GOLF NOTES.
[BY R.H.H.]
The gods were really very kind, over the weekend. It rained hard opough during both Friday and Saturday nights, but the course re- covered very quickly from these heavy downpours. There,WAS certain amount of casual water
about, "but this was mainly in places which one only visits off a bad shot, so that no one had much right to grumble. Only very rarely did a well struck shot raise a miniature waterspout in the middle of the failway and pull up dead in about four feet. The greens recovered even more quickly than the fairways and were playing truc and easy- paced throughout the week-end, There was a little more grass on ther than usual, and one could strike a putt firmly without much fear of running that agonizing six fest past the pin.
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The new course did not come off quite so well as the old. On the Old Course there is some part, of every fairway which one can play for and be comparatively certain that it is not water-logged. The new course on the whole lies lower and the water does not drain off no readily. On Sunday morning there was quite a lot of casual water an one or two of the greens.
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In addition to other benefits, the rain, has washed the top dressing "well into the greens. The dressing hak had an amazing effect upon the tarf, in the colour and texture,of the grass at any rate: They look as if they had recovered from the wear and tear of the season in about
a week.
LAWN TENNIS.
FIRST SEMI-FINAL.
INTERESTING PROGRAMMĘ»
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24th, 1928.
TAIKOO RIFLE CLUB.
MATCH WITH SCOTS GUARDS.
Taikoo
Scores were as fallors
Taikoo Rifle Olah.
Boulton
1
200 500 600 To- yda yıls yds. tals.
75
يين
A friendly shoot took place at Taikoo Fila Range on Sunday morning between the and Bn. Scots The first of the semi-final matches Guards and Taikao Rifle Club, re- in the Open Events of the Hong sulting in a win for the Guards by Kong Cricket Club "Annual Tourna 21 points. Conditions were teams men; has been fixed for to-day. It of con with the best to count. is in the Open Singles Champion Only eight men. tumed out for ship of the Colony, in which T Honda and E C. Fincher will try conclusions as to who qualiães for the final to meet the winner of Ng Szo Kwong v. 8. A. Rumjahn whe äre playing to-morrow. A great Cameron deal of interest has been shown by Grimsbay tennis lans in to-day's match and Maxwell much speculation prevails as to whether Fincher can overcome hir Walmsley formidable opponent. Three years ago Honda beat the same player in straight sets but since then Fincher has improved his game considerably and is confidently expected by many to tura the tables on the ex-cham- pion. Much depends on the form the two contestants will show this afternoon and as they are both of 2nd Bn. Scots Guards Rifle about the same standard, a very hard struggle is expected.
In reaching the semi-final, Fonds met and defeated the follow 'ing:-
Meladoo... McLennan...
30
30
32 30 (n) 30 93
39
9%
79
BT
95
Nisbet 20
Total 20 244 290 Lets counted out......
684
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Total
684
Plus for open sights.
Grand total
4
686
30
Club..
200 500 600 yds. yds yds. tais.
To-
Lt. C. Goghill. 24 ID/Sgt.
Blakeley 32 C.S.M. Proven 30
21
Sgt. Ley 31
J. S. A. Cassumbhoy, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, Sgt/M, Bluter 29
4-6, 6-2.
K. T. San, 6-1, 6-1,7-5.
Chong Tuck Wing, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.
T. Isomura, 63, 82, 60.
E. C. Fincher, who drew a bye, in the first round, met and defeated the following
S. S. Hassain, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3. S. E. Green, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.
H. Yoshida, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.
Today's Fixtures.
There has been a small but very sound alteration at Sandy's Pulpit during the wack, at least I imagine it was during the week, I did not
Besides the above match, an in- notice it before. It is the conyer-
teresting programme has been ar sion of an impossible shot into a difficult one. The little ditch which ranged for to-day. Major Stevenson used to run across the fairway at the hd Major Lucas are re-playing Y. bottom of the bill had a steep Sajiki and T. Isomura in the third) round of the Open Doubles, the vertical bank at the back which absolutely prevented оле
winners qualifying to meet the Rum- from
Jahns in the semi-final on Thursday. swinging a club at the ball, if one had played a bad enough shot to Ng Sze Kwong and Ng Sze Cheung put it down there. This bank has are up against E. de Sousa and A. now been turned into a more charity. Remedios in the same events, able gentle slope, and at present the winners also qualifying for the is naked and unturfed. It will be semi-final, where they will meet
a pity if the grass on this bank. Hancock and Dr. Tottenham,
Several ties in the handicap events) have also been arranged.
