1929-05-29 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929.

Sport Columns

LAWN TENNIS

RESULTS IN FRENCH HARD- COURT CHAMPIONSHIP

MIXED DOUBLES

Auteuil, Yesterday. In the final of the Mixed Doubles in the French Hardcourt Championship. the holders- Cochet (France) and Miss Eileen Bennett (Britain)-defeated F T. Hunter and Miss Helen Wills (U.S.A.), 6-3, 6-2.

The Singles

Tn the third round of the Singles Tilden defeated Duplaix (France); 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.-

Coen (America) defeated E. J. Collins, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Von Kehrling (Hungary) de. feated Austin, 4-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

IDLE LIST

THE CHINA MAIL.

Ilminary trumpeting on the part of PERJURY IN COURT ?: his organisation, told the country that he had a plan which would, DOCUMENTS IMPOUNDED BY solve the unemployment problem, în

CHIEF JUSTICE'S ORDER one year without costing any rate--- payer, or any single taxpayer one single penny.

COMMENT ON MR LLOYD GEORGE'S PANACEA

"WILD AND ILL-INFORMED"

PROBABLE PROSECUTION "One would suppose that a pro- The visitors, batting a second Two members of the Cabinet, Mr.

The litigation which was com- nouncement of that kind, coming menced yesterday between Ip time, managed to run up a total Neville Chamberlain (Minister of of 179 runs, Robins being the Health) and Colonel Wilfrid Ashley from a man of Mr. Lloyd George's the owners of the Ming Sing from an ex-Prime Minister and Shui-shan, and Li Lai-chuen and mast damaging bowler.

His (Minister of Transport) replied to minence, would have thrilled the Cinema Theatre before the Chief analysis was

six wickets for 53 Mr. Lloyd George's recent speech,cointry. And yet I do not think Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, in the in which he undertook to find a so I can ever recollect any statement Supreme Court, was abruptly con- rung.

Lasing only one man for 51lution of the unemployment proof that importance coming from

cluded. rans Middlesex won the game by blem.

Colonel

such an eminent politician which nine wickets.

Ashley, speaking at

The plaintiff, represented by has been received with such a Mr. Hin-shing Lo, instructed by Blandford, Dorset, referred to Mr. chorus of jeers Hampshire v. Gloucestershire

Lloyd George's statement that throughout the whole land and I

Mr. F: A. d'Almada claimed that Hampshire, playing at South- "nothing has been done on the na-

defendants had committed a Everybody knows that Mr. Lloyd of an indenture of land, which he breach of the covenant in respect ampton, leat to Gloucestershire bytional system of trunk roads since must say I am not surprised.

the beginning of the nineteenth an innings and 129 runs.

George is perfectly safe in makhad demised to them for 12 Chin- Gloucestershire bacted first and century."

Such a statement, heing any promise, however extrava- which the felt, could only be due to an ignoregant and fantastic it may be, which alleged to have covenanted not to scored 429 runs to

ese years. The defendants were home team replied with 110 runs.

is conditional on his being return sub-let the whole or any portion!

because everybody, knows that the Liberal party has of the land to a third party with- not the remotest chance of coming out first obtaining the consent of hack with a majority over the other the plaintiff in writing. parties in the State.

ance of facts so amazing that one

deliberate: --

Goddard captured five wickels for could not help thinking that it wased to power, 35 rs and forged Hampshire to follow on. They could score only 190 runs in their second venture, Goddard again coming off with the ball capturing five wickets for 57 runs.

and

derisión

Mr. Lloyd George, he proceeded, was apparently ignorant of what was going on even in his own coun- ty of Carnarvon, where the 'modern-

"And when you look at his isation of the Holyhead road had re-speech, what does it consist of?- moved many dangers and had cer

tainly doubled the facilities for

traffic.

a sort of cold hash, a hash of a

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., and Mr. Leo d'Almada, jun., appeared for the owners of the Ming Sing Cinema, on the instructions of Glamorgon v. Warwickshire

number of items, some of which are Hall Bratton & Co. The defence Gregory beat Aesch Limann

Warwickshire beat Glamorgan

already in the programmes of other was that plaintiff knew all along (Switzerland), '4-6, 6-0, 6-0, 7-5,

Colonel Ashley pointed out that parties, while others of them have that the defendant, Li Lai-chuen, at Cardiff by 97 runs. In the Second round of the Warwick scored 125, Bates tak-the net payments from the Road already been considered and reject had assigned the property to the women's singles Mademoiselle ing six for 34; Glamorgan reply-risen from £5,000,000 in 1920-21 to

Fund for highway purposes baded as useless and impracticable."

