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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1932,

HONGKONG SHARE·.

MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY

STOCK EXCHANGE..

Cash buyers are ngain in the market looking for investment stocks, but forward trading is practically non- existent, and seems to be suspended for the time being.

Sales.

Hongkong Lands $77. Humphreys $15. Hongkong Realties $11.05. Ewo Coltons Tis. 13.30. Hongkong Trams $21. Govt Lonns 35 Promium.

Buyers.

Canton Insurances $120. Douglnaes $26. Union Waterbonis $10.

Explorations 31 rents. Matletem/New) $2.20

Hongkong Lands 877%. Humphreys $15.

Hongkong Realties $11.30.

Dagkong Ewo Cottona Th. 13. Hongkong Trams $21.70. Peak Trams ((d) $15%. Yaumati Ferries (Old) $31. Yannati Ferries (New) $30 Hongkong Eletrics $7.5. Cements (Combined) 18.20. Dairy Farms $28.

Sinceren $174. Constructions (New) $1.70. Govt. Lonus 2 Premium.

Selters.

Hongkong Banks $154Ð, South Chinn Motors "B" $12 S. C. Enterprises $8.80.

RIFLE SHOOTING:-

VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE CUP CONTEST AT TAIKOO

Taikoo Volunteer Challenge Cup was The nineteenth competition for the held at the Taikos rifle range on Sunday, when the following practices were carried out:

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1.---200 yards, deliberate, musketry forget; 6 rounds.

-200 yards, snapshooting, 22 in. snapshooting target; 5 counds.

3--300 yards, gaspshooting, 4 ft. musketry target; '6 rounds.

4.100 yards, rapid, 4 ft. musketry target: 10 rounds,

5-500 yards. deliberate, 8 ft. mukketry target; b rounds,

The total possible" number of points was 115.

There were ten competitors. Mr: A. Meluloo (scratch) won fuirly remfortably with an aggregate of 92

Summer points. Messrs. C. II.

scratch) and J. Polson (14) were second, with a score of 7b.

FRENCH WARSHIP ON LAST VOYAGE.

THE WALDECK ROUSSEAU IN HONGKONG

cruiser The French armoured Waldeck Roussenu has arrived here: from Shanghal. The flagship of Vice-Admiral Herr, Commander-in- Chief of the French Naval Forces in Far Eastern waters, she is pro- ceeding back to France, vla Saigon, on being decommissioned, the Vice- Admiral being rolloved by Admira! Berthelot, the new Commander-in- Chief, who is expected hore towards the end of the month on the cruiser Primauguet.

This is the last occasion on which tho will be seeing Hongkong Waldeck Rousseau, which, with her out con- six funnels, has stood spicuously from amongst the many port, in naval visitors to this point of fact, the Waldeck Rousseau is a very old type of vessel, one of the heavily armoured type, which in pre-war days took a middle place

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between the dreadnought and the COMMENCING SUNDAY

ordinary cruiser.

Built in 1908,

Built in 1908, she has fourteen 7.6-inch guns, eight 3-inch guns and two

Her anti-aircraft guns.

of secondary armament consists 10 9-pounders, 2 3-pounders and 18 heavily } 1-pounder. She armoured, a 6-inch bolt protect- ing her vitals, while the turrets, turret bases and rasemaics are cor- respondingly well protected, the conning tower being specially rein- forced by a ten-inch plate.

The cruiser displaces lightly over 12,000 tons, as compared with the 10,000 ton class of cruiser na thorised by The Washington Treaty and of which there are at present in the British five included

The Waldeck Rousseau was to have been scrapped some few years squadron on the China Station.

ago, but for reasons of economy the French Minister of Marine decided to put her again into commission for a new lease of life on the Far Eastern Service. She was recon- ditioned and a few improvements added such as the instamment of two anti-alveraft guns and the ad- dition of two seaplanes to her equipment, Since her arrival here she has served as the agship of two Admirals. Vice-Admirn! Terr being the last to fly his pennant from aboard her. It is announced that her career will terminate on her return to France, when she will be broken up.

New Flagship:

The new flagship of Vice-Admiral The Cup, presented by Mr. G. W. Swire, is a handsome one made of Herr's successor, the Primuuguet, English liver and mounted on a is not altogether a stranger to with these parts, as she first came out blackwood stand, surrounded xmall shields on which the winner's here in 1920 on a circumnavigating

Tho name is inscribed ench year.

voyage, during which she passed trophiy has to be won three times before becoming the property of the through Hongkong. Whilst hero an interesting demonstration, and winner, but each holder receives a

one which then was a novel sight miclature cup-an exuet replien in

for Hongkong was given, when an design of the original.

The competition first started aeroplane, with which she was 1908, and

winners have equipped, was launched by catapult, previous been: B. F. Chapman, W. 1, Scott the machine afterwards making a (twice), D. Young, W. Budge, G. E. sustained flight over the harbour. One of a class of three sister Stewart, W. J. Eldrige (twice), C. B.

in- the Primauguet, Summers (twice), M. A. A. Mcintosh, vessels. W. K. Price, D. C. Walmsley, Kaugurates a new speedy type of McLennan, T. S. Marshall and A.

McIndoe.

LAWN BOWLS

RECREIO TEAMS FOR SATURDY

Rince been erulser, which has emulated by other continental armour she has navies. Of practically none worth speaking about, but with her speed of 34 knots and her 8 6.1 inch guns, sho is considered very effective as n displaces recuting vessel. She

7,219 tons. Each of her class of vessels carries two scouting type seaplane, lunched as indicated The following will represent the above, by catapult sittiated abaft Club de Recreio in their Lawn Bowls, the after turret. Depth charges League matches on Saturday:

For anti-submarine operations are 1st Division v. Civil Service (away)

also carried. at 3.30

p.m.-L. Xavier, R. R. Robarts, L. C. R. Souza, R. F. Luiz (skip); F. A. Xavier, C. A. Lones. F. X. M. Silva, C., G. Silva (skip): L. G. Gutierrez, F. V. Ribeiro, A. S. Gomes, C. E. Marques (skip).

With her inclusion the French Naval Forces in Far Eastern waters is being brought up to date. Re- rently a fleet of submarines arrived from France at their base in Sal-

2nd Division v. Royal Hongkong gon, while at the same time a num ber of new gunboats have been pro- Yacht Club (home) at 3.30 p.m.--

M. A. Carvalho, J. I. S. Rosario, C.jected, and are being built also for

1. Basto, J. G. Ozorio (skip); A. A. Xavier, J. M. M. Alves, E. M. Remedios, Dr. R. A. Basto (skip); F. Prata, F. X. Soares, J. J. Basto, A. H. Husto (skip).

FANLING GOLF

In the Captain's Cup competition on the Old Course on May 7 and 8. R. A. Campbell qualified 79-772 Other scores were:A. E. Lissa- man, 78-3-75; R. Young, 81-6 76; D. S. Edward, 84-9-75. There were 32 entries.

A man and woman were charged before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with being in possession of a revolver and three daggers. Detective-Sergeant Lamont Bald the police raided the third floor of No. 363, Portland Street on Batur- day evening, and in the kitchen found weapons which were

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