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LEAGUE TABLES
The following are the Hong Kong Fouthall Leagues Tables to date:-
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FIRST DIVISION
Attractive Series
Of Matches
Followers of football will be well catered for dur- ing the holidays, as in addition to the regular League games during the week the First Round of the International Charity Cup com- petition will be played on Christmas and Box- ing Day.
On New Year's Day an unofficiat, Fowler and Davidson will give th A. Pt. interpor: trial will he held on Club Portuguese defence a trying time,
ground between teama representing she island and Mainland.
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Six learns have regered the Inter XM 21 14 national Competition. The newcomers are freland and Scandinavis, both of whom have drawn byes,
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On Christmas Day Scotland meet #China, the holders, at Caroline Hill, 13 Scotland's selectors did nus have a 11 14
witte choice
a very of players but Museful sile has been chosen. Leck, of 5 216 221 - the Club, will be la gual, Blackburn,
tram, Ir
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has not played much La ague football
awing to duties but inter. has turned and regularly in division police games, Gordon, who did so well in the Shield tir the last Superday, will cupy the pivotal 1 position.
If all plans materialise there wil he several interports next year. At a meeting on Monday in
was decide that Shanghal be invited spring and a team be sent to Manila about the same time.
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Dr. C.C. Yuen, an official of th Shanghai Football Federation, was Hong Kong some time ago and i conversations with local officials gave an assurance that a Shanghai tene would be pleseed to come here due. ing the Chinese Holidays.
Macao Game
assured's
As far as Manila is roncerned the P.A.A.F, are making every effort & popularise soccer in the islands and are sparing no expenas o auain this object. They will most welcome a team from Hong Kon and would be prepared to pay itong The only jamins player to gain 1-Kong a vilt later in the season. The Amenition is Aikens of the R..M.F. cold in Hong Kong would greatly ef [who will be on the left wing. feet the play of a team from Mani.
China have not yet decided on during Februncy.
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England And Portugal
Kitcher players,
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line-up and have requested 18
Other Interports in the alling are {players to report to the dressing those against Marno in Maran, pro- 1. The team will probably bebably during Easter, and the Salgu
interport, which has been left Hrmmposed mostly of Sing
abeyance, $1 4 # 3126 12 On Boxing Day very evenly con- During March and April, Hong rested game should be witnessed Kong will see an influx of Chinese #ku when the old friendly en-players from other places, such
Fees Englanul and Portugal meet.
Shanghai, Malaya, Manila and other of Coliaco, of parts In China. With the exception Police, the Portuguese tram will he
I understood that Hong Kont composed of St. Joseph's playes has been selected as the training with 11. Govano as captain, J. Brown centre for the China Olympic sarrer of the Sains Juniors will probably team. The visitors will probably 1: Landen, Der, 29.
be in goal with Mendes, who played 'permitted to join the various Chinese Mabeyond "Kasim, profesin goal Jar St. Joseph's on Sunday Clubs and play for them in sional to the Sporting Club at a right haif Parkieco will he seen in League during their stay here. Caire, became the pen squash the attack.
Portugal has a great knuck of sarker chetopinn of the British Jer sehen be defeated the reaching the final, only to be braten bolat 1. James Team, of Queen's Cab, Lemon by 5-9 7-9 9-8 9-7
SQUASH TITLE
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1947.
Three Rome policemen manhandle an niready pummeled man who hat just gut back to his fret after being beaten dosen, when politr
broke up a demonstration in the Piazza Colonna during the "second
(Photo), stay of the city's general strike.
Threat To
Of The
press.
Freedom
Press
London, Dec. 22. Newsprint for tightly rationed British newspapers will cost more in 1948 and supplies may have to be cut later in the year, Mr. F. B. Bishop, General Manager of the Newsprint Supply the
Company, warned tonight in a letter to the
and ENGLAND:-Jones; Pope
The Government, -confronted with led to 20 per cent after Jan. 1-near White: Parvin, Forrow and Nas-
Hamilton, Sewell, details of the Company's dwindling ly back to the lowest wartime figure, sau; Fowler, Kiernan and Davidson.
