THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928.
SPORTS
JACK DEMPSEY.
FINISHED WITH THE RING?
RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED.
HOME F. A. CUP.
FOURTH ROUND REPLAYS DECIDED.
TWO CLUBS THROUGH.
New York, Yesterday. Two more clubs have got through The funous boxing proinoter, Mr.
to the fifth round of the Home F.A. Tex Rickard announces that Jack Cup and both will have the right Dempsey, ex-heavyweight champion of playing at Home on Fab. 18, one of the world, has permanently re-entertaining the Cup-holders. tired from the ring.—Reuter's Amo-
London, Yesterday. rican Servien,
Replays in the fourth round of the competition proper of the F.A. Cup on the ground of the first- named (the match last Saturday tho ground of the last- on named having ended in a draw), re- sulted as follow:-
[Noto." After losing his crown, on points, to Gene Tunney (the present holder), Dempsey knocked out Jack Sharkey and lost the return with Tunney, again on points. „Jis come back was the feature of the 1927 boxing souson,]
Jack Dempsey and Mr. Tex Rickard.
SIM SHIELD.
CLUB'S "HAT TRICK"—AND
DEFEAT.
In spite of the fact that Wheeler tho performed the "Int trick,"
THE CHINA MAIL,
NEW APPOINTMENTS 35 YEARS IN GOAL.
PREMIER'S PRIVATE
SECRETARY.
BECOMES A DIRECTOR.
STUDENT REVOLUTIONARIES IN SERBIA.
THE 'RAG" POLITICAL.
Shadows Before..
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
IN THE "MAIL.”
To-day to February 6—Queen's Theatre; "Ben Hur.".
Up."
To-day-World Theatre; "Going
London, Yesterday. Belgrade. Sentences of ex- To-day- Star Theatre: "The The following official announce trème severity have been Crown of Lies." ment IA made: "Lt. Col. Sir
on ten passed
out .of the To-day-Cheer '0, Ronald Waterhouse has, with the
Y.M.C.A consent of Mr. Baldwin, resigned nineteen Macedonian students on Impromptu Dance, at 7.30 p.m.
February 3-Cheer 'O, Y.M.C.A. hia appointment as Principal Pri- trial for subversive activity. order to be free to accept director- members of a Macedonian Revolu- Engineers Dance Club, Wellington vate Secretary to the Premier in They had been accused of being Concert and Dance, at 7.30 p.m.
February 6-Dance at the Royal ship on the board of the Canadian tionary organisation, organised Barracks, 8.30 p.m. general Investment Trust and asso- by Bulgaria, for the purpose of February 6-Banvard Musical clated companies.
detaching Macedonia from the Comedy Company presents "Katja kingdom of Jugo-Slavia The the Dancer," Theatre Royal, City heaviest sentence was that on Hall, 9.15 p.m. Dimitrie Diuzelovitch, who was February 9-Musicale at Helena affirmed by the police, to be the May Institute, 5.50 p.m. ringleaders; his total sentence February 11-Concert and dance, amounted to thirty-five years' Eliot Hall, H.K. University, 8 p.m. penal servitude.
February 25 Craigongower
The Premier has appointed Mr. R. F. Vansittart to succeed to the position vacated by Sir Ronald.
Sir Patrick Gower will continue
to occupy the position of Joint Principal Private Seerotary."
Sir Ronald Waterhouse has been Private Secretary in turn to Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Ram- any Macdonald, and again to Mr. Baldwin during their Premierships.
Sports.
The condemned accepted their Cricket Club's annual Bachelors' lot with comparative calm, but Dance. there were moving scenes in the court when they took farewell of February 4-Boxing tournament those of their company who were under the auspices of the H.K. Box- ing Association, Lee Theatre, Por released.
cival Street.
February 13, 14, 15, 18- Hong! Kong Jockey Club Race Meeting,
In Retreat From Mons. After distinguished army career! during which ho. saw much active service. He retired on account of It is difficult for readers in wounds. He served again at the England to understand how outbreak of the Great War and took university students can be involv part in the retreat from Mons. He ed in activities dangerous enough Happy Valley. was appointed. Private Secretary to warrant life sentences. and Equerry to H.R.H. the Duke of should be remembered that the Ladies' Bogey Competition at York in 1921 and next year went to university student in this part of} Fanling.
