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LAWN BOWLS IN SHANGHAI
Two Clubs Hold Meetings
Shanghal, Apr. 6, The lawn bowls section of the Club Lusitang held their armual meeting last evening at the club house, when the-following officials were elected for the coming sea- 500: J. M. C. Lopes (captain), F. Machado (vice-captain). T. G. 3. d'Almeida, thon secretary and de- legate to the Lawn Bowls Associa- tion), A. H. Corveth (selection committee); M. P. Campos, G. M. F. Remedios and M. R. Pereira (general committee).
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1935.
NEW CONQUESTS OF THE AIR
Britain Resumes The Advance
HOME FOOTBALL
Rangers in Scottish Cup Final
London, April 10,
The following were the results of football matches played to-day in the English League:—
Derby
Division L
·&" Preston
Before he has consolidated the air victory already won, man must adventure into more difficult and little-known regions, towards the confines of the atmosphere. The Portsmouth 2 BIMMINEN Air Ministry has authorised the Manchester C. 1. Suriderland building of two special research aeroplanes, one for great altitude, Barnsley. the other for extreme range.
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Division IL
1 Bolton Division IE (South)
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BOXING
Farcical Fights
It is more than time the Boxing" Board of Control dealt with the fares of having champions who gre. beaten nearly every time they box, mit retain their titles by making matches at odd weights. Mason's record of defents while holding the
3 championship was bad enough, but
CURRENT NEWS FROM CHINA
CANTON NEWS ITEMS
No More Testing Bureau
Pat Butler, the present holder, ↑ (From Our Special. Correspondant) Oseems likely to be even worse. During the week I saw him badly
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Canton, Apr. 10.
ARMS CUT WITH
RAZOR
Tragic Death Of Mr. Salagi
Shanghai, Apr. 0. Mr. E. A Silagi, sales manager for the China United Engineering a well-known
and
IN SZECHUAN
Lack Of Raw Materials
Special to the Hong-Kong-Daily Press" (Copyright) E
"Nanking, April 4.
Mr. Ho Min-1, special deputy of
Shanghai sportsinan, was found the Ministry of Industry, has sub- dead in the bathroom of his suita
mitted to the Ministry a report an at the American Club yesterday morning, with the main arteries of his industrial inspection mission bota urias severed with razor to Szechuan province, embracing
The Bureau of Testing and Ex- 1 beaten by McCabe, of Preston. As
the match was for twelve 3-minute mining Commercial Commodities Corporation reunde, at 10 st. 10 lb. the title, 13 abolished by a decision of the as things are, was not involved, Bouth-west Political Council. The but the contest was the kind of motive is to lessen the burden of thing that brings boxing into dis- importers and exporters who were repute, No blame can be attached required to pay a fee for the ex-blade. The discovery was made by to McCabe, a rough, strong fighter,ammation of their products. who won without a shadow of doubt,
0 Bournemouth 1 Bristol C. Scottish Cup The semi-final replay in the Scottish Cup resulted in the elimination of Hearts by the all- The resulta powerful Rangers.
a Chinese servant at 10,15 a.in, and agriculture, mining, and water Many exported goods are re-police were notified immediately conservancy. quired to be examined by the Afr. Silagi was taken to the Gen- Bureau before they can be shipped eral Hospital in, an ambulance,
The report indicates that about
Three major world flying records Southend recently held by 'Great Britain have Swindon been lost to other countries. At the moment. Italy's speed record of 441 miles per hour is not to be Dr. E. M. Gutteres, chairman of challenged, but the coming British the sports section of the Clube effort may lead to fresh conquests Lusitano, occupied the chair and in height and range,
Butler, however, gave a misers. congratulated the members
The Air Ministry in this case is Rangers on
ble exhibition. He was put down the remarkable progress
that more concerned with the explora-
several times by heavy body they had made during the pastion of the utmost possibilities of
panches, and each time tried to
as some delay. Imported commo- The case, says the "N.C. Daily province is mountainous and 30 Except for oc season. The most remarkable the aeroplane than with their ex-
claim a fout.
hai in recent weeks in which a made to improve seeds on the one Leitao. a few hand, who had the purpose. World records may be Football Commission cancelled the out like a man whose only interest ducts were required to be examin foreigner has been found dead į hand, and, on the other hand, to
success of A. A ploitation for any milltary or civil
casional flashes, he boxed thoughditles especially agricultural pro- News, is the third one in Shang per cent plain land. It efforts are
in the contest was to get through ed. Abolition of this Bureau is from severed blood vessels,
source of gratification by Chinese and foreign merchants..
