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LAWN BOWLS.

GROUNDS UNSUITABLE FOR PLAY.

ANOTHER BLANK WEEK-END?

MACAO RACES.

FIRST CLASS. PONIES. ENTERED.

LARGER, FIELDS.

[BY EARLY BIRD.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 1st, 1928.

1,000 RUNS IN MAY. UMPIRES OF EMPIRE.

For the third week in succession the lawn bowl League programmo will have to be postpaced. The With numerous entries the Inter- grounds are

in a worse condition national Hacé and Recreation Club than ever, and only an catire of Macao should have a successful absence of rain and plenty of sup meeting on the Macao course on shine to-day and to-morrow the Sunday. Good performers are ca prospects for which seem remote-gaged in the principal events and will enable the week-end fixtures providing the recent rains have act being carried out.

affected the track some excellent

pors should be seen.

There is a much larger entry Ian psasi, many ponies new to the having gradusted from Happy Valley. Some of these are very fast and should distinguish themselves..

It is unfortunate that right at the commencement of the season the very crowded fixture list should get behind hand especially As en- thusiasm, is keen at the start and the early results serve as a guide

to the form of the various Clubs.

As stated last Monday, the East Point Recreation Club will drop out of the junior League at the end of this month owing to the break up of their team. Their third suc- ecssive victory a fortnight ngo en hanced their prospects of gaining the championship. All lawn bowls enthusiasts will deptors the cir cumstances which now

make it

Yacht Club v. Kowloon B.G.C.

East Point K.O. 2. Civil Service

C.C. Taikoo R.C. v. Kowloon C.C.:

Recreio Craigengower 0.0% 0.

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course

Quite a number of Hong Kong jockeys will be present in addition to the local riders, and fields there- tore are expected to be above the average.

ME

CRICKET IN SHANGHAI.

HONG

KONG ť. UNITED SERVICES.

· SAYER'S FINE SCORE.

{THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, May 31st. Hong Kong won the toss against

bat. They were all out for 205 the United Services and went in to Saver made 97 not out, Hancock 7, and Musson 23, while Milsome took 5 wickets for 97.

The United Services made 95 for S-wickets

The morning's play was shorten- ed by rain, but deepite bad weather the game continued throughout the afternoon...

"TRINITY COLLEGE OF

MUSIC.

A LOCAL CENTRE TO BE FORMED.

HALLOWS FINE FEAT.

DOUBLE CENTURY AGAINST SUSSEX.

(THROUGH BEDIER'S AGENCY.]

MANCHESTER, May 31st.

PRIVY COUNCIL JUDGES

AT WORK.

LIKE A PAGE FROM "ARABIAN NIGHTS."

[DY 1. E 'CORDER. )

I Haroun-al-Raschid came to London he would And his legen- dary home in Downing street at the offices of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which is the supreme tribunal deciding law cases

While playing for Lancashire against Sussex at Manchester, Hal lane with the fine score of 23

This has only twice previously been reached his 1,000th run in May.in the British Empire.

accomplished. by W. G. Grace in 1995 and by Hammond in 1927.

THE GIRL T WANT TO

MARRY.

AND SOME WHOM I DON'T.

[BY AN AVERAGE YOUNG MAN.]

lined with rare books, and listened to the thousand-and-second story af the "Arabian Nights." Schehera- zade herself could not have been more entertaining-nor, let it be said, more procrastinatory-than counsel who gave the life. history of Sri Raja Rao Sri Smetachalapata Ramakrishna Ran- ga Rao Bahadur Gary, hereinafter known as Bri.

