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Although the Colony's trade is about as bad as it could possibly
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I WANT IT BAID OF ME, BY thing in every way if its exchange THOSE WHO KNOW ME BEST, THAT were high, but inasmuch as it is I ALWAYS PLUCKED A THISTLE primarily a selling nation whoso AND PLANTED A FLOWER WHEN 1THOUGHT A FLOWER · WOULD millions of workpeople arodepen-GROW-Abraham Lincoln. dont for a livelihood on the salo of experts to other countries, it is
The opening rate of the dollar a very moot point whether a high on demand to-day is 2s. 5.5/16d. exchange is generally beneficial
The forthcoming marriage is or a luxury. On a gold basis, the announced of Mr. Andrew Nicol, wages of British workpeople are civil engineer, of No. 158, The too high to permit of fair compo-Peak, to Miss Anna S. Fraser, of
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ADVANCE, OF ATHLETICS IN CHINA,
By "Wanderer."
When reference is being made to in action in exhibition contests. athletics, and athletes in China, it There will be interesting events in is realised that we are concerned addition, including humourous, with a relatively small section of uboxing, and the proceeds will, go vast community, albolt a section to the dependents of Stoker P. O. which grows and progresses with George May of H.MIS. Carlisle.. the years.
Fourteen or fifteen years are the
'INTERFORT GOLF.
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pre-
modern athletic movement had Hongkong's Interport golfers made but little headway in China, leave for Manila to-morrow on the but since that time, with the passing President McKinley and the Inter- Portuguese residents assembled either a general redaction of in large numbers at the Club of old ways and prejudices, China port match will be played on has figured (we are sorry we cannot October 22nd and 23rd, singles.over wages which entails a reduction Lusitano last evening, when o
reception was held in honour of say prominently) in the Far 36 holes on the first day and four- in the standard of living or the Benor Manuel. F. da Rocha, Ma- Eastern Olympiads, has been re-somes on the second. The Inter the International port series with Manila was not maintenance of a vast army of cao's Deputy in the Lisbon Parlia-presented" on unemployed ut. the expense mont. The distinguished visitor Olympic Committee, has competed commenced until 1921, and Hong- was accompanied by his wife and in the Davis Cup Competition, has kong has won both its home of those who are employed. was welcomed by the President sent representative football teams games and lost the only match The Caloocan It could be argued, that matters of the Club (Mr. A. F. B. Silva-to Australia and New Zealand. played at Manila. practically come to the same Netto) and the Portuguese Con- Endeavours have been made to pro- course proved the downfall of
sul. Various sposches were.de-vide throughout China, adequate, Hongkong's representatives thing whichever way is adopted.livered, and a happy evening facilities for the promotion of pro- 1923, but although the But the man who is a victim of spent.
vincial, national and internation sent team is not regarded as games and sports, as witness the particularly strong they will leave tho, delusion that by taxing im-
To-day is exactly b yoar since Chinese National Athletie Grounds with the best, wishes of the sport- ports he can, protect homo manu- the defeat of the Canton Mer at Shanghai.
ing contmunity. Hongkong will be factures, without putting up their obants' Volunteer Defence Corps
During the period in which this represented by Messrs. N. L. Smith price, shouts for tarifs, even by the first "Red" army of the though he disguises them ander Kuomintang, and subsequent suck remarkably rapid development hus (captain) J. M. Walker, C. Bulmer and burning of a large part of taken place, the single driving force Johnson, L. R. Andrews, W.; uglus body of and D. G, Bruce, while the Manila the attractive title of Measures Saikwan, the commercial district and the controlling to Safeguard Industries. To say The anniversary is being observed athletics in China has been the Far team is likely to be Ben Few (cap- in Hongkong with a memorial Eastern Contest Committee, which thin) J.-H. R. Muson, G. M. Ivory', the vary least, it does seem a service to the Volunteers who came into being, as a voluntary W. J. Jamieson, and Lieut.. W. K. wasteful proceeding to appreciate lost thoir lives during the opora-organisation, in 1912, when an Bamey, with Col. J. B. Nichols or the exchange and
Former members of the Invitation was extended to China C. H. Hawking as sixth man. tax tions.
Corps as well as a numbor of and Japan. to join with the Philip Talking of golf, Abe Mitchell imports made in cheaper countries anti-Red Chinese are participating pine Islands in the formation of a gained rather a surprising victory to make them as costly as the in the observances.
