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HOW KID LEWIS LOST HIS

LAST FIGHT.

"AN UNSAVOURY BUSINESS."

HEALTH OF WORLD.

L.O.N. EASTERN BUREAU. The recently established Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations, Health Section,

A referes, in the person of Mr. Moss was formally openal by Sir Laurence

Guillemand. Governot Deyong, has dared to differentiate be-

of the Straits tween holding and, tugging and maul-Settlements, on the 9th inst. at No. 67,

Robinson Road, Singapore. And on March 19th. ing and boxing.

Dr. Gilbert Brooke, Chief. Health at Albert Hall; be disqualified Kid Lewis in the Afth round of contest with Tom-Officer, Straits Settlements received-His my Milhgah, pur chuppion welter, for Excellency, who was attended by Captain persistent and unpardonable offences Olive. A.D.C'., and when a fairly numer- against the rules of the game. Lewis was

ous body E these interested in Health never remarkable for ceremony: a great Aghter undoubtedly, ever Invouring an Work, on a world's scale, had assembleti, all-n policy, he has held a world's title: Sir Laurence declared the Bureau opeu

of from boyhood and in various parts the world he has fought for a living, ed. with the following:-

KIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECH. never sparing himself or the other fel- low but though not andaly squeamish,

The opening of the Bureau is a grati- have been surprised thas he has not tying recognition of the impertance of brin are that reprimanded for the Singapore, as important step in the dere methods, he has often employed. If the topment The need for speedy and reli- referre of the bout, which was at the able information with regard to the in

ddleweight limit-both men in theendence and progress of infectious disease; Afternoon senied 11st 61b-had not dis in the East has long been felt. qualtord Lewis then I would have feared for the future of boxing. it seemed, was just so many sanne of passion: three was no nieuess in His ways from the Erst sound of the gong: wiener, everything that make for style, he threw overboard.

Lewis,

Un bebait of the Health Committee of the Longue of Nations, Dr. Norman White toured the whole of the Far East in 1924 to, enquire into general epid

As a result he re- niological problems. commended the establishment of a bureau in some central port to collect and dis- (seminate information.

The suggestion as to the Burenti was accepted by the 'League of Nations; and, by the generosity of the Rockefeller Foundation, who promised the sum of $123,000 gold, spread over a period of five years, the scheme became possible, and Singapore, was chosen as the most suitable centre.

DISEGARDED COMMAND OF "REAK." Liwis crashed and lashed at Milligan, who comes from Hamilton, so soon as the afgnal for hostilities to begin was given. If he hat stopped at that there would have been no legitmate cause for com- plain! er objection. A fight is a 'Bight. thing all vigour and hardness; but Lewis as is characteristic of him, so soon as he had forced himself to close

An international conference was held quarters, clutched Milligan with one

in Singapore, from February 4th to band and punched away with the other, 13th of this year, to settle adminis

Exp: paying little or no attention to the com

trative details for this Bureau. mand of brenk." Lewis, whether cap-

resentatives were present from British able of doing so I would not say, clearly India, British North Borneo, Ceylon. did not concern himself with the art of China, Federated Malay States. French boxing. With him it was a case of doing indo-China, Hongkong, Japan, Nether everything he was permitted to do. Amends East Indies: Philippine Islands, more unsavoury business I have not lock Siam, and Straits Bettioments. rduegufor a very long time. Miliigan

was for ever trying to tear himself free. the Burany started work at the begin-i Most men would have given up in disning of last month (March 1st). gust. He suffered himself to by manled 3 code for Bureau purposes, invented without showing either annoyaner or mut- by Dr. Brooke, has been distributed. Its tering a complaint, and he did not even efficiency may be inferred from the fact that the arst weekly telegram to reach resent being hit by the forearm

the Bureau in code succeeded in convey words ing in two words a message of

CAUTIONED THREE TIMKS.

If the referan erred, it was on the side of leairney. He would have bee completely justified in ordering Lewis out of the ring long before he did. Three times did he caution hira severely over and over again he found it necessary t tear Lewis off his man; and when, in the fifth round, be ruled Lewis out, and awarded the Bght to the Scbr. f'and every one jealous of boxing were tremendously relieved. If Mr. Moss Deyong haul not disqualified Lewis he would have been guilty of a grave dereliction of an obvious dety,

The Governments of French Indo China and the Netherlands East Indies

enerously offered to broadcast the week

ratcros which have been collected by the Bureau from their powerful wire- less stations at Saigon and Bandoeng respectively. The first such weekly broadcast, was sent out by Saigon on Friday of last week (April 3rd.) and was picked up by Paris and passed to Geneva. 1 hive great pleasure in declaring this Bureau open and in wilbing it all success. (Applause).

