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BEAUTY VIEWED FROM THE SEA.
ADVANTAGE OF "A GOOD LITTLE SHIP."
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A Menagerie race will be held this afternoon for those members who wish to take part, starting at 2.45 from the Club House over a course of Lyraun Beacon (P), Mark on Line (S), Channel Eocks (9) 7.8 miles.
BOXING.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 9th, 1927.
THE NEXT TOURNAMENT.
PROGRAMME ISSUED.
The programme has been issued for the next Tournament of the Hong Kong Bexing Association, probably the last of the mason, which is to take place at the Theatre Royal next Saturday night at 0.13.
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NEW THEORIES OF SPACE.
AND TIME.
STARS MILLIONS OF LIGHT
YEARS AWAY!"..
SPECKS THAT ARE UNIVERSES.
Same idea of the immensities of time and space may be gathered incidentally from a most fascinat ing picture of the system formed by the great nebule, painted by Dr. Hubble, of Mount Wilson Observa tory, California, in an article in recent issue of the Astrophysical
"Journal..
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Dr. Hubble has recently been The programme for the tourna using the giant 100in. telescope to examine the distribution in apace of the great nebula. As far back ment is as under :---
as about 1800 Sir William Herschel WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THR COLONY (15 ROUNDS).
thought that each of these grest Stoker Morris (H.M.S. Hermes) nebula might be comparable in size On Sunday the race for the holder) . A.B. Bennett (H.M.S. and in content of matter to the whole system of about 1,000,000,000 U and I, prize will take place over Witherington).
stars bounded by the "Milky Way," of which our sun is a member.
Dr. Hubble now finds that this
Tho ia actually the case.
faint nebula appear faint merely because of their great distance. The faint- est visible in the Mount Wilson telescope are so remote that their light takes 140,000,000 years to reach 178. Within this distance some wo million nebule must lie. Dr. Hub ble sds that these are fairly uni
S.8. "CALULU” formly spaced at an average dis tance of about 1,800,000 light years | Saizore on du AsCUT 20TH APRIL, 1927, apart.
a course of Tathong Rock (P),DDLEWEIGHT CONTEST (10 ZOUNDS). Stoker Evans Mark on Line (S), Kowloon Roëk
Ewin v Channel (5),
Rocks (8)-18.75 (Champion of India).
miles.
LIGHTWEIGHT CONTEST (10 ROUNDS).
LS Hall. L.S. Baker. LIGUTWRIGHT CONTEST (10 ROUNDS).
Stoker Gold . A.E. Hindie.
Starting at 10.30 am, from, the "Club House...
It is suggested that a series of races for the racing yachts shouldIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST (8 ROUNDS). L/C. Finlayson v. Marine Watts,
be held, the conditions to be that no member should sail his own boat and bonts should be changed for each race. This would mean that the number of races would be, one less than the number of entries.
Some idea of the immensity of these figures may be gathered from the fact that hitherto the farthest objects known from our planet have been at a distance mainly about 1,000,000 light years.
MORRIS AND BENNETT Much could be said about Sto. Morris,, holder of the Welterweight Championship of the Colony, and A.B. Bennett, the challenger. Marris, sinca wresting the title from A.E. Ewin in most convincing style, has been "wearing mitts" all the
1,000,000 Years" Apart. time, and one could safely expect
From his conclusions it would to see him in better form still next Saturday. He is a forceful fighter appear that the nebula are evenly and possesses the knack of off-spaced rather like the stars, only Writing in Nature Dr. Joans, setting his opponent. His ringeraft on a much more colossal scale. should stand him in good stand. secretary of the Royal Society in Bennett, on the other hand, has a letter describing Dr. Hubble's learned much from his contesta conclusions, makes the same sug- with such pugilists as Sonny Bird, gestion as to the origin of the
explain the origin of the stars.
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nine counts in the second round, ding dong battle, bé and after came out the loser after fifteen rounds on points.
The only mAA who could stand up against his sledge hammer blows was Seaman The roads of our territories tako slugs of the US. We but area us to many beautiful spota, but he was only able to dance around Deep Water Bay is even prettier on the board for seven rounds. He and even more serene when viewed was eventually disposed off by the from the comfortable cockpit of a K.O. route after a most gruelling
good little ship or the low chair fight.
on the deck of a Chinese rigged cruiser than from the road which skirts its edge,
I wonder how many have appre ciated the quietness and ealm of evenings in the many anchorage of Port Shelter.