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The full list of matches is a follows:
Open Singles
Fincher.
Sgt. Quinn...
Sgt. Jeffrey... 22 Sgt.
Washington 24 Piper Taylor. 30-
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88 892388
82
69
Marnoch 32 31 28
Totals.....283
871 169
301 297 Less counted out .......
Total
Plus 4% for open sights.
Grand total.
AEROPLANE HITS
CROWD.
WOMAN PILOT'S MISHAP,
BOY KILLED. AND SIX OTHERS HURT.
LONDON, March 26th. An aeroplane piloted by Miss Winifred Brown, the Broughton Park, Manchester, flying girl with whom King Amanullah chatted on hia visit to Croydon Aerodrome, met with a mishap in sight of 12,000 people near Hunter's Tower, Dukinfield, Cheshire, with the re- ault that one child was killed and six others were injured..
Miss Brown Bad made several
attempts to land but, as the wall round the field was too near, rose
again. On the last of these at-
tempts she ran the machine along the ground and rose to avoid the The machine fouled the obstacle, however, and hit seven Children.
wall
The boy killed was:
Jack Hood, aged 10, of High- feld House, Stamford Park, Stalybridge.
A
It had been advertised by the proprietors of Stalybridge cinema that an aeroplans would arrive in a field on Hough Hill at
415 in the afternoon to deliver a film. A great crowd gathered around the walls of the field, which
are about eight feet high on the Stalybridge "side,
A telephone message was received that Capt. Browning, who it was understood was piloting the aero- plane, had lost his bearings and was trying again.
About 4.30 the machine few to- wards the landing ground. Many 708 people climbed on the walls.
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"PRAY FOR JOHN WAKEFORD."
OUTBURST ABOUT THE EX- ARCHDEACON,
A remarkable outburst against the Church of England was made by Semi-final-T.Honda and E C Bishop Frederick James preaching
at The Sanctuary, Knightsbridge. Open Doubles.
"The prayers and charity of the Church are asked for John Wake- fard, late Archdeacon of the Church of England," said the bishop before beginning his sermon. "Four years ago," he continued, "I met Mr. Wakeford. I found him a great scholar and a great priest.
3rd Round-Major R. H. Lucas and Major W. B. Stevenson Sajiki and T. Isomura; Ng Sze Kwong and Ng Sze Cheung . E. de Sousa, and A. V. Remedios.
is kept short, so that it becomes so much extra fairway. The rougher and fiercer is can be made, the better for the hole, as only B, very had shot would ever find this spot. and only a very good one should be able to find the green from here.
I do not think that a Green Com- mittee is ever entitled to announce arbitrarily that a player from some position or other shall not find the green, and then set about construct ing such conditions that the wretch- ed man can do nothing except drop behind with a penalty shot. On the ather hand, the Committee is per- fectly entitled to say with a charm-
Handicap Doubles. ing smile Oh, yes, certainly "you Semi-final-H. R.' Phelips and C. may find the green, but we think. Stark (rec._1/8) v. W. B the betting is on the green com Cornaby and A. Piercy (rec, 2/8). mittee.' There is all the difference in the world between" going out for the one chance in a thousand, and dropping out because there is no chance at all. It is, after all, one of the fundamentals of goll that end should play the ball where it lies.
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Handicap Singles "B,".- Semi-final:-, Barrow (owe 13) . H. V. Parker (rec, 15).
Mixed Doubles. Semi-final:-Mrs. Remington and R. Owen Hughes (owa 3/8) v. Ar nud Mrs. G. E. Bayer (rec, 3/6); Lt Col. and Mrs. F. J. Wyatt (rec 5/6) v. Miss Heard and S. E. Green (scr.).
YACHTING.
RESULTS OF WEEK-END RACES.
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club had a full racing programme during the week-end! On Sunday the competition between the Com odore's team and the Club ended in a win for the Commodore by 117
There is in the Colony at present" one of those clubs about which most people have theorised at some time or another but with which I imagine fow have actually como in contact. This is the club with an adjustable head, so that, having beaten the ball 200 yards into a banker with one's clock, one merely unscrews the club face and sets it right back to play the biblick recovery, after which one wipes the face clean, twists it round to the vertical, and holes the putt.
