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Hongkong, Monday, March 16, 1925. —

PIRATES AND TALK.

MARCH MONDAY, 16, 1925

WELSH NOT

CONG'S:

The Colony should be proud of. some of its Pubile Utility Com- APPEAL TO

WELSH

BY AP RHYS.]

The Cymdeithas Dewi Sant of with the movement set afoot to Hongkong is associating itself. erect a memorial to one who has with reason been described as the greatest Welshman who ever dower)the first man to unite lived-Owen Glyndwr (or Glen- Wales into one country.

SPORTS CABLES

HOME SOCCER.

RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S

MATCHES.

INTER LEAGUE.'

(Reuter's Serpico.)

certainly the Hongkong Electric Co Ltd, which held another annual meeting on Satar-" day Visualise the Colony in its early days drst with oil lamps; next with dim and later on the more steady gas flames; until to-day the Colony is ablare with the gleaming electric, helping to make the sight from the harbour in the evening, one of the most pictureaque in the world, and forming an aid to contentment time members will be circulated. In the course of a few days which is not to be despised, and an opportunity given them to Figures can be made to show any-contribute to the fund which has thing; those in connection with as its object the erecting of a the Hongkong Electric Co., show village institute in Glyndfry, the clearly, expansion, development, close historical associations of Birmingham.... and an enterprise worthy of all which with the national here are Bolton....... praise. Consumers ure treated detailed in an interesting pamphlet Burnley.... generously and the shareholders accompanying the donation cards. Cardia

LONDON, March 14. At Liverpool the English League defeated the Scottish League by 4 goals to 3.

ENGLISH LEAGUE.

DIVISION I.

West Ham...........

.......... 4 Aston Villa.......

I Newcastle as 3 2- Notta, F

do not suffer thereby. A content. We are given to understand that Leeds Sheffield U

Brom-

Huddersfeld..

o

ed staff is to have premises built the movement is being greeted Nolts C2 Arsenal. I for their eccupation. Such things with much enthusiasm and it is aston Liverpool as these only come out at an confidently anticipated that the Sunderland... 1 Bury annual meeting. They increase lead given by the President of the Totenham our respect for a company which St. David's Society hers will result West has so worthily maintained its generous response from wich position and reputation, and which Hongkong Welshmen to this has kept abreast of the Colony's appeal to their national inspiration Chelsea. expansion to such a remarkable |

and patriotic ideals.

Capton degree.

CORRESPONDENCE.

RED: NOSES OR WHITE?

Sir, As I have come across something which I cannot refrain from bringing to your notice I make no apology for encroaching Lan your valuable space.

1 Blackburn... DIVISION 4

3 Blackpool..... & Bradford C... The movement has been set. Covery 3 Barnsley.. afoot with the approval of eminent Cayal Palo South Shields. Welsh educationists and leaders, Leicester 4 Fulham many of whom were directly Manchester... 2 Portsmouth. responsible for its inception and Oldham Middlesboro those who have made its progress. Wednesday... Part Vals.... their particular care are looking to Southampton. Derby City Societies such as ours all over the Stockport 0 Hull City world to give them a helping Stokeo Wolves..... hand The monument has been

DIVISION 3 (SOUTH)

(To the Editor of the China. Mail), well described as a national Aberdare ... 2 Bristol R.

monu hent for a national hero. Bour admouth 2 Chariton ...

Glyndwr is, not merely a hero Brentford..... 3 Swansea among Welshmen but a hero Brighton Northampton anong heroes; to me he is the Bristol C5 Southend greatest man Wales can claim Gillingham,... Queen's Park wholly as her own »

is how His Luton 6 Merthyr Grace the Archbishop of Wales Millwall 0 Reading. has pat it

Norwich C. Exeter Owen Glendower's star rose on Plymouth ... Watford stormy days From the day in Swindon 2 Newport 1400 on which the Welsh saw that he was their leader to the day of Accrington ... 3 Doncaster

