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WEDNESDAY,
MAY 4, 1932.
DAY BY DAY
•
NEVER BEFORE DID PEOPLE LIE AS THE DID DURING MUCH AS THEY
WAR
LIBERTY." FOLL "GREAT Trotsky.
Friends of Mrs. Everest, wife of Mr. R. T. Everest, will be glad to learn that she has been able to leave hospital after her recent operation.
An-
The forthcoming wedding in No. 3 Run Pedro, Coutinho, Mnene, to nounced of Mr. Hamilton Lew Mara, Miss Lily O.Young, No. 78, Nanking Road, Shanghal.
WHERE SHALL
"WE FIND OUR
CRICKET CAPTAINS
Asks H. J. HENLEY
The old system of granting a
reached on a basis suggested by Sir Miles Lampson, who has played a very prominent part in the task of reconciling the confileting view- points. Whilst the precise nature of this agreement has not yet been diaclosed, it is believed that the arrangements provide that the Commission shall have the right te report to the League the neglect
TN many parts of rural England ¡ha'ponce. For a captain's duti of either side to comply with ren-
notice boards proclaim that contain much more than tossing sonable recommendations made by
some big estate, once the proporty for Innings, changing the bowling) of a single family for generations, setting the field, and writing aut the Commissioners. How this will
has been sold for building pur-tho batting order. There is that delicate matter of talent money, to work out in practice remains to be
In London tall blocks of flats begin with. seen. The main point to be kept in mind, however, is that the whole
poses. to ancestral homes. And the shares fixed sum for a definite number of basis of the discussions and agree
stand on ground at one time sacred of numerous companies, recently runs scored or wickets takon is no ment rests on the eventual with- When
to Talent money is allotted in accord- from pounds drawal of the Japanese.
A ten party in to be given at King's regarded as of rock-like stability, longer followed by the wiser clubs. ance with the value of a perfor that is effected, a big step forward
College to-morrow, Thursday, May 5,bave sunk at 6 pm by the finance committee of shillings.
At a glance there may not ap-mance to the side. An innings of will have been registered, but even mure vital issues will arise when the St. John Ambulareo Brigudo, 111 it comes to gelling down to netual honour of its members who have repear to be a connection between 40 that wins a match may be more
Shanghai.
dieulty which county cricket of 140 played when runs are cheap. pence terms for a complete settle. I turned from work in the hospitals in euch changes of conditions and the highly rewarded than an innings It is part of a captain's duty to clubs have to find suitable cap- ment of the Shanghai situation.
Kwok Wal-shing, aged 19, of 39tains. Actually, however, a de-decide to whom and to what extent is behind both talent money shall bo distributed, Then there is the far more com-
Koshing Street, was admitted to the the Man-
and several professionals have told plicated business of
fneed. Government Civil Hospital yesterday, line of fortune to be
Very few fathers, proud of a me that they would hate to should- haring it is stated, attempted nuleide situations. churian question Thus it will be readily seen that by taking a large dow of opium dis-
reflected glary, are now in a post-jof them have special friends in although there is promise of sonsalved in water. His condition is not Ison's prowess, happily conscious of er such a big responsibility. Most
regarded as serious.
Ition to say, "Well done, my boy!their team, and they feel that in or course you can captain your certain circumstances they would county. I'll dotle your allowance be accused of favouritism.
No Short Cuts. if you do,"
There is also the matter of disci- Death duties, super-tax, general pline. When a team have been re- The for the heir to devote his lite to ajraptain in the past insubordination depression have made it impossible Rularly in charge of a professional game. Nor can men burn into a has generally entered. For exam- business serve their enunties and įple, after weary hours of fielding tu prospect of a The health report for the week leave the control of the firm during junder a hot sun, with the pitch like ending Apeit 30 shows the following Um summer months to a partner or concrete and
been known to defy an order to easca of infectious diseases and theja manager. Competition is too wicket falling remote, players have tenths therefrom: Meningitis, 20 severe,
There was a time when the rap- phowl.
Now if the command ol an cases and 12 deaths; maali-jux 11 cases and six deaths; diphtheria eight tain of a county team was a very cases and two deaths; and enteric important person indeed more im-amateur were disobeyed the ma portant than the biggest scorer or timus "pro" would assuredly be for misguid day two cases of meningitis and one the best bowler. He was not only "on the carpet" next morning. He skilled in the game; he was also would be suspended or sacked. of small-pox were reported.
man of strong personality. with But with a professional as skinner the level, subtle mind of a general.this are different-
He does not care to get a com- And when age at lust caus bim
getting the machinery in motion for an adjustment of the Shanghai remains a very problem, there rrent deal to be zerumplished be- fors Sino-Japanese relations are placed on anything like a really
atisfactory basis.
