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“GIFT” FOR GOLFER

WINS CONTEST

HORTON SMITH RETAINS LEAD TO THE FINISH

GEORGE DUNCAN RETIRES

Paris, Yesterday. At St. Cloud Aubrey Boomer in the third round did it in 61, with x

record card reading:

Out, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 8, 3, 3, 4, a total In. 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, a total

of 33.

of 28.

Apart from missing six-foot putts at the aleventh and twelfth, his golf was flawless. He putted at the other holes with uncanny ac-

curacy.

The leaders at the end of the third round are:

A. Bover (Nice)

Farrell ..... Henry Cotton

AMERICA'S LAWS WILL THE GERMANS

FROBLEM OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT

COMMISSION'S POWERS

Washington, Yesterday.' President Hoover has invited the members of the newly-appointed Law Enforcement Commission, in-. cluding ex-Attorney-General George Wickersham, and Miss Ada Com-

stock, to assemble at a White

House luncheon en May 28,

PAY?

A NEW MEMO

EXPERTS' COMMITTEE AND REPARATIONS. PROBLEM

MORE WRANGLING LIKELY

Paris, Yesterday. The creditor nations have pre-

It is pointed out that the forth.ented a memorandum to the Ger coming inquiry will not te confined man delegation, agreeing that Ger- many pay an average annuity of to the question of Prohibition, but 2,050 million Marks plus a rein- will have a much broader scope.bursement to Belgium for the Marks The Commission, which representaieaued during the German oc every section of the country, will cupation.

hold extended hearings at Washing- This is virtually identical with ton and other cities, in an effort to Mr. Owen Young's plan, but there determine the basic causes of the is no mention as to how the pay- spread of crime.

ments will be distributed.

All the members are lawyers except Miss Comstock-Reuter's American Service.

Horton Smith Aubrey Boomer

10, 202

€1. 207

Sarazen Duncan

67, 213

71, 216

Degrees

13, 219

74, 219

76, 219

Temperature, 10 am., to-

day

81

Temperature, 2.30 p.m.,

yesterday

88

Humidity, 10 a.m., to-

day

89

Humidity, 2.30 p.m.. yes-

terday

69

Final Scores

The winner of the tournament was C: Horton Smith,

Fourth round and aggregate scores are as under:

C. Horton Smith

(U.S.A.) .....66-56-70-71—233 Henry Cotton

(British)...73-71-76-74-293

Sarazen

.75-74-6-72-286

Geke

(U.S.A.).

W

Hagen

(U.S.A.)

70-78-7270-293

J.

Farrell

(U.S.A.)

A. Boyer (Nine)

Aubrey Boomer

Joe

(British)

74-73290*

78-73-292"

6-71-278*

Turnesa (U.S.A.)

72-294* Previous round scores not cabled. George Duncan (Irilish) retired after the third round owing to an attack of sciatica.

HAGEN HAD ENOUGH!

Won't Meet Archie Compston Next Week

Walter Hagen, who competed in the St. Cloud tournament, stated that he will be unable to fulfil his engagement to meet Archie Comp- ston at Moor Park on May 31 and Birmingham on June 1 He said, "I am very tired. I require a reat."

VAN LEAR BLACK

TO FLY FROM CROYDON TO TOKYO AND BACK

LEAVING ON MAY 31

London, Yesterday

The American millionaire, Mr. Van Lear Black, leaves Croydon on a flight to Tokyo on May 31, via! India and Bangkok, returning via Russia.

The aeroplane, which was used

It is certain that Dr. Schacht will' not accept the reparations credi- tors' suggestions wholly and that stiff fight is ahead before a compromise on many points is likely to be reached.

#

The creditors are completely agreed on the problem of distribu- tion. Likely stumbling-blocks in- clude the German objections to thei proposed special payment to Bel- gium; secondly; the limited char- acter of the creditors' concession. with regard to the release of the Dawes lien on railways; thirdly, the creditors' refusal to grant z two years' Moratorium

for pay- ments.

The German delegation has start- ed conversations with the Amerí cans as intermediaries.-Reuter.

INDIAN AGITATOR

SENTENCED TO DEATH ON MURDER CHARGE

Lahore, Yesterday.

