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LADIES FIRST RACE,
Diana and Theels Win, The first race in the Ladies championship of the R.H.K.Y.C.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925.
MR. JUSTICE GUMPERTZ
ENTERTAINED.
HONGKONG HOTEL TIFFIN,
DENATE WINE
CONSPIRICY TO DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT..
and other articles used in connec tion with the wine trade. Witness said that complaints had been 1eceived by his Department to the effect that a smell was emanat ing from the rear of the promises. With a view to ascertaining the cause of the complaint witness
contained a went to the house, where he found number of barrels, two of which milky liquid, the A number
folks live and where you hope to go home some day and grow Oses, and keep a canary, a cat apa dog,| and oventually leave your bones. Your other home is the face where, for most of your li you do your
Further Evidence. Chief Justice's Tribute. jub, well or 1, here you make
Yesterday afternoon further your friends and where people get was sailed festerday in a good stift who is leaving the Colony to-morrow of you." If one were to be arraigned Chinese who are being charged Mr. Justice II. I. J. Gompertz, to know you and form their estimate evidence was, taken in connection with the ense concerning six breeze. There was however
to take up his new appointment as before a eart and asked for ones minimum of sea and the helms Chief Justice of the Federated character one might say, 'Ask the before Mr. E. W. Hamilton with ethers being empty. women enjoyed a very good snil, Mainy States, was yesterday the people there: they have seen my conspiring to reconvert deratur d of broken jars were also found The wind was from the north east quest of honour at a time at the life. That place, to me, is Rong and therefore undutiable spirits on the premises, but there whe and about force three to four. Hongkong Hotel given by the heads, ketg."
into dutiable spirits, thus de- no indications of the place being Twelve bouts turned out and sall of departments of the Civil Servico,
frauding the Government of the insanitary. ed over a course from the Club cadets of ten years standing, the tumorous vein, Mr.
In some further observations, in revenue duc on such liquor. house to Channel Rocks, Kowloon General Committee of the Chamber spoke of the difficulties of bringing of the Imports and Exports De-j
Gompertz Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendo Rock, Clab line, Cust Rock and of Commerce and the Legal Com-up a family in Hongkong in the old partment, prosecuted and Mess 8. finished at the Club house, a die-mittee of the Chamber. tance of five and a half miles.
days, when there were no assisted Leo d' Almada, and C. A. S. Russ The startera in the Handicap The Chief Justice, Sir Henry passeges and no quarters. He con- appeared for the defendants. class were Diana (Mrs. T. Arthur), Gollan, presided, with the guest of concluded by expressing thanks for Sanitary Inspector Lyon Falcon (as Shaw), Dorothea honour on his right and His Ex- the kindness, hospitality and warm that prior to the raid he visited (Miss Blake), Colleen (Miss Haze cellenes the Governor (the Hon heartedness he and his wife had No. 1 Dundas Street, where the land), La Linda (Mrs. L. G. Scott) Mr. Ceril Clementi) on his left, always experienced in Hongkong, Revenue Officers found the wines and in the combined Heyward supported by, among others, Sir Haya and Gaels, Gladys (Mrs. Matthew Nathan, Sir James Jamie-| J. L. Adams), Sealock (Mrsson, the Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son Crane), Bluenose (Mrs. Mitchell), and the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Adanac (Miss Hollingsworth), Guel
(Mrs. Bailward), Thecla (Mrs. Barraclough), and Joan (Mrs. Davison).
Versatility of the Civil Service.
The Chief Justice, during the course of a short speech, referred Colleen's Bad Luck.
to the versatility of the Hongkong The Handicaps made a beauti- Civil Service the members. of ful start and stood up. to the wea- which had to fill an extraordinary ther wall on the leg to Channel number of posts in the course of Rocks. Diana established lend their period of service. Mr. Gom- early and rounded the Rocks first. pertz had shown extraordinary She had all sall set and was going versatility, but he had always had well. Colleen with a ree down a moral bias towards the law. The was going her very best and pass-administration of the lawn a ed Found the Rocks only two Colony like Hongkong meant a minutes behind Diana At the Club mark she was still only two minutes behind and had three minutes in hand. Miss Hazeland had the race in her hands and could have won with the utmost case. It was merely slight error of judgment added to the effect of a strong ebb tide which made it difficult for her to cross the line and she lost much valuable time. As a result she lost the race on corrected time by a little over a minute. Falcon and Dorothea met in unfortunate circumstances on the finishing line as a result of which Falcon protested.