event was the
unusual and unique honour
of incidental victories, by no means to winning four events, the grains be despised: but, as past occasions championship singles handicap, have proved, the technical effort Calatroni-Hsieh Cup
and -the in every case fields a rich harvest Adolpho Cup. In the league the of improvements applicable over a dub had finished fourth, a very wide Beid. creditable performance for
young club and which should be
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Already much has been done
both by aeroplane and by balloon ar encouragement to the players in stratosphere exploration, to the for the coming season. The chair.end that eventually we may in- man asked one and all to carry crease the speed of air travel by on the good "work of the past taking advantage of the reduced season. Before closing the meet-resistance to an aeroplane's flight ing he asked for a hearty vote at great heights. Many military of thanks to Mr. W. J. Kerr Superintendent of Parks, for the interest he had taken in, their
green.
Junior Golf Club
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2 Hearts 11 Scottish League Following an enquiry into the Scottish League Football match played on March 1, the Scottish
result of the match and ordered a replay the scores then being Ayr 2, Falkirk 3.
The replay was carried out to-day when Air United won convincing- ly, while St. Johnstone also scored a creditable victory over Hamilton
in the other match. The scores were:- Ayr United St., Johnstone Reuter.
3 Falkirk
3 Hamilton
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aeroplanes easily attain the strato- THE AMBULANCE sphere, that high layer which be- gins in our latitude at about 28,000 feet, a cloudless and comparatively calm region. its lower boundary in- dicated by a cessation or the de-
SWEEP
it without being knocked out. At bines he ran considerable risk of being disqualified for hot trying, and he was roundly hooted at the nish. On form such as this there are hall-a-dozen boxers in the
abroad. This means additional, but was found to have been dead 70 per cent of the area of the expenses to the shippers as well for several hours..
ANTI-RED SUCCESS Official reports from Kwelyans stated that the government forces
under General Wu Chi Wel gave
battle
to
the Communists
on
suppress the cultivation of tobacco
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Mr. Silagi, who had resided at and poppy, the agricultural output. the American Club for about eigh-10 the province may be surejent teen months, came to Shanghai for its population of over number of years ago manager of the Truscon Steel Co.
as local millɩa.
A former officer in a Hungarian
Although the value of farm land cavalry regiment of the Imperial has dropped from $130 to $75 per Austrian Army, he soon joined the mow, no one seems interested in Shanghai Volunteer Corps and re-farming. the report states The tired about ten years ago as a maximum rate of farms tax 18 30 Lieutenant in the American Troop per cent; the minimum 8 per
He was a dog fancier and one cent.
country who could beat Butler without difficulty, and it is, in 1 fact, his third consecutive defeat April 5 on Lion's Hill in Eastern since he became champion. The welchow. The enemy were de- tragedy of the whole business is dated and lost over a thousand that Butler has been matched men, 800 rifles, and some 20 ma- against Uustave Eder, the German chine guns. About 500 Reds were of the staunchest supporters of the
China Kennel Qlub in its early With regard to mining, although, shampion, for the welter weight taken prisoners. championship of Europe. Such a The telegram was sent by Gen- days. He also was active in racing the province is reportedly rich watch on Butler's present form, erai Hsieh Yoh, Commander-in-his own stables for several years. wealth is not as abundant, as that circles and formerly maintained" |¦ mineral resources, its actual will bring British boxing into Chief of the Second Route Anti He was an American citizen by of Human and is therefore not ridicula. It is time the Boxing Red Army In Kweiyang, who naturalization and leaves a widow, regarded as worth while for large Board of Control ruled that a title added that his troops are rounding Mrs. Lillian Silagi, in. Pittsburgh, scale Government mining opera- tions The most important miner- holder who is beaten in the ring thews in Tebang and Pennsylvania. by a British boxer, whether at
at deposits are the iron ores in championship weight or not, auto-
Yingching and the matically loses his championship,
mines in Tsulitsing, which are petroleum the title being declared vacant. If. The draw for the Hong Kong champions do not like this they Are not obliged to fight, except in Ambularice Brigade Sweep took place yesterday evening in Chin- defence of their title, against an ese General Chamber of Com-approved challenger.
The light-waight situation is not
awn bowl sector ing of the crease of temperature with height. Drawn at The Chinese
Fuel And Load Problems
lawn section, of the Shang- -hai Jualor Golf held last night,
But for this it is necessary to the following officers were elected for the coming season: A. J. Hall climb high, and at the same time (captain), J. L. Henry (vice-cap-to carry enough fuel for a journey. tain, J. H. O'Grady (hon, secre- not to mention pay load. So far, tary), P. W. Ephgrave and HP however, it has not been possible Molloy committee),
to carry more fuel than was just
height, nor to use other than com- paratively slow, load-lifting aerop-
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Chamber
Chiuchow.
