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GOLF.

NOT TOO" TIRED"

TO WIN.

A

HAGEN BEATS COMPSTÓN.

(THROCOK REUTER'S AGENCY.}.............

BLACKWELL, June 2 Hagen appeared on the course half an hour before time. It was Compston's turn to keep the crowd waiting. The match started a quai-

ter of an hour late.

PANAMA CANAL...

GROWING SHIPPING

CONGESTION.

CONSTRUCTION OF NATURAL STRAIT SUGGESTED.

Drita Walted Press.

THE HONG KONG DAILY

NEW MOTOR SHIPS FOR FAR EAST.

| HONG KONG-NEW_YORK ». PANAMA CANAL

U.S. ENTERPRISE TO START

"IN"-AUTUMN---

Messrs. Dodwell & Co., who will be the local agenta here, forwarded us details of a new service of motor vessels, which is to be operated by the Barber Steamship Lines be tween New York and the Far East, rid the Panama Canal.

Paris-A great sea-level wat way, double the width and depth of the present Panama Canal,, is the solution for the growing congestion Compston took the first, Hagen at the Isthmus of Panama, accord- being too strong in his approach, ing to Col. Philip Banau-Varilla, miasing a four-foot putt. The Ame- originator of the Panama Canal and

A fleet of Ave shipe will be on rican player lost the second similar-chief engineer of the French Panama the run and the first ship is ex- ly, and after a couple of halves lost Canal Company under Ferdinand de pected here on September 19, the fifth, where he took two shots

Lessepa. in a bunker. He missed a putt at the seventh.

The eighth was halved, Compsten making a great recovery from the rough. The British player turned

four up.

Hagen made a splendid recovery in the horneward half, taking 31 against Compston's 36. He won the first three and after losing the thirs

..

There is only one solution to

the problem of accommodating the excessive shipping traffic across the isthmus," said Col. Burian-Varilla "The Panama Canal must be widen ed and deeponed to the extent that it assumes the proportions of a natural strait. All other plans ara imprac-

ticable."

PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1929.

PASSENGERS.

Arrivals.

RETIRING M.P.'S REGRET.

SIR A HOPKINSON PRAISES GIRLS OF TO-DAY.

PJ

Sir Alfred Hopkinson, who for

The following cabin passengers arrived yesterday by the Empress of France:r Siu Sam Ang, Mr. Sang Po Chan, Mr. H. K. Chow, Mr. Indrayodhin, Mr. three years has been one of the Longos, Mr. and Mrs A MacGre two M.Ps representing the com- gor, Mr. A. H. Rowe, Mr. W. E bined English Universities, and is Smith, Mr Hsieh Shen Teh, P. Shiu Liu Tang. Lient. O, G. Wood retiring, is, and at the thought of house, Misses S. G. and V. Car- bonell, Rev. W. J. Borer, Mr. Fleaving Parliament. "It is purely Lee, Mr. and Mrs. O. Morris, Mas on account of my health," he ex- ter R. and Miss R. Morris, Mr. M.plained. "I love the old House. Navarro, Infant G. Lerma, Mr. C.

It is, much more pleasant inside S. Speyer, Mr. T. Ishii, Mr. J. D. Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kirk than outside. patrick, Master R. Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morton. and Mr. J. Sullivan.

..

"What do I think of women in

Parliament 1 Well, the ones we

have at present are splendid, and. although they do not away the House, they certainly make their influence felt.

brilliant.

Cannot Imagine" Woman Prime Minister,

But I cannot somehow ever

The following passengers dissm- barked here from the s.s. President Polk:-Mr. J. A. Armstrong. Mr. J. W. Barrow. Mr. L. F. Chow, "I would like to see the ages Mr. Chen Lin Poo, Mr. T. Nof both men and women raised to Messrs. Dodwell atate:

Chang, Mrs. H. H. Clapp, Mr.

