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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 15TB, 1992.

SCOTTISH SPORT

NEW PROFESSIONAL GOLF

CHAMPION. "

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RUBBER PAVING, SEARCHING TEST OF SINGAPORE INVENTION.

t. S. N. ACADEMY BEUNION AT TOKIO. GESTURE OF FRIENDSHI

ANALYZED BY U.Š. PRESS. : It is an entirely safe statement that no George Saith, of Tessiemouth, is the incident of 1920s cupmencemont season Scottish Professional Golf Champion is to surpass in picturesque interest the While a meed of sympathy was accorded reunion of the class of 1581. United | Tou Fernie for his tantalising experience States Naval Academy. It may even be in failingly one stroke, there was gone called naique, for what other similar satisfaction among the "professionals at Gleneagles that the title had gone to a new getting together ever lasted ten weeks member of the fraternity. With four I began when the American transport Championships already to his credit, | Henderson sailed from Hampton Roads Fernic could afford to let the hon.

Then Smith, besides carrying the nucleus of the 22 men who our cireluate, being an able golfer, is a modest and are to be guests of the Japanese Govern well-ikel fellow. He will carry with ment in general and of their classmate, him to the grave a legacy ofthe war: ho is stone deaf and he beerful demeanour Admiral Crin, in particular. Others with under this hanchep endears him to every join the party at Panaran, yet others at one. Smith is a native of Lossiemouth, San Diego, all of the bound for anti. where he ucts as professional to the Meray Golf Club, Thirty-two years of age, he podal festivities, to culminate in an served with the Gorlons, in the war, and official banquet at Tokio on the Fourth way wounded at Lous and Arras. It wf July, Admiral Haron Kato and A-There is probably more heavy traffic over abell shock deprived him of his hearing, and

TO INDIA IN THREE DAYS.

AIR LINER PLANS

constitutes a notable ad-

To India in three days and Australis We have referred several times, says in seven, including stops of six hours. the Straits Times, to the invention of each in Egypt and at Rangoon and rubber faced paving block by Mr. Lionel Singapore, is approximately the time Cresson, chemist, of the Singapore table which the promoters of the Empire Rubler Works, and we are now able to Air Service are planning. This is the congratulate the inventor on the marked service in which the firm of Vickers and success of a severe test to, which his the Shell:Oil, Congjiang are interested, blocks have been subjected. It may be and which aims at purchasing the five remembered that the entrance pavilion British airships which were to have been of the Mabyn Borneo Exhibition was handed over to the Disposals Board. The laid with, Cresson rubber blocks, and scheme is still under the consideration of that they stand the test thers perfectly. the Air Council, who have expressed the But it was felt that a much more severe view that it trial was necessary and the Singapore vance upon any other for the utilisation Harbour Beard. thanks to the interest of airships in connection, with In- of Mr. S. A. Lane, kindly undertook to perial communications," and it is eg lay a large square of the rubber blocks pected shortly to come before the Cabinet in front of the weigh house where all the heavy vehicles conveying goods from for consideration of à Government guar

on the proposed capital of four millions. the harbour to the city have to pass.

antee for share and debenture interest

pending area in Singapore. Yesterday afternoon (July 5th), all being ready, Mr. Speaking of the necessity of some formi

view the first tests. tive citizens to

Dennis Burney, who submitted the scheme Farrer. President, and Col. Pearson, interview with a representative of The Those present included Mr. R. to the Air Ministry, pointed out, in an Engineer in Chief, "Singapore MunicipObserver, that the enterprise at the out-

set

must "necessarily be speculative. Taylor and Alford of the Harbour The public," he said, can scarcely be Baard: Messrs. Hinkaen, manager of the expected to come into it unless they get. Singapore Rubber Works. Mr I Cres certain amount of security. They are, on the inventor: Messrs. Makepeace however, I am perfectly sure, ready to and Still, the Press. The first test was Bfty miles an hour in a motorear carry ment is behind them. a run over the rubber area at about Empire if they know that the Govern

take a hand in assisting to develop the

some pieces of shrapnel still embeded in bassery Warren and Shidrhara being that spot than over any other corres which the enterprise will requir».

his legs are other souvenirs from France.

