YESTERDAY'S CRICKET. TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
TWO ENJOYABLE.
MATCHES,
Boxing Day saw two very interesting friendly matcher, with good scoring in each case.
On the H. K. C. C. ground, the Olub were at home to the Navy, and a very enjoyablo day's rioket onded with the sailors barely kooping their end up.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
BACK TO VILLAGES.
Somo heartburning has boon. Drift to Towns Out-of-Date? Gaused in sporting ofrcios in ...: Can village life, bo navod, and}- Franco by the decision of the how ? Must the townward Council of State upholding the drift go on until it has drained right of a Mayor, to place a ban the countryside of youth, trained on boxing matches. The case ability, and, brains? Are the arose out of the notion of the traditional village crafts to ho Mayor of Chalons-sur-Marne, finally absorbed in mass indus- whoforbade a boxing match which trios in groot towns? had been arranged to take place there on the grounde that boxing, the British Development. Com- This problem is discussed by was abrutal and sometimes
missioners in their 14th roporti and boy register at least ono suprising opinion.
but
The Club wont in to bat first, savage" sport, and contrary to and compiled 271, to which Rev. "moral hygiença." The
club E. K..Quick contributed 51 and responsible for the arrangements. G. R. More 53. Both batemon apponiad to the Council of State geve a fine exhibition. R. E. A. on the grounds that the Mayor Webstor also did well, with 37,, had exceeded in powers, and T. E. Poarco, with 34. H. their appeal was rejected. Owon Hughes.contributed a use- ful 22. Lt. Col. Cantrell, with 4 for 62, and Pay. Lt. Hogg, 5 for 75, shared the chief howling
honours,
Tho Navy developed a rather weak tail, but collected 173 for 8. wickets The star bateman was the ox-Malayan interporter, Flight Lt. Livock, who knocked up a splendid 106, including thirtoon fours and two siToR Lieut. Wauobope contributed 28, The Club's best trundler was Rev. E. K. Quick, who took 5 for 54. HONGKONG Y.
is coming to an end-or rather Thin is that the townward drift that it is being countored by a revorso process. Town-brod folk are now increasingly sooking tboj country (as récont consus figures At the last sitting of the lot as more wook. Vlouna Society of Doctors, anet. Jer, tu. wth desire to assistant of the clinic of Professor take up country ocupations. Eiselsberg spoko about a recent osro of an illness hitherto unknown in Austria, which is caused by a rat's bite, and is known
"The industrial oxodus from the towns is deflate," says the report, "and as inora houses aro built in the countryside its paco will increase.
"The practical deduction to bo drawn is surely that the country- man engaged in industry should be rather than to follow a drift town- oncouraged to stay at his post ward which begins to be out of dato,
in Japan under the name of "aodoku." It is in many respects similar to syphilis, connected with a rash and fovor reminiscent of malaria. The patient was cured by salvarean injections. The lecturing doctor KOWLOON.
statod that this illness has of lato An eleven rather weak on the heen observed in all European bowling side crosued over from countries, and may develop into Hongkong to meet the Kowloon a very serious epidemic. It was "He should be helped to or Cricket Club. The H.K.C.C.Hata, Frofeeror Ehrlich's co-ganise for purposes of credit and scored a useful 143, to which worker,
who recommended markoting, equip himself with Stevenson contributod 30% and salvarsan for the treatment of suitable plant, and lay himself J.D Crawford 33. J. O. Lyal
out for the distinctive work that sodoku.
is not in compolition with mass bowled well for Kowloon and took
production.
7 wickets for 50 runs.
Tho K.0.0. mon, with a tail that
*
Two Viennese chomists, it is
SMALL INDUSTRIES.
"If this advice bo sound it ap-i
did not even wag, compilod 243/stated, have succosded in makingplies with certain qualifications
DAY BY DAY.
an extrosordiuarily elastic form
dustries carried Qvuntry."
Un
in the
Such measures are na nocoas-
ary for keeping farming going as for maintaining the framework of the villago intact.
