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Local Sports Reviewed

END OF SEASON

(By "NOMAD/).

and I understand the arrange- ments leave little to be desired. The Lawn Bowls Season in Hong The entries have been quite en- Kong is rapidly coming to an end..couraging and it only now remains so far as league and tournaments for the afternoon to be fine to see are concerned. The honours for everything come off, as arranged. the first division would have been Gymkhanas similar to this have settled last week had the Bowling sometimes been held at Fanling. Green won. As it is there are but I think this is the first one three teams with equally good of its kind arranged by the Volun- but tears, and no doubt many people prospects at the moment, Saturdays game will decide whe- are looking forward to it. ther Civil Service or Craigengower is to chellenge the Bowling Green TENNIS" for this year's "Champlonship. The second division fixtures will continue for a month, but the issue seem to have been settled, and it

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BOYCOTT OF INDIAN COTTON

Turning Indian Feel- ing Against Japan

VIEWS OF THE ASAHI'S

CORRESPONDENT

A Bombay dispatch to the Asahi says that the effect of the Japan- ese spinners' boycott of Indian raw cotton has now become. visible

ORIENTAL DEVE- LOPMENT CO.

A Plan For Re- habilitation

FOR ENTERPRISE IN MANCHURIA

LUZ BEATS NISH

One-Sided Game At Happy Valley

R. F. Luz, one-time Singles Bowls Champlon of the Colony- was an easy winner on the Crai- gengower rinks, yesterday, when he met H Nish in the quarter finals of this year's Singles Champion- ship.

Tokyo-The Department of Over- Luz played a brilliant game all seas Affairs, which has been study- the way and completely over- Ing the plan of the. Oriental Deve- shadowed his opponent, taking the

specially evident is the effect on lopment Company (Toyo Takusho lead early on and running away the Bombay märket, where, com-ku Kakha) for its rehabilitation, |, with the match, the final score bined with the bumper crop, prices has now passed it to the Finance being 22-8 in his favour. are threatened. The correspon- Department, for its approval. dent, however, warns the Japanese spinners that it would be too has

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It is explained that, in order to enable the Company to fulfi ita

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CHINESE SCHOLAR · AT BANFF

Banff, Aug. 18.

Ho expressed the hope that the improvement would continue to the extent that additional foreign in- vestments would be 'attracted to " China..

ty to conclude that the situation | mission of developing industry in will benefit Japan. The South China Athletic As

Manchuria, the readjustment” of Making a study of the latest] its finance is imperative. sociation "A" team completed their Axtures on Friday when they beat | quotation, which ruled at 288 present scheme, if realised, will DR. HU SHIH ON JAPANESE G.R.C. "B" on their own courts. rupees on August 1, but dropped not only check any further in-

INVASION is fairly safe to say that Craigen-The latter, although they started to 201 rupees on August 14, the crease in the Government burden gower will head, the table. With the season quite well, seem to berez says that, though. the fall in the form of compensation regard to the International, com- ending badly. They began by was largely due to the slump in the interest payment for foreign Dr. Hu Shih, the Chinese author petition, the result will be known winning two matches against American cotton prices, It is unloans but it will enable the Com- and scholar, to-day told interview- by Saturday, and, in the Singles strong opponents, but then struct deniable that it had its causes also pany to pay a dividend to its ers that Japanese military aggres by the end of this week only the "a bad patch and lost three con in the stoppage of trade with shareholders. As soon as the con- sion in north China, Manchuria semi-finalists will be left.

secutive games.

Japan. Another cause is the bum-sent of the Finance Department and at Shanghai had tended to per crop in India and China. It has been obtained, the Department unify all factions of the Chinese is generally believed that the crop of Overseas Affairs will prepare and that there had been a general in India will reach 6,000,000 balea, the necessary bill to be introduc-improvement of conditions as a re- an increase of 10 to 20 per cent, ed in the next session of

the, sult. whlie the Chinese crop this year] Diet. is put at 3,600,000 bales as against,

The Plan. 2,700,000 bales last year. The Pan- The following is the gist of the jab reports that the cotton has plan:

Bengal 1.-The already began to ripen.

