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Hongkong Observatory, December 23rd.

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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE

From Dec, 24th to 30th, 1925.

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BOXING IN ENGLAND.

NEW ACTION BY THE BOARD "OF CONTROL.

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It is understood that the British Board of Boxing Control, having proved by its first big effort that it is strong enough and determined enough to exercise con- trol, will shortly take steps to put' pro- fessional fighting in this country on the same regulated footing as that which it is on in the United States."

An attempt will be made to register every boxer, manager, promoter, and second.in Great Britain, and in addition it is probable that every promoter will be called engto file with the board the exact faancial details of his ventures..

This means that he will be compelled to publish the proceeds of tis tourna ments, as well as the precise amount of the purses.

As it has long been a complaint that spectators are invariably kept in the dark about these matters, this must be con sidered a "move in the right. direction. It is the custom in the United States for the newspapers to sinounce on the morn ing following a big fight the number of persons present, the full takings, and the sums handed over to the hoxers. but in

done since pugilism became popular.

"As a matter of fact, no one, save those immediately interested, has been able to, tell whether a fight was financially suc cessful or a failure. This naturally has led to the circulation of rumeurs that have done more harm than good.

Pants, November 3rd. It is remarkable to what an extent gold is being worn this season. This must be a reaction against the monotony and hard- ships of post-war conditions and repre. sent more a psychological need of the moment. than a more passing whim of fashion. Apart from the gold and silver lame dresses that haye, of course,, been favourites of the fashion world for a year or more, ons comes across touches of gold at every turn. At the theatre the other day when the matinée First: Per- formance of a play, that has since become the fashionable rage of Paris, was being given. I noticed a well-known actress wearing a plain white crêpe de Chine, frock, the only trimming of which was a deep band of gold lamé laid across the front width at the hem, and deep bands edging the long collar-scarf that she would round her neck and allowed to hang down in unequal lengths at the back. Another well-known personality in the social world wore a plain blue crêpe Marocain frock pleated into tiny knife pleats from neck to hem, and of this, also, the only trimming was a collar of figured Iame brocade. There are now gold sueda belts for wear with plain, dark-coloured | Great Britain this has not once been dresses and the latest novelty of all are the black glace kid gloves that are finish- ed with gauntlet cuffs of gold leather, either plain or perforated and showing picot edge. A variation of this idea is the black glacé kid glove that is finished with a band of gold-leather, not

an Finch wide equipped 'at one end, with a buckle and at the other with eyelets, so that the glove straps round the wrists. Both these models are very effective and are being much worn just now.

THE STRAIGHT SLIM SILHOUETTE. The methods to which tailors and dress inters are resorting to create skirts that produce the straight alim silhouette and yet are suficiently wide for walking and dancing movement, are many and Fiests, of course, are their great stand-by. lost dresses fit tightly round the hips, but from here they flow out discreetly, the ways in which they flow being many. There is the skirt htted with panels of deep pleats, closely stitched a httle way down and then set free. There is the gusset skirt into which pointed insertions are let from the hem to the waist, commencing, of course, with the broad part at the hem and tapering this away to A nere nothing when it reaches the waist line. There is the pleated skirt, and this is rendered more practicable ce account of a new method of pleating which guarantees the pleats will pot come out. Then, there is the skirt that is cut on the cross Which Bows naturally. This skirt is the most difficult of all to make for, if cut too full, it looks clumsy. Ano flow should be hinted at rather than exaggerated. Skirts of this description, too, must be really short, otherwise they are apt to look. dowdy Coata that are worn over them should be long and flow in line to har- monise with the skirt. Another idea is to let in fallness by means of plaids, riba and stripes of the same material but cut on a cross grain so that curious pattern ed effects are obtained. Pockets are de corated in the same way and shape given to the entire garment, whether be skirt or frock

various.

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THE LION'S SHARE.

I remember, for example, that when Carpentier fought "Kid Lewis at Olym pia in 1999 it was stated that the receipts totalled nearly £50,000. This was exag- geration, for the amount taken was only a little over £30,000. The lion's share went to Carpentier, but Major Arnold. Wilson once assured me that he did not carry out of the country anything like the fortune he was generally believed to have made by his one minute of Bghting

All this came back to my mind the other night when I was reading Mr. C. B. Cochrane book,

Secrets of a Show- man." Several chapters are devoted to boxing, and Mr. Cochran for the first time has given facts about his gains and losses. The statemetits made about the takings at Holborn Stadium and Olympia struck me as particularly interesting.

The first. Beckett Wella contest in 1972 drew a gate. of £3,314 2s, and each man was paid £600. Years earlier for beat- ing Colin Bell Wells received £1,200. Jack Bloomfield-then known as Corporal

Blumenfeld-for his debut against Dusty Smith at the Holborn Stadium in 1919 was given £20; while Jimmy Wilde for defeating All Mansfeld at the same place was guaranteed £1,000. Mans- field got £195, but, the total receipts on this occasion amounted only to £1,000 18.

