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***PLEASE REPLACE. THE TURS."
With the advent of spring and plus Tours golf club-houses again display new notices varying in tone. from ominous threats to anguished prayers to members to replace the turf. In a small Ayrshire club-house the other day I came across a notice headed, quite simply. "Divots," which surely deserves to succeed. It is in the form of a "poem,' fallowa
AWAY
and runs as
As this course is not meant to be carted The divata you cut in the course of your
play Should be neatly replaced by caddie of
3'ou With the roots to the earth and the
blades to the dew," EVERYONE WITH A NICKNAME.
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TIENTSIN RACE MEETING. RECORDS.
SUPERIORITY OF
PONIES.
HALF BRED
Twm, ponies were concerned with, the setting of three new marks for the mile, the two miles, and the three quarters of a mile. Tania Australias, was responsible for the firs and the last, and Mr. S. Gilmore scored a very popular victory when Mullingar won the Liu Li Cup, and broke the two miles record.
OPIUM TRAFFIC. THE CANTON MONOPOLY.
In the House of Commanis on April 18th Lieut.-Colonel J. Ward asked the class ponies on Secretary of State for the Colonies whe The racing of the B the opening day of the Spring Meeting.ther his attention has been drawn to. says the 'rking and Tientsin Fines, clearly what is known as the Straits opium
Yas Sea's Government in Canton; whe- demonstrated their superiority in monopoly recently created by Dr. Sun to the China pons.
ther be is aware that a large number of fopium licensing bureaux have been ex- tablished by the Canton Government, and that during the mouth of April 132 new opium deus have been established for which licences have been granted for the smoking of opium, and seeing that this proceeding is not in accordance with the It was signifcant, in view of the recent recent Convention relating to opium, controversy on the inequality of half-bred agreed upon by the nations who urs' ponies and the true. China pony. that parties to the League of Nations conven Tania Australias should have, set two tion, whether His Majesty's Government. cardy in the one day's racing, and in both cases without being called ca for her best effort. Tania Australia is one of the animals relegated, if that is the correct term, to the new "B" class races which
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Mr. Ponsonby: The answer to the first are taking any action in the matter). two parts of the question is in. the nega
ive. The third part, therefore, does
not arise.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore naked the Prime Minister whether the projected League of Nations Opium Conference has been convened for the purpose of giving effect
by to the principles submitted
they
opium advisory committee last May; whether he is aware that those principlex included the restriction of the use of opium and speaine products to medicat and scientific purposes, and the restric- tion of the production of raw apium to the quantity needed for such purposes alone: and whether the representative of His Majesty's Government on the pre- paratory committee for the conferences will be instruction to give support. to these proposals!
· Edinaunga, April 30th. Golf has usually been regarded as a peaceful recreation whereby men and women by clubbing small bills into little hales obtain refreshment in rural sar- roundings. But a more ominous side of the game has been brought before the notice of the country by a Parish Council in the South, who have appealed to Mr. Wheatley, the Minister of Health, fer pro- tection from what they regard as some thing in the nature of a warlike threat to In most of our quaint old-world East peace. Is it not possible that golf in cer- Coast villages and towns the people are, through inter-marriage, as ill-off for tain circumstances may be a danger te names as the animals in Eden were before the community in the midst of which it Adamn came along. Thus, in Buckhaven, is indulged? It may be argued that golf in Fife, we have Deas, Logie, and Thom su predominating. In Ferryden, a fish- is nat""usually" played in the midst of aing village in Forfarshire, the name of community, unless of sheep: but if, as Coall is an easy, first över all the others appears undoubtedly, to be the case here, la Gardenstown, or Gamrie, on the a golf course is intersected by a public Hornyfirth there is no example of real clannishness, old-manners, and modes of footpath, is it not possible that the falls living, and threo names, Watt, West, and Wiseman claim four-fifths of the inbabit propelled by players may be a serious ante at a recent census there were no have been provided for the half breed menace to the peace of pedestrains fewer than twenty John Watt's in the viponies as a result of the protests of the Ought not the practice.of projecting them lage, and to distinguish them nicknames
owners of China ponies. The pany is only across public pathways to be prohibited had to be given. Thus, if a stranger weat 13.1 hands, the smallest animal in B Caited States representatives on the
to the post-office and inquired where John as illegal? The Councillors have Watt lived he would probably he asked class, but from the time of the two races doubt as to their answer. From reports what John Wait it was, Skipper," which she won fairly comfortably, it is
