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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930.

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A correspondent of the Straits T of witnessing zome forcible cock-Tines has found a new fighting at the Easter Concours amusing himself white on leave. du. Coq" held in an ill-famed He runs around trying to get apache-like estaminet, in the kilo opinions from Stay-at-homes as to metre of "no man's land," between their conception of life in the East, the French and Belgian frontiers Here are a few of "Limclima's " at Le Bizet, in the vicinity of

Armentieres. This meeting was re- Lilluminating discoveries: —

garded as one of the big events of I found in the first place, that the season; although on the par- be it Malaya or the D.E.1, all Far ticular day we were present, viz., Eastern commodities and products Easter Monday, the contesta were are, both in quality, and quantity, for novice birds only. The entrance subservient to the coconut (and, of fee for each cock was 130 frases and course, in the case of Java. the prize was 2300.

oranges). The native inhabitants There were about 20 entrants, in- of these parts are very little black cluding some valuable and promis niggers with very big white teeth, ing birds. The crowd had all which latter flash in the sun and gathered in the large anteroom of are ground, at grinding time, on' the estamine and about 1 a.m., human bones. When the after a good deal of beer-drinking, civilised and pleasanter manuered we were admitted behind the screen negro can be lured from his jungle

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with the knife and gun, and our decent Eastern occupation) stands guide friend said that he would not beneath the trees with a far-away advise any one of the party to visit look in his eyes. He is a handsome that estaminet at night, alone or man and, like all of his kind, is unarmed. They seemed to be stand slightly bronzed; his suit is white PUBLIC AUCTION. ing in small groups of twos and and tight. On his hend he wears threes, and were soon noisily laying an enormous helmet to protect him wagers with their neighbours. or from the sun and stray coconuta: other groups across the room. in one hand he carries a whip, noft

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in the other a loaded automatic THE Undersigned have received His blood is extremely blue,(not with cald or drink, bus because he was almost the son of a pre-War Peer) but that of the native is, of course, black; some of it drips from the whip, for the manager of the estate is E hard man, but just..

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ring was arranged on large table, about ten feet square; its foor was covered with a rough canvas, which had numerous old blood stains upon it, and it was surrounded by a wire netting feace about 3 feet high. Very soon, the strains of the music from the magnificent mechanical organ at the end of the room ceased; the wager- ing ended, and the first contest was

Late at night, when the long day'ı about to begin. Each contest was work is done, the scene changes. a fight to the finish; or the winner The manager-whe, on account of was the bird who kept his opponent bis poorly paid job lives in an at- down for three minutes. The judge mosphere of indescribable hardship sat on one side of the ring; and and privation, is discovered in his had in front of him three metal little rotan bungalow, whose only isalls, counterbalanced by weights adornment is the protograph of A and at the end of each minute for Girl, waiting for him at home. She, which bao bird or the other was is not his wife. No! She is not kept down, he would pull down one married. He is lonely and has a TERMS:-Caa on DELIVEST. of these balls, that all might sce"pez" the only drink obtain- how much longer there was to go.. able East of Suez... and, like Nasty-looking Steel Spurs. all of its kind. it is slightly bronz- The seconds out" gong sound-ed. He is white and tight; his ed and the owners of the opposing food, naturally enough bluer cocks in the first Lout took up their than ever, and the look in his eyes positions at opposite gates," and is still further away than it was produced their respective birds out in the morning. The bungalow of big aacks. Each bird had reeks with the smell of incense and raty-looking sharp steel spur obtainable exceptat prominent Panatellas, cigarettes being un- about three inches long, fixed to the inside of each leg. After a little preliminary eyeing off" and walking round each other, the upponents were soon at close qua ters, and going hard at it,' endeavouring to peek other's eyes bed. out, or stick their spurs through" their opponent's jugular vein in the Thus, I find, our sisters at Home neck, a feat which was apparently imagine that we live our lives and, Accomplished quite frequently, as where their ignorance is bliss, it is. was witnessed later..

Burely fally to put them wise. But

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forta; and, in the flickering half- light of the moon, a brass Buddha The manager makes an obeisance to leera agreeably from the earner, this, at the "peg" and at the THE Underigned have received photograph of A Girl, and goes to

The first bout, was A desperate on my next leave, I intend, wea- one each bird was down in tarn ther permitting, to practise a little for over two minutes, but managed Eastern frightfulness, and to in to get up again in tine, when enculcate some Oriental atmosphere couraged by its owner:

until into my modest Baker Street apart-

finally both birds lay down exhaust wents When I strike gong, or ed on each other and a draw was crack a whip, my excellent Jand- declared, Alter a short interval to lady, who his done for me (nearly) settle up wagers, make new ones for years, will enter bearing on her and drink more beer, the next hout head a tray, and on that tray a was soon under way; only to finish"peg." They will be dressed res- very shortly when the victor pierced pectively as an Arab woman and at his opponent's neck with the spur whisky and soda. and pinned him to the floor. He As a matter of fact, I tried aomé- died shortly afterwards, but the thing of this sort when I was last owner seemed to take his loss very at home, but it was a failure. At stoically, as be stowed the body the given signal my landlady enter away in his bag. And so the pro-ed, according to plan, but she was went on. We left after unfortunately closely followed by about an hour of it, glad to have her husband, who came for the rent had the opportunity of witnessing and spoilt the whole thing. He and this exhibition of the "sport," but I eventually compromised over the agreeing that the laws of England "peg." But next leave I shall try were right in forbidding cock-again, fighting.

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DIFFICULT RUGBY LAW.

OXFORD BLUE'S PROPOSAL.

£0 won't we have fun (Nonne with the indieative, expect- ing the answer Yes, im't," as they say in Java),

GIRLS AT FOOTBALL.

PROTEST AGAINST GOOD FRIDAY MATCH..

An effort to prevent the annual football match on Good Friday be- tween two groups of girls from big stores in Darlington was made by the Darlington Council of Christian Witness,

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The double Oxford Blue, V. H, Neser, who in. South Africa's forc most referee and the author of several books on the laws of Rugby. interviewed on the question of the change in the Rugby laws, mid the

"The decision of the Internation- al Rugby Board that Rule 15 re- main as

now printed crentes a difficult position. As the rule stands. it is pretically impossible to enforce it. I suggest that an amendment be made so that the rule can be enforced. A more satis The match this year was to be factory law would be to make the in aid of the National Union of Cabinets, Tes Poys, Opium Stools, ball unplayable before it bas passed Railwaymen Orphans' Fund. Last etc., etc. both feet of the players on either year it proved a great attraction. side of the scrum, and that no forward may move his foot beyond made by the Council of Christian A protest to the committee was the front line of his forwards until Witness, who consider that a foot the ball bay left the bands of the ball match between two such teams

player who is putting it in the Rerum."

Mr. Neser's remarks carry added weight by virtue of the unique dis tinction he gained last year when, at the special request of the New Zealand All Blacks, he refereed all four Test matches between New Zealand and South Africa

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