SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1927.
SPORTS SECTION
AT WIMBLEDON.
MORE SEMI-FINAL RESULTS.
TILDEN & MRS. MALLORY LOSE.
Wimbledon, July 1. There was a downpour of rain in the morning but the weather brightened later,
In the semi-final of the ladies' doubles. Miss Heine and Mrs. Peacock beat Mrs. Meliquham and Miss Harvey 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Brugnon and Cochet reached the semi-final stage, beating Kingsley and Gregory 8-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
CRICKET SPOILED.
RAIN RUINS COUNTY GAMES.
NO DEFINITE RESULTS.
London, July 1. It has been raining throughout the country since the County matches commenced on Wednes day last.
"The M.C.C.-Oxford University match at Lords resulted in a draw. The M.C.C. scored 82 for the loss of no Titchmarsh obtained 62.
wickets, of which
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE TOTALISATOR. at Newmarket were not very
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SYSTEM EXPLAINED TO MPUS.
SHARE MARKET.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
Hong Kong, July 2, 1927, 10.30 am.
keen about the totalisator, but his own experience in Berkshire was that they were in favour of it. Admiral Beamish had made inquiries in his constituency-Lewes and had found that five out of six At the invitation of Major objections raised in the report of approved of it. Therefore, if the Glyn, member for the Abingdon the Select Committee were met, T.T. on London
ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS.
Division of Berkshire, a meeting
Stock.
Banks.
of M.P.'s was held at the House it seemed that it would be to the T.T. od Shanghai..... $78 of Commons to hear an explana-isator could be introduced, not, of Hongkong Bank
advantage of racing if the total. tion of the totalisator system of
Hong Kong
Stock Exchange.
.... $1007 b
betting, which is at present the course, doing away with book- do. Lon. Reg.
($1075 & 2 $116
£20
C.
£30% £13
£0 $68
makers,
Chartered Bank by the Jockey Club. The attend- that what had been referred to as subject of an inquiry instituted
Sir Henry Cautley remarked Mercantile A. & B.
do. ance was confined to members
P. & O. Bank the report of the Select Com-East Asia who have more than two training mittee was his own report, fram- or horse-breeding establishments
Marine Insurances. ed in a judicial spirit upon the in their constituencies, and num-evidence which had been taken. Canton Insurance .... $820 bered upwards of twenty,
China Underwriters.. 80 cts. No effort was made to take the He had no objection to the total North China Insurance T148 isator, as such, and he suggested Union Insurance ..... $283 sense of the meeting regarding that it should be tried alongside Yangtze Insurance... $40 M. the desirability or otherwise of the bookmakers. The objections installing the totalisator at race to it were really on physical China Fire Insurance $210 Hutchinson's Century. meetings in Great Britain, as the At Gloucester Derby drew purpose of the gathering was to grounds-mainly the lack of H.K. Fire Insurance $800
adequate space. It was also enable members to acquire fur thought, as there were only two Derbyshire scored 358 (Lee 77, ther information on the subject, meetings a year on the bulk of Steamboats
Douglases Austin and Miss Nuthall bent Hutchinson 102), Mills taking rather than to give them an op-the racecourses in Britain, it H.K. Tugs & Lighters 1.10 portunity of expressing their would be difficult to cover capital Indo-Chinas (Pret)... $50 seven wickets for 98 runs.
Gloucestershire made 21 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Mixed Doubles.
In the second round of the mix- e doubles Dekehrling and Miss 21314 Mrs. Bennett bent Tilden Mallory 9-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Borotra and Madame Bardes 6-4, -9-7.
Men's Doubles.
In the fourth round Raymond and Condon beat Higgs and Lester 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and meet the holders,
Brugnon and Cochet, in the semi-
Gnal.
Betty's Future.
'London, July 1. Mrs. Nuthall states it has been finally decided that Betty is to re- main an amateur.-Reuter,
S. Africans Win.
Rugby, July 1.
Rain again interfered with the tennis championships at Wim- bledon to-day, where the most interesting results were Austin and Miss Nuthall (Britain) beat Borotra, and Madame Bordes (France), De Kehrling (Hun- gary) and Miss Jennett (Bri tain) beat Tilden and Mrs.
