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SHANGHAI SPRING RACES. THIRD DAY'S RESULTS.--

THE GREAT NORTHERN STAKES.- Seven

furlongs.

Mir. John Peel's Sundy

(Mr. Johnstone) 1

. Mr. Henry Morriss Homefield

SPORT.

THE HONGKONG

LAWN TENNIS. OPEN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP.

HOLDERS RETAIN TITLE,"

(Mr. Stewart)ments, Mr. Ezra's Oakfield(Mr. Elias) 3

Time: min., 4780cs.

THE RUBICON PLATE.-One mile and

quarter.

Messrs. Winsome and Hasty's Tho

Swallow

(Mr. Hill) Mr. John Peel's Sans l'eur

a

(Mr. Johnstune) Mr. Bux's Candlenut...(Mr. Steap)

Time: min., 402-5aces. THE PARI-MUTUEL STAKES-One mile and

a half.

There was a very large allenduner, including H. E. the Governor, Lady. May and Miss May, Hon. Mr. C. Severn, C.M.G., and Coremodore and Mrs. Sande man, who watched the game with keen

interest.

DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 1918.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE.

RE. R.GA., 1.

THE MILLION DOLLAR OPIUM||

CASE.

JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS,

It is

unnecessary

-tu

recapitulate the details of the action. It will be rement bored that the ease was the outcome of the winding-up proceedings of the Ye Hing Co., Ltd. The claim was one for damages by the liquidator appointed în the winding-up proceedings against two

THE QUESTION OF COSTS. These teams met at the flappy Valley yesterday, to decide the destination of The Million Dollar Opium case is not. The open doubles championship of the the U.S. Shield, which, according to the yet finished. The question of costs is to Colony, in the Hongkong C.C. Tourne conditions governing the competition, to argued before the Puisno: Judge this between Ng Szo Kwong and can only be held by a Service team morning. As far as the public are con- Wong Po Keung (holders) and H. A.Defence Corps were the actual champions Nisbet and R. Hancock (challengora) was of this league with ten points, the RG.A.cerned, the chief interest centres round played off yesterday evening, on the and R.E. being runners-up with eight this point, Thore is, also, a natural Hongkong C.C. courts, and was won by points each. Both teams were at fall curiosity to know how much of the the holders by three sets to one, the score strength, except that the R.A. were with million, originally in disputo, remains

out their regular goalkeeper. Candy, intact, 1. reading 6-3; 1-6; 6-); 6-£

who took his place, however, played a magnificent game and it was only his fine work in goal and splendid play by Dickenson and Gretton that prevented the gunners losing heavily. The sapper forwards combined nicely from the start, and soon had the K.G.A. defence in difficulties, but Candy was very safe After a while the gunners cleared, and San and Ma Chee Lung-and against a a nice run by Youngman followed by a firm called the Po Yuen firm for con- shot across the goalmouth almost brought spiring together to deprive the Company the desired result. A magnificent shot by fraud of more than 100 chests of

spium, the

property of the Company. As from Gordon at the other end very The ball nearly broke the upright. bounced back again into play, and the those issues of fraud and forgery has to be decided and the plaintiff's funds had R.A. custodian brought off a neat save, from a ground shot. Another terrific rum dry, the Government guaranteed his drive by Charters shortly afterwards was osts. After n trial occupying 120 days intercepted by Dickenson's head, and the Paiste Judge found that there was went over the bar. A corner followed, no fraud proved against the defendants. but the suppers were unable to score, the Thereupon, Mr. Fotter argued that the interval arriving with the ecore sheet defendants were entitled to judgment with costs. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C. and Mr. blank.

The Engineers attacked immediately on. Jenkin, C.B.E. (who, as Counsel

Messrs. Winsome and Hasty' The

Bullfinch

(Mr. Hill) I Mr. Gibbings' Standard Dahlia

(Mr. Rowe)

Mr. MacGregor's Upwood Park

(Mr. Coinmons).

Time: 2min., 11.2-SECOB.

THE RACING STAKES.--One mile.

