THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WORLD SPORT
THE
GOLF AMATEUR TÏTLE. THE CHINESE AND
AMERICAN SURVIVES THIRD
ROUND:
London, May 25.
At Hoylake the young, American student Haley, who entered from
FOOTBALL.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO PLAY
THE GAME.
has
The Chinese members of the Sundridge Park, defeated Tolley staff of the Hongkong Tramways In the third round of the amateur Company are displaying a keen golf championship, one up. enthusiasm in a football team
Tolley's conqueror in nativo of New York, studying the leather which they have started amongst trade in London, and had not themselves, The Company has played before in an open com-given them encouragement by petition. He said, "It was a fine, providing the players with jerseys
sometimes .I gamo. exciting
shorts, and the team thought I was a goner, but Tolley and was most unlucky at the bunkers."(already played four or five games.
Another giant's, fall was seen in
Their opponents have been teams the former champion Robinson, like Causeway Bay United and who was another of Sutton's victims, losing by 3 and 2. The Shankiwan, Chinese teams which I suppose have much to accomplish latter is seriously regarded as before they can make their likely winner of the title.
presence felt in prominent foot- Wethered beut Hugall, of bail circles locally. But whatever Bromborough, by 3 and 2; and the status of football teams of Captain Jobson, of St. Andrew's this nature, there is room beat Hezlet, by 5 and 4.-Reuter, development on organised lines, and the South China Athletic Association or the Chinese Athe- fle Association would do a good service, probably to their ultimate benefit, were they to take the matter in hand.
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INTERPORT CRICKET.
CEYLON TO YOKOHAMA REVISAL?
for
to
It is surprising that firms of the standing of the Taikoo Dock, Kowloon Dock, the Sugar Re- In the course of a farewell Aneries, and others with large message to Ceylon cricketers, Sir Chinese staffs, have no Chinese Hugh Clifford says:
football teams emanating there- When I first knew Malaya, it from, and it is impossible
for cricketing conceive that this is due to any WAS customary teams from the Straits Settle-renson other than inck of ments and Malay Status periodical-couragement. The Chinese bave ly to pay visits to Hongkong, developed an extraordinary keen- Shanghai and Yokohama on the eas for the game, and it is in- very thereasingly apparent that one side and to Ceylon or
LAW DEFIED.
SIR HUGH CLIFFORD REJECTS "AN ADDRESS.
At a farewell luncheon given to him by the Chilaw District Plan- tera Association, the, Governor, f Ceylon, newly appointed to. Mála- ya, Sir Hugh Clifford, referred to the Constitutional question and to a schema he is "working out in detail" for establishing peasant proprietorship on a "magnificent", Beale,
He hoped that the Special Com- mission would saddle the unofficial members of the Legislative Coun- cll with direct responsibility for administrative acts, without which the powers they had, could not safely be used.
He proposed devoting a day at Kandy to preparing suggestions for submission to the Finance bring into existence, In the courae' Committee, which he hoped would of a few years, well over 100,000 peasant proprietors in a fertile area in the wet zone.
His Reasons.
Alluding to his rejection of the Chilaw Association's address, he said unhappily the association had proposed to present him with an address which practically set the law of the land, as it stood at pre- sent, at defiance.
He was for the time being lis Majesty's representative in the is land, and the law, whatever its defects might be, had passed through Council and had received the assent of His Majesty, and it could not be set at defiance by any sulf-respecting or law-abiding citizen.
As long as that address of the Chilaw Association containel words which no law-abiding citi zen could use without disloyalty to the King, he considered it his duty, as His Majesty's representa tive, firmly and decidedly to de tline to receive it.
STRAITS NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.
other; it being also customary for soon provision will have to be SCHEME STILL IN ABEYANCE. Ceylon teams to visit Taiping made for the new generation to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore for indulge its aptitude, for the game! the purpose of playing return in the proper place, that is
say on the field of play, and not in the of public streets.
matches.
