SHOWING
TO-DAY
QUEEN'S
At 2.30, 5.15,
7.15, 0.15 p.m
Your Favorite FUN-STARS are Back!
BUD
&
n their First in a year! .and their Funniest of all!
ABBOTT
In Society
COSTELLO
ARTHUR TREACHER MARION HUTTON
KEBY GRAMY THOMAS COPEZ ANNE COLLIS
WILL OSBORNE and ORCHESTRA THE FØREE SISTERS · Margie, Bea and Ger
TELEPHONE BRIAN G1 NOT ACCEPTED.
LEE THEATRE
Bhowing To Day At 2.30, 5.15, 7.10"&79.15 P.M.
SPECTACULAR ACTION
IN SCENIC GRANDEURÍ
--
Zane Grey's
KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED
starring ROBERT KENT
with
ROSALIND KEITH ALAN DINEHART Directed by Howard Bretherton
LAST EPISODE
BOXING TOURNAMENT
AT
LEE THEATRE
PERCIVAL STREET, WANCHAI
AT 7.00 P.M., 26TH FEBRUARY
in aid of tho
HONG KONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION
ALL SEATS BOOKABLE
Tickets on sale only at:
HONG KONG HOTEL
KOWLOON CLUB (N.A.A.F.L./E-F.1.) UNION JACK CLUB, HONG KONG (N.A.A.F.1./EFL)
and on 26th February at LEE THEATRE
PRICES FROM $2 to $15.
(Certain seats are available for Services at reduced prices.)
All East-going trams pass close to Lee Theatre.. Band of H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK will play. THE PICK OF THE BOXERS FROM ROYAL NAVY, ARMY, ROYAL AIR FORCE & U.S. NAVY.
CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE
ALL NEXT WEEK
AT 7.30 P.M.
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE BRITISH CENTRE, SYDNEY
PRESENTS
THE GREAT LEVANTE
IN
"ABRACADABRA"
·GLADY COLE
SID CLARKE
SUPPORTED BY
JOY DENNY MOLLY DURAL ESME RAY LEVANTE
AMAND
BY THE COURTESY OF
ENSA ART CARNEIRO & HIS ORCHESTRA
Front Stat. & Balcony Prices of Admission Back Stall ALL SEATS CAN BE BOOKED. IN ADVAN CASH AT GLUB OFFICE TEL: 26904,
$1,00.
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946.
R.A.F. Quarrymen Doing Big Job
ĮSEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, THE ECHOES OF A LARGE EXPLOSION REVERBERATE ROUND, THE HILLS IN THE VICINITY OF PING SHAN. R. A. F. QUARRYMEN WITH THEIR CHINESE AND IN- PER- DIAN EMPLOYEES ARE BLASTING AWAY HAPS ANOTHER 1,000 TONS OF ROCK AT CAMP BROOK SO NAMED AFTER AIR COMMODORE W. A. D, BROOK, C.BE., AIR OFFICER 'COMMAN- DING ROYAL AIR FORCE, HONG KONG. BOUND FOR OKINAIFA WITH AIRFIELD CONSTRUC- TION UNITS OF THE FAMOUS "TIGER FORGE," 4857 QUARRY FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO HONG KONG ON THE NEIFS OF THE JAPANESE, SUR- RENDER. THE UNIT HAD SERVED WITH THE ARMIES OF LIBERATION IN EUROPE, DEMO- LISHING THE OBSTRUGTION RESULTING FROM BOMBING AND PREPARING THE MATERIAL FOR BUILDING AND REPAIR OF AIRSTRIPS FOR ADVANCING RAF. BASES. During the three months, since they arrived in Hang Kong, thene R.A:F. quarrymen, jamong them highly qualified cn-¡ Kincers and technicians, have, quarried a total of 12,000 iesis of sinne beside 7,000 of over-bur- den-waste material which cas
New H.K.
Yacht Club
Home Football
London, Feb. 20. High winda marred most of the re-arranged football fixtures play- ed to-day.
Bitter aqualls ruined the game at Ipswich, where the home side drow with Mansfield Town.
The big game of the day was at Tottenham, where Aston Villa suffered a serious setback in 'sheir quest for the "double" of Longue Football Championship and the Association Cup. It was their first defeat on a London ground In eight visits to the capital this season. The Hotspurs wero much fagter and Ilvelier, and made their rivals ipok mediocre. The League South table was not affected by the result.
Similarly. in League North Chesterfield, who took one point pp their home gumo with Sheffield Wednesday, do not move un the table. Wednesday led at halftime, but fell away.
In the rugby code Cambridge University were defeated by the New Zealand touring team, scor- ing seven points to the visitors" 16. The Army defeated ""London by 22 points to 12.
Today's soccer resulta are na follow:
League North-Chesterfield 1 Wednesday 1: Blackburn 0 Bolton
1.
