THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10th, 1928.
DEGREE DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4J
H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
en-
* If I full this oath and con-j by any daneter; that the angles found it nos, be it mine to at the base of an iscaveles triangle joy life and ars alike, with good are cqunk; that, if two straight lines eut one another, the vertical- repute among all men for all time to con but may the contrary bo ly opposite angles are equal; that, full me if I transgress and viokte 16, two triangles have two angles my bath.
and one sides respectively equal, the triangles are equal in all respects; and that the angle in a sumi circle is a right angle.
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His greatest successor was Euclid of Alexandria, whose Elements
books, thirteen
still
A
WIS
the work "from which 1 was taught geometry as a school-boy. Eneli flourished about 300 BC; and, as Procius said of him, he brought to irrefragable demonstration the things which were only sanowhat loosely proved by his predecessors." Is instrument was the creative human intellect, little if ht all aided by any tools or appliances.
First Measuring Of The Earth's
Size..
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"reservoirs is about six miles and they are in places as much as 80 feet high. Therefore, the labour involved in their construction must. have been enormous, far exceeding anything accomplished in Hong Kong, where we are so justly proud of our reservoirs. Much of the work has stood the test of time; and today, when the reservoir is full nud one approaches it by road. there is a fine view from the foot of
Mule forest-covered hill over about eight square miles of water with distant mountains in the back- ground Nor is this all. From Sinice in Kalawowa the engineeri without King Dhatusena, of theodolites or levels, and guided simply by the knowledge that water flows downhill, constructed.
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YACHTING.
STEEPLECHASE AT KWANTI.
LADIES' RACE.
MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST.
EXTRIES,
THE 5th CHAMPIONSHIP
EVENT.
Yesterday the 5th Championship Face for the Ladies was sailed from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
The cours
was (1) Lyemen Beacon (P), Cust Rock. Buoy (P). Distance: 30 miks.
The results are given below, but those applying to the Handicap class are subject to adjustment i
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THE RESULTS. The results were as under:- "Handicap Class: Start at 3 pin.
Finish- Correct-
ing ed Time. Time. 4.31,55 4.30.39 4.39.31 4.31.01 4.48.20
Olasses:
min 4.34.01 4.32.03
*I*-**** and "G"
Start at 3.05 p.m.
Finish- ing Time
GOLF NOTES.
[DY R...]
Conditions were pretty bad ou Sunday for the qualifying round
ROYAL HONG KONG GÓLF CLUB.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
The results of the qualifying
of the Junior Championship, which competition at Fanling on Sunday gave some excuse for the high scor were: ing, Still the rent reason WAS
H. G. Hegartynosaray
who maintains that he has ne nerves, Gnds his score getting un accountably large when everything has to be put down, both on the
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S. T. Battin D. G. Bruce
Sandes.................
A. K. Henderson B, D. Evans ...... D. J. Gilmore D. Forbes
E. Grimble
A. D. Humphreys
Slajar Lynch
J. M. Little
F. Cowherd
T. C. Monaghan-
The above qualify.
N. K. Littlejohn
A
H. Spicer
A. Leach
The allowing are the entries for ¦ probably the fact of card and pen- the Kwanti Steeplechase meeting on eil being there. Many a golfer, Saturday, January 21st:-
January Malden Plata: One Mile.. Mr. F. A. Pollock, Alhambra and Bill Herwery Col. L. 1. Comyn, Borderry, Daniheli, and Darkma; | green and on the card. Mr. N. Hashim, thick Tu and Sun- ning" Mr. C. W. P. Richardson, Bat apart from the card and Timberland: Mr. I, D. A. Mae- pencil scare it was wet, and it was Laron, Lochearn; Mesara, Usher cold; and worst of all it was very and Roids, Macun Branty: Mr. | slow, I believe the number of Hee Cheong, Meern War, Walchow starters "was "almost a record, and iron firneral: Mr. J. J. Pater certain continuity of phot-playing is not a guarantee of good golf, but son, Mia River: Mr. Ca.E. Back house. Fimrod (late Wild Hair); it is an admirable aid. Mr. E. S. J. Barns, Pekin: Mr. good goller who Correct. T. Stanton, hest Levers: Mr. minutes for his drive and another two for his second shot, and etili M. D. Erskins, Paperte Mesaře. Stanton and Reidy, San Diego; put the ball where he wants it, Mrs R. J. Paterson, Scontre and Power; Mr. A. Crable, Senft „V'aa'z Messes. A. U. H. Hacket Pain and G. M. Elias Morgan, Senatorship; Mr. A. A. Miller, Turati; Mr. 1. Durlacher, Fellow Shader; Capt. G. A. R. Abbott, Kiple. Ewanti New Year Handicap: 13 Miles.
