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INDIA BAULKS AT

THE FACTS.

any

wolghtage. Mr.

Gandhi,

meanwhile, rejects it on the score XVⱭ

that its claims are falso, that Con- grosa, which he represents, is able to speak for between 85 and 96 per cont. of the population of all-India. Against the other Indian clements, however, it is clear that the roal power of Congress beara no pro-Lavater. [portion to this claim.

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THANKS to prolife boxing Without being "too Inquisitive

writers of the past, I can go and picking up a calendar before The It.M.S. Empress of Asia will back to the halcyon days. I can our time, I suppose the first in- leave here for Victoria and Vancouver, still dig into the gore of 1870, toreat we can tuxo in the present

heavy-weight situation goes back.

Fitzsimmons,

the

Mr. Ramsay Mae Donald |B.C., via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe when men were men, and possibly to when Bob has invited the delegates to give and Yokohama at 0.00 am, on the barges were better than barge, tornishman, took all the breath

20th November.

tion of Hindu orthodoxy will never inalant at 9 a.m. with the outward Take 'Im away, take Im away,,,fat Carson City in 1897. Fitsam-

English Mails, and is duo here on the 19th instant at about 4 p.m.

because infuriated robots used to him authority, to decide their pro-

fight on barges for apparently days and a lot of amusement out of Jim blem for them. But it is morally The P. and 0. 3.5. Corfu Taft certain that the great organisa-Singapore for this Port on the 16th and, until-If we are to believe Corbett with a punch to the body

the chroniclers-"the crowd

mone won the heavy-weight title Because of a copy-book error, with the wallop, and it is regret- surrender its claims in this way.

there has always been an iden table to add that no Cornishman, It has peralatently refused to re-

that there is no time like the pro or a member of any other consti- Tp Fuk, the master of a trading sent. But a lover of real heavy tuency In Great Britain, has dup- cognise the facts. It refuses to

junk, was fined $25 at the Marina weights would. I am sure, much licated it. concede even that Federations are Court this morning befors Commdr. rather live in the past. And after

Fitzsimmons held the title until formed only by consent. It de-Hole, for leaving the Harbour without

the Albert Hall and the Halborn out in the cleventh round by James Stadium I con hardly blame him.

J. Jeffries. Jeffries, who was ap- But whether he be good, bad, inparently something inhuman, held Honce the Conference Hospital from the Nanking Buarding different, or vory seldom foul-undisputed sway until 1906, when

clines absolutely to make the bold a clearance from the Harbour Master. jone or two memorable sessions at June 1809, when he was knocked

concessions which are essential to

дисселя.

A Chinese woman was taken to Houso during the week-end, suffering from the effects of oplum she took in proof, the heavy-weight

life.

will al-

enda in failure. The British Gov- ernment may, will no doubt, set an endeavour, it is sald, to end her ways be the chief topic of the he retired, no doubt much to the

fighting game. No matter what good of the entire community. down the linea upon which the

their station, whether it be subur- Johnson and Willard, future Constitution of India will

A particularly heartless thief on ban or in the hunting district,

Tommy Burns claimed the title bo framed. Its programme may Saturday night stole $10 and a pair of nearly everybody loves to talk

Rold-mounted rattan bangles valued at Fight. Whether they know any until Jack Johnson cornered him represent a brilliant solution of an $30 from an old woman while she was thing about it or not and they in Australia in 1908 and sent coon- pavement in Square generally do not--they love to talk singing an octave higher. John- extraordinary intricate problem. aleeping on the

about it; and the most engrossing son held the crown until 1915, But unless there is a distinctStreet.

part of Fight to them is the heavy-when Jeas Wiliard doubtfully re-

gained it for the white change in Hinda thought, it will

race. weight.

say doubtfully because, added to prove unworkable.

the fact that Johnson subsequent-

South Africa and Gold,

Circumstances seem

Struck by n drying pole accidentally dropped from an upper floor verandah In Spring Garden Lane, Leung Yau- sing. axed six years, was admitted into Hospital yesterday with a cat in the loft Ride of her head.

Mr. C. M. E. Pereira was able to teave Kowloon Hospital yesterday after being a patient there for over

instant.

be.

