1928-09-07 — Page 9

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928.

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BOWLS INTERPORT.

HOW HONG KONG TEAM WON.

SUPERLATIVE COMBINATION,

Shanghai, Yesterday,

The bowls Interport between Shanghai and Hong Kong was play- ed to-day in splendid weather, the visitors winning by one shot.

The combination of the Hong Kong four was superlative, Grim- mitt being the shining light.

Shanghai were extended right} out and were defeated on the last: head, 19-20,

Holland's personality was a won- derful incentive, to the team.

The teama were:-

Hong Kong

J. Laing

A. W. Grimmitt

Shanghai.

N. Harrison.

A. McLeod,

THE ST. LEGER.

FIFTEEN HORSES TO RUN.

ACCEPTANCES.

London, Yesterday.

LEAGUE TENNIS.

ONLY ONE MATCH IN TWO WEEKS.

THE CHINA MAIL,

C.R.C.'S "AT HOME.”

League tenais has been practi. cally at a standstill for the last fortnight, only one match having been decided during the period, namely Hong Kong Cricket Club's victory over Nippon Club, in the "C" division,

BOXING ASSCN.

CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS OF LAST SEASON.

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS,

For the year ended June 30, 1928, the report of the Hong Kong Boxing. Association's general committee is as follows

The Tournament Account shows a profit of $666.66. and the General Account a profit of $424.66, and the amount now standing to the credit of the Association In the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corpora, tlon le 82.489.98,

Interest is now centred in the forthcoming "At Home" at the Chinese Recreation Club which Following are the final accept-have been arranged for the 22nd ances for the St. Leger, to be ran instant, in which the champions in During the season, Stoker Percy at Doncaster next week:-

the three divisions will be pitted Lake, H.M.S. "Durban," won the against the best teams selected lightweight Belt by defeating Pte. from the rest of the league. Nixon, 88th M. T. Co., and A. B. Chinese R.C. have won the "A" Bennett, H.M.S. "Witherington,"

Tourist,

Cyclonic.

Bourbon. Constant Son. Fairway. Marconigram. Gang Warlly.

Cherry King.

Buland.

Parviz.

Lodore.

Lavaneran.

H. G. Wright.

Flamingo.

A. M.-Holland

A. A. Malcolm.

Plantago.

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Palais Royal II.

-Reuter.

J. C. Brown

-Our Own Correspondent.

REUTER'S VERSION,

Shanghai, Yesterday. Hong Kong won the Interport Bowls by 20 shots to 10. The

Hong Kong team was Holland, Brown, Grimmitt and Laing..

The match was most exciting. Grimmitt

the outstanding

whs

player on the field and was mainly

HOME SOCCER.

GOALLESS DRAW AT

NEWPORT.

London, Yesterday.

Newport City and Queen's Park

responsible for the visitors' victory. ( Rangers fought a goalless draw in a --Reuter.

NOTES BY "BIAS."

Third Division, southern section, match on the former's ground. Reuter.

GOLF IN THE ALPS,

By the smallest possible margin Hong Kong beat Shanghai in the Interpart match. From the score the Hong Kong four started off in convincing fashion and at the 6th hoid were lending by

11 to 2. Although Shanghai managed to

Golf clubs in ever-increasing score a 5 the visitors hung on to their lead and provided a very ex- numbers are included in the lug- "citing finish. Like most people xage for Switzerland, and the num here I expected Brown to be our ber of golf links in the Alps tes skip and thought Grimmitt would ties to the present-day vogue of

A and B leagues and it is general- won, the welterweight championship be the most useful No. 3. How the game in the mountaina.

defeating Gunner Hornsey, ever, the experiment worked aue- couple of dozen links already exist, ly expected that they will also an- by

H.M.S. "Hermes." Signalman Mor cessfully and Holland is to be and several more are under con-nexe the "C" shield.

ris, H.M.S: "Argus," won the congratulated on his team selec-

middleweight belt outright by de- feating Jose Pintos da Silva, Portu-

tion.

struction.

They are dotted all over the country, and lie at altitudes rang-

Wimbledon, England.-An unusual action pleture of the great French tennis star and new Wimbledon charapion, Rene Lacoste.

LEAGUE TABLES.

"A" Division.

P. W. L. Pts 6 6 0 12

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quer," and Stoker Morrell, H.MS. "Vindictive."

