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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1940

RUGBY TOURNEY REVISED

(By "SCRUM-HALF")

Due to the fact that the remaining Saturdays have been reserved for other matches, this year's International Rugby Tournament will not pass the semi-final stages, and the programme has been revised as follows:

Ireland v Wales

3 p.m.

England v Scotland 4.15 p.m. Both games will be played Saturday on the Navy ground, Cause way Bay.

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CANADA'S GROWING PROSPERITY

LONDON, TO-DAY. SOME INDICATION OF CANA- DA'S GROWING ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND CONSEQUENTLY INCREASING RESOURCES AVAIL- ABLE FOR THE BRITISH COM- MONWEALTH WAR EFFORT MAY BE REALISED FROM FIGURES PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, "ECONOMIST,"

Compared with December, 1938, the figures for which month were 68,888,- 000 dollars, December 1939 shows a 47. per cent. rise in the value of ex- ports at 101,021,522 dollars.

Taking the four-month period from the outbreak of war, the figure for domestic exports is 378,078,739 dollars compared with 317,342,243 for the similar 1938 period.

Following are the teams: IRELAND: - Mid. Roe (Navy); D. Hynes (Club), B. C. Fay (Police), Mid. Teare (Navy) and R. M. Lavalle

This shows an increase of 17 per (Club); Mid. O'Riordan (Navy) and

cent. The gross value of agricultural Sto. Gallagher (Navy); P. F. Wanklyn production for 1939 reached a total of (Club), Lt. (E) Brown (Navy) (cap-1,133,545,000 dollars, representing the tain), Cullinan (Police), B. Hynes highest recorded figure since 1930 and (Club), J. H. Thornhill (Club), B. the advance of 97,000,000 dollars over

O'M. Deane (Club), Dempsey (Police) and Chf/Wtr. King (Navy).

WALES:

-H. F. Hopkins (Club); Gnr. Richards (Army), T. O. Morgan (Club), L/C. Waite (Army) and Tel. Bowden (Navy); Lt. Coombt (Army) and Pte. Butler (Army); A. F. Walk- den (Club) (captain), L. A. Scarle (Police), L. S. A. Palmer (Navy), Gnr. Evans (Army), Flt/Lt. Taylor (Navy), Mid. Murray-Jones (Navy), L/Wtr. Barlow (Navy) and L/Wtr. Ferris (Navy).

ENGLAND: Lt. Stevens (Navy) (captain); D. I. Bosanquet (Club), J. C. Charter (Club), Tel. Paul (Club) and F. M. Thompson (Club); Lt. Car- ter (Navy) and E. C. Luscombe (Police); R. E. Heasman (Club), Lt. Hewitt (Army), Pte. Berry (Army), E. A. Bompas (Club), C. F. Needham (Club), Lt. Ridsdale (Army), Innis

(Police) and Wright-Nooth (Police).

SCOTLAND:-Taylor (Police); Spr. Birrell (Army), J. Hutchison (Club), C. G. Wilson (Police) and M. G. Car- ruthers (Club); Lt. Douglas (Army) and J. M. Thomson (Club); I. M. Macrae (Club), Cpl. Sutherland (Army), A. M. Kennedy (Club), 2/Lt. Cuthbertson (Army) (captain), 2/Lt. Millar (Army), 2/Lt. Pinkerton (Army), A. J. G. Taylor (Club) and G. B. Godfrey (Club).

MATCH CANCELLED

Rugby match

between Navy

"A"

and R.A.M.C., scheduled for to-day, has been cancelled,

1938.

TOMB OF SOLOMON'S FATHER FOUND

Cairo, To-day.

Professor Montet, of Stras- bourg University, who last March found the 2,800-year-old tomb of King Shishak, has now discover. ed on the same site the Intact tomb of King Pausonnes, of the twenty-first dynasty, who la be- leved to have been the father-in- law of King Bolomon.

Valuable gold objects were found in the tomb.-Reuter,

STABBING INCIDENT

Tam Yiu, 26, boiler maker, was last night admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital, suffering from stab wounds, inflicted in Sai Wan Ho.

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tanced by the over-subscription nearly one-third of the 200,000,000 dollar 3% per cent, bonds which were

offered to the public. Wireless.

Federal revenue returns show an equally satisfactory increase while the recently financial resources available are ins- 'British

CHANCE TO REPAY

"If you can produce part, or, the whole of the money within one week, I will be prepared to re-hear your case in order to reconsider the sen- tence," said Mr. E. Himsworth this morning to Hiu Nin, 30, who, charged with having fraudulently converted a sum of $1,000, was sentenced to three months' hard labour.

Det.-Sgt. W. G. Morrison told the Court that accused had refunded $300, and he had asked for a chance to raise some more.

25 SMALLPOX CASES LAST WEEK

The returns of the Medical Depart- ment for the week ended February 17 show 25 cases of smallpox (20 deaths), 14 cases of diphtheria (four deaths), two scarlet fever, six typhoid (three- deaths), two measles, 15 chicken-pox, 12 meningitis (nine deaths), 18 dysen- tery (five deaths) and 186 tubercu- losis (87 deaths),

Yesterday there were three further smallpox cases, onc typhoid, one chicken-pox, one dysentery and 18 tuberculosis,

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TREASURY MOVE

AFFECTS LONDON

STOCK MARKET

London, To-day.

Main topic of conversation on the

JANUARY, 1940

Vol. X, No. 1

ARTICLES

Lore of Chinese Seals by Yeh Ch'iu-yuan Cultural Trends in Latin America by Wilbur Burton Thoughts and Fancies by Lucas Yu.

Stock Exchange yesterday was British Treasury's requisitioning certain dollar securities.

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Gilt-edged securities improved on the possibilities of re-investment such funds realised.

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Industrials attracted more attention, especially tobaccos, and iron and steel shares and oils improved; Rhodeslana and coppers met with buying Inter- est.

Wall Street was steady-Reuter.

FINNS MOBILISING YOUTH FOR FARMS

Helsinki, To-day.

The radio announces that Finland is to mobilise all youths between the ages of 9 and 18 for agricultural work. They will work on farms which, owing to the calling up of older men, are now left in the hands of women or old people.-Reuter.

POEMS

Three Poems by Brian Corbett.

CHRONICLE

Anthropology Chronicle by Hầu Tru-i.

TRANSLATION

Lao Tzu's The Tao and Its Virtue (Concluded).

lated and Annotated by John C, H. Wu.

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