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THORNYCROFT

JOHN I TROTOROFT & Co., LưMITED,

SHIPBUILDERS AND EXORI,

London, Southampton AND BARINGSTORE.

Shanghai Office: 65, Szechnen Road..

"MARINE MOTORS AND MOTOR boats. MOTOR LIGHTING AND PUMPING SETS.

SHILLOW DRAFT STEAMERS.

THORNYCROFT GIL FUEL SYSTEM.

Commercial, High-speed and Pleasure Craft.

·THORNYCROFT WATER-TUBE BOILERS, THORNYCROFT MOTOR VEHICLES.

Our Motor Enginer and our Naval Architect, both Thornycroft experts, no resident in Shanghai, will give attention to all inquines.

Early deliveries can be made of 15-b.t.p., 30.b.h.p. 45-6.hip, and 70-bhp. Kerosene Marine Engines.

KR. ROXBURGH,.

Manager for, China.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

MOTOR DEPARTMENT.

Distributors for

COLE. DODGE & OLDSMOBILE Cars,

FEDERAL Trucks-FISK Tires, HARLEY-DAVIDSON Motorcycles. ARROW. BRENNAN, JACOBSEN, MEITZ. RED WING ROBERTS, & VENN- SEVERIN Marine englues.

We stock Spare Parts also carry a complete line of Auto-Accessories and Motorboat Fittings.

Motor Car Storage and

Repairs of all descriptions under European supervision.

Re-painting a speciality.

Inquires and Inspection Invited.

No. 7, Russell St.

Call at our Motor Garage,

or.

Phone 659.

WESTCO LIGHT..

A self contained neat and compact lighting plant of 14 KW. 32 volts with go A. H. Batteries or 180 A. H. : Batteries."

Starts by pressing a button and stops automatically.

Works entirely on KEROSENE and a demonstration can be shown att anytime at the Offices of the Sole Agents for China and Indo-China.

UNION ENGINEERING CO., LTD.. Ground Floor, 13, Chater Road,.

HONGKONG.

CRIPOLY BELTING

Solid Woven with triple-twisted and which grips. A slipping bdt in your indestructible your motor carGripoly has proved it

edges

Get the most out of your Machinery by using a belt which does not slip or streich factory is as bid as a leaking petrol tank in

abreds.

self under test to be the most efficient ali- round belting. It does not stretch or slip it resists heat, damp, grease, friction and guide forks as no other belting can Flave the best balling and get the utmost power from your machines.

Let us know your 'requirements and we will advise you as to the best type of Grimly for your needi,

LEWIS & TYLOR, LTD.,

Grange Mills, CARDIFF, and. 51. Gracechurch St., LONDUX, EC. 8. England, Agents holding stocks.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 1918.

"A GOLFING MYTH, THE LENGTH OF DRIVES

The elaborate trials at Woodcote Park

sa to the length of the shota seem to have proved, ao fax sa they proved any thing, that the "man in the street "* has rather axaggerated notions of bow far the modern professional can hit the modern ball.

People talk airily of drives of 000 yards, but on this occasion the longest drive, which was made by Brind, was just over 270 yards, and a large person- taga measured, no more than 940 yards. These facts do not in the least disprove goth of the shnormally long drives" thai have previously been recorded, for con- ditions of wind and ground make so tonishing things possible. As the same time there are current many tall stories about, driving feats which are probably quite untras. They can most easily be accounted for by the explanation ones given of certain spiritualistio phenomena deliberate lying by per top- able of deception." After he recent trials golfers will, perhaps, be a little more chary of coming into lunchery with marvellous stories of what theybave dons."Watson," said Sherlock Holmes on one occasion, if ever I appear a little over-confident in my powers, whis- par Norbury" in my ear and I shall be initely obliged to you. Let ng hope

ir

that the mere murmar of "Woodcote " may produce a like salutary effect on some of our friends..

One of the best and most experienced of professional players told me the other day that, in his judgment, it was only against the wind that the very small and heavy ball of to-day went perceptibly farther,, than its immediate predecessor. In regard to a still day, he thought that

AUCTIONS

PUBLIO ADOTIONS.

BY APPOINTMENT. HUGHES AND HOUGH,

ADCRSONURILE TO THE`QOVERNMENT AND

ADMIRALTY. Auctioneers,

General

Share, Coal and General. Produce Brokers

The Undersigned have received instrac- tions to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned), "

TO-DAY (TUESDAY), December 18th, 1919, at 10.30 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Faux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Several cases of TOYS,

(to be sold without reserve). Suitable for XMAS TREES. Forms ---Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

tions to sell by Pablic Auction,

The Undersigned hars received 'instruc-

:

** (For Acocunt of the Con corned)

ON THURSDAY, December 18th, 1919, at 2.30 F., at their Sales Rooms, No. Des Voeux Boad, Corner of Ice House Street, VALUABLE CHINESE PORCELAIN 8. CURILS, ETC, Erc, Including a large variety, óf 5-coloured and

a ball or a brand new extinct, with which-coloured Vases Wall Pintes, Table Screens, be played eight or nine years ago, had Blue and White Vases, and Incense Burner, never been surpassed. This interesting id Bronze and Brass Figures, Vasse, etc, opinion, if it be sound, seems to say and Crystal Orusments.

