The Inst observ applicable to ell the holes. greens at Seekingjuo are undoubtedly excellent. But one ventures to} think they are too open. On courses fat Home there is seldom more than tone way' into a given along the turf and that a marry one, All round the rest of the green are sand bunkers. These we can hardly have in Shanghai, hut we might have earth bunkers. Think of how the! pleasure of the thirteenth at Kiahiewan ix enhanced by that final ditch!
Always it calls for a skilful ud given a sound drive, it may also prove a well designed tra for! one's second shot. The Neckingino greens usually bring you to grief you overrun. Bat the approach side and frequently the right and Left deem to need more guarding.
Architecture of the Course Distance from Shanghai Relieved of annoyances in this direction, one can now the better appreciate the architecture of the course, which strikes one as par ticularly good. There are no poor holes; they are all more varied than at Kiangwan: ani some ave most] attractive, For his own preference the writer would mention the third, fon undulating ground by the creek} with a very 61 tthe end; the sixth a iso beside a creek which altcenately bids} you be ultra-wary of pulling and slicing; the short seventh, a charm. ing hole; and the eleventh, again a pretty hole which behoves you to keep straight, The famous "do-len" fourth hole ought to be among the best in mid China. But the fairway is backward and one would venture one suggestion, namely a guiding post to make the extreme point of the One word ar to distance, the general impression being that See-Kingjao is Ultima Thole. On Saturday afternoon this writer got there at quite a leisure pace in 40 minutes, and the return journey, which in-eluded a diteer to Kiangwen to drop a caddy and clubs, with a little} more "stepping im the gas," took 25. The rad surface throughout i really very good, though that leading. directly to the clab could do with Some trifling attrition. But, in all, far superior to the Huvgjao Road, with its awful and seemingly ineurable corrugation.
One hopes that the Golf Club Committee will put every ounce it can into Seekingjao. Here there is no uncertainty of tenure, but the club's own property. Already it is a most enjoyable course, and it ought not to cost much to make it really superb.
Tae Shanghai District Kuomi tang is reported by the Chinese papers to have addressed a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Central Executive Committee, requesting that a strong protest should be lodged against the action of certain members of the Consular Body in demanding the right of consular jurisdiction at the Shanghai Provisional Court.
Locat filature owners have appealed to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour to organize! a special bureau for the inspection of raw silks in order to improve the quality generally and promote the Chinese silk trade in the United States. They also have decided send three or four delegates to Japan to make an investigation of the silk industry.
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