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TWO-DAY MATCH COM- MENCED YESTERDAY.
three for 20.
and did better, having made 57 runs
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929.-
TENNIS IN CANTON.
PROGRESS OF LADIES EVENTS.
MISS MAUDE ROYDEN'S KENYA SETTLERS AND
RETURN.
'THE STORY OF HER WORLD-TOUR.
London, Jan. 13.
Anglo-American friendship; the
REPORT.
DEMAND FOR LOCAL
·SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Nairobi, Jan. 31.
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The semi-finals of the Ladies' Bowlers had the upper hand in the: two-diny cricket match commenced at Singles open Championship of the Hongkong Cricket Club ground Canton have now been completed
A gathering of members of the A statement issued by the con- yesterday between the Volunteers and on the courts of the Canton Clu- the United Services. Both sides were zens Athletic Association in the Fellowship Guild, headed by Mr.ference of European elected mem- dismissed for low scores, and at the First Public Park, Canton. This Albert Dawson, the bon secratary, bars and the executive of the Con- end of the day's play honours were is the first time that Ladies' Open gave Miss Maude Royden an enthus-vention of Associations gives the fastic welcome home when she step: | firat · responsible opinion on fairly even.
tournaments have been held in ped from the boat train at Vistoria Kenya's viow of tho Hillion Taking first knock, the Volunteers Canton and the entries have been yesterday evening, on the comple-Young report. only managed to make 57, of which most encouraging. The results tion of a world tour extending to The conference was astonishod Hayward made 15, the only double-are as follows:
America, Australia, New Zealand, by the assumption that responsible úgured score of the innings. Mott
Second Round. Mrs. G. E. Wat China, Japan, India, Ceylon, and government must be ruled out and and Miles wore the most successful bowlers for the Services, the former son defeated Miss Lol Foo-hing: Egypt, and occuping just over by the suggestion that the natives taking three wickets for only four Misa Lei Tsol-ying defeated Miss year. "I am so glad to be home will be able to participate in the run, whilet Miles had the remarkable Jenkins; Mrs. Rees' defeated Miss again," declared this popular prea central government within a mea- analysis of three wickets for one. Graco Fulton; Miss Tang Chi-hocher of the Guildhouse, Ecclestonsurable time, and also surprised The Services, though they exceeded defeated Mrs. Cadbury; Miss Vir-square, S. W., who looked extreme at the Commission's failure to pro- the Volunteers total, could not do ginis Blick defeated Miss Helen fit and happy at the end of her long duce a practical and acceptable very much better and compiled 83 Hostetter; Miss Ruth Craft de journeying.
achemo. Miss Roydon confessed to an runs, 7 d. Parkhurst, with 14 runs, foated Mrs. Piolcko; Miso Wong
The conference, declares that it being top scorer. Wales captured Wan-1 defeated Mrs. Kunklo; Miss Observer representative that sho six wickets for 29 runs, and Reid Margaret Hogg defeated Mias had come back with certain definite sees no useful purpose in future negotiations, unless the Imperial conclusions, principal among them Government is Wong Tak-chi..
prepared to Tho Volunteers went in to bat again Third round.-Mrs. O. E. Wat- being the need for emphasising dissociate Itself from Buch rcassert ILS. son defeated Miss Lei Tsol-ying wisdom of stressing, to the Aus- assumptions and Miss Tang Chi-ho defeated Mrs.tralian people, the importance of belief in
that the principle Reca; Mico Virginia Blick defent- international affairs, in which they Kenya may look forward to ed Miss Ruth Craft; Miss Mar- showed a live interest, and of con- self-government on the lines of garet Hogg defeated Mias Wong vincing them that we in the home all other British Colonicu. Wan-L
country were not encouraging pau-
Special Commissioner. 15 Semi-Finals. Mr. C. E. Watson perism by the dole; the really sin
If these contentious are uphold dafoated Miss Tang Chi-ho; Miss dere effort Indians were making to then Konya will be prepared to Blick defeated
Miss Margaret solve their problems of child mar- welcome further negotiations, as Hogg.
riage and other of the traditional it is unwilling to bang the door customa attacked in "Mother on federation in Imperial interests. Indin"; the extreme hopefulness of It suggests that such negotiations In the Ladies Doubles Open the younger Chinese, who were should be conducted by a special o Championship of Canton the reacting strongly from the old an- Commissioner, who should be sent following have reached the semi-cestor worship, filling their. Na to Africa without any executive o finals.
