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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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May 17, 1939,

By Ernie Bushmiller

ONE

YOU:

I'M THE HAPPIEST

FIVE CENT

SEEM

́MAN' IN TH': WORLD---

CONE, PLEASE?

VERY

MY GIRL TOLD

HAPPY

ME

TODAY!

SHE

LOVES ME!

HE WOULD BE IN A GOOD MOOD

SAT A TIME

LIKE THIS

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Garden Lovers

OF

GARDEN ORNAMENTS

BAD

Yorkshire Expect To Keep Cricket Honours

Glutted By Embarrassment "Of Riches: A. B. Sellers To Lead County Once More

By Ronald T, Bymond

County cricket clubs are preparing for a season in which the Championship will not be abnormally affected by the calls of Test cricket..

The jolly West Indian cricketers, who began their. tour at Worcester on May 6, will play only three Test matches, each of three days' duration, so that demands for the services of international players will not unduly upset the county programme.

In addition to the solid foundation

In fair weather or in foul, the great Yorkshire team, champlons for provided by the batting of Fishlock, the eleventh time since the war, Gregory, Squires, and Darling, the must start once more us favourites club have two vastly improving and Parker, for the championship. A, D. Sellers, hatsmen in Whitfield who has matured his genial leader and three sparkling hitters in Watts, ship to A point of clockwork F. R. Brown, and H. M. Garland emelency, again resumes the cap- Wells himself.

jured

talncy. With all his veterans again The attack was handleapped last on parade, he can look forward to year by the fulling off in form of from an in- the coming battle with something Gover, who suffered

lines. Watis cume more than confidence.

to the With N. W. D. Yardley and P..A. rescue with the best bowling of his

which Gibb available for regular play, the career.

was the principal batting is now glutted with an em- feature in the success of the team. harrassment of riches, and this for- If he can continue in this form, and tunale state of affairs will permit if Gover, whose knee appears to the occasional resting of lending have recovered, is himself again, players.

the opening attack should be better than ever.

Behind the formidable regular at- tack of Bowes, Verity, Smalies, and Robinson, there are Leyland, Hut- ton, and N. W. D. Yardley, all able to keep an end going very usefully so that the team, whose brilliant fielding is proverbial, are well armed at all points.

HOST OF RESERVES

the team.

BROWN'S VALUE

Parker, Squires, and Gregory are all useful change bowlers, but much will depend upon the frequency with which F. R. Brown is able to erratic but dangerous play. His bowling, his first-rate fielding, and his magnificent hitting make him a match-winning all-rounder of ex- ceptional quality,

As if these rare resources were not already enough to make other coun- Daley und King have left the staff, tries envious, Yorkshire keep in and the only newcomer is Nevell, reservo an eager host of 79 colis, all formerly of Middlesex. straining under the direction of Much work has been done on the George Hirst to force their way into Oval ground during the winter in Ambition must be made moving up the Terraces on the west of stern stuff among the batsmen of side of the ground Improvements this hopeful reglinent. Imagine fry, which will urld considerably to the ting to gain admittance to a team of comfort of spectators,

ten.} which the regular number

The Yorkshire match, beginning Verity, has more than once opened on. July 29 has been set aside for the innings for England

the bonent of Gregory, whose popu- Arthur Wood, the wicketkeeper, larity and skill have earned him a and the most fairy-footed heavy-generous measure of recognition. weight who ever charmed spectators with his relish for the fun of the

Dennis O'Keefe and Maureen O'Sullivan are the principals in, “Hold That Kiss," coming to the King's Theatre.

Happy Valley Baseball

Golf Draw

FIRST SUMMER COMPETITION

The following is the draw for the First Summer Singles Competition at Hap Valley:

Bye into Second Round:-H. N. Willamson (10).

First Round.C; E. Moore (14) v. W. Ahern (9); J. W. Mayhew (8) v. Lt. Col. Matthews (12); V. S. Ebbage (18) v. Surg. Comdr. Nicholson (8);

4 J. Dennis (9) v. E. Tuck (14)

W. Hewitt (13) v. W. H. Jowit (12);

$30,000 DONATED TO CHARITY

Stewards Of Jockey Club Make Votes

The Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club have donated $30,000 to charity for the current year. The following suins have been voted to the verious institutions: Hongkong Benevolent

Society

Home Endowment Fund British Fund for Relief of

"MAN with.FLOWER POT” HEIGHT 27. ing. $85.00

mean by m

Intro t

MÄDER

4FISHING GNOME" HEIGHT 24-ins. 505.00

BEST of

TERRA "COTTA BY MAN

eve SKILLED

THE BIRD BATH".