(stock ami a "very serious" position "Already, on the present basis of RESERVES:-Weller, Redman, over future supplies due to a drought consumption, we are eating into our Graham and Williams.
in Scandinavia and reduced bome stock."Reuter. D-3, at the Boyal Automobile Great pains have been taken by PORTUGAL: - Brown or production. had given an assurance Club, London today.
the English Committer in the selee.Mendes, Pantallon and Gosane; that, for the present, there would be new cut in the supplice pa. teams and though they Pacheco, Airosa and Colinen, Xu Kaaim won the first leg of tion the the beat of three series by three have been hit by recent departures vier, Gomes, Carvalho, Pereriapers, which only a few months
strong and Xavier. vanes bo zure last week. Reu-have derided upon a very
fo
CUP REPLAY
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Landon, Der. 22. Stenchpes Jury Shewsdairy by goals the 2 in an F.). Cup srand mount replas day after extra time, Stockport Dress mret Toxoplas in the third comund at Stockport on Jan. 14 Rieter,
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were related to their lowest war-
teiculation dailies,
side. Jones, one of the best goalkep. RESERVES: Cruz, Pereira, dime size-ouly four pages for mass
Hong Kong, will be between Malis, Rocha, Castilho,
pers
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TREVESSA TROPHY Annual Race By
Ships' Boats
An interesting event for the Christmas Season now being organised is the race for the Trevessa Trophy, which will take place at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club at Kellett Island on Sunday afternoon, 28.
The Trophy consists of a all-henvy weather. This Trophy is ver model of the life boat in held in the, Hong Kong office which the Master and Crew of of the owners or agents of the the
**Treуcaka" #alled winning vessel until the next $.9. across the Southern Ocean af- race. ter their ship had been sunk in
"Framed, Accused Claims
n
It is very fortunate that this Trophy was one of the few which survived the war and has now been completely re- paired and cleaned up.
The Trophy is raced for an- nually by ships' life-boats, and] all vennels in port are Invited to enter as
can.
held
many boats as they
20-OZ. BABY GIRL BORN
Minneapolis. Dec. 23. Physicians today disclosed the birth of a 20-ounce gir! -but-heki Hittle hope that she would survive,
The child, perfectly form→ ed and measuring only 11 inches, was born on Dec. 6 at Fairview Hospital, but -the birth was not disclosed
at the time.
Dr. Melvin P. Baken, who delivered the girl, said she had gained four inches since birth,--United Press.
Type for an SCHOOLS
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Last year's race, the first since the war, was run
over a 3 mile course and was won by a boat from the S.S.
Ho Kun-fook, who was found "Empire Witham" (Indo-China guilty by a Jury on a charge of Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.- rubbery by two or more. was Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.) [yesterday sentenced by Mr. with Mr. Munro as coxAwnin
Justice E. H. Williams, (Chief | after a close Justice), to five years' imprl other boats. sonment with hard labour and 12 strokes of the cane,
Mr. E. H. Sainsbury, assist- by Det, Insp. R.F.G. Walte, musccuted.
lage, New Territories, while it
In a statement from the dock, Rccused denied that he took part in the robbery. He claim- ed that he had been "framed"
who by an informer "grudge.
(My E. D.)
.With the Schools' race with cleht
Holidays here and the It is hoped that this year's first half of the season race will have a much larger over. I intend this week field. This year's course
Tound to review the league así from Lyemun Beacon, Kowloon Rock, leaving Chan-whole. niel Rock to port and then to
Fully Equipped
been Competition has
icern, League, The necused, with another the finishing line at Kellett Is-Apart from the Senior to .be. man who was sentenced to two land, a distance of about five where La Salle appear years' imprisonment with hard milch. With the present prepoints Queen's are level at the uway on their own (although on labour and 18 strokes of the valling wind, this should make moms
moment),
impossible tg cane at the November Sessions, a fast race.
forecast the ultimate league wing ners. It
quite on th was alleged to have held up n
cards that those two teams whe lorry near Man Uk Ping Vil
are reach that game, unbeaten. was on its way from Shataukok sailed or both at the same time, lent finish to the season.
