RACING NOTES.
4TH EXTRA RACE MEETING.
SELECTIONS FOR TODAY.
[BY EARLY BIRD.]
The fourth extra race meeting of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be held at Happy Valley to-day cummencing at 2.30 p.m.
Since the annual meeting most of the Ast class performers have either let-up or have been sent to Shanghai for the Spring Meeting. Still, there is no reason to surmise
thit the racing will be other than interesting. as the entries include
THE DOUBLES CHAM-
PIONSHIP.
WIN FOR S. A. AND H. D. RUMJAHN.
A GREAT STRUGGLE.
FINAL Scoa: S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Brevity is the rout of wit,ysaid Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, President of the Hong Kong Cricket Club, at the conclusion of the annual lawn tennis tournament which was wound up with the finals of the open doubles championship of the Colony.
Brevity is all very well but the doubles Anal was sufficiently thrill ing to warrant describing, even though Mr. Hancock partner. lost in a strenuous fight. He or plained that even if he wished to
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, MAY 5th, 1928.
With the score 40-15 against them. the Rumjahus found their best form again and won the 4th-game al though Tottenham was serving,
H.K.H.S.A. SPORTS.
CONCLUDING EVENTS.
GOLF.
CLUB.
SUNDAY'S STARTING TIMES AT PANLING.
H. D. Rumjaha sent back an "ace MEETING AT KING'S PARK. ROYAL HONG KONG GOLF after running wide to meet an al- return. The most irretrievable Rumjahrs then scored a love game and than won two more to head 4-3. After 10-love against them, the challenger gallantly levelled mat- ters at all They also led 40-15 in the 8th gas, a vital one, but the Rumjaans also caught up as their opponents had done and wan On Hancock'e service, the game. the Rumjahne took the 10th game and became two sets up. Hancock was erratic and gave little support to his parter.
A Forlorn Hope.
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In the first half of the third set, the losers played as well as the holders. Having lost the first game, they led 42, thanks to some steady play and determined watch fulness. The score then become 4-3,
3.21 a.m. E. C. Frederick and J.
Cameron
The two-days sports meeting of the Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade, Royal Artillery, were brought to a successful conclusion on the Royal Naval Officers' Sports | 9.28 Club ground, King's Park, yes. terday afternoon." Many British officers and their families were present.
Indian troops mustered strongly
were the competitors in the' sports to watch their compatriots whô and they loudly cheered their re
some fairly good ponies, who per ed by. Dr. R. E. Tottenham, had 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4 and loud was the spective favourites Coinpetitors:
formed more or less creditably during the annual meeting.
In the handicap ovents Mr. C. M. S. Alves has by n system of imposts and allowances, succeeded in equalising the chances of each contestant and these races in parti- cular should provide some close and exciting finishes. -
delay these present at the prize distribution by speech making he could not do so because be was out of breath.
And well he might have been. For the fourth year in succession, the Rumjaha cousins, S.A. and H.D., had annexed the champion-
ship.
applause when they finished off the
sut.
J. M. Walker aud L.-R. Andrewes.
C. E. C. Marton and A. B. Raworth.
C. Thwaites and G. H. Bell.
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9.36
9.40
H. R. Remington and
W. M. Lyons.
0:44
A. R. Cox and F. C. Feltham.
9.49
9.62 9.56
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were drawn from three sections of the 1st Mountain Battery, and the 10.00 second, fourth and 8th Heavy Batteries:
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Wrestling on horseback was an event which called for much eques- triad skill. The idea was to force 10.19 the rider from his seat and cheer-10.10 ing was sustained during the pro- Sack fighting gross of this event. caused such amusement, premier
S. A Rumjaha came into the picture in the fourth set which turned out to be the last. He and his partner led 30 and then 4-1. Hancock served in the 6th game and The the score went to love-10. Hancock proceeded to give of his best and won the game off his own racke. A lively game followed, full of excitement and the losers crept up to 43 They also put on a spurt and fought for each point to make the score tall.
