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LADIES' RECREATION CLUB.

ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

THE DRAWINGS.

The drawings of the Anual Lawn Tennis Tournament of the Ladies' Re.. creation Club are now out and are as follows:-

Y.M.C.A. NEWS.

MORE ABOUT THE WINTER ACTIVITIES.

LAUNCHING OUT IN SPORTS.

(Contributed.)

ROMAN LONDON SUBURBS.

MARBLE BATH AT ALDWYCH.

FURTHER FINDS LIKELY.

EVIDENCE OF STRAND VILLAS.

of

The accumulating evidence in favour Gere having been a considerable western suburb of Roman. London has just been reinforced by what may prove to be a very valuable piece of additional evidence," writes Major Gordon Home (Author of "Roman London") in the Warning Post.

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Of primary importance this week in The principal event is, of course, the connection with the European Y.M.C.A., Ladies' Open Championship of the Kowloon, is mention of the first Ladies' Colony, for which there are eleven Night of the winter. This took place entries. The holder is Mrs. R. E. Totten-last Thursday, at 9 p.m., after some fifty

Before the making of Aldwych and ham who will meet the winner in the guests had sat down to dinner at taste-

Kingsway and the demolition of Holy- well and Newcastle Streets, I am in- challenge round. Miss Enid Lo, sister fully decorated, fables, of the Lo brothers, the well-known The programme was an excellent one,

formed by a correspondent that a house Chinese tennis players, has entered and and varied. Mr. Greenham was very adjoining the old Globe Theatre, on its Southern side, contained, beneath the will meet Mrs. James in the first round.humorous, as usual, and Mrs. Fleming floor of its basement, a bath which was The first and second rounds in all gars delightful renderings of Easthopa generally spoken of as being of Reman events are to be played out by the 29th Martin's Songs of Old London." Mist origin, it was lined with marble, and was oblong in form, and was about 15 McGill pleased the Scots' members of the

to 20 feet below the surface. inst, and the third round on December audience, and also the rest, by her singMy informant, who worked in the

Matches are best out of three

ing of Seats' songs, and Mr. Arrowsmith building some thirty years ago, calls me in x particularly gruesome effort entitled that it was a common occurrence for 'Murders' succeeded in causing great people who had been to see the Roman bath in Strand-lane to come to the houSE amusement, especially among the golfing in Newcastle street and be shown the

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The drawings for the different events are as follows:-

Ladies' Open Championship of the Colony.

Mrs. Digby, bye r. Mrs. Miles, bye. Mrs. Railton 2. rs. E. Grimble. Mrs. James Miss. Enid Lo. Mis. Stark e. Mrs. Hab. Mrs. Sayer, bye winner of the

former tie.

Mrs. Davenport Brown. bye .

Robinson, bye.

Miss

The Y.M.C.A. Quartette was heard for the first time, and sang some old English songs very well. Messrs Petrie and and Sands gave a short sketch, a skit on F. Anstey's Play, Vice Versa."

The competition, without which Ladies' Night would not be complete, was in the form of pictorial representations of well Mrs. Aubrey, bye, to meet winner of known books. Tom Sawyer and

Mrs. Clelland . Mrs. Davenport.| Gentleman of Courage' created amust-

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Ladies' Club Championship.

Brown

Mrs. G. Ball v. Mrs. Railton,

Mrs. James v. Mrs. Digby.

Mrs. Stark v. Miss Grant. Miss Riddle r. Miss Lawrie.

meat.

A Ramble Planned.

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Last Tuesday the "Y.M." played its first hockey match, against the Club Miss Lewis, bye, . Miss Brown, bye. 2nd XI. After a good game, they lost to the Club by 2 goals to 3. Not a bad

Mixed Doubles Championship...

Miss Chippon and Mr. Bourne, bye,

Miss Bourchier and Mr. Graves, bye. Mr. and Mrs. L. Forster, pys, r. Major

and Mrs. Stevenson, bye. Mrs. Remington and Mr. Sewell v. Col.

and Mrs. Russell Brown. Miss Lawrie and Mr. Lawrie, bye, meet

winner of the former tie. Mrs. Beli and Mr. Brearley, bye, r. Mrs. Davenport Brown and Mr.

