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CANTON SALT DISPUTE.

Saturday's League Mrtches, Who is District Inspector? Leeds, May 19-la the £700 Taikoo No. 2 and Kowloon Dock professional Gulf Tournament tinalare at the head of the Lawn Bowls Canton Daily News, Canton

The last few days, reports the H. Jolly, of Fargrave, beat the League table, each with two victories two very interesting notices in the American Walter Hagen, holder to their credit. The former won local press of the British Open Championship, against the KCC on Saturday Foreign and Associate District Salt W. X. Fergasson.

by two holes.

and the Kowloon Dock, after s

32TY

It was a tense match. Holly keen struggle with the Bowling Inspector in the Canton Districti was most cool throughout. After Green Club, matinged to secure Salt Inspectorate, issued a notice) turning two up, he inished the victory by four paints. Craigen. May 13, stating that after Max 5. round ane up. He became four gower went down to Taikoo No. 1 no permit or other documents which up at the seventh in the second and the Folice obtained their first were nos signed by officials appoint- round, but Hagen won the eighth win on the Civil Service geounded directly from the Chief Inspec and halved the 9th and 10th.The results of Saturday's matches torate of Chinese Government Salt Hagen won the 11th, 12th., and were as follows: KELVIN MOTORS." three were halved. Hagen was

18tb.to square, and the next Taikoo Not Cralgengower.

Revenue would be recognized As this involves the Reorganisation bunkered at the seventeenth and team irianing by 10 points to 50, all salt merchants to take note of Played at Taikos. the home Loan agreement, it is necessary for Joly, holing a seven yard puti. Score: Kowloon 21 became durmy one.

Both were buckered at the eighteenth. Regen Kowloon 633) was terribly short, with a seven Jard antt, Jolly haling out from a diet lie to win-Beuter.

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Taikoo No. 1. Muirhead Mackintosh Grimshaw A. Hamilton

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St. Andrew's, May 19-For the Walker Amateur Golf Cup, Ameri es holders) best Britain by six Foulds matches to give. Tritain won the Sloan foursomes by to 1. and Ameries Young won the singles by 5 to 2, the Wotherspoun remaining single being halved.

Whyte

J. Russell

Glorious weather prevailed undĮ the course was crowded. The 1 Grimes Britishers led in tive matches at the end of the first round, the remainder being alt suure: but the Americans made a most dogged ught, the Britisher appearing to crack up under the strain. Wetbut

L. Rose

Dennis Bara

8:24

Green-ett Forbes Martin

Ferguson S 28 Greener

this.

Ng Nie-bong, the Chinese District Inspector, however, issued a notice denying the right of Mr. Fergusson to make such a statement, claim ng that the South-western Govern 48 18 ment is separated from Peking and that Mr. Fergusson, ignorant of local conditions, has erred in atill following instructions from Peking. Mr. Ng asserts that since he is acting by instructions of the Geo-] eralissimo, all his acts will be efective here.

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In connection with this ca“, a S 17 Peking salt official bas arrived in

Canton trying to make some rangements by which the local in- Petorate way work smoothly as usual. It is understood that 講

K. B. G. C. v. Kowloon Dock.

Played on the Kowloon Howling

ed and uimet halved: Toller Green Club, the Dock team win. best Sweetser 3 and 1. Gardneyning's close game by 50 points to

K.B.G.C.

beat Harris by one: Rotan bear 4 Scares: Mackenzie and 4: Marston beat Hope, and 4: Wright beat Holder- ness by one: Willing best Murray by one: Wilson hest Herren by

our.

suggestion has been made by ar friendly to Peking for Mr. Ng, for Kowloon Durk merly a member of the salt in- Atkinson MacKelvie Puncheon

Hedley Simpo Jobb-ton R. Lapsley

Guy Muir Hall A large crowd followed the rival Crawford" (8) is Gow (exptains, whu were quare at the Harr

en of the hint round. Harris. Hamilton strugged gallantly and just isiled D. Harvey to halve the match. Tolley had a | W. Rosselt Comfortable minteb. He turned seven up in the tennd round and Whibley thereafter lackened. Wetherel MacFarlane was the up and three to play, but Fanell timet rallied. took the 16th and Everetta 17th and balved the eighteenth in a glorious thre-Reuter

A TRAWLER'S

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ADVENTURE.

Bolshevik Doing in the White Sea.

London, May 19. The story of an exciting encounter with a Bolshevist gunboat in the White Sea on 29th April is told by the skipper of the Grimsby trawler Jeria.

The ganhat appeared when the Jeria was ferra miles from land and ordered die trawler 10 follow is zo port The skipper ignored

IS 17

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18, 17

Brown Keith Gourlay

S 11 S. Grey

:S) 15

K.C.C. v. Taikoo No. Played at the K.C.C. on Satur day, the visitors woning by 57 points to 46.

