1929-08-15 — Page 9

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929.

Sport Columns

V.R.C.

PROGRAMME FOR SECOND

NIGHT FETE

The following is the draft pro- for the second gramme of events night fete to be held at the V.R.C.' on Saturday, August 24:-

Diving Open to the Colony. 100 Yards Members (Handicap). 50 Yards-Boya (Handicap). 50 Yards-Ladies (Handicap). 50 Yards Scratch Style-Open to the Colony.

Race-Free

50 Yards Breast Stroke-Scratch Race-Open to the Colony.

50 Yards Backstroke Scratch Race Open to the Colony.

Team Race-Open to the Colony- aix a side, each to swim 50 yards.

Team Race Open to H.M. Naval and Military forces-six a side, each to swim 50 yards.

DANCING "DARKIES" AT A

DERBY

Richard Curle writes to the London "Daily Telegraph":-

natured. Democracy in this coun try does not so much stand for freedom as for equality. There is little shyness hetween strangers. and thus the casual meetings which are inevitable at these gatherings are simple and pleasant.

And this race crowd is as full of

THE CHINA MAIL,

BOY DROWNED

CORONER AND JURY VISIT QUARRY

..

TEACHER EXONERATED

At the Kowloon Magistracy yea-

RUM-RUNNERS

CANADA'S REPLY TO U.S.A'S. REQUEST

NOT VERY ENCOURAGING

Williamstown, Yesterday.

A round-table conference has commenced here on the question of liquor smuggling from Canada to the United States.

IN OLD KENTUCKY vitality as of friendliness. The terday, Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith and heat is so intense that though half a Coroner's jury concluded the in- the men are in shirt-sleeves and quiry into the circumstances attend- all the girls in the flimsiest of ing the drowning of A Chinese aleeveless dresses, one might sup- school boy in a pool in a quarry puse that a universal torpor would near Shamshuipo. fall between the events. But it is, The jury at the previous sitting not 30. The throng's nervous had returned a verdit of death by energy remains undimmed, and misadventure, but asked for an op- there is a perpetual coming and go portunity to be given them of visit- from of

18, a restless, unceasing move-ing the scene of the accident before ment until the festival's end. see*ODD300539.

The "blue grass" region of Kentucky is the centre of the

industry horse breeding

America, and it is not surprising that, despite the spasmodic efforts to do away with it, racing should

flourish in this State.

Next to the meetings at Louis- ville, the capital, those at Latonia, which fie: a few miles south of Cincinnati across the Ohio River; are the most important. Each has not its Derby-actually Derby,

Louisville Darby-but while the Derby is run in May, the Latonia Derby is not run until the end of June.

It is a great event, the elimax to Water Polo Chinese Aquatic a summer meeting which aping it- Sports Association VS. Combined self out to the incredible length of

Army and Navy Team.

thirty-seven days, and an impres-

Entrance fee for events 1, 3, 5, 6sion of its setting may interest and 7-50 cents.

those who have witnessed the his- toric parent of all other Derbys.

The natural scene is certainly de-

Events 8 and 9, $3 per team. Entries close on August 17 at 6 p.m. All entries must be accom-lightful. A semi-circle of undulat- panied by entrance fees.

Competitors for handicap events must attend at Rath to have their times taken (arrangementa can be made with the Hon. Secretary.

Club

TENNIS

BAD DAY FOR CLUB DE RECREIO

and "C" divisions.

TATE NOT TO PLAY

Omission from 5th Test Because of Leg Trouble

London, Yesterday, Maurice Tate will not be able to play in the Fifth (and last) Test against South Africa at the Oval on Saturday on ac- count of leg trouble.--Reuter.

Tate is the Sussex favourite. He has been one of England's opening bowlers for several sea- sons and is also a useful, hard- hitting batsmen. He had to be omitted from the Fourth Test (in which Geary of Leicester took his place) because of an injury but, in a county match concluded on Tuesday, he took 13 Kent wickets. He was in the first three Tests this season.]

ing Kentucky hills,,green and wooded, fronts the grandstand, and the centre of the track is laid out as a garden, with pools and flower 9596EUSESUDSBESOJUUN beds. Not even the swaying and shouting crowd can efface alto- gether the air of peaceful seclusion.