All of which sounds rather a joke, but it has been perpetrated by some firm in San Francisco, The blade
R. Sutherland, A. L of the club which I looked at ia con- Shields, E. W. Carpenter, G. G. nected to the shaft by a joint and Wood, H. S. Rouse, Capt. Davis, & left hand screw. Having chosenard Lieut.-Col. H. B. Gunn. Club: the correct amount of loft for any Messrs. Vaux, Grict, Russell, R. O. given shot one screws up the shaft Sutherland, Croucher, Major Miles into the head and this locks, the
and Dr. Nicholson. joint. Apart from the fact that the
points to. Di.
The pilot made several attempts at landing, but each time rose again after finding the machine too near the wall. After about half dozen attempts the aeroplane came down near the centre of the field, which is about 300 yards square.
It ran along the ground for some distance and then, as it was im- possible to stop in the field, it rose a little.
- Machine Hits Children,
It did not rise high enough to clear the wall, however, and the people At this point scattered. The seven children were struck by the aeroplane, which crashed through the top of the wall, smash- ing its propeller.
Hood was killed outright, the top of his head being cut off.
Many women, fainted when it was learned that a child was dead.
The machine lay with its nose projecting over the broken wall.
The injured were taken to hos- pital in ambulances.
It was learned after the crash that Capt. Browning accompanied Miss Winifred Brown, who piloted
the machine.
Miss Brown said to a reporter; * It is
most regrettable accident and I;was. horrified when I knew there was anyone hurt. They did not tell me at the time.?
"Whether or not he was guilty of the charge brought against him is not my concern. Soficient to say that the case was not proven. Eren if he were guilty his sia was as no thing in comparison to the sin of the Church who hai hounded him to disgrace, ruin, madness, and, I speak of." hope, the liberation of death.”
Mr. Wakeford was the previous week admitted to an caylum.,
The Sanctuary removed last year from Cavendish-square, where it had been for seven years, to the old Cadogan Dance Roins. The room has been converted into a beautiful chapel, oak"panelled and lighted by stained glass windows. It seems to bo the home of a potpourri “of.se- ligions. The ornate ritual of the
Asked if she herself was injured, Miss Brown said, Nothing to
NAX
Four Sandy Macs please'
For many years had the Four Cronies of the Exclusive Club led the fashion in drinks, calling for their ** Scotchs.” and "Scotchs and Sodas."
Insomuch "that when a Tall, Tanned Stranger called for "Sandy Mac," whiskers wagged, papers rustled, and eyebrows rose among the Four.
Until they marked the way he drank. And observed the deference of George who served it.
Thereafter. they whispered with George. Then amongst themselves. Later the senior Crony a Purple Colonel- called in a clear voice "Four Sandy Macs, please.” So men learn.
Sandy Macdonald
Scots
Whisky
H. RUTTONIER & SONS, 16 QUIENS ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
SECRET LIQUOR MAKERS.
67,170 ARRESTS IN RUSSIA
POLICE HELP THE "MOON.
SHINERS."" ..
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Illicit distilling in Soviet Russis by the peasantry, who are anxious to prevent the Soviets from captur ing their stocks of grain, is on the increase.
In an interview with the Chief of the Soviet Police the Izvestia learns that even the police are powerless to stop this evil, since maay members of the local Soviets are themselves illicit distillers. In many places the police sympathise FATHER WHOM THE ARMY die warning of proposed raids..
with the peasants and give them
THE 24TH BABY.
REJECTED.
The Commissariat for Internal Affairs has adopted the most. “re- WOULD COST AS MUCH AS Apressive" measures against the pea |
BATTALION.
sants, but finds that other depart ments are." extremely passive” anl are not helping in the campaign. Trade union officials in particular
The teams were:-Commodore: altar is similar to that of the Roman what it would cost for my family are being accused of indifference and|
Mesare.
Saturday races were for be pipe look's rether as though it had boat boys, the results in order of got mumps, the appearance is not so weird and wonderful as one would placing being as under:- expect.
The feel of the club too|:..
is by no means bad: in fact it feels
rather an effective" wespin.
Of course, it has. several fairly Diana obvious disadvantages, but I expect Calleen caddies will appreciate it enor- La Linda mously.
