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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.

INTERPORT LAWN' BOWLS

undoing, Following on long-and medium-long heads very few of the players could get the extra short length and the woods were scattered all over the place. Most of the woods were far too steamy and in the worst head of game the Dock scared four and might have scored Alve had not Gray sent down a wrong hias amid the usual shouts of -well, something that rhymes with rinks!

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promptu concert will be given in the latter's grounds at Happy Val- ley at nine o'clock, Members are cordially invited to attend.

ZETLAND v. CATHAY.

Interesting Match on Electric Green

THE CHINA MAIL,

[THE SACRED MIRROR WIDESPREAD HAVOCA “FUNNY

CEREMONY OF ARCHAIC

RITUAL IN JAPAN DESTROYING THE OLD SHRINE

Tokyo, Yesterday.

This ceremony (of the Sacred Mirror) which is performed only once in every twenty years takes place on the night of October 2, when the rairror will be transferred with a wealth of archaic ritual. from its old shrine to the new, after which the old shrine will be destroyed by sacred fire. the Sun

According to the orthodox belief, mirror to her grandson, whose great Goddess presented the

grandson Jimmu Tenno was the first Emperor of Japan, Hence, the ceremony of transferring the sacred emblem ance in twenty years is 16regarded as an important national event, requiring the attendance of the Premier, and other high officials. Though the Emperor remains in Tokyo, he performs special cerp 39 monies before the shrine in the

Imperial Palace-Reuter.

A match took place on the Hong Kong Electric Recreation Club With five shots behind and a fast! Green on Sunday, between two falling light it looked like an easy rinks representing Zetland and win, after all, for the locals. An- Cathay, Zetland winning by aine other toucher from Atkinson availed shots. Scorea:- nothing, however, and the vialtore Zetland

Cathay scored another shot.

Paul

Walker Webster

Padgett Haynes Akehurst

F. Smith 28 Hollidge Jeeves

Flegy Bickford Deakin

The lost head-the eighteenth- saw Atkinson lying a couple of beauties and he' was well guarded by his succeeding mates. Dorrance, Duckworth however, came in with a well played | Drake

Blackborn winning wood, which gave his side

a couple.

Final scores:

Kowloon Dock N.C. Shanghal

.16 14

Scores at a Glance Detailed scores of the game are

as follows:

Shanghai

Glover Kerley

Jessiman Dorrance

14

Kowloon Dock No. 1 Atkinson

No. 2 Cooper No. 3 McKelvie

'Skip Gray

16

Last night the visiting team were entertained at the Peninsula Hotel by the Kowloon Dock Recreation Club at dinner and dance. The Dock hosts, mindful of the splendid hospitality accorded Hong Kong bowlers in Shanghai, left no stone unturned to ensure a most pleasant evening for the guests. It was a capital introduction to the week's hospitality in store for the visitors. To-day's Match Today, Shanghai will play on the Kowloon G.C. green. The Shanghai Interport rink has not yet been selected, but the teams for to-day's match will probably be as follows:

Shanghai

Phillipa

Jensimun

Dorrance

Malcolm

.

Kowloon CC. Gibson

Hyde-Lay.

Fraser Silkstone

Civil Service C.C. It is announced in our advertis- ing columns that on Thursday-the day on which the Shanghai team play the Civil Service C.C.-an im-

POLO MATCH

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HOME FOOTBALL

STOKE IMPROVE IN END DIVISION

NORTHERN GAME STOPPED

London, Yesterday. Three fixtures in the. Football

WOMAN

STORY SWEEPS ISLANDS OF GLADYS VOILE, A COMEDIENNE

JAPAN

in

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.800 HOUSES DESTROYED

Tokyo, Yesterday. Widespread havoc was wrought

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OF PERSONALITY

THE WARWICK OOMPANY

**

Gladys Volle, the leading comedienne which commences a short season at the of the Warwick Revue Company the Amamio Shima Islands, Star Theatre on Thursday, October 10, Luchus, by a storm which wept is one of those theatrical rarities- the area throughout on September stage "funny" woman. Of all the various types that the harassed then- The official figures received attrical matager is called upon to select Tokyo show that nearly 600 this is, perhaps, the most difficult of houses were destroyed, and over all to find. The really funny women 800 damaged, while five motor- of our time may be counted boats

patches put the figures higher they are few and far between, and like fingers of the two hands-Maisie Gay, several, casualties. Press dea-Wallace and perhaps a few more, but There were Cecily Courtneige, Gladys Volle, Nellie

Reuter.

the much-advertised pill, worth their weight in gold.

wero sunk.

་་ད་ བ-= ARABS ON STRIKE

RESENTMENT SHOWN AT

RIOT SENTENCES

TO CEASE WORK

Jerusalem,.Yesterday. After meetings at Haifa, Jaffe and Jerusalem in protest against the san- STRANDED ON REEF tences of Arabs in connection with the

CREW RESCUED BY COAST. GUARD BOAT

WRECKED BY HURRICANE

the

recent disturbances, the Arabs de- cided to close all their establishments In Palestine and to cease all work on Wednesday.-Renter.