25 before allowing them to vote. Messrs. Barber S.S." "Lines, New Ley Con, Lieut. E. H. Everett, "I do not mean to belittle the In many ways I York, up to a number of years ago Lieut. Col. and Mrs. W. A. Grapper vote.

bara, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. had a fleet of steamers on the New Hegner, Mr. P. N. Jester, Dr. H. think the modern girl of to-day is York-Far Eastern trade which came Krupps, Mr. S. Y. Lee, Mr. C. C. Nye, Mr. S. C. Soong, Mr. T. H. out rid the Panama Canal and Shaw, Mr. H. A. Thomlinson, Mr. turned to. New York vid Suez. In č. s. Woo. recent years Mosars, Barbers had a controlling interest in a number of U.S. Shipping Board vesse's, but these have been disposed of to private interests. With the increas. ing demand for speed it was diffi- cult to find a suitable tonnage to place on theran, but finally ne atiations were concluded with

first time in the match as the

Messrs. Wm. Wilhelmsen, Oslo, the second, boling a five-yard putt for "The two solutions heretofore well-known Norwegian owner to

charter five new of building a Compston squared the third, suggested, that

versels.

whore Hagen picked up.

second canal at Nicaragua and These vessels at the time had only The fifth was halved, and Compston of a tunnel under the Isthmus just beca ordered, and in fact the Stirling, Mr. C. Taylor, Mr. W. won the sixth, Hagen being bunker. of San Blas will in the mature

the of things be Won

teenth, where he was bunkered off bis second shot, he won the sixteenth and eighteenth, squaring the match. Aftar missing a glorious chance at the first hole, Hagen led for the

3.

ed

The work of widening the canal could be accomplished at the cost of a billion dollars in the engineer's opinion. Traffic on the canal would not be interrupted for five minutes during construction operations.

Tunnel Idea Mostad,

motor

only

firat vessel the Tai Yang was delivered in March this year. It is interesting to note the vessels have been given, Chinese names and are as follows:-

abandoned," he twice. Compston seventh, lost the eighth. and haived continued. There is only one solu: the ninth, turning one up. The next tion, to scrap the locks in succes three were divided.

sion and by widening enormously

Tai Ping Tai Ping Shan, Tai the cuts and deepening them go that

Shan, Tai Yang, and Tai Yin. there will be fifty feet of water at

They are all designed to carry the lowest stage of the tide, "open 8,500 tons deadweight for cargo a waterway as free as the mouth of with a hale capacity of 14,000 tons great river; then join the two of 40 cubic feet at a speed of 13 oceans freely by channel, 1,000 knots when fully laden represent. feet wide at the bottom. The dising the modern conception of high tance from the top of one bank to speed cargo liners.

Hagen squared at the thirteenth, halved the fourteenth, and led at the fifteenth. Compston squared again at the sixteenth and the next was

halved. Hagen took the eighteenth for the match,

Result

Hagen beat Compston by one the other would be 2,500 feet.

hole.

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WIN FOR COTTON.

In.

“SIX AND FIVE."

LONDON, June 2.. the Coulsdoncourt-Purley thirty-six holes golf match Horton the Brst laying a Smith won beautiful approach almost dead and then became two up.

Henry Cotton squared at thế eighth but the American regained

the

lead at the ninth with a splendid four. The first five home were halved but Cotton drew level at the fifteenth where his opponent made too strong an approach.

The next two were

divided and the Englishman won the eightecath. Cotton went round in seventy-one and Smith in seventy

WO.

In the second round Cotton lost first hole, won the second fourth, filth, seventh, ninth, turning five The remainder halved until

up. the thirteenth which Cotton" took for the match Cotton therefore won 6 and 5.

A

MICHELL BEATS DUDLEY,

COURSE RECORD BY DUDLEY.

+

SELEDON PARK SURREY,

June 2.

In the thirty-six holes Invita- tion Tournament Abe Mitchell who returned a score of seventy-four in the morning and seventy-one in

the afternoon.

He won the match with a total

"Contrary to the general belief, there is no difference between the mean levels of the two oceans. The

proof is that they meet at the Horn. Also at the Isthmus, there are tides in the Pacific and no tides in the Atlantic.

