampton 3, located in the fourth round when Leicester 1: Tottenham 2, Arsenal, he fell bar almost entirely on 0: West Bromwich 3. Fuliham 1: the defensive. Medina tried hard West Ham 7. Plymouth 0; Wolves) for a knock-out, uing a series of 4. Portsmouth 0.
Third tabs to prepare for the final blow. Reion Cup: Barrow 0, Oldham 8: Division North--Weat
Moran was in trouble by the
with a cut over his left eye-Cheater 4, Wrexham 2: Rochdale The referee wanted to stop the 2, Crewe 2: Southport J. Accring contest but the little Englishman. ton; Tranmere
3, Stockport U. t came to the end, would not retire Third Division North-East Re- though bleeding profusely
from glon Cun: Carlisle 1, Hartlepool his wound. He was still on his ; Donenster 1. Halifax 1: Gates- too head 3. Darlington 1; Rotherham feet at the final
Fong but many points were agalust him. Lincoln 1: York 2. Bradford
Foran tried everything through City 2.
Third the fight to fix his dislocated hand!
Division South-North without success. told Reuter that it was going out, 0; Mansfield Clanton 2: North- His manager' Region Cui: Ipswich 4, Norwich of joint contantly through thampton 4. Watford 1 Notts bout and resisted all kinds of County 1. Walsall 9; Queen's Park treatment.-Reuter.
first ships ever to go to Japan. The original "Return" was
the London ship chartered by East India Company to go to Japan to start trading. They Jeft England in 1871, arriving at Nagasaki on May 25, 1678.
Relations between Japan and England had been very strained at that time for some 30 years and the Japanese had expelled us from the country. The reason they gave was the marriage of King Charles II to the Princess + [ Portugal. The Portuguese, who at this time tradel far and wide in the world, were most feared by the Sheguns, then the rulers of Japan, and this mar riage was considered by them to beaufielent reason to
Paris, Feb. 18. A resolution protesting against strained relations.
The "Return" was sent to "re- General Francisco
of compromise with
Franco occupy"-that was the
word Spain was ansaed at a mass meet actually used in her sailing it ing held here under, French Com- structions-an English factory marist auspices to-duy which had been founded Hirado in 1613 and to restare trade with Japan.
cause.
What better name could have been eliesen for the British Em- bassy?
F.A. Cup Draw
London, Feb. 18. The draw made today for the Sixth Round of the Football As- sociation Challenge Cue, with the first match on March 2 and the return match on Saturday, March 9, resulted as follows: Stoke v. Bolton, Charlton v. Brentford. Aston Villa v. Derby County and Bradford V. Birmingham.- Reuter.
Montreal Lead In Ice Hockey
No Compromise With Franco
any form
of
It demanded that "Spuln's in- terna revine be fixed democrati-
Rangers 4, Southend 9.
Third Division South-South Region Cum: Brighton 4. Alder- shot 6: Bristol City 3, Exeter 0: Cardif 3, Torquay 0: Reading ( Crystal Palace 2.
South Scottish Lengue Div. A: Celtic 1. Kilmarnuek 1; Hamilton 3. Aberdeen 3: Morton 1. Queen's Park 2: Partick 4. Falkirk 3; St. Mirren 0, Hibernians 3: Third Queen of the South 1, Clyde 2.
Lanard 0, Motherwell 2. Dundee, 1, Airdrie 1: East Fife 0. Dum. barton 1.-Reuter.
Shortage Of
cally by Spaniards without foreign Referees interference"whleb by leaving the future internal regime in aus
There is a shortage of good} Denso indicates a withdrawal from soccer referees. In the Colony the
previous Tepublican attitude and the Committee of the Foot- claiming that Spain should aute- ball Association are having a matically return to a pre-Civil trying time with the appoint- War republican regime.
ments each week.
fer has not been
So far there are no signs ot
A number of referees who concessions by the "shadow" Re- publican Government of Dr. Jose have been officiating in League
have left Giral in the direction of a com- games recently promise with the Monarchists, home and there Since Giral's arrival in Paris any new registration for some complete silence has been main- time. tained by all official spokesmen. Router.
The Committee will welcome' the services of any qualified re- feree in the Colony not yet re- gistered with the Football Lea- gue,
Yenan And Changit in interesting to note that Mr.
Fa-Kwei
In the appointments.this week,
W. E. Hollande, who retired from nctive refereeing many years ago, will officiate at the impor tant game between Eastern and; A Communist spokesman to- Navy "D" on Sunday, The Montreal Canadiens, by day declared that unless General
abandoned his The Palestine scoring two wins during the week-Chang Fa-kwei end, took first position in the Ice-attacks on the Communist East
New York, Feb. 18.
Yenan, Feb. 18,
Hockey National League. They River Brigade, near Canton, Commission
beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, "the Communist 8th Route
Vienna, Feb. 18. holders of the Stanley Cup, by Army cannot but re-consider the
The British-United States Com- 4-2 al Toronto yesterday and the question of taking proper action New York Raneers by 4 here against puppets in North and mission on Palestine, consisting t.dav.
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BBOWING of twenty-two members, artist. The Buston Bruins, who pre-
TO-DAY here from Berlin and Prague to- The spokesman gaid that i viously held the lead. lost their
day. The Commision will heari only came played to the. New Chang Fa-kwei has consistently reports from the Jewish Commun-
on four! refused to recognise the Com- tv Council of Vienna York Rangers at Boston by 2-6.
The Chicago Black Hawks. munist troops in Kwangtung thousand Jews now living in the tieine with the Detroit Red Winer Province and labelled them Australian capital 33 at Detroit and 2-2 at Chiengo."scattered bandits and romnaats Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey. are now level with the Bruins for of puppets." He charged that Secretary-General of the Arah second place, and three points be- Chang Fa-kwei continued to har-League, has been invited to mee hind the leaders-Reuter.
the Commission in Chiro rass the Communist brigade for month, The League will present fully a month after the truce the Commission with statements agreement, despite Kuontutang from various Arab States. disapproval-Associated Press. Reuter.
''STILL HOLDING OUT
Pearl Harbour, Feb. 18. The British radio said thattered groups including women Ferlaps 600 Japanese.iri seat- the Secretary-General of the are still hiding out on Guam, United Nations, Mr. Lie "has to
said. Marine Major-tioneral and something like 2,500 men Henry Larsen, retiring comman and women of different nation-dent of that islami,, on arrival alities for the United Nations here en
route for the United
secretariat. They must be spe- States Associated Press. cialists on a number of varying)
subjects, they must be prepar-
ed to subordinate their national) interests to those of the new in-}
The darts competition organis
TABLE TENNIS
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tornational organisation, they Twenty-four Royal Air Force od by Royal Air Force has at must be ready to move their units have entered a Table Tennis tracted 18 teams from different home facilities and in fact their combotition. They
divided units. The teams will be divided whole lives to the permanent into two leagues, on a regional into two loactice and the winners home of the United Nations and bass. The winning team in machi
are
Langue will play off for
of Bach League will play off for they will become in effect in the Royal Air Force Team cham the Royal Air Force champion-
ship, and a
trophy. The first, tornational civil servants," games will be played to-day, i Associated. Press....
pionship and à trophy. The com~, petition starts to-day..
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Manila, Feb. 18. Alfredo Monteliband Philip pines Secretary of the Interior, sald Vesterday that war damage to surar centres and plantations would atop the milling of sugar! cane this sonson and prevent the granting of the five-million dollar loan to planters by the Phili National Bank. He explained the bank requires the, cans to bo roady for milling before it rants crop loans-Associated Press.
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