1923-09-22 — Page 13

"LAWN BOWLS.

Shanghai Defeat Yacht Club.

There was quito, a number of interested spectators at the Royal

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the Hongkon

Talograph."")

1

Piracy Prevention. Sir." Trident" has publicly Hongkong Yacht Club yesterday stated that marinors cannot shelter

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;

HONGKONG SCOTSMEN.

St. Andrew's Society Report.

The annual report of the Com- mittee of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society, for the year that the balance at the credit of the Socioty now stands at Hong-

evoning, when the Shanghai team behind a policy of "hush, hash ended 31st August, 1923, states of interport bowlers defeated the regulations. No-one has asked Yacht Club by a big margin for such shelter Play was fairly even up to the As a proof of my sincerity. Ikong $2,532.10 to which must be eleventh head, when the Yacht would thank you to furnish added the sum of Straits $6,700.00 Club fell away, and never had a Trident with my name "and invested tn516% Straits War Loan. look in until the last hoad of all.address, in roturn for his. By A donation of $280 was made to The losing side had only one thus bringing us together it may the Page Memorial Fund raised. "old-hand at the game, in be possible to amicably discuss in London. The sum of $1,568,18- Brayfield, and he was naturally the pros and cons involved, with was expended during the year in their outstanding player. On the out indulging in recriminations assisting distressed Scotsnien- winning side wo liked and/or ungontlomenly epithets The R. M. Smith" scholar- Tomlinson's consistency most. which do not tend to improve ship was won by Miss Dorthy

The Yacht Club green is not allf

matters rather the contrary.

Margaret Lyon, of the Kowloon It should be. especially as it

Yours, etc..

British School. suffered some damage during the

MARINER.

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big lyphoon, and this somewhat Hongkong, Sept. 21st., 1923, handicapped the players..

"At the conclusion of

The Case T. T. Ching. ..the

match the Hon.

Mr. A. R. Lowe (Commodore of

Sir, Those who are in the the H. H. Y. C) said it had been side running must have been a game of instruction, and theyser to read this morning's were grateful to the visitors for

Dr. Sun's giving them a useful lesson. He Daily News hoped the next time they visited magnanimity in pardening T. T. the Yacht Club green they would Ching. This generous act cost find it more like a billiard table. Ching and his friends somewhere Mr. Lowe then presented the hour $400,000. hard cash. I'm Shanghai skip with four silver are the Sun regime would not be to accepting such spoons as momento of the verse Occasion. Mr. Shaw acknowled-gratuities more frequently. ged this tribute on behalf of the visiting team, and expressed his favourable opinion of the Clus effort in the alch. Cheers for the two teams, and a "tiger" apiece, concluded the proceedings,

The Shanghai men leave Lo- day by the Empress of Canada

The teams and detailed progres- aive scores were as under:

Shanghai

RH.K.Y.C.

Shaw. No: 1. Brayfield, Cheetham. No. 2 Ross.

Tomlinson. No. 3.. Shields" " Veitch Skip,

Edwards.

Shots. Total. Shots.

3

3

1

4

Total.

3

$

نا

8.

10

B

13

8.

15

R

It

8

17

8

18

19

21

21.

WORLD FLIGHT.

9

By Portuguese Aviators.

Yours etc.

AMERICAN. Canton, Sept, ist., 1923.

HONGKONG'S NEW THEATRE,

An Example of Modern

Construction..

The Committee deeply regret to record the deaths of Mr. Donald MacDonald, a Past President, Messrs. A. B. L. Gordon, J. Stout. A. Andrews, W. McLeod, T. W. Robertson, J. D. Logan and Cant. A. Sommerville.

During the year, 13 new mom- bere joined the Society anthit is boped members will continue to give their assistance by bringing forward new names.

The accounts have been andited by Mr. R. Bruce, to whom thanks are due.'

THEATRICALS.

To-night's Opening Show.

There should be a large attend- ance at the Theatre Royal to- night to welcome to the Colony the Forbes Russell Comedy Com pany, playing under the auspices In our picture page to-day we of Bandman Eastern Circuit, reproduce a photo which requires Ltd. The play to be staged | some explanation to be understood is Doris Koore's masterpiece, by the general public. This Romance," which has made a illustrates one of the six cantil-big hit at Home.

The Company arrived here to- evers of the new Queen's Theatre Tower circle being submitted to a day by the P. and O. liner Nellore. load test of 52,000 lbs., as required The loading lady is Miss Niqua" by the London County Council Lewis, who since her last appeur Regulations.

ance in the East has had some

The reinforced concrete struc-important engagements at Home tare of the Queen's Theatre and has developed into a remark- embodies severalstriking features, ably clever Hittle actress.

far in advance of anything set It is of interest to note that built in the Colony, and it shows Miss Enid Sass, one of the ladies what advantage may be obtained of the Company, is a neice of the from an expert and scientific ap-late George Edwards and has plication of this modern structural played with many of the leading material.

actors of the day. whilst Mr.

