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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1931.

FRENCH RUGBY SPLIT

WIDER THAN EVER.

Gloomy Prospects for New Season.

EMBITTERED RELATIONS. French Rugby football is still in a siate of chaos. Approach of the -1931-32 season brings with it rum- blings which are already heralding a renewal of the storm in which the last genson wound up.

K.B.S.F.P.A. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Last Trial Before the First Match.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

R. MIKI MEETS WITH HOME RUGBY UNION WHITE CITY THE NEW

DEFEAT.

Surprised by Oxford Player.

EASTBOURNE TOURNEY.

RESULTS. Harlequins & Richmond

Victorious.

London, Sept. 20.

The following were the results

of the Rugby Union games played to-day:

The following have been selected to play in the last trial match of the K.B.S.F.P.A. (Rugby Section)]

Eastbourne, Sept. 11. this afternog at King's Park atį Good progress was made in the

South of England Lawn Tennis Birkenhead

Whitea:

J. Championships here today, in less Bristol Cpl. Frankhum; Jenner, T.

Whitley. Lt. Keith Plant weather conditions than Llanelly

shining only Guy's Murray, J. J. Ferguson; G. C. yesterday, the aun

5.15-

cold wind.

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Richmond O.M.T Blackheath

British enthusiasts who deplore Burnett, D. F. Kilby; E. O. Murphy, fitfully and there being a rather Harlequins the split in French Rugby and the B. Bonham. W. Stoker, R. Whit-

In the men's singles C. E. Malfroy ennsequent breaking-off of interna-chell, J. White, L. Tomlin, A. Mit- tional relations, will search.in vain chell, and R. Dormer.

was disappointing against J. Satoh, for any evidence that the leaders

Colours: L. D. Skinner; H. But in extenuation of his failure to Muller, J. S. Crozier, J. Edwards, win more than one game in each A.

of the French Rugby Federation and the French Amateur Rugby Union have put the summer months to any profitable use in the cause of reconciliation.

Rather do the sides appear to have dropped the white flag and dug themselves into their positions, and, in the picturesque words eredited to M. De Luze, president of the French Amateur Rugby Unton the dissident organisation)

"If we do not come

to an agree men! it will be war to the knife. and at war I shall make."

Bloumenthal; A. James, D.; set it should be stated that Satch Black; G. C. Mons. J. M. Parvis, was at the very top of his form, S. MacNider, T. Riddell. W. L. driving with lightning speed from Mackenzie, Dr. Cogan, J. E. Wilson and to every part of the court. It and Lt. Brayham.

Reserves: 1. Brokenshire, G. B. Gurevitch, M. Burgaust, J. Sum- mers and L. Hardy.

was about the best display of force- ful hitting Satoh has given since

พา his arrival in England; and quite a revelation even ta` those who had seen him before.

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HEADQUARTERS British A.A.A. Moving from the Bridge.

"NATURAL HOME.”

It is officially stated that the Amateur Athletic Association in-h

POSSESSION OF

PAMPHLETS.

School Boy to Spend

Vacation in Jail.

(Before Mr. Williams.) Lim Puk-chues, a student of the Lim Pak School, Canton, appeared tend to transfer their headquarters on remand this morning and plead- from Stanford Bridge to the Whited guilty to the possession of four pamphlets of an inciting nature. 11 City Stadium.

The agreement is not signed formed the Magistrate that 'one of Inspector Booker, prosecuting, in- yet," said Mr. D. G. A. Loive, the the papers was merely a history old Olymple champion and AAA of the Chinese nation, and did not hon. secretary, "but the few details outstanding should not prevent any that defendant was on seven days' contain sedition. He explained insuperable difficulty. The White vacation, and that a schoolmaster City Stadium is a natural home for,

3 Blackheath

16 Coventry

12 Cardiff.

9 Plymouth

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19 Roselyn.

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Old Leysians

13 St. Barts

3 Portsmouth S.

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

HOCKEY-To-day-Hong Kong ILC. v. HK.S.R.A.; Recreio Ne Radio Sports Club,

To-morrow Y.M.C.A. II. Y. 3/9th _Jat Regiment,

Friday-Hong Kong H.C. "A"

v. Boriferos. Avory

trial On the result of this

V. G. Kirby beat E. R. Avory in fifteen will be selected to represent the newly-formed Club against the, an interesting encounter. Machine Gun Troop, H.K.V.D.C., went all out from the start, and was rewarded by winning the first at King's Park next Sunday.

