RYDER CUP GOLF OPENS
AT SOUTHPORT
Gene Sarazen In Deadly
Putting Form
BRITAIN'S CHANCES FAVOURED
London, June 29.......
The Ryder Cup golf match between Great Britain and the United States (holders) commenced at Southport to-day and will 'be' continued, to-morrow.
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The overnight rain and high wind, sweeping the course from the sea has favoured Britain's chances for the Ryder Cup. The betting is 10 to 11 for Britain.
ALL SQUARE
Henry Cotton and Alfred Padg- ham (Great Britain) and Dudley and Nelson (United States) were all square at the eighteenth.
scores:
Cotton and. Padgham: 3, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.4.4.4, 3, 5, 5, 4, Dudley and Nelson:-3 5 4. 4, 4, 4. 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4
The Americans were not durried and their approaching generally was superior. Cotton was tether ed by the wind.
Manero were the heroes of the 10- ward half with gallant recoveries.
„Guidahl and Manero won 4 and
2-
SARAZEN IN FORM Charles Whitcombe and Rees and Gene Sarazen and Densmore Shute (United States) finished square at the eighteenth Americans were two up ninth hole.
Scores:-
Whitcombe and Rees:-3, 5,.4. 5. 3, 5, 5, 3, 5...4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 3, 8, 4, 4.
Sarazen and Shute:-3, 5, 4, 3. 4.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1937.
TEST MATCH
ENGLAND DECLARE
Barnett Scores Freely
London, June 29.
The first Test match between England and New Zealand was resumed at Lord's to-day on a good wicket and in sunny weather. Spectators totaled 1,500..
New Zealand carried their over- night total of 184 for seven wickets to 205 when they were all dismiss-' ed, the innings lasting 330 minutes. Roberts carried his bat for 66 scored in two hours. He featured his knock with well-timed driving and his total included eight boun- dary hits.
EMPIRE AIRMAIL
New Cheap Service Opened
To South Africa
LETTER FROM KING CARRIED
"London, Jane" 29.
The first stage of the Empire cheap airmail service, namely, 31d per half ounce, opened to-day when the Imperial Airways flying boat Centurion took off from Southampton to Central and South Africa with 110,000 letters including one from the King to the Governor General of the Union of South Africa.
There will be two ordinary mails | Africa carrying first class Empire Walter Hammond has developed weekly to South Africa henceforth | airmail, at the rate of ŝid. per water on the knee and will be uninstead of one, states Reuter. ounce, for letters and half-penny able to bowl for the remainder of
thousand the match.
Detalled scores were:-
ENGLAND-ist Innings: 424° Hammond 140, Hardstaff 144, Paynter 74; Cowie 4 for 113, Roberts 4 for 101,
A Reuter's Bulletin message states for postcards. Meven that the Imperial Airways liner letters were carried on the Cen- Centuria took off from Bouthamp-turia including one from the King ton this morning for the inaugura- to the Governor General of Bonth tion of the airmail service to South Africa,
The the
NEW ZEALAND---1st Innings H. G. Vivian, Ibw., b Gover... J. L. Kerr, c Ames, b Rabins ... W. A. Hadlee, c Verity, b Voce M. L. Page, c Paynter, b Robins M. W. Wallace, lbw b Parks ... M..P. Donnelly, lbw b Parka....... D. A. R. Moloney, c and b Verity 64 E. W. Tindali, e Hammond, d
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Cotton and Padgham were only | 4, 5, 3, 4. 4. 6. 4, 5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5. one up on the ninth hole due to "The Americans were machine-
Padgham's putting. Cotton miss-like in their play and Sarazen was A. W. Roberts, not out ed а three-foot putt on the the best of the quartet. His put-J. A. Dunning. b Gover "eleventh hole and the American ting recoveries were deadly. Dais J. Cowie, lbw.. b Voce
pair suffered a similar misfortune Rees was nervous and erratic. in at the fourteenth,
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At the afteenth hole Cotton and Padgham were two up but Nelson played a great shot with his iron at the sixteenth and at the seven- teenth hole Padgham falled sink a two-foot putt.
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Dudley and Nelson were three up
Extras
"Total
Bowling Analysis
Gover Voce
24.2 2
0. M. R. W. 22 8 49 2 74 2
his arst Ryder Cup match and knocked in the Americans at the fourth but holed out from the edge of the green at the Afth hole squaring the match. At the four- teenth Sarazen drove out of bounds and spectators threw out the ball which ad to be replaced. The Hammoria Americans halved the hole. Sarazen Robins
at the 27th. They won the match.made a brilliant recovery. The Verity
GALLANT RECOVERIES
Lacey and Cox finished up, one- up on Guldahl and Tony Manero (United States) at the end of the first eighteen holes.