The boats may be rowed or which case it should be an exce to Kowloon on Aug. 16, and to but sails must be down at the In the Junior Leagues, thing have robbed one of the passen start. All boats entering must are vastly different. In both gers, Weng Yna, of HK$1,600, be fully equipped with all the
and
B divisions there are thres" A. CNC8800,000 and various other gear called for by the Ministry teams close together antiru
Accused was identi-
division there is, the intrigulig articles.
of Transport or other National situation that, of the three teams fed as the robber who held a
Authority, but need not carry EKA.M., Wantsal AM. and St revolver in his hand.
radio, equipment or provisions. Joseph's each of the three has
and anhi Entries will be accepted up to been beaten once anly
one of the the time of start, and boats each occasion by should, if possible, make their other two. E.KA.M. have beaten have beaten way there. Should this St. Joseph's, who
have Wantsal, who
braten own not be possible, however, they E.K.A.Ma perfect example bore a
should get in touch with Mr why ene should never go o Beeching, B0311, who will en- form int forecasting results. deavour to assist them.
The games have been keenly contested and thanks to the co Unfortunately, last year's fuperation of the H.K.F.A. in pro winner will not be in port to. de-viding grounds and referees the feng the Trophy nor to receive standard of play is, 1 think, Improving. After such a long the handgame ebony and silver break it was only to be expected shield which will constitute her that there would be difficulties laurels for last Christmas' race. and misunderstandings but those are being smoothed out.. In this. Spectators are promised a connection I feel special tribute The Hiu-fung, 40, President fine sight when the, dozen or should be paid to the referees of the Hong Kong & Kowloon more lifeboats, small boats cap- who give up their Sunday morn Mr. Bishop called for a new drive The following will represent to save waste paper, on the success
Sauce & Preserved Fruits As- able of standing any weather. tngs to schools' football:
There have been very few cases the H.K.C.C. in Quadrangular of which would deprad "whether a
Prince Edward with their colourful Rails, some of intentional rough play and ox sociation, 354
red, Cricket Tournament against the cut in consumption aflaume later date
Road, who was remanded by white, yellow
come the boys learn móré ôf the rules, Army on Friday and Saturday in 1948 can be averted."
Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central charging down towards the or, rather, how to interpret them, at the H.K.C.C.
Mr. Bishop said that the reduced
Court on Saturday, appeared finish. Play commences ut 11 a.m. ou supplies
Ref.:-A.F. Willis, Linesmen: Lefore Mr. W. H. Latimer af tof pulp ax a result of
P. George/M.S.I. Tamlyn. combined Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday, drought in Scandinavia,
Inniskillings v. Eastern, "Sookun- J. E. Richardson, L. F. Stokes, with a fall in products from haine
poo. 4 p.m. T. A. Pearce, L. D. Kilice, Hills, would mean the loss of 47,000
Ref.-W. Caffney, Linesmen: Owen-Hughes, M, M. Little, Ost equal to the whole of the per Kwong Wah v. Sing Tao, Police, on of paper over six months-al-
L. Harris, Y.T. Leung J. Kerr, A. P. Raynor,
mitted imports from Canada
and Howarth, H. N. Bardell and R. Newfoundland in the same period.
4 p.m. Ref.: J. Day, Linesmen: W. Franklin.
Home pralaction would be redue.
Monson Leung/P.M. Xavier. SECOND DIVISION "A" Kit Chee v. R.A.O.C., Navy 2.30
the sticks and though the rest of the CHINESE: To Kwan-hen:
evidence defener is sul as strong as hoped, Yeung Sul-lom
the
Tse Kam-hung, Earlier today, published well Inlanced English attack should Lau Chung sống. Seong Line-presented to the Royal Comuniasion Chaut investigating the British Press quot Fung Kwan-shing. earry them to the next cound. Sewell sing. will lead the attack with Hamilton. Man chi Fung King-cheong. Tseed the Newspaper Society as declar
and Kom-ho, Laj Shui-wing. He Ying-,ing that the greatest single threat mate, on his right bis club
Lec Bing-to the freedom of the press is the Kiernan at the left. This trio is a fan, Chon Tuk-fai,
and Lee wer exercivel by auccessive Gov.
power fast and dangerous one and with the chul. Kwok addition of two good wingers in Shek-you.
eraments under the plea of national ncrevity 26 ration newsprint.”