The tower firele is supported Groves Raines, another member by six reinforced concrete can is a nephow of Sir Julius, Raines, tilevers overhanging thirty and

a half feet, No individual member of a cantilever has a section above nine, inches by nine inches, and' the total amount of cubic feet of emnerete in one unit is only fifty-four.

a distinguished Indian Mutiny veteran.

:

A PUZZI E A DAY.

1. HAND

2. DARD

**

7. FOOT

In "step one" is shown the

In spite of this apparent slenderness, u very high factor of safety has been ained by a judicious design and expert exes cution. Each unit will carry, & The two Portuguese aviators, Admiral Gago Coutinho and Com-normal load of spectators not mander Sucadura Cabral, who exceeding five to six thousand succeeded in flying from Lisbon Ponds and the load test applied to Rio de Janeiro, and the only has been of fifty-two thousand

pounds. Under this maximum word "HAND," By changing aviators who up to now, have load and after twenty-four hours one letter in the word "hand." flown their own apparatus, are preparing, for April of the next of being loaded the maximum de- namely the "n" to an "r," we year, an aerial voyage around flection at the outer end has only form a new word. "HARD"

been 3,32nds, of an inch, the per-step two." By changing an

formed, and so on, until, in "step The aviators, starting and manent deflection after unloading other letter, "step three" may be finishing in Lisbon, will call at remaining at 150th of an inch.

The roof is also exceedingly seven." the word "FOOT" ap Algoirs, Malta, Calcutta, Bankok." Saigon, Macan, Foothow, Shang-light and is carried by nine reinpears. Can you supply the miss hai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Vancouver, forced concrete Hovos trusses of ing words? Quebec, Fayal and many other fifty-seven to forty-five feet span

the world...

ntermediate cities, and will travel in five hydroplanes sup- ported by three feeding ships. ..

The hydroplanes have already been ordered from Fokker: four are of Rolls motor of 380 H. P. and the last one" is, of Napier motor of 450 H.P.

and five feet high. of great slenderness and rigidity.

The entrance hall cupola und floor above are both carried by a reinforced concrete system of trusses constituted by four canti- levers joined together at the centre.

The work has been executed by The first four hydroplanes have the Hongkong Engineering and petrol tanks of 265 gallons Construction Co., Ltd., from a de- capacity each and the fifth can sign by the Engineer, Mr. L. Gain, carry in her tanks 400 gallons. who is responsible for the stability The former have a flying endur-of the structure and who is mark- ance of 13 hours and the latter ed in the photograph by a cross. 20 hours, at 75 miles per hour. These hydroplanes are of mon- | oplane type with thick wings of three feet in their middle part. Their total length is of 10 feet and their depth is 14 foot and 6 inches.

YES WE HAVE.

Yestorday's answer:

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To cross out nine stars, starting from any star, and counting 1. 2.] 3, 4, it is necessary to end each' count on the star from which the previous count began. Then no count will be begun on a crossed The banana, of which we hear out star. Example: Sturt with much just now from the lips A as 1, B2, C3, D-4; cross out D.

of office boys and others, owed its Count from II to A, E to H. B to

The manufacturer, Fokker, rise to popularity in this country EI to B, F to L, Cto F, J to C seeing great probabilities of largely to the late Sir Alfred to J. The nine stars are then success in this daring enterprise, Jones, the Liverpool shipping crossed, and no count has begun will send a mechanical engineer magnate. In the days when he on a crossed star.

to accompany the voyagers in was trying to introduce the fruit. one of the fouding ships. Napier te the British. market be used also will send a mechanical always to have a bunch of bana- representative to Newfoundland (nas handy in his office and would

RELICS OF TYBURN.

A party of workmen excavating

to ra examine the motor which offer one to a visitor as a hint of for the laying of a water main will cross the Atlantic.

dismissal. On one occasion, how near the site of the old-Tyburn Great enthusiasm. reigns in over he gut the worst of the trick. Tree, at the Marble Arch, found! Fortugal, Brazil and uli Portugu-A young reporter called on him three whole skeletons, several ese Colonies over this imposing to learn his opinion on a crisis in skulls, and a large heap of bones, enterprise which recalls the part, the shipping world, and after ten sft, or 7ft: below the surface. The Sirkpot where the discovery was when, in the 16th., century, the seconds' conversation sow Portuguese taught to the world Alfred's hand straying to the made is about 12ft. north of the

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