Scores:-
Americans putted three from the Parks edge of the green at the elgh-Hutton........ teenth..
ALLISS AND BURTON LEAD Percy Alliss and Burton (Great Britain) were three up at the Lacey and Cox:-4, 4, 5, 5, 4. 5. 4. eighteenth against Johnny Revolta and Smead, after being one down at the ninth.
2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 5. 3.
Guldahl and Manero:—2, 4, 4, 5, 8, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5.4, 3. The Americans were excellent with their approaching while the British pair were unsteady at first but improved, whereas the Amerl-, cans faltered. Lacey's tee shot at the eighth hole two yards from the pin squaring the match. The crowd, was very dense Manero struck a spectator at the tenth bole. Cox's driving was wild in the early stages but he improved the fifteenth hole he landed a shot two yards from the pin. Cox and
DEATH OF LORD CRAIGMYLE
London. June 29. The death is announced to-day of Lord Craigmyle.
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| Scores:-
Alliss and Burton:-4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 6, 6, 4. 4. 4, 3, 3, 4,4 4.
Revolta and Smead:-3, 5, 4, 4, 4.
5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 4. 4,04, 4. 5.
8 2 12. 0 21 5 58 3
25 13 48 1
11 3. 26. 2 2. 1 4 0 ENGLAND 2nd Innings Hutton, e Vivian, b Cowie...... Parka, b Cowle
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Hardstaff, e Tindill, b Roberts Barnett, not out
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20
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Ames, c Sub, b Roberts Robins, not out
Extras
WIMBLEDON RESULTS
London, June 29. Two matches in the quarter- finals of the women's single cham- pionship at Wimbledon were play- ed to-day and resulted as follows: "Mile. Jedrzejowska beat Miss Mary Scriven. 6-1, 6-2;
CROYDON OF THE EAST
Pelping. June 29. To-day witnessed the inaugura tion of the Eurasia Aviation Cor- 'poration's now service, between Pelping and Hong Kong when the, the fifteen-passenger tri-motored Junkers monoplane roared off from Į Sperling 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.-
*Denotes seeded player.
the Nanyuan aerodrome here at d am· She is due to arrive in the Colony 1.455 miles away at 8.15 p.m.
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Halts will be made at the Tai- yuan Capital, Shansi, Chengchow at the junction of the Felping- Hankow-Langhai railway, Hankow, Changsha and Canton.
The flight makes the Colony more than ever the Croydon of the East as the Colony is now the
terminus for the Pan American Airways, Imperial Airways and C.N.AC. while it also linked with Hanoi the Far Eastern terminus of the Air France. The new service
13 provides the first one-day connec- tion between north and south of China and marks an important de- velopment. in Ohina's air com- munications which now covers a thousand miles.
Total (for 4 wkts, dec.)... 220
Bowling Analysis
Dunning... Vivian
Both paira got into many bunk- ers. The Americans were longer in Cowie' settling, down. Revolta did not Roberts and his touch, on the greens and lost the lead at the eleventh hole. With weak putting by the Ameri- cans, the British pair were en- couraged to a lovely finish.--- 'Reuter.
FINANCIAL POSITION
EXPLAINED
Paria, June 29.
BROAD AIMS
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0 60 ย 4 0 31 0 NEW ZEALAND-2nd Innings Vivian, c Verity, b. Voce Molorey, run out Page, cand b Robins Hadlee, b Voce
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The
The planes will start from Peiping on Tuesdays and Thurs ́days and leave Hong Kong on Wednesdays and Fridays. longest hop is between Changsha 120d Canton which is 275 miles To-day's plane is carrying high officials of the Eurasia. Corporation. ordinary passengers and represen-. tatives of the press- Reuter.
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Wallace, lbw., b' Parka
58
Roberts, not out
1
Kerr, not out
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Total (for 5 wkts.)... 99
Kerr who was struck in the | mouth yesterday had two stitches put in is chin.-- fleuter.
REGISTRY WEDDING
BEHAVED SPLENDIDLY
Hanków, June 29,
The Eurasia plane arrived at 12.30 p.m. ten minutes ahead of schedule and departed at 1.15 p.m. Peiping passengers for Hong Kong took off at 6.04 s.m. in glorious sunshine. All the way the plane rose to a height of 3.100 feet over Taibang mountains northward of Taiyuanfu where she arrived on tire whereafter she few lower ar- The following forthcoming wedriving at Chengchow ten minutes dings are announced:
early. The plane which is ploted Flight Lieutenant Frank Arthur by Herr Lelding. co-pilot and Swoffer., M.B.E, R.A.F.G., of Resplendidly with an average speed
radio, mechanic
behaved Basse pulse Bay Hotel and Miss Con- stance Mary Crapnell, of No. 557
of two hundred kilometresan hour." The Peat.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Mme. Mathieu beat Senorita Lizana 6-3, 6-3.-
Miss Alice Marble beat Fran.