at table. Tafcadio Hearn once said that

The new Champion" is a' rapid player. His thickness of action at times excels their best as entertainers," zo one has eren George Duncau. The club is placed reason to force a joyous occasion for in front of the ball, and then skelp grin and his fellows. As for Secretary the shot. There is no waggling with the club, no fiddling about with the feet: This of the Navy Denby-n port of brother-inality: Messrs. Trimmer, Tongue. Robson, impetuosity see as his natural manner. It law of the class, since he married the was noteworthy that towards the end of sister of Gilbert Wilkes, Annapolitan St the second round, when he knew the import-Rear Admirals Wilson and Hoogewref. ance of cach stroke, his cadeavour to be Captain Bryan, and the trio of Marine more earful imposed a restraint on his Corps meinbera. Major-General Barnett style that did not prove profitable. Instead Brigadier General Haines, and Colonel of hitting with a sort of joyous abandon Perkins, they su ly are scheduled, foban he tried to avoid curtain, traps, and with unusually delightful time.

He "canters round like a Captain Cutile the Japanese were at their best and felt S. A. Lang invited a party of representa- of Government guarantee, Commander

disastrous results. "

Smith has figure in five Scottish Cham

pionships, and has usually finished wall up. He is strong and clover through the green; but not a Willie Park at patling. Un doubtedly, he was favoured by an early start in the competition, and was untram melled by any thoughts of what he had to do. Fernie, on the other hand, was con stantly heuring hore Smith was going, and what the score must be to win. The isate ultimately narr ved down to a stroke, and Fernie was left with a four yards putt to tie-and raised.

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SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPAN

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will be used not for the new service, but. The present sirships, he explained, for training the crews, Assuring that the Government guarantee is secured, and that the company is floated in the course of the summer, it is hoped to for passengers and mails to Bombay aut" start early next year a bi-weekly servien Perth, stopping at the paints we have. mentioned in order to refill with tyre

fessed that the time for observation was not long enough to make much impres sion either on them or on the paving It demonstrated one point, however, for The real gain, however, and a gigantic it showed that the powerful suction of a gain it should be. is the emphasizing and fast travelling vehicle had no effect on enlarging of neighbourly relations be the Cresson blocks, Then the big Har tween Japan and the United States. Ither Board Fire Engine, fally manned. is possible, of course, to find cynically thundered over the blocks, and left them minded · folk who hold that no such “ges- as they were, A heavily loaded lorry ture of friendship" as is here involved drew up suddenly on the test area, bute and oil fuel. The fares will be less than steaibship fares, but how much less is worth anything as a preventive of again nothing happened, and finally is a matter for future consideration. possible later trouble.

Haven't there big road roller' moved on, backed, ad-

As intending passengers will want to vance, and generally endeavoured to be assured that the journey can be mander' bern wars between nations once excellent make itself objectionable to the paying in safety, we shall probably have to friends? runs the alleged argument. So It also retired without producing any why waste money and energy and time? adverse effects,

run for year," Commander Burney There were several notable, failures in It should not need the saying that al So, as far as such texts can go, thosna, either without any or with very.. the Championship. Gordon Lockhart, though quondam friends have fought, in made yesterday, July 5th) were always be some who will he willing to few, although it is probable there will Peter Rob frison, ad A. W. Butchart, were a certain few enses, an untold number of successful inileed: but the real text will all out of it before the last round started. disagreements, running the gamut from be a few months subjection to the heavy venture, even at the start, on a journey In fact these three laboured through the mere ill feeling to armed action, unques trafic which daily passes over the select which is both quicker and cheaper than competition; their mistakes were invariably tionably have been prevented through the ed apot. It may be explained that the Any other. In order to secure safety, we

intend to do away with petrol and use. punished; and they seldom had a glean of betternderstanding begotten of friendly blocks are laid on a foundation of con- fuck. In the 1st round it was a use of intercourse:. To-day's situation in Europe

The essential feature of Mr. kerosene in its place, and to surround the

hydrogen with a non-explosive gas... Smith and Frenie for the first and secofrineda nothing more than just that. To Cresson's patent is that only about 3-5.01. For a rapid long distance service like

an inch of pure rubber is Inid on the places: the rest were nowhere..

dase situation u the Pacific basin. top of the black, the body of which may that proposed, the airship is the only thongh greatly inprovel by the Washing be made of almost farthing-sand,thing Aeroplanes, without night flying, ton Conference, may be steadied yet fur ground brick and stone, even, wood saw would probably be twice as long on the ther by exactly this There is" close dust Javing been tested, and the whole Way The original scheme was based on two and a half million cubic feet ships, analogy between Friendship as shown may be said to be vulcanised into one among nations and that which is disuniformly cohesive mass. The advantage but we and now that we shall be able played among individuals; even if rastly over any form of anchoring is chrions to build five million cubic feet ships, differing in degree, the two are quite the the rubber surface a piece of expanded passengers. And when you cone to con- sunk in which will accommodate two hundred Anchoring means that there metal or something of the same kind, sider the question of accommodation it and then the block is attached to a con-trans-Continental trains rather than with is necessary to compare airships with crete foundation. Apart from the danger of tearing loose which brings to the ocean liners. surface jagged points of metal, there is

