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1-An enigmatical representation
(5).
6-A very small dial (51) 9-Farmer with overseas sugges-
tions (7).
10-A medicinal five-sevents of 9
(5)
11-Abolish completely (51
120, air, cub" (anagram)- (7), / 14-May be a repeating' weapon
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15-"Any old thing)" (3), 16-Belaud? Anything but! 1. 17-Mechanical and understrahle attributes to possess→(51.) 19-and we may this "Shame" at
them (3),
21-One of the 17 Across if carried
to excess (5).
23--Is the burden too heavy for
them to bear (7), 3ILS existence has led to the
death of many a 12 (5), 25-Table of a specialised slent-
Reance (5).
26 We won't have such a stately
"word; let's say "togs" (7). 27-Health is an intangiblc one,
but still in a way the greatest (5
29-Adverb of position (5)
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Down
1-Part of a stair (5),
meet themi (ID).
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as this will allow (5), ̧ . 4-An Iridescent substance (5). 5-Wounds, probably in a pointed
way (5)..
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935.
TWICE WEEKLY
New Air Service
DEFEAT FOR WASEDA
Teunis In Japan
LAWN BOWLS
-VERITY AGAIN
U.S. BASEBALL
H. E. R. C. Team For Run Through M.C.C.
Saturday
Eleven
1
R. C. Butler, W. Orchard, Q, T. Padgett, A. F. Paul (skip).
J. Stoan. W. Stoker, H. B. McKay, W. Muskett (akip).
A. P. Tarbuck, T. P. Saunderson,
de Rome, A. Webster (skip), Reserves: W. E. Peers, J. G.
Haigh.
In another á" class engagement | 6-2, played on the Tokyo Imperial court
Takahashi and Murakami (K) at Koshizuka, the Metil net squad beat Kuwazawa od Hattori (W). defeated Tokyo Imperial 7 matches: 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
London May 8
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In their second attempt York shire managed 125 ans. R. W. V.
Rain Curtails. Programme
Senators v. St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia, Athletics v. Detroit Tigers.
Only two matches were played. the results, as cabled, by Reuter being as follows-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
It has now become a certainty that, from the 12th of June next, the Amsterdam-Batavia service
The following will represent the Tokyo, April 26.
New York, May 6. of the ELM, (Royal Dutch Air Taking four out of six singles Hong Kong Electric Recreation
Hedley Varity celebrated the Once again the majority of the Lines) will become a twice-weekly matches on the second day, the Club in date Saturday, May 11, 1935 King's Jubilee by another brillant major league baseball matches tä- one. For this service Douglas DC-2 Kelo net team defeated the Wasedaat 3.30 p.m.
bowling feat for Yorkshire who day were postponed on account of machines will be used, as these 5 matches to 4 in their 23rd con-
Their match against Police Re-opened their cricket programme rain. can be considered to be the most teat, which lasted for two days on creation Club on Saturday at Ming against the M.C.C.
In the National League the fol perfected type of machine for Kelo's Hiyoshidal's courts. In the Yuen ground-
The county side won by 319 run towing matches were not played: commercial flying; especially for doubles on Saturday, the Waseda
on a wicket that was essentinay
Chicago Cubs v. New York Giants, travelling in the tropics they are players took a 2 to 1 lead. This
s bowler's paradise. Yorkshire St. Louis Cardinals knocked up the highest score of Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds v. Phila- V. Brooklyn Ideal. The Douglas DC-2 are ab- was the Kelo's sixth consecutive solutely sound-and heat-proof, victory, and the series stands 14 to
tre match with a fist innings of delphia Athletics, while the follow- only 228 runs while the MC.Cing American League fixtures were even a whispered conversation cane. with Kelo leading. easily be carried on during the
This was also an engagement of
were dismissed for 8 Hedley postponed:-New York Yankees ▼ Verity captured six of the wickets Chicago White Sox Washington night, and the same material | the A class division of the Kanto which renders the machine sound- Student Net League. For the first
for runs proof, keeps out the tropical beat. time in many seasons the battle But not only is the passenger-
was decided by the match between cabin cool, it is also very captains spacious. Even the tallest people can easily stand erect, and when slating or lying down, can stretch Of which would-be. 2 down
their legs as far as they like.. must always beware (5).
An ingeniously conceived ven- 7--Enrolled unwillingly, inayotating system introduces plenty of fresh air, but when Zying at great height, and during the win- ter, this can be converted into a
Nakamura (K) very efficient heating apparatus,
NINE HOURS FLYING
(W), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Fujita (W) beat Kirihara. (K), Douglas. machines are equipped with two Wright-Cyclone 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4. engines of 700 HP. each, and when "Okada (K) beat Tsuda (W). 6-1; fully loaded the aeroplane can ay9-7, -8, 6-4. with one of those engines only. The cruising speed of the Douglas machines on the India route will as a rule not be higher than 170 The following is the solut miles per hour, although it could on of yesterday's puzzle;--
easily be brought to 180. About nine hours will be spent flying each day, and the entire journey will in each direction take, 65 days. Six passengers can be accommodated | 3-6, 10-8, 6-3. in these machines. •
(11).