This
Please bring Mummy and · Daddy, Billy and me some of those lovely things
in Dragon Seed.
Better go quickly, be- cause every body wants them.
With love,
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY:
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Road,
Betty.
Ying-itee
QUADRANGULAR CRICKET
view was strongly supported by the Guild of British Newspaper Editors.
SALTING FISH NOW OFFENSIVE TRADE
that
The trades of salting, drying or storing for whole- -sale purposes of fish were yesterday declared offensive trades by the Urban Council. At the motion of the Chairman, Dr. J. P. Fehily, the declaration was made an additional by-law in the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935. Dr. Fehily announced
Two applications for eating the Select Committee has agreed | house licences, one for a food- to allow existing businesses en-shup, one for a milk shop and gaged in storing, salting or one for a factory were rejected drying fish for wholesalo pur- by the Urban Council. The pre poses to continue for three years mines of the applicants were after which they will have to unsuitable and unsatisfactory move into areas approved for for the purposes for which such trades. Meanwhile, no new licences were applied. licences will be issued.
The Urba Council also re- solved to recommend to Govern- mont to close the No. 6 Cemetery In Kap Shek Ml. Dr. Fehily sold that no trace has been found of any graves in the cometery. Inhabitants in the neighbourhood also could not recollect of any burials having been made there.
AIRLINE FARES
RAISED
Shanghal, Dec.. 23.
DAY TOO LATE-
Devonport, Dec. 28.
The British destroyers Contest and Cockade, which helped to hell disorders at Aden early in December, are due to, arrive in home ports on Boxing Day.
!
week's The following is the soccer programme:-
THURSDAY, DEC. 25 INTERNATIONAL CUP
China v. Scolland, C. Hul, 3.30
p.m.
Ref.: J. Havelaar, Lincsmen:- F.H. Bullock/J.G. Padley.
FRIDAY, DEC. 26 England v. Portugal, Sooltunpoo,
1. 3.30 p.m. Ref.:P. Bilsby, Linesmen; — A. Brogan T, Lloyd,
SATURDAY, DEC. 27 FIRST DIVISION
Kit Chee v. South China, Navy,
4. p.m.
Association President
In Court
Kowloon
the yesterday on charge of fraudulent conversion of $8,304 received, by him for, kee, of Hang Chun Yuen Co. or en account of. Cheng Kin-
an Sept. 27.
M. Det. Sub-Inspector V. Morrison, applying for a week's formal remand, said that a large number of firms and large sums of huncy were involved. Eastern v. H.Q.L.F., Sockunpco, Investigations, were not yet
p.m.
Ref.:-A. Leck,
2,30 p.m. Ref:-Barretto,
Dockyard
V. K.M. Bus, Police 2.30 p.m. Ref: J. Word.
SECOND DIVISION "B" RAM.C. v. Electric, H. Valley
"H", 4 p.m. Ref.:-Col,. Manson.
SUNDAY, DEC. 28 FIRST DIVISION Police v. Buffs, Police, 4 p.m.
Ref.:-J.G. Padley, Linesmen:
B.M. Xavier/S.M. Lu,
4.p.m.
25th RA (Bye)..
SECOND DIVISION “A”
completed.
On the application of Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ, defendant was granted bail in the sums, of $7,000 cash and $3,000 aurety.
Snatcher Chased
Or
It should disappear altogether,
DEATH PENALTY
DEMANDED
Frankfurt, Dec. 22.
The chief prosecution demanded the death penalty for 19 German officials of the Nordhausen con- centration camp accused of killing hundreds of inmates by brutal and inhuman treatment during today's sitting of a United States mill- tary tribunal at Dachau. The Nordhauson camp in Thiringia was associated with a large-scale underground plant for the making of V-2 rocket projectiles.
Colonel William Herman, the prosecutor, said that hundreds
H.K.
Bank
On List Of
At 2.50 p.m. on Dec. 19. Mr. died through torture, starvation Big-Traders
Washington, Dec. 23.
