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10.

LOSERS COLLAPSE SENSATIONALLY

¡Continued from Pcoe 4)

So persistent were the rapid Chinese thrusts that Portugal's Intermediate line found themselves continually forced back to their own area

Delrado and Beltrao chone in this department. while Elms also flashed into the me light at times with a timely clear: ance, but the latter was no match. for the elusive Tang Kwong-sum- Beltran alone endeavoured to open up the game, for his forwards, and tix fine passes, should have borne more fruit.

of

Costa and Souza had a hectic time for quite three-quarters the game. As a pair, they had Little understanding, and their positioning was often at fault, but) fine: many both players effected clearances by the quick manner in which they intercepted and checked many of the inter-passing moves -between Fung and Lee.

After 30 minutes of ding-dong struggling, with Fortugal perhaps

to

shade more dangerous, A. V Gosano sent out a long pass Alyes. The latter quickly trans- ferred over to Castilho who care- fully placed the ball out of Pau Ka-ping's reach for A. V. Gosanói to head a fine goal

Within 5 minutes: however. China had equalised and taken the lead! A centre by Tay was punch- ed out by Marques, but Fung was on the spot to head into the far corner before Marques could

NEW SOUTH WALES BUDGET TO BE BALANCED

Remarkable Achievement Of

Present Government

Sydney: The New South Wales budget for the 1936-37 financial year will be balanced announced the Premier, Mr. B. S. Stevens. giving a preliminary survey of the State finances to the Loan Council.

THE CHINA-MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1936

ROYAL FUNERAL

COST £25,000

Details Set Out In Estimate

To-day's Short Story

The Phantom Junk Of The The

Yangtse River

quickest way to get the best whisky

£15,000 LESS THAN KING THE Harkow Bund very late console, waiting for my cue. I felt

EDWARD VIL'S

The funeral of King

George

moon

full

night. a nervous wreck. I wanted to run Amidstream a British and 23 way. Japanese gunboat at anchor. Then the spot-light came

cost £23,000. This sum is includ- The space of a gunboat between and the console moved and rose. ed in a Supplementary Estimate them, they were lighted from I began to imagine the audience bow to stern. The river-banks putting their hands to their ears Inscked with fragile sampans. at the terrible din I was making,

which was issued last month..

In that year also the contríba- tions from revenue to the Sinking Fond will amount to more than 2,000,000. This will be the best result since the financial agree-lows: ment regarding the State indebt- edness was adopted in 1928.

The extent of the Government's achievement is shown by the fact that when it took office in 1931-32 the deficit was £14,230,- 000.

LOCAL FOOTBALL

Tables To Date

~ The £25,000 is made up as fol-as far as the eye could see. and I was sure that this would be

Ther enormous, pale-grey my first and last appearance.

tremen- Chinese junk coming at Departments of H.M. Housedous speed-in from the China Sea-on my knuckles. Turning with a Suddenly there was a sharp rap hold.-Entertainment of Royal Sails billowing fo'c'sle towering shock, I saw the ghost of my old and other guests from overseas; she carried no lights. funeral

teacher, an furnishing; mourning,

eccentric professor,

pencil.

The wash of such a junk meart

allowances for servants; hire of the end of every sampan and trot-panding beelde me complete with cars, railway expenses, &ble for the gunboats My bair

Immediately may stage fright

£7,000.

and

Admiralty. Travelling įsubsistence of Naval officers and

men-£5,000.

ex-

War Office. Travelling penses of military personnel and pay of Territorial troope-£6,000.

Air Ministry.—Transportation, &c. of Royal Air Force persoanel -260.

TO-MORROW'S PLAY

To-morrow's play will be "The Capture” (A Complete Play). by F. Morion Howard..

itas ΣΟ

Office of Works-Expenses at seemed to stir. There Westminster Hall and St. George's wash, no breath of wind to Chapel, works services

on the bulging sails. the route of the funeral proces sion, &c.-$3,000.

fu

As she swept clean through the gunboats their lights went out, to Sundry Expenses. Including|

show again, one after the other. expenses of the Ear! Marshal's

las she cleared the craft and vani- staff, stationery and printing, &c. shed, learing not a ripple.