Mr. Silagi did not leave any notes at his quarters, but it is known that he had been despon dent over financial affairs.
CANTON'S AIR DEFENCE The Air Defence Committee of the First Group Army has made an investigation into the control -of electric switches in Canton and
found that the system is not unt is making all sorts of investigation ject. Hittle can be done with the fed. In order to enable the elo- as to how to protect the city oll mines.
sufficient to get to the desired merce in the presence of a large much better. Berg showed better tric power station to switch all from air attacks. Captain La-|
FAIR TRIAL OF lanes, for high-speed types are un-
TARIFFS
Unemployment As
A Disease
Mr. Lioya George, who was the guest of the Manchester Reform Club at a luncheon yesterday, pleaded, as a Free Trader, for a fair trial of tariffs,
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The aeroplane. must not only climb to the great height-It must be able to get of the ground, and its engine and, "propeller must function satisfactorily in widely diferent conditions. TWO, and even three different superchargers must be atted, and the propeller must be one of variable pitch. Electrically-beated clothing and oxygen equipment add to the load which must be carried.
he would approach a height of 60,000 feet, the airman, more- From tariffs he turned to un-over, must be in a hermetically employment, and said that the sealed cabin in which pressure can growth of the evil since he left be maintained artifelally, other-- office was what had brought him wise, literally, his blood would boli, out of his retirement, in the hope and he would succumb. In reduced that the nation's consciousness pressure the boiling point of liquids would be stirred and something is reduced. All this further en- would be done to provide a remedy, croaches upon the fuel capacity.
He appealed for an immediate use or the nation's credit as one means of providing work.
Among points from the speech were the following:-
Tariffs having been imposed, as a
ing the system a fair trial.
It is not likely that such extreme heights will see much air travel, but it may not be impossible` to compromise at a height of 25,000
gathering.
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Aitogether 53,015 tickets sold, the first prize being $25,068.- 57, the second prize $7.182.44 and the third prize $3,581.22. The other nine unplaced entered pon- les (starters or not) will receive $442.13 each.
It is understood that the Âm- bulance Cup Race will be run at Kwangti, Faring. CM Saturday, the 13th instant, at 3.30 p.m.
The lucky numbers drawn to gether with their ponies are follows:-
Numbers
12987
42028
12147
45070
43802
23155
47939
70496
42024
20515
41179
38851
Poples Festival Eve Spinaway The Loafer
Pride of Tsingtao Wakefield
Burgomaster Heather Leat Tulicum Movanagher Wisdom Stag No Fear Zero
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Ten numbers for the Consolation
to 30,000 feet, where the resistance Prizes were also drawn, each to would be low enough to afford receive $50.00
The rumbers are
Free Frader I am in favour of gly-some increase of travel speed; but 15040, 55807, 48352, 36914, 49005. the ordinary traveller will not be16932, 83664, 30071, 71060 and attracted to travel methods which 33010. demand the use of artificial meáris
I never said there were no ad vantages in tariffs. The whole
question was whether, or balance,
of preserving life. In the United
estimated to be about 4,000 feet in depth. However, unless a million dollars can be invested in the pro-
As to water power, Széchuen has the lights at one time, a sum of Tang Yang, former Chief-of-Staff form against Humery than he has recently done, but the betting $1,000,000 is necessary to make the of the Whampoa Cruiser Squa- & number of large waterfalls, with either Watson or Walsh. of Canton, it is essential that all would be against him in contests adjustment For the air defence dron, is appointed a member of gorges and streams which can provide power for 30 electric the Committee.".
plants in the province. However, Watson, as WAI expected, won | electric lights car be turned on Lieut-General Lin Sze Chins, due to the lack of raw materials comfortably against Sonny Lee in at one time.
the Chairman of the Committee, an eliminating contest,
Negotiations are going on be- is now studying air defence in in the province, it is not advisable tween the Air Defence Committee Paris. He will soon proceed to to utilize the water forces for the and the City Government 15 set London and-Berlin
for further present- tle the matter. The Committee investigation.
China United Press (by Mail,
"THE COLOUR-LINE BAN Miller, the world's champion feather-weight, showed the differ- ence in his form when his cham- pionship is at stake and when it is not by knocking out the cham- pion of Europe in one round the other day. Since then he has re sumed his matches with. British feathers, two of whom weat the distance with him within, three days, to lose on points.
