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ENTRIES FOR COLONY
SWIMMING TITLES
The following are the entries for
the 1941 Colony swimming cham-Roza-Pereira planships to be held at the V.R.C.V.R.C. Luu Yim
Wong King Woon Tung, C.B.C
Sept 25. 27. Oct, 2 and 4 FIRST DAY AT 6.07 PM. Men's 880 yds irre style Shin Kan. Chinese Y M.C.A. Wai Lim. Sittg Tao. Charles Huang. HK University Chan Chun Nam, Yau Sol Kwan and Lau Tal Ping. La. Tsun
Baunders. L
RIGGS WINS U.S. SINGLES CROWN
Roza HOLDER CRACKS UP
IN SECOND SET
Men's Diving G
and
Ed
Yu Chi
Koo Kai Kui, and Lam Ka
FOREST HILIS, Sept 8 (Reuter Nu (ree style
Tue Bobby Riggs won the US, Men's 100 yds Huog. Eastern & A. Ng Nin. Shek tonal Tennis Singles Champion-
Frank Kam Pul and Weng Chie Hongship yesterday beating Sing Tao. Charles Buang and Ng Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
Kovacs went completely to pieces Tsan Man, H.K University. David
01 the Tal Plug at the beginning
srcond LAG Hutchinson
set and never regained form in the Lai Tsun.
Women's 200 yds tree style re face of a determined and methodi
H.K
Tsun University. Lui
cal Riggs,
steadier whe became lay
Victoria R.C
Whin and stealder by minute, and Swimming Gelon,
did not lose a service game in the H.K & KR Undan
last three sets. Entries for events for members Victoria Recreatim Club wht be published tomorrow! Aui Chan Kum
!
Women's 100 yds breast stroke Misses Chia S. blk at Ho Wai
Li Po Lun. #K Man SCAA University: Chan Chui Pun. C.B.C. K. Miu Ling and L F Kum. Lai
Sham Wat! Ng Shut 19. Tsun Yung and Sham B. HK & KR of the Eluto
Colony
In the five times that he serveŇ in the last set. Riggs conceded only
two points
the MOSL une- It was one ni sided nals in the history of the tournament.
TRIALS Mo's 220 yds bark stroke
Tomorrow at 6.07 pm Leong Wai SCAA Cheng and Yang Ya Kwan, Chi-Championship Men's 880 yds free Pra Wing Kit and style, Men's 7 yds back stroke, nese YMCA
Robert Men's 100 yits breast stroke, VNC La Yu Ting. Lat Tsun
V Lopes, AK
Bv vds back streke handles Chan, CBC. A
Thursday at 607 pm Colony Women's 50 yds free style V.R.C Rozijahn and W Lawrener, V.HC
Champt ship Men's 220 yds free Members' 50 yds. free style heap. Women's fury diving Jarque.
Josephine style. Men's 150 yds medley relay. V R.C Boys' 75 yds medley leap, VRC 1 Anderson
Men's 50 yds free style, Women's VRC Members' 220 yds free style Ng CHC
50 yds breast stroke, VR.C Wo-funkar championship
Saturday at 607 men's 50 yds free style handtap. VRC Pays 25 yds Tree style Championship Men's 200 yds. tree
style relay. Men's 100 handicap 12 yrs and unders
Friday 31 6.07 p.m Colony style. Men's 100 yds back stroke, i
Women's 220 yds. Championship Men's 440 yds free Men's diving style. Men's 220 yds breast stroke.free style. V.R.C Members' 50 yds |
breast stroke, breast stroke h'cap Women's 100 vds
Women's 270 yds
style Cree Misses 11 Wal King. CB.C Vivienne Churn. HK University: Ko Miu Ling and Lily Sadek 1 at Tsun: Celeste Guterres, VRC NE Pa Hing. HK & KR Union
Men's 150 yds Individual med
Tsang Tex Ng Nin. Smk Tao: Cheong Ming. Lai Tsun
SECOND DAY AT 9.07 P.M.