8-Correspond-without the ald
or the CP.O. (5). 13-Anything but eager and vivull-
ous, certainly thr 17-Prospects (5). 16-No. "monater
of the neep.
thisi, (5), 19-Wont stealthily (5) Y 20-The modern flat-dweller may
this for more 3 down (5) 21-A song from the trees (5) 22-Bird (5).
Across.-4. Påssport, & Thatcher. 9. Buffet, 10. Drawbridge; 13. Every, 14, Rhymes 17. Spring 21, Deal. 24. All-hallows, 25, Asylum. 28. Tell-tale, 27, Symmetry.
Down-1. Share 2 Stuwe, 3. Chary, 4. Prodigalty. 3. Scber. 6 Puffy. 7. Reeve, 11, Aver, 12. Bran, 15. Heel, 18. Milo, 18. Pesky 10. Islam, 20. Gamut, 21. Bally," 2
Sent brace of-we hope we ! Alate, 23. Twili
FOOTBALL
Tientsin To Play Koreans.
Tientsin, April 26.
The Korean Football Team are shortly arriving here from Shang-
the
RACING
Death of W. Speck
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, April 18.
&
Il will be learned generally,, with tal and are scheduled to play great regret that W. Speck, one of two matches on the Recreation the leading riders under National Ground. The first game will be Hunt Rules, died yesterday morn- against
Tientsin Interport ing in Cheltenham nursing Team on Sunday, April 28th, at home. When riding at the last 4.30 p.m., and the second against meeting at Cheltenham in the another Tientsin team on Tuesday, Ledbury Steeplechase his mount, April 30th, at 5 p.m.
Gwelo, fell early in the race. Un- fortunately he rolled on Speck, who after examination was found to be suffering from a fractured spine.
The Koreans recently defeated the Tung Twa team in Shanghai by four goals to two and in view of the fact that the Tung Hwa are the Shanghai league cham- plons the Koreans must be a very strong team and Tientsin will bave a hard fight if they are to overcome their opponents.
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Speck ..was a great rider över terices hurdles, although he was not built to the general ideas of what a rider over country stJuld be. He served his apprenticeship The last time the Koreans visit with Escott, and at one time ed here they scored an easy vic promised to be a successful rider tory over the Queen's Royal Re-on the Flat, but he became too giment by four goals to one,
The Tientsin team will be as strong as it possibly could be and includes six of the star players from the Worcestershire Regiment who have been so successful this season.
The
These Douglas machines, al- though a new feature on the Dutch acrvice to India, have already for a long time been in use in America. The
Douglas Works at Santa Monica have delivered 75 of these planes, and have received orders for the same number.
THREE FLIGHTS DAILY
The Douglas aircraft in use in America, cover 30,000 miles a day and y regularly long stretches by night. The most important of these services is the only New York-Los Angeles of the T.W.A Three times daily this journey is made in both directions, through the heat and the cold, over plains and mountains. In both direc- tions there is a night-service as well, and since the Douglas ma- chines have been put into use on this line, the regularity of the ser- vice has increased considerably.
Pan
American Airways use Douglas DC-2's for their services from Miami to Mexico, Central America, Buenos Aires and Lima
in
Peru. From Buenos Aires to Lima the aeroplanes regularly cross the Cordillera de los Andes, one of the highest chains of mountains in the world.
HIGHER THAN THE EVEREST
Although the guaranteed ceiling of the Douglas machines is at 23,- 822 feet, one of the aircraft of Pan Lima, an altitude of 29,856 feet. American Airways reached, above
On board was Prof. Serge Korff of the Californian Institute of Technology.
Many European Air Trafic Com- panies, such as the German, Swiss, Italian and Polish, Austrian, Spanish, have put. Douglas ma- chines, on their services, and the RLM will use them, not only on the India toute, but also on the new service Amsterdam-Frank-furt
heavy for that and took up riding under National Hunt Rules He was trom the beginning a great success, and in the 15 years that he had been riding had ridden some, 700' winners.. För a long time he was not successful at Aintree, The line-up for the first match where it seemed that his shortness is as follow:-
of leg was against him over that Hubbard, (Worcesters): Dallari severe country. He then won" the (St. Louis) and Dalloway (Wor-Becher Steeplechase on Thomend cestera): Velisoft (R.8.0.), Smith, one of his favourite horses. At to Milan, and some of the Inkand (Worcesters) and Wilsdon (Wor-
the last fence Thomond IL's sad- cesters1: Vanier (French Army), | die slipped, and in the end went Jones (TAF.C.), Archer (Wor-under the horse, but. Speck sodę a cesters), Johansson, Captain (TA great race home and WDG. FC), and Malin (Worcester). Thomond II. won three Becher race won. Beary rode the winner Reserves: Roxburgh (AFC) Steeplechases in succession and at a pond overweight." and Antushevich, (R.8.0.)