By subtle placing with his ser-honours being secured by the Centre vice, H. D. Rumjahn won a love Section. Other interesting events Another struggle casued on Han- game so that the holders led 6-4. were the Alarm Stakes and the V.C. cock's service and the score was The Rumjahns won in four close-al Several deuces were called sets. They might have won in three when S. A. Rumjahn served to win,
runner-up in the 6-3 if S. A,” the singles, had gone "all out." the other hand, the match might have gone the full five sets with the issue in the balance till "darkness
Best Of The Series. Instead of the Third Aggregate
Speed and high-class tennis, hard Stakes another race has been sub-hitting and heroic recoveries were stituted. This is the classic of the the features of yesterday's final on reeting but I am afraid it will the stand count, which turned out receive scanty support owing to the to be, perhaps, the beat match of presence in this event of Boxing Eve, the Hong Kong crack.
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An event for ponies who have only won one race this year, and a race for non-winning subscription griffins should receive a fair measure of support. These two events wili doublens cause backers consider able anxiety in their efforts to spot the winner.
It is to be regretted that Mr. Fiddes Wilson will not officiate at this meeting, owing to other engage. Since the advent of Mr. nients. Wilson the starts have been every- thing that could be desired, from the point of view alike of the public, owner's and jockeys, and we trust for the sake of all concerned that it will not be necessary for him to absent himself from his duties" in the future.
Quite a number of Macno ponies will be seen in action and great interest will be centred in their performances when pitted against our best. It is rumoured that M.. K. H. Chan and Mr. S. W. Cheng have a couple of very useful con- tenders who may be expected to vie
with the best of our local cracks.
that
result.
an-
the series.
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Speed, better combination and un- derstanding, a higher degree of Accuracy, and their youthfulness were the assets on the holders' side. The challengers, although veterans, made full use of their experience, sound placing and aggressive ser vice. But hard hitting was their big gun and they shone in smashing and in overhead work.
Unit, Not Individual Whereas Hancock-who was cham- pion many years ago-bore the brunt of the battle m the semi- final, it was Tottenham who won the honours for sterling display If the Rumjahas are yesterday, compared, H.D. was easily the star" yesterday but each is a unit in a splendid team and not az in- dividual
Many of the forty-four games went to deuse But there was no long drawn-out rally. All four players on the court were out to score with every stroke. - ·
"Neither pair bed by more than one game lu the opening set until the 12th when the Humjahns broke
through Tottenham's service and won the set. H.D. was decidedly better than S.A. here and-deserved The course is in excellent con-all the applause he got Tottenham dition at the moment and provided won many points at the net. Sharp rallies were the rule rather than the weather remains
the exception, all four utilising changed good sport should be the every opportunity to advance to the net and attack. In volleying, sing ly or doubly, the holders held an REVIEW OF EVENTS.
advantage. There was a hard fight in the 9th game which the Rumjahna Great interest will be evinced in took to lead 35-4. Tottenham was the opening event. New Year's mainly responsible for winning the next game but the Rumjahas re- Eve is in my opinion the best entry, talisted by getting two-and the but he will meet a tough proposiet. Hancock played very well but was not quite the power he was tion in Wuchang: I expect one of the other, Macao ponies to run into expected to be
third place..
If started Erstwhile should ac- count for the "B" Class seven furlongs, but I am afraid that the extra weight may keep him in the stable. If absent As You Like. It although better suited for a sprint race, will be a danger here. Grey Knight with his light impost should do great things here. Kom Tong Hall and Boukra will provide a tussle for third money.
Nara Sing will probably carry the C" bulk of the, money in the Claas once round, but I like the chances of Bright Prospect who. although conceding weight is equal
to the penalty and should just about
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The Second Eet.
In the second set, the British pair changed their tactics somewhat, having realised that the pace was telling on them. By shrewd placing and judicious lobbing, they won the first three games. The 3rd was the frat love game of the match, Totten- bam bringing off a spectacular re- covery to round it off.
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SELECTIONS."
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Tottenham served the last game. Twice his side were advantage. Thrice the winners held vantage (match point) before the issue was decided and the crowd rushed the
court.
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Mixed Doubles.
On another court, Lt. Col and Mrs. Wyatt defeated H. Owen
Hughes and Mrs. Remington in the final of the mixed doubles handicap by 6-3, 6-4.
Colonel Wyatt and S. A. Rumjahn are the only two competitors to win more than ono prize.