od Time.
4.40.32
4.40.32
3.01.OR
... 4.54.36
4.57.00 4.31.04 4.40.33 4.34.04.
4.39.12 4.45.36 1.30.99
3.01.07 4.-17.30 4.33.09
RUGBY.
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He is a wait two
It is in these two minute pauses that the theorising goller discovers the real secrets of a new grip or the upright swing, secrets "which are bound to make the game look easy. Then he hits his second of the piping, and probably takes three putts for a bad-tempered six. For some reason it is much easier
Hippocrates died at Larissa in extremio old age about the year 377 B.C. Hs Efe's work, accomplish- ed with no other appliances than observation and induction, was to destroy the view that diseases are dar either to the attacks of de- mong or to their actual entry into
wonderful canal, called the Yodi the body-a vis which even to-day
ela, winding in and out betwem is common cough and to lay the
mountains and extending for fifty miles to the town of Apuradhagurs. Diana Foundations of the scientific study
which it supplies with water to this | Colleen of medicins. He served a great
day, it is a work to which any Rolla cause the cause of healing and alleviation of human suffering-by
modern engineer might gladly Doruthes point as his masterpiece: and it his Wie long Bght against super- atiten and magic. Every one of
was achieved by human wit and patiener, asisted only by the sim- you in the Faculty of Medicine
plot and moat primitive owes him an undying debt; and
jliances. Unfortunately we do not those of you who go nut into Chinn
But consider how the case of know the names of the mesa who to grapple with poems of saaita
Ma (1) Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who died desigard and supervised the con- Liu and disedor among a people
in 195 B.C., and who set himself struction of this glorious work. Hulcyon. (") whos trust is still largely need
the lack of measuring the size of of fine intelligence,'
But what herla (2) in geunang-if 1 my so trans- late the phrase Jong shui,-whore
this earth upon which we live, only they did has aured to the benefitings (3)
Binenose (4) belief in demais. is scill
very partially exploredent that date of genyration upon generation of very pani
Boojum (5) nut much of whose pharmacy and by the inhabitants of the Mediter their fellow-countrymen and still ranean and believed by most men medicine is to this day ka -
monament to them-Adele (3) rational, cannot do botter.
to be flat. The only instrument | selves and their King. thast
used by Eratosthenes WILN " take the and work of Hippo
A Profound Lesson. erates as your inspiration. If on game, that is a staff en erveted
Members of the Congregation bi the one hind you adnike in hum that position of its shadow indien:-
the Hong Kong University: mess of heart that few-men, can
ed the hour of the day. He had
there not a profound lesson for at Syene, the rival in seals the Father flamentnined that
ourselves in all this? Are we not Alvu.cine, pet on the other hand andern Assuan, on the day of the
apt to explain that here in the you may justly strengthen your obter at noon, a well was
Hong Kong University we are gall through all its depth by theed upon to make bricks without elves by reflecting that in equip
SHA'S PAYS, SO that Syene lay on ment and store of acquired
the tropic. He knew that the dis- straw? Do we act say that our medical And general scientific knowledge you are inmensurably faner between Syene and Alexan endowments are insufficient? That we would achieve much more, if better endowed than was Hippodria was 5000 stadia and he made
the assumption that these two towus ƒ only we had the money? That land and New South Wales was Mr. J. S. Elliot. (intra: Mr."A.! Services on Sunday. They can turn Jay on the same meridian. Accord- are cramped for space in our Subtleties of Pure Mathematics. ingly he set up a gumon at Alex-buildings and restricted in versity at present includes the
enough. The Faculty of Arts in this Lindria and observed that, on the teaching by lack of equipment? All this is true enough and sad Our weapons may be study of mathematics. This is as it should be, for in art alone is
blunt. But surely it will not be the human mind truly creative
some as to soap them and fing them from our hands. Rather must and is no realm of thought is this
we stoop to build, with worn-out fact more apparent than in pure mathematica. Take for example,
tools the house not made with
At King's Park yesterday there bands, that marvellous structure of arithmetic and geometry. The
an excellent hockey match human intelligence and human played between the European most abstract construction of which .human thought is capable is the
character which wrought with no.C.Aand the Royal Air Forer. other appliances than fortitude in zero of arithmusic, self-identical,
The game was very closely con. impable of differentiation and its
adversity, patience in observation, tested and there was no score at perciptence in obscurity, daring in the Interand. It was not valli truthfulness in all things and and will her remain the moblest creation which this earth can show
crates.
