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LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FOOTBALL AT HOME.

THE HONGHONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 12г#, 1926

.SATURDAY'S SHIELD GAMES NOT RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S LEAGUE

PLAYED.

·SPECTATORS DISAPPOLATED.

Following heavy rains on Friday night and Saturday morning, a message was received at 115 pm saying that the Hongkong F.C. ground was under water, and as rain was then falling hearity messages were sent out to say that the Shield games would not be played. The. afternoon brightened up and

Mr. McTavish with a party of coolies started clear the playing pitch. Hurried messages were sent out to the East Surreys and Kowloon informing them that the game would Be played at 4,30

to

p. m.

At the time appointed, both teams were ready at full strength except Simms of Kowloon. The Referee: Atkinson, then made an inspection of the ground and reported that it was not fit for n Shield game. The captains then decided to play a friendly game but after a delay of twenty minutes the game was declared off, much to the disappointment of a large number of spectators who had turn- ed out to witness the Shield game.

The Garrison ground at Sookunpoo was reported to be under water at 9.30 Kim, and the ground closed for the day.

Subject to weather conditions the Shield finals have been arranged for Saturday next.

CHARITY CUP COMPETITION.

Subject to the allocation of the ground the final in the, Sunday Herald Charity Cup Competition is to be played on the Sookunpoo "A" ground on Saturday, April 24th, kick-off being at 4.30 p.m.

LEAGUE GAMES,

On Wednesday the following games are to be played in the Senior Division of the League.

Hongkong Club, r. Kowloon (Chr ground, kick of at 3.10 p/m. )"

South China r. Police (Sookunpoo "A" ground, -kick off at 5.15 p.m.)

INTERFORT FOOTBALLERS LEAVE

The Shanghai "Portuguese Interport, Football team left for Shanghai by thei 3.5. President Cleveland on Saturday.

MATCHES.

LONDON, April 10th. The following English and Scottish League matches were played on Satur.

day.

THE LEAGUE: DIVISION ONE.

Birmingham, 1; Burnley, 7. Blackburn R, 7: Manchester, U., 0: Bury, 0 Liverpool, 1.

Cardiff C., O; Belton W., 1.. Huddersfield T., 9; West Ham U., 1. Manchester C., 4; Aston Villa, 2 Sheffield U., 4; Newcastle U., 3. Sunderland, 2; Arsenal, 1. Tottenham H., 4: Notts C., 0. Wead Bromwich A., 3; Leeds U., D...

THE LEAGUE: DIVISION TWO. Blackpool, 4; Stockport C., 1. Bradford C.. 2; Middlesbrough, C. Chelsea; 0; The Wednesday, 0. Clapton O... 2; Swansea Town, 0. Darlington. ; Oldham A., 0. Derby : Preston N.E., 0. Hull City, Stoke C, D., Nottingham F., & South Shields, 1. Port Vale. 1: Portsmouth. 1. Southampton..; Fulham, ...

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN). Aberdare A.. 2: Reading. 2. Brentford. 0: Gillingham, G. Brighton and H.A., 3; Bournemouth

and B.A., ..

Bristol C., ; Newport C., Crystal Palace, 3; Merthyr T., 0. Millwall, 3; Swindon T., . Northampton, 2; Exeter G., L Norwich C., 1; Bristol B., 0. Plymouth 4: Luton T. 3. Southend 1,2, Queen's Park T... 1. Watford. 1: Charlton A., 1.

THIRD DIVISION (NORTHERN). Ashington. 4: Rotheram U, 2 Barrow, 0 Grimsby T., 3, Coventry C 2; Chesterfield, 4. Crewe A., 2; Durham C, 0. -Doncaster R., 4: Tranmere R.. 0. Lincoln C., 2: Hartlepools U., 1. Nelson, 2 Bradford,

N. Brighten, 4; Accrington S.... 1 Wigan Born, 9; Halifax T., 0. Southport, 1: Rochdale, 7.

Wrexham, 0: Walsall, 1.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE," Clydebank, 2; Rangers, 2. Cowdenbeath, 1; Airdrieonians, Q. Dandee. 2; Queen's Park, 1. Hibernians, Dundee U., 5. Kilmarnock, 1; Motherwell, 2. Raith R., 0; Hamilton A., 2 St. Johnstone 2

2: Falkirk. F.

On Friday night, following their last ST. MIRREN WIN SCOTTISH CIP.

match in the afternoon, there was a fare-i well dance at the Cinb de Recreio. The

Grasnow, April 1őth,,

Club gave its guests a ** Toya! time, A Hampden Park today, in the Festivities being prolonged until the Scottish Association Cup Final, St. early hours of Saturday morning. Ta Mirren beat Celtic by two goals to uil. addition to dancing, there was music, and some boxing between members of the.