Scores:

K CA

Dar:es

J. Cornley

B. Stephens -

J. Gibson (S, 17

D. A. Purves A. Davidson J. Hide McMurtrie

R. Abraham C. J. Tsechi H. Overy N. G. Pit-

Taikoo. H. Dunnen..

S. Amery

J. A. Sluan Wallace 5; 24

J. Lains M. O'Brien 0. Morrison MacLachlan

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J. McLeod C. Young

D. Morrison N. Drummen

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spectorate staff here and, therefore, i once a Peking appointer, to re-apply | for admission to the Salt Service with an understanding that he will subsequently be re-assigned to duty in, Canton. If this is possible, Pe- Ling virtually concedes to Cantin the right of nominating the Diatrie: Inspector bere. It is unlikely that the suggestion will be accepted. it is believed.

SWATOW HONGKONG.

Another Interport Success.

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ADEN'S FAMOUS TANKS.

Made During Second Persian

Invasion.

tion to the Tawels Tacks. The mystery of their origin challenges investigation. General G.A. Cra- singham, the political resident, radio message-reached us yes.

who is keenly interested in the terday from Mr. E. 4. R. Mitchell. If you are pretty well off in subject, told me that very little is who took a team of sportsmen from Aden you may treat yourself to known regarding the history of here last week to play an interport fresh washing water. That bard- these tanks, bas-that they are series at Swatow. The messaga was baked spot, writes Sir Hubert supposed to have been construct- despatched - by the

5. S. S. Russell in the Daily Express, hased about the time of the second Asheville and is timed Swatow, just had & "sbower" which has Persian invasion of the Yemen in. Sunday, 1 p.m. It says: yielded about three million gallons A. D. 600.

Hongkong won at soccer by of rain in the tanks. The water two goals to one.

was put up to auction, but I have Swatow won at billiards, one not yet heard whether the bidding match played.

constituted a record.

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The Arab historian Ibo Batote writing in about 1330, speaks of them. They were in üle when the Turkish expedition, under Hongsoo won at tennis, tw›

To suggest money in rain in Rais Saliman captured Aden in games."

this country is to be taken for an 1809, because Venetian officer, Our Shanghai vietors does totumbrell merchant, a mackintosh who acted as war correspondent, leave us banes of sppreciation: manufacturer, or a lunatic. To gives an account of them. und so, to

Our Swatow army. use the same phrase in Aden is to

"stamp onesalia speculator.

When I was last ashore in Aden, on the way out to fadia in H.M.S. Renown, the tanks were pretty low. Only the well-to-do Teult of a friendly match plased could afford the luxury of a on Saturday between the "decent wash, and the rabbie were teams of Kowlson Bowling Green drinking liquid sand. It did not

the order and edged off towards the

CS.C.C. Bitish gunboat Godetia, which was

Played on twenty miles distant. The Russians grond, the Police winning by t

the Civil Service congratulations. uanel their guna and fired across points to 36. Scores.

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bows of the Jeria, which manoeuvred and sent up distress -ignals.

Knott The Godetia approached with guns manned, and the Russian Alla

Alderman vessel then disappeared.---Renter. A.D. Allas (S) 19 Grimmett (S; 16 Club and Kowlous Dock Recreation seem to hurt them.

Club. Played at the K.R.G.C.

K.D.K.C.. Duaran Hartly

(8) 1 A. Clark 18, 2

Henderson

&

After this they seem to have disappeared and apparently Aden went without washing and drank liquit sand until some time after the British occupation.

In 1854 Lieutenant (afterwards Sir Lambert) Playfair, who first went to Adan as assistant resident twenty years earlier, accidentally discovered the Tawels Tanks, 23. I am very glad that Aden hes an inscribed tablet relates. They bad three million gallon were then completely covered shower. A beavy fall of rain with rabbish and debris from the occurs on an average once every hills. seven years, which affords the only occasions upon which the tacks become Elled to their aggre- gate capacity of twenty million gallons.

Digging was started and restor- ation carried out. The great circular tank, called Playfair Tark, was discovered later. Since that time the rich in Aden have very seldom bad to go short of. & decent wash,

Rather wonderful and extreme. (5 271 interesting are the lawela Tanks, up among the barren rocka of Aden. The Prince of Wales and his suite had a look at them on their way to the famous crater. Yemen the most remarkable be-

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Travellers have reported that tanks of similar construction are to be found in various parts of the

(S) 17 Goodman (5) 23 where, incidentally the most intering the Great Dan at Mareb,

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An Admiral's Opinion.

Kowloon Hook.. K.BG.C....

Melbourne, May 12-Rear-Admiral Air W. R. Cresswell, commenting on the suggestion that the defence of e Paciic can the better managed From Sydney than Singapore, ex- presses the opinion that the selec tion of Singapore is,a wise decisiun, Taisco No. 1. justifying, the fullest confidence. Police The Sydney suggestion is useless, K.C.C. because the harbour would have to C.S.CC. be sealed up in wartime.-Renter Creisengover

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