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LEAGUE BILLIARDS.

STEEL COULSON LEAGUE.

NOW HALF WAY-

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929.

RAIN DELAYS LAST TEST.

HOBBS AND HAMMOND

UNLUCKY.

SUTCLIFFE HOLDS THE FORT.

сп

Money and Markets

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.

Rice.

White, Blue Seal ... White, Ching Kay

were

White, Bam Sing ......... White Broken, Green Seal ... White Broken, Red Seal White Granulated, Blue Seal White Granulated, Green

Per

CANTON TRADE NOTES.

Some 19,000 ounces of silver bullion were recently imported for the coinage of 10-cent ilver pieces Some $100,000 worth of 10-cent pieces will be minted daily.

Demand for cotton yarn is still disappointing and prices have dropped three to four dollars. Ac Pical cording to Shanghai telegram, the prices have fallen there by $7.02

about a tel. 7.60 9.17

7,85 6.70 6.43

d. 16

5.82

In the Steel Coulson Billiard, Cup The Hong Kong Police Reserves

Yesterday's quotations for rice Competition, the St. Patrick's Club were quite content with the points

Heavy rain overnight caused a and other foed-stuffa gained two more victories last week, they received when the RE, Ser

follow :- having defeated the Somerset Sergeants tackled them last Tuesday long delay in the start of the Filth The and Friday evenings. The games Test match at the Oval on Saturday, geants at home and away.

the Even after a start had been made, former club is still at the top of were keenly contested, but the League, and if they keep up Police Reserves saw the Engineers the skies remained overcast, and heir present form, they stand off, although the latter were not the bad light caused a further stop White. Wu Muk Keng

Placking in confidence and form. The page. Finally, shortly after the tea Craigengower team, and the Hong interval, with England's score at Kong Police team won their home 186 for wickets, main came matches. Next Tuesday will see again, and stopped play for the day. There were changes on both sides thera half way in the struggle for

from the men who did duty ät. Man-: the Cup.

chester. For England, Hobbs turn- ed out in his first Test this season, in place" of Bowley. Also Ames, Clark, nad Hammond came in, to the exclusion of Duckworth, Barrat: and Hendren. South Africs played MacMillan in place of Bell. The teams were, accordingly:-

good chance of winning the trophy. However, it remains to be seen if they are going to remain at the head of the League now that there has been some,, slight amendment to the rales concerning Service

Owing to the K.O.S.B. Sergeants members of various Clabs and In- stitutions. The amendment was withdrawing from the League, the passed at a special Committee Meet future Extures arranged are some ing held at the Buffalo Club, and what disorganised. The matter is will enable certain clubs to rein the hands of the Secretary, Mr. organise their teams with players H. Leigh, who will draft out the who have pot hitherto been, per- fixtures for the second lap. The mitted to take part owing to the number of teams/competing will now rule, which has been waived. be equal, and it will not be neces

sary for any club to stand off.

The Buffalo Cluby in consequence, so it is rumoured, have a few bar-

The matches for next week, Tues prises in store. It has been their day and Friday, August 20 and 23, turn to stand easy, last week; but will be as per 5xture list, except some exhibition play with a cham-in the place of the K.0.5.B. Ser pion favour is anticipated when this geants, the St. Patrick's Club will team come to grips with the Gar-play the Hong Kong Police at home rison Sergeants next week. "It was on Tuesday, at the St. Patrick's very unfortunate that the K.0.5.B. Club on Friday next. Future fx- Sergeants decided to withdraw,tures to commence from Tuesday, owing to the unsuitability of their August 27, will be made known in | table-especially as the Garrison the usual way, and through the Sergeants are beginning to shake medium of the Press. a leg." However, the latter team have two matches ir hand. The Chief and Petty Officers Club are making a bold bid for points, and gave a very good account of them- selves against the A. Sergeants,

Garrison Sergeants . K.0.8.B. Sergeants, two matches not played on account of withdrawal of the latter team.

The highest breaks for the week beating them at home and away. were 35 by Mr. Kwok of the Hong The E.A. Sergeants have strengthen-Kong Police Reserves and the same ed their team, but like the Somerset score by Mr. Kitchell of the Craigén- Sergeants, who keep smiling and gower Cricket Club. pegging away, they don't seem to make much headway-but just wait!

England.

A. W. Carr (Notts) captain, R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick), Hobbs (Surrey), Sutcliffe (Yorkshire), Hammond (Gloucester), Woolley (Kent),

Leyland (Yorkshire),

Ames (Kent),

Freeman (Kent),. Clark (Northamptonshire), Geary (Leicester).

Bouth Africa.