stroke Men's 100 yds breast Punk Wat Cheung Chinese Y.M CA Ng Nin and Tsung Yu Hing, Sing Tao H. Put kun. SCAA
Remedios Late M
VRC Tang Han Chu AK University
Women's 50 yds irve style Misses Ho Wal King and Leung Ol Mui. CBC Vivienne Chum. HK University Ko Mar Ling. Lai Tsun Jacqueline Anderson and Celeste! Guterres, VRC Ng Pus Hing. HK & K Onlin
Colony
vdx free
Purchases Of Sleepers Closely Questioned
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Do you know what was the total i cost to your firm making these moulds? 1 nk $15,000.
What do you intend to do with them how that you have finished Te the work? They are useless.
Hos all this been calculated in your $20.000 profi? The moulds
Men's 220 yds free style Hung. Eastern A.A, Ng Nin. Shek Kam Pul, Chiu Wal Lim and Chung She Chee. Size Tan: Charles are not included in the net profit.
Huang. B.K. University: Chan Chun Nam. Yau Sai Kwan and Lau Tal Ping. Lai Tsun
Women's 50 yds back stroke Misses Ho Wal King. CBC: Jac- queline Anderson. VR.C: Lily Sadick, Lai Tsum: Celeste Guterres
V.RC
Bays 100 yds free styir: GR Rasselet and J Ruza Pereira, VRC
medley relay
Eastern
So the $20.000 profit takes lute account the fart that you spent $15,000 in moulds?-That Is 50.
This was mentioned in a letter of Sept. 9 which also made the reservation that the price for the second 10,000 should be re- duced. The price for this was eventually reduced the total figure accepted being 18 cents instead of 83.
Did you make these blocks? Yes and most of them were used in the erection of pen shelters at Canal Road West
What happened after that? --On At the request of Mr. Tinson, the Sept. 21 we received a request to Chairman asked Witness the date tender for 18 by 9 by 9 inch blocks of the first contract for the making We received the request from Capt
in a tender jof concrete blocks, and the reply Hobby and We sent
Sub- was October 2, 1940
quoting 55 cents per block
went tr see Capt The next witness called was Mr.sequently. I
E. W. Blackmore, of E, W. Black-Hobbs I'm not quite sure whether more Ltd., who said that his firm I actually called on him and a Men's 150 yds
A.A., were the General Managers of the few days later he gave me a differ- Chinese Y.M C.A., Sing Tau. European YMCA. HK South China Spuncrete Company. cnt sized of 17 by 8 by 8 Inches The Chairman Who are the bleks, and on Sept. 30 I sent in University. Lal Tsun Swimming
at 60 cents u Union. Victoria RC
South China Bpuncrete Company? a revised tender
Witness: The biggest share
Was your rate of 50 cents per block accepted by Capt. Hobbs? - Yes
Women's 75 yds. Individual med- fey: Misses Ha Wal King. Chinese holders are EW. Blackmore Ltd Bathing Club; Vivienne Churn, who has two Directors, myself and
.K. University: Jacqueline Ander- Mr. F. E. A. Remedios. Sun and Celeste Outerres, V.R.C. Tsang Fung Kwan, Lai Tsun
į
block
And you have madr 425,000 I understand that the Spuncrete Company performed a contract for biucks at 50 cents each? Yes. the PW.D. in connexion with the making of conerete blocks. su! That is so
Where is your yard for making
THIRD DAY AT 8.07 P.M.
It that the blocks? Gillies Avenue, Men's 440 yds, free style: Chiu
And you were doing this class of Wai Lim and Chung She Chee,
Have you got the contract here?work before you got the contract? Sing Tao Charles Huang. H.K. University: Chan Chun Nam. Yau I have the original contract and --Yes Sai Kwan and Lou Tai Ping. Lat the original inquiry 'T'sun
A 1 ETTER After looking at the docu
the Chairman said: ment, Actually what you call the con- tract is a letter from Capt. Hobbs dated Oct. 2 instructing you to commence the manufar. Lure of 250,000 concrete blocks at the rates quoted in your let- Where is this ter of Sept. 30. letter of Sept. 30%-The original inquiry was for 18 by 9 by 5 inches blocks.