day of the summer solstice too, the sun east a shadow from the gonna at an angle equivalent to one-ftieth of a great circle. With these data be calculated the polar circumference of the enth to be 250,000 stadia, or about 90,000 miles. Flis data were inaccurate and therefore his result was not correct. Modern scientists have determined the earth's mean polar circumference to be 24,356 unles:
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ENGLAND DEFEAT THE WARATAHS,
to wait on the tee than through the green.
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The Club are playing the United
out a pretty strong team and this
1. A. Launtert
Smith
J
A. D. Brawn
E. C. Frederick "1. H. Roffey
T. Low
F. Taylor G. Davidson
J. W. Alabaster ......
K. Ewart
B. Robertson ".
68 entries.
#2821228382 $333886 2 6 8 8 8 8 8
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• Will play off for last two places on Sunday, January 15th.
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
Played at Fanling on Saturday and Sunday.
A. K.
qualifies.
Henderson, 92-18=76,
Other acores:
E. D. Matthews
K. S. Robertson
A. E. Lissaman.....
D. G. Bruce
T. D. E. Pendered... C. G. Stark
$69=77
87-01=78
60-8=78
90-1079
- 3=79 J=80
· Mr. J., G. Shillington, Are of Spudrey, Mr. F. A. Pollock, ham THROUGH BLOTER'S AGENCY, ]
bra and Bill Brewer: Mr. M. M. LONDON, Jan. stb. Watson, Blotting „Pupers My, M. The rugger match between Eng-| M. Maas, Cariare'and More Better: |
played at Twickenham in dull weather. There was a crowd of H. Potts, Craigavad: Mė J. J. 5000 present. England beat New Paterson, Deer Hound and Min will make an excellent trial match
· River; Mr. C. J. Skrine." Honey to help the selectors of the Inter- South Wales by 16 points to 11.
moon; Mrs. R. J. Paterson-Hum.port Team. Shanghai are bringing dinger and Wower: Cept. G. A. down a very strong six, and Manila R. Abbot, Kandia Messrs. Der Seen quite satisfied with their and, Beith Larh Rannoch: Messrs. Tepresentatives. It looks as though Usaher and Reids, Mnene Beauty: the extra bit of local knowledge Mr. Heo Cheong, Inn of War and which our men will have should be tHEN HE CHALLENGED HIS Wai Chore Mr. L. Reidy, Morgli; very useful. My C. E. Mackhouse, Vired: Mr.. W. T. Stanton, Race Horse and Red Lenore, Mr. A. Crabbe, Seat
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HOCKEY.
RA. F. BEAT Y.M.C.A.
Bobbie Jones has refused the
“quaditum insusceptible of increaseBut the method-of-Eratosthenes speculation, caution in reflection, towards the end of the second half i Tazy Cape, F. Hayley Ball, Shady gift house and it seems"a"
or decrease the very type and -symbol-of-that-existential identity which forms the sub,stedium of thought. We construct the zero of arithmetic as having Iither magnitude or position. Let us
restors position wirile still abstracting extengity. Such a con- struction is the geometrical point or the unit of arithmetic. Neither can be found anywhere in Tetum watne but, when symbolized, they form the starting points, of the scieners of plane geometry and of pure number.
even
it
depending in fact in the compari- of line ensured on the earth's surface with the correspond ing are of the heavens, is precise * that by which modern science with exact data has arrived at a curret measurement; and I com- thenes to the mathematical under- graduates of the Arts Faculty as a remarkable illustration of what can be done in applied mathematics with the simplest appliances.
mend the achievement of Eratos
Ploneers Of Engineering.
