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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931.

TO-MORROW'Ś BIG FIGHTS.

TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS ON PROGRAMME.

EWIN V. CRICHTON.

RECORD · TRIP FROM SINGAPORE.

GANGE DOES RUN IN 90% HOURS.

AN ASSAULT ON A WITNESS.

CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS.

MAN WHO SAW

"STARS."

What is claimed to be the record voyage between Singapore and Hongkong has just been completed by the Italian steamer Gange, which arrived in barbour this mor ning shortly after eight o'clock, [By "Wanderer."]

She loft Bingapore at 2 p.m. on

Proceedings, involving alleged Saturday and was alongside Kow-contempt of court wore held before There may be new Champions Joon Wharf at 8.30 4.m. to-day, to-morrow, but at the City Ifall, thus taking 90/2 hours for the voy not at the Itacecourse. The occange from wharf to wharf. sion is the return meeting between A. B. Ewin and Jock Crichton for the middleweight championship of the Colony, which Crichton lost on

foul

munth. There is also a contest for the amateur middleweight champion- ship of the Colony, over six rounds. A very good Aght should be seen. The

he favourite, A. W. Still, won the amateur middleweight title of Natal in 1929, lost in 1930, but was chosen to represent the Province against Transvaal the same year, which indicated that the selectors

D

Shipping men in the Colony said this morning that if this is not the record, it must be very near It. At any rate, this is the quickest voyage between these two ports for a long time.

the

else

still regarded him na the beat man gular mail and passar East. connected with Court proceedings |

at his weight,

Ewin has tried him out in spar- ring practice recently and says that he's n fighter from the word "Go."

the Acting Pulene Judgo (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) in the Summary Court this morning, when Ng Chuk-nam made application for a committal on these grounds against Wong that ho was Sington, alors aa ho Was assaulted by Wong leaving the Supreme Court after The Gange is at present one of giving evidence in a caso in which the fastest bonts on the Suez route: Wong appeared ns the defendant. She one of four steamers belong- Mr. Horace Lo was for ing to the Lloyd Triesting Navign-appellant and Mr. H. J. Armstrong tion Company which until last for the defendant. Both addressed year were on the run between Italy Hils Lordship on questions of inw and Bombay. It will be recalled relating to the constitution of evn. that some months ago, this Com-tempt of Court, Mr. Lo submitting pany decided to inaugurate a re- that if an assault was committed

service

a witness or anybody between Italy and and this was done by extending whether in the presence of the the well-known Lloyd Triestine Court or near the doorway, or Express service from Bombay, whether that witness had con- former terminal. to Shanghai,

cluded his evidence or not, that The vessels employed on the

constituted contempt of Court. beside the Gange, run, are the Tevers. Cracovia and the Filsnu, all of which have already been to Hongkong. The run is from Private, via Venice. Brindisi, Port Said, Aden, Boming, Colomb», Singapore and Hongkong.

The Gange is under the com- Nicolini, with a mand of Capt.

of 231 Europeans and extremely well match-crew

Trieste on ed pair. At a recent tourna Asiaties, She left ment in Shanghai where they February 6, and brought in about clashed, all the big fights "top-200 tons of general cargo for ped" and it was the exhibition put Hongkong and about 1,000 tons for up by Cole and Churman that through ports,

Mr. Lo, outlining, the ense, said saved the progranime from fuseo.

The vessel has a gross tonnure that Ng Chuk-nam was a witness The lightheavyweight contest of 12,272 and a nett tonnage of in a case heard on February 27. will be interesting as it is a long | 6,762. She sails for Shanghai this He was leaving with another mau. Lime since fans have had an op-afternoon, and will leave Hongwhen Wong Ping-tong called him portunity of seeing "heavies" in kong on her homeward voyage on back and asked "Why uction, L/Bdr. Walton won the Garrison Championship at the City Hall recently, and Gunner Coe is lane of Jock Crichton's local spar- (ring partners, A good enough

fighter.

ills opponest ia R amateur from II.M.S. Kent, A. B. Lewellyn, and has been chosen with the ob- ject of giving Still a good fight. Lewellyn has been training under Ewin, and is likely to be the fitter of the two.