DIVISION 3 (NORTH)." his disappearance la 1415 or 1416, Bradford 2. Walsall

Quite recently an estimable Dean at Home saw a girl powder- ing her nose in a railway carriage. To the girls of Manchester High School he said: "Inere may be two points of view whether it is a charming thing to put.powder on he was in continuous war with the Chesterfield... 6 Durham......... your nose when it is red but there strangers, called lords of the Darlington 2 Tranmere...... is only one point of view as to marches, who were coatlaually Grimsby 2 Nelson.......... where a good-mannered girl would threatening the descendants of the Halifax. 2 Southport........ do It."

old Welsh princes at this time and Hartlepools.... I Barrow To British womanhood out in stealing their land by many wiles. New Brighton 4 Ashington Hongkong and the Far East The poets have described him as a Rochdale 3 Lincoln C....... generally I would commend the tall, sidewy, majestic mian with Rotherham..... I Crewe ........... Doan's words. We have our long beard and hair; this much, at Wrexham...... 6 Wigan - sense of modesty. to maintain any rate, is certain, that he was a before millions of Astafca.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

་་ ་

IMAGE

brave soldier, a akilful general and Ayr Utd 3 Raith ......................... 2 If only for the sake of the fan able statesman. Id addition to Cowdenbeath. 3 Celtic.... 0 so-called inferior races, I would many other commendable ideals Dundee........ I Motherwell like to see all European ladies he set before himself was that of Hamilton...... 3 Queen's Park.. 1 forego the parting on of powder making the Church of Wales better Hearts Kilmarnock In public.

and purer that it had ever been Partick........... 3. Hibernian's Yours, etc.,

before and he was largely inštra- :! mental in bringing it to pass. Hongkong, March 13.

"

ANFIELD,

WEMBLEY AGAIN,

THIS YEAR'S CHIEF

ATTRACTIONS.

"TRICK CYCLISTS."

SMALL BOY SMALL FINE.

IRELAND'S WIN":

WALES LOSE AT RUGBY

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, 'March 14. Ireland beat Wales by 19 points to 3 at Belfast to-day in the Inter- national rugby match.

by the Hongkong Government and manned by the Navy." We know that. What we want to hear is that more of these launches are being provided by the Admiralty. Mr. Bridgeman admits that they are performing "useful service."

Between six and nine o'clock ph Would not a few more such boats

Saturday eventog a large number extend that "useful service," and

of cyclists were giving exhibitions besides easing the strain on the of the British Empire Exhibition of

What will be the chief attractions of trick cycling in Statue Square, Their performances were inter resources of the Navy, greatly 1957 Into the details of the corrupted by a traffic officer, who increase the efficiency of our tents of the

pounced on them and secured measures to deal with piracy?

pavilions it is unnecessary at the

eight of their number. Everyone, except "possibly cer-

molent to go."

The offenders were brought

Wales kicked-off against a slight Suffice it to say before Mr. S.B.B. McElderry at breeze, and after three minutes, tain Admiralty officials, agrees all engring into the spirit of the ing and charged with obstruction, and gave to Millea, who scored for that the Dominions and Colonies are the Central Magistracy this mora. Sugden secured from the scrum that it is the bounden duty of the Exhibition in the same enthusiastic Seven of them were fined $5 each.. British Navy to protect British way as they did last year. All are The eighth, who happened to be a ships. Mr. Bridgeman's state-paring fresh displays and small boy, was fined $2.

ment does not promise any further help from the Navy, anyway in the South China danger zone, but it does at least centre attention upon the piracy evil. Perhaps public opinion will now compel the Admiralty to accept its full responsibility. For the Admiralty, that would be a slightly ironical outcome of Mr. Bridgeman's

various

Overscus

among their organisers. They meen healthy spirit of rivalry prevails to go one better than last year, and euch, if possible, intends to outdo bis colleagues.

FOUND AT SEA,

At the start it was dull and,

following rata in the morning, the turf was soft on top. There were 18,000 spectators."

Ireland. Crawford kicked, but sent the ball against the bar...........

The Irishmen were continually attacking, Crawford once being only inches wide with a penalty kick.