Bennett is training bard at the Police Gymnasium and is making a great impression on those who go there to watch him at work-and incidentally on his sparrowing park- ners. His youth and experience are two big assets, and the odds are considered to be against Marria. This, of course, remains to be seen. Morris has a wonderful capacity of forcing the fight, and Bennett, in order to win the battle, will have to stretch him.
Middleweight Bout."
Habe Haven is a perfect picture at eventide with the blue grey smoke rising from the various vil lages round its shore. In the mora ing one alips quietly over the side for a "tab" what time the "boy scours the land for gai tan (eggs) and bails returning sampans for
In this bout between A.B. Ewin fish which, by the time one ha dressed, is served in perhaps aand Sto. Evans, one can "hardly rough and ready manner but none judge who is the more likely to the less it become in such surround. get the decision. ings food for the gods.
Now I can see the questioning look appearing on the face of these who might explore the idea farther.
As far back as that year the famous philosopher held the theory that if you had an enormously big mass of gas spread out in space it would condense into distinct masses of a high he thought might explain the origin of the stara. Dr. Jeans in 1801 calculated how far apart the stars would be had they been formed in this way. And on the supposition that the origin of the nebula is similar to Newton's explanation of the origin of the stars, calculations made by Dr. Jeans д what distance apart nebala ought to form werk out at very nearly the actual average dis tanco observed by Dr. Hubble, Dr. Jeans' writes in his letter to mainly about 1,000,000 light years, Nature:
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Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Evans is well-
known amongst local fans and is Whether he could credited with a victory over Morris sometime ago. repeat the trick or not is hard to middleweight champion of India.
What will it all cost? Well, you say. He was the welterweight, and Oxford Dictionary is an indistinct.
can have a "good little ship" and
Eall v. Baker." can run her for no more than the coss and upkeep of a moderately These two old antagonists will powered car and I can assure you meet again in a ten round bout. that it will be a very healthful In their last encounter, they pro- recreation, bringing with it, much vided the spectators. with many peace of mind. It may well lead thrills, and it can only be hoped to the development of a hobby that they will repeat the same which is so well described by Robert standard of boxing as they did last Louis Ste renson who wrote. will anyone dare to tell me business is more entertaining than fooling, among boats1 He must have never seen a boat, or never scen an offer, who says so, and for 13 a great deal
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GOOD GAME BUT
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The football match played in Paris between the Corinthians and a French team was marked by sev eral curious incidents, one of which threatened to turn the game into a Basoa. The Corinthians won by goals to nii.
La the second half," when the Corinthian were two goals ahead, Nicolas, the French centre forward, best. Howard Baker
goalkeeper, with a fast shot" from close range, and the referee, a Frenchman, appeared to allow a gost, brat after a linesman and one of the players had appealed for off side he ordered a free kick..
Loud protests at once arose among the spectators.
Chayriguel, the veteran French international goal- keeper,, walked the length of the. Several people ground and left tried to induce him to return, and Howard Baker took him good humouredly by the arm. He return- ed only to go off again when he
found that the referee, would not allow, the goal,
(Continued on zest Column).
time,
Featherweight Bouts.
The two leatherweight boats. should also prove a fas: hitting en- counter. Sto. Gold and A.B. Hindle. will shake hands over a ten rounds contest. Hindle was originally set down for & championship fight, but unfortunately his opponent had left for Shanghai. Gold has improved since his last fight and he is feeling pretty cock-sure of turning the trick against his opponent
Six-Hounds.
The six rounders to appear in this tournament are old customers. They are known to be generally good and “gameness" is their motto.
A Gentle Puzh. The situation was saved by the appearance on the field of the white- haired president of the Intern- tional Football Association, M. Jules Rimet. After a few words with the French goalkeeper ho escorted him back to the goal-posts.
A Few minutes later a penalty was given against the Corinthians, but none of the French players would take the After several minutes one kick
the ball a gentle push into the hands of How. game proceeded.
In contrast was an incident fol. loving an injury to a French for ward near the Ene. Two Corin- thians went to his assistance and brought him round, while the game proceeded for a few moments with three men short. The Corinthians' action evoked warm applause.
The game was on the whole dose- ly contested, and the French players were lacky in not score
Both goals were scored one in each half-by B. W Stone, who played centre forward, after some fine passing.
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The match, which was in aid of French charities, was watched by 25,000. spectators.
The definition of nebule in the cloud-like cluster of distant atara.
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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG.
APRIL 10TH, 1927, 8th Sunday in Tent:--
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Preacher-Bev. W. B. Cannell Evensong at 6 p.m.
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