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H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

INTERESTING CHINESE'

TUSSLE

V.R.C. ROWING.

TEAMS CHOSEN FOR COMING

RACES.

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1930.

STRAWN WINNING

IN CHICAGO.

FORCING BIG BILL

BEHAVE.

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COMING WAR ON BOOTLEGGERS.

SKYSCRAPER RIVALRY.

GIANT BUILDINGS STRANGLING NEW YORK.

TRAFFIC PROBLEM

INTENSIFIED. -

GIANT AIR LINERS TO. CARRY 200 PASSENGERS.

CENTRAL HEATING AND TELEPHONES.

Plans for the construction of four giant airplanes, each capable of carrying 200 passengers and costing a total of £1,000,000, have been approved by the General De velopment Corporation, of Con- pecticut, U.S.A.

A very keen interest is being taken in rowing by the members The feature of yesterday's play of the V.R.C. following the recent in the Hong Kong Cricket Club International rowing Champion- Tournament was a match in the ship races held by the Yacht Club. Open Doubles in which two Chinese! An inter-member fours." rage has pairs opposed each other in an in-been got up to take place during teresting struggle. The contestants chosen will be from Kellett Island | Strawn, prominent Chicage lawyer air and choking the arteries of the the work of construction is likely were the Ng brothers and the Li! to the Club-house, a distance of and at one-time member of the Ex. | city architects race led to the

the middle of March. The course

about one and one-third mile.

B. Gosano M. Burreux C. Figueiredo

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brothers. The former Bre well The crews including reserves seasoned exponents and familiar chosen last night from the large number of entrics were as follows: figures on local courts, but the

Panay.-S. Mareal (captain) later, although having played in the League and Championships, are not 8 experienced. Ng Sze Kwong and Ng Sze Cheung ran out winners in straight seta, but they had by no means an easy task in winning, and the match especially in the closing atages, was interesting to watch, the final score being 6-4, 7-5, and

9-*

Several other matches were also decided, in one of which M. W. Lo beat A. O. Johnson in the second round of the Open Singles

The detailed results of yesterday's matches follow:-

Open Singles.

: First Round.

F. H Kwok beat Y. J. Khan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Second Round.

Cheng Chi Wing beat Y. Hachiu- Ma, 0-9, 6-3, 43.

M. W. Lo and A. D. Johnson, 6-0, 0-2, 6-4,

Open Doubles.

Second Round.

Ng Sze Kwong and Ng Sze Cheung beat Li Woon Tsai and Li Wai Tuoi, 6-1, 7-5,"0-7.

Clüb Championship. H. Owen Hughes beat G. H. W. Churchill, 6-1,, 10-3.

Handicap Singles "B,"

II: Graves (ree: 4/0) beat A. G. G. Macdonald (owe 5/6), #2, 6-0.

G. E. R. Divett (owo 1/6) beat R. M. Wood (ser-), 8-0, 6-1.

Handicap Doubles.

A. F. Judd and M. G. Mills (rec. 15) beat C. W. Wilson and C. H. Bradley (scr.) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

SHIPS IN HARBOUR,

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The following vessels were in harbour yesterday:-

WEarves:--Kowloon: Nam Sang. Akita Maru; O.S.K.4 Hozan Maru; Douglas Lapraik: Haining,

Yonezia.

Docks Kowloon: Empress of Asia, San Bernadino, Manok, Rakuyo Maru, Toajer, Hong, Peng, Start, Sui Tai, Vav; Taikoo Fat- shan, Taming, Kanchow, Chekiang, Florence D.. Ning Po, Kueichow, Hamborg Maru; Cosmopolitan

Kendalcastle.