Oriental Development cotton, for which Japan is the sole Company to increase its authori buyer, will start to move in the sed capital at present T50,000,000 middle" of September. Comra with Y35,000,000,000 paid up by grade, which is also suited for the one-third. The capital struck off Japanese market, will move early to be employed for making good in October.

the Y8,000,000 difference between Usually there is a gap of about face value and issue amount of 24 rupees between Broach and the $32.000.000 loan, as well Oomra, but to-day the difference for writing off bad debts. is as wide as 30 rupees. This is 2-The Company to resume the believed to be clear evidence of the payment of dividend to its share effect from the Japanese spinners holders. The rate of dividend to boycott. Unless the Japanese be fixed at three per

eent per spinners abandon the boycott re- annum for the beginning. solution, it is feared that the gap 3.-The Company to transfer the will be widened to 40 or 50 rupees. $32,000,000 loan to

Govern- United Services and the Recreto There has not been any changement. Of this total, which is to

"Mother," said the young lady will fight for the runners-up posi- in the rice difference between be calculated at par of exchange tion, and it will be interesting to. Broach and Bengal. This is be- one-third is to be paid by the of the house, "advertised under a see which of them will win. The cause of the fact that the quota- Company to the Government in different name that I would like Services did well on Friday when tion for Bengal cotton has already kind, ie. Its share stock, the to make the acquaintance of a re- they beat Hong Kong Cricket Club | been very low.

Company's debt to the Govern fined gentleman with an eye, ro- ment. by seven sets to two.

Will Not Do Japan Any Good.

the Japanese spinners boycott, together with the bumper crop in India, has already caused some

C.R.C. will be champions they will end the season. as runners-up. Theft "B" however have done very badly in the premier League and have a 100 per cent. record of matches lost.

South China "A" have done as POOR STANDARD OF PLAY well as could be expected their only lapse being in the encounter Whoever wins the senior enam- with Craigengower when they were plonship this year, the fact will unaccountably, held to a 'draw. In remain that the standard of the fact, they have good reason to be leading clubs has been below pleased with their performances average during the season. Civil this season. They only lost one Service, Bowling Green and Crai- match, to the CRC. but that was gengower, who are all in the run to be expected and they had the ning have each lost five matches! great satisfaction of beating the Very little consistency has been Indians on their own courts. In shown by these Clubs. Craigen-addition ́ taken for granted gower for instance. lost their opening match on their home ground, and only last week were besten by Recrelo, after having trounced them at Kowloon! Civil Service and Cralgengower are meeting this week-end, with the former club enjoying the advant- age of playing at home. These two teams are putting in a tremendous lot of practice each evenirig and the duel on Saturday will be a match well worth seeing. Crai- gengower, "thanks to their recent victory over. Civil Service enjoys a big moral advantage, which is not much reduced by the fact that they are playing away.

THE INTERPORT·

Before very long places in in. terport team will be occupying the attention of local bowlers, and it will be interesting to see how the selectors will go about their task. There are quite a number of men who could very well be chosen and the difficult question will be not who to include, but who to leave out. It looks very much as if there is going to be a new singles cham- plon this year, but even if this

were not the case. some of those

In the "B" Division the Chinese R.C. are at present heading the table with a record of six games won out of six, and they will pro- bably retain their unbeaten record to the end of the season.

Seven more "C" Division mat- Thus ches were finished during the week and given good weather the League programme should be over in three or four weeks.

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Although Japan does not seem to realise it, even at this late date, north China will never tolerate the extension of Japanese influence in- to that aren, Dr. Hu said, and he added that the attempt to estab lish Japanese control there had in-

creased the tension between the two be said, countries. At present, there is no sound basis for the re- sumption of Sino-Japanese friend- ship.Unitat Prest.

mance.

TUT-TUT!

It is significant that the plan "Oh, my dear! How dreadful· stipulates the transfer of the en- of you cried her horrified parent. tire foreign loan to the Govern-"Did you get any answers?" effect on the market in ment. There is a precedent in the "Only one from father.” Bombay. It is quite certain that, S.M.R. loan which, was taken over as soon as the crop season sets in, by the Government in 1920. It is this effect will begin to be felt said that after the readjustment increase its capital to about Y66,- by growers. The Asahi correspon-of its finance, the Company will 000.000. dent, however, states that the pain that the boycott will give the Indian merchants and farm- ers and the advantage that it will bring to the Japanese spinners are quite different problems. It will be a great mistake of the Japanese spinners to think that the situa- tion will move in their favour.

The Central British Association scored their second win of the sea- "son on Thursday in the "battle of the babes" when they beat the Police at King's Park. They have by this victory jumped up a few steps from the bottom of the table. As new-comers to the Lea- gue the Central British have not done badly. They beat Civil Ser- who have done well at the singles vice to provide the biggest upset are worthy of a trial. As regards of the season and now they have

Last week the East India Cot- a skip for the Colony, one wonders beaten the Police, and who knows

ton Association and the Macadam who is going to get the honour. that before the end of the season A. M. Hollands, Cullen, Luz, Omar they might score another victory! Association held their committee and possibly. Grimmitt are reliable

N. Whitley and R. Blyth played meeting separately to study the men for the job, and altogether very well in this game, against the measures to counteract the Japan- the selection of Hong Kong's re- Police winning all three sets, andese spinners' boycott. It was then presentatives will be a difficult for new-comers to the League this piece of work.

pair has been showing good form. Another pair who have been doing consistently well are the Hussein Brothers of the Filipino Club; in fact, if it were not for their efforts the Club" would be much lower down the table.