It is difficult to see why objection was made to the appearance of | Obie Walker, the "black heavy- weight, at the Albert Hall. It is understood that a permit hari been obtained for Walker to come to this country. but the Albert' Hall Trustees objected to a contest between black and white.
Terante, Walker's half-brother," met Len Harvey at the Albert Hall last year so there does not seem to be any principle involved. The
marting between Peter Jackson and Blaviu provided by common cox- smit the best heavyweight boxing
the advantages for this country states it has been found that at NEW SWIMMING contest ever seen in this country,
would be on Free Trade or on 15,000 and 16,000 feet many air tra-
Tarkis
When the time comes we shall have to strike a balance-sheet as a business nation.
There have been five Govern ments since I left office, but no new idea has been evolved for dealing with unemployment.
The evil is gradually working like a cancer Into the tissues of the nation and may one day well be malignant.
The Bone And The Shadow" Mr. Chamberlain has said "You must not drop the bone for the Bindow."
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I suppose the "bone" is the balancing of the Budget, the re storing of credit,
vellers are indisposed.
Important Work
These considerations indicate the
blem now again to be tackled by complicated character of the pro
British experts. It will be work of high importance, and the technical results will justify the cost,
The distance record stands at 5,657 miles. By means of a special-
ly designed aeroplane, balit in the
RECORDS
Schoolboy Betters His Own Effort
Chicago, Apr. 11. New world's swimming records the were established to-day. In
light of the latest research, and 300 yards and 400 metres back fitted with a heavy of engine, it stroke.
if not in the world. Whatever the objections may be to contests be twee black and white, it cannot. be claimed that any bazer who draws the colour line is a genuine champion of the world. If there is any question of prestige it is far better for a white man to lose in a fair contest than for it to be supposed that he fears the result
Walker, if reports are true, is a bigger edition of Sam Langford, standing, about 5 ft. 9 in, and weighing 16 stone. In the case of.
is highly probable that the range Jack Medica swam the 300 white man it would be hard to may be increased to 10,000 miles): yards in 3 min. 4-4/10 secs, beat-see why se formidable a boxer ing Gilhuja's record of 3 mic. should leave the States, but there
0-8/10, Beck, cord of it is not much money thers for colour-
The sixteen-year-old schoolboy, ed men. It will be remembered Adolf Kiefer completed the 400 that both Jeannette and Bam metres backstroke in 5 min 17 McVea settled in Paris, where the 8/10 secs, shattering his own pre- former met Carpentier, vious effort of 5 min. 18-3/10 secs,
It may not be the intention to use a heavy-ofl engine, but in view of the low consumption and the smaller space occupied by the fuel, That was Philip Snowden's bone, there is a strong case for it. The Mr. Chamberlain picked it up. He advantage of the heavy oll over the Ühas been carrying it about in his petrol engine" begins to manifest *mouth through the corridors of the itself in fights of four hours' dura-
House of Commons,tion, and thereafter increasingly." Beuter.
What is the good of that bone This enterprise may, therefore: carried about? It is time that that prove a great test of a class of sero bone was put into the stock-pot of engine of which there are two or YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT industry to make food, to use our three good British types, The long-
take food, to creditz
......“ range aeroplane will be an o6-
London, Ape 10.
If it is true that McCorkingale, theSouth African, has recovered and will be able to return to the ring, the news is welcome. Wa have, too few good heavyweights in this country, and thus makes it difficult for men such as Petersen to get the necessary experience.
Two million three hundred thou- |casion, also, for further research Speaking of his aim to achieve Hauxwell, one of the moet likely sand out or work. Is that shadow in resistance-reducing design. in a land meed of 300 miles per al, the Wembley "finda to-hays 3or substance?
variable pitch propellers, and nu-hour, at a luncheon to-day the his first real book
their next merous important accessories,"
racing motorist, Bir Malcolm show, when he meets Campbell, said he proposed Bowles Hauxwell druck me as have another attempt, before, the
low thinker year was out sincerely hoped
„against a Cornin I thought it my duty to tell my that the Eme would Teach countrymen what I thought about that soal It and the way ou
We have hundreds of millions of pounds in the City of London. Estan and some mischief still for hot merely idle men but Idla
One million" unemployed twelve ears ago becomes two million now.
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Quiet Moments
Smoke
for the establishment of" factories
With the smoking of a good cigarette comes relaxation—and quiet.
The consistently fine flavo
soothing and satisfying.
CAPSTAN
"The Preferred Cigarette"
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