1927-05-31 — Page 9

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1927.7

SPORTS SECTION

MALAYA CRICKET.

NOTES ON AUSTRALIANS*« TOUR.

TEAMS CHOSEN SO FAR.

The

wives did not go to Malaya this

time.

The team consists of:-

(New W. A. Oldfield Wales), W. M. Woodfull

THE CHINA MAIL

SMALLER FAMILIES.

BALLOON JUMPS:

· BRITAIN ROBBED OF ITS CHAMPION.

"A DEMAND FOR BETTER

HOMES.

FIGHT STOPPED.

FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF

BRITAIN...

HILL BEATS ALF BARBER.

P

They weighed in this afternoon. Hill was 7 ounces over weight (the limit being 126 lbs.) After spending An hour in the South Bymnasium, he got inside the re- (Vicquired weight. Barber was half

a' pound inside.

FIRST EFFORT A TRAGEDY,

ENGLAND AFTER THE WAR.

g

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE LABT WEER

TYPHOID & SMALL-POX

Between the years 1911 and 1921 COLONY'S HEALTH. the average size of families fell from 4:86-persons to 4.14 persons, and, concurrently, the average.unit. of occupation decreased from 4.62 rooms per family to 4.35, with the result that the average number of accupied rooms per person in the country · Improved from 1.05* in Among the facts which are re-1911 to 1.06 in 1921. The population vented and commented upon in the as a whole, therefore, was on the Its Initial efforts, however, have General Report to the Census of general average of rooms per per- | ended in tragedy, robbing Great England and Wales,, 1921 are the son rather less densely housed than Britain of her champion parachute following:- jumper.

London, May 2.

Europa is balloon-jumping.

100,000.

SHARE MARKET.

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.

Hong Kong, May 31, 1027, 10.80.a.1%

WOR

Stock.

Honr Kont Stock Exchange.

T. en London TT..on Shanghal

Danks 1

77

Lon. Reg.

$1075 £117

£20 £30

Last week's return of notifiable disease in the Colony was

as fol lows:--

Small-pox: 1 new case (Chinese) in 1011. It is a little surprising from the city deaths during the that, in face of the widespread week. housing shortage being experienced Enteric fever (typhoid): "9 new Hongkong Bank throughout the country, present cases (5 from city, 4 from Kow- conditions should, on any basis of loon), of which I was a Japanese Chartered. Dank

during the week. comparison, appear more favour and the others Chinese 11 deaths Mercantile A. & B.

Cerebrospinal fever: 1 new Chi- & O. Bank nese case from the city district1 death during the week.

Families were, on the whole, During recent tests-the first] London, May 30.": Six "Test" players are included]

Johnny Hill (of Leith) beat Alf Air Force's most daring parachute married man was 1.27. ever held in England-the Royal smaller than in 1911.

The average of children per In the Australian cricket team now Barber (of Brighton) in a 20-jumper made several successful touring in Malaya.

rounds boxing contest for the jumps with a balloon, but upon Miners, with an average of 1.82

able than in 1911, when tho prea- When the Test team went Home British flyweight championship, making his final hop, he came in returned the largest families.

In the case of professional men sure was certainly less acute than it last year, discussion arose because the referee intervening in the contact with a high tension, wire

is to-day. The explanation is that The incl- the figure was as low as 90, the players were not allowed to 14th round to save the loser from and was electrocuted. further punishment.

dent placed the first serious dam- The total number of rooms avail- the smaller families of 1921 were bring their wives with them.

per on the imported American able for habitation was greater able to command a higher standard

in sport..

relation to the population of housing than the larger, and than it was in 1011.

they have absorbed aʼgreater share Adverse Conditions.

The proportion of allens drop of the available house room than So far the principal participants pad from 790 per 100,000 of the they had In 1911. It is largely In the sport have been fuddists and publicity agents and some air ex-population in 1911 to 602 per owing to this change and to the uneven distribution of accommoda- perts declare that the larger num-j

With the present publication the tion throughout the country that ber of adverse conditions la Eng- land, coupled with the already high-steady, stream of volumes from the the present situation is due. The ly developed system of private Stationery Office, following the proportion of population living un- ownership of airplanes, both for Census, which cost upwards of er

conditions of commercial and sport purchases, 351,334, will come to an end. more than two persons per room will overshadow the new sport. It More than sixty different official increased from 2.1 per cent, is pointed out that a large num-volumes have been issued, ranging 1911 to 9.6 per cent. in 1921 for ber of people in England already in price from 18. to 308, 6d, and the country at large, the percentage own their own planes, making al- the present report, which is a gen-in Northumberland and Duham be- most daily use of them between eral commentary on the statistics ing as high as 30 and in London as various points in England or to for the whole country, as distinct high as 16. parts of the Continent The Staff from the county volumes already Lane aerodrome, where the balloon-issued, extends to 211 pages, and now used exclusively for privately tional interest which could not be owned, planes where garage spacej and washing of planes and ad- included in the country series are vertised at an inclusive cost of $20 dealt with. The total population of England and Wales on the night of June 19, 1921, was 37.880.099 (18.076,239 males and 19,811,460

