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EDINBURGH

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 1924.

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ut to usurp the place so long and honours ably occupied by the Royal and Ancient. Club of St. Andrews We in Scotland- and the feeling will be shared by golfers throughout the kingdom-have no desiro to see the headquarters of the game re moved from St. Andrews to London, and any attempt made by a Southern coterie to bring this about would be vigorously opposed. But with the desire for a more EDINBURGH, December 19th.

the game there representative control of A grave condition of affairs prevdiis in will be a large amount of sympathy. the Highlands and Western Islands. The The Scottish Laica movement, working experiences of the crofters and fishermen in harmony with the R and A. and in the spring, summer, and autumn have loyally acknowledging its supreme position The in the Ibeen little abort of calamitous.

game, has been of great service in have

ways, notably on the question of potato crop, the hay, and the harve

handicapping national

The ruling Even been ruined by

persistent rains, the peat is ri

reduard to a sodden mass authority bas readily admitted the ser which will not burn; and coal they cannot vices which the Union has been able to afford to

to buy.

The prob

perform, and as an earnest of its desira profits of the fishing per

to secure further co-operation with the a concenoI trawling within the threemile limit,

This marks no import work steadily is. There is hardly any

on this question. to be had; only a little money comes from ant stage in the government of the game, of the Championship and the attitude of outside in the shape of old age and war

Committeo

goes to show that it is anxious few of these Lewis men very pensions;

to avail itself of the assistance of those Are eligible for unemployment honest,

in touch with golfing and malnutrition has seriously affected who are

ference should be mutually helpful in the

a question that is

is of par investigation of a ticular importance to the goling world. today. The methods of St. Andrews in former days have not escaped eriticism, a good deal of which was not without found.

industry, gravely hampered by Unica has agreed to convene a

the general standard of health of the opinion the country. The con

children. One authoritative report states that many districts bave known neither summer nor autumn. There have been

Int only twenty dry days since May. broken by now and frost, Patatoes are as small ca marbles, or large spy and diseased. It is computed that 20,000 people are fare, to face with starvation.

Steps are already being taken to cope

the emergency; them

will be a central committee composed of men of the

neu highest standing, with heal committees "the distressed areas, It is proposed that measure should be taken to afe guard the morale of the people. Relief

in

must not he

tion diminish its prestige, but will

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The step now taken by the R. ant go to show that it is amenable to modern opinion when that is in the best interests of the game.

It may be that as the result of the conference there will be created a permanent consultative council which would voice the views of Scottish golfera This is an interesting proposal

should be tuitous. Labour or money and, should it be carried into effect, thei

from those supplied R. and A. would stand to gain in many with foo No person receiving relief ways. should be so far as employment could be ¦ GOLFERS' SERMONS. obtained, allowed to main idle or un- employed. Care must be taken that, in the mere saving of life, irretrievable harm was not done to the moral character of the people,

RAMSAY MACDONALD.

fath th

Which of our Scotch churches situated near golf courses where Sunday of is played will be first to follow the example of St. Nicholas's, Wallasey, rear Liver pool! A series of twenty-minutes vices for players has been arranged, and Larger congrega. is being well attended. tions are the rule weekly, but that might be only a local rule" that would not hold good in Scotland. There should be no difficulty in finding texts for golfers. A very appropriate start might be made with the first ten words of Philippians 1 STORIES ABOUT LOUIS GREIG

Ramsay Mardonald is one of the Men of the Time. Is he not the strongest and best of the Leaders of the Labour Oppost- tion, and is not a still higher position open to him in the immediate future! For the present, freed from the cares and responsibilities of political act

active orth and 27. this dominant Scot is bolidering in the

ng his native germs

Moray

the

cen-

old town of Lossiemonth,

Firth. Indeed he is living in very cottage in which he horn: he has enlarged it. and given is a Lame