RECORD ATTENDANCE AND RECEIPTS...

FOOD IDIOSYNCRASIES.

··STOMACH AND BRAIN.

In a lecture delivered at the Institute

CHILDLESS WIVES.

HOME SECRETARY SUPPORTS ADOPTION BILL.

of Hygiene on "Disorders of Digestionsidered the question of legalising the The House of Commons recently con- During School Life," Dr. W. Soltan adoption of children on the Bill, moved Fenwick said thas all dietetio aversions by Mr. J. F. W. GALEBAITH, K.O., Con. were not due to faulty education; food servative member for the East, Surray

idiosyncray - was one of the most im

Division.

Mr. Galbraith explained that the Bill empowered the courts to make orders for the adoption of children when joint application was made by the husband and wife: The adopted child would be in the in lawful wedlock.

THE OFFER TO CAIRO MUSEUM. WILL IT BE ACCEPTED?

LOOKING A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH.

BY ARTHER WEIGALE IN "THE OBSERVER."} The aller of £2,000,000 to King Found for the establishment of an archaeological institute in Egypt will be received. I fancy, with something like consternation by the Egyptian Government, for it is telling them that their stewardship of

a polite, and also a generous way of

portant causes of want of appetite and Indigestion in early life. Eggs were a veritable poison to many individuals, add even a small portion of the white position of a child born to the adopted the antiquities of the country is not all

:

that it should be.

might produce violent abdominal pain,

The offer is so munificent that they will HOME BECRETARY'S SUPPORT. vomiting, swelling of the face, and even Sir WILLIAM JOYNзON-HICKS, intimat. not like to refuse it, and will fear that dangerous collapse. Oatmeal, mackerel ing that the Bill had the approval of the by doing so they might be accused of obstructing scientific progress and and other fish, milk (fresh, boiled, dried, the only civilised country in which no will feel that by accepting it they will Covernment, said that we were almost Fefficiency: but, on the other hand, they sterilised, preserved, or in ten, puddings, provision was made for the adoption of

children. In the civilised countries of run the risk of placing the vast collec custard, or junks), fruits and veget-to-day the system had been fully and tions in the Cairo Museum, and the an ables, all kinds of meat-in fact, prae frankly adopted, and is the English cient remains throughout the Nile Valley.. tically every food was a poison to some ably in the interests of the child.

speaking countries it was working admir and all the widely extended activities of the Government Department of Aati person or persons. So numerous were "He indicated that after a few years quities, under foreign control. these natural idiosyncrasies and so often experience it might be necessary to amend the law. The Chancery Court, he were they overlooked that whenever a thought, was somewhat expensive healthy child suffered from periodic at amusement. There would be thousand

of cases under this Bill which could not tacks of indigestion, sickness, diarrhas, afford that luxury, and in his view the or nettlerash attention should at once be proper court was the magistrate's court, directed to the food consumed on the day which was really the people's court.

The question of secrecy was one of of the attack or on that immediately preconsiderable difficulty but with the eeding it.

legalising of adoption the red rat secrecy would cease..

those

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ELECTION TALES RESENTED.

Mr. PAIN, supporting the Bill, re- butted the charge sometimes made against the Labour Party at clections that they wanted to nationalise women and child- ren and put them into institutions.

Mrs. PHILIPSON smiled.

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS: That is exactly what has been arranged with the Registrar-Generat

WOMEN M.P.'S VIEWS.

That Department, is at present admini- stered by French and English scholars and Egyptian officials; and this offer may seem to the latter to endanger political and national principles, and to the former it may perhaps appear to be not the little world of Egyptology. There unconnected with the internal politics at. may in fact," be a very bitter pill for somebody hidden in this huge lamp at jan..

L'ader

THE PRESENT POSITION. The Department of Antiquities is a and therefore at its head are the native branch of the Ministry of Public Works, Minister and Under-Secretary, who are responsible to the State. Under them is the Director of Antiquities, who, by the terms of the old Anglo-French Treaty, mast be a Frenchman; and at present a very eminent scholar, Monsieur Lacau, holds the position, he being the successo; of Maspero, de Morgan, Mariette, and other famous French savants: him, nguin, are English and French scholars-J. E. Quibell, C. C. Edgar, C. Firth, B. Engelbach, G. Lefebvre, and others, some of whom are curators in the museum in Cairo: others carry on ex cavations, and yet others look after the ancient siles and do the administrative work throughout the country, with the aid of Egyptian inspectors and other officials. There used to be an inter- national archaeological committer, of which the Director of Antiquities was chairman, and which used to advise him: but I do not think that this committer