Those Experts.

gun.

not

To me it has always been an stated that he sold the fight, extraordinary thing that when dis- there is a photograph on record of cussing, say, billardo, golf, cricket, the negro taking the "count" and tonnis, football, or any other form carefully shading his eyes in the of sport, these people never pre-moantime from the hot Havana tend to be expert. The costly efforts of the South

Because I naturally see more of

Jess Willard in turn, on July 4 African Government to retain the week following an accident in these games than the average on- 1910, was draped all over the floor gold standard appear doomed to Nathan Road when he was seriously joaker, men far shorter of teeth by Jack Dempsey in what must

injured on being thrown from hla failure. Present Indications are ricksho, which collided with a' bus. and hair than I am will defer to have been the biggest massacre my opinion, however faulty it may that ever took place in the ring. that, whatever the desires of the

Willard was a monster, but Demp- Government regarding the future

A reward of $50 is offered through

With an "Of course you ought sey had him silly from the first manetary basis of the country, the Police authorities for the recovery there will be no choice of courses. of a fox fur valued at 3166; the to know," they let an argument go punch and won in three rounde.

Dempsey successfully defende property of Mrs. G.M Chun Ham, of without a battle. But just be op to conspire 67, Tunglowan Road. Mrs. Chun Ham posite to them and their views on the title against Billy Miske, Bill to force the country off gold. states that she left it on a seat beside boxing, and you have cave mon Brennan, Georges Carpentier, and The position of South Africa is her while attending a performance at walking the wire of pure illegi-Tom Gibona. The long period of the Contral Theatre on the 8th cality. But you cannot tell them. idleness caused him to lose his peculiar and not a little ironic.

Take any man to his first cricket championship to Gene Tunney at Last week she exported a record

match, his first football match, his Philadelphia In 1916. In a sub- quantity of gold metal and almost

The late Mr. H. K. Staple, wheee first tennis match, and he will be sequent battle Dempacy again lost simultaneously

dumb to Tunney, after having the latter opened negotin tragic death on Saturday is reported modest in his ideas and tions with France and Holland for in another column, was a prominent about his opinion. Take the same on the verge of a knock-out. This a loan which would permit the Mason, being a Past Master of the man to his first fight, and he im-was the fight which is known as

Zotland Lodge, 625, English Circuit, mediately becomes a judge. the battle of the "long count." country to remain on the gold Past Master of the Eathen Mark It is this primitive instinct that Through Dompsey not going to a standard. Now, however, both Lodge, 204, E.C.. Past First Principal has made the heavy-weight the neutral corner when Tunney went Square facts have proved too France and Holland have found

of the Victoria Chapter, 626 E.C., Fast best box-office proposition in any down the referee gave the latter District Grand Director of Ceremonice, business which calls for attrac-in 15-secondo count. I Wad much for Round Tables. The Con- they cannot pursue negotiations District Grand Lodge, and Past Deacon t ference is about to break up with with South Africa and aa America of the District Grand Mark Lodge. the communal problem still un-

has already been sounded, and has settled, with the primary condterms which the would-be borrow. asked for commission and interest

tion of progress, therefore, unful

ora could not entertain, filled. An agreement might have seems practically no chance of been possible between the Hindus South Africa obtaining the ro and the Moslems as distinct com- sources necessary for her to con- munities, but the Moslems were tinue on a gold basis. General

blase through too many curtseys Out of a maelstrom of possibics, unwilling, the more to their credit, Smuts han strongly expressed the Local ostate to the value of from Mr. Philip Scott, we still go impossibles, and probables, Jack to desert the other Minorities. opinion that South Africa should $18,000 was left by the late Loule scurrying to our seats with an Sharkey and Max Schmeling met (or Lul) Bum (or Sam) Tin, over-affected air of nonchalance, for the crown on June 12,1930. The ingenious plan advanced by follow the example of Northernlice Louie Hok-cheuk, alias Louie because wo know in our heart of Sharkey hit Schmeling with every; and Southern Rhodesia which have Hau Tak Tong, retired Californian hearts that the imposible may hap-thing except an estate agent, and Sir Geoffrey Corbett also, at one already taken the plunge. Joint merchant, who died at No. 21, pon

and 耳 new champion be then lost on a foul. Schmeling time, seemed to hold

aatounded everybody this year by spects of a successful outcome, the Dominions is coming to look June 1, 1931.

