SATURDAY MAY 18, 1912.
BY TELEGRAPH, BY TELEGRAPH.
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THE BETTING,
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THE LATE KING OF DENMARK
A SID HOME COMING.
SPORTING.
Billiards.
THE CHINA MAH.
THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACEA
The first attempt to row the Oxford and The draw for the Handicap in ennnuction Cambridge Dostyson, sa already reported, with the Royal Enginear N.C:04 Mens provided an gecurrence unique in the took place last evening.
Good should be witnessed, na same us the ha-history of boat racing. Both crows sank, dip men are fairly good quists. The first but Oxford succeeded in emptying and re- roun 1 is as follows--Boyd scr. Giddy user dusting their boat, and rowed on to the
Huish. Mr F. I. Viton, the Umpire," desired it to be "no ruce," and by laws
(Router's Service to the China Mail)(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.). Jenkins: recs 70 Ple nwes 150, Cle-of boat-moing the Empira tesision in
LONDON, May 17,
Betting in connection with the Derby. which is to take place on Wednesday June 6, is-11 1 4 3gainst Sweeper II: 8 to 1 against Cylmad, 10 to 1 against Lomond, 100 io8 against Jaeger, 100 against Mordred, 100 to against Tagalis, Pintadenn and Lorenzo.
Loxtos, May 17.
A telegram from Copenhagen says that the body of King Frederick was transported from Imamuende to Copen- hagen It was placed on board the Danebrog and landed unidst great solemnities the tolling of bells and the booming of canner. It was conveyed in a long procession by a six-horse THE MUTINY AT FEZ.hearse to the castle chapel, where it was placed on a catafalque in state. A grest throng of spectators. witnessed the land- ing. The procession, which largely comprised soldiers and sailors' widews, sons and daughters, was much over- come. Twelve officers carried the coffin to the hearse and catafalque.
RESULT OF THE COËRT MARTIAL...
Bouter's Serving to the Chini Mañ.)
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VEDRINES WELL
AGAT
LONDON, May 18, Reuter's correspondent at Fer tele graphs that the French Court Martial has condemned the nine 'Askaris to death in connection with the maliny and massacre, reported on April 21, in which it was stated that eight French civilians and fifteen military in-Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) structors were murdered.
THE BLUE MOUNTAIN MURDERS.
Router's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 18.
Allon, the leader of the cotorious Blue Mountain Bandiw, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree..
[Note. It was the accused, it will be remembered, whs led the attack at the
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LONDON, May 12 | M. Fedrites, the famous French aviator who was recently 80 severely injured by a fall from his machine, bus recovered, and has visited the scene of his accident.
BRITISH MILITARY AERO-
PLANE COMPETITION.
HANDSOME PRIZES.
Courthouse at Sillsville, in the Blue Moun-Reuter'a Service to the China Mail.). tain. (telegraphed on March 15) which resulted in the shooting of the predidmy Judge and the Prosecutor engaged in the trial of a member of the Allen gang for a petry offence.-E. C.V.).
THE ITALIANS AT RHODES.
TURKISH GARRISON
SURRENDERS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, May 18.
A telegram from Rome states that three Italian columns have surrounded Rhodes Garrison, and taken up a position on the mountains, the only retreat from which is commanded by their guns and warships. The Turks had $3 killed,
Losnos, May 17. The War Office bas issued particulars
of a military aeroplane competition. The first prize will be $4,000 and the second £2,000, oper to makers all over the world. Nine prizes aggregating 410,300 are confined to Britons.
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ROYAL HONGKONG Y.C.
~BAGATTA.
Results of this Afternoon's Events.
The following are the resales of the events in the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's Regatta to hand at the time at going to pro
Ewo Challenge Cup: for Hongkong and 20 wounded before they broke up fours, open to crews drawn entirely from and took refuge in the ravines. The the stage of any gem on Goverment Italian casualties are killed and 26 Department in the Colony- wounded.