Some children evinced a passion for lemons or other sour fruits, vinegar. pickles, raw turnips, nuts, and even egg. shells, large quantities of which might be devoured without apparent detriment. On the other hand, "salt fends," who

Mr. PALIN: You laugh, but it is no devoured the contents of the salt-cellars laughing matter for us who are fathers at every meal and tock every opportu. of families Our experience leads us to nity of stealing common salt to satisfy the opinion that institutional life is at

at good thing. their peculiar infatuation for it, were Colonel HEADLAM, Unionist member for very apt to develop dropsy and anemia, Barnard Castle, who stated that he him. which closely resembled the effect of self had adopted a child, omphasised the kidney disease; whilst

who necessity of preserving Recrecy, and he habitually sucked their hair or chewed suggested that the birth certificate of an pieces of cotton or thread auffer from the adopted child should contain no names formation of "Bair balls" Disturbed other than the names of the foster- sleep due to bad dreams or nightmares parents. was a common result of indigestion, and asually ensued from indigestible food at bedtime Nightmares due to indigestion frequently concerned imaginary attacks by cats cr bears, or murderous assaults with knives, while children affected with short sight not corrected by glasses more

All Egyptologists who wish to excavate often experienced the terrors of falling

to the Department of Antiquities for or do other work in Egypt have to apply ma het, not always wilful ce que

their concessions or permits, and ther on to any, were not always wilful or due to lack of proper self-control child

are supposed to be under the supervision who appeared somnolent in school and a threw it. out upon the world of the Department's inspectors." "Every- unable to grasp what was being taught

thing an excavator finds belongs to the was unhesitatingly stigmatised as in- bring home to such women a sense of dertakes to give to the former up

The Bill, if it did nothing else, would Egyptian Government, but the intter un dolent or intensely stupid. In many their responsibility.

half cases. however, such manifestations were

of the objects discovered, provided that | .--. in reality beyond control. They might

There were dangers about final adopthey are to be sent to a recognised museum. Certain sites. Eowever, such or idiosyncrasy, whereby poisons generat before finally giving Approval to the as the Valley of the Kings, are Gever ed in the stomach were absorbed into the Bill. She asked whether under the Billment reserves," and in these the con- general circulation and exerted a specific adoption would be so strictly irrevocable ditions of the excavating concessions are in cases which had turned out very un- influence upon the higher centres of the satisfactory. Would it bo possible for the Torah of Tutankhamen, all the objects brain (thus causing drowsiness or in such cases to be reviewed by the tribunal found have to go to the Cairo Museum.

different: for instance, in "the case of attention) or upon the respiratory centre in the medulla oblongata (thus causing deep sighs, incessant yawning, or fre

Miza Wilkinson also emphasized the need of safeguards against adopted child- ren being used as domestic drudges. quent short barking coazha). The statu Dr. Fenwick suggested. induce digestive tory cold tub" before breakfast might, disturbance, and was, therefore, only good for those with whom it agreed."

Miss WILKINSON was all in favour of legalising adoption: She hoped it would without children who, attracted by deal finally with the empty-headed woman lufig-haired, blue-eyed little thing, adopted it, and when the gawky age was

waif that nobody wanted.

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Shanghai team and members of the Club Cup Final was 98,520, and the receipts, be due to maldigestion of the last mentions which the House ought to consider |

¡de Recreio.

LAWN TENNIS.

TO-DAY'S FIXTURE. LIST.

Weather. permitting," the following matches will be played off at the Hong- kong Cricket Clab ground today, com- mencing at 4.30 p.m. :-

OPEN DOUBLER.M. K. Lo and M. W. Lor. Major C, Willson and G. R. Sayer. CLUB SINGLER. R. E. Greensmith R.

E. Coxon.

C

The official attendance at the Scottish exclusive of tax and bookings, £3,700

both records.

THE GAME

Celtic were handicapped at the last minute by the unftness of Mclean, the international left-winger. The St. Mirren halves dominated the game throughout. In a sensational start, McCrae (St. Mirren) scored with a header following a free-kick in the third minute of the game. subred a recond, and at the interwise

Twenty-five minutes

score stood at 2/0.***

4:

On the resumption the Celtic defence were almost overwhelmed. and only the magnificent gonlkeeping of Shevlin saved them, St. Mirren winning by two goals

HANDICAP DALES-D. B. "Peat an DE. G. Nicholson (rec, 2/8) C. Miskin and A. Dyer Ball (owe 5/6): J. H. Sutliffe and R. W. Lee (re 2/6), H. Owen Hughes and K. M. Henderson (oweto it.