Ming Sing Cinema, and that the Berthet (France) defeated Missing with 247,

In one of those flights of rhetoricuilding was erected with his about $19,000,000 for the financial which sounded Elith Cross (Amorica), 6-3, 10-8. Warwick's second venture pro-year now drawing to a close.

so big and meant knowledge. Plaintiff, by virtue Mrs. Watson beat Miss Morrill duced 255; but Glamorgan co-ordinary maintenance grants to- they would have to cut

so little, Mr. Lloyd George said that of his knowledge in the matter, (America), 6-0, 6-3.

lapsed remarkably, compiling only wards, Class 1 and Class 2 roads right through into the open air and assignment being executed, and did not take steps to prevent the Miss Bouman (Dutch cham- pion) was indisposed and

into the sunshine and the violet was therefore estopped from scratched.-Reuter.

rays they heard so much about, claiming. "And there," added Mr. Chamber-

for heroes." lain, they were to live in homes fit

(Laughter).

COUNTY CRICKET

(Continued from Page 1)

Middlesex y. Notts

Middlesex, at Lord's, won their Afth match of the present season when they put Natts County, by nine wickets,

Notts County batted first and scored 246 runs. Whysall being the chief contributor with 121

runs.

Middlesex replied with #75

rubs.

1

40 in the second innings, Foster getting the fine analysis of six for 11.-Reater,

1st Inna. No

P. W. L. W. L. Ros, Pts. Lierbyshire £ 3 2 0 0 34 Kent

540 0 0 32 Lancashire 9 2 1 1 1 0 32

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Morestershire 58 2 1 0 0 29 Susse

60 2 0 97 0199 5 6 21 Leicestershire Notis Sarrey

6200 120 Worcestershire 4

32 7 10 38 Worcestershire 12 10 18 Yorkshire 3 1 0 1 0 1 17

Northants Hampshire Somerset Caniogan Hasex

Tennis Stars

1

1

0 3 1 17 140 3 1 19

0 0 0

Below, left to right, Glenna Collett, American galf champion, and Reier Wilks, world's women's tennis queen. Inset, left to right,

Betty Nathell. British tennis whiz, and Joyce Wethered, British golf champion; who won the British women's championship at St. Andrew's

The

now amounted to about £10,000,000

per annum, and next year, owing to the increases in the rates of assist ance recently announced, would amount to some £12,000,000. they

Since 1920 successive pro- grammes of road and bridge works had been expedited for the relief of

avenues

Plaintiff, in the witness box, while denying knowledge of the Ming Sing Cinema and that they Asking could the slums problem had taken on the lease from Li, be solved in that way, Mr. Cham-admitted that he had been ap- berlain said: "Let me remind you proached by a man called Ma Hi unemployment. These represented that when Mr. Lloyd George was and Li Lai-chucn with regard to an expenditure of some £67,000,000, Prime Minister he set out to build a scheme for the building of a towards which contributions

houses, but they cost over £1,000 cinema theatre. He also admitted amounting to about £37,000,000 each, and although he put a sub that he was inclined to accept would have been made from a-sidy into force which is placing a their proposal. tional funds. Out of the total of

terrible burden on the taxpayers £57,000,000 no less than £26,000,000 to-day-we are paying £7,000,000 a had been spent since 1924 and

year for subsidies on the Lloyd £13,000,000 still remained to be George houses-although we did spent.

that, those houses are still too cost- ly for the heroes to live in."