Later In the Beason, Marine Frazer, H.M.S. "Tamar" won the welterweight championship by de 2feating Whitey Roberts, U.S.S. 24.4 "Black Hawk"

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Re-Election.

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RECENT WILLS.

MRS, PANKHURST LEAVES

$90.

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, dea cribed as of High-street, Wapping, and formerly of Clarendon-road, Holland Park, who took a pro- minent part in the militant auf- fragette, movement, and who died in June last; aged 69 years, left estate of the gross value of £86, with not personalty nil.

Probate has been granted to Miss Christabel her daughter, Harriette Pankhurst, of Gloucester- street, Pimlico, the sole executrix, to whom she left all her property absolutely.

Mr. Edward Palgrave Simpson, Durham Villas, Phillimore-gardens, Kensington, late of Norwich, who died in May, aged 87 years, left estate of the value of £108,611, with Mrs. net personalty £106,760. Simpson, having, it would appear, predeceased her husband, he gives. $1,200 to the Jenny Lind Infirm- ary, Norwich; £1,000 to Dr. Bar- nardo's

to Homes, $2,000 St. Dunstan's Hostel for the Blind, £1,000 to the National Lifeboat Institution.

£500 each to the Friends of the Poor, the West London Hospital, the National Industrial Home for Cripple Boys, Kensington, the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Putney, the Kensington District Nursing Association, the Church of England Homes for Waifs and Strays, the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Phillips Earl's-court.

£250 each to the Children's Coun-

try Holiday Fund, the Girls' Friend- ly Society, the Holiday Cottage,

Aston Clinton.

£100 each to the Distressed Gen- tlefolks' Ald Association, the after- care Association.

£200, to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

$100 each to the. Institution for the Indigent Blind, Norwich, the Eye Infirmary, Norwich, the Chil-f dren's Convalescent Home, Lowes- toft, the National Benevolent Institution, and £50 to the Institute of the Norwich Fire Insurance 'Society.

Sir

Charles Edward Gregg Philipps, Picton Castle, Haverford- west, for nearly forty years Lord. Lieutenant of Haverford-west, and for three years Mayor, a prominent Churchman and member of the House of Layman, Chairman of Home and Colonial Stores Ltd., the Milford Haven Sea Fishery Commission, a member of the coun- cil of the Church Schools Co. Ltd., and a director of several local companies, who died in June, aged 87 years, left unsettled property of the gross value of £91,823, with net personalty £41,576.

Mr. Ebenezer

LOCAL SURPRISES.

ing from 845 to 6,000 foot. Most The positions in the League to guese Transport "Pero de Alen- Last Saturday provided some of the courses are undulating, na-date are:- surprises, but there are no changes turally, and it is extremely in- in the league tables. In the first vigorating to play at these heights,

Chinese R.C. division Cralgengower continued with an enchanting panorama on

Hong Kong C.G. their victorious career and though every side.

M.B.K. the Police gave them a fright the The links at Basle, Locarno,

Indian R.C. champions managed to get home on Geneva, and Aigle are open all the

Kowloon C.C.

Fox Goulburn, all three rinks. At the ten inter- year round, Those on the Swiss

University val the Police were only 3 points high plateau, at Lausanne, Thoune,

The General Committee also Southport, for many years in busi- Craigengower C.C. 6 1 5 2 behind on the total and the bet- Zurich, Lucerne, and Bex-les-Bains,

notice with much interest that ness at. Manchester as a flower, "B" Division. ting was in their favour.. They and also Lugano, can be used nine

P. W. L. Pts.several Naval ratings, who had been fruit, and fish dealer, who died in are expected to win to-morrow at or ten months out of the year, the

prominent in contests promoted by May, agad 71 years, left estate of ◊ 20 Kowloon and that will give them course of Ragaz six months, while Chinese R.C.....10 10

the Association, have given a very the gross value of £14,661, with net South China A.A. 10

1. 18

Subject to the possible number of points. the mountain Hnks in the Grisons

Hong Kong C.C. 10 8 2 16 good account of themselves in the personalty $12,768. (Samaden, Maloja, Vulpera, St.

Service championships, at Home Recreio Moritz and Waldhaus-Flims), in

Nippon Club

this year, which testifies to the French Switzerland (Villars, Mon- M.B.K.

high standard of boxing to be seen University

8 at the Association's Tournaments. tana, and Les Rasses), in the Bernese Oberland (Gstaad), and in Indian R.C.