H. G. Deane (Transvaal) captain, R. H. Catterall (Orange Free

State),

1. J. Siedle (Natal),

B. Mitchell (Transvaal),

H. W. Taylor (Transvaal),

D. P. B. Morkel (Western Pro-

vince),

H. G. Owen-Smith (Western

Province),

H. B. Cameron_(Transvaal),

Q. MacMillan (Transvaal),

C. L. Vincent (Transynal),

to put England' in. The weather

The results for the past week are was now fine, and the wicket drying. as follows:-

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13.

Scal

Miscellaneonu.

Xo. 18 coarse granulated

sugar No.

24 coarse granulated sugar Dried Massels Dried Cuttlefish Wood-tar dil Fishmaw

86.15

7.09 23.20 40.00

33:00

.280.00

1.60

0.80

Small Green Bean.....

7.60

Soy Bean

Black Bean

The raw silk market has been better and prices. have slightly im proved. Some 170 bales were sold during the week-end and the prices. wire No. 14/16, H.K.8947, and No. 10/99, H.K.8855.

*

*

The bean market is improving. Latest quotations are:-Soy bean 89.12 per picul, white bean 810.30, black benn as.50, email, green bean 811.50, carlet benn 810.80, and green bean 89.00.

4

A number of merchants who have returned from abroad are "promet" ing a company for the working of minerals in the North and East River regions where various ores are exceedingly abundant.

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

HONG KONG STOCK

EXCHANGE.

Buy Ballers

Balen Nominat

SATURDAY. AUGUST 17.

$1,995

£198

118441

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

Bayar Baller

4⠀⠀4!

Banks

H.K. Banks

Do. (London) ... Chartered Banka ..... Mercantile Bk “A”

Do.

Bank of East Asia..|

Iamrances

Canton IDs.

....$1.90

North Chins.....|

H.K. Fires

Shipping

Douglases

⠀⠀

Bales

|Nortinal

Jug

$80

THE COLONY'S FINANCES,

BALANCE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS ON APRIL 30.

By Special Appointment

to

The Government's financial state-H.M. King George V. ment for the month of April 1920," as published in the Gazette is ns follows

Revenue and Expenditure, Balance of assets and liabilities on March 30, 1829 Revenue from April

1 to 30, 1920

Expenditure frem

$10,303,441.84

2,133,339.88

$12,436,77309

April 1 to 30, 1020. 2,072,017.30

Balasco

„$10,304,786.62

Assets and Liabilities on April 30,`

LIABILITIES.

Deposita not avail-

able..... House service ቢሮ

count

Postal agencies...... Coal account Suspense account ... Suspense account,

$1,235,079.86

*5,461.19

4.640.63

4,533.74

602,970.11

Trade loan Overdraft bank,

Trade loan 3,838,688.36 Adjustment of er

change

241,180.81

788,357.01

Total

-ASSETS.

Unallocated Stores

Cash on deposit.

MESSAYS GUYZE

CALMFACER

BRUT

Mining

Benquets... ∙Kailans ....

Langkats (com.)

Do. (single) Explorations......

T4 Shanghai Loans

Raubs......

Tronoh Mines

Docks, WharveE,

Godowns, ato.

EK & K Wharfs... 81237

Providenta

Bet

$4.35

HK Decks

839

Shanghai Docks...T137

Now Engineerings T7

1.178 Hongkews

Dotton 3441

Ewo URETER S'hai Otons (old)...)

·Da... (new)... T10.90 Zoong Sings.

Lands, Hotels and Buildings

H.K. & S. Eotels... 88.40

IMIH

#1!

18.

O. Lights (old).... $12.88 $19.95 $12.00

Telephones......

Buses

Tractions 8/63

Do. (pref.)...]

Tadustrials

Cantos Ices 32.25 Cements (comb.)...: 88.80.

Do (old)... 87.60

Do. (new\.] $1.2)

Ropes

Malabon Sugara....

Dairy Farmsena

819.

Der A. Wingsa Amusemeáta $261.

•Constructiva: 814.7

Lane Crawfords you $13 Mackintosh

Nanyang Tobacco... Sincered (old)

Do (new) Watsons Wm. Powell B. In G.S HK Gort

394

39

THUBH

MUTATNAU

후보

T.16

Te

T62

red

$11.80

$8

$6.00

$0.50

Total liabilities ...8 6.438.103.71

Balance

10,304,786.62

.818,903,300.33

The Connoisseur's

First Choice's

Subsidiary coins.....8 1,743,079.95 PERRIER

Advances

53,799.35

384,183.01

8,744.68

JOUET

This excellent Champagne

is now obtainable in Hong Kong In three sizes,

QUARTS ... PISTS 1,600,000.00 BABY 1,113,804.77

t-Cash leat at interest.....£80,000

$7.00 per bottle $3.70

$2.00

A baby Perrier Jouet and Guinness is

The Ideal Tonic and Pick-me-up.