As several of the above mention set at 7-5, but the effort had taken cd players have found it impossible too much out of him, and he could

It is alleged un behalf of the French

Rugby Federation-the to play this afternoon, it is hoped, not cope with Kirby's driving and original and parent organisation that all members will make an superb valleying in the next two that the rebel forces have been effort to turn up in order that two sets, in which he could only secure using the close season for the pur-full afteens will be fielded. Those one game, pose of drawing Federation clubs | terning up are assured of a game C. H. Kingsley and J. S. Olliff had away with handsome promises. as changes will be made at half an up-and-down match full of good

The result is, says M. Danton, time.

the dissidents, whe loudly proclaim

their aims of suppressing brutality RADIO SPORTS CLUB

ranks

among Was

and sham-amateurism and playing the game according to best British traditions, have seen their enriched by the addition, others, of one club which thrown out of the Federation for repeated acts of brutality, and an- other in whose offenre, M. Dantou says, he will have the charity not to insist,

The present situation is that the new power in French Rugby is de Anitely established with its maxim of "The game for the game's sake,"

ELEVEN.

To Play the Recreio

This Afternoon.

play. After being led 5-3. In the first set Kingsley won four games') to take it. He lost the second sei to love, and then, though Olliff led thin 1-3 in the third set. he took the next three games for the match. The great surprise of the day frame wherr R. K. Tinkler defeated R. Miki, the holder. This was a

brilliant hard-hitting game, and anybody's match right up to the In their match against the Chunish. It is a long time since any de Recreio at King's Park this Oxford player put up such a fine afternoon, commencing a1 5.16 the following will represent the due to Tinkler. who succeeded performance, and great credit is

Radio Sports Club: Surjių, Singh¦ (captain), A. E. G. Guest, P. Singh, where se many have failed. His Atma Singh. Kushi Mohamed, Kame, powerful at all points, was modelled on those of the British G. Singh, Kalwant Singh and F. Arinkler kept the lead to the end. came in the final set, in which It can no longer be treat Kemp. Reserve: Spary. Referee: ed as an incoherent band of dis-, T. K. Gilchrist. gruntled officials.

and its statules and rule-book Chanan Singh, M. Hanib, R. Khan, good fog Miki when the crisis

Union

Even the Federation people have

given up all hope of their returning SUNDAY CRICKET

the

to the old allegiance, and the solu- tion must be some form of fusion on a basis which will assure proper conduct of the game. Only then will the resumption of inter- national matches with the British Unions be possible,

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UNIVERSITY.

Volunteers Eleven Selected.

ATİ

Relations at the moment have be- - The following will represent the come so embittered that a satisfac- | Volunteers in their match against fory settlement seems A distant the University on the University prospect. Still more distant is the ground on Sunday next, October 11, reform and purification of the commencing at 2 p.m.-A. C. Beck, gante, which alone will enable the J. E. Richardson, R. R. Davies, glorious days of Franco-British | N. A. E. Mackay, G. C. Burnett, tussles at Colombes, Twickenham, | J, P. Whitham, R. H. Griffiths, A. Murrayfield, etc., 10 be lived Reid, F. Baker, L. D. Kilbey and R. again. Evening News.

Stilliard.

Not often has the Devonshire Park heard such applause as followed the last stroke of this match.

hole of the second round had been played. Soulty, however, cracked jbadly

of the next to lose each three holes and with them the match.

RUGBY FOOTBALL-To-day----- K.B.S.F.P.A. Trial Game.

D.R.C.

LAWN BOWLS-To-day- Shanghai v. Kowloon B.C.C.

To-morrow Shanghai v. Kow- Joan C.C.

Friday-Shanghai v. Kowloon

Kong

MEETING → Friday -- Kowloon Chess Club at 5.30 p.m.

-Ninth RACING Saturday Extra Race Meeting.

Sony Hang

T.

CRICKET — Sunday-University v. Volunteers,

ABROAD. FOOTBALL — Saturday - Full League Programme.

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NEW AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPION.

THE LINDBERGHS.

Arrive at Woosung.

athletle events in Britain, for it save the pamphlets to all the

pupils prior to their departure. was originally constructed for the

Remarking that a. week in pri- 1008 Olympic Games.

son was sufflelent punishment, his "In addition, the

Stadium Worship convicted the defendant authorities have agreed with us to and cautioned him. lay down a track which will com-| paro with any in Europe. Better accomandation for spectators will also be provided-there is room for 80,000 under cover and 20,000 in the open, and with these ad- vantages and the nearness of the White City to town, I am looking forward to seeing the Amateur championships and other meetings become still more attractive to the publie."

MOTOR AMBULANCE

Received on Loan by Government.

motor

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AN UNLICENSED PRINTING PRESS.