HOME FINANCE

DEFICIT OF £4,000,000 LESS THAN LAST YEAR

EXPERTS SATISFIED.

New Orleans, Yesterday. The coast-guard ship "Saukee," League were played to-day, two after standing by all night long being in Division II, in which in rough weather off Stoke City jumped from 10th to Mollasses' Reef, succeeded in res- 2nd place. In the Northern, see-aning all the 28 members of the tion, the game was stopped before crew of the Danish cargo ship

London, Yesterday. the time of the final whistle. Re- "Scandia." which, laden with

The revenue returns for the first sults (home club mentioned) 3,500,000 gallons of fuel oil, was

six months of the financial year wrecked on the reef by the hurri-show a deficit of £72,000,000. Re- -cane оп Saturday. -Beuter's American Service.

first

Stoke

Division IL

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Bradford City 4 Charlton -

Wolverhampton 0 Division III (North)

1 Stockport but abandoned 10 minutes before

time.

"Lincoln

AMENDED TABLES

Second Division

Goals:

Oldham Stoke Chelsea Reading Notts Cnty. Cardiff... Wolves Blackpool Hul S'thampton Chariton ... Bristol C. West Brom

1

P. W. D. L. T. A. Pte. 7 5 2 0 16 7 12 8 4 3 1 21 15

7 5 0 2 10 11 10 8 4 2 2 12° B 10 9 4 2 3 12 10 10 3 4 2 3 12 10 10

4 2

∙ 10 16 10

18 10 10

10-10 9

16 16

8

19 19

20 14

13 14

Bradford Bradford C. Tottenham Barnsley Swansea 8 1 2 6 10 12 Preston N.E. 1 1 6 9 19 Millwall

8 0 3 5 13 23 Notts Forest 7 0 2 5

22 2

Division III. (North)

Goals. P. W. D. L. F. A. Ph. Port Vale 9 8 0 1 27 6 16 Stockport... 7 5 2 0 24 6 12 Tranmere S. Shields Accrington Crowe ...... Darlington Rochdale

York

Wigan

Chesterfield Lincoln Rotherham Doncaster

8 4 2 2 21 14 10 7 6.0 2 10 910 3.4 1 1812 10 16 79

The final in the above competition will be played at Causeway Bay to morrow afternoon, the finalists be- Wroxham ing the Somerset L, I. and the Southport Typhoons, two strong combinations Barrow which had shown up well during)

Carlisle the competition which is held under Nelson

Hartlepools the auspices of the Hong Kong Halifax Polo Club, The Somersets are N. Brighton 8 favourites for championship hon- ours, but the Typhoons may be ex- pected to give them a hard game and are quite capable snatching a victory. The band of the 2nd Battalion the King's Own Scottish Borderers will be in attendance.

HOCKEY

FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON

The following will represent the Club "A" against the Recreio at King's Park at 5 p.m. to-day:

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Cyclone Damage

cofpts are 2317,000,000, and ex- penditure. £389,000,000 but the de- fluit is nearly £4,000,000 less than inst year.

Jacksonville, Fla., Yesterday. The hurricane which passed

Experts express the opinion that swiftly through the Gulf of Mexico, the situation is not unsatisfactory. now threatens a 200-mile strip be---Beuter. tween Pensacola and the mouth of

the Mississippi. The inhabitants are taking precautions. There are many wrecked vessels in the wake of the storm.

A large section of the East Coast railway has been washed out near Marathon. The water is so deep in some towns that food has to be brought to the marooned inhabit ants.-Reuter's American Service.

NEW BRIDGE

£80,000 VICTORY" MEMORIAL

IN FLORENCE

on the

Having selected his "funny" woman the manager's troubles, are not over by any means. His next difficulty is to in- dace har to be serious on occasion, for there are times when her humor would be out of place. This presents enormous difficulties to the profession. al comedienne. Gladys Volle is, how- ever, one of the Tow artistes of this type who can, at will, drop the guise of the London flower seller or char-lady, and become in a flash the polished so clety lady with that even A Vanbrugh. might envy. elegance and polse Therein lies much of her success,

We are to ace Miss Volle in many different characterisations during the Warwick Revuo Company's season. She should prove to be a real tonic.

The box plans will shortly open at Montrle's and the Star Theatre.

FOUL PLAY

INCIDENT AT ATHLETIC MEETING

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GERMANS EXPRESS REGRET

During the athletic contest be tween England and Germany at Stamford Bridge, which was won by Germany by eight events to four, some excitement was occasioned in the mile medley relay race when a German runner, Dr. F. W. Wich mann impeded W. Rangeley, hf!

British rival.

At the conclusion of the race, Dr. Von Halt, the captain of the visit- ing team, expressed the regret of the German competitors at the in- cident and asked the officials to dia- qualify the German quartet in that event.