THOSE WHO WORKED. Addressing those present, Mr. Hancock sud that the Club was lucky to have finished the tourna
ment in suen good time. The chief reason was the new arrangement by the tennis sub-committee, which had put in very hard work in arranging dates for each round. After two or three days of rusai, the dates had to be fixed all over again, entailing work which had been cheertully un- dertaken. The thanks of not only the Hong Kong Cricket Clay, but also all competitors, were due to those who had done the work with such care.
Race"
10.20
S. T. Butlin and N. K. Littlejohn.
E. J. Lacon and J. Kern.
·F.
A H. Ferguson and "F A. ELisaman and H
A. Redmond.
A. Lammert.
E. R. Hallifax and A. N.
Other.
Ross.
Eliams and C. P.
A. Leach and A. B. A. D. Humphreys and
Purves.
R. Warbrick.
E. W. Cowan and H. W. Raper.
RACING.
A mixed relay race with British ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. and Indian Officers and N.C.O.'s. won by the 5th
(THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.] competing was Battery team. The Indian Officers" Race was won by Jemadar Warra Khan.
The one mile open relay race for British Units and the Royal Navy was won by the King's Own Sect tish Borderers, with the R.A. taking second place and the Scots Guards third."
The tug-of-war by won by the 2nd Heavy Battery from the Right Mountain of the Ist Section Battery in two straight pulls which
much
and called for "massage" of the competitors by their respective, supporters
energy
The Bat races and team running were very keenly contested by the men of the various Batteries. In an open relay race, the H.K.S. Brigade got the better of the 3/15 Punjabis.
Paints were awarded in certain events towards the inter-unit shield. First place. was secured by the Right Section of the Mountain Battery with 27 points. Runters up were the 2nd Heavy Battery with 19 points.
1. Scuttle.
2. Jurisdiction. 3. Toboggan. Won by a length. Six lengths separated second and third. There were fourteen runners.
BETTING:-Scuttle 15-8; Juriedica tion 100-8: Toboggan 11-2.
PROBLEMS OF LIFE AND DEATH.
IS THERE DANGER IN THE FALLING BIRTH-RATE?-
FEEDING THE ENGLAND OF TOMORROW,
ONE-CHILD FAMILIES OF BERLIN.
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In the stimulating article below Dean Inge asks whether the fall in the birth-rate, and the consequent changes in the constitutios
of society, is as great a racial danger as it is said to be.
He points out some of the difficulties that will arise in feeding the England of tomorrow, expects' our descendants to show a greater deterioration in intellect than in physique, and concludes: Meanwhile we must steer a middle course between those who hail Malthus as a saviour of society and those who dekounce him as a devil. The farmer are nearer to the truth..
(BY THE VERY RA, W, R. INGE, D.D., DEA OF ST. PAUL'S.] I hope I do not bare my readers our own; and we have to remember
by occasionally coming back to the great Population Question. It is much more,, important than the political social, and theological
wrangles which fill so much of our thoughts. Birth and death are, after all, the most important things that happen to us. I know that many people hate statistics as much as I love them, but one may discuss results without a great parade of figures and diagrams, and the re- sulta are of practical interest to most people. For instance, the two following bits of advice may be calul:
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that about 700,000 potential fathers in England and Wales were killed in the war. The Times Literary Supplement last week uska the question: will be an actual diminution in Assunting that there the working population, how will British industry ceact to this novel situation? Will British industry on the basis of immigrant Italian, copy French industry and expand Polish and African immigration i Or will England, like Scotland, be- come Irish i
Scotland's Problem.
The Irish have threatened to shoot me for calling attention to this last. fact. But they will have to shoot a great many others if they want to suppress references to a problem which stares Scotland in the face.
1. If you want to live to a green old age, be a elergyman, or a The answer to this last question' farmer, or a gardener, or a post-is that if the English and Scotch man. On no account be a publican, are too proud to do rough manual or a barman, or a casual labourer, work, they must import aliens who have no such prejudices, until or a grinder of steel filings. LONDON, May 4th.
