1928-03-31 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1928.

Sport Columns

F.A. CUP TICKETS.

PUBLIC BLAMED FOR GANG PROFITEERING.

£2 FOR 5/- SEATS.

"Profiteering in football Cup- tie seats can no more be stopped; than can profiteering in concert, lawn tennis, or any other tickets 'giving the right of admission to any popular event,"

This is the conclusion reached by football authorities of all grades as the result of their efforts to stamp out the profiteer- ing in tickets.

R.H.K.G.C.

STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW..

K.B.G.C. MEETING,

·OFFICERS ELECTED FOR THIS YEAR.

SEAFARING 'MEMBERS.

THE CHINA MAIL

CHINESE ART

KOWLOON EXHIBITION SUCCESS CONTINUES.

LADY CLEMENTIS-VISIT.

Mr. B. Wylie proposed at yester- the Exhibition had earned the The Committee responsible for day's annual meeting of the Kow-gratitude of the whole community on Bowling Green Club that 80 in enabling them to become better faring members of the Club bej

limited to the ratio of one in three quainted with the mannora and FANLING OLD COURSE.

and that their membership fee of customs of those amonget whom and of .which, $3 per half year be raised to 85. they lived

to many of them, 80 little Golf Royal Hong Kong

Club The meeting decided to refer the.

known - n present, sald starting times on the old couras at proposals to extraordinary meet-was

the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes in Fanling to-morrow are as fol-ings to be convened. low:-

Mr. D. Keith was elected a life opening the China Exhibition at ¡St. Andrew's Church grounds yes- member.

terday.

9,24 a.m. X. Gordon, R. E. Green-

smith.

R. A. Green, M.

Mills,

There was a large attendance at

The past year's activities, as dealt with in the annual report ré- Gcently published, were reviewed by the Exhibition and there is every Mr. C. Bond (President). Officers evidence that the object of the pro for this year were elected as fol- moters of the schemoge being at- tained in interesting realdents in

9.28"

9.32 H. U.Ireland, J. Thayer 9.36 H. Spicer, M. H. Ivy.

N. H. Preckter, J. Raikes,

T

Outside the ground at the Arsenal v. Aston Villa match, 58. scats were sold for as much as £2 each and 10s, sents for £2 10s.- and no one could stop the vendors carrying on their lucrative busi-

9.40

たま

W. A. Weight, H. Mills.

9.44

0.48

ness.

9.62

Martog.

A.. R. Cox.

J.

Officials Helpless.

9,66

Mr. F. J. Wall, the veteran secretary of the F.A., declared

10.08

that he himself saw what was 10,00 going on at Highbury, "but," he 10.04 said, "what could the officials do? Nothing at all. I am satisfied that every reasonable and human-i ly possible step is being taken 10.12 by football clubs to stamp out this profiteering. If it were a 10.10 legal offence they would very soon put a stop to it. As it is no more than morally wrong officials can only do their best and minimise it as much as possible.

:

A. W. Hay Edic, O. E.

Bottomley.

A. H. Ferguson, Bruce.

A.

low:-

President, Mr. B.. Wylie; Vice-phases of Chinese fo with which President, Mr. D. F. Warren; Ilon. many have hitherto been unae- H. Secretary, Mr. R. Lapsley; Hon.; quainted.

Treasurer; Mr. E. F. Thompson; i Lady Clementi visited the Ex- C. General Committee: Messrs, Dhibition yesterday.

Gow, H. Niah, L. Guy, W. Russell, In the course of his opening re H.D. Keith, R. Duncan, T. Ferguson;' marks, Mr. Owen Hughes referred Ballot Committee: Capt. B R in particular to the arrangements

G. E. Ellams, C. P. Ross. .D. M. Goodall, Å.

Morley.

A. E. Lissaman, A. B. Purves.

IS IT LUCK ?

D. G. Branch, Messrs. E. W. L. Hogbin, for the exposition of Chinese D. Harvey, P. T. Farrell, C. Atkin- Craftsmanship. It was unfortun- ately true that Chinese craftsman- son, J. T. Dobbic.

ships and workmanship had steadily deteriorated, certainly within the time that he had been resident in the Colony. Time was when If work was given to Chinese carpenter or painter, such work was invariably well done. Such, unfortunately, was not the case to-day. Mr. Owen Hughes said he Our Rugger matches against made an exception of the Chinese Wales and Ireland in the last two mechanic and engineer who was

•

H

J. Cameron, D. J. Gilmore,

D. J. Valentine, W. K. Danscombe.

E. C. Frederick, S. A. Arthur.

10.20

10.24

"So far as we are concerned, we issue no tickets at our offices for 10.28

A. B. Stewart, Murray..

10.02

the Cup Final. and Wembley does not crept personal' application for tickets. It must be done by | 10.30 Jetter. The whole correspondence

is carefully sifted by a special { '10.40 conmittee to eliminate applica- tions which are suspected not to

144 be from bona fide spectators. But how can they be sure of stopping 10.48 it altogether?"