Solo Agents:

Joint Colanial account... 250,000 T. E, GRIFFITH, Ltd.

6, Queen's Rd.00.-

TRADE IN THE EMPIRE.

PARTERSHIP" URGED BY.

-EX-MINISTER.

Empire trade development was

urged in Parliament by Sir Philip

Cunliffe-Lister, who was President

of the Board of Trade in the late Government.

"The real hope of development of our export trade," said Sir Philip, lies in the development of mutual trade between different parts of the Empire, and it ought to be the aim, of say Government

Tel.0. 8517.

BALLANTINE'S

in use for almost 109 years..

www. Established 1897.

By Appoinindht to

H.H. The Late Queen Victoria

and

H.M. The Late King Edward

VII.

His Majesty King George V.

to achieve a real partnership in PURE

Dominion development."

Mr. William Graham, President.

of the Board of Trade, in his reply, said:--

·

As to Imperial Preference, there

has been in past years a very great.

SCOTCH LIQUEUR

WHISKY

10 years old.

change in the attitude of parties to GEORGE BALLANTINE

wards the whole problem of Empire development; and it cannot be denied that many of my colleagues have taken an active part in schemes designed to link thit coun- try closer with the other parts of the Empire."

„Grand Conception."

& SON, LTD.

GLASGOW AND LONDON

DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND

If you want a really first class Sir Henry Page Croft, M.P., in an interview in the Evening Stan. Scotch Whisky at a reasonable price better than dard, described Lord Beaverbrook's you can have no plan for Free Trade within the Em- Ballantine's Liqueur Whisky. It is

excellent, pire as a grand conception." He said:

MY

Neville Chamberlain's The French Store

speech at the Empire Industries: Association (in which he said that instead of concentrating upon pro- tection for home manufacturers against unfair foreign competition we should make Imperial trade the basis of our fiscal policy) marked s new epoch in Imperial politic. It was a happy coincidence that thin. speech, arranged a month ago, should synchronise with Lord Beaverbrook's powerful advocacy for a fresh outlook on the whole question of Empire trade and de selopment."

whole-

Mr. Amery said: "I heartedly in favour of the general ides which Lord Beaverbrook ad- rances "I do not think that com- plete Free Frade within the Empire is at the moment practicable, but Imperial Preference wäll, I believe, bring us nearer and dearer to an ideal which can ultimately be made pasible

Beaconsfield Arcade.

Himrod's

ASTHMA CURE

Gives kristent réžiai ‚ from Asthma, Hay

Colde,

Building loans

1,451,773,50

Imprest..................

53,201,54

Joint Colonial Ao

$1,230

count

9,526,338.50

+Crown agents deposit

account

1,818,947.38

Unallocated Stores

$90

(P.W.D.)

$630

$630

$9

Underwriters

T160

T160

(Railway) Investment account... Lorry haulage ae

Count Fixed deposit 10-..

137,641.60 1,464,410.22

$325

9325

Union In.....

8324/5

count

N. A. Quinn (Griqualand West). The Game.

$50

Yangtze Ins....an

$310

Chiza Fires

300

Balance at banks.... Trade loan outstand

Deape won the tose, and decided

$765

SHO

****

ing Crowa agents our- rent count ........

4,425,053.37

Hobbs and Sutcliffe opened for England, resuming their now famous $24 partnership.

$97

Total

Steamboata

$241

29,863.09

$16,803,880.33

*་

$47

Indoe (pret)

$50

Craigengower

2

Ribeiro

130

Hong Kong Police. Sherry

110

Zimmern

240

Fender

150

Kitchell

150

Brndsell

117

Kew

150

Wynne

102

Razack

00

Field

130

Hobbs, however, was not destined to make history this time, as with his score at 10, he was caught by Hammond Quinn off MacMillan, followed, and the score at lunch saw him still together with Sutcliffe, the scare being 40 for 1 wicket.

$70

Do (daf)

Açu

$90

100,000

92/0

Shell Transports .......