+
The Italian Premier announced in the Chamber, amidat entusiasm, that -the Garrison at Rhodes had surrenderad
with the honours of war.
THE WELSH DISES.. TABLISHMENT BILL.
THE CONSERVATIVES JUBILANT.
- 1. Ewo. "
2, P. W. D.
3. Talkoo.
17 REDOUBLES AT BRIDGE:
HEARTS 2,097.152.
90; Packer rea 20, Regan aros 20; Stonhìn owen 1530, Murray won 50 Thorahill owes 120; Naylor real 30: Lynsh ments swee 30: Carpenter on 90, Jianar rees 30: Goodwin rees 30, Morgan reca 10 Chesle CA Morgan, uwes 110 Mist awen 50, Castle owes 70;
Taylor Bind owes 120, Eynas reca —dil; Harrison rece 30, Scott owen 30 Mickinley recs 8. filliner reca 30 Hall ser, Taylor
recs 20. Chambers over 30
Play will commence on Monday night. reca 30: Campion owes 50, Stewart rece
"fnd."
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HONGKONG NEW YORK
...ou or abrat 18th June,
REGULAR SAILINGSVIK PORTS 234 8UEZ CANAL
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ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE 3.8 LOTHIAN *.................................... HOLDERS will be held at the Company's
For Freight & further purifoulaer, apply to 11 Office, WATKINS Buiznise No. 31, Queen's Noor-for-the-purposofting the Road Central on the SIST MAY, 1919, at Report of the General Managers with a Statement of Accounts tu 31st December,KIN
1911.
There was a huge crowd at Putney, bet elsewhere along the cores, owing no hobe to the fact that the race was ruwed in the morning instead of the afternoon, the atteg dance was hardly so irgens asal. The weather was fine, but the wind duo wost- the most advome possible for the crews, pany will be, CLOSED from 20th May to The race was started at 11.10.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com
the 31st May, both days inclusive."
CHAN A FOOK. CA WATEINS
General Managers.
Hongkong, May 14, 1912,
WATKINS, LIMITED.
Oxford legs at 35 and Cambridge at the rowing being resocably good in In continuation of the 1st Heat of the the adverse circumstances, although there Billiard Competition in the Seamen's was naturally much splashing. For the first few rokes the boata 'ran levál :-then- Institute, one game only was played on Friday night, the competitors being Sergt. Oxford began slowly to forge ahend. Oppe Downs, A.P.C. and M.E. Mom, H.M.S.site the boat houses the conditions were "Tausar". Moore had the best of the game worse than aver and water apoated fron all the way. Downs did not make a study the riggers and fell in sheds of spray of his shots, but played rather wild, with into the boats. Af er. the first half minute the result that the balls were always left Oxford slowed down and lengthened out, to the advana e of his opponent. At 100 but Cambridge struggled to maintain their More by 24, and from this period feat stroke. In spite of their efforts they At 202, began to drop rapidly asters, and after two on he gradually want hand. Duas required 6 to bring him up in minutes mowing were nearly a length to the line. Moore finally won 1y 65 points, Downs bad. At the end of the cuncrete wal, cartainly had the advantage in the cape of Oxford were almost clear and from this breaks, his scares being 10, 10, 12, 13, and point they gained sn mapidly that after
Both Creon. breaks twies, with scores of 13 each tiña.
Vittually over
shore, to obtain shelter and better water as soon as posible. Ozfoni ruched the Company's Office, WATKINS' BUILDING, the Mile Puet in Duin. 18cc., the slowest No. 31, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong. racetime on record, several lengths ahead.
on FRIDAY, the 31st day of May, 1919, The boats had by this time shipped at 12.13 r.., for the purpose of consider great deal of water, but it was now clear that. Cambridge were in worse straits than ing and, if thought fit, passing as an their opponents. The gunuel of the Cam Extraordinary Resolation, the following: hridge ship was suspiciously near the Resolution, that is to say less hili, the bust was to aceply immersed water's edge, and, although the wares were
the race wAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET-
12, Moonre onlyɑgot into double-figuro another minute's rowing ninated to the ING of WATKING Lastted will be held at
Racing.