Ridiculous Prices.

Mr. H. J. Chapman, manager of the Arsenal. Blames the public.

"There is noly one absolute re- medy," he declured, "and that is for the public to refuse to buy at the ridiculous prices asked. We are doing our best. These people who sell the tickets outside are highly organised. They do not write in their own names. It is difficult to detect them all among the applications. They are mak- ing a business of it, and it lies with the public to stop it. It is wicked to give 25s. for a seat."

names.

"ENGLAND'S VICTORIES AT

RUGGER.

D

G. years provide an extraordinary known throughout the world as similarity in figures, Wales have being possibly without a superior.

J. S. Dykes, W. C. Clark, been beaten twice, by 11 points to. This was due to the excellent train- A. 9 in 1927, and by 10-8 this year: ing In local dockyards, and elec- D. J. Lacon,

Ireland lost last year by 8 points, trical plants. He appealed for sup

Simon.

A. D. Raworth, Andrawer.

A. W. Hoges. 'Feltham,

E.

L.

S. C.

R. to S, and ran England to a single

point, 7-6 this time.

That is to say, we have wo four International matches by an A Leach. A. D. Hum- aggregate margin of seven points,

suys a London writer phreys.

week.

E Davidson, G. David-

NAH.

in mail

There is always an element of luck about the result of a match

Pilşener

EXPORT

MARKE

HUNGRY CROWDS.

SAD SIGHTS IN MOSCOW.

[By Dr. Edouard Luboff.] If the news of Moscow's famine.

THE PERFECT

DRINK

WHICH · QUENCHES

THE THIRST

AFTER OUTDOOR SPORT

ELBSCHLOSS

EAGLE BRAND

BEER

Sole Agents for Hong Kong.

WING ON CO., LTD.

beef is 18. 2d. per lb., or three times as much as in 1913. These prices are lower than those ruling here; but as wages are only about ก third as high, the British

worker's lot is immeasurably hap-

plor. A common gult of clothes made in the Soviet tailoring fac-

tory costs £6, and an overcoat of the same quality £8.

port for the Chinese youth, for facilities in the

of botter form technical training and hoped the and long, hungry and freezing Government would give some en queues ever reaches Trotsky in his couragement in this connection.

From various figures cited in the exile in Turkestan he will be Dr. S. W. Tao also spoke of the pleased to see that his prophecy has Izvestyn" and the "Pravda" I have need for greater understanding be- en fulfilled; for one of the chief been able to compare the budget of tween the Chinese and foreigners reasons for his fall from grace was a Russian worker with that of his J. ICML Andrew, P. Hwhen there is less than the value and said that any attempt to dis-the emphasis be laid on the in-prototype in England and I find

was sipate misunderstanding acreasing length of the Moscow that, allowing for Rnasian con- of a try between the scores. How noble work which might bring in queues and his prophecy that conditions, the Russian worker lives on many tries

are scored, or not its train immense possibilities in ditions in the New Year would one quarter of the British standard. He is terribly underfed; even his Hcured, solely by reason of the the future for co-operation among grow worse. Mac-bounce of the ball; and, of course, nations towards the common good.

But Moscow is used to hungry ration of bread is only one half of one must consider the cases of ac- The promoters of the Exhibition queues; they have been her lot that allowed to prisoners in the Gcidental infringements which the were to be heartily congratulated ever since the Bolsheviks became times of the Czar. And if it is referce is unable to sec. No one for staging the Exhibition, espec- her masters and established the maintained that the average figure can doubt that, though in no par-ially when it followed so closely in system of State trading. To-day does not represent the actual con- ticular instance perhaps have we the wake of the recent rapproche the queues. been noticeably lucky to win, we ment between Hong Kong and waiting crowds of have been lucky to get home so Canton. narowly on all four occasions.

1'..52

Swayne.

20.50

F. A. Redmond, E. Des Voeux.

11,00

H. Rogers, B. P.

Mahon.

11.04

背着

H. D. C. Hull, F.

T'owl.

The Hon. Mr. W. H. Thorne has been elected President of the Ipoh Golf Club.

The folowing will represent the University 1st XI (senior league! champions)

Closed since the war, Greenwich

women

against "the Rest" to-day at Pok-into a billiard hall.

in a cricket match Park railway station is being made; WESTERN MEDICINE, an average three hours a day; to- fulam:-C. W. Lam, (captain), Rev. E. K. Quick, Dr. D. Laing, W.

Lee.

Ench contained one £5. not asking for twenty 58. seats.