solves the problem by The One Thousand Guineas, rua
1 you have a spite against manting unskilled labour alto- an insurance company, buy an an- on May 4th at Newmarket over a nuity in it and go and live in gether. The Americans think that distance of 1 mile, resulted as fol- Norfolk" This is from Charles this time has come, and they have Dickens, who cannot have had any locked their doors against this kind lows:-
statistical information to go upon. of immigration. I think that they But he was quite right. I have just were wis from the racial point of had sent me an important survey of view, but premature from the the vital statistics of the nation, economic point of view. This is by Mr. Murray, Laing, of the proved by the fact that they have Britannic Insurance Company, in left one hole unstopped, through
"greasers" which be proves that the expectation which Mexican
the hundred of life at birth in the Eastern pouring, in by Counties rural districts is 6233 thousand. years for males and 84.33 for 3. What is an optimum popula- females. Experts will infer that tion? Shall we say that it is that East Anglia is the healthiest spot which permits the attainment of the in the whole world. I know which maximum possible standard of are the two unhealthiest counties, living? This is the optimum popu- but I shall not say.”.
lation from the economic point of view; but it is not certain that a Sir Philip Gibbs, in his new book smaller number might not make "The Day After Tomorrow," helds the people healthier, and happier. Economic overstrain is real.. out an alarming prospect of danger, and the vanishing beauty jonging youth almost indefinitely by of our countryside is sad to con- gratting. I greatly fear that the rejuvenated septuagenarian would template. be such a desperate Don Juan that
SHANGHAI YACHT CLUB.
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS.
COMMODIOUS HOUSEBOAT AND MOTOR LAUNCH.
SHANGHAI, April 30th..
Artificial Youth.
implie
Mr. Ho
Mr. Hancock referred to the win. ning outright (by three consecutive victones of the Rumjahns) of the doubles challenge cups. Kom Tong, with his well-known generosity, had presented two very ane cups which were co display. 1am only worry that I am not to have charge of one of them for a year," added Mr. Hancock amidst laughter,
Members of the Shanghai Yacht owners and thoa who lack bunk. Club, especially those who are non- accommodation for the week-end outings, will be glad to learn that thing good to replace the Foam The latter has had an Interesting at last the club has secured some At the close of the meeting, career, if not a particularly excit Major F. H. Scovil, RA, coming one-indeed, probably the most mented on the keen rivalry between exciting times within her ancient the competitors for the inter-unit timbers have been during the many shield which was put up for the years she has done duty as the T. Honda's defeat of last year's first time. He congratulated the Yacht Club's headquarters. At one and winners, the Right Section, and the time, she was a revenue cutter, then holder, S. A. Rumjaha, Honda's two previous victories, in 2nd Heavy Battery for being & close she became an opium bulk, and for the past quarter-century or more the open singles, were mentioned by second. Major Scovil also express Mr. Hancock Major Stevensoned thanks to Commodore J. L her weary and sorely tried hull has was welcomed as the new Club Pearson, C.M.G., for the loan of given honest service to the club.
the ground and to the Officer Con Bow The "Foam" Held Together
A Mystery. champion, who had beaten 8, E. Grea: Mr. Hancock described Mr. marding the 3/16th Punjab Regi Green as a veteran with many more
ment for the use o" the Band. years of tennis ahead of him.
Thaks were due to Mr. H. A.
Cheers were given for Mrs. Scovil Nisbet who worked hard as he al-after she had distributed the prizes. ways docs, said Mr. Hancock; to Mr. R. E. Lindsell and the other umpires; and to the indefatigable. honorary secretary, Mr. L S Greenhill.
Prize Winners.
The prize winners were:- Open Singles Championship:- Wiener, T. Honda: (custody of challenge cup for a year and a smaller cup); runner-up, 8. A. Rumjahn.
Open Doubles Championship:- Winners, S. A Rumjabi and H. D.
THE DIOCESAN BOYS" SCHOOL.
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THIS EVENING'S SONCERT.
Diocesan. Boys School functions are always weil arranged and enjoy able. This evening at 8.30 p.m. concert will take place at the school and what should be a very enjoy
The selections for to-day are as Rumjahn (custody of challenge capsable programme has been arranged.
get there. Ullswater is a good out-follows: side bet for third place.
Boxing Eve and Blackstone Hall should provide a rattling good match over the mile. The first named should win with Aristophanes filling third place.
Tangle who is a stayer should win the Lead Mine "B" Class mile and a quarter with Man of War second, Sunning who is being sent out in the nature of a trial may possibly get away with third place.
Chemal should win the Pinapple Plate without much difficulty on his' running at the last meeting. Coos Band San Francisco should pro- vile the other placca.