The Outsider's Win

And what a crowd it is! The Americans are A highly-strung people, and the gasp that marks a delayed start, the frenzy that marks

ä

close finish, are more intense than the same moments at any

Yesterday was an "off" day for the de Recreio's tennis Тівусть. They were defcated in both the "A" English meeting. Nobody who saw finish of this The postponed league match in the it will forget the "A" Division between the Club de l year's Derby, when a hopeless out. Recreio and the M.B.K. resulted in a siderit paid on the totalisator victory for the Japanese by eight sets nearly 70 to 1-wrested the victory to one, the match being played on the from the second favourite by a Club de Recreio ground,

short head. Scores:-

WATER POLO

TWO V.R.C. TEAMS CONTEND FOR HONOUR

LEAGUE POSITIONS

The V.R.C. "A" team played the V.R.C. "B" team in the Water Polo

League. yesterday at the V.R.C. Bath. The game was a one-sided affair, and it was a foregone conclusion that the Senier team would have an casy win.

The teams were as follow:--- V.R.C. "A": Knight, Soares, Pere.ru, Laing, Johnstone, and Weill

V.R.C. "B": Rocha, Remedios, Roza Pereira, Victor and Foraita.

Gitting

Professor "Corbett, Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, declared that Canada had no great sympathy for rum- runners. Referring to the requests the United States that Canada

cease issuing clearance adding a rider to their verdict.

papers to run-runners, Prof. Cor- Returning from the quarry yes- bett said, "The Canadian Govern- terday, the Coroner and jury resum- ment has pointed out that really the inquiry, when evidence was effective enforcement of any ordin- taken from Mr. A. C. Burford, of ance would involve an expendi- the P.D.W., who spoke with regard ture greater than the Canadian , to the conditions of the permit Government or the people are pre- issued to the contractor workingpared to make to enforce the law the quarry. The said that it was the of a very rich neighbour, at a time contractor's business to fill up all when Canada herself is still paying holes in the quarry.

a heavy War Debt."Reuter.

WATER RETURN

Mr. H. P. Lim, the contractor. holding the permit for the quarry, said that it was in the same con- dition now as when he took it over. He had never received any order from the P.W.D., to fill up holes, his;

Level and Storage of water in Re- only instruction being not to cut beservoirs on August 1, 1929:-

low the road level. Since the ac:

cident a tence had been erected| CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER around the hole.

The jury, after retiring, returned the following riders:-

(a) That the school teacher was in no way responsible for the sad death of the boy. (b) That the holder of the quarry permit, prior to the pre- sent permittee, should have been in- structed on the expiration of bis lease to fill in the hole to road level. (c) That the responsible authorities should enforce proper precantions to ensure public safety,

MURDER CHARGE

TRIAL AGAINST CHINESE AT MAGISTRACY

VICTIM A BANISHER

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. W. Maynard, Hamilton started the hearing of a Lawrence, case in which a Chinese named Yeung Kwai-tin is charged with the murder of a rattan worker's assist- ant in Cross-street, Wanchai, on July 25.

A leaping, yelling crowd of forty R. Robarts and C. A. Barretto

or fifty thousand, and a wave of (Recreio) lost to T. Honda and emotion that went on to heights Akiyama 3-6; lost to H. Yoshida and from which its backward swing left The junior team was given many op- Y. Kikuchi 3-6; last to T. Fujimori

and bewildered!portunity to score but they failed to and Imura 4-6.

Gosano One picture, especially, stands take advantage of the opening. It was P. J. Remedios and A. Reercio) lost to Honda and Akiyama forth from the welter. that of two an easy victory for the "A" team as 2-6: boat Yoshida and Kikuchi 6-4; lost"darkies" dancing ecstatically in the score of 64 would indicate.

to Fujimori and Imura 6-3,

C. A. Noronha and V. Yvanovich Recreio) lost to Honda ard Akiyama 2-6: lost to Yoshida and Kikuchi 1-6; lost to Fujimori and Imure 6-8.

League Table

South China A.A. Chinese, R.C.

Club de Hecreio

Hong Kong C,C, F. Civil Service C.C. Indian B.C. Craigengower C.C. R.A.O.C.

R.E. & R.S.

7 7 0

7

8 7 1

7

7 6 1 $

one exhausted

They

front of the grandstand. were, it was rumoured, connected with the winning stable, and had each put four dollars on the for- lorn. and victorious, chance.