FIRST DIVISION

Gogla

PW LDF AP-3,740. "A"..17 13 A 0 35 23 26 .19 10 3 6 31 25 26

King Edward VIL's Funera}

.19

18 9 2 33 16 25 9 3 7 40 29 25

res. China cover. In the very next minate. Police amid frezzied excitement. Tay Athletic placed a freekick accurately in the Fusiliers

to S. China B′′ push it out, but again Fung secur- ed and wasted no time in netting! Portuguese Changes

goalmooth; Marques managed Club

The interval arrived with no further addition to the score, and

Rifies

Navy

once

vanished, and I only felt. again. the fear of playing incor rectly before the tutor and being panished with the pencil.

My knuckles were distinctly red where I had felt the rap, but the beginning was a success, crester than I had hoped for.

I was alone in the cable office a: Part Victoria, Mahe, about 3 (Continued On Page 10)

"You saw the Yangtze Ghost.” Isaid an Epper Yangtze pilot to r Ime. "The phantom of the famous The funeral of King Edward mediaeval Pirate Junk. It came

.18 $ 2.8 35 23 24 VII. in 1910 cost £40,500. In the in from the China Sea, raiding -18 10 5 3 47 27 23 Supplementary Estimates for the and looting right up the river to .20 7 6 7 39 30 21 Civil Service issued in

"Its sure July .18 10 8 0 48 40 20 that year, the

of chang." He frowned. expenses trouble for China. She can't miss

.21 8 1 2 38 55 18

funeral St. Joseph's East Lancs....16 7 7 2 32 30 16 were detailed as follow:

.18 5 9 4 27 32 14 Recreio

Apartments for Royal guests,

feneral furnishing.

Kowloon

.18 5 12 1 28 38 11

upon the commencement of the seRA (Lyemun) 18 2 14 2 29 56 6 cond period. Ward and B. Gosano R. (S'ters) 2 1.18 3 16 92 changed positions in an effort to

find a more effective attacking com-

bination.

After 10 minutes Tang sent over!

an accurate comer kick for Fung

to head his third goal

Totabe

.250 104 104 52 518 518 260

SECOND DIVISION

Goals

P W L D F A Pts 20 17 1. 2 116 24 36 .19 14 2 3 65 20 31

From this point. Portugal fell Navy away, piring quickly, and, apart East Lancs... from very rare breakaways. China Fusiliers .....18 13 1 6 71 17 28 kept all the play in Portugal's por-Engineers. tion of the field.

Rifen

A 40-yards drive by Lee Wai- + S. C.

R.A.O.C.

teng beat Marques all ends up. but South China struck the upright, and then Ten Athletic played Hian-gwan, who

himself Club right into the Chinese style of at- track, cut past a weary Portuguese defence and fired home terric

Eastern University Kowloon Recreio I drive from 10 yards that Marques | Radio

could only partially stop.

Despite having scored four times.] China played as though the win- ning of the Cup depended on goals. and then more goals! They ab Portugal, solutely played with carrying the ball through in deries of easy moves that had the opposition floundering-

Totalk

21 13 6 270 36 28 .18 11 4 3 48 27 25

&

...21 10 8 3 49 47 23- 22 11 10 1 42 45 23 .19 8 7 .32 6 19 3

101 9

20 -23 4 18

.18 4 14 23 59 8)

20 3 16 1 25 84 7

THIRD DIVISION

moor-

ink. allowances for ser-

vants, &c. ...

it?"

A month later civil war broke out. Drenching the ports of China in blood, ruining the harvest, it £3,800 brought death and devastation to

many thousands.

Although I had always looked forward to my first public ap-

cinema .... 3,800pearance as a

organist, when I was actually seated at the

15,000

Entertainment of Royal guests 5,300 Hire of carriages, railway ex- penses and extra servants

4,600 Travelling and subsistence a

Naval officers and men Travelling expenses, food and

accommodation of troops Fitting up Westminster Hall and St George's Chapel, various works in Royal Parks, &c. Sundry expenses, including ex-

penses of Earl Marshal's · staff, Dean and Chapter of Windsor, Royal Irish Con- stabulary (£150), Dublin Metropolitan Police (£105) and special steamers for foreign guests, &c.

Queen Victoria's Funeral

5,500

HELP FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURE

GENEROUS GIFT

OF $10,000 7

2,500 DONOR REMAINS ANONYMOUS

by a prominent local businessman, who does not wish to have his name disclosed at the moment. -

One of the most generous offers Queen Victoria's funeral cost)—a sum of $10,000—for the benefit ..280 122 122 36 677 677 280|£35,500, which was detailed in a of the Colony and its agricultural- revised Supplementary Estimatests has been donated to the New for the Civil Services and Revenue Territories Agricultural Association Departments as follows: Apartments for Royal guests.

funeral furnishing, ing allowances for servants, Entertainment of Royal and

foreign guests Hire of carriages, railway and xteamer expenses, extra ser- vants, &c.

