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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
The sa Talamba left Singapore last Thursday and is due. here next Tuesday morning.
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The RMA Dorado left Kai Tak at 1115
yesterday, carrying one passenger, Mr. F. M. S: Tegner, for Penang. 1.900 kilos. of freight and 102.499 kilos. of DARIL
Mrs. and Miss Leurquin. the wife and daughter of the French Consul, left Hong Kong yesterday as passengers on the Potez aero-i plane of General Dessin, going to Hanoi They intend to next. week.
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His friends will be glad to heari that Mr. E. L Wynne-Jones. First Magistrate, Kowloon, has recover- ed from his indisposition and has resumed his work at the Kowloon Magistracy. It will be remember- ed that he was taken ill after Tuesday morning's court, and was sent to the Kowloon Hospital
On December 12 the St. Aq-. drew's Church branch of the V.D.M.A. will hold an all-day re- to be conducted by the Rev. Frank Short, Principal of the Ying Wah College. The sub- ject for consideration will be "The Christian Adventure; Its Impor tance and Challenge."
The re- treat for the clergy and workers; of the Divcese will be held from December 28 to December 31, at a house in the New Territories.
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Constance Cummings, screen actress, heeds the clarion exil of Autamm and dons a three-piece snit of blue tweed. The three- quarter coat is trimmed with a the beige fox collar, while material of her shoe-crowned hat maiches her suit.
W. G. GRACE LOSES WAGER TO AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN
(Continued from Page 3).
In that same Test match at
THE CHINA MAIL-SATURDAY, DECEMBER
CIVILIAN CLUBS
RETURN "DERBY”
MATCH TO-DAY
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Honniball has been switched from the left to the right-wing, instead of Winch, while Blake will be seen on the left-wing. where he should make his pre- sence felt. The only other change is the inclusion of Eastman, at right-bal, in support of Bliss. Kowloon, therefore, are fielding probably one of the best sides for some seasons and should fully ex- tend the Club, if they do not re- peat their success of November 15, when they won by the odd. goal in three.
K. Chinese Changes
The Rifles will be at home to
the Kowloon Chinese, who
are
JUST LIKE A HUSBAND
Hmband at Highgate Police Court My wife was washing a - pair of my gloves.
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Solicitor: Your wife has stat- ed in evidence that she was wasb- ing one of your shirts.
Husband: Well, it all boils down to the same thing.
CLUB DEFEATED IN KEEN ENCOUNTER
(Continued from Page 2)
LADIES GOLF-
RESULTS
Tie In Captain's Cup Scores
MISS GOODRICH WINS BOGEY POOL
Mrs Mackintosh, with a card o 99-31, and Mrs. Wodehouse, with
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Mackintosh qualifes Mrs through having the better score over the last nine holes.
Other scores were:
Mrs. Sheldon Sommer, the Club right-back, Mrs. Blake (played a great game, but was no Mrs. Overy
match for the Army left-wing
83-13-70
92-19-73
.109-36-7S
fielding two newcomers in place) partnership, who were too clever The L. G. U. Medal (Silver Divi- of Chan Hong-kwong, their cap and too fast for him. Anything sion), played on November 10 of ain, and Mak Shui-hon, their left-which came down the centre, bow-the Old Course, Fanling, was won back, who were recently suspend-!
many anxious moments,
ed by the Football Associationer, very rarely passed Sommer, by Mrs. Withington with a score
whose interceptions were featured of 83-9-74 field The Kowloon Chinese will
throughout E. V. Reed, partner" The Bronze Division, played on: the following defence: Wong!
jing him at left-back, was a trife the New Course, was won by Mra Cheung. between the "sticks," and glow in clearing and gave Shields Lambert, with 107-2681 Kwok Ping-cheong and Ho Chor- yin as the two full-backs. Cheang
Lacked Support Kim-hung. Lai Kook chiu and In
Woodhouse, the right-winger, Tak-fai, a newcomer, will form the intermediate line.
gave a sparkling display, but only the Old Course with a card of 92-16-76, while Mr. Mackin- The Eides will be fielding the in patches, lacking sting behind
tosh won in the Bronze Division same tea which 'did service for his centres,
while
Fowler at
On November 24, Mrs. McGo- wan. was successful in the Silver Division of the same competition
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them in their previous matches inside-right, worked very hard for on the New Course with 99-31- and providing they strike their the openings, but lacked support best form should win, although by in the centre, otherwise a glut of goals would have resulted. Divett no means comfortably.