Al Kitano Maru, A? Tjikembang, A3 Esquilino, A4 Shidzuoka Maru, Ao Nam Sang, B7 Cheong Shing, As Grays Harbour, Bil Kwang tung, B13 Kiangsu, C14 Taito Maru, C13 Shanai, C19 Svale, 320 Kiungehow, A23 Stuart Dollar, A26 Lycemoon,

Ca C33 Yatshing, Borneo, B36 Tsurushima Maru, B38 Helikon, C39 Shun Chih, C40 Hellas, C41 Shun Lee, C42 Marly, C43 Dux, C41 Tai Fook Sing, Cis! Pronto, C40 Wong Shek Kung, C47 Mao Lee, C48 Yuan Lee,

G. Riberio

J. Luz (cox)

Lily-R. H. Maynard (captan)

H. M. Remedios..

M. Soares

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Stedman

F. M. Silva (cox)

Poppy-d. A de Soares (captain)

II. P. Pinna

H. Greca

F. Locke

G. Lynn

L. Rozi Pereira (cox) Daisy.-J. M. Alves (captain)

S. Edgat

B. Victor

B. Neves

J. Stewart

L. da Roza (cox)

SAFETY PIN NEAR MAN'S

HEART.

OPERATIONS FOR REMOVAL

Operations at King's College Hos- pital London, for the removal of a safety pin embedded near a man's Brixton heart were described at a inquest on the body of Willam Ed- ward Griffin, 28, a labourer, of ne fixed abode, who had stated while in hospital that he was fooling about with safety pins and "awal- lowed some for a lark."

Dr. Donald A Nichol, of King's College Hospital, said that two safety pins were removed from. Griffin's stomach at Redhill Hos- pital, Edgware, and the man was sent to King's College Hospital with the third pin in his windpipe.

[UNITKO "PRESS.]

Chicago, Feb. 16-Mr. Silas

Rescue

The skyscraper is strangling New York Like some monstrous plant in a tropical forest, this type of building is both beautiful and menacing, shutting out light and

An

building of the Chrysler (1,000ft. high) and the Bank of Manhattan (093ft) The Chrysler beat the Eiffel Tower as well as the Bank of Manhattan, but it was obvious that in this foverish, upward-thrusting city it would not long be left in the enjoyment of the title of highest building in the world.

traterritorial Commission in China, appeared to-day to have won a vie tory over Mayor William Hale Thompson in their battle over a bankrupt municipality,

In his capacity as head of the Com Chicago Citizens' mittee, Mr. Strawn has driven the famous "Big Bill" into an attitude el co-operation with those who have

Two New Monsters. heen his

bitter political most opponents for years past.

Two other monsters will challenge By agreement, Mayor Thompson its supremacy. One is the Empire permitted Mr. L. E. Meyers, school State Building, whose over-shadow- director, to bring leading citizensing bulk (1,300ft.) includes a tower and city officials together.

to which dirigibles will be anchor. ed. This will go up on the site of the famous old Waldorf-Astorin Hotel in Fitth-avenue. The second rival is a French building of 1,100ft. and 83 stories, which is to take the place of the Hippodrome in Sixth-

Mr. Strawn was unyielding in his attitude. He continued to hold fast to the purse-strings, chatting. upa each reserve which is hungrily desired by officials controlling city so short of money that, it can not pay its school teachers or main. tain adequate forces of firemen, police and sanitary workers. Mr Strawn's attitude was summed up in the slogan "Co-operation or no

cash.".

City officials realized that they must yield or no funds would be available until next July. Accord ingly they yielded, with the best grace possible.

Administration Accused.

It is believed that Mr. Strawn is holding pledges for nearly G.81,000,000, which will be released early in the week in the event that he is satisfied that the city's gov erament will be efficiently conduct ed without the graft and general treasury looting which Mr. Strawn and his associates allege has thus far characterized the entire "period of Thompson's administration..

Meanwhile Mr. Robert Randolph, an engineer who has undertaken to drive the "gangs" out of Chicago, ix organizing his forces to start fight-to-the-finish campaign. If necessary. the extensive organiza- tion of "vigilantes" on the old Western pattern will be embarked

upon.

of

to

avenue.

So the rivalry between these lanky giants of stool and masonry goes on, and it is useless to ask where this passion for sheer height this ar chitectural megalmania will stop.

