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WIFE AND BABY FIRST.
LACOSTE'S TENNÍS DECISION.
LOCAL TENNIS.
TSUI WAI PUR'S GOOD WING"}
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH
1939
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
CHARITY CUP FINAL ON SATURDAY.
SCOTLAND'S TEAM.
The following have been select to represent Scotland against Por Sugal in the final of the Sunday Herald Charity Cup on Saturday, March 5. Kick-off at 4 pm sharp on the Hong Kong Football Club ground:~~
Tennis enthusiasts were provided with some really good play when A six-months-old baby, Bernard Taui Wai Pui, the youthful Chinese Lacoste, may this year play an im. player, mot and defeated H. D. "portant pars in the world's greatest Runjaan, an "old band" in the tennis contest, the Davis Cup.. open singles, championship of the
Ho is the son of France's greatest/H.K.C.C. tournament last evening lachin J. McKolvia (Capt.); A. #player, Rote Lacoste, who to-day / The game was witnessed by a large Duncan; Boll, Hill, Fraser, Sho-
declared: "It is very unlikely that crowd and in spite of Rumjaha phage and Christio.
ует,
I shall play in the Davis Cup this
His reason is: Home and busi nee must come before plaasura." Home means his wife-the beautiful young women golter, who, ਸ. Mlle. Thion de la Chaums, won the British Woman'a Open title in 1927, and is the only foreign player ever to have taken the women's title out of England-and his baby Bern ard.
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Rodger Blackburn, Dixon: Me-
rock-like steadiness, Tsui's hard-
Reservas Henderson, Louden and driving tactics won him the game. 1,0,. Duncan;
Honda, one of the favouriton had
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Referee Mr. Baldwin. Lines-
enay, win over G. C. Burnett while other favourite, Teddy #men:
Fincher mot with little resistance from F. Grose. „
The results in full were:-
Open Singles.
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Tau: Wai Pui beat H. D. Rum-
jahn 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
T. Honda beat' G. .C Burnett, 7-5,
0-1.
Messrs. Lawrence and Mose.
Third Division Games.
The following Third Division Lon gue matches will be played on Saturday, kick-off at 2.45 p.m. :- R.E. . R.A.F., Chatham Road Referee: Mr. Nosworthy.
Radio u. St. Joseph's, St. Joseph's
Business meana his important 'ug- pointment with a firm of motor-car C. C. Chiu boat H: Y. Ho 8.7, round. Refergo: Mr. Culf
and aeroplane engine manufactur-
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#Nevertheless," added Lacoste, France should have a good chaneu in the challenge round, which I do not visualise as a contest between France and America, but is one between France and Great Britain. "In my opinion, Coches and Borotra should play in the singles,... but if Borotra maintains his de cision to stand back, then Boussus should be chosen."
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E. C. Fincher, beat F. Gross 6-1,
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Shield Competition. The "following amended dates for the "Shield" competitions have been KL Ho beat T. Akiyama, 6-0, arranged by the Emergency Com-
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GW. Sewall beat F. H. Kwok
B-1, B-4.
D. C. Lak boat H. Owen Hughes:
3-6, 8.8.
J. W. Leopard beat . Lo 8-3,
e-0.
Club Singles,
J. J. Waite beat Scull 6-2, 6-1..
SHANGHAI & WOOSUNG
WEFERENCE
FUNG
mittee:---
HOME FOOTBALL GIRE IN CAR BLAZE SITTING ON TOP OF
ASSOCIATION CUP SEMI-FINAL
Thọ draw for this semi-final of the Football Club, to be played on March 13, is as follows:-
Arsenal. Manchester City at Vilin Park. In the event of a rév play the matah will take place on Wednesday's ground,
Chelsea v. Newchatle at Hudders field and in the event of a replay on Blackburn's ground.
SOUTH AFRICAN
CRICKETERS
FIRST OFFICIAL MATCH. IN ·
NEW ZEALAND
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]··
Änsstralia.
NAVAL OFFICER EXONER. ATED AT INQUEST,
CAT
A girl's death in a 4.4.m. motor-
fire at the Prince's "Guber entrance to Hyde Park after a Wew Year's Night dance in the West End was described at an inquest at Welt- minster.
The victira waa, Miss Angola Scott (21), daughter of the Rev. C. V. R. Scott, of Converden, Watford.
A POLE.
FREAK CONTEST IN LONDON.