Goals PW LDF AP! East Lanca. 17 13 13 22 23 29 Fusiliers ......19 12 2 5 58 24 29 Chinese Police 19 11 4 4 46 27 26

Air Force Medicals

20 10 5 4 52 15 7 4

1979 3 42 35 17

mourt-

The fifth goal came following a fine effort by Tay, who made a 30-Liga Plaguesa 18 8 9 1 38 33 yard dash to retrieve a loose ball Engineers before centring for Fung to deceive Rifles .... 17. 6 9 2 40 47 14 everyone by allowing the ball to European Police 16 5 9 2 31 11 12 Travelling expenses, food and pass him and thus giving Lee Wal-St. Joseph's ..17 2 13-2 27 68 6 tong an open goal.

A corner-kick by Tang caused a melee in Portugal's goalmonth, and Fung brought the total to six with a neat header into the corner. The final whistle ended an intense- ly thrilling game, with China easy victors.

the

Railway

Totals

..17 1 1

9 91

.194 82 82 30 454 454 794)

SUCCESS WELL MERITED

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Richardson's Century

This information was revealed by .. £2,000

Mr. Chas Tetzel, Honorary Secret- 8,500ary of the Association, in an inter- view with the China Madon Saturday morning. Mr. Tetzel 4,300 stated that this generous donor has for the purchasing of 20.000 square already advanced a sum of $600-||

fret of the 200,000 square-foot piece 3,500 of land adjoining Fanling. Station,

which the Government granted to 800 the Association early last year.

accommodation for troops -15,000 Fitting up St. George's Chapel. erection of stands and re- pair of damages to parks Entertainment of foreign en-

Pay's Sundry

including expenses, EXPERMER D the Earl Marshal's staf Deato and Chapter of Windsor, special police, &c.

Originally, the 200,000 square- et piece of land was granted to the Association subject to re-entry 500 by the Government within a few. Miss O. Dalziel presented

months' notice. According to this Cup to Lee Wai-tong at the con-

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agreement, stated Mr. Tetzel, it clusion amid the deafening cheers!

and youngest bowler in the would have been useless for the of the excited Chinese fans-end

R.C.C. side respectively, were re- Association to build its headquar so ended another International

sponsible for this debacle as Lee ters on non-permanent land. The Cup Final, even more exciting than

Despite the fact that they ran The K.C.C. won by 9 wickets to the Government, whereupon the | had 4 for 8 and Lay 5 for 201| Association therefore appealed to the last

up a total of 175 ChinaPau Ka-ning: Mak Sui-bon, wickets, declared, the Hong Kong runs for 7

complete their "double.”

| Government agreed to sell the As- Tam Kong-pak: Tsui Ab-fai, Lam

In a friendly game the LR.C.sociation 20,000 square feet o Tak-po. Lee Kink-wai: Tang Kwong Cricket Club, who

had a very had the better of the Ea-which to erect their headquarters. cheong. Lee Waiting and Tar Quee Civil Service Cricket Club by six Rifles, and an interesting game at tions, for the proposed building will gineers and Craigengower beat the Final plans, with slight altern- wickets, thanks mainly to a cen-King's Park resulted in a win for be put up for approval at the Asso Stury by J. E. Richardson, the the Officers of the Navy against ciation's next meeting, Mr. Tetzcl

C.S.C.C. opening bat.

XALX

Tare.

Teo Hian-gwan Fung King-mediocre side out, lost to the

Portugal-P. Marques:

Costa; Delgado. Beltrzo.

Castilne Ward, A. Gosano,

Goran and Alves.

COAL DUMP FIRE IN

QUEEN'S ROAD WEST-

B

Fire broke out shortly before o'clock last night in a coal dump in Queen's Road West, containing about 15 tons of coal.

A number of engines were quickly on the scene and the firej W&S subdued after about PER hour's work.

BOYS FIND OCTOPUS

Richardson played very enter- prising cricket and 'reated any- thing that was short of a length with scant respect. He did, how- lever, give a chance but it was a very difficult one. Included in his 1104 not

aut were 20 boundary

hits.

It is of interest to note that

the highest scorers for the Club, L.

the Lower Deck.

stated.

Bigger "Office"

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Two rooms have, therefore, been principal secretaries The work, Kowloon Seconds Win

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