In theory there is no limit to a skyscraper's height, but it is being found that after about 50 stories it crases to be economically feasible unless reared on particularly good site. One may be thankful for that, because as things are, each of these monsters adds 12,000 per sons to the locality in which it stands, thus increasing the spalling overcrowding in the streets and all the evils that flow from it.

A staff of nearly thirty engineers has been busy for more than six months preparing the designs, and

to be begun during the next two Inonths,

Each of these giant air liners will carry 25 persons. The prin- cipal accommodation will be on two floors, and will include a dining; room seating forty people, several large lounges and smoking rooms, private cabins, and an electrically equipped kitchen.

Electric Lifts.

There will also be special depart- ments for baggage, mail, and freight, and electric lifts for rapid loading will be installed.

Constans hot water will be avail. able, and central heating will warm all the public rooms. A telephone system will make it possible to communicate through a central ex- change with all parts of the vessel.

Tho weight of each airplane will be seventy-two tons, and the inside wing spread will be 260 feet. Each will carry a crew of twenty-five, including a captain and two pilots. The eight engines will develop 10.000 horse power.

It will be possible in emergenciés for the airplanes to be run on four

engines only.

It is hoped that they will be re ady to inaugurate a trans-Ameri- can service before the end of the year.

WOMAN JOCKEY BY ACCIDENT.

RIDERLESS RACEHORSE TURF, DRAMA.

A new skyscraper, rising pale and fair as a lily against the stainless

Miss Jean Sanday, of Pudding- blue sky of New York is a beautiful object. With the fall of winter ton, Cheshire, a keen pointetopoint" evening, lights kindle in ita hun-rider and huntewoman, made racing dreds of windows. This makes one history at Haydock Park recently, of the prettiest festivals of lanterns when she mounted her. father's imaginable, and no man with a riderless horse. The Beezer, which grain of artistic feeling could fail had fallen and thrown its jockey, to be stirred by it. Yet remember finished the course, and was official- that each one of these highly placed second. windows, twinkling remote as stars, represents an office with three or four workers in it.

Miss Sanday later said:-

"I happened to be standing at the last fence when The Beezer fell, throwing the jockey, G. Donegan.

"SLIS

One of the King's College Hos One of the crucial points of the.

The Sky's the Limit!

"It was a sudden inspiration to pital surgeons, Dr. V. E. Negus,battle will be a fight to put out of

Imagine the scene when these

I carry on and finish the race with the was the leading authority in business the great beer ringe tumultuous streams of humanity The Beezer, that prompted me to country in such cases. They found which have made bootlegging in

mount him, although I was dress- the streets. The skyscrapers builted in ordinary clothes. that the pin was open, with the Chicago a science. The entire city pour out of the building and flood point close to the heart. Dr. Negus

is mapped out and allocated to

last year have added 60,000 and "I just love The Beezer. I usual- had a special tube and special for. various gang leaders, who periodic more to streets that are already the

"I did not think they would ceps made. He hoped to engage the

and machine-guns by way

that one is certain the limit of allow me to weigh out, but Mr. point of the pin in a slot at the ally resort to aawed-off shotguns most congested on earth. Been timely ride him to hounds. end of the tube and withdraw it

human endurance has been reached Hancock, the clerk of the scales, of interloping bootleggers.

a new tall building is announced. said it would be quite in, order so through the tube by means of the purifying the town from the taint

As a result of the piling up of Campaign Against Crime.

over the specified, forceps. Four operations were, at-

long as I With the Silas Strawn "Citizens' humanity on this narrow strip of

weight," tempted, but though the pin was

land, Manhattan Island, the sub-

The National Hunt rule reads:- engaged it was too firmly embedded in the tissue for anything to he Protective Committee” about

take active charge of expending the way and street ear system are hope-

In steeplechases and hurdle races any horse getting away from done. The witness did not know

his rider may be remounted in of a case where a safety pin had million-dollar fund, raised to re-lessly swamped. The pale-faced,

Any been removed from such a posilieve bankrupt municipal finances, stifled myriads erushed into the subway cars at going home time are

any part of the field... so many victims to the Skyscraper

rider to losing his horse may be tion..

