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GENERAL NEWS.

Chinese Ladies and Freedom.

LAWN TENNIS NOTES.

By Hall You des

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912.

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(4) The game is not wholly beneficial to young players, nait exercises only one side of the body, and chuses lop-sided growth. It A debate will take place on

is a beautiful game but I think For once in a while-u full pro- you will feel that these objections July B andor the auspices of the grainme ofmatolins was pulled taken together, sro serious. Aanateur Drawing Association of off on Saturday, and, gonorally The reference to "lop sided-Lose Singapore on the following mo-spanking, the results wero inness has evoked moat comment, tion:That in the opinion of this accordance with expectations, and most of the leading players House Straits Chinese Indies have The only exception to this was have ridiculed the idea. Inter- Humoient freedom. This will be the defeat of Craigongowor by the viewed on the matter, Roper moved by Mr. Lim Boon Kina Chinese Recreation Club, which Barrett, the famous international By Unclaimed Dividend for Mr. Chin Chye long will load was a little surprising. Of player, expressed himself, very the opposition.

ourse, Queon's Collego easily emphatically. Whore are the accounted for Chinese Y.M.C.A., lop-sided players?" said Roper Now Ims beon received by the who would scarcely know Burrett, "and has Canon Lyttol Chinoso Govorment of the de-where they were if they hapton, ever played a hard five-get parture of the expolition for penod to strike victory. The match and compared the exortion Tibet. On the eve of the'r do- other aspirant for League champ and physical exercise with that parture, it is roportal, the soldiers ionship-Kowloon-nd of an average cricket match? My swore that they will never come off, no fixture being on their list opinion is that lawn tennis is an -back to China alive if they fail to

I understand that the battle and eyes of boys. We are throat- ideal game for the muscles, minds, accomplish their mission.

royal which is to decide the ened to be over-run by foreign custodianship of the Lenguo trophy for this season match champions, and yet our players between Kowloon and Queen's ginning the game properly when College-is to come off this week, they are very young. We cannot General opinion appears to favour

rear champions from players who

Chinese Expedition to Tibet.

Prince Albert's Career.

1

Prince Albert, the second son of the King and Queen, will con- plete his training at the Royal Naval College at Osborne by the end of the prosent your,

day

have not the opportunity of ba-

He will thon, following the Kowloon 8 chances, but the Col-uko lawn tennis too late, and example of the Prince of Wales keen fight for victory, secing that

legians are bent on making who begin after school days (says the Daily Dispatch

so much depends on the issue mouths and coats on,

are over, with pipes. in their London correspondent), be sent It will doubtless be tough

As to the for a six months cruise on one of fight, but if were a betting manwell be argued that a right- 'lop-sidual * question, it might as the battleships of the Home Fleet, with a few dollars, to spare I'

His future career is a matter of should be inclined to plank then with his right foot, will grow out hack at football usually kicking' complete uncertainty at the moown in favour of the men aeross ment; but it is rumoured about the harbour. However, much the Court that instead of going to depends on "form." And, as Oxford he will study at a German univormity, probably Heidelberg

of balanco,"

Aocoupí — balance brought down.......... 9,620,75

Capita

Th...... 11,031,3

Balance Sheet.

As it the 30th April 1012.

·Pr Liabilities.

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IN TENNIS, DAY, TUNIQ and

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everybody knows, "form" is M. J. G. Ritchie, another fam- variable quantity in tennis as inous player, disagreed with tho Chinese Stowaways- all other games. Anyhow, may Canon, saying that “as a rule Before the Mastor Attendant, at the how team, on the day's form, lawn tennis players are generally Singapore on Juno 27, five China secure tho plume,

exceedingly well developed in Prodi and Lost Acount.. non plolol guilty to stowing

every respect. It would be hard Hongkong founia fulk have to find a game that so exercisce away on the Burns Piilp stemmer Montoro, which left Singapore on teard with deep regret of the overy part of the body without May 31 for Australia. They were serious injuries which bofel Mr undue strain." Stanley N. Doust, discovered after departure from Gex, the Singapore champion, the well-known Australian lawn Singapore and handed over to the through falling off a verandah tennis player and all-round polies authorities at Port Darwin, while walking in his sleep, from athlete, was also questioned, and They were subsequently placed the remunts, it appears that the he asserted that he has andergone were of a completa course of the modern by them absurd the Maturain and injuries sustained prosented by Captain Mortimer serious nature, including a frac- Swedish drill exerciso that in of the Initor stenmor yesterday on ture of the thigh. It is, however, regarded AR the ideal in arrival. Sentence of $20 of one much to be hoped that Mr. Cox's Physical Culture, and ho month's rigorous imprisonment tennis catear if mist over. Wore fude that, at lawn tennis, in default was improl. They elected to go to gaol.

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Rubber Assistant Sent to Prison, A Dutch assistant from Seenge Krapali los been sentengual to on month's imprisonment in the Rund von Justite for coolio thrash ing. He has also to pay all the coals of the case The case was one of extreme cruelty, says the 'Straits Times," the coolio being severely hurt and put hors de combit for about a month.

Portuguese Government to.

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orly oking forward to a visit | practically every musele of the from him at the next Interport boily in oxorcisod in a similar way. Festival in November, for even in the respect of taking the who saw in rub it in to the occasional deep breath. flower of longkong and Shang-have the running backwards, Home tw years ago know forwards, and sideways," said to be a tip-top man. T Doust, "and no over on the would eartainly be interesting alert," Next to boxing, horogarde to see how he would fave against lawn tounis as the best sporting our new champion, Mr. Nishct. exercise. These are views with which most tennis players will

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A correspondent sends the following query: "While play-gree. ing at one of the local clubs

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Profit and Loss Account. For the twalya months ended 80th April, 1912.

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