The Fotauman Plate should be one of the best contests of the meeting and I predict a win for Zin who will be well fancied but will find strong opposition in the Haugh who will be ridden by Wong. My Tor should just above beat King Constantine for third stakes.
Peck looks good enough to win the "A" Class one mile and a quarter, San Diego is not so badly penalised and should manage second place if he is not beaten by Ope Third who has, some very good per formances to his credit in Shang- hai Should New Year's Eve start in this race he will sl third place." (Continued on next Column),..
1st Bace.
New Year's Eve. Wuchang.
Fifty Fifty.
2nd Race. As You Like It. Grey Kinght: Kom Tong Hall.
3rd Race; Bright Prospect Nara Stag Ullswater.
4th Eaco. Boxing Eve Blackstone Ball. Aristophanes
5th Race. Tangle. Man of War. Sunning
8th Eace. Chemal.' Coos Bay. San Francisco.
:7th Race, Zin: The Haugh.. My Toy
8th Race. Peck. San Diego, One Third.
for a year and a smaller cup each); runners-up, H. R. B. Hancock and Dr. R. E Tottenham.
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4. Is the differential birth-rate as great a racial danger as it is a second operation would be accoften said to be? I should answer Mrs. Sanger, the prophet of birth that it is a danger, but that the sary to make him harmless. control, has sent me the Proceed tendencies are not all of them
ed and the Blum-dwellers is ings of the First World Population under the presidency of Sin Bernard Mallet. The whole book is of very undesirable, and the actuat Congress, held at Geneva last year, multiplication of the feeble-mind-
families threatens to deprive the absorbing interest and of the decrease of established professional The most original contribution is nation of its most vigorous and greatest importance,
agricultural labourers, who con that of Professor Raymond Pearl, gifted class. But the miners and of Baltimore, on the possibility of tribute more than their share to the generation, are physically. plotting out post and future move- ments in the increase of population above the average; and the intel His general conclusion is that the lectual difference between the chil- in what he calls "a logistic curve.' tardation are not the result of will, those of the working-man, though it growth of population and its redren of the professional elas and and are not amenable to human has been proved incontrovertibly, control. The Professor most kindly does not appear to be very great.
Smaller German Families. expounded his views to me when How in the last few years the was at Baltimore, and showed me a On the whole, I think that the old hulk has kept together has been naas of figures; but I must confess effect of the differential birth-rate a mystery, known ly to the Now that I was quite unconvinced The will be more injurious to the in- Engineering & Bhi uilding Works subject, however, is far too technical tellect than to the physique of the and the club land. Each year, for discussion here.
nation, but that the probable de In England the great increaseterioration may be represented by for as long as they could find any thing to, which to fasten anything took place between 1760 and 1880, a small percentage. Still, even a else, the shipyard people patched During that period the movements small percentage may be enough to her up with odd timbers and of the birth-rate were very slight; deprive our country of its pride of
place. smothered her plentifully with the important factor was the de- paint.
crease in the death-rate. Since then When nothing remained
After reading the predictions of which would hold a fastening, they there has been a steady decline in Sir Philip Gibbs on the revolution- did her up with chicken-wire and the birth-rate, mainly due to deary consequences of modern science cement, and the club laodah and liberate action of rational grounds for human life, one cannot feel any his family spent a large part of unconnected with the food-supply. confidence that existing tendencies each day of the year in throwing I cannot see how any "logistic will continue to operate. I am dis
curve" could forecast movements of posed to attribute grost importance the. Whangpoo hack into itself.
this kind.
to psychological factors, such a grandiose ambitions and acute dis couragement, fa stimulating.or birth-rate. Italy, which is increasing rapidly, is depressing the
Foreign Food.
I will content myself with putting certain questions agrested by these to answer.
Club Championship Singles:- Band Bergt. 2. Manley, by kind evident that the Foam...scarcely debates. They are not at all eyffering from a bad ft of jingoism;"
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Winner, Major W. B. Stevenson; runner-up, 5. E. Green.
Handicap Singles A-Win- ner, L-Col. Wyatt; runner-up, D. 'B. Green
Handicap Singles "B":-Win- ner, H. V. Parker; runner-up, T. G. Bennett.
Handicap Doubles Winners, W. B. Cornsby, and A. Piercy; runners- up, A. D. Humphreyi and G. R. Sayer.