assisted in catching him and re- mounting him without risk of God, and women struggle for places

disqualification; and in the event beside which a sardine's position in guards, joining hands, use their

of a rider being disabled, his tin is spacious comfort. Barly

horse may be ridden home by any Chicago's gaols all over the city shoulders and backs to squeeze this

person of sufficient weight, pro are packed as a result of the cam-frantie. maas of waving legs and

arms and heads into the cara.

vided he be qualified according to Sometimes when the doors are

the conditions of the race. paign to purge the underworld, but.

dragged into position hand or an none of the so-called "big shots" were caught in the net.

foot so left protruding, elbow or a fresh drive on the part of the and the train has to be held up till guards gets it into position. This is the price one has to pay for these magnificent monsters.

Griffin recovered from the opera tion, but died some days later. The post-mortem examination showed that the point of the pin had piere ed the heart. This was not due to the operation. People who weak-minded. as Griffin was, often swallowed the most extraordinary articles, such as balls of twine, or even forks.

were

The Coroner (Mr. Douglas" Cow- burn) record d a verdict of "Death by misadventure."

the Chicago police launched a drive with the result that 1,097 persons of both sexes, all ages and with various degrees of criminal record have been placed under arrest in the past 24 hours.

Police said that they believed all the main leaders of the underworld have fled from the city."

BIGGER & BETTER THAN EVER

CHRONICLE

and

DIRECTORY

for

1930

Now IN PREPARATION.

There are other objections; the health risks of such a concentration af humanity; the perils of the panic that may come some day, the waste of time travelling in the elevator suffered by those living on the 60th, 70th or 80th stories...

A RADIQ "WAR:" SWEDEN. AND A USURPED WAVE-LENGTH.

Complaints from Swedish radio the have influenced isteners Swedish Government Ratio Depart ment to establish a new kind of "Scotland Yard." The new estab lishment is a special control station in the little town of Eskilstuna in Central Sweden.

GENERAL SMUTS ON EMPIRE UNITY: VALUE OF COMMON KINGSHIP.

General Smuts, who has been touring the United States and Canada, in a speech at Ottawa which was broadcast through the whole of Canada by a coast to coast wireless "hook-up, recently stress. ed the unity of the British Common- wealth of Natioca, knit by the bonds of a common kingship, and pleaded for practical co-operation in all matters of mutual interest.

The great turning point in the history of the Empire, be declared, was the recognition of complete Dominion Status, as gradually clari- 'fied at the Imperial conferences under generous and prescient Bri- fish statesmanship. That did the trick" for Ireland, and would work out on the same principle for In. dia. Britain was a worthy mother of these free daughter nations, aur rendering with unexampled sagacity by predominating authority, and calling the equal partacus to the family table for the purpose of working out mutual problems in a spirit of goodwill and common aspirations.

The cause of the complaints of the radio listeners, who have been disturbed by insistent and powerful interferences, bas bow been traced by the radio police, It was found that a wireless transmitting station in a certain capital of a Central European country had not respect ed the international radio conven- tion, which it had signed, but arbi

As individual "nations we are trarily changed its wave-lrength,

**Only as with the result that it conflicted weak," he added. with that of Sweden. The country whole have we strength and an in question has been officially re-enduring influence on the world's quested to change its wave-length welfare. We must remain within. to conform with the convention, the British Empire, free, but asso- ciated in all things of mutual in- but, so far, without result.

The Swedish radio authorities, torent," The common kingship and owing to the lack of space in the the common crown symbolized. a maze. of ethereal traffic, are unable common loyalty to common tradi- to change their own wave-length. tions and ideals and was an endur- They have now, however, given the ing mark of unity. Swedish radio listeners the com

ret the better of the disturber of forting assurance that as soon as the latest and most powerful of the the peace, who will then be forced. Swedish sonding stations is com to surrender to the ultimatum of pleted it will be strong enough to the victor and adopt the water (Continued at fool of next column). length once allotted to it.

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