SOUTH
CHINA MORNING
POST.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,
AWARD OF MERIT.
Medal of Royal Life Saving Society.
SIX ARMY WINNERS..
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An examination was held at North Point on September 30 for The Award of Merit, better known as the Silver Medal Examination. Armt/Q. M. S. Grossman R. A. O. C. and Armt/ Staff/Sgt. Biss R. A. O. C. presented di themselves for examination and both candidates carried out all the tests in a very efficient manner. The examination is by no means an easy one, and it reflects great credit on these two candidates that they gained a very high percentage of marks in all the tests.
The examiners are having a busy time this week, on Sunday last a class of four candidates from the 20th Heavy Battery R. A. was examined at Stonecutters, and did very good work in the Proficiency Certificate and Bronze Medallion Eraminations. This is a good start at Stonecutters, and it is hoped to see, many more of those fine swimmers gaining the Society's certificates.
During this week another class of K.O.S.B's. are being examined for Bronze Medallions, and a Silver Medal Examination is also being held. This activity among the Services plainly shows that the Society's Awards are worth going out for, not merely for any intrinsic value, but for the useful knowledge gained.
The following recommendations have been forwarded to London: Award of Merit, Armt/Q. M. S. Gross- man R. A. O. C. Armt/Staff/Sgt. Bise R. A. O. C.
Proficiency Certificate and Bronze Medallion.
Gunner Rabone R. A. Gunner Koerner R. A. Gunner Rosser R. A.
Gunner Warner R. A.
CYCLING RECORDS.
Italian Puts up A New Time.
Milan, Sept. 29. The Italian Cycling Champion, Alfredo Binda, created a new world record for the 50 kilometres, which he covered in 70 minutes 43 seconds.
100 Miles Unpaced.
Adelaide, Sept. 24. Hubert Opperman created cycling record for 100 miles unpaced on a dirt track at the Payneham oval
& new
0; to-day. His time was 4 hours 39 min.
Bo
34 sec., beating the Australian pre- vious best by 88 min. 8 sec., and the world's record by 23 min.
The effort
was made in a strong south-cost
wind.
Ponies. 1st Prize: $450. 2nd Prize: $200. 3rd Prize: $100.
1
2
Mrs. Dunbar's Hiawatha (163 lbs.) (Mr. Soares) Mr. Yam Man's Fifty Fifty (152
lbs.)
(Mr. Loo) Mr. K. H. Kay's Triumphant Stag
(155 lbs.)
(Mr. Heard) 8
Also ran: Duke of Melrose (153) (Mr. Harriman), Erin's Isle (148) (Mr. Botelho), Little Thunder (148) (Mr. Stanton), Rose Hall (151) (Mr. Proulx).
Time: 2 mins. 48 secs.
Two lengths; short head. Pari-mutuel: Winner, $16.10; Places, $6.90, $13.60, $5.90.
Little Thunder
Hiawatha
Duke of Melrose
Fifty Fifty.
Triumphant Stag
Rose Hall
Erin's Isle
Winner Places
9
29
196
141
115
154
18
38
.335
294
21
36
8
25
702
715
CASH SWEEPS.
The Lucky Numbers at Yesterday's Meeting.
FAIR RETURNS.
The following are the winning num- bers in the Cash Sweeps:
Race 1.
No. 96
102) 44
$695.80 198.80 99.40 Unplaced runners ($50 each): Nos. 261; 231; 136; 152; 248; 455; 190; 242; 307; 85; 173; 20; 272.
Race 2.
No. 450
228
209
$1,302.00
372.00
186.00
Unplaced runners ($50 each): Nos.
43; 306; 307; 521; 178; 518.
Race 3,
48
1929.
tron to addr audiences only though, as a matter of fact, children may see such films without difficulty. The part of the Chinese avenger, originally played by Mr. Franklin Dyall, is interpreted on the screen by Mr. Gibb McLaughlin, whose performance is remarkable. It entitles him to rank as one of the most striking character actors whom the British film worldas dicovered,
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The demand for talking pictures apparently shows no abatement. Up to August 24 the Western Electric apparatus had been installed in 165 British theatres, and it is estimated that the number will reach 600 by the end of the year.
Miss Maisie Gay, the English char- acter comedienne, who has reached London, is frankly critical of Aus- tralian stage methods. She says that she went to Australia with "This Year of Grace," but was sent to play in "cheap vaudeville and revue and involved in all sorts of arguments."
Never in her 27 years on the stage had she experienced such treatment. Despite her appreciation of Aus- tralian audiences she would not dream of going to Australia professionally again. She had known artists who were ready to wipe the slate as long as they got their fares to England.
"I received definite instructions to go to New Zealand," she said, "I gave up my flat in Sydney, but with- in 24 hours the management altered the plans seven times. The Aus- tralians are charming people, but I had to go 13,000 miles to meet ex- periences which are unique in my stage life."
A HUGE TUNNY.
Giant Fish Landed at Scarborough.
No. 259
143
55
$1,656.20 473.20
236.60
Unplaced runners ($50 each); Nos. | HOUR'S HAULING NEEDED. 491; 374; 475; 123; 442.
Race 4.
No. B
$3,469.20
555
991.20
286
495.00
Scarborough, Sept. 8.
After several unsuccessful efforts by other boats a Yarmouth steam drifter landed a giant tunny
Unplaced runner ($100 each: No. yesterday morning at Scarborough
171.
Race 5.
No. 666
$1,860.60 125
531.60 68
265.80 Unplaced runners 1350 each): Nos. 481; 708; 309; 707; 185.
Race 6.
No. 463
364
501
$1,621.20 469.20 231.60
Unplaced runners ($50 each): Nos. 190; 672; 253; 665; 354; 510; 176; 41.
Race 7.
No. 225
520 615
$1,699.60 485.60 242.80
Unplaced runners ($50 each): Nos. 164; 229; 267; 510; 563; 30.
No. 366
669
479
Race 8.
$1,797.60
513.60
256.80
Unplaced runners ($50 each): Nos.
352; 395; 273; 460.
and confirmed the story of other fishermen that there are many of these giant fish off Scarborough.
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It measured about nine feet nine inches, and its estimated weight is between 600 and 700 lb. It caught about fourteen miles east by north of Scarborough at eight o'clock and landed on the lighthouse pier at
noon.
The skipper, Mr. King, fed the tunny with herring, whilst S. Nicholls. of Great Yarmouth, hooked it with a special hook he made him- self. Above sixty fathoms of thick 21⁄2 in. rope was paid out after the giant had been hooked, and it took an hour before the tunny was hauled up to the bow of the vessel.
Nicholls said that they had dumped three or four this trip, but decided to bring this one in to prove the contention that the tunny is much more plentiful off Scarborough than sceptics admit.