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3 Hearts in the Grip of Love
"SLIM
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Pat O'Brien Benry Fonda
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KING'S:
"Come And Get It"
"Wells Fargo."
QUEEN'S —
ORIENTAL:
Broken
EMPIRE GAMES RESULTS
Sydney, February 12.
EVENTS
MONDAY, FEB. 14.
Cienias.—(See Column 3 of this
page)
Lectures.—Air Raid Precautions: "General Anti-Gas Precautions,” at Australia's first win in the Em-China Fleet Club Theatre, 5.30 pire Games today was in the hop. p.m. by Colonel N.M.S. Irwin, D.8.0.; step and jump event which as ex-M.C., G.SO.1. China Command.
"The Prince and the Pauper pected, went to Jack Metcalfe who, Mails (See Pare 16).
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :-
"Way Out West."
STAR!--
"100 Men And A Gul.” MAJESTIC:-
"Wells Fargo."
KING'S:—
Coming
"Racketeers In Edle"
QUEEN'S:-
"Slim."
| ORIENTAL:-
Dracgerman Courage." "Charlie Chan At The Circus"
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"Fire Over England."
ANNUAL TENNIS
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however, falled tö better his Em- Miscellaneous. — YMCA, Service pire gaines record of 51 ft. 2 ins. Men's Whist Drive. in the West A further win for Australia was Lounge, 0 p.m. recorded when her team of four finished first in the women's 600 yards relay in 1 min. 15.2 secs. England took second place and Canada third.
England came into the picture in the women's high jump which Miss Dorothy Adam, British champion and European record holder, won with a height of 5.ft. 3 ins, & new Empire Games and Australian re- cord. Her European figure, how- over. 1 5 ft. 43 ins.
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The shot pat resulted in 1 triumph for Fouche, South Africa, who threw the lead 48 ft. 6 in.. and another South African, Du- plessis won the pole vault with a leap of 13 ft. 54 ins, this repre- senting a new Australian record.
STIRRING MILĖ RACE
A stirring race was seen in the mile event which John Alford, cap- tain of the Welsh team and Welsh record holder and champion for that distance for the last four years,
Moon.-1 Moon, 14th. Day. Sports. (See Page 10). Sanrise -8.37 am. Sunset-8.18 p.m.
Tides-High at 08.48 and 19.20. Low at 02.05 and 12.38.
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Moon.-1 Moon, 15th Day. Sunrise.--8.57 a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Sunset—6,19
„Tides-High at 09.26 and 20.25. Low at 02.46 and 13.40.
FOUR SOCCER MATCHES
won after a great spurt. He in- Thrills On Caroline
ished four yards in front of Back- house, Australla, who in turn was two yards in front of Boot, New
Hill Ground
Due to the wet state most of the
CHAMPIONSHIPS zealand. The winner's time of a football grounds were in yesterday.
Closing Date Extended
The closing date for entries for the Colony Lawn Tennis Cham- plonships, staged at the H.K.C.C. under the auspices of the Hong Kong Cricket Club, has been ex tended to Saturday next, February 19, at 6 pm.
mins. 11 6/8 secs., is a new Em- the football programme was very pire Games and Australian record considerably curtailed and only and this is the best ever returned our matches were played. Results | by Alford, his previous best being at a glance were:-
4 mins. 17 secs.
Senior Shield
Canada won the mile relay, her Seaforths 1 S. China "B" 1 four representatives being timed at 4 mins. 16 9/10 secs.
Dunnachle
The cycling, 100 kilometres road race, was won by Binneman, South C. Polide Africa, his time being 2 hours. 53 mins. 29 secs. Brown of New Zea- Navy land was second and Jones, Eng- land, third.
Junior Shield
Lau Wing-kui.
Chan Tak-fal.
↑ Kwong Wah
R
Lau Wing-kul.
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S. China
Luk Tak-hang.
Ordnance
Duteld.
I
Finney 4, Cook 2. Forman.
As in previous years, the Chinese Recreation Club are making a
The 1000 metres sprint scratch | Middlesex ... determined bid to carry off the race was won by Gray of Australia. Colony Singles and Doubles Lawn Porter, Australia, was second and Tennis Championships, and in this Giles, New Zealand, third.-(Reu- year's tournament they will beter). represented by:—
...
SINGLES:
Tsui Wai-pui (former holder), Tsui Yun-pul, Paul Kong, W. C. Hung. Szeto Bik, D. K. Leung. H. Y. Ho. O. L. Pang, C. T. Wel, S. S. Lang, S. W. Liang F. H. Kwok. Leung Ping-chļu and W. T. Lee.