`ICE HOCKEY VISIT TO CANADA
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course was well clear and had the
also was third, twice, each time Major Ensyd added to his auc- ridden by Speck, in the Grand ceas of the previous afternoon National. It was not Speck's fault when Fiechter, owned by Mrs. that the horse never won the snayd, on the Bestwood Park Grand National; Thomond IL Plate. Tanter did not run last not quite a good enough stayer för
season. There was a good finish that race. Speck was not only to this race, Comic Relief, who was powerful but also a most, accom- a pronounced favourite, being in plished horseman. He will be much missed for his great riding and also for himself, for he was a very nice man and quite unipolled
Japanese Side Going on Tour
Tokyo, April 30. Reciprocating the visit here last month of the Battleford Millers of Baskatchewan, who played seven ica hockey games against Japan's | by his successss.. picked teams, the Rikkyu Univet-
alty side will tour Cañada and the. United States next spring, it was announced to-day.
The plans for the tour have been worked out by the administration of the school, known among for- eigners as St. Paul's University, and Mr. Walker, manager of the Battle ford Millers,
The preliminary schedule pro vides for encounters with univerity teams in Canada and fd the East- ern states of America. It is pos able, school officials pointed out that the team will leave as early as December.
SUCCESS
SUCCÉSS OF SANS PRIDE
front with Spirat on the far rails, while on the Stands side of the course Blechler was leading with Anaglypta. On this wide course, when the horses are racing wide of each other" it is almost tapos- sible to be certain which horse has The going at Nottingham yester-won. The judge's decision-and day was more holding than on the none other matters was that previous afternoon. The weather Flechler had beated Comic Relief was cold and far from pleasant by a neck. The Newark Hindiefy the most important event of the afternoon, was won by Mr. J. V. Rabky Ams Pride who apparently not
A Reuter message from New backed, for he started at 100 to 7 against Bir Calidore, who was York At Logansport (Indians) favourite, was in trouble two fura golfer's pubs for par on the loss from the anish, Welcome fourth green hung on the rim of Dawn was prominent until close the cup mila honey bee sight home when it was seen that Bansed on the ball, giving it the neces Pride on the Btands aide of thesary Impetus to fall into the cup."
"And Now You Tell One:
to 2.
The complete results:
KEIO 5, WASEDA I Singles
beat. Ranaka
Murakami (E) beat Hattori (W) 7-5, 6-0, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1♪
Miura (W) beat Takahashi (K), 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Hirai (K) beat Kuwazawa (W).' 7-5, 9-7, Buk
Doubles
Tanaka and Fujita (W) beat Kirihara and Okada. (K), 5-7, 6-3;
and Yamakawa' (K), 8-6, 4-6, 6-1. Robins of Middlesex took Ave of
the wickets for 38 runa, kad
The M. C. C. side made a better effort to their second innings which realised 155 ruris but they were stift T14 runs short of Yörk- shire's aggregate total. This time Verity had another six victims for 62 runs, his total for the firs match being, 12
MELJI 2, IMPERIAL 2 Singles Okubo (1) best Wakata (M), 6-1, 4-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Tsukata (M) beat Arata (I), 6-4, 6-4, 8-3.
TULU-
Fujikura (M) beat Hyaashi (I), [Router 6-2, B-8, 0-4.
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Nishioka (M) beat Yokota (D), 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
8-8, 84, 1-6, 6-4.
Mizutsu (M) beat Fantant (I),
Yamada (M) beat Aricka (I), §1 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles Wakata and Nishioka (M) beat Takeuchi and lto (D), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Arioka and Yokota (1) beat Tanji and Mizutsu (M), 8-2, 6-3, 6-3.
Fujikura and Teukata (M) beat Okubo and Hayashi (I), 6-3, 6-4.
Tsuda and Miura (W) beat Hiraf 1,6-2.
Pittsburgh. Boston
wickets for 88
GOLF, NEWS
Captain's Cup at Fanling on May 4-5.
Old Curse.
W. J. S. Key 84-13 and G. A. Stewart 89-18=71. The and will play off. 29 Entries.
New Course P. Morrison 84-0—75 qualides. 8 Entries.
The Clippers Are Here!
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CLASSIFICATION OF
PONIES
Flamingo
Boldier of Honour Cavalcade
to B Class
to C Class
to D Class
Soldier of Fortune
to E Class
to E Class
In Good Time
to E Class
Fudge
CLIPPER
Cork-Tipped Virginia Cigarettes
A consignment of these famous cigarettes has just arrived from England on the s,s. “RANPURA "
Immediate distribution to the trade
will be made.
The price of Clipper cigarettes is
50 cents per tin of 50s. 10 cents per packet of 10s.
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