GYMKHANA NOTES,
A lot of hard work is being put in during the early hours these mornings in prepar- ation "for next Saturday's Gymkhana Snow Glory, Auchondoon. Rosyth, Laching To-day a number of gallops wore denis, and Defford all showing up well.
The following were the times taken Diabolini, 1 last 1, 43, 1.20.2, 1.65, 2.28, 3.01.3;last quarter 33.3.
Auchendoen, one mile, 37.3 1143, 1.4); 2:21, Ikat quarter, 31.
that every wave caught the riggers 'and' ahot water into her. She sunk lower and lower, until, as Harr's Wharf was ap- proached, it was evident that he must sink altogether in another minute or two, With the case opeless, the coxswKİTA 441.3,- steered close in short, the men rowing on till their riggers were almost immersed.. The stern aank first and immediately after- warts the whole boat as
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Moga Chief, three-quarters,
1 14 3, 1.45.5 ; fist quarter 31.
Firebrand, three-quaters, 39, 1.1, last quarter 32.
1.45;
Lachine, three quartues, 20, 1.13, 1.48
quarter
30.
Birlingham, one mile, 1.112, 149, 22: Narter 33.
Rosyth heat Demare over a mile and a quarter in 34 1.07. 142, 214, 248; ho qurter 32.
Sevington, one mile, 41, 1.1R, 1.4.3, 2-28; List quarter 13.0
Lots of Time, one mile, 59, 1.87.3, 2.18.4, 2.54 last quarter 33.1.
Norman Chief, one mile and a quarter, 42. 1.21, 1.54.2, 1.98.3, 5.6; last quarter
34.2.
Snow Glory, three-quarters, 38, 1.09, 1.40; last quarter 31.
Esperando, one mile. 41, 121, 166, 2.7.3; Just quarter 31.3.
Defford, one mile and a quarter. 1.12.3, 1.46.3, 2.13, 2.45 ; last quarter 32.
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THE EXTRICK.
Five FURLONGS FLAT RACE: Mr Ellis Kadooria's Mogul Chief.
163+ lbs. Mr Ching's Lots of Time. 182 lbs....... Mr Michael's Reformer, 135 Tbs....... Mr Dick Turpin's Firebrand. 182. Ib... Mr. M. Meyer's Rheinland, 152 lbs. Mr Brutton's Ashington, 159 lbs. Mr Brutton's Sevington, 152 lbs.
7 lbs. Penalty. +10 lbs. Penalty- THE GYMKHANA STAKES. The inile, Messis Hughes, and Jervois' Snow
Glory, 1567 be
Mr H. White's Lachine, 151 Ibs...
Mr Sones Dinbolini, 151*
Mr Rolan's Aschendoon, 151* lbs ... Father O'Flynn's Rosyth, 151*lbs... Father O'Flynn's Demure, 148 lbs Mr H. P.. White's Defford, 146 1 Mr Ellis Kao rie's Norman Chief,
1461ba...
...
A curious incident occurred; states the Mr Hind's Otterburn (laza Abor Chief),
146 lb... Daily Mail," in a bridge gune ou bourd The Olympic on her just royage from New Mr Billiard's Daisy, 140 lbs.
+10 lbs Penalty; *51b, Penalty.
6,
York to Plymouth, The players-twTHE LABES NOMINATION. Three furlongs. Americans, an Australian, and an English-Mr Dick Turpin's Firebrand, 159 lbs. man-were friends. They were playing
(Birs Winslow) (Router's Service to the China Mail.) five-cent (hd.) points, or a little more than Mr C. M. Meyer's Rheinland, 15 lbs... (Miss E. Hake) LONDON, May 18. a sovereign a hundred, and they were all
Me A. U. Collis Browne's Kongsi, The Conservatives are jubilant atlairly matched.