The touch tour of success in the general negotiations which must follow these, preliminaries will be willigrams on the part of Japon mittion 1 heat the considered
recajnise China's rights and lo pentral observers. So far, unfor tunately, there has not been mitch itener of any such willingness. On the other haml, we cannot have
yupathy 24715
the Chinese zeuble, such is
who, by urh turient altators, | distrereful-musthods as the atturk Mr. Quo Tai-eld at tite sene what similar ontvore apain Me C. T. Want last year, intervene in matters with which they have not The slightest right to intermeddle, Did they but realise it, they are doing their ropuiry a di-service The settlement 1 such tactics.
of foreign issues is a matter, sobrly for the Government. Morenver, it
Fent their own ends,
d
italiy
A little publientión which, should be of the almost value to marinera has Just been published by Messrn. Brewer
at C. It gives course and distance
vice, enlling at Swatow, Foochow rid Shanghai. It is complied by Mr. W.Į tables for the Hongkong-Tsingtao ser- A. Wiekia, and all data has been taken from Admiralty charts. fuckjet plis at two dollars.
caze. There fever two deaths from tuberculents,
BT were
Un Mon-
S.C.A.A. FAREWELL
DINNER
MR. H. E. GOLDSMITHI ENTERTAINED
Officials of
Impoverished fleirs,
{
not la is retire there was generally at code into trouble, it ind a lieutenant of long standing Tom's heart to take steps which may rob Harry of bread and butter. to step into his place.
The succeeding captain alrendy And so nothing is done officially, know the syles and peculiarities although Tom and Harry may have Mailers go from bad to worse. Lut opposing teams; he was familiar ja wordy war after the mateli.
with the temperaments of the play- ers under him: he had a knowledge | Discontent breels ill-feeling. And.
Professional Captains.
80
At The South China Restaurant of the vagaries of the wickets of in the end comes scandal. Clearly Goldsmithery county ground, how the shathere is no short cut out of the last night, Me. . . was the guest of honour at a fare, dows fell, the best end at which captaincy diffealty. Neither is these changed times any youth who the other problems of the game, is early in the day as set to dewell dinner given by the President put on a fast bowler. But there any cut-and-dried remedy for none the leaders in shore hand, and Committee of the South Ching has the leisure to piny cricket re-esperially for that pressing pro runely as an amateur, and who is blent of Anance. There are people the Association present includal the exactly a novice at the game, who imagine that if cricket were the task of final adjustment line, Athletic Association.
Hon. Mr. T. M. Chan (President), reeted with thankfulness and { "speeded up" in some heetle way a new public woold rush to the In any event, there can be on de
lected leader of the team. Mr. Mak (Vice-President) and Mr.1.
fronty grands. But there is the ། ་ feneg of unconstitutimal in
0. S.Lake (Chatenun 1.
Thig probability that if everything surb as mal violence. In th
Mr. Mok, i During the evening.
There are those who consider were sacrificet for pace of scoring ran. steh tarties must in
in presenting a handsome Chinese]
ng and silk picture, eulogised Mr that the problem of explaincy the new public might not come for- Columny would erase to exist if the clubs ward after all and the old public Gold-mith's work in th
flu Association's broke away from tradition when a might stay away in disgust.
the team! And most of the proposals for and expressed
for mung kindnesses diffieulty arose aul put Approach Tu Disarmament.
Pratitude
can-i in charge of a professional. They "brightening" cricket would pro- of the The to hnical sylviser of the shown by him, especially in Ameris dederation to the Disnesion with the assistance always point out that the paid player may duce contrary results if put into affectionately armament Coatereare have vreom-angrudginrly given in the sphere no na good a judge of the game as practice. Consider two
The United States of pet. He expressed the kronany amateur: they produce refer-hoary annuals
reret of all present that Mr and nee looks to prove that the pro-fathered by those who apparently meaded that
Max. Godemith should to bavingsimmals often heat the amateurs seee nothing interesting in the areigd hadgetary mn well a direct
The Colony, but trusted that thin representative matches; and game unless the ball is lifted high limitation à possiile method for
vills would serve as a reminder so that only mobbery in the air. reducing armaments. This recom mendation is of far-reaching im that they carried away with them allows an inexperienced amateur por over the head of a professional portance, for the United States has the sincere wishes for prosperity of ramderate skill to be made slip- been the one great Power to hold and happiness in retirement.
