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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 29TH, 1991)
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AUSTRALIANS TAKE U.S. TENNIS TITLE
NEW YORK, July 28th
The Australians, Patterson and O'Hara
FAR EASTERN - CABLE NEWS.
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.] |JAPANESE STEAMER (SUNK. 192 LIVES LOST.
SCOTTISH SPORT.
GREAT GOLF AT GLENEAGLES.
LABOUR'S RISE TO OFFICE. LORD PRIVY SEAL ON THE
REASONS..."
ANCIENT GHOST STORIES. THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF ATHENS,
A meeting of the British Empire delega- | Wom,., defeated the Kimsey brethera in The Norta Japan Steamship Company I notable triumph, on account of the supersothers, Labour had grown to the stature stories was that the apparitions had th
hends of the Allied delegations, who
DUNCAN'S TRIUMPH.
Profrascr E Bevan, lecturing at Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Lord Privý Sed, [FROM UR OWN CORRESPONDENT, }
addressing Labour demonstration at King's College rectly on Ancient Stories an. Theories about Lowestoft recently, muid political history Ghost EDISIRO, June 18th.
afforded no parallel as the growth of the Ghosts," said that though Lasin and George Duncan
literature
were packed with the Thousand Labour Party in Britain in the last twenty Greek. WON Guiness Tournament ne Gleneagles by years. From an insignificant group re- stories and legends of visitation, they one of the finest exhibitions of golf evergarded as incapable of ever being able were very badly authenticated. A com Been on a first-claès couTKA, It was a
to challenge the assured positions of moh feature of such ancient and modern Soor's play achieved quality of the against one of the strongest of his rivals of a Government in no way inferior to same clothes and bodily characteristics ancients atten spoke of malignant spirits it heers,) Until this meeting Duncan had never any previously formed by ather parties as if they were in the flesh; though the defented Abe Mitchell in a match. and
What were the forces which had made which doggeile cae lives of people and the funous North Foreland professional for Labour successes i Unless these bore no resemblance to any known human Now- had successfully preserved an unbeaten forces were examined and understood, being. Sometimes they took the form record in this country against all his their critics would never be able to take of a preternaturally tall woman, opponents in a game extending over an intelligent part in the political futurea-slays, he supposed, no one would e a members-af, the ferow were landed in les since he left the ranks of the of Great Britain. They had had no believed who said he had seen the ghost
amateurs. Duncan was victor by the friendly Press. On the contrary, millions of Britannia. amazing margin of up and
to playof newspapers assailed Labour in sunne lifeboats at Notora village.
The natural inference from such a result
Orane, July 29th.
tion to the inter- Allied Conference was the final doubles
held following a
Conference of
the Championships,,
are preparing for
DAVIS UTP TENNIS,
this afternoon's
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Eastores, July 9th.. Owing to incesant rain the Davis Quß|
crew
of the Metropolitan str. T'airi Mori, from Otomari and
bound for turn was reported loss Cape Notoro on the evening of the 7th instant. 138 passengers and 5 of the is passengers and
off
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were drowned.
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The cause of the disaster is variously
Ti go. now it ja plenary sessing. Rathered that the position has materially changed since Friday. There
in
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sulation to the question of the bankers doubles have been postponed anti to- \ -eported to the effect that the vessel struck safe to jump to that conclusion. Duncan coppers, others had been aise to spend troops in their retreat of ten years ago,
security has come within sight, while the position on the question of the railways JIL The occupied territory remains the
HAUNT
EMPIRE SCOUTS' JAMBOREE. INSPECTED BY THE KING
Loxnos, July asth.
THE CAN,
OLYMPIC GAMES,
NATIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
178 FIRST BUITEN FOURTH
Pors. July 28th. " The general national classifienting of the Olympic Games shows "the United States as first with 4 points: Francò
The rig slightly interfered with the Bayal inspection of -Babeouts from various parts of the Eispite who are attending the Jumbořer, Despite the downpour, the bays marched whistling to keepud, 64: Sweden third, 443; Britnis Buckingham Palace. The inspection was fourth, 413, and Holland ninth, with 19 held in the riding School instrail of the points. Japan was umplaved.