DOUBLES:
AUSTRALIA IN THE LEAD
Sydney, Feb. 11,'
Fine Games
Extra time was necessary in the Senior Shield game, at Caroline HILL between the Seaforth High- Janders and South China "B" but even then a decision could not be arrived at, the teams leaving the field with the score standing at 1-1.
At the conclusion of today's Chan Tak-fal, who is expected to Empire Games. the unofficial lead the South China attack agalust the Corinthians, gave his
Wong, Shiu-wing and Luk Ding-ranking was as follows: cheung, Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Australia 396 points, Canada thousands of supporters something Yun-pui (former holders), Paul 258, England 212, New Zealand 138, to cheer about when he scored a Kong and Lee Wal-tong, Szeto Blk South Africa 125, Scotland 24, beautiful goal early in the first and D. K. Leung, Q. L Pang and Wales 18. Ceyon 11. and British half but the Scots were not to be C. T. Wel.
¡Guiana eight.-(Reuter Bulletin)
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CHEERO CLUB
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BOXING?
Colony's Lack Of Interest
BY "EX-WELTER'
The accusation that Hong Kong is dead has been made on more occasions than I can remember, but up till the present I very much doubted whether there was any Justification in that at all. I know now.
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daunted and only ten minutes had élapsed when they obtained the equaliser through Dunnachie.
From then. onwards it ding-dong "struggle and the teams left the field tired, but happy in the knowledge that they had pro- videċ the spectators with aryl- class football.
The teams were:- Seaforths: Atkinson: Spiera, Bryson; Williamson, McKusker, |Cook; Adams, McGuigan, Dunna-
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FIRE OVER ENGLAND”
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A UNITED ARTISTS' PICTURE
WAY OUT WEST
Laurel and Hardy go wild and
"THE WAY OF PEACE”)
'Collective Security and Regional
Bouth China "B"-Tam Kwon- hơn; La Máy Tay Quee-leang; Tse Kam-hung, Yeung Shui-yick, Leung In-chan; Lim Tak-po, Tae woolly in their first Western-the Pacts will be discussed tomorrow Hon-woo, Chan Tak-fal, Lau Hal Roach-M-G-M feature-length afternoon by Baron Ponsonby of Chung-sang and Lee Shek-yau. comedy, “Way Out West!" which Shulbrede and Mr. H. Wickham
opened at the Majestic Theatre Steed in the fifth talk in the series Narrow Victory
yesterday.
from Daventry, "The Way of Kwong Wah beat the Chinese It might be described -as the Peace, Police by the narrowest possible "Daze of the Gay 90's" as the A profound student of laterna- margin when they met at Caroline inimitable antics and laughter-get-tional affairs, Lord Ponsonby is a Four very keen boxers go up to fessional and was promptly told he Hill, the match serving as curtainting proclivities of the internation- Member of the Labour Party and his office and tells him that they would be wiser to keep to soldier-raiser for the senior fixture be-al lean and fat duo are unreeled was Under-Secretary of State for are all prepared to go on the billing and amateur boxing! This tween the Seaforths and Bouth in those thrilling and glamorous Foreign Affairs in 1924 and Parlla- The would-be promoter is glad to promising lad has now been idle, China "B",
plonéer days,
mentary Under-Secretary for the
For weeks on end we have advocated the desirability of re-. suscitating boxing in the Colony. The Daily Press made an offer of a Belt for the welter-weight championship. Challenges were published and accepted and a very reliable sportsman came for- ward to say he was ready to promote the fights. Then what happens?
the marksman.
see these four sportsmen but he except for inter-Company fights, It was a very closely-contested "Way out West" is presented Dominions from June to Decem- has bad news for them.No one has for well over a year and because game, Kwong Wah winning by the for laughs, and gets them to the ber, 1829. He was created a peer "Wells Fargo." Paramount's Last Tuesday friendly Table come forward to say that he is of the strict regulations he does only goal scored in the ninety min-tune of the music and songs that in 1930 and from 1931 to 1935 was tribute to the men who built and Tennis Matches were played be ready to be matched against any not see the prospect of a fight for utes of play, Lan Whig-kul being were so popular at the turn of the Leader of the Opposition in the maintained America's first life line tween the Cheero Club and the of these boys!
another year or sol
century. Those perennial pur-House of Lords.. of empire. It covers brdadly the YM.C.A. Service Section team-
DEPLORABLE!
