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SPORT. INTERPORT LAWN BOWLS, HONGKONG DEFEAT HANKOW, From the M-0. Daily News of Septem- ber 9th:
There was &
INTERPORT AQUATIC CONTEST. THE SECOND DAY'S EVENTS.
CHINA'S MODEL PROVIN CE SHANSI NOT KWANGTUNG, -,
HONGKONG AVOCESSES.. Recently, there have been two references
The following repers is taken from the ia Reuter's messages to the prosecution
NSC. Doily News of the 9th inst:-. of extensive reforms in Shansi, better known as "China's Model Province."
The first of the thres interport matches 100 Yards Interport Championship-won
by Johnstone, Hongkong. The reports are encouraging,, especially was played yesterday on the green of
ss0 Yards Interport Championship-won
by Laing, Hongkong. at this time of general glow, and they the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club when direct attention, the Peking Daily News Hongkong met Hankow
large crowd of spectators present, includ
won by McGregor, Shanghai, says. to the remarkable ‘administrationing many ladies, and the green was in Long Page Interport Championship- which General Yen Hsi-shan, Military fine condition. Hongkong proved far too
ship-won by Busschaert, Hongkong." Governor, has exercised over the province strong for Hanko and won easily by 15 Throwing Polo Ball Interport Champion- shots Although the margin was large it
The second night of the interport gala must not be assumed that it was one-sided. ever since the beginning of the Republic,
inasmuch as the sprint championship over Shansi has a territory of 81,530 spare There were several very fine heads which was even more successful than the fest,
were fiercely contested.
the 100 yards was one of the best ever miles and a population of 19,200,456 in-
Hankow won the toes and scored a witnessed in Shanghai, and the result at habitants. Just because Governor Yen pasangle at the 1st, Hongkong replying with the finish was so much in doubt that a zever lefs his jurisdiction daging the lasta brace and a one. By good combination lot of adverse criticism was passed on ten years and, more particularly, because play, Hongkong scored six at the 4th, the decision. It was really not the fault apparantly demoralized their of the judge, but due id seme meature to he has kept himself as well as his province aloof from the maelstrom of politics. Opponents. They added another two" at | swimming six men in such a short race Shansi is undoubtedly to-day the best the 5th and led 11/1. The 6th end pro with the breadth of the bath what it is governed, happiest and most penerful of duced a couple for Hunkow. Hoogkong Anyhow, the verdict was not questioned won. Brodie was awarded second place all the provinces. And this makes the then secpred a couple of singles, making as to the first place, which Johnstone the score 13/3 in favour of Hongkong at the Sth. Hankow got a three by good and Lyon of Hongkong third The time play, but allowed the t'olony to score two was nothing special, 623-3sqes,, being 2.13 According to Dr."Tyau's Ching like at the 10th,.. Hankow replying with two secs, slower than fohnstone's time when "rd (pp. 99-101), the candidates for official singles making the score at the 19th 13/5. he won this event last year in Hengkong. As the 80 yards championship was posts in this provinco are given a course At the 13th Hongkong netted a four. in intensive training under the personal while thereafter Hankow scored a two placed just before the long flange on the supervision of the Governor himself and and three respectively, the 14th end being programmir, separated only by the in- then selected by a system of competitive particularly noted for some splendid bowl-terval, it was decided to hold MacCabe examination, Governor Yen's endeavoursing by Gray, the Hankow skip, who drew (who won the local half mile champion are grouped under "Three Sources of two perfect woods when his opponents ahip this year) for the long plunge and and Three Evils to be were lying two within six inches of the enter J. B. Brown and H. H. Nash for Prosperity Removed." In the former are afforesta-jack. The 15th saw the measuring tape Shanghai. Kohe only entered W. P. tion, sericulture and irrigation: in the brought out for the first time in the James. latter opium-smoking. foot-binding and match. the queue. As a foreign eye-witness testi- fied in 1918:-
Bucers of the Model, Province all the mare conspicuous.
11
Winley of course, there is a con- siderable variation in the zeal with which local magistrates and village presidents push forward these reforms. one can at least say that a beginning has been made and thas the three great evils have been dealt with some mighty- blows, such as even we who have been a long while in Shansi scarcely hoped to see coming from official sources."
One of the most notable reform so far launched is along the line of popular three The Governor" wrote education. books and distribute:l, them broadest throughout the province. The first is What a citizen Baght to know: " the second, "What village presidents and
And vice-presidents ought to know!!!
The third, Laws and punishments," first contains eight chapters as follows:- The citizen's virtue, the citizen's know. ledge, the citizen's wealth, the family. society, the government, the world. (that in, of human relationships), and explana. tion of accompanying maps, Said a for- eign admirer:-
the
which
Hongkong scored five at the 16th mainly through the splendid bowling of Gerrard and Wallace. After this Hongkong had it all their own way, scoring right at the next five ends to Hankow's ni
The teams were:--
Hongkong.-J. Ferguson (skip), Wallace, 1. Russell and W. Gerrard.
"Almost from the start Jack and Laing took the lead and James fell back, even
ually retiring from the race. Brown and
stuck gamely to the competition, but the race for first place lay between the two Hongkong swimmers. Towards the end of the 17th length, with ubunt nine lengths still to go. Liang began to Redraw away from Jack and won fairly comfortably in in. 17.4-5sees. Both Hongkong swirumers Snished over two lengths ahead of Brawn who in turn was about the same distance bead of Nash.
Hankow.-H. Gray (skip), E. Owen, W. J. Crooks and J. Rowland.
