was Dr. Johnson who once remarked that when we consciously perform for the last time some action which we have been accustomed to doing in the past, it is always with a sense of regret. There are various groups of sportsmen in Shanghai who are just about due to put in some pretty heavy regretting, for the r sun is setting fast and Cricket bats, tennis rackets and ole sticks will soon be laid to rest for the space of yet another! satellites will go into hibernation until the patina of spring covers the good earth with green again.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.