This suggests a word as to the F. W. J. Pabetting system of Kentucky. Book makers have been abolished and all bets are made with the Pari-

18 Two dollars Mutuel.

the And smallest sum one can risk. one does not bet for a win or a place, but for a straight, a place,

8

3 5

8 4 4 4

7 2 5 2 6 2 8 2 7 07 0 7 0

RULING BODY AND PRO- FESSIONAL TEACHERS

Colonel C. de V. Duff writes in a Home paper -

a show, or a combination of any or all of these. A straight is a win, a place includes the first two and paya accordingly, a show includes the first three and also pays accord- ingly. It is surprising, incidental- ly, how often a show draws almost as much as a place, and how dis-

The Lawn Tennis Association mal are the winning odda on most has decided that a professional of the favourites. teacher of the game shall not be eligible to join the Umpires' Asso- ciation.

Democracy's Festivity

League Table

The case for the prosecution, as outlined by Mr. H. Somerset

The League table to date is as Fitzroy, Assistant Attorney-General, was that accused stabbed the other follows:-

man in the chest at about 4.30 p.m., P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts whilst the victim was eating at a

food stall in Crosa-street.

Goals

V.R.C. "A" 3 0 0 12 1 6 Chinese "B" 3 3 0 0 12 2 6 Kowloon "A" 8.8 0 0 11 8 6 V.R.C. "B" 2 101 11 7 2 Chinese "A" 8 1 0 2 4 5 2 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 Somerset .. E.0.S.B. "A". 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 Kowloon "B". 3 1 0 2 5 15 2 3 1 0 2 4 14 9 Navy K.O.S.B. "B" . 3 0 0 3 2 8 0

MOONLIGHT BALL

1,200 DANCERS AMID FAIRY LIGHTS Windsor. The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by General Trotter, his groom-in-waiting, and

After the stabbing, accused calm- ly walked to the junction of Wan-i chai-road where he was lost in the crowd. The victim, in spite of his wound, was able to walk to Tai Yuen-street where he collapsed and died.

WORKS.

Tytam

1928 25' 7"B

1929

Le

.. 19' 9 B

L.

I

7'10"B

57' 9"E

Tytam Byewash Tytan Intermediate

1' 0"B Tytam Tuk

0' 5"B 26' 9"B Wong Nei Chang

29"B

L. Pokfulum

[Note: B. denotes "Below Overflow": A. denotes "Above Overflow: L. de- notes "Level with Overflow."]

Storage in million and decimals of gallons

Tytam

1928 202.95

1929

384.80

Tytam Byewash

2.83

22.37

Tytam Intermediate 195.90

154.42

Tytam Tuk

.... 1,393.00

383.00

5.72

29.81

Pokfulum

11.06

66.00

Worg Nei Chung

Total

1,811.46 1,040:40 Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and de- cimals of gallons during the month of July.

1929 124.19*

192R 317.08 Consumption.... Estimated population 423,960 434,280 Consumption per

24,1

9.2 head per day *Includes 2.73 M.G. from Taikco, 13.23

3.22 M.G. from Kowloon, 7.42 M.G. from Tsun Wan and 10.09 M.G. from steamers, etc.

Full supply in all Rider Main Dis- tries during July, 1928, from lat to 11th Intermittent Supply in all Rider

Districta Main

West of Eastern Street only from 12th to 14th and all Rider Intermittent Supply in Main Districts West of Gurden Road

from 18th to 31st July.

July, 1929.

Supply by Street Fountains only during the whole month. On 1st July the hours of supply were 5-8 a.m. and 6-8 p.m. (Peak District 4 hours daily). From 2nd-22nd inclusive the dai:3 hours of supply were 6-8 a.m. and 6-8 p.m.

(Peak District 3 hours daily). From 23.d-Blat inclusive the hours of supply in the City and High Level Districts were 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tank Supplies were suspended on 30th July.

