&
LINCOLN MEETING
OPENING OF
FLAT
RACING
MANY UPSETS ON
FIRST DAY -
HANDICAP OPEN
LONDON, TO-DAY.
BEN FOORD LOSES TITLE BOUT
FARR GIVEN POINTS VERDICT
MATCH OF FEW THRILLS
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 1937.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
COMPANY MEETINGS
HONG KONG & WHAMPOA
DOCK CO., LTD.
N LY MEETING of SHAREHOLD-
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN WEDNESDAY, 17th March, 1937
that the ORDINARY YEAR-
WREATH will be laid at the ERS will be held in the Offices CENOTAPH by the President
A
of the Company 2, Queen's Build and Committee of St. Patrick's So- ing, Hong Kong, on MONDAY, 22nd ciety at 11.00 am
March, 1937; at Noon for considera- Members of the Society and their tion of the Directors' Report and friends are asked to assemble on Statement of Accounts for the year the North side of the Supreme ending 31st December, 1936.
Court prior to the Ceremony,
The SHARE REGISTER - and THE FLAT RACING SEA-
TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS- SON, WHICH IS EXPECTED
ED from 12th to 22nd March, 1937, TO BE A RECORD ONE, OPEN-
A CROWD OF 10,000 both days inclusive.. ED AT LINCOLN IN SENSA-DISAPPOINTED SPECTATORS
TIONAL FASHION IN SUNNY SAW TOMMY FARR, THE By Order of the Board of Directors,
BUT CHILLY WEATHER YES WELSH HEAVYWEIGHT BOX- TERDAY, WHEN THERE WAS ING CHAMPION, WIN THE A SLIGHT FALL OF SNOW.
BRITISH AND
EMPIRE
•
The first sensation was pro- HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TI- vided in the disqualification of TLES LAST NIGHT AT THE Parkin, winner of the Canwick HARRINGAY STADIUM. Maiden Plate, by the Stewards following the fall of two horses
They suspended the jockey, Sammy Wragg, for the remain- der of the meeting, so he can- not ride the quietly fancied Bonc in the Lincolnshire.
Boldness, winner of the Brock- lesby Trial Handicap, paid 155 to I for a win on the totalisator.
The daily double yielded $310 for ten shillings.
HAT-TRICK FOR JOCKEY
He outpointed Ben Foord, the South African holder, in a 15 round contest.
Foord has only just won the title, beating Jack Petersen, of Wales, two- months ago on
at technical knock-out.
a
E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
LIMITED.
UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
1HE THIRTY-SECOND AN- NUAL GENERAL MENTING of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Last night's contest was very slow Ltd, Hong Kong and Shanghai and uninteresting, too much clinch-Bank Building, on TUESDAY, 23rd ing featuring the rounds.
March, 1987, at 11 am, for the pur- Tommy Farr, after diffident pose of receiving the report of the start, assumed the part of the General Managers, together with a aggressor in the third round when Statement of Accounts to 31st De- The carried a two-fisted attack to cember, 1936. Ehpraim Smith, who will ride his opponent and drew blood from Edgehill in the Lincolnshire, per-
Ben Foord's nose. formed the "hat-trick" with three
In the fifth round, Farr successive winners, while Gordon very near to being knocked out when Richards drew blank in every race Foord led with a straight left and Everything is in readiness for followed up with a terrific right- the big race on Wednesday, which swing, which, if it had connected the betting shows to be as open as would have knocked out the chal- usual.
lenger, but the Welshman's clever defence saved him from danger.
The going is excellent but heavy and it is not unlikely that an out- sider will win.-Reuter.
SUNDERLAND WIN AT THIRD ATTEMPT
In F.A. Cup Semi-Final By Four Clear Goals
came
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DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
THE HONG KONG FIRE. INSURANCE COMPANY
LIMITED.
B. H. C. HALLOWES,
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YOU
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Оп
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A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
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Foord improved his style midway through the bout, being snappier în | NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. his punching and footwork. He landed two hard rights to Farr's
HE SIXTY-EIGHTH ORDEN- jaw in the eighth round, but the AP
ARY GENERAL MEETING of comprising:- latter retaliated with powerful at-Shareholders will be held at the Battan Ware, Teak Drawing. tacks to the South African's body. Offices of the undersigned
on Room & Bed Room Furniture, Din-
The last four rounds saw a very THURSDAY, the 25th March 1937, ing Room & Office Furniture, Car- aggressive Foord, who landed lefts at Noon, for the purpose of receiv-pets, Rugs, Porcelain & Glass- and rights to the head and body, ing the Report of the General Ware, Brass & E. P. Ware, Enamel- but Farr shone at in-fighting and Managers, together with a state-& Aluminium Ware, Ornaments, the Referee without any hesitation ment of Accounts for the year end-Books, Clocks, Cutlery, Filters, declared the Welshman the winner.fed the 31st December 1936.
Pictures, Enamel Baths, Com Beuter. London, To-day.
The SHARE REGISTER and modes, Coir Door Mats, Electric Sunderland, the League cham-Third Division, in their Semi-Final
TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS Table Lamps, Gramaphones & Re- pions, succeeded in their second re- Round clash which will take place March 1937, both days inclusive.
ED from the 11th to the 25 cords, Sewing Machine, Radio Sets, play in the Sixth Round of the F. A. on April 10 on Huddersfield's ground,
Typewriters, Bronze Figures, etc. Cup yesterday, when they beat Wol at Leeds Road. verhampton by four clear goals on Sheffield Wednesday's ground. Reuter.
Sunderland will now meet Mill wall, the "giant killers" from the
In the other Semi-Final Round tie, West Bromwich Albion will meet Preston on the Arsenal Ground, at Highbury.
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Collection of POSTAGE STAMPS
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