I need hardly dwell in the obvious fact that in other realms
art-poetry, prose, history,
drama,
loving kindness towards off men, is
i tre match that the Air Force Jue Mr. C. W. P. Richardson, good thing. The United States were successful in winning there for Vale-Sayımorey Mr.
eine di che aly xoni wored. This Y. Hashim, Sunning: Mesars, A. V Golf Association decided that it goal was fully deserved on the Hacket Pain and C. Elias would be no violation of amateur
HONG KONG RIFLE
"LEAGUE.
NAVY BEAT ARMY AND
VOLUNTEERS.
This
A match was held at Taikoo Ride Range on Sunday afternoon be tween a team from the Navy and the Army and Volunteers. was in place of a match arranged for between the Navy. Army and Civilians of the Colony but which was cancelled owing to the weather. The following were the scores:-
Navy.
G. Morgan, Fespeius; Mr. L. Durlacher, Tellow Shadow; Mr. H. C. Marnare, James Pigg; Mr. G. W. Sewell, Cires,
H. A. Lammert... 05-15-60 D. J. Gilmore... 93-12-80
There were entries.
"F.E.'S" "SCHOOLDAYS.
FORM MASTER
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A BOATING. ADVENTURE.
The Earl-of-Birkenhead recently. vis.ted Birkenhead School, where be received his early education, to status to accept the gift. but the bonour to another old boy who
has risen line of demarcation between win-
to be a distinguished member of the Bar-Mr. G. F. hing a cheque for. $30,000 by good Mortimer, K.C., the Recorder of play, and winning a house by being Rother hain, who has presented a portrait of himself to be added to a good player seems rather vague to the gallery of E.C.'s who were The laws dealing with amateur and educated at the school. In the big the best not hall of the school hang three oil professional are at very satisfactory, and abservance Paintings of distinguished former by the amatear of the spirit as well brother, the late Sir Harold Smith, scholar-Lord Birkenhead, hig as the letter of the law is neccs-K.C., and Sir Thomas Hughes,
K.C. enry if they are 1100 even less satisfactory.
Presumably if that enthusiastic
to become
Lard Birkenhead paid a warm tribute to Mr. Mortimer, who, bu said, as one of the recognised lenders of that great circuit, The North-Eastern Circuit-the only
"Fanking Cup: 13 Miles. Mr. M. M. Maas, faciare and More Battery Mrs. R. J. Paterson, Cheriton Fale, Mr. J. J. Paterson, Derr Hawad: Mr. F. Usher, Eastre Day: Messrs. Dyer and Brith, Zuck Rannoch: Mr. W. T. Stanton, Son
eyor Mr. L. Reidy. Mawgli, Heavy Weight Stakes: One Mile.
Mr. G. W. Sewell, Giren; Dr. J. Durran, Brake: Col. LI. Corayn, Dumbell; Mr. H. "R, Sturt, Foxtrot Col. L. G. Bird, Smart Gay: Mr. T. C. T. Beck, Struth- horne" Dr. Pierce-Grove, Pau Stens golfer, Mr. Ryder of: St. Albans, which could in any way compare Mrs. Dyer, York Mr. R. instead of offering Abe Mitchell with the Natthera Cireut. Ho yds. yds. yds. Tit. Charles. Harian: Col. F. Hayley 2300 a year because he was one of was very surprised," Lord Birken
Bell, Shady Jur; Mr. C. E. Back the world's finest golfers, had offer- head
..when I asked continued, house. Sheila; Mr. N. Hashim.
him if he would have his portract same pointed and presented to Sunding; Mr. Hee Cheong, fruned Mr. Cyril Tolley the
the General Me. W. D. Russell, Con amount on the grounds that he school so that it might be ranged quistadur; Mr. A. W. Summers, liked his face, Mr. Tolley would wish those others which if I may Nobleman; Mr. R. A. Jardine, Why
say so without imunodesty the sull be able to try to win his school treasures. He can be reas For Mrs. E. J. Paterson, Scouter. January Stakes: Bevon Furlongs.