Moro men and fresh industries]
are needed if arable farming is to be carried on, men who can be called upon for farm work in the busy seasons and fall back on another calling when they are no longer needed in the fields.
for 9, the big score being register of glass out of horn substance to the whole range of small in- (by the first fow batamen, hoaded and formaldehyde. Though no
by A. W. Remsor, who retired
particulars of the invention hro affer knocking up 112, inoluding 17 Yours. Lyal carried his bat known in this country, it is for 155, which included 10 fours.agreed that if the facts statod are A.RF. Raven scored 28. The correct, the new glass will bo Hongkong bowling, comprising glass which is vory strong and very useful."We have handled seven mon, divided the wickets stands & lot of knocking about," among five.
Mr. J. J. Amis, of Basinghall street, informed a Press represent ative recently, "it is used for drinking glassos for hotal bars, and you may knock these glasses off the counter and they will not break, But this olastic glass report from the Continent is quite 1 the revorso of this If the specially toughened glass which I have referred to does happen to break it may smash into thousand pieces, but if this clasic glass breaks it will not splinter. Thore should be a great future for such glass for use in windows, and especially for cars."
On January 5th Tsun Wan Inland Lot No. 7, containing 30,400 square feet, is to be sold, the upset price being $100. On January 12th, two other lots will be disposed of one at Kau Pai Shok (comprising 5,580 square foot; upset price $8,370) and the othor Kowfoon Inland Lot 1946 (containing 1,860 aquaro foot: upset price $2,790).
a
LABOUR PEERS AS OPPOSITION,
The Westminster
Gazette's
The Davelopment Commi sioners advanced £40,600 last year, compared with £511,500 In the previous year. Their practi- cal measures included:----
Demonstralians in nontyleno welding (in connection with ho Farriera Union);
Utilisation of poultry feathora; Manufacturo of straw ropes and straw envelopes from surplus
straw.
Amongst the passenger who
It is too oarly (they slate) to loft by the Empress of Canada for Manila were Dr. and Mrs. Black,
say anything as to the oxtont to which country workers BIO who are to spend a holiday in the Philippines; Mr. J. Russol political correspondent says that willing to adopt new methods Kennedy, of Tokyo, Far Eastorn the Government has decided that and to co-operate in testing now at least representativo of British and Labour Poors shall be the official industries, but it wae
clear that the disposition to American newspapers, with his Opposition in the House of Lorde wife; Mr. and Mrs. E. F. L. as Labourites have been pressing accopt skilled help and advics existed and was fairly widespread: Sturdoo; Mr J. E. Featherston, for it for a long time. The paper Canadian Immigration Com regards it as an affront that a missioner for China, and wife; party numbering five should have doos not include Lord Chelmsford and Mr. H. S. Daniel, of London, recognition over more than alas a Labourite, as it is of opinion a prominent insurance official, hundred Liborals in the House of that he has probably relapsed into who is visiting the East.
Lords. The Westminster Gazette a mild Conservative.
OUR FOOTBALL CARTOON.
Your TURN
UPS DAISY
OF THING WENT ON FOR
(By Stan. HU)
PASS IT
BACK TO KE
THIS KIND QUITE A TIME IN FACT IT WAS NEARLY DECIDED TO SEND BOTH GOALKEEPERS HOME FOR TEA, UNTI- JOHNSON OF THE POLICE SPOILT THE LITTLE GAME BY PUSHING THE BALL INTO THE NET.
INTO THE
NET You go
PLAY UP
THE POUSE
PLAY UP
THE POLICE
THE POLICE HAD A STAUNCH SUPPORTER IN
THE GENTLEMAN - WHO,
JUDGING BY INS ENTHUSIASM FOR THEM MEANT TO KEEP ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF 'EM — PERHAPS HE
WAS OUT ON
BAIL
GEO RODGERS THE CLUB GOALIE WHO KEPT
THE POLICE ON THEIR BUT. (or GEORGE!)
THE SOLLY
Roosen
STAN Hill / 1924.
A-J JOHNSON 'POLICE'
ASPECTS OF CLUB Y. POLICE MATCH.
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