You cannot hare on an uirship, at this inherent defect in the anchoring any rate at present, dancing bulls and system, that only about half of the actual orchestras, but you will have all the rubber is available for surface wearing facilities of traus-Continental trains and a good deal more space. Imagine a trait purposes, as the block is useless when the anchors become exposed. The merit of three hundred feet long and twice as Cresson's block is that the whole rubber wide as it is, and you have an idea of can be worn off and there will yet re- what the airship carriages will be car- main n surface upon which trafie enn riages with sleeping cabins, restaurants, run, quite satisfactorily almost until thend smoke rooms. Roughly, we shall have. concrete foundation is reached. Nothing forty-four or forty-five tous of lift, with is conclusive except a long, severe test, which after the crew of thirty and the and that is now being given, but we can storage of fuel are accounted for, we can say of the Cresson system that it is curry passengers and cargo." the most hopeful we have ever seen and brings rubber, paving within the scope of

The new Champion is a native of fossi month, and is 32 years of age. Before the war he was a partner in a golf business in Aberbeen with. Alexander Marling, who some time ago went to America. Both men sufferred in the war, Smith losing his hearing and Marling losing an eye. Smith was with the 4th Gordons at Loos and Arras, and was twice wounded, his deafness being the result of shell shock. On more than one occasion he has come to the front in competitions, but this is his first great success. He is a worthy winner, a skilled; golfer and a steady player.

TENNIS.

In the West of Scotland's Gentlemen's. Singles Championship at Bellabouston, A. Blur, Pollokshields and D. L. Craig, Partick, met in the final. Blair won, and thus got a third turn of the Singles Clam. pionship.

SCOTTISH CRICKET.

same in kind. He is an abnormal thinker who will say, of either that it is not worth seeking. He is an unoleurvant student of affairs who does not realize the fact that, in both cases, the desirable result follows brouslenéd and deepened understanding

as cause."

UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY.

t news distortions and editorial exaggerations," who is not otherwise in- formed, that is, carries away with him

'COUS YEAR.

Besides the commercial adynntage of the service; Commander Burney touched upon the military importance of airship bases, and indicated "that in return for the Government security that is being asked the Empire will have an asset. of

Never was this understanding more called for than to-day, is between Japan and the United States, and this not be- cause there exist material conditions making for political trouble, but because, for the best of a score of years, a "yellow" press has existed on both sides of the Pacific, misrepresenting facts, preaching By dismissing Carlton, one of the distrust by explicit perversion or impli. strongest batting sides in Scottish cricket,cit fabricntion, and generally magnifying for the small total of 54 ruas, Glasgow the mulehills of customary commercial possibility. Academicals provided the surprise of the nad sociologic differences into secting week. But the achievement did not bring mountains of touchy, even belligerent them victory, the Western team having also international' rivalry, The reader of WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW, AND the highest potential value. a very poor tutal with the bat. In spite of a spirited first-wicket stand, and the con- cession of a large number of extras, Royal High School F.P.' went down before Grunge, though the school made a rather good defence against their strong adver- Aarica. Watsonians, as a result of good bowling T. D. Watt, who secured wickets for 18 runs, gained a good victory over Edinburgh University, In the Scot tish Coanties Championship, Stirling County had no chance whatever against Perthshire: And Forfarshire were only saved by time from a defeat at the hands of Clackmannan. In the Western Union, Uddingston have already lost all their chances of the Championship this season; it is a bad downcome from form on their part

