Jack Skinner Elected Honorary Member Of ASF & OC
Mr Jack Skinner was elected an Honorary Member of the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Com- mittee of Hongkong at the Fifth Meeling of the Council, held in the Board Room of The South China Morning Post yesterday.
The proposal by Mr A. de O. Sales, who occupied the chair, and seconded by Mr Ma Manifai, was carried unanimously.
today
was now
Present at the meeting were | sports bodies and thair con- officials of the various sports sciousness of the value of associations in the Colony and working together that enabled these included Menara. W. Stoker the Federation to be what it da (Boxing), L. G. Young (Foot- ball), O. R. Sadick (Table Ten- SERVICE TO SPORTS nis), W. B. Brown and Ramon Hongkong. through the Young (Badminton), Ho Ka
Federation and in particular Mr (Tennis), Lau
Artur Ozorio Jack Skinner,
well- (Softball), Hal Wing Lee and known and recognized through- Ed da Roza (Swimming), M. B. out the sporting world, and he Hassan (Lawn Bowls), Z. Mar- (Mr Sales) felt that this great en und P. Williams (Fencing) service to Enter
sport and A. L. Nery (Hockey). Hongkong should be recognised
in a signal manner. It therefore, with the greatest of pleasure that he proposed honorary membership be offered Mr Skinner,
The Chairman, dealing with the activities of the past year. stated that it had been a year of much hard work on the part of the ASF & OC The Fedoration
art workc throughout preparing for the Colony's panticipation in the Aston Games and subsequently in the Empire Games Van
were
in
that
In neconding the proposal, Mr Ma Man-fai stated that although he and Jack Skinner had locited horns and crossed swords over mony estud he had always found the toot and diplomacy From now on, however, the displayed by that gentleman perlod would be a fairly alock mource of pleasure and admiro- and uneventful one, but i wustion, and deemed it on honour necessary, he pointed out, that The various
couver,
sporta
д
on the
"ANGLE
to second the proposal, associations With the main items offiliated with the Federation [agenda satisfactorily dealt with should start preparations for the
the Meeting then considered various minor business mattors. Olympic Games at Melbourne of the end of 1930. The sooner a
The official invitation for the Colony's participation stert was made, the better.
passed around for inspection, o request to all the members 01 the Federation to submit a re- port on the year's sctivities of their respective associations for the Government Gazette for the year 1954 made, and other mat- tom concerning Amance dealt
OLYMPIC GAMES
Regarding the Olymple Games participation. Mr Salca stated that the decision to enter wus not made by the Fedoration. He
slation that each sporta us-
interested hind to de-with, elde for themselves.
Three important factors
trad
in
to be taken to consideration by the associations concerned and these were (1) The parti- cular association's decision participate. (2) Consideration of whether the standards that particular sport were suff- elently good to merit participa- tion, and (3) the making of all necessary arrangements to
of Anarice the sending
com- petitors.
The
ASF
&
OC
the
parent body, would provide all the necessary advice and help asked for, and once it became apparent that participation was The Federation possible, then would make all the arrange-
ments necessary.
to
Match Postponed
London, Dec. 21. The English League Divi- Kion 1 football Axture between Aston Villa and Manchester United, schedul- ed for Christmas Day, December 25,
been rearranged to Tuesday, Do-
cber 28-Reuter
HKRA SHOOT
with 43 AJ-
TODAY.. NE DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BRITISH WAY OF SPORT
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1954,
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AUSTRALIAH TENNIS STAR
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WHEN LEW ARRIVED HERE
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OF 17. "Happy Hoad
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ONE DAY HE MIGHT PLAY SOCCER, IN "THE COMPANY OF STANLEY MATTHEWS
LA ULLYETT
Sixteen Sphinxes Three Pyramids ★ 200 Chariots
★ 10,000 Extras. ★ A Budget of $8,000,000
Now Moses Gets That
Million-dollar Look
Cairo,
"I can't think why Cecil B. de Mille came to Egypt
and technicians
from EILEEN TRAVIS
•
tion five miles in the desert, per' ina/TUSons, we're going to Ing charlots went off with only begin Assisted by 20 locals
Jun are
Dante's 'In-
Cameraman
meant
his.
on
and Anal
no
irreverently called the vault where thousands of hermits bones have been piled up through the centuries; where to film "The Ten Command-frisky bustało and three pistol made in Hollywood, the charlot
one skeleton sits OTI Д chair ments'," I said to a bunch shots that made me Jump as 1 in which Rameses rides.
"keeping watch" over the bones, watched the proceedings.
One obsistant of Hollywood
director is an still doing the guard duties that cameramen
There is no connection, be- Egyptian Army major who has were his life centuries ago. who had tween the two, however. Three been training the chariot ridors,
MAKE-UP TEAM just driven buck from loca- cracks from • pistol, 1 Later and it has been no easy task. Three make-up men from
found out, meant "Get going as But the scene of the thunder-Hollywood and that distance from the shoot now.
up extras at five Three more pistol a couple of casualties when it in the morning; some are made Pyramids. where the shots
the cameras have was filmed last week.
paler, some darker "so they'll biggest set in the history of stopped grinding.
RESEARCH MAN
tone with people in indoor shots This picture can be roughly moviemaking has been built
Henry Neerdlinger, Swiss-that will be filmed in Holly- three compart born and educated, is de Mille's wood it took five months, cost divided into
ments-stunning statistics, pro.