152 lbs...(Miss Gordon) reducing the Government's majority to They played freely, they were Mr H. J. Gedge's Pienan, 152 lbs
calling on light hands and doubling the
(Mr R. F. C. Master) S1 in the second reading of the Welsh declaration with the smallest jentification. Father O'Flynn's Delusion, 152 lbs Disestablishment Bill. Eighteen main-The Australian had one of the Americans
(Mrs Reynolds) isterialists were absent unpaired, and for his partner, the Englishman the other. The last named made a heart 75 Irish Members voted with the call (for which each trick counts eight). Governo:ent.
This was promptly doubled by his Austra
A reduable was again Soveral well-known Nonconformistian opponent.
[doubled by the Australian, and then the Liberals are opposing the Bill owing to English partner, of the American, who bad ita disendowment clauses. They intend made the original call, mayed the game still
higher... to form a group to take action when the
·Bill reaches Committee stage.
NO TOY WARSHIPS FOR CANADA!
CANADIANS AND THE MOTHERLAND.
* 7 lbs penalty. TENT PEGGIO,
Capt. Loring. Cipt. Brierley, MW. H. Hastings. Mr J. E: Gresson. Capt. Ag
ME J. A. Jervois. Mr Gi H
Boss
Mr R. F. C. Mater. Mr W. S. Dupree, Mr A. N. Other... Mr G. G. Muzon. Mr M H. Logan.
The routing did not Gnish untu, according to an onlooker keeping tally, the valne had multiplied eighteen times. The game was played, and resalted in the loss of the odd trick by the player, who called hearts.
When, however, the players enken. AND A QUARTER MILE FLAT Rex
HANDICAP.- ired what the points were, they Father Flynn's Rosyth, 156 1. found found that they had multiplied to Mesars Hughes Jervois Favonius,.. 207,100, and that each trick" was worth
157 1
*** was £20,000. The losers said that this Mr H. P. White's Lachine, 160-li was absurd, that no one realized what Ler Soares' Diabolini, lu5 lbs. was doing, and eventally it was agreed Mr Rolsson's Authendcon, 163 lbs. ... (Beuter's Service to the China Mail.)hat the users should cach pay $100 for Father O' Flynn's Demure, 162 lbs.
the old trick. The onlooker who kept a Mr Billiard's Daisy, 152 tbs tally, now puta forward the ples that the MH. P. White's befford, 151, 1 The Montreal correspondent of Reater.dd trick could be worth only 150 times Mr. Ellis Kadooria's Norman Chief,
the original's centa (say 1) to the winter,
140 Iba,
LONDON, May 17,
143 1
telegraphs that the "Star," commenting
A dnsku: "Is not the Portlanda Club Mr.A. E. Lowe's Birlingham, 144 lbs. apon Mr. Churchill's speech to th ale (that doubling must not carry the Mr Bind's Otterburn (late Abo: Chief),
points above 100) decial va in this matter?!" He has no ammetery interest in the afhic, and does not rensinber how the cards were distributed.
Shipwright's Guild, denies the necessity *augar-coat pill" for Canada by for R Allowing her to bave her warships at home "like, toys shen required fo the score f danger, as in that case they
Owing to being repaired the Tauls.-
could only a rive on the scene in timezaki beacon light, mitunted south-west for the funeral of the Empire." Casa dians desire to be treated like seuible ward of Tsushims, in at present nut adults, capable of doing their duty as roen to the Motherland."
OPENING OF THE DARDANELLES,
exhibited...
