ish Naval tug passed by the Bund from downriver with ten tittle boats in tow, each with a tar at the tiller, The Navy doing someone a good urn, thought most of the watchers of tHe twilight bombing of Pootung and they were right. The long chain of Wanda Morgan Retains English Golf Title Stenodoc, Cornwall, Oct, 1.
After a thrilling struggle, Miss Wanda Morgan, the holder, re" tained the English Women's Golf dhamplonship to-day, defeating Miss Madeleine Fyshe, former Warwickshire champion, in the hole final by 4 and 2, The match was played in a heavy rain, The players were all square at the end of the frst 18 holes after Miss Fyshe had ted by one up at the 13th, but the champion, displaying better staying powers, took the lead at the beginning of the second round and stayed in front until. the ships represented the rescue of the Minghong Yacht Club's racing 14-foot ers from very nearly certain ex! tion at their Point Island home.
'The undertaking was fraught' with considerable amount of hard work, for the craft were found in every derelict condition from being high fand dry on mud banks, stuck hard and fast on rocks, and three-quarters submerged. Japanese, likely enough from the Naval Landing Party, lent 'a willing hand in the salvage work.
After: Inspector B. B. Everest, of the Club's sailing committee, had seen the plight of the craft and the Interior havoc of the premises last Sunday, the oMelals sat down to some heavy thinking. It was very much of an hour of need and the Navy teemed' to be the possible saviour of the situation. The Senior Naval OMcer was acquainted with the club's predicament, lent a friendly ear, and the result was that yesterday the tug St. Breock lett for the Island at 145 pin, with Capt. Savage tu charge and a party of ratings bent fon an errand with a very particular appeal to sailorman, Commodore V. Sharman, of the yacht club, accompanied the party.
Timely Arrival They arrived at the dinghy moorings in the nick of time. On Sunday seven survivors had been tied up safely; yesterday only four re~ mained. Three others were safe and sound in the sheds, ten had broken loose during seven weeks in that troubled area and were scattered far and wide about the Island, and ave had vanished. It was thought that the wash from lighters using the creek had frayed the painters, The ten boats salvaged yesterday bad found many queer resting places and several In all probability would not have been found had not the: Japanese come to the rescue. The mast of one waterlogged craft fouled and snapped a-field telephone wire when being dragged down the creek to the tug.
'The salvage work took several hours and the sun' was low when the tow finally got under way. The journey ended in pitch darkness and it was found impossible to get the boats into the safety of a pontoon. The frail little craft spent last night tied up at the Jinkee Road Jetty,
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