AMERICA: EXACTS AN APOLOGY:
CHAINED CULPRITS,
An elabhrate ceremonial socom- panted the public apology of o તસ
Pole squatting, the latest frank Abyssinian Cloverament to in the United States, has come to American Minister, Mr. Alexander
Southard, for the spent abback. upon him by a policaman, ......
London.
In this strango recreation com petitora sit on the tops of 10ft. poles, and the sitter who sits long
csa is the winner.
The apology was tendered at the
spot on the road where the attack
was madu.
A verdict of "Accidental death
When London's Arst publio pole. One hundrod Abyssinian police, was returned, and the jury exoner squatting competition opened at with two local police chiefs and ated the driver of the car, Mr. M. Forest Gate Skating Rink the first the Armenian commentier of police, G. C. Warmington, only son of Sir thres competitors to take their were drawn up along the road. Denham Warmington, who is a sub.sonts were....women,
Ton in Chains. lisutenant in the Navy."
Then Miss Vora Baldock (Forest
The cause of the nooident was Gate) mounted the ladder a 2.53 stated to be a front wheel skid.
The Rev. C. R. V. Scott and his daughter was driven to the Berkeley Hotel by a friend, a Miss Jeffries," whose brother was in the Navy.
Standing behind the police chiefs, p.m. and sat on polo No. I. Miss chained hand and foot, wore the Midge Smith (Forest Gate) climbed ten culprits. Two of them were up pole No. 2 just afterwards, and members of the Abyssinian polios was followed by Miss Betty Millor force." (Ilford) on pole. No. 3.
The parade saluted the American The other four" squatters were Minister as he drove up in hie Alfred Rodrigues (Forest Gate), The American car and flag were
George Roper (Forpat Gate). A also saluted. Webb (Poplar) and Miss Esther, Hurry (Wanstead).
Car
The apology was then road and
the sentences imposed on the cul-
CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 29. Following their recent tour of
"The Girl, the Gicl** the South African cricketers are now in New Zealand
An eye-witness of the accident, where they are playing a repro Mr. Frederick William Beynolds,
native aide in their Firo Testaowapaper van driver, said the car
The competitors sat aloft at one prits were announced, felt on its offside and burst into ond of the skading rink and Each man was sentenced to ond flames. He tried to open the door throughout the afternoon and year's imprisonment and fined 300 but failed. He then snatched off his evening skating went on as usual. Abyssinian dollars. (This virtually enp and smashed the window.
While squatting the competitors amounts to a sentence of life in
match on the Island
New Zealand took first knock and ran up a total of 293 sms, of which F. 1. Badoock scored 64, A. M. Roberts 54, and G. L. Weir 40, q MaMillan took fohr of the wie kets for 61 runs.
magazines, and ate meals provided by the management.
cult to pay.)
A man jumped out of the car, say-smoked, alated and books and prisonment, as the fine is very diff- ing, "The girl, the girl.".
Falling to break through the back Semi-finals, Senior and Junior,
South Africa collected 481 runs. of the car, Reynolds said he smash- Saturday, March 19:
Christy 105, Mitchell 13, Dalton 82ed the top. The legs of a girl drop Finals, Senior and Junior, Satur and Morkel m.
ped out. With the assistance of two day, March 20.
New Zealand in the 2nd innings other men he pulled out the girl, are 10 for no wickets,
whose clothing was alight.
Owing to the absence of the decided Argylls, the Committes that. the Hong Kong Football Club should pass into the Senior final.
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Mr. Warmington, he said, did all he could to help, but he was terribly cut, about the face.
Mr. Warmington, whose left hand was bandaged, said all be remem- bered was the Ars, opening the side
out.
Early the next morning the seven original squatters were still in position and all declared their in- tention of remaining there.
Men stood by in case any com Food was handed to the squatters petitor dropped asleep and fall,
at intervals.
(Mr. Soulbard was struck to to- ground by a policeman, after his who was only alightly injured.] car had run over a native woman,
SERGEANT ATTACKED.
ROBBED OF REVOLVER BY ASSAILANTS.
If for any reason they dependab their
aquat automatically ends!
| MEETING EITY CROWDS AS | door and trying to gat Misa Scott
THE TRAINS CAME IN.
was obtacked by four youths, armed He described how he had dinner with iron rods, who struck him on in the West End with two brother the hand. He fell down and caught ficers, Mr. Napier and Mr. Hold of one iron rod, whereupon Jeffries. They each had a cktail the other assailants struck him on and shared a bottle of wine. Mr. the head with their rods, Jeffries Bnd arranged for them to mest his sister and her friend at 10.30 at the hotel.