$29

Water-boatsisumu,

8911

€3,10

89/8

Reed

140

Blakey

150

Total

700

Total

788

Upon resuming Hammond was soon out, being stumped for 17.9 Woolley then came in, and again got

T3

Somerset Sergeants

St. Patrick's Club.

going right away, Sutcliffe was

Trickey

180

Vaa

114

Stacey

150

Baptiste

137

Leigh

75

Barros

130

more sedate, but his watchfulness $74 was most necessary at this juncture, S1/ The score gradually mounted until Woolley hit his own wicket with his

Wisher

37

S. da Cruz

150

Beore at 46.-

-1

Jakeman. Grant

04

F. da Cruz

150

150

Remedios

130

Total

653

Total

840

R.A, Sergeants

U. and P.0. Glub.

Hill

191

Scarle

150

Fisher

141

Suttill

150

Wyatt, who followed, had not $128) scored when rain and bad light stop- | $47 ped play with the store at 141 for $32)

T.140 3. Sutcliffe was then 68 not out." Sutcliffe scored faster than Wyatt when play was started once again At tea the score wai 168 for 3.

84.40

T

Grimes

100

Leach

150

Hamblyn Dean

131

94

Donelan

150

Ryder

146

Scoular

102

Fairburn

150

Total

£14

Total

821

R.E. Sergeants

Hong Kong Police Res.

Shortly after, tea with the core

unchanged, Wyatt was out, caught by Deane of Vincent for 6. With Leyland and Sutcliffe together rain finally finished play for the day, England having acored 186 for 4 wickets, and Sutcliffe being not out for a finely-played 84.

fit

T.17

148

"Butler

Bevan Peachey Preock

Royal

Maynard

120

Mow Fungin

150

150

Cheah

121

150

Leung

00

Scores, as cabled by Reuter, are: England-ist Innings. „

$8.30

$9.40/.45

$60

360

EK Lands

133

Kwck

150

Hobbs, e Quinn, b MacMillan 10

T.150

Shanghai Lands

$50

860

$8

H.K. Realtys

$7.90

$2

Sinn

150

Sutcliffe, not out

84

$134

$14

Humphreys

814.10

160

Fong

141

Hammond, st. Cameron, b

800.

Chinese Estates

Vincent

17

Total

701

Total

802

Woolley, hit wicket, b Vin-

Public Utilities

cent

48

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15.

E. E. S. Wyatt, c Deane, b

$18

$184

Tramwayd

8184

Hong Kong Police

7.

Craigengower Club.

Vincent

$11.80 Peak Trama (old)...)

Leyland, not out

$6.05

Sherry

150

Blakey

150

'Reed

Ribeiro

Extras

$65

Da (new)... Star Ferries

105

812.85 $13

Bradaell

142

Kitchell

150

Total (for 4 wickets)......150

$12.80

Do (DOW)....

12.70

Fenderitaan gaan

142

Zimmern.

150

60

$59

H.K. Electrica...

Kirby

150

Razack

100

8264

Macao do.

Field

109

Kew

150

Sandakan Lights...

COUNTY GAMES.

$6.70

Total

813

St. Patrick's Club

Total Somerset Bergts,

T.141

Chies

LONDON, August 17.

20/

F. ́da Cruz.......

Remediosity.

S. da Cruz

Вался Baptista

130

Grant

92

Th the county cricket champion-

150

Jakeman

87

131

Wisher

ship, at Weston-super-Mare, Somer- setsire lost to Surrey by 161 runs.

150

Scores:-

150

Trickey

J4

-180

Leigh

112.

111

./

Total

819

C. and P.Ö.'s Club

Stacey

Total B.A. Bergts,

150

Surrey (1st Innings) 201

Innings) 321 runs

(Hobbs made. 134; J. C White took

$2

150

Searle

150

Glazebrook

8 wickets for 113 runs) and 2nd inninga) 140 runa (White 5 for 41).

Somerset (1st innings) 184 rang and (2nd innings) 116 runs (Peach 6 for 38).

$7170 81.40

80.95

China Bogars

$27

55

United Asbestos

Hamblyn

150

Grimes

137

Yorkshire Derby,

Miscellaneous

Fairburn

130

Fisher

140

Ryder

150

Scoular

113.

At Sheffield, Yorkshire led Derby- shize on the Ist innings Scores:

$191

Dean

150

Lesch

130

Yorkshire 287 runs and 289 runs

30.80 828

·Suttill'

147

Hill

150

for 5 wickets, declared,

Derbyshire 226 rans (Macaulay 5

$1.55

Total

B07

Total

4783

Hong Kong Police Bes.

E.E. Borgia,

for 02) and 122 runs for 2 wickets.

Hampshire, South Africa.

$12

818

Mow Fung

150

Pycock

Cheah

150

Peacher

Wong

130

Butler

Kwok.

160

Maynard

Sinn

150

Boyal

Pong

150

Веска

Total

900.

Total

681

At Southampton, Hampshire drew $15 with the South Africans. Scores:-- South Africa 29 runs (Herman 5 for 70) and 408 runs for 6 wickets, declared (H. G. Deane made 133 not out),

Hants 279 runs and 168 runs for 3 wickets.

11.90

prezz