SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1925.
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THE WATER SUPPLY.
Level and Storage of water in rexecvolrm. w the lat May 1995
STOY AND BILL (ISTRICT WATER WORKI LEVEL.
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STOKAGM IN MILTION AND BUGSMINN 29 MASIKINS.
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of gallons during themonth of April.
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Intermittent Supply in all Rider Main Districts up to the 4th and Constant Pupply in all Rider Main Districts from 4th April 1995,
1915
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Overdo bronkax 18 sectiiors 130 butirate 27 GALLOYE
1994. Koloca Oravitation |.
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Consumption of water to Kowloon In alilone and decimals of gallons during the
month of April,
Waimated population .... 144,700
Gammption per hand)
per day Jan Kem
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76.81
549,740
140
Tall Supply in all districts during
April 1884 and 1525.
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1045.
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- An unfortunate accident which i occurred during training at the Singapore Racecourse resulted in the horse Hajat, owned by the Fu'ten of Perak, having to be des troyed, while the same fate, is ordered for Lady Illabo, a maiden not entered for the meeting.
Lady Illabo, ridden by Tesnear, was frightened. by Chinese womanlopening an umbrella and swerved, with the result that Hajst (ridden by Glennon), which was coming up fast just behind, crashed | Into her. Both jockeys were thrown and badly shaken, while Tesnear was also kicked and sustained a smashed nose but was not hurt so seriously as to prevent him riding at the meeting....
Hajat was found to have suffered a broken back and had to be shot. A post mortem " showed that the spine was broken in three places: Lady labo also injured her back, and veterinary examination later in the morning showed that she has to be destroyed as well.
U.S. TENNIS.
BRITISH WOMEN TO PLAY.
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London, April 22 (AP)- The British Lawn Tennis Association decided yesterday to send women's team to the United States for the international matches to be played on August 14 and 15, and for the American women's cham- pionship.
The British team probably will visit Canada on the way to the
CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP.
2 NORTHERN PLAYERS IN FINAL..
(By R. Endersay Howards)
London, April 21.-T. F. Ellison, Royal Liverpool, and Sanivel Robinson, of Southport, are the Analists for the first list native championship and will meet tomorrow in a match of 35 holes on the Royal Liverpool links #1 Hovlake.
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A FREESTYLE TITLE.
ARNE BORG'S
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San Francisco, April 24-Arne, Horg, the great Swedish swimmer, is the 220-yard freestyle champion of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States for 1925, having won the title here yesterday in the pening day's event of the national championship meet His time was 2m 18 255 Harry Clancy, Cincin natl YMCA. Was second; Wallace O'Connor, Venice, Calif, third, and Lester Smith, Olympic Club, San Francisco, fourth.
Four men kept abreast
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The eclipse of the Southern players was completed th-Borg defeated a fast field to win morning, when Robinson accom.the race. plished the outstanding perform fance by beating Cyril Tolley or
the last green.
Tolley has been one of the lions John Weissmuller, Illinois. Athle of the British team against the Club's world's champion sprin United States during each of theter, swam 50 yards against time in nast four years. He has beaten 23 2 5s. His last year's national every latter-day Americas amateur championship time was 24s. The champloo seemed almost world's 'record is 22 3 55, held by absurd when three years ago at D. P. Katanamoku. Prestwich he suffered defeat in the British amateur championship at the hands of the then unkown Samuel Robinson, who promptly returned to obscurity without even being invited to play for England avatnst Scotland let alone for Great Britain against America,
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In the opening. Olympic Club went into the lead with 11 points."
The Illinois Athletic Club, which has held the all-around swimming championship for 12 years, was delt a severe blow when it was eliminated from the polo title by It was considered as certain as the Olymple Club, which won, 2 to anything could be that Tolley, obtaining the right to compete would avenge this old reverse, when in the final game against the they met again to day, but he Chicago Athletic Association. suffered another defeat..
THE TURNING POINT: The turning point came, I think, at the 8th hole Tolley had gained the lead for the first time at 7th, and looked almost sure to increase his advantage at the 8th, a hole of 500 yards, at which he hit two five shots against a stiff wind to within a short distance of the green.
Robinson was bunkered from his second shot, only just scrambl ed out with his third, and had to
United States. A con mittee was named to arrange for sending a combined Oxford-Cambridge team. to the United States this summer. Players from former ex-enemy countries still are excluded from competing in open tournaments. in Great Britain, but the associa-play his fourth to get past Tolley. tion decided that British players The latter found his ball lying in a small indentation. He tried to may compele in tournaments in countries affiliated with the Inter-struck a knob of turf immediately take it cleanly from the cuppy lle, national Lawn Tennis Federation, behind the ball, and finished in a Irrespective of the nationality of bunker from which he in turn could other competitors.
only recover by a bare margin.
BOXING BOOMING.
Buenos Aires, March 25.-The development of boxing in Argentina is shown by a state ment of the municipal revenue bureau saying that the sum of 152,000 pesos has been collected in laxes on professional matches in Buenos Aires from February to the end of October of last year. This amount represent of the total gate money since February 10 when the act authorizing boxing became effective. The money collected is contributed to the maintenance of hospitals.
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The first preliminary polo games, bringing together Illinois A. C. and the Olympic Club, required two Howell scored both goals for the extre three minute perloas John Olympic Club. John Weissmuller made the only score for the LA.C.
Chicago A. A. defeated Leland The result was that instead of Stanford University. The Chicago winning the hole he lost it to team had a defence they always Robinson's 6, and that instead of managed to thwart a Stanford
even. being 2 up he was brought back to
Tolly missed a putt of about a waid at the 9th to become I down, and was beaten from that point.
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at 11th by making the better chip Robinson increased his lead to 2
A GOOD RUNNER.
One of the fastest runners York-
from the rough.. Tolly set himself shire ever knew when he was. for one of his characteristic efforts asked how he took up running and at 14th ($10 yards). He has been became so fast said: time, and now he was fully 70 yards family, the koaws. Us lads all outdriving Robinson most of the
"Well, Ah wor one of a gurt rast his rival, who even down worked at t'mill, an' it wor a goold wind could not reach the green mile thro ahr hahse. An as we'd with a wooden club.
For his second shot Tolley took robbed one spogin thahse to mashie and was on the edge of seat meal times, we oil” ran His long putt went heam as hard as we could goa to over two yards wide, and he only hah Ah gar ta be a goold runner" get hod of t'apopin "first" That's halved the hole in 5.
the green.
Boxing was practically unknown in this country 10 years ago, buta thanks to the exploits of Luis Firpo in the United States, it is to-day very popular. There are hundreds of clubs scattered throughout the Country whose main activity is boxing, and the public interest in pugilism is steadily increasing, Matches are held in Buenos Aires Every night and the attendance runs from 3,000 to 10,000 according to the importance of the programme. South American professional and amateur boxing tournaments are held every
which year in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay participate.
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Tolley, still 2 down, never had another chance. He did reduce his deficit to 1 at the 17th, but he
T. F. Ellison, 'R'I L'pool, beat went over the green with his ap- proach to the home hole, which he C H Hayward, RAF by one lost to complete his discomfiture. hole. driver by comparison with his
Robinson looked a moderate Sidebottom, z & 1.
S. Robinson, Southport and opponent, but he was a very deadly Ainsdale, beat, Cyril I. H. Tolley, man within 150 yards of the pin. {R. and Al, by two holes,
FIFTH ROUND.
H. L. Holden, Bowdon, beat R. H. Hardman, Birkdale, 3 & 2.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND. Ellison beat, Holden, 6 & 5, Robinson beat Sidebottom, 5.& 4.
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