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It is understood tant some of the hostels were searched this morning
Dлеса, January 20.-Sergeant Bourne, of the Dacca Police, was cycling to his quarters in Azimpura last night when he was attacked by unknown man, who struck him and was discovered later by Sergt.. or the head Ho tell unconscionts Merchant, who shares quarters with Bourne. He was removed to hospital in a critical condition..
The sergeant'a revolver, togather with several rounds of ammunition, were, found to be missing.
In a tendent in hospital to-day the sergeant, who is reported to
(Continued on previous Column.) ·
After the dance they went to the in connection with the assault and be progressing, declared that he
City:amen "ézaburning to their homes at Shepperton have had an evening call to prayer us they stepped from their traing
Ringing a bell as the train ar rived, the Rootor of Shopperton, the Rev. H. E. McLeod, sont his message to the hurrying crowd, just bacon. like the muezzin of the East.
Kit. Cat, wherò ne alcohol was COD- sumad. Later they went to a place on the Great West road for eggs and
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Mr. Ingleby Oddie, who paid a "My friends," cried the Restor, tribute to Mr. Reynolds and the "I shall be grateful if you canother rescuers, said the young people sparo me a few moments to listen apparently spent a perfectly harm- to the message I have to deliver to less evening. There was no evidence you about the state of the country." of undue consumption of alcohol.
The majority of the men-and
The inference to be drawn, was that BOTA of the women-passed out the car developed a front wheel skid' paper andor their armas. A few which rendered the driver almost incapable of preventing an accident. stopped to listen. There were no
interruptions,
Mr. McLeod said!
("My idea was thut the situation facing the nation is so serious that unusua) measures ars justifiable. I went down to Shepperton Station the other evening and 'stood under
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a lamppost ringing a boll..
"Not many people slayed to listen to me at first-perhaps - be. cause there were not many passeng erson that train.
"I thought perhaps they did not like the bell, so when the next érnin came in I laid the bell aside and jun aldressed the rather larger crowd which gathered. I did the name when the third train arrived, and my audience was still bigger.
I pointed out that January had been appointed as a day of prayer, yet my church was not more full than on other Sundays.
Then I explained that the way to get the world put right is to do everything according to the will of God.
I have only met the trains this one evening. I shall probably not do it again."
The Hootor of Shopperton was
PLOT FROM NÖVEL IN -
REAL LIFE.
AUTHOR'S EVIDENCE AT
INQUEST.
The author of a murder mystery novel and a friend who is alleged to bave carried out the plot of the novel in real life are the central figures in a strange drama revenin by an inquest which has opened at Perth W. Australia,
The author, Mr. Ashur W. Up field, the accused man, known as Snowy Rowles, and the victim, vi victims, were ll stockmen boundary riders employed at vari- ous stations along the great rabbit- proof fence south of Mount Magnet.
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The chief point of the novel- which has since been published un.. der the title "The Sands of Win des "was that no corpse could be found and details were given of how a body could be disposed of by means of fire, acid and pulveria. ing the bones,
Three Mon Vanish,
Once a City man himself For 20 death of Louis Carron, on or about The inquiry is into the presumed yours he was in the Bank of Eng May 18, 1930, Only a few charred laad, but he surrenderad all chance of promotion to join the Church.
bones were found.
„STILETTO. DEATH IN A
BOAT::
WATCHED FROM SHORE BY PROMENADERS.
Prazendon at the Casino n Monaco saw, a young Italian stad ent row out to sea in a hired boat and plunge a long stiletto into his hanib,
It was staled that two other men," Gorge Lloyd and James Ryan, who were last seen in a motor lorry driven by Rowles, had also vanish..
Mr. Upfield, giving evidence, snid that he had discussed the plot óf his novel with Rowles. One of the points in the novel was that the carcases of kangaroos were burned at the same time as was the corpse, fo divert suspicion if any bones were found,
Dr. William McGillivray, Govern mend pathologist, said he had ex- amined the remains handed to him by the police. There were TaHants.
The body, which the waspon had completely transaxed, was brought 1 af bones, from a human skull but ashore by a fisherman...
other bones' might be from animale,
that several arresta have been made,
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