The focal Acting Superintendant of the Puncul did Uriental Stodi Navigation "Company, has sout us the following I am in receipt of a telo grust from my Bond Dajan, that owing to
Mr Ching's Lots of Time, 140 lbs. Fros Tile Two MILE PORT OSCE ROUND
AND IN FLAT RACE, HANDICA. Me H. P. White's Defford, 150,1bw Mr Brutton's Sev ngton, 155 iba Mr Slade's Esperando, 159 la Mr Brutton's Ashington, 140 lbs Mr Ellis Kadourie's Mugul Chicl, 151 Jl Mr Ching's Lole of Tue, 147 10 Mielinst's Reformer 14 16
Mr Dick Torph's Firebrand, 140lbs Hus Le Race About one mile and
Me Boatings Merry Scot, 12] Mr Dratton's, Oil King, 152 lb. Mr A. R. Lowe's, Birlinghat, 162 166. MyDo's Florealy, 12 J Caplain G. T. Brierley's, Perseus,
a are in the cis Malta pelos top 102 The hor"departure from Lodous, the vessel – Mr Robson a. “Anfinndya Leuter's Bervice to the China Maill): will not now proceed to Chine. All paa Mr A Un Collie Broware, Hylluse, 152
ared at natan inson. Moldavis and Assays from
the morning af May
The
men tumbled out of her and, as it was quite impossible at that point of the bank to lift the boat and empty her, the mace was over for Cambridge.
THE EVENT AT CHWICK EXOT.
That the Company be wound-up voluntarily, and that ERZET ALFRED MOUNTFORD WILLIAMS, "Incorporated Accountant of Vie toria, in the Colony of Hongkong be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up.'
Should the above Resolution be passed
by the requisite majority, it will be
G., WATKINS, CHAN A FOOK!
General Managers.
This steamers had hung back to give any #bmitted for confirmation as a Specia naistance that might be necessary to the Resolution to Scoond Extraordinary Cambridge crew, but as the men were obviously in no danger most of the vessels General Meeting which will be subsequent following the race now went full speedy convened. after Oxford. It appeared at first as if Oxford might still weather the course, but as they drove into mid-stean: to nmke the centre arch of Hammersmith Bridge they ran again inte terribly rough water. This spoilt what little chance they had of staying afloat. They reached Hammer- smith Bridge in 9min. 26sec., and after. wards made quickly for the Surrey ahore. They struggled on past the Dores, the. They boat settling down at every struke sank just opposite the bottom of Chiswick Eyot. Mr Bourne slipped over the sido at once, the water reaching up to bin arm- Fits, and began to draw the hunt towards the shore. The other means followed suit, and waist-deep in water lifted the boat and partially emptied her.
Although the crowd on the bank were loudly exhorted to refrain from inter
ference, one man Singered the nose of the
boat and a a policoren palled
tan our by out an the blade and held it up temporarily. The laws of boat-racing provide that no cre
Presistance during shall receive extraneque
trow
A race on pain of disqualification. It was the general opinion of those nearest to the occurrence that the above-mentioned interference could not reasonably be construed into ** assistance.” emptied the boat as far as was possible. set ker in the water, alimbed into her, and begin to row un. Mr Pitman, the Umpire, nor steamed
Mr Bourne and informed. up that it was. "no race." In spite of this declaration. Mr. Bourne decided to finish the course. Oxford reached Chiswick Steps in 19 min. 30 sec. From the start, Barnes binrtlake in 20 min. 33 se-naturally Bridge in 25 min.. and the finishing poet
the ale west time on record.
At
Subsequently the Oxford and Cambridge presidenta met, and it was agreed to row the race again, in view of the unsatisfactory result.
TRAMS WITHOUT STEPS.
A revolutionary type of tram has been adopted by the principal surface lines in New York, and will be placed on the streets as rapidly as the present tolling stock worn out. It is the joint invention of Mesars Frank Badley, general Manager of the New York Railways Company, which own most of the tramways in the city, and J. S. Doyle, superintendent of the equip.: meat department.
known as the steplow. Oficially it is tram," It is shaped somewhat like a tor- peda, sud is forty foot long. The extrem ities are rounded, and the wheels ar
The principal encased, causing the tram to appear to eliding along the line. feature of the tram is the light distance. the passenger is required to step iute of from the vehicle.
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