Well Matched Fair. Stoker Cole and A. B. Charman

The Title Rout.

As to the big fight, a contest very different from that seen when Ewin and Crichton bust met is ex- pected. Bwin

tu appears

be twice the man he was on-that we ension and learn that he was just écenvering from a bout of in-

March 25,

New York

Mr. Armstrong argued that an assault committed after a witness in a case had given evidence, did not constitute contempt.

1 Lordalip decided that if an sult was committed on a wit- ness, within the precints of the Court, even after he had given ovidence, constituted contempt of Court, as the witness Иль always liable to be re-called. He ordered the facts of the case to be dealt with,

did you

come to be a witness?"* He then struck Ng two blows injuring his eye, The blows were delivered without warning.

Ng Chuck-uam said that Wong struck him five or six blows, and Yesterday, bruised his right eye. In cross- witness snid that 123.98 examination

26.23 when he was hit in, the eye, he 20.43% nw starn," and could not re-

18.16 talinte. He denied that he struck

193 Wong and broke his glasses.

876 1/2

37% Mr. Armstrong: The ren?

trouble was that you resented be 4.85.25/32 4.85.23/30 ng colled a liar?--No. I ileny that 12.11 he said I was a liar.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Friday.

Paris.. Geneva. Berlin

123.05

.26.23

20.43%

Oslo, Helsingfors Buenos Aires. Athens Shanghui.

18.16%

1948

37% 375 172%

.12.11

18.14%

18.134

.34.30

34.56%

43.35

46.06

817

817

36

35%

.1036

10%

.14.84

34.84

02.76

02.72%

18,10

18.10%

.16

101

.108.20 .4.1/10

1/5

fluenza on That Decasion. Jock Amsterdatu Crichton his trained more serious- Stockholm iy for the return than he has been Vienna kuown to for long time.

Madrid He is confident of recapturing Bucharest.

Ewin has a dis- Montevideo. the title, while tinet reason for desiring to retain Hongkong

Brussela it, since the belt will become his

Milan. property if he again triumphs over Copenhagen his formidable adversary.

Prague This is the last tournament ofĮ Lisbon. the season and Mr. Brooks appears Rio.

to have got together an exceeding. Bombay

.2/0.13/32 ly fine programme as a finale. Yokohama. The full list of contests is append. Silver (spot)....12%

(forward) 12.7/16 ed:

Six Round Welterweight:-- Stoker Cole (Sandwich) v. A. E. Charnan (Sanwich). Amateur Middleweight Cham- pionship. Six Rounds:-- A. W. Still v. A..B. Lewellyn (Kent).

Six Rounds Middleweight:-

A. R. Campbell (Kent) v. Stoker Hudson (Hermes). Ten Rounds at 130 lbs.—A. B. Kelly (Medway). v. Stoker Harley (Kent). Fifteen Rounds, Middleweight

Championship and Belt:- A. B. Ewin (Kent), holder, v. Juck Crichton. Six Rounds Lightheavyweight: →→→L/Bdr. Waltou (12th Heavy Bty. R.A.) v. Gunner! Coe (RA. Hdqrs.)

EUROPEAN GRAIN

SURPLUS.

MATTER WHICH CONCERNS DOMINIONS.

London, Mar. 3.

17

108.25 4.1/10 1/6%%

The hearing was adjourned.

600 MILES OF BREAD.

LONDON'S APPETITE.

Figures now available for 1980 tell the story of London's oppetite.

The weekly bread consumption 2/0.13/32 was 25,000,000 half-quartern loaves. 12% If they were all of the "sandwich 12 lonf" variety the daily ration placed

-British Wireless

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

The following cable at the close of the sugar market yesterday has been received Ly Messrs. Pen-: treath and Co.