In the remaining First Division worked hard. - Imatch 'to-day the East Lancs. are favoured to beat the Athletic, whe have fallen wear badly after : promising start.
Navy Hosts Again
Selleck was very safe in the Army goal and was called upon to deal with several dificult shots from the Club forwards, while in
The Bogey Pool, played on the Old Course at Fanling, was won by Miss Goodrich, who was one up on bogey. Other scores were Mrs. Sheldon all square; Mrs. Forbes one down; Madame Jusserand one
down; Miss Stevenson two down;
and Mrs. Gilmore three down.
front he had two excellent backs The Bogey, Competition w35 in Cox and Kishan Singh, neither played on the New Course on There should be an excellent of whom wasted much time in Tuesday, December 1, the prize game in the First Division to sending the ball upfeld, although presented by Mrs. J. P. Sherry morrow when the Navy play host: Kishan Singh was guilty of slic-being won by Mrs. Redmond, who to South China "A" for the second,ing on several occasions.
was one down. Mrs: Sheldon and time within a month, having lost
Mrs. A. K. Mackenzie were both, three down.
Backbone Of Defence
Taggart Cup Draw
4
Reported missing since Tuesday: last, Mr. T. L. Bill, aged 27, of No. 33 Lee Garden Street, top! floor, has not yet been found, ac-j cording to enquiries made at the Central Police Station late last night. Mr. Eill, who is believed; to be an ex-Custoris man, last seen about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, when he was wearing a grey flan- nel suit. According to a descrip- tion furnished by the police, he is Leeds, in the dressing-room when to the League and Shield cham- of inedium height, fair com A. W. Carr, the captain, had re-pions in the first round of the lat- Brown, at right-half, and Ali plexion and hair brushed back turned crestfallen at being out for ter competition a fortnight ago, Din, at left-balf, were the back- He is a native of London.
the unlucky 13, the Yorkshire when the Chinese won by goals.bone of the Army defence, keep- bowler George Macaulay said:to L. No doubt the Navy will recti-jil
ing. their wing-forwards well The RMA. Dorado which left "Never mind, skipper, you may fy the weaknesses in their team supplied with passes, while they here for Penang yesterday at rely on me to make top score." and improve their wingers, neither rarely allowed their opposing First Round.-Mrs. Slesp. v. 1115 am carried one passenger. Which he actually did, 76 of the of whom came up to expectations wing-forwards to break through.
Mrs. Valentine: Mrs. W. J. E. Mr. F.M.S. Tegner of the Asiatic soundest.
South China "A", on the other Robinson and Garthwaite, mak-
Mackenzie Mrs. Robertson; Petroleum Company. The plane. I saw an unparalleled incident hand, will probably strengthen ing up the right-wing partnership, Miss Cartin v. Mrs. Challinor;| carried, also 102.499 kilos of mail in the final Test of 1921, when the their team with the return of Ip were a very. dangerous pair, the Mrs. Mackintosh v. Miss Steven-
Australian captain, the mountain-Pak-wa on the left-wing.
former being one of the fastest
son; Mrs. Mulcahy v. Mrs. Glover. ous. Warwick Armstrong. picked
Robinson bas In the two remaining games, meri on the field.
Byes-Mrs. Gilmore v. Mrs. Feur passengers left Hong up an Evening News as it blew South China "B" should beat the improved beyond all recognition Kong yesterday by the CNA.C. across the ground and perused it Police, while the Fusiliers should and gave E. R. Reed and Whitley Dovey: Mrs. Kay v. Mrs. Lissa- plane Fukien, Messrs. B. C. Wes-whilst Selding in the deep.
experience no difficulties against a gruelling time throughout; while tall, Lam Cheuk-pan and T. V. Dead March in The Dressing Room Eastern.
