CRICKET.
Those who are interested in ericket and can get away for a short space to-morrow between the hours of 10 a.m, and 4 pam.~
(the first hour is not quite certain but for spectators 11 a.m. will be ante) should not fail to look round. to the Hong Kong Club ground where the Garrison are down to play the 15th Brigade by way of a teial for the selection of the Army Rider. Club an October 8th and 10th.
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I am informed that the Garrison side will be follows-Capt. Morris feapt.), Capt. Bridgeland, B.S.M. Bennett, Lieut. Wright, Lieut. Smith, Capt. Flobbie, Lieut. Hankey,
Thorpe, Major | Capt. Lake, Capt Bevis, and Mr.-Gr. Fogden. Reserves: Capt. Perfect, Capt. Howard. Spr. floodyear, and Pte. Lake
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I have a precise information as to the side which will represent the 15th Brigade but on Saturday. last I was given the following nams a probabies-Col. Barber Mekan Erskine. Tyringham. Graham, Wetheral. Bingham and Southall. That most unfortunate accident on Saturday, however, may possibly keep Erskine nad On this Graham out of the side. point I have no precise infor mation.
R. ARBIT
LEAGUE FIXTURES.
IT DIVISION.
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The current League Season is wheduled to begin this month and below will be found the fixtures for the season for the teams competing, in the first division. The shener of the Hong Kong Cricket Club naturally makes the League · lesa interesting than it would otherwise have been, but nevertheless”competi- | tion is expected to be an kren as
sever.
Mine clubs have entered. These re:-The Kowloon (holders), Civil Service University, Indian R.C." And 13," Chinese R.C., Royal Navy, Craigengower and the The Royal Carrison" Artillery. first two matches are fixed for Saturday, the 15th inst, and the programme extends till March 15th. October 15th :--
University. Indian R.C. "B." Chines R. P. Craigengower.
October 22nd:
1.R.C. * A** 1. R.GIA.
Royal Navy. 1.R.C.B.
October 29th-
Chinese H., 1,, T.R.C.
(Continued on wërt Column)
HOCKEY.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 1927.
Y.M.C.A. BEAT UNIVERSITY.
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LAWN TENNIS.
EXHIBITION GAMES AT TIENTSIN.
GOLF.
KOWLOON GOLF CLUB.
In a friendly hockey match at King's Park yesterday evening, the LUM AND NG SZE KWONG of prizes at the Kowloon Golf
Y.M.C.A. European
beat the University by three goals to twe in
A close and keenly contested game.
For the winners R. Murray, the Rev. Marray and G. B. Slipper secred one goal cach,
There are three other Hockey matches arranged for this week, one to-day, one to-morrow and one on Friday between the Hong Kong and other Hockey Club teams
Details of these fixtures teams. are given in the diary on page one."
November 5th-
LR.C. B 7. Civil Service. Nasender 10th:--
Craigengower r. Royal Sary T... B P. Kowloon C.C.
November 28th:-
Craigengower r. I.R.C.A." December 3rd: --
-Chinese R.C. 1. R.GA. December 10th:→→→
BEAT THE RUMJAHN BROTHERS.
The stand of the Tientsin Lawn Tennis Association, which holds about 500 people was packed on September 17th, when Paul Kong met and defented C. L. Shih, 6-a, 6-3, and P. W. Lum and Ng Sze Kwong accounted for the Rumjahn, brothers, Omar and A. L, after a hard fight which was so close that there were only two games difier- ence in a four-sett match.
The Doubles match was, of course, by far the more interest. ing. The Chinese had to go all the way to defeat the redoubtable local pair especially as Lum was, for a long time completely off his usual
Civil Service.game. Praigengower 2. Chin R.C., Royal Navy. December 17th:--
There were periods, espe inly in the second sett, when he Chinese R.C. . Civil Service,simply could do nothing right. His C'niversity R.G.A.
Civil Service University,
January 7th:--
In our report of the presentation
Club on Spaday, it was inadver tently stated that the Pairs Handicap
competition first prize was won by Messrs. Ainslie and Lickley. The winners were Messrs. Austin and Tickley, the Cup being Presented by Mr. J. Hyde
U.S. YACHTING."
SWEDEN WIN'S SCANDINA-
VIAN GOLD CUP.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE?
OYSTER BAY, October 2nd. Sweden has won the Scandina viar Cold Cup, the yacht. Maybe outdistancing its rivals over every leg of the course, and beating the #reunite by 175 seconds and the Noreg by 304 seconds.