of great reputation. nt against the financial limitation of armaments. The orientation of the American allitude removes one of the drawbacks in the way of the agreement preliminary methods of Imitation. The direct method of limitation enumerates the number of ships, soldiers, tanks, and so forth a nation possess. The budgetary or in- trouble will be concluded this
direct method limits the amount a week. Admittedly, the point on which immediate accord is expect nation may spend on armaments. ed-the replacement of the exist-The United States objected to the ing cessation of hostilities, which budgetary and contended for the is not due to any formal agreement. direct method because the cost of by a definitely-accepted armistice maintaining her army and navy is that of any other only touches a preliminary point.higher than
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1982.
SHANGHAI PEACE
OUTLOOK
abstacles Desplie innumerable
arisen. there now which have seems every reason for thinking that the first stage of the agree cient between China and Japan for an adjustment of the Shanghai
It by no manner of means implies nation.
On
In the light of the Lengue
a final settlement, but is a dinof Nations budgetary experts' re- tinei advance thereto. The agregsport, allowing for the differences ment was to have been initialled in price levels and maintenance objection yesterday. but developments in-costs, the Amerienun terfered with the carrying out seems no longer valid. The direct of the first step in the formali-method of limitation has workell ties. It is to he hoped that this well in naval armaments, where is only a temporary hold-up and the factors of comparison are re- that there will be no serious hitch tatively simple. But in the other branches of armaments, particu- in the subsequent proceedings.
The main question to be even-larly that of land armaments, the and the comparison tually faced is, of course, the with-factors of drawal of Japanese forces from technicalities involved are so com- Chinese territory into the Inter-plex that it appears wiser at this national Settlement and the Extra-stage of the problem to take the Settlement area. There has been easier course and ilmit them by great difficulty in putting this limiting the amounts which may be apent. The ideal method of limita- Issue on a basin satisfactory to both sides. The Chinese have,tion perhaps would be the combina- very naturally, been anxious totion of direct and Indirect. The re- have a definite date fixed for the commendation of the American ad- withdrawal, but at the moment it visera brings that ideal nearer to bas not been found posalble to realisation. It is such manifesta- arrange matters on this basls.tlons of reasonableness that justi- The withdrawal is to be supervised fy the belief of the lendors that by a Mixed Commission, composed ultimately success will be achloved of representatives of the Powers at the Conference. as well as of China and Japan.
The president and members of the Considerable argument has taken
Y's Men's Club of Hongkong will hold place in regard to the precise in-
the inaugural dinner of the Club on structions to this Commission, but Saturday next, May 7, at Lane Craw agreement appears to have beenford's restaurant, at 7.80 p.m.
A Game. Not a Show.
One of those annuals in that a batsman should be declared "out" to score at a rate of In responding, Mr. Goldsmith
But snobbery is not the real ren-if he fails gave an interesting outline of soe-
There are currents beneath fifty or se per hour. The other is cer in the Colony during flip Inst thirty years, and trend the growth the surface of county cricket that that for every maiden over bowled fielding side. But a little reflec- and popularity of the game since are hidden from the majority of a certain number of runs should be it was taken up so sportingly and thozy who follow the game from deducted from the total of the In the first place, professionals tion on the matter should show reluctant to take that if the fielding team were to et insiastically by Chinese players, the crowd. sport in developing a true under-jas a class are
e emphasised the great value of standing btween East and West, over the loadership of a county benefit by a slow rate of scoring, receive many kicks and no extrafebeck run-getting by pitching the
ball well outside the stumps. and predicted an even closer liaison side. They realise that they would bowlers would set themselves to Cricket is a game, not a Wild West cinema show. It has its in- side as tellectun!
well as its physical side. It is read about and
hought about by millions. But all- the county grounds cannot be thronged every day even-when-tho OR shines until the millennium. enters and no one works more than seven hours a week.
in the future.
"I won't be working much longer if my husband keeps doing
so well. He made a thousand dollars at the Races Inst
Saturday,"
Cricket is surrounded by many perplexities and pitfalls just now, But no doubt the problems will be solved, even as the more vital pro blems of our national life are being solved. And in the meantime, to quote the words of C. B. Fry, "the sume old game is with us to foster skill of hand and eye, suggest pleasant acquaintances, breed strong friendships, and coin strik- ing personalities,"
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