Far Eastern Athletic Association. in a novel tournament for $1,000 The Contest Committee has been prize-money presented by the "Even- It was a THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925, home article. It looks as though
largely a Chinesa Committee, but ing Standard" recently. the remedy must be found in lower wages, although that will in Britain which would give to foreigners have always been in-short hole" competition or a com cause endless industrial disputes our undoubted talent its proper cluded amongst its membership and petition in which the drives were a trained foreign athletic leader eliminated, and Mitchell's success scope and enable the Empire to has always been its honorary is the more remarkable since he get something of wider range secretary.
has always been regarded as won- tea rather than a than hitherto; but now all those
The year 1925 marks, the passing derful off the As will have been seen by the high hopes scom dashed. About ton of this Contest Committee in brilliant exponent of the more de- It will easily be be, we have the consolation, for interview which we published years ago, the pioneer French in favour of the newly organise liente shots.
National Amateur Athletic Federappreciated that in a tournament what it is worth, that it is through yesterday, M. Borodin seeks to terests were already struggling tion, which is purely Chinese in its consisting of 72 short holes an average of threes would represent no fault of curs that our trade is explain away Soviet control of against keen American competi- constitution, though, by courtes brilliant goif and Mitchell-with bad. Wo are the victime-more
the standard- four shots the Canton Government by asserttion, and amalgamation avorted rather than necessity, the old or less helpless-of circumstances
a losing battle. bonorary secretary will act as
showed remarkable steadiness and honorary advisor. and movements, outside thising that Russians now holding extinction in
soundness near the pin. His vic- positions there are really nothing Britain continues to produce
The passing from being of the tory was gained on the second day Colony, But it is slightly
more than advisers. That may filme, apasmodically. Italy, has Far Eastern Contest Committee which he started with an aggregate different with, the folk at Home
passibly be so in the case of some its own small-scale industry. which has served its country faith of 103 for 8 holes against Comps- to whom, no doubt, the Board of
and Allis's 104. His of them, but it does not cover all Germany is still able to do somo fully and well during the critical ton's. 103 Trade returns for September
period of the modern athletic move-final total was 220, Allis taking 221, instances. Incidentally, it doos big things. But the real" mum-ment, does not mean that athletics Ockenden 222, Compston 222, Hol- make exceedingly gloomy read-
not explain the peculiar and moth" production, the actual have gone back, but that they have and 224, and C.A. Whitcombe ing. As compared with August the country's imports had in seemingly irregular position accu control of world-wide distribution, gone forward with a jump. creased by over £6,000,000 and Pied by M. Borodin himself is American, with Hollywond the Committee has now turned over its nssets, activities and liabilities to
BOXING FOR A HUSBAND. He is popularly regarded as unchallenged Mecca of those con- the new body, including the Shang-
Two London girls fought with the exports had decreased by'
the official Soviet represen- nected with the "Movies". Tho hai Sports Grounds at Pioneer Field £303,000. There was an adversa
tative in Canton, LF that articulate public are not content, and on the property of the Rocks-boxing gloves for the hand of a
husband in Clerkenwell. trade balance on the month of
is his roal status, how comes ftand occasionally their rostless-felfer Foundation.
The combatants were about over £37,000,000, because imports
about that he has an office in ness breaks forth into open pro- The . A. A. F. is the most re- totalled £97,925,000. and exports
presentative and responsible organi-twenty years old, and had agreed Government House, and what tost. The more recent produc-sation yet fostered in Chinn and it that the winner of the fight should 460,734,000. Nover before have ENTREE AND ASPARAGUS the manufacturing trades of the right has he to interfere in the tions have not all been unqualified bids fair to experience a success. he led to the altar by a certain internal affairs of Canton? He successes. A great deal of trashyful future. The governing board young man. They met to fight six country been so depressed and
does not deny that the Soviet has stuff is being launched forth bears the names of representatives one-minute rounds with eight-ounce
from all parts of China, and it has gloves. never has a winter season opened
equipped the Cadet Corps in fact, on the hungry "picture"-loving alrendy successfully managed a Far and seconded in true professional he says this "assistance" has been multitudes all over the world; Eastern enterprise in the control style: rendered in order that the Revolu- and it crops up occasionally in of the Chinese competitors at the trained for a fortnight, advised by tionary Army may take an active strong contrast to the better-class Olympic Games at Manila this their friends,
year. It is now preparing the way Round one was very uneventful, urging on its leaders the impers. part in the unification of China films. "Stars" rise, and fade: for the holding of the,, Games in Both the girls, who fought in the plainest of short dresses, without tive need of doing something to
do either with the Soviet or with popular favour; old themes are Dr. C. T. Wang, China'a represen-any trimmings, seented afraid of Round two, however, revive the country's trade, and
M. Borodin? The diplomatic agent" done to death" or falsely pro-tative on the International Olympic och other,
One of the the provisions of the Safeguard of any country is, or should bo, sented. Educational and histori-Con body. Dr. Chang Po-ling is girls landed an upper-cat which
Committee, is the patron of the provided fireworks. ing of Industries Act are being.