Barber started in sprightly fashion, making good use of left hooke, but Hill was hitting hard with both hands,

Hill soon levelled up matters R.

and began to go ahead after the 4th round.

toria). C. G. Macartney (New South Wales), (captain), T. J. E. Andrews (New South Wales), S. C. Everett (New South Wales), E. R. Mayne (Victoria), Bardsley (New South Wales), J. Sullivan, E. F. Rofe, and E. W Adams (all of whom are promin ent Sydney colts), and II. S. Gamble, a young fast bowler. [R. Bardsley is a brother of the famous Warren, 'It was at first

thought that Warren Bardsley was coming.7

·Cricket Club whose team was:-

overcrowded

in

16

DEATH-TRAP.”

LONDON MAN'S 400 FEET FALL.

In the 8th round, the Scotsman Bent in a left and rights to the jaw and had Barber groggy but the latter, by ducking cleverly, managed to last out the round.

In the 9th round Barber's Inft/jumping tests were carried out 15 Is priced at 5s. Subjects of na- ages, and marital conditions, the bang "like the report of i

eye was cut. He took a lot of punishment but continued to fight gamely.

The Expense."

a month.

The expense of providing hydro-

do.

do.

Eant Atia

£13 £bs $68

Marine Insurances. Canton Insurance. $620 China Underwriters. 80 ets North China Insurance T249 Union Insurance .....

$$270 a $277/8

Yangtze, Insurance... $38 M.

Fire Insurances.

China Fire Insurance $200 H.K. Fire Insurance

$600 Shipples.

do. (Def.)

Water-boats

$31

*$80

$85

98/-

$53

$14%

$1B

$51

$1.70 38/-

and called out, "It is a man, and he Kailan Mining Ad.

Langkats (Combined). T19

T& $4

8/.

The dramatic experience of two visitors, Mr. and Mre, L. G. Scott of Upper Tooting, was related at Douglases ...... the inquest at East Dean, near East HK. Steamboats.*** $22% bourne, on Archibald John Whit-IX. Tuga & Lighters $1.10 ford, of Heathfield Road, Croydon, Indo-Chinas (Pref) a member of the London Stock Ex- change, who was killed on Sunday Shell Transports in mail week by falling 400ft. Star Forries down the cliff at Beachy Hend.

Mrs. Scott said she was walking Refineries, Preponderance of Women. with her husband along the beach China Sugars.... In the section devoted to saxes, under the cliff, when she heard a Malabon Sugars effects of the war

a gun," and

... Mining are recorded. on looking up saw something fall- since 1801 there had been a per-ing. Her husband climbed up to it, Benguets sistent preponderance of females over males, but the final jump from

is dead." In the 14th round Barber was There will be no play on Sundays.

(Single). TU Charles Edward Shaw Whitford, dos 1,068 females for every 1,000 males In the first match (which the Aus-down for eight seconds. Then he

a London solicitor, and brother of Shanghai Exploration: T4 in 1911 to 1.096 females for every the dead man, said they were ba-Raubs

Shanghat Loans tralians won by an innings and 119 was driven all round the ring and runs) was against the Singapore floored again. He pulled himself gen gas for the balloons is declar-females), belug the largest ever re- 1,000 males in 1921 was nearly as cholors, and lived together at Croy-Raub es 21/-

up by the ropes just in time buted to be another drawback for the corded, and exceeding the previous great as that of the whole of the don. His brother had arranged to Ural Caspians the referee stopped the fight. sport in England, for, it is pointed Census figure of April 2, 1911, by preceding century. The greatest return to Croydon from his Easter

oat, most of the gas works where 1,816,207.

changes of all are those shown for visit to Eastbourne an Monday Godowns, &c. the cheaper coal gas is available, The Marriage Mart.

the age groups between 20 and 45 night.