Mallory (America). Brugnon and Cochet (France) beat Gre- gory and Kingsley (Britain), and Raymond and Condon (South Africa) beat. Higgs and Lester Wireless (Britain). British Service.
MACAO RACES.
"TIPS" FOR SUNDAY'S MEETING.
1. The Cheklang Plate:-5 furlongs.
with Gloucestershire.
Cambridge Draw,
own views.
296 Race Days. A memorandum was circulated
Fire Insurancos.
do.
Shipping.
cost.
Sir Leonard Brassey said it containing answers to arguments might be supposed from the raised in the 1923 report of the point made regarding the train- Refineries.
were big betting Select Committee on the Bettingers that they
$31
$22
n
(Del.)... $60
Water-boats
Shol! Transports Star Ferries
98/-
n
$51 b $52 s 316.20
b
China Sugars Malabon Sugars
$18
$32
$1.75
Mr. H. D. G. Leverson-Gower's XI drew with Cambridge Univer-Duty, against the adoption of the people. His own experience was sity at Eastbourne. -
totalisator in Great Britain. The just the opposite. A great num
Mining The former scored 268 for nine memorandum stated that there ber of trainers did not have a bet
Denguets was no suggestion that book at all, and if they did it was a
Kellan Mining Ad.
40/ makers should be prohibited, and very small bet.
The Chairman remarked that|
Langkats (Combined). T20 no evidence existed that the
do. (Single)... TX practical working of the totalisa- trainers did not see how owners Shanghai Exploration. T3% tor showed that large bets
could carry on unless stakes were Shanghai Loans ..... improved, and they did not see Tronoh Mines Raubs **** gradually ceased to be made on how stakes could be improved un- Ural Caspians it.
It was pointed out by the Select less the totalisator was intro-
duced. Committee in
there are 296 days in the year on which races
are run, and these
batsman.
FAMOUS PAIR.
Holmes.
Britain
Docks, Wharves, Godowns, &c.
19/3
Bi-
H.K. & K. Wharves.. $108 H.K. & W. Docks .... Hongkows
take place at no fewer than forty- GREYHOUND RACING New Engineerings
five different racecourses. With the exception of Newmarket,Į which has twenty-nine days, no course has more than ten days racing..
GROWTH OF SPORT IN ENGLAND.
Unchecked
Shanghai Docks
སྦྱོད་ཚན་པ
$38
T146
T6%
T97% $100 N
Lands, Hotels & Ridgx. H.K. & S.
$6.50
Hongkong Lands..
$56
36
8
31%
Hotels
Cotton Mills. Ewo Cottons
$89
$14
12.10 7+52
Hongkong Realty H.K. Territorials The memorandum stated that]
Humphreys Estates.. $12 the portable totalisator would
by any controlling Prince's Building Yorkshire's famous first wicket obviate this difficulty; but on all body and without a code of rules to Rural Land
courses with a large attendance tracks are growing in numbers at
govern the sport, greyhound racing! the turnover would be large and an amazing pace. the percentage deducted would be A new track was opened by Mr. Orientals sufficient to warrant the installa-Í P. J. Hannon. Unlonist M.P. for S'hai Cottons (Old) tion of the totalisator. On the Museley, at Alcester Lanta End,! do. (new) .. T28 point made by the Select Com- King's Heath. Birmingham, and an- Buses, Trama, &c. mittee regarding the cost of the There are tracks at Manchester and H.K. Tramways
other will be opened at Sheffield. China Busca system, the reply in the memo-Liverpool. randum was that the totalisator)
Peak Trams. (old) The Greyhound Racing Associa can be very expensive or other-tion, Limited, have nine more in Singapore Tractions
do. (new) wise, and the room occupied by it prospect in England and Scotland, Taxis is entirely for the decision of the including tracks at the White Cits. racing authorities.
Sutcliffe.
:
Dunwell
1
Beautiful Terrace Green Island
2
Holmes' partner.
The pair
3
hold the record for first wicket partnerships producing over 100 rung each.
2.-The Fukien Plate:~f
furlongs.
Hon Sin
1
Shanghai Friend
2
3
wickets and declared, Jardine making 78.
Cambridge replied with 269 for seven (Longrigg 55).
Sunburst Rose
3. The Antwel Plate:-once
Spectre....
round.
