KOWAI SPORTS CANCELLED
First Occasion In History The annual Kowai sport* meeting so cancelled vesterday This ;» thought to. b- the firn um* thi» hat haopenec *:nce th* spor's wert »taned some ume in th* tasi aenniry The sports oresmseo hx the K'»wai 4thletic Sport* Club were to nav« included a*hleti« event* cycling wood ehoppm* and field events There wa* also tc have hear • "nmpvtition Th* aecretarj <Mi H A Pateman > said there seemed to be renewed interest m the *ports There were more entries Jus year than for some time The ground was too wet to hold the cycling events ye*t*rday Mr .Pateman said it was decided to cancel the meeting rather man postpone it because o' the dfffieultv of gettin* com petitors to com* on a second da* Entries had neen received from a* far away as Christenureb and Cheviot
Birth Of Twins—A Chinese woman 'oday gave b rth to twin boys about 25 minutes aoart. in a train, and later in an ambulance that was tkfng her to hospital—(Hong Kong, April 15.)
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30107, 16 April 1963, Page 13
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