A Sunny Slope. Fortunately the site has not yet been' built upon. le is included in the vacant ground between Australia House and Bush House, where the old houses have merely been demolished and ho excava tion has yet taken place. As it is possi- ble that this site will be built upon at no distant date, it may be that a fresh ray of light will be shed on this Roman" suburb in the form of defnite indications of a Roman house with a bath fed by one of the springs of the vicinity in the same inanzer as the bath' in Strand-lane. Ac- cording to Mr. Ronald Winn, who re- members the building well, and knew every part of its interiot, the waters of a spring percolated through the brick- work of a vault about 20 feet beneath the street level, lower than the bath. Can this have been another portion of the bath installation!

Mrs. Chille and Me. Ayrun, bye,

Mrs. James and Mr. A. D. Eumeffort for their first, essay. There were phreys, bye.

Although it is quite true that a certain better results on Saturday when the

Y.M." Bowlers met the K.B.C.C. Tween the Fleet and Charing Cross are proportion of the Roman discoveries be- this game they managed to beat their sepulchral and merely indicate the ceme opponents, 97 games to 60, and felt high- teries usually to be found along the high- ways outside Roman cities and towns, yet s pleased with themselves in consequence, there are others suficient to indicate that Daily as one sits down at the breakfast the area to the west, with its sunny slopes down to the beautiful tidal river, which table, one sees a slip of paper with a

then teemed with fish, was not without name of a fiction character. This is

its villas. of a competition that is now proceeding. Twenty names will be given in all, and the member guessing, the greatest number will be awarded a prize in the form

Hickling, bye.

Mr. and Mrs. Howleg, bye, a Mrs.

Hickling and Dr. Mottenham, bye. Mrs. James Halland Mr. Armstrong v.

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stark. Ladies' Handicap (Doubles). Mr. Haslam and Mrs. Rowley (owe 13.), bye, . Mrs. Russell Brown and irs. Herngton (owe 13), bye. Mrs. Davenport Brown and Mrs. Hick ling (owe 2/6), r. Miss hiddle and Miss Cullman (rec. 15).

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The two principal suburbs of Roman London were in Southwark and along the Strand, and it also seems very probable that the latter was the more favoured of Tass. the two, being altogether better placed, and if there is one thing in house-build- Wed 10 ing which a Roman never seemed to At a Committee meeting of the Camers forget it was position in regard to sun

Thur, it and wind and water. Along what is now Fri. Club it was decided to hold a Ramble on

19 Hongkong side, the last Saturday in the Strand the conditions were certainly November, the 27th. This Ramble will ideal. In the Middle Ages this stretch Sater. 13 m

of suburban London was greatly favour- be in the neighbourhood of Bincks Links, ed by both nobles and Bishops-particu. Sun. Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Hailton (ove 15) and opportunity will be given for pho-larly by the latter; so much so that it

"r. Mrs. Digby and Mrs. Bell (owetographs to Le taken. Members and their might easily have been called

4/6),

friends are invited to this outing, further Miss Lewis and Miss Brown free, 15) particulars of which will be announced

Mrs. Shellshear and Miss Fother- gill (rec. 4/5), "

Mrs Stark and Mrs. James, bye, to

meet winner of former tie.. Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Clelland tree. 15.2), bye, v. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Aubrey (rec. 15.2), bye.

Mixed Doubles Handicap.

Dr. Craig and Mre. Craig (owe 4/5),

bye, Alajor and Mrs. Stevenson (owe 30), bye.

later.

Armistice Day Goll. Next Thursday, Armistice Day, the YMCA are playing a match with the K.C.C., at Kowloon City. This will also be the official opening of the new club bouse, so altogether a very enjoyable day is promised.

It is hoped within the next few days to add some more new volumes to the library, to bring it up to date.