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Police Courts
AT
CENTRAL
SENT TO SESSIONS
AT KOWLOON
Wong
BOUND OVER
Lal-chan,
appeared be- tore Mr. H. C. Macnamara yester- day charged with stealing a pair No 100 of leather shoes from
The case in which Hong Piu Wan Shanghal Street. 24, shop toki, and Choi Sun, 34,
For how many years?-We start rd business in 1933 or 1834.
Have you completed that con- tract? Yes, in July 7.
And you started on October 27-ants Yes.
Do you know on what sites your blocks have been used-I under stand that our blocks have been used almost entirely on the various Kowloon sites.
Women's 440 yds. free style Misses Vivienne Churn, H.K. Uni- versity: Celeste Guterres, V.R.C.
Men's 220 yds. breast stroke: Fung Wa Cheung. Chinese Y.M. C.A.; Tsung Yiu Hing. Sing Tao: Ho Poon-kun. S.C.A.A.: Robert Chan, C.B.C.; Yeung Yuk Wah and Hu Kwan Lan, H.K. University: Yau Sai Kwan, La! Tsun: Kwok Chun Hang, Eastern A.A.: Wong Lok Tin, H.K. & K.R. Union.
As far as I know, none Women's 50 yds. breast stroke:
In your letter of Sept. 24 ad-Building.
to the A.R.P. Archliect has been used for A.R.P. sites in Misses Ho Wat Man, S.C.A.A.; Chan dressed Choi Pan, C.B.C.; Li Po Luen and (Capt. Hobby), you say: "In res-Hongkong.
Can you tell me what is the net Vivienne Churu, H.K. University:ponse to your inquiry of 21st in- Myra Noronha, V.R.C.; Tsang Fung stant." Where is that inquiry? -profit your firm has made over this contract?-I am afraid I can- Kwan. La! Tsun.
have already handed that in.
K.R. Union
Victoria R.C.
Accused was bound over in the
FALSE PRETENCES
cook, were charged with armed sum of $10 for six months robbery before Mr. Anderson con cluded yesterday when the defend- to the were committed Criminal Sessions.
Det. Sub-Insp. F. W. Fowlie pro- secuted
PERJURY ALLEGED
Tseng Cheung-ying. 56, appeared before Mr. Macnamara charged
false with stealing $12 by
Woon-hing. tences from Li
of 327 Shanghai Street.
pre- 59.
Accused pretended that he was and WAS an Immigration Agent Before Mr. Lowry. Wong Wong alleged to have got that amount 301 from Tseng to obtain for him the Hel, 46. salesman, of No.
Voeux Road Central was necessary permit, Des
for 24 Accused was remanded Island?--I believe a few have been charged with having committed used for the new Urban Council prejury by making a false affirma- hours for further enquiries.
As far as you know, none on the
ed.
warrant
A.
the same
ALLEGED ROBBERY tion obtain
д distress
Lo Kel, 28, of 461 Reclamation was committed to stand trial.
Mr. J. P. Murphy. Assistant Crown Street, appeared before Major
DI a charge on N. Macfadyen Solicitor, prosecuted,
from Chan Bat- Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ defend- larceny of $10
heung:
Both the defendant and MURDER HEARING
the complainant Ilved in The case in which Chan Leung.toor. Complainant had $10 placed allas Chan Sai, Yung Hon-chl and underneath a rattan basket in the Yung Sze-kit, were aharged before bed space where she sleeps. In Mr. Sheldon at the Central Magis-the late hours of Sept, & the de- tracy with the murder of Yung fendant went into complainant's Wing-pan on the hillside in the room while she was asleep and hor bed, Complainant Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley. moved was continued yesterday afternoon woke just in time to see the de- Yung Sze-kit, who turned King's tendant whom she had arrested. was cross-examined at when searched the $10 was found evidence, length by Mr. Williams on the in his possession.