It
February 17 Golf Match:
Land-Sale.
Mr. R. F. Vansittart is a coun: the world is looked on as a grown February 6-Three lots of Crown
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| Downing Street,
sellor in the Foreign Office.
man. He is conscious of being land at Prince Edward Rd., Ma Tau was Private Secretary to the late the official or professional man of Wei,, nt P.W.D. Officer, 3 p.m. Marquess Curzon when the lattor to-morrow, and the first rank in Lammert's Auction.
Foreign Minister British the hierarchy of society. As such February 7-At Sales Room, Wireless Service.
he will, if not satisfied with his Duddell Street, household furni professors, "go on strike," and ture, etc., etc., 2.80 p.m. feel that he is withholding from Hughes & Hough's Auction.
March 1-At Auction Room, Ice the state a vital service rather House Street, valuable leasehold than making a fool of himself.
property situate in Peak District,
Meetings.
NEW GOVERNOR.
MR. JAMES MCNEILL AT DUBLIN.
IRISH FREE STATE SCENES.
40-
The most unfortunate thing is 3 p.m. that his elders take him as seri-
February 7-Twenty-third ously as he takes himself. In-
nual meeting of Union Waterboat stead of being an overgrown Co., Ltd., in the Offices of Mesars. schoolboy, immature, he becomes Dodwell & Co., Ltd., 11 a.m.
Manchester United 1, Bury 0.
London, Yesterday. Notta Forest 2, Derby 0 (after Mr. James McNeill, who succeeds a man who, because he is young, February 8-Annual meeting of
knows better than anybody else, Navy extra time).-Reuter,
Mr. Timothy Henly as Governor- and, because he is a student, is Branch), in board-room of Messrs. League (Hong Kong Notts Forest will be at home to General of the Irish Free State, not mercenary in his ideals. It Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 5.30 Cardiff City (holders in the fifth took the oath of office to-day in is but a short step, for those with p.m. round) and Manchester United will Dublin (in the presence of the
entertain Birmingham.
London, Yesterday. In division III (northern BCC-
Hong Kong Hockey Club was un- tion) of the Football League, able to hold the Army teain when day, Bradford beat Wigan by they met in the Sim Shield com- goals to 1, at Wigan-Reuter, petition at Kowloon yesterday, and was defeated by the odd goril ja
seven.
This is the second meeting of the two teams. On the first occasion the Army had no difficulty in secur- ing the points, winning comfortably
SHIELD TIES.
SOCCER COMPETITION
DRAW.
Ministers and Judiciary, ndus Reuideas, to revolutionary work. February 9Annual meeting of tor). Afterwards he drove to Serbia, however, is at least free Humphrey's Estate & Finance Co., Viceregal Lodge. Before
the from the bane of some other East Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel, 11 a.m. Governor-General's car were mount- European countries such as ing of the H.K. Land Investment & February 9Thirty-ninth meet- 3ed Free State troops with rifles, Roumania, where, in place of the Agency Co., Ltd., at the offices of while at each side rode an officer "rag" of French or English under- Messra, Jardine, Matheson & Co., in British uniform with a drawn graduates, there has just been an Ltd., 12.80 p.m. eword. Though the new Governor-outrageous programme.
February 16-Thirteenth annual General was guarded by troops and In Serbia there is no anti-semi-meeting of the "Star" Ferry Co., the streets were patrolled and kept tism whatever, and the good re- Ltd., at the offices of Messrs. Jar- clear, these precautions were in lations existing between the state dine, Matheson, & Co., Ltd., 12.80 striking contrast to the elaborato and its Jewish subjects can only P.. uncasures taken when Mr. Sealy be paralleled in England. Some
Miscellaneous, took offies upon the founding of the days ago
To-day - Ceremonial opening The first round of the Hong Kong Irish Free State. On that occasion Congress was opened in Subotica. Margaret's Church, Broadwood Rd
a Yugo-Slav Zionist ceremony of new Football Association challenge shield Mr. Honly was, literally, almost The proceedings passed in perfect 6.30 pm. tournament will be played as under, surrounded with fixed bayonete.calm; representatives of the Gov- in accordance with the draw made British Wireless Service. ⚫ents.