A Moslem named Iham Din Kaz

on Mr. Black's recent trip to the been sentenced to death for the Cape. is now in the final stages of murder of Raj Pal, the noted In-

dian publicist-Reuter. overhaul at Amsterdam, after an accident in the South of France, which concluded the Cape. flight.— Reuter.

CANTON INS.

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The following appointments in the Malayan Civil Service are notified in the "Strails Government Gazette-Mr. J. D. Hell, to act The surplus to be dealt with is as Secretary to High Commissioner $1,080,868.10, out off which has been for the Malay States, Mr. A. S. paid an interim dividend of $18 per Hagen added, "I have had a Haynes, to act as Secretary for share. We now recommend the pay- strenuous time, and could not do Postal Affairs, S.S. and F.M.S., ment of a final dividend of $22 per justice to myself or the public by Mr. A. C. Boyd, Mr. L. S. Freer share and the transfer going on with the matches against and Mr. A. D. York, to be collectors balance, amounting to $686,868.10, Compston. I regret it very much, of Land Revenue, Malacca, Lieut.-to Underwriting Suspense Account but what more can I do? I shall go | Commander J. C. Derrick, R.N.R., to close 1927 and previous year.

of $1,837,848.86 atĮ Germany, afterward to the to be Observer, Time Balls and The balance south of France, before returning Deputy Registrar of Shipping, credit of 1928 account allows of the to America in about a week's time."

Singapore, and Mr. R. E. Hope payment of the usual interim divi- Robert Harlow, Hagen's maus-

to act as an Assistant dend of $18 for that year.

I do not think there is anything ger, stated that he was quite Superintendent of Police, S.S. Mr. willing to provide as substitute J. I. Miller is promoted to be an further that calls for special refer- Joe Turnesa, the winner of the Officer in Class III of the Malayan ence but I shall be pleased to answer,

to

Thousand Guineas tournament last week.-Reuter.

Writing in a Scottish paper a few weeks ago a golf contributor stated:.

Falkner

Civl Service.

to the best of my ability, any ‘ques- tions arising out of the accounts which shareholders may wish to put, |

ed by his recent achievements, which after have accounts themselves havoj include a match play win over Hagenbeen duly seconded.

When I met Bobby Cruickshank a

few weeks ago, the name of Horton I now propose the following Smith was continually on his lips. resolution:--

"A

great boy" "You will like him That the report and accounts, as immensely" "The man to watch," and presented, including the payment of a various other tributes were paid free final dividend in respect of the year

and generously. Now Macdonald

A friend of his told me at Glen- cagles a few years ago that at the big tournaments in America the prim cipal question among the competitors is almost invariably, "What is Bill doing?"

There will be piquant note added to their anxiety at Mair-Smith has arrived and has raised his 12 of $22 per share and an interim dividend in respect of the year 1928 voice in a similar strain in praise of of $18 per share and the addition of field.

his "fellow clansman."

$885,808.10 to Underwriting Suspense Horton evidently is "the goods" Account be adopted and passed" a land that has developed the art of producing them, and, that is a saffi- eient recommendation in this coun try, but there is a lot of wisdom in the warning to beware "when all men shall speak well of you," and Smith Mr. C. Bernard Brown proposed may find it difficult to live up to the that Sir Robert Ho Tung. Messrs. praise of his sponsors,

A. H. Compton, L. Dunbar, A. $. Gubbay, H. Humphreys, T., E. Pearce and A: H. White be re- elected to the board of Consulting Committee.

Bill, however, will have to do some- thing very brilliant to get a share of the limelight in such a gathering. On the other hand it may thrust, anwanted perhaps, en erother of the Americans Horton Smith. Seldom has there been such a choras of praise regarding a rising star as that which has been handed to Smith, and that there is point in it, is indicat-

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This was seconded by Mr. Ho Kom-tong and carried.

Messrs Lowe, Ringham and Mat- thews, and Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, were re-elected auditors of the company on the and proposal of Mr. J. Arnold seconded by Mr. Lo Man-hin.

Shares Represented Altogether 680 shares were repre- sented by the following who were present at the meeting. Mr. B. D. F. Beith (Chairman), Mr. H. W. Moom Acting Secretary); Messrs. A. H Compton, A., S. Gubbay, H. Hun- phreys, T. E Pearce, and A. H. White (Consulting Committees).

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