The stories of the Angels of Mons and is that on of the finalists played badly degree every day. They had had little of the soldiers of Marlborough said to int with Duncan in the affair it is never money, and where they must rely upon have been seen by some of our tired were not unlike the tale of the myster is above all his fellows the golfer of infunds.
ions being at the Rattle of Marathon BISKEGARDED LESSONS, | the rocks or collided with another vesselspired moods. At Cileneagles he was in
who slew so inang berbasins with a club, "Que cause of our success, said Mr.
or that of the Spaniards why thought Otomari a part in the Anwa Bay of those, amazing streak in which (Karafuto) and Otac a port on Hokkai his genius for the game takes command Clynes, has been due to our opponents they saw St. Jameson a white hors
to Victory against the do. Cape Totoro, where the vessel aunk, of the situation and in which his disregarding the lessons of history and leading thene
Mexicans. is less than 10 miles from Otomari and absoultely unbeatable. As a matter of failing to see that people who industrially
In the Ariginal the apparition which is the most theraly point of Karafuto, hard fact, Mitchell did the first round and politically had gradually required
in 71. and. incredible as it hoks, was freedom and would not continue to sulente to Brutus's tent with the warning: The it to wrongs which they endured when I am thy evil pirit. and thou shalt CHINESE AFFAIRS.
almost actually five holes down. position is almost fantastical, and the they were not free at all. Social injusticeme me at Philippi, was not recorded only explanation of it is that Duncan and undeserved inequalities go for a ex-is having really reappeared on that SUITAX PROPOSALS,
was at his supreme beight.. The Seetain the Sapid advance of the Labone (Asid, but Shakespears made it da so iu indeed was for that round approximately Party (Cheers.)
the gas of Jalius Caesar. Elay that REORGANISATION LOAN BONDS,
e for the King's Courses which has a Worker in distress who went to Yeunger told a tale of a haunted house PEKING, July 9th. bogey score of 90, and is over 6,300 yards | tremes" often had justifiention for their at Athens which hacked of the modern
in length. Remaskable as Mitchell has excesses, but favenired folks who were
ghost story. It was a pestilential house. The Chinese Press states that a con-
been in the sphere of testing matches, and wealthy and secure had no excuse for rein which tenant after truant had died. though he has hitherto always beaten sisting reasonable demands for the serial of fright, if he had not fel in time, Duncan on such occasions, he was fed advancement supported by the Labour and the philosopher Athesodoru's got it with
herculean task to get back 5 Party: So far that resistance succeeded, cheap. holes in the second stage. He had already it would only hasten the ultimate doorm To him, also, appeared the ghost. mado a big effort for he did the hours of those who opposed every demand for squalid old man with bristling hair and ward nine holes of the first round in progress among the masses of the people.a long leard with gyves en wrists and strokes, and was unable thereby to regain They had already exploded the fantas-nnkles With a great clanking of irons a single hate. It looked as if nothing tie arguments levelled against Lafumar at the ghost berkonst the philosopher to short of a collapse could bring about the the last election. It was said that if they follow him. He did so, and came to a perdefint of the Scot, and there was n were put in office, national finances would spot where was unearthed a skeletion in
sign of that. Though Duuent was not he endangered,, and wild and reckless ex
iron fetters. After a decent burial the It the uite so dazzling after the interval helperiments in the economie Ble of Britain house was haunted no more, Posts: Five per cent. on, parcels lid the other eleven holes of the match would he tried. They did not offer words olden days the present idea of sealers The in one ler the average of 's, so hit as an answer. They submitted results. and tabir epping was unknown. for the holes played he had the res
idea of necromancers then was to get into ebarges: nothing on ordinary mail
Telegraphs: 20.routs un enth telegram.markuhle figures of seven under 1's. He
won five of the first seven holes in th
touch with the spirit of the past with a view to some practical advantage in the present and not to commune with The surtaxes to be effective from August morning, was still five up at the end of
thom they had loved. the first round, and was seven up at the turn in the afternoon. Mitchill won 1ath. These recommendations will be
three holes only in the day's play, and submitted to the Cabinet to-morrow.