Accused was remanded for 24 So far as you know then, this is
The hearing was adjourned to
hours. Yes, the only direct contract we the only A.R.F. contract you have? events leading to the murder.
this afternoon. had from the A.R.P.
Men's 200 yds. free style relay: How did you come to get this not give you a net profit on the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Eastern A.Ainquity from Capt. Hobbs? Since whole, but I can say that up to the Sing Tao. European Y.M.C.A., HK.July or August 1940 I had seen the end of last year-our financial year University. Victoria R.C., H.K. & Director of A.R.P. Qu Occasions ends on May 31-we have made a
and suggested the use of blocks net profit of some $11,000. Women's 150 yds. medley relay such as those we were making at We just want to know the net Chinese Bathing Club, HK. Un-that time, and finally, we sent in proth of this particular contract. versity. Lai Tsun Swimming Union, 'samples of a similar type to the -I will have to look that up.
Are you performing any other Director at A.R.P. at the same Women's 100 yds. free style: giving him quotations for them. I contract for the A.R.P. or Misses Ho Wat Kaig and Leung 1 think the date was about Sept. 7 P.W.D.?No. Mut. C.B.C.; Vivienne Churts, H. and we subsequently received from Elave you had any others in con- University: Jacqueline Anderson, him an order to make altogether nexion with the A.R.P.?—No,
20,000 blocks. Those were the Men's 50 yds. free style: Lo Yuk Wing and Chan King Pong. Chi-ger size blocks-18 by 8 by
inches. nese Y.M.C.A.: Tue Hung. Eastern A.A.; Ng Nin, Shek Kam Pul and
V.R.C.
67. CENTS PER BLOCK Was this done verbally or through Wong Chie Hong, Sing Too; Chan letters passed between you two?-- Cheong Hong, OBO.; Ng Tsun we have written orders. Man, H.K. Univeralty; David Hut-
You got that inquiry and the chinson (-); Tsang Cheong Ming, D.A.R.P. gave you an order for 20.- La! Tsun.
|0007-Yes, 10,000 at first and 10.009 later of the original alze of 18 by ↑ by inches,
Men's 100 yds, back stroke: Wong Bou Seti, Eastern A.A.; Shek Kam Pul, Bing Tao; A. V. Lopes, A. K. Rumjahn and W. Lawrenos, V.R.C.; Fung Fel, Wan, C.BC.: Poon Wing Kal and Lau Ylu Ting. Lai Tsun; Yeung Man Wal, H.K. & KR. Union.
Women's 100 yds. back stroke: Misses Ho Wai King, C.B.C.; Lily Sadick, Lai Tsun; Coleste Guterres, V.R.O.
What was the quotation for that7-8ixty-seven cents por block exfactory and 23 cents to be added for delivery, laying in position and filling the hot- low walls with mand. Later on we agreed to a reduction of this price and we subsequiatly accepted 03 cents and 20 cents.
FIRST IN PICTURE
the
At the request of Mr. Tinson, the Chairman asked witness: You first came Into this plo- ture of making blocks when you were asked by the D.A.R.P. to give quotations of what you charged for making 10,000 blocks? The first suggestion cano from me when I sent samples along.
Did you have an interview with him?--Yes and I showed him some samples.
RP. for 20,000 blocks, have you had any other orders from him direct in connexion with concrete blocks? -No, All subsequent contracts came from Capt. Hobbs.
HEROIN DIVAN Han Yee, 82, of 53 Wuhu Street, appeared before Major MacFadyon a heroin charged with keeping divan, possession of 149 heroin pllis and thres heroin pipes.
Accused was sentenced to six months' hard labour on the first This concluded the evidence of count, fined $149 or three months Mr. Blackmore who pointed out on the second and $15 or threee that he had only made full sized week's on the third.
Inspector C. 8. Madgwick prose- bloaks and had received no orders
cuted. for those of smaller size.
And as a result of that letters Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong were exchanged?—Yes.
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