Reuter.
JULY STAKES
London, June 29. The following was the result of the July Stakes run to-day:-1. Mirza the Second (8 to 100); 2. Jubilee Day (25 to 1); 3, The Fox and the Duck (25 to 1): The win- ner won by six lengths while Jubi- lee Day had four, lengths to spare. There were four starters.- Beuter.
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H.K. UNIVERSITY Bright Non-Stop Review At
IN COMMONS
London, June 29, The Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced in the House of Commons that he was awaiting recommendations from the Gover
Central Theatre
most effective.
The lovely
Rex Story certainly put the Cen-" charm and... grace. tral Theatre on the map again dress of purple sequins (with those nor of Hong Kong and the report when he staged his cheery non-extraordinary sequin gloves) was of the Committee appointed to in-stop Hollywood review there yes- vestigate the financial position of terday. He has secured a splendid Hong Kong University before mak-team of pretty giris for his chorus ing on further announcements on who do their stuff in great style and are one and all full of charm and "personality.
the matter.-
Reuter's "Bulletin Service,
KWANGSI PROBLEMS
Canton, June 29.
Two excellent comedians are Andy and Rex. The former gave most amusing pseudo-ballet dance in the Russian style which was one of the high-lights of the As a result of the conferences first half. and the latter excelled between General Li Tsung-jen, as a comic juggler and did some Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the wonderful work with plates, and Fifth Route Army of Kwangsi Pro- Jugs and basins which convulsed vince and Mr. T. V. Soong. Chair-hla.audienc man of the National Economic Rode Lee is gay and pretty and Council, it is reported that a satis gave some very good impersona factory solution of Kwangsi's cur- tions of film stars. She can sing renty problem, has been reached, too and li the only had one 8011
"It is said that Mr. T. V. Soong with a good tune attached, she to Kwellin to-day, and that after time! Her songs last night never and General Li Trung-jen will fly would bring the house down every settling the currency problems, Mr. gave her even a chance. The only T. V. Boong will fly to Loo Shan weak spot in a first-rate effort was Mr. Joseph Chan, teacher, of NO.
At Hankow the passengers from with General Pel Chung-hai, Com-Fay Skeeter who succeeded in be-
of the 158 Jaffe Road, second floor, and Peiptag had to change plane and mander-in-Chief
Fifthing vulgar without being funny, Miss Chu Ol Young, of No." 19 | boarded an Identical machine Route Army to confer with Gêne- and definitely overdid the “adanoid Staunton Street, second floor.
which arrived from Shanghai atrallasimo Chiang Kai-sher
touch." Mr. Aurello H. Yuen, of No. 194 10.35 this morning carrying Mr. Lee Chinese Evening Press.
The song "Black Coffee" was Chin Trung, General Manager of
very sinister but was sung with the Eurasia Corporation and Kurt
such exceptional cleverness by Holtz, representative of the Eura-
Mitay that we must give it special ala. It was originally intended
mention. that the plane from Shanghai meet the Peiping plane at Chengchow but plans were altered in the last minute. The fight from Shanghai was non-stop and was completed in three hours and twenty minutes,
Reuter.
The Cabinet this morning heard a detailed statement on the firsan Lörd Craigmyle was 88 years of cial situation by M. Bonnet, -age and was formerly Lord of, Ap- Minister for Finance. including peal. He was better known as Mr. proposals to reform treasury posi- Thomas Shaw, once Scottish Lord tion, combat speculation, restore Advocate, He was promoted to the economic situation and ba- the Bench in February, 1909, and lance the budget. The proposals it is said that_his_article_in_the_will be submitted to Parliament im- "Nineteenth Century advocating mediately and will have passed, all free universal education is said to stages in both Chambers by noon" have suggested to Mr. Carnegie his to-morrow. It stated the govern- £2,000,000 gift to the Scottishment is accepting no amendments. Universities. The late Lord Craig- Reuter's Bulletin Service myle was a fine speaker. He pub- lished his reminiscences in 1921 and a further volume in 1927. He resigned his offlye as Lord of Ap-' A ministerial declaration of po- peal in 1929, and was created a hoy outlines the broad financial Baron of the United Kingdom as aims but contains no details. It Lord Craigmyle of Craigmyle.says the Finance Minister will im- Nathan Road, first floor, and Miss Reuter.
mediately table measures of capl- Elena Garcia, of the same address tai importance empowering the
Mr. Lau Cheuk Ying, merchant, Government to act promptly and of No. 791 Nathan Road, third Armly.
floor, and Miss Ho Fo Chun, of No. Heuter.
