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SIM SANDERSON & SON LIL - Distillere

LUTIL Eld. 1863.

Sole Agents W. R. LOXLEY & CO.

G.E.C

GRID & OUT DOOR SWITCHGEAR.

S.E. ENGLAND ELECTRICITY SCHEME. BRITISH MATERIALS TO BE USED,

The whole of the material used in the contract placed by the Central Electricity Board with the General Electric Co., Lul, for oho suction of the overload trans- mission lines in the south-east of England, will bg manufactured in Great Britain.

An official of the company stated that the contract, the value of which was approximately £500,000, woul cover the erection of the 132,000 volt line in the distrio narth of the Thamos, stretching from Roading on the west to Peterborough on the north, and Ipswich and Colahostèr on the oast. The total mileage of the overload trans- mission, would be 254 milos, and the total actual length of conductor would be 1,380 miles.

The contract would be carried out by the General Electric Company with the assistance of their associated company, the Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., of Southampton, the latter company carrying out all the actual prection work. The work of erection would tako in all three years, and employment would be given in the actual oruction work to between 500 and 1,000 inon. addition to that employment would be givon to large numbers in the manufacture of the stool towers, stool Aluminium conductor, insulators, and other accessories.

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The overhead linea are ono section of the system of overhead lines.covering the whole of England and Scot- land which are boing erected by the Contral Electricity Board with the object of linking up the main generating stations throughout the country and affording a cheap supply of olactric power in all districts.

FIRELLI.CIENERAL

Estimates for underground Cables up to 33,000 volts & overhead Tranmission schemes up to 130,000 volts given by'

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., OF CHINA

Queen's Building, Hongkong,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929.

THE

WORLD SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS.

NG SZE-CHEUNG LOSES IN FIVE SET MATCII.

There were several closo matches tournament, played

in the tennis

CRICKET.

DANISH FAIRY-TALE

WRITER.

HANS ANDERSEN AND HIS COUNTRY WOMAN,

Miss Daley Neerborg a young Danish lady is a talented dancer

£100,000 GEM LEFT BY BANDITS.

DIAMOND THAT IS TOO FAMOUS.

The first of this season's "Hong" yesterday. Of the six games in the matches takes place to-day when Way-Hans Andersen enthusiasts and floor of an exclusive apartment

great interest others all over the world.

In connexion with the approach-

New York, Ján 17. - Five young men, working with and moreover she is extremely a precision that is usually only born. beautiful, having been proclaimed of long experience, held up the shop Denmark's beauty queen at the re- of a well-known jowellory firm In cent competition held at Copen- Park-avenue-the world's richest hagen, the Danish metropolis, on residential thoroughfare-to-day, which occasion the title of Miss and escaped with gema valued, at Denmark was conferred upon her. £40,000. FIRST HONG MATCH OF THE She is also keenly interested in art

The robbery was one of the most and possesses a vivid imagination, SEASON.

and the last idea she has launched during and spectacular to occur will most certainly be received with here for several years.

by innumerable The shop, which is on the ground house, has no show windows, and ing 125th anniversary of the birth the door of it is always locked.

the The door was opened to the of her famous countryman she has thrown out the suggestion soon as they were inside it was shut Talrytale writer Hans Andersen, bandits by the manager, and as that young seulptors should create behind them. the fairy-tale characters of the master to embody artistic concep tion of the present day, and this has resulted in the formation of a society in Copenhagen for the pur-

Revolver Hold-Up. pose of realising this proposal in the most efficient manner.

Immediately on entering, the Miss Neerborg contends that almen drew blue-ateel revolvers and though the Immortal fairytales of hustled the manager, his girl Hans Andersen will continue young sceratary, a clerk, a special police- and crisp through the ages, the man. employed as a guard and a high-flown imagluation of modern visiting jeweller into a back room, youth will re-clothe the characters where they bound and gagged them In other garments than those used and tied them together in a bundle, at the time the tales were written, as it were,

open events, three went the full dis-foong meet Ewo at Causeway Bay, sance while two required four sets the ground having been once more before a decision could be reached. lont for the occasion by the courtesy Among the defeated players were 8. E. Green, ne ex-champion, and Ng of the Committee of the Chinese Re Sze-cheung.

creation Club. In this game the following will represent "Wayfoong," The matching of two such ex-W. J. Clerk, R. A. Green, J. Hall, ponents as S. E. Green and T.