tionalist Government with young powers, but for the one purpose of Miss Loh Woh-ping and Miss men with ideals and aspirations exploring the possibilities of a Lo Wai-hing defeated Miss Tso and evincing surprising interest in solution and of obtaining local 67 and Miss Siu Wai-ching, Miss the affaire of the League of Na-ngreement to some accoptable
Wong and Miss Tang Chi-ho de-
scheme. This would first be con- feated Miss Lei Chiu-moi and Miss Touching Arst on America, and, firmed by a conference of officiul the opposition she met from a cer- and unofficial representatives of tain faction there, ostensibly on uc-all three territories under the count of her cigarette-smoking. chairmanship of the special Com- Miss Royden said:*****
missionor.
for the loss of three wickets at the close of play yesterday. The match
will be continued this afternoon.
Scores:
Volunteers-Ist, /Innings.. A. W. Hayward, b Mott
0. Moor, b Baker
E. C. Fincher, e Thorp, b Baker
H. Owen Hughes, b Miles
4
F. Zimmern, e Singleton, b Dabblo
G. E. R. Divett, e Weir, b Mott
8
H. V. Parker, e Abelson, b Miles
0
E. J. R. Mitchell, b Dobbia
J. L. Bónnar, b Mott
A. Reid, & Parkhurat, b Miles..
C. D. Wales, not out
Extras
Total
Dobbia Baker
Bowling Analysis,
0. M.
2 21 11 6.17
10
Moti
1
Milen
8
Doubles,
R. W. Clue So-a; Miss Virginia Blick 2 and Miss Ruth Craft defeated Miss 2 Louise Hong and Misa Caroline Jenkins; Miss Margaret Hogg and Mrs. C. E. Watson defeated Mrs Kunkle and Dr. MacBean.
2.5 1 1 United Services--1st Innings, Capt. Evers, hw,, b Reid
Bds. Molt, b.w., Wales
Sub, Lt. Singleton,, e Owen
Hughen, b Reid ...
Mid. Parkhurst, g Hayward, b.
Wales
Owen Hughes, b
Capt. Weir,
Reld
Capt. Dobbie, c Divett, h Parker Capt. Thorp, e Hayward, ↳ Wales Lt. Commir. Abelson, é Reid, b
Wales
Commur, Baker, not out ....... Lt. Col. Lightfoot, 1baw., Wales 1. Cpl. Miles, c Divett, b Wales
Extras
Reid
Wales
Parkor
Tutal
Bowling Analysis, ·
3
111
14
12
It is hoped to get the semi-finals played off during this week and to play the finals of both Singles 4and Doubles on Saturday next.
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83
0. M. R. W
12.3 29 6
8 1 20, 3
6 1 22
1
Volunteers-2nd Innings.
A. W. Hayward, e Weir, b Dobbla 11
O. Moor, not out
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
tiana.
"The opposition was undoubtedly
engineered by the Hearst section of the Press, which is hostile to Eng
and, because I was speaking all the time. on Anglo-American ~friend.
:
State is reminded of his promisc Meanwhile the Secretary, of that no changes will be made with out local consent. The excessive General are also opposed, together powers of the proposed Governor-
ship. First, I was the smoking Evangeliat although netually, Í smoke very little then, after I had with the suggestion of a London confessed I was not a total al Advisory Committee, as the latter stainer, the smoking, drinkings tantamount to stultifying the
Truc,
gradual shifting of central control A meeting of the Council of the flirting Evangelist'! Hongkong Football Association lably, the Methodist Women's Home from London, to East Africa, to be held in the Board Room of Mission Society, cancelled meetings, the South Ching Morning Post at but then they do not even allow
their men to smoke! 5.30 pm. on Friday.
"Rather Pleased.” ·
one
The meeting of the Hongkong "Altogether, I was rather Referees' Association arranged pleased. This was my fourth for Friday next. 1st March, has visit to America, and until now been postponed, until Friday, had met with no opposition,
came to the conclusion that Mr. March 8th.
Hearst, on this occasion, felt there 3 was a danger in my stressing, the
Anglo-American entente.
E. G. Fincher, 1.b.w., Mott
F. Zimmern, e Baker, b Weir ..
1. Owen Hughes, not out
Total (for 3 wkts.)
Economical, Either Way
After Christmas Resolution!
I hereby resolve to join the Society for Merless Gifts!"