Mr. G. D. Coults' Richmond

(Mr. Dalgleish) 1 Mr. Ciro's Persian Light (late Persian

Cat) ....

(Mr. Elins) 2 Mr. B. Macgregor's The Globo

(Mr. Commcns) i Time: min., 05 15rocs. THE YANOTSZE CUP.-One mile and three

-quarters.

(ale stewart)

Mr. Henry Morriss' Wakefield Messrs. Winsome and Hasty. The

Capercailze.... (Mr. Artola): 2 Mr. Ikonare battle Dawn..(Mr. H) 3

Time: 3min., 48 2-5secs.

THE CONSOLATION CUF. One mile and a

quarter,

Mr. Ezra's Triumph...(Mr. Ezra) Messrs. Toeg and Speelman's Sir

Lameruck

(Mr. Heard)

3

Mr. R. Macgregor's Upwood Park

(Mr. Commons) Tue: Smin. 30 3-5sech, THE PAPER HUNTERS HANDICAP.-One

mile and a quarter. Mr. Ezra's Iron Duke.....(Mr. Ezra) Mr. B. D. F. Beith's Wild Gamble

(Mr. J. I. Ezra) Mr. logger's Wild Night

(Mr. Moller) Timo: 2min., 39secs. THE MANCHU STAKES.-One inile, and a

quarter.

V. M. and C.R.B.'s Over There

(Mr. Burkill) 1 Mr. Wybee's Rochester... (Mr. Bleap) 2 Mr. Carlyle's Eight (Mr. Moller) 3.

Time: min 41:3-55ces. THE CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES-One mile

and a quarter,. Mr. Ezra's Castlewood

(Mr. J. 1. Earn) Mr. Heary Morriss Castlefeld

(Mr. Stewart) 2 Messrs. Wintume and Hasty' The

Oriole................ (Mr. Hill)* Mr. Ezre's Rustwood...(Mr. Ezra)

*Dead boat.

Time: 2min., 30secs, (record),

THE HANKOW PLATE-Three quarters of

-mile.

Ret

AL

hogan to tell, and they lost the next

resuming and Cundy saved a fine shot

The court was in excellent condition, and the weather perfect. The match. which was the best of five sets, was well became Lut the contested,

•play times, there being Y Kerappy so long vollies. Nisbet's placing on several occasions was a treat to watch, while Bancock supported his partner with clever play. On the other side Ng Sze Kwong won a number of points by splendid amashing and some neat cutting, Wong Po Keung assisting him by driving to the advancing opponent with grent force. The manner in which Nisbet and his partner won the hopes aroused the second of their supporters, but the better general. ship and combination of their opponents

In cach two sets by: broad margins. set the opening games were fairly even, and then, in all but the second set, Ng Sze Kwong assumed the lead and won' point after point without a check..

In the opening set Ng Bzs Kwong, taking the serve, started by scoring 30- love: then Nisbet got going and ty judicious placing carried the game. τα 30-all. Some excellent smashing by Ng Sze Kwong, however, won the next point, but again Nisbet and Hancock eqnalisomes, but the R.G.A. forward line did Ng Sze Kwong and his partner played act combine at all well, and Clarke was

very rarely seriously worried. in perfect combination and there was equaliser came from a fine centro from some extremely fine driving by Wong Youngman which Baxter headed very Keung. For the Englishmen, Nisbet had the greater part of the work to do and Hancock was a little disappointing. The set went in favour of Ng Sze Kwong by 6-3.

by Pascall from the left wing. Osborne broke through and looked a likely scores, but was well hustled, and missed his shot Gordon opened the scoring from a range of n few yards, his opportunity arriving owing to a bad mis-kick by Gorman in the goalmouth. Shortly afterwards Townsend had a chance to increase the lead but stumbled over the ball. The R.G.A. broke through occasionally and reeu and Watson were dangerous at

The

neatly into the net. Both teams strug gled hard for the winning goal after this, but the defence in each case wVES too good, the final whistle sounding with the game a draw. Teams

RE-Clarke; Lucas and Bloomfield Charters, Smith and Hortop; Strange, Townsend, Osborne, Gordon and Pascall,