Its ravages in Southern Florida Include drownings in the Florida It was in 1926 that the Floren- Keys, and through the Keya.

paralysis of traffetines decided to build a new stone bridge across the Arno to connect the busy Industrial quarter of the Pignone, south-west of the city, That action.was deemed unneces with the broad viall on the north sary, however, in view of the fact It was to be the "Ponte delin Vit-of the match, B. Wichmann him. aide leading to the railway itation. that it would not alter the result toria," the Victory Bridge, and its self was considerably upset by the sculptures, bas-reliefs, and other occurence of which he was the un- decorative detalls were to be sym-witting cause. bollen of the sacrifices of those who fell in the war and of the final victory.

RELIGIOUS. UNITY

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AND FREE CHURCH CONFER

OPENED AT EDINBURGH'

London, Yesterday.

A week's celebration of the union of the Church of Scotland, and the United Free Church opened to-day at Edinburgh, with the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city upon the Moderators of the two churches, Mr. John White, of 11 12 s Glasgow, and Mr. Alexander Mar- 17 9 7 tin of Edinburgh.

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The award was in recognition of

ANCIENT AFRICA'

DISCOVERIES OF GERMAN, EXPEDITION

Twelve Italian architects sent in designs and models to the first com. petition. The. Examining Commis- ston chose the three best and in- vited them to compete again. The second competition was held in pedition of eight scientists under The German archaeological ex- 1927, but it was only recently that Professor Leo the Commission finally approved the quartered in an empty house near Frobenius, sotne design by the young Florentine ar- Pretoria with chitect, Bruno Ferrati, as being others camping on Rhodeslan sites, field equipment, most in harmony with the four his-have collected many thousands of torical stone bridges already cross archaeological specimens, including ing the Arno."

Ferrat's design is for a three-bronze wire, and gold beads.

stone weapona, pottery, copper and arched bridge like the Poste Santa,

11 13 their outstanding services in con-Trinita, and very much on the same

nection with the union-Reuter.

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U.S. TENNIS

MISS BETTY' NUTHALL BEATS MRS. HARPER

PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Los Angeles, Yesterday. In the Faclic Southwest Coast championships doubles final, Mias Betty Nuthall beat Mrs. Harper 8-6, 7-5-Reuter's American Ser- vice.

Covell and Shepherd Barron beat Mr. [In the previous day's play, Hmes.

CHANG FAT-FUI

DEFEAT OF REBEL'S TROOPS REPORTED

conflicting rumours

Shanghai, Yesterday. Official and semi-official reports daily report defeate of Chang Fat- ful and the scattering of his troops.

Private "Chinese reports received at Shanghai, however, sesert that Chang Fat-ful, with the bulk of his troops has reached Shenchow, and is continuing his march to Kwangal-Reuter.

Professor Frobenius is not im- pressed by Miss Caton Thompson's long, graceful lines. The length conclusions on the Bayu character will be 422 ft. and the width 58 ft. of Rhodeslan ruins. He announces allowing for 42 ft. of roadway and the romarkable discovery of a steel 8 ft. of footpath on either side. fragment in a Rhodesian ruin, The total cost is calculated at which was sent to Europe for 7,650,000 lire, or approximately examination. £82,258.

The report, which The Victory Bridell replace that an ancient steel process was has just been recalved, indicates the present iron. bride the en-used similar to that of the Philis-. trance to the Cascine, which is be- tines. ginning to show signs of weakening under excessive traffic.

SUIT FOR DAMAGES

MR. MACCALLUM SCOTTS DEATH

Professor Frobenius recently dis covered ancient reas in Portu guese East Africaine proximity of ancient of mining slag, Laforging evidence as distinct from medieval mining in Rhodesia. He has also found green and gold beads of curious technique, and mentions the coincidence that Queen Hatshepu was sent green gold, and other objects peculiar to South Africa,, from the Land of Punt,

The executors of the estates of the late Mr. A. MacCallum Scott, a former British M.P., and a well. When George William Graney, known barrister, who was killed aged 19, of Haberdasher-street, with his wife and five other passen Hoxton, N., was remanded at gera in an aeroplane crash last year's work is that there was a His general conclusion after one Golders Green, N.W., charged with year, on the way from Victoria to large metal export from ancient

E. W. Saprod; G. Rankin (Cap. 1-6, 6-2 and Ms Betty Nuthall, 6-4, an attempted raid on a shop, it was Seattle, have instituted a sult for Africa, and that a widespread an-

tain), G. A. Plummer Dale, D. Butter, WR Greenhalgh; J. Price: R. E. Valentine, EB. West, L. G. Frost and MG, Milla

Betty Nuthall beat Miss, Edith Cross In the singles semi-finals, Mas 7-5, 6-0 and Mrs. L. A. Harper heat Mrs. Shepherd Barron 7-5, 28, 7-5.1

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claimed has not been stated.

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