¡Garthwaite rendered invaluable jaid in support, foraging for the
ball as
an extra half-back, and making the openings on the right Ryland Fails
and 1.9 kilos of freight.
Vlachos embarked for Shanghai)
and Mr. Eung Shao-chich for Swatow
K. S. Duleepsinhji figured only
as twelfth man in the first Test 21 Trent Bridge in 1930, and on the
The name of the Ka Au Kait-second morning, before play, his DIED AFTER BEING
ting Co., Ltd.. has been struck off the Register.
Sussex colleague, Maurice Tate, told me he intended to get him noticed. So he signalled from the
The number of emigrants leav-field for his sweater, and the ora ing the Colony for the Straits Set-tion accorded to the young Indian
tlements
during the November was 7,012.
FREED
Clerk Arrested On Drink Charge
The draw of the Taggart Cup] resulted as follows:
***EN- Mrs. Hillier Bye: Mrs. Gibeon V. Mrs. Roberts; Mrs.) Crapnell v. Mrs. Lambert; Mrs. Garner v. Mrs. Forbes.
cember 22; second round by Jan- First round to be played by De-
the
uary 12, 1937; third round Jas- Ryland, in the centre, bungled ary 26; semi-final by February several opportunities, although 9.
The first-named player is 'res- some of his touches were very pretty to watch. Kenain Singh "onsible for fixing the match: i and Lal Singh, following their ex-the result is not posted on match. was the loudest in the
the hibition yesterday, will need no closing date for the round, month of
Probably, too, this was the first
"No answer," said the warrant-further introduction to the Colony second named player goes into the] time that a prince had served a sergeant at Croydon last month, hockey public and should be pair-next round. cricket professional. It was in when the name of Lawrence Man-ed whenever the Army, are fea- that encounter that Robins reger, aged 35, a Stock Exchange tured in a representative match. turned to the longfield after each clerk, of Mitcham Park, Mitcham,
Lal Singh opened the scoring JUNIOR SOCCER CLASSIC WILL Jover be sent down. He is the was called to answer a charge of for the Army after 20 minutes)
BE FEATURED nearest post-war batsman to Jes-being drunk.
play when a centre by Robinson, sop, though dissimilar,
The officer said that Maniger on the right-wing. was deflected
(Continued from. Page 2) When Bradman was playing in was arrested at midnight the pre-goalwards by Garthwaite. Shields. the Test at Lord's in 1930, he vious night, and, after being in in attempting to clear, tapped the
Club Juniors observed to his captain that he custody for about three hours, ball and Lal Singh, who had rush- wished he could go in later as he was released at 2.45 a.m. He diedjed into the goalmouth, scored
Do By the courtesy of the Naval had a splitting headache.
at his home 20 minutes later. easily.
SHOOTING MATCH
RESULTS
Win For Rifles At Stonecutters
In view of the uncertain forma that the Club juniors have dis-
Authorities, 2 very enjoyable your best in your usual place," Ï At the police station he had re- In the second half, one of the played recently, their clash with
-
be worth afternoon was spent on the Stone-was the laconic retort of Woodfull fused to see a doctor, and had not finest movements I have seen on Stonecutters should cutters Rifles Range on Thursday Bradman's exploit was 254. The complained of illness.
a local hockey field, originating watching. The Gunners have not by teams representing the Naval late King was a spectator as he
A post-mortem examination is from Kenain Singh, culminated in enjoyed the best of luck this sea- Range Staff, the East Lancs. Regt, lashed our bowling unmercifully be held and there will be an in- the latter scoring from a centre son and, though they have had. and the Bisley Rifle Club, R, Maurice Tate remarked to me that
if he had not had
a headache quest later. Bradman might not have concen- The shooting was done with the trated so keenly and there might Service rifle at 200, 500 and 600 then have been more chance of yards, and the best eight scores getting him out. in each team counted.