In the second set Nisbet and Hancock. won the first three games. Then Ng Sze Kwong reduced the lead, but both he and his partner made ค series of R.G.A.Gandy; Gretton and Dicken- mistakes, while Hancock,

son; Gorman, Tulfourd and Townsend, gradually gaining confidence and show-Youngman, Edgeler, Watson, Green and ing better form, was driving vigorously, Baxter. completely nonplussing his opponents. The set went to Nisbet and Hancock

6-1.

who was

Both pairs showed considerably im proved form in the third-set. The first There were Mr. Robson's Niblick...(Mr. Dalgleish) 1 two games were divided. Mr. Henry Morriss' Homefield

third

(Mr. Stewart) 2

THE NIL DESPELANDUM Three quar

tors of mile. Mr. W. B. Jackson's Battleplane*

(Mr. Dalgleish)...] 31r. Dem's Modesty...(Mr. Era)

some excellent rallies, and the

Mr. Fash's Wynona...(Mr. Hill) 350 was remarkable for the number of deuces. The surving and returns by both Time: 2min, 20 4-550C8,

couples were very fast. Ng Szo Kwong and his partner, who had been playing inconsistently in the second set, were seen at their best, and, against their excellent combination Nigbet and Hancock could | noi, secure more than their one game, the set, going by 6-1 in Ng Sze Kwong's favour.

G. S. and L.'s Macathiel

Time: min., 31 4-5acos,

(Mr. Schoch)

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Being one set in arrears Nislet and Hancock opened the fourth set by AMERICAN GUN WHICH CAN KILL securing the first gatue. They made a splendid fight and played brilliantly The first four games were divided and then followed a series of mistakes by Nishet, whe was evidently tiring. Han ceck exerted imeli to the utmost, but

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of the case. The only reasca could be that they desired to see a fair trial on the issues of fraud. That was the only possible excure, and they had lost on very issue of fraud on absolutely every ne. He thought that it was time the public of Hongkong knew the position of the Government and had it made clear, once and for all, because the Government and not only seen fit to make itself responsible for the costs of the action FOREIGN POLICY CONTROL. but had intervened and arrested the

A DEFENCE BY MR. BALFOUR

defendanta on precisely the same charges that his Lordship was investigating, and In the Commons, recently, Mr. Balfour had taken the case to the Police Court resisted, with great force and eogeney, a demand for the establishment of and applied for a stay of the civil pro- Foreign Affairs Committee. He made a ceedings. In other words, an effort was detailed and closely reasoned reply to made to stop a proper ventilation of what he called the familiar platitude of these issues and an examination of the democracy verkum secret diplomacy. He in the proper citil Court and to sub. failed to see how the present system was stitute therefor criminal proceedings. undemocratic, or how the proposal for a They falled, but had not withdrawn those Foreign Affairs Committee would make charges in the Police Court. Conse it more democratic. He declared that it quently the defendants had been com- was quite fantastic to suggest that a palled, since April lact, to put up a bail Foreign Minister did not represent the of a lakh of dollars. The Government people in whose name he spoke, and that asked for a bail of half a million dollars, the Government with whom he worked in hut the Magistrate ordered $100,000. The harmony represented some occult half-defendants had been going to the Police The new German long-range gun which has been bombarding Paris from a dis-

forgotten tradition of 18th century diplo Court since April fast renewing that bail tance of 743 miles is not by any means

macy which had no legitimate place in and were still before the Magistrate on the greatest gun thought on earth. An Ng Sze Kwong and Wong Po Keung modera international relations.

the self same charge which is Lordship American, Mr. Charles Beecher Bunnell, proved too good for them. Four succes has designed a gun that will fire a farsive games (including a love game) were

had found to be absolutely and wholly anfounded. It was really about time that mightier shot one hundred miles. His won by the Chinese pair, the score rend Foreign Office pursued strange and the people in Hongkong knew where they special object is const defence.