The entire

HUGE TAKINGS Frank Goddard when be met Beckett at Olympia in 1919 received £2,000, Beckett being paid £2,500. purse money on this night, which in- cluded £15 to Bloomfield for meeting nearly £5,000, but Harry Drake, was

"At the the proceeds were 28,001 78. Wilde Morun contest in the same year the takings were £14,205 86. 6d, and -Wilde received 60 per cent of a gate of £5,000 and also won a side stake of £500. The benches and fashionable mountain The purse for the Beckett-MeGoorty and country resorts have been brilliant fight was £2,000, of which 60 per cept The gate yielded this year as a result of the bright went to Beckett. ccloored cretonne parasols that have been £19,650 148. Wells and Jack Curphey, purse of £800, all the rage. Some of them looked like a little later shared a great tropical Bowers, others, like post- while Fred Fulton and Gordon Coghill, were who fought before a "house" represent Impressionist pictures, but charming and suggestive of youth and ing less than £1,000, divided a purse of £800. The Wells-Townley match drew long summer afternoons lazed away on a beach or stretched out in a punt They £1,745, Wells, on s-percentage, earning Are still to be seen at La Baulo, Dinard and other resorta that remain open during an Autumn season, and usually figure as a foil to a plain white or cream frock, or else a coloured frock chosen to match the dominant colour in the pattern of The first Beckett-Carpentier fight at the parasol. Another idea is to wear a the Holborn Stadium reaulted in nearly white frock and a coloured suede beit to £30,000 being taken at the gaten. It will match the dominant shade in the parasol, be recollected that on that remarkable and, one wishes to carry the ensemble evening 25 guineas was charged for ring. idea to its utmost limit of detail, one has side seats and 5 guineas for standing the cushions of one's houseboat or paint, room. Carpentier was paid £5,000 for his made of the same cretonne as one's frock.73 seconds of boxing and Beckett £3,000. The line is drawn, however, at having & After this victory Darpentier signed with dress made of the same cretonne, as it Mr. Cochran to meet Dempsey for £20,000, is felt that the effect would be banal and but this was later increased to £40,000.

The shape that has been overdone.

He actually received when he did fight chosen by makers for these cretanne Dempsey nearer £60,000. parasols is the flat Japanese type, and, so that they shall be serviceable and easy to carry, they are fitted with Eght, ornamental wood handle. With some the bold designs of the cover are out- lined in black stitching, and a still more decorative-effect thus obtained.

GARTEN LOOP FOR HANDKERCHIEF.

£610 and Townley £250; but three days earlier Johnny Basham and Matt Wells, at the Holborn Stadium, could attract Between them they were only £1,090. paid £700.

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When Goddard met McGoorty in 1920 the receipts were 22,253 188., but Frank Moran and Tom Cowler only drew £408. in the same week the takings at the Bombardier Wells-MeGoorty night were 22,305. "Kid" Lewis was paid £500 for defeating Johnny Bee (receipts £1,277 16.)He emphasises that his retirement was And the second fight between Beckett and not due to financial losses; he was unable Wells had a gathering that paid £16,000 to make the Stadium pay with weekly for admission.

Until I brought Beckett from ob matches, but he never lost money on "star" fights at that hall or at Olympia. As a promoter of professional, box-

Since fashion decided to do away with pockets in women's clothes, life for many of us has consisted in solving the problem of where to carry that vital necessity of lifea handkerchief, and we have solved the problem mostly by losing it The scurity," says Mr. Cochran, he rarely or ever received a larger tum than £100.

latest invention for conserving it is the For beating Wells he received 23,000, but ing," he concludes, I had been com- garter, of all places. The new models which have been designed for wear within accepting the match he had agreed to the knee-length skirts, are made of bill inect either Willie Meehan, Bob Devore, to match the colour of one's frock, and Frank Moran, or Frank Goddard for a cach garter is provided with a tight guarantee of £2,000, win, lose, or draw."

Explaining his retirement from boxing elastic loop through which to pass one's sandkerchief. When not actively in use, Mr. Cochran states that the last straw the handkerchief serves as a kind of dewas the postponement of the Wilde Pete Herman fight. He was forced to return coration to the garter. So, for once at £12,000 worth of seats sold in advance least, it has been demonstrated that an object can be both useful and decorative. (Continued at foot of next Column.)

pelled, purely by the conduct of the or ery them off. No boxer ever gave as boxers, continually to postpone matches his, reason that he had cold feet, or that by aide-stoppings match with an op- ponent, who looked better than he thought he was when he signed, he would lose an opportunity of some easy money to follow. The worst offenders had been Beckett, McGoorty, and finally. Herman."

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