FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL FOR GREAT BRITAIN VIA SIBERIA.
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Christmas Letter Mail (letters and post-cards only) for Great Britain via Siberia will be closed in the General Post Office on Saturday, November 29 per 8.3. President Taft as follows:----
5 p.m. û p.m.
Registered mail Ordinary mail
This mail is due in London about December 22.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EXCHANGES.
L.R.C.
ANNUAL "AT HOME."
CALCUTTA SWEEP FOR CHICAGO,
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,
Hardcourt Tennis Final Mayor's Plan to Attract
Result.
Christmas Shopping.
FINALIST'S MISFORTUNE.
There was a large gathering at the Ladies' Recreation Club's an-
List of ships expected to be in wireless communication with Hong Kong to-day:-Kwangchow, Pondopo, Selkai Maru, Empress of Japan, Protesilaus, Hong Feng, Menado Maru, Calcutta Maru, Sird-ual "At Home" yesterday to wit- hana, Illinois. Pleasant Ville, Kofuku Maru, Hong Khang, Roko Mara, and Kamo Maru.
INWARD MAILS
FRIDAY,
Per
NOVEMBER 28. Japan, Shanghai and Europe via Siberia
.Hakozaki Maru
29.
SATURDAY.
From
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NOVEMBER Europe via Negapatam (Papers only,
dou. October 30)
Lon-
U.S.A.. Honolula, Japan and Shanghai
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(San
Francisco, Oct. 31)
Shanghai & Swatow
Amoy
SUNDAY.
NOVEMBER
Manita
Dairen and Amoy
MONDAY,
DECEMBER U.S.A., Hanolalu, Japan and Shanghai (San
Francisco, Nov. 8)
President Garfield Shantung .Talma.
30. Pres. Taft. Tjisalak
1.
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...President McKinley
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San
Francisco, Nov. 7)..... Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghal (Van-
couver, B.C., Nov. 13)
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER.
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ress a splendid hard court final between Miss Keary and H. J. Armstrong and Mrs. Lissaman and A. D. Humphreys.
HELP FOR IDLE.
1/2 15/16
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Opening Daily Official Quotations 28th Nov., 1930.
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Chicago, Nov. 12. Mayor William Hale ("Big BI") Thompson, whose various spectacular publicity ideas have included a campaign to "keep King George out of Chicago," has emerged from his recent appen- On demand
operation with a dew | Credits, 60 days' After a spectacular battle Mr. dicitis
sight notion. Keary and H. J. Armstrong emerg-
This thought is ed winners In straight seta, win- ning 6-2, 6-3, They fully deserv-broadenst throughout the Unitad ed their success as they were con- States by the press wires, that the entire nation do its 1930 Christ- tinually on the attack.
mas shopping in Chicago, where tho merchants should offer a large sweepstakes similar to the Calent-
Unfortunately the final of the Indies' singles hard court cham- pionship could not be played, as Mrs. Fischer was ill, and, as a result, her opponent, Mrs. Blaise,
ceived a walk-over.
Prizes Distributed. After the doubles mateh, ten was served on the Club houso verandah, after which Mrs. Cumrle, a very old member and friend of the Club, distributed the various trophies for the season's events.
ta sweep.
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Merits claimed for this scheme include the following:-
That it would entirely relieve Chicago'a present dire problem of unemployment.
That the sporting element of game would loosen the nation's purse-strings to an unprecedented degree, thus indirectly helping the manufacturers by increasing con- sumption.
In introducing Mrs. Cumrie, the President of the Club, Mrs.
That the large sales would en- to offer Etherington expressed her appre-able the Chicago stores ciation of Mrs. Lissamar's secre- better bargains than they could tarial work in connection with the on a smaller volume of business. riinning of tournaments.
Only rebuffs, however, have Mrs.