G. D. Mead, M. G. Mills, D. L. Mino Isomura attracted a big crowd, and the spectators were not disappointed. Doy, H. V. Parker (Cant), J. II. The game was full of interest Ralkes, M. D. Scott, E. P. Strantfield, throughout, and although the ox F. H. Swayne. champion is not what he used to be, he gave good exhibition. He took the third set rather easily after being two sets down, but falled to level up matters and the match was ended in the fourth. Green was the morn enterprising of the two, forcing the pace throughout. His opponent was consistent, and won a great majority of his points on the ex- champion's weakness in the execu tion of his altokes,

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The full five sets had to be played before A decision was reached in the match between M. K. Lo and

Ng Sze-cheung. The latter was the more experienced, but his slackness lost him the match. He relied over ver much on superior court craft, and although he always led at the more vital stages of the game his careless- ness in a winning game cost him the match. The scares were two sets ta one in his favour and when the final set was reached ho was leading by four games to one, only to lose the next Bye..

C. E. Halmes had a hard fight for the first set in his match against A. H. Crook, winning only after eighteen games had been played. He lost the second act but won the next' two.

Both matches in the Open Doubles were decided in five sets. im Peng- chin and A. II. Rumjaks qualified for the recomu mund by defeating R. M. Henderson and W. B. Cornaby, while Lai Kwong-tsun and Iu Tak-lam ac- counted for Cheng Chi-wing and Lau Mam-kwong.

Yesterday's Regulis, The full results of yesterday's

matches are as follow:

Open Singles.-M. K. L beat Ng Szecheung, 6-3, 2-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; T. Iamura beat S. E. Green, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; C. E. Holmes bent A. H. Crook, 10-8, 4-8, 6-2, 0-3;. II.- Owen Hughes bent D. S. Green, 6-3, 6-1,

0-4.

Open Dailies.—Lim Peng-chin and A. H. Rumjahn bent R. M. Henderson and W. B. Corruby 0-8, 0-1, 4-0, 0-1, 7-5; Lai Kwong-taun and Iu Tak-lam beat Cheng Chi-wing and Lau Man- kwong 0-3, 0-2, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4.

Handicap Single “B.”—E. J. R. Mitchell (owe 5/4) beat T. Megarry (owe 3/4), 6-1, 6-1.

Handicap Doubles.-C. L. Sandes and H. Graves (rec, 16) received a walk over from J, Barrow and 1. T. Ride (rec, 3/6).

The match in the Open Doubles. between Horace Lo and In Tak-cheuk and Major R. H. Lucas and Dr, R. E. Tottenham was postponed.

THE SCHNEIDER CUP,

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RACE THIS YEAR.

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London, Feb, 15.

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The Ewo team is as follows.-W. Brackenridge, W. B. Cornaby, J. A. E. Kendrew, G. Puncheon, E. A. Simon, W. D. Fiddes-Wilson, A. H. Chambers, A. G. Gordon, D. Lyon, N. L. II. Railton, W. Lithgow Smith.

The H.K.C.C. Teams,

The H.K.C.C. 1st XI v the K.C.C., on the K.C.C. ground, at 2 p.m. to- day, will be:

The II.K.C.C. 2nd XI y the Univer- sity, on the H.K.C.C, ground at 2 p.m: will be A. H. Gillingham (Capt.), H. J. Armstrong, R.. 11. Dowler, 12. Duckitt, J. E. Hancock, A: Reid, J. A Summera, W. K. Tait, G. R. Vallack, Lt. W. Walkinshaw, E. R. West.

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INTERPORT GOLF.

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Thus they were enabled to collect and hoard the precious stones from safe and showcases undisturbed,

The fairy-tales remain, but the Two of the gang removed their conception of them must, of neces-hats, in order to appear as though H. H. B. Hancock (Capt.), J. Leity, alter with the ages, which of they were employed in the shop course cannot be denied. And and proceeded to loot show chacz nt Bonnar, Capt. A. G. Dobble, Capt. A. whereas formerly it wan

the their leisure. N. Evere, A. W. Hayward Lt. Col. illustrators who gave their finagina- The bandits, however, left be- L J. Lightfoot, E. J. R. Mitchell, H.

tion form in the character of their hind. them the world-famous Owen Hughes, T. E. Pénree, Rev. E.

drawing, Miss Neerborg wants Nassak diamond, worth £100,000, K, Quick, C. D. Wales.

modern artists to fashion, the which once lighted the darkness of characters from the pages them-an Indian temple. selves, and so to speak personify They picked it up, admired it them in the present day doll vogue. and carefully placed it back in its Children as well as young ladies case, probably because they realised cannot but become enthusiastic the impossibility of disposing of it. about such a gallery of plastic The police any to-day's affair in Anderach fairy-tale dólla,

the largest New York hold up since At the same time it would be ex- the notorious Gerald Chapman, tremely interesting, saya Mins who was afterwards hanged for Neurborg, to ascertain which of murder, staged the million dollars the fairy-tales enjoys the greatest mail robbery a number of years popularity in the different coun- ago.--Reuter. trics. Sentiments, and conceptions vary widely in the different parts of the world, and it would be high- ly interesting to be able to deter mine the order of the popularity of the fairy-tales throughout the world. She therefore directs an appeal to all roaders, through these 1708. lines, to send her a reply to the During the 18th century it was question: Which one of Hans An-an eye in the forehand of the im dermans fairy-tales do you like best? age of a deity in the Temple of and it in the devout hope of Misa Nassak, in the Godavery Valley, Neerborg that millions of readers India. of Hans Anderson's fairy-tales will respond to her request and send her a postcard containing the desired reply.