"Keck." "Kicksie,"
"Bumptie."obvious that there is no China pony in of the matter it does not appear that they Another name with great. followers is bring any direct accusation of maliguant George Wiseman, and as one of these the North which would have any chars damage against players. Indeed, it must men has a son and a grandson the latter whatever against her. Me. Haimoyitch was the jockey on both occasions, and he have occurred to these Councillors that two are known as Geordie's Geordie, and
Geordic, Geordie's Geordie. Then there rade excellent races. the practice of wilfully hitting wayfarers, is a Sanny (Sandy) West, whose son and with golf balls has its annoyances, and grandson of the same name are dubbed Sanny's" Sanny, and Saany's Sanuy's even difficulties, for golfers. But, no
Sanny. As a matter of fact the great. dout because of their positions of re-majority of the inhabitants are never sponsibility in local government they have addressed by the name they have on the become acquainted with tidings of mis register or that the minister called them
at baptism bapa sustained by members of the public while crossing the bombarded area pas sible, even, a missile projected by some player has been stopped in its flight by a member of their own Corporation. At any rate, they applied for protection to
ough both of the races were dend heated. Mr. Wheatley. making the ominous ang-
Tania Australias and Prince de Mongolie gestion that golf fills are missiles which
passing the post level in the Irkutsk Plate, corar under the Firearms Act, and so may be prohibited from coursing across high- At a meeting of the Foreign Mission and Firewved dead heating with Golden ways. Here in the North we have some Committee of the United Free Church it Eagle in the coml."B" day race,
was reported that their medical advisers
After the phenomental times recorded times heard of, complaints by individual could not sanction the return of the Hev.
the opening day, Tania Australias citizens, but no Parish Council has ever J. M. Mactic, MA, to India. Mr. Mac- made so extravagant a claim. Gulf lfe une home on sick leave some time was naturally heavily backed in the open- ngo. He was first appointed to Raj- ing race of the day, but a few of the dis entered too deeply into the life of our putans, North India, in 1896.
The reference in last week's letter to criminating ones thought the extra di people. What may come of this latest protest is not clear, but the question that Professor Blackie and Marie Corelli ar tause would favour Prine de Mongolije. will want answered is-Does the Oban reminds one that Blackie left that As events proved, they were right, for town is disgust. A crescent of tenements though Prince de Mongolie was caught wayfarer get into the way of the hall or were erected for the railway men which the ball get into the way of the way he declared was alot on the land just before reaching the po.. Tania farer! So incalculable is the course of scape. A wag had the crescent" named Australia did not finish with quite the most golf balls if it may be said Blackio's Buildings," which enraged the sun ginger as on the previous day. Is without offenceso innocent the part Professor greatly. Although he had a was acertained afterwards that she was played in their direction by most golfers Beautifully situated house at Oban, he that it is no question to be lightly dis refused to spend his holidays in itanya little stiff in one leg, and this in fact caused the abandoning of a challenge to nissed. Anyway, would it not be fairer longer.
run off the dend beat, to penalise wayfarera for stopping halls, and sa speiling many possibly good sluts in what is essentially a harmless amuse- ment L
mang
POCKET GOLF CLUBS.
The dwarf putter has found its way on the market. With an ordinary sized head and a shaft only about a foot or fifteen inches long, it is very easy-to vicld. 1 don't know whether the authorities will look upon the innovation with any kind ness, but, in any case, players with sur plus weight and creaky joints will cer- tainly stick to the long shaft.
CHATTER AND BUCGER.
to
PERSONALIA
Two races were reserved exclusively for there half-bred ponies on the second day:
Mr. Davies: I have been asked to Out of the races, the Irkutsk Plate, reply. The purpose for which the cou
ference has been summoned is to consider one mile and a half, provided, a new course record with the time of 3.21, nearly the possibility of concluding an agree
ment or agreements for the limitation of five seconds faster than d'Artagnan's the amounts of morphine, heroin and mark, while the second, the Tomsk Plate, cocaine to be manufactured, and this three quarters of a mile, was a little slow-limitation of the amounts of raw opiunt and the coca leat produced for export to the amounts required for such mann- facture and other medicinal and scientific purposes, subject to an exception for those countries where opium smoking in temporarily continued under Part II. of the convention. The proposal that a confer- once should be held with this object was: sory committee fast May pa behalf of put forward at the meeting of the advi the British Government, and the attempt to arrive at such agreements will receiva the utmost support which the Govern ment can give.