Heyward Hays and Gaels. The other class got well away five minutes after the Handicap and went splendid's up to the Channel Rocks. There were dif- ferences of opinion as to which water to sail but Gladys, Scalark and Bluenose all converged on the Rocks together. Scalark allowed herself to be forced about by Blue- nose, when she had the, right of way and the three boats went round together. Thecla, of the Gaels, was close behind and the conditions being in her favour, she made up a lot of time. She was exceedingly well handled and sail- ing closehauled from Kowloon Rock to the Club she erept up right behind the leading boats. Blue nose crossed the line first, closely followed by Sealark, Gladys and Thecla but none of the first three could save their time on. Theela which won quite comfortably.
Adanac had bad fortune when rounding the inark boat at the Club before going to Cust Rock Buoy. The helm was put up just as she went round and she took the flag clean out of the mark bont and thereby disqualified herself.
Results.
Following are the details, boats being given in the order of finish ing:
Handicap Class.
Diana (1st)
reut deal more than subservience to legni textbooks. It meant know- ledge of the conditions under which they lived, and of the Chinese character. It was an account of his knowledge of these matters that Mr. Gompertz had been such a valuable member of the community.) (Applause). He was going bock to the place from which he came. going back among old friends, but he was sure he would always re- member his stay in Hongkong and his old and very sincere friends here, who would watch his new career with the greatest possible) interest. (Applause). In conclu sion, the Chief Justice referred to Mrs. Gompertz, expressing the hope that she would spend a happy and (Applause). enjoyable time in her new home.
The Hon Mr. P. H. Holyoak, speaking on behalf of the civilian community, said that among them Mr. Gompertz had always had the warmest friends and had been re- garded by the public as a distin- guished and brilliant administrator of Justice and one who, with his wife, had always stood for the things which were highest and best in the life of the Colony. (Applause).
The Chief Justice. then presented Mr. Gempertz with a silver bowl subscribed for by all the hosts present, and called upon the com- pany to drink to his health, a toast, that was very enthusiastically Honoured.
His Spiritual Home.
Mr. Gompertz. in reply, said his heart was too full to address the assembly as he would wish, but] he felt he ought to say a few words in return for the very great" com- pliment paid him and for the very and his wife. generous remarks about himself
Mr. Gompertz described his arrival, with his wife, on n Sunday I'cp Finish- Correct-
ing Time ed Time afternoon over 28 years ago and 1.22 0.58.21 3.66.5% their first impressions on arriving. Colleen (2nd) 3.30 1.02.58 3.75 in the Colony unexpectedly with no La Linda
2.10 4.01.55
4.02.10 ane to meet them. Since then s0 Dorothea (3rd) 5.30 1.07.00 4.01.20 Falcon
4.35 4.07.45 1.03.18 many friendships had been estab. Hayward Hays and Gaels, lished that he could regard Hong- Bluenose (2nd) 0.56 4.12.14 4.11.19 kong as his "spiritual home." "The | Scalark (3rd) 0.55
4.13.07
1.12.19 word 'home'," said Mr. Gompertz, Gladys
0.56 4.13.29 4.1234 has two different meanings. First Thecla (ist) 4.07 4.11.04 4.99.56 Guel
of all it means the place where you 1.50 4.16.63 4.15.05 Joan
1.22 4.17.12 4.16.49
were born and bred and received Adanac (disg.) 0.55 4.19.22 4.18.27
your education; where your old
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Mr. H. A. Taylor, Analyst of the Imports and Exports Depart- analysis of various wines seized ment, gave evidence of the
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