15).

CRICKET.

KOOKEY.

DIVORCED 36 TIMES.

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"GROWING PAINS.

SPOILING THAT MAKES PETER PANS.

"One

The H.K. Cricket League programme will be completed text Saturday, HOW IT IS DONE IN JAPAN, when the outstanding match in the First Division between the East Surreys and The easy practice ati survives in the Royal Artillery will be played Japan of getting rid of Whatever the result of this match, it will giving her a letter of divorce, and the a wife by make no difference to either club's posi-Japan Times publishes the story of a tin in the League...

woman who is blessed with no fewer than 38 letters of divorce. A ricsha man and n comely young woman were seen fight ing in Shimo Itabashi, in its northern suburb, recently and the onlookers per suaded the fightera to betake themselves Playing at Kowloon on Friday evening, to the Itabashi Police Station, there to the Royal Artillery, defeated the Honghe advised how to settle their quarrel. kong Hockey Club "A" team by three Then the story of the woman's early goals to one. The Club started play with career and first divorce came out. After ten then. At half-time the score stood that divorce she had been making a in favour of the Club by 3 goals to nil practice of marrying soft sort of fellows Ramsay scored the Club's only goal in and then running away with things not cence. The majority of people in this

RA. DEFEAT CLUB.

Miss Wilkinson that any woman would Mr PHILIPSON did not agree with adopt it baby because it had blue eyes and Duffy bair. Her experience was that women adopted children because of their

love for them.

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It is now proposed to pass a law by the of the antiquities discovered in all ex- terms of which a much larger percentage cavations shall remain in Egypt; and this has naturally frightened the ex cavators, partly because they will not be able so readily to raise funds for their She hoped the Bill would go to a cum-work if they are not to have a profitable mittee and become law with the least return in specimens for their museums, possible revision.

and partly because the Cairo Museum is not the safest place in the world wherein Mr. THURTLE, referring to the Homebuilding is not very satisfactory, the preserve priceless antiquities. The Secretary's approval of the measure, said show-cases are poor, and the staff of The difficult process of growing up was they did him an injustice when they curators is overworked. The budget of explained by Dr. Elizabeth M. Sloan thought of him as a hopeless reactionary; the Department is big, but it is not big Chesser, speaking under the auspices of From time to time they saw signs that enough; and there is nothing like the the Parents' Association in London re Home Secretary took a progressive view. the personality, and that is what makes and he welcomed. it. cently. Life is a continual rebirth' of They had seen one of those signs to-day, to be found in the British Museum or general efficiency and smartness which is

of the chief dangers in dealing with second time. it interesting," said Dr. Chesser.

The Bill was unabimonaly read a

the Metropolitan Museum of New York. children is ever-indulgence and spoiling

In recent years the Americans have been conducting excavations in Egypt on of the child, so that he gets a fantasy

a very grand scale; and the New Yorkers. clever. This idea is not that of his world of himself us perfect, wonderful, and

by lending members of their staff to Mr. Howard Carter in the Valley of the to face the truth-reality, and remsing as he grows up physically, so he refuses

Kings, have increased, their standing in Barometer fixed psychologically, in early childhood...

the country, Prof Breasted, too, who Temperature The audacious theft of four paintings helped in that particular work, and is Humidity These Peter Pans of life are a trial by Constable, valued at £2,000, from the perhaps the leading all-round Egypto Wind Direction... to others and they very readily develop Royal Academy, London, last month, and logist of the day, has, great influence Forte neurosis and nervous ailments in after the disappearance of a Birket Foster in archaeological matters there; and it Weather.... life, We may remain fixed at any painting called "The Hen Coop" from is he who has presented the Rockefeller Bain stage nursery, school, or later adoles the City Corporation picture gallery at offer. But it was Mr. Carter and his Bighest open-air Temperature on 10th

the Guildhall, 'E.C.," had

extra helpers who recently came to blows with Lowest open-air Temperature on 11th belonging to her, each adventure bring-

present stage of civilisation have never ordinary sequel. By a late post a parcel the Department of Antiquities over the ing her letter of divorce. The ques passed their teens, growing up having containing three of the missing Con respective rights of either party in re tioning of the police has revealed the

been so painful as to have become in stables and the Birket Foster reached the gard to that tamb; and both in this res SHANGHAI RACING.

fact that the woman had got in her own possible. I know boys of 18, older phy office of The Daily Mail, Carmelite pect and also in connection with the pro- possession 12 auch letters in addition to chologically than their fathers, and girls lleuse, E.C..

posed new law, the French Director of 4 more stored away at her mother's more really grown up than their mothers The pictures had been taken from their the Department has come in for a good YOUNG RIDERS' OPPORTUNITY.

home.. The ricaha man who had been of 40: Perhaps that is sometimes the gilt frames and were covered only by a

deal of criticism. quarrelling with her, as her latest hus- reason why young people are called • dif- thin piece of erumpled brown paper bear. Awriter in the &C. Daily News band, went away much frightened when ficult by the older generation."