London Terminals. Murch 5/9 down 11⁄2d. May 6 down 11⁄2d... August 6/2% down 11⁄2d. December 6/6%% down 10: Buyers at the above prices: sel- lers 4d, more.

New York Terminals. March 1.20 no change. May 1.26 no change. July 135 up 1 pt. September 1.42 up 1 pt. December 1.40 up 1 pt.

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL.

ST. MIRREN QUALIFY FOR CUP SEMI-FINAL.

In the House of Commons, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. W. Grahum, questioned on the recent conference in Paris on the existing European grain surplus, |

London, Mar. 8. said the final act declared inter

At Paisley to-day, in the Scottish alia the willingness, of the coun

defeated tries importing foreign grain to Cup re-play St Mirres participate to the utmost possible Third Lanark, the leaders of the extent in the purchase of stocks Second Division, by three goals to available in the grain-exporting

hil

"In a Scottish League match at countries of Central and Eastern Glasgow, Queen's Park and Abor Europe..

Having regard to the interests deen shared points,

Bach side

of the Dominions in this matter, scored two goals.--Reutor, the British representative did not feel able to associate himself with

these declarations. Since then, a

LOAD LINE LAW.

on end would stretch for 600 milea, The supplies which London im- ported, according to the Port of London Authority, Included the following:

1,400,325 tons of wheat. 218,000 tons of flour. 120,000 tons of cheese. 145,000 tons of bacon and hams. 78,000 tons of eggs.

100,000 tons of butter. 660,000 tons of chilled and frozen meat from Australia, New Zealand and South America. 111,000 tons of dried fruit. chielly sultanas, currants and raisins.

G21,000 tons of green fruit and

vegetables.

111,000 tons of canned goods,

much of which was fruit, 491,000,000lbs. of tea equivalent to more than 94,320,000,000

cups.

874,000 tons of sugar.

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ROUGH ROMANCE

With all these purchases, amoun- ting to nearly 6,000,000 tons, Lon- don's house-keeping purse still had a heavy call upon it for innumer- able foodstuffs such as coffee, cocon, rice, saga and honey.

Oversens growers have much to be thankful for to the London mar- ket. Its port serves` noarly one third of the overseas requirements of the population of England.

THE SWISS COTTON

CRISIS:'

IMPORT DUTIES RAISED FOR HOME PROTECTION."

very

Berne, Mar. 3. With the object of helping the Swiss-cotton industry, which is at present encountering POLAND AND CHINA.reading of the Bill authorising a

serious crisis," a now tarkTM which Treaty of Commerce and Naviga report has been made to the Com-

is to be made effective as from THE TREATY OF COMMERCE

tion with China, Including two mission for a European Union em-

March To has been promulgated. AND NAVIGATION.

The tariff increases the duty on natoa rolating to protection of phasising the importance of con-

London, Mar. 8. In the House of Commons to-day, twenty-five to eighteen per cont

cotton goods by rates varying from Warsaw, Mar. 2, mutual culture and religion.-Resulting overseas countrius,

An early opportunity for an ex- Mr. W. Graham said it was pro-Reuter. The Dlot has passed the third ter.

change of views with those coun-posed to ratify the Convention pro- | tries may be provided by the Con-viding for international enforce- Printed and Published for the Proprietora by FREDERICK PEROY forence of the International In-ment of load lines as soon as it was FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria stitute of Agriculture at Rome on possible to pass the

March 20th-British Wireless. legislationBritish Wireless. Hongkong.

·necessary

GEORGE O'BRIEN

and

HELEN CHANDLER

in a fast moving, tense" drama of the snowlands.

A. S. M. HUTCHISON'S SENSATIONAL STORY

IF

WINTER COMES

with PERCY MARMONT

AT

Yesterday's health ròturn shows two Chinese cases of typhoid.

THE STAR

FINAL BROWINGS TO

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