only concerned with his country's cal films are few and far between; president, while Mr. C. G. Hoh of early put her opponent out of pleaded by the tariff reformers as
interests: he has no right to in- whilst there is a never-ending the Shanghai Y. M. C. A. and Mr. artion, but she recovered, and the being the remedy to stop the in-
torfere in the internal, politics of flood of types which wring all the W. Z. L. Sung of St. John's Univer-rest of the round provided no as-
citement. sity are treasurer, and secretary flow of manufactured goods from
the country to which he is acore-emotions, often leaving a sense of
respectively.
During round three both were other countries. We in Hong-
dited. Indeed, if ho does so inter-disgust. Yet the world public is kong have bad trade because of
From the standpoint of modern cautious. Neither would take risks, fore, he commits a breach of growing morg critical, and begin-athletics in China, the year 1926 for both were keen on marrying.
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But what have these matters to comedians wax and
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Both the combatants had
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outside conditions, but the people international law, and the country uing to "kick" What paasod in will in the future figure as one of Round four was the final round.
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The girl who had previously dama..." ged her opponent landed another vicious jab, and at this har oppo-
Thus, ended in tears one of the
purse the husband-to-be.
bad trade because of internal conditions. And, those internal
him. It would be well, therefore, presume, these protests will move Thirty four fights, eveli tn.con-nent dissolved in tears, and her conditions are primarily con if the Peking Government looked the, directing nabobs to action; nection with a competition is not second, who was her brother, threw cerned with high costs and, con-
into the activities of M. Borodin these murmurings will penetrate a bad evening's work, and this the sponge in professional style.
number made a long programme at sequently, high prices.
in Canton,
As to the other their, understanding in far-away Murray Barracks Just evening when most remarkable contests London Whon Brit in went back to the specious arguments put forward California. But, it seems that the second round of the Inter- has ever witnessed, and the victor gold standard in the spring of
by the Soviet envoy, in the course they are handicapped heavily at platoon boxing tournament was walked away in triumph with the this year, it did the equivalent of!
decided. of the Interview, then are scarce-the start. A London Times con- adding 10 por cent, to the selling
ly worth noticing.
No. 4 Platoon defeated No. 12 It may be tributor who recently visited cost of British goods in foreign that the Soviet has not given Hollywood was struck by the 2 Section Machine Gun Platoon won
NO CONTINENTAL TOURS? Platoon by five wins to four; "No.
The representatives of the coun countries, because the exchange financial aid to the Strike Union, commercial obsession, even the seven of nine bouts with No. 14 tries of the British Isles, who cont- value of British currency went
but that it has helped with funds ignorance, of some film magnatos. Platoon; the Drums defeated No. titute the Football International Instead of making its gooda
1 Section Machine Gun Platoon, by consideration the question of tours is hand, in glove with the strikers) against the main idea that the winning the three fights with No. made by English clubs on the Can- cheaper in competition with the
there is no question.
great proletariat had to be catered Platoon and claiming six byes, also tinent, and we understand it is goods of other manufacturing:
for. They boing in the majority qualified for the semi-finals which likely that such tours will not be sanctioned in the future. One of ountries, Britain made them
eilently dictated the style of mass take place on Friday. dearer than they were before, and
A remarkable feature about]
The fighting on the whole was the repsons is that, after eight production. The intellectuals highly entertaining, though the months of strenuous Lengue foot- It has been a very significant the cinema film industry is its fact that British trade has been centralisation in one spot, and must continue to be satisfied with form of competition does not tend ball, British players do not treat what the masses demand. Per to level up the contestants as the theso summer tours very seriously, bad ever since and that unem the virtual monopoly which has
and consequently the football, prestige of those lelands is not ployment figures have grown. resulted. Even as recently as five haps there lies an eventual solu-usual Individual competitions do.
tion in the higher education ofċ On Saturday at Murray Barracka onhanced. An official intimation Wo were all very proud about yours ago there wore hopes of
C. P. O. Jim Cartlidge will be seen will be awaited with interest,
$50.00 up by approximately that amount. the Canton Government. (which And everywhere he came up/18 Platoon by five to four, and No. Bgard, have recently had under
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