518 Nathan Road, second floor..
Mr. Lan Sik Hin, student, of No. 13 Hak Sz Terrace, ground floor, and Miss Kan Slu Ying, of No. 14 Violet Terrace, ground floor,
JAPAN PROTEST
Tokyo, June 29,
Paris, June 29.
REGULATIONS APPROVED.
The Foreign Office has instruct- ed Mr. Shigemitsu to protest to the Soviet Government against al- leged "occupation of Bollshol and Eennuha Islets in the Amur River, "Meanwhile. Manchonkuo has de- The
livered a second protest to the Soviet Consul at Harbin Reuter.
LIFE BANISHEE IMPRISONED
A life banishée, Cheung - Nun-
Nanking, une 29. regulations prohibiting speculation in the Cotton Ex change have been approved. Reuter.
Mr. Fik Pang In, merchant, or No. 18 Connaught Road Central, second floor, and Miss Mak Tjhoen Kloe," of No. 67 Garden, first floor.
Mr. Wet Young, Lau, of No. 58 Mun On Street, and Miss Bul Kung Chee, of No. 3 New Alley, both of Shekk Chungsban
Mr. Jew Sun Tong, of No. 279 Des Voeux Road Central, and Miss
|REMOVAL COMPLETED Lee Lai Ping of No. 54 Lower Las
It la understood that the last
cab Row, second nour
chl, aged 26, who was deported patient from the Government civil GOVERNOR ARRIVING
from the Colony on March this Hospital was moved to the new year, was arrested and charged Queen Mary Hospital yesterday before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Police Court yesterday. Though the removal of patients Defendant had two previous con- has been completed, the but victions for similar offences. He patients department at the Gov- was sentenced to 12 months hard ernment Civil Hospital will still be labour.
In operation for mirior cases.
IN NOVEMBER
His Excellency the Oficer Ad- ministering the Government has received an unofficial letter from Sir Geoffry Northcote K.C.M.G.. stating that he expects to arrive in Hong Kong in November.
VILLAGE RECRUITS
JAPANESE SAILORS TOUR CANTON
Not forgetting tall. Eve Alexander who made a lovely Senorita with her castenettes; and dainty Donna Day.
The best number of the second half was a very funny hospital it (which must have amused some of the local doctors we saw among the audience) They don't treat patients that way in the Queen Mary, but go and see It all the same!
The band was good and the planist particularly so, and very quick on the uptake.
Congratulations to all and sun-
dry
once in a way, to see real giris And wasn't it nice, Just for and brightly coloured frocks. In- stead of shadows on a screen?,
please remember to return those when the snowball song, is given Oh, by the way, fair is fair, and
snowballs! ! 1
MILITARY AFFAIRS
REORGANISATION
Nanking, June 29.
The Executive Yuan has ap Emily Winsette, a very young of the Committee for Reorganisa
pointed Ho Ying Ching Chairman
Canton, June 29.
and pretty dancer gave some martion of Military Affairs in Sze- In view of the early satisfactory vellous acrobatic dances, and was chuen and Bikong and Ku Cân settlement of the Bwatow affair, deserved applause. She also wore Tung and Liu Hislang as deputy it is reported that parties of some entrancing costumes of the chairmen Japanese sailors from the cruisers strip-tease variety with great Reuter in port have obtained permission
from the Canton Authorities" to Jand and tour the city.
The Police have received strict instructions to give the Japanese; sallors every protection— Canton, June 28. Chinese Evening Press.
It is reported that Generalissimo. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Nanking Executive Yuan and Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission has highly commend ed Commander Wong To of the 187th Division of the Fourth Route Army for his success in raising and drilling a corps of 3,000 village recruitä.
Owing to his success, Comman der Wong To has received struc- tions to raise and drill the second body of recruits Chinese Reening Fress.
HOPE FOR
SETTLEMENT
Port of Spain (Trinidad),
June 29.3 It is omcially stated that negotiations for a settlement of strikes on the Taland are more hogeral. A number of agitators have been arrested under special powers given the Governor by the Executive Council
Beuter & Bulletin Serviia.
German
Decoration For Sun Yat-Sen Univ. Chancellor
Nanking, June 29,
German Government has awarded first class Olym Medal to Dr. Choo Lou, chancellor of Bun': Tát-son Univer Dr. Chan Chia-bua, chairman of the Cheklang Provincial Gov- ernment, Mr. Chu Min-yi and Mr. Chẳng Chi-kiang, mem the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.
The medals were presented by Dr. Oskar Trautman, Ambassador, to the Chinese leaders in recognition vices for the Olymple games in Berlin
Ghost is, not. In the capital: Mr. / Che member of the Technical Commission of the 200
their ser
Finance
who accompanied Chancellor Chog to Berlin, resolved the medal on his behalf.Union) News #sis?
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