at Siccawei We understand that plang are under consideration for the establishment of a sporting Stadium on a fairly extensive scale in the neighbourhood of Siccawei. A suitable site has been obtained, and the French Municipal Council has given its sanction to the scheme, subject to final plans and! conditions of management being satisfactory. There will be' a track for bicycle and motor cycle races, the interior will be laid out for football, baseball, tennis and other field games, and suitable grandstand and other accommodation will be provided. The scheme is being promoted by a Chinese Company, with a capital of about Tls. 150,000, and the ground will be available for general use. From a sporting point of view, the scheme is decidedly interesting, but further details must be awaited before any opinion may be expressed: on the venture as a business proposition.
We have been asked to state that there is some passenger accommodation still available on_ board the Blue Funnel strs. Pyrrhus, Mentor and_ Teiresias, leaving Shanghai in July, Auguedt and September.
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