Dr. Gilbert Brooke thanked His Excel- tency for his attendance, marking the in- terest he took in Singapore and in the mat- ter of universal health-measures, and ask- his acceptance of a presentation copy He also thanked all who of the code. wern present and showed their interest in that what was being done.

I am quite convinced that if Milligan had been ever tolerably free to box and fight, he would have confirmed my opinion that he is in every way the superior of Lewis, who, I am quite sure, has had his big days. Milligan. in my judg ment, has no equal in Britain at his poundage and I should say

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Those present included Mr. Sräh Learg a middle-weight." and tot M wefter, that to co do is Sent, Prof McAlister and many medical talents the greatest justice. As such, mea, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Roberts, Pro he may challenge comparison with the last in America. In him we have at least one worthy champion.

fessor Kay-Mount, and others who looked with interest on the charts, maps, and exhibits in connection with the work of the Bureau. Dr. Gilbert Brooke, who possesses great powers of organisation and clamifcation, explained the different devices for dealing statistically with Agures of health, disease, migration, etc.

**SOLDIER" JONEN SHOWS TH Charlie Smith, more than six feet high, and near to the limit of elongation. made an awful exposure of the poverty of boxing of the Canadian heavy-weight. The Bureau is admirably pinced at the Soldier Horace doties. who fins burb top storey of a modern structure, the variously raberi

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thin

and skinny eminent value to the health authorities.) is te under one big parah, such as

of Asia. Jones is reputed to carry, you would ex-¡ pect to him. break into ever so many little, picces, and ther is much about bis ideas of how boxing should be done

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as to take him quite an extraordinary PROGRESS OF THE 'RESTORATION

fellow. They tell me that Smith is still in the twenties, and no more than an overgrown lad. He certainly looks

SCHEME.

By this time Nelson's famous flagship it And he stood up against the Casa Fietary is laid in the position in which dian lumberman as if he were out on the holiday of his life, He fought and box she is finally to rest at Portsmouth. In ed in a way most casual: as if he were order to preserve the vessel for as long engaged in nothing more than a friendly a period as possible she was taken from apar, and Junes, all tense, conid make her moerings two years ago and towed into a small dock fault by Henry VII. nothing of him at all. Smith tied Jones, Thus were the oldest ship in the world

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all his fighting on the stones; and, when ever he minded, he sent his telescopic left hand spitting, like some serpent- into the hard-bitten, much-the-worse-for- steel cradle was made for the ship to wear face..of his opponent. Jones was rest upon and the dock was pumped dry. male to appear to be a novice, as a mano things remained until, at the instance of Admiral of the "Fleet Sir Doveton who had the gloves on for the first time. Sturdee, Bart.. a fund was raised for the A lath-like Tad, whose home is at Deptford, a beginner, did pretty well as purpose of restoring the famous old ship to her original design, which bad been he pleased against a man who came over altered considerably since Nelson's day. here as the champion of his country In the course of the reconstruction, And on this bight given over to fight work it was found that, with the ship of all sorts we saw Edward Verrett, of resting on the floor of the dock, the side Belgium, beat Joe Balfe, the Bermondsey walls masked her to such an extent that welter Rolfe was put down in the first round for a long count by a short left the full beauty of the lines of her hull could not be seen. Therefore it' was de- hand blow with much power in it to the cided to raise her several feet higher ap body, but though he allied he never that more of her hall would show above quite recovered. Only once had he the the dock walls. Lifting operations began Belgian in anything like trouble. That was in the fourth round; but Verrett was too much for the Englishman, and the affair was stopped in the eighth round to save Rolle, unnecessary punishment. F. Bennison in The Daily Telegraph.

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Betting is a relief from boredom; those who are lucky enough to have made their work their play seldom feel any tempta- tion to gumble.– Dean Inge.

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For raising the bip water-power is being employed. The dock is flooded sufficiently to hoist her a few feet, then, Jivers place blocks under her keel and the dock is dried again. This process will he continued until she resta in the desired position. which will be some soven and a half feet forward and three feet aft above the level at which she lay previously. Until the work is completed the ship will. be closed, to visitors..

The general effect of the restoration scheme, even in, ita incomplete state, has been vastly to improve the appearance of the wonderful old ship.

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