Apropos. the centenary of Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher, it is as serted that although a German by birth,r than the previous day's record set by Kant was of Senttish extraction, the de- Tania Australias, but a fifth of a second scendant of a poor Scottish saddler, and better than the old record. «Curously en- it was probably that strain in him which made bini pursue. learning so aasiduously despite many diffienities and bodily in firmities. In Scotland we spell it with a C-Cant
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BRITISH SAILOR DROWNED AT SHANGHAI. LEADING STOKER TREAGUS. A verdict of acidentally drowned
an inquest held at was returned at Shanghai last week on Leading Stoker" Treagus of the submarine. 1.33
Treagus was returning to his ship, moared alongside H.3.S. Despair, the morning of May 19th, when the m Dan in which he was ran on to the sub- marine and expeized. The stoker did not came to the surface and his dead body was recovered by the Chinese River May 18th, floating near the Kaiping Coat
On one occasion he met two gentlemen who spoke Gaelic, and Blackie, who had Required suficient knowledge of the lan- guage to translate its poems into "Eng fish, spoke to them in their native tong SHIP STRIKES A MINE OFF Police constables in the early hours of
But they could hardly understand a word he said, his pronunciation being so bad.. He asked their names in English, and n receiving these raid, "A MacDougall and MacDonald, and you can't understand Gaclie. Pah! I am ashamed of you and strode away.
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CORREGIDOR.
EN-
PROPELLOR HAVELAND "
TANGLED IN CONTACT WIRES...
iniae
While the vessel was at Corregidor at dayght on the morning of May 23rd, the report states, an object because entanged in the shaft of the portside propeller. Divers invest gated and discovered that the object was a mine. Attached to the mine were two lengths of wire which had wound around the blades of the propeller some twenty turn. These were alors mide was taken uved by the divers
Mitary authorities will be notified of the incident and will probably be asked to pay for the salvage of the mine, which is now in the possession of the Honolulu Iron Works.
Whart.
Dr. Burton gave evidence to the effect that death was due to drowning, and his Honour expressed the, view that it was a perfectly clear case of "accidentally drowned.
SUSPECTED OPIUM DEN.
GAIN ENTRANCE.
A police raid on an alleged opium den nt Liverpool was described recentl when Mee Ki, the occupier of the secondl floor of a house in Pitt Street, and Wong Chong, Wong Yee, and Quin Jung ap peared on charges of being in possessione of opium.
The Louis Times of May 29th says:-- The four American passengers and 60
The above named sailor is not the one Sir James Stevenson, Bart, whose members of the crew of the German motor.
Lieut. Dickson, RN., from the harbour elevation to the peerage in recognition of ship nerland had a few thrills when the of that name who very gallantly rescued his work, nt Wembley has brought bi ressal passing Corregidor on the moral during the height of the typhoon in into prominence, is known to many fre. of May 23rd, came in contact with quenters of Turnberry as the umbrella of the highly explovo type. A report of August last and who was afterwards pre "Not so much talking." is a remark man." When he comes to his native the incident was sent to the insular callsesented with the Royal Humane Society that is sometimes made by a Rugby cap North for golf he usually brings Braid tor of customs by Viegelmann, Inc., local medal. Trengus of typhoon fame was an able-seaman whilst the man drowned at. tain when his men are inclined to be too with him for a spell, and they play to- agents of the Harellund.
Shangbai was a leading stoker. We loquacious. But Frenchmen, judging by gether on Turnberry links Sir James has
were able to confirm this last evening by the continuous chatter indulged in by an entourage of caddies accompanying members of the Stade Bordelais during him on a round, and it is his habit to
enquiring at the Naval Yard, when wa were informed that Able Seaman Treages their visit to Edinburgh, are not. to be have carried for him a large "red" um-
proceeded to England some time ago. repressed The spectators got plenty to brella, whether for use as a sansbade, a entertain them in the enthusiasm and signal, or a sign I cannot say. volatility of the French players. A gay The new peer has literary gifts, and in and lively lot they were and they seemed the years immediately prior to the war enjoy their game beartily. Some he published one or two novels under the asuusement was caused by an incident at pen-name of Roland Dunster." One of Inverkeith. A Frenchman, F. Marty, had these, The Kiss of Chance," has as its ashore by men from the Earnshaw Docks POLICE USE FIRE ESCAPES TO
and Honolulu Iron Works gone to the touch-line to don a new jer settings Monte Carlo and Taraherry golf
plain
W. Rassau, master of the vessel, that the mine was of the class which sey, and when he had stripped himself links. of the old one he saw an opponent coming The Duke of Roxburghe wishes to let are exploded from the shore by electricity. his way. The temptation was too great Broxmouth Park, the dower house of his Evidently the moorings of the mine broke, for him, and he dashed on to the field late mother, the Dowager Duches, that setting it adrift, jerseyless and brought down his man. He democratie old Indly who used to astonish then retired again to clothe himself. The the Victorians by riding in huse A unique feature of the cutate is a lucky 'spectatora roared with laughter...
