Nanking, Sept. 7.
The National Athletic Meeting next year will be held in Shanghai, it was announced here to-day. This is a departure from the regulations form-Dlated by. the Government, which stipulate that the meeting shall held biennially in Nanking—Reuter. and who handed out a brand of bowls that was equal to interport play.
"At the conclusion of the games the visitors and guests were entertained to a cocktail party in the club pavilion, MER. Leitao, president of the Clube Lusitano, welcomed the guests and thanked them for the very en-foyable games that they had given them, presenting them with souvenirs of the occasion. B. E. Maughan and Owen replied suitably for Hon. Kong and Hankow respectively, and as the former observed, it was hard to understand why Lopes, who had played such a wonderful game, had! hot been picked in the interport team against them, especially as he had done so well in Hongkong last year. An adjournment was afterwards made to the Clube Lusitano, were a very enjoyable supper dance was held.
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