A police-constable, who inspected HK & W. Docks. nre located in the centres of cities and are not convenient for the purcussed from

Housing accommodation is die in 1921-years covering the ages of

points of the majority of those who fell in the cliff edge at the spot where Hongkews view. Dwelling of all classes the war. The males at these ages Whitford fell, described it as a veri- New Engineerings The weather in England is an-numbered 8,029,268 for the whole declined in number from 6,671,000 table death-trap, the turf being Shanghai Docks ... TIGS passing cloud will make a differ- of England and Wales, showing an In 1911 to 6,566,000 in 1921, while undermined for some 6ft. Whit- ence in the jump. Sudden showers increase during, the decennium of the females increased from 7,807,- ford could not have noticed its con- Lands, Hotels & Bidgs.

near the HK. & S. Hotels Of the 000 to 7,693,000, so that the female dition, and, getting too of rain and passing fogs, for which 276,395, or 3.6 per cent.

brink, the ground broke under him Hongkong Lands England is well known, also play & totul, 2,759,821 were in the occupa excess at these ages, which was

Hongkong 'Realty The coroner agreed with this aug-H.K. Territorials Part in making a serious adoption tion of private familles, 61,209 in decreasing slightly before 1911, and he fell. of the sport difficult,

occupation of non-private rose from 636,000 in that year to

Prince's Bolding" death from misadventure. Aside from the tragle conclusion families, and 218,833 were classified 1.127,000 ten years later, corres- gestion, and recorded a verdict of Humphreys Estates.. $12

Rural Lands of the first tests, air experts des-as vacant. Vacant or unoccupied ponding to an increase in propor cribed the experiments as "highly dwellings numbered 434,048 in Lion from 1,096 to 1,172 females for

Women who set up as doctors disappointing," The wind was 1911, so that the figure of 1921 re- cach 1,000 males.

well.Lady The loss at the younger ages do astonishingly strong enough to make the jumps presented a decrease of 215,215. long ones and sufficiently low

to In view of the extreme shortage of automatically resulted in a general Barnett. drag the jumper through the mud houses in 1921, says the report, it ageing of the population. Among several times, Several times. is perhaps surprising that the de-the marriageable population the the wind became fitful and the gas crease shown is not greater, and disparity was naturally greater, and bag swayed wildly about preventing that existing unoccupied premises between the axes. the jumper from making the jump

R. L. L. Braddeil, B. Brooke, Capt C. H. Congdon, Lieut. J. E. Frankis. A. Gilmour, R. N. Hamilton teapt.), W. N. Hansell,; R. B. Lewis, G. F. Murphy, Lieut.} H. C. II. Taylor and N H. P.. Whitley.

To-day and to-morrow the tourists 'meet All-Singapore who will be re- presented by:~~~

H. E. Bartels, K, L, L. Braddell, Capt. C. H. Congdon, Lieut. J. E

Frankis, R. N. Hamilton (capt.).

'W. N. Hansell, A. Gilmour, T. J. Leljasius, Lieut. II. C. II. Taylor, N. H. P. Whitley and another.

MALAYA XI.

Tes Players Selected For This Week.

W.

Singapore, May 16. A telegram from Mr. P.

OE the Gleeson, the secretary Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, in- forms us that ten members of the side which will represent Malaya; against the Australians (presum ably in the first match in Kuala Lumpur on June 3, 4 and 6) have been chosen. The selected players are as follow:-

N. J. A. Foster (Negri Sembilan), .captain,

AJ Bostock Hill (Negri Sem.

"bilan).

G. M. Brand (Selangor),

Captain C. H. Congdon

Singapore),

(S.C.C.

W. N. Hansell (S.C.C. Singapore),

H. Hennonsy (Perak),

J. D. Hussey (S.C.C. Singapore):

T. Leijssius (S.R.C., Singapore), -Perman (Selangor), and V. E. H. Rhodes (Selangor).

"Singapore. Free Press"

Reuter.

GENE TUNNEY.

NOT TO APPEAR BEFORE ROYALTY.

Chicago, May 17. Gene Tunney may not appear common folks in Europe, after all. Billy Gibson, manager of the

before the crowned heads and

world's heavyweight champion,

pore.

other serious obstacle, for even a

mile.

the

houses

various

of 30 and 35ed the largest families, but even 30,

Docks, Wharves,

H.K. & K. Wharvos

$103 338... T140 T5:

26.90

$53 b 354

36

31%

$89

$12

wo Cottons

Cotton Billis.

Orientals

T7.70

T2.10

S'hai Cottons (Old)

TEI

do. (new)

T26

Buses, Trams, &c.

China Buses

77

821.

815

$B

10/8

HLK. Tramways

Peak Trame (old)

do. (new) there were 1,470 unmarried females their average was only 1.82 for for every 1,000 unmarried males. each married man, while in the case Singapore Tractions Elsewhere in the report; however, of professional men the figure was Taxis the prevalence of a little human as low as .90,

The proportion of allens dropped Canton Ices weakness is referred to in a state-

Miscellaneous."