The Hillocks," from the sandhill in front. just as if it was the villa of some bourgeoise grocer, as one of his Labour rivals recently muttered in dis

fishing gust. In addition to being a. tre, Lossiemouth has some fame as a golf-| ing resort. Ramsay Macdonald, however, does not now play golf upon that course and thereby hangs at He was member of the local club fer Humber uf yrats, but, in consequence of the strong views by expo sign upon a requisition during the war, he was requested to

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by certain members. Circumstances have changed since then, and the club has made it known that it would now be very glad to rescind the resolution excluding Mr. Macdonald if he would let bygones be bygones. He has replied that he hears the members who took this action no ill-will and that he regards the incident as closed, but himself as still excluded. SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE POLIS.

the

The famous W. J. A. Davis, Captain of the England XV. 1920-3, has published

book on Rugby Football and How to: Play it," and the lighter side of the game

by no means neglected. Some of the best stories centre about Wing Commander Louis Greig, who was famous for his language on the Beld. Two ladies were outside the Services ground at standing Portsmouth. What shall we do this afternoon" said one. Let's go and bear Louis Greig play Raghy, was the other's inconic reply. This Scottish Inter natimal, when playing scrum-half. er einimed to his partner, who kept dropping his passes Heareas! you'd drop it if I handed it to you on a plate." EN PASSANT

The Duke of Atholl couplains that the Duchess having been elected the first woman M.P. for Scotland, his own politics nowadays were staying at hom and minding the tenport,

the experiences of Remarking upon Parliamentary candidates, Sheriff Jame son, at a gathering in Edinburgh, said that sometimes they were welcomed to con Temper-stituencies in terms that were a little ene harassing. He recalled an instance when a friend of his after nomination for a constituency, was encouraged by a shep perd with the remark. Oh, you are a far better candidate than the last man we had." And then added You see he was far too honest and far too much of a gentleman."

The polls under the Scottish ance Act of 1013 give little hope of a solution of the great problem of intemper acce. Figures pre dry, and yet on a subject like this, where feeling runs high my both sides, they are the only things to which we can safely appeal. What do they show They show that the No Licence party have not carried a

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single district which did not go

dry in 1920. They have maintained their ground in 18 aren, but they have lost 5. In regard to

to Limitation," which mean reduction of licences in a district, by que-fourth, they have ha! both lowes and but on balance they are. 4 down although the legs here is partially off-t by the fact that 2 of the Limitation" Areas have goue ene pore step towards No-Lietice Looked at from the other side, the results show that there are now area-excluding 20 districts with Limitation out of 254 areas polled; three years ago in the same dis tricts there were 207 ver areas, so that the net gain to the "weza and the net lose the " 1059

drys

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has been 9. Put in HONGKONG CIGAR STORE LTD. another way, about 40 per cent of the Lutal votes cast was given for No. Licenco, Continuance of No-Licence,"

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and Limitation " while roughly to per cut. was cast for 4 No Change," Hepeal No-Licence, and Repeal of Limita- tion." This leaves out of account the large unpolled vote, which may fairly be tdown as anti-extremist, or, moderate. What is the way out of this deadlock! The desire for reform in the

drinking facilities is practically.

of

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and various schemes are being ventilated, 67. QUEEN'S ROAD" CENTRAL" nine of them, however, receiving Boy geu-

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out may be found in a new "op- and the framing of it may be left

to a Royal Commission. The wording of such an option will be a very difficult matter, ao is certain to rouse bitter controversy.

ELECTED TO ABERDEEN CHURCH.

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The Rev. Stephen Bond, of the West U.F. Church Helensburgh, who has bom elected to St. Nicholas U.F. Church, Abertisen, was for some years missionary #erk for the English

Presby terian Church at Swalow, South China. Later he was, for four years minister of the Roker Presbyterian Church, Sunder- land, "and came to Helensburgh over seven years ago. The West U.F. Church there is one of the most beautiful buidings in the West of Scotland, and numbered among its members, the Inte Mr. Bonar Law.

THE GOVERNMENT OF GOLF.

There is evidence that golfers through- out the country are keenly interested in the future control of the

The game.

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more representative of the widespread character that the game has now assumed than is the case at the present time, but no attempt is being made to undermine

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