yet for the whole of it his care was Acurling to militars vincles. Generally one over i's. It has been one of the most astounding things ever witnessed in Chang Hung Shen, representing the Yani golf. And what adds to the extra: nanese troops in Canton, is going to ordinary result, is the fact that Duncan earlier in the week had to play off. with Loyang in order to discuss the question six others, in order to qualify as one of the inen in the final Certainly of returaing allegiance to the Central Duncan never played more and golf
terence of afficials of the Ministry of Communications yesterday, resolved to recommend flood surtaxes as follows :
Railways, 21 vents each first-class tie liket: 20 cents, sevend-class: a cents, Fans, July 5th. "third, "regardless of distaufe: also à The Olympic riding championship.rent, un freight charges.
HORSEMANSHIP.
quadrangle. Each detaebutent was group- ed"under its own flag, which was dipped as a salute to the King, who shook hands with the Serantausters and delivgret “a homily to the logs on the soundness of NOORIL PTYON HANG The King made a poist, covering a training cintest, an endumrec of staging and gresting a pary of test" and obstacle "jumping, has been won
as visitors. by Vander Voort. Van-Zij. Japanese scouts who attendeti
PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.
Taspas," July 28th.
YACHTING.
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At Havre, in the Olympie yachting, in Bienching in intermingled with an unseasonably show fall, was responsibled the final of the six retre class, the Dutch for the ameflatign of fo-day's perfor-garhi Wikeine 11, was third, not seenid matier of the Empire Pageant.
as previously cabled. The Olympic class- jpg west-Norway (7 points) 1st. Deni ITALIAN "PŘESS RESTRIC-
mark Ĉe points) 2nd, and Holland Os TIONS.
pints) 3rd.
WIDE POLICE POWERS,
Muay, July achi
CYCLING......
Paris. July 27th. The lifty kilnuetres rare was won by Wilher (Holland) in 7mins, 24 seconds.
OBITUARY.
Fresh ferment is brewing in. Lily, in consequence of the drastic riforcement of the regulation conferring man loval prefects" the signiewhat arbitrary powers tu suppress newspapers. Many suppres- sions have been offcetabuli sver, the emun
BERLIN. July 4th try on a charge of violating the Press decrees, ostile and even Fascist jous The pianist composer," "Busoni," is dead. nals have been seized in"Rome, Naples
Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni was born near Florene in 6. Both his father and other large centres. The police yes-
He com- and muther were musicians: Lerday, seized the whol 38ilan press posed much chamber music and crelies «xcept Mussolini's personal organ, Popelytral and pinnoforte' senres.]
Ditaling in connection with publication
of referencës to the Matteotti case, but
decree
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in his erratic career.
The semi-finals were:
Mitchell "beat Wilson, and: 3. Duncan beat Barnes, 2 and 1. SCOTS LADY GOLF CHAMPION.
is
SOME OF THE RESULTS,
LONG-LIVED DEANS.
A DISAPPOINTED YOUNG MAN.
RHODES SCHOLAR'S QUTBURST- GLAD TO GO HOME TO D.8. Causiderable discussion has been caused at Oxford University by a speech madle by Mr. W. C. Greene, a Rhodes scholar from the United States, replying to a toust proposed by Mr. Rudrard Kipling at the annual dinner, at Oxford of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Oxford and Europe, Greene.“
said Mr. have brought death to us of our dreams, out romance, and our hopes that here we would find three years of life, of continuous strangeness and duty.