About a year ago an advertise- toment was issued by the Naval Authorities for the names of those who would be prepared to join an R.N.V.R. detachment in Malaya" and we believed that the number of names returned and the scheme as a whole was favourably con- sidered by the Colonial Govern- to provide
"I personally think that much would be gained by reviving this One of the problems of properly ancient practice; and when organised football in this Colony is arrive in Malaya I hope to sound the wholly-partisan feeling of the the leading Clubs in that Colony Chinese spectator, and one of the and protectorate with a view to clearest ways of educating him to ascertaining whether teams de- better sense of sportsmanshipment who will have signed to play All-Ceylon at every is that of giving him a chance to conceivable sport from, as the play the game himselfWan- saying is, 'pitch and toss to man-derer." slaughter. cannot once more be formed and sent here."
THE CALCUTTA SWEEP.
TREMENDOUS RUSH FOR
TICKETS.
AVIATION IN DUTCH INDIES.
FIELD AT PALEMBANG.
of
some of the money required for running and financing the scheme, says the Straits Times.
Some time passed and nothing was heard, and we were able to say then that the matter was not forgotten but was receiving the careful attention of the authorities concerned. More time has pass- ed and still there is no news whether the scheme is likely mature this year, next year, now or never.
of
to
Again, we are able to say that the scheme be put into operation at some future date, but the trou- bles in China have probably given the Admiralty so much to about that the last thing they
At Palembang in the isle Sumatra, halfway between Singa- Calcutta, May 18.Within apore and Batavia, commerce and few days of closing there has industry have joined hands in con- for structing a splendid aviation field been a tremendous rush Calcutta Turf Club sweep tickets measuring 800 by 200 yards.
The sice is situated along the on the Derby from all parts of the! world. The figure this year is motorcar-road, eight miles north-wil be able to consider will be the
miles formation of a local naval unit.
likely to be a record...
A special staff at the Turf Club Is working at full pressure.
Tickets are no longer issued, subscribers receiving numbers through members of the club, which only recognises members,
The bona fides of the sweep a firmly established, and it appears
J
Course
west of Palembang, 200 from Singapore and. 250 miles bas from Batavia. The been laid out under supervision of experts of the Dutch Government out for the and will be tried heaviest traille planes. At the end of May the place will be visited by a squadron of six mill- tary aeroplanes from Java.
covers
think
Those who sent in their names are not to be discouraged, and sooner or later they will called
on retirement. upon unless they have gone Home
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
AND STRAITS.
Calcatta, May 19-Oficial inves- tigations have revealed considerable smuggling of crude opium from Northern India into Calcutta and Chittagong, the bulk of which finds its way into Burma and the Straits Settlements.
to grow in popularity, banks and Palembang is a rapidly develop- commercial houses securing ticketing place, situated at the River for clients in all parts of the Moesi, which can be navigated by INDIAN TRAFFIC TO BURMA world.
large ocean steamers. Every There is a big demand in the month an average of 50 steamers Straits and Far East.
call at the harbour, besides several oil-sleumers. Palembang, is also the terminus of the railway-line A correspondent writes to a for South Sumatra which Malayan paper stating that the a distance of 290 miles. Fisheries Department would do well to give some attention to the large quantity of immature fish that are exposed for sale in the markets, and which are caught in the waters of Singapore and its vicinity. The population of Singa- pore is increasing very fast, and if the supply of fish is to decrease there will be a fish famine in the not distant future. Every step should be taken to stop the practice,
In the vicinity of Palembang the B.P.M. (Royal Shell) and the N.K.P.M. (an affiliation of "the Standard Oil Coy, of New Jersey) have their oil-fields and refineries. They export every year an amount of 980,000 tons of oil, petrol, etc. Five banking-houses and European trading companies have their branch-offices in Palembang and also Chinese, Arabs and Na tives have an active share in the
local trade.
COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
Surroy
Middlesex
Yorkabiro
Lancashiro
Derbyshire
Leicester
Bussox
Aleexercégets
of or.
Both ports are centres gumised gangs of smugglers, who defy the law in spite of Government activities.
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1927.
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NOTORIOUS DACOIT
SHOT.
EVADED CAPTURE: FOR TWO YEARS. Madras, May 19.-A telegram 81.25
received by the district police office 80.00 77.08 at Salam states that the notori- 76.00 pus dacoft Buddan has been shot
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loft England with his wife on the enveloped by a police party,liner Montcalm, sailing from Liver-
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