"Not one penuy of the cost would come out. of the pocket of the American taxpayer. The sur plbs of operation of the canal which does not belong to the American Treasury would pay all the interest and amortization of the capital ICEBRITY."

tact.' She is too interfering, aad

The following passengers arrived imagine a woman Prime Minister. by the ss. President Grant from There is something lacking in her Manila-For Heng Kong: Mr. John which a man leader has. It is Lim." Among passengers passing through Hong Kong were: Mrs. B. Perhaps what I should call 'mental B. Adams, Mr. W. T. Andruss. Mr. unable to take things as they come and Mrs. F. A. E. Boor, Mr. E. J.without a lot of fuss." Harrison, Mrs. I. Healey, Mrs. C. J. Kiefer, Mrs. and Master J. W. Reeves, Lt.Cdr. and Mrs. R. G. Risley, for Shanghai: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Griffith, Mr. and Mrs, Edward Lea, for Yokohama: Mr. W. L Bowler. Mrs. K. L. Burks. Mrs. J. H. Cothran, Mr. H. I. Milnthorp, Mrs. L. Levine, Mrs. J. K. Picker ing, Master A. Pickering. -Mr. P.

Asked what he was going to do in the future, Sir Alfred replied, rather pathetically, "Die, I think. You see I am an old man now I am nearly 78, and most of my interest, has been in my work in the House."

But in spite of his snow-white hair, Sir Alfred, with his tall, up- right figure, looks for younger, and a moment later his pessimism do, I have many other interests."

M. Wilkerson, Mr. Wm. Wantz, för | vanished. “I shall have plenty to

San Francisco; Mr. M. Blouse, Miss M. Blouse, Mr. F. E. Coombs, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Jureidici, and Mrs. H. J. Moor.

Departures,

The following passengers left by the s.5. Katori aru for 'Europe on June 1:-Mra. N. Matsudaira, Miss M. and Master J. Matsudaira, Mr. Y. Doi, Mrs. Y. Doi, Mr. T. Iwasaki, Count T. Sano, Princess

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.

From June 3 to 9, 1929.

Hoon Wix.

Weak

Month.

Shimazu, Miss Shimazu, Miss M. Seki, Mr. S. Ichihara, Capt. Jose de Araujo, Mr. J. P. Islef, Mrs. H. B. Donley, Mr. J. Kawai, Mr. G. Koga, Mr. K. Goto, Mr. 8. and Mrs. C. Segawa, Mr. N. Oguma, Mr. Y. Sekiguchi, Mr. M. Mon. Imori, Mr. M. Ikeuchi, Mr. U. One, Mr. K. Hosoya, Mr. S. Susuki; Mr. Tnes.

Sakurai, Mr. S. Chujo, Mrs.

Low WATER.

Hong

Hook

Kong

Standard

Time.

floight.

Kang Standard Time.

b. m.

leading

3. 691

6 75

0.20

4m

642 57m. 030 9

4 ins.

71350 1-18 2

ins.

Y. Chujo, Mise T. Chuje, Master Wed G. Hermitage, Master A. Hor- mitage. Mrs. E. U. Ireland, Mr. Ther Y. Noguchi, Mrs. K. Noguchi, Mr. H. C. Soper, Mr. C. Mitchell, Mr.

5 m

7 8 64m

Fri.

Bat.

6m 7 42 17 0 918 7819 10 19 & 839 11 21

47 2 58 all

9 m 941

ITsight.

76m2 26

4.4 247 0 0m 244 2 44 4 35 a0 m320 3

5 25x

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, June 2.

„Previous On Date On Date

Details of the Ships. The following are, the details:-

Moulded beam....... Length b.p. • 450 ft. Go ft. Depth to main deck 31 ft.

to shelter Depth

deck ........

42 ft. 11 ins. Draught loaded 27 ft. + in. Deadweight capacity 9,500 tons. Gross tonnage...

and Mrs. G. Hermitage, Mr. E. 6,730 tons Net tonnage......