Under the rules of the Associa- Central Switzerland (Axenfels, Craigengower C.C. 10 Axenstein and Engelberg) are open Royal Engineers .10 Kowloon C.C..... 9 only from June to September.

"C" Division.

P. W. L. Pts. Chinese R.C. I...13 18 0 26 Chinese R.C. II. .13 12 1 24 Recreio II. .......18 12 1 24 4 20

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In the second division Civil Ser vice continue to lead and are mak- ing a strong bid for promotion. To morrow's game against the Club de Recreio "A" will have a great deal to do with that question. If the Civil Servants win they are bound to go up and make up for the fall- ing off of their 1st division team.

In the Championship Gibson plays Ferguson in the top half and

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& tion all the officials (except the President and Vice-Presidents) and the members of the general com- mittee retire at thila meeting. Mr. R. M. Dyer. and Mr. J. Scott Harston offer themselves for re-

LEAGUE TABLES,

The positions in the League to Civil Service C.C. 14 10

Hong Kong CĐ. .18

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Kowloon C.C...11

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South China A.A. 11 Recreio I.

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R.A.O.C.

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Duncan plays A. Clark in the bot- date are:--- tom half. I expect to see Ferguson and Clark in the foal and I hava already tipped Clark to win.

'TO-MORROW'S GAMES. The following fixtures are down for decision to-morrow:---

Division I.

Talkoo R.C.'v. Civil Service C.C. Kowloon Bowling Green v. Police

R.C.

Kowloon C.C. v. Craigengower

C.C.

Division IL

Division L

P. W. D. L. Pta Cralgengower C.C. 11 11 0 0 23. Kowloon Dock R.C. 12 7 1 415 Police R.C.......11 6 0 5 12 .11 5 0 6 10 Taikoo R.C. Kowloon C.C.....11 4 1 6 9 Kowloon B.G.C...11 4 0 7 8 Civil Service C.C. 11 1.0.10 2

Division IL

P. W. D. L. Pts Civil Service C.C. 12 9 1 2 19 Reerolo "A".....11 8 0 8 16 Taikoo R.C.......10 7 0, 8 14. Craigengower CC. Taikoo R.C. Kowloon, B.G.C. :.12 6 1 5 13 Civil Service C.C. v. Recreio "A". Craigengower C.C. 12 5 0,7.10 Recreio "B" v. Kowloon Bowling

Green.

East Point R.C. v. Kowloon C.C.

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Kowloon C.C.....11 4 1 0 9 Recreio "B".....12 4 1 7 9 East Point R.C...18 4 9.9 Yacht Club

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R.A.M.C.

.114 Kennedy-rd. M.Q. 12 4 Nippon Y.M.C.A. Indian R.C.

election as chairman and vice-chair- man of the Association respectively Mr. J. Brook offers himself for re- election as manager. Mr. T. G. Bennett offers himself for election as hon. secretary and as treasurer.

Mr. John Fleming has very kind- 8 10ly audited the accounts and offers 78 himself for election as honorary auditor of the Association.

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SPANISH HONOUR FOR MARCONI

The Spanish Government has be- Copenhagen, Yesterday. The Danish Government has stated its stowed on Senator Marcoal. the intention of adhering to the Kellogg Plus Ultra gold medal, a high order Pact provided it is. ratified by of civil merit 4 3 14 Parliament-Router.

Two cases of small-pox discovered Hastings arranged for an Army in Poplar, E., are stated not to be drill instructor to give physical ex-serious; the patients have been ercise lessons to children' on the taken to hospital beach on August 1.

his wife's life interest in the re- sidue he left.

£2,000 to the Victoria University of Manchester, to be applied for research purposes in connection with Negrim, as affecting humanity. £600 to the Manchester and Sal- ford Playing Fields Association.

Stewart Addison, 80, of Hill- street Dundee, an electrician, who was electrocuted while working on

Lochaber the

(Inverness-shire) hydro-electric scheme, la thought to have touched one of the overhead wires carrying a current of 11,000. volts.

Councillor Byng Kenrick, who was recently chosen by the Birming- ham City Council as Lord Mayor from November next in succession to the late Alderman James, is the chairman of the education com- mittee.

(Leicester

Mr. Bradford Ramsell, aged 20, son of a Donisthorpe shire). clayworker, has taken the Bachelor of Science degrec at Lon- don University with distinction in three subjects.

After lasting nearly two months, the Norwegian building trade strike has been settled.

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