China Prov. Dairy Farms

$5..

$7.30

864. $1.

at the moment when the rigging be-are apparently so numerous. It came taut with the gas bag's ascent. must be borne in mind however, that in the figures for both years Germany & the Riviera.

are included which were In Germany several tests have vacant on census night through the been made with balloon-jumping temporary absence of the occupier ment regarding certain tables, that from 798 per 100,000 total in- Cements (consb.) These were more successful than on holiday or for any other reason. these might "at first suggest that habitants in 1911 to 602 in 1921.

da (old) do. (now) those in England due to better wen-Of the 8.789,197 private familles the bulk of the mis-statements of Germans fell from 58,324 to 12,358, ther conditions.

One English air- enumerated, 80.2 per cent.

were age was attributable to females ap- and the nationals of most other China Lights (comb.) $14.20-

do.

(old) $10 man recently claimed a jump of a living in the single occupation of proaching, 40, understating their European countries showed a de do. *(new) $76

Another centre of the sport has single dwellings, 13.7 per cent. true age by ten years or so, but, on crease. Belgian immigrants more dwell further consideration, it seems than doubled-4.667 in 1911 and been the Riviera. Several Ameri-were living two families to can millionaires brought their bal-ing, and 6.1 per cent. were housed much more likely that the under-9,681 in 1921, while there was a Der A. Wings loons over with them and have in dwellings containing three or statements cover a more extended surprising increase from the Unit-H.R. Amusements ed States, the figures rising, from H.K. Constructions made the sport a diversion from the more families each. Even in the age fleld." usual run, of winter activities smallest dwellings-those of thrée The comparative rarity of the 13,487 to 19,171 in the decade, HK. Electrics

IIK: Bopos (old)

. (now) Experiments have already been rooms or less 17,718 out of 1,849,- large family is commentd upon. More than half the total of for made in other countries, but air ex-390 were occupied by two families and is exemplified by the average eignera were enumerated in London,

Lane Crawfords, nerts declare the jumping-balloon and 885 by three or more families which, for all married men, was and nearly one-third of these were facao Electrics

only 1.27 children. Miners return- found in Stepney: will probably follow the glider and each. the pogo-stick into the realms of a passing fad." One wag, writing! in a newspaper, recently suggested an international cross-channel bal- "We conducted our negotiations loon jump and pictured the London through a British lord," Gibson Stock Exchange with balloons tied explains, "His lordship was sup-to the roof while the owners were posed to pay us $25,000. Then dealing on the exchange.

MEXEY WILLER WASH D, E

Gene Tunney.

said that Tunney's proposed trip virtually was off.

a delay was granted at the re-

quest of his lordship.

"Unless the dough is placed on

DERBY FAVOURITE, top of the barrel, as the boys say.

CALL BOY SLIPS, BUT QUITE WELL..

"

Tunney will not get on the boat. And it does not look as if the dough was coming up.

[Tunney was looking forward to the European trip because of an invitation to chat with George London, May 30.

Bernard Shaw, the distinguished While at Nowmarket station British novelist. Shaw has found this morning and being boxed, the it difficult to conceive of a first Derby favourite Call Boy was restless. He slipped up slightly fighter enjoying good books and desired to see Tunney to satisfy and grazed himself.

himself on Tunney's mental equipment and probably quiz him on his liking for literature.""

The horse is quite well and en trained with the other New market horses for Epsom, where the Derby will be run on Wednes- day. Reuter.

..

SYDNEY CUP RESULT.

The Sydney Cup of £6,000 and gold cup valued at £200, two miles, ran on April 28, resulted: Piastoon-Mr. R. H. Edkin's.. by Piastre-Zaratoon, 7.12.

(S, Davidson)

Limerick, 8.4 (M. McCarten) Tibbie, car 7,6 (K. Daniela)

3

Other starters: Heroic, 9.18 (F. Cairns); Count Cavour, 9.6 (FC. Porter). Valamita, 8.3 (J. Munro); Tookarby, 8.2 (A. Read); Naos, 8.0 (H. Jones); Bacchus, 8.0 (Toobay); John

NA

AT CHICAGO?

GENE TUNNEY'S "TITLE" FIGHT.

PRIVILEGE OF THE KING.

For the second year in succession the King has obtained special per- mission for Mr. Richard Jack, R.A. the portrait painter, to send in a pleture to the Royal Academy after the official date.

Last year the portrait was that of the King himself Mr. Jack has recently been painting a portrait of the Queen. Buckingham Palace a short while go he met the King and asked him if he could obtain permission for him to send in the portrait after the usual time.