Mrs. Russell Brown and Mr. Larkcom The many friends of Mr. A. W. Ingram (ser.) . Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan will be pleased to hear that he is now (rec. 3/6).

out of hospital, and hopes very shortly Mrs. Davenport Brown and Mr. Lloyd' to be taking up work again.

(owe.3/8), bye, to meet winner, of

The Study Circle will begin on Wednes, Mrs. and Mrs. Merton (zee. 15) day week, &t 8.30 p.m. in Room 24 and a hearty invitation is extended to all Mrs. Hill and Mr. Newhouse (rec.

members. The new tennis courts are pro- 3/6). Mrs. James Hall and Mr. Remington gressing favourably, and will be playable (owe 3/6). Mrs. Rowley and Mr. in about a month's time, so members are Baker (scr.).

asked to possess their souls in patience, Mrs. Cook and Mr. Nowers. (we 15) .until the courts are in first class con- Mrs. Bell and Mr. Brearley (owe 'ditions: The time of opening will be an--

nounced as soon as conditions allow. 15/4). Miss Chippon and Mr. Bourne . Mrs. Machidan" and Mr. Rowley (rec. 5/8). Mrs. James and Mr. Hickling (owe 13) Miss Lawrie and Mr. Lawrie (owe 3/6).

Miss Newsholme and Mr. Evans (owe 2/6). Miss Riddle and Mr. Reeve (rec. 15).'

Mrs. Remington and Mz. Sewell (owe

30) to meet winner of former tie. Mrs. Hickling and Dr. Tottenham (owe 15), bye, . Mr. and Mrs. Railton (owe 15,4), bye. Miss Bourchier and Mr. Graves (scr.), bye, . Mr. and Mrs. Stark (owe

#10), bye,

Men's Stogies Championship.

Megarry v. Dr. Tottenham,

Remington . Sewell.

Armstrong . Henderson,

Lawrie Stark,

Evans v. Stevenson.

Monaghan Nowers. Russell Brown v. Willson. Forster Humphreys.

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There was an increased attendance on Sunday night, at the quiet hour, at which the Secretary spoke of the "Patience of God.'

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#Some of the Finds. During the peaceful Roman period be tween about A.D. 100 and 330 I cannot imagine that the more opulent of the Romano-British citizens of Londinium said have shut their eyes to the attrac tions of the riverside slopes between the Fleet and the bend of the Thames at Charing Cross.

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DEADLIEST OF ALL SNAKES.

GIANT KING COBRA AT ZOO.

A giant specimen of the Indian king cobra, or hamadryad as it is also called, measuring over loft, in length, is the latest arrival at the London Zoo's reptile house. It is not only the deadliest of all snakes, its bite producing death in man in under six hours, but it is also the most aggressive. When diaturbed it will not attempt to hide or rush off in the op posite direction, as do the majority of anakes, but will instantly pursue the in truder. As it is capable of travelling at a speed of at least tea miles an hour, and whilst doing so will strike right and left, it is not surprising that it is more dreaded than any other cold-blooded ia- habitant of India.

What, then, is the evidence upon which I rest my theory of a western Roman suburb ?

On leaving what was later called New gate and crossing over the Fleet, there was the mosaic pavement found close to St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, in 1691, and near by, in Ely-place, the Church of St. Etheldreda possesses a stone water' stop or fout which Sir Gilbert Scott insisted was earlier than Saxon. I have also found Roman bricks on that site.

Coming a little further west there is in Fetter-lane, adjoining Nevil's Court,

The king cobra is a cannibal, feeding a vacant site which has yielded Samian exclusively on snakes, and in its native pottery, Roman glass, writing materials and common cobras cater largely into its in the form of bronze styli, pieces of roof bill of fare, but at the Zoo it has to co- tiles and bricks, one of them bearing the tent itself with grass snakes. The poi stamp Lon, which has been found

sonous snake cages of the reptile house throughout the walled area of the city. were not designed to accommodate very In addition, this site has produced a re large speriments, and as the new arrival. markable gold and caninel ornament at

can climb up on to the sill of the door of tributed to the fifth century B.C.. as well-lite den special precautions are taken when as coins, apparently of the Third or Fourth Century..