I learned fromí a very reliable Thoroughly at home on the yeyots of fun-Laurel and Hardy Following a distinguished career stirring quarter of a century which most of the games were won by This state of affairs is indeed to source that this was the reason slippery ground at Causeway Bay, score their greatest triumph in journalism. Mr. Wickam Steed began with the discovery of gold the Y.M.C.A.
be deplored. In a British Colony why the Hong Kong Boxing As the Navy won their Junior en-Bright new gags are topped only is now lecturer on Central Eur-," in California and the end of the "Forthcoming events:--
one would rather expect to find sociation had to be wound up counter with South China by seven when they swing into a dance and opean History (with special » re- Between the States, the Monday: Whist drive commen-boxing a very nourishing sport but lack of support from the Army. goals to one. Finney scored four burst forth in song in uproariously ference to Romania and the Near crowded years during which the ting at 8.45 p.
for some years now all we have It is time we woke up to the goals for the winners, the other humorous sequences,
East) in King's College, London: had have been the tournaments fact that unless we did something three being obtained by Cook (2) Supporting players meriting no Before the War, he was The ocean to ocean, and its future Wednesday at 3 p.m.: Bridge and run by either the Army or the to revive interest in boxing here and Forman. Luk Tak-hang scored tice are Sharon Lynne, James Fin-Times correspondent in Berlin,
Mah
Jongg drive, admission $1 Navy and these fights are always all we shall see of this very noble for South China.
layson, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Rome, and Vienna. In 1914 he Tables may be booked through the confined to the units or ships con- form of sport will be in the pic- To quote the author of a recent Secretary. There will be a dance corned. We
Fields and the Avalon Four. And became Foreign Editor of The have
Middlesex Surprised history of the express business, at the
atures. And to think that not-so-
there's "Dinah,” a. 17-year-old Times and was Editor from 1919 club that evening com-chance to see a non-Service fighter many years ago the Colony pro- "the story of it has been told and mencing at 8.30 p.m.
The Royal Ordnance Corps pro barro, who kicks up a lot of laughs to 1922. From 1923 to 1930 he in action for longer than we can duced a youngster, none other than vided the surprise of the day when retold, but when will it ever stale?”
owned and edited The Review of Thursday: Bridge commencing at fremember and for what reason? The manner in which the story is 8 pm.
Iron Bux, who won the lightweight they beat the Middlesex Regiment
Reviews STRICTLY AMATEURS...
COME AND GET IT told in film in "Wells Fargo" at-
championship of the Orient and by one goal to nil (scored by Friday: Duplicate and Contract tests to the epic qualities of the bridge at 8 p.m.
The Army are very jealous about then went on to gain further Dumeld) in their Junior Shield the amateur status of their boxers. laurels, in the heavier classes! story which, for sheer power, has
[match on the Kowloon Football There is, for instance, a very In the schools boxing is encour Cluts ground.
| Goldwyn's production of Edna Fer-|is mocked by his own decision when no equal in film history.
Porter Hall, useful bantam-weight in one of aged but due to the fact that there Playing aggressive football the ber's colourful novel of the lumber be talla madly in love with the The brilliant cast also includes Ralph Morgan, John Mack Brown the regiments here who was re- is no Association or Board of Con-Ordnance Corps scored in the first campe, trings Edward Arnold, Joel daughter of the woman he once Bob Burns, in a role which is new and long list of others, all of fused permission by his superfortrol to encourage them after they ten minutes of the game but after McCrea and Frances Farmer to the loved, and finds his own son his to him—that of a scout-and which whom have important roles in this officers to go into the ring just have left school, many a would-be that neither side could get through, King's Theatre today.
successful rival gives the drawling Arkansan (ajstory T
because a number of professional champion had to be obliged with and the game ended with the Arnold has his greatest role as Joel McCrea is seen as the son splendid opportunity to prove what "Wells Fargo" showing at the nighters figured in the same pro hanging up his gloves and turning Ordnance defenders working hard Barney Glasgow, the great Lumber and Frances Farmer, the lovely a great actor he really is. The Queen's and Alhambra Theatres gramme. The man concerned then his attention to table tennis or to beat off the repeated Middlesex baron who, in his youth had given blonde newcomer, plays both the same can be said of Loyd Nolan, today.
asked for permission to turn pro- lawn bowlship.
lup love for power, and years later mother and daughter Arnold loven.
Robert Cummings,
not had
raids.
"Come And Get · It!" Samuel | ***
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