It may seem to the competent stopping Young Stribling, and still as executor of his will his son, observer that we are too casual at remains in possession of a prize but his scheme of dividing up the more possible every day. Moan- Punjab so as to give Hindu, Mos- while, the United States have Louie Ching-chuen, of the Lower the moment, but along with the that has defled some of the great-

Lascar Row address.

populace we are very likely only ost fightore in history. lem and Sikh each undisputed ceased to suck up gold, and are

Testator directs that his estate too willing and ready to

shout Now what of Schmeling? He eway In an allotted section col-dingorging it fast. But the mal-shall be divided into nine equal "eight, nine, out!"

has improved beyond recognition. A bovine idea of dignity, how. His challengers are not distribution of the world's supply shares, eight of which shall go to lapsed when it was demonstrated is not thereby diminished; for his eight mons and the ninth shall ever, keeps us in our seats; but if They consist of Sharkey, Mickey that no part of the Punjab could France and, to a lesser degree.ments of the "common concern."

be applied to meet all require we told the truth we could possibly Walker, and Carnera.

scream louder than anybody. be apportioned as a detachable dis-Holland, Switzerland and Belgium, trict where Sikhs were in the are taking all, and more than all,

there

LOCAL WILLS.

ESTATE DIVIDED INTO NINE PARTS.

present at that fight, so I will not Lure of the Punch.

be dogmatic or authoritative, but I ahall always go down to what- You cannot blame the crowd, over deathbed is selected for me The lure of the punch, the thrill with a firm conviction that Demp- of the unexpected, will smack 'em say that night regained his title. in, though the barriers be drawn Gene Tunney had no trouble ever so tightly. And who are we with his one contender, the game to criticise the crowd's mentality? Tom Heaney, and then Tunney re- Alough we now and again get tired.

on or about found.

out pro-action between Great Britain and Lower Lascar Kontor appointed)

majority. Thus we find the de- that America yields up. The gold legates preparing to return to In- standard has ceased to be an effec. dia with the shadow of the com- Live international standard, or to act as a stablising Influence on munal problem hanging over them, world finance. It is of vital im- and the work of the Federal Struc-portance that Britaja should keep ture Committee incomplete, the the depreciation of sterling with- members being unable to proceed in reasonable limits;but it is fully In the absence of general consent as important that there should be to methods of electing representa- tives to the Federal Parliament.

Searching for an exit, the entire group of minorities settled their Individual differences in the mid- dle of last week and on Friday were able to present to the Primo Minister an agreement, covering, it was claimed, forty-six per cent. of the population of British India. The agreemont had it proved ne- ceptable to the Hindus, would have hold good for a period of ton ycare, during which time the points of detalls requiring adjust- mont would have become apparent to all sides. Great hopes were centred upon this agreement, but in the background stood the re- ligious antagoniam of the Mahasabha, more stubborn than any other section represented at the Conference. It is easy to be- lievo Dr. Moonje, who declared that the Mahasabha would 'nover agree to separate electorates or to

no rush back to the gold standard, even on a basis of devaluation, at least ühtil guarantees have been secured for its better working in future.

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Bide can. I think, be left on one until he has grown a little more. Walker has unquestionable rage, but is perhaps too small. Sharkey is undoubtedly the Sha- dow in Schmeling's path. They | MAY meet next year. Sharkey is the better boxer and a deadly hit- ter, but he is getting older,

Although Schmeling will pro- gress at the same rate, he will still have the jump on Sharkey in the matter of

Now, havin

completed the above brief history, let

ns come to the never-ending argument as to what it wont

Jeffries, Johnson, Peter Jackson, or Bob Fitzsimmons would have done with the present generation.

I can see and feel old-timers

leaping at my throat at

own

mo-

ment when I say, on sifted evi- dence and on what I saw with my

oyes,

that Jack Dempsey must have been the greatest of them all. All right, nurse, take that foam- ing old gentleman of 1880 away from the bedelde: I'm coming round.

The Hollywood Hi-Lights Inter- national Herue delighted crowded houses on Baturday and Bunday nights when they gave report per- formances of the first night's pro- gramme. Rex Storey and Rose Les were two outstanding members who engaged the attention continuously, by their witticisms while other acts [by the remainder of the company, [including the Puppet Shown, were thoroughly enjoyable. It is to the credit of the Company that they are Jable to attain a very long pro

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