Chujo, Mrs. H. Chujo, Mr. T. 4,115 tons Engine power.........

Nakai, Mr. K. Tsuji, Mr. M. Bun. 3,500 s.h.p.

Torii, Mr. M. Sakamoto, Captain. beca completed.

The Tai Yang and Tai Yin have and Mrs. E. Nelson Turner, Mr. The Tai Yang and Mrs. Philip W. Thayer, Mr. was built by the Deutsche Works, S. Yamaguchi, Mr. Jose Miguel, When working with De Lesseps, Kiel, while the Tai Yin was built Mr. C. Miguel, Mrs. Jose Miguel, HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL Col. Busau-Varilla was building the by Kockums Mok, Verk A.B. Mr. S. Inoue, Mr. M. Oyaizu, canal in a limited time with a limit- Malmo. In the case of the Deutsche Mrs. K. Tsuchiya, Mra. M. Tan- that he realized that working under Deutsche Werke are installed, in Po, Mr. Y. Maruyama, Mr. F. ed number of men. He explained Werke ships, engines built by the chiya, Mr. and Mrs. Chan Chak such limitations the building of the Kockum built vessels the Kondo, Mr. K. Hagiwara, Mr. sea level canal was an impossibility. machinery is of the Kockum Fok Wing Yew, Mr. M. Kinoshita, He decided on the plan of construct-M.A.N. single acting four stroke Mr. Y. Hashiguchi, Mrs. Treacher, ing a high-level lock canal which design. The total power in each Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Spender, Mr. could ensily be transformed later case is, however, the same and the M. Tozawa, Mr. M. Takahashi, into a sea-level canal.

service speed identical in all in- Mr. and Mrs. K. Fatami, Mr. H. Later, when the United States stances.

Kobayashi, Mr. R. Fukuhara, took over the canal, the plan was

The vessels are of the shelter. Mr. H. Nemoto, Mr. S. Ohkawa, to make a sea-level canal. Col. Bunau-Varilla advised

deck type, and the double bottom, Mr. Wong Man Chow, Mr. Chang Roosevelt that the project was dan- which is 3.8 feet high, extends the Kam Fong, Mr. S. Shimizu, Mrs. whole length of the ship and is H. Nakamura, Mr. T. Tamura, gerous under existing conditions. He advised the building, of a high utilised for the carriage of fuel oil, Mr. F. Ashmi, Mr. and Mrs. K

and Mrs. 8. Highest open-air Temperature, :1:81 Ac Matsuura, Mr. seven tanks being provided. level lock canal with the provision commedation for further fuel is at Hayashida, Sergt. R. G. Brito, Lowest open-air Tempesture, 2:77 of transforming it later into sea ranged in tanks between and at the Sergt. F. Viegas, Sergt. A. Teles,

B-Blue sky; OwCloudy: Dw sides of the tunnels, a deck being Sergt., Abel de Freitas, Sergt.

Antonio Soares, Sergt. Antonio Drizzle; F-Fog: L-Lightning; built over them aft of the engine Alexandre, Sergt. Humberto da M-Mist; O-Overcast: P-Passing

Amadeu Conceicao, Sergt.

A showers; Q-Squalls; É-Rain; T- Cargo Space. -

Ourique, Mr LH. Bracey, Mr. Thunder. Forward of the engine room are Freer. Mr. J. W. Knott, Mr. three cargo holds, and aft, Mario Carreira, Mr. T. Narazaki, tween decks, a feet high, being Mr. K. Honds, Mr. Y. Nagase, Mr. GLAD HE IS NOT STILL IN arranged in the three forward L. Okada, Miss M. Yanoshita,

THE AIR FORCE.".

Mrs. M. Hayashi, Mr. R. Ishi

level canal.