RAF. v. K.M, Bus, Sookunpoo, Lily Gerver (25) was walking and other ill-treatment to make
4 p.m.
along Bute Street when, neur Ref.:C. Munstall, Linesmen: Sat Yeung Choi Street,
The Hang Seng Bank of Hong a man them increase production of -R.S.M. Ewin/H. Delgado. Royal
came up from behind her and rockets to be sent against Lon-Kong, named as holding 270,000 bushels of wheat on speculative to snatch a': gold | don.' Royal Navy: v. Club, Navy, 4 attempted
account, was among the foreign. wrist-chain from her left wrist.
names of traders included, in the Rel:-A Brogan, Linesmen:— When Mrs. Gerver struggled Tsang King-hong/A. Rebeiro.
Evidence was given that, Otto 711 big trader Ust released by: with him, the, mon gave up the Brinkmann, former S9 guard Secretary of Agriculture Ander- St. Joseph's v. Chinese A, Club, attempt and walked away, Dur- at the camp, made a starved son today.
Ing the struggle, the chain, was
Edwin W. Pauley was the only Ref.:FH. Bulleck, Linesmen: broken, and Mrs. Gervers wrist Polish prisoner eat the flesh of -PD, L//Y.F. Mak.
slightly scratched.
human corpses and then killed active Government official on the
partin! Hat Mrs, Gerver immediately went him for cannibalism.
Anderson promised additional Brinkmann was also said to lists from time to time. back to her home at 157 "Prince Police v. Talkoo, Police 2.30 p.m. Edward Road third floor, where have ordered that 1,847 corpses It was a Senatorial investiga
Ref.:-Guest
she told her husband, Mr. Dick be drenched with petrol and set ton of Pauley, special assistant v. South China, Navy 2.30 Gerver (a BOAC signal clerk).
to Secretary of the Army Royall Ref.:-RS.M. Watson,
SECOND DIVISION “B” - R.A.O.C. v. C. Cadre, H. Valley,
2.30 pan Ref.: N. Delgado, - Club v. 25th RA Club, 2.30 p.m.
Ref.:-8.M.I., Fact South China v. R.E.M.E. C. Hill,
2,30 p.m...
Signals v. Sin
Sing Tao, Sockapoo,
Ref.-C. Redman.
Navy
pm.
Shren
Because their commanding officers, Lt,' GIT. S. Gray R.N of Contest and Lt.-Cdr. Jack B. Cox RN in Cockade had went lamding parties to assist the colony's garrison, the ships were detained and offlours and man hile China's two airlines → Chiná mlosed the opportunity of being National Aviation Corporation home for Christmas Thay bay and the Central Ale Transport-been serving in Eastern walers atlon Corporation announced with the 8th Destroyer Flotilla TURSDAY, DEC), 30 to-day per cent, fare increase and the ships' companies Include South China V. REME (Ca effoodys on Tuesday due to the mọn who are slue to be releasedne H13 m.). higher cost of gasoline, - United from the Navy early in the New wm Chinese ve
Joseph's
They went back to the scene allght, seifen.
trent.
Reuter,
reportedly pronting in
Anderson's report reveale rauld increase in the number of acknowledged large speculator
of the incident and there saw the The wordicts in this trial, the that led to Congressional action; nan. He also saw them coming eleventh and last concentration authorising the revelation names, and began to run. Mr. Gerver camp trial scheduled within the of traders to help in the hunt for gave chose caught his wife's as American Zone, are expected
allant and handed him over to before the end of the month grain, speculation.
who came
the upon pr. 272,
When the snatcher, Cheung
on the commodity markety-dur- Chung-hot (20), appeared be.
In the past year,çin Oet “On Nov. 10,- -Leung- Kâm-hol, last year, there were; 66:of for Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr, at Kowloon yesterday these facts aged 19 snatched the watch of stets but by that same strach were related by Bub-Inspector A. B. Roger (of HMS London This vene there were: 130 -A
B. Howarth who charged while he was travelling in ciated Press/An
riekana In 1. Hannescy (Hond. Cheung with attempted stony say morning he was on Pinted and published for the from the personaliselt sama tended to two anonth's imprison-, prietors, The New gapeTK
Cheung was sentenced to one must Contrat doby 2 de varitvindsor Hound 116
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