Romance is dead in us.
anbeautiful buildings of Oxford have
become just old-fashioned buildings and oftentimes prisons both of the soul and body. Oxford has not beeg Elysium, por
"Our relations with all countries in Europe are better than they eyer were, continued Mr. Clynes, and America is working more fully with Britain to Secure a settlement of diferences betacon Ger. hiany and France. Unemployment figures are down; trade conditions and prospects are better. The cast of living has slightly reduced, and the Labour Budget has added millions of pounds to the spending power of the people Taxation has been reducet, and wages have been slightly raised. It is by such records that we can answer the prophets who foretold the terrifying results to follow in the wake of a Labour Covernment." (Cheers.)
Dealing with housing, Mr. Clynes said: The Chinese Press states to lay that,
"If materials are restricted and prices the banks are comerried because London
run up, Labour will provide all necessary means for dealing effectively with ring is not paying the, drawn bonda coupons As the result of some capital golf at or trusts which may stand in the way of the Reorganisation Loan. This is false, Turnberry on the Ayrshire coast, Miss The profiteer must go down before the Montgomery, St Rule, won the Scottish urgent necessities of homeless people, and for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ladies Championship, defeating Miss those who seek shelter must have a prise
necessity. The plan has been de paid promptly every drawn bond coupon 5 up and 4 to play. In the cortest by cubili e those who seek furtunes out of Nauies will not presented, and is still paying. The Russo-tween the two it was a cuse of a good houneed as Socialism.
big oue beating a good little one. Miscare the public, and so long as people Asiatic Bunk is also paying
Moutgomery had a considerable advan see sense in the scheme Parliament dare Lage in height, and was the more power- not defeat it? (Cheers).
has our experience of the Continent. ful hitter. She consistently utdrove her
But two things have come to a good opponent, and was often using an iron
many of us. We have learnt the plain when Mins Cameron had to play a wooden
old-fashioned, prehistorie antlihvian LONDON, July 27th. club to endeavour to make good the
A home paper, on the longevity of joy of just sitting down. We have cong to see that idlers and idleness of the body British North Borneo and Hongkong deficiency in distance. Miss Montgomery
a worthy winner of the championship. Deane, observed that this class of the Boy Scouts are among those taking She played the most consistent golf community appears to withstand the are not terms of contempt.
attacks of time to an even greater extent The Prime Minister of England re- practical course in scout training at Gill daring the week,
presents to many of us the thing which In the semi final, Miss Hilda Gameron, than organists. who are very long-lised the Premier fater revoked the prefects' (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.) { well Park, near Chingford, prior to the Moray."beat Mrs. Kulway, Bamber. Si. Deaus. it would appear, seldom die. Ker-1 Oxford has brought to us rightly or beginning of the Jamboree. Thirty-six Rule, by two holes: and Miss Montgo-tainly (unlike those whom the goals love wrongly. Here, we have sat down fre- only a few quently, somethines with intense rever Japanese are to visit the camp next week mery. St. Rute, eat Miss Andrey Kyle, they seldom die young. It
months sing the Itte Dean of Canterence, at the foot of the grizzled figure di bury, Dr. Wace, passed away at the age History to study English camp and camping St. Rule, by 2 and 1.
We have come to see the need of the of eighty-seven. Then, among the living. methods. A Japanese Admiral and three CRICKET-BOWLERS' WEATHER.
We have had a "dreich" time of it we have the Dean of Glasgow (80), the new attitude towards peoples, and people scouts are hiready there.
of fate, but had glorious weather at the Dean of Lineols, who has just returned towards the State, of the running of the work-end. The wielders of the willow, from a lecturing tour in the United States of which the little, crowd of the Fabian Society is for many of us the however, experienced a drab time gene States (78), the Dean' rally against their natural enemies, as horough (7), the Denn af Ely (74), and chief
Spiritual example.