Second Amateur Championship,sured on that point, for the school
famous former scholar...
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Mr. Chandler ....1 ..Gully..... 31 P.O, Greening A.B. Rigby Mr. Barber Cpl. Willett
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Graduates and Undergraduates play." there not a special lesson herein for of the Hong Kong University? Is
rou tool Men and women alike, you will most of you be called upon to do your life's work in China: and in these days there spreads a cloud of battle-dust over China, which is no dreamvej vision but à terrible reality from the sight of which we can nowhere Go further and restore extensity
escape. It will not become you to. as well as position. For example
hang craten-like along the battle- inke two geometrical points and
painting, sculpture-the | fringe or to creep away from the connect them in the most direct
Grecks"were true pioneers and that Reid of fight because, your swords suancer possible. Such a construc
are not of keener edge. Here in tion we call a straight line. But their wonderful achievements were here again we may make various the work of the creative human in this University by patient and distinctions according to the nature tellect with little or no help in the faithful work you must fit your- selves in due time to bring succour of the extensity we restore. Thus way of books, libraries, museums or we may concern ourselves only with other appliances, and with a legacy to your fellow-countrymen and to sare a great cause, the cause of the length of the line neglecting from the past that had often to
be unlearned before way rest pro-givilization in China, by your entirely
Such breadth. ES
was possible. But in the heroism and, if it be required of ibought-construction is the geome-gress
you, by the sacrifice of your lives. uical line. Or again we may make science of engineering the case is
.31 I suppose the earliest Never in its history did China a thought-construction such that different. has length and breadth without efforts of human engineering were bave more bitter need that her sons and daughters should prove them- w employed in improving the cave- Such a construction height call a plane superficies and it is dwellings of primitive man and in selves to be unselfish, honest, well- the abstraction on which plane the manufacture of hunting imples taught, well-disciplined, courageousine. Reeves
ments. In both these respects the and truthful. Never had she geometry is based.
Greek contributions to mankind greater need of that King's son Finally we can construct exten alty of three dimensions and this came comparatively late. Other who, though wounded, sore beset racts, Egyptian and Mesopotainian and weaponless will snatch up were is the fundamental construction of
The Greeks it only a brakes sword and lead were the pioneers. solid geometry, which no longer
Moreover, it is the mea with it to salvation. May abstracts height from length and perfected. breadth. We see, then, thus gro volve of the engineer which is your country'e dire distress be to you both a darion-call and an metry constructs ita" definitions, 1gudest in the outery against being axioms and postulates and that required to make bricks without inspiration! And may your train- ing in his University fit you, one ita
complicated | Kliaw, and not without reasons, for most
materials are necessary to the en-
and
all, to coine to the rescue of theorems the progress is by con-
gineer; without them he is severely civilization, once the admiration of struction. Three straight lines can enclose a space, beenuse we con handicapped and perhaps cannot the world, but now falling in ruin
is work nu all; while the invention of
before our eyes! struct them to do so. But this is
At the conclusion of his speech, our own constructive not, for other tools and appliances is cre of the wise two of the three lines might be chief glories of the engineer. Thus His Excellency the Chancellor de parallel, in which ease another tine Archimedes of Syrauner, a contem-clared the Congregation closed, and porary of Eratosthenes, to whom the Procession reformed and left the crossing them would not enclose a space, or each of the lines might he dedicated his Method, is lamons Great Hall. be in a different plane. The figures for inventing a tubular screw, still in pare mathematics are such as und in pumping water, and for thought makes them, and the ele-combining pulleys so as to raise ments of which they are construct- ed contain only the properties with which thought has endowed them. It for this reason that the de monstrations of pure mathematics possess a certainty and univerality such as no other sciences have
A good example of what I mean achieved. In other word pure anthematics is per corellener the are the wonderful irrigation-works nese crackers, while the other ro- science in which bricks are made constructed in Ceylon long before cipients were hailed in the same. any knowledge of western engineer way, until failure of supplies neces- without straw oz, to use a more appropriate metaphor, the scienceing science came to that islandsitated comparative peace.