H.M.S. "Cumberland" and the It was noticed that the notes bore consecutive numbers. They 2nd Batt. King's Own Scottish were returned by registered post Borderers met in a team boxing

On their Mess tables on Thurs-

GREATER APPRECIATION BY CHINESE.

to

acute

TO-DAY'S

8/1

On London- Bank wire N Bank on demand !..... Bank 80 day's night Bank 4 months' sight?.. 2/- Credit 4 months" sight, 2/1%. Documentary 4 monthalina

`aight....

On Paris On demand Crodits,

On, Berlin-

'On demand

*2/1% ·

4

months'

Bight

1247

18224

On demand

On New York

491

Credits 60 daya' siglit 501

On Bombay-

Wire

1844

On demand

1841/

On Calcutta-

Wire

184

On-demand.

184

On Singapore-

On demand

· On Manila

*98

On demand

- On Shanghai--

On demand

80 day's sight (private

paper)...

On. Yokohama ****

On demand

Gold Leaf, 100, fine

(per tael)

102

Sovereigns

(Bank's

buying rate)

9.00

Silver (per oz.) ..... 26%

Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

8% prem

Chineso Copper Capli nom. Chinese Copper Cents 6% prom Rate of Native in- Chinese Sub. Coin

tereat

·7% p.a. .. 31.% dis.

Par. Hong Kong Sub, Coin

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Paria New York Brussels

London, Yesterday.

124

4.88 8/82

34.97

Geneva

25.84

Amsterdam

12.12

Milan Berlin

92,40

20.41

Stockholm

18.18

Copenhagen

18.21

Oslo

18.281⁄2

Vienna Prague Helsingfors

34.692

164

1934

28.97

2%

6682

777%

6 59/64

47 27/82

Madrid Lisbon

Athens Bucharest Rio

Buenos Aires Bombay Shanghai.. Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot

1/5 81/32 2/6/

2/0

1/11.15/82 26.3/8

Silver Forward... 28 3/16

-British Wireless Service.

are longer and the sumption of the head of the family, and then it is evident that his wife and children are hungrier and colder, children are badly underfed.. but the system is the same. Last

The reduction in the average year, it is estimated by Soviet consumption and the rise in prices

due

shortage. statisticians, the housewife had to are £5 Note Clue, Another Arsenal official told

wait in various shopping queues on The peasants—that inarticulate the "Evening Standard" that

majority of the Russian people— when the letters of application

day she waits six, but the tragedy have at last put their oft-repeated is not in the waiting, unpleasant as

threats into practice. They refuse were opened, there were 200 re-

it is. With wages equalling a pur- to sell their produce to the Soviets, gistered letters among them. These included three from differ. Hong Sling, S: V. Gittins, J. Bar- day night, the Warders defeated

chasing power of 158. 11d. a week preferring in many cases to con- ("Pravda," November 17) and with vert the grain into vodka by illicit ent parts of London, in different row, A. P. Guterres, F. I. Zimmern, the Royal Engineers in a return

BARON JAILED. handwriting, and in different. A. Lee, N. P. Karanjia, A. T. billiards match by 228 points. The TUNG WAH HOSPITAL REPORT. prices some 150 per cent. above distilling rather than to exchange their pre-war level, the Moscow it for useless paper roubles. At teams were Warders Noonan,

worker's wife finds shopping, even first this form of resistance and

POISON PEN LETTER Randle, Johnston, Gooding, Hodge, Collins. P.E.'s: Obborne, Bevan, Wah Hospital, submitted to H.E painful process.

The annual report of the Tung were there no queues, a difficult and opposition was thought temporary,

WRITER. and it was expected that when the Royal, Roberts, Girnan, Pycock.

the Governor by Mr. Li Hol-tung,

land tax fell due the peasants would

Vannes, Brittany. Baron de the Chairman, states that during

be forced to sell. to the senders instead of tickets. match at Murray Barracks last! According to the monthly circa-

Beaudrap, head of one of the oldest, 1927 the total admissions to the Moscow is hungry, not only be- But these expectations have not ton the profiteering gang showed (each of three rounds, Imperial Young Men's Club, the first annual patients who were admitted in the go round, but because the majority are now panicky. They have col- Assizes here to 18 months impri- At the Cup tie game with Ever- night. The cruiser won four bouts lar issued by the St. Peter's Church hospital were 9,726, including 435 cause there is not enough food to materialised and the Soviet officials and most aristocratic families of Brittany, was sentenced at the initiative in buying tickets from, Services conditions) and the marathon race will be run off on previous year and still in the bos- of the population cannot afford to lected large quantities of manufac

The remaining Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m. sharp.gital at the beginning of the year. pay the prices charged. I

sonment for writing a soldiers three.

series of have tured goods and have taken them anonymous letters containing three were abandoned on account of Competitors are requested to be at During this year 4,960 came under succeeded in obtaining the retall post haste to the villages in the allegations against the honour of rain. Prizes were presented to the the Club house by 2.30 p.m. The Western treatment and 4,338 under prices in Moscow on the eve of the hope of being able to exchange people prominent in local society, winners by Lt. Col. L. J. Comyn, race is open to the Colony and native treatment. About 8 per present panic. A pound of white them for agricultural produce. C.M.G., D.S.O., officer commanding there is also a team competition in cent, entered private wards and bread at the fixed price is 2d. This has left the towns, and parti- police for nearly, four years..