ing-011-11-22-8; 3-2, 4-2; 5-2, 6-2

At the conclusion of the match the secret aims, Mr. Balfour argued that were in this civil action. He ventured to winners were greeted with loud applause the British world understood perfectly say that if the defendants had been ablo The final of the professional pairs takes well the broad end for which British to put their case before the Government, place on the War Charities Court to day, diplomacy worked. It was to keep of the Government would not have inter It would not be necessary for such a R. and H. Hancock meeting N. E. Kent good terms with our neighbours.What vened in the way it did. He said that shell to hit a ship. If it dropped in the and J. 8. Jennings

was not plain or easy, he explained, was in fairness to the Government. The sea sixty yards away it would swamp any

the actual day-to-day carrying out Attorney-Generad had specifically stated vessel and paralyse the crew. The charge.

the negotiations by which that end was that his as desire was to soo the issues would be ten tons of powder. Ignition

to be attained. He claimed that a of fraud tried to a finish. The issues of is reversed, the charge burning back from Bergt. Major Anderson, I.E. met and Foreign Office and a Diplomatic Service fraud had boen tried and the verdier was shell to breech, which chviates the filling defeated Gunner Gregory, R.G.A., at the were great instruments for preventing not one of Not proven, but his Lord- of the air with burning powder grains, V.R.C. on Tuesday night, in the semi and diminishing friction between States ship had absolutely found that those At a 100-miles range the Bunnell gan's final of the Military Amateur Champion which ought to be friendly. How was charges of conspiracy and fraud were foundation. Therefore, the destructive area is calculated at 31.400 ship competition. It was generally the task of peacemaker to be pursued be without square miles The action of the gum is anticipated that Anderson would win bluntly asked his critics, if grievances Attorney General had got all he had were to be shouted from the honeetops naked for finding on the issue of simest automatic, the recoil serving to somewhat easily, but Gregory put up whenever they occurred Burely the only fraud. But now the Attorney-General

good clean, loan, make ready for laying, ele surprisingly

losing show, eventually vate, and fire. The aiming or laying to by the narrow margin of 18 points. The result of that would be to embitter public ad further authorised counsel for the Plaintif and that showed the Govern elevation and point of the compass are Sergt. Major took the lead up tu abuut feeling on both sides,

the Anglo-Frenchment was akill further financing the controlled by two hand wheels All the the 150 mark, when Gregory overtook his Mr. Balfour cited operator has to know is the numbered opponent for the first time. The game Entente as an example of the merits of plaintiff to put forward the argument As one who was that his Lordship's judgment entitled the nare on the chart at which he must was very open for a while after this, the the present system. aim and a pantographic pointer placed score on one cecasion being 300-299 in closely associated with that great transac plaintiff to recovery, on a point of law,

Anderson's

favour. The latter then com tion, he insisted that the motive animat Now they had, therefore, the extraordi

desire break of 10. Gregory continued ing the Foreign Office was not the One shell would annihilate a whole dis- trict, for Bunnell has devised an osmiumn

Little

anfer game, would

possibly methods, but the common sense ambition Hongkong supporting a private litigant POSTAGE STAMPS, VIEW FOST CARDS, shell that would kill a city of 700,000 won the fame eventually went to to remove the little dificulties which in a case in which he was endeavouring people, unless they took to the top storeys: Sergt. Major Anderson by 400 points to then occurred between British and French to recover on a point of law. The posi but then other terrible fates would await 382 The best breagh were 15, 17, 18, 29 interests in every part of the world. tion was one which had never been heard them; for example, a chloride of nitrogen and 49 by Anderson, and 17, 30, 15 and Mr. Balfour agreed that to reduce of before, either in Hongkong or Eng shell would make permanent maniaca of 21 by Gregory Bergt-Major Anderson secret treaties to the narrowest possible Land thom

park will now have to meet Pie Ellarby, limits should be the object of every Judgment was ultimately given for the United States ordnance officers are said R.A.M.C., in the final which will be responsible statesman who had the control defendants, and, as elated, the question

of foreign affairs:

of costs is to by argued this morning to be enthusiastic over the invention played on Friday night

The gun is 375 feet long and weighs 39,217 tons. It has a hore of 60 inches,

and throws a 100-ton shell which is 281 feet long.

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