#7

ARTISTS

AND BACKED BY·

THE EXPERIENCE OF

A LIFETIME

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OPENING 26th MAY

$ 2,500

War Memorial Nursing

2,000

Helght 20 ins $37.50

oratecas in China

2,000

Diocesan Boys Schools &

Orphanages

2,000

Little Sisters of the Poor

2,000

Alice Memorial & Affiliated

Hospitals ....

1,750

Sailors' Homo & Missions to

Seamen

1,750

The Salvation Army

1,750

Poppy Day Fund

1,500

Hongkong

Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to

Animais

1,500

Tung Wah Hospital

1,500

Hongkong Society for

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

1,500

Sailora & Soldiers' Home

Protection of Children

1,500

1,000

1,000

1,000

South China Union of

Seventh-Day Adventists St. Louis Industrial School Society of St Vincent de

Paul-Blind Home

600

800

500

Cheero Ciut

640

500

500

300

R. H. E. 12 10

0 0

Ministering Children's

League

250

$30,000

Giants Lose

But Yankees Win Match

New York, May 16, The following are the results of matches In the Major Baseball League to-day:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn Chicago

(Camill and Lavagelto homered

·1 70

4 .10 2

G. Davies (12) v. Hugh Smith (8) for the Dodgers and Leiber for the N. J. Booker (13) v. G. E. Willerton Cubs). (12); F. Buckle (12) v. A. D. Hum- phroys (D); S.-F. Chubb (16) v. A. J. Macfadyen (18); T. Low (10) v. W. S. Hillier (8); C. M. Stark (9) v. G. T. May (13); J, W. Macdonald (7) v. IL S. Robertson (4); J. Forbes (9) v. A. McKellar (0); W. F. Barnes (10) v. J. W. Reeve (13).

Dye into Second Round:-A. L, Powell (18).

Boston Cincinnati

Philadelphia Pittsburgh

New York St. Louis

5 9

1 11

7

15

ON ON HM

14

ITEMS OF INTEREST game is to enjoy a benefit this year.

Hampshire County Cricket Club The Middlesex match at Bradford on July 8-11 has been allocated to this have oppointed G. R. Tuylor to cap- purpose, and every cricketer will tain their team in the coming sen- C. G. A. Paris, last year's

(Medwick, Mize and J. Martin The first named played in each wish Wood the sunniest of weather. son

match is the challenger and is res-homered for the Cardinale). But in Yorkshire a benefit is a captain, is unable to carry on the

ponsible for dates. The Committee pressure of benefit, rain, hill, or snow, and not duties because of the

may alter dates if necessary, оп wholly dependent on the hazards of business

account of the condition of the a single match, Already 23 local

course. Handicaps will be as abovė secretaries have been appointed to spread the appeal to every corner

throughout.

of the county.

SURREY HOPES

Surrey have a new captain in YI,

Mr. C. J. B. Wood, formerly cap- tain of Leicestershire County Cricket Club, has been appointed assistant secratory to the club.

23-year-old, BIL. Fred Taylor, medium-fast bowler, has joined the Warwickshire ground staff and is to start qualifying immediately.

In

M. Garland Wells, who takes over the last two seasons he has played an improving team who won third for Staffordshire in the Minor Coun- place in the championship last year.ties competition.

SPORT ADVTS

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

The first round must be completed on or before June 4, the second on or before June 13, the third on before July 16 and the final on or before July 2, the semi-final on or before July 30.

·

AMERICAN LEAGUE

St. Louis New York

#

(Gordon and Selkirk homered for the Yankees).

Chicago Boston

4 £ 0 18 10

(Loerr homered for the Red Sox).

Detroit

13 0 Washington

2 0 I

The match between Cleveland In- dns

and Philadelphia Athletics will be played to-night-Reuter.

U.S. COMMODITY

All these rounds will be played on the morning of the above dates unless otherwise agreed upon.

STRUCK BY GOLF BALL Philippines Chief Justice Suffers Contusion

Bagulo, May 1. The Hongkong Stock Exchange

Avancent Chief Justice. Ramon summary Issued yesterday suffered a contusion on the head when omelal says: Draft Programmes and Entry Trading to-day was on a small he was hit by a golf ball driven by Forms for the Fifth Extra Race scale coupled with a rather subdued Dr. Joaquin Ladao to-day.

The chief justice was playing tone, Prices, however, showed no

foursome with Associate Justices Carlos Imperia

Jose

P.. Laurel Car

and Manuel Moran. After he was struck by the golf ball, Justice Avancena was able to walk to his automobile and was taken to the Baguio hospital, where he was X-rayed for a possible fracture, Dr. Facundo Esquivel, head of the hospital, said the chief justice May was merely suffering from contusion. July Justice

returned Avancena

hone Oct. after the treatment.