When he was at

What, again?" said the King; with a' laugh, and. promised to do what he was asked. Mr. Jack has obtained the requisite permission through the King's good offices.

Chicago, May 18. It is understood that only the The possibility of a world's heavy King can obtain permission for an weight championship boutin Chi-artiat to send in a picture to the cage this summer or early fall be- Academy after the official date, tween Gene Tunney, the title hold- The portrait of the Queen shows er, and an outstanding challenger to her Majesty in a Court gown of etirring boxing circles;

rich, gold brocade, with the blue

Promoter James Mullen, who held ribbon of the Garter across her the conference with Billy Gibson, corsage and the robe draped at one 2. manager of Taunty, recently receiv aide. She wears a diamond and

ed several calls,from business men promising their financial support. pearl diadem, ropes of diamonds Managera of hotels also dropped in and pearls, and a pendant consist on Mullen to ascertain a probableng of the Koh-I-Noor diamond with date and to verify the announce fragments of the Cullinan dia- menti

Mullen said he had all the finan cial backing he needed and that l

is up to Tunney and Gibson to name the price, so, that he can go ahead

nie. Jones, 8.1 (R. Adams) with arrangements. If successful Bunkie, 7.8 (D Ellis) Battle in sizning Tunney Mullen will ment, 7.8(AH. Driscoll) | select the best heavyweight

mand...

FOUR DAYS HUE-AND-CRY

Vienna-Four men were killed

Blightly wounded following a "rob.

(W: Burn);¦, Gelga, 7,0 (W,

Hale Thompson Buetze, Slovakia These casualties favours tid matchs The mayor be pecurred in the course of fabr dava Cook) Woolita, 87 (A Hunter); ever it wu do a long way toward dogged pursuit of the bandits by Luddenham 6.11 (7 Bimpson). hooating Chiengo and, making it great, body of rendarmes and Betting: 9,2 against Lime-the sports headquar of the peasants in the forests round Gross

Imitator 7.2 (H. Knevitt); Nico, able for an opponent and one dangerously and six

7.0 (N. Percival); Firefly, 6.10 announced that berg at the Agrarian Bank at Gross

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Mackintosh Nanyang Tobaccos! Sincares

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Watsons....

Wm. Powells

$1.30

$1.5%

$20%

$2.80

$84%

$10,

35

$7

$35

$1.9%

$81

(Ordinary) $20

H.K. Telephones

$11

$8 $3.70

EXCHANGE.

12. Hồng Kong, May B1.

On London

Bank Wire....

Bank On demand...

Bank 30 day's eight

2/-

2/-1/16

Bank 4 months sight 2/- Credits, four months*

sight

Documentary 4 months'

2/11/16

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On Paris-

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On Berlin!

1240

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On New York

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Credits, 60 days" sight 50%

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Tribal sports, bow and arrow.com/On tosta,, peny, races, tepee pitching in the shorteet «tlige, "squaw Z ERDOBA JOKI

The Stoney Indian, who live near Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rockles, bellave in the old adago "All work and no play makes Chief Jack a dull boy." or words to that of feet, Consequently, when they leave

yenye wrestling on horseback by bucks, their Morley

Roserve in July for paint than a Broadway flapper, and horse racing contents by young In- their annual Pow Wow, at Banff, even the horses are painted dians and many other events, squally they put on for two or three days ons Tiny papooses are carried in moss interesting, are stared daily in the of the most colorful and unique snoe bagy on their mother's backs, or on Elk Fasture heat Buffalo Park it tacles seen in North America. Head the old trayoise, and their little, shio- lorsly mencow surrounded by mile ed by C

uch metod

chlefs as Moosing faces seem to reflect the happi-high mountains. The teptes are pitch- Killer other ise "Peter Wesley, who mess of all these "peuple of the ed along the sides of a vast rectangle Hill has Queen Victoria's Treaty fiss: words" to, balig back again in the and many are painted fantastic Horsefoot, Hector. Crawler, medicine mountains which they loved to roam. design, lending a dash of color to

falking Buttalo,

19 Johanie bei Indians are thrifty. Some of the scene. Meals are cooked in the them have ranchos in the foothills open quays carry wood and watst Darid - Bearspaw Ger of the Canadian Rockles:/they out while little children romp, and play

agle, they parade and paper, wood, the squaws do around the tepees. Invin& thing through the streets of beautiful band work which they the Indian-dance in a bircle to the the courtyard of the soften trapilnesylold valuable musopf tom-doms andgymr the nff, Borings Hotel resplendant fur glad, on the whole, the Slopers weird, sours, which thele anderborg;

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