Chui Chow Ning
U-Un
4.-The Chilli Plate:-1 mile.
Little Sit Tang
Cherry Brandy
Sun Ning
1
2
3
5. The Honan Plate:--7
furlongs.
Sutherland
Areia Preta
Perversity
1
6. The Hupeh Plate:-once
1
2
3
round.
Macao Beauty
Dunwell
Green Island
Wild Fellow
1
Shan Mein
2
Sunburst Rose
3
7-July Champlon:-1, mile.
*
Games Spoilt.
None of the following games
count in the County champion- i ship, as in no case was there six or more hours' play:
Essex, who were down to play Lancashire at Leyton, scored 30 runs for one wicket when the game was stopped.
Hampshire, playing against Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, scored 326. Kennedy made 53 and Mead 81. S. Staples took
six wickets for 69.
Notts scored 10 runs for the loas of no wickets.
Warwickshire against North- amptonshire at Northampton ob tained 184 runs for five wickets. Bates scored 50 and Quaife 60 not out.
If necessary, the machines could be underground, and only the selling booths above the
"FIGHTING MARQUIS."
MEMBRANION A'IAN DRAWOGA KT.
A new picture of the Marquis of Clydesdale, well-known ama- teur boxer and 'Varsity champion.
LOCAL VOLLEYBALL. Capes taking seven wickets for ground. "If there is room for
INTER-SCHOOL FINAL TESTS.
The annual inter-school competi tion, organised by the Chinese Y.M.C.A., is now nearing the finish; In two divisions the results are now certain,
The "C" division matches were -completed last week, St. Paul's taking firet place with Queen's and Ellis Kadoorie tied for second.
The deciding match in the "B" -division was between St. Paul's and King's, the former winning by a parrow margin after a keen strug- -gle. This result decides the two first places, though the placing of the other teams is not yet certain, as there are several other matches
-still to be played.
In the "A" division two teams, St. Paul's and the Tutorial Institute, have won all their matches so far.
will be played on July 6 at the Y.M.C.A., after which the shield and cups will be presented.
Miscellaneous.
T
$20,55 ₺ $20.80
$15 $8
5
B
10/8 b 11/- 5
$1
n
$10 $5
Cements (comb.) da, (old) do. (new) China Lights (comb.) $14
do. (old). $10% do. (now), $7%
$7.10 b $7.20 a $6.60 $1
П
11
$174
h
$2.80 $16
21
n
Shepherd's Bush, W., and at Har-H.K. Amusements ringay, N., and the company owning Amusement tracks will open one at Hull and the Birmingham and Sheffield others at Bristol and Blackpool later. Birmingham is to have second track at Hall Green.
It is clear that competition of this sort will very soon bring the Chins Prov. sport of greyhound racing to the H.K. Constructions level of a circus, and the need for Dairy Farms an honorary board of control on the Der A. Wings lines
of the National Coursing Macao Electrics
H.K. Electrics Club, Jockey Club, und N.H. Com- Ropes (old) mittee, in a position to deal impar tially with proprietors of racing Lane, Crawfords
do. (new) tracks in the matter of licences and Mackintosh with the owners of greyhounds Sinceres and the whole of the personnel of United Asbestos the sport, is very urgent,
Watsons
Wm. Powells
5,000 Spectators.
H.K. Telephones Further evidence
of the new Nanyang Tobaccos sport's popularity was found t Birmingham when 5,000 people, in- cluding many women, saw the open- ing of the new track there. The equipment, electrical and otherwise, is alt-British.
The "hare" which was started for the first race by Mr. Hannon work- et splendidly except in one race, when it slowed down for some un-; accountable reason and was all but caught by the favourite, which was leading. In the result a back marker brought off a surprise by dashing past the slowing down leaders as the hare sped away again, and getting commanding lend."
One Run Only.
The turns of this track are sharp, and the dogs bunch at those points. Leicestershire, playing against
Probably It was this which led them Kent at Tonbridge, made 70,)
auddenly to give up racing and turn to fighting in the sixth race. near the winning post. The race 20 runs.
Kent had scored a single run the totalisator," was the conclud-was re-run. Save for these in- when play was abandoned.
cidents the racing went off ampath- Somerset, against Yorkshire at Bathscored 145 for seven. White made 56 not out.
the bookmakers, there is room for
ing observation.
