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FIRST DIVISION.

•U.S.R.C. v. Chinese R.C.

GERMANY LESS HOSTILE

Berlin, May 17. The Nationalist party, which will be the deciding factor in any Paris, May 18. coalition which will probably be The United States defeated formed as the result. of the elec Playing on Saturday in the first France in the final of the Olympictions, is showing less hostility to division of the League, the United rugby by 17 points to 3.

the adoption of Colonel Dave's Services R.C. defeated the Chinese Later: reparations report, a meeting of R.. by 66 ganies to 33. Scores:-- The United States, whose vic- the party deciding in favour of

Grace and Worthington tory upset all calculations, scored the continuation of the policy of (U.S.R.C.) beat Ho and Ho 7-4; the first try four minutes from the Marx-Stresemann Govern-beat Lau and Lau 9-2; beat: Wong the start and from then onwardment, had the best of the game.

and Chon 7-4.

Industrialist banks now desper- Montague Bates and Hattersley They played a very hard game lately favour the adoption of the Sthith (U.S.R.C.) beat Ho and Ho and the lighter Frenchmen did not report in consequence of the finan-9-2; beat Lau and Lau 9-2; beat, like their hard tackling.

cial crisis, due to the belated effort | Wong and Chon 11-0. Two Frenchmen were incapa- citated and one was badly shaken, The French XV. became demoralised towards the end of the game.

The Americans were superior in speed, weight and dash.

The French forwards played well but the backs failed to pierce the American defence. Reuter,

DAVIS CUP.

DENMARK DEERAT-

-HUNGARY,"

Copenhagen, May 18.) Denmark defeated Hungary in the Davis Cup by matches to and now meet Italy.

ARMS EVIL.

SHANGHAI, May 10.". The Nork-China Daily News, the course of a lending article to-day dealing with antes smuggling, says that the whole question calls for concerted drastic action of all to the Far Governments interested Est.

SECOND

SECOND DIVISION. Netherlands T. CLv. K.C.C. “A♫

of the Reichsbank to arrest the ..Butterworth and Allfree indiscriminate grant of credits (L.S.R.C.) lost to Ho and Ho 3-8; that followed the stabilisation of lost to Lau and Lau 5-6; beat. the Bank. The necessity of meet-Wong and Choa 7- ing commitments in cash has caused a stream of bankruptcies- among smaller, banks and retail- ers. The crisis is intensified by the appreciation of the Franc, which has caused as widespread Netherlands T.C. by 63 games to

The K.C.C. "A" defeated the. havoc among innumerable speculators as its fall. There is 86. Scores: every indication that the parties

Nolthenius-de-Man, and Bonner-

they acquired in the elections, not lason 4: beat Oliver and Ram- to wreck the international settle-say 6-5; lost to Green and Jordan

5-6. tion of progressive movements lost to Mason and Brown 4-7; lost ment, but to complete the destruc-

Groot and Woutman (N.T.C.) that have gradually weakened to Oliver and Ramsay 1-10; lost since the revolution. A vast

Reactionary demonstration to Green and Jordan 5-6.

Halle, and similar demonstrations

Egmond and Hientszén (N.T.C.) planned at Eerlin, Breslau and lost to Muson and Brown 3-8; lost strength of the Reactionaries; Green and Jordan 5-6 elsewhere, testify to the growing to Oliver and Ramsay 4-7; lost to and the ineffectual effort at self assertion by the Ruhr miners, half

million of whom are locked out because they insisted on the estab- ishment of a seven-hour shift, is. The writer pays a tribute to the evidence of the weakness, of the efforts of the Customs authorities | workers.--Reuter, and police to suppress the traffic. A dient feature emerging from e'con- sidemtion elf the question is the "miserably inadequate posters of the Shanghai Courts.

The writer points to the beneficial effects of the new Atm. Ordinance Hongkong, the adoption of which

** PEACOCK",ALLEY. BRIGHT PICTURE FOR DULL WEATHER.

Contrasted with the depressing

is recommended for Shanghai-weather in the streets outside is Courtesy Daily Bulletin..

W RACING,

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LONDON, May 17. The result of the Great Jubilee Handicap, one mile and a quarter, run at Kempton to-day, was as under:

Chinese R.C. v. Civil Service C.C.

Civil Service C.C. by 68 games The Chinese R. C. defeated the

to 41.

Choy Ping-fan and Ng Kar- chuen beat Shepherd and Luck 8-3; beat Best and Gillow 7-4; beat Smith and White 74

Wu Kun-ying and Ip Kay løst to Shepherd and Luck 5-6; lost to Best and Gillow 47; beat Smith and White 10-1.