In the latter half of the fifth Thone upon whom degrees were in which thought unaided by Any- thing external to itself sets out on century A.), there reigned over conferred were as follows:-
Anuradhapur famous king Lalange voyages of exploration
Dhatusena whose tragic story is tbrough uncharted seas.
one of the most moving episodes in the annals of Ceylon. Hia
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE— engineers with local labour and D. K. Pillai. the most primitive appliances ed a Greek science and so far as danmed back the waters of the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and pare geometry is concerned, the Kala-oyn und built the marvellous mathematician's technical equip-reservoirs, known as Kakvows
it still is almost wholly Greek. Balaluwewa, which originally had The first great name is that of an area (it is said) of 40 miles in Thales of Miletus (about 624-647 circumference and extended as far as Dambulla. The total length of R.C.), to whom are attributed the theorems that a circle is bisected the combined dams of these two!
Tremendous Results With The Simplest Apparatus. Mathematics has truly been enll-
immense weights. Yet even wrong engineers the greatest are those who can transcend the limitations of their environment and who, even if they do not make bricks entirely without straw, nevertheless come pretty near to doing so.
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CONFERMENT OF DEGREES.
The Deans of the different Facul ties presented the graduates of their respective Faculties, D. K. Pillai, conferred the upon whom
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degree of Doctor of Medicine, and Miss Lai Po Chuen were greeted with deafening discharges of Chi-
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THE GRADUATES.
Bachelor of Burgery.. Chow Tia Cham Cheah Swee Cheng Hua Tae. den, Hsiu Shih Tac, Ko King, Fun, Miss Lai Po Chuen, Donglas Laing, Li Kuang Yu, Li Shue Pai, Mia Wai Man, (Continued on nézt Column.)
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900 218 237 705
Nary won by 32 points.
Ong Chong Keng, Albert Kwan Shem, Tang Yee Yuen, Teoh Beh Lye, Tu Teng Pang, and Augustus Din Wong.
Mr. J. G. Shillington; Ace of Luckily golfers, are far too good is delighted to do honour to Spades; Mr. F. A. Pollock, then-sportsmen to take advantage of Lee and Bill Brewer; Mr. M. M.
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Forty Years Ago.
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Although he did not refer to his Dan schooldays in his speech, recalled when, as F. E. Smith, he "old boys" of his time afterwards entered the school forty years ago. "I was not in the same form," one of them said, "but the story was the talk of the school for
tor,
vanced before the form. Pointing his finger at the master, be ex-" How the destination of a golf view you have taken, sir, and I claimed, I decline to accept the challenge cup was held up by offer you an open challenge to dr worm has come to light in Bourne- monstrate before the form that. I mouth,
Ars wrong.' As far as On October 13th the Meyrick and member the form burst into laugh
I Queen's Park Club held a competitor, and the future Lord Chance!- tion for the Talbot Cup. The best
lor was soundly punished for his return was made by H. Shaw with a ass score of 71, the impertinence." next heat being 74. He was re-
Love Of Games,
Army And Volunteers..
Watson, Blotting Paper: Col. L. 1. these loopholes. 200 500 200
Cowyn, Burdered, “Durham and yds. yds. yds. Tri.
Dumbell: Mr. M. M. Mas, fariarr What a good joke Deep Water
·C.S.M. Proven...-35 13 30 95
and Were Better: Mrs. R. J. Pater Bags, and joke which quite Sgt. Wadey....... 29 - 02 20 90
Cheriton Vale, Boer, Scooter often gets the better of noe. It is Mr. Summers.... 9 33 24 90
and Humdinger; Mr. J. B. Elliot.st gute as easy as it should be Mr. Lyon
*7 31 30 Mr. Goodman ....