The Army scorers were Lt. Burton yesterday, on Saturday next, Febru. (2) Copt. Dobbie Howard.
Below is the league table to date:
Goals P. W. L. D.F.A. Pts. Royal Navy... 4 3 117 6 6 The Army
4 a 1 - 12 9 G
y 4-1. Yesterday, however, they
had to go all out to beat the Club
who had hard luck in not ut lanst
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H. K. H. Club. 4 1 3 8 16 2 Royal Air Force 2 2.-.2 0.2
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February 4-Closing, entries of ernment and civil and military the Hong Kong Cricket Club, noon. authorities were present as hon- February 17—Annual dinner of oured guests; and the chairman of St. Peter's Young Men's Club"at the Congress announced that in Lane, Crawford's Restaurant Jerusalem, in recognition of the February 24-Planoforte VLSI friendly attitude of Serbla to the by Mr. Harry Ore at "Multnomah, Zionist movement, an olive grove 2, May Road, 9.30 p.m. was to be planted, and in it a memorial to King Peter of Serbia| erected. Such harmony provides a pleasing contrast, both to From a drab boarding house to n Roumanian anti-semitic outrages glittering palace abroad and back and to Serbia's own troubles in again in a rose covered cottage Macedonia. this is the journey, replete with in- cidents of liazard, anxiety and hap- piness, that Pola Negri takes 10
"THE CROWN OF LIES.
Varsity ground, at a p.m. sharp: Joseph's College B, Chatham The Crown of Lies," which is com F. Hiptools; A. A. Rumnjahn, G. S. Scully; F. Y. Khoo, C. K. Ong, A. Road; St. Joseph's College Av. 3. Sulieman; E. Zimmern, V. Enok, Hong Kong FC., St. Joseph's 18 to the Star Theatre to-day and A. A. Aziz, K. P. Gan, and 8. ground-all kick-off at 2.80 p.m.
Byca: Queen's Regiment, South Chinn A, Club de tecreio, Kow.
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4TH TEST OVER.
ISOUTH AFRICA WINS BY 4
WICKETS.
Johannesburg, Yesterday. Needing only 98 runs for victory when the fourth day's play opened to-day in the Fourth Test match against England, South Africa brought their 2nd innings total to 156 runs for 6 wickets, thereby win-
ning by four wickets.
loon F.C.
SERVICE BILLIARDS.
R.A.F. Victora of R.A. Challenged.
to-morrow. The direction is excel-
OF NO COUNTRY,
AND SENT BACK.
lent, giving evidence of the subtle DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND ideas and adroit effects for which Dimitri Buchowetzki is known. Credit la also due to Noal Beery, villain of Beau Geste," who has
being deported on June 20.
THEATRE DEAL.
REPORTED £450,000 OFFER
FROM AMERICA.
A bid of £450,000 has been made by an American theatrical and cinema syndicate for the pur- chase of important theatrical in- terests in England.
The proposed deal involves the Bedford Music Hall, Camden Town; the Empire, Bristol; and the King's Hall, Dover, together
the role of an exiled foreign noble. The nationality of a man with with an option on a West-End man who goes into the business of an Italian name, who claims that theatre, and an extensive British "selling a queen" to his country, the he has never been out of the Bri-revue business. Colonel Harry real queen having disappeared fol. tish Empire, was discussed at Day, M.P., to whom the offer has lowing a revolution. Miss Negri, of Bow Street. The prisoner, been made, told a representative course, is the pseudo queen. She Ernesto Capitolo, forty-three, that he is giving it his favourable | The Cameron Road R.A.F. and is in reality an immigrant girl who hairdresser, was charged with consideration. the Royal Artillery met in a bil-aspires to become a great actress. being found in Britain after ""The American syndicate is one liards match at the Y.M.C.A. Because of her remarkable resem Tuesday and the Airmen won by blance to the missing queen she 341 points.