A reminiscence of a Test match
Rifles.
Continued from Premiour Column)
The Very Noble Ninety-Nine
most of the play in several games, by Lal Singh.
Clob:- F. Shields; E V. Reed have not won a game yet Coles, and G. Sommer; R. A. Bates, W. A their pivot, is a fine defensive] Reed and N. Whitley! D. Woodhouse, player, while Hall is as good 26 S. Fowler, G. ER Divett, V. Band many Second Division goal. and H. B. W. Taylor
Howlett Army: - Spr.
(R.3. keepers.
The game between the much im-t did not see, the five-day rain-
L/Naik Kishan Singh (HKSEA) At Trent Bridge, in his first and Bdsm Con (East Lancs.): Spr. troved Kwong Wah team and the marred one at the Oval, when match, Chipperfield had waited ali Brown (KE.). Capt.
Stapleton Komson Rifles on Sunday is the England lost by an innings after through the luncheon interval (Kamson Rifles), and L/Naik Alif only interesting tie in a short)
Robinson amassing four hundred: Lanca- with his own score 99. He was Din (Panjabis); Lieut
Third Division programme. Rocha, 625 shire was playing Sussex at East-out third ball afterwards, and (East Lancs.), Lieut. Garthwaite
bourne and, during a shower on when back in the pavilion com- (ESEA), Capt. Ryland (2ies) erstwhile St. Joseph's First Livi scorers the fourth day, Peter Eckersley pletely broken down Old Doctor Rites) and L/Naik Lal Singh (Presence felt in the Third Division (Kamson(sion player, is making his pre-
[(now M.P.) · said to me, "Let us Rowley Fope-beloved of ns all, sabia).
The final placing resulted as follows:
RUR Bisley Club
661
East Lancs. Begt, Range Staff..
The highest individual
in each team were:
RUR-Lieut. Ratcliffe
East Lancs. Reyt. Sgt.
Jones Range Staff. Capt.
Carles
604
88
86
[L/Nai Narain Singh
RIFLE SHOOT
and will be the dangerous player Ito the newotanera.
89 ring up the English dressing-room whether English or Australíaz-
and hear bow they are getting patted him on the shoulder and on. The answer came from his said, truly, "Your ninety-nine will own wicket-keeper, "George Duck-be remembered when dozens of worth: "All the English side are centuries are Zorgotten."".
There will be a Spoon and Prac-) -- whistling the Dead March in Having watched forty-five Tests tice Shoot, by the courtesy of the 'Sant in different keys.”:
A LITTLE MAN'S BUSY DAY
Kumaon Rifles Shield Debut
between England and Australian Naval Authorities, on the Stone The Xumaon Rifies will make To his everlasting credit let it in this country, my view is that cutters range to-morrow commenc- their debut in local football to-day be told of Duckworth that, on the though sometimes there has beening at 10 am sharp A private when they encounter the Kowloon last tour in Australia, not only unnecessary daliness due to the launch will leave Queen's Pier at Chinese at Kowloon and in view The Coronation Mayor of 1-did he ask Jardine to play Ames solemnity of the struggle, yet the 19.15 am, calling at the Kowloon of the favourable display given in instead of hizaself in the Test purple patches have been glorious Public Pier at 9.25 am, Sham-friendly games should be able to matches because he was the better and the tensity has provided an abuzivo at 9.40 am, and arriving give the Chinese a good game.
The Chinese will be fielding bat, but be actually went with the atmosphere such as can be obtained at Stonecutters at 9.50 am. The
ford, Alderman H. Billington, is,
so small that the borough coupezl
have had a' new gown, tunde, for himit
and a new and far
v He wrote “It for the first time
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Kent professional to the nets to in no other cricket.. I hope it may launch will be available, the practically their League team, give him some wrinkles about how be permissible to add my convic-conclusion of the shoot, to bring though it is possible that one or to take the bowling of Vocalo tion that English cricket. is now members back to Kowloon and two experienced players
decidedly, on the up-grade.
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