Their authorship baffled the paid their own expenses; and the This is twice as much as before cularly Moscow, without adequate

The baron was ordered to pay rest were treated and supplied with the war-and that in a country | foodstuffs, and manufactures.

£800 damages to Mme. Rozé, widow: free medicine and food by the hos-that was called the granary of the To-day Moscow, Is gotting of a decorator who died of grief as pital.

world. Sugar produced in the na- hungrier and even the Ogpu (the the result of statements by the In the maternity wards there tionallied refineries from cheap secret terrorist police) is unable to baron that he had written the "lef

The beet is retailed by the State shops cope with the rumours and with ers at the instigation of Countess were 1,628 labour cases. number was greatly increased per at 8d. per lb., or three times as the activities of the khvostniki, de Montfort. The baron was also haps due to the fact that more much as before the war. Egge and the professional queuers who shop ordered to pay nominal damages of people appreciate the Western butter, which are being exported in for speculating purposes. Hundreds £40 to Countess de Montfort and treatment in maternity and prefer large quantities, fetch 11⁄2d. each are arrested daily but others take 28 8a each to the Countess de Suin to go to hospital where more pro-and 1s. 8d. per. lb. Even frozen their place."Daily Mail."

and Count de Salins.

the visiting team, Everton. This fact was discovered when on the day of the match the profiteering organisation were selling tickets of a particular colour which had been supplied to Everton only ! ·'

ANYONE CAN PLAY SOCCER AT HOME. THE GROUND

IS ALWAYS WET AND

SOFT, FOOTBALLERS

LAST MUCH

LONGER

HENCE

THE

THE GOALIES

WERE

CERTAINLY

THE BEST OFF, WHEN

the 2nd Kosables.

CIVILIANS v. NAVY.

OLD MEN PLAYING FOR THE

VARIOUS LEAGUE TEAMS.

connection with the race..

NOW WHEN THE NAVY MET THE CIVILIANS, THE GROUND WAS SO HARD AND ROC LIKE THAT THE PLAYERS' POOR LITTLE TOES COULD HARDLY DO THEIR

THEIR FEET

GOT TIRED

THEY COULD HANG ON TO THE

CROSS BAR

TRY A SITTING

POSITION.

SPEAKING TO ONE

OF THE PLAYERS AFTER THE MATCH

HE SAID THE GAME

WAS

LIKE.

PLAYING A SWISS TEAM AT SOCCER IN THE ALPS.

STU

•OR STAND ON THEIR

HEADS.

IT APPEARS THAT WHILST THE NAVY'S CAPT WAS TODELING HIS TEAM FROM AMONG THE SPIKES THE

CIVILIANS WON WHETHER THEY HAD OR NOT THE NAVY TEAM WERE TOO

per care is taken.

The number of free vaccinations

in the year was 2,776,

There were 196,208 out-patients. Free medicine was supplied to those who wanted it. We thank the Government. for the contribu-

tion of $5,000 for two years (1925- 1926) and the promise of $2,500

annually for defraying the expenses of medicine. We under stand that the Government has established a Central Dispensary from which the hospital can pur- chase, medicine at wholesale price. Thus, the hospital can reduce some of its expenses on medicine. The number of persons who came for Western treatment WAN - 48,228 while the number who came : for native treatment was 146,978 We have employed three full-time doctors and propose to equip, a suitable place for treating out- patfenta by Western methods, "

During the year we have given 5,811 free coffins and buriala, 8,781

of which were given to the Govern

ment" (Civil) : Government and the

Mortuary. We thank the Govern

ment for granting $10,000 annually for defraying, part of the expenses of coffins...

The number of bodies brought

TIRED TO FIND OUT. STAM Hill in dead during the year was 1,612.

How the Civilians accounted for the Royal Navy in the opening match

of the Lai Wah Cup last Saturday.

499 destitutes were sent back to their native home at the expenses of the hospital.

BOXING

At Which Will Appear Several Contestants From The American Squadron.

TO-NIGHT, at 9.15 p.m.

LEE

THEATRE

(Percival Street.)

YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY

THE CHINA EXHIBITION

WILL BE OPEN

TO,DAY

from