HOSTamar's" cucists have gains a throne. Ernest Vajda, not challenged the winners and this ed Hungarian playwright, wrote match will be played off on Wed-The Crown of Lies" specially, for nesday next.
Miss Negri. The scores in the R.A.F.-R.A. }· match were:----
RA.F.
R.A. Leggot. Grist Aplin
Overnight, the South African acore was 55 runs for 1 wicket. It will thus be seen that the 6 wickets -which fell to-day realised 101 runs, although 97 were required to do, and 98 to win. Scores:—
England 265 runs (Tyldesley 42, Plunkett *Sutcliffe 87, R. E. S. Wyatt 58; Stirling. Bissett 4 for 43, Hall 6 for 100) Bailey and 216 runs.
South Africa 328 runs (Taylor 101, Cameron 64) and 166 runs for
Total
6 wickets-Reuter.
SCHOOLS' CRICKET.
144 Colling 124 Platt
160 150
**BEN-HUR."
**Ben-Hur" continues to draw 150 Humphreys 41 crowded houses at the Queen's Theatre. The celebrated chariot race is a great magnet both to old.
150 Conybere
150 Turner
150 Gardner
868 Total
79
44
63
of the largest in the States," he Capitolo said he did not know said. "They control theatres, where he was born, but had al-shows, and films in all parts of ways considered himself British America. Their offer is certainly When he got to the frontier of a tempting one, and I expect the Italy after being deported he was negotiations for the transfer will refused permission to enter the open at any moment." country. During the war he re- gistered himself as an Italian,
because of his name," "but hel served in the British Army from FEW WORKGIRLS. 1916 to 1919. He returned to Britain about a month ago be ONLY ONE APPLICANT FOR cause the French authorities de- ported him,
FIFTY JOES.
timers who remember the race in 527 the old stage "Ben-Hur," and to
The Magistrate (Sir Chartres A curious situation has arisen the younger folk who have read
Biron): How did you get in with- through shortage of labour at the about the vastly greater filmed race run by forty-eight horses abreast in out a passport?--I came here as a factory of Messrs. Bernheimer a great outdoor arena: The fine British steward on a boat. *****
Gut and Co., manufacturers of work of Ramson Navarro in the role Why did they deport you from ladies wear in artificial silk, Mr. M. Bolton is to be congratus of Ben-Hur is seconded by the France? Because I had no pass-Brixton Hill. Unless fifty girls lated on compiling a record of superb portrayal of the Roman, port and could not prove my ne- with experience as overlookers, steeplechases held by the Fanling Messala, by Francis X. Bushman.
date.
FANLING HUNT.
At 2 p.m., on Sunday, February Hunt at Kwanti from inception to 12, a cricket match will be played the Civil Service ground be.
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tween a Combined Sahools XI and
-n side captained by Mr. G. R. Sayer. The following will turn out for the Combined Schools:
The next meeting is on March 8, as announced this week.
Performances of ponies in the past were included, as an innovation, at the last inecting and proved useful to punter.
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power machinists, and lock stit Then, according to your chers are found within three Penang, Jan. 24—A taxi was story," the Magistrate added," weeks, application will be made to overturned yesterday evening on "you cannot live in any country the Home Office for permission to the Jelutong Road and two Chinese your defence is that you have no import French and Swiss workers. passengers wera seriously injured nationality."
The new factory was opened although the driver miraculously Capitolo was committed for recently by Sir Walter Greaves escaped. In another accident, & trial:
Tamil telephone linesmen was knocked down in the Perak Road and received injuries necessitating his being sent to hospital,
Lord, K.C., MP (Recorder of Manchester), who stated that im mediate employment, would be Mr. C. B. Whitehead. Chief found for fifty girls. The man- Police Officer Province Wellesley, agement has advertised extensive
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