Mer Cumrie and Capt. E. C. Ethering been the answer thus far.. ton who ably umpired the doubles chants of other cities have regia- match, were also accorded a vote tered horror at the thought of see-
their Christmas ing
business of thunks.
affected, while the religious ele- ment is up in arms against the
The full list of winners of the Club events is given below:---
Mixed Doubles Hardcourt (sami-sweepstakes idea.-United Press. pen):-H. J. Armstrong and Mrs. Keory; runners-up, A. D. Humphrey, and Mrs. Linsaman.
Ladies Singles Hardcourt Cham- pionship Mrs. Blaisse; runner-up, Mrs. Fischer..
Cham-
Men's Singles Hardcourt plonship:-A. D. Humphreys; runner- up, Professor L Forater.
Mixed Doubles Handicap:-T. C. Monoghan and Miss Stephen; run. ners-up, A. D. Humphroys and Mrs. Lissaman.
Ladies Doubles Handicap: ~ Mrs. Lissaman and Mrs. Jeffries; runners- up, Mrs. Stark and Mrs. James.
LADIES' LAWN TENNIS
TOUR.
Preparations for U.S. Invasion.
It was announced at a meeting of (Due San Francisco December 29.) the Lawn Tennis Association Coun-
Parcels
3 Pell, held at the River Plate House. RegistrationS
4.16 p.m. Finsbury Circus, that at the invita Letters
5ption of the South African Lawn Tennis Union a women's team will 5 p. visit South Africa during the winter 6 p.m. of 1931-2.
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Registrations Letters
Manila.
Tourane
President Garfield. Chung Hong
SUNDAY.
NOVEMBER
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Kalgan DECEMBER
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Parcela
Letters
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p.m. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
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Manila Shanghai, Japan, Canada, USA.,
C, and S. America and *Europe. via Victoria, B.C.
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Anchises
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6 p.m.
5 p.m.
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MIDGET GOLF MENACE.
Problem Before New York Authorities.
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Shell Transporta...... Union Waterboats ...$99
Mining.
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The thousands of miniature golf courses that have sprung up on every available vacant lot in New York have become "a menace to the health and peace" of the city, and 11.82 yet it appears that ander the exist- 11:36 ing ordinances no control is possible. The Department of Licences at- tempted to regulate the courses at first as "amusements," but a Brook-
| lyn magistrate decided that since
H. Lowe, D. J. Koogh,
T. Low, W. Clark,
MacKenzie,
Cleland.
H. C. Shrubeolo, A. G. Coppin.
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golf courses they could not be de- manded for the "midgets." The Aldermanic President has suggested a conference of an imposing number of officials--the BI Drafting Com- missioner, the Police Commissioner, the Health Commissioner, and the Licence Commissioner as a pre- liminary to the introduction of a of the noblest estates in the cut-
Malabon Sugari ******** The Inter-Collegiate committee special ordinance before the Board try is the question residents of
Caldi Macg. Ord....Th. answered
?ref....Th. Chertsey hope will be was reappointed to make arrange-of Aldermen. ments for the visit to this country Numerous complainants have atat-affirmatively when the auctioneer
Canton Ic
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house of Surrey,
(old)......$ [12] ་ year. Included in the programme without restrictions, on lots near "wander"
among its
(new)..............$5.20 will be the representative match apartment-houses and private dwell-originally fashioned against the combined Universities ings has made life intolerable for 1,000 acres of woodland for the H. K. Ropes 11
African magnate, Sir United Asbestos ...... of Oxford and Cambridge.
them, as the courses are open till South the early hours of the morning; the Frederick Eckstein, by 500 work-
Storias, &c. glare of lights and the excited noisesmen toiling 12 months.' of players and onlookers made rest The present owner, Miss Susan Dairy Farms C/R- Impossible.
Schints, a daughter of the "the nitrate king" was left 31,000,000 watons
HOCKEY.
ST. ANDREW'S CLUB BEAT- Y.M.C.A.
At King's Park yesterday, the St. Andrew's Young Men's Club defeated the Y.M.C.A. Reserves by five goals to 'one.
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Parker scored the Issers' soll. tary point and Mackay and R. Wong found the net. twice for St. Andrew's.
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Bof a famous racing stable. B. Riggs, J.
to be Thompson.
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