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To-day's Race Tips
(BY "The Owl")
RACE I
Mountain View
Stopwatch Shamrock
RACE 2
Able Amazon Night Star Bobmak Star
RACE 3
Liberty Bay King's Warden Gladiator
RACE 4
Electron The Dualin Able Warrior
RACE 5
Tiny Star Wadebridge Valley View
RACE 6
Wild 'Cat
Gold Sovereign The Gorilla
RACE 7
Royal Scot Silversmith Boolat Buy
RACE 8
Rose Evelyn Hopscotch
"The Hero
RACE 9
Strathroy Holiday Eve Yo Ho
RACE 10 Herod "Hetman
King's Jubilee
RACE 11
Royal Consort Thunder Bay
Tyne
RACE 12
Sadko King's Bounty. Mistake Bay
Daily Double
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DIARY
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Anniversaries und Hoilday's --- St. Ethelbert, King (a,618).
Cinema's
King's. "O'Shaughnessy's Boy." Queen's: Shipmates Forever." Oriental: "A" Night At The
Opera.?
World-Chinese Picture. Alhambra: "His Night Out.". Majestic: She Gets Her Man." Star: "The Big Broadcast 0:
1936."
Entertainments.-Rehearsal, H. Singers, "Bing Ye (Bach), H.K. Union Church, 5.30 p.m.
Meetings, Kowloon Chess Club at Central British School, 5.30 p.m. Miscelaneous Rotary Titan. Hongkong Hotel; Ladies Sewing Boe, Matabed Church, 10 a.m. to noon; V.D.MA. Working Party. St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.
Social-Bridge, Mah Jong and
p.m.; Soldiers' and Alrmen's Christian AsSci., HK Uniou Church Hall.: 7.30 p.m.; Cheero Club Whist Drive.. 8.30 p.m.: Badminton Club Social Evening. Cathedral Hall 8.30 pm
Sports...
Badminton-Men's Doubles, Y. R. C. Club de Recreio; Kowloon Tong v. St. Andrew's “A”.
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Billards. Senior Championship, M M. da Silva v. Chan Kai-yin (K.C.C.), 8.30 p.m.; R. Engineers v. Civf-Service; Prison Officers Garrison Sergeants; Catholic Union V Naval Dockyard Police; St Patrick's v. Dockyard R.C.; Fust- llers v. Chief and Petty Officers.
Racing.-Annual Race Merting (Happy Valley), 11.30 ani.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26.
Anniversaries and Holidays. Ash Wednesday. St. Victor, An- choret. The Holy Season of Lent begins.
Cinemas
King's: She Couldn't Take It." Queen's: "Ship Cafe."" Oriental:-"Wings In The Dark." World: "Chinese Picture" Alhambra: His Night Out," Majestic: "She Gets Her Man." Star: "A Cup Of Kindness,'
Dances.--Tea Dance at. Cheero Club, from 5 to 7.30 p.m.
Entertainments.—Chgero Club Concert, "The Eight, Cornwallians," 9 p.m.
Meetings.-K'loon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.; Matshed Church Meeting for Men of All Ranks, 7.15 p.m.
Miscellaneous. — Claims
Nedham
against the Estates of James Heywood Horsburgh and Walter Scott, due.
Religious-"The Stations of the Cross" in Catholic Cathedral, 6,30 p.m.; St. Andrew's Church Lenten Bervice and Address, 6 p.m.; St. John's Cathedral Lenten Service, 5.30 p.m.; Dr. Reichelt addresses Meeting at Fao Fong Shan Chapel, Bishop's House, 6 p.m.
Social-Whist Drive, Sailors' Home and Beamen's Institute, 40 Gloucester Road, pm,
Sporta Badminton. "Men's Doubles, Ellot Hall "B" v. Fire Brigade; Talkoo R. C. v. St. John's; Club de Recreto "A" v. Chinese R.C.
Billards Senior Championship, Lam Cho-cha v. Andrew Tse (Club' Lusitano), 8.30 p.m.; Junior Cham-. pionship, L. T. Yung v. F. E. Suva (8ports Club), 8.30 p.m.
Football-Second Division, Royal Navy v. Royal Engineers (Cause- way Bay), 4.15 p.m
Hockey. Second Battery, H, K. S. R. A. v. Recreio (Marina Ground), 5 p.m.; East Lancashires v. Hong Kong Hockey Club (Shamshulpo Camp), 5 p.m.
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