Other matches were postponed:

Choy Ping-sun and Lam "Yuk- ving lost to Shepherd and Luck the cosy comfort in the Coronet 5-6: lost to Best and Gillow 5-6; Theatre where the feature picture beat Smith and White 7-4." is if anything made the more. enjoyable by the prevailing gloom. "Peacock Alley" is essentially a picture for dull days. Bright, vivacious, spectacular-it has all the dash and the gaiety of the world's great capitals, all the sparkle of Parisian cafe life and the lure of New York's hectic

Purth (9 to 2 against) Verdict 8 to 1 against Soldumeno (6 to 1 against)

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in the quiet backwater of a Glasgow police had to be called The plas betting was even on Normandy village to give extra to a dance hall in the Partick Verdict and 7 to 4 against Solda-edge to it all. The story of "Pea- meno and Parth-Reuter.

LOUISVILLE, May 18.. Black Gold won the Komtucky Derby-Reuter's American Service,

HOME CRICKET.

Losnos, May 17.

division of Glasgow to deal with a cock Alley" concerns a pretty disturbance which arose through little French girl who leaves her rivalry between six young men country home and becomes who wished to dance with an at- famous in Paris as a dancer. tractive young woman. Eventually she marries a prosaic American business man and then her troubles begin, as her hus-

The rivals, it appears, surround. ed the girl and pressed their at- tentions upon her. Eventually she selected one of them, but before)

At Manchester in glorious wesband's people do not fail to express the couple had reached the floor ther, before 12,000 spectators, the their horror of her gay Parisian the hall was in an uproar and fight- | South Africans were all dismissed ways. Everything comes alright ing ensued. for 60. Richard Tyldesley taking in the end, of course, but not

wickets for 28 and Parkin 3 for 281before some very piquant inci- police who upon arrival quickly The managementtelephoned for Lancashire replied with 246 for the dents have been enacted. Biae cleared the hall. Outside, how- lows of 5 wickets, Watson being

undefeated with a century to his Murray plays the leading role, and ever, the dancers renewed the credit, whilst Sharp scored 55-f for nothing else, her perform-fighting, and reinforcements of Rewer.

ance is remarkable by reason of police had to be summoned. her exceedingly clever dancing. The young man who had been Woven round life in two of the favoured by the girl was attacked, world's gayest capitals it might and the young woman, in an at- only be expected that "Peacock tempt to defend him, was knock- Alley" would present some very ed down. beautiful costumes.

PARIS, May 17, At Association football. England defeated France by 3 goals to 1.— Reuter.

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QUEEN'S THEATRE.

That varied programme pre- sented by Chefalo the magician and "The Forbidden Law" a pic- ture with a strong climax will be seen for the last time at the 5.16 and 9.35 shows at the Queen's Theatre to-day. **Determination,"

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AGE OF UGLINESS ?·

SIR H. SLESSOR SAYS IT IS HOPELESSLY BAD.

"Contrast the Middle Age Years ago it used to be said that A ten-reel picture follows to-morrow. It has the German Emperor, had he been even an Act of Parliament of been claimed that this picture would have made a good com- fully written than many a modern

born in humbler circumstances, Queen Elizabeth was more beauti will entirely satisfy the most mercial traveller. This observation novel. If we are to change this a cosmopolitan tastes of cinema through the strange hutations of tremendous educative effort will audiences as the stupendous fortune, has actually come true in he needed." said Sir Henry H. scenes shown will include

large the person of his son the ex-Crown Slessor, M.P., the new Solicitor ball in the fashion centre of Prince

General, in a 'recent lecture re London, the slum districts of the Moved by his plea that his ported In The Crusader. East End, an interior of.n Parisfortune.had suffered just the same "It is interesting and somewhat gambling establishment' with its as everybody else's through the curious to note how many countries habituees of both sexes, a boxing depression of the mark the and ages have been judged by match and a horse-race and the German, Government gave the ex. their esthetic Achievement. I scheming of an. Apache gang.

Crown Prince permission to bring think this age will go down to his family to Germany 'to seek history as the Age of Ugilnesa! some remunerative occupation. We can build neither houses nor This he has obtained as a traveller town halls nor railway stations ! Riga, May. 17-It is reported for agricultural machinery. He Even our war memorials-ex- from Moscow that the Minsk should do very well in this line pressions of a deep and sincere animent Suersae. Court sentenced men staco all the large landowners are muntion are hopelessly bad and named Katzawrot to five years ataunch monarchists, and many of Queen. Eleanor would seem to and a woman named Ruaidh a them are perennally known to him, have been much more inily beloved. espionage on behalf of the Affer family are at present living in are to judge by the beauty of the to two youn' imprisonment,ilor. W. Hohenzollern, Jun., and his by her people than Victoria 'If we

can Relief Administration, which | Potsdam, and he is in the habit of statues exccted in her honour.""" M. Zinovieff, at the provincial taking them to the pieniras like. But, surely Sir Henry must conference of the Communist party any other respectable business admit that we are making vast at Leningrad, stated was a purely man. It is said that he fills the improvements on the Victorian spying organisation ~Reuter part of drummer to the life. Age, in those respects,

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