Meeting to be held on Saturday, signs of sagging and the deals report- 27th, and Monday, 29th May, 1939, ed were either at quoted rates or (weather permitting)

be slightly better than those ruling at may obtained at the Secretary's Office, the opening.

Buyers Exchange Building; the Club House, Happy Valloy; The Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entrios close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 18th May, 1939.

By Order,

G. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

THE “TELEGRAPH” will send a Staff Photographer

to all events of public interest. should be addressed to the Pictorial Editor.

Hongkong Bank $1.850. Canton Ins. $230. Union Ins. $435. HK Fires $180.

$100. 1.K. Wharves H.K. Docks $17. Providents $4,60, H.K. Lands $34. Humphreys $744, H.K. Renities $4.30. H.K. Tramways $163, Star Ferries $65. China Lights (Old) $0.40, China Lights (New) $5.80. Sandakan Lights $11.90. Telephono (Old) $2311⁄2.. Canton Tees $1.

Cements $12.

Dairy Farms Ex Rights $215.

Dairy Farma Rights:$15. Watsons: $7.35.

Wine On H.K. $11. Entertainments 30%,

HI Gavt. 4% Loan 33⁄4%pm. H.K. Govt. 85% Loon par,

Requests on

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Bellers

Canton Ins. #235, Union Ins. $440, H.K. Docks $17.90. Providents $1. H.K. Hotela $5.05. - · H.K. Lands 235. H.K. Realties $415. H.K. Tramways $10.60.

China Lights (New) $5.00. Sandakan Lights $12. Telephone (Old) $23.90, Cements $19. Watsons $8.

PRICES

LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS

New York, May 16. New York Colton

Opening Closing

0.04/04 deleted 0.47 740 · B.55/55 7.84 784 7.00/87 7.00 /48

7.00/70 7.00 N 7.06b/00a

7.02/02 9.56 N NOTE: The last Notice day for May Colton is May, 16th.

New York Rubber.

Dec.

Jan. Spot

Mar.

May

Sales

July

Hongkong Bank $1,355, Humphreys $7.00,

Sept.

Dec.

H.K. Tramways $10.00. China Lights $0.00. H.X. Electric $50%.

Antamok

Atoks

Baguto Gold

Bengulo Consolidated Coco. Grove....

7.63 /03

10.00b/05 18.00b/10a 10.08 /10 .10.10 /00 · 10.10b/12a 16.10 708 16.13 /13 Mar.

10.05 B

10-3/32 Total Sales: 1,070 tona, Chicago Wheat,

i

77 /77 736/73* 78/73%

20.000.000 bushe

bushela.

Chicago Corn

May

July

Sept.

746/74% 742/74% Monday's Sales:~~~

May

I. X. L

152 July

San Mauricio

1.06 Sept.

Suyog

15%.

United Pancale.

May

Itogon

North Comarines

July Oct,

Demonstration

50 100 -614/01/2 51/51% 02%/52% .: 81%/51% Winnipeg Wheat

064/6632

0834/03

67 67% 0574/00

St. John Ambulance

Association

Children's Playground

Association

Boy Scouts Association Canossian Convent

Boys & Girls' Club

Association

Tennis On If No More Rain Falls

At 1 p.m. it was annouticed that If no more rain falls before 4 pm, the tennis exhibition arranged to take place at the Hongkong C.C. this afternoon will be on.

Amade Sanchez and Felicisimo Ampon, the Filipino Davis Cup players who will participate in the exhibition, are arriving by the Presl- dent Pierce from Manila at 3 pm.

The programme for to-day is as

follows:

Sanchez and Ampon v. Tsut Wal- pui and Tsul Yun-pul.

Ampon v. Tsul Yun-pui,

Sanchez and Ampon v. W. A. H. Du and L. Goldman.

The 4. Bongalore left Shanghaf yesterday and is due here at about 7 p.m. to-morrow.

THE BEST DIET DURING

| CONVALESCENCE

After operations, or wasting and other diseases, you feel so weak and exhausted that you wonder whether you'll over" feel | really well again. Everyone urges you to eat. Yet food nauseates you. But you simply must cut. Doctors all over the world have found that Horlicks can be re- tained by the weakest stomach and the patients find it "ogrecable and palatable. Horlicks Im- mediately starts to pour new- strength into your exhausted [body. At the same time it sti-

mulates your faded appetite.)

Your convalescene is shortened and in an amazingly short time you feel ready? för, änything again. Full of energy and vi tallly Keep Horlicks-always Yeady at hand.

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