FOOTBALL IN PALESTINE.
PING-PONG.
LEAGUE MATCHES.
W.Y. College defeated C.C.Y.M.S. Hop Ting defeated Club Recreio. S.C.A.A. defeated H.K,U. The latest positions of the vari ous tenus are as follows:-
Teams.
ກ. W. I Pta. C.A.A.
3 A 10 YMCA,
S.C.A.A.
HEL Hop Ying Tutorial
St. Peter's
W.Y. College
St. Louis...
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2
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Club de Recreio 3. C.C.Y.M.S.
3
0
3 0 5
0
Open Singles Championship. Ng Tai Ping beat Leung Ka
Char.
Mak Kai Hung' beat Ko Yau
Cheong
F. B. Grose beat Siu Din Lim. Wong Lan Yia beas E. Zimmern. Yeung Tak Ming beat Pong Tak
Ming.
Wong Tung Hoi bent Chan Hon
Shu Wong Lan Wai beat Chan Yip
Wing.
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STORY OF NURSE CAVELL.
top-spin forehand drive down the LIKE AN OLD TESTAMENT TO BE FILMED IN BELGIUM
went
ER.C.B-Craigengower, corridor was netted nine times out Kowloon CC. r. L.R.C. A.”
of ten. Even his smashes December 4th:-
astray, while his ground-shots lack. ed their usual sting. On the other band, his partner was remarkably effective. volleying cleverly" and safely time and time again, and necasionally producing a fast drive down the forehand lane that com pletely beat the Rumjahns, Never theless even he fell down badly sometimes, and his overhead work was by no means so faultless as
Civil Service » Royal Navy. R.GAIR.C. "B." University. Craigengower. Janary 14th-
University Chinese "R. C. Craigengower . Kowloon C.C. 1.R., A. Royal Navy. January 21st-
Creigengower 2. R. G.A. January 25th:--
I.R.C."A" Kowloon C.C.
Civil. Service Royal Navy
February th
Civil Service z. R.G.A. I.R.C. "A" University. February 11th-
University r. Kowloon C.C. February 15th:-
Civil Service: Kowloon C.C. Royal Navy r. R.G.A. February 25th f—
Kowloon C.C.R.G.A. March 3rd :-
Royal Navy University. Kowloon CC. 2. Chinese R. C March 10th:-
1.R.C. B. Chinese R.C. The fixtures of the second dici sion will be published to-morrow,
usual.
The outstanding feature of the game was Omar Rumjahn's consist- ency and steadiness. A. L. Rum. jahn was erratic but brilliant in His most conspicuously patches. successful stroke was a hard drive between the opposing pair.
With a bit of luck the local pair might well have extended the inatch to the whole dve setts, but in the ding-dong battle in the fourth the Chinese Gnally prevail d. Lum and Ng Sze Kwong won 7-5, 3-6, 7-8, 9-7 The players were greatly handicapped by the high wind. Heavily laden with dust which caused several short. atop pages. This was no doubt, partly accountable for Lum's indifferent form,
BATTLE
Mr. Herbert Wilcox, the British. The following, writes the Strait film producer, and Captain Re Beh, da literally translated from ginald Berkeley, who is writing the a recent issue of the Hebrew paper story, are about to leave for Bel- Haeret, of Jerusalem On Satur- gium to make arrangements for the day afternoon there was football filming of the story of Nurse match on the Maccalee ground be- Cavell, which will be part of a pic tween Hapoel and the Maccabees. ture on the active part taken by During the game one of the Bapoel | women in the war. players wished to take the ball away from the hands of the Maccabee goal keeper, but one of the Mac- cabee players drew nigh to him and pushed him and the latter pushed Thereupon the bim in return, sister of the Maccabee player burs: Jate the ground and with the parasol in her hand snote the Hapoel player who had pushed her brother. The congregation entered the ground, and there began a tumult.
Felfermen, mounted and on foot, then burst into the ground, and in the midst of shoutings smote many of the congregation and arrested the men, whom they afterwards freed. The Maccabee player and
Miss Pauline Frederick will take the part of Nurse Cavell said Mr. Wilcox, and the part of Captain Fryatt will also be im- personated. It has been stated that Baron von Bissing, who sign ed the death-warrant, will appear in the film. Of course, he is dead, hut we are hoping to get one of the von Bissing family to take the part, if possible his brother, who is a famous swimmer. We are ap- proaching Burgomaster Max with a view to his appearing in the film the original, role, but we do know yet whether he will do so, The actual locations of Nurse Cavell's activities in Belgium will be used. The film will be absolute-
his sister have been kept in prison. | ly dispassionate; it will be a frank The indignation of the congregation statement of facts. Nurse Cavell is very great against the police, was not a sentimentalist, but just who interfered in the matter un- a great patriot. She played a necesarily and without being re- man's part, and that is how she quested so to do by the referee."