go home many of us with the under the drying influence of a strong the Dean of Bangor (79). There must secret hope that some day we may enter be something peculiarly restful about the the politics of our down country and sun wickets favoured bowlers who had field day. Many wonderful perforin-atmosphere of a Deanery. ances with the ball were registered, The doom of Everest is sealed. for among the most notable being the cap- the very simple and obvious reason that turing of eight Edinburgh University Man grows in wisdom and stature, but wickets by Preston, the professional of With these words Sir Francis Young: time to recall a more exciting ending to
SICK OF HANDSHAKING,” a championship match than that between
"We do not go home with regrets. Times in the course of which he writes: tinckinannan County and Perthshire at Mount Everest fights toutly with many Allon. The fortunes of the game fluctuat
Whatever may have been the unexpressed desires of Cecil Rholes in laying the terrible weapons. She is surrounded by ed in the most interesting fashion, first IL LIDDELL'S TRIPLE TRIUMPH unscalable rocks; she has snow, wind, and one and then the other appearing to bold
At the Championship meeting of the foundation of those Scholarships. if he frost to aid her. But she fights blindly the advantage, and it was only fitting Scottish Amateur Athletic Association meant.us to love another nation. if bo She cannot leart by experience, and she that it should result in a lie. The outcunning of the quarter in one, heat meant as to become apostles of that
great creed for which Mr. Kipling ha where Forfarshire and Aberdeenshire opponed by adversaries who have all thus some of the game at Broughty Ferry enabled E. H. Liddell to equal the re
his hopes. advantages over her, for man's full eun-played a drawn game, is to leave the cords of A. R. Downer, W. B. Welsh, laboured so long and so finely, we must.
finds means to outwit the ning and ber allies. Each throw received position of the elabs unaltered on the und V. Halswelt by winning the threeford and England and Europe havie
only championship table.. heightens man's spirit and he returns RIO DE JANEIRO, July 8th.
undaunted to the battle. Thus her doom Oficial communiques state that with is slowly and relentlessly closing on the exception of San Paulo, the whole Everest as man goes remorselessly mar
continues country is calni and supporting the Govching on. Forty years ago. Co
Sir Francis" we were very humble. No ernment. Contrariwise, from Buenos ane presumed to think of heights of more than 21.000 Feet! Twenty years ago Aires comes what are described as authen climbers had scaled to 23.000: fifteen tic reports, to the effect that the, Govern years back they had attained nearly nient has proclaimed martial law in the 25,000: two years back 27,000 and last month the Everest Expedition reached no States of Rio Grande, Matto Grosso, less n height than 28,000. Arithmetic Santa Catharina, Sergipe and Bahia itself, he concludes, shows that 29.000 owing to the unreat there. The situation must follow, and Mount Everest must be
vanquished. is such that the Federal Government fears .: to withdraw troops thence to help in The Torx of Ceylon publishes a special the siege of Sao Paulo.
DEVASTATING FLOODS IN S
INDIA.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
A
THE TEHERAN OUTRAGE. ANOTHER U.S. NOTE TO PERSIA.
WASHINGTON, July 29th. Minister Kornfeld to-day delivered a Note to the „Foreign Offer of Teheran nieing concern for the safety of Ameri-
EVEREST MUST FALL.
CONQUEST.
MADRAS July 27th.
ens in Persia and the need for better EXPERT'S VIEW OF THE COMING Reports have in nowise minimised the gravity of the devastating Hoods in South-protection fron further indignities. ern India, although particulars are still Beagre wing to the breakdown of com- Whilst officials would not discuss the munications For example the railway to Malabar has been cut off since July, 17th The water stands seven feet deep in
the
enesomnication sent, Mr. Kargfeld the stature of the mountain is fixed. the Grange. One has to go back a long.
streets of Bhavani, while Cuchia is isolmitted that the killing of Mr. Ibriehusband begins & long article in the ated, and half the State is submerged. was an unprovoked attack, His widow People have been rescued by boats from their homes in Calicut where a thousand indicates the need for increased safe houses collapsed.
guards for Americank."
The River Convery has risen over also thirty-four feet at Erode, and is
ising rapidly in Mysore State where it has overtopped the famous Krishnarajasa- gara dan
MADRAS, Jely sth.
In consequence, of the floods the boys' school at Cheruthuruthy, Cochin State. collapsed. A teacher and a scholars were killed and any injured.