Kakemonos. Lacquered Ware, Ivory, Arata that the general golfing public has been very slow in awaking to the distance that]

The above stooks recently arrived from folding and in-lude pieces from the Ming. the Kangh

Kienlung and Towkwong Periods,

of reserve

which will be sold without Fall Particulars from Catalogus). On view day of sale.. Txas --Cash.

rubber cored ball can be hit, and to the difficulties that it "puts in the way of golf, architects. It certainly does not abow that Rules of Golf Committee are wrong in wanting to limit the powers of the ball, but rather that they might well have acted earlier in the matter. I do not propose to recapitulate the argu ments on this subject the additional ground required, the weariness of much walking and the aching legs of old gentle. men, the second round finishing in the twilight on short winter days, the likeli hood that, human ingenuity being what it is, golf balls will gradually be invented that go farther and farther still. Theno pres things have all been said many times

uver.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

The Undersigned bave received instruc tions to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned), On SATURDAY, December 20th, 1819, at 10.30 4.3, at their. Sale Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,. Corner of lea House Street,

A LARGE ABORTMENT OF TOYS

Comprising

дом

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

& DRIVE-AND-A-PITUS.” There is one point, however, which, Dolls (large and small), Dolls Beds, Foot though rally quite, obricus is worth | Bells Trusete, Mechanical Torry Xmas emphasizing. Too many golfers are apt Trees, Blocks Games Rubber Bals, Barsp to talk as if this question of excessive Books and Post Cards Albums Toy Swords length began and ended with the tee shot and Guns Xmas Decorations, Crackers,

&c They seem to forget that the modern ball can be hit enormous distances with fron

"Tajná :---Usah : clube. It is this fact which makes hard the lives of architects, reduces the variety and interest of second shots, and now and agair taras almost any hole you like to, mention into a drive-and-a-pitch. The maahie in particular seems to me to com pass now-d-days extraordinary distances. In "The Complete Golfer Harry Vardon wrote in 1908: It is my strong conviction that a man is playing the best and safest golf when he attempts nothing beyond. 80 yards with his mashic, using an iron or cleek for anything longer. It is very seldom that I play my mashie st

a distance of over 80 yards." I hardly: think he would write that today; if he'l did he would not practice what he preach

ed,

WISEMAN. LTD.

TEA

DANCE

TO-DAY

A short hole of 110 or 150 yards now (fuesday), December 16th.

demands no more than a very comfort

able mashie shot from those who are by

no means Vardons, nor need they, in order Dance Tickets 50 cents each.

to get the distance, simply indulge in those disgraceful practices of swinging the mashie which are so unspari gly condemned by the illustrious. Now to take an example from a brand-new text- book, I find that "Long Jim" Barnes," as he is usually called in America, a fine player and a mighty hitter, talks calmly of maahic shota of 180 or 170 yards. These shots were certainly to be played up to & green where there was a bunker im-

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HONGKONG HOTEL.

mediately in front of the bolo and the GREAT SUCCESS OF THE CLEVER

had something of that illicit swing about

them for on this point Barnes appeared

to glory in his heterodoxy. But, even so,"

ENTERTAINERS

the difference between 80 and 170 yards AILEEN AND DORIS WOODS

is remarkable Probably Barnes makes

rather peculiar use of his mashie WHO WILL AFFEAR AGAIN AS A

Ray does of bis niblick, and his advice

would not suit the average golfer. Still

AT THE

it struck me at Walton Heath a fortnight TEA DANSANTS

digo that

smaalie shot" in the langu

age of the professionals meant a very

long way indeed.

ILON CLUBS,

It tests and measurements are to be the

order of the day, iron clubs afford scope Thursday, December 18th.

for some interesting experimenta They

CAPT. ROSS SMITH

flew from

ENGLAND to AUSTRALIA

on

SHELL

use the

BEST

SPIRIT

and get

RESULTS

NEURASTHENIA

(NERVE WEAKNESS)

CÜRED BY ELECTRICITY,

PTO-DAY the conditions of 19fe nys'enuring s perions incresan in Neurasi benia and other nervous and Functional disorders.

The symptoms of Kauraathenis are many ažd varied! (They see, mainly mental or nestone, and often the victima in gain unaware of the fact that he or she la texreðing pirily towards Nervous haustion and Nervous Prostation. "ARE YOU MERVOUS LIKE THIST

It so. CurS= Ure la-- trielty 益

The Pulvermacher Appliances are the only tween- ́tions for the aclministration of Curative Electricity. andoracid by over Kiy leading Doctors and by the oneful Academy of Medicine in Paris, HAVE YOU ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS ?

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Do you dread apan or closed spaces? Km you wanting in Wii-Power 7 Are you "Adgety," zustima, at sleepless? Do you blush or turn pals readily ? Do you shriak from sirkage-company 7 Do you draws for stimulanta er árnís ↑

If so, you can safely assume that you are sol tering from Neurizshenia. The neurasthenic also Mian kunorázom Indigestion, Liver Troubles,

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in the matter of driving, for one reason because an iron in the hands of a mastor can, within limits, send the ball de long or as abort a distance as he desires It should not be at all dificult, however, to devise a plan. whereby the player played bis natural shot from certain measured distances, and the results would, "I he liova, be rather illuminating

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JH TAGGARTY.

Manager.

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TERFIELD & SWIRE,

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The fact that such long distances are the ball may go, that type of abot will brought by the ball within the range of always szise to catch as in two minds iron and missbie thots do not, of course, and give the man who es really control do away with the advantage of the skilled his club his duo advantage over us. That approacher. The preeminently good iron so far as the welfare of the game i player will always be he who can play concerned, a consoling reflection. But it with real confidence the half-and-half, be will be Do consolation to those who ache twixt and between shota that go by half-liver with more walking, and when a-dozen different names: the hole where some new Haskell invents a ball that can full swing is out of the question, yet be hit 200 yards with a half-iron that something more forcible than the ordinary chose who are poi too old to be special pitching stroke is required. However far constables will yet be too old to play

(Continued, at foot of next column.) more than one round & day

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12 Foon the day before sailing. The contents

and valueck all packages are required.

For farlig, particulars, selling dates, Apply to

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Pork Box 11373