Grants for Road Improvement Quite apart, he said, from these special programmes grants had been made from the Road Fund to the reconstruction, widening, diver sion and improvement of classified roada. During the last four years the expenditure on such schemes had been £18,000,000, and the grants towards them had amounted to £8,600,000.

MEN ARE VAIN!

MARCEL WAVES, AND BEAUTY

PREPARATIONS

SCENTED SOAPS AND CREAMS!

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They

Cross-examined by Mr. Potter, plaintiff admitted that he had permitted the Ming Sing Cinema to put up their sign-board and lighting on his (plaintiff's) own wall. He knew that the theatre was being built but he thought it was Li's property.

Ilis Lordship asked Mr. Lo if

further. he would like the case to proceed

Counsel said that he would the Court. leave the matter in the hands of

His Lordship then gave judg "All men are peacocks.

ment for the defendants with are vain. A man cannot have nice costs and ordered that the docu- Included in the works which had bands without perpetually playing ments been put in hand during the last the five-finger exercises with his tie. pounded and sent to the Attorney- of the plaintiff be im- nine years, were some 280 miles of

And if he has good even teeth, his General to consider whether or by-pass roads, the need for which life is one fatuous grin." was specially emphasised by Mr.

not the plaintiff should be prose- women criticises her cuted for perjury. Lloyd George in his speech. Spe-brothers. She continues in as cial sums had also been allo-strong a resentment. cated recently for the reconstruc- tion of weak bridges-another mat- ter on which Mr. Lloyd George laid

stress.

to

This record was in itself a suffi- clent auswer

Mr. Lloyd George's charge, but in addition the Government had found it pos- sible to give substantial help to warda rural roads. To this end they had made available during the past four years practically £10,- 500,000, for the maintenance and improvement of rural roads.

Colonel Ashley also referred to the heavy commitments which had been entered into by the Road Fund connection with the schemes in recommended by the Royal Commis-

I'hus

"Men are always sneering at women for being vain; but have you seen a fellow in a new suit?

"He turns and twists and poses before the mirror, and he wants to know how it fits at the back and

His Lordship found as a fact that the plaintiff had stood by, knowing the defendants to be in occupation of the lot and also money on the erection of a knowing that they were spending theatre. The plaintiff was, there fore, estopped from claiming.

across the shoulders, and if the trousers are not too short."

"And just look at men with perhard labour, was this morning im

A fine of $1000, or four months". manent waves" proceeded Eve acornfully. "And their face mass-

posed by Mr. E. W. 'Hamilton, at ages, and hot towels and things. 1 Chinese who was charged with

the Central Magistracy, on went to have my hair fixed some the unlawful possession of 28 time ago, and got into the men's roon by mistake. Talk about a beauty parlour!

a

taels of raw non-Government opium. He was arrested whilst "The place reeked with eau de coming ashore from the s.e. Cologne and burnt hairs, scented

"Kwangtung," the drug. being soaps, and Erilliantine. Peacocks!" found tied round his legs.

But after all men are not wholly to blame.

Cheshire Hounds met in the Do not all the most auc-

square at Nantwich, Cheshire, re- cessful women authors of to-day continually assert what ugly brutescently, for the first time in 200 men are??

sion on Cross-river Traffic, under the chairmanship of Lord Lee. The necessary expenditure, as estimated by

the Royal Commission, was £27,500,000, and subsequent inves tigations had shown that in several All that there is to say to the directions their estimates were on the low side.

years.

matter is that both sexes are vain, HONG KONG HEIGHTS for is not the world a huge vanity

He thought that this survey of fair? Perhaps the fairer sex are what had been done since 1920, and the worse:--Overseas Daily Mail. was still being done, was an ade quate reply to Mr. Lloyd George's wild and ill-informed speech.

"The Promise-Breaker" Mr. Neville Chamberlain spoke at Bradford.

"I do not intend," he said, "to make predictions, or even promise. I could not really attempt to com pete in that respect with the greatest promise-maker, and some people would say the greatest pro- mise-breaker, in this country to-

day.

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Queen Victoria's, travelling and sleeping carriage, built in 1834, was sold by auction at Guildford, Sur- rey, for £17 17a.

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