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HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
ARMY DEFEAT
CLUB 4-2
The "Triangular Hockey Tour- ment match between Army and Club at King's Park yesterday re- sulted in a win for the former by four goals to two, Club putting up a much better fight than they' managed at Bookunpoo a forth- night ago.
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In the Arst match of the series, played at Bookunpoc, both teams were considerably weakened, in the
Puppet Has Strangely Little To Say After Nanking Huddle
PEIPING, Mar. 27 (Reuter)-Wang Keh-min gave an interview to foreign correspondents yesterday on his return "from Nanking. Wang appeared in anusually good spirits, as if highly satisfied with his trip to the south, but for a person who had agreed to cancel his former independent status, his Pelping Provisional Government, he had strangely ittle to say regarding future arrangements.
According to his statement, only the date and place for the ar- ganisation of the new Government were discussed in Nanking.
Replying to questions, he stated that it was unlikely that there would be any change in the personnel of the northern administra.
tion.
He declared that foreign affairs would be handled by the Cen¬ tral Government and that nothing had been settled regarding the status of the new Chinese armies in North China.
absence of several of their beter POOR RESPONSE RANGERS”
players, and Army, felding what could have been more correctly called an Army 2nd XI, won by three goals to one.
The Club played much better yesterday than the score of 4-3 would indicate, and against a team that was about the strongest that Army could field. Outstanding for Clubs were B. Yourieff and W. A Reed, in the defence, and B. I Bickford and T. S. D. Whitley in the forward line.
RATHER RAGGED The Army left-wing combination of Nerain Singh and Partaub Singh appeared stale for a good part of the game, and the forward line, at times. was rather ragged! as a whole." Shah Walt played a good game at outside-right, and of the other forwards Lt. Pritam Nath was about the best,
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Croston and Ure. supporting Capt. Rock, made up a good half- back line, and Army, were stronger in the last line of defence where Stickley and Gusein. Singh, the latter appearing in his first representative mach, both tackled and cleared with precision. Dobson was sound in goal.
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Lt. Pritam Nath opened the scoring about half way through the first half, and a second goal-
SCHEMING BEAT
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FOR WANG CHUNGKING, Mar. 27 (Central) SOUTHEND There is poor response to Wang
en- Q.P. Rangers ...3 Southend ...İ Ching-wel's promise of the forcement of "Constitutional Queen's Park Rangers were Gavernment"
so-called clever schiemers and their for- the #L Central Political Conference in wards were altogether faster on Nanking las: week, says a Shang the ball. With Mallett in great hai report.
form at inside right, they held The promise is generally con- the measure of Southend almost sidered as an inducement for his throughout. fellow-countrymen's support of Southend were the first to score. his "peace movement" and the but it was only in defence that bogus Central Government which they proved any real match for is scheduled to be formed on their rivals. March 31
Sibley got a fairly casy goal A so-called Association for the owing to a misunderstanding in Promotion of Constitutional Gov- the Rangers' defence ten minutes ernmentt has been organised by after the interval, but this was Wang Ching-wei. It is seeking quickly followed by an equaliser the signatures of differen; Chi from 'March
Rangers had control for a long nese bodies on a. statement in
Gov. period after this, and within an- support of "Constitutional
they scored ernment" bu; practically all they other ten minutes have approached so far have dat- twice in quick succession through ly rejected to sign.
CHINA'S HARVEST
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Bonass and McEwan,
PALACE TURN TABLES Brighton 1 C. Palace......3 The Palace refused to be shaken 'out of their stride by an early re- verse. They settled down, and gradually asserted the mastery in a fast and interesting game.
Brighton opened in promising fashion. the right wing being particularly industrious, and in CHUNGKING, Mar. 29 (Central) five minutes Rasdon gave them --Agricultural products in 14 pro- the lead vinces registered an increase last Afterwards the Palace played year, according to statistics re-progressive football, but Brighton leased by the National Agricul- defended well and kept the visi- tural Research Bureau.
tors at bay until the interval.
was scored by Shah Wall, giving IN 1939
Army a 2-0 lead at the interval.
Bickford scored, for Club within a few minutes of the start of play in the second half, and fur- ther goals were scored by Lt. Pritam Nath, Bickford and Partaub Singh.
THE TEAMS
The teams were: Hortgkong Hockey Club: V. M. Benwell; B. Yourlef and E. "V. Reed; J. W. Pennington, W. A. Reed and N. B. M. Whitley; 8. A. Fowler, T. 8. D. Whitley, G. H. Fowler. B. 1. Bickford and R. A. Bates."
Altogether 569 hsien or counties were surveyed in 14 provinces, namely, Ninghsin. Chinghal. Kansu and Shensi in the North- west Hunan, Hupeh, Hunan and Klangsi In Central China, Cheklang. Fukien and Kwantung coast and Szechwan. along the Yunnan and Kwelchow in the Southwest.
Half an hour after the resump- tion Robsen headed the equalising goal from one of his centres,
Shortly afterwards Smith gave Palace the lead following a splen- did. individual effort, and Bark added a third.
WEST HAM WIN PUOR GAME West Ham Tottenham H. ...0 West Ham and the 'Spurs made
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Bandakan.
The total amounts of crops are as follows: Rice (ordinary) 717- an unimpressive start to the new Canton 552,000 piculs: rice (glütinous) 58,- competition, for the football was Amoy. 715,000 plculs; kaoliang 36.656,000 of poor quality. piculs; millet (ordinary) 25,982,000 pictis; millet (glutinous) 10.689,
Army: L/Sgt. Dobson (RE): Pte. Stickly (M'sex) and Gusein Singh (K.R.): Sgt. Ure (M'sex). Captain G, W. Hook (R.A Sgt. Crosson ((RE); Shah Walt (R.R.). Sgt. Homburg (RE); L:1000 plculs; corn 69,493,000 piruls: they had far more of the play and Amoy..
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WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory
10 am.. March 27. Barometer, (at sea, level), "30.23
Ins.
Temperature, 65 F. Humidity. 74 per cent. Wind Direcion, "E/N.
Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Temperature: maximum yesterday
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LIBERAL GOVT. RETURN
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Foxall scored their first goal Bangkok... srom aft the start, tapping a Fort Bayard, and Holhow. centre from Foreman into the net. Amoy. and Barrett added the second be-shanghai and Parcels only for Tientsin.
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OTTAWA. Mar. 27 (Reuter)----The Canadian press has conceded the return of a Liberal Government.
Mr. Manion, Leader of the Con- servative Party, has been defeated | Preston .....3 Bury
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by the Liberal candidate, Rev. Dan After 25 minutes Bury found McIvor, at Fort William. Ontario: themselves two goals down des- The re-election of Mr. Michaud. pite aggressive play by their own Minister for Fisheries, is indicated forwards. A free kick by Batey at Restigouche, in the Madawaska was unluckily deflected through Constituency, New Brunswick.
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and temple at Atchana, near Antioch, in Syria. "My thanks are due to the Turkish Foreign Baigon."
Japan. Minister He was extremely kind,
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