I entered "a small board-room

Nobody can appreciate the power and ramifications, of the British Empire until he visits the book- lined room of the Privy Council, which is something between the British Museum and a police, court. I have just come across a family Quaint Laws And Customs." where they are bringing up their | " All the queer cases that occur in daughters to marry, and to live at strange lands beyond the seas sire home until they succeed in marry-library. All the quaint laws and settled by judges in this private

governing old-world ing or be branded as failures for ever. Somehow or other this family people, from primitive tribes to has survived the war and its dis- these quiet rooms of theorganising forces, and poople tell me there are many others like them! I think they survived it be

their grandmothers had not taught cause they were too stupid even to notice'it, or to notice anything else

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them to expect. Expensive But Poor Education." They had begun by giving the girls an expensive but poor educa tion, that seemed to consist in a few minor accomplishments,, a eer- tain department, and a superficial appearance of culture. They took them away at sixteen, apparently because "men de not like these dreadfully clever giris." At home

customs

ancient civilisations, are settled in

For every problem there is a book. Ushers in evening dress spend their lives climbing ladders and bringing down books for the law lords who are the Umpires of Empire.

to the back rooms of Downing-street

Natives of four continents come

with their domestic troubles, and

with all the majesty of the British Empire All the legal conundruma of the coloured races are settled in a library.

there they receive justice dispensed

comes

Let us now return to the case of Sri, which

out of the The threa Arabian Nights.” judges, Lord Sumner, Sir Lancelot Sanderson, and Sir John Wallis, were deciding by the writings of Buddha the case of Sri, who, 30 far as I could understand it, seem- ed to have left home without per- mission and thereby jeopardised his

Ever desirous of catering from the convenience of patrons the com- necessary. for this Club to with-mittee have carried out a number draw. Rumour has it that another

of improvements. In future total- izator tickets at 81 will, be issued Club who have recently come into

A local Centre of Trinity College the limelight with their initial for winning ponies. Two red lights success on the cricket field will also placed at the pari-mutuel booth of Music is to be formed in Hong take to bowls and ask to be allowed will indicate to backers the ap- Kong, so that its examinations can to carry on the East Point's fix-proximate closing time of this deb taken by residents tures. No official announcement,

partment. The price in future for however, has so far been made,

ensh sweep tickets will be 83 in. Colony. stead of 23. A cover has beca Trinity College was founded in Owing to the unlikelihood of any provided for play being possible to-morrow, the which will afford protection from body for music in the United King the Members Stand 1979, and is the oldest examining forecast of the coaults which ustal- the elements. Special non-stop ly appears in these columns on

'bases will ply direct to and from dom. The original scheme of Friday is withheld. We optimis the race..course at 10 cents per Higher Examinations tically give the fixture list in case

journey. The last race will start the weather should make amenda :

5.30 pm, which will allow ounced in 1973 and the first public - Division I.

vicitors plenty of time to collect examination held in 1974. At the Kowloon C.C e Kowloon Dock their dividends and catch the 8.8.

present time more than 80,000 | R.C.

Taishan which leaves. at 8.30 p.m.

Candidates annually enter for Civil Service C.C. v. Police R.C.

Owing to the Hong Kong Races its examinations. The College was Kowloon B.G.C. v. Taikoo BC.

this week I have been unable to also the first musical institution to Division II.

ranke my usual visit to Macao in hold local examinations in music order to get first hand information and since these examinations were regarding track times. However, established, the College has examine through the courtesy of a good cd over one million. Candidates, friend at Macao I am able to give the times of the gallops on Wednes-pwards of 650 Public and School Local Centres have been established day. The times uppear to be very

Tow. Still, it is something that in the United Kingdom and the they went on training them by tell the pomes are able to train at all perty of the College are applied like a woman who has too much to Dominions. The income and pro-ing them bluntly that men don't in this weather...

Only à man versed in Buddhist solely towards the objects of the say," or a man likes a' woman i am expecting further news from College, and no portion thereof is to be a good listener." They did theology could understand the argu- Macao to-day and my selections | paid by way to profit to the mem- not seem to feel that there was any menta of counsel, who fuently w appear in the Daily Freshers of the Corporation.. About | thing crude nödskejt either.

quoted cases from Burmah...The to-morrow (Saturday). Look out £3,000 is disbursed by the College

names and the language used seem- ed like extracts from the "Arabian for them.

annually in connection with (4). Scholarships tenable at the College,

Nights"

Somebody or something narzed I tried to talk to those girls, but (b) Looa) Exhibitions tenable at Local Centres, and (e) National I found it hard. They bad ex-Manugye was undoubtedly the "Stone's Justices' prizes local Examination Cancellent mannera ("good tone" I Eastern didates. To mark the Coronation fancy the old women called it), but Manual." Everybody was quoting year of King Edward VII., and to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of its own foundation, the College, in 1902, presented the sum of £5,000 to the University of London for the establishing of a University Chair of Music. The Gift was ac cepted by the University, and His Majesty granted the use of the title The King Edward Pro- fessorship of Music"; The Univer-cook sity elected as its first Professor the late Sir Frederick Bridge, O.V.O, MA, Mus D.; who was Vice-President and Chairman of the Board of the College..

IRISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

E. WHITCOMBE'S AMAZING

FIGURES..

MITCHELL AND COMPSTON

WELL PLACED.

Ernest Whitcombe has followed up his 68, which broke the record for the course, by doing a 63 in the second round of the Irish Open Championship at Newcastle, Co. Down, These figures are unprecedented for a championship and give him a lead of 7 strokes over the second men, Compstoa and Mitchell.

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In the Irish Open Championship the first sixty players after two rounds qualify for the faal 30 holes, but, unlike the British Open, the qualifying rounds count in the final aggregate.

The scores "cabled by Reuter are as follows:-

Ernest. Whitcombe

68 69 137

A. Compston"

75 68 144

Abe Mitchell

73 71 144

G. Duncan (holder)... 76 77 153

:

A. Havers

B. Ray

77 76 153 81 75 150

FRENCH MIXED DOUBLES

CHAMPIONSHIP.

- Wednesday's Gallops. Little Darling: 55; 1:50; 2.01 Valour: 37.9; 1:14. Chemal: 100; 2.04; 2.40. Sutherland 35; 1.07.- Zircon: 31.1; 1.30; 2.01.3.- Glory: 56; 1.40.2; 2.14.4.

Spring Day: 40.1; 1.324; 9.14;

2.48.4.

Chin' Hoi: 46.9; 1.23.3; 1.56. Firdee: 52.2; 1.35.3;.2.18.1. Chowtszelon: 1.00.1; 1.50; 2,30. Gold Mine: 40.3; 1.24; 2.04. Ma Kou Siac: 42; 1.93; 2.00; 2.35; 3.08.9

Diana: 34.2; 1.08. Veloz: 38.4 1.19.3; 1.46.3. Six Hundred 40.3; 1.29.2; 3.03. Fitchfork: 39; 1.13 1.48. Tap Saic: 50; 1.33.2; 2.11.9. Win Sia. 1.00 1.41: 2.17.

THE DERBY.

FINAL · ACCEPTANCES.

(THROUGH REVIER'S AGENCY.]

Derby Final Acceptances are:- Yeomanstown, Advocate, Heirloom, Felstead, Constant Son, Fairway, Sunny Trace, Gang Warily, Royal Crusader, Royal Minstrel, Cyclone, Porthole, Ranjit Singh, Luvaneran,

Wheedler Ferakloof, Camelford, Bubbles the Second, O'Curry Grange View, Scintillation, and Palais Royal the Second.

WIN FOR COCHET AND MISS Black Watch, Flamingo, The

BENNETT.

(THROGOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, May 30th. In the final of the Mixed Doubles in the French' Hard Court Clam- pionships at Autieul, Cochet and Miss Eileen Bennett defeated F.T. Hunter and Miss Helen Wills by two sets to one. The American- pair won the first set, but were outlasted by Cochet and the British lady. The scores wors: 3-6, 6-3,

FEWER EMIGRANTS TO CANADA.

Ora, Canada: Mr. J. S. Dennis, Chief Commis sioner of Colonisation for the Cana dian Pacific Railway, informed the Immigration Committee of the Dominion House of Commons that the new system of medical examina tion of prospective British em grants by Canadian doctors in Great Britain was not working satisfactorily and was retarding the indar of British settlers."tem

He suggested a system of medical Inspection by a raster of over-seas doctors under the supervision of Tow Canadian doctors-Reuter.

ACCUSED RECTOR AND

MRS. PACE.

DRAMATIC LUNCHEON

MEETING.

