WOMEN GOLF WRITERS
By reason of a decree just 1s- ASP. sued by the Ladies' Golf Union, there is the prospect of a numbered from the Colony this morning Sir Henry and Lady Follock sali-
ed the congress and welcomed the of prominent players being bar-
delegates in his capacity as Chan-red from playing in the British on a nine months vocation. cellor of London University, said Women's Championship at Royal the University was proud of its Posthcawl next month, statisticians.
Lord Meston, president of the Royal Statistical Society, opened the plenary session. He. intro- duced himself a's "an amateur with no claim to statistical skiil," and stressed the 'value of the con- gress in promating understanding between the nations represented.
Bir Austen Chamberlain and the Court of Governors, of the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Médicine gave a reception for the congress delegates.".
Among those concerned are:
Page 10 Mr. Choy Wing Hay, the popu- lar local jockey was injured at a
Miss Enid Wilson (the, cham-riding incident yesterday. Page 10 plon);
Miss Diana Fishwick, Miss Wanda Morgan,
Miss Molly Gourlay, and Miss Janet Jackson,
All are international players. These and other well-known players have received a letter from the LG.U. stating that under a new rule they cannot compete in international matches' or cham- plonships if they describe these
Chinese Team Leaves 30,000 YACHT LAUNCHED events for newspapers.
Shanghai
Shanghal, May 3.. Dr. C. T. Wang and his wife accompanied the Chinese Athletes to Manila aboard the Pres. Mc
Kinley at 2 p.m. The group was seen off by a huge crowd, includ Ing, Mayor Wu Teh Chen-Reuter.
DEATH SENTENCE
PASSED
On Eight, German Communists
Britain.
TH
LOCAL AND "GENERAL
One case of enteric fever and two of cerebro-spinal fever were reported for the 24 hours ended on May 2
There will be no Dinner Dance at Repulse Bay Hotel on to-morrow but a tea dance will be held on Sunday 8th. May at 4.30 p.m.
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Admiral H. J. Feakes. Royal Australian Navy. (ret.). accom- panied by Mrs. Feakes, is return--." ing to Australla by the Nellore this week.
Criticising Competitors. A £30,000 yacht was launched The rule was passed by the in Portsmouth Harbour to-day-a Championship. Committee (it yacht that will, so it is hoped, re-stated) because they did not think capture the America's Cup for that it was in the best interests of women's golf that players should be able to criticise their fellow- competitors in the Press."
Attached to the entry form for The Ladies Club, lat Battalion the coming championship
the South Wales Borderers, Will slip which states that no player hold their fortnightly whist drive and tombola in Murray` Baracks
on Saturday, 12th May, mencing at 8 p.m.
Is &
The yacht's name is Endeavour. She is owned by Mr. T, O. M. Sopwith, who will steer her him- self in the race next September Mrs. Sopwith launched the yacht and christened her with a reporting for the Press can take bottle of champagne. As it sild part, and that "entry is accepted into the water she said: "With
on the understanding that you all my heart I wish you a cup- agree to comply with this condi-
tion."
full of luck
Mr. Sopwith said the America's
As several famous players are Cup had been in the New York under contract to write
on the Yacht Club 83 years, and must be championships. there is the ex- wearing quite
of their entry
a hole for itself. treme probability He sincerely hoped to bring it being refused. back.
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The Harbour Master has issued » notice to mariners to the effect that to avoid pollution of bathing beaches ships are requested not to dump ashes, dunnage; garbage,
In the case of Miss Fishwick, etc., within the waters of the Co- I understand that if she is barred lony."
from playing legal action will be
arrival
This
Mr. R. W. Bingham, the Ameri- can Ambassador in London, was also present. He said they wish taken to contest the action of the Because of heavy fog, the "Pre- ed Mr. Sopwith and Endeavour "an L.G.U Miss Fishwick regards her-sident McKinley has been delayed even break of luck in the race." selt as a journalist. "I have given in Hamburg, May 8.
at Shanghai, Eight Communists were to-day and they hoped that the best six years to the study of the pro- steamer is now scheduled to sail sentenced to death by participat- crew and the best ship would win ression, she tells me, "and spent from. Shanghai on Thursday after-
It is expected that Mrs. Sopwith £1,500 in gaining knowledge of ing in armed attacks on Nazis be-
noon and will arrive Hongkong on tween March 1932 and May 1933. may herself be "one of the crew my particular subject money the evening of Baturday. She is. Thirty-three others were sentenced of the Endeavour when it makes which, in different circumstances, scheduled to sail for Manila on to terms of hard labour up to 15, its bid for the Cup,
would have gone to purchasing Sunday afternoon at six o'clock. years-Reuter.
partnership in a business. Now, apparently, I am to sacrifice this,"
GERMANY'S CREDITORS
Confronted With Disquieting News
Berlin, May 3. The German creditors meeting after the sixth day's discussion on debts were confronted by the dis- quieting announcement that the Itclchbank coverage had fallen to the low record of 5.8 per cent. at the end of April, due to a loss of G.M. 14,000,000 and 7,000,000 col- lateral securities last week, accom- panied by an enormous increase of 32,000,000 in bank-note circulation.
Reuter
· A HOARDING THAT ""TALKS"
An
advertisement hoarding
which "speaks" has appeared in
the Avenue des Champs Elysees,
FORMER TEST CAPTAIN
The marriage took place at
Over 200 pieces of rare Chinese water-colour paintings from the valuable collection of the late Mr. Cheung Man-hoi will be on exhibit at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. from May 7th to 12th. This collection re-
the Regent-street of the French Santa Barbara, California, on capital. If it serves as a model Saturday (states Reuter) of Lord Presents a life-time's energy and for others, the peace of Parisians Tennyson; the former England will be seriously disturbed.
interest in water-colour paintings
Test captain, and Mrs. Joseph from the masters of the Sung and Yuan Dynasty Several of the The function of the boarding is William Donner, widow of Joseph
pieces are by the famous master, to proclaim through # loud- Donner, of Buffalo, USA, and speaker the merits of an evening daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chiu Te Ngon. All the pieces on newspaper. The actual poster, Elting, of Chicago. The ceremony exhibit will be offered for sale. Dr. which is luminated after dark, took place at the home of the Cheung Chau-tou, son of the late shows a large-size reproduction of bride's parents, the service being Mr. Cheung Man-hol will turn over the newspaper spread in front of taken by the Presbyterian mini- part of the proceeds to the a picture of the Eiffel Tower." It star of Banta Barbara; -Dr. Ro-
bert MéLean. cleates an illusion at the tower
The bride wore a chiffon trock is a glant engaged in reading the journal.
with a slight trafn, a large corn- Attention of passers-by is at- flower-blue hat, and carried a Mauretania on April 20 for Eng- tracted at regular intervals by a bouquet of blue and yellow Bowers. land, since they intend to spend their honeymoon partly on the voice saying in loud stage whisp-"Mr. Nion Tucker was best man.. err
After the ceremony Lord Tenny Continent and partly at Lord
I read the X Y Z
Y.M.C.A. and the rest to the Shut Kwong Orphanage.
The words have been recorded son and his bride. left for New Tennyson's home in the Isle of
will sail 17 the Wight, on; wax, and the stage whisper York. They
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