President

DIVORCE JUDGE AND AN EX-OFFICER.

room.

helds.

two

A deeptank with a capacity of bashi, Mr. U. Yonemoto, Miss S. 1,400 tons w.b,' is situated in No. Chikawa, Miss H. Notomi, Mr. 8. Mr. Justice Hill, in the Divorce lower hold and there are three Hojo, Mr. A. Omori, Mr. H. Ono, Division granted a deeree nisi, with tanks between the tunnels with a Mr. 9. Hosoya, Mr. Y. Taniguchi, Mr. R. Okada, Mr. Kung Bieu, costs to Mrs. Dorothy Georgiana total capacity of 240 tons. Augusta Brooke, of Grove Cottage, Refrigerated space has also been Mr. Liang Koong Soong. Shredding Green, Iver, Bucking installed and it situated in the The hamshire, owing to the misconduct 'tween deck of No. 4 hold.

of her husband, Mr. Kennedy total insulated space in each vennel Gerard Brooke, formerly a group will be 0,048 cu. ft. divided into the Far East and return vid the eaptain in the Royal Air Force, four compartments to accommodate Panama Canal. The outward pro- stationed at Alexandria.

perishable cargo. A special refri gramme will be New York, Los The misconduct was alleged with geraling engineer will accompany Angeles, Manila, Hong Kong, of 145 against E. D. Dudley, Mrs. Joan Lines, the wife of an each vessel.

Shanghai and for the homeward (America) 60 and 66, Johnny officer in the Royal Air Force, In all about 1,559 tons of fuel voyage the vessels will commenca Farrell (America) 72 and 15, stationed in Egypt at the same time can be carried, and the daily fuel leading in the Philippines and will as Group Captain Brooke, who was consumption at full speed is in the calist Hong Kong, Keelung, dur the superior officer. The miscon neighbourhood of 24 tons thus giving the tea season, Shanghai, Kober duct proved related to a stay at a ing the ships a radius of action of Yokkaichi, Yozohema, San Fran West London hotel.

nearly 24,000 miles without recisco, Los Angeles, New York and Is this still in the Air hunkering:

Boston The length of the voyage asked Mr. Justice Hill. Force 1"

Accommodation is for ten passen will be: Mr. Q. Tyndale for Mrs gers in two berth cabins, in addi Brooke: No..

tion to which there is an owner's

Dudley's sixty-six in the after noon lowered the course record.

TENNIS.

THE AUTEILS TOURNA- MENT.

TILDEN BEATEN.

Be.

Manila to New York 45 days Hong Kong to New York 42 days Mr. Justice Hill: I am glad hesuite, comprising a sleeping cabin, Shanghai to New York 33 days is not still in the Air Force. It sitting room and hath room.

Kobe to New York 34 days is a clear chee of misconduct below are the saloon and four two- Yokohama to New York 30 days tween this man and the wife of a berth cabins, with a hospital, whilst subordinate officer in Egypt. He smoking room is provided on the with the sailing from New York of This service will be inaugurated has written a letter suggesting that upper bridge. The Captain's quar the Tai Yin on June 29. The ves in some way the proceedings were tern and the owner's suite, and sel will sail from Hong Kong home. collusive on the part of the wife, saloons are in polished mahogany wards on September 12 for New but I have heard her evidence, and The remaining passenger cabins are York and Boston. Following sail 1 see no reason to suppose that this finished in white enamel and have ings from New York are as

makagany furniture.

Ender:-- Lacoste beat. Tilden 6-1, 6-0, 5-7 6-22 is true.

bus auront for sav

-Tai-Ping-ca July 317 in the waseets somifinal-Mie ing it I daresay he will com Detalls of Service.

municate with the King' Proctor, IZOL VENsedimento-gelegen August 31. Helen Wills beat Miss Eileen Ben but so far as I can see there is no monthly service from New York to Tai Yang on September 23.

ground for the suggestion.'

(Continued on nezi Column). Tai Shan on October 30. nett 6-2, 7-5.

In the opon singles fan) Borotra beat Hunter 6-8, 10-8, 4-0, 8-6, 6-1.;

Day st

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