“Horrible Hand Machine."

TO BE CONFISCATED.

Case was

(Central, Police Court). Mr. Lat Fuk-yuen, manager of the Chung Wah Yat Po, was sura- moned before Mr. W. Schofield this morning, for being in posacssion of ' an unlicensed printing press. \" defendant, Mr. J. T. Prior said the Pleading guilty on behalf of the

so mild that it could dant was hardly be called one.

The defon- the licensee of a very respectable Chinese newspaper, the Chung Wah Yat Po, and at its pre-

ing presses which mises there were two large print- licensed, and the news printed on were fully

them was, censored. In a corner of the premises lay "thia Horrible hand machine, covered in dust" which the proprietor knew nothing about. The machine could print eards, a little larger than the or- dinary European visiting card, at two or five a minute.

It was perfectly useless for pro- paganda work, although it was not suggested in this case that it was being used for that purpose, It was valued at present for about $20. Probably the way it came in

Shanghai, Yesterday, Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, aboard a Hermes' launch, landed at Woo- sung at 5 o'clock this evening. They were met by the US. Consul- General and Mrs. Cunningham, the to the premises, though he (Mr. Chairman of the S.M.C., Mr.

Prior) was Magnnghten and a few others. The that a foki who had not given him

only guessing, was reception was very quiet. Mrs.

I self uj, bought the machine cheap, Anne Lindberghi is obviously affect ed by her father's death. The

at

At Government House yesterday party motored eighteen miles to afternoon, His Excellency the Gov. the American Consulate where they

All their engage erner (Sir William Peel), in the are staying. presence of a gathering of men-ments have been cancelled.

Col. Lindbergh stated that bers of the St. John Ambulance: Brigade and their friends, received present they had made no plans as to their future movement.-Reuter. loan for the Colony, the new ambulance of the Brigade, which is to go into service at staff and the maintenance neces- Kowloon.

sary, It was only a short time Eric McRuvie Wins

After inspecting thie ambulance,ago that he took over the last am- Sir William said that on behalf of bulance presented by the Brigade, Irish Event.

the Government and the Colony gon- and he could not find sufficient erally ho accepted with great words to express his thanks, but Eric A. McRuvio (Leven Thistle) pleasure the loan of the ambulance he would read the words that the

ship of

John Ambulance Prince of Wales used at the annual won the open amateur champion-which the St.

Ireland at Newcastle Brigade had provided, and parti-inspection of the (county Down), defeating D. E. B. Soulby (Fortwilliam) by 7 and 5 in the thirty-six holes final.

At the end of the morning round McRuvie, who is not yet 22, held a lead of 1 hole, and he was still no more than 4 up when the tenth (Continued at font of preceding

Column.)

A GOOD NAME

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St. John Am-

probably with the idea of printing cards at the China New Year, there by making a little extra money for himself. Mr. Prior added that he could question the fact that all printing machines used at the Fair were licensed? Ho asked for a nominal penalty.

His Worship registered a convic- tion against the defendant and ad- ministered R caution, remarking

that he hoped it would be brought

to the notice of the other Chinese newspapere. He further ordered, on application by the Police, tho confiscation of the printing press.

cularly on behalf of Kowloon by bulance Brigade, when he said: MUST BUILD TO PLANS whom the latest ambulance was to "The importance of ambulance ser- vice and first ald is nowadays be used.

This was the third ambulance universally recognised, and I con- that the Brigade had provided for gratulate

all member# of the

the tee of the Colony in a little Brigade on the spirit in which they over fifteen or sixteen months, and carry out their most admirable and The Governor enid he would guarantee on behalf of devoted work."

the Government to provide the he would offer similar congratula- tions to the Hong Kong Division in splic of his difficulty of finding anything now to say.

APPROVED.

Contractor Fined.

Chan Chik, contractor, engaged on erecting buildings adjoining the the Sailors and Soldiers' Home at Wanchai, was fined $50 by' Mr. W. Schofield this morning for making

The activities of the Brigade were continuous and he would like material divergence from

to

an ap-

thank the Brigade and Mr. | proved plan, by increasing the clear Trevor and his railway division for height on the ground floor of the the work they did on the occasion two houses. of the unfortunate rioting at Kow- loon. They had been of Immense service, at a time when vehicles and men were difficult to be found.

At the conclusion of the fune-i tion, those present were served with tea.

· Defendant architect, Mr. J. S. Gibson, made an unavailing plea on behalf of the contractor, for the Magistrate said: "

"If people undertake to construct buildings they should keep to the plans submitted and approved."

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