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4.41.32 4.36.21.5 4.45.30
4.38.43.6 4.39.10.5) 4.40.25
4.39.60 4.40.58 4.40.38
4.49.10 4.45.01 4.45.93
4.28.49 4.23.91.1 4.20.02.5
4.48.01
There is a pleasant competition organised over Happy Valley for next month which should just suit those who believe in taking, their Pierrette summer golf in small instalments, Thecla as well as others. This is a nine Viking hole medal round open to all mem- Gael
bere, subscribers and the Junior Daphne section. The limit is nine shots, dilea which should be generous enough for Halcyon most, and the entrance fes is 10 Joan... cents a card. Really on that one might make & habit of the competi- tion, especially as in the event of tie the winner will be decided an the second best card.
While on the subject of Happy Valley, ladies are reminded that by the summer schedule the Ladies Day is on Thursdays until September Auth
4.50.67 #Y” Class.
Boojum
4.42.39 ***** 4.49.39 Why Wonder. 4.42.40 4.42.40 Fing
4.410.5; 4.44.10,0 4.48.20.6 4.4.115 Lola....... Zephyr........ 4.10.25 444.50.0 Bluenose 4.45.33, 4:45.33
4.49.57.5 4.40.57.5 Adele'
4.52.13 Adance
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Catholic Church; extempore prayer and the fact that there is very little kneeling savours of evangelicalism.
"Spirit Pieties.”
PRESTON. "When I went to enlist during the war they told me to clear off, as they could keep a battalion for said Mr. James Speariett, of 162, in many cases of actively assisting has just presented him with their As to the extent of the illicit ac- Your Lane, Preston, whose wife the "moonshiners.”.
twenty-fourth baby. They have been married 28 years and have 14 tivities, the Investia states that in one month, even under the half- Spiritualism seems to be repre children living, the oldest being 26. sented by a "spirit" picture which are married and nine are hearted measures adopted no fewer
under 14 years of hangs above a side altar opposite tending school. Without excep. than 87,170 peasants have been ar tion they are. s happy," robust, rested. Many of them have been to a large figure of Christ All rosy-cheeked family, and the last fined, the total of the fines amount- bronze Buddha is enshrined at ono arrival is a bonny' girl weighing ing to more than £100,000. The end of the church. Near by a little 9lb. Only once have twins been police have confiscated 22,358 ap pile of pamphlets deals with the born, and one of those did not paratus and nearly 2,000,000 litres of
live.
illicit vodka. religion of Islam, and lectures. on Hinduism are given by an Indian on Thursdays.
seven at
Mra Speariott proudly states that they have never useded a doe
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Bozus For Police, The provinces chiefly affected are tor, saying, "It's cocks they want, Siberia, where the independent pea- The first part of the service was not doctors,"
sant is determined not to 'give up Asked how they had managed to taken by Bishop Jimes, who wore a cloak of crimson silk over a black said he and his wife had both had artar Republic, the Urd region, rear such a family, Mr. Spearietta grain to the Soviet buyer, the, gown, and a crimson biretta. After to work very hard. He had always Northern Territory ruled from the Moscow Province, and the whole the sermon he retired to the vestry put in every hour he could, doing Petrograd, h and returned for the service of Comodd jobs for people in his spare munion vested in an exquisite time. He had a good job as a mill In addition to arrests and fines,
the Soviet hope to stop this trade golden chasuble which almost cover fireman until he hid to give it up ed the lace alb beneath. He had because of eye trouble, and now he by supplying the countryside with exchanged the bircits for the mitre is a contractor à tabourer. Mrs. State vodka at a lower price, and of a bishop and wore scarlet stock Speariet, carries on a small furni arrangements are being made to ings and scarlet hoes, with gold ture broker's business Their chil- open State shops where s bottle of dren have also done very well for vodka could be obtained for one He was preceded to the altar by the family when they have got to shilling,
As an encouragement to the police a small boy and girl wearing blue working age, the boys being em-
to side with the Soviet Goverment cassocks and cottas and by a man,ployed on Fleetwood trawlers.
against the peasants it is proposed aimilarly dressed, who carried the A neighbour remarked p pastoral staff. The whole altar, by a real treat to see seven of them to allot one-half of the fines us clever contrivago, was bathed in going off to school hand in hand, bonuses to the police taking part in
the raids. 431 like steps and staira” a'golden light.
buckles,
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