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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS &
NEWS.
[September 3rd, 1921.
CABLE MYSTERIOUS CHINESE AFFRAY AT
FRENCH LINER NOT LOST.
Under the present scheme of alloting the FAR EASTERN Valley for different games at different times golf is not dangerous and accidents should not happen. The only difficulty at the moment is the two tennis courts used by members of the Army, but I am certain that the golfers and tennis-players can settle this little question in a friendly spirit, provided outsiders do not inter-
fere.
There is a suggestion afoot to start a library of books on golf, and if any members have any such books that they have finished with Mr. A. B. Stewart will be pleased to receive them. Of course no details have been fixed, but I hear the idea is to have the books at Fanling, This, to my mind, would be a mistake. Very few golfers would have time to study them out there. The only people to benefit by them would be those who stay over the week-end-a very small proportion. It appears to me that mem- bers would like to take books of this description home to read during the week, and therefore it would be far more beneficial if the books were kept at a central depot in Hongkong.
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The Committee are at present com- piling a small booklet of revised local rules, bye-laws, etc., for each course. The booklet will also also contain facsimile of the medal cards for each course, giving the names of each hole, with, of course, the length and bogey. The names for the old course at Fanling will remain as they stand, but the new course, Happy Valley and Deep Water Bay are receiving brand new names. At the time of writing the only new names available are those for Happy Valley, which I give below:
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1st hole, "The better 'ole "; 2nd, "The Gap 3rd. "The Corner 4th. "Black rock"; 5th, "The Monument 6th, "The Turn ; 7th, The Long hole 8th, "Mile end"; 9th, The Hut."
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A well-known firm in Hongkong are having a thousand copies of the rules and etiquette of golf, amended up date, printed, and these they are gener- ously presenting to the Golf Club, so I presume that every member will be sup plied with a copy. There will be no excuse, then, for the indiscretions which are far too numerous on the Hongkong course!
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They are making great headway with the new verandah at Deep Water Bay: and I hear that some of this course's
patrons have offered to build an addi- tional one on top of the one at present add This will under construction. greatly to the comfort of players during the hot weather, and further relieve the congestion.
The re-constructed fourth hole on this course is now finished and is a great im- provement on the old one.
I believe the Committee are, busy try- ing to draft a scheme to simplify the booking of times at Fanling. It is a difficult problem and one which will never be solved to the satisfaction of everybody. Personally. I do not envy them their job. and I doubt very much whether they will be able to do anything at all without a deal of extra expense, which is the one thing they are trying to avoid. If the railway had electric trains to carry 20 people only, ran one every forty minutes, and would issue tickets for specified trains beforehand, I think the problem would be solved! But will the Railway do it?
SHANGHAI, August 26th. The French liner Cordillere marvel- lously righted herself late on Wednesday night and the captain, officers, and crew were enabled to go aboard. The rudder was broken by the bumping she got. Her previous list was to starboard. Early yesterday morning the list was ten degrees to port. She is still in a danger- ous position, as are also the Glaucus and Hendrik. The Glaucus is on her maiden trip from Liverpool.
September 2nd.
The Glaucus got off this forenoon.
Y.M.C.A. IN SHANGHAI,
SHANGHAI, August 30th. The national war-time council of the Y.M.C.A. in America has donated three hundred thousand gold dollars for the club and property acquired in Shanghai. Work begins soon.
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TORONTO, August 29th.
Four Chinese crew of the Dominion Coal Company's steamer Maskinonge were killed, and 2 wounded, by revolver shots in the forecastle of the steamer, weapon was discovered. The surviving which had anchored near Quebec. Chinese refuse to throw light on affray.
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ORIENTAL LABOUR IN CANADA.
TORONTO, August 29th. The Dominion Trades and Labour Con- gress has passed a resolution in favour of the exclusion of all Oriental immi- grants permanently.
CHINESE LABOUR IN UNITED KINGDOM.
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LONDON, August 31st. That a capitalist boss was behind the importation of Chinese into Canada and the United Kingdom was the opinion expressed by a Magistrate at Pontypridd, to-day, when three Chinese were charged with landing in the United Kingdom without permission of the immigration officer at Liverpool: and were ordered to be detained in custody in the second divi- sion for a month, with a view to arrang- ing for their deportation.
A SHANGĦAL BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. Cecil Humphreys, merchant of Shanghai, yesterday underwent a public
for examination
bankruptcy the British Supreme Court before Judge
The Magistrate declared that a great Grain. The petitioning creditor was the amount of money was given for securing Bank of China. Mr. P. W. Goldring re- the services of Chinese on the Pacific presented the debtor. A statement of coast and along the coasts here. A huge affairs places the assets at $2,050 and the business was being done in this way in estimated liabilities at $520,000. Mr. British Columbia, and certain Chinese Humphreys attributed his losses to bad
were making fortunes very rapidly by judgment, the tremendous fa.! in ex-getting young Chinese into England, change, and general bad trade condi- tions. His original capital, he said, ap- The examination proximated $150 000. was adjourned.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MARSHAL JOFFRE'S VISIT TO JAPAN.
PARIS, August 24th (delayed.) Marshal Joffre has postponed the start of his voyage to Japan until the end of the year.--Havas.
YAP DISPUTE SETTLED.
LONDON, August 29th.
The protracted dispute between the United States and Japan, as regards the mandate given to the latter by the League over the Island of Yap, to which the United States objected, is now settled.
According to the Morning Post's Wash- ington correspondent, the United States has accepted the Japanese offer to con- cede cable facilities and control, instead of agreeing to the proposed internationa- lisation of the island.
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO
JAPAN.
PARIS August 27th (delayed). M. Paul Claudel, the new Ambassador to Japan, will said on September 2nd. In an interview with the Excelsior, M. Claudel expressed himself as proud and sincerely pleased to represent France in the country of an allied nation, civilisation he greatly admires and in whose destiny he firmly believes. The new Ambassador states that all his efforts are to be devoted to rendering still more intimate the intellectual bonds between France and Japan.-Havas.
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PACIFIC CONFERENCE AND SOUTH CHINA'S APPLICATION.
LONDON, August 31st. Advices from Washington indicate that the pressing application of South China to be admitted to the disarmament con- ference is not likely to find favour with the American Administration, which is disposed only to recognise the establish- ed Government.
THE PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT HONGKONG.
LONDON, September 1st. According to the present arrangements, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales concludes his tour in India, approximately, on March 17th, and is calling at Singapore, Hong- kong, and, possibly, Penang en route for Japan.
FAMINE COMMITTEE AND A BANK FRAUD.
A Peking message says:-The United International Famine Relief Committee has asked H.E. President Hsu Shih- chang to aid that organization in re- covering $80,000 lost through the Yu Feng Bank, which closed its doors the day after the Society had deposited, $150.000 for transmission from Peking to Sianfu for use in relieving famine there.
The petition, signed by members of the committee, charges that the bank officials knew when the money was accepted that the bank was to close its doors and that the act of receiving the money was fiaud and that all of the funds should be re-
turned.
The petition further says that the Society has been able to get $70,000 from the officials, but asks the President to use his influence with the police and other authorities to see that the remain- der of the money is returned.