I will be portrayed."
SWEDISH SHIPPING ENTER- PRISE.
commenced
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CHINESE PASSENGERS'
TRAFFIC.
THE MONTH IN AND OUT.
Chinese are still flocking into the Colony as shown by the returns for the month ended on September 30th. As will be seen from the figures given below, the Colony's popula tion had been increased by 1,163 persons during the past month.
Arr.
Dep.
Ocean gaing steamers 40,442 48,753 River steamers 90,00 85,121 Junks, launches, etc., 0.187 0,487
Swedish enterprise in "the Far Eastern trade has made consider able strides since 1007, when the Svenska Ustasiatiska Kompanist
direct service 14 China and Japan. The original plan was for a joint service he tween the Swedish and Danish East Asiatic companies, with four steners each, and in March, 1908, the Swedish
compary's fourth steamer, the Vippon, was deliver- ed. Two 8,000 ton steamers, the Ceulo and Japan, were ordered from Tyne builders in the follow ing year, and the Sumatra was de livered in 1914. Goods shipped from Swedish and Norwegian ports to China and Japan in the first year of the company's existence totalled 7.500 tons, and 24,000 tông in 1909, while in 1913 the total had renched 90,500 tons. The present outward quantity is about 100.000 tons yearly. Since the war the company has been engaged in modernising its fleet, and" motor ships added since 1020 include the
·Farmon, Canton, Nanking, Ayra and Bethi. The Swedish East Asia. Barometr Ftic Company now provide, with the Temperature Danish and Norwegian companies Bumidity.... associated with it, some 36 sailings Wind- yearly to China and Japan and 20 to India.
-149.819 144,430.
KONGKONG METAOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hong Koar Observatory, October Srd. » Previous On Dato On Dats.
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VANCOUVER'S VAST HAR-Eight open-air Temperaturo, 2nd: 23
BOUR SCHEME.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Vancouver will have one of the greatest freshwater ports in the world, in addition to all its present waterfront facilities if tentative plans which have been prepared by Major W. G; Swan for sub- mission to the Board of Harbour Commissioners are pat, into effect. These plans are for the construc-
Lowest open-air Temperature," Brd : 73
B-Blueaky: C-Cloudy; D Deissle; FFog; L-Lightning; M-Mist: O-Overcast: P-Passing showers: Q-Squallx; B=Bain; T- Thunder
HONG KONG THE TABLE.
From October 4th to 10th 1997. HIRE WATER. Low WATER.
Bong
Standard Time.
1.b. 3.
Height.
Hong.
Kong
Standard
Aims.
Height.
.W.
The En b. . . . 4 m 1 14 67m10.34 28
No infer. jh.w. No infer. 3 m 2 28 6 7 m11 43 2 Noi inter. b.. No infor 84 69
tion of a dam at the Second Nar- rowa, just east of the bridge, and upon completion would replace Kong: that structure. The estimated cost is $5,500,000. The dam, when it is constructed. will be sufficiently wide for a broad street, railway and street-ear tracks and great To water-mains for the supply of the city and adjacent municipalities. Wed. Two locks would penetrate it, one large enough for any ship afloat Thur and 'a smaller one for lesser craft. Bascule bridges over each lock, or one swing span over both would be provided. The water-mains would Sat dip below the locks. A spill-way more than one hundred feet wide, Seo. would care for the surplus inflow from fresh-water streams above the Mon, 10] data, which would feed the inner"
harbour.
Fri.
32 a 3449 10 56 47 31 7 1 114
8.6 39
0 27.
1
9
5 m 1
387 6 m2 23
& POWER SHOWROOM
CHINA LIGHT
Co.
62, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
GREAT REDUCTION SALE
OF
(1918), LTD.
IRONS, CHAFING SETS, COOKERS, KETTLES, PERCOLATORS, ETC., ETC.
GOING AT ROCK
BOTTOM
PRICES
NOW THEN LADIES, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR HOME AN ELECTRIC HOME, SO COME ALONG AND GET YOUR BARGAINS EARLY.
THURSDAY,
6TH OCTOBER.