Quarred Over 20 Cents The prosecution, said Mr. Fitzroy, had four or five witnesses who saw the blow struck. The two men had quarrelled some days before the murder, and there would be evidence that there had then been a fight be. tween the two. So far as the Crown could ascertain, the trouble was over a debt of 20-cents which the murder-Kowloon

KOWLOON WATER WORKS

servoir

22.57

93.15

The track itself is not grass, but a party, was present at the Ascoted man owed to accused, and at the earth-a "dirt track" as it is call-Week ball held in the grounds of time of the stabbing accused was It is beyond argument that the ad-and large harrows drawn by the Wentworth Club, Virginia heard to say: "If you can afford to game should be controlled by motor tractors keep it beautifully Water, in aid of the building and amateurs; in governing, they must smooth for every race. The horses extension fund of the King Edward make use of paid servants, profes- churn it up, and the crowd rushes VII. Hospital, 'Windsor, of which

secretaries, sional

referees, across and churns it more, but by the Prince is president. teachers, and now umpires. Given the time the buzzer announces that the requisite experience anyone, the horses are emerging for an- from the Prime Minister down- other race it is as fresh as new. wards, is eligible to join the paid To this extent its advantage is ob ranks of the Umpires' Association vious, but if it happens to rain, anyone, except the paid teachers heavily, then it is not so good," of the game. In effect, the LT.A. which, in American slang, means declares that, because an indivi- "decidedly bad." dual accepts money for teaching. For this year's Derby, however, his morality is peculiar, and be or it was as good as it could be, a she is not a fit and proper person proper state of affairs for a race to administer justice on the courts. which, though a child of a living were present. Among the principal - Medical evidence by

Granted that professional parent, has reached the mature age teacher might be called on to um- of 47 and acquired a nation-wide pire a match in which a pupil is fame. The time for the mile and engaged such an occasion intro- a half was only 2 minutes 30 1-5 duces the personal element, just as seconds-fine going, the fourth when a friend or relation is simi- best in its history. larly involved. And the manner in trainer of Buddy Basil deserved his which the duties are carried out '£5,600. or declined is also personal.

But first and last the crowd is But the decision affects a whole the main attraction for an English class, not just an individual case, visitor. It is a friendly crowd, ex- Is this "playing the game"?

traordinarily friendly and good""

1928 1929

0'11"B Reservoir 2'10"B

0' 2" 20.5"B 4' 2"B Shek Lai' Pui Re-

LA Reception Reservoir

Storage in million and decimals of gallons

1928 1929 bay conges, you can pay your debt!"

The victim, Mr. Fitzroy added. Kowloon Reservoir 323.56 342.97 was a banishes from Singapore and Shak Lai Pui Re-

115.42 46.55 servoir should not have been in Hong Kong.

After the murder the Police Reception Reservoir As the moon rose over the wood-

Total. 401.55 422,337 lands of Windsor Forest the scene combed the inland for the accused was enchanting.

and he was finally arrested near the

Consumption of water in Kowloon The grounds were brilliant with Post Office in town, on the informa-in millions and decimals of gallons

1828

1929 fairy lights, and illuminated punts tion of a man who had seen him in during the month of July. The ball Cross-street In the afternoon. When

99.29* glided across the lake.

117.97 Consumption was held in a marquee measuring charged, accused made a statement Estimated population 166,120 171,160

.per 200 feet by 60 feet, with a special to the effect, that he was hit first. Consumption

head per day... 22.9 17.5. ly laid parquet floor on which 1,200 and retaliated with a knife.

Does not include water sont tu people danced.

Medical Evidence

Hong Kong but includes 9.49 M.G. Many of the chief Ascot parties

Dr. Alex- from Tsun Wan.

Full Supply all districts during ander Cannon, who held a post guests were:

July, 1929. Lord Burnham and party, Lady mortem examination, was that there June, 1928.

Constant Supply in all district dur- Edward Spencer-Churchill, Viswas an external wound on the vic- countess Cowdray, Annie Vis-tim, between the third and fourth ing July, 1928.

From 1st-10th inclusive the daily countess Cowdray, Viscountess ribs. It was about half an inch Fitzalan, The owner-

p.m. From 17-31st inclusive a con Lady Desborough, wide at the point of entry and supply in all districts was 6 am Lady Bisset

Ellen proceeded downward and inward to stant supply was operated in all dis- Lady borough and party, the Hon. a depth of 5.7/16 inches. By the tricts. Mrs. Borthwick and. party, Sir shape of the wound, he concluded Hesketh

Bell, Lady Pearce, that it was caused with a sack Baroness Gravenitz, and Colonel opener. Sir Willian Foster.

The case was adjourned.

t

The Government Analyst's reports how that the quality of the water is satisfetory.

Total rainfall to July 01, 1028, 68.06; 1929, 37.08,

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