Mixed Doubles Handicap-Wip- ners, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wyatt; run- ners-up, H. Owen Hughes and Mrs. Remington.
The prizes were distributed by Miss Hancock, the charming daugh ter of the President who, in turn, presented his daughter with a bou quet tied in the Club colours
H.K.O.O. (C. TEAM) CLUB
"DE RECREIO.:
The following will represent the Cricket Olub team in a division match v. Club de Recreio today, at 4.00 p.m.-G. F. H Bichard, C. H. Bradley, A. Piercy, G. 8. Hugh Jones, H. R. Reming ton, W. Lithgow Smith.
1. Grand March-Test from
banger Wagner 2. Overture-Hungarian
Keler Bels 3. Songs Two Songs of the
Fair Easthope Martin.
Mr. H GLOVER. 4. Ampliphone Duct
In Berlin, according to Professor Grotjahn, the birth-rate is only ten per thousand, and in the officin class the average is one child per marriage. In the enatem provinces
The New "Fost.""" Each new scheme introduced into Band items will be rendered by the Fun Band of the 1st Br. The the Yacht, Club had some failing, Queen's Royal Regiment, under but this spring it was all too
1. There are at present 85 million Germany, on the other hand, permission of Lieut. Colonel J. D. could be expected to remain to gether for another season even on Boyd, D.S.D., and the officers.
land, let alone in the water. So a people in Europe who must be up. especially in the lange towns, is The Programme.
desperate attempt was made to find ported by foreign food. Is this a restricting hen numbers on an un- a substitute, and the Commodore wholesome state of things, and can exampled scale. and House Committee were for- il continue? The great food-export- tunate in discovering a very fine ing areas are Canada, Australia houseboat only built last year, and Argentina, and these are filling which they bought, together with a ap rapidly. The United States has towing, motor boat. The latter by no longer any food for Export; itself, will be a great boon to the the food-export balance is practs the figures are very different, but club. The new Foam (for pre- cally negligible." And as, since the in these the population is largely anmably it will be so named) may war, all countries are trying to Slavonic, and the Blav birth rate not have as much deck and roof manufacture for themselves, what is on a totally different scale from space as the old headquarters, but shall we have to send them in return that of the west of Europe. there should be enough for the club for our food, if they are willing things stand at present. But the as, at present constituted, and it is to send us any! The crisis in our Germans are recovering canadenes, very comfortable below, with ten coal and cotton trades seems to me and new discoveries may completely alter the outlook upon life in all bunks, three saloons, and all exceedingly ominous modern houseboat fittings.--North China Daily News.
The Mountain Gnomes
3 Songs Selected.
Eilenberg
MTN. G. WATTE" With Violin Obligato by Mr. JOHN BRAGA
8 Selection-Il Trovatore... Verdi.
7.
INTERVALL SelectedWN
Two Popular Numbers
8. Violin Solo Adicu... Squarise.
Mr. JOHN BEAGA
2. Song-Because..Guy D'Hardelot. Mr. H. GLOVER,
10. Cornet Solo My Dreams.. Tosti. Band, Sergt. E. MANLEY 11. (Selected).
The Queen's Male Voice Choir. 12 Selection The Mikado. 12 Regimental March Braganza.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
GLOUCESTER WIN. Gloucestershire defeated Worces tershire at Worcester by 9 wickets, SCORES: Worcestershire 166 (Mills 6 for 44) and 194 (Parker &
Magt for 53):
Gloucestershire: 241 and 121 for 1 wicket (Dipper TL not out).
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2. The dump in births is begin- civilised countries, Bynthetic food, ning to look disquieting, unless we for example, would produce the wish to reduce our numbers, which, greatest revolution that the world of course, may be necessary, My has ever scen
Meanwhile, we must abber s mid readers must pardon a few ågures. The maximum, 38.5 per thousant, de course between those who hail was reached at the end of the Malthus as a saviour of society and In 1925 the rate was those who denounce him as a devil. seventies 18.3; in 1926 17.8, and last year The former are nearer to the truth, (in a statement published last week) for there can be no real progress only 16.7. Is this rapid fall like in civilisation until these relations ly to continue? I think not; far of life are rationalised and set free the rate in France seems to be from the trammels of superstition, stabilised at a figure rather above fatalism and blind recklessness.
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