QUARRELS OF SCIENCE J. K. Brand sails for Home on he learned all about this very much mar-

ing ten halfpenny stamps and an ad- The signs of tailing to grow up, added dress consisting of the printed words Friday on long lease and therefore, of ried woman.

This offer, therefore, might be inter course, will not be seen in the saddle at

the speaker, were selfishness, egoism, The Daily Mail cut from the pre-preted as a move to bring him to heel, to self-admiration, and the tendency to self.vious day's issue of the newspaper and catablish the American excavators, and pity and to focl unappreciated. The pasted on to the wrapper.

those of other countries whose sympathies world, was full of, Mary Rose Hill bas lefs China and C. R. Burkill the novice class who will be available for living miserably; seeing nothing of the Academy, who en been told of the deve all archaeological affairs of the country.

Mr. Sims, the Keeper of the Boyalare with them, as absolute dictators. in Mon. 12 9 1815 8 rides only occasionally, Brand takes the Spring Meeting and it is doubtful world of reality. Why was growing up lopment, hurried from Burlington House On the other hand, it may have no such Tue. 13 m

D 48 61m 3 pride of place as our leading jockey, not if more than 10 of them can get below painful process The rebels of the and at once identified the three Con-purpose, and may he prompted simply by Wed. perhaps, in the view of many, that he 150 b. In addition there are 17. novices, world were very often adolescent phy stables.

the desire to aid the Department to enrry necessarily is better horseman then but several of these do not show much chologically. Feliticians who believed Heard; but whereas Heard can only make ambition to ride any but their own that an Act of Parliament would bring most extraordinary. The pictures are

'To a reporter Mr. Sims said: This is out its work more efficiently. 150 lb., or maybe a pound or two, less, ponies and in any case there are few of about social Utopia were adolescents, undamaged except one, where in four position itself to provide £2,000,000, F. 16m 0 280m 513

If the Egyptian Government were in Thur. 15 10 45 by living on radishes and silent water them whom owners would care to mount Extremists of all parties-red Comma-smail places the paint has been faked one would my that it would be better and engaging in most strenuous train on anything of which they had hopes. nista, black Fascisti, die-hard intolerans off. This has probably been done in the for it to refuse the offer, and to keep its Satur. 17 m 1 ing. Brand at all times can do 140 lb. So altogether the outlook is not too Conservatives-none of these were grown post. It is obvious that the thieves have freedoin; but, since this is unlikely, there without may wasting and so has a wider bright. Evidently four or five jockeys up. People who had grown up had a taken the pictures out of the frames to can be no question that the establishment Sun. range of mounts Just, at this time will have a monopoly of wins, just as it tolerant attitude towards one another. Brand will be raised, more than ever, is the case with Shanghai jockeys in

facilitate the posting. I suppose we shall of a powerful institute in Cairo, which Dr. Chesser said our young girls and never get the frames back, but that is and in the care of the ancient sites, would look with misgiving at the proposal, for there is an amazing scarcity of Hongkong, and if there are any young future mothers should be educated on

insisted upon efficiency in the museum, jockeys...

only a small matter: The picture that is men about who have ambitions this way three lines intellectually, emotionally, damaged in those small places can very be of enormous benefit to Egyptology. The feeling that it emanates from one party There are exactly 100 men with permits it would be worth their while to get pro and they should be taught to do things easily be put right again by skilled Egyptians themselves, however, will not in the internal dissensions of the science, to ride, but in the case of a large num per coaching-not be content with and how to make themselves generally hands ber of veterans and beavyweights it is picking it up "for it would not be useful. All the now teachings of people publicity given to the theft by The Daily Antiquities as being under foreign done for Egyptology with that 22,000,000, It is, no doubt, through the like to think of their Department of Still, when one thinks what could be purely a formality and a careful survey difficult in these days for a pushful and who called themselves the now paychole fail that they have been returned, the pressure, and there will be some English the question of future rights and pri of the list shows only 16 jockeys out of capable young lightweight to make his gists could be found in the New Testa thieves obviously realising that they and other Western excavators who will vileges must surely seem."relatively (Continued at foot of next Column.) | way to the top..

could not be disposed of

(Continued at foot of next Column.) unimportant

the second half.

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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE,

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