Capt, Barrett said he very much! appreciated the honour, for he had] always had the club very much at} heart. He promised to do the best hho could for tennis players as well as cricketers, and he would be prepared to give every consideration to lawn bowlers.
The members agreed with aeclamation to Capt. Barrett's proposal to elect Mr. G. M. Billings an honor-_ ary life member, as a mark appreciation of the great amount of work he had done for the club.
Capt. Barrett next presented Mr. C. P. Gabbott, the former secretary, with an inscribed silver salver, as a memento of his work for the club, ud congratulated the members. on securing the services of premixing fa secretary as Mr, C. W. Hampson.
member drew attention to the hand courts, which he suggested had wot been a very good investment, nor:
they particulary to look at. He suggested they should be restored to. grass and used either for tennis! courts courts of a bowing green.
Capt. Barrett said it had been agreed in commit ice that the hari courts had not been a success and the committee had considered that. that should be done. A bowling sree" had been suggested, understood that there was much opposition amongst the younger members to such a change. The new committee would take up the subject.
The following committee were clected:—Messrs. E. G. Barnes, P.
Dunkley, G. F. Forshaw, Grimshaw, D. W, Leach, N. Meyers, and Dr. W. E. O'Hara, 'Tite Chinese papers, in a warning' to the public against the use of Japanese goods, make a statement that Japanese merchants have been changing the words "Made in apan" which usually appear on their wares, to "Made in England" or "Made in U. $. A."
Apout 70 persons, members of the Kuomintang and affiliated organizations, held a meeting on Monday in memory of the anniversary of the execution of one Chang, student, alleged by the Chinese authorities to have been a Communist.
The Chairman of the meeting said that deceased had been accused wrongfully and all persons should attempt to clear his name. The meeting resolved to make preparations for the erection of a Iabourmemory, and to petition the Nafonalist Government to publish a t of deceased's worthy deeds, to get them to issue warrants for arrest of those who gave false death, 3 formation which resulted in Chang's
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