RACING

argued by many leaders that the Associations should expet Japan- ese merchants or prohibit their forward sales. The two Associa- tions at these meetings, adopted petitions to be laid before the In- djan Governaient that before thè commencement of the Indo- Japanese Conference in Simla. In- dis should demand from Japan the cancellation of the boycott re- solution.

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Both, the Macao Jockey Club and the Hong Kong Jockey Club have published their programmes for the frat race meeting after The Chinese Recreation Club the summer interval. Pontes are have made it apparent that they now steadily setting down

to will not allow any other club to training and before very long have a look-in for any of the big proportion of the public will shields if they can help it and it

„" Feeling Against Japan. Their movement is at present have only one topic of conversa- will have to be taken for granted tion on Saturday afternoons. The that they will be Champions of carried on in a quiet manner. If the effect from the boycott grows main attraction for September is the "C" Division too, but the run the Bubscription Griffin's Chal-ners-up position is very open, and

acute, however, it will no doubt lenge Cup, and those who have up to date, Kowloon, Gralgengow

take a serious turn. Unlike the followed the racing closely during er, the Army Tennis Club and the Bombay market, the effect on the the first half of the year will be (Club de Recreio all have good growers will not appear until the wondering whether Warrington chances. "

crop season begins, but in this and his gang are better than Na-

On Monday this week the Indian case too, as the Indian and British

‚will ' endeavour tional Day and his crowd. The first time the old and new subs R.C. played on a postponed fixture steer opinion in their favour, it of 1933 meet there is sure to be with the University at Pokfulam will be dangerous to anticipate and beat them easily. A feature satisfactory results. It is quite some fun. The records do not help of the match was the success of imaginable that the cotton grow the punter. at all. Over a mile the Sumad Brothers. These proers attitude towards Japan will and a half, the question of jockey- ship also is a big factor and since mising youngsters started the sea

The Indian Government, backed there are quite a number of son in the "C" Division and were

Boon promoted to the LR.C. "B" by the above movement and per- ponies with a sporting chance in this race, the field is sure to be to play for the best team-a rapid scenes, will in all probability ask and on Monday they were called hapa encouraging it behind the rise indeed! What was more, they the Japanese Government, imme- did very well winning two sets and diately before the commencement losing the third by a narrow mar of the Bimla Conference, to order. From all accounts Saturday's gin. The Indians have promising the Japan Cotton Spioners. As- Gymkhana at the Polo Ground is, material and although this season sociation to cancel. Its boycott re- going to be a success, if the en- they have not done well, when solution. What reply does Japan thusiasm shown is any criterion. their younger players mature they intend to make in that event? Those who attend are promised will offer stronger challenges to This is a very delicate question same interesting and novel sport other teams than ever.

fairly big.

\VOLUNTEERS' GYMKHANA

N.W. FRONTIER OPERATIONS

MOHMANDS SUE FOR PEACE,

opened

tribe and the Halimzal negotiations with the raiders" on August 18.

In the meantime, the region haa been carefully sepured by Royal

persed

become antagonistic.

which Japan will have to solve herself.

VIOLENT STORMS IN

AMERICA

New York, Aug. 15. Violent electrical storms brought

Other stems were reported in the interior of California Nevada and Idaho.

Air Force machines, and the re-relief to some places on the Pacific ports of the observers confirm Coast to-day, where the extreme heat that the lashkars are being dis- in the past two days have caused more than ten deaths and started at least Fighting has been proceeding eleven fires. Pa on the North-Weat frontier since Simla, Aug. 21. the beginning of the month, when Following a request by the the Upper Mohmands attacked the leaders of the Upper Mohmands friendly Hallmeals. Clashes be for the withdrawal of troops in tween the Mohmands and British order to avoid bloodshed," an early troops have been few, though peace is likely on the North-West good deal of mipping has been Frontiert were carried out by the tribesmen, who The leaders were told that the are believed to have suffered troops would remain until the losses as the result of shell-are kostile, lashkars were disbanded - Reuter,;...

Red Bluff, in the northern Bacra- mento Valley, was the hottest spot on on the coast today, with the ther- mometer registering 114 degrees. The situation was only slightly better at Medford, Oregon, where the mercury climbed to 108 degrees, while at Walla Walls the heat reached 102 and at Beno, Nevada, 101-Reuter,

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