Trainer's Views. Captain H. H. Caldicott, who has recently returned from Egypt, after training horses
Sussex, playing Glamorgan shire at Brighton, made 133. there for many years, said that Mercer took six wickets for 48.
the tobalisator meant better
Glamorgan scored 87 for the prizes for owners and better loss of one wicket. Reuter.
prices for backers. He would give one instance. Myra Gray won the Cesarewitch at fifty to one, but the odds under the total- isator aystem, after deducting the percentage for expenses, would have been 270 to 1. The totalisa- tor did not interfere with com- mission' agents at all. The only thing was that the totalisator prices were taken as the starting prices instead of those returned by the bookmakers.
Asked by Sir Henry Cautley
RECORD SWIM.
TWINS IN WATER FOR 52 HOURS.
New York, July 1.
The final match between these two. Twins of thirteen years, Bernice what was his experience of the and Phyllis Zitenfeld, who hope betting done by owners where the to swim the channel, claim a re-totalisator was in operation, cord 162 file swim in the Hudson | Captain Caldicott said he found River from Albany to, New York they put some money on the total- State. They reached the Battery isator, and some with commission after being, 62 hours and 30 agents. minutes in the water, over a period The previous re of eleven days, cord was 57 hours and 11 minutes.
Reuter's American Service
The usual weekly sailing race for service boats will be held at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club "-to-day, commencing at 3.p.m.
"Not Very Keen.” -- The Chairman said he had been told that the trainers
jy.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Patis
New York Brussels Geneva Amsterdam
25.28
$51.80 b $52.15
$36
$10
#
35
2
$7
$18
$8%
$20
n
$11
56
$8.70
EXCHANGE.
Hong Kong, July 2.
F
2/-
On Lunden- Bank, Wire Bank On demand 2/- 1/16 Bank 30 day's sight.. Bank 4 months' sight 2/- Credits 4 months' alght 2/1 1-16 Documentary 4 months'
sight
2/1 3/16
On Paris- On demand......
1240 Credits 4 months' sight 1315-
On Berlin- On demand.
nom
48 6/8
On New York- On demand Credits 60 days' sight 50%
On Bombay- Wire
On demand
1342
Rugby, July 1,
124
4.85 19/82 -34.91
On Calcutta- Wire... On demand
On Singapore---- On demand
******** 80% On Manila-
1342
On demand.....
48
12.12% 87. 20.45 18.17
On Shanghai-
On demand.
nom
20 day's sight (private
paper)
18,761
34.52 163 102.80
On Yokohama—
On demand
102
·Gold Leaf, 100, Ane
28.28/2
2 7/16
255
Sovereigns. (Bank's
buying rate)
5 25/32
147%
Milan Berlin Stockholm Osto Vienna Prague... Helsingfors Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest Rio Buenos Airea Bombay Shanghai... ,Hong Kong
Yokohama.. Silver Spot and Fore -ward.
GRAND CLEARANCE
SALE
Must be cleared to make room for NEW STOCK,
LADIES' DEPT.
RAIN COATS & CAPES
$5.00 to $12.00 ·
LADIES' PYJAMAS
`$1.50 to $2.00
NIGHT GOWNS $1.50
ENYELOPE CHEMISE
& COMBINATIONS
50 cents
LADIES' WHITE SHOES
$1.00 per pair.
ALSO
Remarkable Reductions in all
Departments.
YEE SANG FAT CO.
As good as really good Cigarettes can be.
Kensitas Cigarettes
Sols Sub-Agent:
GRÆCO EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE LTD.
12, Queen's Road C.
Tel. C. 2801.
.D
1/6. 51/64
(per-taol): ..........
9.65 Silver (per oz.)? ... 26 1/16 Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
3% prem Chinese Copper Cash nom. Chinese Copper Cents 6%pme Rate of Native · In-.
tereett
7%p.
Chinese Sub, Coin: 20% dim. Hong Kong Ont Coln Par
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will be in attendance
Prof. C. THERESES
and
Miss MARGUERITE SENÓUR
The world famous exhibition dancers will appear as usual
By special request and convenience to the public the time for dancing has been changed to 9.30 pm, commencing Tuesday, June 28th,
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