Bronze Statuette.

introducing food into its cage.

A large number of those popular. little 5sh which so strongly resemble the knights of a chess board and are known a sea-horses have arrived at the aqua- am from Archachon, on the Bay of Biscay, The fish were conveyed to Paris by train, and thence, in order to shorten their journey, were transported to London by seroplane.

On the northern boundary of Lincoln's Mr. H. Kerr Thomas, in his presiden-an, to the west of Stone Buildings, was tial address to the Institution of Auto- found not many years ago, at a depth Roman-Hellenic moble Engineers on The Deht of the of about 16 feet, & Community to the Automobile," said the bronze statuette. Whether this was an manufacture of motorcars had become antique curio belonging to a collector of the centre of many other industries, the prosperous period of Roman London which would dwindle almost to in-for-an-importation-of-pre-Roman-times cannot at present be stated, and this significance were British people to cease purchasing cars of British manufacture. applies equally to the rare gold ornament Lord Halifax and two other members Including passenger cars, motor-cycles, just inentioned There three sites, be it of the Anglican Church have been meeting commercial vehicles, and hackney vehicles, noted, are all within 500 or 200 yards of the Archbishop of Malines, and the the number of petrol driven vehicles of the wall of London, and, considering the Abbé Henummer of Paris, at Malines to all kinds had increased from 40,081 in woeful fate which has befallen Roman continue the discussions on, the reunion 1994 to 1,373,578 in 1925-a thirty-four antiquities in the City for centuries,of Christendom, which were presided over fold increase.

nothing is more likely than that many by the late Cardinal Mercier. others lie buried, fifteen or twenty feet deep, beneath the accumulations of ages. Others must have simply been destroyed without record or comment. When, over of the occupiers of the villa. It was a century ago, a new sewer was being found just outside the north transept. constructed in the Strand, a ne stone Underneath the Abbey itself abundant arch was discovered "many Feet" below evidence of buildings has come to light. When Bir Gilbert Scott's grave in the näre was being constructed the suspen- sure of a hypocaust came to light. The late Canon Westlake "informed me that when resting places were being prepared for "The Unknown Warrior and Mr.. Ponar Law, Roman brickwork had to be cut through

Speaking of the production of synthetic fuel to replace petrol or other petroleum products in use to-day, Mr. Thomas said that in 1920 the chief engineer of the London General Omnibus Company asked the British Government to promote the sale of an alcohol-petrol mixture as the

Essex-street. It is quite possible that this was of Roman origin, but no care was taken to examine or proserve it.

Search is still being made for London's bobbed-hair girl bandit whose motor-car has enabled her to elude the police so national fuel of England. That two the surface spanning the stream which is many times. Several times C.LD. men other European countries-Italy and crossed by the Strand at the head of have been close on her heels and her Germany should now have forestalled us identity is well known, but she has many in this was a matter for regret. The friends in the underworld who are shield reason always advanced in official circles ing her. She has been seen in the neigh-in England was that the fiscal arrange bourhood of the Elephant and Castle butments introduced insuperable dificulties when detectives visited that area she had to the use of alcohol. Other countries, vanished. Night patrols are vigilant, and it would seem, had means of overcoming ears are being closely scrutinised by the these alleged difficulties, and the sooner police. The police are confident that it could be done in England the quicker will arrest her eventually. When would the country be able to embark on she appears in the dock a series of scrisa another great industry to meet the de tional escapades will be described

mands of the motor-car.

they

Remains Under Abbey. Finally, we know that Westminster Abbey was built upon a Roman site, prob-

Ia short, there is accumulating ably that of an outlying villa or village. evidence towards establishing the exis There is in the vestibule of the Chapter tence in Roman times of a suburb as well House a sarcophagus bearing the name as a cemetery on the west side of London of Valerius Amandinus, presumably one extending in straggling fashion as far as

Westminster, (Continued on next Column).