League South Tottenham
3
also be used in the ataruc- Yachtsmen. will be interested to Villa tion of runways. À daily out hear of tho forth-coming in- Third Div. South-North Region put of 2.000 tons of atone is nuguration of a new Yacht Club-Ipswich 1 Mansfield 1.
Third Div. North-East Region the
the in the Colony, to be known as the target aimed at for bukling of the new airfield. On Royal Hong Kong Naval Yacht-York 1 Ratherham 1.
will Jense Kellott Scottish League Dis. B Cup a peak day recently, 637 tons of Club, which
Island from the Royal Hong Kong semi-final replay: Allric 2 Dun- Stine nad 982 tons of overbur
Yacht Club
den Reuter. den were produced.
The unit brought with it stone crushers which
capable of ure dealing with 280 tons of stone a
day, butidozers, "digger and
her plant.
JL
Pieve engineers working
ON
The Kellett Inland Club House, The Aene
Athlete To Confess His Sins
Stockholm. Feb. 21. Gunder Hegg, the Swedish ship, notably MS track star who is under investi
And H.M.S. Beer
Swedish Athletic a certain amount of reku-Association for
gation by the
alleged profes bilitation was done.
sionalism, tulif the немирарит A number of Nuvalbona huve Aftontadet" in an interview to .......
day that
hat he intended to "confess
which was a modern building' erected just before the war, was thoroughly
looted during the occupation of all portable wond- work and other Allings, and nearly Drilling for insertion of demo all the yachts have disappeared, lition chars is carried out by
On the arrival of the No. 4850 Well-boring Flight and Navy the premises were requial. the Royal Shaft to a depth of 89 feel
Combined Services tioned an through the rock structure is fre- Club, and due to the efforts of
required. Before quently
blasting severni bugin.
airmen driving coolles breaking up tumps of rock all personnel are warned by whistle to retire to aalno bren collected and there has safe di tuner while the charges been a large muster for sailing are detonated. A dust cloud -ome
races at week-on.ls. rise in 200
the air.
The premises have to be dere quisitioned on March 1, and, in LARGEST BALL.
order to carry on the good work The largest fall of rock in one
Hong
Koar Yacht blast has been 2.500 as: recent until the Royal
Club can take over the helm, the ly a forner of 1,000
tans knocked down and the latest job new Club is being formed ander is to blow un a further 2.000 tons combined services mauices,
Labouring in the dust which penetrates into diesel engines and to machines and gets into the and lungs-efforts are made keep
it down by water-spraying -- These airmen are carrying out a splendid job of work.
an irolat ed spot far from My enterinia- ment facilities of a town live in billets alongside the quarry, and, in teir off-duty time play football and bathe in their
A: swimming pool.
week-ends, they have recreational transport into Kowloon--the nearest town..
Personnel of the unit include vacht building.
Lieutenant A, Dunn from
Flight Lieute
and
will be inaugurated at a meeting and to be hell in the Gloucester Build-1 resing next Wednesday evening. A
to members of the Royal Hong Kong
Yacht Club will automatically be members of the new Club or their return to Colony.
Derby, a cand mining engineer in civilian life and Commanding Officer of the Quarry Flight: Fly- ing Officer B. Crowther, B.S.C. from London; Flight Lieutenant R. P. Fletcher, M.A., in charge of
the well-boring contingent who comes
Flight
from Spalding Badger.
Lincs
Servcant K. V
plant operater, of Farnborough.
It is hoped in this way, by the combined efforts of all the Ser vices and the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, to revive vachting in the Colony, but it may be some years before, it returns former flourishing slate owing to the shortage of materials for
Boxing Tourney
10
The following is the programme
for the Charity Boxing Tourna-
BANTAM WEIGHT Hend) V. LAC. Miller (R.A.F.). Stoker Young CH.MS. Rame
Kent who received the B.E.M.ment to be held at the Lee Theatre for his work in France during con-on Tuesday, Feb. 26. struction of the historic Caen by tass, which, built to last for ten days, allowed the American Army to move ap rapidly in pursuit of the enemy-fitters, plant operators. drivers, Guarrymen, whom held the same joba before Joining the R.A.F.
manv
of
Among visitors to the quarry have been the Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mount. und batten, Admiral Lord Fraser the Allied Air Commander-in- Chief Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park. Frequent
WELTER WEIGHT L.A.O. Caffery (R.A.F.) `v. Lt. Tunnell (6 Commandos).
A.B. McMurdle (ILM.S. Tra- falgar) v. Col. Roberts (1 Cam- mandoa).
Col. Ralph (1 Commandos) v. L.A.0. Sharratt (B.A.E.),
A.B. Moore (H.M.S. Tamar) v. Cpl. Valintine (R.A.S.C.). LIGHT WEIGHT visitors, who take Stoker Hart (H.M.S. Rame
in the Colony, are the Commander. Lame How Clark (H.M.B. Ramel a personal interest in the problems Head) v. Stoker C. Clark (H.M.S.
