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H.K.V.D.C. AQUATIC | £28,250,000 A YEAR

SPORTS.

FOR GOLF.

Programme of Events at What Britain Spends on

V.R.C.

The Hong Kong Volunteer De fence Corps will hold their annual aquatic sports on Saturday, July 26, at the V.R.C. The sports are timed to commencé at 9' p.m.

The Corps will be divided as follows: The Battery, Engineer Company and Corps Signals, Mobile Unit PM.I. and A.C. Com panies. Machine Gun Company, Scottish Company, Portuguese Company, Reserve Company.

The programme will be:- Event 1.-100 yards Forword styles, H.K.V.DIC.

Event 2-50 yards Ladies' Race (Open).

Event 3.-Final of 100 yards for ward styles.

Event 4.--Finni of 50 yarda, Ladies. Event 6-50 yards free styles. Event 6-Matrimonial Stakes. Event 7.-High Diving. Event Pillow Fight. Event -Inter Company Team Race.

Event 10--Water Polo, H.K.V.D.C. V. S.L.I.

Events to count in Corps Inter- Unit Companies are Events 1, 3, 5. 7 and 9.

Entries must be made in writ- |ing, accompanied by the necessary fees, to the Hon. Secretary, C.S.M., G. T. Padgett, at the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Headquarters not later than noon on Tuesday, July 22.

WATER POLO.

V.R.C. BEAT CHINA ATHLETIC.

Popular Game.

More than £28,250,000 is spent in Britain every year on golf, which is nearly five times as much as was spent twenty years ago.

SWEDEN'S SPORTING

KING.

Still Plays Tennis at Age of 72.

King Gustaf V. of Sweden cele- brated recently his 72nd birthday unbent by age or destiny, energetic, forceful, experienced and still one of the first sportsmen of his coun- try.

This is his first birthday after the loss of his consort, Queen Vic toria, who died in Rome on April 4.

Few sovereigns in post-War To-day, it is computed, 564,000 | Europe enjoy such popularity and men and women are devoteas of the admiration as the Swedish monarch, game, and their numbers are being The loyalty of the Swedish nation added to every week as new clubs towards the Royal house has never are formed and additional public been seriously affected by the re- courses are opened.

volutionary storms which lave swept over so many great European countries, and resulted in the over- throw of powerful dynasties.

Some indication of the boom is provided by the fact that in the past two years the list of clubs has increased by two hundred,

Nearly 2,000 Clubs. There are now in the United Kingdom 1,956 private clubs owning or renting course. In addition, it Is estimated, there are at least 300

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The Swedish nation is, in its bulk, Leather Sole Canvas Shoes ...$4.80 just us monarchical as it was before Crepe Rubber Sole Canvas Shoes 3' 5,00) the Great War, and although the Black or Brown Shoes from $8.00 Crapo Rubber Buckskin Shoes $10.00|| Socialist party is one of the strong-Black or Brown Boots from..3 8.00 est political groups in the country. Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00 there is practically no republican- Beat styles, most complete stock jam in conservative, yet democratic

of all sizos. Repairing a specialty. Sweden.

WONG SIU WOON

"With The People.”

It is, of course, not only due to the Swedish national character but just as well a result of the political attitude of King Gustaf, if the monarchical idea is so strong in pre- sent-day Sweden.

When King Gustaf, upon the death of his father King Dakar II. ascended the throne on December 8, 1907, he chose as his motto the words "With the people for the country," and the democratic spirit

other clubs, the members of which expressed in this slogan has often been characteristic of the King's play over public links.

views and actions, especially during the later years of his government.

City and borough councils are now catering as extensively for golfers as they have, in the past, for tennis and bowls players, and many new municipal courses have been laid out during the last few years."

Newcomers to the game soon find that they have dip deep into their pockets, even if they play only on public links.

When Indulging in his favourite sport, lawn tennis, the King insists upon being called "Mr. G." a pзéu- donym, which is generally known and under which the King has, in past times as well as quite recently, won a good many victories over well-known sportsmen younger than

himself.

The V.R.C. managed to defeat China Athletic in a senior League water polo game last night by 4 goals to nil, but they had to go must be prepared to spend anything ly known in Sweden, in Britain and

all out to do so, the Chinese put- ting up a fine show. They missed several good chances in front of goal, or might easily have run the

V.R.C. closer.

Quite a fair crowd turned out to see the game. Lawrence got through for the home side after five minutes' play, and Pereira added another. Later, he was ordered out of the bath for a ducking offence.

Those who join a private club

from £50 to £100 a year, but for the purpose of arriving at the figure of £28,256,000 an average of 152 a year

has been struck.

$600 a Year.

There are thousands who get their games for half that amount, but on the other hand there are many whose golf costs them up- wards of £500 a year. These are the people who can afford to belong to three or four elabs, and fre quently make long journeys to fashionable courses. а

The V.R.C. put on two more goals in an interesting second half,

Somersets v. Kowloon. Somersets were victors in poor game (Second Division) by three goals to nil,

DR. LAL LEAVING.

POPULAR INDIAN TENNIS PLAYER.

The average business man's golfing budget at the present time, however, is generally in the vicin- ity of £100.

Here is a present-day budget com- pared with one of twenty years 180:-

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1910 1030 Club subscription ..£2126 £10 10 0 New clubs, other equipment and re- pairs

2 00 Golf balls (00 #t

average of 2n) 6 00 An "At Home" was held at the

Lessons and games

with the Kowloon. Indian Tennis Club sional yesterday, in honour of Dr. Lal, a

Caddion fees popular playing member who is

tipe shortly leaving the Colony for Subscriptions (vari-

Caddie master India. Mr. Badan Singh, Preai- dent of the Club, in a few well. Competition feer chosen words, wished Dr. Lal Railway faces "God-Speed" and all success in Green fees at other

Luncheons (104) the years to come. The Club, he added, was very grateful for the Golfing sult help the doctor had given them. Golf shoes..... Dr. Lal, in reply, paid a tribute Leather jerkin

Pullover to the behaviour of the Indian cominunity in Hong Kong. As re- gards the Club, he said, he would always look back with pleasure upon the happy times he had en joyed there.

BASEBALL.

RESULTS OF LEAGUE MATCHES IN UNITED STATES,

clubs

The tall figure of the King is wide-

on the Riveira. Besides lawn ten- nis, King Gustaf is interested in a number of other sports, such as rid.

ing, yachting and hunting.

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