LONDON, May 5th There was a dramatic meeting in Gloucester yesterday between Mrs. Pace, the tragic widow of Coleford, whose husband's death is being in vestigated by the coroner and Boot- land Yard, and the Bev. O. E. Hayden, rector of Avening, Glou cestershire, who is accused of caus- ing scandal in his parish.

Daring the luncheon interval at the inquiry into his conduct, MI, Hayden's seat in a restaurant was bear Mrs. Pace

As soon as he noticed her, Mr. Hayden approached, expressed com- miseration with her, spoke of his own trouble, and enjoined her to

have courage.

Tears welled in. Mrs. Face's eyes as she thanked the rector.

MOVE-ON DINNER PARTY.

SUCESSOR TO THE JUG-AND-

BOTTLE FESTIVAL.

Society's latest idea in informal entertaining is the "Move-on" dinner.

successor to-

It was tried out last night as the The cushion supper party at which guests seated on the floor. helped themselves to Kupper wheeled round on wagon; and..

The jug and bottle" party, where guests brougirt contribu- tions in kind.

2

dinner

Last night, the company, some twenty in number, gathered in a Chelsea studio for cocktails made from a Jamaican recipe.

Introductions were superfluous; for lots were drawn to decide those. who woizid travel to the next des tination together.

Decorated Motorcars,” Then the motor-cars, gaily de- corated with blue and yellow rosettes, started for the hors euvres course served in a house in the neighbourhood of Cadogan- square. S

Each toan wie given a gardenis, and each woman arose.

At Cadongan-square tota mere drawn for table partners.

Boup was served in Queen's Categendens;

-- Fish in Earl's-court;

The joint was eaten in Ben. wington Palace-gardens, and

After other journeys, & halt was

Girls Who Think Seriousness Bad

Form

they were entirely ignorant of any thing under the sun. They even seemed to think that a mild serious news was bad form a presumption an so short an acquaintance. At last I gave up entirely, and, while I listened to the general talk, I learnt that men did hate a woman who always gave an opinion," and that men did appreciate a good

I came out of that house with feelings of mixed anger and disgust at the crudity of training giris for nothing but to be liked by men, at the futility of training them so that I, for one, would never want to marry thêm

inheritance. "Manugys."

from

.counsel

described as a book of snippets and

Manugye, which Lord Sumner said was accurately described as a digest or indigest.

The whole idea of the argument was whether a young man, having once been adopted, was entitled te- turn to his home town without los ing his claim to property left by his adopted parents.

According to the laws of Buddha he could go away on a week-end return ticket, but he must not live apart. And that was as much as I could understand.

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What the Umpires of Empire had to solve was the effect of a break in the relations between father and "First of all, I thought, "I son and mother and want to marry a living creature, governed by Eastern custom, not a doll. I should hate to have

Musty Old Books. Every few minutes the ushers my wife discuss my affairs if I knew she was stupid and half-were bringing down books to be educated, but if she had a brain found only on the bookshelves of as well-trained as my own why the Privy Council-old, musty should I be anything but glad? books translated by dead men from And cooking! Well, intelligence dying languages.

In the library which was also a makes a good housekeeper, trut housekeeping doesn't make for court were coloured men who close- much inteligence, so we'll put the ly followed the arguments based

on the law according to Buddha. cooking last instead of first!"

It was as thrilling as it was Men Are Weary Of Houseproud mysterious; it was like living

Women.

page out of the "Arabian Nights." I am tired of the girl who just --Daily Mail. because she's i girl thinks five miles is a long walk and a day's driving the next thing to death. I'm tired of the good managers who won't disarrange the heal of the house- proud women who can't go out be- cause they think they've a full- time job at home, of the women who want you to be interested in Men Robinson's hot, and of the women who will read you extracts ent of the gossip pages of the papers.

Need For Intelligence In Young Mothers.

But the biggest thing of all im't any of those. My wife will have a great influence byer my children, and I don't want my children brought up by a fool, or a prude, or a creature of petty habits, or a cook. I want them watched from a distance, without too much fuss, by an intelligent young woman who understands psychology, and, above all, who agrees with me how many there ought to ban

CLAMPED HEART.

OPERATION THAT HAD TO BE DONE IN 20 SECONDS.