gate, shaped like a horseshoe and decor
Detective-Sergeant Appleyard said the LADY RINNOULL FLIGHT TO JUSTICE,
ated with
room was fitted up with specially pre- dozens of these lack-bring en The question is frequently asked-What leras.
opium bed extending almost tám pared The Duke of Richmond and Gordon fold is contempt of Court and the gravest
length of the room. Although the pre- mises had been under observation for lawyers have the utmost difficulty in an his London Morayshire friends the other swering it. An easy way would be to say evening about a Scot be met at Buenos HOLLAND'S 105 INDUSTRIAL FAIR month the police had not been able to gain admission as man kept watch that it was the opposite of respect of Ayran, who was head-gardner to the
This, Fair, which was held at Utrecht at the door, and there was a special Court. And if then the question were Municipality. This worthy's eeminent on raised-What is respect of Court-one hearing of the Duke's arrival Tes:" 50 from 11th 20th March, 1924, has been the electric bell evininunicating with Mee would only have to point to Lady Kin- the Duke's here. Well, many a time I most successful of all the Fairs held private room
On forcing an entrance to the secondĚ Boull, who last week completed a 450 have take a stick over his hack for run there since the war. An animated tone
prevailed and there was evident desire floor the police officers; he said, Max Men miles flight hy aeroplane in order to ap- ning, across my borders!" pear before the Sherift at Perth to answer This is the latest Barrie, story, Sir to huy. Of the 827 purticipants 282 Ki and Wong Chong running about with charge of driving in a motor-car through James was rehearsing one of his plays foreign participants were registered. opium utensils. Wong Yee was putting Stone at a speed exceeding ten miles un when, the sound of 'n saw at work behind America was represented by 27 exhibits, packets of opium on the fire and Quin hour. We trust that the Sheriff duly ap the scenes was heard. What's that Belgium by 25 England by 18 France by Jung was sitting on an opium bed. The precinted the curapliment paid to his noise seone asked, "Oh, that " 19. Germany by 199, South Africa by 10 room was recking with opium smoke.
Mee Ki, Appleyard stated, said to the Court, for it is certainly unique. Many said the playwright. Why they're cut and Switzerland by 12. Several other
criminals" of Lady Kinnoull's category ting out, the last act.”
countries sent a couple of exhibits only. police: Little bit-100-just the same, think they do very well if they pay the Some people think that Alexander Franen. Belgium Norway, America, plenty which was interpreted to mean fine imposed upon them in absence, and Herd's waggle luxuriant,, effervescing, Roumania, Czechoslovakia and Mexico that the penalty was the same whether her fight to submit herself in person to exciting is an unnecessary exaggeration took part through their Commercial the amount of opiura was large or small. Translated into English," remarked justice may strike them as a censure on Sometimes Sandy takes as many as nine Attaches and Consular Agents, whilst themselves. Perhaps, however, there was exuberant flourishes. But there was several Foreign Industries Fairs were the stipendiary," I suppose it means be hanged for a slicer something more in it than a passionate good deal is the retort which the famous also represented. The best proof of the You might as well respect for the majesty of the law. Scotsman once made to a person who, success of this Fair in the fact, that, even as for lamb.'
As the house was guarded the polien There is no control up in the air, and during a round remarked upon his trait during its progress, the chief participants there is possibly an exquisite pleasure in I know," said Herd, that I'm taking again registered their names for parti- took fire excape ladders to get in, but flying at 60 miles an hour over Scene, a lot of time over my shota, but let me sipation in the eleventh Fair, which will Japanese on the ground floor admittent which one must not drive through at a tell you that I am playing a lot of dashed be held at Utrecht from 9th-18th Septem the offers as soon as the fadders were
pat against the wall speed exceeding ten.
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