(intra; Mr. G., W. Sewell, Cirer, to find those very small greens, 24 32 31 37
Mr. A. H. Polts, Craighead; Mr.especially if there is a little wind. Lieut. Sullivan.... 20
C. W. P. Richardson, Cumberland; it is a pity that so many other meaths afterwards, and I know it Sgt. Handscombe 21 S.L.3L Sluter
Mr. J. J. Paterson, Deer Hound things beside grass grow on the and in River: Dr. J. Durran, greens, one has just to guess the Smith had replied to a question in is perfectly true. Apparently Drake: Mr. R. H. Charles, Darian, pace and hope for the best. There Mrs. F. Usher, Easter Day: Mr. are top-dressings. lime parenty way not acceptable to the mas H.
who took him to tnak.; R. Fastrot Mr. C. J. Skrine, and sea sand, on some of the worst Imagine his amazement when this Honeymoon: Mr. Bee Chong, from places: let us hope this will kill tall youth rose to his feat and ad General, Wat Chow and Man of the clover before all the grass is War; Mr. H. C. Macnamara; choked. James Ping; Capt. G. A. R. Abbott, Kendao; Mesars. Dyer and Beith, Luch Rannach; Mr. 1. D. A. Mae Lareit, Lochearn; Messra. Usher and Reidy, Maro Beauty, Mr. L. IN ABSENTIA-Yip Keung Ki
Reidy, Mowgli Mr. C. E. Back- Degree of Bachelor of Science in
house, Nimrod; Mr. A. W. Sum. Engineering.. Chan Kin, Hang Huni Chen,mers, Nobleman: Mr. M. E. 8. J. Mr. W. T. Stanton, Lau Tsung Kya, Isaac Jacob, Lin ter Horse and Hed, rares, Mr. Pek Tiong, Mak Chun Poy, and M. D. Erskine, Rupert; Messrs, Tang Sze Wing.
learnt that at the seventh green that of learning in those days. Mr. A. Crabbe, Seal Tur; Messrs. Kang, and Zih Chung Kung. A. U. H. Hacket Pain and G. Tall and that before attempting to I left," said one of a little groun M. worm, had climbed on to Mr. Shaw's though be became head boy before "Degree of Master of Arts... Elas Morgan, Senatorship: Col.
CE Wen Yo Tarry Hang Bling.
Hayley Bell, Shady Joe: Mr. C. E putt Mr. Shaw removed the worm, of contemporarics. One, of bit. Backhouse, Sheila; Mr. G. W. P. placing a fuger on the ball to pre- chief delights was to sail a little Degree of Bachelor of Arta.
Richardson, Silver Fur Col. L. G. vent it moving.
boat on the Mersey. He was full The point arose Chan Yik, King, Ching Hing Bird, Smart Guy, Mr. T. C. T.
whether by of daring as he always has been. Once we saw him making for, the how Chung Kui Suen, Jal Peston- Beck, Strathlarne; Mr. N., Hashim, having touched the ther by jee Cooper, Kam Wa Kui, Lim Sunning and Chick To: Mr. A. A. hand, he was disqualified or other open 20 He disappeared from Chann Hoe, Lin Peng Tiong, Mak Miller, Tarzuli, Dr. Pierce-Grove, wise penalised.
sight, and we had a terrible light, Kam Chuen, Pun Yuk Wa, William Tow Step; Messrs. A. U S. Hacket The point was submitted to the but after two or three hours' alr Hong Sling. Taeng Wah Shin, and Pain and G. Elias Morgan, Verumur, Mr. R. A. Jardine Why Yau Fang Hon.
Nut; Mr. L..G.. Durlacher, Fallow Shadow; Mrs. Dyer, Turks, Mr. W. D. Russell, Conquistador.
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IN ABSENTIA.-Lim Ko,. Yao Erh/ Stanton and Reidy, San Diego; garded as the winner, but it was "I think he was fonder of games
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IN ABSENTIA. Lee Chin Lin, Ng Bow Poo, Theong Khay Hus, and Kenneth Albert Äxford Toft,
Rules Committee of the Royal and sence he returned quita Iron- Ancient Club, who have decided chalantly. When we asked him that Mr. Show is penalised one where he had been he asid, indif shot for touching the ball in play. ferently, Ca, just looking But he gets the cup I
round,"
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