""There жая $360,000.
so-called duction problems, colossal costs, research man
authority
of Jewish look in problems "The weather and
those days," It is
is the most expensive pic-
He has several Nordlinger told me, pretty much the same here as in ture ever undertaken. The bud-authenticity. unpaid
Jewish look only gradu- Dssistants, Hollywood, and if de Mille had get runs to $8,000,000, these Including many la Britain.
ally developed and came from a 10 build a set who
didn't he representing the Gates of Pe build it there?" I asked.
He knows the Bible as well as purely non-Semitic people, the Rameses (in original colour), is scarlet-shirted cameraman the biggest ever buitt, 650ft. of them, but he told me as Hitites, who lived in what is
Turkey," wo fast on a Jeep, Bible under today
he said in replied: "Not de Mälle.
If he wide, 020ft, deep, 108ft, high
de Mille to his left answer, to the question: "If the was going to film
De Mile's 16 Sphinxes, eight and camels around us as far as picture is so authentic, how can ferno he'd have to shoot the on each side lining the "Avenue the
"It's a you have Egyptians portraying crowd scenes in the Interno of the Sphinxes," and his own eye could see:
three Pyramids are fast proving make a picture touching on itself."
thing strange
but when we Israeiltes?"
I would not have missed see- I've just come back from loco-a greater tourist oftrection than religion we get thousands of ing little de Mille scampering tico myself end can now say the real thing
letters of advice,"
up and down step-ladders, hold- that the
was only The wardeshops,
paint-shop
A recent one from a lady in ing a Nelsonian object to his eye half-coreet.
and make-up quarters are pli Britain
staggered him most: through which he surveyed the That fabulous Agure, spry and bigger than anything in Holly "Remember that Moses was a occan of sand, then giving
74-year-old "Admiral" de wood. Moses, played by 31-year-Remen rgfe,
clipped orders to a shoal of Mille, es I'll always think of old Charlton Hesign, will have stammerer," was all the said. him in future, who looked as11 make-up changés, depicting
know that, but what kind assistants.
Nor his remark to placid as one
"Moses," 10 ages from 40 to 120, when Moses of picture would it be with
Moses stuttering for three who had been leading the mass Sphinxes when I saw him, but died. Each wig cost $400, each
hours?"
exodus for two whole days: who puts dire fear into every-beard $150.
WRONG CENTURY
When you lift your staff to one when he gets angry, h two reasons for making "The
De Mille roused his research start the Exodus, remember, my Ten Commandments" in Egypt. Sixty-Four assistant directors chief from bed at 11 o'clock the boy, that 20,000 hearts will he are helping with the Om; other night: "We need more beating behind you includi Orve was to capture the true normal quota is three. De Mille greenery on the camels because the animals,"
other was to get brought six with him from Holly- the pictures are too brown,” spine, the
"Can we usc "authentic" types for the 10,000 wood, the rest are from the said, the maestro.
They sugar cane or cotton?" extras-Egyptians from Cairo and Egyptian aim industry.
"No" said Nordlinger firmly, surrounding villages he is using mingle with the crowds, and in the crowd scenes to portray the to get them to follow de Mille's for there was not any in the Exodus of the istaclites.
loudspeaker instructions, - 13th century B.C., "but you cán Furthermore, there ist L 1 peated in Arabic by an Erpuse palm leaves." The Donnegal Badge was won
God giving, Moses the Ten fat-tailed sheep in the tion assistant. single
Their hardest by Henry Souza with the highest whole of America, and not as task is to prevent thousands of Commandiments has already aggregate score at 200, 600 and many camels
the entire extras, men, women, and been shot on Mount Sinal. Forty 000 yards. The following are
United States as I saw on loca- children who have never seen a technicians went by Joep and the spoon winners.
tion-and i
I didn't see them all, movie camera before, from star- camel across the desert, and the
the ing into the lenses, when shooting inhabitants of
oideat by any means,
in the Water buffalo, camels, don begins.
Christian monastery. be Egyption keys, sheep, lambs, goats, geese,
Army- contingents world near The Mount were ex- magnificent pigeons, horses, thousands upon give
and assistance.traordinarily co-operative thousands they are all in a dlm They guard the set and props were as Intrigued with de Millo which won't be released until day and night-including. 200 as he and the others were with 1956. I mention them in my first charlots made here and, the them-including their: "bones breath because it was a couple of $0,000 gilt-and-leopard-skin one yard," one of the cameramen
The Hongkong Rifle Associa- tlon held their bi-monthly prac- In proposing the granting of
shoot at Kai Tak honorary membership Mrice spoon
Skinner, Jack
Chairman Range last Sunday the
members participating, ago, it me slated that four years was Mr Skinner who took the though the light was good, there and convened the was disturbing head wind
the ASP & varying from North-East of
North-West which made good shooting difficult at the longer ranges. Despite this, several good scores were recorded.
initiative first meeting OC at the Hongkong Hotel.
It was his leadership and his awareness of the spirit of the operation amongst the Various
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Competitions for the National Rifle Association's Silver Medal and the Donnegal Badge 1954 were incorporated in the Shoot. ing.
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Cless "B" Cpl Goldthorpe 82; 32; 28 92.
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Class "B" Capt B. C. Car- ter 28; 20, 2983,
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This, Mr Hill explains, la duo to environ- ment and finance. The players are scattered: in England, Scotland and Ireland and our amateurs, have to work
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