A remarkable operation on a Woman was described at a Lambeth inquest.

Dr. O. R. Trickett, house surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, said it was decided to remove an embolismi (a clot of blood) blocking the pul monary artery.An opening had to be made in the cheat wall, the heart being exposed A special clamp was then used as a tourni

quet on the two main vessels of the heart

This completely eased the circula- tion, and the rest of the operation had to be completed in 00 seconds, as the brain, could not stand the heart being thrown out of action any longer. The heart would stop and then rebeat, during the mani- I don't know, but I suspect those palation. The surgeon, Mr. Bo lady-like young women who had minis, had removed the embolism been brought up to marry were not and completed the operation, when allowed to think about babies the patient collapsed and died. The hostesses accompanied their They were just taught to call them Dr. H. B. Weir, pathologist, said guests, and it says much for the ex-sweet, and any "Oops-a-daisy" at that he believed the operation had cellence of the domestic arrange them, and ruin their digestions by been done only on twelve occasions, ments in each house that the fish jogging them up and down. The cause of death was shock while was perfect and the joint served don't really know because that most the patient was, under anesthesia, just when it had reached pitch important thing I wouldn't have and a verdict of Death from of supreme excellence!

dared to askDaily Mail

Natural Causes was returned.

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Hong Kong Weekly Press

NEWS

PUBLISHED TO-DAY

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FROM THE NORTHERN FRONT, GIVEN IN TODAY'S ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, SHOWS THAT THE NATIONALIST FORCES ARE NOW MEETING WITH STRENUOUS OPPOSITION FROM CHANG TSO LIN'S FENGTIEN FORCES, KAL GAN HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN CAPTURED BY THE SHANSI TROOPS AND PAO- TINGFU, SOME 70 MILES FROM PEKING HAS FALLEN ΤΟ THE SOUTHERNERS.

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The Tsinan crisis has passed the acute stage. Japan has denied to the League of Nations most of the Chinese allegations and though attempts are being made to stage an anti- of a Japanese boycott the results are somewhat desultory nature.

Another Piracy has the reported. The Butterfield & Swire s.8. "Tean" having been seized in the Hainan Harbour of Hoihow and taken to Bias Bay, where, however, a British warship and a Customs launch intervened but the pirates landed and eluded their pursuers.

A full account of the incident is given. There are several unusual features, some of which are not without an element of humour.

Interesting celebrations marked Empire Day, and

during the Whitsun Holiday the usual Race meeting was held. Full accounts are also given in the WEEKLY PRESS of the Tennis and Cricket interport matches with Shanghai.

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CHEAPER FRUIT FOR LONDON.

A£2,000,000 SCHEME.

50 PER CENT. PRICE REDUCTION?

A £2,000,000 sclzeme for providing the British public with more fruit at cheaper prices will be laaugurat ed next July, when the new market af Spitalfields, E., will be opened.

The City of London Corporation is the prime mover, and the Port of London Author ty, the railway companies, read transport com pames, rose trammort companies, shipping companies, and leading fruit importers are co-operating.

In the new market the foundation stone of which was laid by Bir Rowland Blades, then Lord Mayor of London, some 18 months ago, there will be every modern method for expediting the male of fruit and flowers. Boads have been widened to allow quick transport to the centre of London," and a large parking place and easy accessibility,

to the stalls are two of the main features

tha When completed the market will be the largest in the British Islën, and will, it is hoped, be the centre of the fruit and fower buying of the country,

By organised effort between the seller, marketer, and buyer it is hoped that quicker and larger les at a lower price will be made, thereby giving froit, at a greatly reduced rate to the public. To a large extent bride will be with dhe British Empire, g

Major F. H. Bowater; chairman of the Central Markets, Committee. of the Caty Corporation, said to & Daily Mail reporter:

am certain that prices, could be reduced by nearly 60 per cent, and at Spitalfields we mean to "do it. Even now, traders who buy direct from Spitalfelds and set up their own shops sell at balf the price, that you see in other shops. When we get really work ing we hope to make that, a, gen- eral practice and so the British housewife will boneßt.". This year farmers from all dyer the Empire are coming, and we ziena to work With them.