In-Chief Vice-Admiral Sir Ceell, Harcourt and the Air Officer Commanding Air Commodore W. A. D. Brook.
RUSSIA MAY BE BARRED
Bloker T. Hend) v.
Y. LAC. Miller (R.A.F.).-
WEIGHT
my sins.
To-day is the deadline for Васк And 2.1 tracknen
other Swedish to list all the mune they received for racing,
The mile runner earlier. had written a letter ไ the Associn- tion denying the necusations of professionalism and maintaining that
no more had received money than he was entitled to.
Since then, he told the "Afton blade!" that have riven the affair eluded that the letter was more thought and
thought out. badly Swedish trainer) says I should "Goesta Olander (prominent
go to the kneeling bench' and confess but 24 the same time ex~ plain how I got aboard the merry- go-round, therefore I decided to write a new lotter to the Asso ciation and 'confess my sina.”— Associated Press.
con.
bit
MAJESTIC
SHOWING TO-DAY
åt 2.80, 5.00, 7.00 & 8,00 p.m.
A Great Big Tuneful Dance Film!
FRED
BITA
ASTAIRE HAYWORTİL
In
"YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER"
with ADOLPE MENJOU
Columbia Picture
Tolophons Bosklage Not Acooptad
CATHAY
Waschal Road, Wanchini,
Tel. Sum (H.M.S. Ta-To-day: 2,30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 p.m. lent) v. L.A.C. Evans (R.A.F.). C.S.M. Smith (44 Commandos)
v. L.A.C. Holdsworth (R.A.F.).
LIGHT HEAVY
Set Orellia (1 Comniandos) v. Cpl. Taylor (5 Commanos).
HEAVY WEIGHT
C.S.M. Mulholland (1 Comman
Paramount's Superb Production
BARBARA STANWYCK
&
JOEL MCCREA.
in
das) v. Major Miller (South "THE GREAT MAN'S LADY"
Staffe).
"In addition to the above there will be a bout between men from
U.9. ship.
SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. ai. RUSSIA MAY BE BAR- RED FROM THE
19.8 OLYMPIC GAMES, AVERY BRUNDAGE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES{ OLYMPIC COMMITTEE; There are a number of troublos
SAID TO-DAY.
LEICESTER'S TROUBLES.'
Leicester, Feb. 21.
facing the Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Their ground is Facts which night,prevent
being taken over for electricity Russian competition are reports extensions by the Comoration, and Brundage enid, of Government so the county will return to the subsidising leading athletes and school playing round of former lack of an organised tussian veare whero
accommodation i sports committen with which the poor,
playar International Olympics Ferlerà Lecutorshire also tion might deal which is a 10- troubles, and so far the only pro- quirement for participation in fosilonal signed in La Berry, G. Dawin and F. Prentica are stil
Also Popeyo Cartoon
Servicemani
In Uniform
Matinoes 70 stat to D.O. Evenings $1:00
RIENTAL
BHOWA: 2.80 -0.15–1.15-0.10
Showing To-Day & To Morrow The Blar You Wanted to Best DEANNA DURBIN Franchol Tone'. - Pat O'Brien in Universal'(musical comely
the Olympic games, in the forces, and to it is hoped 44 HIS BUTLER'S SISTER"
Brundage declined to cemthe county will be able to set the Gement on the proposed banning latice of number of ada
Germany from tear for the coming soŽU the games Associated Press.
dotion
SHOW BUSINESS"
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CENTRAL
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JUNGLE
Page
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7.15 & 9.15
FURY! PAGAN
A.
P.M.
LOVE!
BEYOND DOROTHY LAMOUR THE BLUE RICHARD DENNING
HORIZON
COLOR
JACK HALEY PATRICIA MORISON WALTER ABEL HELEN GILBERT ELIZABETH PATTERSON
OCIETE ALIKES ££TILL+ Zero Pay by tina kytar
ADMISSIONS:-$1.70; $1,20; 70 cts, & 40 eta,
SERVICEMEN IN UNIFORM 70 CTS, TO STALLS.
SHOWING
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ALHAMBRA
}
Ab 9.30, 6.00
7.00 & 9.00 p.m.
SEETHE BOMBING OF TOKYO RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES!
and thrill to the story, silver winged rivalry the heart of a girli sweetheart of the squa
SEE WHAT!
BOMBARDIER
reduced by
ROBERT, FELLOWS
Showing To. Day
Storring
PAT O'BRIEN RANDOLPH SCOTT
with
ANNE SHIRLEY-EDDIE ALBERT
** Screen Play by
John Twist.
Directed by
RICHARD WALLACE
KING'S
At 2.30, 8.10,
7.15 & 9.15 p
•M-G-M's Most Spectacular Water Carnival!
in Technicolour-
"BATHING BEAUTY"
RED SKELTON ESTHER WILLIAMS
NEXT CHANGE
TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE"
JOHNNY. WEISSMULLER
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