Prevention of
*Or better stills- I'll just saves i'm
Whandem on next year fir
FŐÚRIR, BY MEA GERĥce,
1
The scheme for the balance of power in the legislature on racial lines is also condemned, as it is likely to lead to racial antagonisms and partisan politica.
Zealand; while at other of the principal cities police had to keep the crawda back.
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In China she touched Nanking and Canton, and addressed-vla an interpreter meetings of young
"They asked me atudents. "The upshot of it all was that speak on international subjects," I never had auch enormous crowds she said, "and I was surprised at 57 before.
A lot of people in their Interest in the League of America would never conte, near Nations. I was also asked to the ordinary Evangelist, which to speak on Bex problems. They them is a term of abuse synony. seemed to me very open-minded. mous with Lub-thumper.
Where formerly they worshipped But many of these even turned up to ancestry and tradition, almost hear me, because they got the idea overything that is old is now to that I was not being fairly treat them wrong; thy have reacted to cd. And so I got at a much the other extreme, Most of those wider public than I would other in the National Government ap- wise have dobo!".
peared to me to be exceptionally young men, abounding with great
Adelaide.
former, at Wardha. "He seemed
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In Australia Miss Royden made journeys over the North-West hope.
A Reformer's Vow. deserts by aeroplane, visited
"There was very little feeling settlements of Aborigines, and was the first woman to preach Against the West, but they became in the Anglican Cathedral at terribly worked up about Japan. One guest at a function I attend- ed would not drink his coffee out "There," she declared, "they are tremendously keen on the Longue of a Japanese cup and it had to of Nations work and I would urge ed me as being like our own dur bo.changed; their feeling impress- British speakers going out there ing the war. But opium vice. I to get them to choose that kind of met one reformor who vowed they subject.
would banish opium within two "My visit to the Aborigines' years!" settlements, especially at Moor In India Miss Royden did not River, convinced me that Govern- held meetings her last public for these extremely primitive and visited Ghandi, the ascetic re-firm, of the block generally known ment is really doing its level best address was at Colombo; but she the purchases by the Grand Then- tro Corporation, Inc., an American
child-like people,
"Another thing that impressed to me very fragile, with hardly na the Carlton property.
This property is situated at the me was the fine work they have any volde, and to be, politically, done out there in connexion with by no means the force he was, al-corner of Bubbling Well and Park baby clinics and the reduction of though still, spiritually, in him-Roade facing the Race Course and infant mortality. New Zealand self, probably the greatest force comprises land registered as Bri- tish Consular Lat No. 707, has to-day the lowest infant in the world. While I was there Cadastral Lot No. 201 net area mortality rate in the world, and there was some talk of a calf Australia the next lowest--and which was suffering, and Ghandi it to bo killed-a they are now concentrating on the ordered reduction of the maternal death-courageous thing for a Hindon to do for it euta neross the oldest religious bellefe. He told me he might come to England next year. "There is, unfortunately, a good He had no desire to speak pub- doal of misunderstanding of our Hely, but he thought there were dolo system. Many people there people in England who would like think we are developing a genera- to talk to him, tion of paupers, and sending them "The All-India Women's Con- the throw-outs. In emigration ference was being held while I on the ground floor to replace the schemes. They were amazed was there, and I was impressed in due time, the whole property when I pointed out that the so- with the way in which they are will be developed with attractive called "dole"-I hate the word trying to get rid of child "mar-
and substantial buildings, of tha was merely an unemployment riages and other abuses benent to which the working class kind. Their chief obstacle, they themselves contributed. This say, strangely enough, is our own 'dole' business is giving the whole Government, which is so afraid of
rate.
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con-
11,100 mow, together with build- ings thereon, including the Grand Theatre, the Carlton Theatre, the former Palais de Danae, premises occupied by Arts and Crafta, ahous
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world an entirely wrong impres- touching anything which
cerns intimately their religion" CAR TROUBLE?
alon,"
Asked what the chief effect of Some people, she confessed, her tour would be on her future were sheked when they heard she work at Eccleston Square, Miss was to preach in the Adelaide Royden said: "It is too early Cathedral, and could hardly heyet to say; I shall Arst have to lieve it was true until they saw talk things over with the people her in the pulpit, despite the fact there." But she Indicated that that one of the smallest churches the experience had bean pro already has Its woman pastor; duetive of ideas which would but there was nothing lacking in naturally influence her future her reception, once she had broken work. Above all, she stood the ico. She had the biggest staunch for Anglo-American Icrowd of all at Christchurch, Now friendship.
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