MANILA'S VICTORY OVER HONGKONG.

The Interport golf match between Hongkong and Manila was concluded yesterday when the fourball matches were played. Manila succeeded in winning two of the three games and as they were up in four of the alx singles, they won the Interpuri by six points to 3. The full scores follow:

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Hongkong.

N. 1. Smith 1. W. Shewan (4 & 3)

E. Martin

L. R. Andrewex,

(5)

Capt. 1. 1. Max.

H. L. Shokion

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Single,

Manila,

-G. M. Ivory (21)

1 Capt Fielder,

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1. F. Few (9 & 2) 1

J Flowár

‚R. A. Cambige

Parroti (7 & 0)

2

Fourbali Pourazmrs. Bewan & Hoxham 1 Few & Fielder Marton & Smith

(2 up)

Andrewes & Sherdon

Bingles

Camidge & Parrott 1

(4 & 6) Ivory, Aitogers

FALKINER'S RECORD.

MAKES 860 IN 45 MINUTES

LAST NIGHT.

Mr. Claude Falkiner, who has re- turned to Hongkong from the North, gave a masterly exhibition of billiards last night, and established what is

A statement issued by the Royal | claimed to be a Far Eastern record→→ Aero Club of the general arrange- compiling 800 in 45 minutes. ments for the Schneider Trophy ruce, over the Solat next September, in- The match, 800 up, was at the

Royal dicates that the co-operation of the

-Naval Canteen

Theatre, Air Ministry, Admiralty,

Southamp

amp | Falkinez's opponent being Chief Petty ton Harbour Board, Commander-in-

rain Officer Crawshaw of the Hermes, Chief at Portsmouth, the big slip- The visitor was in brilliant form, and ing companies using Southampton, compiled the necessary points in and every town and seaside resort on three-quarters of an hour. He made the shore of the Salent will to forth.

five visits to the table his breaks coming to ensure that the race is being-161, 88, 325, 172, and 68 (un- down without a hitch and that the finished). crowds are controlled, transported and fed.

Britain holds the trophy as the re-

Ault

C.P.O. Crawshaw had only collect- ed 13 in the meantime.

of her victory at Veriles last Falkiner next played Stoker Kerr, year, and the British and foreign of the Iroquols, at enocker, compil- Air Ministers and Government effing E6 to Kerr'e 31.

cials from abroad will be present,

while the Air Minister will house all The expert next gave a fine exhib)- competitors and machines of Calshot Bon of fancy strakes, which was seaplane station.

The estimated cost to the Aero Club of the organisation of the race will be between £15,000 and £20,000,

much enjoyed,

The health bulletin of Eastern

and Sir Charles Wakefield has given ports, issued by the Director of £5,000 towards that

expense.

Over one million people are expect Medical and Sanitary Services, ed to assemble around the course. gives the following cases for the In order to accommodate some of the week ended, Saturday last, the immenso crowd, it is proposed to figures in parenthesis Indicating anchor big liners Southampton deaths: Water and the Solent to act as float- Colombo & (2), Cherthon 1. Pnom Plague, Rangoon (1), ing grandstands.—British Wiralous,

Penh 8 (2); Cholera, Calcutta (23), Negapatam (1), Rangoon (4), Tuticorin 16 (11), Bangkok

KOWLOON FOOTBALL (17 (9), Pnom Penh 1 (1); Small-

CLUB.

TENNIS SECTION,

A Reminder.

The Mixed Doubles Tournament commences prompily at 10 am. to-morrow (Sunday),

pox, Basrah 8 (2), Bombay 08 (28), Calcutta 13 (7), Karachi 16 (4), Madras 54 (6), Negapatam 7 (6), Rangoon 3, Vizagapatam 6,, Colombo 1, Samarinda 4; Haiphong 14 (11), Thom Penh 22 (1) Shanghal (8), Canton 16(1), Macao (14), Dairen 1 (1), Mukden | (1).

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The address of the lady is: Miss Daisy Neerborg. C/o Neerborg Company, Post-hox 38, Copenhagen K. Denmark.

Just over a year ago the Nassak diamond was sold by the Duke of Westminster to M. Mauboussin, the French jeweller, who has an establishment in New York; It weighs about 80 carats. History traces the stone back to

Its removal from there was credited to Warren Hastin,za.'

Experts say the Nassak gem came originally from Golconda,

A hundred years ago it was sold in London for 12 dozen £10 notes. Now £80,000 is the lowest guess at Its value,

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