MERCANTILE FLEET FOR
SOVIET.
AMBITIOUS PROJECT.
Moscow. July 27th. The Labour Defence Council has de cided to begin the construction of a com. raercial fleet, eosting one hundred and seventy million roubles, capable in five years of carrying twenty-five per cent. of Russia's oversens trade.
ARGENTINIAN WORLD
FLIGHT. ZANNI AT LYONS. "
Lvov. July 27th. The Argentine aviator Zanni bas nr- rived here from Amsterdan and Paris, on his world fight
REVOLT IN BRAZIL. MORE CONFLICTING STORIES.
MARTIAL LAW IN SEVERAL STATES.
SENATOR LODGE VERY ILL. CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts). July 28th. Senator Lodge is seriously ill following an urgent operation which was performed yesterday.
cannot rise to an occasion where she is
* EVEREST CONQUERED I
mountain"
cable from Londen, dated July 7th, re- porting that its London correspondent had interviewed Sir Martin Conway, who bas considerable experience of the Him- alayas. He accepts the theory that Ma lory and Irvine conquered Everest. Ho believes they reached the top, sat down with exhaustion, "and wore, frozen to death.
Scottish Counties Championship. Forfarshire, 22 for seven wickets (inn
ings closed); Aberdeenshire, 117 for four wickets. Clackmannan County, 16: Perthshire,
118.
Western District Union. Kelburne, 334: Drumpellier, 98. Uddingston, 104: West of Scotland, 89. Greenock 120 Clydesdalź, £7. Poloe, 134: Ayr, 74.
of Peter.
Carlton, 112; Royal High School F. P.
.81.
Watsonians, 121 for hine wickets:
Heriot F.P. 58 University, 141 for nine wickets, Glasgow University, 158, Aberdeen
perhaps breathe in the slow amalgam of our nation, the recognition of the social truth which has been enunciated so many times and so vainly during the last 2,000 years, which we with our younger ears,
to do, can hear. · though alder ones seem often unable sa
short-distance championships in
only made us love America more. Wo afternoun. In the furlong he was un easy winner, hut both in the "hundred become more American every day that we yards and quarter-mile he had to deal are here. We are sick of handshaking with circumstances which demonstrated across the scus
Long ago we resigned cur position what lion-hearted runner he is. In the sprint he made a bad start, while Mr. as unofficial ambassadors. We go home Lean, the High School boy, got well gladly and eagerly to a nation which we
know and love and understand, away, and at twenty yards to go there often we cannot admire it. was all the appearance of a sensation. We go home with some appreciation Then came & supreme effort that only a of duty and appreciation of human life. runner of Liddell's eminence could make Some day perhaps, some of us may and he snatched victory at the tape. In amount to something if the life of idle the quarter the circumstances were nome news has not become too strong." what different. At the entrance to the finishing straight he held what seemed a comfortable winning lead, when J. G. McColl delivered a dramatic challenge which carried him abreast of the Univer- Cinh Matches....
sity crack For a few strides the inze Grange, 146 for seven wickets; Edin-hung in doubt, but eventually Liddell
burgh University, 13.
shook off his opponent, and won with ten Glasgow Academicals, G5 Edinburgh yards in hand. Liddell clocked 100
Academicals, 43.
in both heat and final of the hundred Stewart's College. E.P. 147 for four 222-ecc. in the Enal of the furlong, and wickets; Glengow High School 51.1-5ce in the quarter, a scauzace which F.P.,.00.
shows that he is approaching his beat (Continued on next columm.)
form.
Schools Championship. Edinburgh Academy, 180; Loretto, 99. Fettes College, 140; Glennlmond, 65 for
six wickets,
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SAYINGS" OF A WEEK. Probably most of our vital words were ones slang. fr. Galsworthy,
I believe Machiavelli's Princeto he the statesmen's supreme guide. Mussolini.
I am now wiss enough to regret the Greck that I so blithely forwent -Vr. Michael Sadleir."-