Apprusted is the peare:-
HONGKONG KNUS.
Score,
The Long Plunge was a great triumph) tor Shanghai, who obtained all three places. thus scoring the maximum of 6 Totul points for this competition. J. H
MeGregor with his wonderful plunge of aft 10in which by the way he did twice during the evening, established a
The new interpert record as well as
Score.
HANKOW ENDS,'
Total.
4-1
0.
0
2- ()
3--0
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3
40.
'6
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3, 0.
1
11
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7-1
1.
19
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3
13
0.
13
13
15
19.- I
0.
13
13-0
4
19
14.-2
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10
0
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5
9.4
26
99
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31
32
Total..
32
18-0 20-
1-0
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Total...... 13
I have given these books a ̈some-- what careful examination, especially | 16.0 the first, and would say that, an 17.- 0 whole, the Governor has dona an pomir. 15.- 0.4 able piece of work, although, of co there are many evidences that his train ing and his point of view are those of the military man. Shansi is probably at present (1919) the best-governed and most enceful province in China, and it is safe to say that it would remain permanently so if the people were faith- fully to live up to the instructions their governor has given them.'
From the testimony volunteered "by other foreign observers, since the cul- tivation of the poppy ceased in Shansi, business has prospered greatly, Inad values have increased, and the people are better clothed and better fed. The officials are energetic in looking after the welfare of the people, giving attentioù even to minor details. And in many a city the "following sight' is not unusual:-
¿Continued on next column.)"
record for Shanghai and for the Far East. Four Shanghai men weat over 60 feet, but Hongkong's champion Souza was disappointing.
In the Throwing the Polo Ball contest, Busschaert got first. Bath the leading Shangbai exponents of this event were disappointing. Goldman, who won the local championship the week before lost two fine throws by striking, the beams overhead nad MacCabe in trying to avoid this misfortune threw rather too low, bus managed to get second place for Shang- hai. Johnstone af Hongkong proved a dark horse getting third place with a bowling throw.
The interport scoring card at the con clusion of Thursday night's show left, Shanghai keading, by a score of 10 points to, not counting the game the local team played against Kobe, which netted the maximum of 7 points. Last night, however, Hongkong drew level, and in- cluding the two water polo matches both the rival ports now have 28.points, made
BONGKONG.
920 yards ist and 2nd
The beneficent administration of Gover-up as follows:- nor Yea has attracted attention far and wide, and his success in promoting the cause of education has been more than once eulogiaed, in the Presidential Man- dates. The latest reforms which he has sponsored will receive, no less respectful attention everywhere.
These forms, we are told, are directed in order to educate the people of Shunsi "On one pillar of each shop front a space of 10 by as inches has been paint in the principles of local self-government, So that not only each village will be n ed brown, and or this mottoes from the
**Model Village" but the trade in Governor's. What a Citizen Ought to Know have been written, and then the noxious drugs and other evils will he whole has been oiled over so as to make successfully combatted. According to this Also on the programme each village will establish the writing perinnuent front of almost every house a similar its own Court, pass its own laws for self- space has been, plastered with white government and have its own police to maintain order."The village chief will lime, and a similar, use male, the writte elected by the people of the village and ing being in black:”
As early as March, 1918, four years a missionary reported as follows:-
Compulsory education is being troduced throughout the province, all boys over 7 and under 15 have beer registered, and the parents will be Ewed if their boys' do not attend school. Special half-day schools are also bring opened for the very poor who cannot afford to keep their children at school "all day. A beginning of this scheme ia
Points.
4.
100 yards breast stroke 1st and 3rd 4 100 yards tat and 3rd 550 yards 1st and 2nd
ater polo against Kobe Throwing Polo Ball 1st and 3rd....
Total
SHANGHAI,
220 yards, 2nd 100 yards breast stroke, 2nd Team Race. 1st (won by 6 sec.) Water polo against Kobe 100 yards, 2nd 550 yards, 3rd
Long Plunge, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Throwing the Polo Ball, 2nd
Total
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his duty will be to protect honest people and get rid of malefactors." # Commis sions are being sent to the different haiens in-districts) to End out: (1) Whether or not order and justice chlain in the villige: (2) What in the condition of the village from the point of view of civiliza- tion; (3) What constructive work requires to be carried out; (4) Whether or not
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Americans wear them. In this picture intended to carry out through the entire speeches. every day and distribute country, such is already enforced in the enormous amount of instructive liter one of his biggest and best he joins the up to a sharp focus in the eye, these Model Province Shabsi accordingly capture among the people. This schere has Navy because bis father-in-las-to-be tells muscles exert themselves andaly and bosst of the following eduntional statistics captured the imagination of the people, him that its high time he did something, enable us to sen clearly in spite of the Anyone might join the Navy, too, but defect. These muselca tire and rolaz sce The Educational Directory and and there is great enthusiasm for the it is doubtful whether they would knock Year Book of China for 1920 "):— Governor's plans."
University i
Normal Schools .....
10
Commercial Schools
245
Middle Schools
18
Industrial Schools ...
77
Higher Primary Schools...
300
Primary Bobools......
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Girls' Schools .......
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Private Middle School
14,540:
(Continued at foot of neis column.)
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as much fun out of the old life on the causing the objecte looked at to become "The Peking Daily News adds: Where ocean wave as Harold Lloyd provides in blurred and indistinct. Upon closing the there is a will, there is a way. Governor the four reels of The Sailor-Made eyes for a few seconds, the muscles be Yea is bound to suceped; nasisted as he is Man." His particular brand of humour
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