After 32 minutes, an Irish pass- lng movement ended in George. himself converted. Stephenson scoring a try which he

Herrara. a Welsh forward,

will be better than it was last year, a collision with a mall steamer,

The British Government Pavilion

Picked up in the open sea after The Admiralty Theatre, which three distressed Chlosse juskmen retired fame. hast year housed "The Storming of have been taken to the Govern Zeebrugge will again be one of meat Civil Hospital for attention. heavily towards halftime when the the attractions of the Pavilion. The

The Irishmen, were pressing Ministy of Health will have a dis- Angkor has arrived from Shang-

The French Mall steamer score was Ireland 8; Wales 0... play there.

hal. When near Amoy, on her briskly, and Harry Stephenson On the resumption Ireland began big way down, a junk was run down nearly got over. A little later picked up and brought to Hongattack, but the movement and the crew of 28 subsequently Wales made their first dangerous

brought to an end by some fine. Twenty-fire of the crow were tackling. The Palace of Industry will be sent to the Secretariat for Chinese carried a stage further, There Affairs and then referred to, the will be a number of working Harbour Office. exhibits.jpg

The Services will play a put in the Exhibition.

In the Palace of Engineering pride of place will be given to akong, great display of housing.

The Java Line as; Timanoek The Palace of Arts will again reports having sighted a capsized contain representative examples of junk in Lat. 22.21 N., Long. 11453 the art of the Dominions.

E.

is to be repeated on a more exten- The 1924 scheme of Civir periods

tious and additions all arranged to There will be umerous attrac emphasise the objects of the British

ARMED ROBBERS.

Was

George Stephenson kicked a fine penalty goal for Ireland after twelve minutes' play. W

was at fault and some handling Soon after, the Irish tackling by the Welsh forwards resulted lo Turnbull scoring "an uncon- verted try

Shortly before the sad, Browse scored an unconverted: try: for Treland after a typical forward

Empire Exhibition, which are Mataukok last night. Four men George Stephenson converting for dribble. The Irishmen continued to have the upper hand and Harry An armed robbery took place at Stephenson scored another try, 1. To continue the work of knocked at the door of a tea house Ireland

Empire education begun in saying they had come to purchase 1924:

Official statements are not as a rule noted for their clarity. The) memorandum by the First Lord memorandum, but for Hongkong of the Admiralty on the piracy is all the Colony cares about!

a very welcome one indeed, which menace is typically point- less. Mr. Bridgeman states that along with the disturbances in Shareholdings. China piracy hus been a strain on the resources" of the Navy. The for the Hongkong Electric Co., The issue of new share capital public scarcely needed to be told Ltd., is being deferred. When it that. Obviously piracy must be is made, it is probable the present a strain on the Navy when shareholders will be allowed to outrages are still being committed come in "on the ground floor" sive actika as evidence that for all its present which is the usual practice. We efforts the Navy has still to get wonder, if, in connection with the complete mastery of the problem. Colony's public utility companies, Mr. Bridgeman's next remark is some provision could be made to a little more helpful. The gun have a larger shareholding boats on the Yangtse are rapidly clientelle, by reducing the number nearing the end of their effective of shares which may be held by life and they will be gradually one person. In this way encour replaced. Here at least is the small, man to have an interest agement would be given to the promise of greater efficiency-new in a company, which he helps to craft for old. Likewise there is prosper. An experiment might be hope for more effective measures made with setting aside a certain in Mr. Bridgeman's further state utility company for this express

portion of the capital of any publie 4 ment that four motor launcher purpose Such shares would not are being sent out to the Yangtse be affected by the rise and fall of But here our mild

the market: they would always be comes to an end The

at par In such way ther would Bridgeman's memo

be regarded strictly as investment securities and would we feel, be cabled is barren of

an inducement to greater thrift

To show to the people of the opened, they intimidated a woman peanuts On the door being home country the almost and her young brother by the ald 3 To seek in the development

illimitable possibilities of the of daggers and stole money and of the nw materials of the Empire Overnens

property amounting to $24.30.

Empire new sources of In- To foster inter-Empire trade 11, parial wealth:

Land to open up-Frech mar

both

minion and

Tokyo, March 14-The Jipaces contingent to the Far Eastern Olympiad will probably number 157 and is proceeding to Manila on May 4-Router.

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