After a run of exceptional prosperity, IRRITATED & INFLAMED EYE · a travesty of the truth of a kind more says the Financial Times, the Eastern than merely lamentable-it is dangerous, drygoods house of Whiteaway, Laillaw can be directly traced in many cases to The first necessity, to counteract in what& Company has experienced an unplea the Sunday Motor trip and Golfing. The ever degree such a condition, is, obviously, saat setback. In addition to the geheraldast from sections of the local roads that each of these two great nations stagnation in trade the political condi- contain a decided eye irritant. A sug should be brought to see facts as they are. tions in the main spheres of the com- to recognize feelings as they really exist.pany's operations (India) have also prob- the windshield up and to use & pair of gestion for these trips would be to keep This is precisely what the forthcoming ably affected business adversely. The visit of the Americans at Tokio will bring 1920-21 roport covered a period which, Sua glasses. Sun glasses of any pattern about to a considerable degree. Japan will though difficult, only experienced the with either Crookes, Luxfel, Fieuzal, serve, with characteristic oriental in stamp for about balf ita course, but the Amber, London Smoke, or Blue lenses tentness, a group of excellently repre past season has felt the influence of the are obtainable at very moderate prices sentative men of that generously broad commercial depression all along, notwith minded type which is fortunately usual standing that the chairman, at the last from The Hongkong Optical Co., suces In the States," and these gentlemen, on annual meeting, did not give any reason sora to Clark & Co., Manufacturing and more intimate knowledge of the Japanese to the poor showing now recorded. But a their, part, will take bome with them a for supposing that development would lead Refracting Opticians-the most compet ent manufacturing optical establishment United College, Dundee, 44; Perth. each direction will be set in motion anthe continued depreciation of silver ha Boad Central, (opposite to the Singer, habit of thought and point of view. In good deal has happened since then, and in South China located in C, Queen'a influence for good, since it will mean abeen one element which naturally reacta

Merchiston Castle, 190 for 7; Grange,

179 for 7. Edin. Univ., 117; Forfarshire, 98.

shire, 275 for 7.

Dumbarton, 78; Uddingston, 134.

Elin. Univ., 295; St. Andrew's Univ.,

67..

Glenalmond, 107; Perthshire, 180

for 8. Glas. Univ., 78; Glus. Academicals,

85 for 8. Fettes, 186; Grange, 149 for 7. Carlton, 54; Glas. Academicala, '49. Gins. Univ., 94; Gins. H.S., F.P., 93. Grange, 170 for 3; R.H.8., F.P., 189. Watsonians, 160; Edin. Univ, 72. Merchiston, 218 for 2; Brunswick;

95 for 1.

Stenhousemuir, 44; Edin. Academicals,

80:

SCOTTISH COUNT CHAMPIONSHIP.

Perthshire, 271 for 6; Stirling Co., 86. Clackmannan. Co., 208 for 6 Forfar

shire, 147 for 9. (Continued at fool of next column.)

clearer understanding of the actual state on undertakings having dralings with the Rowing Machine Company-Advt. [20 of affairs, and this is only another way Middle and Far East. The report for of saying that better relations will be 1091-2, just to hand, shows a loss on solidified. The excursion, on its purely trading of £32,800, as compared with credit for the claim of £128,000 for excess personal side, will be pleasant; valuable profit of £268,000 nud a deficit, after pro-profits duty refund A transfer from on its educational angle, while, regard-viding for depreciation and establishment reserve extinguishes the residue, so that ing the facet of international relations as expenses, of £97,000 as against a surplus the next accounts will not be hampered such, it may well be regarded as possess of £1.000. Presumably there was a by a debit balance. In the circumstances. ing a weight making it not less than idea in December of bow the accounts this is a satisfactory termination of a noteworthy in two hemispheres. Chris would work out, or the interim dividend trying year, and vindicate the policy of tian Sesence Monitor:

on the ordinary capital would not have the board in the past of building up been, declared, and apparently it was to reserves which are still fairly strong even wards the loss of the financial term that after bonus issues. The ordinary pro- the worst losses were incurred. No doubt prietors are lucky to get a return by way a large proportion is represented by the of the interim dividend, though it is the arcessity of writing down stocks, as sa lowest in the history of the firm, the many similar enterprises hayo, discovered. average now works out at just over 93 The ordinary interim distribution and per cent, per annum, tax free, so that the preference interest raise the deficit the ordinary shareholders have little to £108,500, which is reduced to £1,300 ground for complaint and zoust accept, by the £23,000 brought in and by taking with its contingent drawbacks, the Jarurg

(Continued at foot of next column.) el of bonus issues,

WESTERN UNION,

Ayr, 156 Uddingston, 97. Poloc, 129 for G; Drumpellier, 124. Clydesdale, 150 for 9; Ferguslie, 138. West, 127 Kilmarnock, 79, PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP,"

Kites, 260; Edin. Acadeiny, 81. Lorette, 153; Weston's, 146.